Former Baltimore Belle to Be Extra dited for Kidnapping
New York dispatch reports Count Malta fjewen Stierngranat of Sweden, jailed in Ludlow Street since last May, inherits part of a Swedish general uncle’s fortune. He also faces a breach of promise suit by Miles Lesbia M. Bostwick seeking damages of 60000 dollars, with marriage plans tied to the case.
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New York
Malta Fjewen Stierngranat
Sweden
Ludlow Street
Count Stierngranat
Miles Lesbia M. Bostwick
Swedish nobleman seeks marriage out of love in breach case tale
A Swedish nobleman who inherits 115000 dollars learns the woman who had him jailed in New York for breach of promise now seeks marriage for love, not money or title. She explains her motive is affection, not financial gain.
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New York
Count in Jail Won't Pay Judgment to Lesbia
Lesbia, a brunette who wears glasses and lives with her mother, sent a messenger to the jail to inform the count she will marry him despite his fortune. The count, who has just learned of a $45.87 Supreme Court judgment and a $125 larceny charge, says he will be tried on the latter and plans to marry an American for love, not money, while aiming to leave jail after Thursday.
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Lesbia
Supreme Court
Woman Kidnapping Case Seen In Extradition Talks
Baltimore July 2 If British authorities recognize the demands of this government little girl abducted by her mother Letitia Perot will be restored to her grandfather and the woman will be compelled to answer the charge of kidnapping before an American court and jury Willie Perot met his wife in Demerara when he was there in the eighties as representative
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Baltimore
Little Adys
Letitia Perot
William Yates Perot
Willie”Perot
Demerara
British Guiana
Representa
Arrest arranged in Liverpool for abduction case in Baltimore
Mrs. William Yates Perot faces arrest in Liverpool England over abducting her daughter Gladys from her grandfather in Baltimore. The grandfather had been entrusted with the children after the couple's divorce and the court order.
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Liverpool
Eng
William Yates Perot
Gladys
Baltimore
Divorce and missing wife linked to Perot family tale
Narrative recounts the Perot family history from a Brazilian hides carrier to a contested divorce. It describes abandonment grounds, custody shifts to a grandfather, and the wife’s travels to Paris London and Montreal before returning with two children then allegedly fleeing with a young Englishman claiming the name Neptune Blood. The text stops amid a fragmentary account of the son Willie Perot.
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Tive
Lettie Sponnegal
Brazil
Neptune Blood
Willie” Perot
London
From convent to stage in quiet fashion
New York July reports Pretty Sadie Lauer has left the convent for the stage and will join Daniel Frohman's White Horse Tavern company next season. Though in short dresses she impressed her family with elocution and mimicry, and her resolve to be an actress led to a strict supper of butterless bread before bedtime.
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New York
Sadie Lauer
Daniel Frohman
White Horse Tavern
Sadie Leaves Maryland Village for Philadelphia to Seek Stage Career
Sadie tells her mother she will pursue acting despite leaving a Maryland village for the Convent of Notre Dame in Philadelphia. After years of schooling she graduates with honors and moves into New York society. She grants acting priority, saying the stage is her first and only love for now and perhaps forever.
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Sadie
Maryland
Philadelphia
Convent of Notre Dame
New York
Illegal to Make Love in New York Court Ruling
Magistrate Zeller in Yorkville Police Court declares it illegal to make love to a girl without her consent. Veronica Fox, a 35 year old cigar maker, accuses Carl Kendrick of pursuing her. She seeks divorce, Kendrick allegedly hired as a private detective by her husband. If repeated, he faces six months on the island.
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New York
Zeller
Yorkville
Veronica Fox
Carl Kendrick
Flirtation on Riverside Drive Ends in Robbery Scare
A stylish man courted a married woman on Riverside Drive then drugs and robs her after a ride toward One Hundred Twenty ninth Street. A bicycle cop helped the victim as she revealed she had been drugged and robbed of jewelry, fearing her husband’s reaction.
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New York
Riverside Drive
Briarwood
Amsterdam Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Grant
She Returns to Ireland Sails for Umbria Voyage
Mahon, who will be 16 in September, sailed yesterday aboard the Umbria for Ireland, her old home. She travels with Miss Julia McMahon, kin to General Thomas McMahon. When asked how she remains healthy, she replied that temperance in all things helps her live long, and she expects to live many years more.
Auntie McMahon of Laragh recalls a long life
The narrator, Miss McMahon born in Laragh Monaghan, remembers Canon McMahon born 1794 and his death at 90. She details a boyhood friendship, Irish roots, and a career from dairy work at General J. McBride’s Hamptonburg to Livingston Manor and later dressmaking where she saved money. Her brother Patrick in Laragh has a Montana Legislator son. She hopes to die in her birthplace village.
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Ireland
Canon McMahon
Miss McMahon
Laragh
Monaghan
General J. McBride
Hamptonburg
N. Y
Livingston Manor
Patrick
Montana
Little Village
Lipton Engaged Rumor Ties Clanwilliam Heiress to Sir Thomas Lipton
London July 2 reports a marriage rumor linking one of the Earl of Clanwilliam's daughters to Sir Thomas Lipton. The Clanwilliam party has visited Lipton on the steam yacht Erin and will attend cup races with him. Meanwhile Madeleine Stanley Lady Jeune’s daughter is alleged to be engaged to Hon Rupert Guinness, son of Lord Iveagh, and a diamond sculls winner.
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London
Earl of Clanwilliam
Thomas Lipton
Lord Clanwilliam
Lipton
Erin
Madeleine Stanley
Lady Jeune
Thomas
Rupert Guinness
Lord Iveagh
Miss Grant at Newport with Grant family ties to Cantacuzene
Mrs Frederick Dent Grant and her daughter Miss Julia Dent Grant have stayed in Newport four days with Mrs Potter Palmer, after two weeks at the Windsor Saratoga with Mrs Ulysses Grant. They may attend the forthcoming wedding of Miss Grant to Prince Cantacuzene of Russia. The Wollants, now in the Adirondacks, may visit Newport soon, and de Wollant acts for the Russian ambassador Cassini.
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Newport
R. I
Frederick Dent Grant
Julia Dent Grant
Potter Palmer
Railroads Fight in Storm Lake Feud Over Track Rights
A Bee dispatch from Storm Lake reports a fierce railway fight between the Minneapolis and St. Louis and the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul. Milwaukee forces hold the Minnesota line rights and have relaid tracks despite an injunction. Both sides amass reinforcements as a contempt arrest of Milwaukee workers is planned for Monday, with heavy resistance anticipated and Storm Lake facing intense public tension.
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Omaha
Neb
Storm Lake
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Chicago
Boy Fights Burglar In Reed's Mills Narrow Escape
Wilbur Reed a 15 year old Trenton boy confronted a burglar at his uncle Charles A Reed’s home between Trenton and Pennington. The tramp fired at him but missed. Reed retrieved a shotgun, shot the intruder who fled through a window. blood trail found but suspect not captured as neighbors pursued.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilbur Reed
Charles A. Reed
Reed’s Mills
Pennington
Reed
Dewey On An Excursion During Visit to Opon Mountain
July 23 report from Tripsteh notes the Olympia will stay ten days longer with crowds visiting the cruiser and sailors giving tours. Admiral Dewey and the American consul joined an afternoon carriage excursion to Opon Mountain, adding to the public interest in the visit.
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United States
Olympia
Admiral Dewey
Opoina Mountain
Mascagni Hymn Honoring Admiral Dewey Debuts in Pesaro
The Rome correspondent of the Daily Mail reports Mascagni's hymn in honor of Admiral Dewey was performed at Pesaro on Sunday before 200 people. It was well received and hailed as one of Mascagni's finest works.
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London
Rome
The
Daily Mail
Mascagni
Admiral Dewey
Pesaro
Hebrew Wedding at Lyceum Hall East Boston
Miss Jennie Crows and Mr. Robert Pearlstein wed last night with Rabbi H. Schoher officiating. Best man David Pearlstein and maid of honor Leah Saxe led bridesmaids Dora and Goldie Pearlstein. Ushers Sam Lupinsky and Samuel Pearlstein presided. They will reside in the West End.
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Lyceum Hall
Boston
Jennie Crows
Robert Pearlstein
H. 8. Schoher
David Pearlstein
Mies Leah Saxe
Dora Pearlstein
Goldie Pearlstein
Sam Lupinsky
Samuel Pearlstein
Will Hoyt Attempts Suicide in Middletown Yard
In Middletown New York on July 23 Will Hoyt aged percent drank arsenic then lay under a shrub in the yard. His mother thought it a joke but summoned a doctor as he grew ill and his condition remains precarious.
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Middletown
N. Y
Will Hoyt
Lynn Victim Stabbed Allegedly by Patrick Joyce in Lynn
Mrs Belle Hogan was stabbed in an alley off Liberty Street and hospitalized. Patrick Joyce of Carnes Street is jailed on the case, denying the injury. A dog guards Hogan’s Cambridge Street home as witnesses, including Charles Bartlett, place Joyce with Hogan during the dispute over money.
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Lynn
Belle Hogan
Liberty Street
Cambridge Street
Patrick Joyce
Carnes Street
Charles Bartlett
Joyce
Edwards the Soldier Who Shot Five Filipinos Solo
An officer later reported from Manila recalls Corporal Edwards of the Third Artillery serving as infantry. In a swampy Luzon advance he charged a hidden force, killing four natives and mortally wounding a fifth with a Krag rifle. Edwards carried one shell in reserve and remained calm under fire.
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Aguinaldo
United States
Manila
Otis
Edwards
Third Artillery
Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Morgan
Ballard
Dave Bowie
Frontier History
Luzon
Flinders
Filipino Priest Declares Independence Move In Luzon Church
In Manila July 23 a priest Gregorio Agripay declares himself vicar-general for Filipino priests outside American control in Luzon and urges disobedience to church regulations. The archbishop excommunicates Aguipay, provoking tensions. a Dominican-led Libertas newspaper defends the brotherhood as petitions for peace face provocation from Spanish papers. The US transport Zalandia arrived with U.S. Infantry companies, recruits, and army supplies from San Francisco.
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Manila
Gregorio Agripay
Luzon
Aguipay
the Libertas
United States
Zalandia
San Francisco
Twenty-fourth
United States Infantry
Finlayson Bottsfield Joins Big Thread Trust
The Finlayson Bottsfield & Co of Grafton has joined the big thread trust and the property here was transferred yesterday. The price, as stated on the deed, was $227,000. About 600 are employed.
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Grafton
Finlayson, Bottsfield & Co. (Limited
Big Thread Trust
Holland submarine boat trials in Peconic Bay awe observers
The Holland torpedo boat, built for U S Navy service, conducts trial runs in Peconic bay near Long Island. It dives and fires dummy torpedoes with precision, shows steadiness awash and submerged at ten knots, and prepares for rapid torpedo firing trials this week aboard the undersea craft.
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New York
Erie Basin
Atlantic
Long Island
New York Harbor
United States Navy
Morse
Peconic Bay
Courts Shield Living Soldier in Surreal Pension Case
Washington verdict shows William Wackerle, listed dead since 1872, is alive and drawing a pension while widow Walberga Wackerle fights for a claim plus life-insurance proceeds. Officials reveal the widow’s bid to prove death and collect damages, bonds, and pensions has led to custody for unsound mind and large financial exposure.
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Washington
United States
Wackerle
William Wackerle
Company H
Minnesota Infantry
Pension Bureau
St. Louis
Walberga Wackerle
Webster Davis
Willam Wackerle
Hier
Davis
Meiness
Life Insurance
Wackerie
Ieee
Stranded Sunflower miners recount Klondike voyage ordeal
Sunflower Mining Company members, who left Fort Scott for Alaska eighteen months ago aboard their own steamer, are stranded at St Michael on the way home. They spent the winter on the Koyukuk river far above, no gold found, several deaths, scurvy hit two men, and the doctor warned only vegetable food could save them after companions hunted 110 miles for potatoes.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Sunflower Mining Company
Alaska
San Francisco
St. Michael
Koyokuk
St.Michael
Two Came Home Rich from Dawson to Victoria
M Perlman and H R Manson returned to Victoria from Dawson after starting in 1898 from San Diego with fourteen in the party. Only five survived. Bob Johnson died of blood poisoning, Eric Armstrong died by his own hand at Five Fingers, Dow and another died of typhoid at White Horse, others perished at Dawson. The two men are worth about $20,000 and will bring back a steam thawing machine.
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Victoria
B. C
M. Perlman
H. R. Manson
Dawson
San Diego
Cal
Bob Johnson
Eric Armstrong
Dow
White Horse
Gold Shipment Arrives on Steamer Homer From Dawson City
The Homer arrives from Alaska with 150 passengers and six boxes of gold totaling nearly 1 million dollars. The Alaska Exploration Company receives the main consignment, with about 100 thousand dollars belonging to passengers.
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San Francisco
Homer
J. Michael
Alaska Exploration Company
Dawson City
Princes of the Orient Harbor Outing by No. 1 Chapter
Oriental Chapter No 1 Princes of the Orient led by Willam Crone Crosby Gilman Cromwell Mackin Jones and Kelley organized a 150 member excursion on the steamer Winthrop at 9 30 am. They sailed to Ped dock s Island for a clam bake dinner catered onboard then held athletic games before returning at 6 pm to the harbor.
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Oriental Chapter
Princes of the Orient
Winthrop
Peddock
Messrs
Willam Crone
3B. Crosby
Joseph Gilman
George Cromwell
William R. Mackin
E. W. Jones
Ralph Kelley
Dividend Declared by Bosiga-tattie Gre Zinc Board
The Board of Directors of the Bosiga-tattie Gre Zinc Company has declared a monthly dividend of 1 per share. Payment will be made to shareholders of record in Kansas City. Treasurer Taos ist all A eRALEY notes details.
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Bosiga-tattie Gre Zinc Company
I. Be
Kansas City
No. Taos
Eraley
Alger outlines plan to send Spanish prisoners to Galveston
Secretary of War Alger recalls proposing on July 10 1898 that Spanish prisoners from Santiago be sent to Galveston Texas. He explains why the harbor climate and distance fit, details bids for transport, cost savings, and that the plan, approved by the President, aimed to repatriate prisoners at U.S. expense.
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Washington
Alger
War Department
Spain
Santiago
Galveston
Tex
United States
Department
White House
General Shafter
Playa del Este
Cuba
R. A. Alger
Quartermaster's Department
Ocean Transportation
Santiago de Cuba
Spanish Transatlantic Company
New York Times
Shipping News Miniature Almanac July 2
Shipping notices record sun rises and moon phases with July dates, listing steamers Catalonia, Arthur, City of Bangor, and others sailing from Liverpool, Yarmouth, and New York, with passengers and merchandise. Various vessels anchored in Nanet Roads and routes to Boston, Philadelphia, and Newburyport, plus barge movements and towage details.
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Sim. Ie
Catalonia
Stephens
Liverpool
Queenstown
Wth
Alex Martin
Arkansas Dan
Jespaea
Shields
Merc Ae
Gill Peatons
Smith, Yaroe
Meres Sinary Assengers
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Count Stierngranet
Lemtia Perot
Frohman
Clanwilliam
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Gots
Dewey
Pearlstein
Philippines
BIG Thread
Holland
Pension Office
Klondike
Frisco
Miscellaneous Stock Exchange
Wilson W. Fay & Co
State Street
Poston Agana
Auger
President
Shipping News
Yarmouth
Nor Pan
New Pai Ik
Robert Ty
Perth
Brid Aoa
Breese
Rcranton
Ae Sats
Passaic
Troy
Walegham
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