Feud conflict in Clay County leaves multiple dead
In London Kentucky on July 18, a feud between Philpots Griffins Morrises escalated with three Griffins and Morris killed, three fatally wounded, two seriously hurt. Wounded include Ed Fisher George Philpot and Alex Fisher. Philpot faction grows to about 100 armed men as Governor Bradley weighs troop action.
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Manchester
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Robert Philpot
Aaron Morris
the Griffins
Guard battalion drills in Lexington for Clay County trouble
The State Guard trained tonight in Lexington in anticipation of deployment to Clay County to quell disturbances. Units were strengthened and declared ready, while supporters say Governor Bradley will wait until next month’s court session for possible action and investigation.
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Manchester Ky. Citizens Recount Family Feud Killings
Special Dispatch describes a long running political feud between the Whites and the Philpots in Manchester Kentucky. Wounded men plan to recover at home then surrender citing self defense as their case. Edward Fisher Stones Granville and Peter Philpot vs Aaron Morris William Hugh and Green Griffin. The town remains quiet despite the recent killings.
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Stones Granville
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Aaron Morris
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Hugh
Green Griffin
The Fugate Brothers Trial Opens Today
The trial of the Fugate brothers begins in Morehead Kentucky with proceedings starting today.jurisdiction and details continued on the second page, as reported from Morehead.
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Veteran Navy Veteran Dies by Self-Inflicted Wound at Soldiers Home
Henry Pugh aged 59 a former United States Navy sailor was found dead in Barracks 12 at the Soldiers Home Marion Indiana at 3 pm He had cut his throat and had been in poor health for some time He recently resigned from the Quartermaster depot and previously lived in Cincinnati His wife and family reside there and he had spent the last ten years at the home in Marion and the Dayton Ohio facility
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Ind
Henry Pugh
United States Navy
Cincinnati
Dayton, O
Ex King Milan Planned Life Sham for Political Gain
London July 18 Daily Mail Rome correspondent reports ex King Milan of Servia engineered a sham assassination plot for political purposes. Austrian Government aims to invite Milan into voluntary exile to prevent further trouble in Servia.
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Daily Mail
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German Emperor Skips Cowes Yacht Week Visit
London July 19 The Daily Chronicle reports Emperor William wished to attend the Queen's birthday ceremonies in England and stay for some time but felt the visit inopportune and declined to come for the Cowes yachting week.
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England
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Horatio Alger Dead at 65 Harvard Graduate and Writer
Horatio Alger the noted author of boys stories died in Natick Massachusetts after a year of illness. Born January 13 1834 in Revere he graduated from Harvard in 1852 and later taught and studied at Cambridge Theological School. He spent years in New York involved with street boys shaping many of his later works including Ragged Dick and Tattered Tom.
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Boston
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Amos P. Cheney
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Revere
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Cambridge Theological School
Cambridge
Unitarian
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New York
Bertha
Frank
Webster
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Garfield
Paul Preston
Charles
Helen Ford
Miners badly hurt in shaft accident at Burnside
In Shamokin Pennsylvania early today a cage in Burnside shaft became unmanageable near the bottom causing ten men to be thrown against the shaft wall. Two miners Calvin Tyson and William Fox died from injuries. others were seriously or lightly hurt.
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Calvin Tyson
Willam Fox
Oscar Snyder
Silver Hill
Nicholas Davis
Anthony Waldron
Mark Rodman
Joseph Spock
Anathy Pingo
Michael Retlan
P. F. Brennan
Edward Brennan
Archbishop Ireland to Arrive in New York on Majestic
Archbishop Ireland is due in the United States today aboard the Majestic from Liverpool. A party of his friends is in New York, and preparations are under way for a proper welcome with a port escort by tug. An address of welcome will follow. He will discuss Vatican matters upon arrival.
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Forest Long Fatally Wounds Bartender Over Dice Game
Paris Kentucky on July 18 reports Forest Long shot and killed Mike Connelly a local barkeeper after a quarrel during a dice game. Police are investigating the fatal shooting.
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Mike Connelly
Manila round robin stirs White House over Otis fate
WashingtonJuly 18 The Manila correspondents round robin unsettles policy. Officials debate Otis's role and consider Miles or Merritt to lead military actions. Alger to retire in December, Roosevelt pursues 1904 bid while administration weighs Roosevelt as Yice candidate.
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Manila
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Recruiting figures show Philippine volunteers at Ft Thomas lead
Colonel Ward reports 2,268 volunteers since July 10 with 504 enlisted yesterday. Thirty-first Infantry leads with 468, followed by Twenty-seventh Infantry at Camp Meade. Officials say progress exceeds expectations as volunteer stations go active and aim to fully organize ten regiments by August 15.
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May Do Much Good From Lost Army Hospital Boxes
Portsmouth Ohio ladies of the Army and Navy League funded two boxes sent to Company H Fourth Ohio in Puerto Rico. The boxes disappeared en route and later a hospital ship Relief in Manila found letters and some contents. The Surgeon Major Bradley says contents are used in the Philippines with instruction to forward private packages to Annie N Reed.
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Philippines
San Francisco
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Indictment Hinted In Molineux Murder Case
New York July 18 nightly reports say the grand jury is nearly ready to indict Roland B. Molineux for the murder of Mrs. Adams. The panel wants more witness testimony to complete a legal indictment and may seek a judge’s guidance before voting.
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New York
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Swayne
Cornish
Volksraad Adopts Seven Year Franchise
Pretoria officials report that in a secret session the Volksraad adopted a seven year franchise proposal on July 18, marking a decisive step in the project.
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Volksraad
Milwaukee Fire Tragedy Claims Dozen Firemen Injured
A four story Grace Hotel in Milwaukee's South Side collapsed trapping ten firemen on the roof. About twenty five firefighters were injured with five possibly fatally hurt as rescue efforts moved amid mass debris and ambulances to Emergency Hospital.
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Esterhazy Defends Actions in Dreyfus Case Letter
Ex Major Esterhazy claims he wrote the Bordereaux under orders to prove Dreyfus guilty. He says French ministers and generals knew of the fabrication, cites Berlin spy reports, and calls for a new trial and prosecution of his former chiefs.
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Plate from the Texas shell shown in Montauk Club gift
A relic plate from the battleship Texas, five-eighths inch thick and two feet square, has been presented to the Montauk Club in Brooklyn by Rear Admiral Philip. The plate recalls the 1898 La Sosapa action during the Santiago blockade when Sampson’s Texas silenced a Spanish gun and Bailey was killed.
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Secretary grants papers of incorporation in Ohio
The Secretary of State issues incorporation papers to the S. M. Yok Company of Cleveland with 50000 capital and to the First Presbyterian Church of Bradner. The Lorain County Railway Company and Thorpe & Kile Company of Akron file amendments changing location.
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Valentine JPMorgan Bank Cashier Sentenced in Middlesex Case
George M. Valentine, cashier of the suspended Middlesex County Bank at Perth Amboy New Jersey, was sentenced in Middlesex County Court to six years in the New Jersey State Penitentiary at Trenton.
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Empress Auguste Victoria Sprains Foot in Excursion
Berlin reports Empress Auguste Victoria sprained her foot today during an excursion to St Bartholoma on the Kowags Sea. The incident occurred while she visited the area and is described as a minor injury with no further complications noted.
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Dick to be Colonel of Ohio National Guard unit
The Eighth Regiment of the Ohio National Guard will be reorganized with two Akron companies and one each at Canton Alliance Wooster Bucyrus Wadsworth Shreve and Mansfield. Charles Dick is expected to be elected Colonel with Ed Wollrath Major C C Weybrecht and A B Critchfield among the senior officers. The regiment’s organizations and orders are imminent. The Highth is the only Ohio regiment that served in Cuba.
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Ed Wollrath
C. C. Weybrecht
A. B. Critchfield
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Ohio
Cuba
New Navy guns claim rapid fire and high power
The Navy Department has ordered 100 new one pounder machine guns with explosive shells. They fire 250 shots a minute and are water cooled. Report says they can deliver 60 shots into a barrel head from half a mile in 15 seconds.
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Navy Department
Clara Barton Returns From Havana Red Cross Work
Miss Clara Barton of the Red Cross Society arrived in New York from Havana on the steamer Havana. Passengers were detained at quarantine due to the ship’s origin from a yellow fever port. Barton said Red Cross affairs in Cuba are in excellent condition.
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Havana
Vanderbilt In A Rage Over Cabbie Camera Capture
Newport, July 18. William K Vanderbilt Jr. intervened when three newspaper photographers chased his group on Ledge road. He grabbed for a camera but the reporters pulled away, and no one was hurt. Alfred C Vanderbilt and Wm P Burden filed for passports for two years abroad.
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William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
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Bailey’s Beach
Belcourt
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Wm. P. Burden
Custom House
Women sob in Senate over prisoners in Filipino hands
In Madrid on July 18, delegations of women with relatives among prisoners in Filipino custody urged an audience with Senor Silvela. Count D'Almenas described the prisoners' suffering, prompting sobs. D'Almenas blamed American and Spanish authorities. Silvela defended the government and said the U S now seeks their liberation despite initial obstacles.
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Dewey to Carlsbad With Officers for Gastric Cure
Vienna reports Admiral Dewey and nine officers will travel to Carlsbad for treatment of gastric troubles after their arrival in Trieste. Baron Von Spann, Austrian Chief Admiral, has gone to Trieste to meet them.
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TIFFIN PIONEER GONE
Mrs. Mary Stadelbauer aged 95 died here after a brief illness. She was Tiffin’s oldest citizen, born in Germany and mother of eleven children, all but one of whom are dead.
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John Sorup
Passage Under Construction for Dreyfus Court Martial
Work began today on a passage from Captain Dreyfus’s cell to the court-martial hall. The route would let the prisoner avoid observation by the curious observers and facilitate movement.
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Rennes
Body of Edward S. Young Found Near Batavia
The body of Edward S. Young of Hillsboro was found one and a half miles west of Batavia Ohio this morning. He had been in Batavia on a drinking spree for two or three days. The coroner ruled death caused by alcoholism.
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Edward 8S. Young
Hillsboro
Here
He Has Resigned and Is Now on His Way to San Francisco
A prominent official announces resignation and travels to San Francisco. The move follows mounting pressure and signals a transition period for the administration.
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San Francisco
Dispute Over Samoa Chief Justice Succession Dr Solf Claims
In Samoa July events: fighting at Sofata leaves Malietoan mortally wounded and Mataafa and Suatele chiefs killed. Tauranga and Cormoran arrest three chiefs for trial before the Supreme Court. Commissioners plan Washington trip. Chief Justice Chambers contemplates resignation.
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Miles Sends His Dime To Dewey Cup Honor
Major General Nelson A. Miles joins Dewey cup tribute sending ten cents with a letter praising Admiral Dewey. The Army chief honors the Manila Bay hero for his naval victory and the republic’s gratitude.
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Women Visit Midway During Akron Elks Fair
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union forms a six member committee to inspect the Elks street fair. They report visiting the midway and the German Village seeing beer sales and varied acts but will not disclose details or judgments of immorality.
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Akron
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
National Electric Co. Wins Windsor Castle Bell Contract
The Milford firm, National Electric Company, received an order for fifty complete sets of electric bells and fire alarm boxes for Windsor Castle. An English firm placed the order amid brisk competition among American firms. Contracts to equip other English castles with similar systems have also been awarded to Milford.
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New Haven
National Electric Company
Milford
Windsor Castle
Corpse Found in Two Counties Near Georgetown
Henry Coffman 68, unmarried and wealthy, drowned himself last night in a pond straddling Brown and Clermont counties. His body was recovered this morning and it is unclear which county's coroner will hold the inquest.
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Henry Coffman
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Italy Sends 2000 Lire for Texas Flood Relief
The Italian Consulate in New Orleans reports cablegrams from Viscounti Vinosta providing 2000 Italian lire contributed by Italians of the royal government and King Humbert for Texas flood victims.
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Viscounti Vinosta
Humbert
Texas
Reverend MacDonald elected president of Wesley Conference
London July 18 Reverend Frederick W. MacDonald uncle of Rudyard Kipling has been chosen president of the Wesley Conference in a milestone election.
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Frederick W. MacDonald
Rudyard Kipling
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