Body found near Narragansett Pier likely foul play
A man found dead at Scarborough Beach near Narragansett Pier is deemed a probable homicide. An autopsy by Dr. Horace Wilcox notes blows to the abdomen and chest, hands tied, near a damaged boat fragment. The victim, German descent, about 40, well dressed, carries $0.05 and three handkerchiefs with one bearing a letter.
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Point Judith
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Judith
Jing
Beavery Enchantment and Surprising Afterlife Tale
In Toronto Ohio on August 11 Mrs Alexander Taylor an educated woman appeared revived after a brief death and claimed to have visited heaven seeing her husband and recently deceased sister She spoke of heavenly scenes including New Jerusalem while noting she cannot survive long due to consumption The Paris Exposition 1900 exhibit on college women is being prepared by the Association of Collegiate Alumnae with government support for material charts and further funding.
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Toronto
Alexander Taylor
Heaven
Earth
New Jerusalem
Howe
Association of Collegiate
Greatest Bargain Event Hits Boston Market
The sale offers fifty extra salesmen and drastic price cutting on the entire stock. Damaged by smoke, goods are sold without exception or reserve to clear all inventory.
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Boston
Bargain Bonanza in Menswear Prices Dropping Fast
Wholesale reductions flood the boys and men’s department with discounts on pants coats hats and shirts. Damaged goods cut to pennies while all wool suits and linens drop to fractions of regular prices. Sale continues daily until stock runs out.
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Dartment
Smpire
Anti-Imperialist League mobilizes for Labor Day rally
The Anti- Imperialist League announces plans for a Labor Day demonstration against imperialist policy. Leagues are forming in Portland Seattle Chicago Boston New York Detroit San Francisco Cincinnati with mass meetings in Providence and Amory Grove Boston. The group reports high demand for literature and many veterans seeking material to spread anti imperialist doctrine.
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Oregon
Washington
Chicago
Boston
New York
Detroit
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Providence
R. I
Amory Grove
Anti-Imperialist League
Hedwin D. Mead
United States
Spain
W. @. Sumner
Ohio
Illinois
Missouri
Erving Winslow
Donald Fletcher Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
New York August 11 A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed by Donald Fletcher a general broker listing liabilities of 217 460 with no assets.
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New York
Donald Fletcher
Fitzgerald Contemplates Mayoral Run After Congress
Friends discuss John F. Fitzgerald possible candidacy for Mayor while he contemplates a third term in Congress. Despite clashes with Lomasney and Bryan opposition, Fitzgerald remains a potent, combative figure shaping ward politics and chairing conventions as he weighs a mayoral bid and potential succession to Quincy.
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John F. Fitzgerald
Joseph H. O'Neil
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts Senate
Common Council
North End
Martin M. Lomasney
Board of Strategy
Quincy House
Matthews
Quincy
Lomasney
Chicago
Bryan
Democratic State Committee
Dixon
New Hope
Serena
Coneremmaan
Moynihan of Ward 9 Seeks Legislature Next Term
At a community gathering, Moynihan and his supporters announced unanimous backing for a bid to the legislature next term. Friends in Ward 9 and nearby areas pledged active help in the campaign.
Stone backs Bryan for president amid candidacy rumors
William J. Stone vice chairman of the Democratic national committee affirmed strong support for William Jennings Bryan, denying reports he might back Rear Admiral Schley. He dismissed Saratoga conference talks as meaningless and expressed unwavering Bryan loyalty.
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ST. Louis
Bryan
Vicechairman
Democratic National Committee
William J.stone
Washington
Schley
Railroad Rumor Denied by NYNH&HR President Clark
President Clark of the New York New Haven & Hartford railroad insisted there is not a grain of truth to rumors of a consolidation with other transportation properties. He also dismissed as groundless the report that General Manager Chamberlain would be elevated to second vice president.
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Clark
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
South Terminal Station
Chamberlain
Yankee Girl Bids Godspeed to Kitchener at London Station
At Victoria station General Lord Kitchener of Khartoum prepared to board a train to Egypt when a well dressed American woman approached the group led by the Governor-General of the Sudan. She unfurled a silk American flag and asked if under this flag is it allowable. The sirdar accepted her handshake and replied certainly. The woman exclaimed farewell with blessing.
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London
Victoria Station
Lord Kitchener
Khartoum
Egypt
Soudan
de Camp
Idle War Funds Held by Bankers For Unassigned Purpose
The Volunteer Aid Association raised 65000 dollars for wounded Spanish war veterans now dead or healed. Lee Higginson & Co hold the money with no designated owner and no authority to redirect funds to American troops in the Philippines, leaving the sum idle and growing.
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Phillipines
Mrs. Fish Seizes Materials in Newport Dress Feud
In Newport on August 11, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish confronted a Bellevue avenue dressmaker over materials for Mrs. Potter Palmer. After learning the Palmer order, Fish demanded to see the head, had the price raised, and then bought the materials for her own carriage, jeopardizing the shop’s trade with Palmer.
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Newport
Stuyvesant Fish
Potter Palmer
Mrs. Fish
Sigsbee confirms secret marriage of Mary Sigsbee Kerr
Captain Charlies D. Sigsbee of Adm Sampson's squadron confirms the secret marriage of his daughter Mary to New York artist Balfour Kerr. He notes he would have preferred a career over marriage but praises the artistic partnership and hopes for a new era in art.
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Bar Harbor
Charlies D. Sigsbee
Admi Sampson
Maine
Mary
Balfour Kerr
New York
Sigsbee
Mrs Olive Martin Appeals For Help In Missing Son Search
Mrs Olive Martin of 93 Wyman Street Lynn appeals to the Post for aid in locating her son John Henry Martin who disappeared September 4 1897 and has not been heard from since The son was seventeen at the time of disappearance.
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Olive Mr." Martin
Wyman Street
Lynn
Post
John Henry Martin
Martin
Anxious Seaman Recruit Refused by Mother
A young man eager to go to sea was refused enlistment at Charlestown yard after his mother would not consent. He then went to Buzzard's Bay for about two months and has since been missing. Description: fair complexion, black eyes, auburn hair, 6 feet 7 inches tall, 140 pounds, age 19.
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Charlestown
Buzzard’s Bay
Mormon Elders Expelled After Severe Whipping in Wise County
Mormon elders were driven from Wise County Virginia after days of preaching. Local citizens warned them to leave and later entered the place of worship with switches, whipping the elders and forcing their departure.
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Wise County
Virginia
Bankrupt Walker of Ohio Faces $100000 Liabilities
Robert L. Walker of Poland Mahoning County Ohio filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court Cleveland. Liabilities exceed $100000 with no assets. Former business associate of President McKinley in a metal stamping venture, who lost property by indorsing Walker's notes.
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Cleveland,c
Robertl. Walker
Poland
Mahoning County
United States District Court
McKinley
Walker
Attorney General Griggs Heads to Connecticut Lake Champlain
Attorney General Griggs left Washington for Connecticut for a few days then will join the President at Lake Champlain with his family. He expects to return to Washington around September 1.
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Washington
Griggs
Connecticut
Lake Champlain
Jennie Worrell Actress Dies After Coney Island Fire
Jennie Worrell, once a celebrated screen actress, died from burns at Kings County Hospital after being rescued from a grass fire at Coney Island. She was about 65.
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Jennie Worrell
New York
Coney Island
Kings County Hospital
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