MacArthur Says The Philippines Have Been Layed Waste
Gen MacArthur reports Northern Luzon largely pacified with freedom of movement though pockets of insurgents remain. He notes a large criminal class affecting Americans and natives, with natives increasingly surrendering rifles and seeking stable government. Coastal areas show some trouble, Manila’s civil government ideas praised.
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San Francisco
Sheridan
Manila
Gen. MacArthur
14Th Infantry
Col. Quinton
Armd
Sarrender
Luzon
Tme
Mar
Hughes
Cebu
Ocandi
Islander Sinks After Striking Iceberg Off Douglass Island
Victoria reports the Islander on the Alaskan route struck an iceberg near Douglass Island at 2 am on Thursday and sank with 65 to 80 aboard. Survivors say boilers exploded during descent and captain Foote went down with the ship. Officials estimate fatalities around 20 to 70, with stowaways and several children among the missing.
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Victoria
B. C
Islander
Canadian Pacific Navigation Co
Douglass Island
Queen
Foote
H. H. Hart
Klondike
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Lynn Canal
Showed His Hand in Venezuela Insurrection Support
President Castro of Venezuela presses in Colombia and Curacao. Mike Fernandez, ex Caracas official, now La Guayra administrator, heads forces to invade Venezuela. Generals Avian exile in Caracas assist Fer and Venlegas. Pulide, once Venezuelan commerce head, is in Caracas with 35 other officials. Castro seeks to fund the Colombian revolt amid growing complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curacao
Mike Fernandez
Caracas
Msin
la Guayra
Venezuela
Avian
Feror Venlegas
Pulide
Castro
Ter of Commerce
Mother Added to Death List at Forty-Seventh Street Crossing
Chicago Aug 19 a fifth victim is added to those killed in the grade crossing collision at Forty-seventh street on the Pennsylvania railroad Saturday night. Miss Kate Aher died Sunday from fracture and broken leg. Motorman W H Bow stayed at his post and is in a precarious condition. Other injured expected to recover.
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Chicago
Forty-seventh Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kate Aher
W. H. Bow
Brooklyn Trolley Car Accident Fatalities Rise
New York August 19 reports a Brooklyn trolley accident late Saturday night killed the motorman John Sirinek and a passenger Joseph Rosenwacher died Sunday in a hospital. The conductor and 20 passengers were injured, some seriously, in the crash.
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New York
Brooklyn
John Sirinek
Joseph Rosen- Wacher
Praised French Soldiers by German General Elated Tone
Paris reports Echo de Paris prints an alleged interview with Count Von Waldersee praising French troops and suggesting a potential France Germany war remains a possibility. The remarks reflect cross frontier tensions and camp rumor as of August 17.
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Paris
The
Echo de Paris
Count von Waldersee
France
Germany
Remarkable Cure Reported for Lockjaw at City Hospital
In St Louis on August 19 a strain from rabbits brain injected into a patient in critical condition caused immediate jaw relaxation. The discovery at the city hospital is described as remarkable and may point to new treatments for lockjaw.
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St. Louis
City Hospital
Ohio
Ias
Insurance Companies
Columbus
Cincinnati
Assaulted and Robbed in Broad Daylight at Ashland
Ashland Wisconsin August 19 reports a well known citizen named William Me was attacked by three men on a public street. He was dragged punched and robbed and taken to a hospital with life threatening injuries. Police investigation continues as doctors fight to save him.
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Ashland
Wis
Wm. Meat
American Writer Honored by London Society
San Francisco and London news report J F Archibald war correspondent has been awarded an honorary fellowship in the Royal Geographical Society for papers and writings on South Africa and Cuba.
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San Francisco
J. F. Archibald
England
Royal Geographical Society of London
South Africa
Cuba
Pope in Good Health Receives Church Leaders
In Rome on St. Joachim's day the pope held a reception attended by 26 cardinals and about 150 archbishops and bishops, and he seemed to be in excellent health.
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Rome
Triennial Conclave Parade Formations Named in Louisville
Maj John H Leathers named grand marshal for the Holehts triennial conclave parade in Louisville with twelve grand divisions arranged by states and districts. The lineup includes New England, Midwest, Southern, and western commands plus a special honor for Adm Schley if he attends. Mounted commanderies form the twelfth division.
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Louisville
John H. Leathers
Holehts
Mandery
United States
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
Virginia
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Ohio
Maine
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Texas
Mississippi
Michigan
Illinois
California
Tennessee
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Georgia
Missouri
Alabama
Louisiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Kansas
Maryland
Nebraska
Arkansas
West Virginia
Colorado
North Carolina
South Dakota
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
Arizona
Florida
Indian Territory
District of Columbia
Louisville Knights Templars
Schley
Steel Strike Expands Across Mills and States
The National galvanizing works in McKeesport and 690 workers join the strike, shutting McKeesport plants. Westward, Joliet and Milwaukee move with unions, Bay View in Milwaukee files a strike and plans for a shutdown. In Pittsburgh Monessen Painter Star tin mills prepare for reopening while strikers deny progress. South Chicago sees 12 Amalgamated workers quit, prompting calls for a mass walkout.
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Pittsburg
National Galvanizing Works
National Tube Co
McKeesport
Joliet
Milwaukee
Wis
Bay View
Shaffer
Illinois Steel Co
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Monessen
Painter
Clark
Steel Corporation
Star Tin
Newcastle
Wheeling
Bellaire
Mingo Junction
Painter’s
Painter Mills
Pennsylvania Works
Frankstown
National Tube*Co
Chicago
Illinois
South Chicago
Davis
Fourth District
Col Typographical Union Backs Iron Workers Strike Aid
Washington Aug 20 The Columbia Typographical Union of this city adopted a resolution pledging financial and moral support to the striking iron workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Columbia Typographical Union
Seven of fourteen injured in steel plant blast die
In Youngstown Ohio on August 20 seven of the fourteen men injured when molten metal exploded in the blast furnace department of the National Steel Co plant have died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, O
Ohio
National Steel Co
St Louis doctor claims aerial navigation patent prior claim
St Louis August 19 Dr F W Abeken of St Louis asserts he invented the principle used in aerial navigation by W Dumont of Paris. Dr Abeken says he secured a patent on his invention twenty years ago and seeks recognition of priority.
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St. Louis
F. W. Abeken
W. Dumont
Paris
France
Abeken
Major R P Davidson Car Carriage Mission Heads East
Maj R P Davidson plans a second attempt next Tuesday to drive an automobile gun carriage from Chicago to Washington DC carrying a message from Gen Otis to Gen Miles. The voyage tests long distance motor capabilities and military communications.
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Chicago
R. P. Davidson
Washington, D. C
Gen. Otis
Miles
Drunken crowd attacks Detroit drug store in fright fatality
Detroit Michigan on August 17 a group of intoxicated men pounded the drug store door seeking the telephone. Night clerk Peter Hoge mistook them for burglars and died from fright. The incident prompts police inquiries into the disturbance and its fatal outcome.
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Detroit
Mich
Peter Hoge
Navy yard rumor on Mayflower refit as President’s yacht
In New York on August 19 a navy yard rumor says the converted yacht Mayflower will be repaired and refitted for use as President McKinley’s official yacht in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Navy Yard
President McKinley
Peoria Distiller Horace Watson Killed by Train
Horace Watson, brother of the late E. A. Fasson and a prominent Peoria distiller, was struck and killed instantly by a passenger train on the Rock Island and Peoria road. The accident occurred as he traveled near the asylum under Gov. Tartrer’s administration.
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Peoria, Ill
Horace Waston
E. A. Fasson
Asylum For
Gov. Tartrer
Peoria
Rock Island
Peoria Road
A Week's Business Failures in the United States
New York reports 178 business failures for the week, down from 185 the prior week and compared with 168 a year ago. Historical totals show 172 in 1899, 193 in 1898, and 221 in 1897.
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New York
United States
Prominent Promoter Capt. Wm. S. Anderson Dies in Laredo
Captain William S. Anderson of New York, a railroad and mining promoter active across the United States and South America, died suddenly in his Rose hotel room in Laredo, Texas, on August 17 at age 66.
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Laredo
Tex
Wm. S. Anderson
New York
United States
South America
Rose Hotel
Explosion Injures Macon Laborers. Two Die
In Excello near Macon Georgia an explosion of a keg of powder fatally injured Charles Stokes and James McCully and seriously hurt three other laborers. The accident occurred Aug 17 and the victims were all workers at the site.
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Macon
Charles Stokes
James McCully
Excello
Here
Two Erie workers rescued from water works tunnel
Adam Kest and Joseph Engine, trapped 200 feet below ground after crib No 2 fire, were brought to Huron Street Hospital in semi conscious condition. They reported long hours of entrapment and gas sleepiness, but survived after fellow workers repairing the crib heard taps and rescued them.
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Cleveland
Adam Kest
Joseph Engine
Water Works
Erie
Crib No. 2
Huron Street Hospital
Las
Kest Am Engine
Gine
Best
Kest
Ter
Eugine
Fire destroys I Wright Co plant in Richmond cigar district
Fire in Richmond on August 20 wiped out the I Wright Co plant of the American Cigar Co. The five story brick building, owned by Continental Tobacco Co., housed about 400000 pounds of leaf tobacco and machinery. Estimated value 115000, building 60000, total loss about 200000 with 112000 insured.
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Richmond
I. Wright Co
American Cigar Co
Continental Tobacco Co
Russian Bark Neptune Believed Lost After Storm
Pensacola Fla August 20 Fear grows that the Russian bark Neptune under Captain Zattkoff sailing from here August 10 to Montevideo was lost in a recent storm. Fragments of a vessel's stern bearing the name Neptune were found on Santa Rosa island's outer beach. Waldmixen a former pilot of this city was a passenger aboard the Neptune.
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Pensacola
Fla
Neptune
Zattkoff
Montevideo
Santa Rosa Island
Waldmixen
Fort Riley Gun Accident Kills One and Injures Sixteen
One man was killed outright and 16 others were injured at Fort Riley during target practice half a mile north of Junction City Kansas. The accident occurred Monday when a projectile loaded into a seven inch gun exploded prematurely. Siege Battery O men under Capt Vandeusen were present at the time.
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Junction City
Kan
Here
Fort Riley
Vandeusen
Richmond Girl Shoots Man After Street Encounter
In Richmond on August 20 Miss Ola Neff an 18 year old daughter of Neff the hotel proprietor of Rural Retreat says a Macon Georgia produce buyer J J Woxelbaum accosted her on the street and she shot him in the left breast with a 28 caliber rifle ball the wound is not serious.
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Richmond
Ola Neff
Neff
J. J. Woxelbaum
Macon
Treasury balances report shows cash and gold reserves
Washington on August 20 reports Monday's general fund balances excluding the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption. Available cash balance stands at $178,176,280 with gold totaling $102,777,021.
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Washington
Treasury
General Fund
Emperor Kwang Hsu delays court return to September
An imperial decree from Peking postpones the court’s return to the capital until September 6 due to reports from provincial authorities that the roads are impassable. The notice notes the delay affects the entire court and travel plans.
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Peking
Kwang Hsu
Strike Appeal Sought by Socialist Party Group
New York August 20 The national executive committee of the socialist party has issued an appeal for the striking steel workers and it has been received by the New York state executive committee of the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Socialist Party
New York State
Effort to dissolve injunction against Ducktown Copper Co
Nashville Tenn Aug 20 An effort to dissolve the injunction restraining the Ducktown Copper Co from operating is to be made Tuesday. the action involves millions as citizens rally in a monster petition signaling broad support and opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Ducktown Copper Co
Loss of Steamer Golconda Near Paducah Tragedy
A squall sank the City of Golconda between Paducah and Elizabethtown Kentucky. Forty or more passengers were aboard when the vessel went under six miles from Paducah. Survivors were rescued by boats and by shore crews. Eighteen lives are reported lost including Miss Graham and Miss Grimes of Grahamville and Mrs. Hogan.
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Paducah
Golconda
Is City
Elizabethtown
Mowell
FE. Peck
S Bank
Bauer
J. &. Horton
Quartermouse
Bf Hampton
Mary N
Hayden
Tacey Barnett
Grahadi
Trixie Grimes
Grahamsville
W. A. Hogan
New York Seizes 18 More Japanese Silks at Port
Collector George R Bidwell reports a fresh seizure of 18 cases of Japanese silk, part of a total 40 cases weighing over 10,000 pounds valued above 64 thousand dollars. Duties on already seized silks exceed 30 thousand dollars, far higher than prior fraud-adjusted estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George R. Bidwell
Japan
Wakeman
Missouri Lynching Jury Doomed in Pierce City Mob Killings
Pierce City Missouri August 20 A mob of about 1000 armed citizens hanged Will Godley a Black man from jail after the death of Miss Caselle Wild whose body was found in the woods. Jean Carter another suspect was riddled with bullets and left dying after mob action. Carter was later placed back in jail but taken out and killed.
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Pierce City
Y Will Godley
Caselle Wild
Here
Godley
Jean Carter
Lawrence Hotel
Carter
Berg fatally shot by masked robbers in Tacoma
Tacoma, Washington. Charles Berg was fatally wounded by two armed footpads who held him up as he walked home. Berg attempted to flee but the assailants fired, the bullet entering the lower part of his body.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Berg
Berg
Federation backs steel workers union in New Jersey
Camden New Jersey August 20 the Federation of Trades and Labor unions of New Jersey adopted a resolution pledging moral and financial support to the Amalgamated Association of Steel and Iron Workers.
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Camden
N. J
Federation of Trades and Labor Unions of
New Jersey
Amalgamated Association of Steel and Iron Workers
Kruger Rebuffs Privateering Proposals Against Boers
From Brussels on August 20 reports that Mr. Kruger rejected privateering plans but may resort to corsaire action if British forces shoot Boer prisoners after September 14.
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Brussels
Thre Petit Bleu
Kruger
Corsaire
Queen Alexandra urges use of British embroidered dress material
London Aug 20 Queen Alexandra earnestly hopes that all ladies attending the coronation ceremony will employ for their dresses as far as possible material embroidered by the British workers. The appeal stresses patriotic support for domestic craftsmanship and national industry during the royal event.
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London
Alexandra
Navy court of inquiry sessions moved to Washington yard
The Schley court of inquiry will convene in a new room in the gunners workshop at the Washington navy yard. The room is in a newly built, unused section and will be fitted up for court use. Hackett and aides discussed a forthcoming communication from Schley’s attorneys about statements attributed to Adm Howison concerning the Santiago battle and Sampson’s role.
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Schley Court of Inquiry
Washington Navy Yard
Washington
Navy Department
Schley
Hackett
Messrs. Raynor and Wilson
Sampson
Adm. Nfowison
Benzine Tank Explodes Killing Firemen in Philadelphia
A benzine tank at Atlantic Oil Refining Co. in Point Breeze exploded as firefighters battled a blaze. Several firemen died or were severely burned, with bodies unrecognizable at the morgue. Ten or twelve tanks destroyed, loss estimated around 500000 dollars, fire not yet controlled and expected to burn for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Atlantic Oil Refining Co
Point Breeze
Continued Attacks Cloud Colon and Panama Outskirts
Kingston Jamaica Aug 20 The British steamer Rosneal arrived from Central American ports carrying advices from Colon of continued and persistent attacks by rebels on the outskirts of Colon and Panama. Government efforts to repulse them have failed and belief grows that the Colombian government is weakening. On leaving Colon the 15th the French cruiser Sucht was present and the arrival of British and American war vessels was anxiously awaited. Business was crippled.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Rosneal
Colon
Panama
Sucht
Fire destroys Mohawks and Malone roundhouse in Herkimer
Mohawks and Malone roundhouse in Herkimer was found on fire at 10 36 Monday. Watchman Gilbert Albert and engine tender John Beck died along with four others in a dynamite explosion. The roundhouse was wrecked and burning. several more bodies feared in the ruins.
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Little Falls
N. Y
Mohawks& Malone
Herkimer
Albert
John Beck
Bridge Building
Gilbert
Beck
European squadron to rendezvous in Genoa, Italy
The European squadron of American war vessels will rendezvous at Genoa Italy. The cruiser Chicago now at Southampton will proceed south to that post to meet the cruiser Albany and the gunboat Nashville now at Seichele islands.
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Washington
Navy Department
Genoa
Italy
Chicago
Southampton
Albany
Nashville
Seichelle Islands
Danish Government Plans Hartford Visit Return Voyage
Copenhagen reports the Danish government will recall the United States training ship Hartford and cruiser Valkinen under Prince Valdemar. The ships will sail for New York in January and then visit additional American ports.
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Copenhagen
United States
Hartford
Valkinen
Prince Valdeme
New York
Little Wonder Hackney Stallion Dies in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Aug 20. Little Wonder, the celebrated hackney stallion owned by A. J. Cassatt and imported in 1882, died of peritonitis. Little Wonder was the first hackney stallion imported to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Little Wonder
A. J. Cassatt
King Edward Reported Worn and in Need of Rest
A London cable citing Hamburg dispatches says King Edward appears sad and fatigued and seems to require a period of relaxation and thorough change and rest for a while.
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New York
London
Hamburg
Edward
Teenager Fatally Shoots Man Over Drink Invitation
In Birmingham, Louis Baggett, 17, shot Harry Shrump twice after Shrump declined his invitation to drink. Witnesses say the motive was anger over the declined invitation. In Columbia, Ed Walker and another Black man were killed by an accidental blast at a Blacksburg quarry when a drill fell onto a prepared explosive.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bessemer
Louis Baggett
Harry Shrump
Shrump
Baggett
Columbia
S. C
Ed Walker
Blacksburg
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Leathers
Pittseburg
South Cnicago
Dumont
McKinley
Tyee
Cleveland Water
Treasury Statement
Oghteen
Will Aid Amalgamated
Europegia Squadron
Bessemer, Ill
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A. c. Can Treas
Little Miami
R.r.co
Benj. F. Evans
Banner Pack
Coa
John L. Stettinius
Longworth Estate
James M. Glenn
Vachel M. Anderson
W. Smith
Commercial Tribune Co
American Cotton Oil Co
Joseph Rawson
Jos. Rawson & Sons
David B. Gamble
Procter & Gamble Co
Perin Langdon
U.S. Baking Co
Godfrey Holterhoff
Henry Stixx
Krogae & Co
G. W. Pohlman
J. P. Marvin
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Tribune
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Leo Bre
A Seave Ne
Buckeye Acetylene Co
Ravtan. O
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Harrison, Ohio
General Banking
Frank Bowles
Kalsemining
Miley Stephens
Tebbs Bi’k
Harrison, Vu
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Walter Hartpence
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Francis Hollowell
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