Struggle of Coal Miners With Merchants Aid
A mass strike in the Monongahela valley sees Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek camps at near stalemate while Plum Creek reports diverging counts. Debs addresses a large crowd at Duquesne wharf as deputies endure constant watch and a South Side relief drive collects provisions for needy families.
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Debs
Pitteliures
Ave
Turtle Creek
Camp Determination
Plum Creek
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Turtle and
Sandy Creeks
Gomt
Sandy Creek
de Armitt
Monongahela Valley
Roweoe
Elizabeth
Bunola
Webster
Monongeahela
Monongahela City
Duquesne Wharf
Ekugene V
Mrs. Jones
Fatal Fire Kills Four at Cincinnati Wedding Celebration
A blaze in a two story Elm Street building at 3 am killed Ezra Rouse Arthur Guth Nellie Bennett and Roy Carr during a wedding frolic. Seventeen guests suffocated by smoke. exit blocked by a bathtub. Investigators cite cigarettes as a possible ignition but provide no official cause.
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Cincinnati
Elm Street
Charles Street
Ezra Rouse
Arthur Guth
Nellie Bennett
Roy Carr
Otto Adler
Adler
Whiskey trust at sea exposes no formal reorganization
Omaha reports P E ler denies any union of whiskey producers under the stated plan. He says no such combination exists and western distillers would not join. He also refused an arbitration committee appointment, stating he will have nothing to do with it.
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Omaha
Neb
Whiskey Trust
P. E. Ler
Her
Blood Stained Clothes Linked to New York Package
Police in Shelton New York to Shelton express bundle addressed to Mrs Charles Honai wife of suspect in Nichols Daniels tragedy contained a complete suit shirt and undergarments. Blood stains on coat and pocket linings suggested bloody hands touched them recalling Miss Nichola description of the talkative murderer.
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Shelton
Conn
New York
Charles Honai
Nichols-Daniels
Explosion destroys Northwestern grain elevator in Chicago blaze
Chicago August 5 seven or eight people killed in a grain elevator explosion during a fire at Cook and West Water streets. Three firemen died and another believed buried. Walls and roof collapsed, debris injured many and set wagons on fire. Estimated loss two hundred thousand dollars covered by insurance.
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Chicago
Cook
West Water Streets
Fnd
Chilcago River
Engine Company No
Jefferson Street
Carroll Avenue
Setback to Gold Seekers in Co operative Alaska Plans
Indianapolis August reports that major life insurers refuse to take risks on Klondike explorers. Co operative groups backing ten representatives would insure $10,000 each plus contingencies, with $8500 on death if needed. Firms backing the plan now abandon organization. Alaska expedition plans likely halted.
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Indianapolis
Alaska
Prooe
Race War at Atlanta Ends as White Workers Strike
In Atlanta Georgia white operatives at Fulton bag and cotton mills refused to work with Black women. The strike began yesterday and ended today after President Eleas granted the demand to withdraw the Negro women. White workers will return to duty immediately.
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Atlanta
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
Eleas
Bulldog Attack Forces Man to Flee Stable Fight
Montclair New Jersey August reports Anderson Stewart was bitten by his pet bulldog when opening the stable door. The dog bit his left thigh and left arm as he tried to escape, prompting George Yates to assist with stones and clubs to free him.
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Montclair
N. J
Anderson Stewart
Stewart
George Yates
Trade Treaty Talks Advance With Tunis
Washington reports ongoing negotiations with France toward a new treaty of trade and commerce to govern United States Tunis relations. The aim is to replace the old agreement and adapt to modern conditions under the Tunis protectorate.
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Washington
Aug
Wees
Tunis
Branca
Man shoots dog during confrontation at property
In a heated incident, Yates fired a revolver at a dog after which Ste jana opened the scene and Stewart’s arm was freed. Stewart’s wounds required counterbandaging, and he could not explain why the dog attacked him, suspecting the animal mistook him for a stranger.
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Yates
Stewart
Marvelous Escape From Death in Lachine Rapids Collision
Two crowded passenger steamers, the America and the Algerian, collided in the Lachine Rapids near Montreal. Despite panic and wreckage, no injuries were reported, with only minor structural damage to both vessels and passengers safely disembarking on solid ground.
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Lachine
Kingaton
Ont
America
American Line
Hichelleu and
Onterlo Navigation Company
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Thief Arrested After Kiss Incident in New York
John O'Connor was arrested after a burglary at the Whatman house on Nimrod Street. The intruder reportedly fondled Jessie Whatman, 15, who awoke screaming as the sentimental burglar fled through a window. The description led to O'Connor’s arrest.
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New York
John O'Connor
Frederick Whatman
Nimrod Street
Whartman
Jessie Whartman
Arnackt
Jessie
O'Connor
Fresh-Water Pearl Sale Nets Local Hunters
In Janesville Wisconsin two valuable freshwater pearls were found in the river by Magnolia farmers William Acheson paid John Young for 200 pounds, Frank Howard sold one to George Thurman for 200 pounds. Young and Thurman run a pearl buying business and Thurman recently sold one to a Chicago society woman for 2000 dollars. Many residents are hunting pearls as the industry revives since clamshells are worth more to pearl button makers.
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Janesville
Wis
Wiliam Acheson
John Young
Frank Howard
George Thurman
Young
Thurman
Eloping Mother's Strange Act Disclosed in San Francisco
In San Francisco a widow leaves 220 000 to her so called nephew and nieces Elizabeth George Jane and Samuel Garnes in Yorkshire England, who are her children. She eloped here in 1846 with Thomas Hogan a preacher leaving husband and children. After his death she married Mr Scribner.
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San Francisco
Cal
Aug
John Co. Scribner
San Andreas
Elizabeth
George
Jane
Samuel Garnes
Yorkshire
England
Thomas Hogan
Scribner
Tramp Confesses to Crystal Falls Murder
Peter Rone, the tramp, admits assault and strangulation in the Pearl Morrison case at Crystal Falls. A detective in priest garb obtained the confession from Bons. the town fears possible lynching tonight as the sensational admission reverberates through Tron Mountain.
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Tron Mountain
Mich
Peter Rone
Pearl Morrison
Crystal Falls
Bons
Hans
Millionaire Heiress from Sweden Inherits $100000
Milwaukee Aug 5 Miss Elvira Fernander 6 years old inherits a $100000 fortune from an aunt in Sweden. She had worked in a tailoring repair shop sewing on buttons, earning less than $5 a week weeks ago.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Elvira Fernander
Sweden
Venezuelan Arbitration Named British Representative
Vanity Fair reports Great Britain's chosen arbiter for the Venezuelan tribunal will be Hon. Michael Herbert. He is currently secretary of the British embassy at Constantinople and formerly served as secretary of the British embassy in Washington.
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London
Aug. S
Vanity Fair
Great
Vetezuelan Arbitration Tribunal
Michael Herbert
Te Britheh
Constantinople
Dritish
Washington
Fatal mushroom poisoning hits Rockford family
Albert T. Lamb, a furniture salesman, and Mies Ariana, 20, died after eating what they thought were mushrooms in Rockford. Etta, 14, is critically ill and others remain in danger as authorities investigate the incident.
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Rockford, Til
Albert T. Lamb
Mies Ariana
Etta
Fertilizing Works Burned in Philadelphia Fire
A fire partially destroyed the Adam W. Louth fertilizing works at Girrenwich Polini in the southern city area. The loss was estimated around 45000 dollars with no injuries reported.
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Philadelphia
Adam W. Louth
Girrenwich Polini
Crisis Looms With Spain and Japan Through Cuba and Hawaii
Washington reports growing belief that the state department must use all diplomacy as Cuban tensions and Hawaii annexation push Australia toward a crisis. Senator Morgan warns Spain may move toward hostility in Cuba while Woodford carries a hopeful proposal to Madrid.
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Washington
Spain
Japan
State Department
Hawaii
Morgan
Morgan Iss
Woodford
Madrid
McKinley
Jingpee
United States
Navy Department
Pacific Ocean
Congress
Wealthy rancher Hunsacker held in Mexican jail as witness
Gordon Hunsacker, prominent Salt River Valley rancher, is a prisoner at El Plomo Sonora. He aided Mexican officials in locating stolen Indian cattle and was detained to testify after a fight injured an officer. Mexican authorities refuse release until trial.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Gordon Hunsacker
Salt River Valley
el Plamo
Sonora
Hunsacker
Meen City
Kl Plomo
Belgium Suggested as Arbitrator in Mikute Dispute
Yokohama August 5 official report states Japan proposes Belgium to serve as arbitrator in the Mikpute dispute between Hachéu and the Japanese government.
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Yokohama
Emi
Japan
Belgium
Hachéu
Alleged Highwayman Caught in Lyon Arrest
Police arrest William J. Sheehan on suspicion of being one of two highwaymen who shot Qwen J. Marker last Saturday when he refused to surrender money at their commission.
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Cought
Lyon
Aug
William J. Sheehan
Qwen J. Marker
Man Commit Suicide in Franklin Street Station
Henry Mitchell a laborer aged in the early fifties reportedly drunken and in bad health hanged himself with his suspenders in the Franklin street station house last night. The incident occurred after a quarrel and threats by Haogod himself in Hiw Cell. Authorities are investigating and reporting on the event.
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Haogod
Hiw
Buffalo
Aug
Henry Mitchell
Franklin Street
Attaneling
Klondike Riches Report From Inspector Strickland
Inspector Strickland returned from two years in the Yukon and warned of vast untapped gold-bearing creeks in the Klondike. He cited large profits from early strikes, noted winter travel dangers, and urged spring treks with ample provisions. He plans to depart tonight for the West and take a mounted police party to the Yukon from Regina on August 22.
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Ottawa
Strickland
Yukon
Klondike
Chilkoot Pass
West
Regina
Mounted Police
Governor Bushnell a Target of Outcry in Urbana
Citizens in Urbana allege Governor Bushnell failed to supply militia to quell the mob that lynched "Click" Mitchell and discuss possible counter proceedings to oust him. The exact steps are not public, but sentiment runs high over the incident and governance.
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Urbana
Bushnell
Ganson
McLain
Mitchell
Anna Wald to Be Deport ed to Copenhagen
The State Lunacy commission will deport Anna Wald to Copenhagen next week for chronic insanity. Confined at the Long Island state hospital since December 5, 1806, her Danish parents offered to care for her, with the journey and care funded by the state.
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Albany
Anna Wald
Copenhagen
Long Island State Hospital
Denmark
Long Veland State Hospital
Fugitive Redheffer Arrested in Chicago Trial Fallout
Chicago reports the arrest of Almion A. Redheffer, a former Philadelphia spice dealer, as a fugitive from justice. He and his son were found guilty of defrauding many people of 600 through mail schemes, with the father allegedly dying by his own hand after escaping the courtroom. the son completed his penitentiary term.
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Chicago
Aug
Almion A. Redheffer
Philadelphia
Redheffer
Ibi
GOK
Tobacco firms assign debts in New York deals
New York on August 4 reports Davidson Brothers leaf tobacco dealers assigned to Milton 8 Quiterman without preference. The firm comprises Jaron and Phillp Devidgon with alleged assets about 81,000. The Commercial Union Cigar and Cigarrette company also assigned to Adolph Myer without preference, with liabilities around 1.0 million.
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New York
Davidson Brothers
Milton
Quiterman
Jaron and Phillp
Unt
Commerceial Union Cigar and Cigarette
Adolph Myer
Astor Donates Elmwood for Public Memorial Park
John Jacob Astor contributes 12 640 to acquire Elmwood the Cambridge Massachusetts home of James Russell Lowell for a memorial park. The site will be opened to the public as a cultural and historic landmark.
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New York
The
Evening World
John Jacob Astor
Elmwood
James Ruel Lowell
Cambridge
Shipping Movements Across Ports Include New York Arrivals
Quernstown reports several sailings with arrivals in New York and Philadelphia. Vessels Tirutanic Lahn Kaiser Wilhelm II reached New York, while Rhymland and Fulda are listed for Philadelphia and New York respectively.
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Quernstown
Teutonic
New York
Waesland
Philadelphia
Tirutanic
Hromen
Lahn
Genoa
Fulda
Liverpool
Rhymland
Naples
Kaiser Wilhelmn II
Pension Certificates for Pennsylvania Billed in Scranton
Washington reports pension certificates billed for Pennsylvania. Original Special for July and Thomas A. Simpson of Scranton appears among the listed names and categories.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Thomas A. Simpson
Scranton
Northeastern Pennsylvania News Briefs and Local Notes
Morning bulletin highlights fair conditions with northerly winds and a damaging general storm at Stroudsburg. Reports mix politics, coal strikes, sports scores, local racing, and civic notices across Scranton, Philadelphia, Chambersburg, and Wilkes-Barre with references to officials, editors, and district attorneys.
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Stroudsburg
Chicago
Puy
Scranton
Columbus
Sinte
Philadelphia
Idgbistug
Chambersburg
Benator Platt
Pennsylvania
Newa
Michael
Lackawanna County
Storm Wrecks Monroe County With Fires and Wreckage
Special dispatch from Stroudsburg, Pa describes a violent electric storm that damaged homes and mills in Monroe County. Mrs Crowley’s residence on Academy Hill was struck by lightning, a smokestack collapsed at Teeter mill, and the silk mill engine room flooded halting production. Roads washed to bare earth, trees uprooted, and a creek rose, carrying firewood and felled timber downstream.
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Stroudsburg
Monroe County
East Stroudsburg
Patrick Cullather
Brodhead
Bast Stroudsburg Lumber Company
George E. Stauffer
Abraham Freeland
Storm Rips Through County Causing Fires and Washouts
A severe county storm struck areas around Tannersville and Henryville. A barn at Jacob Edinger’s burned, crops and tools lost. Fairview House at Mt. Pocono suffered roof damage. bridge at Eugene Henry’s washed out. washouts disrupted rail lines. Heavy rain measured at Dr. LeBar’s gauge. widespread flooding and road hazards reported.
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Tannersville
Jacob Edinger
Miller's Hotel
Mt. Pocono
Fairview House
W. K. Labar
Eugene Henry's
Henryville
Devil's Hole
Cresco
Maneger Halstead
G. M. Nogart
Scranton
Train Halted by Severe Storm at Hallstones Iowa
A Rock Island passenger train bound for Chicago was stopped by a fierce storm in Ottumwa Iowa. Hailstones large and plentiful shattered every window on the coach and wrecked crops in the surrounding fields.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Rock Island
Chicago
The Herald's Weather Forecast
The Herald reports clear weather in the Middle Atlantic and New England with light northerly to northeasterly winds and slightly higher temperatures. Saturday brings fair and warmer conditions with variable winds, followed by cloudy spells in western districts and rain possible in the districts by Sunday with rising temperatures and southerly winds.
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the Herald
New York
Eratee
New England
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