Ponce Hurricane Devastates Puerto Rico as Death Toll Rises
Reports from Ponce and surrounding towns describe the worst storm in memory with at least 300 dead and many missing. Widespread ruin includes destroyed barracks, water, food shortages, and disrupted railways, with aid requests and military relief efforts gathering in San Juan and Washington.
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Bates
Ponce
Playa
Weather Bureau
Parrata Dorks
Fifth Cavalry
Myers
Eleventh Infantry
Abonita
Juan Diag
Arroyo
Guayama
Salinas
San Isabel
Yauco
Guayamas
San Juan
Porto Rico
Trix
Guayamna
Spring
Portofino Company
Philadelphia
DAVIS
Washington
War Department
General Davis
Porto Fte
Mayaguez
Striking Miners Resume Work After Talks at Exeter Colliery
About 600 miners at Exeter Colliery West Pittston return to work after agreeing to meet Superintendent Conners of Lehigh Valley Coal Co to hear grievances and proposals. Workers sought higher wages for driving and tunneling and changes to car sizes. Similar reinstatements occurred at Babylon Colliery Duryea and Stevens Colliery West Pittston affecting nearly 1000 workers.
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Scranton
Exeter
Pittston
Conners
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Babylon
Temple Iron Company
Duryea
Stevens
West Pittston
Delegates Named for Chicago Trust Conference
Governor Roosevelt announces delegates to the Chicago conference on trusts to begin September 1. Named are Chauncey M. Depew John D. Carlisle Albert Shaw W. Hourke Cochran George Gunton G F Barber and Henry White with possible additions later.
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Albany
Roosevelt
Chicago
Chauncey M. Depew
John 14
Carliste
Albert Shaw
W. Hourke Cochran
George Gunton
G. F. Barber
Henry White
Court martial verdict on surrender of Santiago de Cuba
The Supreme Court martial acquits Generals Toral and Pareja of surrendering Santiago de Cuba without exhausting defenses and orders an additional inquiry into the lack of defenses that led to the capitulation.
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Madrid
Aug. U
Supreme Court Martial
Census work for Cuba outlined with General Sanger lead
The War Department directs the Cuba census to be completed by January and General Joseph Sanger will head the effort from Havana. Cuban enumerators will staff districts with final tabulation at Washington. Questions cover name sex color trade nationality property literacy and living conditions.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Cuba
Joseph Sancer
Havana
Sanger
Sifulra
War Department
Atlce
Stone Still for Bryan in Democratic Nomination
Vice Chairman W. J. Stone of the National Democratic Committee says he remains for Bryan and dismisses reports of backing Schley. He calls Schley only a brave naval officer and doubts any serious conference talks.
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ST. Louis
Bryan
W. J. Stone
National Democratic Committee
Washington
Schley
Stone
Saratoga, Mer
Alnopwenne
Miners Strike Over 33 Percent Wage Increase
Joseph Rougon reports from Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania that about 6000 miners in the Pittston district have gone on strike at the Stevens Colliery after the company refused a 33 percent wage increase. The strike centers in the Pittston area with about 60 miners at the Stevens plant joining the walkout.
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Joseph Rougon
Wilkesbarre
Stevens
Pittston
Shooting at Cleveland Leaves Two Hurt
William Ty Caple a non union motorman fired two shots at William Little a teamster on the Central avenue line. Little replied with a hatchet tossed into Caples wagon striking him on the head. Caple is jailed Little taken to a hospital. Neither man fatally hurt.
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Cleveland
William Ty Caple
Central Avenue
Big Consolidated Company
William Little
Little
Caple
Jal
Littleas
Mazet Committee Adjourns to September 12
The Mazet Committee of Investigation met in executive session and voted 4 to 1 to adjourn from today until September 12. Mayor hopeful William A. Butler testified about city printing contracts and emergency work, noting past favoritism by a single firm. Separately, 150 coal miners in Middleboro demanded immediate wage increases as operators promised raises in September. A Minnesota hailstorm in Ferro Falls damaged property and knocked down structures.
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York
Aug. U
Mazet Committee of Investigation
Moffman
Sanaa
Boland
William A. Butler
City Record
City Record Office
Middleshoro
Sty
Mingo
Middleboro
Lynching in Grant Parish Ends In Mutilated Body
A lynching in Grant Parish La. is described after Max Singleton was found mutilated near Neumehl creek. He had visited O W Boyett a planter and asked for food, then reportedly abducted by a black assailant and killed. Details of pursuit and capture are sparse.
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New Orleans
Grant Parish
Neumehl
Max Singleton
O. W. Boyett
Moyett
Havana editors seek damages from War Department in Washington
Editors of the Havana Reconcentrade, suppressed by U S military authorities in Cuba, have hired an attorney in Washington to file their claim with the Secretary of War. They likely seek damages and a determination of rights in civil courts.
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Washington
Aus
Havana
Reconcentrade
Cuba
Colored man hanged near Belle Buckle after assault charge
Nashville dispatch reports Will Chambers, a colored man, arrested for alleged assault on a 14 year old girl of William Watson. He was hanged near Belle Buckle at dawn. The victim identified him and remains in critical condition.
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Aecend Wire
Nashville
Will Chambers
Wiliam Watson
Belle Buckle
Manila War News and Major Events From August Dispatches
News from Manila reports American troops occupying Calula Santa Rita Baydor and Guagua with rain and wounded arriving. MacArthur moves reconnoitering Berne Angeles and control of Bataan area. Major Rockefeller missing. Private Reed dies at sea aboard the City of Para arrives. Further items cover a murder case in Carmin and inquests in New York.
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MacArthur
Major Rockefeller
Reed
Kirt
Manila
Calula
Santa Rita
Baydor
Guagua
United States
Para
San Francisco
Honolulu
Washington
Otis
War Department
Berne
Angeles
Bataan
Rockefeller
Luzon
On the Track of a Fiend
The negro who attempted to assault Miss Parker at Turner Kansas near Kansas City yesterday was spotted today by a Santa Fe fireman on the California Limited. He leaped from the train at Topeka when ordered to halt and fled as an officer pursued. the fireman fired but missed. Topeka police continue the pursuit.
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Chicago
Edward & Richards
The
Industrial Commission
Congress
Mr. Richards
Washington
Whisky Trust
Canadian Pacific
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Kyle
McNulta
Silver State
Topeka
Kas
Miss Parking
Turner
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Storm wrecks large wheat crop across North Dakota Minnesota
The hailstorm yesterday ruined about 135000 acres of wheat in North Dakota and 60000 acres of grain in Cass County Minnesota. Railroad officials report total destruction in North Dakota and Minnesota near 300000 acres equating to roughly 3 million bushels worth over 2100000 dollars. The Grandin farms suffer extensive losses.
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Fargo
N. D
Cass County
Minnesota
ST. Paul
Minn
North Dakota
Young Lovers Court Death
In Arapahoe Nebraska on August 1 a high school room yielded a double tragedy. James Bloodworth lay dead with a revolver in hand and Miss Grace Cooper was found unconscious and died shortly after. The couple had been keeping company despite parental disapproval.
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Silver Star
Arapahoe
Neb
James Bloodworth
Grace Cooper
Bloodworth
Miss Cooper
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Ivy Crabtree
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Fourth Cavalry
Yey York
Schwanih
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Sheridan
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Nathan Kronman
ST. John
State Department
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Kilbourne
Charles E. Kilbourne
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Gross
Maria M. Gross
Total Abstinence Union
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