Devastating Cyclone Drops Death Toll Across Puerto Rico
San Juan and surrounding towns reel from a powerful hurricane. Ponce reports 500 bodies in improvised morgues and Wil-like destruction floods cisterns. Humacao, Guayama, Cayey and Arroyo suffer heavy losses as four towns are wiped out. Medical aid and food are urgently requested. Montserrat and Guadeloupe also suffer widespread devastation with dozens killed and many homeless.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Ponce
Davis
Humacao
Humuacao
Guayama
Losa
Guayanilla
Guanieca
Yauco
Tallaboa
San Juan de Porto Rico
Washington
War Department
Helief
Tien. Davis
McPherson
New York
Porto Hieco
Weston
Mc Wherson
Montserrat
St. Thomas
British West Indies
la Pointe-a-Pitre
Guadeloupe
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
Loss of Two Vessels in Australian Waters
Details from the steamer Mio nera report two shipwrecks near Australia. The bark Carlisle Castle bound from Liverpool to Fremantle wrecked off Rockingham with 11 drowned. City of Work under Capt. P. H. Jones carried general cargo including 44 000 feet redwood lumber and went ashore at Ros ness Island on July 12 with 11 lives lost.
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Victoria
B.C
Mionera
Carlisle Castle
Liverpool
Freemantle
Rockingham
City of Work
P. H. Jones
Haden
San Francisco
West Australian Shipping Association
Ros
Ness Island
Otis to Remain Philippine Commander Amid Plan for Succession
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Otis will stay in supreme command of the Philippine islands. If Otis seeks relief Maj. Gen. Lawton would take over. High authority states the president and Secretary Root reached this decision after conferences at Lake Champlain. Root disclosed the intent to keep Otis at Manila to Gen. Miles during a lengthy briefing.
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Washington
Otis
Philippine Islands
Lawton
Secretary Root
Lake Champlain
Root
Gen. Otis
Manila
Gen. Miles
Philippine
Explosives Used On Euclid Avenue Car Wreck
On Friday night near Case and Euclid avenues in Cleveland an eastbound streetcar carrying 25 passengers was wrecked by explosives. No injuries occurred though several women jumped to escape and a fire wrecker was summoned.
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Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Case and
Euclid Avenues
MacArthur advances split San Fernando base reshuffled
Manila reports Gen. MacArthur pushing beyond San Fernando with five to six miles gained in early hours and on the railway line two miles either side, with Angeles chosen as northern base while 600 men hold San Fernando. Casualties total 30 to 40 amid ongoing reconnoitering and rebel scatter.
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Manila
MacArthur
San Fernando
Angeles
Pell
Fourth Cavalry
Hall
Calamba
Calulet
Santa Rita
Bacolor
Guagua
Iowa
Seventeenth
Hailstorm Devastates Wheat Across Minnesota and Dakota
A large hailstorm caused massive wheat losses in Minnesota and North Dakota. Two million bushels reportedly lost and droughted crops across about 250000 acres in Minnesota with total damages over 1.9 million dollars. Cass and Traill counties suffered heavy acreage losses and many farms faced total crop destruction. The storm crossed from Erie and Galesburg into Cass Traill Red River region affecting both sides of the border.
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St. Paul
Minn
Fargo
N. D
Cass
Traill
Erie
Galesburg
Cass and
Red River
Minnesota
Pioneer Press
Ada
Dakota
Assassins at Work In Dreyfus Trial Day Incidents
Two men ambushed Maitre Labori, a Dreyfus counsel, wounding him in the back near Rennes as he headed to court. Physicians say Labori may die. Separately Capt. Dreyfus entered the Lycee for a second public session with Gen. Mercier testifying on charges amid heated crowd reaction.
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Rennes
Maitre Labori
Dreyfus
Labori
M. Labori
Lycee
Vilaine
Patoux
Valaine
Mme. Labori
Avenue de la Gare
Gen. Mercier
Germany
France
Mercier
Col. Jouaust
Death of Rev Walter Mannin Harrens Linked to BelmontSloane Marriage
Telegrams from Mackinac Island report the death of Rev Walter Mannin Harrens of Greenwich Conn. Dr Josiah Strong noted that intense criticism over the Belmont Sloane marriage aimed at Harrens affected his health and sleep, likely contributing to his death.
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New York
Josiah Strong
Mackinac Island
Mich
Walter Manhing Larrens
Greenwich
Printing new two dollar silver certificate
The bureau of engraving and printing is preparing a new two dollar silver certificate to replace the existing note. Treasury officials say the design emphasizes artistry and includes features intended to deter counterfeiters.
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Washington
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury Department
Admiral Dewey Bids Naples Farewell for Leghorn
Admiral Dewey closed his Naples visit early Friday sailing for Leghorn after six. He praised fine weather during his stay and noted unprecedented goodwill toward Americans. He observed broader display of the U S flag abroad than ever before.
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Naples
Dewey
Leghorn
United States
Five Negro Children Burned at McKowan Plantation
Five children on McKowan's plantation near Jackson Louisiana were burned to death when their parents left them locked in the house to attend church. Authorities found only charred remains upon returning home.
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Jackson. la
McKowan
Four Firemen Dead Contact With Live Wire in Omaha Blaze
Four Omaha firemen were killed Wednesday night after a blaze at the Mercer Chemical company building on Elev enth and Harney streets. The deaths came from contact with a live electric wire rather than the fire itself.
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Omaha
Neb
Mercer Chemical Company
Eleventh and Harney Streets
Tragic House Fire Claims Martin Family in Marion
Report from Marion Virginia dated August 11 describes a fatal blaze at Thomas Martin’s home near Grasser White County. Martin and three children aged 3 11 and 13 perished in the fire in the James River area.
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Marion
Grasser
White County
Thomas Martin
James
Gerry Denies Bryan Violence Claim in Kentucky
Congress man A S Gerry of Newport telegraphed the Commercial denying he predicted personal violence against William J Bryan should he visit Kentucky to support the Bryan Goebel ticket. He said Bryan could only make enemies by taking part in the canvass. In Columbus, Ohio, the Sabina camp ground report says the Ohio conference of the Methodist Protestant church favored allowing women to represent at the general conference with only one vote against.
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Louisville
A. S. Gerry
Newport
William J. Bryan
Kentucky
ilian&Goebel
Derry
Bryan
Columbus
Sabina Camp
Ohio
Methodist Protestant Church
Death of a Millionaire Slater in Magnolia
Horatio Nelson Slater, a Boston and Webster, Massachusetts millionaire manufacturer, died at his summer home in Magnolia on Saturday afternoon after a brief illness.
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Magnolia
Mass
Horatio Nelson Slater
Boston and
Webster, Mass
Port Rico hurricane death toll rises and aid mobilizes
Reports from Ponce and surrounding towns in Porto Rico indicate 300 bodies buried and up to 2000 drowned as devastation spread. Yabucoa Adjuntas and Humacao suffered widespread ruin while relief efforts and calls for a permanent government policy intensify. Washington officials say the West Indian hurricane is slowing and likely to spend itself.
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Porto Rico
Ponce
Yabucoa
Adjuntas
Humacao
San Juan
Washington
Weather Bureau
United States
Jacksonville
Charleston
Root
War Department
Davis
New York
Army Headquarters
Pacific Street
Brooklyn
McPherson
Weston
Enormous Wage Reduction Hits Cambria Steel Workers
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on August 14 a dramatic wage cut takes effect in Cambria Steel Company structural department. Straighteners will earn about three dollars per day while holdups receive about 1.50 per day. Workers say prior pay was 15 to 16 dollars for straighteners and six to seven dollars for holdups, arguing the heavy beams justify the high rates. A general strike by straighteners and holdups is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Cambria Steel Company
Whaling Season a Failure Reported by Fleet Captains
Advices from the Arctic whaling fleet reach Port Teawnsend aboard the J. M. Coleman reporting a completely failed season. Captains of the Jeanette, Barluk, and Alexander describe the past 20 years' worst voyage.
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Port Teawnsend
Wash
J. M. Coleman
Port Lawrence
Jeanette
Barluk
Alexander
Well Known Actress Lillian Lewis Dies in Farmington
Farmington Minnesota August 14 Lillian Lewis a nationally known actress died here of consumption. Her burial will be at her old home in Pennsylvania.
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Farmington, Minn
Lillian Lewis
Pennsylvania
North Atlantic Squadron Sails From Bar Harbor for Sea Practice
The North Atlantic squadron led by Admiral Sampson aboard the flagship New York and including the Brooklyn Indiana Massachusetts and Texas sailed from Bar Harbor at seven Sunday morning for several days of at sea drills before heading to Newport. Death of an Ohio Pioneer. George Laskey founder of Ohio drainage system dies at 75 after a long career beginning in 1859 as a state senator and drainage advocate.
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Bar Harbor
Admiral Sampson
New York
Brooklyn
Indiana
Massachusetts
Texas
Newport
Ohio
Toledo
George Laskey
Laskey
Heavns
Americans capture San Mateo in Luzon engagement
Reconnaissance under Gen. Samuel Young results in occupation of San Mateo near Manila. American losses total three killed and 13 wounded. Capt. Parker’s and Maj. Cronin’s columns engage Filipino forces. Burt’s colored troops participate. enemy casualties about 23 killed. Lieut. Gilmore and 14 crew captured near Baler report from Vigan.
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Manila
Samuel B. M. Young
San Mateo
San Juan Reservoir
Twenty-first Infantry
Cronin
Rivers
Fourth Cavalry
Parker
Twelfth
New York Volunteer Regiment
Twenty-first
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Col. Burt
Gen. Young
Lieut. Gilmore
United States
Yorktown
Baler
Luzon
Vigan
Ilocos
Gilmore
Denver Soldier Kills Two Police in Mayhem
Denver authorities chase Wellington C Llewellyn a Globe Arizona recruit after he killed Officer Tom Clifford and wounded Officer W E Griffith in a city saloon disturbance. Two companions were captured as a nationwide search and patrols unfold with a reward offered dead or alive.
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Denver
Col
Thirty-fourth Volunteer Infantry
Fort Logan
Louis Klipfel
Market
Twentieth Streets
Tom Clifford
Blake
Clifford
W. E. Griffith
Griffith
Sixteenth Street
Union Depot
Fifteenth Street
Wellington C. Llewellyn
Globe
A. T
French anti semite leagues crackdown widens arrests
Paris reports arrests of M. Paul Deroulede founder of the League of Patriots and other leaders from the Anti Semite and Patriotic leagues. Police seal offices, seize documents, and guard sites while a magisterial inquiry cites a July 1890 plot to seize the government.
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Paris
M. Paul Deroulede
League of Patriots
Chamber of Deputies
Angouleme
Charente
Croissey
Patriotic Leagues
M. Deroulede
Conciergerie
M. Marcel-Habert
Patriotic League
MM. Deroulede
Marcel-Habert
Loubet
Assize
Roget
Elysee Palace
Neuilly Barrack
Cate
M. Fabre
M. Guerin
Anti- Seimite League
Anti
M. Godefroy
Jeunesse Royalists
Saint Lo
Department
Manche
M. le Menuet
Riotous Protestant Anniversary in Londonderry
An excursion party of 400 members from a 98 club arrived from Belfast for the Derry relief anniversary but faced police denial. A nationalist band triggered stone throwing as mobs clashed with police. The riot act was read and the mayor summoned the garrison.
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Londonerry
Derry
James the Second
Belfast
Londonderry
Trade With Denmark Increasing
Washington reports growing U S ties with Denmark as consul Blom notes the Copenhagen bourse posted its exchange rate to the United States on July 7 for the first time and will be posted twice weekly going forward.
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Denmark
Washington
United States
Blom
State Department
Copenhagen
Three Weston and Dodge Daughters Drowned at Bremen
Bremen Maine reports three local girls Mabel Weston 18 Lizzie Weston 15 and Lizzie Dodge 14 daughters of farmers drowned while in a Bremen waterway. The accident occurred August 14 as reported by local residents and authorities are investigating the drowning of the Bremen youths.
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Bremen
Mabel
Lizzie Weston
Lizzie Dodge
Wages of Sin: Reading Man Kills Wife and Quick-Committer
Solomon Quinter shot and killed his wife Annie 45 and her lover Edward H. Skitzmiller 28 in Reading Pennsylvania. He waited hours for a perceived infidelity, fired twice into Annie’s head then turned the gun on Skitzmiller and surrendered to authorities. He was committed to prison.
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Reading
Solomon Quinter
Annie
Edward H. Skitzmiller
Quinter
Ile
Kitzmiller
Cuba in the early republic sights and sounds
The report notes plans for an office building in Havana modeled on American lines. It describes life in Havana and Santiago with literacy shortages, high rail tariffs, and a growing bill posting industry. Skilled labor is scarce and retailers focus on single goods while a department store opportunity is seen for returning travelers.
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Havana
Santiago
War in Philippines to be prosecuted with all possible energy
Secretary of War Root stated after a Plattsburg visit that the war will be pursued vigorously. By October 22 about 46,000 troops will be in or headed to the Philippines, including 13,090 volunteers and 3,500 regulars, with 17 transports sailing from the Pacific coast carrying 17,370 men.
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Plattsburg
Philippines
Root
Hotel Champlain
Washington
Plattsburg Barracks
Twenty-sixth
Col. Rice
McKinley
War Department
Manila
Pacific Coast
Ex Governor Atkinson dies in Newnan at 52
Former Georgia governor W Y Atkinson died at his home in Newnan after a ten day illness. He had served six years in the state house and was speaker for several sessions. He won the 1894 gubernatorial race defeating Gen Clement A Evans.
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Newnan
W. Y. Atkinson
Atkinson
House of Representatives
Clement A. Evans
Cleveland businessmen counter boycott with fund to catch dynamiters
Five hundred Cleveland business leaders met at the chamber of commerce to start a $10,000 fund to identify and prosecute car dynamiters and end the boycott. Within minutes more than $5,000 was subscribed and the balance expected today as over 350 leaders backed measures condemning the boycott and aiding the crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce
Strikervy miners join Nanticoke strike in Susquehanna region
In Wilkes Barre on August 9 1200 Glenn Lyon miners of Susquehanna Coal joined the Nanticoke strikers bringing regional total to 11800 miners out and mines closed. Company official says closures will not affect Schuylkill Shamokin collieries while wage demands rise nationwide. Exeter Babylon and Rystone mines remain out totaling 5500 miners on strike.
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Wilkesbarre
Glenn Lyon
Susquehanna Coal Company
Nanticoke
Schuylkil
Shamokin
Exeter
Babylon
Rystone
Yellow fever quarantine raised as epidemic ends in Newport News
Newport News Virginia reports the yellow fever scare nearly ended. quarantine against Hampton and vicinity was lifted Thursday night while the Norfolk fecal quarantine due to be raised Saturday evening. total cases recorded reach 3 with 11 deaths, 12 discharged as cured, and 20 convalescents in hospitals at the soldiers' home.
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Newport News
Hampton
Norfolk
Soldiers’ Home
Shoes Price Increase Agreed By Manufacturers
Philadelphia Aug 10 The national convention of shoe manufacturers settled on a general advance of ten to twenty five cents in shoe prices. They formed a permanent organization and adjourned claiming the move need not raise consumer prices since retailers will likely absorb the extra cost from their profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
National Convention of Shoe Manufacturers
Upham to Open Isle Royale Lumber Camps
Ex Governor W H Upham of Marshfield Wisconsin plans to put in lumber camps on Isle Royale this winter cutting at least ten million feet and to build a large saw mill there in the spring. Isle Royale is the world's largest freshwater island with dense forests barely touched.
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Minneapolis
Minn
the Times
Houghton
Mich
W. H. Upham
Marshfield
Wis
Isle Royale
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