Canovas Killed Spain's Prime Minister at Santa Agueda
Senor Canovas el Castillo, Spain's prime minister, was assassinated at the Santa Agueda bath by an Italian anarchist named Rinaldi, who claimed just vengeance. The premier died within two hours as crowds murmured with shock and officials prepared for swift action. The murderer was arrested and faces local magistrates as the cabinet and cortes prepare to respond.
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Mavrno
Senor Canovas
el Castillo
Spain
Santa Agueda
San Sebastian
Marshal Martinez Campos
Senor Segasta
Belief General That Canovas Assassination Affects Politics
Washington August 10 The government likely has received formal notification of Premier Canovas assassination, but it is locked up with other dispatches in the state de- partment.
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Canovas
Washington
Spain Sees Unrest After Assassination Rumors
Secretary of State notes the attack will affect Spain's politics but cautions one death may not shift public sentiment. Senator Morgan predicts a possible republic as a reaction, while officials in Washington report a shaky Spain and anarchist links. Only Julio Galarza commented briefly.
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Alabama
Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Cal
Heiece
Gove Te
Spain
Washington
Senor Canevas
Assas
Julio Galarza
Senor de Lome
Meinister
Lennox
Legation
Spanish government dethronement and Cuba freedom forecast
Washington August 10 Colonel A A Aguila staying in Washington says the assassination of Canovas will bring down the Spanish government and free Cuba. He claims Spain faces revolution from high taxes and famine, and that Canovas will be replaced by Sagasta. He predicts Cuba freedom within 90 days and a Spanish republic soon after.
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Washinggton
A. A. Aguila
Washington
Canovas
Cuba
Spain
Sagasta
Liberal Party
Republic of Spain
McKinley Quietly Responds to Spain Prime Minister’s Death
In New York August 10 the presidential party remained largely in the hotel. Upon learning of Spain’s prime minister’s assassination the president was horrified but offered no public comment.
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McKinley
Nampiain
N. Y
Spain
Judge Defines Original Package Under Dispensary Law
Judge Simons of the United States court defines the original package as the form liquor is shipped to the initial carrier. If a box is imported, the entire box must be sold and not a single bottle. The ruling will force dealers to import liquor in single packages.
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Charleston
S.C
Simons
United States Court
Explosion at Bulgarian cartridge factory kills many
A disastrous blast at Bustchuk cartridge works on the Danube 139 miles northwest of Varna caused 46 deaths and many injuries. Sixty more victims were in critical condition as Prince Ferdinand visited the hospital and provided funds to families.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Bustchuk
Danube
Varna
Prince Ferdinand of
Finnish College site in West Houghton named by estates
The Sheldon and Douglass estate donated a $15,000 site for a Finnish college in West Houghton, with the village contributing a $1,000 bonus. Houghton already hosts Michigan College of Mines as the leading mining school in the country. In a separate incident in Borpentown, Anna Robinson, 81, was killed by her husband James Robinson as she slept with two children. He then slashed his own throat, a deep nonfatal wound.
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Houghton
HovnGatTon
Mich
Sheldon
Douglass
Hougton
Michigan College of Mines
Borpentown
N. J
Fieldsborough
Here
Anna Robinson
James Robinson
Shoemakers Strike At Minnesota Shoe Firms
About 200 to 300 workers at Minnesota Shoe Company and Sharod & Crooks refused to work in St Paul on August 10 over the firms not signing a new scale for rising piece work pay, prompting a stoppage in the factories.
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St. Paul
St. Pau
Minnesota Shoe Company
Sharocd & Crooks
Body found beneath floor of creamery near Watertown
The body of an unknown man was found under the floor of an old creamery building one mile south of Watertown. The head and body were terribly mutilated. Authorities suspect the crime was the work of tramps.
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Watertown
Monster Meeting Planned In Hope of Influencing Men
PrrssurGe Aug 3 report describes miners from districts converging on Turtle Creek for an 11 o clock meeting at McOrta s schoolhouse with aims to influence workers. Sheriff will not interfere if order is kept as 6000 miners prepare to attend and Dolan is arrested for riot amid rising tensions.
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Burgess Teats
Centerville Miners Accept Partial Demands in Coal Fields
In Centerville Iowa August 3 operators of Southern Iowa coal mines met with representation from nearly all mines. They unanimously granted miners part of their demands raising the mining price by 10 cents to 80 cents per ton until further notice. No winter rate mentioned. Talks of a possible strike loom as delegates plan to attend the state miners convention at Ottumwa in August to push for action.
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Centerville
Iowa
Ottumwa Ang
West Virginia Situation Hints Miner Additions Soon
Fairmont West Virginia August 3 There is a surprise in store for the operators of this region said John W Rea In side of 48 hours there will be several additions to those out Rea has been here since last Wednesday and has had two or three meetings daily not in the usual way but quietly at schoolhouses or public halls the miners gathered as if by magic He is elated over prospects and thinks West Virginia will yet come out Kanawha and New River men telegraphed from Charleston that they had struck for 50 cents a ton and a check weigh man
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Fairmont
W. Va
John W. Rea
West Virginia
Mahon
Charleston
Kanawha
New River
Inquest Over Non-Union Mill Worker Death
Coroner Owens held an inquest for William L. Cummings the non union mill worker killed during a quarrel with strikers. William C. Hubbs was found guilty by the jury and arrested.
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Scottpage
Owens
William L. Cummings
William C. Hubbs
Northern Pacific Assessments Raised Requested by City Council
Farco North Dakota August 38 The city council will send Mayor Johnson to Bismarck to appear before the state board of equalization to raise the assessment on Northern Pacific property. The council believes the county board of equalization eased the road too much.
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Farco
N. D
Johnson
Bismarck
State Board of Equalization
County Board of Equalization
Electric car fuse fire triggers panic on Russell Avenue line
In Milwaukee on August 3 a fuse burned out on an electric car at Russell Avenue and Holton Street, panicking 75 women and children. Four people were seriously injured.
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Milwaukef
Russell Avenue
Holton Street
Terror Reigns as Insurgents Attack Havana Suburb
Eyewitnesses describe a brief battle at Marnaga o ten miles from Havana in which 49 Spaniards were killed and 120 wounded while 2 Cubans died and 40 were injured. Insurgents seized the town, looted a lace, and took gold and supplies worth thousands as fear drives elites to flee.
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Tampa
Fla
Havana
Mascotte
Senora Calabier
Marnagao
Marianao
Denunciation of Commercial Treaties Wins British Approval
European papers hail Britain’s denunciation of commercial treaties with Belgium and Germany as a triumph of free trade on a great imperial scale. The Daily Chronicle calls it a landmark shift, while other papers foresee gains for England and Canada, with German displeasure likely to ease over time.
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Lonnoy
Great Britain
Belgium
Germany
The
Daily Chronicle
United States
Chronicle
Canada
England
LAYING UP TROUBLE IN THE SEALING TALKS
The St James Gazette views the forthcoming sealing conference as a British climb down and depicts American demands as unwarranted. It criticizes the state department for a menacing dispatch and warns that U S policy reinforces the belief that Britain concedes under pressure.
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Loxpon
St. James
John Bull
Mayou volcano eruption threatens Libeg area in Luzon
Olympia arrives with July 17 dispatches as Mayou volcano in southern Luzon erupts violently since June 26. Libeg Bacacy and Malipot towns face destruction while 56 bodies are recovered and further fatalities feared. U S Navy crews in Kobe report multiple assaults by coolies, including police.
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Victoria
B. C
Mayou
Luzon
Libeg
Bacacy
Malipot
United States
Yorktown
Boston
Kobe
Silesian Floods Devastation Surpasses Century
Berlin reports widespread Silesia flood damage unseen in a century with losses in the millions of marks and about 100 deaths in Silesia and Bohemia. The disaster halted imperial travel plans as Emperor Francis Joseph visited Baden and King Alexander of Servia paused his Vienna journey.
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Berlin
Silesia
Bohemia
Francis Joseph
Baden
Alexander of Servia
Belgrade
Vienna
Fatal Leap on a Wager at Biron Mill
GRAND RAPIDS Wis Aug 3 Will iam OBrien 22 employed in the Biron paper mill died an hour after leaping 30 feet from a mill window into the Wisconsin river on a wager He burst a blood vessel and passed away later in the day highlight of a lethal dare.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
William O’brien
Biron
Wisconsin
Rich lead mine strikes in Joplin main street area
In Joplin Missouri on August 3 a rich lead mine was struck on Main Street near the business district. Miners H D Graves and Sam Vaughan discovered the vein and excavated over a ton of ore from seven feet depth.
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Joplin
H. D. Graves
Sam Vaughan
Juneau Becoming Depopulated
SEATTLE Aug 3 The steamer Alki arrived from Juneau Sitka and Fort Wrangle with no interior news Juneau is fast becoming depopulated.
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Seattle
Wash
Alki
Sitka
Fort Wrangle
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