Six Bathers Drown At Daufuskie Beach Picnic
Six persons drowned when a shoreward retreat after surf bathing at Daufuskie Beach failed. The group from the Hebrew Gamahl Hasad faced a rising tide and a sluice, with waves and a strong current sweeping swimmers away. Only one body reached shore. five others were lost at sea.
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Savannah
Daufuskie Beach
Abe Dickstein
Annie Kronstadt
Ida Kronstadt
Leah Silverstein
Annie Horowitz
Isaac Sacht
Erik Sails for Arctic Inquiries on Peary Mission
The steamer Erik departed North Sydney bound for Labrador then Esquimalt stations in Greenland and Utah to seek news on Lieutenant Peary and the Windward. It carries 350 tons coal, provisions for a year, 16 Newfoundland crew, and a Peary Arctic Club delegation including Dr. F A Cook and L C Stein.
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Erik
North Sydney
Labrador
Esquimalt
Greenland
Utah
Peary
Peary Arctic Club
F. A. Cook
L. C. Stein
Herbert Berri
Brooklyn
C. F. Wickoff
L. ©. Bennett
Ithaca
Alfred W. Church
Elgin
Rail associations agree on cross territory rates
New York reports that the Central Passenger association covering Buffalo to St Louis and Chicago agrees to concur in rates from the Southwestern Passenger bureau territory. The trunk lines east of Buffalo have already agreed. The Southwestern bureau plans its July meeting at Glenwood Springs.
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New York
Central Passenger Association
Buffalo
St. Louis
Chicago
Southwestern Passenger Bureau
Texas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Southwestern Bureau
Glenwood Springs
Central Passenger Association Action Referred to Meeting
Colp tomorrow. C. M. Pratt chair man of the bureau notified by wire of the association action and asked to take up the matter at the meeting.
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Colp
C. M. Pratt
Bureau
Central Passenger Association
Annual Regatta Opens on Schuylkill Next Weekend
Philadelphia notes the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen regatta set for Friday and Saturday on the Schuylkill river with crews from Toronto Winnipeg and several U S clubs. Star rowers Mulcahey Kafka De Mourelli and Ten Eyck headline events including the highly watched intermediate eights featuring New York Athletic Club Metropolitan Nonpareil Manitoba and local clubs Malta West Philadelphia and Fairmounts.
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National Association of Amateur Oarsmen
Schuylkill River
Toronto
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Schuylkill Navy
Mulcahey
Kafka
Atalanta Boat Club
New York
de Mourelli
Young Men's Gymnastic Club
New Orleans
Atalanta
Fred Titus
Ed Ten Eyck
New York Athletic Club
Metropolitan and Nonpareil
Manitoba Rowing Club
Malta
West Philadelphia
Fairmounts
German American Shooting Festival Opens at Shel Mound Park
The third national bundes shooting festival opens in San Francisco at Shel Mound park with President I A Kuhls firing three ceremonial shots. A 2000-man parade of German societies precedes events including dancing, sports, and a prize distribution. The festival runs until July 24 with top scores noted in several events and gold medals awarded for high point totals.
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San Francisco
United States of America
Shel Mound Park
I. A. Kuhls
Old Fatherland
National Shooting Band
R. Wiencke
New York
Independent Schuetzen
Central
Schuetzen
Zettler Rifle Club
Hoboken Independent Schuetzen
Hoboken
N. J
Garden City Rifle Club
Chicago
St. Louis
Massachusetts Rifle Club
Boston
Pittsburg Rifles
Pittsburg
Cincinnati Rifles
Cincinnati
Wauwatoosa Rifle Club
Milwaukee
Denver Rifle Club
Denver
Pueblo Rifle Club
Pueblo
Colo
Pope Ramsey Rifle Club
Grand Junction
Shell Mound Park
Kuhls
H. M. Pope
Settler Rifle Club
P. M. Pope
A. Jungblut
Eureka
August Hohmas
T. R. Geisel
Springfield
Mass
Jacob Gruhler
Sacramento
E. Schmid
Siiver
Philo Jacobi
F. Borckmann
O. Schluter
Fresno
George Keffe
San Jose
Rudolph Scherf
Henry Kuwhls
F. D. Smith
T. R. Geise
Edward H. Goetze
Jacob Gruhl
A. Marquis
Los Angeles
F. Bettling
Emil Schmidt
Preparing for the Emperor’s Return at Pekin
Chinese officials plan elaborate measures to mask war damage as the emperor arrives in Pekin. Pagodas will be raised and damaged gates repaired to resemble stone. Li Hung Chang extends foreign troop withdrawal to August. Allies prepare near legation residences as Gen. James E. Lee leaves station under guard.
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Pekin
Chenmen
Li Hung Chang
Legations
James E. Lee
United States
Legation
One Mile Combination Race Ends In Team Victory
At Vailsburg New Jersey track the professional one mile combination race saw Frank Kramer and J. T. Fisher win with H B Froman and Hardy Downing second. McFarland and Cooper were upset in their heat and did not advance. The half mile handicap was won by J. T. Fisher with Tom Cooper second and Owen Kimble third. Time for the combination event was 2 11.
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New York
Vailsburg
N. J
McFarland
Cooper
Frank J. Kramer
John F. Fisher
Kramer
Kimble
J. T. Fisher
Chicago
Tom Cooper
Detroit
Owen Kimble
Louisville
Floyd Krebs
Newark
Frank Kramer
H. B. Froman
Hardy Downing
Lester Wilson
Otto Moya
al Newhouse
Walter Badgett
Recruit of 308000 in Russian forces for year
London dispatch reports Emperor Nicholas has issued an order to recruit 308000 men for the Russian army and navy during the current year. The figure underscores the empire's mobilization effort as war looms.
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London
Nicholas
St. Petersburg
Kitchener Seeks More Horsemen As Infantry Withdrawals Proposed
Lord Kitchener advises government that many infantry regiments could be withdrawn from South Africa while requesting increased mounted forces. The plan would shift British troops to the Natal railway route from Durban to Pietermaritzburg and between Johannesburg and Pretoria to speed gold and provisions, possibly abandoning part of the Cape Town route.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Daily News
South Africa
Natal
Durban
Pietermaritzburg
Johannasburg
Pretoria
Cape Town
Exposition Concessions Shut After Sunday Access Clampdown
Exposition attempted another Sunday opening and two concessionaires were arrested and taken to police headquarters. No charges were filed and the men were released. Guards restricted entry, the shows closed for the day.
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Can Exposition
Pickpockets Rob Epworth Leaguers Stranded in Colorado Springs
A highly organized gang robbed about 20 Epworth leaguers in Colorado Springs. Victims included Dr. K. H. Wilson and Mrs. Harrington, with loss of cash, railroad tickets, baggage checks, and trunks. Railroads may issue return tickets after proof of payment. Major Hooper arranged passes to Ogden for stranded travelers.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
Colorado Springs
San Francisco
K. H. Wilson
H. R. Harrington
Dover
Del
British dispatch details Boer prison break at Lindley
General Broadwood reports from Bloemfontein that Reitz was surprised east of Lindley at dawn July 11. Thirty inmates were captured including Generals Clowne and Wessel, Commandant Dwaal, Steyn family members, and officials Roches de Villiers and Thomas Brain. Steyn reportedly fled coatless. De Wet may have been present.
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London
Broadwood
Daily News
Bloemfontein
Reitz
Lindley
A. P. Clowne
Wessel
Dwaal
Cornet
Pelt Steyn
Steyn
Thomas Brain
Roches de Villiers
de Wet
Enid Blaze Destroys Four Blocks On Public Square
Four blocks of business buildings were wiped out in Enid Oklahoma on July 14 as a major fire swept the public square. Water was scarce, dynamite necessary to halt flames, and drought aided rapid destruction with $190000 in losses. The post office and land office were saved after a hard fight.
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C. T
John Benton
Gensman Bros
Snyder Furniture
Cramer
Maulden Furniture
Central Hotel
Enid Carriage Works
Cranham & Grubbe
St. Joseph Hotel
Armour Packing Company
Montezuma
Epworth leaguers pour into Salt Lake for convention
Trains arrived in Salt Lake City carrying thousands of Epworth league members en route to the annual San Francisco convention. By noon about 20 000 visitors were present and many planned to stay overnight. Attendees attended services, organ recitals at the Mormon Tabernacle, and a mass meeting at the Salt Lake Theater at 6 30 p.m. Speakers included Dr C M Boswell, A C Crews, George E Dougherty, and Mr MacLaichliter.
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Utah
Epworth Leaguers
San Francisco
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake Theater
C. M. Boswell
Philadelphia
A. C. Crews
George E. Dougherty
Kansas League
Mr. MacLaichliter
Pittsburg
No Hope for Betterment Economic Decline After Global Markets Fall
London financial review July 14 reports a bleak outlook with renewed declines after the Leipziger bank failure. Continental lows hit Germany, Belgium, and Paris, while New York discloses a big dividend delivery failing to rescue sentiment. Railway and American shares plunge. rumors of a preconcerted shakeout circulate as the money outlook grows quiet.
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London
Leipreiger Bank
Germany
Belgium
Paris
New York
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Atchison
Union Pacific
Prices Tumble In Berlin Industrial Shares Slide
Berlin reports a week end marked by a new low in industrials with widespread pessimism. Markets show extreme low spirits as discouraging company reports and rumors spread, Wall Street remains nervous, and German speculators reportedly hold large New York engagements.
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Berlin
Wall Street
New York
Kreuze Zeitung
Fires Struck Stables in San Francisco Injuring Horses
A string of midnight fires across the Larkin street area in San Francisco indicates arson. At Turk and Van Ness, the San Mateo Dairy stable burned, twelve horses perishing as the frame structure burned to the ground. Nearby stables on Ellis and Larkin streets suffered further losses with eight of ten horses burned at the latter site and several rescued at Ellis Street.
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San Francisco
Cal
Larkin Street
San Mateo Dairy Company
Turk and van Ness Avenue
Ellis Street
Signal Transfer Comepany
Rush
Sutter
Dragged by a Horse in Montana Incident
Special Dispatch from Miles City reports Will H. Hyde, a north side cattle raiser, was nearly killed when dragged nearly half a mile by a horse that escaped a corral with a rope around its neck. Hyde, on the ground, was dragged by the feet until the weight of the horse halted the strangulation after five days of recovery.
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The
Standard
Miles City
Will H. Hyde
North Side
Hyde
Washouts Delay Trains and Damage Tracks Near Miles City
Trains were delayed as washouts disrupted lines west of Tusler and near Shirley. About 80 feet of track was undermined 10 miles east of Miles City, and a 50 foot bridge near there was reported out. Shirley, 18 miles east, shows the track washed over with sand and gravel.
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Standard
Miles City
Tusler
Here
Shirley
The Botkin Case Heads To U S Supreme Court
Lawyers for Mrs. Cordelia Botkin seek a writ of habeas corpus in state court after a new trial grant for murder in the Dunning case. They plan to appeal to the U S Supreme Court if denied, raising jurisdiction issues over mailed poison candy and trial location.
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San Francisco
Cordelia Botkin
State Supreme Court
John P. Dunning
Delaware
United States Supreme Court
Kills His Sweetheart in Newton Kansas
Miss Cam Beers eighteen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Beers, was shot and killed by Herbert Hacklett a stable boy formerly in the family's employ. Hacklett then shot himself through the head. Beers did not return his infatuation, and the girl fought for her life after being shot four times.
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Kansas City
the Times
Newton
Kan
Cam Beers
Frank Beers
Herbert Hacklett
Hacklett
Engineer Drowns in Rio Grande Near Eagle Pass
P D Cunningham consulting engineer for the international boundary commission drowned when his boat capsized in a narrow Rio Grande channel about 20 miles below Eagle Pass He was a native of Nashville Tennessee.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
International Boundary Commission
P. D. Cunningham
Rio Grande
Nashville, Tenn
Moore denies Rock Island stock sale to Morgan
Chicago July 14 James M Moore at his Lake Geneva Wisconsin home emphatically denied that he or his brother W H Moore sold any stock in the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad to J P Morgan or anyone else in response to a New York telegram report.
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Chicago
James M. Moore
Lake Geneva
Wis
W. H. Moore
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
J. P. Morgan
New York
McKinley Quiet Sunday Absence from Public Events
President and Mrs. McKinley spent a quiet Sunday in Canton Ohio sunning at home and on the porch. Early in the morning they took a drive and the president attended morning services at the First Methodist Episcopal church.
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Canton
Ohio
McKinley
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Aeronaut Professor Zeno Fatally Injured at Island Park
Springfield Ohio July 14 Paul Hague known as Professor Zeno an aeronaut was fatally injured this afternoon at Island Park after falling 200 feet when his parachute failed to openAuthorities report he did not survive the plunge and was pronounced dead at the scene
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Springfield
Ohio
Paul Hague
Professor Zeno
Island Park
Royal Leaders to Exchange Visits in August Near Mainz
Berlin correspondent reports King Edward II and Emperor Nicholas will meet at a great review near Mainz around August 15 and then exchange visits at Barnstadt. The agreed meetings mark a major exchange of visits among European monarchs.
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London
Edward
Nicholas
William
Mayence
Berlin
The
Standard
Barnstadt
Conger Arrives in San Francisco En Route to Pekin
B H Conger United States minister to China has landed in San Francisco and will sail next Wednesday aboard the Nippon Maru bound for Pekin.
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San Francisco
B. H. Conger
United States
China
Pekin
Conger
Carnegie Donates £3000 for Annan Public Library
London July 15 Andrew Carnegie has offered 3000 pounds for the erection of an axe public library in Annan Scotland.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Axe
Annan
Scotland
Lightning Fatality Strikes Miles City Woodhauler
Patrick Tierney, about 24, a woodhauler for James Donaldson a north side wool grower, was instantly killed Friday about 5 p m when struck by lightning at the ranch where he was repairing a wagon. An uninjured bystander was nearby. The body went to town for inquest and burial. Tierney had come from Fargo two months earlier and has a sister Winnie who works in a St Paul laundry.
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The
Standard
Miles City
Patrick Tierney
James Donaldson
North Side
Tierney
Fargo
Winnie
St. Paul
Pan-American midway shows close on Sunday in Buffalo
Proprietors announce Sunday closure of Pan-Amer exhibition midway in Buffalo New York on July 14 citing weekly day of rest and local regulations. Event features rides and displays at the fairground with expected attendance.
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Buffalo
N. Y
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