Port Disaster at Montevideo Harbor
The Argentine excursion steamer Colombia and the North German Lloyd steamer Schlesein collided in a rainstorm at Montevideo harbor entrance. The Colombia sank quickly with 150 to 200 people dead or drowned, many of them women and children. About seventy survivors were rescued as the wreck obstructed the channel and the Uruguayan fetes were postponed.
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Montevideo
Colombia
Bremen
Huenos Ayres
Columbia
Custom House
Monroe Negro Went on Rampage With Shotgun in Monroe
In Monroe on August 25 Willam S Wade a Black man attacked the main business street firing a double barreled shotgun at whites and objects. Police returned fire and Wade was killed by a heart shot. Twenty nine people were wounded including a police officer a deputy sheriff a Tuskegee merchant and several others. Wade crossed from Pine Bluff Ark with companions seeking trouble. Wade’s body was publicly burned after being hung for over half an hour.
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Monroe
Willam S. Wade
Fnally
Hugh Bigger
T. H. Grant
Breaat
Simon Marks
Tuskegee
Ala
George McCormack
Ouachita Lumber Company
West Monroe
Slightlys
A. A. Forsythe
D. A. Greard
North Louisiana Shingle Company
Ed Strong
Southern Express Company
Joe Thompson
Ren Mountain Railroad
Albert Marx
Southern Hardware Company
J. L Kendall
Iron Mountain Railroad
D. G. Trousdale
Southern Grocers Company
J W. Marryman
Wells-Fargo Express
War Cloud Passes Over Crete Crisis Ends
Foreign office reports from Constantinople say the dangerous phase of the Greece Turkey dispute over Crete is ending. The Turkish minister at Athens will not be recalled and future steps hinge on proposals the Porte plans to present to the powers, involving changes in Crete’s administration.
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St. Petersburg
Constanti Oople
Greece
Turkey
Crete
Athens
National League Baseball Scores Watery Ledger
Summary of multiple game lines across major league parks in Boston Philadelphia Brooklyn New York St Louis Cleveland Chicago Detroit Kansas City Toledo Louisville Indianapolis Minneapolis and more with team scores, pitcher batters and battery pairings. Notable matchups include St Louis vs Boston Philadelphia vs Chicago and New York vs Pittsburg with varied innings and final tallies.
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Boston
R.H.E
R.H.E. Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Ewing, Roth, Rucker
Bergen
New York
R.H.E. Pittsburg
Willis
Adams
Leevers
Gibson
Whise
Schlel
R.il.e
St. Louis
R.H.E. St. Louis
Braeano
Pelty and Criger
Lake and Sweenry
Cleveland
R.he Washington
Witherup
Street
Falkenberg
Easterly
Chicago
Burns
Sutor
Sullivan, Hall
Arrellanes
Carrigan
Detroit
Nokwt
Philadelphia
Summers
Donovan, Stanage
Krause
Dygert
Livingston
Pittsburg Ae Eee Ee Nee
Eee
Washington
Feud Sparks Fatal Wounding in Indiana Village
In Independence near Attica, Joseph McFerren, a druggist, is fatally wounded after a long-standing family feud with Lewis Wilhite flares into violence. White shoots McFerren in his home. a bystander Reynolds is grazed. Wilhite is captured after a river chase and faces attempted murder charges.
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Attica
Ind
Independence
Joseph McFerren
Lewis Wilhite
Williamsport
Wilhite
McFerren
Arnett McFarren
White
Young McFerren
WH Reynolds
Purault
Wabash
Missouri River Through Rate Blocked by Court Ruling
United States circuit court in Chicago permanently enjoined the Interstate Commerce Commission from enforcing the sea board Missouri river through rate. The decision limits federal control over rate making, preserving railroad power and benefiting Missouri river and seaboard interests.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Parkersburg
Mississippi River
United States Circuit Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grosscup
Kohlsaat
Baker
Supreme Court of the United States
Commission
Transportation
Missouri River
Denver
St. Louis
Seaboard
Minneapolis
St. Pauls
Twin Cities
Milwaukee
Detroit
Middle West
Congress
Harriman Returns Home From Health Cruise
E H Harriman, after a health cure at Bad Gastein, returns to Arden on the Hudson accompanied by family and doctors. He will resume active supervision of railroads only when his health permits, stating he came home for a cure not for work as stock market watchers pause to learn of his condition.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
United States
Arden
Hudson
Bad Gastein
Feared Cannibalism After Shipwreck Tragedy
A Makura port report details the Erral wreck off Middletown reef June 18. Only five of twenty two crew survived to be rescued by the Tafu, after Captain Anderson and the steward died. Anderson's wife and children perished at sea after witnessing the captain vanish, amid fears the survivors planned cannibalism.
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Victoria
B. C
Makura
Australia
Erral
Middletown Reef
Erras
Tafu
Anderson
Secmrate
Strikers Pause After Bloody Sunday Riots at McKee's Rocks
Reports from Pittsburg describe three more brutalized bodies found after Sunday night violence at McKee's Rocks. Troopers searched along tracks of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad as the death toll rises to eleven, amid a temporary ceasefire and martial law in the strike zone. Eugene Debs urged restraint but acknowledged the strikers’ position as outcasts. The Pressed Steel Car plant resumes operation with workers while authorities guard the streets. County option in Liberty County vote passes by a wide margin. Ambassador Thompson reports no Mexican trouble risk. Foley's Orvo Laxative advertised for digestion and constipation.
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Pittsburg
McKee's Rocks
Fugene Vo Debs
McKee’s Rocks
Pressed Steel Car Company Plant JR
Frank Hoffstat
Louisvill e Bank Assistant Charged With Falsification
Louisvill e officials probe Fred G. Miller assistant cashier at Third National Bank as he faces charges of falsifying accounts to gain 5800 while earning 1800. Miller supported a family of three amid the election news from Harrisonburg Vac. A French scientist alleges a blood based path to longevity while Electric Bitters claims to restore health and vigor with a testimonial from W M Sherman.
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Louisville
Fred G. Miller
Third National Bank
Miller
W. M. Sherman
Cushing
Obas
D. Knoefel
Supreme Court tainted by Beardsley act case on beer sales
Indiana case hinges on Beardsley act of 1907 as attorney general argues that wholesaler sales directly to consumers violate licensing rules. If upheld, breweries and wholesalers could be barred from direct sales to drinkers, threatening social clubs in dry counties and limiting beer supply through Greencastle agent John Skelton.
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Indianapolis
John Skelton
Greencastle
Supreme Court
Skelton
Putnam Circuit
Terre Haute Brewing Company
State Board of Pharmacy
Ku Klux revived in Dalton as masked riders threaten locals
A band of masked men claiming Ku Klux Klan ties visited Dalton Georgia on August 25 warning three AfricanAmerican and several white residents to stop alleged crimes. The riders, led by "Tibo Tib Grand Cyclops," rode through town and warned thieves, bootleggers, lewd women, and vagrants to leave.
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Dalton
Ku Klux Klan
Tibo
Ukase
Woman Fatally Shot at Carlisle Mine Home
Mrs Gustave Stivenhart wife of the Carlisle mine superintendent was fatally shot at her home early this morning by an unidentified mob. The attack follows tension between the mine superintendents and miners amid ongoing trouble at the Carlisle operation.
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Carlisle
Ind
Gustave Stivenhart
Stivenhart
Sue
Tts
Savenhart
Weyler Willing 10 Tackle the Moors
Article reports Weyler willing to lead ten troops against Moorish forces during a tense Spanish garrison situation. Dispatches describe naval transport arrivals at Peton and heavy harbor gunfire as a broader conflict unfolds.
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Weyler
Madrid
Loeal
Deta Gomnera
Cadat
Morocco
Lobo
Peton
de Chargime
Terse telegrams snapshot of distant events and crimes
The text notes a heavy rain breaking a drought in parts of Oklahoma Arkansas and southern Missouri. It mentions a village fire in Amba a murder in Bronson Florida and various unrelated items including boxing rumors and insurance conventions. This fragmentary report mixes weather crime politics and sport in a single telegraphic collage.
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Oklahoma
Arkeneas
Missouri
Accomplished Purpose Montini Policy Leads to Adjournment
The legislature adjourned after twenty two working days having accomplished its main goal of passing the most drastic prohibition laws. The session warned of potential threats to the state treasury and outlined measures to deepen prohibitions, with debate focusing on enforcement and budget impacts.
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Montini
Rabinittin
Newcaster
Market Quotations From Indianapolis to Toledo Grains and Livestock
Market quotations show wheat corn oats and livestock prices across multiple cities. Indianapolis listings report wheat at 97 to 99 cents and cattle hogs sheep and lambs with varied prices. Cincinnati Chicago New York East Buffalo and Toledo futures and spot quotes follow similar patterns. A testimonial touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy for severe rooted trouble and appendicitis.
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Indianapolis
Merc
M. E. Fieher
Detroit
Miah
Dr. King
D. Knoefel
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General Weyler
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Bronson
Becky Sceaden
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Enox County
Hestagts
Beverly
Jack Johnson
A. Kaufm
Tenu
National Insurance Commissionere
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Giraud Luke Cyril
Vladimir
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Association of State and National Foul and Dairy Department
Alabama Leggislature
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