Payette Masons buy land and plan fine improvements
Idaho state dispatch notes Payette Masons purchased a valuable former lot and will erect a fine establishment. Reports from Moore and Haloe County describe local posts and warrants, while lightning fires near Weiser claim several tons of property. Police report anti-gambling arrests in Boise with fines of 100 each.
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Payette Masons
Moore
Hlaloe County
Jackson Moore
Boise
W. Ib Strader
Weiser
Devept
Silver City
Wancen
Japs buried by volcano on Tone Island
Dispatch from Yokohama reports Tone Island, part of Japan, overwhelmed by a volcanic eruption between August and August 1. About 150 inhabitants are believed dead as homes and the island surface are covered with volcanic debris. Nearby marine eruptions hinder approaching vessels.
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Yelobama
Japan
Tone
Torishame
Koni
Houde
Soldiers disappointed by US enlistment pull in Philippines
South African veterans claim British soldiers are being recruited for American service in the Philippines. Officials in London face protests asCapetown and Darban report U.S. enlistment of former British troops causing a diplomatic stir. Soldiers at Lumsden note many applicants have been turned away.
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United States
London
Caibunsy
Philippines
Capetown
Darban
Ies Islands
Lumsden Cilineay
Ape Pllewate
Strikes Prompt Talks On Calling Militia At North Vinton
Officials from Teearen pany Property Wigom Cons Governor Seragre and David Cacite met with Mayor Walker and Holuis county leaders in North Vinton Neb on Saturday to weigh sending troops to curb strikers accused of damaging Union Pacific property and blocking walls. No violence yet, sheriff confident order can hold. Governor Savage to decide after further inquiry before heading to Lincoln.
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Seragre
David
North Vinton
Neb
Walker
County of
Lineala
Gardner Wins Middleweight Title At Salt Palace Fight
George Gardner of Lowell Mass defeats Duck Root of Chicago in the Salt Palace Seattle City bout in Salt Lake City. The fight ends in the seventeenth round of a planned twenty with about 2100 spectators. Root reportedly broke his left hand by the second round, Gardner forcing the pace and showing aggression throughout.
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George Gardner
Lowell
Mass
Duck Root
Chicago
Salt Palace
Salt Lake City
Root Elaine
Gardener
Boxer uprising looms large as mission reports cite chapel burned
Reports from Rev. Edward Munivy and Rev. Spencer Lewis in West China describe the Boxers, or Hed Lantern society, attacking missions. A chapel at Liew Ka Chino was burned, a preacher and four members killed, with officials suppressing Boxers and decapitating several others. News details widespread violence, destruction of towns, and alarm in Chen Ta and surrounding districts while officials pledge to cope. Also mentions U.S. congressional appropriations and public works contracts for the Fifty-seventh Congress.
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Methodiat Mission Board
Baw
China
Joseph Horch
Chung King
Weet
Ander Daw
Edward Munivy
Spencer Lewis
Hed Lantern Society
Liew Ka Chino
Mr. Beret
West Chin
Wu Kwang Tsang
Tschevo
Chen Ti
Hrother Cady
Chen Ta
Prikous
Fanning Isle Inhabited Island Crew Reports Station Plan
Galilee arrives Port Townsend from Fanning Island with 30 men and building materials to establish a British Cable Co station. Island inhabited by George E Gregg his wife and son and 30 Gilbert islanders. In Nalina Kansas Awful crime: Joseph Anderson drowns his four children then suicides shot himself. wife and children found, note left. Anderson alive but fading, motive financial distress.
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Phe
Galilee
Port Townsend
Fanning Island
San Francisco
Menu
Treaver
The
George E. Gregg
Gregg
Crimea
Joseph Anderson
Tragic River Accident Claims 13 Year Old Fisherman
Gustav Grunwald Jr. age 13 was struck by a sinker while fishing in the Tucson River. He died instantly as a nearby fisherman’s cast with a heavy lead sinker struck him just behind the left ear. The angler fled the scene before arrest.
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Tuctson
Gustav Grunwald, Jr
Brather
Gernwald
Ig Hee
Charles Fair and Wife Killed in Auto Crash Near Paris
Charles Fair and his wife Virginia Fair, sister to Mrs. W K Vanderbilt Jr, died when their 45 horsepower car crashed into a tree near Paris while returning from Trouville. Chauffeur survived but was injured. witnesses described a high speed crash as the car somersaulted and wrecked.
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Charles W. Pair
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Virginia Fair
Paris
Trouville
Chaffeur
Fair
Chateau Buisson du Mal
Luneh
Mrs. Fair
White men in Mindanao dispute race existence
Stone a former army engineer joins Captain Baldwin on Mindanao to test reports of a white-skinned native race. He learns several tribes speak dialects, but finds no separate group. While some individuals show Caucasian traits, they are Castilian descendants who intermarried with Moros and follow Islam.
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Mindanao
Stone
Army Engineering Corps
Orient
San Francisco
Captain Baldwin
Mohammed
Fatal Shooting in Nesquaboning Pa Sparks Deputy Arrest
Deputy Harry McKinnoyle arrested after shooting Patrick Sharp a Lansford striker in Nesquaboning Pennsylvania. Sharp dies instantly as unrest erupts then town quiets. Rock Island reports indicate Lost Springs Kansas struck by cyclone damaging grain elevator church and homes with several injured.
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Nesquaboning
Patrick Sharp
Lansford
Harry McKinnoyle
Sharp
Maovh Chunk
Rock Island
Wichita
Lost Springs
Kansas
Harrington
Fire Devastates Essex Street Store Killing Five
A ground floor furniture shop at 38 Essex Street in New York suffered a rapid blaze that trapped tenants before they could recover. Two women with three children died, a man and a woman were hospitalized, and many others were badly burned as firefighters battled the flames and rescue operations.
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Essex Street
New York City
Heemwen
Settlement Near for Anthracite Strike Before September 1st
Major John Biddle, engineer commissioner for the District of Columbia, states settlement of the anthracite coal strike is expected on or before September 1st. An operator’s agent in Pittsburgh and dealers in Washington report preparations for shipments after September 1st as mines resume operations. Operators and miners both anticipate concessions and sacrifices.
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John Biddle
District of Columbia
Pittsburg
Detroit
Biddle
Washington
Tension Reported Between United States and Turkey
State department officials acknowledge renewed tension with Turkey but refuse to disclose current affairs. They describe the situation as not grave, yet of a type that has appeared during past periods of heightened U S Turkish friction related to American losses in the Armenian area.
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State Department
United States
Turkey
Confesses to Murder in Iowa City Case
A Iowa City special reports that Charles Holaday confessed that Mrs. Gaullagher and likely he killed James Gaullagher, a wealthy stockman, four months ago while he slept beside his wife and child. Holaday says they were in love and planned poison. he was at the house the night of the shooting but left hours before.
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Charles Fair
Evereaux
France
Paris
San Francisco
Cnsuffeur
Priday
Mr. Fair
Iowa City
Iowa
Charles Holaday
James Gaullagher
Gavllagher
Bryan Out of Race Declares No Presidential Candidacy
William Bryan states in a letter to the New Orleans Times Democrat that he will not be a candidate in the next campaign. He emphasizes backing a nominee loyal to the 1896 platform and pledged to stand with the people against organized wealth, adding no plans for the future.
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William Bryan
New Orleans Times Democrat
Bryan
Wnd
Jon
Tin Plant Shuts Down Indefinitely at Elwood Mill
Two thousand American Tin Plate workers at Elwood Indiana face an indefinite shutdown after a prior wage reduction led to a stoppage. The mill had resumed last week following the earlier walkout, but notices say operations halt due to a lack of orders.
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American Tin Plate Company
Elwood
Ind
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