Telegraphers Strike Ends Amid Traffic Revival
In a sweeping day of telegraph operations, Western Union and Postal officials declared the strike over as traffic neared normal. President Rob in Clowary and General Manager Wapagey reported no sympathy walkouts. union leaders anticipate no broad concessions, while President Roosevelt reportedly will not intervene. Berlin mourns violinist Joseph Joachim's death.
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New York
Bulllnees
Robin Clowary
General Wapagey
The
Western Union
Chicago
Postal and Western Union Telegraph Companies
Coday
Board of Trade
Small
Telegraphers’ Union
Rive J
L. W. ‘Quick
G. Dat Jones
Att Railroad Telegraphers
Jones
Once Famous Warship Gone and Central Illinois Chautauqua Opens
Dispatches report the former Chillan warship Magallanes foundered at sea while used as a lumber transport off Valparaiso Chill. Crew escaped. the ship held a single war record and fired rat shot in the Peruvian conflict. In Mechanicsburg Illinois the eleventh annual Central Illinois Chautauqua begins a ten day session with notable speakers including William J. Bryan Governor Hanly and Senator La Follette.
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New York
Valparaiso
Chill
Magallanes
Carter
Pdde
Mechanicsburg
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Hanly
Todians
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Shiong
One Strike Ends 8 as Colorado & Southern Reach Arbitration
Denver and Boulder reports detail an agreement to arbitrate between the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Colorado and Southern along with other railroads. An arbitration committee will sit next Tuesday in Denver, with representatives from each road and labor group. In Boulder, John W. Reeves confessed to dynamiting the Colorado and Southern station, a claim tied to a broader strike, while Frank Kiser also confessed. the blast killed five and injured many, with property losses estimated at half a million dollars.
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Denver
Brotherhood of Railway
Colorado and Southern
Colorado‘and Southern
Boulder
Col
John W. Reeves
Coleridg. & Northwestern Railroad
Frank Kiser
Reeves
Deiver
Kiser
Frank Hiser
Mosquitoes Roar Through Delaware Mail Route
A Dover starting rural mail route reports daily mosquito swarms attacking carriers and horses for two weeks. Salt water treatment in Delaware Bay is needed to relieve suffering, and mail delivery is hampered by the pest.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware Bay
Delaware
Dover
President Roosevelt Set for Pilgrim Monument Cornerstone
Arrangements near completion for laying the Pilgrim monument cornerstone in Provincetown on Tuesday with President Roosevelt present. He will deliver principal addresses, with Maine and Massachusetts dignitaries in attendance, as ships of the North Atlantic Squadron salute from Provincetown Harbor. Gloucester locals unveil the Stage Fort bronze tablet marking the 1623 Massachusetts Bay Colony settlement.
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Provinceton
Mase
Pilgrim Monument
Roosevelt
New England
Bunker Hill Monument
Charlestown
Oyster Bay
Provincetown
Guild
Benton
Nathan Hasken Dele
Damason Plain
William Elliott
Griffis
Ithaca
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Wiliam
Lovering
Boston
North Atlantic ‘Squadron
Provincetown Harbor
Gloucester
Mass
Stage Fort Park
John ‘White
Dorchester
England
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Madison Cawain
Loulaville
Bryce
Great Britain
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
America
Eric Pape
Gloucester Harbor
Bill the Tumbler dies after bridge fall injury
William V. Albright known as Bill the Tumbler, an ironworker from Titusville Pennsylvania, is believed to be dying in a New York hospital after a fall from the Williamaburg bridge left a three inch nail embedded in his skull. He had survived prior falls of 100 feet and 87 feet, often calling such mishaps only a bump.
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New, York
Wiliam
V. Albright
Tituarillo
Albright
Williamaburg
Pennsylvania
New Liverpool
International Angling Championships Hit Racine Wis
Anglers from many points gathered in Racine Wisconsin for the sixth international scientific angling tournament under the Racine Fly Casting club. Under the National Association of Angling Clubs auspices ten contests are planned over the three days of the event to determine the world's championship. The competition schedule and venue are set for swift, precise casting and distance accuracy as top competitors vie for the title.
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Wis
Racine Fly Casting Club
National Association of Angling Clubs
Wisconsin Railroads Adopt Two Cent Passenger Fare
Madison Aug 10 The Turner law takes effect after midnight bringing a two cent fare on passenger service for Wisconsin railroads with gross receipts $4,500 per mile per year or more. Nine passenger lines are affected including Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Omaha Chicago Northwestern and others. two roads within the state are exempt as they do not carry passenger traffic.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Ptatoe
Gresa
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Northwestern
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Burlington, & Quincy
Wisconsin Central
Minseapolis
Sault
Mure
Northern
Pacific
Kewanee
Green Bay & Western
Drummond & Noutheastern
Chicago, Lake Shore
Milwaukee
Great Northern
Superior
Knights of Pythias elect officers in secret Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids on August 15 the grand lodge of Knights of Pythias held a secret election. Results named Barnard Murphy of Vinten and Senator Castus Dowell as representatives to the supreme lodge. W 9 Bilby Knox was chosen grand chancellor. The contest involved intense wire pulling with Carl Kuehne of Denison disappointed by the outcome.
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Cedar Rapids
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias
Cupréme Lodge
Barnard Murphy
Vinten
Castus Dowell
Des Maines
Bilby Knox
A. C. Stown
Towa City
Charles N. Collina
Maquoketa
H. T. Walker
Mr. Pleasant
L. Wilson
Washington
Arus
H. J. Petter
Emmetaburg
Carl Kuehne
Denison
Murphy Dowell
Changes in General Staff in Army Corps On Aug 10
Washington December 10 reports shifts in the general staff corps taking effect. Col Joseph W Duncan moves to San Francisco as chief of staff for the Department of California. Majors Mopricon Cabell and Sladen Davis Cobell join. Cabell to St Paul as chief of staff of the Department of Dakota. Major Merrieon remains at the Army Staff College.
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Washington
General Staff Corps
Army
oMmcera
Joseph W. Duncan
Th Infantry
John F. Mopricon
20Th Infantry
Henry C. Cabell
14Th Infantry
Fred W. Sladen
Milton F. Davis
10Th Cavalry
Frank
Cobell
12Th Infantry
Cal
New York Admiral Plans War History After Spain Visit
Retired Rear Admiral F. P. Chadwick who led the New York during the Spanish war says he will write a history of the war and its causes after returning from a collecting trip to Spain. The London report notes a Bank of England rate hike amid continental tensions.
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New York
Ee Chadwick A. N
Spain
Chadwick
Lampoon
Webster City Man Prepares Statement in Mackown Case
Webster City Aug 15 special: Geo. Mackown, charged with embezzlement and accused in the destruction of the Northwestern Felt Shoe plant to cover crimes, is drafting a press statement. Attorney D. C. Chase supervises, aiming to shape public opinion before an October trial.
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Webster City
Geo. Fuckown
Ember Element
Northwestern Felt Shoe Company
Mac Kowan
Iowa
Hs Muet
Mackown
Pinkertons
Bakerafield
California
Chase
Shoe
Felt Shoe Company
Geo. Mackown
Incomplete Trial Debate Over Mackownag Bargain Placeholder
The passage sketches ongoing arguments in a county jail case involving Mackownag. Prosecution warns of further inquiry while the defense presents theories, but both lack decisive impact on jury deliberations as investigators intensify their probe.
Prominent Couple Wed in St Paul Ceremony
The wedding of Miss Helena Grossman and Prof. Edward Hahn took place at 5:00 p.m. at St Paul’s Lutheran church in Waverly. Rev J Weyrmanch officiated. Attendants included Mind Frieda Musegang and Werner Groosman. Prof C Hartwig played the wedding march. The couple, daughter of G A Grogeman and wife, and son of Rev A Hahn, plan a Chicago Toledo Dome move where he will be principal of a parochial school.
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Waverly
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Helena Grossman
Edward Hahn
J. J. Weyrmanch
Mind Frieda Musegang
St. Paul, Minn
Werner Groosman
C. Hartwig
Wartburg Seminary
G. A. ‘Grogeman
A. Hahn
Chicago
Toledo
Ohio
Dome
Hahn
Berman Sent Away With Consumption for Brother in Oregon
T J Berman a Waterloo leather worker and father of six left with tuberculosis travels by Illinois Central train to his brother's farm in Wisconsin near Maal son to recover. Despite illness he expressed hope to get well and return one day. His wife died recently leaving children in Waterloo and Dubuque homes.
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T. J. Berman
Illinois Central
Oregon
Consi
A.plucg
Waterloo
Berman
Blackhawk County
Wisconsin
Dubuque
Train crew jailed after liquor found in caboose at Spiro
Aug 15 Spiro reports special inspector Johnson and deputies found 100 pint bottles and twelve quarts of whisky in the caboose of a Port Silth & Western freight train. Conductor J. G. Griswold and crew members F. Bassett, Green, and F. Upton were arrested and sent to Poteau on bond failure. The train stood unfinished until a new crew took over. A burglary attempt at Jesse Swanger’s East Eighth Street home was thwarted when the resident woke and frightened the thief. Mrs. Thomas Smith and Miss Catherine Smith, weekend visitors, returned home from Barclay.
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Spiro
Port Silth & Western Railroad
W. BE
Johnson
Nquor
Fort Smith
Caboose
J. G. Griswold
F. Bassett
Ph Green
F. &. Upton
Poteau
Jesse Swanger
East Eighth Street
Delock
Dyersville Fire Destroys Several Businesses and Homes
A Wednesday blaze in Dyersville started in a barn behind Hitenmiller's and spread to nearby frame structures consuming Hittenmiller's saloon, a German state bank, and Koehler & Drexier's store. Total losses around 36,000 with damage to McHagan's marble works, Klinkner's gallery, Daily Commercial building, and nearby properties. Fire from Manchester and Dubuque aided by special trains. flames largely contained by late afternoon.
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Dyarayylie
Hitenmiller
Hittenmiller
Dyersville Commercial
Koeker & Drexter
McHogan
Klinkner
Actire
Manchester
Dubuque
Mines Central
Dyersville
Hiltenmiller
German State Bank
Koehler & Drexier
The
Power and ‘Light Company
Brock
Maquoketa River
Sunday Injured in Cab Accident at OsKaloosa
Evangelist William A Sunday is hospitalized at Hotel Lacey in OsKaloosa after a cab crash following a Chautauqua appearance. He sustained bruises and sprains but no broken bones, with doctors predicting several days of rest after a strenuous day addressing 9 000 fans and staging a league game. The accident occurred about two miles from town when the cab went into a ditch and overturned.
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Oskaloo
William A. Sunday
Bane Ball
Lacey
Chautauqua Assembly
Sunday
Osksloos
Chantangaua
Ms Day
Japanese Settlements Planned in Rio de Janeiro State
Rilo de Janeiro Aug 16 The state government approves the creation of three Japanese settlements within Rio de Janeiro state. The plan received official sanction from state authorities enabling new immigrant communities to form.
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Rilo de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
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Miller
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