Fifth Week Opens in Powers Goebel Case in Georgetown
The fifth week of ex-Secretary of State Caleb Powers trial for involvement in Governor Goebel’s death begins. Testimony covers Combs confession details, militia guards at the capitol, and various witnesses including Captain Walcott, John Dozier, and Alexander Trost.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Goebel
R. C. O'Benjamin
Dick” Combs
Combs
Cantrill
O'Benjamin
Commonwealth Attorney
Franklin
Victor H. Bradley
Youtzey
H. E. Smith
Walcott
Frankfort
State Capitol
D. B. Walcott
State
Collier
J. M. Culton
Culton
John I. Dozier
Knox County
Powers
Mountaineer
Alexander Trost
R. Cc. Blandford
Marion County
W. H. Culton
Burton
Breckinridge County
Capitol Hotel
E. B. Bullock
Lexington
Jack Chinn
State House
Stuart Stone
Taylor
Secretary of State
Steve Sharp
Germany's navy hampered by canned meat shortages
A state department report from Hamburg cites scarcity of canned meats hindering Germany's China campaign. Kiel naval authorities must import meat at high prices, with orders for 10,000 pounds of sausage cited. Hamburg sources note ship provisions rely on imported meats. overall need for new sausage plants to supply army and navy domestically.
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Washington
Germany
China
Empire
State Department
United States
Pitcairn
Hamburg
Kiel
Denmark
Spandau
Army
Navy
Five Killed In Arkansas Train Collision
A collision on the St Louis Southwestern Cotton Belt near Aurich Arkansas killed five men and seriously injured two. The crash involved East freight No 54 and passenger No 32 when a switch failed to work, sending the passenger train into the freight caboose. Victims include conductor Frank Sample of Pine Bluff and brakeman Luther Thayer Missouri with two unknown crewmen. Injured are James T Fraser and A Ellis fireman.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
St. Louis Southwestern
Cotton Belt Railroad
Aurich
Here
Frank Sample
Luther
Thayer
James T. Fraser
A. Ellis
East Freight
Countess Requests Police Protection for Italian Consul
Countess Enrica Posewadowski wife of the Italian consul in Chicago asks special police protection for her husband amid threats from anarchists. She cites connections to the Italian government and royal family as reasons for heightened hostility. Chief Ripley promised ample protection.
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Chicago
Enrica Posewadowski
Italy
Ripley
Memorial services planned for King Humbert in Washington
It is likely memorial services will be held in Washington in the coming weeks with the president and cabinet expected to attend. If the U S steamship Candia is in an Italian port on Thursday during Rome of the funeral she will participate by dressing the ship in funeral fashion and firing a salute per naval regulations.
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Washington
Humbert
United States
Candia
China
Rome
Train bearing late king's body leaves Monza for Rome
The funeral train from Monza will be escorted by the Duke of Aosta and the Count of Turin. It departs Wednesday afternoon, halts two minutes in Milan, five in Genoa, one in Pisa, and reaches Rome Thursday morning at 7:20.
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Monza
Aosta
Turin
Milan
Genoa
Pisa
Rome
Buffalo Opens Grand Circuit Meet at Fort Erie Track
About 2000 people crossed the river to attend the Buffalo grand circuit meeting at the Fort Erie track in Ontario. Trotting 2:19 class purse 1200 York Boy won heats 2:14y 2:18% 2:124y. Dillonite won heat 3 in 2:15. Benater K won heat 1 in 2:15y. Pacing 2:15 class purse 1000 Winola won three straight heats 2:11 2:12% 2:15. Trotting 2:19 class purse 1000 Roral ma won three straight heats 2:04 1/84 2:14. Elliott Setah 8 Iris Kate McCracken and Larabie the Great also started.
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Buffalo
Fort Erie
Ont
York Boy
Dillonite
Benater K
Winola
Roralma
Elliott
Setah
Iris
Kate McCracken
Larabie the Great
Government asks Chicago packers for largest meat requisition
Chicago in August reported the government asked packers to supply 2,000,000 pounds of meat in 60 days for American troops in the Philippines. The order was described as the largest requisition issued by the United States government.
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Chicago
Philippines
United States
McKinley Spends Quiet Day at Canton Library
President McKinley remained near the Canton library throughout the day with a brief evening drive. No visitors called at the White House or during the day in Canton.
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Canton
Great Falls water council debates franchise and bonds
Great Falls city council reports water supplies are pure though smelling. They plan large mains and bonds for improvements. Franchises and gas plant issues are debated with motions withdrawn and referrals to the city attorney and committees. A damage claim against the city prompts police committee review.
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Great Falls
Sioners
United States
Little Chicago
Alderman Molt
T. R. Hinds
Hinds
Sullivan
Molt
Wadsworth
Public Improvement Committee
Duncan
H. S. Miller
Artington
Billies
Miller
Police
Allen Schewman
Judiciary Committee
Bonn
Schewman
Council
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Hailed by Women
The text notes that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is known by women as superior to other medicines. It emphasizes the product's reputation and claimed effectiveness as a remedy for various female ailments.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Fire Committee Recommends $750 Jet Purchase for Station
The fire committee recommends buying a jet on the north side for station use at $750. The proposal aims to equip the factory to Mr Schewman and the gas franchise with improved fire protection.
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Schewman
Stevedores Strike Baltimore Union Workers Tie Up Ports
Baltimore stevedores about 2500 strong walked off the job after steamship agents refused to sign a union exclusive hiring agreement. Leaders presented the plan this evening, but agents rejected it. Non union workers remain at work as strikers do not yet clash.
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Baltimore
Sandringham Arrives in New York From Royal Stud
Sandringham, brother of Derby winners Persimmon and Diamond Jubilee, arrived in New York aboard the Marquette. The four year old has not started racing and is insured for 15000 dollars for the voyage. He will be sent to Hamburg Place near Lexington, Kentucky for breeding.
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New York
Sandringham
Persimmon
Diamon Jubilee
Prince of Wales
John Madden
Diamond Jubilee
Royal Stud
Samringham
Mr. Madden
Hamburg Place
Lexington
Volunteer Cyclist Success in Sussex Maneuvers
Major General J F Maurice reports that 40 roads in northern Sussex were held by volunteer cyclist units beginning Saturday with several thousand cyclists. The exercise aimed to check an invading force until British troops could mass near London. The volunteers reportedly repelled the invaders, establishing the superiority of the volunteer cyclist program.
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London
J. F. Maurice
Woolwich
Sussex
Military Road Reaches Interior From Port Valdes
The steamer Bertha arrived at Seattle from Cook Inlet and Copper River reporting Captain Abercrombie has completed 100 miles of military road into the interior from Port Valdes. Two soldiers under his command drowned when a boat capsized at Valdes. A copper strike near Virgin Bay, 20 miles from Valdes, Ore., offers $40 per ton.
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Seattle
Wash
Bertha
Cook Inlet
Copper River
Abercrombie
United States
Interior
Port Valdes
Virgin Bay
Valdes
Insane Murderer Arrested After Mrs Brunton Slaying
In Brandenburg Kentucky on August 6 the mutilated body of widow Annie Brunton was found on Cedar Grove Road. Blood on her nephew Jesse Durham's finger led to his arrest and conviction for the murder. Durham, 27, recently released from an asylum, confessed after being hurried to Louisville amid threats of lynching. He killed Mrs Brunton with a hickory club as they returned from a church wedding.
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Brandenburg
Annie Brunton
Cedar Grove
Rainbow wins Commodore's Cup in New York Yacht Club race
The 70 foot sloop Rainbow owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt won the commodore's cup for sloops on a 2 mile Long Island Sound course. She defeated August Belmont's Mineola and Harry Payne Whitney's Yankee. The Quizetta won the schooners cup and the Syce likely took the overall sloops cup.
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New York
Rainbow
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York Yacht Club
Long Island Sound
August Belmont
Mineola
Harry Payne Whitney
Syce
Guardian Appointed for Playwright Hoyt in New Hampshire
In Sullivan county probate court today James Lyford of Concord was named guardian of Charles E. Hoyt. Lyford will manage Hoyt’s business affairs and work to preserve as much of the playwright’s personal estate as possible whose value is uncertain.
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Claremont
N. H
James Lyford
Concord
Charles E. Hoyt
Sullivan County
Train Collision Near Lafayette Kills Four
A Monon passenger train departing Lafayette at 12 45 collided with a light engine at South Taub seven miles south of Kenry Whiteside the engineer was severely burned and James Hudson the passenger train engineer was instantly killed three passengers were killed with identities unknown at this hour no full details available yet
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Lafayette
Ind
Monon
South Taub
Kenry Whiteside
James Hudson
Quarantine Stands On Cattle Tuberculosis In Kansas
Kansas officials reaffirmed the cattle tuberculosis quarantine after a governors conference attended by the live stock sanitary board and cattlemen. Some protested the measure as unjust yet the board and Governor Branley pledged to maintain the rule and avoid interference.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Conference of Governors
Livestock Sanitary Board
Branley
Congo raids British territory claim admitted
In the house of commons the foreign office secretary said the Congo Free State authorities admitted raiding British territory above Albert Nyanga. They reported that women and cattle had been carried off by Congo troops.
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London
House of Commons
Charles Dilke
Foreign Office
Broderick
Congo Free State
Albert Nyanga
Congo
Argylle Arrives With Large Calcutta Grain Bag Shipment
The steam ship Argylle from the Orient arrived at Portland Ore bringing 1 729 000 Calcutta grain bags. The cargo ends a looming shortage in the bag market.
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Portland
Ore
Orient
Calcutta
Cyclone Dominates United Kingdom Weather Battle
A cyclone has prevailed across England and the United Kingdom since last evening with reports of loss of life on land and sea. Shipping and property are destroyed or damaged as crews battle the storm.
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London
United Kingdom
August term opens without jurors in district court
Special Dispatch reports from Bozeman that the August term of the district court began with no jury called and all cases to be continued until the November session.
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Standard
Bozeman
District Court
Drowned Merchant at Middle Bass Island Incident
Fred Berdan a prominent Toledo merchant and capitalist drowned while fishing at Middle Bass Island August 6 in an accidental fishing accident.
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Toledo
Ohio
Fred Berdan
Middle Bass Island
Smallpox scare ends as prospectors push as creeks dry
A January letter from Cape Nome to the U S Treasury claims the smallpox scare is over with 20 cases all from Oregon and no typhoid. Drought cripples Anvil creek dredging. water scarcity limits production and raises fuel costs.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Department
Cape Nome
Alaska
Oregon
Anvil
Garonne
Nome
Cape Prince of Wales
William Withdraws Cowes Opening Yacht Week
William reports that several American yachts and on board entertainments relieve yacht week's dull opening at Cowes Isle of Wight. Emperor William cables that the death of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha compels his attendance elsewhere.
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
Emperor William
Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha
Yacht Meteor Withdrawn From All Races Except Queen's Cup
The owner withdrew his yacht Meteor from all competitions except the Queen's Cup race, which he will enter out of respect to the trophy donor.
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Meteor
Arnold's Defense in Swain Trust Fund Embezzlement Case
Julian T. B. Arnold testified before U S Court Commissioner Heacock about how the Swain trust fund vanished after the London investment firm failed amid Boer War–caused declines in English securities. He said interest to the Swain widow continued until December 1899 and that he was not personally involved. The case will be argued tomorrow.
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San Francisco
Julian T. B. Arnold
Edwin Arnold
United States
Heacock
Swain
London
W. H. Swain
Swain Trust Fund
Arnold
England
Mereland Ohio Furnaces To Shut Down Sept 1
At a Bessemer association meeting in Mereland Ohio on August 6 1904 it was decided to close all furnaces producing pig iron by September 1 with two exceptions the Brier Hill Iron company and M F Andrews Hitchcock company at Youngstown. No ton of iron has been contracted in weeks and despite an $8 per ton price cut sellings remain impossible. The move aims to reduce surplus stock and restore prices.
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Mereland
Ohio
Bessemer Association
Brier Hill Iron Company
M. F. Andrews Hitchcock Company
Youngstown
Forest Fire Rages in Yellowstone Near Upper Geyser Basin
Deputy U S Marshal Sam Jackson reports a major forest fire sweeping the timber between the upper geyser basin and the lake in Yellowstone National Park. Beginning Friday, the blaze is already beyond control with a 10 mile line of fire, men and road crews rushed to the scene and buildings at the upper geyser basin in danger.
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The
Standard
Helena
United States
Sam Jackson
Mammoth Hot Springs
Upper Geyser Basin
Yellowstone National Park
Toledo's Wealthy Dennis Coughlan Dies at 180 Years
Toledo August 6 Dennis Coughlan the wealthiest man in Toledo and Northwestern Ohio died at his home tonight at age 180. He owned major city business blocks and held stock in many banks and owned a large brewery. His fortune was estimated at 15 million dollars.
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Toledo
Dennis Coghlan
Ohio
Murder of 17 year old Anna Brutin in Brandenburg
Miss Anna Brutin aged 17 was found murdered last night after leaving for church on horseback. She was beaten and her throat cut. Relative Jesse Durham was arrested on suspicion and taken to Louisville for safekeeping.
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Brandenburg
Anna Brutin
Jesse Durham
Lolisville
Alabama election returns favor Democrats in test on constitutional convention
In Birmingham Aug 6 a general election showed overwhelming Democratic victory led by William J. Samford for governor. Populists and Republicans lost seats. Democrats gained county offices and several General Assembly seats. The vote supported a constitutional convention to eliminate the negro from politics, with 12 of 133 seats held by Populists and Republicans.
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Birmingham
Ala
General Assembly
Alabama
William J. Samford
Lee County
Democratic Committee
Morgan
Underwood
William Richardson
Madison County
Joseph Wheeler
Congress
Storm Capsizes Yacht In Lake Champlain Race Meet
A violent August storm struck Plattsburg during the Lake Champlain Yacht Club race. The Wallahalla, owned by W B Kingsland of Burlington Vermont, capsized after being blown from moorings. Kingsland’s son, a man of 60, drowned. the father survived after clinging to a dinghy and being rescued.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Lake Champlain Yacht Club
Hotel Champlain
Bluff Point
W. B. Kingsland
Burlington
Bubonic Plague Case Found on Hamburg Vessel
In Hamburg on August 6 a case of bubonic plague was detected aboard a harbor vessel. Authorities report all possible precautions are in place to prevent any spread of the disease.
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Hamburg
Blackney Named Republican Candidate for Second District
Por Congress Baltimore Aug 6 A A Black ney of Dalton county was today nominated for congress by the republicans of the Second district.
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Baltimore
A. A. Blackney
Dalton County
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