Terrific Battles with Bandit Trio Ends in Cemetery Shootout
Boston reports three desperadoes kill two bystanders and injure eleven as a barroom, streets, and a cemetery chase unfold. Police recover two suspects, including Giuseppe Viego, with one gunman later identified as Giuseppe Devico. Victims include Frank J. Drake and several civilians amid a crowded city scene.
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Boston
Nolice
Jamaica Plains
Tne
Booth Station
Forest Hills Cemetery
Arnold Arboretum
Guiseppe Viego
Edward McDougall
Jamaica Plain Court
Viego
Bourne Street
Calvary Cemetery
Delia Fallon
South Street
Ingliss
Cunningham Field
Lee Street
New Keyes Street
Washington Street
Thomas Moore
Michael Flinn
Patrick McGinn
Thomas Fleming
John Nolan
John H. Wrightman
Pour
Morton Street
Bluecoats
Jamaica Plain
Packing Plant Burns in Pittsburg Fire Shocked City
The Stanton Lindsburg packing plant in Pittsburg Kansas burned on Thursday causing an estimated loss of 40 000 to 75 000. Officials say the plant will be rebuilt at once.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Stanton Lindsburg
Turkish Sultan in Peril as Young Turks Demand Reply
A Monastir memorandum from the Young Turks threatens seizure of municipal administration and a parliament if refused. Constantinople notes military hesitation, fears of army revolt, and Albanian support for constitutional restoration amid reports of broad unrest in the Third army corps. Shukri Pasha efforts fail as troops from Anatolia are deemed likely to join the revolt.
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London
Monsatir
Turkey
Youngs Turks’ Party
Parte
Monastir
Constantinople
Anatolia
Shukri Pasha
Uskub
Wisconsin Democrats Indorse National Platform at Convention
Milwaukee July 24 the Wisconsin Democratic convention adopted a platform reading in unison that they endorse the national Democratic platform and support its candidates. It calls for deposit guarantees in state banks, amended primary laws to allow state conventions, economical government, and invites all electors to back William Jennings Bryan and John W Kern.
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Milwaukee
J. J. Dunningham
Rock County
Democratic Party of
Wisconsin
William Jennings Bryan
John W. Kern
Death in gun drill on Mississippi at Newport
Joseph J. Henry an ordinary seaman and powder passer on the battleship Mississippi was killed during a gun drill in a forward eight inch turret. His neckerchief became caught in training cogs and he was drawn into the machinery, breaking his neck.
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Newport
R. I
Joseph J. Henry
Mississippi
Henry
Indictments Charging Pass Violations Return in Illinois
Chicago July 24 Indictments charging violations of federal laws against issuing passes were returned against the Thinais Central and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Companies by the federal grand jury. The Illinois Central indictment lists ten offenses eight by the Rock Island line.
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Chicago
Thinais Central
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Federal Grand
Illinois Central
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Road
Five Hurt in Panic on Penn Avenue Street Car
Four men and a woman were injured and three other women fainted during a panic on a Penn avenue street car in Pittsburg on July 24 when the motor blew out leaving the car uncontrollable on a steep grade. The injured woman leaped from the car with a child in her arms.
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Pittsburg
Penn Avenue
Robbers Loot Dolph Post Office With Nitro Explosives
Robbers blown open a safe at Dolph post office six miles northeast of Macomb HI stealing 100 cash and 400 in stamps. Nitro glycerine was used to wreck the safe. Two explosions alerted local residents.
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Macomb
Bardolph Post Office
Here
Man Kills Friend and Wounds Woman in Louisville
Philip Hans Jr aged 22 shot and killed Arthur W Craft and seriously wounded Mrs Craft in Louisville on Thursday. The two boys were good friends. It is supposed Hans was demented. He escaped.
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Louisville, Ky
Philip Hans, Jr
Arthur W. Craft
Insane anarchist commits suicide in jail in Galesburg
An insane anarchist under arrest hanged himself in the county jail here on Thursday in Galesburg Illinois. The death occurred while he was detained following an alleged act of violence.
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Galesburg
Tie
Americans Win Two At Olympics In London Meet
London reports Americans captured sprint and jumping events at the Olympic Games. Ray C Ewry led in standing high jump with 5 ft 2 in, while Carpenter of Cornell won the 400 m but officials voided the race for boredom. Kerr of Canada won the 200 m, with Cloughen and Cartmell second and third.
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London
Ray C. Ewry
New York
A. C
Tsichtaras
Platt Adams
J. A. Miller
Brooklyn Central
Ewry
Martin J. Sheridan
Henderson
United Kingdom
Blystad
Norway
Sheridan
F. le Roy Holmes
Chicago
F. CG. Irons
A. A
Gallwitz
Germany
J. A. Biller
M. G
Carpenter
CG. Carpenter
Cornell University
Halswelle
Matthew P. Halpin
Kerr
Cloughen
Murder of Aunt and Hidden Money Found in Hackensack
Hackensack N J July 24 August Hubert hard confessed to killing his aunt Mrs Odestie Eberhard in Hackensack He said he fed police to a place in Little Falls where he buried 2500 from his aunt s body The money was recovered He was jailed with a leg wound claiming assault by Italians near Paterson The tale shifted from ambush to robbery and amnesia as police pressed for details
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Hackensack
N. J
Hhberhard
Odestie Eberhard
Little Falls
Eberhard
Paterson
Totowa
Hacensack
Wales Presides at Quebec fete during 300th anniversary
The prince of Wales opened the Quebec celebration with a formal review of a 5000-strong historic pageant tracing French Canadian history from Cartier to Montcalm and Wolfe. He boarded the U S S New Hampshire, admired its 12 inch guns, and met foreign representatives amid enthusiastic crowds.
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Guebec
Prince of Wales
Quebec
Champlain
Champlain Monument
Chnamdain
Pilisaries
Canada
Jacques Cartier
Montcalm
Wolfe
Plains
Fire in Portland Gutts Abington Building Causes 300000 Loss
A blaze torn through the Abington building in downtown Portland on Thursday gutted the six story brick store and office structure between Stark and Washington Streets. The fire originated in an elevator shaft and caused about 300000 in damage within the hour to extinguish. The origin remains unknown.
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Portland
Ore
Abington
Third Street
Stark
Washington
Hazel Drew Death Theory Debunked In Teal Pond Case
Troy report says District Attorney O'Brien and autopsy physicians debunked the self harm theory about Hazel Drew’s death at Teal pond. The Gould plot story also resurges as a new witness claims she was offered money to falsify evidence against Frank J. Gould in his divorce suit from Helen Gould.
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Hazel Drew
Troy, N
Teal Pond
O'Brien
Gould
New York
Aleges
Frank J. Gould
Helen Kelly Gould
Two Burned to Death in Cleveland Fire
A blaze that consumed James Javasky’s home south of Cleveland killed two children and left Javasky and his four year old daughter badly burned. Both adults were hospitalized in serious condition after the Thursday fire.
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Cleveland
James Javasky
Javasky
Telegraphic Brevities Snapshot of Early 20th Century News
The Atlantic fleet sailed from Honolulu toward New Zealand. Platinum drops to 20 dollars an ounce, half last year’s price. James Sherman, Republican VP candidate, to preside at Richfield Springs festival Sept 2. Elizabeth Springler Van Bens ten dies at family home. Brett-granddaughter of Henry Springler. Delaware peach crop begins market Total 3500 carloads, NY market main destination. Ohio AG Ellis under rest cure in Cincinnati. marriage of Alfred M. Craig and Mary Davis at Galesburg. William Winter, injured in a June wreck at Winston, Arizona, hospitalized in Los Angeles in serious but not certain danger.
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Honolulu
New Zealand
James 3
Sherman
Will
Richfield Springs
N. Y
Elizabeth Springler van Bensten
Brett
Henry Springler
New York
Delaware
Ellis
Ohio
Glencoe
Mount Auburn
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Alfred M. Craig
Galesburg
Taft notification plans spark large Cincinnati event
Cincinnati expects a huge crowd next Tuesday for W H Taft's official presidential nomination notification at the Republican national convention. Indiana organizers Robert H Bryson and J G Rothschild secured rooms for the Indiana notification committee. The celebration will include fireworks, civil decor with six historic flags and a downtown pageant with the Roosevelt club as headquarters across from the Linton hotel. Across the river neighbors will join in the festivities. In Middletown Charles Kane died after a hand to hand clash with a gang of tramps as police tried to arrest them. the assailants fled.
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Cincinnati
W. H. Taft
United States
Robert H. Bryson
Indiana
J. G. Rothschild
Indianapolis
Roosevelt Club
Linton’ Hotel
Middletown
Charles Kane
Barnhart Named Democrat Nominee for Congress in Indiana
Henry A. Barnhart of Rochester was nominated by the Democrats of Indiana's Thirteenth district for both short and long terms due to the death of Representative A. L. Brick of South Bend. The nomination occurred Thursday afternoon in Plymouth, Indiana.
Markets Report From Chicago Grain and Livestock Prices
The Chicago market notes mixed commodity quotes with spring wheat at $4.25 to $4.75, winter wheat $4.20 to $4.10, and rye flour around $5.80 to $3.90. Wheat futures showed September near 90 to 91. Butter and eggs advanced, oats rose, and poultry prices varied. New York market signals steady wheat with Liverpool cables citing improved export demand and favorable weather.
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Chicago
Minnesota
New York
Liverpool
Western
Live Stock and Hogs Markets Across Chicago and Omaha
Live Stock prices in Chicago show steers cows and heifers from four to seven dollars, with primes up to six seventy. Hogs see heavy packers around six dollars and mixed lots near six fifty, while Omaha markets report slow cattle with naive steers at about four to seven dollars and hogs steady around six dollars.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Texas
Ewes
Lame
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State Railroad Commission
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John Shattuck
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Wewanee
John H. Pierce
Mercy Hospital
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Western Tube Company
Lancaster
Edwin M. Gerlech
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Ars
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Admiral Cowles
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