11 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1903
Page
1
Rome report notes the Pope fainted during mass then revived. A second incident near Patrick Street in Bloomfeld caused a scare as a horse bolted after an umbrella frightened it. A broken ash board damage was reported but no further injuries confirmed.
A fragmented report notes destruction of five villages and appeals to authorities. The Revolutionary Committees in Macedonia issue a warning to power holders as tensions rise.
A massacre and the Russian consul Rostkovskii are depicted as pivotal in revolutionary events. Rostkovskii is described as arrogant, accused of mocking soldiers and police. The report also notes a Portuguese boy Gonzales who fled Chicago seeking his mother, and a move of Langley airship HQ from Mount Vernon to Clifton Beach amid protests by local club members.
The report covers a Paris metro incident with two trains catching fire and a crowded station panic where many appear to have perished or suffocated as smoke filled the tunnel. Separate dispatches note New York financier P S Bennett killed in Thunder Mountain stage accident with companions. A canning factory at Butland near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, exploded, killing and injuring workers.
Fragmentary OCR notes show waterboy references and a distant quarter marker. Key details about distance and timing are unreadable, leaving the core event and participants indeterminate.
A Rome correspondent notes the pope greeted Trembera and delegation warmly, naming those he knew and urging prayers for strength to bear his burdens. Venetian friends say he appears ten years older since election, yet his affable, simple manner remains unchanged.
Fragmentary report mentions a killing at a railway station in Hennessey Oklahoma and a post sale hold up during a chase involving City Marshal Cross of Geary. Names of the two dead are not known.
Buffalo Aug 11 Kent Stow 24 and son of F D Stow general central agent of Merchants Dispatch shot his wife Pauline killing her instantly then shot himself dying hours later. Stow had feverish illness believed temporary insanity. Infant child two years old brought downstairs and cared for by grandparents. Father heard shots, found daughter in law dead and son unconscious. No domestic trouble before marriage two years prior. Martinique Swept by Storm Fort de France Aug 11 island struck by hurricane lasting ten hours causing destruction. Hundreds of houses unrooved and several vessels damaged. No fatalities reported. Debris blocked roads trees uprooted.}
Carrie Nation scores a summary conviction for violating a city ordinance after a writ of habeas corpus was sustained due to a defective magistrate record. She plans to sue the city for damages. In West Virginia, Italian miners attacked American workers at ONeill coal mines in Wilsonburg, a vendetta leaving Lewis Cortes dead and Lewis Chappano badly wounded. Baseball results: American League Boston 7, Athletics 2. New York 6, Washington 1. Cleveland 19, Chicago 2. St Louis-Detroit not scheduled. National League New York 3, Brooklyn 1. Pittsburgh 7, St Louis 6. Philadelphia 6, Boston 0. Cincinnati-Chicago not scheduled.
Aug 11 reports from Weston West Virginia detail the murder of Benjamin Edgar by Robert Moore after Edgar forbidden his daughter to associate with Moore. Edgar’s party was struck with stones. Edgar died within 20 minutes. In Punxsutawney seven children ages 4 to 14 were bitten by a mad dog. treated at Mercy Hospital and Magee Pathological Institute using Pasteur system. Altoona’s John Hakton, coal dealer, died after his horse fell on a mountain road while returning from Dean Station to buy carding stone. he left a wife, son, and daughter.
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