President presses Payne for speedy postal fraud results
After a four hour talk at Sagamore Hill President Roosevelt urged Postmaster General Payne to push the Bristow postal inquiry faster and avoid minor details. He hinted former salaries chief George Beavers, indicted in Brooklyn, may face federal charges in Washington and be moved to D C for trial.
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New York
Roosevelt
Payne
Sagamore Hill
Washington
Bristow
Post Office Department
Agoe
George W. Beavers
Brooklyn
District of Columbia
Beavers
Federal Grand Jury
Conflagration Devours Hobart After Major Fire
Hobart suffers a massive blaze last evening wiping out three blocks in the city center within 90 minutes. Losses reach about 250,000 with many key buildings burned including City National Bank and Hippin building. Several injuries occur as dynamiting of frame structures raises danger and arrests are made for starting the fire. Local officers and residents seek federal action on waterworks amid ongoing concerns.
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Hobart,t
Hobart
City National Bank
Smith
Hippin
Foor
A.W. Kerr
Terry-Kerr Dry Goods Company
Newsipublican
Roosevelt
Hichcock
St Louis Trust Company
Mrs Kelley Flees Missouri After Grand Jury Testimony
Mrs Daniel J Kelley wife of a baking powder lobbyist is in Canada possibly Niagara on the Lake. She left Jefferson City after grand jury and subpoena with ties to her husband’s affairs, a defense strategy and potential prosecution leverage. The attorney general may have a surprise for the defense.
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Jefferson City
Daniel J. Kelley
Canada
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Grand Jury
Pena
St. Louis
Kelley
Missouri
Five Million Dollar Cotton King Profits Forecast
July cotton delivered to buyers of futures as the market rose despite a large short interest. Brown, the dominant trader, accepted most offers and held control of much of the national stock. In New Orleans, Brown’s agent offered 15 cents for all cotton, a historic high that shocked dealers and halted sales.
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New York
Brown
New Orleans
Danville Mob Leaders Slated for Grand Jury Indictments
In Danville Illinois on July 41 the grand jury will convene Monday to indict mob leaders who burned the negro. James Wilson was involved last Saturday night. Eleven leaders were arrested yesterday afternoon, with five hospitalized under close guard. The floating negro population has nearly vanished while remaining residents stay quiet though some armed individuals threaten to fight. Officers say they will suppress any lawlessness.
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Danville
James Wilson
Thinks Grover Cleveland Will Win Nomination
New York July 30 Bourke Cochran arrived from Bremen as a passenger on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosee and said If Mr Cleveland's friends can force his nomination he will be elected.
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New York
Cleveland
Bourke Cochran
Breman
Missouri Pacific Excursions to El Dorado Springs
Tickets on sale daily until Sept 80th with a 30 day return limit. Round trip fare is one and one third times the single fare. Agent H RK Saanns handles arrangements.
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ElDorado Springs
H. RK
Saanns
Agt
Worm Killer Claims White's Cream Vermifuge Eases Worms
J A J Montgomery of Paxico Missouri reports two daughters plagued by worms for life were relieved after using White's Cream Vermifuge. He says the first doses removed four worms the next two doses twelve with one twelve inches long renewed relief for the other child. The medicine is said to aid growth and ward off sickness and costs 25 cents at H L Tucker's Drug Store.
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J. A. J. Montgomery
Paxico
Wayne Co
White
H. L. Tucker's
Hobart Suffer Second Big Fire In Weeks
Hobart Oklahoma battles a second major blaze in two weeks. A saloon fire started yesterday evening near the square and has destroyed four blocks including Wells Fargo express office and City National Bank. Firefighters dynamited to check it as the south and west business district faces ruin with potential losses around 200000 dollars.
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Fort Cobb
Hobart
Aquare
Wells Pargo Express
City National Bank
Wella Fargo Express Company
Lucy Smith Commutation for White Moonshine Conviction
President Roosevelt commuted the six month prison term and $300 fine of Lucy Smith, a white Virginia woman convicted in the Western district last May for retailing moonshine whisky without a license. U.S. attorney cited her five dependent children and destitution. sentence to expire August 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lucy Smith
Virginia
United States
Flag incident at Trenton harbor sparks gunfire
In Belleville Ontario on July 31 the Canadian steamer Varuna arrived at Trenton harbor flying both the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes. A group of youths on the wharf protested the U.S. flag’s height, one retrieving a rifle and firing several shots at the flagstaff while others fired revolvers until the flag was lowered.
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Belleville Ontario
Varuna
Trenton Harbor
United States
Pair Ties the Knot on Train Platform Romance
Guthrie Oklahoma July 30 Robert H Force 76 of Evanville a Union veteran and Ellen P Houston 67 of Augusta Kansas wed here today in a romance sparked by a matrimonial ad. A northbound train halted the couple exchanged photos and an embrace before courthouse vows.
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Guthrie
Robert H Force
Evanaville
Ellen P. Hoston
Augusta
Kas
Justice’s Court
Carrie Nation Jailed in Scranton for City Visit Plan
Carrie Nation was arrested in Scranton for attempting to deliver speeches. She moved through the city causing disturbances at a saloon, a drug store inside the YMCA, and the city hall, calling police officials animals. Detained through the afternoon, she remains in custody until tomorrow morning.
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Scranton
Carrie Nation
Connell
Japanese Sailor Confesses to Gruesome Murder at Sea
In Rathway New Jersey on July 30 Nokitaika Kobino, a Japanese sailor, admits fatally wounding Keto, severing an artery and holding the dying man’s arm to prevent bleeding, then walking away while taunting him. Both men had arrived on the schooner Hugona with phosphate rock.
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Rathway
N.J
Itobino
Hugona
Cars For Wheat Refused Causes Farmer Doubt
Chickasha July 30 The Rock Island general superintendent A M Gruber ordered dispatchers and station agents to stop furnishing empty cars to move the wheat crop until stations and division points clear of loaded wheat cars. Farmers panic as towns overflow with grain and elevators fill. Some dump wheat on sheets along tracks hoping for cars soon. Rain could ruin spilled grain.
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Chickasha
J. T
A. M. Gruber
Chicago
Rock Island Road
Converted Saloon Men at Barry County Revival
Monett Missouri July 30 A month long union revival in Washburn Barry Countys south part led by Reverends A R McCawley and Marion Cor. John Black and James Mooney two saloon men were converted and today with revival assurance they emptied their stocks of liquor into the street and locked the doors.
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Monett
Washburn
Barry County
A. R. McCawley
Marion Cor
John Black
Jas. Mooney
Cured Paralysis Promotes Patented Balm Claim
An advertisement touts Bal lard's sores frost bites and toning effects with claims of curing old sores. It lists W.8 Baily PT Serail and five peers endorsing the product and notes a $1.00 bottle sold at H. L. Tucker's Drug Store.
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Baily
P. T
Serail
Ballard
H. L. Tucker
Henry Clay monument struck by lightning at Lexington Cemetery
The Henry Clay monument in Lexington Cemetery was struck by lightning. The statue’s head toppled 130 feet, the nose broke, and debris damaged the base. The 1857 cornerstone and 1861 completion cost $55,000. Sculptors warn repair may be impossible and a new statue may be needed due to suspected inferior granite and an oversized head weighing 800 pounds.
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Lexington
Henry Clay
Lexington Cemetery
Constipated Bowels Health Advice in 19th Century Tune
A fragment notes the need for regular bowel movements to maintain health. It mentions keeping bowels soft and moving daily to expel wastes and toxins, attributed to Mr. L Edwards of 1 Main Street, Wichita.
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L Edwards
Main
Wichita
Three Killed by Lightning at New Hope Church
In Lynchburg Virginia on July 30 three people died and more than twenty were injured when a lightning bolt struck New Hope church in Appomattox County during a James River Baptist Association meeting. The dead were Paul Gowen Charles Austin and Aubery Wingfried. Seriously hurt were Eugene Turner Nathaniel Morris Tom Coleman and N Patterson. Several men sheltered under an awning as the storm struck.
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Lynchburg
New Hope Church
Appomatox County
Paul Gowen
Charles Austin
Aubery Wingfried
Eugene Turner
Nathaniel Morris
Tom Coleman
N. Patterson
James River Baptist Association
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