Insinuations Denied in Court Martial Over Boxing Death
Secretary Bonaparte announces after reviewing records in the Rafael Cohen boxing death aboard a converted cruiser in Dominican waters that no wrongdoing occurred. He notes boxing and athletics are encouraged for health and morale, and the court found no culpability, with a $50 prize and five ounce gloves used. Cohen urged to continue, and medical aid arrived too late.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Raphael Cohen
United States
Dominican
Cohen
Bradford
Costly Storm Strikes Ohio and Surrounding Areas
Reports indicate a Sunday night storm in southwestern Ohio caused hundreds of thousands in damage with lesser losses across the state and in Kentucky and Indiana. In Hamilton the rainfall reached 2.5 inches washing away small bridges and blocking trolley traffic. a bridge near Miamisburg collapsed requiring a temporary crossing. A traction car near Middletown was struck by lightning, injuring Mrs. William Kroeger. Middle town recorded 4.25 inches of rain and several lightning victims, with crop damage noted.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Hamilton
Dayton
Miamisburg
Middletown
William Kroeger
Louisville
Des Moines Man Plans Home for Wayward Girls
L D Slater, a Des Moines benefactor, will establish a home for wayward girls. The facility aims to aid young women who come to the city to seek work and risk wandering into dangerous paths. No homeless girl will be refused temporary care.
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Des Moines
L. D
Slater
Large Oaks from Little Acorns Grow
Boston August 16 British authorities offer 75000 to Roxbury photographer J C Rhodes cousin of Cecil Rhodes to halt a $12,000,000 claim in a land dispute dating back 299 years. The amount and terms suggest a settlement to stop prosecution and end the long dispute indicated by the report.
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Boston
J. C. Rhodes
Roxbury
Cecil Rhodes
Hawaiians Volcanic Activity Reported on Mauna Loa
Reports from Hawaii indicate Mokutwsowee crater on Mauna Loa shows smoke rising from the sloping crater, an outlet that produced Lava during the last eruption about two years prior, observed from Honolulu on August 16.
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Honolulu
Island of Hawaii
Mokutwsowee
Mauna Loa
Roosevelt Objects To Fame For His Children In Summer
President Roosevelt resists photographers writers and tourists as he tries to raise his children as sensible natural youngsters. He says he is public property but his children are not and should have ordinary lives away from the presidency.
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Oyster May
N. Y
Roosevelt
United States
John Smith
Welcome for Taft party in Iloilo
Aug 16 press notes a grand Iloilo reception for the Taft party. Civilians and troops parade. banquet for 300 guests. Logan sails to Bacolod for sugar plantation inspections. Dowager empress of China asks if Miss Roosevelt will visit Pekin, likely with General and Mrs. Corbin. Mrs. Dubois in Idaho improves after a runaway crash.
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Manila
Iloilo
Taft
Logan
Bacolod
Occidental Negros
China
Roosevelt
Pekin
Corbin
Why Schwab Leaves Home for German Steel Study
Charles M. Schwab, back in New York from Braddock, Pa., says a three week visit to Germany will study a secret steel manufacturing process with potential impact on the industry. He will inspect several mills and visit a new development adopted by his associates. Bethlehem Steel’s Mr. Johnson will accompany him.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
Braddock
Germany
Schwab
Johnson
Bethlehem Steel Company
Historic House At Elm And Prince Damaged By Fire
New York dated Aug 16 reports a three story and attic house at Elm and Prince streets partly destroyed by fire. The blaze began in a rag store in the basement. The building once housed the death of President Monroe on July 4 1881 and a bronze tablet commemorating his passing had been recently installed on the facade.
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New York
Elm and
Prince Streets
Monroe
James Monroe
British Fleet for the Baltic sails from Spithead
The British channel squadron of eleven battleships eight cruisers and torpedo-boat flotilla under Sir Arthur Wilson sailed from Spithead for the Baltic. The cruisers will visit Youiden Gran Deep Swinemunde and Neufahrwasser during the cruise.
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Baltic
London
Sir Arthur Wilson
Spithead
Baltic Sea
Youiden
Gran Deep
Swinemunde
Neufahrwasser
Perham Sends Transcript in Telegraphers Strike Case
President Perham of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers sent a transcript of the case concerning the striking Northern Pacific and Great Northern railway telegraphers to President J J Hill of the Great Northern. No request for an answer was made.
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Perham
St. Paul, Minn
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railway
J. J. Hill
Great Northern
Typothetae President Talks Eight Hour Day Plan
In Toronto on August 16 President Ellis of the United Typothetae told a union committee that employers consent to an eight hour day would mean a January strike if not reached. He said preparations for such a strike would proceed if terms fail.
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Toronto
Ont
Ellis
United Typothetae
Typographical Union
Equitable Building Hosts Trustees and Lawyers' Club
The Equitable building on Broadway houses the general offices of Equitable Life Assurance society. Trustees Grégor Cleveland George Westinghouse and Morgan J. O'Brien meet in the committee room. The Lawyers' club uses the building and its library of extensive law books.
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Equitable
Broadway
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Grégor Cleveland
George Westinghouse
Morgan J. O'Brien
Lawyers’ Club
Equitable Society
Metropolis
Yellow fever inquiry reaches Crawfordsville Indiana
In Crawfordsville Indiana a Mississippi man with yellow fever symptoms is examined by Dr A W Brayton after local doctors refused to treat him. State health officials note the case as yellow fever and escalate expert involvement. New Orleans reports improved yellow fever conditions with 62 new cases and 172 total deaths for the period, as Dr John Guiteras visits to assess the campaign and Mosquito theory acceptance grows.
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Indianapolis
Ind
A. W. Brayton
Crawfordsville
Faroe, Miss
B. H. Hutchings
New Orleans
Marine Hospital
Guiteras
John Guiteras
Havana
Marine Hospital Service
Prophetess of Evil in Indianapolis Predicts Marion Disaster
In Indianapolis on August 16, Mrs. Viola Pownell, labeled a prophetess, claims a disaster will strike Marion and attracts many followers leaving the city. She previously predicted a moral cleanup that led to the closing of forty saloons and pool rooms and the departure of gamblers, though she offers no timing or form for the disaster.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Marion
Viola Pownell
Memeraire and Temeraire win Canada cup races
In Charlotte and New York dated Aug 16 reports show Memeraire won the Canada cup race in light air while Temeraire prevailed in the following day’s race. Analysts say wind favors differing yachts with Iroquois in light breeze and Temeraire in stronger wind, shaping cup prospects. Separately, legal action mounts over Jacob Rogers estate valued at $6 million with heirs contesting ownership and profits, as Mrs. Virginian Heinsch sues in Paterson, New Jersey.
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Charlotte
N. Y
Memeraire
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jacob 8
Rogers
Virginian Heinsch
Paterson
N. J
Jacob S. Rogers
Bomb for La Follette Exposed on Michigan Beach
Muskegon Aug 16 a farmer Ortn Steinhoff found a white box on the Silver Lake beach addressed to Governor La Follette Madison Wis care of Executive Mansion Inside a sawdust packed device a lead pipe and a two foot fuse detonated when he burned brush causing a massive explosion and a deep crater Steinhoff warned a nearby crowd would have died if closer.
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Muskegon
Miel
Ortn Steinhof
Qeenna County
Steinhoff
Unrest in Osuna Andalusia Amid Armed Workmen
A commission reports 5000 workers with rifles roaming rural Osuna, Spain. Municipal authorities deny responsibility as jails overflow with innocents surrendering to police for shelter and food. Charities are exhausted and government action is awaited. Blobbs Burgins remarks about his wife as a model.
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Seville
Spain
Osuna
Andalusia
Blobbs
Burgins
Philadelphia Record
Markets Report Chicago Dates 1905 1906 Prices and Receipts
Chicago markets show mixed receipts and prices across cattle hogs sheep and lambs. Official yesterday receipts near 20300 and shipments 4419 with today’s estimated 30000, markets slow and mostly down from yesterday’s levels. Cattle weak hogs lower and sheep and lambs steady to higher across regions and classes.
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Chicago
Negotiations Near Crisis in World Peace Talks
London reports the Allied and Russian delegates inch toward a breakdown as two more articles are settled. Article 4 on open trade and anti corruption passes unanimously while Article 6 grants Russian lease terms. Sakhalin remains postponed awaiting a broader accord amid fears of a collapse in the conference.
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Portsmouth
China
Linotung Peninsula
Ebort Arthur
Jiiny
Eliott
Sakhalin
Progress on Korea and Manchuria treaties summarized
A 临 detailed resume outlines five adopted articles and seven remaining ones in Russia’s concessions across Korea and Manchuria. It covers Japan’s influence in Korea, evacuation of Manchuria, sovereignty restoration for China, open door principle, and surrender of leases to Port Arthur and related islands. Remaining items include Sakhalin, railway cessions, fishing rights, naval limits, and interned warships.
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Korea
Manchuria
Amur
Harbin
Vindivostok
Japan
Russia
China
Liaotung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Blonde
Elliott Islands
Sakhalin
Siberian
Vladivostok
Lering Sea
Far East
Far Eastern
Bridge Workers Go on Strike in Cleveland
Advice from the International Iron Workers headquarters says all men of the American Bridge company joined a strike in line with four unions in New Haven and an action issued last Thursday.
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Cleveland
International Iron of Structural Iron and Brishers
Neave
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White
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Chicago Board of Trade
O. Nts
Eree
Daily Telegram
Tokio
Kameratha
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