Notorious Safe Blower Hanged in Birmingham
Frank Miller, a notorious safe blower, was hanged at Birmingham Alabama for the murder of Patrolman J W Adams who tried to arrest him for burglary. Miller's partner Frank Duncan was found guilty of killing Patrolman Kirkley and given a life sentence. An hour after the Miller execution Alonzo Williams Teal was hanged on the same scaffold for murdering a fellow convict in the mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Miller
Birmingham
Ala
J. W. Adams
Burge Jary
Miller
Frank Doncan
Kirkley
Alonzo Williams Tealured
Discrepancy in Chinese Indemnity Payment Disclosed
Reports indicate China agreed to pay about 85 million taels or 24.5 million dollars more than the allowed indemnities to all powers. The sequence of who caused the overpayment remains unclear, with errors in calculation at Pehlu or Peihu noted, followed by later adjustments by Chinese authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Pehiu
Pittsburg Special: President Issues New Steel Workers Order
President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association of Steel and Pin Workers outlines an order affecting new employees of the American Steel Group Company. The decree states that the $1000 used will be subject to certain charges, issued under authority of the association leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Shaffer
Dren
Steel and Pin
Ammer Can Steed Floop Company
Ie Joop
Drowned Daughters Reported in Newbern Incident
Fragmentary OCR notes describe two daughters named Mary and Berisdrers Ibmed Sed George Gooryvan who were drowned at Newbern. The text mentions beds of two earls and a State representative, with references to a Collector of a tobs and Posatari raceb Newborn, but details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Fo Clark
Mary de Aedion
George Gooryvan
Ager
Newbern
Sllark
World’s Finest Army Debate Over U S Military Strength
A garbled account discusses a claim that the United States Army is the finest in size and quality, citing wages as a key factor. The text references Lord Welseley and a British alternative of conscription or bounties, but details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinie
House of Fords
Lord Welseley
United States Army
Great Britain
Gompers Seriously Injured After Streetcar Fall
President Samuel Gompers of the AFL fell from a Washington streetcar while alighting and struck his head on the pavement. He suffered a brain concussion and is in very serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Gompers
Wabash Flyer No 6 Involved in Fatal Crossing Crash
A Wabash railroad flyer No 6 struck a carnage at a crossing near Huntington Indiana killing a father and mother and two children one died instantly and another later. The family's name could not be obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Judge Wood Dies Suddenly in Indianapolis Home
Judge William A. Wood of the United States Circuit Court died suddenly in his bed at his DeLano apartments on Fast Michigan Street Indianapolis. Death occurred shortly after midnight with his wife at his bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Wood
United States Circuit Court
Delano
Michigan Street
Indianapolis
Coinage for the Year at U S Mints Reports totals
The fiscal year ending June 29, 1401 shows total U S coinage of 880,781 with gold 6g6u 150 and silver 85 una 49 minor coins 2,009,508.
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United States
Lightning Strikes Wallace Circus in Wisconsin Tragedy
Lightning hit the Wallace circus tent near Eau Claire Wisconsin. The strike struck the big top during a performance causing injuries to several persons and frightening animals. The scene involved the elephant act and emergency crews responded quickly. Authorities investigated the incident and patrons were cleared from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bau Claire
Wis
Wallace Eirens
Waiser's Yacht Wins Classic Race at Jubeck Bay
The special schooner The Meteor raced by Tiperor Willigan captured the yacht event in Jubeck Bay with Travenonde aboard, securing victory in the regatta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wwaiser
Travenonde
Meteor
Tiperor Willigan
Jubeck Bay
Akron mass meeting denounces editor assault and calls for Kohlers and Bert Work to workhouse
At a mass meeting of 3800 citizens in Akron Ohio the horsewhipping of Editor Newmnedy was denounced as an outrage a petition was signed urging the Mayor to send the Kohlers and Bert Work to the workhouse regardless of social standing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Newmnedy
Kohlers
Bert
Mhundee Special Leaves for Tromsoe Norway
The American flagship of the Baldwin Ziegler expedition has departed here for Tromsoe Norway. The expedition plans to likely leave Franz Josef Land on July 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin-Ziegler
Tromsoe
Norway
Franz Josef Land
Seventh National Bank Closes Amid Financial Distress
Perry Feath and family links among directors as Seventh National Bank of New Hands closes after inability to suspend note payments. The move comes as Henry Marquand & Co. failures connect to the bank's downfall, with little stock exchange volatility or widespread panic.
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Cape
Perry Jie
ATI Vie
ATI Vie Directors Miet
All Street
Stock Exchange
Perry Feath
Kansas harvests seek 5,000 men for wheat work
Kansas farmers call for 5,000 harvest hands as wheat crops surge, drawing workers from Missouri and the Eastern states. Wages reach high levels with daily pay from 1.50 to 2.00. cooks are scarce while railroad crews seek higher earnings elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Missouri
Missouri Free Employment Agency
Bexon
Tou Cays
Byansas
Oklahoma
Lawson Emerges as Noted Financier in Cup Defender Trials
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston, a leading financier and prominent figure on Wall Street, has been excluded from the preliminary trials for the Ateriouys cup. Born in Cambridge forty two years ago, Lawson is known for his role in consolidating the copper mining industry and his broad and influential business interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Iles
Mr. Lawson
Cambridge
Mass
Jessie Morrison Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Second Degree
In Eldorado Kansas Jessie Morrison was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree for the killing of Mrs. Olin Castle with a razor after a struggle at the Castle home. Defense claimed Morrison acted in self defense after Castle first attacked her. The trial noted jealousy involving Castle and Morrison’s marriage, with testimony describing a fatal struggle and a denial of intent to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Olin G. Castle
Castle
Miss Mason
Miss Morrison
Jeal Page
Morrison
Misa Morrison
Ginally
Alva
Miss
Kennedy Free After Costly New York Trial Run
The case against Kennedy ran up to about 700000 in New York expenses with three trials and high legal fees. The first trial cost 15000 and the third trial pushed total costs higher as Kennedy mortgaged his Staten Island home so funds could continue. Support from neighbors and New York friends funded an appeal and Cantwell and Moore were assigned for the appeal and retrial.
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Honetivaenan
New York
Tristriet
Phobin
Ikennmedy Wii
Sid Itaney
Leah Pie
Staten Island
Court of Appeals
Court of General Sessions
Cantwell & Moore
Klondike founder Joseph Ladue dies at 46 in Schuyler Falls
Joseph Ladue founder of Dawson City in the Klondike has died at his home in Schuyler Falls North Carolina after a long illness. He was 46 and leaves a widow and one son. Ladue began as a prospector in early life pushing into the Northwest and the Yukon where he located the trading post that became Dawson City.
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Klondike
Joseph Ladue
Dawson City
Schuyler Falls
N. C
Alaska
Ladue
Northwest
Yukon
S. Tle
Dawson
Dewson
Schossey Ivadls
Anna Mason
Nuska
Territorial candidates named for statehood in three states
New Mexico Arizona and Oklahoma are listed as territorial candidates for statehood. A farmer Henry Gqerlein committed suicide at his home near Black Tack Missouri by taking strychnine. A tornado near Terrell Texas damaged farm buildings and crops. A gypsy fortune teller arrested in Wyoming carried bank notes totaling 3500 in a belt.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Henry Gqerlein
Black Tack
Terrell
Texas
Wyoming
Aldermen propose shipping hoboes to Western wheat fields
A messy multi item wire story notes New York aldermen planning to relocate hoboes to western wheat regions. It also reports deaths Rev Joseph Cook and a mystery woman in Brooklyn, plus a string of industrial, crime and weather incidents across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Cook
Ticonderoga
N. Y
Bright
Yale
Harvard
Mount Vernon
Cornell
Marshall Field
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
George BR. Read
Thirty-first Street
Knowles
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Richard Wilson
Ohio River
Vanport
T. M. Garlick
No. 2
Delaware and Hudson Company
Wilkesharre
Candy Connor
Jack Bucks
Peter G Donnell
John Bugdale
Noa. 2
Brown & Gacley
Edwards & Docker
Dockwood Fulding Box Company
Vast, garbled historical notes span crimes and tragedies
Disjointed items report on a death sentence case in Minnesota, a new world’s fair site in St Louis, a second degree murder conviction in Kansas, a boat wreck rescue, a fatal train washout near Logansport, a Chicago physicians college fire, railway incorporations, a duel killing in Seattle, Cleveland streetcar wage hikes, and inheritances in Los Angeles, all presented in a fragmented 1900s newspaper style.
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Nash
Ediward Ruthven
Ofte
Trarmerer
Forest Park
St. Louis
Etbdlorada
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Olin Gr. Castle
EL Ot. Palmer
Fouir
St. Paul Mama
Aby Ley
Tie
Sherry
Amlanne Sullivan
Beniein
Nate
Agnes Kerns
Delice
Cass Station
Logansport
Ind
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chicago
West Side Hospital
Lake Erie, Bowling Green and Napoleon Railway Company
Columbus
Ohio
Port Clinton
Defiance
W. L. Meredith
W. M. Meredith
National Bureau of Engraving and Printing
John Considine
Seattle
Destructive Gales and Global Top News Notices
Foreign islands battered by fierce gales. Chandler Hale named secretary of legation in Vienna. Japan seeks 57 942 247 dollars from Chinese indemnity share. German firm wins Pekin electric fighting contract. General Tung Pu Liang leads Chinese insurgents against Pui Yuen Fu. Leipziger Bank at Leipzig suspends payments with 90 million marks liquidity and 48 million assets. Australian editor expelled for reprinting editorials against King Edward. Capt A L M Bray and another killed on the Isle of Wight amid breech incident. Fleet maneuvers off Tsushima report three Japanese ships involved. Trois notes sphere coverage and several men were injured or killed.
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Fir Islands
Edward
Lrublin
A. L. M. Bray
Isle of Wight
Navy shifts approach and duty on isthmus trade
The Navy Department will abort efforts to aid a naval militia and impose port duties on all ships from the isthmus. Separately, Dawson founder Cole Ladue, who first struck Yukon gulch gold, has died. The Lusitania wreck near Cape Ballard is noted, and wage talks at American Tin Plate yield a 7 percent rise for about 50000 workers after a 10 percent request.
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Navy Department
Miltia
Cole
Joseph Ladue
Dawson
Yukon
Roewion
Dehnera Decker
Agenstan
Qry
Sbouo
Orient Steam Navigation
Tortepany
Stemmer Lusitania
Jerem Abe- Nay
Liverpool
Menino
Cape Ballard
Alexander Dumnsmuir
Sina Wales Hopper
Wallace
Alexander Dunstmuir
British Columbia
Dunsmuir
American Tin Plate Company
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
Market report mixed grains and livestock prices across major cities
Chicago and other markets show cattle and hogs trading wide ranges with shipping grades in demand. Wheat and corn prices vary by grade with No 2 red wheat around 73c and corn around 42c to 48c. butter and eggs at creameries fetch 18c to 19c and 12c to 18c.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Louis
Cincinnati
Uoe
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
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Blinor
Judge Wood
Wallace Circus
Citizens Support Editor
North Pole
Lars
Uncle Sam
Tesbik Moilrison
Kennedy
Doeder
Dr, Kennedy
Oda
England
Bassett
Prof. Johnston
University
Sylvester Hadley
William Whittington
Walter Hadley
Frank Sutton
Newton Hadley
Forrest
Quincey
Martin Ayres
Daily Township
Dponea
Nebo
Neo Teney
Ayres
W. C. Carson
Cowley
Viestern
Charles Cleveland
St. Francis
Minn
Cleveland
Big Consolidated Street Car Company
Electric
Tus
Ernest Still
Glencoe
Addington
Kiowa Tadim Reservation
Oikla
Ros
Castleberry
J. MM. Walibeld
First National Bank
Watheld
Edwin Touthven
Wieimness
Ohio State
Ruthven
Rurtheben
Charles (. Bennett
Deadwood Labor Union
Deadwood
S. 1
Michael Reedy
Bennett
Reedy
M. B. Bassett
Los Angeles
Cal
Thomas Openshaw
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