Quick Punishment of Bandit in Adams Express Heist
Joseph Harrison of South Dakota received a fifteen year term with hard labor after disguising as an Indian to rob Adams Express in Parkman. He fled but was captured two days later and sent to the penitentiary on the second day after capture. The theft netted $160.85 as police and express agents pursued him with swift action. Meanwhile St Louis transit strikes see extensive police action and paraded posses reduce duty as sheriffs organda winds down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne Wye
Joseph Harrison
South Dakota
Adams Express Company
Parkman
Express Company
Harrison
Hovcott
St. Louis Transit Company
Sherif Postleman
Board of Police
Crackers Price Increase By National Biscuit Co
The National Biscuit Company confirms price rises on several crackers to cover higher wheat costs. Advances are made on all soda biscuits except the high grades by a half cent per pound. Some sweet grades rise as flour and lard costs climb. Other sweet goods see box prices lifted to match the tin price, about one half to one cent per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Biscuit Company
Greece seeks foreign help as German officer faces dual roles
Vienna reports say Athens struggles over recruiting a German officer to reorganize the Greek army. Germany apparently refuses to keep the officer in its army after assignment, as with Turkey, deterring other candidates. Greece may need assistance from another nation to secure a reorganizer.
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Vienna
Athens
Germany
Turkey
Greece
Indiana Steel Plant to Close Indefinitely
Dispatch from Muncie Indiana reports Indiana Iron Mill plants will be shut down soon indefinitely due to wage scale uncertainty and desire to invoice. It is among the largest mills controlled by Republic Iron and Steel Company and other trusts may follow. Nearly a thousand workers will be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Indiana Iron Mill
Thearill
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Northern Indiana Editors Plan Lake Erie Trip
The Northern Indiana Editorial Association after a postal vote will meet in Sandusky on July 19. They will visit Put-in-Bay Cleveland and Buffalo. The group includes all newspaper editors in northern Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Indiana
Lake Erie
Sandusky
Put-in-Bay
Cleveland
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Heavy rains fall across Wisconsin Minnesota and Dakotas
Reported rainfall in Wisconsin Minnesota and North and South Dakota arrives at a crucial moment, giving hope that the wheat crop in the Dakotas can be saved and protected from damage as harvest approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
James McElroy Fatally Shoots Sam Stafford in Family Feud
James McElroy shot and fatally wounded Sam Stafford on Battle Avenue in Steubenville Ohio. The shooting ended a long standing family feud and McElroy surrendered to authorities.
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James McElroy
Sam Stafford
Battle Avenue
Steubenville
Ohio
McElroy
Inauguration of territorial government in Hawaii
Dispatch from Honolulu reports the inauguration of the territorial government and the installation of Dole as governor took place on the 14th with elaborate ceremonies and formal rites.
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Honolulu
Dole
Double Tragedy in Fort Wayne Ends in Homicide Suicide
William Nahrwalt aged 25 shot and killed his wife aged 18 at her father's Fort Wayne Indiana home then fatally shot himself Jealousy prompted the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nahrwalt
Fort Wayne
Ind
Collision near Mishawaka rails leaves three injured
A head on collision on the Grand Trunk near Mishawaka Indiana involved two double header freights. Brakeman Moon was killed or fatally injured while Engineers McCarty and Mulvey jumped to escape. Two engines were demolished and two damaged with an estimated loss of 70000 dollars.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Grand Trunk Railroad
Moon
McCarty
Mulvey
Woman Barred from Practice in Tennessee Courts
The Tennessee Supreme Court has decided that women cannot practice law before any court in Tennessee, barring them from professional participation in the state's judiciary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Supreme Court
Courts of
Tennessee
Admiral Seymour Safe as Relief Forces Reach Tien-Tsin
Advices from Chefoo via Shanghai report Admiral Seymour’s expedition relieved after failing to reach Pekin. Foreign ministers and legation staff were brought to safety. Seymour’s column returns to Tien-Tsin amid harassing mobs with light casualties. Dispatches minimize foreign danger and note no massacre of foreigners, while another item confirms the Chicago appeals court upholding a $2 per car excess charge at stock yards.
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Chefoo
Shanghai
Admiral Seymour
Pekin
Berlin
Legation
Tien-Tsin
London
China
Tien- Tsin
Seymour
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Northwestern to Open Line Between Mankato Junction and New Ulm
Major rail developments and rate talks across Midwestern lines. Erie withdrawal from joint passenger committee may trigger a general rate war affecting all routes. Western Passenger Association committees in St. Paul plan tariff revisions. Illinois Central Trail road pension plan eyed for 40 year veterans. Chicago Burlington and Quincy contracts Crow Indians for grading near their reservation. Dubuque and Sioux City Railway reincorporated at Dubuque with 17.9 million capital, spanning Illinois Central and Iowa branches. Southwestern Association rejects merchant rate cuts for New York autumn meetings. Canada seeks Winnipeg to Duluth rail with government rate control offers from North American capitalists.
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Northwestern
Mankato Junction
New Ulm
Minn
Erie
Joint Passenger Committee
Western Passenger Association
Eastern Committee
St. Paul
Central Trailroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Red Men’s Reservation
Dubuque
Sioux City
Illinois Central
Iowa
German Officer Warns of Prolonged Boxer Conflict
Gen. Stahl of the German army arriving in Vancouver reports the Boxer movement will trigger a long bloody struggle. He says Boxers will be disbanded but life sacrifices will be appalling as the uprising spreads to the south and grows in scale.
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Stahl
Imperial German Army
Orient
Vancouver
B. C
British Legation Entrance and Global Crisis Narratives
The report describes armed mobs and smuggling of arms to insurgents, stressing the threat they pose to global stability. Gen Stahl notes Japan Russia tensions complicate the crisis and hinder unified action. The piece also notes Rev Thomas B Cheney in Ohio died by suicide, theft of eight bronze howitzers from Chickamauga Park, and Lord Huntley in England earning money from sporting novels.
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Ers
Gen. Stahl
Japan
Russia
Grip
Rev
Thomas B. Cheney
Washington Court House
Ohio
G A R Encampment Program for Chicago Reunion
Chicago readies for the thirty fourth Grand Army encampment in August with a dense official schedule. Events include flag salutes, parades of naval veterans and Grand Army units, receptions at Palmer House and Medinah Temple, fireworks, and lakefront ceremonies through August 26 to September 1.
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Chicago
Naval Arch
Naval Veterans of the
Naval Reserves
National Association of Union
National Guard
Boys’ Brigade
Commodore Geo. L. Seavey
Naval Veterans’ Association
James Atwell
National Association of ex-Prisoners of War
Albert D. Shaw
Grand Army of the Republic
John R. Tanner
Carter H. Harrison
Lake Front Park
Lincoln Park
United States
Medinah Temple
Coliseum
Michigan Avenue
Army Arch
Illinois
Shaw
G. A. R. Memorial Hall
Sp. m
Woman's Relief Corps
Palmer House
Daughters of Veterans
Masonic Temple
Washington Boulevard
Garfield Park
Thirty-Fourth
Studebaker Hall
Department of Ilinois
Joel M. Longenecker
Adjt
Thomas J. Stewart
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Hall
Ladies of ex-Prisoners of War Association
Naval Veterans
Handel Hail
ex-Prisoners of War Association
Army of the Potomac
Army of the Tennessee
Army of the Cumberland
Army of the Mississippi and Gulf
Army of the Frontier
Ireworks
American Forces Relieve Tien-Tsin and Mobilize in China
A 2000 strong relief force under Maj. Waller silenced Chinese guns and entered Tien-Tsin with British and American units followed by Gen. Chaffee. Maj. Gen. Chaffee ordered to command US land forces in China with units from Manila and San Francisco expected by August 1. Reports warn of fresh anti foreign sentiment in southern provinces and possible outbreaks near Nanking.
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Waller
Taku
Chefoo
Tien-T'sin
Maj
Chaffee
Wise
Tong-Ku
Adna R. Chaffee
United States
China
Manila
San Francisco
Great Southern
Nanking
Kang Wu
Grand Canal
Prohibition Convention Opens In Chicago Nomination Ballot
The National Quadrennial Prohibition meeting in Chicago adopts a single issue platform opposing legalized liquor, endorses equal suffrage, and schedules nominations with delegates numbering about 730 from 37 states. John G. Woolley and Hale Johnson named as presidential candidates amid heated session.
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Chicago
Prohibitionists
United States
Young People’s Prohibition League
Ammossibit
E. W. Chaffin
Waukesha
Wis
A. A. Hopkins
Hornellsville
N. C
Dickie
Oliver W. Stewart
Arkansas
Ilinois
Sheen
Illinois
O. W. Stewart
John G. Woolley
Geo. W. Gere
Champaign
Hale Johnson
Newton
Ill
Homer Castle
Pittsburg
C. Swallow
Counterfeiter Freed After Long Prison Term
Miles Ogle an aging counterfeiter and former grand master in the trade is released from Ohio State Penitentiary. He served eleven years in Jeffersonville Indiana seven in Allegheny City six in Chester and fifteen in Columbus. He was invalid at release with paralysis and cannot speak. He never passed bad money but produced plates so skilled treasury experts struggled to distinguish them from legitimate currency.
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Miles Ogie
Miles Ogle
Ohio State Penitentiary
United States
Treasury
Ogle
Jeffersonville
Ind
Allegheny City
Chester, DL
Columbus
Ohio
Derby winner Sidney Lucas noted in ChiCago reports
Random notes list Derby winner Sidney Lucas in Chicago. Other items include Spain's finance minister resigning Senor Villaverde, a crime case Mary Jackson dies from coal oil exposure in Louisville and a call for rains to aid spring wheat.
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Kansas City
Senor Villaverde
Spain
England
Mary Jackson
Louisville
Ferrazuria
Chili
Russia
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The
New York Journal
Oregon
Edward II. Seymour
Southwestern Passenger Association
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Perin
Chickamauga National Park
Lord Huntley
Washington Park
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United States Artillery
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Garfield Parks
Sidney Lucas
Union Labor Lyceum
Spencer County
Indiana
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
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Charles H. Corrigan
Syracuse
N. Y
Socialist Labor Party
Stephen Crane
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