Panama Canal Treaty Rejected by Colombian Senate
News from Washington and Colon report the Colombian senate rejected the Panama canal treaty, prompting shock across the isthmus. Officials note the government may seek revised terms or refile the agreement with amendments, while the United States contemplates its next moves. The debate centers on sovereignty and land lease issues tied to canal access.
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Herran
Ricos
Borota
Senate
Government of
Colombia
Colon
Spooner
Panama
United States
School Teacher Pay Battle Over Health Board Closure
Sherman County case holds school teacher paid for eight months and denied for nine as board of health closed schools during smallpox epidemic. Verdicts favor teacher on contract funds for what was worked and owed, with disputes over final month and janitor services.
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Board of Health
Supreme Court
Sherman County
Henryd
Ton
Sherman
Begin
B. Lukawaki
Able Sak
Andrewka
Pease Resoluens
Ashton
Eigbt
Henry
Justice'’S
District Court
State Game Warden strengthens anti poaching drive in western Nebraska
Lincoln dispatch reports State Game Warden Carter touring western counties to appoint deputies and enforce the 1903 quail and prairie chicken seasons. Hunters misinformed that September chicken shooting is legal are warned of stiff prosecutions starting October 1. The news item also notes local events from Exeter auditorium plans to a fatal quarry accident near Weeping Water and other regional updates.
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Lincoln
Carter
Herbert S. Crane
Omaha
Mercury Press
Nebraska
Wymore Farmer Killed by Lightning Near Home
Charley Clayton, a prominent young farmer two miles west of Wymore, was instantly struck dead while unhitching a team of mules under a tree in his yard. One mule also died from the bolt.
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Harry Iickson
Plattsmouth
Mark White
Hickoom
Loup County
Dodge County
A. J. Peterson
Burlington
Ashland
Peterson
Alda
Marshall
Custer County
Callaway
Eugene
J. D. Hillman
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Illinnois
Indiana
Ohio
Norfolk
Hay Springs
William Chase
Wyoming
M. V. Byers
Bord
Wymore
Charley Clayton
State Board of Education visits for new normal school site
The Kansas board of education visited KEARNEY to inspect the proposed site for the new normal school. Citizens hosted a reception and supper for the visiting officials.
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Kearney
State Board of Education
Governor Reappoints Mrs Wheeler to Visiting and Examining Board
Governor Mickey announces the reappointment of Mrs. H. H. Wheeler of Lincoln to the visiting and examining board to the home for the friendless. The action preserves leadership on a civic welfare panel.
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Mickey
H. H. Wheeler
Lincoln
Bome
Learning from experience drives completed education
A compact aphorism notes that people who gain no lessons from experience rarely finish their schooling, underscoring the link between reflection and educational completion.
Smuggling Morphine Into Prison
Lincoln Roy Hahn was arrested after being caught trying to smuggle morphine to former prisoners. He was released since no statute covers the offense and he remains outside prison jurisdiction. The incident indicates ongoing drug smuggling trouble for the penitentiary staff.
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Lincoln
Roy Hahn
Canning Factory Reopened in Grand Island
Steam and power restored at the Grand Island canning factory on Wednesday marking the first test run in seven years. Machinery performed well and is ready to handle a large corn crop with the first harvest by week's end, employing 50 to 100 workers soon.
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Canning Factory
Grand Island
Biggest Iowa State Fair Ever Expected in Des Moines
Des Moines reports the Iowa state fair opening Friday is expected to be the largest in state history. Cattle entries near 5000 surpass last year and tents may host overflow. The horse show promises top western competition with leading central west importers present and premier judges ready.
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Des Moines
West
Central West
Fourteen Masked Men Slay Herdsman in Montana
In Dupuyer Montana a group of masked men abducted a herder from Joe Sturgeon's sheep camp. They whipped him to death after ten miles in the mountains and fired on many of his sheep while driving the rest away. Sheriff Taylor leads a posse in pursuit of the assailants amid looming tension.
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Dupyer
Mont
Joe Sturgeon
Taylor
Whitecaps
Lynching Reported Near Hartsfield
Albany dispatch reports that Thompson and King Wrightman were lynched at Hartsfield for assaulting a white woman on Saturday night. The event underscores racial tensions in the area and the swift vigilante action reported by local witnesses.
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Albany
Thompson
King Wrightman
Hartsfield
Panama canal treaty rejected by Colombian congress
Bogota Colombia Via Buena Ventura August 17 The Panama canal treaty has been rejected unanimously by the Colombian congress.
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Bogota
Colombia
Buenaventura
Live Stock Market Report South Omaha
Cattle sales pattern active and higher for desirable grades with strong beef steer demand and ample cornfed loads. Hogs opened up a nickel and traded actively though late inquiries softened. prices ranged from 5.15 to 6.10 for heavy hogs and 5.25 to 5.87 for others. Sheep and lamb quotes listed for grass stock with varied ranges across good to fair grades.
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South Oonaha
Live Stock Prices Mixed as Cattle Hogs and Sheep Move
Cattle mostly steady with cows and heifers and stockers holding, best export steers around 4.75 to 5.40, western and Texas ranges cited. Hogs rise to tops near 5.05 with most sales 5.40 to 5.50, sheep and lambs steady with native lambs 4.00 to 5.60 and Texas clipped sheep 2.60 to 4.45.
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Texas
Early session opposed as October date debated
President and aides including Shaw Hitchcock Cullom and Ridgely discussed extraordinary session of Congress. Opposition grows to an October call since many senators and representatives will be campaigning in their states and could not leave. No final decision on the session date yet.
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Congress
Oyster Bay
L. L
Shaw and
Hitchcock
Cullom
Ridgely
Occupation Day Parade Marked Manila Veteran Festivity
Veterans of the Army of the Philippines held Occupation Day with an 80 man parade in old service dress. A banquet followed where campaign stars were honored and Commissioner Smith gave the main address. Two thirds of veterans now serve in civil government roles.
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Manila
Army of the Philippines
Smith
First Alaskan boundary commission meeting set for September 3
Washington reports Ambassador Choate informed the state department that the Alaskan boundary commission will convene its first meeting on September 3 in the British foreign office.
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Washington
State Department
Choate
British Foreign Office
Embezzlement Alleged But Bank Collapse Follows
In Duluth Minnesota the alleged embezzlement of 45000 dollars from the Commercial Banking company by clerk E. E. Johnson led to a run on the bank and the subsequent failure of the Merchants' bank of Duluth. President Smith cited the Commercial Banking closure as triggering the run and bank failure.
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Duluth
Minn
Commercial Banking
E. E. Johnson
Merchants’ Bank of
Smith
Missouri Raises State Property Tax Assessment for 1903
Jefferson City Mo state board of equalization announces the 1903 assessment of railroad bridge telegraph and telephone property at 125 894 849 47 an increase of 4 625 646 85 over 1902 The Missouri Pacific Railway shows the largest rise with a million dollar increase from added mileage
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Missouri
Jefferson City
State Board of Equalization
Missouri Pacific Railway
Root to Leave War Post. Taft Likely Successor
The announcement states Elihu Root will resign as Secretary of War around January first and be succeeded by Judge William H. Taft, then governor of the Philippines, a move supported by both President Roosevelt and Mrs Root. Taft would require a new Philippine Commission president, likely Gen. Luke Wright, with other changes to follow.
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Elihu Root
William H. Taft
Philippines
Washington
Root
Roosevelt
Mra Root
Mira
Alger
Philippine Commission
Luke Wright
Commission
Gov. Taft
Change of Weather Across Denver Hails Record
Denver farmer J. P. Asher reports a dramatic temperature swing from over 90 degrees to zero in about twenty minutes. While at work barefoot, he faced six inches of hail and frostbite on his feet, highlighting a remarkable meteorological shift observed recently near Chicago and beyond.
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J. P. Asher
Denver
Col
Chicago
Mr. Asher
Asher
Death of Sir Joseph Pease Leaves Debts and Few Assets
Sir Joseph Pease, prominent English banker with extensive American business ties, has died leaving only about 12 000 after his house failed and he surrendered his property to creditors. He was a friend and grandson of Edward Pease the Quaker and pioneer of railways.
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Joseph Pease
Sir Joseph
Edward Pease
Wyndham's Characteristics as Irish Land Bill Figure
George Wyndham, chief secretary for Ireland, draws attention in connection with the Irish land bill. Reputed as a defender of forlorn causes, he is praised as the knight errant of English politics and credited with verses and perhaps a clever novel.
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Wyndham
George Wyndham
Ireland
Canadian revenue cutter fires on American tug on Lake Erie
The Petrel fired twenty shots with deck gun and small arms at the American fishing tug Silver Spray to seize it over alleged fishing law violations. The tug was damaged with crew member wounded and hospitalized after the chase.
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Petrel
Silver Spray
Lake Erie
Woman Disclaims Honor in Clara Schumann Diary
The most gifted woman composer Clara Schumann writes in her diary just before marriage that she doubted female talent for composition. She recalls believing she might be an exception, a view she later rejects as arrogant and caused by her father’s prompting.
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Clara Schumann
Baseball Player Preaches Sermon in Georgia Church
Third baseman Bagsby of the Augusta Georgia club filled the pulpit of First Baptist on a recent Sunday. Bagsby is a theological student earning his college through his baseball salary.
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Bagsby
Augusta, Ga
First Baptist Church
Siam to Use Guillotine Ordered by Siamese Government
The Siamese government has ordered a guillotine from Paris to replace the existing sword beheading method. Previously criminals in Siam were beheaded with a sword while kneeling with heads bowed.
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Siam
Paris
West Point graduates scarce among Civil War era generals
The article notes that across the long line of Army leaders up to Wood’s retirement in 1924 no head of the army since Schofield was a West Point graduate. It argues most leaders, Miles to MacArthur, entered service from the Civil War rather than from the academy, and that four years in the war counted more than four years at West Point.
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Wood
Schofield
West Point
Miles
Young
Corbin
Chaffee
MacArthur
Academy
General Babcock Plans California Home
Gen. John B. Babcock, recently placed on the army retired list, intends to settle in California. He served there during his career and has many close friends in the state.
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California
John B. Babcock
Army
Epworth League Grows Rapidly in Growth Milestone
The Epworth league reaches fourteen years with 28 000 chapters and 1 500 000 members. One thousand new chapters were added during the last year.
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Epworth League
Society's New Fad Munching Grips Newport Dinners
Newport society embraces munching a slow eating fad endorsed by King Edward. The practice means chewing each bite until nothing solid remains, creating quieter dinners and gentler appetites. London society reportedly adopts the method, shifting dinners from lively feasts to measured, lingering meals.
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Newport
Edward
London
Canadian Patrol In Right No Action In Firing On Fisher
The case by Capt. Christopher S. Chau against Canada over the patrol boat Petrel firing on the American fish tug Silver Spray will be dropped. Skipper Chan, after advice from Erie collector Brown, confirmed he was over the boundary at the time. A fleet captain said most tugs crossed the line and Silver Spray lay at least two miles beyond U S waters.
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Christopher S. Chau
Petre
Silver Spray
Chan
Port Brown
Erie
United States
Want to Leave Newport Estates for Sale Highlighted
The article notes multiple prominent Newport estates listed for sale including the Vanderbilt and Thaw properties objected to a marriage involving the earl of Yarmouth, as well as Mrs Mann Oelriens. Bell and Malbone estates and Crossways owned by Mrs Stuyvesant Fish, wife of the Illinois Central president, are also on the market.
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Newport
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Benjamin Thaw
Earl of Yarmouth
Hermann Oelriens
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railroad
Japanese Universalist Missionary Ordained in Boston
Rev Dr Kiyoshi Satoh a Japanese minister has been ordained a preacher of the Universalist church and will soon depart for his native land to begin missionary work. He is the first of his race ordained in this denomination and completes three years study at Lombard college before ordination in Boston.
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Kiyoshi Satoh
Universalist Church
Lombard College
Boston
A Literary Family Emerges in Davis Line
Charles Belmont Davis, gaining traction in magazines, becomes the fourth in his family to earn literary renown. The Dunham lineage includes L. Clarke Davis of Philadelphia fame, novelist Rebecca Harding Davis, and brother Richard Harding Davis.
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Charles Belmont Davis
L. Clarke Davis
Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland
Rebecca Harding Davis
Richard Harding Davis
Saloons Proliferation Across New York Outpaces South
A state tally shows New York hosting 34 900 saloons, more than all states south of the Ohio River plus Pennsylvania, including Arkansas and Louisiana which total 27 000. The figures highlight a denser saloon landscape in the Empire State compared with the region to its south.
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New York
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Louisana
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