Feud Feeds in Clay County as Armed Forces Gather
In Loxpos Kentucky on July 21 armed factions prepare for further violence as arms arrive from a distant point for both sides in the ongoing Philpot Morris feud. Judge W L Brown calls it Clay County's gravest trouble with several graves already marked and funeral processions guarded by Winchester bearing guards.
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Loxpos
Clay County
W. L. Brown
London
Hugh Griffin
Aaron Morris
Harvey Griffin
Philpot
Chadwells
Griffins
Joe Nance
John Bowling
Tim Philpot
Ed Fisher
George Thompson
Thompson
Dripping Springs
Clay
Dave
Hugh
Morris- Griffin
Horse Creek
James “Row Philpot
Willian Bundy
Aaron ‘Morris
Epworth League Opens International Convention in Indianapolis
The Epworth league convened with 10 000 in attendance across Tomlinson hall and the Epworth tent while 4000 delegates arrived. Five hundred colored delegates from the South joined, signaling integration. Bishop C P Fitzgerald of Nashville spoke in Tomlinson hall keeping the crowd in good humor as the night session moved among three venues.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Epworth League
Tomlinson Hall
Epworth
C. P. Fitzgerald
Nashville, Tenn
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Opera House
To Build a Wireless Telegraph Charter Sought
An application for a charter to build a wireless telegraph from Lake Bennett Alaska to the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia has been filed by W A Anderson and A E Porter of Bennett. A cloudburst near Childress Texas caused heavy property losses and unknown fatalities as rivers flood the northwest Texas counties.
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Victoria
B.C
Lake Bennett
Alaska
Canadian Pacific Railway
British Columbia
W. A. Anderson
A. E. Porter
Bennett
Dallas
Tex
Childress
Little Red
Pease
Insted
Porof Childregs
Cottle
Hardeman
Iger
Hall
Robert G Ingersoll Dies in Dobbs Ferry at 80
Robert G Ingersoll died of probable apoplexy at his Dobbs Ferry summer home on Friday. He was born August 11 1833 in Dresden New York and became a noted agnostic critic of religion. Funeral plans pending with interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery near Tarrytown.
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Mise
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
New York
Robert G. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Mr. Ingersoll
Dresden
Seery Hollow
Tarry
Oatrae
Ingersoll praised as greatest-hearted man not a Christian
Rev Elijah P Brown recalls Bob Ingersoll as a patron saint in his unbelieving years. Brown says Ingersoll spoke sincerely against Christianity, did not preach for money, and was a mistaken yet honest man, the greatest-hearted non Christian he knew.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Elijah P. Brown
Ram’s Horn
Bob Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Silver Leaders Confer On Possible Separate Party
Curiacoo July 23. National committee members viewed the drainage canal while silver leaders met at the Auditorium annex. Attending were John P. Altgeld George Fred Williams James P. Tarvin Gen A J Warner C A Shively and Morton Frewen. They discussed organizing the silver forces into a distinct party as a contingency for future events.
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Curiacoo
National Committee
Auditorium Annex
John P. Altgeld
George Fred Williams
James P. Tarvin
League of Bimetallic Clubs
Ohio Valley
Gen
A. J. Warner
American Bimetallic Union
C. A. Shively
Indiana
Morton Frewen
Insurance Agent Fails
Chicago July 22 Winfield N Sattley an insurance agent has filed a petition in bankruptcy with liabilities listed at 210 000. Assets amount to 70 700 chiefly in life insurance policies.
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Chicago
Winfield N. Sattley
Condition of the Treasury Report for Wasumetox
July 22 statement shows available cash balance of 279,897,613 dollars and gold reserve of 244,620,959 dollars. The Friday release lists the treasury’s financial position with these figures as the main items.
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Wasumetox
Treasury
Three Lynched After Saffold Robbery in Georgia Mob Seeks Five More
A brutal vigilante chase unfolds across Bainbridge and Saffold Georgia after a Plant System agent and his wife were attacked. Louis Sammin identified as one suspect was lynched near Saffold while others were hunted. A posse with bloodhounds pursues five additional alleged gang members believed to be from Augusta.
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Atlanta
Constitution
Bainbridge
Iron
J. E. Ogletree
Safford
Troy
Ala
Ogletree
Barxsriver
Saffold
Darky
Brinson
Louis Sammin
Noted Agnostic Robert Ingersoll's Remains in Dobbs Ferry
The body of Robert G. Ingersoll lay on an improvised bier in the bedroom where he died at Walston H. Brown's Dobbs Ferry home. Family members, including Mrs. Ingersoll and her daughters, are grief-stricken and too overwhelmed to decide funeral arrangements, with visitors granted to see the departed. It may be several days before the removal is discussed.
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New York
Robert G. Ingersoll
Walston H. Brown
Dobbs Ferry
Solomon
Jerusalem
Ecollar
Clothem
M & Bros
Petrarch
Colonna
Sixth Regiment Victory Over Robber Bands on Negros
General Otis reports a larger robber defeat than July 21 dispatch after Captain Byrne and 70 men of the 6th Infantry rout bands on Negros. He notes bigger robber losses and a strong, early impact on other bands, bringing satisfaction to the command.
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Washington
War Department
Otis
B. A. Byrne
6Th Infantry
Negros
McKinleys Plan Vacation at Champlain Hotel
President and Mrs. McKinley will depart Washington next week for a vacation at Hotel Champlain near Plattsburg New York. Quarters are secured and most trip details are set.
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Washington
McKinley
Hotel Champlain
Plattsburg, N. Y
Shamrock Arrives at Rothesay for Lipton Cup Challenger
Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger Shamrock arrived Sunday at Rothesay on the Island of Bute in Scotland. The vessel, part of the Lipton Cup campaign, docks as preparations continue for upcoming events.
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Grexxock
Sir Thomas Lipton
Shamrock
Rothesay
Island of Bute
Trade and Integrity in Merchants Cited by Solomon
A dramatic meditation on honesty in commerce contrasts biblical Solomon with modern merchants. It condemns exaggeration and deceit in sales and depreciation of true value, warns against mimicking lax peers, and foresees moral and financial ruin for those who trade on falsehoods and extravagant vice.
Cautionary Sermon Warns Businessmen Against Delays in Duty
A preacher warns young businessmen that even one wrong choice can start a chain of ruin, urging personal responsibility and firm adherence to God's law over profits. He cites shipboard risk, corporate guilt, and the danger of postponing faith and joy to a future leisure, urging immediate providential reliance and ethics.
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Conmieth
Pompey
Fire and Life and Marine Insurance
New England
Oakwood
Ivy Hill
Pleasant Retreat
Eagle Eyrie
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Epworth Leaguers
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Robery
Robert G. Ingersall Kies
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Eckery
Dr. Teimage
Plapyright
Louis Kiopsch
Heisa Large
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