London and World News Panel Stirs Political Shakeup
The piece reports on parliamentary prorogation and the looming campaign in Britain with focus on Mr. Balfour's Irish local government bill its franchise provisions and resistance within the Irish party leadership. It notes royal interest in the Chicago World Fair and naval maneuvers in the North Sea plus details of Lord Salisbury actions in libel suits and French fleet plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balfour
Chicago
London
Berlin
Europe
America
Lemwlyn
Lord Maror
Common Council
Arien
North Sea
Admiralty
Sams Parcil
Nile
McCarthy
Dillon
Sexton
Lord Salisbury
Mr. O' Brien
George Bolton
O'Brien
Urien
Chateau Cecil
St Dieppe
M. Waddington
Portsmouth
Isle of Wight
Cowes
Osborne House
Gervais
Murder in Whitechapel Flares Rumors of Jack the Ripper
A 70 year old German woman is found mortally wounded in Whitechapel after a dawn attack. Police recover a bloodstained razor near the scene as investigators question a suspect with weak evidence amid renewed Ripper rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpos
Whitechapel
Jack the Ripper
Wolf
Spanish Revolt Plot Tied to Stock Speculation
Maprin Aug 7 authorities report the Barce barracks clash was a conspiracy by desperate stock speculators aiming to move securities by spreading rumors. Initial claims of Republican involvement proved false as Barcelona police uncover letters linking a major government securities operator to the plot to manipulate the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maprin
Barceoas
Republican Party
Owin
Barcelona
Reat
Interviewed the Pope Ecclesiasticals Opposed to Cahbensty Plan
Rome August 7 Professor O Gorman of Washington University reports his audience with the Pope. He noted many ecclesiasticals oppose the Cahbensty plan and seek to keep the issue out of American politics. Cardinal Parocchi and Cardinal Rampella weighed in on Americanizing immigrants and promoting Christian democracy.
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Rome
O'Gorman
Washington University
Ireland
Keane
Rere Y
Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Parocchi
Russian Council Bans Corn Exports Over Bad Harvests
The Russian Imperial Council prohibits corn exports due to poor harvests causing a cereal shortage. The order applies to shipments from the empire, aiming to stabilize domestic supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersnurg
Chile Will Fight With Bolivia.
A telegram from Pants dated August 7 reports Chile vows military action against Bolivia amid rising border tensions. Officials did not release full details. Local observers expect heightened mobilization and possible international consultations.
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Chile
Bolivia
Pants
Chile to Declare War Not Bolivia Says A Vis City
A disputed passage claims Chile will declare war while Bolivia remains uninvolved. It references a congressional party in Chile as belligerents and notes tension in the region with no verified details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buengs
Chile
Bolivia
Pean Country Congressiona Party of
Denmark May Be Represented at World’s Fair
Commissioner Peck explains to Danish officials the benefits for Danish exhibitors at the Chicago Columbian World’s Fair. Mr. Peck, of Chicago, will travel to Stockholm after brief stay in Copenhagen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
F. W. Peck
Chicago
Clark E. Carr
United States
Michelsen
Industrial Association
Denmark
Peck
Stockholm
Emperor William to remain in Kiel for injury treatment
The German emperor will stay in Kiel for two weeks to have his leg injury attended to after slipping on the wet deck of the Hohenzollern. He arrived from Norway and will miss the guard review but plans to attend Bavarian and Austrian troop maneuvers later in the season.
Europe may face hunger without American wheat aid
The News cites Loxpoxs and Beerbohm estimating America can spare 25,000,000 quarters of wheat with a total surplus of 50,000,000 quarters and other countries needing 48,000,000 quarters. It notes Europe’s past independence from US supplies and Warns of possible starvation before next harvest without help. Mashonaland feature previews tomorrow from Dispatch correspondent in Africa.
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Loxpoxs
Aug
Beerbohm
America
Europe
Pensacola Returns Home From Chilean War News
An officer aboard the US steamer Pensacola reports in San Diego that progress in Chile is limited. Congress supports Balmaceda with money while insurgents flood the country with paper money. Sailors mention Esmeralda and Cochrane victories near Coquimbo and dispute sightings of a sunk launch.
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San Diego
Cat
United States
Pensacola
Chile
Balmaceda
Valparaiso
Europe
Esmeralda
Cochrane
Coquimbo
Iquique
Kantz
T Congressional Party
Alacama
Parapaca
Fracca
Regular Veterans Meet Elects Officers and Plans Auxiliary
At the Regular Army and Navy Union session in Boston on August 7 officers elected yesterday were installed. A ladies auxiliary was proposed for wives and daughters of regular members. General Miles may request representation at the World’s Fair Committee. National Chaplain N. B. Siderlinger was appointed to urge Congress to reduce military retirement eligibility from 30 to 25 years.
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Boston
Regular Army and Navy Union
Washington
United States
Jonx Paalarer
J. I. Goutorsa
Womens’ Relief Corps
Sue A. Sanders
Delaware
Margaret P. Wiggins
Sabatha
Kans
Mary Lyle
Reynolds
Covington
Amelia A. Cheney
Detroit
Mich
Clara Barton
New Orleans
Grand Army
Hedges
Provo Cate
Louisiana
Joseph A. Mowen
T. C. How
Abraham Lincoln
Vanjerburg County Auditorship Contest Declared
Judge Shaw of Vincennes ruled Stockflet a Democrat winner by 24 votes in the Vanjerburg county Auditorship contest. He based the decision on a mix of mandatory and declaratory law allowing ballot counting and exclusions. The ruling advances to the Indiana Supreme Court with Parvino the Republican challenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Vanjerburg
Shaw
Vincennes
Stockflet
Supreme Court
Parvino
Africa correspondent in Central Africa sends letter and photos
The Dispatch’s central Africa correspondent reports in a new letter with striking photographs, promising publication in tomorrow's issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Central Africa
Lssue
Fire Devastates Helwig Chair Factory in Indianapolis
A major blaze in Indianapolis at 10 pm destroyed the Helwig chair factory, a five story building storing finished products. Within an hour the walls collapsed. The loss is estimated at 100000 dollars with 45000 dollars insured. the list of insurance companies was not available.
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Indianapolis
Helwig Chair Factory
Helwig
Carriage Hit by Train Near Sisson Crossing
At about eight o clock a passenger train struck a carriage two miles east of Lixaca killing A. H. Barnett and Miss Francesa Fuller. Mrs. P. P. Fuller and Mrs. George F. Ristenber with two young children were seriously injured. all are prominent locals.
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Lixaca
Kray
Sisson Crossing
Here
A. H. Barnett
Francesa Fuller
P. P. Fuller
George F. Ristenber
Railway Freight Claim Association Closes SemiAnnual Session
The Railway Freight Claim Association of the Eastern Southern and Western districts closed its semi annual meeting in Boston and decided to hold the next session in Chicago in November. Members include representatives from 68 railroads with New York and New England the sole New England road listed.
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Boston
Railway Freight Claim Association
Chicago
New York and
New England
TENTS TURN ASS UNDER A New National Council of Administration Placed in Office
Closing session of the Twenty-fifth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Detroit reports on the Logan and Sheridan monuments fund totals, memorials, rule changes, and the installation of a new National Council of Administration led by Commander elect John Palmer.
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National Council of Administration
Detroit
G. A. RB
John A. Logan
Phil Sheridan
Logan Monument
Sheridan
Oglesby
Illinois
G. A
Sons of Veterans
United States
Beath
Philadelphia
Veazey
Grand A of the Republic
Elect Palmer
Grand Army of the Republic
Sherman
Porter
Hannibal Hamlin
Charles Devins
Twenty-fifth National
Grand Army of the Repub
Washington
National Council
National Council of Administration of the
Alabama
A. W. Foterham
Birmingham
Arizona
William Ksty
Phoenix
Arkansas
Isaac C. Parker
Ft. Smith
California
Magnus Tait
Los Gatos
Colorado
Wooneas
John B. Cooke
Greely
Connecticut
John.c. Clark
New Haven
Delaware
William J. Blackburn
Wilmington
Florida
J. D. Hazzard
Eustis
Georgia
Alfred Guiton
Augusta
Idaho
George L. Shoup
Simon City
Ilinois
Alfred
Cooper
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Williamson
Boston
B. F. Graves
Adrain
Missouri
Milner
Springfield
Montana
Patrick E. Fisk
Helena
Nebraska
John H. Ehrhardt
Canton
New Hampshire
Benjamin F. Clark
Conway
New Jersey
M. K. Kinsey
Camden
New Mexico
Philip Mothersil
Eagle
New York
P. F. Koniff
Saratoga
North Dakota
W. H. Winchester
Ohio
Ed S. Grant
Oklahoma
D. Munger
Oklahomaity
Oregon
D. B. Tuttle
Portland
Pennsylvania
William McClellan
Pittsburg
Potomac
A. G. Huntoon
Washiegges
Rhode Island
H. Fry Luther
Providence
South Dakota
E. W. Caldwell
Sioux Falls
Tennessee
W. J. Smith
Memphis
Texas
Midh
Rutland
Second Brigade Officers Commissions Issued by Adjutant General
The Adjutant General issued commissions to officers of the Second Brigade. The list includes First Lieutenants Eich enland Sheridan Troop George Genshimer and many others across the First to Eighteenth Regiments with ranks from Second Lieutenant to Captain and Adjutant. The orders cover Battery B, various Companies, and multiple regiments led by officers named in the dispatch from Hamispura dated Aug 7.
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Sprotal
Hamispura
Adjutant General
Edward Eichenland
Sheridan
George Genshimer
Thomas W. Fleck
William R. Calhoun
William Alcorn
W. H. Mabon
Harry Cohn
Incob J. Pohy
Fourteenth Regiment
John Winslow Hubbard
William McLain
John Woods Nesbitt
John K. McFwin
Fifteenth Regiment
D. Samuel Crawford
Wilfred Ellsworth
Charles W. Arnold
John H. Near
McJunkin
A. Boreland
George 8. Mechling
John W. Campbell
William A. McCoy
James A. Cochran
William W. Hanna
George W. Higgins
George W. McCleary
Cougar Attacks Camp Near Knappa in Oregon Woods
A group of young men camping near Knappa, Oregon, faced a seven foot cougar that smashed through their cabin door. They fired multiple shots, ending with the animal’s head blown apart. The next morning they measured the carcass at seven feet from tip to tip.
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Knappa
Lower
Columbia
Eeen
A Rattler for a Pet in Porterville
A Porterville newspaper man keeps a rattlesnake as a pet with fangs removed and claims the animal, though roaming his office and home, is harmless and highly intelligent. He recounts a burglary scare in which the rattler allegedly rattled at an open window to alert a watchman, causing burglars to flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porterville
Four Arsonists Lynched After Alabama Fire
In Honey county near Crosby Alabama a farmer W P Davis family escaped a blaze. Ella Williams confessed to oiling the house and starting the fire implicating Lizzie Lowe Willis Lowe and Bill Williams. A sheriff transporting prisoners was overpowered and the four suspects were shot and drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Honey County
Crosby
W. P. Davis
Ella Williams
Lizzie Lowe
Willis Lowe
Bill Williams
Abbeyville
Washington as nm residence elty praised by Kate Field
Kate Field writes for The Dispatch praising Washington as a prime residence city. She extols civic amenities and social life, urging readers to appreciate the capital's charm and opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Field
Dispatch
Washington
Elty
Train Wreck Near Debeque Sweeps Cars Off Track
A crowded Denver and Rio Grande passenger train was wrecked by a landslide at Debeque, 400 miles west of Denver. The slide tore through a deep cut, sweeping the train from the tracks and nearly burying part of it. Passengers were frightened but none injured.
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Denver
Denver and
Rio Grande
Debeque
Here
Missouri Wife Murderer Sentenced to Death for Hang Sep 4
Louia Billing, convicted wife murderer, was sentenced to death at Savannah for the third time. The hanging date was set for September 4. Billing previously escaped jail and was recaptured after an August Chicago pursuit and street fight with officers.
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St. Josefu
Louia Billing
Savannah
Billing
Chicago
Mob Threatens Lynch After Billiards Shooting
In English Indiana tonight William Brown was shot and killed by Robert Pikes during a billiards game. Brown was also wounded and arrested. A mob gathered at the jail in Louisville threatening to lynch Pikes.
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Louisville
William Brown
English, Ind
Robert Pikes
Brown
Romance of Anna Cobert and Anthony Fraley Ends in Marriage
Pittsburg rumor of a rich uncle shifts Tailor Cobert's stance as his daughter Anna Cobert 20 and builder Anthony Fraley 23 wed after two years of secret meetings. The elopement, pursuit, and reconciliations unfold through Fryburg and Coalton with a widower suitor in play and a village watching.
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Courtrey
Anna Cobert
Villere
Benjamin Cobert
Anthony Fraley
Dominic Blacklock
Miss Cobert
Miss Anna
Papa Cobert
Fraley
Anthony
Anna
Anthony Ley
Papa Corbet
Pitt
Fryburg
Coalton
Froley
Umes Johnson
Sweatheart
Johnson
Anna Fraley
Tony Fraley
Cobert
Solon
How He Fooled Senator Vance Tale of a letter to aid a widow
The tale claims Senator Vance of North Carolina once helped a penniless widow after being pressed by T M Kennedy. Kennedy says a young woman later thanked Vance for the letter and Vance privately admitted the deception, calling Kennedy a liar.
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Senator Vance
Congress
Vance
North Carolina
T. M. Kennedy
Canadian Pacific
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Agricultural Department
Senator
George
Kennedy
Hay Fever and Longevity Claim by Ex President of HFA
Frank Brigham Fay former president of the United States Hay Fever Association notes hay fever is painful yet many sufferers live long lives. He cites a 91 year old patient and several others over 70, recounting his own insurance rejection due to hay fever and his subsequent longevity.
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Frank Brigham Fay
United States Hay Fever Association
St. Louis
United States
New York Life Insurance Company
Castor Oil Plant Provokes Universal Aversion
The St Louis Globe reports that no animal touches a castor oil plant. Goats refuse to eat leaves, horses sniff and spurn it, army worms and locusts avoid it, and moles are driven off lawns by planting castor beans. The piece notes the plant’s extreme repulsiveness across species.
Bald-Headed Czar Endures Cold Immersion Ceremony
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes Emperor Alexander IIs bold bearing at the Epiphany cross immersion in the Neva. Despite his baldness, he remains uncovered for about a half hour, a feat the moijiks credit to divine protection and veneration of the Orthodox faith as a pillar of the empire.
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Chicago
Are Phonograms Dutiable
Canadian officials seized a phonogram cylinder sent by mail from the city to Ottawa, claimed to be dutiable. The consignors say it is ordinary mail matter and refuse duty. The case has been referred to the Minister of Customs.
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New York
Ottawa
Editor Drowns Bathing in Cedar River
Cepak Barros August 7 news reports Fred Lewich editor of the Western drowned while bathing in the Cedar river. The body was not recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cepak Barros
Fred Lewich
The
Western
Cedar River
TWO SEALERS SEIZED BY REVENUE OFFICERS AT BERING SEA
Revenue cutter Rush reports seizing the British schooner E. B. Marvin near Unalaska after warning entry into the Bering Sea for sealing. The vessel carried 23 men and sealskins were found aboard. The prize was transferred to U S naval and British warships at St Pauls Island with Mohican, Alerts, and Thetis arriving in the area. The La Ninfa was later seized near St Pauls Island for violation of the proclamation. Eighty sealing vessels are known in the region while the Alaska Commerical Company aims to limit catch to 7 500 skins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole Gan
Rush
Treasury Department
Ounalaska
Unimak Pass
Bering Sea
E. B. Marvin
Caleb McDowell
Victoria
B. C
McDowell
Coulson
Newcomb
Cantwell
Marvin
United States
Thetis
Unga
Quinan
Mead
Steager Alki
Ea Eh
Turner
Undi
Thetia
Johnston
Dunslaske
Corwin
le Nins
Mohican
Alerts
Nymphe Pheasant
St. Paul's Island
Alaska
Female Labor Letter from England for The Dispatch
A Wakeman reports from England for The Dispatch describing the pit-brow Inasles and conditions faced by women workers. The correspondence highlights labor struggles, daily tasks, and the wartime impact on female laborers in industrial areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakeman
England
A Cure for the Telephone Device Could Aid Pittsburg
Professor Thomson tests a counter electromotive device to curb inductive noises from electric railways near telephone lines. The St Louis elite-Democrat notes potential amicable settlement between telephone and electric railway interests if the device proves effective in reducing interference and lawsuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
St. Louis
elite-Democrat
Two Hot Weather Drinks and Their Colonial Imitations
St Louis Globe-Democrat discusses summer beverages blending seltzer Rhine wine absinthe and sherry with mint blackberry orange and lemon for a frappe style drink. A second recipe uses chartreuse cream de cacao absinthe bur gundy with champagne glass and fruit garnish. The piece praises refreshing aroma and suggests fruit over spice to refresh the breath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Mending Broken Glass With Homemade Cement
The article describes a homemade cement to repair glass and china ages with a mix of pulverized white gum and gum mastic, dissolved in ether and alcohol. A small dab applied to the broken edge sets in minutes, and the item should rest a week to ensure the break occurs elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
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Adjutant General Issues Commissions
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Mme
Patti
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