Cholera Epidemic Ravages Asia as Deaths Mount
Dispatches report a widespread cholera outbreak from Java to Japan with hundreds dying daily. Hong Kong records 525 cases and 511 deaths, Tientsin notes 1 049 cases and 764 deaths inside and 1 015 cases 593 deaths outside, as violence of the disease grows across coastal cities and inland areas.
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AvVictoria
B. C
Pacific
Java
Japan
Hong Kong
Tien Tsin
China
Kuelin Kwansi
China honors Barrett with unprecedented audience at Pekin
Dispatch from Tacoma Washington August 28 reports that the emperor and empress dowager of China granted John Barrett commissioner general for the St. Louis world's fair an exceptionally notable audience. The empress dowager invited Barrett to the throne dais for private conversation and China pledged to send an imperial commissioner to promote commerce and friendly relations. She also conveyed deep appreciation to President Roosevelt for U.S. support during recent troubles.
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Tacoma
Wash
Pekin
China
John’ Barrett
Dais
América
Barrett
Roosevelt
Rains Prove Timely for Southern California Lands
Rainfall from the last weeks brought six inches along Cape San Lucas and filled creeks and arroyos in Baja California territory. Many canyons no longer barren, as exodus of settlers earlier this year left men to guard lands in hope of rain to save holdings.
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Lower California
J. W. C.maxwell
San Francisco
Mexican Coast
Curacoa
Cape San Lucas
Army on war footing near Long Island sounds alarm
General MacArthur announces defense readiness along the Long Island Sound coast to repel a potential navy attack. He directs pursuit from offshore aboard the Kanawa with searchlight drills lighting forts and coastal defenses ahead of Friday night maneuvers. Admiral Higginson heads to sea as target practice continues and forts maintain bright searchlights.
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Long Island
Sound
New ‘York
General. MacArthur
Army
Navy
Signal Corps
Gen. Greeley
MacArthur
Kanawa
Higginson
Impeachment Moves Against President Palma Reported
May reports say charges arising from executive concessions have been prepared for impeachment. The anti Palma faction canvasses the senate while Palma and Minister Squires confer daily. State department says no crisis in Dublin or impeachment efforts advised.
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Palma
Senate
Squires
Squiers
North Carolina GOP Endorses Hill for Chief Justice
The 1894 Republican state convention at Greensboro endorsed Halifax native Thomas H. Hill for chief justice, left blank the associate justices seats, and backed disfranchisement constitutional amendments. Chairman Charles Price praised eliminating Black people from politics in North Carolina.
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Charlotte
N. C
Dispatch
Greenesboro
Thomas H. Hill
Halifax
Supreme Court
Charles Price
Salisbury
Republican Party
North Carolina
Peculiar grease burn accident at Lincoln power plant
J. D. S., a Lincoln Gas & Electric employee, burned when his right foot slipped into a tank of hot grease while walking along a narrow pipe to reach a boiler. He pulled free and immediate help arrived as workers aided him.
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J.D. S. South
Lincoln Gas & Electric Company
Lincoln
Neb
Forman
Savable Wins Sensational Sheepshead Futurity
Savable, sired by Salvator, wins the rich futurity at Sheepshead Bay in a dramatic finish. Lord of the Vale, Hastings colt owned by August Belmont and ridden by Jayne, is second by a eyelash. A large crowd, strong field, and fast time mark a thrilling race on the eastern track.
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New York Dispatch
Savable
Salvator
Sheepshead Bay
John ‘A. Drake
Enoch Wishard
Jayne
August Belmont
Sheepshead
Savablé
Lord of the Vale
Lyne
Belmont
Murder at Wymore Box Car in the Yards
R E Ward of Iowa City was found dead in a stock car in Wymore Nebraska yards. Ward had a gunshot wound above the heart and a pocketknife in his hand. Police believe a quarrel with two tramps led to his murder and disposal in the car. Ward was about forty, with a broken nose and a destroyed eye from earlier quarry work.
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R. E
War
Iowa City
Wymore
Neb
Ward
Burial of Miss Mary Martin in a Winding Sheet
The funeral of Miss Mary Redmond Martin daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Martin of Llewellyn Park New Jersey was conducted privately at Rosedale Cemetery without a casket. The body was carried to the grave in a winding sheet and dropped. Miss Martin was twenty. The Martins are well known and wealthy.
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Mary Redmond Martin
Frank Martin
Llewellyn Park
N. J
Rosedale
Martin
Asbestos Deposit Found Near Ropes Mine in Michigan
A local company forms to develop a new asbestos deposit located near the Ropes gold mine several miles from Ishpeming Michigan. Test pits reveal an 800 by 200 foot deposit with many thousands of tons in sight and fiber valued at about $40 per ton.
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Ropes
Ishpeming, Mich
Kansas Bass Stock Distribution Hits Two Cars This Year
Kansas state fish commissioner John Haughey reports two cars of black bass distributed from the U S hatchery this year and seeks one or two more before season end. Vandals damage streams with dynamite and ignore dam fish ways laws, yet floods aided large bass reaching headwater streams for the first time in years due to extraordinary flooding.
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John Haughey
Kansas
United States Hatchery
Woman leaps to death in New York fire tragedy
Mrs Eva Wendt, hysterical with fright, leaped from a fourth floor window of a burning flat house in New York City and was killed. Four men were injured, none seriously. Another woman, in a paroxysm of fright, bit the hand of a fireman carrying her out.
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Eva Wendt
New York City
Jin
Cholera Claims Lincolnite John H Farwell in Manila
John H Farwell of Lincoln died Friday in Manila Philippines from cholera. The insular department in Washington telegraphed Judge E P Holmes Saturday afternoon with the sad news. Farwell had been ill for a month but was improving. he served as a government interpreter in the Philippines.
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John H. Farwell
Lincoln
Manila
Insular Department
Washington
D. C
Town crier's artifacts found in New York subway dig
Workers at Lafayette Street and Astor Place uncov ered relics from a past era including a brass town crier bell with ivory handles a bronze powder flask and an officer's sword hilt. The items bear gems and the inscription Third New Jersey regiment 1774.
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Lafayette_and
Astor Places
New York
New Jersey Regiment
Sioux Falls Depots Burned in Noon Fire
Great Northern passenger and freight depots at Sioux Falls were destroyed by a noon Thursday blaze. Loss ran to thousands of dollars as a strong south wind hampered the fire department and much freight and baggage inside the depots was consumed.
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Great Northern
Sioux Falls
Tragic murder suicide in North Little Rock
Mrs Reese Wagner and her two young children were found dead in bed with their throats cut. Authorities believe Mrs Wagner killed the children and then took her own life. The family resided in North Little Rock Arkansas.
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Reese Wagner
North Little Rock
Ark
Kansan Counties Plan Tax Deed Scheme For Delinquent Real Estate
County commissions in Kansas plan to bar dealers in tax deeds this year. The act grants counties the right to seize all real estate with delinquent taxes and hold the property until redemption. Investments would yield 15 percent interest, benefiting the county and removing unpopular investors without harming owners' rights.
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Kansas
Sultan Is Shot While Escaping Guard in Mindanao
The sultan of Binidayan, held at Camp Vickers after recent murders of American soldiers, was shot and killed while attempting to escape his guards. Cholera ravages the Philippines with 27,992 cases and 19,540 deaths to date, while Taft notes cultivation at half normal levels amid war unrest.
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Killien
Manila
Binidayan
Vickers
Mindanao
Philippines
Taft
Santa Fe May Escape Wage Push Says Topeka Dispatch
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen proposes a 20 percent wage rise but plans to delay its effect on Santa Fe for now. Kansas roads may also escape. Labor aims for joint conferences between road and worker committees while Santa Fe offers only minor concessions.
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Brotherhood of Railway
Santa Fe
Topeka
Kansas
Britain plans lightship wireless station off Lizard
A proposed 100 mile west of the Lizard wireless lightship would operate as an ocean telegraph station. A ship with a powerful searchlight would mark the station at night and exchange news with passing vessels. If successful, multiple ships would line the coast to transmit meteorological reports and storm warnings.
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Great Britain
Lizard
Five Year Fugitive Treasurer J. R. Weakley Charged Again
J R Weakley, former treasurer of Cherry township Montgomery County Kansas, facing embezzlement charges for about 2600 dollars. He was jailed in Independence after a Friday arrest following a five year fugitive period. Weakley recently returned to Kansas and lived in Sheridan County, where he held a mail contract between Hoxie and Phelps. He stood mute at preliminary hearing and is bound over to district court.
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J. R. Weakley
Cherry Township
Montgomery County
Kansas
Independence
Weakley
Sheridan County
Hoxie
Phelps
Dams for Bridges Referendum Spurs Black Hills Debate
In South Dakota the fall election will include a reference to building dams instead of bridges. A petition to the county commissioners will trigger a vote on placing dams on section lines across draws and creeks.
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South Dakota
Black Hills
River Flood Spikes Two Feet in Plattsmouth Neb
The Platte River rose about two feet in a short period on Saturday at Plattsmouth Nebraska. Chairs and furniture drifted downstream as crews suspected a cloudburst upstream. The flood forced extra reinforcement of the east end of the pontoon bridge with another barge added.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
Quit J W Coulter Named Receiver for Reform Churches Society
J W Coulter of Bucyrus Ohio has been appointed receiver for the mutual aid society of the reformed churches of the United States. He gave bond for 40000 dollars and the society's affairs will be wound up.
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J. W. Coulter
Bucyris, C
Mutual Aid Society of the Reformed Churches of the United
Tug Carrington Capsizes Off Duluth Harbor
The tug Carrington capsized while towing a barge near Duluth Minnesota and sank after being caught by a heavy tow line. Engineer George Jones drowned in the incident.
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Carrington
Duluth
Minn
George Jones
Tragic Kansas City Accident Claims Two Men
A trolley car in Kansas City Missouri fatally struck two men Gus Thiele and George Shulver. The incident occurred as a buggy was involved in the crash with the trolley car, resulting in both men' deaths.
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Kansas City
Gus ‘Thiele
George Shulver
Anthracite Strike Rumors Fuel Arbitration Talk
Leaders denounce General Gobin's order to shoot to kill as brutal and unwarranted. After sixteen weeks the coal strike renews talk of arbitration with reports President Mitchell will meet Senators Quay and Penrose. In Wichita Kansas, stonemason George Devore was killed by a Wild West show train as he slept on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe tracks.
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Gobin
Mitchell
Atchison, ‘Topeka
Fremont Saloon Burglar Pleads Guilty In Jail
Carl Hansen confessed to breaking into R L Beveridge's Fremont saloon on August 4, stealing cigars and $5. He fled until Friday when arrested at Valley by a detective. He pleaded guilty before Justice Hinman, waived preliminary exam, and is bound over to the district court on $1,000 bail.
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Carl Hansen
Dodge” County
R. ‘L. Beveridge
Fremont
Valley
Bauman
Beveridge
Hansen
Hinman
Money Found in Dunning Section After Mail Sack Mixup
Workmen along the line recovered $315 in intact currency and $80 in torn bills after a torn mail pouch dropped cash along the track. A post office inspector traced the windfall to the destroyed pouch from No 41, containing two registered letters and 800 ordinary letters, most of which were recovered.
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Dunning
Post Office
Alliance
Omaha
Brewster
Million Dollar Settlement Heads To Fair Heirs
Heirs of the late Mrs. Charles L. Fair are set to receive more than 1,000,000 dollars in a settlement with Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt Jr. About $300,000 in gold deposited by Hermann Oelrichs is on file at the First National Bank of San Francisco in the name of Mrs. Nelson. Within a month the remaining balance will pass to the Fair heirs.
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Charles L. Fair
Hermann Oelrichs
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Nelson
First National Bank of
San Francisco
Dan Patch Demonstrates Speed at Narragansett Exhibition
The unbeaten Dan Patch, son of Joe Patchen, ran a mile in 1:59%4 at Narragansett park, nearing the world mark of 1.59%. Myron McHenry rode the brown stallion owned by M E Sturgis of New York, as an immense crowd watched from the grandstand. The track was heralded as exceptionally fast.
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Providence
Narragansett
Park
Dan Patch
Joe Patchen
Readeville
Myron McHenry
M.E. Sturgis
New York
Good Roads Convention Ties To Minnesota State Fair
The good roads convention, linked to the Minnesota state fair, will run September 1 2 and 3 on the grounds between St Paul and Minneapolis. The Office of Road Inquiry in the department of agriculture will lead in this event and demonstrate the value of good roads.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Department of Agriculture
Scaffold Fall at La Belle Iron Works Kills Two
A fifty foot scaffold collapsed at the La Belle iron works in Steubenville Ohio on Friday afternoon. William B. Walker was killed instantly and George Miller died of injuries. Four other workers were badly hurt.
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la Belle
Steubenville
William .B. Walker
George Miller
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