Forty thousand soldiers plan hangs over Philippine position
Washington reports Secretary Root eyes 40,000 available troops for the Philippines as he also tackles the yellow fever issue. General Funston intends to stay in the army until the war ends. Otis nominates officers for the Thirty-seventh volunteers as Cuba and Haiti tensions rise with naval and diplomatic warnings.
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Washington
War Department
Root
Philippines
Leavenworth
Kas
Otis
Thirty-seventh Regiment
John E. Morran
First
Montana
Dan T. Bowman
First Montana
Cleveland Strikers Gain Confidence as Militia Relieved
In Cleveland on August 7 the street car strike shows no violence for days and two more militia units were released. Boycott sentiment wanes while Big Consolidated cars carry more passengers. Strikers remain confident they can sustain the fight indefinitely.
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Cleveland
Accused of Conspiracy in Bankers' Life Case
Milwaukee August 7 United States District Attorney Phillips of Oshkosh Attorney Francis Bloodgood Jr and Edmund J Carter an insurance agent are accused in a complaint filed in the United States court of an attempt to wreck the Bankers' Life Association of Minnesota. Death of Ex Congress man Piper. San Francisco August 7 Ex Congress man is dead after a lingering illness was 75 years old and leaves an estate valued at over 2 000 000 dollars. In order to ascertain if any mail is placed in a letter box a pivoted signal rod is attached to the side of the box with a projection on the lid which swings the signal into a vertical position as soon as the lid is opened.
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Jimmes
New York
Havana
Jiminez
Santo Domingo
Cuba
United States
Isle of Pines
Gomez
Haiti
Washington
San Domingo
Powell
State Department
Rennes
Lycee
Milwaukee
Phillips
Oshkosh
Francis Bloodgood, Jr
Edmund J. Carter
Bankers’ Life Association of
Minnesota
Piper
San Francisco
Status of inspector general department made public
In Washington on August 7 a War Bureau order dated July 31 signed by Secretary Alger reclassifies the inspector general's department as a bureau of the War Department. In Madrid on August 8 serious disturbances occurred at Castellen as Catholics and free thinkers clashed before a church. several people including a priest were injured.
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Washington
Inspector General's Department
Alger
War Department
Madrid
Castellen
Winthrop Wrecked Off Spain En Route to Antwerp
The sail steamer Winthrop, sailing from Newport July 21 toward Lisbon, struck a rock near Corunna on the route from Huelva to Antwerp and was totally wrecked. The crew landed safely at Muros.
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Corunna
Spain
Winthrop
Newport
Lisbon
Huelva
Antwerp
Muros
Crisis in Spain Heralds Ministerial Shakeup in November
Madrid reports Marshal de Campos, president of the senate, foresees a forthcoming ministerial crisis in November with all three key ministries war, marine, and justice expected to resign. The remark implies a broad burden across the cabinet as tensions rise.
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Spain
Madrid
Marshal de Campos
Senate
War
Marine
Justice
Bridgeport Trains Disaster Leaves Dozens Dead
In Stratford extension of Shelton Street Railway a loader trolley car plunged 40 feet into Peck's mill pond near Oronoque. About 40 killed, with 30 confirmed dead, 43 aboard suspected. Conductor John Carroll and many others perished. Motorman Hamilton escaped by jumping. Scene near Shelton Bridgeport trestle, 440 feet long, unguarded. Ambulances, morgue set up, 23 bodies identified. theory cites faulty connection and sunk rails.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Stratford
Shelton Street Railway Company
Peck’s Mill Pond
Oronoque
Shelton
John Carroll
Hamilton
Bridgeport General Hospital
Andrew Randell
William Kelly
Miners Imported to Ymir from Sudbury Under Contract
Nelson BC Aug 7 The Ymir mine has brought in workers from Sudbury Ontario on a six month contract to operate in any Nelson District Mine Owners' Association mines. The men traveled by special train from Five Mile Point after dark Friday via the Crow's Nest Pass road. J E Mitchell, formerly a mine manager in Slocan, arranged the Sudbury contracts.
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Nelson
B. C
Ymir
Sudbury
Ontario
Nelson District Mine Owners’ Association
Five Mile Point
Crow's Nest Pass
J. E. Mitchell
Slocan
Strike at Sun Frays Printer Manager Rift
A steamer arrived with 104 non union workers led by Charles William Edwards for the Sun in New York. Only nine men went to work and five soon joined the strikers after short labor, signaling a renewed clash in the longtime dispute. In El Paso a Mexican saint figure is tied to Yaqui Indian unrest, described by a Texas dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
New York
The
Sun
Endeavor
Philadelphia
Charles William Edwards
Third Cavalry Sends Troops Toward Manila From Fort Myer
Washington Aug 8 Troops A D and M Third cavalry left Fort Myer Virginia for Seattle en route to Manila. In Chicago detachment will be joined by other units and five troops at Fort Ethan Allen will co operate at Seattle. The Brook lyn and New York trolley strike is charged as a stock robbing scheme.
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Washington
Third Cavalry
Fort Myer
Seattle
Manila
Chicago
Fort Ethan Allen
Brooklyn
New York
Local notes mix of crime farming and civic news
July bank clearings for Spokane total 4 920 450. Davenport wheat harvest begins late week. Spokane builds about 40 miles of concrete sidewalk. Republic bank bought by Merchants bank of Hal fax. Oakesdale sees building boom into winter. Grain at Pomeroy warehouses. barley shipped. Captain Coghlan assumes Bremerton naval station command in Seattle. Palouse City water meters begin charging for water use. John P Hasson of Vancouver named second lieutenant. Mrs Martha Whyte gored by cow in Tacoma. Bodies found: Charles Davidson near Ellensburg. Jerry K Cowles at G A R cemetery. both linked to suicides. Henry Penn killed by wagon accident in Stevens county. Snoqualmie falls power plant feeds Seattle. Henry J Sutton’s suicide in Palouse City cited as domestic trouble. Jean Goldie Amos named goddess of plenty for Spokane exposition in October. Seattle pastors protest gambling and prostitution ordinances. House journals of last session ready. copies for legislators and officials, rest sold at cost plus 10%. Waterville land district shows over 50 000 acres entry by settlers in Douglas Kittitas Okanogan. Clarence Flohmer, 34, loses both feet in hay cutting accident. boy 6 miles east of Uniontown injured in same incident.
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Spokane
Davenport
Republic
Merchants Bank of Halifax
Oakesdale
Pomeroy
Joseph B. Coghlan
Bremerton Naval Station
Seattle
Green
Palouse City
John P. Hasson
Vancouver
Patrick Hasson
Martha Whyte
Tacoma
Charles Davidson
Wilson Creek
Bull Ranch
Ellensburg
Jerry K. Cowles
St. Paul
Minn
Henry Penn
Stevens County
Snoqualmie Falls
Henry J. Sutton
Jean Goldie Amos
Whitman County
Humes
Waterville Land Office
Douglas
Kittitas
Okanogan
Clarence
Henry Flohmer
Uniontown
Storm wrecks Carabelle and nearby towns in Florida
Reports from Carabelle indicate a severe storm with extensive destruction. The Gulf Naval Stores Company's docks and a warehouse holding about 100000 dollars of resin were swept away, a Naval Stores steamer Capitola blown ashore, and two thirds of Carabelle damaged. McIntyre town is wiped out with unconfirmed reports of fishermen fatalities.
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Florida
Pensacola
Fla
Carabelle
Gulf Naval Stores Company
Capitola
Naval Stores Company
McIntyre
One Death but No New Canon Epidemic Update
Washington reports no new yellow fever cases at Hampton soldiers' home. Surgeon General Wyman cites a telegram from Dr. Vickery stating the epidemic is limited with one death last night. Dr. Wasdin confirms 42 cases and 11 deaths to date after talks with Mr. McMahon and Colonel Smith.
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Washington
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Vickery
Hampton Soldiers’ Home
Wasdin
McMahon
Colonel Smith
Home Board of Managers
Paris Train Collision Kills Seventeen, Injures Thirty Seven
In a head end collision near Juvisay on the Orleans railway seventeen passengers were killed and 37 injured. The crash occurred between the Orleans Lyons Paris and Nantes train and the Paris and Lyons Mediterranean train, which left eight minutes late due to imperfect signaling.
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Paris
Orleans
Juvisay
Lyons
Paria
Nantes
Explosion destroys Durant & Ruel art galleries in New York
By an explosion of gas in the old Lorillard mansion at Thirty-sixth avenue and Fifty-sixth street, Durant & Ruel galleries were wrecked. Paintings valued at thousands of dollars were damaged or burned. Some of New York's finest paintings were stored there.
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New York
Durant & Ruel
Lorillard
Thirty-sixth Avenue
Fifty-sixth Street
Chicago Policeman Shot During Burglary Discoveries
Chicago reports Policeman Joseph O'Leary shot and mortally wounded early by one of three burglars fleeing a gunsmith shop. Separately, shoe manufacturers plan a Philadelphia meeting to raise prices.
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Chicago
Joseph O'Leary
Philadelphia
Wide World News Briefs From Across the Ocean and U S
A digest of international and domestic items, including lynching concerns in Italy, yellow fever near Hampton, a Republic Washington shooting in self defense, theater of war notes near Moca, shipping typhoon reports from Kobe, Ottawa politics, and multiple U S incidents. Reports of deaths, accidents, rail and industrial news, and military deployments abroad.
Yaqui outbreak draws Mexican troops toward Sonora
A Nogales dispatch reports City of Mexico artillery and Gatling guns moved south through El Paso toward Durango to join forces on the ground. Yaqui leaders allegedly call ranches and mines across Sonora to arms, with many Yaqui workers in mining camps and haciendas vanishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Nogales
Arizona
Mexico
el Paso
Durango
Sonora
Power House Burned in Newark Fire Loss Reported
The power house and car sheds of the North Jersey Company in Newark were destroyed by lightning causing an estimated 300000 dollars in damage. Nearly eighty cars were destroyed in the blaze.
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New York
North Jersey Company
Newark
Corcoran Seeks New Trial in Wardner Riot Case
Wallace Idaho Aug 5 attorneys for Paul Corcoran convicted of the murder of James Cheyne during April riots at Wardner have filed a motion for a new trial. The brief cites alleged errors in the trial and requests reconsideration of the verdict.
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4G Powder CO
Omoera
Funston
Dreyfus
Hirsy
Texas
Santa Teresa
Chihualma
Ot Handa
News OF the World
Telegraph
Phoebus
Hampton
John Cavanaugh
Wash
Willie Callahan
Callahan
Heureaux
Mountain
Moca
Marblehead
Peru
Mare Island
Coquimbo
Chile
Callao
Victoria
Kobe
Thomas Bain
Wentworth
House of Commons
Ottawa
Sir James Edgar
Northport
Gus Ericson
Thomas Joslyn
Alexander Hawkins
Pennsylvania Regiment
Yukon
Stanley D. Brown
Alvah Brown
Walla Walla
American Smelting and Refining Company
Denver
Pueblo
State Board of Arbitration
Northern Pacific
Portland
Mellen
Columbia River
John Thompson
Cable
Bear Gap
Thompson
England
Oxford-Cambridge
McKinley
H. Victor Newcomb
Louisville
Dunsmuir
Cal
Henry Brown
A. Sutherland
Ardmore
I. T
EB. W. Fairman
J. B. Sanborn
Illinois National Guard
Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment
Glens Falls
N. Y
Portland Cement Company
Washington, D. C
Benjamin Snell
Pension Offie
Secret Service
Islands
Santa Rosa
Windsor
Big Ray Act
Toral
Kangas
Lawton
Wheeler
Corcoran
Shakespeare
Kaslo & Stocan
Dally
Gala
Mouth Park
Bailey's
Cody
Bandon
Cody Branch
Landon
Wn Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company
Kaslo & Slocan
International Nav. & Trading Co
Kaslo & Blocan RY
Samdonandyway
Kaslo
Syayey Bandon
International Nay. & Trad
Kootenay
International
Kanlo
Balfour
Picot Day
Ainsworth
All Way Points
Five Mile
Point
Alberta
Bonner's
Robert Irving
Aslo
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