Lithuanian Captured to be Sent to Pottsville Jail After Stone Attacks
In Shenandoah, August 3, the Eleventh regiment strengthened its camp security after a Lithuanian named William Steponitz was captured following three stone throwing assaults by a band of men. Sentinels were ordered to shoot if attacked. Steponitz will be turned over to civil authorities in Pottsville. Brigadier General Gobin vows harsher action and arming guards.
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Pottsville
Stone
Shenandoah
Associated Press
Elelth
Inamebush
Gobin
Kit
William Steponitz
Eighth Regiment
Does
Wheadore F. Hoffman
Payne
Company I
Mahanoy City
Steponitz
Holtman
Clement
Ott
Hoffman
Col. Hoffman
Steponits
Michael Lavoritz
Pottaville
Parade moved inside camp after town unrest
The colonel reports ugly sentiment toward troops on streets with soldiers elbowed and annoyed. Col Hoffman cancels a town parade in favor of a camp parade given a quiet day and a large Sunday crowd. General Gobin denies union rumors about National Guard workers on water pipe project.
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Hoffman
Hnes
Gobin
National Guard
Governor Refuses to Recall Troops in Ace of Strike
Exclusive dispatch from Harrisburg reports Governor Stone, en route to Atlantic City, replying to miners union leaders in Shenandoah. He states after full consideration withdrawal of troops would not be wise or safe. The note names Miles Dougherty and others as signatories to the request.
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Harrisburg
Stone
Athantic City
Shenandoah
Miles Dougherty
Drst Ultimo
Strikers Tie Up a Trolley Road in Ironton District
The Camden Interstate Electric railroad strike halted lines from Wyandotte West Va to Hanging Rock and points along the Kentucky and West Virginia side of the Ohio river. Non union workers were driven from cars. service suspended. crowds cheered cabs replacing streetcars. General attorney Seth Vinson met leaders, company willing to recognize the union, but no settlement assured.
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Ironton, O
Camden Interstate Electric Railroad
Wyandotte
W. Va
Hanging Rock
Cuttlettsburg
Ashland
Kentucky
West Virginoia
Ohio River
Trenton
Beechwood Park
Ironton
Cama
Seth Vinson
Huntington
Camden Company
Steyn Seriously Ill Ships Home From Southampton
Former President Steyn of the Orange Free State is aboard the steamship Carisbrook Castle near Southampton with his family. He will go to The Hague for medical care, aided by a special saloon carriage and Dutch officials, as Kruger plans to meet him after Utrecht.
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London
Steyn
Orange Free State
Southampton
Carisbrook Castle
Messrs
Fischer, Wessels
Des Bruyn
Hague
Kruger
Utrecht
Atretcher
Batavier
Carlebrook Castle
Hook of Holland
Anthracite Coal Trade Faces Possible Strike End
The Ledger reports no major change in coal movement but notes growing belief the strike may end soon. Warm weather reduced demand while stockpiles dwindle, and a shift to bituminous coal threatens the anthracite market, alarming both producers and consumers.
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Philadelphia
Woman Pilot Runs Steamer on Chesapeake Bay
The steamer Mystery, the only Atlantic coast vessel with a woman pilot, arrives in Baltimore from Southern waters. Captain Rowe commands the vessel and his daughter Miss Rowe is a licensed pilot at age 21, famed for navigating the Chesapeake Bay and Virginia rivers.
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Baltimore
Mystery
Allantic Sea
Durham
Curtis Bay
Annapolis
Rowe
Porto Ricans Barred as Aliens Under New Immigration Rules
Washington authorities issue circular prohibiting entry of Porto Ricans and Filipinos except after standard alien examination and head tax payment. The policy directs equal treatment under immigration laws and excludes Chinese race provisions for these residents.
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Washington
Sargeant
Immigration Bureau
Shaw
United States
Porto Rico
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Philippine
Woman Stoned Panther Near Elmsburg
An elusive panther prowls west of Elmsburg alarming residents. Mrs. William H. Evans reported being tailed for a mile while she walked home, fending off the predator with thrown stones. John Kirschner Jr awoke to a panther in his yard near two children crying, and hunters have pursued the animal without success.
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Altoona
Aug
Elmsburg
William H. Evans
Blacklick
Clay Pike
John Kirschner, Jr
Archbishop Ireland Advocates Calm on Philippines Policy
Archbishop Ireland, in a St Paul sermon, urges Catholics to seek fair play and prudent action rather than sensational protest over U S Philippines policy. He notes the Vatican and U S should handle negotiations, favoring a conference between church and state representatives in Manila to a peaceful solution.
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Ireland
Manila
Philippines
America
Leo Xiit
Theodore Roosevelt
Leo
Rome
Vatican
Cholera Affairs Reported in the Philippines
Exclusive Manila dispatch notes cholera declining in Manila while provinces report high cases and deaths. Last Saturday 605 cases and 62 deaths. total archipelago cases 21,408 with 16,105 deaths, likely undercounted to about 28,000. Americans and Europeans fatalities cited.
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Who
Associated Dress
Manila
101-Year-Old Woman Jane Hillyer to Celebrate Birthday
Miss Jane Elizabeth Hillyer of Hast Orange, N J, will celebrate her 101st birthday tomorrow. Born in Madison, she is daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Asa Hillyer, former pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Orange, where she has been a member for 75 years and she retains all her faculties.
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Orange
N. J
Jane Elizabeth Hillyer
Hast Orange
Hillyer
Madison
Asa Hillyer
First Presbyterian Church
King Dines With The Royal Family
King Edward dines with the royal family for the first time since illness. London reports he now receives many visitors as Cowes crowds with nobility. General Lucas Meyer and Mrs Meyer lunched with Colonial Secretary and Mrs Chamberlain. former Orange Free State president Bleyn and family arrived at Southampton and sailed for Holland. Mr Kruger sent a recovery message.
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London
Edward
Cowes
Lucas Meyer
Orange Free States
Grave diggers strike at Concordia cemetery halts processions
Twenty five grave diggers at Concordia cemetery strike for higher wages and block replacements. Three funeral processions reached the gates yesterday but were turned away, with plans for similar action at two other cemeteries.
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Chicago
Concordia Cemetery
William Corther Indicted in Meadville Murder Case
Albion man William Cont her indicted for the murder of Horace Halpin on September 14, 1899, and brought to Meadville, Pa, where he was identified tonight.
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Associated Press
Albion
William Conther
Horace Halpin
Meadville
May Yohe Reaches Paris After Knee Injury
Exclusive wire from The Aenolated Press reports May Yohe arrived in Paris by rail at 4 PM and could not meet Putnam Hradlee Blrong. She suffered a sprained knee on departure from London and was carried to a car and then to her hotel room.
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Paris
Yohe
Putnam Hradlee Blrong
Miss Yohe
London
Miss Yoho
Mexican Bakers Form Price-Fixing Combination
Indignation runs high in Mexican City as six wealthy Spaniards conspire to raise bread prices. The pact forbids competition while wheat costs have been steady for two years and taxes stay constant. Rising meat prices and transport costs compound public concern.
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Old Spain
Battle Rages as Colombia's Civil War Continues
Washington reports General Salaza says the battle at Agua Dulce remains desperate with government forces around 7000 strong facing about 4000 revolutionists in the Panama department. Agua Dulce lies 75 miles from Panama in a rugged area with eight days by land and unreliable water routes.
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Auga Dulce
Associated Press
Washington
Legation
Salaza
Department of Panama
Anga Dulce
Panama
Streets Cave In and Cause Panic
A severe afternoon storm in New York City drops 0.44 inches of rain and features lightning that shatters the Marlborough hotel flagpole ball. A Harlem street, washed out in last week’s storm, caves in again, alarming nearby residents who rush into the rain fearing further collapse.
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Harlem
New York
Marlborough Hotel
New Alliance Formed to Pressure Coal Talks
Wilkes-Barre reports the Public Alliance and the Workingmen s Alliance formed to oppose the Citizens alliance. They will petition coal operators to arbitrate and ask Governor Stone to compel terms if refused. The second relief fund instalment has arrived for distribution tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Wilkes-Barre
Public Alliance
Workingmen's Alliance
Citizens’ Alliance
Stone
Railroad strike order causes disorder across towns
In Tluntington and Central City areas along the Camden Interstate railroad, widespread unrest occurred today as the motormen and conductors largely ignored the strike order set to take effect.
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Tluntington, W. V
Aug
Tluntington
Central City
Camden Interstate Railroad
Enero
West Virginia
Tne
Drowning of Three Boys In Allegheny River
In Pittsburg at the foot of Twenty sixth street three boys aged about 12, 11, and 10 drowned in the Allegheny river. All couldn’t swim and two wandered beyond their depth near a dredge boat. William J. Carroll tried to save his companions and lost his life.
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Pittsburg
Aug
Allegheny River
Twenty-sixth Street
William J. Carroll
Amiel Kologewski
Carrall
West Virginia Central Passenger Train Stunt Ends Injured
By exclusive wire from The Associated Pros in Baltimore, Misa Minnie Blig aard leaped from a West Virginia Central passenger train while it ran at thirty miles an hour. She tried to alight at Keyser but jumped past it. She is deaf and, recovering from the fall, was found unconscious and thought fatally hurt.
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Baltimore
Misa Minnie
Bligaard
West Virginia Central
New Cumberland
Keyser
Filipino Bandit Drowned After Escape Attempt
Pablo Muros, a ten year terror of Romblon, was captured by the native constabulary on Sibuyan. Bound, he was taken to Hamblon but leapt from the boat and drowned during the attempted conveyance.
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Associated Presa
Manila
Pablo Muros
Romblon
Sibuyan
Hamblon
Young Couple Elopes Walks Home From Richmond to Dayton
A 27 year old man and his 17 year old wife, who eloped from Dayton four months ago and married in Washington, walk from Richmond to Dayton after job loss. They started toward Baltimore with little money and were aided with shoes but refused transport. They work as a trolley conductor and wife is unnamed.
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Dayton
Associated Preau
Baltimore
Richmond
Ohio
Superintendent of Charities
Washington
Baltihmore
General Smith faces retirement after Manila tour
General Jacob H. Smith, back from Manila, arrives in San Francisco and discusses his forced retirement. He calls the move an unwelcome surprise, asserts he served honorably, and says he cannot discuss recent events further, maintaining readiness to answer in court if needed. He recalls duty with the Twelfth and Seventeenth, notes harsh native warfare, and says campaigns followed regulations. He plans to rest then return to Portsmouth Ohio.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Jacob H. Smith
Manila
Portsmouth
Smith
Samar
FATAL COLLISION OF MILK TRAINS NEAR HOR TONS
Special to the Scranton Tribune. A head on collision between Ontario and Western milk trains at Hor tons Delaware county tonight killed four people. Two engines were wrecked and several cars ditched. The dead include Andy O Neal of Norwich engineer and Robert Reese and Michael Turley of this city fireman and trainman on the same train Frank E Moore trainman of this city and Benjamin St John engineer of the other train jumped to escape injury.
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Scranton Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
Ontario and Western Railroad
Hortons
Delaware County
Andy O'Neal
Norwich
Robert Reese
Michael Turley
EF. Moore
President Roosevelts Quiet Sunday at Sagamore
President Roosevelt and family spent a quiet day at Sagamore Hill with no visitors. They attended a diving service at Christ Episcopal Church. A severe storm forced them indoors for most of the day. Ambassador Reid and his wife are to join them tomorrow.
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Sagamore
Associated Press
Oyster
Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore HM
Christ's
Long
Ambassador Reid
Hoosevelt
Deaths of a Day in two cities note prominent figures
Stockette, a longtime Reading Coal and Iron official, dies at an old age in Ampelgted Presa. Theodore Hostetter, Pittsburg oil heir, dies of pneumonia in New York at 39. He studies at Heidelberg University and was linked to Jamestown society and several elite clubs.
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Presa
Pottavillon
Gkedolin
Stockette
Reading Coal
Lrail Company
New York
Aug
J.-Theodore KR. Hostetter
Pittsburg
Sixty-fifth Street
David Hostetter
University of Heldelrg
Mire
Hostettter
Aline Tew
Jamestown
N. Y
Hostetter
Larchmont
Lambs
Staten
Republicans Issue 1902 Campaign Textbook On Trusts And Philippines
The Republican committee released a 380 page pamphlet for 1902 campaigning. It contrasts Democratic agitation with Republican calls for market restraint, covers trusts, Philippine policy, Roosevelt and McKinley speeches, the gold standard, and Asia diplomacy including China’s preservation from dismemberment.
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Washington
Republican Congressional Committee
McKinley
Roosevelt
Congress
Repubican Party
Philippines
Orient
China
Captain Johannsen Seeks Marine Court Examination
A Tromsø despatch reports Captain Johannsen of the America, which arrived at Henningsvang on August 1 with Evelyn B. Baldwin aboard, has asked to be examined before a marine court over incidents on the voyage. The telegraph notes the pilot also requested an inquiry into several mysterious deaths on board during the Zeigler expedition period.
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Christiana
Norway
Tromsoe
Johannsen
America
Henningsvang
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Artic Explorer
Zeigler
Chicago Packers to Reply to Meat Price Injunction
Chicago pickers enjoined May by the court over conspiracy to fix meat prices will file a demurrer today. The reply argues the injunction is illegal as packers cannot ship goods and price cuts to their own agents in other states.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Tribune
Shipping News Highlights Arrivals and Departures
The Aug 3 AP report lists ships arriving at Glasgow and Moville in Britain and New York bound for Boulogne sur Mer and Queenstown. It notes arrivals such as Noordam at New York and the Umbria at New York for Queens town, alongside the Patricia via Plymouth Cherbourg and Campania sailing from Liverpool to New York.
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Associated Press
New York
Furnesia
Glasgow
Moville
la Bretagne
Hiave
Noordam
Boulogne Sur Mer
Liverpool
Umbria
Queenstown
Momburg
Patricia
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Campania
Street Car Collision In Elgin Injures Several
Exclusive wire report from The Associated Press describes a street car collision in Elgin this afternoon. Two cars telescoped and passengers were imprisoned for nearly an hour after a switch to a siding caused an empty car to wall the loaded Elgin car.
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Elgin
Street railway and telephone firms grant raise to linemen
New Orleans reports the street railway company and the telephone companies meet the electric linemen demands, agreeing to pay 3 per day instead of 2.50. The accord effectively ends the forty hour strike after concessions reached.
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New Orleans
Street Railway Company
Local Weather Data for August 3 2002
Readable portions show high and low temperatures, humidity and precipitation details for yesterday. Missing data include the exact high value and several garbled entries, with partial figures indicating a high around 8 degrees and a low near 68, plus minimal rain.
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Bom
Marcont
Bps WU
Weather forecast for Pennsylvania from August fourth
Weather forecast cites Washington reporting Monday and Tuesday in Eastern Pennsylvania with light to fresh west winds turning variable. Forecast notes unclear dates and weather terms, but indicates wind direction changes and unsettled conditions for the two days.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
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