Tillman Wins In South Carolina Statewide Primary
Dispatches from Columbia report Tillman leading by a wide margin across most counties with Beaufort and Charleston favoring Sheppard in some areas. Early tallies show Tillman carrying numerous counties as returns trickle in, while Irby predicts a 25 to 40 thousand vote lead statewide.
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Columbia, &Co
Berkeley
Lou
Charleston
Sheppard
Columbia
Irby
Gover- Los Plagza
Tillimn
Richland
Geogetown
Beaufort
Prohibition Victory Across State Amid Turmoil in Charleston
Charleston reports hint at reformist clashes as Tilman Stokes metropolitan bloc weakens. Prohibitionists claim a sweeping win statewide, with Charleston showing heavy, unlikely to be overturned by urban votes. Colum bia Rewriter notes heavy prohibition majority and possible solicitor nomination doubts.
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Columbia
Ll. C
Childs
Jerves
Eiail
Charleston
Kely
Battle Rages in Venezuela as Crespo Rebels Face Defeat
Dispatch from Caracas reports heavy fighting between government forces led by General Careras and revolutionists under General Guerra near Ciudad Bolivar and Villa de Cura. Careras dies leading a charge after his troops are repelled, while 1500 casualties are cited at Villa de Cura and heavy losses claimed on both sides. General Urdanetta heads to Caracas to assume vice presidency as President Villegas seeks European medical treatment.
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New York
Aus
Caracas
Quayra
Venezuela
Crespo
San Juan de Losmors
Ciudad
Isolivia
Careras
Guerra
Ceneral Careras
Ile
Uien
Villa de Cura
Lemorza
Vallenida
Tim
Lemousais
Tne Venezuelian
Vallecilla
Sou Tien
Zoolaya
Acclaga
Urdanetta
Villegas
Europe
General Urdanetta
Boiler Explosion Blasts Morgan Iron Works Yard
In Spartanburg South Carolina on August 27 a boiler at Morgan Iron Works yard exploded sending debris about 400 feet. Five to six negro workers sat near the engine as water was low. Water was cooled rapidly and W Harty escaped with painful injuries. Loss valued at about five thousand dollars.
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Spartanburg
S.C
Morgan Iron Works
W. Harty
City Water Works
Tlarty
Fire at Prince and Wooten streets destroys box factory
A large blaze in New York at the Prince and Wooten streets building housing the United States Picture Frame Company and a paper box concern causes heavy loss of life. Reports say many girls employed in the box factory perished and sixteen firemen were killed as a wall collapsed. Details remain unclear.
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New York
Prince and
Wooten Streets
United States Picture Frame Company
Cholera Strikes Hamburg Amid Prolonged Heat
The Hamburg cholera outbreak worsens as temperatures rise. Daily cases reach 60 with 41 deaths, and burials rise to 70, many at night. Exodus of property owners grows, railways crowded, shops and cafes deserted, Sedan Day celebrations canceled, a temporary camp hospital set up at Lockstedt for plague victims.
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Hamburg
Sedan
Napoleon II
Lockstedt
Iolstein
St. Petersinne
Aus
Explosion at Averkenlig pit traps hundreds of miners
An explosion at Averkenlig near Bridgend Glamorgan traps 143 coal miners. A heavy coal dust plume and rumble signal disaster as rescue efforts stall. Six bodies recovered, ventilation restored slowly, crowds gather while relatives await news. Authorities call in workers from neighboring collieries to aid in the entombed miners' rescue.
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Ponpon
Averkenlig
Bridgend
County of
Glamorgan
Wales
Muanwrers
Aberkentie
Four Wilson children die after snakebite and drowning
In Madison county Georgia a family named Wilson loses four children within forty minutes from a rattlesnake bite and a drowning near a spring. The mother found two dead and one sick, then the baby drowned in the spring, and the father returned to discover another dead child as a large rattlesnake under the house was killed. The incident followed by a major local fire destroying multiple businesses and residences, causing extensive damage and insurance claims.
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Athens
Madison County
Wilson
They Fought for Love in a Minnesotan Ring
Nellie Lonkey stirred a love triangle in Nookfield as two French suitors Charles Lenout and Burk Rewer fought for her favor with a mock boxing match interrupted by a chaos causing whip. Nellie preferred Lenout and saved him from a bruising finish.
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Nookfield
Minn
Aus
Charles Lenout
Burk Rewer
Nellie Lonkey
Nellie
Lenout
Jack
McAulille
Jimmy
Revier
Miss Lankey
Len
Dr D Lyon shot by deputy and wife killer in Florida
A Winnemessett Florida dispatch reports Dr D Lyon, 56, shot by Deputies Perkins and Austin after firing on them following a violent day. Lyon, a Yale graduate and orange grower, survived head wounds and refused extraction. Earlier he shot at his wife and daughter. a warrant led to the confrontation.
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Facksonville
Pan
Winnemessett
Volusia County
Times-Union
D.&. Lyon
Perkins
Austin
Ile
Lyon
de. Lyon
New York
Yale College
Reform Victory Shapes South Carolina Primary
In Columbia South Carolina Governor Tillman and the Reform candidates claim a sweeping primary win. Senator John J M Irby defends reform efforts arguing the movement protects state interests and economic growth against opposition driven by patronage. Tillman credits broad farmer support and denounces hostile press coverage while noting gains in the counties and key policy questions like railroad regulation school funding and government restructuring.
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Washington
Associated Press
Columbia
D. C
Irby
Tillman
United States
John J. M. Irby
Ile
Congress
Cleveland
Stevenson
South Carolina
Democratic Party
South
Kolb
Alabama
Keftorm
Lsio
Ist
Idso
Reform
Psveb
Tillian
Sheppard
Columbia Register
Willtian
Iis
Laurens
Borden Murder Trial Probes Lizzie as Suspect in Family Slaying
At the Jorden murder trial in River, Mass., prosecutors press Lizzie Borden as the principal in the brutal killing of her aged parents. Testimony describes her seeking prussic acid day before the murders and contradicting statements about her whereabouts and dress, while witnesses note a lack of blood on her clothes and her distressed condition after the crime.
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Lizzie
Last River
Mass
Jorden
Benle
Lizzie Borden
Benie
Churchill
Miss Borden
Miss Russel
Adelaide B. Churchill
Bordens
Mere
Mrs. Borden
Bridset
Alive M. Russell
Vizzie
Miss Russell
Beniet
Frank Kilroy
Frederick B. Tart
Kilroy
Turbulent Tangier action rebels crushed and leaders slain
In Tangier the Sultanate forces attacked insurgents as villages burned and the rebel chief Laman fled. Troops returned with heads to claim a bounty of 38 per head. In Peris a bear tamer Madame Mars died after a cage accident as bears attacked.
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Tanger
Angheras
Laman
Tangier
Peris
Madame Mars
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