Messenger Shot During Express Robbery on Pan Handle Train
Columbus dispatches detail Charles Lane express messenger shot dead aboard Pan Handle train No 8 at Union depot. Safe opened, valuables stolen with eight bullet wounds indicating a fierce struggle. robbers fled before dawn. Police cite possible $45,000 haul. Lane 28, revolver used, keys and knife taken.
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Columbus
Union Depot
Charles Lane
Milford Center
Lane
A Dams Express Co
Marble Cit
Union Station
Jerry Taylor
St. Louis
McLane
Taylor
Train Robbers Killed in Colorado Ranch Siege
Two men linked to the Union Pacific train robbery near Hugo Colorado were slain Friday by a sheriff s posse at Bartholomew ranch three miles east of Goodland Kansas After a siege one robber fled and was shot the remaining robber died in a fire set to the house Evidence found on the body includes a watch masks and a ladies chain The burned ranch house and contents valued at 1200 will be paid by the county Deputies J B Riggs and George Collins were wounded but recovering
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Goodland
Kan
Union Pacific
Hugo
Col
W. J. Fay
Bartholomew Ranch
J. B. Riggs
George Cullins
Winchester
Riggs
Colins
Fitzsimmons Knocks Out Ruhlin in Sixth Round
Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Gus Ruhlin at Madison Square Garden before the Twentieth Century Club, stopping the Akron giant in the sixth round. The fight ended a period of doubts about Fitzsimmons age and skill, as he delivered decisive body blows to end the bout.
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Gus Ruhilin
Madison Square
New York
Bob Fitzsimmons
Gus Ruhlin
Akron
Heat wave grips New York as deaths mount on overcrowded east side
Eleven people die from extreme heat in New York City with the east side hardest hit. Fires department flushes streets to cool them while infant mortality spikes and fears rise of a repeat of the 1896 August disaster. Street thermometers show 100 degrees at a given hour with higher readings than last year.
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New York
East Side
Weather Bureau
Heatwave Fatalities In Philadelphia Report Five Deaths
In Philadelphia on August 11 heat caused five deaths and twenty prostrations. The deceased include Daniel Drum found in bed John Bradley age 20 Charles Bers age 33 Lewis Givens and Marie Saunderson 11 months. Temperature peaked at 97 degrees by the government thermometer atop the post office.
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Philadelphia
Daniel Drum
John Bradley
Charles Bers
Lewis Givens
Marie Saunderson
Heat claims eight lives as Chicago swelters
Chicago records eight deaths and 15 prostrations from extreme heat as temperatures stay above 90 degrees most of the day and crest at 95 in the afternoon. Victims include James Coll, Frank Karsty, Mary Smith, John Meyer, John Bockata, Mrs Rudolph, Andrew Mandrowski, Mrs Rudolph Hirtshhke, and John Meyers.
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Chicago
James Coll
Frank Karsty
Mary Smith
John Meyer
John Bockata
Rudolph
Andrew Mandrowski
Rudolph Hirtshhke
John Meyers
Democratic Clubs Meeting Shifted to October 3
The quadrennial convention of democratic clubs originally planned for September 8 in Indianapolis is postponed to October 3. W. R. Hearst, president, cites national and Indiana state leaders backing the move. Mr. Bryan urged the change and Adlai E. Stevenson approved. About 40,000 delegates expected.
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New York
Indianapolis
W. R. Thearst
National Association
Indiana
Bryan
Adlai HE. Stevenson
Relief of Peking garrison drives US policy stance
Washington flags a single course to aid the besieged ministers at Peking. The Conger dispatch is cited to show the United States will not order Minister Conger to depart under Chinese escort, insisting on relief and a cessation of bombardment.
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Washington
Conger
State Department
Peking
Canton
United
China
Atlee
M. Pichon
Root
Adee
Tsung Li Yamen
United States
Battle at Yang Tsun drives Chinese toward peace talks
London reports show Li Hung Chang seeking peace as Yanzy Tsun falls after a seven line Chinese defensive stance. Dispatches credit American and British forces with the assault while noting British casualties around two hundred and American losses about two hundred fifty, with some discrepancy from Gen Chaffee's figures.
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London
China
Li Hung Chang
Yanzy Tsun
Daily Mail
Peking
Chaffee
St. Petersburg
Chinese Force Moves Toward Peking and Tien-Tsin
Telegrams report Chinese force about 12,000 moving from Hu Nan and Hu Pei toward Peking and Tien-Tsin. Russian columns surround a large Chinese force at Hai Chau. Chinese flee eastward abandoning a dozen obsolete guns after a 35 verst pursuit.
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St. Petersburg
Hai Chau
Belgian dispatch on Li Hung Chang envoy to negotiate peace
Brussels reports confirm a Peking dispatch from E De Cartier De Marchienne stating Li Hung Chang is named minister plenipotentiary to negotiate peace. The Belgian legation also relays a dispatch about Chinese attempts to secure foreign ministers acceptance of a Chinese escort to Tien-Tsin.
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Li Hung Chang
Peking
Brussels
Foreign Office
E. de Cartier de Marchienne
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang Min
Ister
M. Pichon
Tien-Tsin
Chinese Troops Marching Toward Peking Reported
St. Petersburg reports 12 000 Chinese troops marching from Hu Tien T sin provinces toward Peking with details still unclear and no confirmation from Beijing.
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St. Petersburg
Hunan
Hu Pei
Peking
Tien-T'sin
Kruger denies surrender as Boer forces win at Lydenburg to Middleburg
London dispatch cites President Kruger rejecting surrender rumors and predicting a long war. A Boer bulletin claims a major clash between Lydenburg and Middleburg with 500 British casualties and burghers retaking Heathron De Valliersdorp and Frankfort, though reports from Lorenzo Marques are doubtful.
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London
Lorenzo Marques
Daily Express
Kruger
Lydenburg
Middleburg
Heathron
de Valliersdorp
Frankfort
Methuen halts De Wet’s march amid rumors of Roberts’ death
Pretoria reports Lord Methuen has stopped Gen. De Wet’s advance. Boers credit leaders’ rumor that Lord Roberts is dying, though Roberts is actually in excellent health and rides long distances daily.
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Pretoria
Lord Methuen
de Wet
Lord Roberts
Roberts
Newport Rumor Ties Duke of Manchester to Miss Zimmerman
Mrs Antonio Ysna ga confirms to Newport friends that the duke of Manchester will marry Miss Helena Zimmerman of Cincinnati Ohio. No wedding date is announced.
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Newport
R. 1
Antonio Ysnaga
Duke of Manchester
Helena Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Louisville Sizzler Tops City Heat For Aug 11
In Louisville Kentucky the day peaked at 100.7 degrees at 2 50 pm, the hottest of the year with three prostrations reported Allen Merger laborer William Nelson 70 and James Spencer wagon driver all in serious or near serious condition. In Colombia government forces seize Ocana Magdelena and insurgent Gen Uribe is defeated at La Cruz and surrounded at Negro Grande by Generals Tobar Hoyos and Martinez signaling potential peace progress.
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Louisville
Allen Merger
William Nelson
James Spencer
Colon
Colombia
Ocana
Magdalena
Uribe
la Cruz
Négro Grande
Tobar
Hoyos
Martine
Nashville mayor resigns from national democratic committee
Chicago August 11 Hon J M Head mayor of Nashville Tenn resigns as a member of the national democratic executive committee Norman B Mack of Buffalo selected by National Chairman Jones to fill the vacancy.
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Chicago
J. M. Head
Nashville, Tenn
National Democratic Executive Committee
Norman &. Mack
Buffalo
Jones
Baron Russell
England
Lord Alvenstone
Richard Webster
Populists National Committee
Towne
Farquhar
Bar Harbor
North Atlantic
Sir Frederick Bedford
Royal Navy
Nashville
Tenn
Norman ‘E. Mack
Cleveland
Andree
North Pole
Perth
Indiana Round-Ups. Sheriff Shoots His Deputy
Evansville Indiana August 11 Two prisoners Betagys and Jackson broke jail. In pursuit Sheriff Koepke fired at a fleeing man and hit deputy Noah Fuquay in the left hand. Fuquay continued aiding the search while Jackson was tracked to a church belfry. Betagg is at large.
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Evansville
Ind
William Betagys
Andrew Jackson
Koepke
Noah Fuquay
Jackson
Betagg
Heat takes toll as Indiana murder suspect appeals jail move
Evansville Indiana August 11 Joseph D Keith accused of Nora Kifers murder and found in Pigeon creek seeks transfer from Boonville jail citing extreme heat weight loss and confinement as sheriff resists potential escape risk Keith grows morose and speaks little with other prisoners Grand jury meets September 1 to consider indictment and venue change likely to Spencer county
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Evansville
Ind
Joseph D. Keith
Nora Kifer
Pigeon Creek
Boonville
Keith
Spencer County
Farm man killed by shotgun accident near Lafayette
Lafayette Indiana August 11 J 7 Rothrock aged 42 a farmer residing near the city was instantly killed when a shotgun discharged in his barn he had gone to fetch the gun to depart on a hunting trip his relatives deem the death accidental in another item Muncie August 11 after two days of talks the unions and Ball Bros Glass factories failed to reach a settlement delaying work resumption to September 15 at earliest in Muncie Marion and Upland Ohio?
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Lafayette
Ind
Rothrock
Muncie, Ind
Flint and Green Glass Workers
Ball Bros
Muncie
Wilson & McCullough
Marion
Giles Glass Co
Upland
Burglary Foiled at Chalfant Apt in Indianapolis
Early morning break in at the Chalfant apartment office ends when custodian W L LaRue fires at a Negro burglar who shouts run shot and escapes as LaRue, undressed, cannot pursue. Separately, W B Holton Manufacturing Co files deed of assignment. Robert B Keith named trustee. assets and liabilities undetermined though claims may be paid in full under good management.
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Indianapolis
Ind
W. L. LaRue
Chalfant
LaRue
W. B. Holton Manufacturing Co
East Washington Street
Robert B. Keith
Woman driver injured as horses run away at North Vernon fair
At North Vernon Indiana on August 11 a horse driven by a woman at Cook's hippodrome bolted leaving the grounds and ran onto Walnut street. The chariot struck a post throwing the driver who was taken to the Western house unconscious. She lost two valuable diamonds in the fall.
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North Vernon
Ind
Cook
Man Killed Riding Train Bumpers Near Anderson
A 45 year old well dressed man was riding the train bumpers at Anderson Indiana when the train broke and he was instantly killed. Papers found in his pocket identified him as Perry Newman of Painesville Ohio and others.
Fatally Scalded on B. and O. Railroad Work
William Lipas, a colored man from Chattanooga, employed by Schuh & Gannon, was fatally scalded at North Vernon Indiana when a mud valve blew under an engine while he removed cinders. In Lafayette Indiana Mrs. Wm Ferguson, a wealthy county woman, died suddenly after taking two doses of salts.
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North Vernon
Ind
William Lipas
Chattanooga
Tenn
Schuh & Gannon
Lafayette, Ind
Wm. Ferguson
Russia captures New Chwang and Harbin amid war weariness
Reports from Shanghai and London indicate progress toward peace in the China conflict. Chinese and foreign leaders discuss terms while imperial edicts and troop movements shape expectations. other items note political resignations and a crowded royal funeral procession.
Markets Report Flour and Grains Across Cities
The Cincinnati markets show flour prices from 2.25 to 4.50 and grain at various track quotes. Live stock in Cincinnati includes hogs sold between 4.60 and 5.50, cattle from 3.65 to 5.40, sheep 2.35 to 4.15, lambs 4.00 to 6.50, and veal calves 3.25 to 6.50. Chicago and East Buffalo provide additional wheat corn and live stock quotes with mixed receipts and steady to easy markets.
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Cincinnati
Toc
Chicago
East
Buffalo
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