Chief Justice of Samoa Arrives in San Francisco
Chief Justice W L Chambers of Samoa reaches San Francisco on four months leave and predicts the future of Samoa uncertain. He criticizes the tripartite treaty and says no government in Samoa can succeed under it while noting Mataafa and Malietoa accept the current setup. Chambers left Apia due to lack of enforcement guarantee for his decrees.
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Samoa
Saye
Chambers
San Francisco
W. L. Chambers
United States
Apia
Mataafa
Malietoa
High Commission
Mystery of St Louis Stenographer Murder Solved
James OConnor 22 confesses to taking part in the holdup and murder of Charles A Brant a Wagner Electric Company stenographer. He claims Edward Hellman and Harry Morris fired the fatal shots. OConnor was arrested in Cincinnati and brought to St Louis. Hellman and Morris are imprisoned at Jefferson City.
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Charles A. Brant
Wagner Electric Company
James O'Connor
Campbell
Brant
Edward Hellman
Harry Morris
O'Connor
Cincinnati
Shbeglin
Hellman
Morris
Jefferson City
50 000 May Quit Brickmakers Strike Threatens City Walkout
A Chicago brickmakers strike may trigger a broad walkout of building trades unions. An alliance committee, acting on Building Trades Council orders, has halted work in several sites using non union bricks, risking disruption to projects valued over four million dollars.
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Building Trades
Brickmaker’s Alliance
Building Trades Council
Four Negroes Swing in Wholesale Baltimore Hanging
A Baltimore city record notes Cornelius Gardner John Myers Charles James and Joseph Bryan, all colored men, charged for crimes against a 13 year old Annie Dailey and for the murder of Mary Vack. The report blends sensational detail with unclear context and multiple local items.
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Cornelius Gardner
John Myers
Charles James
Joseph Bryan
Annie Dailey
Bryan
Mary Vack
Private Givens to be returned to Philippines for court martial
Benjamin Givens a private in Company H Fourth United States Infantry was on the transport Ohio Newport bound for the Philippines when he deserted. He stated he did not realize the offense for a week after desertion, had been drinking, and went aboard the Indiana. He was taken to Presidio and Manila orders sent for court martial with death as the possible penalty.
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Philippines
San Francisco
Ohio
Newport
Benjamin Givens
Fourth
United States Infantry
Manila
Col
Freeman
Indiana
Presidio
Wealthy Western Merchant Robbed in Panel Game
A wealthy Western merchant using the alias George Edwards was robbed of 7008 by a panel game in Nellie Miller’s State Street house. The seven $1000 bills comprise the sum seized, described as the largest robbery of its kind in the levee district. Nellie Miller was arrested as the case unfolds.
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Chicago
George Edwards
Nellie Miller
State Street
Levee
Miler
Edwards
Denver
Cole
London Poisoning Case Ties to American Canned Fruit
A mysterious poisoning at the Court Hotel in London sickened about twenty guests after consuming American canned fruit. F F Bartlett of Philadelphia died on Wednesday night and another guest died previously on July 21. An inquest will determine Bartletts cause of death. Austrian cricketers in residence were away when the fruit was served.
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Court Hotel
F.F. Bartlett
Philadelphia
Bartlett
Russia's Volga disaster claims 155 lives in steamer collision
Reports from Nijini-Nogie rod and Berlin describe a collision on the Volga that sank a freight and passenger steamer, drowning 155 people. The chaotic dispatch notes the high casualty toll and international concern.
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Russia
Berlin
Nijini-Nogierod
Volga
Ta Kat Peohi La officials await treaty talks
Pekin officials and the Aldron group expect Komura and Japanese delegates to arrive for pending treaty negotiations. Chinese leaders including the dowager Empress and high officials favor the discussion, while others fear possible complications from any agreement.
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d@aldron
Ta ’Kat
Peohi la
Wein
Komura
Ivit
Hera'it Seston
Ching
China
Controversy Settled in Cass Lake Land Case
Secretary Hitchcock disposes Cass Lake land dispute by offering 320 acres for purchase. Government to sell the north half of section 18 and parts of section 16 in Cass Lake Minnesota. More than 500 intruders on leased lands must move to clear the area.
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Cass Lake
Washington
Cass Lake, Minn
Cass’ Lake Indian Reservation
Kidnapped Engineer in Cripple Creek Beaten and Released
Cripple Creek engineer Doyle of the Garfield Grouse mine was seized by twenty masked men early Wednesday. The abductors forced miners to leave and stated they wanted Doyle. He was released after a severe beating with no clear motive or identify of the assailants. In California, the Mariposa estate quartz mines in Mariposa County, long suspended, are to be reopened and resumed operations.
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Garfield Grouse
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San Francisco
Mariposa Estate
United States
California
Mariposa County
Violent Incidents Across Cities Leave Several Dead
A series of crimes and accidents reported include George Wright fatally shooting Mrs Josephine Crippen in Muscatine and fleeing, later captured at a lake as police intervened. Davenport suffers a major fire at Sicktles Preston Nutting Co causing over 20000 in losses. Miss Frances Stone sues Warren McBride in Coffey County Court for 10000 breach of promise. Burlington scaffolding collapse kills Harry Wilkin and injures four others. Mrs Jennie Figg fends off bandits with a revolver near Town City while Emory Holmes escapes. Lieutenant John J Moore of the Iowa volunteers commits suicide in Manila. A Kinross farmer Leitsinger dies in a hayfield accident. Two unnamed farmers killed near Norway by an eastbound stock train.
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Audubon Will
Miss Freers
Muscatine
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Eden
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Aurora
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Jordan
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Wits
Wwe
Patna
Fred
More Creek
Neb
Violent City Riots Follow Blast and Mob Attack
Sunday night a major blast injured nine as nitroglycerin proved used. Motorman Draggers survived a car explosion with twenty riders unhurt. Mob violence erupted on Burton street with 2,500 people attacking two cars. priests and police faced off as Rev Father Wenceslaus urged restraint and the officers were escorted to St Prokop Church.
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Euclida
Far East End
Fred’ Smith
Burton Street
Trent ‘Street
Moore
Thorpe
St. Prokops Church
Father Wenceslaus
Chicago Brickmakers Strike Ties Up 40 Yards in City
Chicago brickmakers walked out on Thursday in a strike to aid union members in several north side yards. If the stoppage lasts long it could paralyze building operations in the city.
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Chicago
North Side
MARKET QUOTATIONS FOR LIVESTOCK AND GRAINS
Market quotes list cattle hogs sheep and grain prices from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Milwaukee. Prices show wide ranges for cattle hogs and wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and potatoes across multiple markets and quality grades.
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Choice Creamery
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste
Ube
Detroit
Sleer Med
New
Milwaukee
Pring
Several Iowa Projects and Incidents Reported Across Towns
Reports from multiple towns describe new construction plans water system contemplation and a planned whale site establishment. Accidents include a farmer injured by a cane and a bridge being built at Waverly. A saloon crusade begins Logan and a fire destroys H A Cross shop in Waterloo.
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Mason City
Logan
J.ol. Avduser
Waverly
Alaskan boundary dispute faces arbitration or war
Premier Laurier states in the Canadian Commons that arbitration or war are the two alternatives in the Alaska boundary issue. Sir Charles Tupper urged protection of British and Canadian interests while noting U S decisions on submitting to arbitration. The Washington view treats Laurier's remarks as political theater, while Canada pushes for a speedy resolution.
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Callada
Washington Dispatch
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Washington
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Jereste
Sherman’s View on Trusts Highlights in Kokomo Sermon Reading
In Kokomo First Presbyterian readings from eminent Americans on Christianity in business and in politics are discussed. Rev E A Allen cites Senator Foraker Henry Watterson Gov Pingree John Sherman, who warns trusts hold power over industry and threaten public welfare.
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First Presbyterian Church of
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Teoply
Sermons reflect on death of WE Ingersoll and faith debate
The article reports religious leaders in New York and Chicago discussing the death of WE Ingersoll, noting the clash between agnosticism and Christian doctrine. Figures like Rev. Brown Rev. Harrison Rev. Bodine and Rev. Mason weigh in on immortality, salvation, and the power of Christ in light of the controversy surrounding Ingersoll and Thomas Paine.
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