Edison testifies in Kemmler case on electric chair death
New York July 23 Edison testified in the Kemmler case, asserting alternating current can kill instantly without burning. He cited Smith’s 1500 volt shock without serious injury, discussed human resistance and the Whetstone bridge, and warned that 1000 volts for several minutes would mummify, not carbonize, a body.
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Sommier
New York
Kemmler
Thomas A. Edison
Kemmiler
Smith
Edison
Westinghouse
Herzog the Confidence Man at Grand Pacific Hotel
Joseph Herzog, a California vineyard swindler, was caught after a failed confidence game at the Grand Pacific hotel. He fled to his room with a satchel of bricks, returned alone with a detec tive, and later obtained 25 dollars from a store to cover his decoy baggage before leaving.
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Herzog
Cuibaco
Joseph Herzog
California
Grand Pacific Hotel
State Street
Napee
The Nipsic's Commander Danver Colo July 25
Commander D W Mullan U S N who commanded the Nipsic passed through Danver on route to Annapolis under navy orders. He recalled ordering a return to Apia after fearing a storm would imperil 200 men due to a missing rudder and low coal supply.
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Nipsic
San Francisco
Samoa
Auckland
New Zealand
Apia
Alerg
Alert
Kimberly
Annapolis
West Virginia Flood Toll and Post Disaster Tax Losses
The flooded district in Jackson county shows subsided waters allowing farmers to assess losses. Eighteen people are confirmed dead with possible additional drownings. County commissioners report bridge law costs around 25 000 dollars and anticipate total county losses near 150 000 dollars. many farmers will struggle to pay taxes.
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West Virginia
Parkensauac
W. Va
Jackson County
Fatal melee with weapons at Binet station
At Binet station Greenville on July 23 a clash among colored patrons of a craps game escalated, using pistols knives and razors. Isiah Jackson was killed Lincoln Miller wounded and several others injured in the fight at the craps game venue.
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Greenville Miss
Binet Station
Isiah Jackson
Lincoln Miller m
The Bell Company Victorious
Judge Blodgett issues final decree in federal court in Bell Company vs Cushman Telephone Company lawsuit. Cushman ordered to turn over all telephones and pay fine and costs. Court ruling stems from long patent controversy between the two firms.
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Bell Company
Caucase
Blodgett
Bell
Cushman Telephone Com
Cushman Company
Police raid on green goods shop reveals elaborate deception
New York July 2 police raided W C Burns shop run under alias Kills. The swindle targeted a trusting countryman with a display of desks and panels in a large deception hall.
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New York
W.C. Burns
Kills
Hogan Hiding In Jackson After Air Show Injury
Detroit dispatch reports Hogan the missing aeronaut, seen in Jackson by Harvey Flower from Jackson who knew Hogan since boyhood. Hogan asked Flower to stay quiet as he hides to recover from the accident. Both men claim they know Hogan is in hiding there.
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Detroit
Journal
Jackson
Hogan
Harvey Flower
Electric Flashes and World Notes of July 24
The Austrian infantry gains 6000 more troops, boosting war footing levels. Liverpool Cup in Liverpool sees Veracity win after a July meeting. Four tinsmiths from Germany are sent back to Milwaukee after arrival for timer work. Chauncey Kniffin 22 fatally shoots wife Annie 15 then dies. Forty two workingmen depart for a tour of English and continental manufacturing centers. Western Cut Nail Association discusses uniting mills under a central body to handle product distribution.
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Firin
Annie
New York
England
Scotland
France
Germany
Belgium
Waeewine
W. Va
Western Cut Nail Association
Investigating Pension Bureau In Washington
The pension commission in Washington July 23 reports uncertainty on finishing their thorough inquiry. They will expand scope to include special cases and prepare records showing case numbers and attorneys involved for potential inclusion in the final report.
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Washington
Commission
Pension Bureau
Tanner
Gould Calls Rumor on Alton Sale Untrue
In New York Gould denies negotiating to buy the Chicago and Alton road. He says he has all the railroads he needs and made no offer for the Alton. He believes the inter state association will persist despite withdrawals and that it must keep rates as a dividend paying road. He also notes southwestern crops are safe aside from cotton and expects adequate business for the rest of the year.
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New York
Tay Gould
Chicago & Alton Road
Alton
Missouri Pacific
Inter-State Association
Alaska Seeks Arms for Territorial Militia
Governor of Alaska asks the War Department to provide 26 stands of arms to equip a territorial militia. Officials note no militia exists, but arms may be issued to secure against loss if approved by the department.
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Alaska
Washingcton
War Department
Idaho Convention Debates Taxation and Education Limits
July 24, Bors Crry reports the Idaho convention spends time on taxation proposals. It allows compulsory education to a certain limit, authorizes legislation to regulate railroad and express company charges, and strikes a section prohibiting railroad pooling. A measure against free passes to state officers was rejected.
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Bors Crry
Chinese crewmen on U S naval vessels exempt from exclusion act
The solicitor in Washeton July 24 held that Chinese who enlisted as servants on U S naval ships at Samoa and who end their service when the ships reach San Francisco are part of the vessels working outfit and thus exempt from the Chinese exclusion act.
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Washeton
Hepburn
United States
Samoa
San Francisco
Boulangists Ordered to Answer Court Summons
The Boulangists Boulan ger Dillon and Rochefort face a senate court trial set for August 8. General Boulanger and associates receive ten extra days to respond to the court summons before they are outlawed.
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Boulanger
Dillon
Rochefort
Senate
General Grenfell Plans Major Dervish Campaign in Egypt
General Grenfell, commander in Egypt, reports to the War Office his intention to mount a broad advance against the Dervishes at the end of the current month. The move aims to press operations in the Nile region and heighten pressure on Dervish forces.
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Waeriu Baye Lonnan
Grenfell
Egypt
War Office
Burke Extradition Fight Hinted Ties to Chicago Friend
In Crtcaco July 14 a Chicago linked banker’s arrival in Winnipeg coincides with delayed habeas corpus efforts for Martin Burke appealing extradition. State Attorney Longenecker cites large funds needed for the move and hints at a possible connection, while withholding the suspect’s name.
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Crtcaco
Martin Burke
Winnipeg
Longnecker
Clan-na-Gael
Chicago
Artin Burke
Mysterious suit over widow claims ends in ruling
Judge Knickerbocker decides a probate case in Cuiiaco involving Colonel Walter Babcock who died in 1887. Naomi Fairchild claimed to be his widow, citing a secret October 7 marriage on Wabash avenue. testimony from W H Burns and Julia Brattan disputed the claim. The court ruled Fairchild was not the deceaseds wife.
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Cuiiaco
Knickerbocker
Walter Babcock
Gardner
Ill
Sarah Dodge
Ono
Hattie A. Martin
Naomi Fairchild
Colonel Babcock
Wisconsin
Babcock Sheavers
Heavers
Wabash Avenue
Fairchild
W. H. Burns
Julia Brattan
Charges Brought Against Pension and Sixth Auditor Offices
Civil Service Commissioner Rosevelt said charges were filed against both offices. He noted some men were discharged for being Democrats. He would not commit to a legal violation but viewed it as a breach of the spirit of the law. The commission will investigate past and present cases.
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Hoeevelt
Washington
Rosevelt
Pension Office
Sixth Auditor's Office
Transit of Chinese in U S Ties to Ocean Route Home
The attorney general approves transit through the United States for Chinese migrants from Cuba en route to China via San Francisco. This aligns with a prior Solicitor Hepburn ruling but not Treasury’s stance at the time. The Chinese minister’s request to cross the U S is likely to be granted.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
New Orleans
Cuba
China
San Francisco
Hepburn
Treasury Department
Missionary Mrs Heron Not Sentenced in Corea Report
New York July 24 The claim that Presbyterian missionary Mrs Heron to Corea has been sentenced to death for teaching Christianity is not credited by officers. The Presbyterian board of foreign missions says no advice of such action exists. A telegram from the Gorean legation in Washington says the state department and the mission disagree with the report and call the claim unfounded.
Blood flux remedy offer from New Brunswick man
Mat McCabe of New Brunswick Illinois offers five dollars to anyone troubled with bloody flux who uses Chamberlain's Colle Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as directed and fails to recover quickly. He cites numerous bottle sales and claimed success when directions are followed. For sale by 8 B David.
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Mat McCabe
New Brunswick
Ill
McCabe
David
War Sate or Trade for Denver Boat Rstate
Four hundred and fifty head of cattle with brand and outfits offered for sale or trade. Includes a complete ranch outfit and cow horses. Contact H. & M. box 627 Colorado Springs Colorado.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Colo
Death of Count Sparre in Copenhagen Scandal
In Copenhagen a Swiss noble Count Sparre killed his mistress Elvira Madigan, a circus performer, on Taasinge island then shot himself. The Count, married, moved in aristocratic circles with his wife in Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
Count Sparre
Aeason
Elvira Madigan
Taasinge
Judiciary committee backs three-judge supreme court plan
The judiciary committee reports to the convention proposing a supreme court of three judges, six judicial districts with one judge each, retention of justices of the peace, and six year terms for supreme court justices. The Scandinavian temperance society petitions to ban intoxicating liquor in the state.
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Bismarck
South Dakota
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Scandinavian Temperance Society of
North Dakota
Brighton Beach Races Result in July Meeting
At Brighton Beach on July 24 Gregory won the quarter mile in 1 17 with King William second and Mamie B third. Newberg took the seven eighths mile in 1 31 14 followed by Pomeroy and Blanche. Speculator led the seven eighths mile in 1 31 with MacAuley second and Khafton third. Theora won the seven eighths mile with Bonnie S second and Saluda third. Keynote nne completed one and one sixteenth miles in 1 50 34, Bordelaise was second, Specialty next.
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Brienton Beach
Gregory
King William
Mamie B
Newberg
Pomeroy
Blanche
Speculator
MacAuley
Khafton
Theora
Bonnie S
Saluda
Keynote
Bordelaise
Specialty
North Dakota Legislature Faces Large Legislative Body
Sioux Falls July 24 The judiciary committee report dominates today’s session. The legislative apportionment committee finished its work and will submit tomorrow. South Dakota plans 45 senators and 123 representatives, sparking concerns over a potentially unwieldy legislature.
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Sioux Fallts
Judiciary Committee
Peepee
South Dakota
Martin Burke's Writ Granted For Habeas Corpus
Attorneys for Martin Burke filed for a writ of habeas corpus this morning. The writ was granted and the court will hear the matter tomorrow.
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Martin Burke
Wixserec
Advice to a Young Man from Surdette
A veteran voice counsels a young man on overconfidence and growing wisdom. The speaker jokes that youth know less as time passes, describing early knowledge as dense layers like geological strata and advising frequent airing to shed burdensome wisdom.
Water Asp Substitute for Grace in Maine Town Tale
Lewiston Journal recalls Bister Weymouth a renowned exhorter in Blankmouth Maine. A deceitful suitor Frost married Weymouth’s daughter after feigning conversion, then deserted wife after months. While bathing the infant Weymouth warns to “hold that baby under water long enough to get all the Frost out of it.”
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Bister Weymouth
Maine
Blankmouth
Lewiston Journal
Frost
Sister Weymouth
Ended? Boukov recounts eleven years of marriage
A quoted exchange shows Mr Boukov recalling eleven years of marriage with one quarrel that began about a year after they wed. The remark appears in the Terre Haute Daily Press as part of a broader narration.
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Mr. Boukov
Terre Haute
Potago Dialogue With Bonnet Bird Mention
A fragment describes a character asking about a small stuffed bird in a bonnet. The reply notes a plan to place the bird in soup to enrich the potago meal, reflecting a rustic kitchen exchange.
Fashionable failure rocks Lewis Bros liabilities near four million
The New York announcements report Lewis Bros. & Co. wholesale dry goods facing liabilities around four million dollars. Assignment filed in Philadelphia with Cornelius W. Bliss named assignee. Banks across New England hold much of the firm’s paper while executives seek time to settle debts and assess assets. The firm, founded in 1852, once led the dry goods trade with stores in New York Chicago Baltimore Boston and more.
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New York
Lewis Bros. & Co
Lewis
Cornelius Ns Bliss
Philadelphia
Bliss
New England
Boston
Providence
Hartford
New Haven
New Bedford
Fourth National
Ninth National
Central National
Central Trust Company
Conshohacken
Bullock
Lewis Brothers & Co
Chestnut Street
Second
United States
Chicago
Baltimore
George W. Wharton
Joseph W. Lewis
Henry Lewis
Wharton
Cornellius W. Bliss
Bliss, Fabayn & Co
Johnstown
Cambria Iron Works
Fatal Jealousy Case Near Peru Ends in Double Tragedy
At Penia near Peru Indiana on July 25, Jess Overman shot and killed his sweetheart Miss Maggie Smith daughter of a prominent physician and then killed himself. Jealousy is given as the motive.
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Peru
Ind
Penia
Jess Overman
Maggie Smith
Minnesota Dakota wheat crop estimate shadows harvest start
The Whe Martlet Record estimates Minnesota and Dakota wheat harvest at eighty to eighty-five million bushels, about one million more than last year. Harvesting has begun in the southern portion.
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Minn
Minnesota
Dakota
Burke counsel seeks absolute writ in habeas case
The application to make yesterday's habeas writ absolute is argued before a full court. The court will hear the case all day and may continue into tomorrow.
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Winnions
Burke
Parnell Commission Adjourns After Long Session
London July 26 The Parnell commission entered a long recess as court met Hardcastle accountant testified the books of the land league covered the league’s entire existence He could not say that the 75000 pounds unaccounted for due to missing ladies league books had been misappropriated Soames solicitor for James said he could not estimate within pounds the times paid witnesses The sum was very large The court adjourned until October.
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London
Parnell Commission
Hardcastle
The
Land League
League
Ladies' League
Soames
the /ames
Sexton
Archbishop Walsh elected Toronto archbishop
Telegraphic dispatches report Bishop Walsh of London Ontario elected archbishop of Toronto. Other notes include a Berlin Kiel naval bribery case, British brewery acquisitions in Parrenson New Jersey, and US military gear and personnel updates.
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New York
Walsh
London
Ont
Toronto
Curenco
Berlin
Kiel
Parrenson
N. J
Hatterson
Races Open at Saratoga Amid Fine Weather
Opening day at Saratoga shows a large crowd and pleasant conditions with several races completed. Geraldine wins the five furlongs, Hanover takes the mile, Successor captures the five-eighths, Longdance wins the mile and three-fourths, Vivid triumphs in the three-quarters, and Brait wins the shorter three-quarters with The Lion finishing second.
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Saratoga
Saratoga Racing Association
Geraldine
Fordham
Maori
Hanover
King Crab
Mollie
Successor
Pearl
Lina
Longdance
Flood Tide
Vivid
Dalesman
Redstone
Brait
Lion
Dilemma
Nets French Duel
After church in Trenton two African American men James Cook and Sol Dorsey scuffled. Anger escalated with pistols drawn and both men were killed in the encounter.
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New Orleans
the Times- Democrat
Monroe
Trenton
James Cook
Sol Dorsey
Only Her Sixth Marriage License Tale Stuns Clerk
A chaotic Philadelphia Record story follows a young woman seeking a marriage certificate while recounting a string of failed relationships. She lists suitors numbered 1 through 6 with tragic or comic ends, ending with No 6 pursuing a political career before dying of a swollen head. A Polish writer is noted to have recently created a tale of dubious value with a $10 prize.
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Bird
Philadelphia Record
Duponscher
Hlinvis
Barry
Aper
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