Terra Nova Sails to London With Ziegler Expedition Members
In a dispatch from Herzen Norway dated August 17, the Terra Nova Arctic steamer carried Anthony Fiala and other members of the late Ziegler Polar Expedition from Norway toward the British Isles. Ziegler’s secretary Hearts? and associated staff are aboard as part of the voyage.
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Fiala
Ziegler Polar
Norway
British Isles
Champ
Ziegler
Herzen
Titler Connih
Wii Chlinep
Within Ziegler
Haw Boon
Todas
Anthony Fiolt
Loonie
Paris Paper Reports Rupture in Peace Talks
The Matin says M Witte proposes leaving on August 1 and questions why talks should continue after Russia rejects key terms on war costs and Sakhalin. Japanese deputy Matsumoto predicts a rupture and doubts accord can be reached. Pessimism grows in St Petersburg as Portsmouth talks loom.
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Paris
M. Witteley
Portsmouth Corts
Sakhalin
Matin
M. Matsumoto
moM@daly
Ete
Japan
Russia
Iit
Matsumoto
Railroads report vast growth in 1904 statistics
The Interstate Commerce Commission notes 297073 miles of rail in the US at year end 1904. Passengers carried rose to 715,419,682, freight tonnage to 1,200,889,165. Payrolls totaled 1,126,121 with casualties 4,201 including 10,046 deaths. Gross earnings reached 1,975,174,091 while operating expenses rose to 1,338,896,253.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Electric Cars Collide Nine Injured in California
Nine people were injured in a collision between Pasadena and Monrovia electric cars near Oneonta park. Dr. J W Trueworthy, a prominent physician of Los Angeles, suffered a brain concussion and other injuries as the most seriously hurt.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pasadena
Monrovia
Oneonta Park
J. W. Trueworthy
Storm Flattens Roofs and Injures Dozens in St Louis
A violent wind and rain storm strikes St Louis and East St Louis after ten minutes of sudden darkness. Dozens injured as roofs are blown off and signs torn loose. One person hurt in a stairway collapse in the Louisville and Nashville freight office. Wind velocity reaches forty eight miles per hour.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
Louisville and Nashville
Federal supervision of insurances debated at Sagamore Hill
Reports from Sagamore Hill describe a conference on federal supervision of insurers with James M. Beck and Senator Brandeis among participants. The group discussed moving the case from New York to Oyster Bay for resolution, and President and others favored federal control if proper authority exists. The Supreme Court may be asked to rule on the issue. Forty killed at Bielostok in Russian Poland as Jews fire on troops. authorities confirm casualties.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sagamore Hit
James M. Beck
United States
Mutinil Lite Isuraned Company
New York
Requesit
Long Tel City
Oyster Tay
Dividen
New Jersey
Priadenthal Leearitiee Companix
Ma Heck
Incufanes
Tueinesa
Bislostok
St. Petersburg
Bielostok
Ruselan
Poland
Grain trust trial proceeds with multiple witnesses in Omaha
In Lincoln Anglia the attorney general has been examining witnesses in an Omaha trial. Depositions are set for tomorrow when five or six witnesses will be organized. The probe seeks evidence against Nebraska's alleged grain trust.
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Grown
Omaha
Lincoln
Anglia
Brown
Grain Trust
Nebraska
Trains Collide Near Corona Kill Many Mexican Laborers
In San Bernardino California on August 17 a rear end collision between a Santa Fe work train and an extra southbound freight at Horseshoe bend twelve miles south of Corona killed several Mexican track laborers and left six or seven others fatally injured.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Santa Fe
Horseshoe Bend
Corona
Negro Hanged by Mob in Mississippi Crime
Lake Cormorant Mississippi August 17 Henry Young a negro who shot and killed Edward Perry on the Bass plantation near Lake Cormorant was taken from Sheriff Withers and hanged by an armed mob at the scene of the crime.
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Mississippi
Lake Cormorant
Miss
Henry Young
Edward FE. Perry
Bass Plantation
Sheriff Withers
Illinois Day At Portland Exposition Honors Governor Deneen
Governor Charles S. Deneen of Illinois led a party to the Portland fair on Illinois day arriving by special train. He toured the Illinois state building with Lincoln memorabilia and spoke to a crowd while Mrs. Deneen attended a separate reception.
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Portland
Ore
Illinois
Charles 8. Deneen
Dunois
Chicago
Goode
Deneen
Imnols State
Abraham Lincoln
Ullhois
Eagles Send Greetings to President Roosevelt
Delegates of the Fraternal Order of Eagles adopted a resolution extending hearty greetings to Theodore Roosevelt president of the United States and member of Cheyenne acre No. 128. Telegrams arrived from San Francisco Seattle Chicago and Acting Governor Davidson of Wisconsin urging Milwaukee as the 1906 convention site.
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Eagles
Denver
Order of Eagles
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Cheyenne
Wyo
Acre
San Francisco
Seattie
Wash
Dunne
Chicago
Davidson
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Reciprocity debate ushers in maximum and minimum tariff era
Delegates at Chicago confer on reciprocity and tariffs as the war cry for a broader, friendlier trade regime. The session features foreign consuls, western farming and eastern manufacturers, and calls for a maximum and minimum tariff law to enable reciprocal relations with allies. Governor Milkey addresses the gathering urging Congress to act to offset potential retaliation and protect American industry.
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Chicago
Ana
Ulinwisa
Westernbiod
Allorbiona
West
West Teluge
United States
Congress
Alvin H. Sanders
Sanders
B. Packaye
Iown
Frat View
Wilk Land C
Rail collision at Cincinnati tolls toll
Train strike on a grade crossing at Winton Place Cincinnati caused a fast Baltimore and Ohio South express to crash into a trolley car killing three people and wounding ten The engineer was identified as H P Spaulding The crossing tender John Driscoll lowered gates to permit a flight train then signaled the trolley to cross leading to the wreckage and destruction at the crossing The dead include Robert J Smith William Tuellog Jr and an unidentified man Ethan Allen Tower in Burlington Vermont was dedicated by Vice President Charles W Fairbanks The tower honors Vermont patriot Ethan Allen and was unveiled amid large crowds Judge E W Cunningham of the Kansas Supreme Court died in Boulder Colorado after months in a sanitarium
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Cincinnati
Baltimore and Ohio
Winton Place
P. Spaulding
Robert J. Smith
William Tuellog
John Driscoll
Cate
Ethan Allen
Burlington
Vermont
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
E. W. Cunningham
Emporia
Kan
Boulder
Colo
E. W. Cunning
Ham
Kansas Supreme Court
Desertion of Private Soldiers Reported at Fort Snelling
Army headquarters in Bt Paul reports a whilenale desertion from Fort Snelling. About Alyperventon allegedly left the post without permission. a skirmish with insurgents occurred nearby with minor casualties and several revolutionary chiefs reported wounded.
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Paul
Flemd
Crna
Hoope
Will
Hig
Atsiopoulos
Exclusion Proposals Stir Pacific Coast Controversy
The Oregon and Washington delegations clash over Chinese exclusion laws in a coast wide policy debate. Governor Chamberlain urges stringent enforcement to prevent a flood of Chinese workers, with California and Oregon officials weighing in. Separate items report a fatal jealousy murder in Missouri and a Lincoln woman's suicide in Chicago linked to poor health.
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California
Klalen
Thone
Oricon
Washington
Chamberlain
Oregon
Congress
Pacific Coast
India
Mead
Pardee
Committee On
Baseball Scores From The Day Across Leagues
The American League saw Philadelphia take 6 to 4 over St Louis and Cleveland win 7 to 1. In the National League Brooklyn defeated Pittsburg 16 to 4 while the American Association games Columbus 6 Louisville 0 and Toledo 7 Indianapolis 8 are listed. Western League results include Pueblo 14 Denver 8 and Sioux City 4 St Joseph 1.
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Philadelphia
St. Louie
Washington
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Columbus
Louisville
Toledo
Indianapolis
Lynch Defeats Butte In League Clash 24 to 1
In Butte Lynch won 24 to 1 with Richter and Harris forming the battery for Lynch. Crawford Miller and Ford teamed for Butte. Richter fanned fourteen, Crawford two, Miller eight. Lynch collected twelve safe hits to Butte’s seven as the visitors brought one hundred twenty locals to watch.
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Lynch
Butte
Neb
Richter
Harris
Crawford
Miller
Ford
Reign of the Law and Merit in State Education
A garbled early 20th century petition extols the reign of law and a system of instruction grounded in excellence and merit. The text emphasizes upright governance, public virtue, and a disciplined teaching force as pillars of national progress.
New Orleans Yeast of Hope Follows Yellow Fever Fight
Reports from New Orleans dated August 17 show 6 new cases and 4 total deaths as yellow fever fear eases. The city hospital work continues removing obstructions to oysters reopening on September 1, with officials optimistic about halting further disease spread.
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New Orleans
Olleiml
Rockslide Kills Twelve Men at Lehigh Quarry
In Allentown Pennsylvania a limestone rock slide at Lehigh Portland Cement Ormrod quarry buried 18 workers. Of 27 men present only nine escaped. twelve died and six injured with two at risk. Victims were Slaventane residents near the quarry.
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Allentown
Mill A
Lehigh-Portland Cement Company
Ormrod
Slaventane
Itn Ehanties
Explosion at Berkeley Powder Works Kills Foreman
An explosion at the Jud600 Dynamite and Powder Company in Point Ikabela Berkeley on August 17 killed Edward Edris, foreman of the nitroglycerin department, and seriously injured a dozen Chinese workers in the mixing room. A second blast an hour later destroyed the mixing works, about 500 feet away, with greater shock but no additional fatalities.
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Berkeley
Cal
Point Ikabela
Edward Edris
The Husband on Deathbed Joke About Medical Bills
A dying husband asks how his wife will pay his medical bills. She replies with a grim joke that if needed she can marry the doctor, reflecting a darkly humorous exchange about impending death and practical concerns.
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Wlife
Weather forecast summary for Nebraska region
The bulletin provides a twenty four hour temperature record and a forecast for Nebraska. It notes weather condition across the state with a focus on average temperatures and notable measurements. The report references a weather station and calendar timing for monitoring daily changes.
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Nebraska
Chinese Tire of Hoyeott and the Chinese movement
The article describes energy effort in the movement, noting the potential for serious internal turmoil and trade shifts. It mentions General Yuen Shi Kai as viceroy and reports on approvals and prohibitions affecting commerce and governance during the upheaval.
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Elinvglal
Huey Wu
Howeott
Cie
Inerehante
Men ‘Tal
Yuen Shi Kai
Poebill
Ames Beet Sugar Maker Plans 28000 Acre Irrigation
HM G Leavitt of Ames announces to the State Board his intent to begin construction work to irrigate 28 000 acres of land. The plan involves irrigation facilities and associated projects that will enable water distribution for beet sugar cultivation in the area.
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HM. G. Leavitt
Ames
State Board
Lake Burvey Boat Hancock Sunk After Collision Near Grose Volute
The Hancock a 100 foot boat built twelve years ago sank after a collision with the freighter Binghamton about two miles north of Grose Volute in Lake St. Chintt. Wheeler the U S district engineer was aboard guiding channel work. officers and crew escaped by lifeboats. The vessel will likely be raised.
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Detroit
United States
Hancock
Lake St. Chintt
Wheeler
Hlitant
Tilted States District Engineer
Binghamton
Cruise Of Motor Boats Starts Hudson to Thousand Islands
About twenty motor boats began a four hundred mile Hudson River cruise to Thousand Islands with a holiday send off in Hudson New York on August 17. The fleet will pass Albany Oswego and Frontenac with hotel welcomes from Albany Yacht Club Oswego Yacht Club and Thousand Islands Yacht Club and racing August 24 to 26 for the American Power Boat Association challenge cup under Chippewa Yacht Club.
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Hudson
N. Y
Thousand Islands
Erie Canal
Albany Yacht Club
Albany
Watervilet
Oswego
American Power Boat Association
Chippewa Yacht Club
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Rt. Joseph, Mo
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Swift
Carl W. Schultz
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Frederick Avenue
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Pleming
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