Outlaw Harry Tracy Dies After Posse Battle Near Preston
Spokane reports Harry Tracy an escaped convict dies after a four hour duel with a posse near the Eddy farm eleven miles from Preston Washington. He escaped from Salem prison June 9 after a spree injuring guards and others including Deputy Sheriff Charles Raymond and reporter colleagues. A long pursuit ended with Tracy fatally wounded and his body found early today. Rewards totaling 5600 had been offered for his capture dead or alive. In a separate Chicago event masked robbers halted a Burlington limited train near Savannah Illinois and blew the express car torpedoing the track they seized about 20000 dollars in valuables and fled leaving authorities to investigate the daring robbery.
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Spokane
Wash
Harry Tracy
Eddy Farm
Preston
Tracy
Oregon State Penitentiary
Salem
David Merrill
Frank W. Ferrell
G. R. T. Jones
B. F. Tiffany
Frank Ingram
Merrill
Napavine
Seattle
Charles Raymond
E. F E. Bresse
Neil Rawley
Carl Anderson
Louis Seafrite
South Bay
Olympia
Clark
Puget Sound
Valentine Hoge
Wm. Scarong
McBride
Washington
Oregon
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Limited
Savannah
Ill
Adams
Burlington
Lphias & Spard
Minneapolis
Southwestern State Mfg company files articles of incorporation
Carthage Missouri August 6 southwest ern State Manufacturing company of Slatington Arkansas with Curtis Wright of this city as president has filed articles of incorporation increasing capital stock to ten million dollars. Stockholders mainly eastern capitalists. The company owns granite quarries at Slatington and plans a railroad to Hot Springs fifty six miles distant.
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Carthage
Southwestern State Manufacturing Company
Slatington
Ark
Curtis Wright
Hot Springs
Escape Ends in Fatal Shootout Near Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kansas August 6 Two inmates Fred Herron and Robert Johnson overpowered a guard and fled to the home of farmer Carl Gitsch. They pistol whipped him and demanded money. Gitsch son shot Herron dead and a second assailant escaped. the son is missing.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Fred ‘Herron
Robert Johnson
Carl Gitseh
Gitsch
Herron
Johnson
Negro youth congress opens in Atlanta at Piedmont Park
In Atlanta, August 6, the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress opens at Piedmont Park's agricultural building. The event, described as the largest gathering of Negroes in the country, boasted an estimated attendance of about 5000 delegates.
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Atlanta
Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress
Piedmont Park
Hold up on Burlington line ends in robbery and death
Chicago reports a midnight hold up on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line near Savannah Illinois. Robbers blew the express car with dynamite after sabotaging the engine and secured six sacks of money. A robber was killed, body found near the wreck with Iowa Central credentials in a false name. The escape covered by a flagman warning.
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Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Savannah
Ill
Hanover
Mississippi River
Gribbel
Gilman
A. L. Jacobs
Drouth in Colorado Broken by Cloudburst
A Colorado drought ends as a cloudburst hits south of Ponver washing out rail lines between Colorado Springs and Pueblo. The Arkansas River floods the state insane asylum garden after breaching a levee with wide damage reported near Pueblo and surrounding areas.
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Colorado Springs
Manitou
Woodland Park
Ute Pass
Cascade
Soda Springs Park
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Butte and Wigwam
Colorado Midland
Ponver
Colo
Colorado
Pueblo
State Insane Asylum
Trial of Monitor Arkansas Arrives for Speed Trials
Monitor Arkansas has arrived at Barrensland trial course in Chesapeake Bay for an official speed trial. After completion she will be taken to sea for a series of tests to determine her general seaworthiness.
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Newport News
Arkansas
Barrensland
Chesapeake Bay
King Edward Reaches London Amid Enthusiastic Reception
King Edward arrived in London this afternoon to a warm, enthusiastic reception from crowds. The visit marks a significant royal appearance in the capital as authorities extended official welcome gestures.
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King Edward
London
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