Taft Arrives Manila with Celebrations and Addresses
Civil Gov. Taft reached Manila aboard the Gen Alava from Singapore to an enthusiastic reception. Eight arches line the streets as twenty thousand natives join demonstrations and a bay parade escorts Taft to the palace where he appeals for peace and progress. Gen. Chaffee reports on the Mandanao Moro situation as unsettled but not critical.
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Manila
Taft
GenAlava
Singapore
Straits Settlement
Civil Commission
Alva
Gov. Taft
Pasig
Rome
Congress
Philippine Islands
Gov. Tett
Gov
Gen. Chaffee
Mandanao
Joint Army and Navy Maneuvers Planned for August Start
Washington reports the joint army and navy war game to begin August 29 after a Newport conference between Maj. Gen. McArthur and Rr. Adm. Higginson. Instructions to opponents will mirror earlier white versus blue rules used off the New England coast. Details of the war board problem and rules will be published when maneuvers commence.
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Washington
McArthur
Adm. Higginson
Newport
New England
War Board
Eruption at Mont Pelee Closely Tracked by Dahome Crew
Officers of the steamer Dahome report Mont Pelee on Martinique erupted violently at noon Thursday. Darkness enveloped the area five miles from the volcano, and 20 minutes passed before light returned. Volcanic ash forced the ship to alter course to avoid the dust covering its deck.
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Castries
Island of
St. Lucia
Mont Pelee
Martinique
Samuel Pryor Mourned Founder of Pryor Band
Samuel Pryor founder of Pryor's band and father of Arthur Pryor died Friday in St. Joseph Missouri from gastric disease. At his request his musicians played lively airs as he expired.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Samuel Pryor
Pryor
Arthur Pryor
Sousa
Business Failures Report For Week Ending August 21
New York reports 11 business failures for the week ending August 21, a drop from 181 the prior week and 181 for the same week last year. Canada shows 26 failures this week, up from 23 last year.
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New York
Canada
Automobile distance record beaten at Welbeck by Jarrett
Paris reports C Jarrett completed a 1 kilometer drive from a standing start at Welbeck in 281 5 seconds breaking the previous record of 292 5 seconds set by W K Vanderbilt Jr in France.
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Paris
C. Jarrett
Welbeck
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
France
St Paul Carries Remains of C. L. Fair and Wife via Cherbourg
The American line steamer St Paul sailing to New York via Cherbourg carries the remains of C. L. Fair and his wife. The bodies were forwarded from Paris to Cherbourg on Friday afternoon.
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Paris
St. Paul
New York
Cherbourg
C. L. Fair
Terrific Cable Car Crash in Kansas City
A cable car escaped its grip at the Ninth street incline and collided with a stalled train, killing gripman W B Taylor and injuring at least 20. The fall from the incline caused a mass of twisted iron as passengers fled, with many trampled or fainting amid the wreckage and injuries ranging from bruises to broken limbs.
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Kansas City
Ninth Street
Union Station
W. B. Taylor
Gripman Taylor
Big Four Road Adopts New Wage Schedule
Indianapolis with Aug 23 report that the Big Four officers and men agree to a new wage schedule to take effect September 1 increasing company payrolls by about 100000 dollars per year. Through freight conductors gain 3 cents per mile straight from 29 10 to 32 10 cents. Enginemen receive raises on large freight and passenger engines. Royal freights are daily paid. Short and mixed runs crews also get increases.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Birth of Thom as City Oklahoma town draws 3000 crowd
The new town of Thomas City in Custer county Oklahoma drew about 3000 people for its founding. More than 200 lots were sold at opening prices from 20 dollars to 1000 1500 dollars. A tented village of 8000 inhabitants rose on a barren plain with ample water and food. A newspaper began circulation shortly after the drawing. A large celebration is planned for next Monday.
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St. Louis
Thomas City
Okla
Custer County
Philadelphia Steamer Sets Speed Record Again
The American liner Philadelphia arriving off Sandy Hook after a swift voyage from Southampton and Cherbourg. likely to beat its Cherbourg to New York record by about an hour. Current best time is six days, 13 hours and five minutes.
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New York
Philadelphia
Southampton
Cherbourg
Sandy Hook
Paris
Kearsarge accident kills two seamen in harbor
In Rockport Massachusetts on August 23 a davit rope broke while hoisting a boat on the flagship Kearsarge of Adm Higginson s squadron. The boat fell, killing two seamen and injuring three others, one may die.
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Rockport
Mass
Adm. Higginson
Thacher's Island
Mimic War Ends In Naval Peace Exercise Off New England
The mimic naval war near Thatcher's Island ended at 5 40 Sunday morning when the White squadron commanded by Pillsbury surrendered to the Blue fleet led by Admiral Higginson. The battle, eight miles south of Thatcher's Island, featured 97 points for the Blue and 64 for the White, with Kearsarge Alabama and Massachusetts among the vessels.
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Rockport
Mass
New England
Sur Fram Rr
Higginson
Prairie
Pillsbury
Thatcher’s
Salem
Kearsarge
Alabama
Massachusetts
Scorpion
Panther
Supply
Gloucester Harbor
Thatcher's Island
Washington
Cape Elizabeth
Cape Cod
Adm
Chief Old Bull Dies at Arapahoe Agency in Oklahoma
Old Bull an Omaha chief and survivor of the Custer wars is dead at the Arapahoe Indian agency in Coly Oklahoma. He fought at the Little Big Horn in 1876 then served in the regular army until retirement due to age.
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Guthrie
Okla
Old Bull
Custer
Arapahoe Indian Agency
Coly
Little Big Horn
Rumored retirement of Russian ambassador to Britain
The Daily Telegraph reports on Monday that Baron De Stael, Russia's ambassador to Great Britain, is nearing retirement. His likely successor is Count Benckendorff, currently the Russian minister to Denmark.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Baron de Stael
Great Britain
Count Benckendorff
Denmark
Thos Garrett's Fatal Laugh
Thos C Garrett aged 27 a drug clerk from Chicago drowned after a fit of laughter caused him to fall from a boat in St Joseph Michigan. His body was recovered in 15 minutes but he died.
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Garrett
St. Joseph
Mich
Thomas C. Garrett
Chicago
Stricken in the pulpit stunned congregation
Washington August 25 Rev Robert Nourse Congregational minister and lecturer was stricken with heart failure while in the pulpit of the First Congregational church Sunday He is somewhat better
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Washington
Robert Nourse
First Congregational Church
Rioters Clash in Indianapolis Suburb Span Field Fight
In Haughville, Indianapolis, about 200 Negro and white workers at the National Malleable Casting Co clashed after a morning ball game. Two killed, many wounded, 10 arrests, police slow to respond, fear of further outbreaks.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Haughville
National Malleable Casting Co
Boundary decision adds Chickasha to Oklahoma
Washington reports the interior department approved the Johnson and Kidder survey of the 9th meridian placing the boundary four miles east of the current line between Oklahoma and the Chickasaw Nation thus adding Chickasha as a key commercial and rail hub. A prolonged legal battle is anticipated and the issue will reach the United States Supreme Court.
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Guthrie
Okla
Washington
Territorial
Interior Department
Johnson and Kidder
Oklahoma
Chickasaw Nation
Indian Territory
Chickasha
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt urged to call special session to end coal strike
New York reporters say President Roosevelt will be asked to convene a special session of Congress to end the coal strike. The Central Federation Union meeting with 250 000 workers plans a mass gathering in New York City to urge immediate action and speedily terminate the strike.
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New York
Roosevelt
Congress
Central Federation Union
New York City
Constabulary Ambushed by Ladrones in Luzon Fight
Teen constabulary members were ambushed near Magdalena Sorsogon Luzon by a 60 member Ladrones gang. A constable was killed two wounded and three captured in a close range fight. Seventy constabulary pursue the attackers.
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Manila
Native Constabulary
Magdalena
Sorsogon
Luzon
Cholera Toll Rises Across Philippines as Reports Overflow
Official Manila statistics show 25 664 cases and 18 040 deaths to date, with actual numbers likely higher. Only eight cases were reported in Manila last Saturday while Ilocos Norte reported 414 cases and 317 deaths in the same period.
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Manila
Luzon
Ilocos Norte
Tragic gas leak kills Schick family in Chicago
Bryant Schick awoke to a gas-filled home on Sunday to find his wife and two children dead. Authorities suspect the wife, possibly insane, turned on the gas. A note she left was unreadable, leaving the motive unclear.
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Chicago
Bryant Schick
Sartoris Scovil Wedding in Coburg Ontario
Vivian May Sartoris and Frederick Roosevelt Scovil were married at St. Peter's church Coburg with guests from nearly every U S state. Rev Spragge officiated. The bride is daughter of Nellie Grant Sartoris and Algernon Sartoris, grandson of Gen A G Grant. groom son of Chevalier and Mme Edward Scovil and cousin of President Roosevelt.
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Chevalier
Mme
Edward Scovil
Roosevelt
North Pacific raises telegraph operators salaries
St Paul Minn four hundred telegraph operators will receive a salary raise on September 1 The raise is set by an order increasing minimum salaries by 2 50 to 10 per month and was issued Saturday
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St. Paul, Minn
Northern Pacific
Ashland mill strike ends as workers return to work
Huntington West Virginia August 25 600 Ashland sheet mill employees on strike for months resume work at midnight after concessions by both sides the strike is declared off news records the settlement and end of the labor dispute.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ashland Sheet Mill
Ten Killed In Freight Wreck At Georgetown Indiana
A Southern Railway freight wreck near Georgetown Indiana left engineers Red Duval and Harry Goodall and firemen B Cox Ross and George Myers dead or fatally hurt. The crash sent fourteen wheat cars and two locomotives over a 40 foot trestle into a ravine, halting traffic between Louisville and St Louis.
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New
Albany
Ind
Southern, Railway
Georgetown
Here
Red” Duval
B. Cox
Ross
Harry Goodall
George Myers
Southern Railway
Louisville
St. Louis
Walter Alvis
Duncans
Duval
Cox
Goodall
Myers
A. G. Lewis
John Burns
Milltown
Princeton
Goodall and
Osburn
Dear Mrs Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsement Ad
Mrs J H Hoskins of Chicago testifies the Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound relieved her after dangerous pregnancies and keeps her healthy. she urges expectant mothers to seek free counsel from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pink
J. H. Hosnins
Indiana Ave
Chicago
Head on Collision Kills Three Near Norfolk Bay Shore
Norfolk Va Aug 25 A head on collision on the Bay Shore Terminal line late Sunday near Norfolk killed three people and injured many others. One car from Ocean View and the other toward the View violated orders to wait at a siding. Motorman W S Yandall failed to obey and was crushed beneath the cars. Motorman C D Colden and Linwood Fentress died after attempting to jump. both cars carried Sunday excursionists and many were hurt.
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Norfolk
Bay Shore Terminal
Ocean View
View
W. S. Yandall
Yandall
C. D. Colden
Linwood Fentress
R. B. Fentress
Norfolk Cold Storage & Ice Co
Colden
Young Fentress
Americanization of the World Plan for Frankfort Medical College
The Lokal Anzeiger reports a plan to establish a post graduate medical college at Frankfort modeled after American institutions, seen as evidence of growing Americanization worldwide.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
National Fraternal Congress Opens in Denver
The annual convention of the National Fraternal Congress met in Denver as 67 fraternal orders with 300 delegates gather to represent about 4,000,000 people. The meeting began Monday and will continue with discussions and activities of the congress.
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National Fraternal Congress
Denver
Col
Additional naval academy nominees announced for 1906 class
Annapolis announces more successful candidates for admission to the naval academy class of 1906. The list includes George A. Alexander of Cincinnati Ohio and Blanton Nell of Forest City Arkansas.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
George A. Alexander
Cincinnati
Blanton Nell
Forest City
Ark
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