Wonderful Spectacle as Arch Rock Is Destroyed
San Francisco August 1. Arch Rock, a major navigation obstruction in San Francisco Bay, was destroyed by a staged explosion using over thirty tons of nitro gelatin. The blast, set by electricity, scattered rock and debris over a wide area, producing a towering water and rock column and a citywide tremor felt across many districts.
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San Francisco Bay
SAN FRANCISCO
Arch Rock
Alcatraz Island
Lime Point
terriffy
PENSACOLA
Fla
bay shore
Henry Marx
Grana
Marx
Inter-State Transportation Company
A. G. Coyle & Company
Camelia
Storm Ravages Gulf Coast Floods New Orleans Areas
A powerful August storm battered the southern coast causing widespread flooding in New Orleans and surrounding areas. Bridges and piers damaged. rivers overflowed. the French Market flooded. trains halted. several vessels capsized. island communities submerged and rice crops at risk. Telecommunication lines down hinder reporting.
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NEW ORLEANS
Mississippi Sound
Port Eads
New Orean
gulf
Milneberg
bie
New Camella
Neptune
forcaster Citne
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
Galveston
Atrocities Reported in Panama Colon Conflict
In Kingston Jamaica August 15, many wounded government troops from Colon are evacuated as rebels press attacks. The cruiser Namouna is largely useless for mounting guns. The Colombian government considers buying the Bernard Hall steamer. Darien passengers fled Colon to escape danger. Both sides commit atrocities. a rebel victory near Colon ends with a government prisoner shot and mutilated as reprisal. The British Consul protests Jamaican forced participation. Guard detachments remain on Panama Colon rail lines.
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KINGSTON
Jamica
Colon
Namouna
Bernard Hall
West India and Pacific Steamship Company, limited
Liverpool
Darien
Guarda
Panama
Philippine troops capture Batangas insurgent leaders in major raid
Second Lieutenant Walter S Grant of the Sixth Cavalry reports the most significant capture since Aguinaldo as he takes Colonel Martin Cabrera and six insurgents near Taal Batangas. Colonel Panganiban and 21 others surrender near Luzon with rifles and ammo. Some officers refuse payment for rifles and pledge peace. Mindoro camp burned, thirty tons of rice seized. General Chaffee lauds Batangas and Mindoro reports.
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Gazette
MANILA
Walter S. Grant
Sixth Cavalry
Taal
Batangas Province
Aguinaldo
Grant
Martin Cabrera
Cabrera
Batangas
Panganiban
Smith
Twentieth Infantry
Luzon
Malvar
Pollvarple
Baldwin
Evans
Mindoro
Naujan
Chaffee
Hayes Resignation Report Shocks Southern Pacific
San Francisco dispatch says M Hays president of the Southern Pacific may have resigned. The retirement is linked to reduced powers after the Harriman restructuring. Hays under contract for five years at 2400 a year. secretary declined to confirm or deny the report.
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SAN FRANCISCO
M Hays
Southern Pacific
Hays
Harriman
Speyers
Southern Pacific Company
Philippine Veterans Meet In Iowa Next Year
The second annual reunion of the National Society of the Army of the Philippines ends in Salt Lake City Utah with a business meeting. Next year’s gathering will be at Council Bluffs Iowa pending adoption of plans uniting with the Philippines Islands Veterans Association. A proposed constitutional change would admit all who served in the war.
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Gazette
SALT LAKE CITY
Utah
National Society of the Army of the Philippines
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Philippine Islands Veterans‘ Association
army and Navy Journal
Army Register
Amalgamated Strike Reports No Official Proposals Yet
Pittsburg dispatch says President Shaffer states no proposal has been received from the steel corporation since New York talks. He warns interference will be resisted as the strike widens, with plans to extend to western mills and a secret conference underway. Michael Tighe moves from Chicago to Joilet to urge workers to stand by the union.
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PITTSBURG
Shaffer
Amalgamated Associat Tight
tion
men In waiting
Amalgamated Association
steel corporation
Brother Tighe
Kelley
Milwaukee
Adams
Joilet
milla
mnill
Pitteburg
Amatagamated Association
western mills
Wheeling
Michael Kelly
Detroit
United States
jaides
CHICAG
Michael F. Tighe
Chaffer
Joilet, Dis
W. C. Davis
Fourth District
Chicago
Trollet
Mutual Life Investment Appeal Highlights Large Payouts
A Gazette report analyzes leading life insurers noting beneficiaries receive far more than premiums paid. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York shows 359 death claims totaling 1,341,187.38 for five weeks ending August 3, with insureds paying 668,967.89. From Jan 1 to July 1, 1901, 2312 claims paid 8,195,298.88 against 3,742,358.81 in premiums, driving policyholder returns over 550 million dollars and company growth.
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NEW YORK
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New Yok
Mutual Life
ufe insurance
Havana Post Master's Method
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Briatow reported that E. P. Thompson the former Havana postmaster was convicted after a trial. He faced a $400 fine or six months in prison for issuing four $100 money orders and replacing cash with a due bill, then concealing remittances before inspection. The piece also notes Nevada weather with cloudy skies and a light southwest wind.
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Gazette
WASHINGTON
Briatow
Inspector General of Posts
Cuba
Fosnea
E. P. ‘Thompson
Havana
Thompson
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Western Union Telegraph Company
whata
Mobile
cotton exchange
Louisville and Nashville railroad
Louisville & Nashville
Texas Swamp
the
Philippines
HAYES
NEVADA
ALFRED NELSON
Oostriz
Joun Sunverano
R. HERZ & BRO
Reno Jewelers
HARRY L. McDUFF, EE
VIRGINIA STREET
Kodaks
Vingisia St
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