Revolt Gains Ground Amid Turkish–Bulgarian Clash
Constantinople August 13 reports say 150 revolutionists were killed at Sorovitch on August 9 as insurgents gain ground. Turkish forces around Krushevo plan to re take the town while fighting persists in Dibra Kastoria Florina and Koritza.
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Constantinople
Sorovitch
Hilmi Pasha
Hussien Hilmi Pasha
Vali
Monastir
Vilayet
Salonica
Krushevo
Giergveli
Yenise
Mussulman
Zivernini
Perlepe
Mutesarif
Mush
Armenia
Mandelstam
Uskub
M. Rostkovski
Turkish troops refuse quarter after Ekshisu bombardment
Salonica reports say Turkish forces bombarded and destroyed Ekshisu village south of Monastir on Monday and received orders to give no quarter. insurgents held Krushevo after repulsing two Turkish assaults and planned surrender terms. Gievgieli bridge on the Iskub-Salonica line repaired after insurgent destruction. Border bands crossed into Eastern Macedonia.
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Salonica
Ekshisu
Monastir
Krushevo
Constantinople
Gievgieli
Iskub
Macedonia
Rioting in Russia: Kieff reports claim sixty killed
London dispatches say Cossacks killed sixty during last Thursday’s riot near Kieff. The correspondent notes sympathy among educated classes for workers. The strike aims at better labor conditions and broader political freedom, with workers seen as pioneers of change.
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London
Kieff
Fifty-Eight Victims Buried After Paris Metro Tunnel Disaster
In Paris on August 13, fifty eight victims of the Metropolitan tunnel catastrophe were buried across several ceremonies. The funerals took place at different times, mainly in the district where the disaster occurred, as many bodies could not be delayed.
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Paris
Jamaica hurriane devastates banana plantations in east
Kingston Jamaica Aug 13 a hurricane battered the island with full force devastating every banana plantation in the eastern half. Widespread property damage reported in Kingston and suburbs including the electric light works roof blown off and machinery disabled. Railroad traffic interrupted. streetcars halted. no deaths reported yet.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Mexico protests over New Jersey seizure of gunboats
The Mexican government filed an official protest in New York against Sheriff Barber of Elizabeth New Jersey for seizing the gunboats Tampico and Vera Cruz on a lumber firm claim. The boats were seized August 5. The document cites Lewis Nixon's oath to honor the contract and argues New Jersey Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction, declaring the writ and proceedings illegal and void.
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New York
Barber
Elizabeth
N. J
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Lewis Nixon
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Receivers Asked for Two Chicago Street Railroads
Bondholders filed two bills in the superior court asking receivers for the North Chicago Street Railroad and the West Chicago Street Railroad. They contend that U S court action against Union Traction and subsidiaries will not protect creditors of the two smaller lines.
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Chicago
Superior
North Chicago Street Railroad Company
West Chicago Street Railroad Company
United States
Union Traction Company
Cannibals Are All Right Says Chicago Professor
Chicago professor Frederick E. Starr argues that killing is wrong but eating a dead person can be justifiable under certain circumstances. He told students at the University of Chicago that some African tribes ate men after death, noting maneaters among the best tribes.
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Chicago
Frederick E. Starr
Department of
Chicago University
Africa
Heiress Missing in Butte After Family Quarrel
Alice E M Clark, long time domestic in Butte, is missing with no knowledge of a $100000 estate she inherited from her father Robert Clark. He died soon after leaving her the fortune. she left fourteen years ago following a quarrel and her current location is unknown.
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Butte
Mont
Alice E. M. Clark
Robert Clark
Tragic Drowning Near Williams Bay: Doty and Brown Lost
Lawrence Doty of Chicago and Miss Jessie Brown of Janesville are feared drowned after their small boat capsized on Geneva Lake while rowing from Williams Bay to Rockford Camp. Miss Brown, daughter of Tracy Brown, a Janesville merchant, is reported among the missing.
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Williams Bay
Wis
Lawrence Doty
Chicago
Jessie Brown
Janesville
Geneva Lake
Rockford Camp
Brown
Tracy Brown
Lost fortune found in New York safe deposits
Mrs John Webster Nellie McHenry recovered securities valued at about 50 000 previously believed lost. They were found in the vaults of two safe deposit companies and are now in the possession of the theatrical manager's widow.
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New York
John Webster
Nellie McHenry
National Car line formed by multiple refrigerator firms
A $1,000,000 combine was effected by the consolidation of the Hammond Refrigerator Anglo American Refrigerator Kansas City Refrigerator Omaha Packing and the St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision companies car lines under the name of the National Car line with general offices in Chicago.
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Chicago
Hammond Refrigerator
Anglo-American Refrigerator
Kansas City
Omaha Packing
St. Louis
National Car Line
Commons Accept Lords Amendments on Irish Land Bill
London members accept all Lords amendments to the Irish land bill except two minor ones. It is believed the Lords will approve the bill in its present form.
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London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lords
Slaughter of Natives in Sumatra Battle Cited
Amsterdam reports a battle at Poeloetangan Sumatra where three hundred Achinese were killed. Dutch losses include one officer and six men killed and fifty one wounded. The Dutch captured the village.
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Amsterdam
Poeloetangan
Sumatra
Royal commission urges state control of UK immigration
London reports the royal commission on alien immigration recommends government oversight and a new department of immigration. Proposals echo US act but omit education tests, labeling undesirables such as prostitutes lunatics criminals and public charges. Deportation within two years and repatriation of vessels carrying them are required with false data punishable by deportation.
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London
Royal Commission On Alien Immigration
United Kingdom
Department of Immigration
United States
Diplomatic Reception At Vatican Welcomes Pius X
Rome August 7 diplomats accredited to the holy see attended a formal reception for Pope Pius X. The pontiff spoke to each envoy showing notable knowledge of various national politics and fluency in French. Diplomats felt a new era of international cordiality began at the Vatican.
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Senor d’Antas
Pius X
Italy
Vatican
Goat Eats Revenue Stamps Ignites City Probing Stomach
In Memphis on August 13 a goat reportedly ate revenue stamps affixed to five barrels of whisky sold to a saloonkeeper. An inspector seized the whisky for missing stamps, and after a conference authorities agreed to kill the goat and examine its stomach to recover the stamps.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States
Brazil Bolivian Accord Ends Dispute Over Acre and Ports
Rio Janeiro dispatch says Brazil and Bolivia settled all differences. Bolivia recognizes Brazil's sovereignty over much of Acre. Brazil will pay indemnity for Bolivian military costs and will build a Madeira River harbor and a Mamor to Madeira railway.
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New York
Brazil
Bolivia
Rio Janeiro
The
Herald
Acre
Madeira
Mamor
Pope Pius Takes a Drive in Vatican Garden
Rome reports Pope Pius XIII left his apartments for a first time since Tuesday’s fainting fit. He enjoyed a two hour drive and walk in the Vatican garden and returned to the palace feeling much better. The only remaining effect is a slight lightness.
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Rome
Vatican Garden
Jeffries Favorite In Corbett Bout Betting Light In SF
In San Francisco on August 13 betting on the Corbett Jeffries fight remains light with less than $3,000 wagered. Jeffries holds favorite status at 2 to 1, while bookmakers anticipate Corbett offers at 10 to 4 as more money is expected to move into the market.
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San Francisco
Corbett-Jeffries
Jeffries
Corbett
Princess Radziwill Freed to Return to England
Cape Town reports Princess Radziwill, sentenced April 20, 1902 to two years for forgery tied to Rhodes notes, has been liberated from prison and begun travel to England.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Princes Radziwill
Cecil Rhodes
England
Wealthy Iowa farmer Isaac Markley dies by hanging in jail
In Marshalltown Iowa on August 13 Isaac Markley a wealthy farmer jailed since May on murder charges in his wife’s death killed himself by hanging while in custody. He had been released on $10,000 bail earlier.
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Marshalltown
Isaac Markley
Explosion Kills Two Miners in Hamilton-Chapin Mine
Two miners named John Lang and John Meyers were killed when a dynamite box exploded at the seventh level of the Hamilton-Chapin mine in Iron Mountain Michigan on August 13.
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Iron Mountain
Mich
John Lang
John Meyers
Wisconsin Governor Lafollette Denounces Corporate Power
Des Moines report says Governor Lafollette addressed Colfax assembly and attacked public service corporations. He called the United States senate a millionaires club and warned that wealth controls city, state, and national legislatures, with the Declaration of Independence possibly endangered. Applause interrupted his denunciations.
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Des Moines
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Colfax Assembly
United States Senate
Millionaires’ Club
Many New Rural Routes Established This Year
Washington reports 2,455 rural free delivery routes set up in the first thirty days of the current fiscal year. The year ending June 30, 1903, saw 5,644 routes, with new maps continuing after funds exhausted.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Miles Declines Bid for Grand Army Command
General Nelson A. Miles says he will not seek the commander in chief role of the Grand Army of the Republic. John C. Black of Illinois and ex Governor Bulkeley of Connecticut are candidates, with Black favored by some. The national encampment will meet in San Francisco.
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Washington
Nelson A. Miles
Grand Army of the Republic
San Francisco
John C. Black
Illinois
Bulkeley
Connecticut
Postoffice Clerk Arrested for Opening Mail May Be Iowa Native
Washington Aug 7 John F Carnell aged 63 a veteran clerk in the auditor's office for the postoffice department formerly of Iowa was arrested today by postoffice inspectors on a charge of opening letters addressed to the auditor and appropriating to himself contents. Decoy letters were found on him and matter sent in those decoys.
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Washington
John F. Carnell
Postoffice Department
Iowa
Postoffice
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Convention Reports Growth
Reports of diocesan unions at the Catholic Total Abstinence union convention showed growing interest and rapid expansion across the country. The session concluded with papers on the history of the temperance movement.
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Pittsburg
Turkish government to use extreme measures in Macedonia
Consular reports from Monastir warn the Macedonian situation worsens as ministers plan severe actions to suppress the revolt. Albanian troops may be deployed and massacres are feared. The Bulgarian patriarch was urged to appeal for arms surrender to avert bloodshed amid Kurdish unrest in Armenia.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Uskub
Mussulmans
Macedonia
Monastir
Constantinople
Yildiz
Armenia
Erzercum
Bitlis
Kharput
Speaker Defends Lynching At Chautauqua Mob Conference
At Chautauqua New York a mob conference features John Temple Graves of Atlanta defending lynch law as a remedy for rape. He argues lynching is justified by crime and calls for separating races to end the crime, amid rising mob spirit and lawlessness.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
John Temple Graves
Atlanta
Graves
South
United States
Turks Suffer Heavy Losses in Balkan Turmoil
A Monastir special report says Bulgarians dynamited Krushevo governor’s palace, with fifty Turks killed. Ottoman troops burned Dipovo near Monastir as eight battalions head to Monastir and three to Salonica from Kosovo. Telegraph links to Monastir remain cut.
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Salonica
Monastir
Konsk
Krushevo
Dipovo
Kossovo
Russia Secures Lease of Yonampho Land in Korea
Seoul Aug 7 Russia appears to win a ninety nine year lease on 200 acres at Yonampho on the Yalu river. Pavloff’s bid to build a telegraph line to Yonampho was refused. The Seoul Wiju railway extension is under way. Earlier dispatches said the Antung to Yonampho line was halted after Korean protests. Pavloff opposed a Japanese line Seoul to Fusen, which had been built before the Russian line.
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Seoul
Korea
Russia
Yongampho
Yalu
M. Pavloff
Seoul-Wiju
Antung
Fusen
Strike Ties Up Minneapolis Building Projects
More than 1,000 building trades workers walked out in Minneapolis on August 7, halting work on the federal building the new Western National Bank and numerous other major structures in the city.
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Minneapolis
Mill City
Federal
Western National Bank
Building Trades Call Off Strike at A S Wilson Plant
Pittsburg on August 7 the building trades council ended the strike after a conference with the Builders Exchange league. Council officers anticipate an immediate settlement and expect the 10000 workers then out of employment to resume work.
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Pittsburg
Building Trades Council
A. & S. Wilson
Builders’ Exchange League
Whitaker Wright Bail Watch As Sureties Pending
London August 7 Whitaker Wright promoter and director of the London and Globe corporation limited remains in Brixton jail. The hearing was adjourned to August 24 as several proposed sureties for his bail of 250000 dollars have yet to be approved.
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London
Builder James Livingstone Files Bankruptcy in New York
James Livingstone, a prominent New York builder, petitions for bankruptcy reporting liabilities of 1,546,300 with no assets. Of this amount, 1,407,900 is secured by bonds and mortgages on his West Side residence.
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New York
James Livingston
Drowned Men in Belle Fourche River Near Belle Fourche
Ner zer Sorant and Fred Couchaise drowned in the Belle Fourche river a few miles below town after returning from the city. Their team and wagon were recovered but the two men were swept away.
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Belle Fourche, S. D
Nerzer Sorant
Fred Couchaise
Belle Fourche River
Notice to Creditors Estate of Charles H Kay
Estate of Charles H Kay with W S Preston as administrator issues notice to creditors and all who have claims to present them with vouchers within four months after first publication at the administrator’s Third Street office in Huron Beadle County South Dakota. Dated August 8 1903. W S Preston W A Lynch Administrator Attorney for Administrator. Aug 13-Sep od
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South Dakota
Beadless
Carrie C. Hotalling
Frank C. Ward
Jay R. Hotalling
C. A. Kelley
Huron
Beadle
Louis H. Hockspeier
Ida J. Hockspeier
John H. King
Register of Deeds
County of
S. D
Joan H. Krye
Joan H. Kine
Mortgaree
Mortzagee
Charles H. Kay
W. S. Preston
W.S. Preston
W. A. Lynch
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