London bankers push silver reserve protest at Bank of England
Bankers and Clearing House association urge retention of one fifth of silver bullion in Allyear and oppose the Bank of England policy to back notes with gold and silver. resolution demands action by the Bank of England and government ministers. The move seeks to influence currency stability amid political pressure from both domestic and international figures.
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Thi Atattor
Tadvise
Héhdon
Bank of Enegland
Pana
Ayaa
Clearing House Association
Inventoll
Bank of England
Bank of Eagland
Ehunry
Bank of Higland
United States
Bimatallig
Tov
Associated Prosar
Sia
Michael Hidka-Beach
Limmelt
Tao
Mambera
Agricultural Commission
Todin
Dewepaperd
Hazelton Inquest Opens on Miners Deaths at Lattimer
Coroner McKee begins inquest into the deaths of striking miners after a deputy assault near Hazleton. Most witnesses are foreign strikers who say deputies fired without provocation while the march halted. defendants deny armed action and illegal demonstrations occurred.
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Norn
Lattimer
Haselton
Pai
Churaday
McKee
Wilkesbarre
Martin
Springfield Ohio River and South Atlantic railway planned
A group of capitalists organized in Paoli Indiana elected a thirteen member board to push completion of the Springfield Ohio River and South Atlantic railway. A $1,000,000 Knoxville subsidy was voted. William Kirby of Toledo named president. Incorporation papers to be filed in Indianapolis.
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Springfield
Ohio River
South Atlantic Railway
Paoli
Ind
Springfield, Ohio River and
Knoxville, Tenn
William Kirby
Toledo
Indianapolis
Egan to Succeed Comer as Central of Georgia President
Reports indicate vice president John M. Egan will become president of the Central of Georgia Railway at the next annual election. President H. M. Comer resigned but stayed on temporarily. Egan was said to be chosen after discussions with the voting trust controlling 60,000 shares of common stock.
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Central of Georgia Railway
John M. Egan
Central
H. M. Comer
New York Journal of
Egan
Connor
New York
the Central
Engineer Halts Train Near Burning Trestle in Tennessee
An engineer on the Memphis and Charleston line delayed an eight hour trip to Chattanooga after spotting a fire on a trestle over Peters Creek near Middletown Tennessee. He stopped the train within feet of the blaze, and passengers were transferred to buses at Chattanooga.
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Treatie
Memphis
Charleston
Chattanooga
Peter's Creek
Middletown
Tenn
Reprieve Delays Georgia Executions At Last Moment
In Jefferson Georgia the hangings of Breeson Meprisves Iq Sel Grady Reynolds (an Brooks) were halted at the last moment. The governor granted a respite after 2000 people gathered amid surprise and indignation. The delay followed legal maneuvers by Brook's attorney and a stay order, postponing the executions for four weeks.
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Breeson
Grady Reynolds
Lemug
Toifornon
Hoyaral
Mio Pontipas Braederaty
Jackson and Walling
Police guard building over fire at Beauregard school
New Orleans mayor orders police to guard a school building after a mob attempted to burn the Beauregard school to halt establishing a yellow fever hospital there. Firemen saved the structure with police help. public indignation grows and newspapers back the mayor’s hard line against the culprits.
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New Orleans
Cuiaana
Flower
Adeligee
Bnt
Il- Muintaly
Yellow Foyer
Beauregard
Miners Die by Explosion in Illinois Coal Mine
An explosion at Williamson County Coal Company's mine, four miles north of Mabuah Illinois, Friday killed four miners and wounded fifteen. Rescue teams found a death and several severely injured. five or six miners remain trapped due to smoke and fire. Most victims are Russians and Italians, with no names yet available.
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Aro
II O
Cape
Refugees Arrive at Camp Fontainbleau in Missouri
About 100 refugees reached Camp Fontainbleau in Missouri. Surgeon Geddings of the U S Marine Hospital arrives from Washington to run the observation department. The official report says patients up to Friday noon are fairing fairly well. Comfort improves daily as a sundry store and barber shop open to aid refugees.
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Governmen Foyer
Camp Fontainbleau
Mias
Priday
Geddings
United States Marine Hospital
Washington
Savannah Quarantines Atlanta Over Yellow Fever
Savannah mayor Maldrim declared a quarantine against Atlanta after a telegram from Dr. Stone noting Atlanta’s board of health reported one yellow fever case. Inspectors were ordered not to admit any person or baggage from Atlanta.
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Savannah
Atlanta
Maldrim
Stone
Board of Health
Velasquez Found Death In Mexican Ex-Police Chief Linked to Slaying
Eduardo Velasquez ex inspector general of police in Mexico City died by suicide in Belam prison on Friday using a revolver. Reports say he faced a long examination by Judge Flores after exposure of an alleged lynching plot. He appeared highly nervous and distressed upon return to prison.
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Arroyo
Eduardo Velasquez
Mexico
Belam
Flores
Street Car Men Threaten General Strike in Chicago
Indications point to a citywide walkout by street car conductors motormen and gripmen employed by the Chicago City Railway Company. The dispute centers on reinstatement of twenty discharged men and recognition of the new union by the company.
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Chicago
Chicago City Railway Company
Fever Epidemic Report Mirrors Warm Mississippi Health Bulletin
The state's health board reports yellow fever spreading slowly in Edwards and New Orleans with 98 cases and 15 deaths to date. Mobile and Biloxi show multiple new cases. Ocean Springs and Scranton add cases while overall city health efforts struggle to contain the outbreak.
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Mississippi State Board of Health
Ttis
Edwarda
Onses
Huying
New Orleanns
New Orleans
Enadey Jel
Basta
Fiat
Board of Health of the
State of
Board of Health
Monlusein
Mobile
Ala
Ocean Springs
Scranton
Miss
Pascagoula
Board of Health of
Tracy Enters Race for New York Mayor Nomination
General Tracy expressed willingness to be the Republican nominee for mayor of Greater New York in a telegram received by Chairman Quigg of the New York Republican county committee. The message indicates Tracy’s decision to seek the Mayoralty in the upcoming race.
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Greater New York
Quigg
Republican County Committee of
New York
Benjamin F. Tracy
Railroad Superintendents Elect Delvora by Society Meeting
The American Society of Railroad Superintendents elected officers at their Nashville meeting Thursday. C. B. Price of Pittsburg was named president, Seely Dunn of Russellville first vice president, G. B. Brown of Coaning second vice president, O. A. Hammond of Asbury Park secretary, R. M. Saily of Patersburg treasurer, with executive committee members G. O. Ketchum of Syracuse and A. H. Smith of Youngstown. The gathering discussed various topics and adjourned to the next annual meeting.
Preliminary Cuba War Talk Reveals U S Offer to Help
An Associated Press report cites a preliminary interview between United States Minister to Spain General Stewart Woodford and Spanish foreign minister the Duke of Tolosa. Woodford urged Spain to end the Cuban war promptly and praised U S good offices to settlement noting potential U S interference if no timely result. He indicated European powers except Austria align with U S interests in Cuba.
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United States
Spain
Stewart Woodford
Duke of Tolusa
Woodford
Cuba
Austria
Eoagentia
United
Dispensary Laws Questioned in Georgia Court Case
A South Carolina liquor firm sues in the U S district court for the northern district of Georgia alleging collusion between railways and South Carolina authorities to block whisky shipments into the state. The petition cites a decision by Judge Sintenton and a July circular by Southern Railway Co denying acceptance of full carload whisky consignments.
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Allatta
South Carolina
United States Court For
Northern District of Georgia
William T. “Newman
Athinta
Southern Railway ‘Company
Fee
Pete
Atlanta Fin
Sintenton
Tooads
Inwa
Confession of Velasquez Fixes Police Role in Arroyo Killing
Senior Velasquez chief of police of Mexico City confessed to taking part in the murder of Arroyo, the assailant of President Diaz. He had been removed and jailed on suspicions of aiding the crime. Under oath he initially evaded questions, then admitted his direct involvement in the tragedy.
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Jrmior
Arroyo
Senor
Lon Velasquez
Mexico
Diaz
Velasquez
Belam
Governor Ellerbe Reticent on Collusion Charge
Governor Ellerbe of South Carolina returned from Mt Airy North Carolina where he spent two weeks with Senator McLaurin and declined to discuss Atlanta proceedings charging him with collusion with Southern officials He plans to remove the state constabulary on October 1 and return to finalize any business with them
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Ellerbe
South Carolina
Mt.Airy
N. C
Senator McLaurin
Atlanta
Bim
Bartlett Charged With Perjury in Angus Craven Case
The San Francisco Call reports that grand jurors indicted Charles H. Bartlett, the witness for Mrs. Craven in the Angus Craven case, on perjury charges. The indictment will be filed next week.
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Angus-Craven
San Francisco Call
Charles 8. Bartlett
Craven
Whitecapper Trial in Winnsboro Hosts 24 Indictments
The Whitecappers trial of Mormon elders and converts opened in Winnsboro, D C. Twenty four men faced grand jury indictment. True bills were returned against six alleged leaders. Forty witnesses testified, many women present. Women and girls described resisting a mob of 800 while elders escaped from their house.
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Winnsboro
D. C
Tien
Yellow fever outbreak stirs fear in Beaumont and Mobile
Reports from Beaumont Texas show a yellow fever case and town quarantine as health officials clash with state leaders. News from New Orleans, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, Louisville and Memphis notes rising cases, recoveries, and deaths while investigators trace origins aboard a government tug near Gold Coat.
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Louisville
John McDougall
Nashville
Mobile
McDougall
Biloxi
Mies
Michael Beyg
John Guiteras
Memphis
Convicts Discussed for Road Work and Highway Plan
The Georgia house and senate penitentiary committee met in Atlanta and invited the governor. General Roy Stone spoke urging convict labor on roads and the creation of a state highway commission, citing California and New Jersey as examples of benefits from good roads.
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Georgia House
Senate Penitentiary Committee
Atlanta
Roy Stone
California
New Jersey
Explosion Kills Two At North Dakota Farm
An explosion of a threshing machine engine on Thursday near Arguaville North Dakota twelve miles from Fargo killed Arthur Slingsby and fatally injured his son Arthur Slingsby Jr a fireman. Five other men suffered serious injuries in the blast.
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Arguaville
North Dakota
Fargo
Arthur Slingsby
Arthur Slingsby, Jr
Tennessee Board Tightens Quarantine Across Regions
The Tennessee state board of health raised the quarantine for east and middle Tennessee and modified it for west Tennessee. Visitors from infected points may enter middle and east Tennessee but must stay ten days under board control before traveling to west Tennessee. West Tennessee remains under a modified quarantine as cities like Knoxville Chattanooga Nashville and Memphis seek further relief.
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Tennessee State Board of Health
East
Middle Tennessee
West Tennessee
Middle
East Tennessee
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Nashville
Memphis
Torpedo Boat Sinks Off Gux Haven Killing Crew
Eight sailors die after Torpedo No. 26 capsizes near the first light ship off Gux Haven. Commander Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg Schwerin and eight crew members drown. The duke, born 1871, was a lieutenant and brother to the grand duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin.
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Enid Watery Graven
Hamburg
Germany
Gux Haven
Duke Frederick William of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duke
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Hundreds of Men Idle From Southern Pacific Quarantine
A Houston dispatch reports that quarantine along the Southern Pacific from this point to New Orleans left about seven hundred workers idle. Firemen engineers trainmen switchmen and shop employees were laid off as no trains run amid the disruption and layoffs.
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Southern Pacific
Houston
Texas
New Orleans
Denounced Latimer Shooting by Federation Executive Council
The Executive Council of the Federation of Labor adopted a resolution denouncing the Latimer, Pa. shooting on September 1 as a brutal, unprovoked massacre and called for legal prosecution of Sheriff Martin and deputies. The body planned intensified miner organizing, labor measures for Congress, and investigation of union-employer differences, adjourning after completing its business.
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Executive Council of Federation of Tabor Pasa
Washington
Lattimer
Martin
Lattimer i
Lsoal
Dafat
Jdemanda
Federation of Labour
Artin
Frank d.Walser
Luzerne
Pennsylvania
Ehdbavor
McKinley
Congress
Gompers
No War Imminent Says U S Not Threatening Spain
Special from London reports a prominent American diplomat stating no ultimatum has been sent to Spain. He notes the United States might offer help to end the current crisis but stresses no threat or ransom of war. The diplomat cannot reveal his name but clarifies official posture remains noncommittal.
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Sam
Spain
New York Herald
London
Madrid
United States
Woodford
Migira
Wwe
Big Brewery in Ashes at LaCrosse Wisconsin
The John Gund Brewing Company's LaCrosse plant was destroyed by fire on Thursday morning. The malt house held several car loads of malt and about 5,000 bushels of barley, all lost. The cold storage contained about 412,000 barrels of beer, destroyed. Estimated loss exceeds 800,000 with about half insured in old-line companies. Plant to be rebuilt after debris cleared. Output was 100,000 barrels per year and about 150 men employed. Founded in 1858, a leading city institution.
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LaGroane
Wisconsin
John Gund Brewing Company
LaCrosse
Wis
Ohio Democrats Active The Campaign by Silverites Opened
The silver wing of the Democrats opened their state campaign in Ohio with numerous meetings. A grand central gathering was planned for Thursday night in Columbus. Governor hopeful H L Chapman spoke in the capital, with John J Lentz James A Rice Canton and General A J Warner among other speakers. An Allen W Thurman introductory portion preceded remarks. Alabama iron on a boom furnaces have orders to deliver after January 1 next year.
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Allen W. Thurman
Alabama
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