Diverse Events Weigh On Daily News Across North America
Damp weather worries hop growers. Train wreck near Bloomington injures thirty. Col C H Smith known as Bill Arp is dead. Hi H Kohisaat denies cabinet entry as postmaster general. Chicago restaurant ties fail. 10 percent leave. Lon Dillon sets readout record at Readville. Shamrock ballast adjusted. time kept. Discharged circus worker frees 40 animals in Massachusetts. Francis charged with patronage in 1904 fair. Hitchcock adds land to Okanogan project in Washington. Lord Salisbury dies. Eight Chicago firemen injured. Denver cloudburst damages property. 26 Salt Lake residents tour Oregon. Macedonian uprising sees more massacres at Monastir. Marblehead and Concord in Portland harbor. Canada to use peaceful means on Great Lakes poaching. Carnes Ladiangar veterans pension bill. Humbert family found guilty of dwindling. sentenced. Basnia demands fulfilled. czar orders war vessels home. Canada seeks stronger trademark law. Austria supports Russia on Turkey. Senator Quay declines further honors. 7500 Saxony textile workers strike. US and China treaty talks resume. King Peter of Serbia again threatens abdication. Switzerland objects to Dr Lardy on arbitration court. Trans Miss. congress backs Lewis and Clark fair. seeks $1,000,000. Salisbury condition grave. David City man marries stepmother. Powers seek end to Macedonia uprising. Beaumont Texas oil fire. property loss $50,000. General Black elected G A B commander. Missouri senator Sullivan found guilty of graft. fined 100. Shamrock Lil impresses crowd. Roosevelt opposes onion-man favoritism. Monument to Chester Arthur birthplace set at Fairfield Vermont. Philippine sultan apologizes for flag incident blaming his son.
Fire costs lives in Budapest four story blaze
A Budapest warehouse fire trapped 200 workers and residents. Between 40 and 56 perished, 13 died from jumping and 16 injured with nine serious. Fire spread quickly through flimsy material, damaging 4.1 million kronen mostly insured. Fifteen saved by safety sheets, others perished attempting escape.
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Budapest
Convict Woods Arrested in Reno Barber Shop
J W Woods, an escaped prisoner from Folsom, was captured in Reno after a barber shop sighting. Constable Wilson and Officer Leeper tackled him when they spotted a revolver on his belt and escorted him to jail for transfer to Sheriff Hayes. He had traveled from Truckee on a freight train and requested to share a cell with convict Murphy.
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Hayes
Reno
Truckee
Maxwell
Muphy
Murphy
Wood plans reform push in Philippines after Borneo trip
General Leonard Wood returns from observing British rule in Borneo and reports success in uplifting natives and improving commerce. He plans to launch a campaign in the Jolo archipelago with adequate military force to apply his new ideas with Governor Taft's support.
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Manila
Leonard Wood
Borneo
Wodd
Philippines
Taft
Jolo
Chicago Filibusterers in Patagonian Gold Quest Arrested
Six Chicago men who sailed a year ago in search of a Patagonian gold mine are jailed on Turk’s Island in the West Indies. Their schooner Mercury is detained as officials review the filibuster allegations. Texas cowboy Corrigan claims to possess a map to a rival gold claim and a vanished discoverer’s drawings.
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Chicago
the Tribune Today
Wilde
Patagonia
Turka Island
West Indies
Mercury
Charles Corrigan
Jake Cajling
Corrigan
King Bolomon
Grant America's Request. Armenian families seek U S entry
Washington August 26 The state department used its good offices through Minister Leiehman at Constantinople to obtain permission from the Turkish government for the wives and families of naturalized Armenians in the United States to join their husbands and fathers. Leiehman reports one woman left yesterday for America to join her husband and permission has been granted for the families of a member of Armenians to come to this country.
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America
Washington
State Department
Leiehman
Constantinople
Takish
United States
Turmoil Mounts in Bulgarian Rebellion Reports
From Sofia and Monastir comes word of brutal acts as revolutionary committees press the Bulgarian frontier. Reports describe massacres and mutilations near Kroshevo and widespread devastation in Mooustir vilayet with guards killing insurgent prisoners. Russian consul protests reach the vali claims powerlessness amid fanatical crowds.
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Sofia
Doma
Orent
Adrianople
Newa
Monastir
Sofia Dnevenik
Kroshevo
Prim Myrchanta
Dnevenik
Vilayet
Mooustir
Convict Murphy Captured Near Reno Bridge Escape
Reno Nevada August 26 Convict Jacob Murphy who escaped Falcon prison was captured at about 10 pm by Deputy Sharky and Maxwell at the Virginia street bridge over the Truckee river. Miller fled after being chased firing shots, Murphy had a 48 caliber revolver, and a posse surrounded the willows on the riverbank awaiting capture or recapture.
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Reno
Nev
Jacob Murphy
Falcon
Depty
Sharky
Maxwell
Virginia Street
Trackee
Frank Miller
Morphy
W. O. Craig
Hayes
Miller
Truckee
May Tie Up Ship Yards in New York Strike
At the Central Federation Union meeting in New York August 26 the vote supported backing the Marine Machinists Union in a wage increase strike. A sympathetic walkout tying up ship yards in New York area may be ordered. The conference committee said no progress with employers who refused the $3 per day ultimatum.
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New York
Sessen
Central Federation Union
Marine Machineta’ Union
Elks Trainwreck Near Chehalis Kills Two in Wreck
The Portland Elks special train to Olympia derailed two miles west of Chehalis at 11 AM. Engineer and passengers recount engine trouble before a steep grade and explosion sent seven cars off the embankment. Two killed, 80 to 140 injured with several seriously hurt.
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Chehalis
Wash
Portland Elks
Olympia
Charles Farleman
Portland
Frank Gales
Castle Rock
Newaukum
Reliance Defeats Shamrock III In Royal Water Fight
In a brisk 12 to 15 knot breeze over a 30 mile windward and leeward course, the sloop Reliance beat Shamrock III by nine minutes real time, seven minutes and three seconds after deductions. The victory marks yachting supremacy as Lipton’s challenger concedes on the larger sailing plan. Reliance also led by three minutes and 24 seconds upwind and five minutes 36 seconds downwind in the run.
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New York
Reliance
Shamrock III
Thomas + Lipton
America
Isle of Wight
Situation Deteriorates as Balkan Fronts See Tense Outlook
In Sofia Bulgaria on August 25 the Macedonia situation is critical with no sign of improvement and next days awaited with grave anxiety. Disturbances spread along the coast near the Bulgarian frontier and Adrianople is in outbreak. A Dubnintea dispatch claims Romanian forces with cavalry from Bucharest are ordered toward the Bulgarian front for maneuvers.
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Sofia
Bulagria
Macedonia
Adrianople
Dubnntea
Bucharest
Vesuvius Shows Increased Activity Near Naples
Naples reports a rising eruption at Vesuvius with more active lava flow toward Pompeii. Fissures have enlarged and new craters are forming as the volcanic signs deteriorate the area.
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Naples
Vesuvius Continus
Pompeii
Washington to be reimbursed for guard rifle purchase
Washington state will receive full reimbursement under national military law for 30 callrier magazine rifles bought for the state national guard before the recent act. The government will supply equipment to all states under the provision.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Washington State
Ite
National Guard
Rebels expand in Macedonia threaten Turkey clash near frontier
Dispatches from Prontier Guard Aug 24 report spread of the Macedonian revolt with insurgents seizing Vasiliko, capturing Turkish officials who sought refuge with Bulgarians. Burned villages, attacks near a monastery, and unknown insurgent strength raise fear of Turkish mobilization and Bulgarian frontier tension.
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Bola
Macedonia
Adrianople Vilayet
Vasiliko
Burgas
Elijah
Sofia
Oregon Reclamation Prospects Highlighted by Newell
Washington reports F H Newell chief of the reclamation service says Oregon has sites chosen under the Carey act for irrigation. Preliminary surveys show many projects will be small and scattered with limited land ready for benefit, though further work may reveal usable locations and justify spending on storage and diversion works.
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Washington
F. H. Newell
Government Reclamation Service
Oregon
Newell
Flood Devastates Flagstaff After Second Cloudburst
A second cloudburst in Flagstaff Arizona driven by a wall of water eight feet high and 800 feet wide inundated fields roads and bridges. The torrent moved through the city’s lower streets after dark causing extensive damage and forcing residents to flee from lowland homes.
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Flagetaff
Ariz
Flagstaff
Gold vein found in Choquitambo Peru reports
Telegram from Peru states a five meter wide gold vein was discovered at Choquitambo. An English company operates nearby mines producing 36 ounces of gold daily.
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Peru
New York
Telegrama
Berrepasco
Choquitambo
Herald Dispatch
L'ma
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