Lands Open to Settlement under McKinley Proclamation
Washington July 9 The president proclaims lands ceded by Wichita and affiliated tribes and by Comanche Kiowa and Apache to be opened Aug 6 under homestead and townsite laws Registration runs Aug 10 to 26 at Reno and Lawton offices. only registered applicants may settle for 60 days. Injunction sought in El Reno to stop opening and protect Indian lands.
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Washington
McKinley
Territory of
Oklahoma
United States
Reno
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Okla
Irwin
el Reno
Register of
Congress
C. Porter Johnson
William M. Springer
Murderous Blackened Jealousy Ends in Fire Escape Tragedy
New York July 9 Edward Luthy a 43 year old bootmaker killed his wife with a pistol shot and then shot himself in front of witnesses on East 169th street after a quarrel over a delayed dinner. Pedestrians along Park avenue watched the scene as the body fell from a fire escape. Luthy is hospitalized with a serious wound claiming his wife shot first.
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New York
Edward Luthy
Lise
East One
Hundred and
Sixty-ninth Street
Park Avenue
Luthys
Luthy
Miners Attack De Soto Band En Route to Dewmaine
In Carbondale Illinois on July 4 a De Soto band largely made up of union men was attacked by non union workers while traveling to West Frankfort to play for a Dewmaine celebration. Arthur Henry was shot in the head and another man wounded in the leg. Henry's injuries are not fatal.
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Dewmaine
Carbondale
White River Steamer Orlando Sinks at White River
The steamer Orlando of the Memphis White River Packet company sank in the White river twenty seven miles above Des Arc Arkansas. Water covers the main deck but no lives were lost.
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White River
Duval’s Bluff
Ark
Orlando
Memphis‘White River Packet Company
Des Arc
Rome to Send Delegate to Mexico in Clergy Scandal Probe
A telegram from Rome reports the pope will dispatch an ablegate to Mexico to investigate recent clergy scandals and seek a remedy. One priest has resigned pending the inquiry.
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Mexico City
Rome
Prince Hohenlohe Dies in Ragatz at 1819 Birth Date
Prince Hohenlohe former German chancellor died at Ragatz after a period of health treatment. Born Rothenburg March 31, 1819, he was the second son of Francis Joseph in the Walkleben line.
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Berlin
Prince Hohenlohe
Germany
Ragatz
Chiewly Carl Victor
Hohenlohe
Chillingsfurst
Rothenburg
Francis Joseph
Death of Prince von Hohenlohe and succession at Shillingsfurst
In 1845, after the death of his brother Philip Ernest, Chlewig succeeded with his elder brother’s consent to the family seat of Shillingsfurst and moved to Bavaria. Prince von Hohenlohe’s death was unexpected, he had left Berlin in good health. he arrived at Ragatz exhausted and died of old age.
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Enburg
Philip Ernest
Chlewig
Schillingsfurst
Bavaria
Prince von Hohenlohe
Berlin
Ragatz
Atrocities Alleged by Daily Mail Reporter From Winkfontein
A Daily Mail correspondent reports brutal Boer actions at Winkfontein including killing wounded and desecrating bodies. The censor blocks graphic cable descriptions and the paper protests the suppression of details.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Winkfontein
Cable
Mail
Lfe
Six Injured In Milwaukee Avenue Trolley Derailment
A Milwaukee avenue trolley derailed yesterday while carrying a picnic party in Chicago. The car struck a trolley pole and split in two causing panic as passengers were thrown to the street. Six passengers are seriously injured with broken limbs and severe cuts. no fatalities reported.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue
Child killed by torpedo on Denver porch
A large torpedo bomb was thrown into the yard at 2021 Curtis Street in Denver. Five year old Esther Oliver, daughter of surveyor M. O. Oliver, died thirty minutes after the blast. The assailant escaped.
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Denver
Curtis Street
Esther Oliver
M. O. Oliver
Attempt to kill Wabash editor ends with grazing bullet
Wabash Ind July 3 an unknown assailant shot at Will H Sharpe editor of the Wabash Star grazing his ear as he stood at a window of the Star building with his wife above the street. Three men followed him then fired and disappeared.
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Wabash
Wabash, Ind
Will H. Sharpe
The
Wabash Star
Sharpe
Star
Prussian Royal Visit as Dowager Empress Remains Ailing
Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia arrived to visit Dowager Empress Frederick whose health has worsened with severe pains. She cannot ride but spends days on the castle terrace or under a lawn tent, indicating limited mobility amid ongoing illness.
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Frederick
Cronberg
Prussia
Prince
Princess Henry of
Two Men Killed in Night Club Fight near Index Arkansas
News from Texarkana reports that two men were killed and two wounded in a desperate battle involving four or five colored men at a dance in Little River County near Index nine miles north of Texarkana on the Kansas City Southern railway last night.
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Texarkana
Ark
Index
Here
Kansas City Southern Railway
Little River County
Porto Rican Resolutions to Be Delivered in Washington
Gov Allen plans to travel to Washington after the Mayflower returns from La Guaira to personally present the Porto Rican assembly's free trade resolution to President McKinley in compliance with its terms.
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San Juan
P. R
Mayflower
la Guatra
Venez
Allen
Washington
Porto Rican Assembly
McKinley
Forest Fire Threatens Pine Island Mining Camp
Forest fire southwest of Buena Vista Colorado destroys valuable timber and endangers Pine Island mining camp as flames spread rapidly through the area.
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Buena Vista
Colo
Here
Pine Island
Two Children Die in Coal Oil Fire Lockup
In Louisiana Missouri on July 9 Donald Nichols and Samuel Taylor both about five years old were burned to death after playing with a can of coal oil. The outbuilding door was fastened trapping them inside.
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Louisiana
Donald Nichols
Samuel Taylor
Lorillard Dead at 68 Leaves 25 Million Fortune
Pierre Lorillard died at the Fifth Avenue hotel after returning from Europe. He leaves a fortune about 25 million and is survived by his wife a son and two daughters. He founded the Tuxedo club and was the first American to win the English Derby with Troquois on 1881 and built a grand Fifth Avenue home. Funeral set for Grace Church with Greenwood interment.
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New York
Pierre Lorillard
Lorillard
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Deutschland
Europe
Mr. Lorillard
T. Suffern
William Kent
Pierre Lorillard, Jr
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-sixth Street
Parole
Tuxedo
File
Fle
Damm Sues Paine for 10000 Over Boston Shooting
Peter F. Damm , a Boston music teacher, sues Dr. Sumner Paine for 10000 damages after being shot on May 29 when Paine accused him of adultery with Paine's wife. Grand jury did not indict Paine. Damm alleges assault and harm to mind body business and reputation amid divorce rumors.
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Boston
Gjeets
Peter F. Damm
Sumner Paine
Paine
Cloudburst Causes Heavy Damage in Moore County
A July 9 rain storm and cloudburst hit Wayne sburg and Moore County Tennessee. Mulberry Creek rose ten feet in under an hour washing away lumber fences and buildings. The County Line post office anchored to prevent destruction. Farm lands suffered heavy damage with rails and wheat loss and corn destruction. No fatalities reported.
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Venn
Nashville
Tenn
Uaynesburg
Moore County
Mulberry Creek
Callie Bobo
Cool Wave Grips East of the Mississippi Amid Warm West
Washington reports comparatively cool weather east of the Mississippi and in the Ohio valley with below normal temperatures. The Midwest and New England saw rain, while the West remains warm and dry under a Northwest low pressure system. Weather forecasts anticipate cooler conditions east of the Mississippi for a short period.
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Mississippi
Washington
Mississippi River
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Northwest
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic
New England
Edward Park Deacon Dies in Boston Society Circle
Edward Park Deacon a member of a wealthy Boston family and a noted figure in society died in Boston after brain disease. He had been involved in a sensational shooting affair in Paris several years ago.
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Edward Park Deacon
Boston
Paris
Deal
Deacon
Poisoned Lemonade Toll Hits Ada. Several Die
In Ardmore Indiana Ada an apparent lemonade poisoning sickened several hundred people. Reports say three children died and many were seriously ill with others hospitalized as investigators began inquiries into the incident.
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Ardmore, Ind
Ada
President McKinley and Mrs McKinley Leave Washington for Canton
President and Mrs McKinley departed Washington for Canton to spend the heated term at their home with Secretary Cortelyou and Dr. Rixey in attendance. Mrs McKinley showed signs of recent illness yet appeared cheerful as they left the capital, with occasional visits planned to handle business.
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McKinley
Washington
MckKinley
Canton
Buffalo Exposition
Cortelyou
P. M. Rixey
White House
Calm Returns as Telluride Miners Quiet Tense Strike
Denver July 7 report states calm prevailed after days of tension at the Smuggler Union mine near Telluride Colorado. Governor Orman received a telegram from Sheriff Contain noting no violence or property loss since the 3rd and expressing inability to protect life and property in case of riot.
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Telluride
Col
Denver
Colo
Cov. Orman
Gov. Orman
Still No Relief From Heat as Storms Offer Limited Help
The tenth day of the heat wave remained a scorcher except where thunderstorms or rains appeared. Relief came in Arkansas East Gulf states Northern Ohio and New York through storms. Southeastern New England cooled by 6 to 10 degrees but no general pattern of relief is assured. Chicago hinted at a short respite while New York recorded a two inch downpour dropping temps to 76.
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Washington
Arkansas
East Gulf States
Ohio
New York
New England
Chicago
Honored IX Death As Thousands View Governor Pingree
In Detroit on July 7 a massive funeral viewing for Michigan Governor Pingree drew an immense crowd. From 6 pm to 11 pm the line stretched for blocks as workers paid final homage, with over 50 000 people passing the casket before it was guarded in the city hall corridors.
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Pingiece
Detroit
Mich
Michi-gan
City Hall
Michigan Avenue
Disastrous Wreck at Mosinee Wreck on Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul
In Mosinee Wisconsin on July 7 a serious railroad wreck destroyed five cars and the engine and tender. Brakeman Henry Rhoda is reported fatally injured as a sand heap washed onto the track amid heavy rains.
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Mosinee
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Henry Rhoda
Murdered by Tramps in East Alton Box Car
James Reyburn Jr of Bloomington was killed yesterday by tramps. His body was found in a box car on the Big Four tracks at East Alton with his head beaten and most valuables stolen. No clue yet.
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Alton, Jr
James Reyburn
Bloomington, Jr
East Alton
Reyburn
May Assume Wood's Duties In Cuba Command
Washington July 7 reports that if Gen Wood's illness lasts long Col Samuel M Whiteside of the Tenth Cavalry now at Santiago will temporarily assume the executive duties of the Cuba department.
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Wood
Washington
War Department
Department of Cuba
Samuel M. Whiteside
Tenth Cavalry
Sautiago
Carnegie offers city 750000 for library building
Mayor Phelan receives a letter from Andrew Carnegie proposing to donate 750000 dollars to the city for a library building provided a suitable site is furnished and the city appropriates 75000 dollars annually for maintenance.
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Carnegie
Prisco
San Francisco
Phelan
Andrew Carnegie
Murderer Jose Sanchez Hanged in Silver City
Santa Fe July 7 Jose Sanchez was hanged yesterday in Silver City for the murder of Catherine Almudares last December.
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Santa Fe
N. Mex
Jose Sanchez
Silver City
Catherine Almundares
Elks Lodge Sued for Fifty Thousand Dollars
Columbus Ohio July 7 Allen O Meyers newspaper writer author and politician has sued the Order of Folks of the United States for 50000 45000 on account of his expulsion by the grand lodge in 1897 and 5000 for writing the ritual of the order.
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Elks’ Lodge
Columbus
Ohio
Shamrock I Beats Challenger In Trial Run
Glasgow July 7 The Shamrocks won a three mile windward race by 200 yards over the challenger in a smooth water breeze.
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Shamrock I
Glasgow
Shamrocks
Shamrock
Horses Move in Beav erhead County Trade to Eastern Markets
Beaverhead County horses continue to be shipped east in growing numbers. Stock Inspector Staudaker reports ten carloads of rang ers sent to St Louis by W M Welsh, with nine more cars loaded the previous day. Denver firm Irwin Grant & Co sent one carload to St Louis, Idaho buyer Tracy Bros moved four cars to Chicago, and Lee Stuart shipped four to St Louis. Anderson Bros of Dillon plan another trainload on July 12. Reports from Big Hole Basin say J W Franchier of Sheridan Wyoming has bought saddle horses for the British government, leaving Basin with three carloads for shipment from Anaconda at up to 45 dollars per head. Lee Louis of a Butte firm received a thousand head of prime mutton from Graig Cornell, to be driven to Butte for immediate slaughter.
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Beaverhead County
Staudaker
Red Rock
St. Louis
W. M. Welsh
Irwin, Grant & ,Co
Denver
Idaho
Tracy Bros
Chicago
Lee Stuart
Anderson Bros
Dillon
Big Hole Basin
J. W. Franchier
Sheridan
Wyo
Basin
Anaconda
Lee Louis
Butte
Graig Cornell
Northen Pacific to Extend Rail Line from Twin Bridges
Winters Parsons and Bloomer of Butte win contract to extend the Northern Pacific from Twin Bridges to Virginia City. They will furnish all materials and deliver the completed road to the company as soon as possible. Work to start promptly, continuing the Gaylord Ruby Valley branch.
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Twin Bridges
Virginia City
Winters, Parsons & Bloomer
Butte
Northern Pacific Railroad
Gaylord
Ruby Valley
Northern Pacific
Whitehall
Parrot People
Great Falls
Jefferson River
Thomas W. Jones Named Postmaster at Deer Lodge
Thomas W. Jones is named postmaster at Deer Lodge for four years. Former Senator Carter announced the appointment. Jones will take over once his commission arrives from Washington. Miss Jessie Stacknole will stay on as assistant for several months.
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Deer Lodge
Thomas W. Jones
Uncle Sam
Senator Carter
Jones
Washington
Jessie Stacknole
Mr. Jones
News in Brief From Montana and nearby regions
Arrests and legal notices across Butte Rimini and Billings are reported. Joseph S Nowles faces a charge for assisting a visitor’s badgering at a tenderloin resort. A Dillon dormitory project advances as contractors finish stone work. Bankruptcy petition filed in federal court. Personal tax sales target Rimini houses owned by squatters. Divorce petition in Butte asks restoration of maiden name. Local business change reports in Glendive. Gambling charges bound over in Butte after motives questioned. Columbia petroleum claim filed near Dillon. A drowned engineer’s body possibly identified in Hope Idaho. A fifteen year old incorrigible girl case in Billings. Montana manufacturing census shows 1 078 establishments, 10 101 wage earners, wages totaling nearly 8 million, copper and lead sectors detailed.
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Joseph S<nowles
Butte
Dillon
Price
R. S. Fulford
Rimini
Hudson
Mary Bernier
William Berniler
Mary Harrington
Ray H. Butler
W.rodden
B. S. Burroughs
Thomas Landers
Frank Rodden
Isaac Simmons
Columbia
Dilton
H. C. Relf
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Horse Plains
Hope
Idaho
Relf
Lillian Morin
Billings
Montana
Epworth League Convention Delegates to San Francisco
A group of forty from St Paul will travel to the fifth international Epworth league convention in San Francisco. Northern conference delegates numbering 125 depart Monday, with 100 from Minnesota led by Carl F. Miller on Wednesday. Additional travel plans include stops at Colorado Springs Salt Lake City Portland Spokane and the Yellowstone trip with 30000 expected attendees. The next convention may be held in Minneapolis in 1908.
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Pacific Canat
St. Paul
Minn
Northwestern Road
San Francisco
Bond
Leagrvers
Colorado, Springs
Salt Lake City
Northern Conference
Northern Pacific Railway
Carl F. Miller
Minnesota Transportation Committee
Northwestern
Denver
Northern Pacific
Portland
Spokane
Yellowstone National Park
Minneapolis
Bishop Joyce
Epworth League
Bishop Fowler
McCabe
Buckley
Editor Berry
C. B. Mitchell
Dawson Paroled From Prison After Damascus Steel Claim
Des Moines reports R. Dawson known as Damascus Dawson was paroled by Gov. Shaw after five years of a ten year sentence for shooting Walter Scott, his son in law, on Christmas night 1895. Capitalists backing a Lawson process venture secured the evidence leading to parole, Dawson had vowed to die with his secrets. He was said to have been driven to the edge of insanity at the time of the shooting.
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Des Moines
R. Dawson
Walter Scott
Shaw
Damascus
Dawson
Lawson
Wealthy farmer kills wife then ends life in Des Moines
Des Moines reports F A Brackett a 68 year old retired farmer from Atlantic Iowa shot his wife at their daughter Mrs Otis F Powells home at 202 West Ninth Street and then killed himself The tragedy discovered at 10 oclock with Brackett's forehead bullet wound and the wife on the floor Brackett had come to Des Moines to spend the Fourth and health and heat may have caused the act.
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Des Moines
Iowa
F. A. Brackett
Atlantic
Otis’ F.powall
West Ninth Street
Brackett
Woodward Sues Rail Road Over Dairy Fire Damages
Forrest E. Woodward of Langdon sues the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway for more than 8000 dollars claiming damages from a dairy plant fire triggered by sparks from a locomotive on May 1 1900. The jury found for the defendant after forty five hours of deliberation.
Miners Organize Black Hills Mining Association
Deadwood South Dakota July 7 The third day of the carnival saw mining men organize the Black Hills Mining association a charter to be applied for Harris Franklin elected president Every mining man in the Hills will be entitled to membership The plan aims to make the mineral palace a permanent feature A procession with floats torches and fireworks closed the night
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Deadwood
S. D
Hillis
Black Hills Mining Association
Hills
Mineral Palace
Harris Franklin
Runaway Accident Injures St Paul Man
Stillwater Minnesota July 7 Jay Millard of St Paul son of the late Dr P H Millard was severely bruised in a runaway accident last night. He was thrown near Second and Chestnut as a horse bolted past a street car. one leg was feared broken but the surgeon said only bruises remained.
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St. Paul
Stillwater
Minn
Jay Millard
P. H. Millard
Filipino teachers offered positions in Philippines
Winona Minn July 7 Congressman Tawney was informed that if State Superintendent Olson recommends Prof E J Donaldson of Spring Valley for a Philippine teaching post at 1200 dollars salary he will secure the appointment. Peter L Loughrey a normal school graduate is recommended for a 900 dollar post.
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Minnesota
Winona
Minn
Tawney
Col. Edwards
Insular
Olson
E. J. Donaldson
Spring Valley
Philippines
Peter L. Loughrey
Double Tragedy in Milwaukee Domestic Killing and Suicide
Milwaukee July 7. A bartender Fred Alex shot Martha Weise, a restaurant domestic worker, after she refused marriage. He then shot himself. Both are believed dead.
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Milwaukee
Fred Alex
Martha Weise
Wille
Chinch Bugs Threaten Wort Farms After Dry Spell
In Stewartville Minnesota July 7 chinch bugs and hot winds have been devouring grain. A recent good rain may slow the infestation and cool the air. Expect only about half a crop from the small grain.
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Wort
Stewartville
Minn
Boy saved after being caught by balloon rope
Barton Meyers a West Liberty Iowa boy was caught by a balloon rope carried five miles and dropped unharmed in the neighboring county near Muscatine Iowa on July 7 a brief accident report noting his safety rather than danger
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Muscatine
Iowa
Barton Meyers
West Liberty
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Williamson
W. Va
Sylvester Green
McDowell County
McDowell
Hohenlone
Prince von Mohenluhe
Torpedo
Mileignaire Tobacco
Hidest
Peter Lorillard
Ameri
MR. Damm
Montana News
Epworth
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