Rescued Girl Nellie Berger Abductor Captured Near Freetown
Sheriff Fultz and a county posse surrounded a Freetown area house at noon and captured Clyde Jones alias Clyde Johnson, the man who abducted 17 year old Nellie Berger. The girl, terrified she would be killed, was released as officers secured the scene and took them to Rochester. The abductor had posed as a worker and offered high pay before the arrest.
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William A. Carter
Roger Carter
Clyde Jones
Clyde Johnson
Nellie Berger
Freetown
Johnson
Indianapolis
Fultz
Gast
Barnhart
William
Wilbur Acton
Fred Johnson
Nettie Berger
Acton
Jonson
Astor Becomes British Subject Declines Interviews
William Waldorf Astor, naturalized as a British subject on July 27, refuses to see reporters. He has authorized agents to state the matter is personal with no explanations to offer and that any interviews attributed to him are groundless.
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London
William Waldorf Astor
Interparliamentary Peace Conference Opens in Christiania
Premier Steen opened the Interparliamentary Peace Conference in Christiania with a speech asserting The Hague conference grew partly from their work. John Lund, President of the Lightning, was elected conference president.
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Christiania
Steen
John Lund
Lightning
Oatmeal King Ferdinand Schumacher Marries Mary Zipperlen
Ferdinand Schumacher known as the Oatmeal King reports marriage to Miss Mary Zipperlen in San Francisco. Zipperlen, a Cincinnati school teacher born in Akron, is daughter of Dr. Adolph Zipperlen. Schumacher, 78, and his niece Dora Schumacher traveled with Mary. plans to live in Akron after Schumacher ends ties with American Cereal Company.
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Mary Zipperilen
Cincinnati
California
Commercial Tribune
Akron
Ferdinand Schumacher
Mary
Mary Zipperlen
Adolph Zipperlen
Webster Street
Schumacher
Dora Schumacher
Zipperlen
San Francisco
Zipperlens
Miss Zipperlen
Mr. Schumacher
American Cereal Company
Auctioneer Stabbed in Columbus Altercation
Colonel D. L. Perry, a noted auctioneer, was seriously stabbed by painter J. M. Allison during a dispute over Perry hiring another painter. Perry was knocked down after insults. Allison wounded him twice with a knife. Doctor says prognosis uncertain. Allison was arrested today after prior assault charge.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
D. L. Perry
J. M. Allison
Perry
Allison
West Eighth Avenue
Evans
Mayor Jones Signs Junket Budget For Syracuse Visit
Toledo August 2 The City Council approved a $3,000 trip to Syracuse for a general city officials meeting. Public pressure favored funding park band concerts instead. Mayor Jones signed the measure and issued a lengthy rationale, invoking brotherhood of man in his defense.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Syracuse
Jones
Brotherhood of Man
Boat capsizes near Budapest. five sailors drown
A boat used to ferry sailors to a warship at Budapest capsized yesterday evening. Five men drowned in the incident, authorities reported from Fiume Hungary.
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Fiume
Hungary
Budapest
Storm on the Gulf Leaves Carrabelle Wrecked
A Gulf storm devastates Carrabelle and surrounding towns, destroying boathouses, pavilions, and wharves, with ferry lines down and rail service suspended. Reports say several drownings near St Marks and McIntyre, and the Crescent City steamer possibly lost between Apalachicola and Carrabelle.
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Tallahasseda
Carrabelle
Gulf of Mexico
Lanark
Crescent City
Apalachicola
St. Marks
St. Teresa
McIntyre, Ashemore & ‘Curtis
Carrabellé
Tallahassee & Gulf
Tallahassee
Anti Goebel forces rally in Kentucky Democratic split
Ex governor John Young Brown headlines a large Lexington gathering as anti Goebel Democrats adopt a platform calling for a August 16 state convention to nominate a full ticket. Delegates from counties across Kentucky denounce the Goebel faction and pledge to restore party integrity.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Kentucky
Aundrea
Goebel
Louisville
Hardin
Stone
Democratic Party
Jefferson
Jackson
John Young Brown
Main Street
William Goebel
Bryan
Tarvin
H. B. Kinsely
Mt. Sterling
Democratic Party of
Brown
T. Logan Hocker
W. H. Sweeney
Phil. B. Thompson
Harrodsburg
Counterfeiters Arrestd in Pike County Den Face Murder Suspicion
A gang of counterfeiters and four men from Pikeville and Jackson County were captured by Deputy Marshal Salyers in Pike County. The group produced coins from Rabbit metal and kept a den on Horn Creek. Mrs Louise Robinson, widow of Dave Robinson, helped uncover the ring after suspecting foul play in the deaths of her husband and Joseph Fisher. The case heads to the Federal Court with possible additional charges.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Pike County
United States
Salyers
J. B. Adkins
Louisa
William Carroll
Lindsay Case
Pikeville
William Hampton
Jackson County
Louise Robinson
Horn Creek
Dave Robinson
Joseph Fisher
Fisher
Robinson
Law
Federal Court
Marshal Saylers
Severe Storm Ravages Banon Commune In France
A violent storm swept over Banon in the Basses Alpes causing washed out roads bridges swept away drowned livestock and ruined crops on nearby farms according to Paris dispatches dated August 2.
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Paris
Banon
Basses Alpes
Johnston Declared Rightful State Committee Chair
Anti Goebel faction proclaims Major P. P. Johnston as the legitimate chair man of the state committee amid intra party disputes.
Pauncefote in London Elevation to Peerage Congratulated
The British Ambassador to the United States Sir Julian Pauncefote arrived in London after serving as head of the British delegation at The Hague Peace Conference. Officials congratulated him on his elevation to the Peerage, though his exact title had not yet been announced.
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London
United States
Julian Pauncefote
the Hague
Foreign Office
Famine in East Indies Threatens Indian Provinces
Special cable reports from Allahabad warn that without heavy rain in ten days famines will strike Madras Bombay and the central provinces causing severe local shortages and distress.
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East Indies
Commercial Tribune
Allahabad
Madras
Bombay
Central Provinces
Alameda Sails With Large Gold Cargo From Sydney
The American steamer Alameda under Captain Von Ottendorf departed Sydney today bound for San Francisco carrying £250 000 in gold on board.
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Sydney
Alameda
von Ottendorf
San Francisco
Prather's Victim Dies After Shooting Near Paint Lick
Lancaster Kentucky August 2 Robert Burton who was shot July 22 in the bowels at Paint Lick by Gill Prather died this evening after intense suffering Prather is jailed Burton says he begged not to be shot and did nothing to provoke it It is alleged Prather went one mile for a pistol in the morning and carried it while headed to Burton's home and had been drinking
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Johnson
Kentucky
Logansport
Whiteland
Berger
Fred Fidler
Michigan City
Bedford
Rochester
Commercial Tribune
Lancaster
Robert Burton
Paint Lick
Gill Prather
Prather
Burton
James Egbert Committed to Insane Asylum
James Y Egbert son of Brigadier General Egbert of Company D Twenty second Infantry was brought to Washington and committed to St Elizabeths Insane Asylum Melancholia followed his fathers death on April 2 and soon developed into dementia
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
James Y. Egbert
Twenty-second Infantry
Egbert
Caloocan
St. Elizabeth's Insane Asylum
Bonner Will Probed. No Public Causes Proffered
The will of Robert Bonner filed for probate on Aug 2 omits charitable bequests. Executors are Robert Edwin Bonner Frederic Bonner and Mrs Emma Forbes wife of Francis Forbes. Residue split among four parts with one to each child and a trust for grandsons education and support.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Robert Bonner
Robert Edwin Bonner
Frederic Bonner
Emma Jane Forbes
Francis Forbes
Forbes
West Fifty-sixth Street
Frederic
Fifty-sixth Street
Tarrytown
Bonner
Minister Allen Talks Korea and Local Transit Troubles
Dr W H Allen United States Minister to Korea arrived in Toledo with his wife and family. He notes a sixteen year career in Korea and that the op erating of an electric street railway led to a fatal accident and mob violence when Japanese motormen were used. He says American staff are being sent from San Francisco to operate the cars.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
W. H. Allen
United States
Korea
Harrison
Legation
Cleveland
McKinley
San Francisco
France Renews Attack on Franco American Treaty
Paris dispatch reports Republique Francaise criticizing the Franco American treaty. It claims reductions on French goods are insignificant while France has granted notable concessions, underscoring mutual dissatisfaction with the pact.
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Paris
Republique Francaise
France
Anderson inventor Den nis offered 100000 for oil rubber substitute
Anderson idea man J M Dennis says a process to make a substitute for rubber from crude oil has drawn a $100000 offer. He returned from New York City and has been urged to move his work to Cleveland or New York City.
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Commercial Tribune
Anderson
Ind
J. M. Dennis
New York City
Cleveland
Dreyfus Case Roils Rennes Riots and Socialist Cast
Paris special dispatch notes public hostility toward Captain Dreyfus as rioting in Rennes and Mende attracts Socialist blame. A Rennes Socialist circular urges calm and loyalty to justice, warns of provocateurs, and details police and mouchards roles while noting Defence and military discipline under the Council of War.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Dreyfus
Rennes
Mende
Emente
Council of War
Court of Cassation
Rome
Second Republic
Dreyfuille
Cercle Militaire Des Armees de Terre de Mer
Place de l’Opera
Cherche- Midi
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Lawrence P. Tanner
Owensboro
J M. Poyntz
W. H. Polk
G. Matt. Adams
Knox County
J. Q. Macqual
McCracken
BE. P. Miller
Daviess
B.l.hines
Warren County
Marion County
John I. Calloway
Loulisvirlie
S. D. Hampton
Carroll
C. H. Buck
Madison County
R. E. Smith
Harrison County
Samuel H. Patrick
Beathitt County
G. M. Adams
James B. Clay
Charles I. Stewart
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Pauncefote
Australia
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Casimir Perier
Lebrun-Renaut
Saint-Just
Interior
Sfax
Jouaust
Coffinieres de Norbeck
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