Riots at Kishineff Kill and Wound Jews in Massacre Report
The British consul Bosanquet reports Kishineff riots on July 26 saw forty Jewish dead and thirty wounded, one Christian killed and six wounded. Authorities were passive until late actions. many blame prearranged conspiracy or provocative press. Rapes reported but likely undercount, with two cases of injury noted.
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London
Odessa
V. Bosanquet
Kishineff
Bosanquet
Bessarabetz
Bosamyuet
Storm warning off Cuba prompts voyage restrictions
Washington reports the Weather Bureau warning of a West Indian storm moving north toward western Cuba. The gale threatens the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coast, with vessels advised not to sail from Atlantic ports while officials monitor potential further impact. A separate court filing seeks inspection of Metropolitan Street Railway Co. books over alleged mismanagement.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Cuba
Southeset Gulf
Florida
Bahamas
Gulf of Mexico
Mismanagement Charges Reported in New York
Owing to charges of mismanagement in New York on August 13, the case of Anhn Darvle is noted as a defining dispute with authorities and affected parties seeking accountability and remedies.
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Rew York
Darvle
Banks Begin Issuing Subsidiary Coin in Manila
Manila August 12 banks start issuing the delayed subsidiary coin today to relieve the shortage of small change that has troubled mercantile houses for some time and hindered routine commerce.
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Manila
Anme
Man Hunters Are Silent
Sacramento California August 12 No reports from posses on the trail of escaped convicts today The pursuers are believed to have penetrated Devil's Basin a sheltering region where a fight could be mounted from entrenched positions The lack of communication is due to distance from wires and no word is expected until capture or abandonment of pursuit
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Sacramento
Cal
Devil's Basin Country
Meeks Escapes Blackfoot Asylum Outlaw Fears Rise
Blackfoot Idaho Aug 12 An outlaw known as Bob Meeks who fled the local asylum Sunday night remains uncaptured and is believed to have joined former companions in a feared jailbreak wave. Banks and stockmen worry about renewed lawlessness in the region.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
Bob” Meeks
Ziole-in-the-Wall
Meeks
Roosevelts Backed by Two Delegates at Pa Convention
Wilkesbarre Aug 12 two national delegates chosen at the Republican county convention were the first in the county to be instructed for president Roosevelt. They were directed to use all means to procure his nomination.
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Wilkesbarre
Roosevelt
Runaway Locomotive Shatters Farm Near Caldwell
A New York article reports a runaway Erie locomotive on a Caldwell New Jersey branch line. The big six wheeler gained speed from 40 to 75 miles per hour, derailed on a sharp curve, tearing through a field and destroying a chicken house while injuring no one but killing several domestic animals.
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New York
Erie
Caldwell
N. J
Pompton
Vanderbilt Returns From Europe With Forty Trunks
Reginald C. Vanderbilt and his bride returned from Europe and paid 8000 dollars in duty at Boston port. The customs officers itemized and examined each of forty trunks for two hours, marking the largest-duty collection ever from a returning tourist at that port.
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New York
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Boston
Sixty Persons Killed in Riots Reported Abroad
Latest reports telegraphed from Hong Kong to London say sixty persons were killed by the sacks in last Thursday's riots. The educated classes sympathize with workmen as the strike seeks to improve labor conditions and challenge the government. Workers are described as pioneers in the movement for political freedom.
Supreme Court Denies Rehearing in Haworth Death Case
The Utah Supreme Court refused a rehearing for Nick Haworth, sentenced to death for the murder of night watchman Thomas Sandall in Layton four years ago. The case now goes to Judge Rolapp to set the execution date.
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Salt Lake City
Supreme Court
Nick Haworth
Thos. Sandall
Layton
Utah
Rolapp
Boy Abducted by Two Tramps Found In Box Car
A 12 year old boy who gives his name as Percy Bage low was found starving in a box car at the Wabeab freight yards. He says two tramps seized him while he played near home and held him prisoner without food under threat of death. His captors remain at large and the boy’s father in Fort Wayne Indiana has been notified.
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Chicago
Percy Bagelow
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wabeab
Pope Pius X Walks in Vatican Gardens After Fainting
In Rome on August 12 the Pope left his apartments for the first time since his fainting spell. He walked in the Vatican gardens for about two hours and returned to the palace feeling much better. Doctors Lapponi and Davenezia visited and recommended rest and abstention from work. The Pope replied that such a load would be fatal to his ability to catch up.
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Rome
Vatican
Once Rich Now Penniless
Sheriff issues execution for sale of a $250000 mansion in Trenton New Jersey once owned by ex mayor Frank A Magowan built during his peak. Creditor purchases during his downfall cannot rent it. suit over $25000 mortgage held by an insurance firm. Magowan once a leading manufacturer valued about $1000000 and vanished after domestic troubles.
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New York
Trenton
N. J
Frank A. Magowan
Magowan
Senator Heyburn Marries In Kennett Township
Senator Weldon Brinton Heyburn of Idaho wed Miss Gheratin Yeatman of Kennett in a Society of Friends ceremony at the Yeatman homestead parlor in Kennett Township. They left for a wedding trip aboard a Pullman car toward Wallace, Idaho, after a reception for a small group including the bride’s sister and the couple’s relatives.
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Westchester
Society of Friends
Weldon Brinton Heyburn
Idaho
Gheratin Yeatman
Yeatman
Kennett Township
Rosedale Station
Wallace
William Weyburn
Louisville
Marshal
Duluth, Minn
Florence Yeatman
Dorsey Defends Cheyenne Sun Dance Beliefs
Dr. George A. Doreey of the Field Columbian Museum challenges claims that scientists paid Indians to self torture during the sun dance in Oklahoma. He says the ceremony is religious and protected by freedom of worship. He accuses Mr. Seger of biased statements and asserts he and Dr. Mooney knew nothing of the torture until after it occurred.
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Los Angeles
George A. Doreey
Field Columbian Museum of Chicago
Mooney
Oklahoma
Dorsey
Indian Bureau
Washington
Mr. Seger
Seger
Lynchers Are Murderers Denounced At Chautauqua Address
Rev Dr Dean Richmond Babbitt of Brooklyn addressed the Chautauqua assembly on mob violence. He contrasted Graves's defense of lynching with a general American view, highlighted the rising mob heat, and condemned officials who fail to protect prisoners of any color. He praised order and law and endorsed Roosevelt's anti lynching stance.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Dean Richmond Babbitt
Church of the Epiphany
Brooklyn
John Temple’ Graves
Georgia
Chautauqua Assembly
Babbitt
Graves
Wilmington
Durbin
Yates
Indiana
Ilinois
Roosevelt
Jett and White Trial Closes Defense Foresees Jury
Cynthiana Kentucky August 12 Judge James D Black opened the defense closing in the Jett and White trial today. He will be followed by Frye for the Commonwealth then the case goes to the jury likely this afternoon.
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Cynthiana
James DD. Black
Jett
White
Frye
Commonwealth
Seaboard Air Line Rumors Stir Market Activity
New York rumors claim Rock Island St Louis and San Francisco interests may buy Seaboard Air Line while Hue ownership could shift to Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Railway. Stocks rose on curb as negotiations unfold with Ladenburg Thalmann and notable figures named as voting trustees and directors.
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New York
Seaboard Air Line
Rok
Seaboard
Ladenburg, Thulman & Co
B. F. Yoakum
H. Clay Pierce
Orleigh Thorne
North American Trust Company
John 8. Williams
Okleigh ,Thome
H. van Vorst
Seaboard Airlin
Yoakum
Captain Starry Smith Missing From Long Beach Hotel
Captain Starry E. Smith of Detroit, a Riviera Hotel guest since November, is missing after leaving August 3 presumably for Los Angeles. Authorities and friends express serious concern for his safety.
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Long Beach
Cal
Starry E. Smith
Detroit
Riveria Hotel
Los Angeles
Denver Salt Lake road alliance rumors surface
Denver August 12 General Manager Ridgway of the Colorado Utah Construction company building the Denver Salt Lake road says he has no report of an alliance or agreement between the new line and the Denver and Rio Grande as of Friday.
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Denver
Ridgway
Colorado-Utah Construction Company
Lake Road
New, Line
Denver and Rio Grande Sede
Jinfrunday
Dutch Fight in Sumatra: Dutch Raid Seizes Porloentengah
In Sumatra at Porloentengah, a battle left about three hundred Achinese dead. Dutch forces reported one officer and six men killed, another officer and fifty men wounded. The village was captured by the Dutch.
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Amsterdam
Porloentengah
Sumatra
Brighton Beach Grand Circuit Meeting Entries Listed
At Brighton Beach New York August 12 up to 500 horses named for next week's grand circuit meeting at Brighton Beach stakes and purses. For the Bonnet Memorial 2 12 class trotting the purse is 20008 with entries Jim Ferry Promise Swift Allwood Billy Bick Liverton Wawthorne Judge Cullen John Mc Authoress El Milagro Kinsey Ten.
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New York
Brighton Beach
Jim Ferry
Promise
Swift
Allwood
Billy Bick
Liverton
Wawthorne
Judge Cullen
John Mc
Authoress
el Milagro
Kinsey
Jamaica Struck Again by Destructive Hurricane
Hingston Jamaica Aug 12 The hurricane veered south after limping along Jamaica’s western end and struck with full force causing extensive damage in Kingston and suburbs. Bananas obliterated on the eastern half. electric works roof blown off. machinery ruined. railroad and streetcar service halted. numerous homes damaged by falling trees. no lives reported.
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Hingston
Jamaica
Kingston
Anxiety over Russian consul's safety reaches Monastir
In Salonica on August 12 the acting Russian consul Dr Mandelstam reached Monastir after leaving Uskub days earlier. Anxiety had risen as he was reported missing, with the Uskub Mutesarif refusing him an escort until he secured one from Wilmi Pasha and continued on his own to Monastir.
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Salonica
Dr. Mandelstam
Uskub
M. Rostkovski
Monastir
Mutesarif
Wilmi Pasha
President and family enjoy a Naval yacht picnic
The Roosevelt party and guests cruise aboard the Sylph from Oyster Bay toward Glen Island for a picnic lunch. The trip aims to last several hours along Long Island Sound with plans to return to Sagamore Hill by 3 PM. Sir Thomas Lipton will attend the naval review next Monday aboard the Mayflower.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Jacob A. Riis
Richmond Hill
L. L
Long Island Sound
Sagamore Hill
Thomas Lipton
Governor Taft Denies Being Offered War Secretary Post
In Manila Aug 12 Governor Taft laughed at a cable report that he would succeed Secretary Root as Secretary of War upon retirement. A later dispatch confirming the alleged offer was likewise denied by Taft who stated the report was not true.
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Taft
Manila
Root
War Department
Alaskan Boundary Commission
London
George W. Davis
Com
Great demand for seats at Corbett-Jeffries fight
San Francisco reports record interest in the Corbett versus Jeffries bout with pools showing light betting under 3000 dollars. Jeffries favored at 2 to 1 while Corbett trains in Alameda and Harbin Springs officials say both fighters expect a lively contest.
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Corbett-Jeffries
San Francisco
Corbett
Alameda
Special Trains Bring Grand Army Men to San Francisco
San Francisco hosts a large influx of G A R veterans for the encampment with anticipated 300 special cars carrying about 7000 visitors. Commander-in-Chief T J Stewart and party from Philadelphia to arrive, patrolmen assigned to guide veterans, and extensive decorations planned along parade routes. Donations for entertainments total 23 108 dollars to date.
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San Francisco
Ogden
T. J. Stewart
Philadelphia
Grand Canyon of the Colorado
Sons of Veterans
Bureau of Registration
Chief of Police
Printers Pick St Louis for 1904 Meeting
The Typographical union decided unanimously to hold its 1904 meeting in St Louis, with Canada’s delegates Gilmore and Powell noting opposition to international unionism. Delegates discussed voting rules for subordinate unions, apprenticeships, substitutes, and a standard for machine set type.
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Washington
Typographical Union Today
St. Louis
Gilmore
Montreal
Powell
Ottawa
Canada
Uml
Dominion
Law Committee
Taylor
Tacoma
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Hilmi Pasha
Mare‘deman
Hussein Hilmi Pasha
Vali
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Yenise
Zivernini
Sofia
Bulgaria
Usku
Macedonia
Mush
Armenia
Tims
Prince Brusoff
Bessarabia
Zig
Tiraspol
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
California
Bob Meeks
Pope
Sen. Heyburn ‘Is
Married
Wallace, Idaho
Smith
Denver-Salt Lake Road
Gould
Achinese
Yosemite Club
Grand Army
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