Colombia Dismisses Venezuela Invasion Report At Border
Washington reports Colombian legation denies a new invasion of Venezuela while noting tension near the Meta river south of Lake Maracaibo. Colombia's war minister Gen. Gonzales Valencia cited as capable, and Herran hopes for guidance from New York consul general. No US contact yet, with past precedent delaying intervention until asked.
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Washington
Legation
Venezuela
Herran
Dr. Silva
Meta River
Lake of
Maracaibo
Gonzales Valencia
Colombia
New York
United States
Requiem Services For Dowager Empress Frederick Held At Cronberg
Crowds gathered in Cronberg on August 12 to honor Dowager Empress Frederick with a requiem service. Emperor William and King Edward led royal attendees, with Queen Alexandra and Empress Augusta Victoria present. Guards kept watch over the coffin as organ music and prayers followed a somber procession, ending with wreaths laid by King Edward and Queen Alexandra.
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Cronberg
Frederick
Emperor William
King Edward
Hamburg
Alexandra
Edward
Empress Augusta Victoria
Victoria
Frederick William
Dryander
Redeemer
Dr. Dryander
William
The Big Steel Strike
In Pittsburg on August 13, about 14,600 Amalgamated workers have joined the general strike order, with total out around 60,000. The union claims reserve strength, losses include National Rolling Mill at McKeesport, and clashes loom in Wheeling and Canal Dover while older unionists seek settlement.
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Pittsburg
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
McKeesport
Wheeling
Chicago
Joliet
Bay View
Carnegie
Kiskiminetas
Youngstown
Columbus
Steel Corporation
National Rolling
Boston
Monongahela Steel Works
Republic
Elba
Canal Dover
Harris
National Steel
Newcastle
Mingo Junction Works
Bellaire
Mingo Furnace
National Tube
National Rolling Mill
Monongahela Furnaces
Elba Iron Works
Republic Iron Works
Riverside Iron and Tube Works
National Tube Works
Steel Works
Benwood
Stewart Sharp
Business Blaze Destroys Rantoul Core in Illinois
A fire starting in a grain elevator wiped out the business district of Rantoul Illinois on Aug 10 destroying the post office depot Masonic temple new hotel opera house and both newspaper offices. The Martin house was the only building in the commercial area to survive. Loss exceeds 100000 with insurance unlikely to cover.
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Champaign
Ill
Rantoul
Martin
Vice President Roosevelt Visits Victor Colorado
Victor Colorado roared with enthusiasm as 10 000 residents welcomed Vice President Roosevelt. After surveying the Portland mine he toured 1000 feet underground before joining a lunch at the Gold Coin club.
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Victor
Col
Roosevelt
Portland
Gold Coin Club
Business Failures Rise in United States
New York reports 185 business failures this week, up from 160 last week and 172 a year ago, with historical tallies of 154 in 1899, 157 in 1898, and 214 in 1897. The data reflects continuing market strain across sectors.
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New York
United States
Detective Frank Stible, Civil War Vet, Dies in Chicago
Chicago on August 10 reports the death of Detective Frank Stible known as Grover Cleveland's double for his resemblance to the former president. He died from heart disease at about age 55, leaving a long Civil War career behind.
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Chicago
Frank Stible
Grover Cleveland
Olson Endures Ten Days of Violent Hiccups in Racine
Racine Wisconsin August 10 Charles A Olson a Metropolitan hotel resident on Sixth street suffered ten days of violent hiccups preventing eating or sleeping and his doctors say death is expected due to the prolonged ailment.
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Racine, Wis
Charles A. Olson
Metropolitan
Sixth Street
Children Die in Arkansas Snake Attack
In Vanburen Arkansas on August 10 two young children of James Malone were fatally bitten by a rattlesnake. The mother, rushing to aid another child, left an infant by a creek where the baby slipped into the water and drowned.
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Vanburen
Ark
James Malone
Coney Island Jockey Club Increases Purses At Sheepshead
The Coney Island Jockey Club has decided to raise purses for fall meeting over night events at Sheepshead Bay, with average purses reaching about $1,000. The move aims to attract higher quality entries and boost interest at the meeting in New York.
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New York
Coney Island
British Army officer notes mass horse trade from Missouri to New Orleans
Col. Skinner of the British army says about 100,000 animals have been shipped from Missouri and Kansas via New Orleans over three years. The average price is 3 cents per head, totaling around 5 million dollars spent in the two states.
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Kansas City
Col. Skinner
United States
New Orleans
Missouri
Kansas
Enckes Comet Sighted by Dr Brooks at Smiths Observatory
Enckes comet was observed Sunday morning by Dr. Wm. H. Brooks at Smiths Observatory in Geneva New York. The celestial body lies in Gemini in the eastern morning sky with coordinates right ascension 6h35m30s declination 31°17′ north. It moves southeastward toward the sun and is increasing in brightness but requires a telescope to see.
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William H. Brooks
Smith’s Observatory
Geneva
N. Y
Stolen Gold Recovered at Selby Smelting Works
In San Francisco on August 12 detectives recovered $141,000 of $280,000 in gold stolen from the Selby smelting works strong room during Monday night. Suspect Jack Winters confessed after hours of questioning and led police to the hiding place where the balance is believed to be concealed.
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San Francisco
Selby
Jack Winters
Evarts Will Proved Worth Over Ten Thousand Dollars
New York on August 12 reports the probate offering for the late United States Senator William M. Evarts. The personal estate value was given as exceeding ten thousand dollars, a result that surprised observers in court.
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New York
United States
Wm. M. Evarts
Dollar dinner planned by workers committee in Brooklyn
The working men’s committee of one hundred met Sunday night in New York and scheduled a dollar dinner for September 7 at Ulmer park in Bensonhurst Brooklyn. It honors Henry George and invites attendees from the local labor movement.
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New York
Workingmen’s Committee of One Hundred
Ulmer Park
Bensonhurst
Brooklyn
Henry George
Woman injured in dog attack in Springfield
Mrs Martha Baxter wife of Edward Baxter and president of the Woman's Relief Corps Illinois G A R was severely bitten on the breast thigh and legs in Springfield Aug 12. The dog was killed.
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Springfield
Martha Baxter
Edward Baxter
Woman’s Relief Corps
Illinois
Conflagration at Vitebsk Destroys Homes and Kills Prisoners
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports a severe fire at Vitebsk resulting in the destruction of 1,000 houses and the loss of 100 lives. The blaze also burned the local prison, with many inmates perishing in the flames.
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London
St. Petersburg
Vitebsk
Considines arraigned in Seattle murder case
John and Tom Considine were arraigned in Seattle before Judge Emery on charges of murdering Chief of Police Meredith. They pleaded not guilty and a trial date was set for September 16.
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Seattle
Wash
John
Tom Considine
Meredith
Emery
Superior Court
Parker Beats Smith in English Catch-as-Catch Title Match
American middleweight Harvey Parker defeated England's champion Jack Smith in straight falls in a catch-as-catch match at Wigan for a purse of 50 pounds.
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Wigan
Eng
Harvey Parker
Jack Smith
England
No Sunday Games in Wheeling Plainly Enforced
In Wheeling West Virginia on August 12 Wheeling and Matthews did not play Sunday afternoon. Police chief Bitz announced players would be arrested and locked up until Monday morning if any attempt was made to play ball.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling and Matthews
Bitz
Labor league seeks McKinley call for steel trust takeover
The United Labor league in Philadelphia on August 12 proposes to ask Shaffer and Gompers to urge President McKinley to convene an extra session of Congress. The aim is to take over the steel trust and run it cooperatively.
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Philadelphia
United Labor League
Shaffer and Gompers
McKinley
Congress
Steel Trust
Oil excitement as Lawton oil boom spreads
Oil promotion runs wild in the new Lawton area as promoters and experts from Beaumont gather near Fort Sill. Gushing wells and mineral claims spread across the district eleven miles north, with oil locators filing numerous claims. An Ottumwa company reportedly holds 2,000 acres in a single block.
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Fort Sill
O. T
Lawton
Beaumont
Ottumwa
Wanted in Cincinnati forgery suspect arrested in Detroit
Detroit, Mich. Aug 13. F Cochran was arrested as he stepped from a ferryboat by local detectives. He is wanted in Cincinnati on a charge of forgery. Cochran, formerly an agent for York Insurance Company, is accused of forging a paper to obtain several thousand dollars. The discovery came at the National Bank of Cincinnati on Friday when several notes came to light. Cochran had been acting as booker for Secretary Wiswell at the Wo oed races.
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Detroit
Mich
F. Cochran
Cincinnati
York Insurance Company
Ket National Bank
Cincin
Cam Cochran
Wiswell
Treasure Trove Rumor Awakens Meridian Treasure Hunt
Meridian Mississippi residents report discovery of a chest buried about miles from Portersville on the Ohio railroad, said to contain around 32000 in Spanish specie. The tale ties to Copelandia era exploits and hints at a larger treasure valued near 50000 in Sucarnochee swamp. Authorities urged caution.
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Meridian
Miss
Portersville
T Bile & Ohio
Fou
Copelandia
Sucarnochee Swamp
Suit Planned Against United States Steel Co in Ohio
Columbus Aug 13 Attorney General Sheets will file against United States Steel Corporation under the Valentine trust law for failing to file reports and pay the tax on capital used in Ohio. Notices to be sent by Thursday. Similar action to the earlier Standard Oil suit. Washington Aug 13 a joint anti trust league Knights of Labor assembly weigh legal action against the steel company. A special committee will press Attorney General and seek Sherman act proceedings.
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Columbus
Sheets
United States Steel Corporation
Valentine Trust
Reneral
Ohio
United Es Steel Corporation
Oilandard Oil Trust
Watson
Washington
American Anti- Trust League
District Assembly No. 66
Knights of Labor
United States Steel Co
Teleh
Frank Jonnett
Mittee
Dimmick Held on Four Charges in Embezzlement Case
Walter N. Dimmick ex-chief clerk of the United States mint faced four charges for embezzling about $30,000 from the government. He was held for trial with aggregate bail set at $37,000 and, failing to furnish bail, placed in the county jail under U S marshal guard.
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San Francisco
Walter N. Dimmick
Uni States Minit
United States
Merly
Dimmick
Secret marriage rumors stir European royalty in 1896
Mail reports a secret marriage between Empress Frederick and Count Seckendorf allegedly sealed in 1896. The couple supposedly lived together in happiness while Emperor Wilhelm reacted furiously, ordering the count from his presence at a funeral.
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London
Frederick
Count Seckendorf
Willia
Famine Relief Eased by Rain in Bombay Presidency
London, Aug. 13. Lord Curzon reports famine prospects improved by rainfall in Bombay presidency. Government weighing the advisability of reducing some famine relief as conditions improve.
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London
India
Lord Curzon
Kedlestone
Herain
Bombay Presidency
Tragic Child Drowned In Milk House Incident
Louis Schmidt, a year and a half old child from Arcadia area near Lacrosse, Wisconsin, drowned Monday in a large can of milk while playing in the milk house. The accident was discovered after a search when the child went missing from the yard.
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Lacrosse
Wis
Louis
Ge Schmidt
Arcadia
Secretary's balances show cash and gold reserves
Washington notes a general fund cash balance of 155,718,952 dollars and a gold reserve of 103,411,826 dollars as of Monday, excluding the 150,000,000 dollar gold reserve in the division of redemption.
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Washington
National bank notes and receipts report
Washington reports national bank notes redeemed totaling 579000 dollars along with government receipts from internal revenue 1435113 dollars customs 701102 dollars and miscellaneous 54281 dollars. Expenditures amount to 2050000 dollars.
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Washington
National Bank
Rejected Americans Proposals Stir Belgium Glass Makers
Charleroi Belgium August 13 reports three Belgian glass manufacturers oppose the American proposals. They claim strength to stoutly resist the plans and prevent adoption.
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Charleroi
Belgium
Peoria Stove Works Fire Affects Iron Molders
Peoria Illinois August 13 A blaze at the Character stove works near Chicago forced a shutdown. About one hundred iron molders are employed at the plant and were halted by the incident.
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Peoria
Ill
Laracter
Chicago
Yacht sinks on Galoup rapids drowning five aboard
Ogdensburg New York Aug 13 report says private yacht Rhea sank in the Galoup rapids with three men Charles White James Whitney and Edgar Lane aboard. Whitney owner of the yacht had guests Lane and White Hugh Raney and the Misses Whitney and McPherson left the ship before the rapids. The yacht disappeared after entering The Cellar and the bodies have not been recovered. All residents of Prescott.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Charles White
James Whitney
Edgar Lane
Galoup
Rhea
Whitney
Lane
White
Hugh Raney
McPherson
Raney
Prescott
Miss Morgans Hunting Trip
Miss Anna Morgan daughter of J Pierpont Morgan joins a hunting party from Glenwood Springs for a week in northwestern Colorado led by Prof Henry F Osborn of Columbia University. Deer season opens August 15. hunters may shoot bear mountain lion lynx bobcat and coyote in absence of a deer law.
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Glenwood Springs
Col
Anna Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Colorado
Henry F. Osborn
Columbia University
Father and three daughters drown in mountain flood
Lexington Virginia August 13 Assistant Postmaster John G Pole and his family attempted to cross a mountain stream six miles from town when a cloudburst swelled the river sweeping them away His wife and three daughters aged from 1 to years perished Pole and a three year old daughter escaped and the bodies were later recovered
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Lexington
John G. Pole
Well Known Mining Man Dead In Helena
Edward H. Trerise superintendent of the Madisonian mines owned by the Leiters of Chicago is dead in Helena Montana. He came from Cornwall in 1843 and had operated in the Lake Superior copper region Leadville and New Mexico.
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Helena
Mont
Edward H. Trerise
Madisonian
Leiters
Chicago
Trerise
Cornwall
Lake Superior
Leadville
New Mexico
Manufacturers' Association Votes Wage Cut in Seaving
Fall River Mass August 13 The Manufacturers' association voted to reduce the price of seaving from 19.8e to lie per cut, a cut of about 14 percent in wages. The vote on the matter was unanimous.
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Fall River
Mass
Manufacturers’ Association
Kalamazoo and Battle Creek trolley line falls to syndicate control
Philadelphia August 13 a syndicate has secured control of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek trolley line creating a key collecting link to the system spanning northern Ohio Michigan Illinois and Wisconsin with potential shifts in regional transport and revenue flows.
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Philadelphia
Kalamazoo
Battle Creek
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Hat Manufacturers Trust Forming in New York
In New York on August 13 authorities report efforts to form a hat manufacturers trust with articles of incorporation expected to be filed within days. About twenty leading hat makers are said to be interested in the project.
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New York
Bank of Childress Fails. Creditors May Be Paid in Full
Childress Texas August 135 The Bank of Chidress owned by U S Weddin ton failed Monday afternoon Assets and liabilities are unknown but it is thought the bank will pay its creditors in full.
Series of battles near Panama sparks martial law
Kingston Aug 12 Mail advices from Colon report a week of engagements near Panama with insurgents active. Gen Alban leads government troops while Col Abel Murillo remains imprisoned. Martial law applies in Panama and Colon with armed residents to police. a passenger train was halted near Matachin and two officials captured. Colombia faces unrest and possible war with Venezuela amid tax hikes and forced loans.
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Colon
Panama
Alban
Cartagena
Abel Murrillo
Uribe- Uribe
Matachin
Colombia
Venezuela
Signor Crispi Dies in Naples at 7:45 PM
Naples reports the death of Signor Crispi on Sunday at 7:45 PM surrounded by family and close friends. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helen are telegraphed with the news. A public funeral in Palermo is planned by the city, and rumors say his will may allow publication of memoirs by a leading Italian politician.
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Naples
Signor Crispi
Victor Emmanuel
Helen
Palermo
Garibaldi
Crispi
Sicily
A Handsome Vessel Shamrock II in New Jersey
The Shamrock II lay at anchor off Stapleton New Jersey on Monday drawing visitors. Critics judged the yacht handsome and graceful above the water, but experts noted speed comes from the underwater shape that lifts the cup. The Shamrock II outclasses the first Shamrock in form and grace.
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New York
Stapleton
N. J
Sampson's Successor Named by Navy Department
The Navy Department selected Rear Admiral Mortimer L. T. Johnson, then in command at Port Royal Naval Station, to succeed Admiral Sampson at the Boston Navy Yard when Sampson retires. Formal appointment awaits Sampson's retirement timing, as his service ends next February.
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M. L. T. Johnson
Port Royal Naval Station
Washington
Navy Department
Adm
Mortimer L. T. Johnson
Sampson
Boston Navy Yard
Adm. Sampson
Adm. Johnson
Tye Killed in a Pitched Battle in Texas
Jacksboro Texas August 12 A sheriff s posse engaged two men named Miller and Roberts they were wanted by authorities in a pitched battle Posseman G M Leftwich was killed after the men drove back officers and escaped from the house where they were concealed
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Jacksboro
Tex
Miller
Roberts
G. M. Leftwich
Beveridge Arrives at Port Arthur En Route to Peking
Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana has reached Port Arthur and plans to visit Peking and the Philippines. Media figures Frank Munsey and Albert Pulitzer are present at the scene.
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St. Petersburg
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Port Arthur
Peking
Philippines
Frank Munsey
Albert Pulitzer
Knoxville Citizen Killed By Man Following Child Incident
Knox county resident M. D. Taylor was killed at his home ten miles from Knoxville by Will Hollins a Black man after reprimanding him for striking Taylor’s nine year old son. Hollins struck Taylor with a brickbat crushing his skull. The incident occurred Sunday in Knoxville Tennessee.
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Knoxville
Tenn
M. D. Taylor
Knox County
Will Hollins
Taylor
Hollins
German Antarctic expedition sails from Kiel toward South Pole
The German steamer Gausa carrying Prof Ehrich Von Drygalski leads the German Antarctic expedition as it departs Kiel on Sunday August 12 en route to the South Pole.
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South Pole
Kiel
Prof
Ehrich von Drygalski
Berlin
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