Bandits Secure Safe With 90000 At Hand
Chicago July 4 bandits halted Rock Island limited express at midnight and fled after mortally wounding an express messenger. Pursuit spread through Illinois as residents hunted through farms and towns. Police in Joliet hold Charles Nessler, believed an unwilling accomplice. two robbers reportedly carried several packages of jewelry and catalogs.
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Chicago
Rock Island Railroad
Twlinois
Joliet
Ills
Rock Island Road
Charles Nessler
Nessler
Midlothian Station
Nessier
Messler
Robbar
Fourth of July Fireworks Cause Injuries and Deaths
A Fourth of July spree at Oyster Bay led to Teddy Hurton and his brothers handling fireworks under President Roosevelt’s watch. Teddy sustained a deep gash from a bottle explosion but resumed play. Nearby, an aeronaut died in Mount Vernon, Illinois, while a Virginia celebration ended with a fatal accidental shooting by a intoxicated man.
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Kermit
Archie
Oyster Bay
Teddy
Byhe Standers
Roosevelt
Archia
Stuart
Patrick County
Will Johnson
Walter Bailey
Snow Falls in Wyoming After Twenty Four Hours
Snow has been falling for twenty four hours in Evanston Wyoming with depths of three to six inches in the mountains and the temperature at freezing point. Today the weather cleared. In Des Moines Iowa a train collision killed Mrs. Robert Seney and a nine year old daughter and injured their son and a guest during a Sioux City incident. A separate robbery attempt on a passenger train near Dupont switch led to a gunfight injuring Messenger Kane. robbers opened a safe but obtained little of value.
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Evanston
Wyo
Gdother
Des Moines
Robert Seney
Mary Banty
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Sioux City
Dupont Switch
Neasster
Kane
Heated Georgia Bar clash as Burton Smith wins presidency
Warm Springs Ga July 4 Special. A fierce dispute over the Georgia Bar Association presidency centered on Burton Smith of Atlanta and Col A R Lawton of Savannah. Smith won the election over Major P W Meldrim amid sharp exchanges and a near clash. The officers named include President Burton Smith and an executive committee led by Lawton. The note indicates a remedy discussion for the Supreme Court on the day’s second page.
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Georgia Bar Association
Smith
Claud Nealy
Warm Springs
Burton Smith
Atlanta
A. R. Lawton
Savannah
Colonel Lawton
Atlantan
Mr. Smith
P. W. Meldrim
Major Meldrim
Friends of the
Marcus Beck
Lawton
Z. D. Harrison
T. 4
Hammond
Floyd Cleveland
Burnside
Supreme Court
Bar Association
Burtonmith
Thomas &. Watson
Barnesville
Ben Tillman
Marietta
Southern
South
Jtng
Birmingham
Frigntil Catastrophe on Electric Rail Near Gloversville
Utica N Y July 6 A collision on the Mountain Lake electric railway near Gloversville killed fifteen and injured twenty nine as two crowded cars met on a 4 mile grade from the resort ground. Motorman lost control sending one car downhill into an ascending car, causing a mass in the mountain pass. Dead and wounded scattered. City Recorder Frank C Wood critically injured. Three detectives on N J Central were killed near Jersey City. another rail line accident at Newcastle Pa left one dead and over twenty hurt in a 100 passenger car crash.
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Utica
Gloversville
Mountain Lake Railway
Frank C. Wood
Gloversvilie
Mountain Lake
New York
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Claremont
Jersey City
Robert, Smith
John Cosgrove
William J. Hanson
Mewcastie
Fugitive Harry Tracey Kills Three Men Near Seattle
Convict Harry Tracey, on the loose since Thursday, has killed three men including Neily Rawley and shot Policeman Breeze. Reports say he escaped custody near Seattle and was last seen near Ballard driving a horse and buggy toward Seattle, with guards patrolling the roads.
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Seattle
Wash
Harry Tracey
Cudthee
Neily Rawley
Tracey
Policeman Breeze
Fremont
Williams
Ballard
Americans Banquet in Paris on July Fourth
An American Chamber of Commerce banquet in Paris showcased Franco American goodwill with speeches by M. Trouilout, Sen. Depew, General Andre, and M. Julia Cambon. Notables present included Henry Vignaux, Senator Barnes, Gen. Wilson, M. Lepine, and AP head M. Stone. Depew praised Franco American ties while Cambon lauded Roosevelt and recalledNapoleon’s aid linking Louisiana to US destiny.
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Tor Depew
Ambassador Cambon
Paris
American Chamber of Commerce
M. ‘Kroulliot
Minnister of Commerce
Chauncey M. Depew
Andre
M. Julia Cambon
Washington
Henry Vignaux
United States
Senator Barns
Utah
James H. Wilson
United States Army
Edward
M. Lepine
Migitie E. Stone
Associated Press
New York
D'Estournelles de Constant
Michel Legrace
M. Trouilont
Rochambeau
Martinique
Depew
America
England
William
Prince Henry
Willem
Mr. Depew
France
Lafayette
Recchambeau
Germany
M. Cambon
Chamber of Commerce
Hoosevelt
Napoleon
Louisiana
Georgia Stirs Hornet's Nest in Ether Discovery Debate
The article reviews a long-running dispute over who first discovered ether as an anesthetic. It notes Georgia naming Dr Crawford W Long as the discoverer, Boston honoring Dr William Morton with a monument, and mentions Morton’s first ether anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital on September 30, 1846 followed by general surgical use a month later.
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Georgia
Crawford W. Long
Halls of Congress
Boston
William Thomas Green Morton
Massachusetts General Hospital
Morton
Fight on Convict Barbers in Minnesota
Legal snag hits Minnesota prison over barber licensing. Attorney General Douglas says convict barbers must hold state licenses and pass examinations on character and skill. Union barbers of Stillwater prompted the issue, threatening to force civilian barbers for inmate grooming.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
Barbers’ Board
Douglas
Union Barbers
Stillwater
Atlanta Sings Its Cool Fourth in a Southern Jubilee
The article portrays Atlanta's July Fourth 1902 celebration as a peak of southern patriotism with adults and the city widely honoring Independence Day. It notes nationwide interest in the nation's birthday and suggests a revived southern pride surpassing all prior displays.
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Atlanta
Ohio
Potomac
South
Earth
Metropolia
New South
Aia
Rorliot
Atlanta Fourth of July Celebrations Surpass Past Efforts
Local scenes of song, oratory, decorations, and parades mark a grand Fourth of July in Atlanta with military displays and a sham battle. Southern cities extend elaborate observances while national events include Roosevelt's reception and a deadly electric railroad collision in North Carolina.
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Atlanta
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
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Dan Carey
Rock Island Express
Young Teddy Hurton
Tuly
Wyoming
Burton Smith and
Lawton WS
Anele York
Fue
Commission
Crawford Long
Dr. Long
Gloveraville
N. Ya
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Alexandra
Prince of Wales
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