Pana Negro Miners Seek Help Over False Promises
A non union committee reports to Governor Tanner that Alabama brought Negro miners to Pana with promises of one year contracts, then mines were closed leaving families penniless. They urge relief and possible return to Alabama as Mayor Gorman assists. C. H. Dorsey, a guard wounded in April riot, is named.
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Springfield
C H. Dorsey
R. H. Prinkelton
Negrominers
Pana
Gov. Tanner
Alabama
Gorman
C. H. Dorsey
George W. Pennell
Dewey Sails for Port Said
The United States cruiser Olympia with Adm. Dewey aboard sailed from Coroxumne Ceylon to Port Said at 4 PM. He appeared in good health after quiet days ashore and visited Yosemite keeper Capt. O Leary on the way.
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Coroxumne
Ceylon
United States
Olympia
Adm
Dewey
U.S. N
Guam
Beckham Captures Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Nomination
Louisville dispatch reports the Kentucky Democratic convention selected Beckham on the first ballot for lieutenant governor, with Hays after withdrawing. Beckham, 30, from Nelson County, is an attorney and former speaker of the House, slated with Goebel. Other nominations included Breckinridge for attorney general and Coulter for auditor. Adjournment followed amid delays and reballoting.
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Louisville
W. P. Thorne
Henry
J C. W. Beckham
Nelson
Thomas H. Hays
Jus. Kelly
Trigg
Beckham
Hays
Thorne
Kelly
BG Beckham
Goebel
Yardstown
Nelson County
Kentucky
John S. Smith
Bourbon
C. C. Hays
Bell
James Andrew Scott
Franklin
Robert J. Breckinridge
Boyle
W. B. Fleming
Breckinridge
Gus Coulter
Graves County
Breck Hill
Dirk
E. W. Hager
Ruyd
I. B. Hall
HV. McChesney
Livingston County
Died From Excessive Joy In Alabama Prison Release
George Jones a Black man from near Demopolis Alabama died Tuesday from what doctors called excessive joy after being pardoned and released from prison for murder. He reportedly lacked ill will toward the victim and did not know the gun was loaded. Funeral home reports his family meeting him in the old log hut led to his collapse and death moments later.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Jones
Demopolis
Two Sisters of Sacred Heart Questioned in Kansas City
Kansas City officers detained two women in black habit robes who claimed to be Sisters of the Sacred Heart soliciting hospital subscriptions. The sisters presented bishop credentials from Evansville Indiana and said they were canvassing for a planned Evansville monastery and were released after explanation.
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Wo Sisters of Charity
Kansas City
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Nays
Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Evansville
Ind
WILL SEND A BIG ARMY
After a lengthy conference with Secretary Alger and Adjutant General Corbin the president announced Gen. Otis would be supplied with not less than 40000 men. Troop transports could move them to the Philippines by mid September and water transportation Chief Col Bird was in the meeting.
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Washington
Alger
Adjt
Corbin
Philippine
Otis
Col. Bird
Quartermaster’s Department
Philippines
George Stoddard Nominated Census Supervisor in Ohio District
George Stoddard of Wyoming is named census supervisor for Ohio’s First district covering the First and Second congressional districts. The recommendation is signed by Congressmen Shattuc and Bromwell.
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Waaiington
George Stoddard
Wyoming
Ohio
Shattuc
Bromwell
Czarina Delivers Daughter in Vienna
Vienna reports the czarina has given birth to a daughter, altering the expected succession narrative and prompting public and court interest in the newborn and its potential implications.
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Vienna
Czarina
James Ayers Found Dead Near Brazil Indiana
James Ayers of Lexington Kentucky was found dead in a mover's camp west of Brazil Indiana on Tuesday. Authorities suspect foul play due to cash on his person and a partially emptied carbolic acid bottle found in a wagon. James Johnson, the camp's only male member, was arrested pending coroner's inquest and a post mortem will be held.
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Braz
Ind
James Ayers
Lexington
Ayers
James Johnson
Fire destroys Winchester church and surrounding properties
A blaze in Winchester Indiana started at 2 p.m. Wednesday in a barn behind Charles Smith’s home, then spread to the Methodist Episcopal church steeple burning the new brick building and its pipe organ. Total loss listed at 25000 with 11800 insured. other properties include Jonathon Hiatt boarding house 4000 and several residences.
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WinceEster
Ind
Charles Smith
Methodist Episcopal Church
Jonathan Hiatt
Cora Veach
Diltz Son of St Paul Killed in Philippine Service
Maurice Diltz of St Paul received a war department telegram announcing his son George Diltz’s death at Manila on June 21 after being shot in the abdomen on June 19. The brief dispatch confirms a regular army service and a fatal injury. The piece notes other Indiana items from June 29 including a resumed tent pin factory in Minax and a charity trolley day in Vincennes with about 1000 dollars expected.
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Minax
Ind
Arkenberg & Stites
United States Army
Vincennes
Lacuaxge
George Cooper
White Pigeon
Kokomo, Wabash & Northern Electric Line Contracted
Rob ert P. Woods of Wabash is hired to run lines for the new Kokomo to Wabash railway project with operations planned to begin by September 1.
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Kokomo, Wabash & Northern Electric
Waznasa, Ind
Kokomo
Plague on Nippon Maru Leads to Quarantine in San Francisco
Bodies of two Japanese sailors from the Nippon Maru were found in the bay and towed to shore as coast guards and fishermen guarded against infection. The coroner took the bodies to the morgue while precautions were planned to prevent disease spread. A young Japanese girl died at sea en route from Honolulu and was buried there, with apoplexy listed as the cause. The ship remains quarantined as a precaution.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Five men scalded on river steamer St Paul near Eisah NL
Five men were scalded when a steam line ruptured on the river steamer St Paul near Eisah Newfoundland and brought to St Louis. Two men died and three others, including white sailor D Thompson, are likely to recover after transfer aboard the Joseph Parker.
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St. Louis
St. Paul
Eisah
Joseph Parker
Jack Mack
D. Thompson
Unwritten Chapter of John D. Lee and Mountain Meadows Massacre
The article recounts the Mountain Meadows massacre of emigrants through southern Utah and the implicated John D. Lee. It cites Brigham Young’s alleged commands, Lee’s escape via the Grand Canyon, and his later life as Maj. John Doyle Lee. It covers his capture at Beaver in 1874 and the shift in church protection during his trial.
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Mountain . Meadows
Utah
Arkansas
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Cal
John D. Lee
Mormon Church
Lee
Brigham Young
W. W. Bass
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Coconino Forest
Harmony
Paraia Creek
Glen
Marble
Lee’s Ferry
John Doyle
J. Hanson Beadle
Beaver
United States
Marshal Stokes
National game results and diplomacy note from June 29
Cincinnati Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Baltimore won their Wednesday games as national sports brief. The State Department denied England requested arms to the Boers and Col Lee found no basis in a London press agency report. Harvard conferred honorary degrees on Cam bon Wood Sampson Hadley.
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Washineton
State Department
England
Col. Lee
London
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Jules Cambon
United States
Leonard Wood
Santiago
Cuba
W. Vs. Sampson
Arthur T. ‘Hadley
Yale University
Enzyme Therapy Aimed at Killing Disease Germs
Researchers led by Dr Loew and Dr Emmerich pursue enzyme based treatment to kill disease bacteria without harming patients. Enzymes from certain bacteria may destroy related germs including cholera typhoid anthrax diphtheria and staphylococci while tuberculosis and black plague enzymes remain elusive.
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Loew
Emmerich
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