Waves From the Magic Wires Echo Through World News
A digest of global events shows Dr. Lapponi reporting the Popes improving heart condition, England hosts a Palma Trophy rifle event, Chamberlain plans speeches on tariff policy, and Russia unsettled by Kishenev riot fallout. Notable items include deaths in Canada, Serbia, and Alabama, a US navy push, and a 2:03 1/2 trotting record by Lou Dillon.
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Lapponi
England
Chamberlain
London
America
John Armour
Supreme Court of Canada
Col
Mischies
Kishenef
Crowley
Dayton
Navy
Lou Dillon
Cleveland
Medical Society Probes Tuberculosis Cure Firm
New York County Medical Society investigates an alleged tuberculosis cure with a name similar to a German physician. The firm operates in New York and other cities and is said to be making a large business on the German specialist’s reputation. A broad campaign against it is planned.
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New York
New York County Medical Society
END OF A Hermit Hall Harvard Graduate Dies in Almshouse
LeRoy New York resident once Harvard College graduate known as the Alexander Hermit died in the county almshouse at Hethany after years of solitary life on a 160 acre farm near Alexander. Rescued from starvation and exposure earlier, Hall kept a secret life and a private library of 300 to 400 philosophical volumes. He died without revealing the reasons for his solitude.
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LeRoy
N. Y
Harvard College
Hethany
James ©. Hall
Alexander
Hall
Alishouse
Record of 1902 03 Diamond Imports Reach 30 Million
Washington reports that diamonds and precious stones imported into the United States totaled over thirty million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30 1903. The Department of Commerce and Labor notes eleven month imports at over twenty eight million with May around three million, indicating June figures will push the annual total to a new peak.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Statistics
Potter Fine Remitted After Customs Review
San Francisco report states the secretary of the treasury directed Acting Customs Collector Hamilton to remit a $51 fine on Henry S. Potter a passenger aboard the America Mara. Declared dutiable articles valued at $217 were found in his baggage. Potter, a commissioner for the St. Louis fair, had no intention to evade duties.
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San Francisco
Secretary of the Treasury
Hamilton
Henry S. Potter
Potter
St. Louis Fair
Not Quick Enough With Gun Tragedy In Murfreesboro
Nashville dispatch reports Newt Brittain was shot and killed by Constable Freeland Jackson after an incident at supper. Brittain drew a pistol on a boy and fled when pursued. Jackson fired as Brittain attempted another draw, killing him. Sheriff was reportedly en route to the scene.
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Nashville
Tenn
Murfreesboro
Newt Brittain
Freeland Jackson
Brittain
Jackson
Unknown Girl Killed in Illinois Railroad Wreck
A deadly crash on the Terminal Railroad line between Granite City and Madison Illinois leaves one girl dead and four others seriously hurt with at least one expected to die. The victim’s name was not released.
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St. Louis
Terminal Railroad Association
Granite City
Madison
Chinese Boycott of Steamer Korea at Honolulu
Chinese residents in Honolulu order a boycott of the steamer Korea for denying Chinese Americans access to the ship while in port. The action targets the mainland to Orient service and reflects local tensions over racial exclusion aboard the vessel.
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Honolulu
Korea
Orient
Federal Building hoped for Honolulu legislature action
Honolulu lawmakers urge Congress to establish federal buildings in the city. The measure also favors coffee production growth and Pearl Harbor improvements. In Maryland, creditors challenge a stock farm sale in Cecil County from John J. Ryan Company to the Kentucky Racing and Breeding Association, alleging fraud in the transfer. The deed traces back to John J. Ryan and wife.
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Honolulu
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Baltimore
John J. Ryan
Ryan
Cecil County
Maryland
Kentucky Racing and Breeding Association
Official Ballots for Primary August Sixth Prepared
The State Executive Committee completed the official ballot for the August 6 primary and will send printed samples to every county. The primary law governs the format, with counties printing sufficient copies and may omit candidates who fail to cover their share of election costs. A chattel mortgage of 3,235,175 dollars was filed by the Southern Railway and Continental Trust Company for rail equipment purchases. A street-paving dispute on Capitol Street near Town Creek Bridge was settled with a $600 payment to Mr. Batte, pending council ratification. Mississippi expects the largest primary vote in years, with 120,000 to 140,000 registered voters and a potential 70 percent turnout if weather cooperates.
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Secretary of State
Southern Railway Company
Continental Trust Company
City of New York
Blair & Co
Southern Railway
E. A. Batte
Thomas McClelland
Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Batte
Capitol Street
Farish Street
Town Creek Bridge
Mr. Batte
West Jackson
McCleland
Mississippi
City Prisoners Sweep New Paved Streets
City prisoners are employed to sweep Jackson's new paved streets while other roads are worked by hired labor under the street commissioner's supervision.
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Jackson
Postmaster General Payne Hints End of Inquiry Near
Postmaster General Payne says the ongoing Post Office investigation is nearing its conclusion with the end likely in sight. He did not provide a firm deadline but indicated progress and imminent closure is expected.
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Payne
Postoffice
Woman Lived as Man in Mississippi Farm Work
In Prentiss County, Mississippi, Willie Day was long believed to be a male farm worker. A recent charge forced officials to reveal her sex, discovered to be a woman who wore men's clothing to earn a living. She had lived years in Prentiss County without suspicion.
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Prentiss County
Mississippi
Willie Day
Booneville
Willie
Pascagoula Street Railway to Open Coast Line
Pascagoula Street Railway and Power Company of Scranton reports its power house nearing completion in three weeks. Wires and tracks will be ready for trolley cars arriving from New Orleans. The line will link Pascagoula Scranton East Side and Moss Point, with a West End beach park and new pleasure grounds for public enjoyment.
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Pascagoula
Opens New Fields for Farmers at Collins Canning
The Collins Canning Factory has started up under favorable auspices and will employ about seventy five workers. Stockholders are pleased with results and farmers confident about crop prospects. Tomato farming expands here as a new feature with many converting from skepticism to planting due to the large yields.
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Collins Canning Factory
Residence Robbed in Biloxi Stolen Watch and Papers
A thief entered the Biloxi home of Frank Castanera and stole a gold watch and a pocket book with money and valuable papers. There is no information yet to identify the burglar.
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Frank Castanera
Biloxi
Murderer Mose Rowland Fatally Shoots Wife Near Booneville
Mose Rowland, a colored man, killed his wife on the Small place two miles from Booneville with a revolver. He fled and remains at large as Sheriff Whitley and a posse, aided by Al corn County sheriff and bloodhounds, pursue the fugitive.
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Mose Rowland
Booneville
Whitley
Alcorn County
College to be Rebuilt at St Stanislaus Bay St Louis
It is settled that St Stanislaus at Bay St. Louis will be speedily rebuilt. The new brick college will occupy the former site with three main two story buildings and high slate roofs featuring projecting dormer windows.
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St. Stanislaus
Bay St. Louis
Right of Way Case Awards $400 Damages
Eminent domain proceedings before Justice Carroll at Liberty involve Liberty White Railroad Company seeking a right of way through Florence Miltoe property. The jury awarded the defendant $400 damages in the case.
Excellent Crop Prospects and Fire Strike Natchez Area
Farmers report excellent crop prospects with ideal growing conditions and the corn crop expected to be the largest in twenty years. The Upelo Syoke Factory was destroyed by fire for a loss of 10000 with no insurance. It is the second time in three years. A severe thunderstorm damaged telephone lines and potentially crops.
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Upelo Syoke
Natchez
Gilbert Mullen Escapes After Jail Attack at Junction City
Gilbert Mullen the federal prisoner who led a Fort Leavenworth mutiny escaped from Junction City jail with three others after overpowering Sheriff Peese. Two negro prisoners and one white man joined the breakout, but two fugitives were captured before noon. Sheriff Peese was badly hurt, and soldiers from Fort Riley aided in the pursuit.
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Junction City
Gilbert Mullen
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Rile
Peese
Mullens
J. B. Waldrupe
Work of ghouls ties to Carrie Salvage case
Indianapolis detectives expect Rufus Cantrell the convicted ghoul to testify in grave robbing cases and possibly explain the disappearance of Carrie Salvage who escaped the insane hospital nearly two years ago. The tale alleges Cantrell found Salvage kept her fourteen weeks in a log hut and chloroformed her to death for selling her body. He is said to claim knowledge that could prove Salvage’s fate and hopes to shorten his sentence.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Rufus Cantrell
Carrie Salvage
Cantrell
Alaska wild life to travel to St Louis fair exhibit
Alaska animals will join the Washington exhibit at the St Louis exposition. Johnson has telegraphic approval from Interior Secretary to ship two land and water birds and one family each of polar bears moose mountain sheep and mountain goats, despite a congress ban on fur bearing shipments from Alaska. Brownsville reports describe a storm causing near fatalities when lightning struck a farm shed injuring two youths.
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Alaska
Tacoma
Wash
Washington
Johnson
Interior
Bingham
Abe Cohen Dies in Related Incident in Savannah
Abe Cohen a Negro who fatally hurt Susan Rogers a colored woman two years ago has died in a related incident in Savannah Georgia. The case remains under police and coroner scrutiny as investigators review details and potential connections to the earlier crime.
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Savannah
Abe Cohen
Susan Rogers
Refined Sugar Prices Up 10 Cents in New York
All grades of refined sugar have been advanced by 10 cents per hundred pounds in New York. The move affects retailers and consumers as market conditions push wholesale prices higher across the city.
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New York
Boys in Death by Own Action Club
A London neighborhood was shocked to learn that three boys formed a death by own action pact. They prepared a poison of spirits of salts and two drank it in a park. A third boy fled for a policeman who intervened and took them to the infirmary where antidotes saved most. One boy remained gravely ill for days.
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London
Death of Robert Pierce Walker in Cebu Philippines
James Walker reports the death of his son Robert Pierce Walker in Cebu Philippine Islands from smallpox. He went to the Philippines in February 1902 as a school teacher and was just married to Amanda Andrews of Ohio. He died thirty miles from a physician with no other American nearby except his wife.
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Newmarket
Tenn
Newa
James Walker
Robert Pierce Walker
Cebu
Philippine Islands
Walker
Philippines
Amanda Andrews
Ohio
Krapp firm bids for American bridge contracts in steel era
The Krapp firm at Esson decides to pursue American business, appointing expert agents nationwide to win contracts for bridges and other structures. They enter the bridge building end of Krupp business as new bidders for the Manhattan bridge over the East River.
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Krapp
Esson
United States
Krupp
Manhattan
East River
Mail Pouch Frauds Indictments Upheld in Baltimore
In U S court Judge Morris refused to quash the indictments of C Ellsworth Upton and Thomas W MacGregor for participating in mail pouch frauds. The judge ruled the motion lacked sufficient facts to set aside grand jury findings.
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Baltimore
United States
Morris
C. Ellsworth Upton
Thomas W. MacGregor
Storm Might Be Over in Balkans Says Sofia Reports
Official dispatches from Sofia suggest Bulgaria has halted plans to reinforce its frontier troops. Diplomatic circles express a calm view, and the storm appears to have passed.
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Constantinople
Sofia
Bulgaria
Workers to Arbitrate Strike at Johnson City Soldiers Home
In Knoxville six hundred workmen at the two million dollar Johnson City soldiers home construction struck for shorter hours and higher pay. On Monday contractors announced the strikers agreed to arbitrate their differences and the walkout would end with a return to work on Tuesday.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Johnson City
Tennessee
Cattlemen Blast Mexican Flock Master Near Gillett
Masked cattlemen dynamited a sod house windmill and watering tank of a Mexican flock master near Gillett Wyoming. The master was bound to a pole during the attack and warned to leave the country as the men departed. Washington also reports the state department will reject naturalization certificates after July 3 1903 lacking statements opposing all organized governments and affiliations with anti government groups or assassination of officials.
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New Castle
Wyo
Gillett
Washington
State Department
Beaumont Car Strike Settled In Beaumont Texas
Beaumont Traction Company and its employees have reached a satisfactory settlement. The men return to work as service resumes and residents can expect normal rides in Beaumont. Official statements from manager Johnson indicate all differences are resolved for both parties.
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Beaumont, Tex
Johnson
Beaumont Traction Company
Admiral von Koesler appeals after Hussner conviction
Berlin reports Admiral von Koesler has appealed the two and a half year fortress sentence for Naval Ensign Hussner who killed Artilleryman Hartman after Hartman failed to salute properly. The appeal follows a unanimous newspaper demand across parties.
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Berlin
von Koesler
Hussner
Hartman
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