William II views English ways as travel education for his sons
Emperor William after Osborne visits shows renewed fondness for England and plans educational journeys for Crown Prince William and brothers. He aims to begin a European tour next summer with Norway, Sweden, and Germany as studies, while fall campaigning depending on Empress recovery.
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Ents
William
Osborne
Arecit
Estel Frederick
Prince Albrecht
Esid
Europe
Civit
Norway
Sweden
Elks
Oscar
Peance
Tis New Estate
Urville
Merz
Granng
Haden
Carlsrube
Wurtemburg
Cumbera
Bismarck
Balobotl
Despee
Hich
Vienna
Germany
Berlin
Herr von Herrfarth
Herrforth
Herrfurth
Portkeamer
Frederick
Durtkamer
Corgt
Botho von Eulenburg
Notable Surge in New Infections and Death Toll
The report records a sharp rise in cases with 9,177 new infections and 5,009 fatalities. Authorities warn of ongoing transmission and urge continued vigilance and public health measures.
Ameer Negotiating With Rebels Amid Russian Intrigue
The Currency Association chief urged India to pressure the Home Government for quick relief on the silver issue as an influential Mumbai meeting is planned. Afghan unrest and silver prices drive down government securities while rumors place the Ameer in talks with rebels to manage border tensions. Simla notes the Ameer's guarded reply to General Roberts as Hazara tensions rise.
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CavcuTra
Currency Association
India
Bombay
Ameer
Pamin
Simla
Roberts
Holy War Proclaimed by Mecca Pushes Arab Rising
In Beusseis August 14 a Patriote letter from Lake Tanganyika reports an Arab uprising in the Kongo State tied to a proclamation of a holy war from Mecca. The piece frames the struggle as a religiously inspired conflict with broader regional implications.
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Beusseis
The
Patriote
Lake Tanganijika
Mecca
Coal Creek Labor Turmoil Ignores Peace Talks
Nashville dispatch reports convicts relocated from Tracy City to the state penitentiary as miners and militia face off around Coal Creek Inman and Oliver Springs. Guard numbers rise, trains watched, and governors vow to act within the law amid fears of bloodshed.
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Coal Creek
Labor Storm Center
Frenery
Nashville
Tracy City
Inman
Oliver Springs
Tracy Cit
Messee Coal, Iron and Rail Company
Tillely
Buchanan
Wade
Twins Fall Out in Woodstown Duel
In Woodstown this morning John and William Segraves two rival brothers engaged in a fatal exchange near the Presbyterian Church. John a restaurant keeper, William a horse trainer and jockey. A pistol discharged accidentally wounding John as William attacked him with a halter amid a brewing feud over a pretty young woman.
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May
Woodstown
John
Wm. Segraves
William
Wide Open Sunday Buckles Under Light Fines in AC
Atlantic City August 14. In defiance of local law several amusements including carrousels toboggan and scenic railways opened on Sunday. The state supreme court ruled only a $1 fine could be imposed for remaining open. Police logged proprietors names but did not close venues.
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Atlantic City
N. J
State Supreme Court
Funeral Procession Honors Charles Riggin in Philadelphia
Six thousand naval military civic and patriotic figures led the funeral procession for Charles Riggin boatswain's mate aboard the Baltimore killed in Valparaiso. About 200000 spectators watched as the cortege moved from Cadence Hall to Woodland Cemetery and thousands attended funeral oration sermon and grave services.
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Philadelphia
Charles Riggin
Bootewain
United States
Baltimore
Valparaiso
Cadence Hall
Woodland Cemetery
Electric search light on Mt Washington dazzles visitors
The Mt Washington electric search light, the highest in the world, projected a seven mile beam through fog and lit Glen House despite clouds. Boston engineer Lewis H. Rogers led the project funded by local hotelkeepers, with 30 inch lenses and special colors to entertain tourists and demonstrate military signaling potential.
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Washingtons
N. H
Cyclops
White Mountains
New Hampshire
New England
Mt. Washington
Faleyan House
Glen House
Mt. Researchton
Lewis H. Rogers
Boston
Ives
Delta Railroad Depot Crumbles Into Mississippi
In the New Orleans area the depot of the New Orleans Fort Jackson and Grand Isle Railroad collapsed as riverbank caving began early this morning. Thirty feet of bank slid into the river, toppling the depot and sending heavy timbers into the water. Superintendent Landry moved cars and locomotives to safety as further caving risked further losses to the railroad company.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Fort Jackson
Grand Isle
Darin
Lew Motives
Democratic Rally Opens Illinois Campaign August 27
By order of the State Central Committee the Democratic campaign in Illinois will be opened with a monster rally on August 27. Speakers include Colonel William H. Morrison Congressmen Scott and State Superintendent Kash. Local Democrats are making great preparations.
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Iinois
Broomine Ton
Itt
State Central Committee
Illinois
Wiliam H. Morrison
oOf Scott
Kash
Midnight meeting of the Carnegie strikers advisory board
A staff correspondent reports an overnight secret gathering of the Carnegie locked out workers advisory board in Homestead. Witnesses say 400 mill workers planned to quit en masse at dawn, with rumors of 600 to 700 non union men joining and up to 900 out before Wednesday night, though officials deny formal plans.
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Homestead
Carnegie
Tom Crawford
Dispatch
Potter
Reformatory Fire Destroys Brush Factory and Carpenter Shop
Fire at Huntingdon Reformatory gutted two major new buildings, a brush factory and a carpenter shop, with about 20,000 dollars in building losses and 10,000 dollars in insured stock. Guards quelled inmate panic as water supply failed, and fire crews used Juniata River water to combat the blaze. Investigators attribute the blaze to an inmate's malicious act during repair work.
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Lonis
Huntingdon Reformatory
Brush
Akiva
Reformatory
Huntingdon
Juniata
Consolidated Manufacturing Company
Lovers Who Could Not Marry Die Together Resolve to Die
In Fort Worth, Texas, August 14 two prominent locals attempted suicide together by morphine. Eugene P. Thorne, a San Antonio drug salesman, and Miss Mary West from Hillaboro had fallen in love but could not wed. They swallowed morphine at the Arlington Inn after a plan. nine hours of resuscitation followed, and both were declared out of danger at noon.
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Fort Woerrs
Tex
Eugene P. Thorne
San Antonio
Mary West
Hillaboro
Thorne
Arlington Inn
Ape
Homesteaders in Boston Hear Maas Meeting Addressed by O’Donnell
In Boston at the Boston Theater on August 14, Hugh O’Donnell and Burgess McLuckie spoke at a mass meeting in support of Homestead strikers. James Jeffrey Roche presided. McLuckie, as Homestead mayor, contrasted workingmen’s tariffs with threats and Pinkertons, calling the event a success.
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Boston
Hugh O'Donnell
Burgess McLuckie
Homestead
James Jeffrey Roche
McLuckie
Frick
Youngston
Alimony ruling on husband’s duty to provide a home
Vice Chancellor Bird orders alimony in a suit by Mrs Annie B. Shinn against Howard Shinn, railroad baggage master of Bordentown. The decision defines the required housing: a home suitable to the husband’s means with the wife allowed to preside. The boarding house option is rejected as inadequate.
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Trexton
N.J
Bird
Annie B. Shinn
Howard Shinn
Bordentown
Fires and Riots Alarm Buffalo in switchmen strike night
A night of fires in Lehigh yards sparks chaos in Buffalo as trains stalled and switches were tampered with. Non union workers face threats while police and deputies attempt to control rioting and protect rails amid estimates of heavy damage.
Alarming Fire Devastates Yards in Berranto Strike
A series of incendiary fires at Lehigh Valley yards in Berranto near William street injures no one and causes extensive damage estimated near 200 000. Fires broke out simultaneously at three points including eastbound and west yards, destroying two passenger coaches and numerous freight cars loaded with cotton wool and merchandise. The strike’s role in arson remains suspected but no arrests have been made.
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Buffaalo
N. Y
Lehigh Yards
New York Express
Erie Road
Cheek-Towaga
Buffalo
New York and
Pennsylvania
Williams Street
Seneca Street
Morgenstein
Dingers Street
Tidit
Lehigh
Erie
Tte
New York
Pennnsylvania
Erie Yards
John Schaefer
James Barrett
Schafer
Berranto
Lehigh Valley
William Street
Dingera Street
Mead
William
Dingers
Trainmen in Bradford division threaten strike over wages
Engineers, firemen and trainmen on the Bradford division of the Eric railroad, paid two years ago for higher wages when profits rose, protest low pay. A wage schedule was presented to Superintendent Merrick with a September 1 deadline, warning that a Buffalo yards switchmen strike could block coal traffic on the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg line.
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Braprorp
Bradford
Eric Railroad
Merrick
Buffalo
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
Strike extends to Waverly and Sayre halting Lehigh traffic
Exurea New York Aug 14 A switchmen strike begun at Buffalo on the Erie and Lehigh Valley lines spreads to Waverly and Sayre on the Lehigh causing all freight traffic to stop. A beef train sits on an Erie siding as crews refuse to switch to Lehigh tracks while the Lehigh superintendent asks Oswego for Sheriff aid. Erie men may join tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
New York
Erie and Western
Lehigh Valley
Buffalo Creek
Buffalo
N. Y
Sini
Reading Railroad
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Gene Secretary
Hayes
Knights of Labor
Frank Sweeney
Switchmens’ Mutual Aid Association
Erie
Waverly
Sayre
Lehigh
Oswego
Charleston and San Francisco cruiser Charleston reaches port
August 14. The United States cruiser Charleston returned from Santa Cruz, Cal, and spent three hours entering port. The ship’s machinery and rigging were noted as in need of adjustment after the voyage, with details on the twin screws and steam power observed.
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Charleston
San Francisco
Santa Crus
Cal
Fire Suspected as Motive in Lindsay House Fire Tale
Ex-meat and milk inspector Lindsay and his seven family members escaped danger when a midnight fire broke out in their Linden avenue home. Suspect Antonio Chioda, a jilted employee at Booth & Flinn, was arrested with accomplice Tony Areola after an arson attempt aimed at the new brick house and the family. Fire damage included the parlor and stairs. insurance lapsed and, amid jealousy over a favored servant, the investigation intensified.
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Thomas Lindsay
Jonio Chioda
Lindsay
Mr. Lindsay
Linden Avenue
Penn Avenue
Mary McNamee
Ronning
Contes
Beene
Booth & Flinn
Antonio Chiedo
Ma Lindsay
Leary
Snyder
Chicdo
Revolver
Chioda
Aabanty
Bruce's Ice Pond
Baynes
M Lindsay
Tony Areola
Ioda
Areola
Lindes Avenue
Mary
Mr. 2
Antonio
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Hagnean
Alsace
Kaiser Frederick University
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Aoliceman
Social Democratic
Fifth Infantry Regiment
Pegnitz
Berg
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Russis
Deinhard
North Sea
von Schweinitsz
St. Petersburg
Gladstone
Lowpox
Mr. Gladstone
William Vernon Harcourt
Lord Spencer
Lord Kimberly
John Morley
H. Campbell Bannerman
Lord Roseberry
Paris
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Pops
Rome
Democratic
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Tennessee
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