United States Gunboat Machias Arrives in Colon Aug 28
The gunboat Machias reaches Colon as the Ranger arrives at Acapulco. A Chilean cruiser is ordered to Guayaquil and likely to Panama while U S forces may intervene if trouble erupts on the Isthmus. Rebels in Colombia's Liberals grow more dangerous near Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombia
Colon
United States
Machias
Vineta
Ministro Centeno
Guayaiquil
Panama
Bocas del Torre
Ranger
Acapulco
Washington, D. C
San Diego
Cal
Mexico
Columbia
Kingston
Jamaica
Venezuela
Ecuador
Icaragua
Castro
Nicaragua
Adinistration
Polish Agitation Found in Berlin Postal Cards
Public evidence shows an extensive Polish agitation revival uncovered by imperial post office authorities. Card messages proclaim Poland is not yet lost and depict allegorical images of independence. The post office will exclude such materials from mail as government agencies cannot be used for seditious purposes.
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Berlin
Imperial Post Office
Poland
Post Office Department
Sweden Faces Socialist Push as Mining Firm Struggles
Stockholm reports the imperialistic mood drives Sweden toward socialism. The Gallsvare Mining Co seeks funds after starting work in Lapland iron fields. the government may run the mines itself. To shield against foreign capital, Sweden builds railways and tightens development controls.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gelllsvare Mining Company
Lapland
Transvaal
Lusitania Sunk After Collision Off Casquet Rocks
The German steamer Lusitania, 984 tons, built in 1881 and owned by A. C. De Freitas & Co., sank within an hour after a collision with the Spanish steamer Amboto off the Casquet rocks. Four crew members drowned. twenty one men were rescued. The Amboto, commanded by Capt. Munitz, had arrived in Havre from New Orleans and Norfolk.
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Lusitania
Havre
Amboto
Munitz
New Orleans
Norfolk
Hamburg
Mediterranean
Casquet Rocks
A. C. de Freitas & Co
Land
Ibuilt
Prince Chuns Illness Delays Chinese Mission To Berlin
A Basel dispatch reports Prince Chun brother of the Chinese emperor delaying his Berlin trip as fresh complications arise over the Pekin settlement protocol. The mission had traveled from Basel to apologize for the assassination of Baron von Ketteler in Pekin.
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Prince Chun
Tjessa
Rome
of China
Basel
Switzerland
Hiis
Berlin
Baron von Ketteler
Pekin
Kitchener Dispatch Reports Capture Near Ladybrand
A Pretoria dispatch says three officers and sixty five men sent north of Ladybrand were surrounded on unfavorable ground by a superior force on August 22. One soldier died and four were wounded. The prisoners were released, and the affair is described as held in equity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Ladybrand
Orange River Colony
Elliott
Colaimma
American Girl Engagement Declared With France Visit
Constantinople reports Miss Hazel's engagement announced on August 28 following a trip to France. The notice notes the proposal and upcoming wedding plans, reflecting a social cross cultural match in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Constantinople
Miss Hazel
Prince Ghika and Misa Singer Affair in Constantinople
The Roumanian minister to Turkey and his son Prince Ghika are involved with Misa Singer who arrived in Constantinople from America to meet the United States minister Leishman. Parents delayed consent until a face to face interview could occur in Constantinople. Mr Singer built his fortune in wheat dealings in America.
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Singer
Prince Ghika
Turkey
Misa’ Singer
Constantinople
America
United States
Leishman
Sultan agrees to indemnities over quay rights in Constantinople
The sultan will pay 700 000 francs to the Quays company for interference with rights and 600 000 francs to a Frenchman for seized lands. The Quays company renounces for a year the concession clause on transferring the quays to Turkey, likely to save appearances for the sultan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Quays Company
Turkey
Roblin Faces Mills Over $16,000 Cattle Theft Charge
In Winnipeg at the police court Premier R. P. Roblin charged partner D. W. Mills with the theft of sixteen thousand dollars tied to a cattle business. The case centers on alleged misappropriation within the partnership.
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Winnipeg
Man
R. P. Roblin
Manitoba
D. W. Mills
Riots Kill 12 in Huziatin Galicia August riot toll
In Huziatin Galicia during election riots today twelve people were killed and seventeen injured. Details from Lemberg say the unrest erupted amid political tensions and clashes across the city.
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Lemberg
Galcia
Huziatin
Galicia
Desperado Dick Burrell Killed in Brownstown Drug Store
Seymour Indiana August 28 Dick Burrell a noted outlaw was shot and killed at 7 10 pm in Orlean Emerson s Brownstown drug store Three shots hit Burrell in the head a man with a long criminal record including two murders and many confrontations Burrell once rode through town shooting to frighten residents He survived a lung wound from a fight with his nephew two years earlier tracing his outlawry to the Reno gang of 1868 underlying the county's dark days.
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Seymour
Ind
Dick Burrell
Orlean Emerson
Brownstown
Burrell
Charles Burrell
Reno
This
Butchers Wife and Self in Chicago Slaying
Nicholas Rieblinger killed his wife and then himself with a razor after failing to support her and persuade her to return. Both died minutes later. Mrs Rieblinger died en route to Providence Hospital and her husband followed shortly after. Rieblinger, a laborer, had little work recently while his wife supported them by washing.
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Chicago
Nicholas Rieblinger
Rieblinger
Provident Hospital
Baby Slain in Mother's Arma Fight in Indiana
In Terre Haute on August 28 miners John Rhodes and James Harrison fought for about 30 minutes. Mrs. Thomas Jones stood between them with a year-old baby when Rhodes, unaware, struck Harrison and fatally crushed the infant's skull. Rhodes escaped but is reported to be returning to Seeleyville for arrest.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Rhodes
James Harrison
Seeleyville
Thomas Jones
Rhodes
Harrison
Lynchers Likely to Escape After Black Man Burned
Nashville Aug 23 mob leaders who burned Henry Knowles, a Black man, near Winchester Tenn yesterday are known to Franklin county residents but will likely avoid prosecution. The mob included many law officers and prominent citizens, and a grand jury cannot be secured to return true bills.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry Knowles
Winchester
Franklin County
Maguire Named Democratic Mayor Candidate in Indianapolis
Indianapolis Democrats nominated Charles Maguire for mayor in the first primaries under the new law. He defeated William Moore. August Tamm was chosen for city clerk and Edward Tuttle for police judge. Maguire serves on the board of public safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Maguire
Ind
Charles Maguire
William Moore
Board of Public Safety
August Tamm
Edward Tuttle
Four Die As Girders Collapse At Columbia Bridge
An accident during construction of the Southern railway bridge over the Congaree river in Columbia, South Carolina, killed four workers. One man died later, with two others fatally and severely injured after two fourteen ton girders fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
The
Southern Railway
Congaree River
Wealthy Manufacturer Levi L Brown Dies in Adams
Levi L Brown of Adams dies after a brief illness. He was among Berkshire county's wealthiest manufacturers and organized the firm Brown Wood Kingman with interests in New York Philadelphia and Chicago.
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Adams
Mass
Levi Lh Brown
Berkshire County
Brown, Wood & Kingman
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Preacher Warns Against Prize Fighting in Savannah
The Rev Bascom Anthony of Trinity Methodist Church says he would rather be a John L Sullivan than a dude yet prize fighting in Savannah must stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Bascom Anthony
Trinity Methodist Church
John L. Sullivan
Bridge Collapse in Sault Ste Marie Injures Three
Workmen shifting a temporary bridge over the water power canal at Sault Ste Marie Mich Caused the structure to plunge thirty feet. Ross S Whalen his son and Kenneth MacLay sustained serious injuries while Daniel Daly a nearby farmer died in a separate runaway accident near Valparaiso.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Ross S. Whalen
Son
Kenneth MacLay
Daniel Daly
Valparaiso
Open Air Camps for Consumptives Proposed by Boston Scientist
Boston scientist plans open air camps to treat tuberculosis. Camps use ten tents in a circle with central fire and duck walls, sleepers shielded by blankets and hot water. Diet includes milk eggs vegetables and meat and aims to halt disease progression through fresh air and harsh living conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Huntington Avenue
Carrie Nation Performs on Philadelphia Vaudeville Stage
Carrie Nation arrived from the West and debuted at the Grand Opera House in Philadelphia. She addressed a large audience urging public action to wipe out saloons and spoke on women's roles in society.
Anti German sentiment grows in Russia and Poland
The Times correspondent from St. Petersburg reports rising anti German feeling across Russia after Germany unveils a new tariff. The sentiment is especially strong in Poland where Teutonic and Slav groups already clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russia
St. Petersburg
The
Times
Poland
Mob Seeks Negro's Life In Fort Smith Jail
A mob swarms the Fort Smith Arkansas jail with intent to lynch Louis Smith a black man held on charges of attacking a 7 year old girl daughter of a railroad employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Louis Smith
Harahan Denies Offer of Southern Pacific Presidency
New York Aug 27 James T Harahan second vice president of the Illinois Central railroad who just returned from Europe rejects a report that he has been offered the presidency of the Southern Pacific railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harahan
New York
James T. Harahan
Ilinois Central Railroad
Europe
Southern Pacific Railroad
Stage Coach Held Up Near Ukiah
Stage coach en route to Mendocino was stopped ten miles from Ukiah at six o clock last evening. The express box was taken and the driver and two passengers robbed. The amount of money stolen was not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah
Cal
Mendocino
Abbey Aldrich to wed John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich and Mrs. Aldrich announce the engagement of their daughter Abbey to John D. Rockefeller Jr. in New York with August 28 noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. VD. Rockefeller, Jr
New York
Nelson W. Aldrich
Abbey
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Farmer Ira Godfrey Dies From Poisoned Liquor Accident
Ira Godfrey a 60 year old farmer died at Bussey Iowa from carbolic acid poisoning after liquor mixed with the bottle broke in his pocket. A Santa Fe extra freight was wrecked by a broken axle near Cedar Point Kansas with brakeman L Ziegler crushed and killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Godfrey
Bussey
Santa Fe
Cedar Point
Emporia
Newton
Kan
L. &. Ziegler
Actress Louise Davenport Dies in Poverty in San Francisco
The widow of actor W. T. Sheridan, known as Louise Davenport, died in a wretched Minna Street lodging. Found by lodger George Bowen around 4 a.m., her death followed heavy alcohol and opium use amid stark squalor and lack of comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
W. T. Sheridan
Louise Davenport
Minna Street
George Bowen
Louise Sheridan
Jack Haverly In Critical Condition In Salt Lake City
Colonel J. H. Haverly famed in minstrelsy is dangerously ill at St. Mark's hospital Salt Lake City from heart trouble His wife has been telegraphed for and is en route from New York He recently moved to Salt Lake City after retiring and has focused on mining activities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack” Haverly
Salt Lake City
Utah
J. H. Haverly
St. Mark’s Hospital
New York
Haverly
Horsemen Reinstated for Kinloch Races
Kinloch track reinstate 550 waiting horses after Western Jockey Club order. General Manager Murphy announced entries will be accepted for today's races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Kinloch
Congress
Murphy
Western Jockey Club
Havana Official Loses $4000 Money Order Packet
Havana on August 28 report says E. C. Westall chief of the money order bureau left the post office with a $4000 surplus remittance in a packet on his seat. After riding an omnibus to the destination the packet disappeared and could not be recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
E. C. Westall
Treasury
Springfield Doctor Reawakens After Five Month Coma
Dr. B F Sheeder of Saline Michigan revives from five months of unconsciousness at his father's home in Springfield Ohio. Doctors say a brain blood clot caused by past grip likely dissolved. He can speak and move limbs and is expected to recover fully soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
B. F. Sheeder
Mich
Explosion at Ott drug store kills clerk in Ashley
While charging soda fountains at George Ott's drug store in Ashley Indiana on August 28 clerk Fred Nicoli mis mixed gas causing an explosion. Fragments of the fountain struck Nicoli on the head killing him and knocked Ott unconscious. Building damage is slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley
Ind
George Ott
Fred Nicoli
Nicoli
Ott
Kill of 15-year-old Mary Keith shocks Poplar Bluff
Luther Baggett, 19, confessed to shooting Mary Keith, 15, at Ash Hill in Poplar Bluff Missouri. He said the act was at the urging of Mrs. James Gilpin. Gilpin, her husband and son were arrested for complicity.
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Poplar
Bluff
Ash Hill
This County
Luther Baggett
Mary Keith
James Gilpin
Difficult Choice for America's Cup Defender Amid Trials
New York Yacht Club members face a hard pick for the defender yacht to meet Shamrock II. debate centers on the Constitution with masthead tweaks to improve windward work while leeward performance and mainsail setup draw scrutiny. The improved Independence entry could complicate final trial results as transfers and club politics shape the choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Dispatch
New York Yacht Club
Duncan
Leeward
Lawson
Cup Defender Selection Yet Uncertain After Trials
The article notes ongoing trials for selecting the cup defender with references to Independence and Columbia racing. It mentions Mr Lawdon and that the final decision may come at the last moment despite trial results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ality
Columbia
Lawdon
Selby to Fight Again as Kid McCoy to Face Hart
Francia Selby alias Kid McCoy plans a comeback to boxing by agreeing to meet Marvin Hart of Louisville. Hart already has a planned bout with Kid Carter, though that match may not occur. If Hart defeats McCoy, the Kentuckian could gain attention. McCoy has been retired but is said to be in better shape than before, and he must make no weight for Hart who fights near 165 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francia Selby
Kid" McCoy
Marvin Hart
Hart
Kid" Carter
McCoy
Denver's New Champion Corbett Beats Broad in Ten Rounds
Denver pro Corbett, a hard-hitting featherweight, defeated Kid Broad in ten rounds to seize the local title. Broad faded in the final round and struggled to his corner as the crowd praised Corbett's performance. Corbett's backers now seek a bout with Terry McGovern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Corbett
Broad
Deuce
Terry McGovern
Sharkey Remains in East and Seeks Jeffries Fight
Tom Sharkey stays in town despite plans to sail for San Francisco to meet Jim Jeffries next month. A San Francisco matchmaker claimed the bout was clinched and money would be wired, but no funds arrived. Sharkey says he is prepared to fight Jeffries or Ruhlin if Jeffries declines, and that both men have victories he can claim a priority shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharkey
East
Tom Sharkey
San Francisco
New York Dispatch
West
Jim Jeffries
Sailor
San Francisco A. C.’3
Sailor Pugilist
Jeffries
Tom
Billy Madden
Ruhlin
Ghamrock Builder Archibald Danny Description
Archibald Danny, noted builder from Sham, is discussed in a feature about local construction trade and regional development. The piece outlines his career, projects, and influence on Sham infrastructure and housing growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghamrock
Archibald Danny
Sham
Rock II Praises Lipton Sailors at Halifax Banquet
Rock II speaking at a Halifax banquet hosted by the Dominion Atlantic Railway directors said Americans praise Sir Thomas Lipton and hoped Lipton would win the cup. He noted Shamrock I improved and believed they could beat the American yacht if Lipton performs well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lipton
Cresceus Sets World Trot Record at Cleveland
Cresceus lowered the world trotter record to 2.02 percent at Cleveland, defeating The Abbot who failed to start due to illness. Cresceus, racing against his own record, achieved a dominant victory for Village Farm and his owner amid adverse conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cresceus
Cleveland
Abbot
Crescens
Ryan Atill Meets Challenge From George Gardner for Middleweight Championship
Tommy Ryan, long thought retired, has resurfaced to challenge George Gardner for the middleweight title. His erratic comebacks and frequent ventures into business and real estate have made him a public mystery, leaving the truth of his current intent unclear.
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Ryan Atill
Tommy Ryan
George Gardner
Ryan
America
Far West
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