The Week in Briefs and World Notes
A disquieting Mexico report claims Britain seized Clarion Island near Colima for a coaling station, but lacks confirmation. The St Louis cut a Southampton run by three hours, proving U S shipbuilding prowess. Cuba’s home rule struggle garners global sympathy as Spain faces opposition. Kruger orders Dutch instruction rights for Uitlanders in Transvaal schools. A slang trend rises in contemporary fiction with a line about Katy's beads. Italian press cites New Orleans lynchings and urges European powers to address foreigners in America.
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Colima
New Orleans
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Delay in Durrant Case Transcript Rocks Appeal
News from San Francisco shows the Theodore Durrant murder case stalled as 2,421 transcript pages are printed on appeal. If the three volumes fail, defense lawyers plan further devices to push the case into the next century.
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Neswesis
Theodore Durrant
San Francisco
War weariness among Cuban supporters in New York
Wealthy Cubans in New York who backed the junta seek an honorable end to the war, frustrated by lack of U S backing after Cleveland's proclamation. Ageeeman in South Africa explains the Matabele uprising, noting large cattle seizures by the British South Africa Co. and a clash of right versus power.
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New York City
United States
Cleveland
Ageeeman
South Africa
British South Africa Co
Dover single tax advocates jailed on obstruction charge
Seventeen men in Dover Delaware were arrested fined and jailed on a technical obstruction charge but prosecutors say the arrests target advocacy of the single tax doctrine. The county clerk reportedly advertised for bids to hire these prisoners along with others arrested for vagrancy and petty offenses. Kate Field’s body lies unclaimed in Honolulu with no replies to consular notices. her death letters were directed to U S friends.
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Dover
Del
Kate Field
Honolulu
United States
Consul Mills
Morfue
Bicycle and crime in the age of progress
Soxxone argues the bicycle aids crime by speed and leaving no trail yet claims it may aid justice too. The piece notes society benefits from revolvers and crime will persist, suggesting officers on bicycles might better catch wheelmen as progress complicates crime and law enforcement.
Canadian survey claims Alaskan mineral strip possession
Capt. William Moore reports that Canadian authorities allegedly seized a rich Alaskan placer mining strip without British survey consent. He cites a survey party led by Prof. Ogilbee, acting on their report to justify occupation and a sniping tax from miners.
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William Moore
Ogilbee
Tur York county Democratic convention backs Bryan and Sewall
The Tur York county Democratic convention endorsed the Chicago platform and the nomination of Bryan and Sewall, with a resolution urging reconvening the state convention to revise the state ticket. Sound money Wisconsin Democrats plan a Milwaukee state convention on the 26th with over a thousand gold delegates expected.
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Sewall
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Franz Josef Land
Polar Sea
New Siberian Islands
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Maj
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Canton
Massillon
Maine
W. L Mesick
Antrim
James W. Por
National Republican Protective Association
Albert Nelson Prentiss
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Fireworks tragedy and natural disasters hit varied places
The report notes a premature bomb explosion during a Rennes display in the presence of President Faure killing a girl and injuring five. It also mentions a severe electrical storm in Prussin RGH Pennsylvania drowning five in Pine Creek, Kalamazoo factory fires totaling 75 000 loss, and a large Manhattan house fire. Floods in India devastate Kistna river towns with massive property damage and homelessness. A boat sinking near Tatara drowns two hundred, and a breach seven miles long floods the Hyderabad railway.
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Thk
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Kalamazoo
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Kistna
India
Tatara
Nizam Or
Hyderabad
Lake Michigan Car Ferry cuts freight rates for convention travelers
On the 13th the Lake Michigan Car Ferry Co in connection with the Soo line cut freight rates by two cents on first class and one cent on lower classes. A one fare round trip ticket for the National Democratic party convention in Indianapolis is set for sale Aug 29 to Sept 1 and valid for return until Sept 17. Also reported is a bicycle record attempt from Providence to San Francisco by Albert Place and Walter Whipple, and statements from the tug Dauntless owner and agents distancing from a filibustering scheme. The Krug Jorgensen rifle is found at fault after a two year trial. rear sight misadjustment could cause bullets to strike the dummy’s left ear.
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Soo Line
National Democratic Party
Indianapolis
Albert Place
Walter Whipple
Providence
R. L
New England
San Francisco
Dauntless
Brunswick
Coney & Parker
New York
Florida
Indiana bicycle works shutdown after election
The Indianapolis plant, the world’s largest bicycle maker employing 1,500 at full capacity, closes until after the election. President Charles F. Smith cites future uncertainty and $500,000 tied in as the reason, delaying further stock investment.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles F. Smith
Merchant Killed By an Officer in Illinois News
Wealthy Sheffield merchant Thomas O'Brien dies after handcuff struggle with Officer Oliver George in Annawan. A chair carried as he fled leads to a fatal blow and a police gunshot. Also reports storm damage, a bank suspension, harvest home in Yates City, and local obituaries.
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Sheffield
Bureau County
Annawan
Oliver George
George
O’brien
O'Brien
Yates City
Knox
Himer Goshen
Farmington
W. T. Smith
J. D. Walsh
Galesburg
Weasel Movements Stir Brunswick Coast Watching Warship
A Savannah Morning News dispatch from Brunswick Ga reports a possible Spanish gunboat or American warship patrolling the Brunswick customs district near St Simons Island. Onlookers viewed a large vessel believed to be the Alfonso lingering near the harbor as excitement rose over its unknown location and the fate of the Daboy sound expedition.
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Deadly cyclone sweeps Perry county Alabama
News reports a deadly cyclone in Perry county Ala on Thursday killing twelve Black men and three white men with many injured. The storm struck Augustine and caused trees to topple and houses to shake. Death toll may rise as more reports come in from inland areas.
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Stfect Baptist
Marengo
Jason Marks
Mosine
Ala
Perry County
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Baron Fava Intervenes Over Louisiana Lynching
Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador, visited the U S State Department in Washington to discuss the Louisiana lynching of three Italians last Saturday. He cited a partial report from Consul Papina in New Orleans and asserted the victims were Italian subjects. No Louisiana governor statement had arrived. Fava will stay in Washington pending a conclusion.
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Louisiana
Barco Fava
Balloonist Jacobs Dies After Parachute Failure In Alabama
Frank Jacobs of Cincinnati, a balloonist with Andrews & Showers circus, died after his parachute failed during a race at Baldwin Park Baldwin, Alabama. His balloon burst at 150 feet, he fell feet first, and died within thirty minutes. His wife and child were among the 2000 spectators. Another balloonist, Prof. G Borsen, died in Datuas, Texas, when his parachute tangled in a tree and his neck broke upon impact.
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Elliott County
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Witt Brothers
Frank Jacobs
Cincinnati
Quincy
Ill
Dallas
Tex
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New York City
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Ont
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Detria.s. Parnell
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Pennland
England
Bowmanville
A. Pettie
Miss Darsch
Andrews & Showers Circus
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Jacobs
Ed. Dudley
Datuas
G. ‘Borsen
Oak Chit College
Fire Destroys Large Oil Tank In Lima Area
A Lima report to the Press from Cleveland notes lightning struck a 36 000 barrel Standard Oil tank three miles south of town. Fire spread to three more tanks as 300 workers piled embankments and cannons discharged to relieve pressure. Smoke darkened the sky. damage listed at 975 000 with fire now under control.
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Lima
Kemper Farm
Here
Standard Oil Co
Standard
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