Battle at Pasto fuels Colombian conflict reports
Dispatches from Quito and Curacao detail a Liberal victory near Pasto on August 17 as Uribe Uribe’s campaign plans progress. Venezuelan steamers ferried 500 men from Maracaibo and Coro to aid the insurgents near Rio Nacha, with ammunition sent to the frontline. Colombian authorities impose strict censorship in Colon.
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New York
A. J. Re&trepo
Colombia
Quito
Pasto
Sergio Perey
A. Rosas
Restrepo
Uribe-Uribe
Sumer
Sumer. Wildemstadt, Curacoa
Maracaibo
Coro
Javila
Hernandez
Rio Nacha
Juan Vietri
Teader
Magdalena
Carabobo
Guarico
Caracas
Carico
Colon
Lincoln business leader Gililand shot dead in Lincoln
Gililand former Nebraska legislator and prominent Lincoln businessman was shot shortly after 11 o clock Thursday night by an unknown man likely a footpad. His body lay on a residence street three blocks from his home. evidence suggested a struggle with torn coat and shirt and papers scattered along the sidewalk. Neighbors heard shots and saw two men flee. he was unarmed.
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Lincoln
Neb
Gilliland
Nebraska
Czar Considers Mediation in Boer Crisis
Dispatch from Copenhagen cites Russian circles reporting that the czar plans to broach South African intervention to Emperor William and President Leubet. He hopes for friendly mediation and will seek a direct Boer position from Mr. Kroger during a France visit to draft a plan.
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Brussels
Helge
Copenhagen
William
Leubet
France
Kroger
Will Be Their Guest at Knights Templar Conclave
Springfield Indiana reports Cow Yates accepted an invitation from Chevalier Bayard commandery of Chicago to join their guest party for the triennial conclave in Louisville. He and Mrs. Yates depart Saturday and Gov. Yates is named on the staff of the eminent grand commander to ride in the grand parade.
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Springfield
Cow Yates
Chevalier Bayard Commandery
Knights Templar
Chicago
Louisville
United States
Galt House
Broadway Methodist Church
Templars of
Montana plans vast lands auction in Carbon and Flathead counties
Helena August 23 Montana announces auction sale of 3 000 000 acres of state lands begins in Carbon county with Red Lodge as county seat on September 18 and Flathead county sales start October 2 covering 55 000 acres. Also notes a boiler explosion at Rapid City pump plant killing two African Americans and injuring 14 with two men asleep at the pump.
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State Landa
Helena
Mont
Montana
Carbon
Red Lodge
Flathead County
Donaldsonville
Rapidar
Loisci & Israel
Two Trains Collide Near Fond du Lac Wisconsin
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin on August 23 a Chicago Green Bay passenger train on the Northwestern railway collided with another locomotive causing minor injuries and disruption to service. The incident halted traffic as crews investigated the cause and assisted passengers.
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Fon. du ‘Lac
Wis
Ireen Bay
China Near End of Negotiations as Signatures Loom
Peking reports anxiety in foreign circles over delays in signing the protocol but ministers expect China to sign and wind up talks soon. Decrees on punishments and suspensions will precede signatures while Prince Ching reports arms import restrictions to the empress dowager.
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Peking
China
Prince Ching
Tung Chang
Earl Li
Japan
London
Times
Great Britain
United States
Morning Post
Chee Poo
Russia
Niu Chwang
Court of Inquiry to Name Members in September
Washington reports Adm Schiey will challenge Adm Hewison for a slot on the court of inquiry to convene September 12. Arguments over Adm Schigo’s partiality claim against Adm Howison may force two other members, Dewey and Benham, to rule him disqualified, delaying substitutes for days.
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Washington
Adm
Schiey
Changes in the Navy Retirements and Promotions
Washington reports a wave of retirements in the U S navy over the coming weeks led by Rear Admiral Schley who will retire October 10. Other captains depart in September with promotions totaling 45 across the service. Two captains, Frank Wildes and Henry Glass, will be elevated to rear admiral following Schley’s retirement.
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Washington
United States Navy
Adm
Schley
Farmholdt
Allen
Robinson
Forsyth
Ide
Rr. Adm
Capt
Frank Wildes
Henry Glass
Ex Gov Stone Not Candidate for 1904 Nomination
Ex Gov Stone will not seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 1904. He is reported to be pursuing the United States senatorship instead and is said to be much better, with Col M C Wetmore confirming the arrangement.
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St. Louis
Stone
United States
Col M. C. Wetmore
Col. Wetmore
Kruger denies privateering in Boer struggle remarks
Paris reports quote Mr Kruger at Hilverum saying rumors of privateering are fables. He notes the Boers can field 19 000 men and are determined to continue the struggle despite limited forces.
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Paris
Kruger
Hilveraum
Peace talks unfold over guarded concessions in steel strike
Pittsburgh August 26 The amalgamated executives and the Civic Federation conciliatory committee discuss a peace programme to be presented in New York. Proposals reportedly include concessions by the executives to restart direct negotiations with the company. Details remain secret amid questions over wage agreements and the Federal Steel Co. contracts.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated
Steel Corporation
National Civic Federation
Civic Federation
New York
Shaffer
Mumners
American Federation of Labor
Federal Steel Co
Messia
Maenell
White
Jenks
City of Manila to add four infantry companies
Manila reports fewer than 7000 effective soldiers with a plan to raise four infantry companies. Officials cite heavy guard duty but imply readiness for possible future uprisings among the Malays.
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Manila
Possible lynching threat in Macon Georgia
It is possible that Henry Stewart a Negro hack man of Macon was lynched after allegedly insulting a white woman. Eyewitnesses report men pursuing him and seen at a late hour Sunday guiding the bound suspect toward the outskirts.
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Macon
Henry Stewart
Stewart
Erie System Takes Over Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad
Rail road officials in Indianapolis assert authoritatively that the Erie system has completed taking over the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railroad after weeks of negotiations. A formal announcement is expected Monday or Tuesday with final steps to be executed at a New York meeting early this week.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Erie System
Cincinnati, Hamilton, & Dayton
New York
Flagler Weds Miss Kenan in Quiet Georgia Ceremony
Henry M. Flagler the Florida millionaire wed Miss Mary L. Kenan at Kenansville in Dublin county. The ceremony on Saturday was attended by a small, select party with travel from Wilmington by special train.
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Charlotte
N. C
Henry M. Flagler
Mary L. Kenan
Kenansville
Dublin County
Kenan
Fraudulent Medical Aid Case in Daytona Trial
Daytona Florida August 24 Helen Post her husband Col C C Post and her son in law C F Burgman were sworn to by a Post Office Inspector charging them with fraudulent pretenses to cure patients through mental science.
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Daytona, Fla
Helen Post
Col
C C. Post
C. F. Burgman
Post Office
British consul predicts beet sugar boost for U S imports
In a statement taken from a government report, William Wyndham the British consul in Chicago says the United States will soon be able to produce from beets the hundred million dollars worth of sugar imported annually.
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Chicago
Wm. Wyndham
United States
Name of Healment Changed
Berlin August 26 Emperor William orders change to name of the late Empress.
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Berlin
William
Severe Minneapolis Storm Causes Heavy Property Damage
Minneapolis, Minn. Aug 26. A fierce rain wind and hail storm Sunday evening damaged property across the city and vicinity. No injuries were reported. In the business district plate glass windows shattered while streetcar service was disrupted for hours by downed wires. A cupola was blown from a great northern elevator, destroying a nearby house. Many homes lost windows.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Sity
Great Northern
Lord Strathcona Likely New British Delegate Leader
London reports Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal expected as successor to the late Lord Herschell to head the British delegation in the joint high commission. The Daily Chronicle notes a Baroness may join the New York series lineup as a new entry.
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London
Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
The
Daily Chronicle
Lord Herschell
Joint High Commission
Mob Executes Alleged Killer After Winchester Crime
Henry Notes, a Black man accused of assaulting and fatally shooting Mrs. Charles Williams near Winchester, Tennessee, was captured at a water tank and taken to jail. A large, orderly mob stormed the jail, transported him to the Williams home area, where he claimed no one else was implicated and said he did the deed because he had nothing else to do.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Henry Notes
Charles Williams
Winchester
Jeon
Water Tank
Cowan
Stewart
Matt N. Whittaker
J. 4. Lynch
W. F. .Tolley
Jesse M. Littleton
Foster Wamsey
Williams
Noles
Burned by mob at Thompson Springs near Birmingham
At Thompson Springs eight miles from Birmingham a small grocery store and dwelling owned by Miles Brooks a Negro were set ablaze by a mob Sunday morning after an alleged improper letter to Mrs. Cuteliff a white woman. Brooks fled as twenty shots were fired but no one was hurt.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thompson Springs
Miles Brooks
Brooks
Boers Active in Cape Colony Near Uniondale and Oudtshoern
South African dispatches report continued Boer activity in Cape Colony with sharp skirmishes near Uniondale and a Boer command threatening Oudtshoern. Brussels notes Commander General Botha ordered commanders to retain all captured British as hostages if Lord Kitchener follows through on new proclamations.
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London
Cape Colony
Uniondale
Schepper
Oudtshoern
Indian Ocean
Brussels
Botha
Kitchener
Oklahoma Towns Sell Lots Reach Large Total
Washington notes total receipts from Oklahoma town lot sales through August 24 amount to 36590427 dollars. Lawton sold 1068 lots for 351805 dollars and Anadarko 1043 lots for 179243 dollars while Hobart moved 1124 lots for 12877 dollars. Assistant Commissioner Richards, in charge, expects the final grand total to rise to about 7000000 dollars.
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Washington
Duel Between Princes Near St Petersburg Reported Fatal
A special dispatch from St Petersburgh reports a pistol duel between Prince Alexander of Sayn-Wittgenstein and Prince Anatole Baraninsky. The latter is the czar’s aide-de-camp and was wounded while Prince Alexander was killed.
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London
St. Petersb.y
Alexander of
Sayn Weetgepstein
Anatole Baria- Uinski
Turkey's Back-Down Seen as Paper Victory in London
London observers note France gains little beyond a ceremonial win as Turkey yields but avoids costly quays. They suggest M Constant may have won praise while securing Turkey’s nonremunerative purchases, leaving real concessions uncertain.
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London
Turkey
France
Germany
M. Constans
Wreck of Seaboard Florida and Metropolitan Limited Near Cheraw
The Florida and Metropolitan limited train of Seaboard Air Line derailed seven miles south of Cheraw after a sand bank washed out. Fireman Rosemond was killed, Engineer Muse injured, another engineer Tom Cleary hurt, a postal clerk unnamed but bruised. passengers shaken. Engine, four front cars left track. tender thrown 59 yards. track torn for 150 yards. all cars off the rails.
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Columbia
Florida and Metropolitan Limited
Seaboard Air Line
Cheraw
Rosemond
Muse
Tom Cleary
Drought Devastates Zacapata County Triggers Famine Warning
Reports from Zacapata county describe widespread drought with no green vegetation and dying cattle. Starvation threatens the poor, needing urgent food aid as range water fails and transport from Laredo remains a two day haul.
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San Antonio
Tex
Zacapata County
Laredo
Prospector recounts shipwreck note found in bottle
Harry James claims to have recovered a corked medicine bottle on Hagenmaister Island near Bristol Bay. The bottle held a faded paper dated July 24, 1879 reporting the schooner Alpert wreck with 15 hands aboard and that a storm still raged, signed by Ship's Master C. Me Lead.
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Victoria
B.C
Harry James
Cape Nome
Hagenmaister Island
Bristol Bar
Alpert
Unimak Pass
C. Me
Insurgent Officers Surrender Near Talisay Under Bowed Command
Manila reports that Insurgent Colonel Loreel and 17 officers with 300 men surrendered Saturday to Capt. Brown of the fourth infantry at Talisay. Several smaller contingents followed last week, bringing total surrenders to over 100. Gov Taft to return to Manila Tuesday after appointing civil officials in northern Luzon.
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Manila
Loreel
Brown
Fourth Infantry
Talisay
Gov. Taft
Luzon
McNally to swim Boston to New York in 20 days
Boston August 26 Peter S McNally plans a bold swim from Boston to New York starting next Sunday. He aims to finish before noon on September 50 at the battery in New York. The distance is about 2623 miles, with the crossing estimated at just under 400 miles per day.
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Peter S&s. N McNally
Houston
New York
Boston
Mass
Peter S. McNally
Mr. McNally
the Battery
Countess Von Chambrun a Bar Harbor guest
Mrs. Nichola Longworth hosts her guest at Bar Harbor Countess Von Chambrun wife of a French army officer visits with her mother.
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New York
Irs
Nichola Longworth
Bar Harbor
Countess von Chambrun
Heat Wave Grips Kansas Cities Amid High Temperatures
Sunday's heat baked Kansas with readings near 106 in some spots and 105 in Topeka. Wichita hit 104, Salina 103, and Atchison reached 112. Leavenworth reported several prostrations as heat persisted.
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Kans
Topeka
Kan
Alpine death report lacks details from cablegram
Fragmentary OCR notes report a death in the Alps with missing cablegram details and unclear identifiers. No clear names, dates, or organizations are readable.
Gretna Green marriage crack down stirs Indiana action
In Jeffersonville Indiana Clerk Carr defies requests to stop issuing licenses to non residents Attorney General Taylor demands compliance Deputy Clerk Hanlon reports Carr orders licensing ban for applicants living outside Clark county Magistrate House mocks the law and plans Europe trip James Keigwin son of Ephraim Keigwin says he will remove his matrimonial sign New Albany clerk Chail B Scott refuses licenses to Kentucky residents who have not met Floyd county's 30 day residency rule
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Indiana
Gretna Green
Carr
Taylor
Hanlon
Clark County
House
Europe
James Keigwin
Ephraim Keigwin
Chail B. Scott
New Albany
Kentucky
Floyd County
Collision with a Train Injures Four Teens in Indianapolis
Four teenagers were injured when a Greenfield interurban car collided with a freight train on the Belt railroad near Bell Crossing in Indianapolis. The electric car, heavy and new, withstood the impact and was not completely wrecked. The motorman and conductor were badly bruised and treated at home. two passengers, from Greenfield, were en route to Cincinnati.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Creenfield Interurban
Belt Railroad
Bell Crossing
Greenfield
Cincinnati
Mrs Frye Arrested After Chicago Woman Shoots Frye
Frances B. Frye, a Chicago woman, shot Tomas J. Frye in Laporte Indiana on Thursday night then was taken into custody at Woly Family hospital Sunday morning by Sheriff Small. He remains in critical condition and she is held pending the wound’s outcome.
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Frye
Man with smallpox escapes quarantine at Vincennes plant
Vincennes, Aug 24. John Carder found with smallpox last week and placed in quarantine. He escaped Wednesday and returned to work at the Central Foundry Co where 200 men labored. He entered quarantine again Friday as doctors fear spread of the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes, Ltd
John Carder
Central Foundry Co
Linemen Bonded After Obstructing Street Charge
Frankfort Indiana August 24 Jas Sims Fred Borgstead Isaac Northern and Harvey Larkin linemen of the Central Union Telephone Co are released on company furnished bonds for obstructing the street and their trial is set for next Wednesday.
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Frankfort
Ind
Jas. Sims
Fred. Borgstead
Isaac Northern
Harvey Larkin
Central Union Telephone Co
Frank Adams Shot During Slaughter Accident
Newcastle Indiana August 24 Frank Adams of Lewisville was fatally wounded when a bullet fired by Charles Stewart while slaughtering a steer glanced from the steer’s head into Adams chest as he assisted Stewart.
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Newcastle
Ind
Frank Adams
Lewisville
Charles Stewart
Stewart
Adams
Patrolman stabbed during arrest at Bowser's saloon
Anderson Indiana August 26 Patrolman Hunter was stabbed in the face and over the heart while making an arrest at Bowser's saloon. Kenneth and Ray Stanley attacked the officer who finally succeeded in locking up one of the Stanleys.
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Anderson
Ind
Hunter
Bowser
Kenneth
Ray Stanley
Stanleys
Indiana paper mill sale announced for Gov Durbin stake
Anderson Indiana August 26 announcement that the Diamond Paper Company for which Gov Durbin is a large stockholder has sold its plant. The company is represented by Gene Heaven formerly of Dayton Ohio in the realignment.
Riot in Fort Review park injures four Negroes
Indianapolis Aug 26 riot at Fort Review park leaves four Black men badly hurt and one man named Harris with a broken arm. About 150 white attackers from the Singaloos gang targeted Black attendees as 12 police finally stopped the violence.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Fort Review Park
Harris
West Side
Singaloos
Fire at Street Fair. New York vaudeville tent erupts in Evansville
At 8 o clock Friday the Sullivan street fair spectacle tent burned destroying the New York vaudeville company structure crowded with mostly women and children causing a rush that trampled several youngsters. Miss Lillie May sustained severe facial burns with no chance of recovery per doctors. Another employee suffered severe facial and hand burns while aiding the crowd to exit. Women screamed and several fainted amid the blaze.
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Evansville
Ind
New York
Sullivan
Veryple
Lillie May
Ters
Perry Carter’s family record praised at Indiana fair
Lawrenceville Indiana August 21 Perry Carter praised as father of the handsomest baby winner at the fair. Carter 72 spoke proudly noting he is living with his fourth wife after three divorces and two wives dead. He says he fathered 34 children and never harmed any wife.
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Lawrenceville
Ind
Perry Carter
Winona Receipts Rise in Annual Financial Statement
Winona Lake Indiana reports annual financial results showing receipts of 179000 dollars for the year, up from 1899 and 1890 figures. Chautauqua receipts were 116000 pounds last year. Thomas Kane of Chicago reelected president H P Townley Terre Haute treasurer S C Dickey Indianapolis continued as general manager and secretary.
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Winona Lake
Ind
Winona
Chatanqua
Chatauqua
Thomas Kane
Chicago
H. P.townley
Terre Haute
S. C. Dickey
Indianapolis
Life convict granted ten days parole to visit dying father
Michigan City Indiana August 24 John Fleming a life convict in the penitentiary has been given a ten days parole by Gov Durbin to visit his dying father at Kokone. Officers say they have full confidence he will return at the end of the ten days. It is said to be the first case on record where a life convict has been allowed to leave prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
John Fleming
Cov. Durbin
Kokone
Local Pearl Find Netting Fred Wilson Big Value
Millmeeie Indiana reports Fred Wilson recovered pearls from White River over ten days. One pearl valued at 4500 after being appraised in New York, with a jeweler confirming the high value and Wilson estimating total gains around 1060.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millmeeie
Ind
Fred Wilson
White River
Wyatt
New York
Ex-convict released after diamond robbery suspicions
Anderson Indiana August 23 W F Jones an ex convict from Ohio who was arrested on suspicion of involvement in recent diamond robberies in the city was released Thursday and ordered to leave on the first train
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
W. F. Jones
Ohio
Abduction Report Reaches Kokoro Indiana
A fragment from Kokoro Indiana dated August 23 reports the alleged abduction of Bertha Thatcher, girl. The sparse text notes the missing daughter and references local inquiries and authorities.
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Kokoro
Ind
Bertha Thatcher
Gaephter
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