Rich New York Millionaire Dies After Saloon Fight
Nicholas Fish, NY financier and diplomat descendant of a famed family, died at Roosevelt Hospital after injuries from a Saturday night brawl at Richardts saloon No 25 West Thirty fourth Street. Police say fight began over a bad check. Sharkey the private detective, Miss Libbie Phillips and Miss Nellie Casey were arrested. Coroner held Sharkey on 10000 bond and Phillips and Casey on 500 each as witnesses.
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New York
Nicholas Fish
Roosevelt Hospital
Rrchardt
West Thirty-fourth Street
Fish
Thomas d. Sharker
Libby J. Philps
Nellie Casey
Libbie J. Phillips
Philips
Casey
Phillips
Sharkey
Vish
Fisk
Kron Pring Wilhelm crosses Atlantic in record time
New York reports Kron Pring Wilhelm sailed Cherbourg to Sandy Hook in 11 hours 67 minutes covering 407 miles at 20.08 knots. The voyage beat the Deutschland time by 26 minutes. Other items note Senator Bard and typhoid illness in Los Angeles, a fatality near Hater, and a Chicago grand jury no-bills in the Samboda-Mileh murders case.
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Kron Pring Wilhelm
Pnet
Atlantic
New York
Cherbourg
Sandy Hook
Chicago
Oscar Thompson
John Claitey
Edoward
Wreck kills three on Santa Fe train near Straley
In Colorado, a Santa Fe passenger train bound for Colorado Springs and Chicago collided with a freight train at Straley. Three passengers were killed and another possibly fatally injured. several others shaken but not seriously hurt as cars piled after a brake failure on a steep grade.
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Fraight
Col Aide
Colorado
Denver
Colo
Santa Fe
Springs
Publo
St. Louis
Chicago
Straley
Tamaqua
Terrible crime as tramps assault and murder Mrs Fournell
Beatrice Nebraska dispatch reports Mrs Kate Fournell attacked Friday night by tramps near Steintauer. They looted the home, burned clothing from the body, and dragged her into the yard where the fire consumed her garments. Her mother and brother found the body on returning. a posse with bloodhounds is in pursuit.
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Fournell
Steinbner
Neb
Beatrice
Kate Fournell
Steintauer
Satanias
Pardons sought for minister in murder case
Bishop Walters of New Jersey African Methodist Episcopal Church visited the State Board of Pardons in Spring Garden to seek clemency for Rev. Aaron Wright, Illinois Missouri conference secretary, serving a term in Chester penitentiary for the death of his child after severe punishment. Mrs. Wright was accused but Wright testified she did not kill the child.
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Walters
New Jersey
SpringGeld
M. EB
State Board of Pardons
Aaron Wright
iellinois-Missouri Conference
Chester
Wright
Meat Trust Allegations Of Adulterated Goods In Beef Inquiry
Testimony from Thomas J. O'Sullivan, St Louis meat inspector, alleges chemically treated decayed meat and sausages with potatoes were sold in St Louis and other large cities between Aug 31, 1890 and May 1, 1891 by members of the packers' trust. He testified Tuesday before Supreme Court Commissioner Keinly in the beef trust inquiry.
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St. Louis
Shembera
Packers’ Trust
Thomas J. O'Sullivan
Meat and Livestock Inspector of
Supreme Court
Keinly
Beef Trust
Boodle Investigation Probes Missouri Lighting Scandal
A St. Louis dispatch reports the grand jury examining all phases of a lighting scandal. House of delegates members who did not appear were examined on Tuesday regarding the city fighting bill and street railway legislation amid efforts to secure evidence to convict the millionaire receivers involved in the $47,000 bribe.
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Louis
Widow Ida McKinley Receives $30800 Salary Transfer
Washington dispatch reports Mrs Ida McKinley widow of the late president received 30800 dollars through a treasury transfer. The funds were for salary due July 2 and were authorized by the recent session of Congress affecting the appropriation.
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McKinley
Washington
Treasury Warrior
Ida S. McKinler
Congress
Sad Accidents and Policy Shifts in Early News
Reports from Madras on a British India train wreck say an English mail train derailed after a bridge undermined by floods. Fifty passengers drowned, including eight Europetans and four soldiers. In Texas, a Beaumont gusher fire was extinguished and the blaze reduced to smouldering embers. Northwestern University to admit women of color. Lake City public schools ban married women as teachers. Chicago railroads grant more employee subventions.
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India
Madras
British India
Bos
Thinery
Sarre
Lake City
Bast Lake City
Seventy Lives Lost In Raglag Forest Fires
A Kalawa Washington dispatch reports worsening conditions from Lewis River fires. Eighty deaths and property losses rise as 600 people were displaced and extensive timber and farm buildings burned across Oregon and Washington. Missing residents hinder full casualty totals. A separate from Shatapell Montana notes fires on Minthead River with rangelers battling flames.
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Kalawa
Wash
Istheta
Lewis River
Outake Pointe
Vancouver
Fatalitiea
Clark
Cowlux
Portland
Oregon
Washington
Lentz
Pitty-Dpinin
Bima
Shatapell
Mont
Minthead
Plathead
Explosion in mine kills eleven and injures others in Norfolk
A gas explosion in the Algoum Coal and Coke Company mine in Norfolk West Virginia trapped workers Monday morning. Ten colored and one white man were recovered dead. six more are believed dead. Miner James Lester and engineer John Reechie are named among the victims. A safety lamp reportedly ignited accumulated gas. A prior gas flash the day before prompted warnings to halt work until air was tested.
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Norfolk
W. Va
Stuart
Killed and burned fate of Bruce the outlaw in Nevada
A San Bernardino dispatch reports Brave, a notorious Indian outlaw, murdered a young woman named Maria, fled from officers, and was captured by local tribes in southern Nevada. He was dragged a mile, his body burned on a wood pile. Also notes soft coal prices jump in Chicago amid cold weather.
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Bruce
Nevada
San Bernardino
Cal
Siga
Vie
Vieturea Maria
Discharged in Bedside Murder Case at Des Moines
Thomas Lewis, accused of murdering Lena Peterson, is discharged by Justice Aylesworth after the court rules the evidence insufficient for binding him over to the grand jury. Lewis testified he was in bed before 8:30 p.m. the night of the murder, while investigators dispute witness Bloomby’s account of activity near the Lewis home. Local authorities express disappointment at the ruling and the limited new information from the hearing.
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Poudiac
Bloomington
C. McDonald
F Poudiac
McDonald
Witnesk
Thomas Lewis
Lena Peterson
Justive Aylesworth
Des Moines
Lewis
Brothers and McNutt
Gordon Bowlby
Rnder
Lewis House
Dustiey Aylesworth
O¢Try
Als
Lowis
Witesses
Baby Nearly Killed in Des Moines Depravity Case
A Des Moines special reports a distressing case of depravity involving a two and a half year old child belonging to the wife of I. N. Thompson of Dulags Center. The child was found beaten and whipped nearly to death with stripes and bruising. Thompson alerted police and a warrant was issued for Mrs. Loy amid public outrage.
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Des Moines
I. N. Thompson
Dulags Center
Mrs. Lord
Thompson
Quarrel Over Gambling Ends in Death Aboard Steamer
Fred Poster is jailed at Fort Madison on a murder charge for fatally shooting Stephen Stelinson on the steamer Sidney near Fort Madison. Authorities say the killing stemmed from a gambling dispute and that a man named Jones, brother in law of Poster, may have supplied the weapon and continued the voyage before being arrested at Kepakak.
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Fred Poster
Fort Madlfor
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Stephen Stelinson
Sidney
Mississipgi
Manared Jones
Poster
Jones
Kiokak
Fugitive Thought Safe After Ida Grove Dispatch
A report from Ida Grove states a man believed to be Ed Carns was found about seventeen miles from Holstein and taken to Ida Grove to be identified as the slayer of his brother. Deputy Sheriff Strain traveled by train to Ida Grove and, upon arrival, telephoned that the man is not Ed Carns.
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Waa
Win Country
Ida Grove
Holstein
Sherif Strain
Ed Corns
Fire at Ackley destroys businesses and property
A major blaze in Ackley damaged Robles barn hall and several nearby structures including Lam's bar, News Shop, Andrews' implement store, and a Chinese laundry. Total losses near 30000 with insurance about 15000. Origin unknown. several buildings wiped out and fires delayed by wind.
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Ackley
Robles Bard Hall
Lam's
Andrews’ Implement
Saacer's
Wholesale Robbery Gang Busted by Agents in Fort Dodge
Special Agent Wilson of the Itinota Central Hailroad exposes a gang that has terrorized Fort Dodge area for months, targeting Fort Dodge Wholesale Grocery and other jobbing houses. Informant’s restaurant sweetheart tipped off police. Pred Gilson, a tenant, admits delivering short orders of goods to wholesale buyers and selling unrecorded inventory. Roy Tan, a teamster at the Fort Dodge company, is also under arrest with accomplices.
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Wilesa
Hitness Central
Urrakes
Port Dodge
Wilson
Itinota Central Hailroad Company
Fort Dodge Wholesale Grocery Company
Vietima
Gilson
Roy Tan
Tragic Live Wire Fatality at Deiganstown Store
A man named Roland, aged 1) years, died instantly testing a live wire in Deiganstown while trying to save himself from a fall. He grabbed a live wire and the current passed through his body. Family details indicate he lived with his mother and father had died recently.
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Qinemen
Perty
Geng Boaleid
Grakpling
Deigaun
Joey
Big Uedy
Roland
Fire at Muscatine destroys box factory and mills
A major blaze in Muscatine Monday destroyed the large Lostretory belonging to IXniser Bros and engulfed the hot box area. Fire threatened Musser's mill, Moumentine Sash and Door yard, plus several homes as workers narrowly escaped. Insurance on the plant was about 125,000 and recovery remains uncertain. In Diamond, Mill Clark, 20, was found dead with a bullet to the head near Mego Woods on a Thursday. police detained Woodson, a Black man, as a suspect amid local tension.
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Muscatiog
Ixniser Bros
Somh
Muscatine Tamber Company
Ens
Musser’s Mill
Whire
bin Chirk
Crh
Diamond
Mill Clark
Mego Woodsog
Genturvilly
Nao Lyneling
Creston Attorney Levies On Elderly Father's Property
Creston attorney Jimes Locke secures judgment against his elderly father Levies on the old man's estate. The case centers on a Perrin state judgment served days earlier and oddly bought by Locke Sr. The narrative notes Locke Sr as the region’s oldest white settler and describes a disputed transfer that left the father with little more than a treasured horse while his son benefited from the property payoff.
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Creston
Jimes Locke
Locke
Titoagaty
Walter
National Life Insurance sues for seventy five thousand
The National Life Insurance Company sues J. Mabie for $75,000 in a district court claim. Mabie, formerly president of the company, now heads a New York firm. The suit contends an entachment against a $17,000 block belonging to Mabie was found burned.
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National Fdfte Ensurance Co
Saiv
J. Mabie
National Life Tusuance Company
Mabie
Ollerr
Mind Life Assecution
New York
Plainti
Town Lite Tasoranes Company
Mable
Jowa Couple Killed in Northwestern Treaty Incident
A report details the deaths of a Jowa couple and injuries to several others during a chaotic crossing near Ralston and Villa Hows amid a Northwestern treaty breach. The tragedy includes a tree fall injuring Pieri Ready of Shell Thoek, fatal electrocution, and a street strike in Creston, while Creston Printers organize to adapt to broader legal reforms.
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Ralston
Villa Hows
Mande Sol
Gildhten
Ov Northwestert
Parseger Tahmt Dale
Crake
Palle
Pieri
Luimelag
Kiar
Witte
Chreawlay
Farten Walt
Nawtu
Waterton
Weather review flags cautious corn crop progress this week
A weekly crop summary notes temperatures about three degrees below normal and mostly clear days aiding thrash work. Reported Frost on several locales caused little to no damage while wet soils slow ripening. two thirds of corn nearing maturity but frost risk keeps outlook unsettled with many regions predicting continued cautious advancement and heavy fall yield variability.
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Winneshiek
Ridgewas
Cory
Mresper
New Hampton
Bremer
Waverly
Clayton
Elleuler
Winnebago
Forest City
Cor
Rossnth
Argent
Hancock
Uritt
Franklin
Himptons-train
Luther
Clarkevilly
Daniel
Poenhoutias
Clary
Clary Royalh
Buena Vista
Alta
Colm
Sac
Sac City
Woodbury
Sioux City
Tialmou
Monona
Ouawas
Itula
Carroll
Qarral
Harrikon
Dunlops
Hardinglows
Itala
Anne
Shack
Boone
Ojnten
Stary
Nevada
Atles Experiment Station
Cal Weather
Marghath Gitlwany
Tata 120
Stmeles
Poweshiek
Citiwell
Haiia
Dusper
Newton
Tinhiqne
Dubuyie
Pawarehiwarey
Leo
Keokwk
van Buren
Milton
Mahauka
Warren
Hidianoli
Madison
Earthani—Italn
Union
Creston
Chirky
Uppeville
Haia
Mt. Ayo
Montgomery Tod
Corn and Harvest Notes From Various Counties
Weather and field reports across states detail corn yields and condition. Directors note favorable thrashing in Iowa Amana area while Washington reports most threshing done and corn thriving. frost warnings and potential losses cited in several counties.
The Tax on Plumes and Feathers Trade Declares Extinction Risks
A French enthnologist reports that the practice of using bird plumes to decorate hats has driven species to potential extinction. Feathers and counts from Siberia and the border markets reveal tens of thousands of owl, eagle, and waterfowl plumes sold for fashion. Markets show oil feathers, grouse and partridge wings sold at low prices, with widespread slaughter to supply trimming for ladies' fashions.
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Indies
Sberia
Urbit
Europe
Asti
Fragmented Voices Mirror Literary Dissent Across Cities
In clipped phrases and garbled quotes, a collage of voices critiques repression and ambition, with references to literary events, progressive edtech ideas, and a Washington debate on wealth and work. Amid chaotic transcription, the piece sketches cultural tensions and urban dialogue across several locations.
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Here
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Tella
Tamaque
Hugh Black
Lehigh Conlani Navigation Company
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Paul Haulick
Feller
Nesque
John Kausha
Maenila
Texas
Beaumont
Tex
Northwestern University
Ami Pu
Krusasx
Beerennes de Canlarieh
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Presidency
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N.Y
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Lowla
Aylesworth
Baby
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Sidney Ringer
Moon
Miss Murdoch
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Loudes
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Howe
Glenwood
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Shire
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Jowa
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