Waiting for Attack Signals In Block Island War Game
New London reports a joint army navy war game near Block Island with Fort H. G. Wright and Narragansett Bay as key points. Wireless systems from Marconi Fessenden and De Forest are tested. Brock Island to be seized, signals by beacon towers and scout boats employed as drills proceed. Connecticut coast artillery and New York National Guard units prepare defenses and mounting of siege guns on Plum Island amid tense anticipation.
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Tribune
New London
Conn
Thames
Fort Griswold
H. G. Wright
Army
Navy
National Defence
West Point
Annapolis
Signal Corps
Greble
Wetherill
Narragansett Bay
Brock Island
Marconi
Fort Wetherell
Block Island
Edison
Long Island
Montauk
Fisher's Island
de Forest
Fort Mansfield
Greely
Connecticut Coast Artillery
Plum Island
Plum Gut
Higginson
New York Signal Corps
Erlandsen
13Th Regiment
Fort H. G. Wright
Signal Service
MacArthur
Prospect Mount
Hungarian Flag Row Sparks Slavic Protests in U S
A Hungarian flag landed from the Statendam draws strong pushback from prominent Slavs in America who allege government manipulation to unite Hungarians abroad and erode loyalty to the United States. The dispute centers on inscriptions and questions of entry duties, with officials and Hungarian figures weighing political implications.
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Joseph Zseni
National Federated Societies of Hungary
United States
Treasury Department
Anthony S. Ambrose
Supreme Assembly of the National Slavonic Society of the
United States of America
Zseni
the Tribune
Ambrose
Dessenffy
Prince Primate
Hungary
America
Andreas Hodobay
Arpad Gerster
Grand Central Palace
Budapest
Joseph Grulich
Sandy Hook
Middle West
New York
Cleveland
Vorosmarty
Hoffman House
Grant
Roosevelt
Zsenl
Premature Reports on American Cardinal Creation
Rome reports dismiss the idea of adding an American cardinal as premature. Fifteen years of effort to place an American in the Sacred College faced Vatican scrutiny. Di Cesnola urged Ireland and Corrigan, but geography near Baltimore hindered Corrigan. If Roosevelt resolves the Philippine question, Ireland’s service may win papal consideration before any new appointment. Newspaper talk is viewed as delaying Roman advisement.
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Rome
Sacred College
di Cesnola
Ireland
Corrigan
New York
Vatican
Baltimore
Roosevelt
A Great Meat Trust Forming In Chicago Across Nation
A telegraph report from Chicago dated August 30 describes a massive food trust called the United States Packing Company. It would absorb major firms including Armour & Co Swift & Co Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Nelson Morris & Co and Cudahy with capital around $500 million and estimated annual business of $750 million to $1 billion and profits of $50 million to $100 million.
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THE
Tribune
Chicago
Packers
United States Steel Corporation
Food Trust
United States Packing Company
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Schwarzschild& Lulz Nelson Morris & Co
Cudahy
Nelson Morris & Co
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
United States
Lipton Company
Continental Packing Company
New-England
East
Swift
Anglo-American Company
Armours
Hammond Company
J. Ogden Armour
Gustavus F. Swift
G. F. Swift
Edward Morris
Edward Cudahy
Hard Fighting in Hayti Near Cape Haytien
From Port au Prince a dispatch to the State Department reports severe fighting near Cape Haytien the day before with heavy losses. Provisional forces led by General Nord opposed revolutionists under General Jumeau. Marmalade and Limbe were destroyed. the cruiser Cincinnati under Captain McLean is at Cape Haytien protecting American interests.
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Washington
Port-au-Prince
United States
Powell
State Department
Cape Haytien
Provisional Army
Nord
Jumeau
Marmalade
Limbe
Cincinnati
Distress Report From Haiti Amid Island Revolt
Washington reports from Port au Prince dated August 20 describe ongoing Haitian revolutionary fighting. General Jumeau burned St Michael to thwart government troops. a drawn northern battle threatens decisive outcomes. Civil strife jeopardizes Petit Goave and St Michael, while civilians suffer from hunger and exposure.
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Washington
Port au-Prince
Haiti
United States
Powell
State Department
St. Michael
Jumeau
Alexis
Firmin
Gonaives
St. Marc
Petit Goave
Chicage
Curacgoa
Admiral Killick
McCrea
Killick
Congress
Pierre
Senate
Savable Wins Futurity Amid Drake and Hilliard Cheers
Savable, by Salvator Strathflower, secured the Futurity at Sheepshead Bay in a crowded field of 40,000, edging Lord of the Vale after a fast, fair race. John A. Drake and Robert Hilliard celebrated, with Belmont and Whitney entries among heavy bettors. Bookmakers posted wide odds on the rivals as the field surged past the finish, ending in a dramatic late lead for Savable.
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John A. Drake
Savable
Salvator
Robert Hilliard
Saratoga
Sheepshead Bay
Drake-Hilliard
Mr. Drake
August Belmont
Lord of the Vale
Hastings
Belmont
Drake
Whitney
Keene
Whitney & Duryea
Acefall
Mizzen
Fire Eater
Odom
Blue Ribbon
Blues
Blue Girl
Hursthorne
Africander
Eugenia Burch
Conley
Merry
Golden Maxim
Invincible
Leipsic
Monte Carlo
Mesmer
Payne
Florite
Bensonhurst
News of Two Capitals London International Importance of the President's Speeches
London dispatch notes the balance of power in Europe as the Berlin conference yields no decisive commercial gains. It highlights the Monroe Doctrine's impact on Germany and England, warns of Cape Colony tensions, and previews the forthcoming Trades Union Congress with wage trends and unemployment data shaping debate.
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Europe
New-York Tribune
The
Tribune Association
London
Berlin
Germany
Italy
Count von Biilow
Count Prinetti
Russia
France
Austria
Potsdam
Roosevelt
Lord Canning
New World
Vienna
Paris
England
John Bull
Western Hemisphere
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Signal Corps’ Preparedness—Army
Wireless Telegraph
New-York Central
Anthony F. Ambrose
Supreme Assembly OF National 5S Society
ACT
Niagara Falls
New York Central
A Great Meat Trust
Hayti
Island
Futurity
Victory
Sheepshead
Cape Colony
Sprigg
Merriman and Sauer
Bond Ministry
South Africa
Cape
Mr. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Natal
Transvaal
East Africa
Mr. Chambérlain
Trades Union Congress
Woods
Tillett
Taff Vale
United Kingdom
Alfred Mosely
Colorado
Utah
California
Missouri Pacific
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