President Roosevelt Tours New England in Steam Yacht Welcome
Roosevelt lands at New Haven and travels through Meriden and Hartford as thousands greet him. Workers present a floral horseshoe in Hartford while he speaks of fair treatment, duties, and the Cuban and Philippine questions.
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National Guard
New Haven
Meriden
Hartford
Mr. Roosevelt
Conn
Roosevelt
Grand Army
City Hall
Jacob L. Greene
New York
Fee Park
Surprise at Readville Grand Circuit Card
Exclusive report from Kiendville Mass notes Lord Derby’s late entry in the 2.07 trotting heat at Readville. Ed Geers drove The Monk to win in two straight heats, setting a personal 2.05% mark and a new track record, as four horses contested the $2,500 trot amid a slate of other races and entries.
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Kiendville
Mass
Readville
Lord Derby
Geers
Monk
Bartholin At Large in Chicago Murder Case
Chicago police mobilize to capture William W Bartholin charged with killing his mother Anne Bartholin and his sweetheart Minnie Mitchell. Police circulate a newer portrait and broadcast it nationwide while Edward Counselman remains held for publicity. Inspector Hunt pressed the suspect for information but received no cooperation.
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Chicago
William W Bartholin
Anne Bartholin
Minnie Mitchell
Edward Counselman
Bartholin
Hunt
Ambrose Talks Slavonic Aid in Coleraine
Anton Ambrose of New York president of the National Slavonic society addressed foreign speaking speakers at Coleraine. At the close he distributed relief funds to Slavonians present. Ambron, aiding the effort, said he had a large sum available for distribution to countrymen in need.
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Vhe Associatea Pree
Hasleton
Anton Ambrose
New York
National Slavonic Society
Coleraine
Alt. Ambron
Colored man hanged for 1390 murder in Selma county
By exclusive wire from The Associated Press, Selma, Ala., August 22, a colored man named Aig. 22 Waler Buallyey was hanged here today for the murder of Robert Hunter in this county in October 1390.
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Associated Press
Selma
Ala
Waler Buallyey
Robert Hunter
Pillsbury Still at Sea in Naval Mock Battle
Rockport Massachusetts August 22 Commander Pillsbury and his fleet of three auxiliary cruisers remain at sea. The blue squadron scouts report no sign of Pillsbury as fog and rough seas hinder landings while Admiral Higginson’s blockade holds Thatcher’s Island anchorage.
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Pillsbury
Thatchin’s Island
Rockport
Muass
Higegingen
Portland
Cape Cod
Higginson
Admiral Higginson
Thatcher’s Island
Fuel famine is an industrial handicap
New York August 22 R G Dun & Co Weekly Review of Trade notes fuel scarcity as the major industrial handicap. Prolonged dullness in blast furnaces, coke train blockades, and inadequate deliveries threaten production despite high output records. Domestic demand runs ahead of capacity, with exports sacrificed and foreign pig iron purchases rising.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Connellsville
United States
Canada
Kentucky Mutiny Incident Closed by Burial of Leader
Frankfort August 22 The Kentucky penitentiary mutiny incident was closed today with the burial of Wallace Bishop the leader of the desperadoes The body was interred from the prison graveyard at Thornhill Warden Lillard received a letter from Mrs EB Bishop of Hammond Indiana mother of the dead man saying Kentucky murdered my boy Let her bury him
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Wallace Bishop
Thornhill
Lillard
EB. Bishop
Hammond
Ind
Accused of Stealing Goods from Passengers
Altoona Pennsylvania, August 22. Paul Beegle age 18 months, a mail messenger employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, is accused of stealing gatchers and dress suit cases from sleeping passengers on trains.
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Associated Press
Altoona
Paul Beegle
Mall Messenger
Pennsylvania Railroad
Man Arrested for Stealing Satchels at Passenger Depot
Beegle, employed by the company, was arrested today and charged with stealing satchels and dress suitcases from the passenger depot. He allegedly used contents and sold the rest, with clothing of all descriptions found in his home. Passengers have claimed hundreds in damages from the Pennsylvania company. Beegle awaits a hearing in Hollidaysburg.
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Pennsylvani Company
Beegle
Hollidaysburg
Cable Train Accident Ends in Fatal Collision
A Kansas City cable train carrying passengers ran away from the gripman at the Ninth street Incline top and crashed into a train at the bottom. Gripman W. B. Taylor was killed instantly and a score or more passengers were bruised though many were removed by friends. exact injuries and totals unknown. The incline runs 300 yards from Penn and Ninth streets down to an elevated platform at a 45 degree angle.
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Kansas City
Gripman
Ninth Street
Taylor
Penn and
Ninth Streets
Sultan of Morocco Escapes Car Crash Near Fez
The Sultan of Morocco had a dangerous automobile accident near Fez yesterday when his car lost control and hit a stone wall. The impact was not severe as the vehicle was going slowly, and the sultan escaped with a shaking fright.
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London
Morocco
Fez
Testimony in Sharpe case reveals conflicting accounts
In an inquest at Nesquehoning schoolhouse on August 22, witnesses split on who fired the fatal shot that killed Patrick Sharpe during a clash between strikers and deputies. Twelve witnesses blamed Harry McElmoyle. five said William Bonemus fired the shot. Deputies testified that William Ronemus fired, claiming Sharpe struck him first. The jury heard both sides and adjourned to deliberate with a verdict due tomorrow afternoon. Deputy lieutenant Mickel John was arrested for complicity.
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Tamaqua
Patrick Sharpe
Nesquehoning
Sharpe
Harry McElmoyle
William Bonemus
McElmoyle
Frederick Webner
George Bonemus
William Stevenson
William H. Jenkins
William Ronemus
Ronemus
Stevenson
Micklel John
Mauch Chunk
Mount Pelee Erupts Again Near Martinique
Exclusive wire report from Castries says the steamer Diahome arrived with news of a severe Mont Pelee eruption on the Leland of Martinique at noon yesterday. The eruption blanketed the area with volcanic dust, five miles from the volcano, forcing the Diahome to alter course to dodge ash on its deck.
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Castries
Island of
St. Lucia
Mont Pelee
Martinique
Smallpox Rise in Barbados and Guiana Riots
From Kingston Jamaica August 24 British steamer Trent reports a second Barbados smallpox outbreak with dead bodies dumped at sea. The Trent records a riot in British Guiana where a Scotch mayor was killed and 40 injured as troops fired on 150 East Indian immigrants, causing wide unrest at Demerara.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Trent
Cosea
Barbadoes
Scotchman
British Guiana
Demegra
Runaway Ore Car Crashes into Work Train at Steel Plant
Wire dispatch from Harrisburg reports a runaway ore car crashed into a work train at the Pennsylvania Steel works yard in Steelton. Five workers from Steelton were hurt and about a dozen others bruised when the car derailed on the trestle, injuring several by falling from the car. The brakes failed on the incline and the ore car ploughed into a gondola full of men as a second train halted to take on workers.
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Associated
Treas
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Steel Works
Steelton
Sanka Bladick
Jacob Cline
Jacob Diffenderfer
Ohn Kalla
Steel Works
Highspire
Mohn Street
Power Released After Contempt Sentence In Northern Pacific Case
Peter Power, named as complainant in the suit to block transfer of Northern Pacific stock to Northern Securities, was released from Ludlow Street Jail today after serving a thirty day contempt sentence. He testified yesterday before Special Examiner Maybey as his attorney sought relief from the contempt charge.
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New York
Peter Power
Northern Pacific
Northern Securities Company
Ludlow Street
Power
Maybey
Scranton Wins State Rifle Trophy at Mt. Gretna Meet
The First brigade captured the state trophy and the Thirteenth regiment of Scranton won the regimental state trophy. The Ninth regiment of Wilkes-Barre won the regimental skirmish. Private H. H. Lelizear of the Sixth regiment earned the governor's medal as the state champion shooter. The Thirteenth regiment earned the right to represent Pennsylvania at Sea Girt with 12 team members and 4 reserves posting the week's top averages.
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Mt. Gretna
Fla
National Guard
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
H. H. Lelizear
Sultan sends friendly message to U S minister in Constantinople
Exclusive wire says the sultan, via Izzet Bey, assures John G. A. Leishman the United States claims will be settled and invites him to resume his mission. Leishman visits the grand vizier and foreign minister Bald Pasha and Tewhik Pasha. Leishman and Robert S. McCormick plan to attend the Selamik with a possible audience of the sultan.
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Constantinople
Izzet Bey
Sultan
United States
John G. A. Lelshman
Porte
Leishman
Bald Pasha
Tewhik Pasha
Leishman and Roberts
Mccormick
Austria-Hungary
Fire destroys Butte reverberatory furnace at Clark works
Exclusive wire reports the reverberatory building of the Thutte Reduction works in Butte owned by Bewater W. A. Clark burned this afternoon. The fire started at furnace No. 1 when the roof waved in. Loss estimated at 10000 with half covered by insurance. The blaze will close the amelter and three mines supplying ore, throwing one team and men out of work for two months.
Clergyman Noted as Killer in Illinois Tragedy
The Rev Henry Turner pastor of the Colored Rioter church in Carlinville Illinois shot and killed his six year old son mis taken for a burglar. The coroner's jury cleared him, ruling the shooting a mistake and releasing him from custody.
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Carlinville
Henry Turner
Colored Riotiet Church
Maritime Arrivals and Departures Across European Ports
New York reports ships arriving at and clearing through ports including Columbia, Hamburg, Lucania, Liverpool, Umbria, Rotterdam, Boulogne, Cherbourg and Plymouth with vessels such as Auguste Victoria, Pennsylvania, Campania and others. Trips show arrivals at New York and Liverpool and movements to Queenstown and Southwark from Antwerp.
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Columbia
Hamburg
Lucania
Liverpool
Umbria
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Cherbourg
Auguste Victoria
Plymouth
Pennsylvania
Queenstown
Campania
Southampton
Salled
Southwark
Antwerp
New
Fifteen Coal Cars Moved in Panther Creek Valley
Fifteen coal cars were shipped from Silver Creek colliery near New Philadelphia marking the first market dispatch since the strike began. Strikers gathered along the railroad, showed anger at the loaded cars but only minor disturbance occurred as troops remained nearby per General Gobin’s orders.
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Silver Creek Collery
Stone
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Shenandoah
Silver Creek
New Philadelphia
Joint Army and Navy Maneuvers Planned for August Start
Washington reports the joint army and navy maneuvers will begin August 29. Major General MacArthur and Rear Admiral Higginson approved the plan at a Newport conference. Instructions will be issued to opponents in the war game and mirrored from prior white and blue squadron rules. Public details will follow as the war board finalizes the problem and contest rules.
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Washington
Army and Navy
MacArthur
Higginson
Newport
New England
War Board
Deaths of a Day in Heverly and Bon Air
Heverly New Jersey August 22 William H Ely former Philadelphia Stock Exchange member and Lehigh Valley Railroad secretary died at his home aged years. Ely had resigned to join brokerage in 1864 then returned to Lehigh Valley service until death. Bon Air near Richmond Virginia August 4 Rev Dr James Ek Hagen longtime secretary of publication for the Southern Presbyterian general assembly died at home. Hagen born West Springfield Massachusetts in March 183? after Williams College class of 1858. college friend of the late President Garfield.
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Heverly
N. J
William H. Ely
Philadelphia Swek Exchange
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Ely
Railroad
Lehigh Valley
Richmond
Jamey Ek. Hagen
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
Bon Air
Ile
West Springfield
Mass
Williams College
Garfeld
Anthracite Coal Rises to $9 a Ton in Chicago
Anthracite coal advances to nine dollars a ton in Chicago on August 2 marking a one dollar rise since Wednesday. Dealers report stock depletion amid growing demand and urge customers to hold off as miners expect a return to normal production before rates become widespread.
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Chicago
Weather Forecast for Washington State Weekend
Forecast for Saturday and Sunday in Eastern Pennsylvania calls for fresh north winds. Uncertain temperatures. no precipitation indicated.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
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