Horror on Ohio as City of Golconda disaster claims many
Paducah reports the City of Golconda wreck at Cottonwood bar as seventeen to twenty two dead. The pilot and engineer dispute responsibility while a gale rips the river. Mrs Charles Haydon of Metropolis is the sole woman saved clinging to her child amid the wreckage. Names of the dead include Lizzie Graham Lucy Barnett Trixie Grimes and W A Trogan with other victims from Paducah Smithland Grahamville and Golconda.
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Paenesh
Golconda
Cottonwood ‘Bar
Paducah
A. A. Peck
Charles Graham
Luther Graham
Trixie Grimes
Lucy Barnett
David Adams
Charles Haydon
Metropolis
Tls
Lizzie Graham
Grahamville
Smithland
W. A. Trogan
Ira
Wallace
Lucille
May Fleming
Birdsville
Watts Davis
Livingstone County
Clarence Slayden
Tola
Wallace Bennett
D. Jackson
Will Woods
George Washington
Horace Rondeau
George Landsburg
Why She Sank as Suddenly Captains Judgment Vindicated
In Seattle on August 21 J T Snyder, from Juneau, survived three hours in a raft after the steamer sank following a captain’s refusal to beach. An inquest heard the vessel might have floated longer if a forward watertight compartment had not been opened, killing a stowaway and a sailor.
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Seattle
Wash
J. T. Snyder
Juneau
Farallon
Snyder
Ccaptain
Vacation by Clear Lake offered by Iowa Central Railway
The Iowa Central Railway will sell round trip tickets from Brighton to Clear Lake Iowa from August 1 to 10 at 85.50. Tickets are valid for travel on the sale date and must be used to return by October 31 1901.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Central Railway
Brighton
Test counts and pilot decision on beach landing
The report notes forty two tests as typically correct for judging landing outcomes and suggests the pilot could have reached the beach safely if his plan had been followed, avoiding any loss of life except the stowaway.
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Lished
Marriage Recalls An Attempted Lynching In Kansas City
The August 21 report from Kansas City recalls Vernon Davis and Grace Newton marrying last Friday at ages 20 and 18. The July 10 assault near Nineteenth and Woodland sparked a 2000-strong mob and arrests of two men, Bullhead Holland and Joe Roberts, who were later released after new facts emerged casting doubt on the initial tale.
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Kansas City
Vernon Davis
Grace Newton
Davis
Miss Newton
Troost Park
Holland
Joe Roberts
Newton
Risks His Life For Science
Dr. Louis Knapp a 40 year old St Louis physician leaves his wife and four children to nurse Dong Gong a Chinese leper in quarantine He will live in a three room city built house at quarantine and study leprosy with his patient as his sole companion Five other applicants sought the position
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St. Louis
Louis Knapp
Dong Gong
Detroit Medical College
Knapp
Kenosha Bookkeeper Arrested for Embezzlement and Forgery
J Thompson a 27 year old bookkeeper in Kenosha is jailed on charges of embezzlement and forgery. He allegedly altered checks mailed to Meiselbach’s Milwaukee firms, substituting currency and cashing them. Authorities suspect payroll manipulation and substantial losses returning to thousands.
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Kenosha
Wis
J. Thompson
A. D. Meiselbach
Milwaukee
Thompson
Meiselbach
General Samuel Pearson Sues British Consul for Slander
In New Orleans a suit was filed in U S district court by General Samuel Pearson a Boer government representative alleging slander against Arthur G. Van Sittart British consul. Pearson seeks 20000 dollars damages claiming Van Sittart accused him of complicity in an attempt to sink the British mule ship Mechanician.
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New Orleans
Samuel Pearson
United States District Court
Arthur G. van Sittart
Pearson
van Sittart
Mechanician
Locomotive Test in Kingston Favors United States Engines
In Kingston Jamaica on August 21 a test of English and United States locomotives showed the U S locomotive pulling 126 tons over the line’s heaviest section in seven minutes, beating the English engine which failed to carry the same load and could not make regular time.
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Kingston
Jamaica
United States
Death of Chicago insurer John James Janes at Calumet Club
John James Janes longtime Commercial club secretary and prominent western insurance man died at 10 20 p m Monday at the Calumet club where he had lived since his wife’s death five years ago. The death came as a surprise to friends.
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Chicago
John James Janes
The
Commercial Club
West
Calumet Club
Janes
Freight wreck near Moravia claims multiple injuries and a death
Sharon Aug 21 A Pittsburg and Western freight wreck near Moravia left Fireman Philip Powell Canton Ohio dead Brakeman W S McCurdy likely fatally hurt and Engineer Hillard Bennett seriously hurt
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Sharon
Pittsburg and Western
Moravia
Philip Powell
Canton
McCurdy
Hillard
Bennett
Prospector Finds 7-Foot Coal Vein in Falls Township
Mason City Iowa August 21 The Southern Iowa Prospecting company reports a seven foot coal vein at Falls township depth 160 feet after two months of county prospecting.
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Mason City
Southern Iowa Prospecting Company
Falls Township
MacArthur Accepts Milwaukee Reception Date
Major General Arthur MacArthur wired from San Francisco his acceptance of Milwaukee citizens reception. The date set for the event is August 29 in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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MacArthur
Milwaukee
Wis
Arthur MacArthur
San Francisco
Flood Damages Top York County Losses in Storm
York Pa August 21 floods from Monday rain caused destruction estimated over 100000 dollars in York County. Damages attributed to a torrent of rain swamped roads and properties across the region.
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York
York County
Explosion Victim Dies in Fort Riley Gun Cartridge Blast
Private Mackey Sykes dies from injuries suffered in the Monday cartridge explosion at Fort Riley Kansas. The death raises the toll to three as investigators assess the blast.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Mackey Sykes
Battleship Towa Sails for Panama
The battleship Towa departed San Francisco yesterday afternoon bound for Panama. The move reflects naval operations with the vessel sailing from the Pacific coast to the central American theater.
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Panama
San Francisco
Towa
Candidate line for county treasurer nomination
A candidate declares run for county treasurer subject to action of the Republican convention of Washington County. Swisuer is the signer with address 29-126 FE.
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Washington County
FE. W. Swisuer
Rest at Clear Lake Iowa by rail and lake fun
Enjoy rest at Clear Lake Iowa with fishing sailing and bathing in your heart’s content. Low tourist rates via Iowa Central Railway. Ask the ticket agent for particulars and a booklet.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Central Railway
World Wide Reputation Remedy Ad
The advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy praised as safe pleasant and effective with sales through Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook & Sherman.
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Chamberlain’s
Stewart's Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Strife in Steel District as Women Figure in Strike
Pittsburg August 21. After a lull in the steel strike the managers moved to restart idle mills at Clark and plan more openings at Lindsay & McCutcheon and others. Strikers report Mrs. Fred Baugh escorts strike-breakers, a point of tension amid the dispute.
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Pittsburg
Clark
Lindsay & McCutcheon
Fred Baugh
Knox Denies Knowledge of U S Steel Details in Letter
Attorney General Knox replies to the American Anti-Trust League and District Assembly 66 Knights of Labor, saying he has no facts or papers on United States Steel Corporation or Carnegie, and has never been officially connected to them. He notes information could be obtained by direct inquiry and questions the propriety of open-letter requests.
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Washington
Knox
American Anti-Trust League
District Assembly
Knights of Labor
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Company
Schwab
Big
Steel Corporation
Journal office uses cords of wood for subscription
The Journal office will apply a few cords of wood toward subscriptions as part of a local arrangement. This notice outlines a barter or support measure tied to delivering or sustaining subscription access.
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Journal
Guaranteed Kidney Cure Sale Ad
The advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure as a guaranteed remedy. It claims a refund if not satisfied after one bottle and prices the product at 50 cents with drugstore availability.
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Smith
Federal duty to enforce statutes against private complaints
The department claims its role is to enforce federal statutes as interpreted by the courts where there is probable cause of violation. It notes conflicts of interest and states it was not created to provide information to private plaintiffs.
Mob Swarms Pierce City Missouri in Lynchings
For fifteen hours a white mob terrorized Pierce City driving out black residents after the murder of Miss Gagelle Wild. Will Godley was lynched, Pete Hampton killed, homes burned, and militia rifles used to eject dozens of African Americans. Some suspects connected to the crime were detained in Tulsa and Springfield while the town faces an exodus of Black residents.
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Pierce City
Will Godley
Gagelle Wild
French Godley
Pete Hampton
Commpany
Starks
Tulsa
I. T
Tle
Joe Lark
Springfield
Eugene Barrett
Carter
Lark
Ruily
Sells Declines Democratic Governor Nomination
Des Moines Aug. 21 Cato Sells stated he will not accept the Democratic nomination for governor. He had earlier said he was not a candidate but friends urged he might accept. He issued a firm ultimatum not to permit his name to be used. Democrats gather for the convention as Second district leaders oppose the Kansas City platform.
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Des Moines
Cato Sells
Sells
Kansas City
John S. Murphy
Dubuque
Ohio
Baseball Scores From National League and American League List News
Baseball results from Chicago dated Aug 21 show NL games including Pittsburg 14 over St Louis 2 at St Louis and Brooklyn 8 Philadelphia 2 in the second game after Brooklyn 4 Philadelphia 1. extra innings in New York over Boston. AL action features Boston 6 Milwaukee 0, Chicago 9 Washington 8, Baltimore 5 Detroit 2, and Philadelphia 38 Cleveland. Western Association games report Wheeling 9 Grand Rapids 8 and Toledo 8 Dayton 1.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Western Association
Wheeling
Grand Rapids
Toledo
Dayton
Fort Wayne
Matthews
Prohibition Tax Hits Coffee In Puerto Rico Ports
San Juan and Arecibo join Mayaguez in imposing five cent per pound duties on foreign grown coffee. Merchants monitor importers and fear open trade as boycotts threaten any violator.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Arecibo
Mayaguez
Steel strike update shows mixed plant status in Joliet
Joliet Ill Aug 21 there is no change in the steel strike situation. The American Steel and Wire company plants are all at work and will be kept running if rods can be obtained. The Pressed Steel Car company plant closed yesterday indefinitely due to workers refusing to resume on a price schedule.
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Schwab
Painter
Monessen Mills
Mcixeesport
Wheeling
Newcastle
Bellaire
Veryl Preston
Steel Corporation
Carnegie
Duquesne
Amalgamated Association
Pennsylvania
Continental
National Tube Company
Shaffer
Frederick von Luxberg
Monessen
Lindsay & McCutcheon
Joliet, Ill
American Steel and Wire Company
Pressed Steel Car Company
Breaux Bridge Man Napoleon Gucheveau Dies at 123
Napoleon Pierre Gucheveau born in France in 1778 dies in Breaux Bridge Louisiana at age 123. He moved to New York at 65, then returned to Breaux Bridge where he married and lived a quiet life, famed for reading newspapers without glasses.
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Breaux Bridge
Napoleon Pierre Gucheveau
France
New York
Law ton Monument Commission Reaches Near 5000 Total
The Law ton monument commission met in the governor's office. Since the previous meeting, $350 more has been subscribed, raising the total to nearly $5,000, plus bronze metal from cannons captured in the Philippines by General Law ton's forces.
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Indianapolis
Lawton
Philippines
Queen Alexandra urges British materials for coronation dresses
Queen Alexandra writes that ladies attending the coronation should use British manufacture or British workwoman embroidered textiles. The note appears in a London dispatch dated August 21. The item also mentions a shoe shine parlor at Hotel Colenso run by Dave Keltner.
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London
Alexandra
Hotel
Delightful Breezes At Clear Lake Iowa Resort
At Clear Lake in north western Iowa the summer resort offers great fishing sailing and bathing with extremely low rates for single tourists or groups of five or more Tickets available via agents or Geo S Batty G P and T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Geo. S. Batty
Marshalltown
Barnett Sells Peon oi Gasoline Wagon
Irregular OCR reads indicate Barnett offering a wagon retailing Peon oi and gasoline. Details unclear. Local listings show possible inventory mix and pricing cues.
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Barnett
Case Tests New Game Law Involving Quail Shipments
Des Moines Aug 21. Iowa sportsmen watch a test of a new federal game law as William Wagoner of Vandalia faces charges for shipping quail from Iowa to Chicago. Authorities allege ten quails were sent to a Chicago firm and a quail hex of forty four found in a Chicago iron house traced to him. US commission may file information under the Interstate commerce statute.
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Des Moines
Towa
William Waggoner
Vandalla
Feh
Wagoner
Chicago Commission
Chicago
United States Commission
Wagroner
Bankers Mutual seeks repayment over missing insured funds
In Minneapolis a bank mailed 8000 dollars to the Geraham State Bank at Harvey North Dakota. A section hand allegedly took 3000 dollars from the office after a sack was left open. The insurer paid the claim and sues the railroad for reimbursement. Judge Lochren took the application under advisement.
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St. Paul
Minn
Bankers’ Mutual Casualty Company
Des Moines
Lochren
Minneapolis
Gerhain State Bank
Harvey, N. D
Harvey
Colombian minister in Quiacao denies Venezuela invasion claim
Dr Rico, Colombia's minister to Venezuela, in a Quiacao letter rejects President Castro's invasion assertion. He names Venezuelan General Rangel Garbuas as the chief invader and says he could be aided by a few insurgent Colombians under General Uribe-Uribe.
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Colon
Colombia
Rico
Venezuela
Quiacao
Castro
Rangel Garbuas
Uribe-Uribe
Largest pearl found in Illinois in a clam by boy
A boy in Rock Falls found the largest pearl ever recorded in Illinois Saturday in Elkhorn creek. The nearly round gem, about the size of a hickory nut and weighing 12 grains, has a fair luster and a soft spot. Jewelers offer $1,400 for the pearl.
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Rock Falls
Hiinois
Elkhorn Creek
Creider
Sir Ernest Satow Warns on Chu Chau Massacre Decrees
A Times dispatch from Woking dated Aug 10 reports Sir Ernest Satow informing Chinese peace plenipotentiaries that Britain may reconsider British troop withdrawal if the decrees punishing the Chu Chau massacre authors are not carried out.
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London
Ernest Satow
Times
Woking
Chu- Chau
Great Britain
Market Report. Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices Mixed Across Regions
Estimated hog receipts 25 000 with bids from 3 25 to 6 22 for various weights. Cattle receipts 6 000 with steers at 5 85 to 6 35 and cows 1 50 to 4 60. bulls and oxen 2 50 to 4 50. Sheep and lambs receipts 17 000 with western lambs 3 40 to 5 25 and native lambs 3 00 to 5 20. East Buffalo N Y buyers and St Louis and Milwaukee quotations listed for hogs cattle and grains.
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Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Chicago
Board of Trade
Panama reports calm as Venezuela Colombia tensions fade
The Ortamada arrives from Colon reporting no battles or revolts at the isthmus. Panama railroad officials and U S consul in Managua say reports of conflict are exaggerated and US naval presence is precautionary. Consul Donaldson notes Nicaragua at peace under Zelaya and US protector role.
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Ortmada
Colon
Venezuela
Colombia
Captar Smith
Isthmus
J. R. Shaler
Panama Railroad
Orizaba
United States
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Ife
Lost Chicora wreck tale swirls near St. Joseph
Captain R J Gordon of the steamer Gordon reports a possible wreck twelve miles from St. Joseph on the South Haven course. He sees a stationary spar that to him resembles part of the Chicora which vanished six years ago, with a reward offered if confirmed.
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St. Joseph
Mich
R. J. Gordon
Gordon
Lake Michigan
St. Joseph South Haven
South Haven
G. & M Company
Fire destroys Powers Lake hotel in Wisconsin incident
A blaze at Powers Lake, a western Kenosha county resort, destroyed the hotel and outbuildings after midnight. Chicago guests fled in night clothes as incendiary suspicion looms. losses reach about 10 000 dollars with partial insurance coverage.
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Kenosha
Wis
Joliet Merchant and Music Prodigy Reported Missing
Joliet Aug. 21 Arthur Shreffler a prominent merchant and Frances Asche a 15 year old musical prodigy have disappeared Warrants issued for Shreffler on kidnapping charges with the couple’s whereabouts unknown The case has created a sensation in Joliet.
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Joliet
Arthur Shreffler
Frances Asche
Shreffler
Vacation to Clear Lake Iowa Offers Cool Hotels
Travel note suggests visiting Clear Lake Iowa for cool weather with good hotels and amusements. The Iowa Central Route advertises low round trip rates and directs readers to ask ticket agents for details or to contact Geo. 8S. Batty at G. P. & T. A. in Marshalltown Iowa.
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Clear Lake
Lowa
Iowa
Kemble Flower Co. Ad Highlights Express Charges
Local ad from Kemble Flower Co of Oskaloosa Iowa urges direct orders to save on express charges and promote their flowers.
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Kemble
Kemble Flower Co
Oskaloosa, Lowa
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