Boer generals sail from London to Rotterdam for continent visit
The Boer generals Botha De Wet and Delarey left London by steamer Batavia for Rotterdam amid cheers. They intend to greet Kruger and Steyn and attend Gen Lucas Meyer's funeral, with plans to return to London to conduct business later.
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London
Botha
de Wet
Delarey
Rotterdam
Batavia
O'Donnell
America
Montagu White
Transvaal
Naval Review
Fischer
Shah of Persia Arrives in London in State For Banquet
The Shah Muzzafir-ed-in and suite arrived Dover yesterday then reached London today and stayed at Marl borough House as guests of King Edward. He wore a grand uniform with a diamond encrusted cap and emeralds on epaulettes. The Prince of Wales, Lord Lansdowne, Lord Roberts and other dignitaries met him at Victoria station and escorted him to Marl borough House. A state banquet at Buckingham Palace featured the Prince of Wales and Prime Minister Balfour among about sixty guests.
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London
Persia
Muzzatftir-ed-in
Dover
Marlborough House
Edward
Victoria Station
Prince of Wales
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Roberts
Legation
Shah
Marlhool House
Buckingham Palace
Prince Arthur
Copnaught
Balfour
Chamberlain
Earl Roberts
Lord Wolseley
Lord Kitchener
Naval maneuvers marred by weather at Solent
London August 18. Rain and a gale disrupted naval maneuvers as King Edward sailed from Cowes aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. Fifty warships formed in two lines flanking the yacht while torpedo boat destroyerscorralled the flotilla, causing evolutions to be curtailed and spectators to seek shelter.
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London
Solent
Victoria and Albert
Cowes
King Edward
Royal Yacht
King
Albert
Nordenkjold Antarctic Expedition Is Icebound
Buenos Aires news reports the Nordenkjold Antarctic expedition is imprisoned in polar ice with sledging plans under Prof Otto Nordenkjo ld. Health of crew is excellent and the voyage departed from Goteborg on the Antarctic. First news reached Montevideo.
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Rome
Buenos Aires
Secolo
Nordenskjold
Otto Nordenakjold
Baron Nordenskid
Jet Doerrort Swenden
Antarctic
Montevideo
Uruguay
Ssow Kil
Louis Philip
Polish Democracy fires Berlin crowd and Polish fears in Germany
In Berlin a 2040 strong Polish assembly hailed a new democratic Poland while denouncing Prussia and German authority. Elsewhere in Europe, Italy offered Pier Adolfo Tirendelli the Venice Conservatory directorship as Cincinnati professor Tirendelli faces contractual limits. Yuan Shi Kai hires Charles Denby Jr. as China relations advance, with continued foreign postings.
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Berlin
Herr Wroebel
Prussia
Rome
Pier Adolfo Tirendelli
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Great
Venice Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati
Tirindelli
Conservatory of Music
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Chi-Li Province
Charles Denby, Jr
Pro—— Sec
Island Torishima Devastated by Volcanic Eruption
YOKOHAMA Aug 18 The island of Torishima was overwhelmed by a volcanic eruption between Aug 13 and Aug 14 5 and all 150 inhabitants were killed. The island is buried under volcanic debris and houses are gone. Eruptions continue with submarine activity preventing approaching vessels. Torishima lies in a chain between the Bonin islands and Honshu.
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Torishima
Bonim Islands
Hondo
Island
Japan
All Franchises Void Decision Hits Ohio Street Rails
The Ohio Superior Court declared the Rogers law unconstitutional undermining Cincinnati Street Railway Company extensions for fifty years. The ruling targets uniformity and classifies railways and municipalities arbitrarily. The Cincinnati Traction Company backed by the Elkins-Widener syndicate seeks relief via an extra legislative session and anticipates a Supreme Court challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Superior Court
Dempsey, Smith and Ferris
Rogers Law
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Supreme Court
Rogers
Cincinnati Traction Company
Elkins-Widener Syndicate
Theodore Hostran
Cincinnati Board of Administration
John Kilgour
Stock Exchange
Offerigs
Dempsey
General Assembly
Mae
National Republican League to skip St Louis meeting
The Republican League will not meet in St. Louis during President Roosevelt's October visit. Missouri state leaders cite inability to arrange the necessary details after a conference with the Business Men's League. Collector Charles F. Gallenkamp and Secretary William H. Hahn stated they wrote to Isaac Miller Hamilton in Chicago to decline the proposed entertainment plan.
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ST. Louis
National Republican League
Roosevelt
Republican State League of Missouri
Charlies F. Gallenkamp
Wiliam H. Hahn
State League
Business Men's League
Isaac Miller Hamilton
Chicago
National Organization
Vine
Meter Ordinance Moves Between Committees In City Council
The Indianapolis council shifted the meter gas ordinance from the contracts and franchises committee to public health, with Mr McFarland seeking a working committee. Negotiations with gas firms may ease meter use for cooking and heating, but John R Pearson warns time is tight to secure meters before winter.
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Holliday
Committee On Public Health
McFarland, Crall
Warneg
McFarland
Negley
Haldeman
Committee On Judiciary
Indianapolis
Bookwalter
Crall
Berry
Billingsley
Moriarity
Mortality
Secon
Hastings
Indianapolis Gas Company
City gas rate debate stalls as meters scarcity looms
Mayor Bookwalter and officials grapple with securing Indianapolis gas amid shortages and rising orders. Pearson signals bleak prospects for meters and continued service. The mayor backs possible injunction options while urging council action to protect residents, noting new ordinances and special counsel would be required. The issue is carried to page 8 for further details.
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Pearson
Hastings
Bookwalter
Minocqua
Wis
Wreck of Big Four Train Near Champaign Kills Fireman
Big Four passenger No 4% left for Peoria when washout near Rising Station west of Champaign Ill caused engine derailment at 5:30 am. Fireman W H Parish fatally injured, Engineer Henry Gorham wounded, mail car damaged, several others bruised. Parish taken to Champaign hospital. Train carried mail and passengers, wreckage and mud halted service.
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Big Four
Peoria
Rising Station
Champaign
Ill
Henry Gorham
Belmont Avenue
William H. Parish
Astor Street
C. C. Peckham
Ashland Avenue
D. A. Ramey
Georgetown
E. T. Cline
Bloomington
Graham
Parish
Peckman
Ramey
Cline
Railway Mail Service
Aaa
Remington Death Linked to Broken Engagement in Newport
Robert Read ing Remington of New York killed himself in a Newport clubhouse after his engagement to May Van Alen, granddaughter of Mrs. William Astor, was broken weeks earlier. The 35 year old, known in social circles, fired three shots with a revolver. the third through the mouth into the brain. His death sent shock through Newport summer residents.
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Newport
R. I
Robert Reading Remington
New York
Remington
Mr. Remington
May van Alen
James van Alen
William Astor
van Alen
Remington Bros
Pittsburg
Remingtons
Limited train wrecks strike Rock Island line near Lett
The El Paso limited faced a washout caused by a cloudburst near Lett, Iowa, derailing baggage, mail, express and two chair cars. A heavy passenger list led to many narrow escapes and injuries, though none serious. Two nearby houses reportedly burned by lightning, with broader damage feared. Separately at Bluffton, Pat Considine and others were injured when a Lake Erie & Western wreck derailed at a crossing, with several listed injuries and wrecked baggage and mail cars.
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Muscatine
el Paso Limited
Rock Island Road
Lette
Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Pat Considine
Lake Erie & Western
Bluffton
Charles Peitner
Ohio
No Sanatorium for Knights of Pythias Vote Fails at San Francisco Session
At the Supreme Lodge session in San Francisco the proposal to build a Hot Springs Ark sanatorium for ill knights was defeated. The lodge ruled it cannot tax members for such a project and disregarded a long‑standing special committee report. The project would cost 260000 funded by a 10 cent per member tax over five years. The same meeting also adjusted W D Kennedy’s punishment by expelling him with a three year suspension.
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San Francisco
Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Hot Springs
Ark
Supreme Lodge
Pythians
Vnto Supreme Tribunal
W. D. Kennedy
Supreme Recorder
Ilinois
Doubtful Death in Erie-Monon Wreck Near Hammond
In Chicago on August 13 authorities question the reported death of Dr. George Farris of Cave City Kentucky in the Erie Monon wreck near Hammond Indiana. Rigid inquiry could not corroborate the fatal claim as wreckage was cleared and twenty five men searched a ditch nearby without finding a body. Officials remain concerned over his disappearance.
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Chicago
George Farris
Cave City
Hammond
Ind
Cracks Reported in Maine Turrets Before Speed Trial
New York August 18 The battleship Maine was moved into drydock at Brooklyn navy yard for shaping ahead of its official speed trial. Officers expect about 19 knots in the first hour while several small cracks in the rear turret surface are described as faint and extending beneath the skin about an eighth of an inch.
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New York
Maine
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Naval ship Maine readied for Caribbean winter maneuvers
Captain Meade, a board of inspection member with Navy Department authority, arrived at the yard today to assess the vessel. It is thought the Maine will be ready in time to participate in winter naval maneuvers in the Caribbean Sea.
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Maine
Caribbean Sea
Meade
Board of Inspection
Navy Department
Banker's Wife Held Up by Bogus Gas Inspector
Mrs. Frederick W. Prentiss wife of Hayden Clinton National Bank president was held up at her West Broad Street home by a masked man posing as a gas inspector He compelled her to surrender 2600 dollars worth of diamonds after a revolver was shown The intrusion occurred as she rested in her bedroom planning to attend a reception
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Columbus
Frederick W. Prentiss
Hayden-Clinton National Bank
West Broad Street
Bank Wrecker Sentenced in Detroit City Savings Case
Detroit August 18 Judge Murphey in Recorder's Court sentenced Frank C. Andrews to fifteen years at hard labor in Jackson prison after a Saturday verdict of misapplying and misappropriating funds from the wrecked City Savings Bank. Bail denial preserved. lawyers planned to seek a writ of error in Lansing.
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Detroit
Mich
Murphey
Recorder's Court
Frank C. Andrews
City Savings Bank
Jackson
Andrews
Lansing
Supreme Court
Kerosene Fire Claims Two Dead in Nebraska
In Geering Nebraska a kerosene explosion started by C N McComsey while lighting a fire burned the house and killed two adults and the baby. His wife died, three others are dying, and two surviving children are badly burned. County Treasurer Ed J Whipple helped pull victims from the flames. The fourth child escaped and a neighbor's two children were among the injured. The incident is expected to be fatal for Mrs McComsey and two Cook children.
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Geering
Neb
C. N. McComsey
Luther A. Cook
McComsey
Ed J. Whipple
Couple Burned to death in Midway home fire
ST. JOHN, Aug 18 Oliver Cough and his wife about seventy were killed by a house fire at Midway Albert county today. The blaze left the couple dead in their residence as firefighters battled the flames.
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ST. John, N. B
Oliver Cough
Midway
Albert County
Roosevelt hosts Congressmen at Oyster Bay dinner
Congressmen Babcock Hull and Overstreet dined with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. They discussed the coming campaign with Babcock confirming Wisconsin's Senate support for Spooner and Hull praising Iowa for Cuban reciprocity. Ed Sullivan spoke on Philippine affairs and a Beth Israel Hospital invitation was received for January. Rixey and Mrs. Rixey departed for Washington.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Babcock
Wisconsin
Hull
Iowa
Overstreet
Indiana
Roosevelt
Babcok
Republican Congressional Committee
New York
Spooner
Senate
Mr. Hull
Francis C. Travers
John C. Crane
Edward J. Sullivan
Sullivan
Beth Israel
Joseph Bernhardt
Rixey
Navy
Washington
Three Men Rescued After Capsized Boat Drifts on Lake Erie
Patrick Botkin Michael F Downing and W D Ray clung to a gas buoy on Lake Erie after their boat capsized while fishing. They spent the night on the buoy until a passing boat rescued them at dawn. Botkin swam to the capsized craft and reached shore safely.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Patrick Botkin
Michael F. Downing
W. D. Ray
Lake Erie
Botkin
Francis Joseph’s Birthday Observed in Vienna with Military Review
Emperor Francis Joseph marked his seventy second birthday in Vienna with a review of 370 troops and city illuminations. Amnesty was granted to prisoners serving sentences for lese majesty. The sovereign celebrated quietly at Ischl with family.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Ischi
Clash at Nesquehoning Colliery Ends in Striker’s Death
In Nesquehon ing Pa a clash between striking miners and deputies left Patrick Sharp of Landsford dead from a single gunshot. Deputy Harry McElmerile was arrested and jailed at Mauch Chunk. The incident drew mobs and calls for National Guard troops as authorities sought to restore order and investigate the shooting.
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Nesquehoning
Patrick Sharp
Landsford
Harry McElmerile
Sharp
Mauch Chunk
McElmerite
Sharpe
Shenandoah
W. R. Watkins
Justice of the Peace
Henry McEmmerile
Deckert
McEmerile
Shaft No. 1
McElmertte
Panther Creek
Lansford
Baird Snyder
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Gobin
National Guard
Gambert
Troop Dispatch Discussed at Shenandoah Headquarters
General Gobin meets Trainmaster Keffer at the military headquarters in Shenandoah to arrange the removal of troops to Nesquehoning. The Second Battalion of the Twelfth Regiment stands ready at the Philadelphia & Reading depot to deploy.
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Shenandoah
Gobin
Keffer
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Nesquehoning
Twelfth Regiment
Philadelphia & Reading
Quay to Meet Baer and Mitchell on Coal Strike Plan
A Wilkesbarre Public Alliance committee met Senator Quay at his Atlantic City cottage to discuss ending the coal miners strike. Quay plans to bring President Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway and John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers to Philadelphia next Friday, with possible additional officials invited.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Public Alliance
Wilkesbarre
United States
Quay
New Hampshire Avenue
George F. Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Philadelphia
Senator Quay
Hia
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Continent
Kroger
Steyn
Shah OF Persia
Train
Philippines
Cape Town
Durban
China
Yokohama
Little Island
Council
Mr. Negley
Mr. MacFarland
John R. Pearson
Thomas Taggart
Blythe
W. H. Parish
Hart
Robert
Salt Lake
B. Potter
Utah
Calvin B. Potter
Michigan
Potter
Bluffton, O
Considine
Charles Peltner
Lima
A. Laurence
W. P. Kepner
Fremont
The
Supreme
Lodge of the Order
Farris
Congressmen
Overstreet, Babcock and Hull
Francis Joseph's
Panther Valley
Mitchell
Baer
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