Storms leave six dead near Mississippi mouth and damage Mobile
Aug. 17 reports recount a gulf storm causing six deaths near Quarantine along the river mouth, with wrecked houses, flooded streets, and submerged wharves in Mobile. Damage extends to rice and orange farms, cannery at Bayou La Batre, and Port Clear facilities, amid heavy rainfall of 5.84 inches and disrupted rail service.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Charles Mohr & Sons
Dauphin Street
Royal Streets
St. Anthony
Cotton Exchange
Western Union
Postal
Electric Railway
Louisville & Nashville
Southern
Ohio
Commerce Street
Mobile & Ohio
Whistler
Magazine Point
Bay Boats
Twelve Mile Island
Portersville
Bayou la Batre
Port Clear
Huntsville
Alabama
Montgomery
Gulf
Selma
Troy
Fatal medical error blamed for two deaths at National Soldiers' Home
Marion Ind Aug 17 two inmates at the National Soldiers Home hospital were given an alleged wrong treatment Thursday night by mistake resulting in the deaths of Daniel Carruthers 65 a paralytic and Thomas Pinkerton 91 the following day authorities investigate the incident and the hospital staff face inquiry into the care given.
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Marion
Ind
National Soldiers’ Home Hospital
Daniel Carruthers
Thomas Pinkerton
Falling Rock Kills Miners at Tamarack Mine
A hanging rock at Tamarack mine shaft No 24 collapsed at night in Calumet Michigan killing three miners and injuring two others who were badly hurt.
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Calumet, Mich
Tamarack
Ranger to sail at once to Panama assignment
A navy telegram orders the Iowa to prepare for sea upon arrival at San Francisco and to proceed to Panama. The Ranger at San Diego prepares to sail at three pm, while the Iowa arrives at San Francisco soon after Puget Sound. The state department notes Venezuelan Ecuadoran moves against Colombia and Russell oversees Colombian interests in Caracas.
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Washington
Navy Department
Iowa
San Francisco
Panama
Ranger
San Diego
Department
Isthmus
Colon
Hay
United States
Colombia
State Department
Venezuela
Ecuador
Puget Sound
Cal
United States Steamship Ranger
Department of State
Russell
Caracas
Legation
German forger Terlinden captured in Milwaukee
Garhardt Terlinden of Duisburg Germany, wanted for forgery and embezzlement involving 1.5 million marks, was captured in Milwaukee and brought to Chicago for custody. He confessed after facing evidence with a photo of his wife and 13 year old son, and extradition papers will be pursued.
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Chicago
Paris
Scotland Yard
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Garhardt Terlinden
Duisburg
Germany
Milwaukee
Garhardt Terlinden Company
Herr Terlinden
Terlinden
United States
Foote
Department of State
Washington
Kitchener Moves on Border as Boers Concentrate Near Zululand
Lord Kitchener advances with a strong force toward Hondweni on the Zululand border where Gen. Botha is reported to have concentrated about 4,000 Boers. An important engagement is anticipated as French scouts suffer a setback near Bethesda and Col. Corringe and Kritzenger clash at Middleburg.
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Durban
Lord Kitchener
Hondweni
Zululand
Botha
London
War Office
Pretoria
Bethesda
The
Strikes Spread West as Joliet Joins Action
Joliet aligns with national steel workers amid a prolonged labor dispute. Milwaukee vote looms for final strike decision while Amalgamated leaders plan rallies and benefits as 70,000 plus idle workers face an extended confrontation and plant closures in Joliet and McKeesport.
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Pittsburg
Joliet
Milwaukee
Chicago
McKeesport
Wheeling
Bellaire
National Tube Works
Shaffer
Duquesne
Homestead
Carnegie Company
Amalgamated Association
Amalgamated
Ill
Illinois Steel Company
Swansea Lodge
Great Western Tin Plate Mills
American Tin Plate Company
Pressed Steel Car Company
Illinois Steel Works
American Steel and Wire Company
London Publishers Humiliated in House Privilege Case
In the house of commons Friday G E Armstrong and W T Madge attended the bar in custody for gross breach of privileges amid accusations of nationalist corruption tied to private bill legislation. Both apologized to the house after expressing regret at the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
G. E. Armstrong
The
Globe
W. T. Madge
Armstrong
Madge
Baby girl born at Kentucky Governor's Mansion
The stork visited Gov. Beckham's executive mansion in Frankfort at 6 15 Friday morning and left a fine girl while the governor was away at Bardstown. It is the first baby born in the mansion since the Buckner administration.
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Executive Mansion
Frankfort
Gov. Beckham
Bardstown
Buckner
Hop crop in central New York expected well below average
Utica New York August 17 estimated hop harvest in Oneida Madison and Otsego counties will be two thirds to half of the average. Vines are prolific but hops have not burred out well, signaling a weak yield overall.
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Utica
N. Y
Oneida
Madison
Otsego
Sixteen Drowned In Paducah Steamer Disaster
The City of Golconda struck by a squall near Crowell's landing and sank in ten feet of water. Sixteen are believed dead with 75 passengers aboard. Captain Bauer and Pilot Peck escaped, one woman saved, and rescuers recovered no bodies from the cabin.
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Paducah
Golconda
Elizabethtown
Ill
Crowell’s Landing
Jesse Bauer
E. E. Peck
H. E. Worren
N. S. Quartermouse
Otto Bauer
Galconda
Peck
Lucy Barnett
Smithland
Lizzie Graham
Trixie Adams
Greenville
David Adams
Watts Davis
Livingston County
Clarence Sinton
Lola
Mary N
Hayden
Benzine Tanks Explode as Firemen Strike Fatal Blow
A benzine tank exploded during a major blaze at the Atlantic Oil Refining Co. plant in Point Breeze Philadelphia. Dozens were burned or killed as 12 tanks burned. ten to twelve tanks destroyed. losses feared at 500000 dollars. Fire began after a lightning strike yesterday afternoon.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Oil Refining Co
Point Breeze
Dynamite blast at Mohawk & Malone roundhouse kills six
A fire at the Mohawk and Malone roundhouse in Herkimer collapsed and burned the building after a dynamite explosion. Six men died and four bodies were beyond identification. ownership lay with the New York Central and Hudson River road. Rescue efforts continued as fears grew for additional victims.
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Little Falls
N. Y
Mohawk & Malone
Herkimer
Gilbert
John Deck
Bridge Building Gang
Round House
New York Central
Hudson River Road
Britain Warns Over Chu-Chau Massacre Decree Punishment
London reports Sir Ernest Satow told Chinese peace plenipotentiaries that Britain will reassess troop withdrawal if the decrees punishing Chu-Chau massacre authors are not enforced promptly.
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London
Ernest Satow
Peking
Chu- Chau
Great Britain
America Must Feed the World
London report notes Mark Lane Express estimating U K wheat at 56 million bushels, France 300 million, Belgium and Holland 40 million, totaling 396 million for northwestern Europe which needs 664 million. America faces home use up to 400 million but has 673 million bushels and can cover the deficit alone.
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London
Mark Lane Express
United Kingdom
France
Belgium
Holland
Europe
America
Tragic Fort Riley Shell Explosion Kills Several
A seven inch 107 pound shell exploded during breech loading at Fort Riley near Junction City Kansas injuring and killing multiple soldiers. Casualties include Henry C Watson killed instantly and several others wounded fatally or seriously with injuries ranging from loss of limbs to eye and skull damage. The incident occurred during target practice by the Seventh Artillery siege battery.
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Junction City
Kan
Fort Riley Reservation
Henry C. Watson
John J. King
Murray Sykes
Charles Duncan
Henry Logsdon
Dennis Mahoney
Roos Duck
James Brady
Joe King
New Jersey
London
Trade Bulletin Notes Steady Distribution Amid Steel Strike Price Rises
R G Dun & Co reviews a steady distribution of goods across regions with brighter retail trade in the west as summer relief boosts activity. The steel strike drives price increases especially for immediate delivery items like tin plates and hoops. Consumption softens, exports rise, and failures total 168 in the U S and 19 in Canada versus prior year.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
New England
Western
United States
Canada
Stalled Strike in San Francisco Sets Indefinite Pace
In San Francisco on August 17 the strike stalemate continues as employers refuse concessions to deserters and labor leaders broadcast circulars nationwide. Officials claim 15,000 workers remain unemployed, while both sides prepare to fight on and unions are urged to aid displaced workers.
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San Francisco
Bethlehem Steel likely to join new shipbuilding combine
The Bethlehem Steel Co faces uncertain final disposition with strong chance of entering a new shipbuilding alliance. Backed by Edward Harriman, the plan includes Nixon Shipbuilding Co Union Iron Works Newport News Shipbuilding Co and Harlan Hollingsworth. Bethlehem would not join Vickers Cramp or U S Steel.
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Philadelphia
The
North American
Bethlehem Steel Co
Edward H. Harriman
Nixon Shipbuilding Co
Union Ironworks
Newport News Shipbuilding Co
Harlan & Hollingsworth Co
Robert P. Linderman
Bethlehem Co
Bethlehem
Vickers-Cramp
United States Steel Corporation
Bricklayers Demand Higher Pay at Washington Navy Yard
Acting Secretary Hackett refused to comply with the request from local Bricklayers' union No. 1 to raise the wages of 75 or more brick masons at the Washington navy yard from 4 to 4.50 to 5 dollars per day to match outside rates.
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Washington
Hackett
Union No. 1
Washington Mavy Yard
Iowa Ordered to Sail for Panama From San Francisco
The Navy Department prepared to send the battleship Iowa to sea and then to Panama upon arrival in San Francisco. The cruiser Ranger at San Diego was ordered to sail yesterday but is slow and would take about 15 days to reach its destination.
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Washington
Navy Department
San Francisco
Panama
Ranger
San Diego
Iowa
Islander Disaster Claims Sixty Lives On Pacific
Port Townsend reports the steamer Islander struck a floating iceberg off Douglass Island on August 15 and sank within minutes. Of 108 aboard, around 60 perished while passengers describe a chaotic exodus, with two Klondike gold satchels mentioned among the valuables lost at sea.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Pacific
Skagway
Douglass Island
M. Biumaur
Portland
Foote
Klondike
Bishop
Big Lockout Hits Cincinnati Carriage Firms
More than 2,000 carriage workers were notified their services were not needed as seven Cincinnati factories close and reopen as non-union shops on September 3. Hundreds of workers, including many youths, lose jobs while nine plants consolidate under one incorporation and set new wage scales and hiring terms. The American Buggy and Brown Carriage Co. discharged union leaders and hired non union men after a two hundred worker strike.
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Cincinnati
Ratterman & Luth
Anchor Buggy Co
Lion Buggy Co
Sayers & Scovill
George Enger Co
Hukay Buggy Co
Sechler Carriage Co
American Buggy Co
Brown Carriage Co
Carriage Workers’ Union
Three Men Killed in Steel Plant Blast
An explosion in the blast furnace department of the National Steel Co in Youngstown Ohio killed three workers and injured eleven others. Dead are Richard Richards Joseph Prugos and John Chnkshank. Injured include Steve Stahma Michael Yachyko and Andrew Kahut among others. several are in critical condition. The accident followed a machinery failure that caused molten ladle metal to drop into water.
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Youngstown, O
Ohio
National Steel Co
Richard Richards
Joseph Prugos
John Chnkshank
Steve Stahma
Michael Yachyko
Michael O’brien
Andrew Kahut
Joseph Dymenko
John Steffan
Andrew Burgess
Andrew Magyar
George Jakubese
George Pavlik
George Iwanizak
Stahma
Yachyko
Mosquito Test in Yellow Fever Study Is Halted
Havana reports Chief Surgeon Havard states the mosquito based experiments in yellow fever work will stop after a non immune volunteer who was bitten died. Another bitten man remains critically ill. The tests involved Dr Caldas and a serum claimed to prevent the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Havard
Caldas
Knights Will Honor Schiey in Louisville Parade
Maj John H Leathers as grand marshal issues final orders for the Knights Templar triennial conclave parade in Louisville Twelve grand divisions to form the procession Rear Admiral Schley expected to attend and receive a special place of honor in the event
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Knights
Schiey
Louisville
John H. Leathers
Knights ‘Templar
United States
Louisville Knights Templar
Schley
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Gulf Coast
Wobile
Mississippi
Goring
Charles Wacker
Nab
Pinkertons
F.C
Weekly Trade Bulletin
Youngstown
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