Murder of Russian consul roils balkans crisis
Constantinople reports the Russian consul Rostkovski was murdered spurring fear of wider Balkan unrest. Insurgents near Monastir grow to about 900 after Krushevo garrison fell, with rebels hoisting a red flag and challenging government authority. Hussein Hilmi Pasha named Monastir governor. a court martial to try the assassin is ordered.
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Constantinople
M. Rostkovski
Macedonia
Monastir
Krushevo
Bulgaria
Hussein Hilmi Pasha
Yaman
Arabia
Czar Demands Exemplar Punishment for Monastir Murder
In St Petersburg Aug 11 the czar called for the severe punishment not only of the Turkish gendarme who killed the Russian consul at Monastir but of all officials blamed for the crime. The incident marks the second Russian consular death in Macedonia within months and sparked official protests to Ferid Pasha and the sultan.
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St. Petersburg
Monastir
M. Rostkovski
Macedonia
Foreign Office
Constantinople
Ferid Pasha
Halim
Turkish Fight Near Serovitch and Burned Villages Reported
Salonica reports fresh clashes near Serovitch as Turkish forces engage insurgents at Kailar. Rashi Pasha travels from Salonica with two battalions toward Monastir. Fifteen villages in the Okheida vilayet burned by Bulgarian revolutionists. many victims. Turkish troops too late to save villagers.
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Salonica
Serovitch
Kailar
Macedonia
Anatolia
Rashi Pasha
Monastir
Captives Burned Alive in Monastir District Attack
Dispatches from Hilmi Pasha report insurgents in the Clisuri district near Kastoria massacring villagers at Djivarek. They burned captives including women and children and then attacked neighboring settlements, killing some Greek peasants.
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Constantinople
Hilmi Pasha
Reform Movement
Clisuri
Monastir
Djivarek
Kastoria
Macedonia in House of Commons unsettled as Balfour pledges
In London on August 11 the house of commons discussed affairs in Macedonia. Prime Minister Balfour said he could not provide satisfactory assurances about the situation.
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London
Macedonia
House of Commons
Balfour
Insurgents Blow Up Servian Frontier Customs House
A Salonica dispatch reports insurgents destroyed the customs house at Ziberche on the Servian frontier with dynamite no fatalities occurred.
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Vienna
Salonica
Ziberche
Two bandits killed in Indian Nation chase ends
Guthrie Oklahoma August 11 two members of the Martin gang were killed in a fight with a deputy sheriff posse in the Osage Nation. Deputy Marshal Haines wounded and improving. Other gang members escaped and are pursued. The gang had ro bbed travelers and is tied to killings at Hennessey Geary and Hopeton. Wires down hinder details.
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Guthrie
Okla
Martin
Osage Indian Nation
Haines
Hennessey
Cross
Geary
Hopeton
Tragedy at Buffalo Ends in Double Self Destruction
Kent Stowe, son of F D Stowe of Merchants Despatch, shot his wife fatally then shot himself. He had malaria fever recalled by doctors as a possible temporary insanity. The couple, with a one year old child, were returning from a drive when the tragedy occurred.
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Buffalo
Kent Stowe
F. D. Stowe
Merchants Despatch and Transportation Company
Richmond Avenue
Stowe
Mr. Stowe
Kills Sleeping Wife in Lancaster Man Desperate Crime
Edgar H. Frantz twenty one a drug clerk killed his wife and then took morphine dying in Lancaster Pennsylvania He and his wife married in April she was eighteen They spent Sunday night at his father Samuel Frantz home When called at noon their room was entered the dying man held his dead wife In his arms He shot her in the heart and brain while she slept and then swallowed morphine He left a note accusing her of infidelity though her family say jealousy drove him.
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Lancaster
Edgar H. Frantz
Samuel Frantz
Frantz
Miners Strike Shuts Most Cripple Creek Mines
In Cripple Creek Colorado a Western Federation of Miners committee called out workers at ore shipping properties to the United States Reduction and Refining company after wage scale disputes. Over 3,000 miners walked off the job. Stratton's Independence and most principal mines ceased operations.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Western Federation of Miners
United States Reduction and Refining Company
Stratton
Portland
C. K
el Paso
Strong
Gold King
Drunken row ends in fatal shooting near Mandan
In a countryside dance eight miles south of Mandan North Dakota John Breiner twenty seven was shot and killed by Henry Henninger a farmer who surrendered to authorities claiming self defense Henninger acted after a drunken altercation involving most of the men at the dance
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Mandan
N. D
Here
John Breiner
Henry Henninger
Henninger
Mafia Inference After Rockford Railroad Murder
In Rockford Illinois August 11 indications point to Mafia involvement in the murder of Meariano Greco an Italian trackwalker for the Illinois Central railroad He was found shot three times from behind not killed by a train plane of the crime suggests organized crime links.
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Rockford, Ill
Meariano Greco
Illinois Central Railroad
Three Die in Blast At Humphreys & Hogans Canning Plant
A noon explosion at Humphreys and Hogans canning factory in Portsmouth Ohio killed three workers Said Near Don Mutchler and Dale Rawlins and injured about a dozen more. The plant had just been lit for the first time this season and the building was blown to atoms.
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Portsmouth
Senators Rescued After Yukon Sandbar Ordeal
United States Senators Nelson of Minnesota Patterson of Colorado and Dillingham of Vermont were stranded on a Yukon sandbar 200 miles above Nulato while touring Alaska. A rescue steamer was dispatched from Rampart after Nome officials wired the Healy captain to aid the stranded party aboard the Van Vliet.
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Tacoma
Wash
St. Paul
Nome
United States
Nelson
Minnesota
Patterson
Colorado
Dillingham
Vermont
Yukon River
Nulato
Alaska
Skagway
Juneau
Dawson
Klondike
Yukon
van Vliet
Eagle and
Rampart
St. Michael
Healy
Young assumes command as Miles retires at noon
Washington Aug 10 At 12 o'clock noon Lieutenant General Young issued an order assuming command of the army. At 10:30 a m officers in Washington and Fort Myer paid respects to the retiring Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles. Miles leaves for San Francisco for the Grand Army encampment. clerks present him a loving cup and flowers.
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Washington
Young
Army of the United States
War Department
Corbin
Fort Myer
Army
Nelson A. Miles
Miles
General Miles
San Francisco
Grand Army of the Republic
Nine Die in Philadelphia Ball Grounds Collapse
Nine persons died and about 200 were injured when a crowd at the National League ball grounds surged onto a walk above the bleachers, which gave way under drunken fighting spectators. A large number were tossed from a drop of over fifty feet. The identified dead include Alfred Rodgers William J Graham Matthew H Reed George Cunningham Joseph Edgar Nicholas Moses Edward Williamson Louis McGrath and an unknown man.
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Philadelphia
Alfred Rodgers
William J. Graham
Matthew H. Reed
George Cunningham
Joseph Edgar
Nicholas Moses
Edward Williamson
Louis McGrath
Freight Line Tied Up in Lake Labor War
Duluth, Aug. 11. A marine labor war has been declared as friction grows between J. C. Gilchrist head of a major lake freight line and the firemen. No settlement is in view after the steamer Charles W. Elpicke tied up at the Chicago river, prompting ninety steamers to stop and the line to be banned. The dispute stems from Gilchrist not affiliating with the Lake Carriers' association, putting him at odds with both firemen and the association.
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Duluth
J. C. Gilchrist
Charles W. Elpicke
Chicago River
Gilchrist
Lake Carriers’ Association
Sailboat fills and sinks near St George
Four youths drowned in the Magaguadavic river two miles below St George after a sailboat capsized in a sudden squall. John Chambers George Phillips Guy Henry and Gilbert Henry died. Charles Chambers swam ashore and survived. The victims were inexperienced at handling a sailboat.
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St. John
N. B
Magaguadavic River
St. George
John Chambers
George Phillips
Guy Henry
Gilbert Henry
Charles Chambers
William E. Dodge Dies at Stanwood Home
William E. Dodge, 71, New York financier and philanthropist, dies at Stanwood, Bar Harbor, after months of ill health. Dodge helped found Phelps Dodge & Co and was active in charity and the Union League Club.
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Bar Harbor
William E. Dodge
New York
Stanwood
Bryan Critically Shaken in Southern Railway Wreck Near Mount Vernon
W. J. Bryan was severely shaken but escaped with minor injuries after a train on the Southern Railway derailed near Mount Vernon Illinois when an open switch caused a collision. The wreck delayed the train for hours with only bruises reported.
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St. Louis
W. J. Bryan
Southern Railway
Mount Vernon
Ill
Five Italians Drowned Near Norway Michigan
Five Italian men drowned when their boat capsized near Vulcan twelve miles from Norway on a Sunday. The accident occurred about 100 yards from shore.
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Norway
Mich
Vulcan
Cowan & Co. Broker Cleared Over Withheld Funds
Joseph Cowan senior partner of Cowan & Co. was arrested last week on a charge of withholding 53000 from March 10 to Sept 1 of last year given by Mrs. Blarche Hubbel Smith of Milwaukee. He has been discharged for lack of evidence.
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New York
Joseph Cowan
Cowan & Co
Blarche Hubbel Smith
Milwaukee
Philippine constabulary repels Albay raid near stone house
In Albay province two hundred insurgents under Ola attacked twenty five constabulary men led by a native sergeant. After a half hour siege the constables broke out and killed twenty nine attackers, capturing guns and prisoners. Colonel Bandholtz reports six engagements and tribute bands being recorded. Disturbances hurt hemp trade.
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Manila
Albay
Ola
la Drones
Bandholtz
Pope to aid Catholic University in Washington
Rome reports Cardinal Gibbons recovering from fatigue after standing for hours at the Vatican to present American pilgrims to the pope. The pope promises a bull granting apostolic benediction to all faithful aiding the annual collection for the university. The pope calls the institution destined to be the heart of American Catholic clergy.
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Rome
Associated Press
Cardinal Gibbons
Vatican
Catholic University At
Washington
O’connell
United States
America
Naval search ends as Olympia intercepts hostile white squadron
Bar Harbor Maine August 10 The naval search plan defending the Maine coast ended when the Olympia flag ship of the defending fleet spotted and intercepted the enemy white squadron heading toward Winter Harbor. The hostile vessels were in close formation and might have slipped by if fog had lifted.
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Bar Harbor
Barker
Maine
Sands
Olympia
Winter Harbor
Jail escape rattles Columbus inmates in daytime
In Columbus on August 10 inmates Lewis Harmon convicted of murder of George Geyer near Alton, and Robert Shifflett charged with horse stealing along with Otis Keller and Lewis Eeting allegedly forgers of Dayton, escaped from the county jail by filing off a bathroom bar in broad daylight.
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Columbus
Lewis Harmon
George Geyer
Alton
Robert Shifflett
Otis Kellar
Lewis Eeting
Dayton
G A R National Encampment Train Tour to San Francisco
Chicago & North-Western offers a through coast itinerary August 1–14 with final return by October 15. Special G A R train leaves Chicago August 11 with stops at DeKalb Clinton Cedar Rapids Belle Plaine Tama Marshalltown Ames Boone and Omaha, continuing via Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Salt Lake City. travel includes daily jointly operated tourist cars and three daily through trains Chicago to the Coast.
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Chicago & North-Western
San Francisco
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Seattle
Chicago
DeKalb
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Belle Plaine
Tama
Marshalltown
Ames
Boone
Omaha
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Agent
Chicago & North-Western R’y
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs
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