August 17.2C 1901 .28Saturday.29 August 1901
wins election 2 weeks before voting begins
general leónidas plaza declared winner in elections president of ecuador, 2 weeks before scheduled august 31 election day.
the crew of general slocum, steanship destroyed in 1904 in new york city s worst disaster of 20th century, fought off attempt passengers seize control of vessel. ill-fated slocum rented excursions, , carrying party of 9 hundred drunken anarchists paterson, new jersey, when riot broke out. crew of 22 able fight against mob, , steamed pier used boats of new york police department, 17 of instigators arrested.
the u.s. navy sent second gunboat, uss ranger, isthmus of panama.
born:
malcolm macdonald, british secretary of state dominion affairs 1935-1939, , secretary of state colonies, 1938-1940; in lossiemouth (d. 1981)
heðin brú (pen name hans jacob jacobsen), faroese language novelist , translator; in skálavík, faroe islands, denmark (d. 1987)
^ plaza ecuador s president , chicago sunday tribune, august 18, 1901, p6
^ fran capo, myths , mysteries of new york: true stories of unsolved , unexplained (rowman & littlefield, 2011) p160
^ start riot on steamer s deck , chicago sunday tribune, august 18, 1901, p4
^ cite error: named reference aror 9 invoked never defined (see page).
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