Outlaw Tracy Takes Own Life After Narrow Pursuit
Harry Tracy, the escaped Oregon penitentiary outlaw, wounded in a right thigh by a posse near Fellow, Washington, shot himself in a wheat field at daylight. He had fled after killing guards in Salem, Oregon, and after a running battle the night before, died in the field.
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Spokane
Wash
Harry Tracy
David Merrill
Oregon Penitentiary
Tracy
Fellow
Washington Central
Davenport
Gardner
Creston
Oregon State Penitentiary
Salem
Frank W. Ferrell
G. R. T. Jones
B. F. Tiffany
Frank Ingraham
Merrill
Napavine
Seattle
Charles Raymond
E. E. Bresse
Nat Rawley
South Bay
Olympia
Clark
Puget Sound
Valentine Hoge
Colorado
William Strong
McBride
Washington
Oregon
Ore
Geer
C. A. Straub
Lincoln County
Battle of Bayan Mindanao Detailed in Manila News
Washington reports from Manila papers describe the Bayan fort battle where Col Baldwin’s line trapped the fort and American troops scaled the hill. About 40 of 500 defenders survived after a brutal siege with heavy casualties, and a later captured mission details the May 30 murder of five Troop M cavalrymen by Ladrones with a native prisoner naming nine aiding natives.
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Washington
Manila
War Department
Bayan
Mindanao
Baldwin
Defeat at Agua Dulce Reported by Telegraph Inspector
Telegraph Inspector Gomez in San Carlos confirms the news of the revolutionary defeat at Agua Dulce led by Gen. Werrera. He reports two Fifth Battalion Cali soldiers held by the revolutionaries escaped and said the enemy had little ammunition for small arms and could only fire their cannon.
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Panama
Gomez
San Carlos
Agua Dulce
Werrera
Cali
Steeple Jack Daniel Barry Dies In City Hall Tower Fall
New York reports Daniel Barry known as Steeple Jack fell 98 feet while painting the city hall tower interior. He had earlier placed electric lights around William Penn’s statue on the hat at 540 feet above ground. Barry, who often hung by his hands from the edge of the hat, died in the line of work.
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New York
Daniel Barry
City Hall
Philadelphia
Herald
Barry
William Penn
Tragedy on excursion train at Dawson Springs
An excursion train on the Illinois Central near Dawson Springs Kentucky struck five young ladies. Two were crushed to death and three others, who leaped to escape, were fatally injured or likely fatally injured.
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Hopkinsville
Tninois Central
Dawson Springs
Eleven More Injunctions Issued in Corn Oats Case
Chicago August 7 eleven more injunctions issued stemming from the July corn oats counter case. Judge Chytraus granted six injunctions against H. C. Avery & Co and Judge Chetlain issued five on the complaint of J. H. Norton.
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Chicago
Chytraus
H. C. Avery & Co
Chetlain
J. H. Norton
Boy Turned Out to be a Woman in Chili Mystery
Rochester N Y Aug 7 excitement in Chili over the discovery that a boy known as Jimmie McDougal is actually Mrs Theresa Denhart of Cleveland Ohio.
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Rochester
N. Y
Chili
Jimmie” McDougal
Theresa Denhart
Cleveland
Fatal shooting in Jackson county ends Henry Peters life
London Ky Aug 7 Henry Peters was shot and killed by Jake Stevens in Jackson county They had a prior fight with Stevens slightly wounded in the incident authorities report Stevens is at large and a murder investigation is underway
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London
Henry Peters
Jake Stevens
Jackson County
Stevens
Beeen
State of trade shown as Dun's Weekly Report encourages fall business
New York Aug 9 R G Dun Co says bright agricultural prospects outweigh labor dispute drag on trade and manufacture. Dealers prepare for heavy fall trade with contracts beyond usual next year. Lumber, fish packing records, iron and steel hopeful, coke ovens in Connellsville region output about 250 000 tons weekly. Footwear busy, hides rising, dry goods cautious, cotton goods importers out, china prices low. Failures 196 in US, 14 in Canada.
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Dun’s
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Connellsville
China
United States
Canada
National Banks in Excellent Shape Says Controller Ridgely
Washington August 9 The controller of the currency William Barrett Ridgely released a statement on national banks condition as of July 16 noting banks are in excellent shape with growing loan volumes. He cites a record footing of 6 008 754 975 and warns that loan expansion risks inflation if extended too far.
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Washington
William Barrett Ridgely
United States
Big Strike Ordered by Structural Iron Workers Union
The exec utive board of the Structural Iron Workers union voted to strike all American Bridge Co employes nationwide to enforce the Philadelphia district wage scale. Some 5 000 workers will be affected, with a further 5 000 off the job as members refuse to handle the firm’s products for others. Philadelphia remains the only city not paid the scale of 50 cents an hour for an eight hour day. The strike has been ongoing since May 1.
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Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Philadelphia
American Bridge Co
Mystery Death in Chicago Linked to Bartholin
The body of Minnie Mitchell of 604 Forty-fourth Street was identified after being found in a vacant lot at 74th and State. Police seek William Bartholin, a young mechanic, amid suspicions he murdered Mitchell and his mother Anna Bartholin who disappeared three weeks earlier.
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Chicago
74Th
State Streets
Minnie Mitchell
Forty-fourth Street
William Bartholin
Bartholin
Anna Bartholin
Mitchell
Explosion at Irvine's Mills Kills Two Men and Damages Area
A Bradford report notes a massive blast at Irvine's Mills seven miles away. The explosion killed 44 year old Joseph Gilson of Bradford and 17 year old Oscar Bergvall an office boy for the Pennsylvania Torpedo Co. A team of horses a wagon and 40 ten quart cans of glycerine were destroyed as fire and smoke ripped through the site.
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Bradford
Irvine’s Mills
Joseph Gilson
Oscar Bergvall
Pennsylvania Torpedo Co
British decree on Bay Islands citizenship
Consul Avery in Belize reports that the British gunboat Psyche visited the Bay Islands. The officer announced a decree declaring all residents in 1859 as Honduran citizens, while newcomers from Britain retain British citizenship.
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Washington
State Department
Avery
Belize
British Honduras
Psyche
Bay Islands
Great Britain
Honduras
Moral reform and temperance dominate Negro Youth congress
Atlanta August 9. Sessions of the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational congress focused on moral and social reform missionary questions and temperance. Clergymen and educators from across the United States delivered numerous interesting addresses.
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Atlanta
Negro Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress
United States
Neptune links Washington and Annapolis by wireless
Washington announced that wireless telegraphy established communication yesterday between Washington and Annapolis under navy department auspices.
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Washington
Annapolis
Navy Department
Fatal Dynamite Explosion Kills One Injures Two
In North Middleton near Paris Kentucky a dynamite blast yesterday killed Manley Florence of Stratford and fatally wounded Marion Blackford of Owensboro while Walter Goode of Lexington was seriously injured.
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Paris
Wages to Rise for CBQ Railroad Workers
Chicago August 9 nearly all seven thousand conductors brakemen and train baggage men of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad system will get a material wage increase starting September 1.
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Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Grand Circuit Races Open at Fort Erie Track
The fourth week of the grand circuit opened at Fort Erie with three straight-heat wins by Rythmic in the 2:30 trot Pan R. in the 2:08 pace and Dan T. in the 2:12 trot.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Fort Erie
Pan R
Dan T
Hal
Roman
King Charles
Grasshopper
Cooper
Maloney
Roamer
Laconda
New England
U S Warns Commander to Stop Cable Cutting at Haytien Cape
The United States orders Commander McCrea of the Machias to protect the Haytien Cape cable after reports that the gunboat Crete-a-Perriot under Admiral Killick plans to sever the line between Cape Haytien and New York. Acting Secretaries Atlee and Darling approve the move to safeguard international interests.
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Washington
United States
Haytien Telegraph and Cable Co
Navy
Cape Haytien
New York
Haytien
Crete-a-Perriot
Killick
Firmin
McCrea
Machias
Atlee
Darling
Cloudburst Ravages Manitou Colorado Waterways
A cloudburst near Woodland Park and the Ute Pass flood devastated Manitou and surrounding areas. Bridges washed away, Rainbow Falls destroyed, roads ruined, and Soda Springs park flooded with debris up to 30 feet high. Canyon avenue stores submerged for an hour.
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Colorado Spring
Col
Manitou
Woodland Park
Ute Pass
Pass
Cascade
Rainbow Falls
Soda Springs
Canyon Avenue
Camden Inter-State street railway strike ends
Huntington W V Aug 6 The Camden Inter State street railway strike ended yesterday with union crews operating all cars on the Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia divisions on schedule The company president Graham and the National Executive Board of Railway Employees agreed to recognize the union ensuring settlement of the conflict.
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Huntington
W. Va
Camden Inter-State Street Railway
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Graham
Camden Company
National Executive Board of Railway
Tin Plate Plants Closed Indefinitely by Strike Ties
Pittsburg Aug 9 Of 28 American Tin Plate Co plants operating 274 mills 15 plants with capacity 129 mills closed indefinitely after workers refused wage cuts to win 1 5 million box export orders. Shutting down attributed to lack of trade.
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Pittsburg
American Tin Plate Co
West Virginia Coal Operators Meet in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati yesterday West Virginia coal operators discussed improving conditions, focusing on uniform winter rates. Some operators expect price increases in the coming months due to losses from recent strikes.
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Cincinnati
Attorney General Lamar Attacked in Florida Office
Attorney General William B. Lamar, a Democratic primary nominee for Florida’s new Third district, was assaulted in Tallahassee by Walter T. Taylor, a county precinct clerk. Taylor demanded Lamar's signature on a paper exonerating him from fraud charges, and after Lamar refused, Taylor struck him with a stick, delivered belts, and drew a revolver before fleeing after Lamar wrested the weapon.
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Tallahasse
Fla
William B. Lamar
Congress
Third District
Florida
Walter T. Taylor
Taylor
Lamar
Prominent Louisville Real Estate Man Ends Life
Pierce Bodley, a leading Louisville real estate figure, shot himself at his mother in law's home in Louisville yesterday afternoon. The act appears carefully planned and is under investigation.
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Louisville
Pierce Bodley
Mary McHenry
Secretaries Agree to Aid Cuban Municipal Councils
Havana August 9 The council of secretaries decided to assist financially the municipal councils of Cuba seeking funds to cover local sanitary costs.
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Havana
Council of Secretaries
Cuba
Anti-imperialists distort facts in Philippine policy critique
The piece mocks five well known critics Charles Francis Adams Carl Schurz Edwin Burritt Smith Moorfield Story and Herbert Welsh for opposing Roosevelt and U S policy in the Philippines. It argues they have not witnessed events firsthand and bias their judgments with theory over fact.
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Tooley Street
Charles Francis Adams
Carl Schurz
Edwin Burritt Smith
Moorfield Story
Herbert Welsh
Troy Times
Roosevelt
Philippines
Washington
Pacific
Philippine
Presi
Resurrected Bourbons and the Democrats’ Hope
The piece discusses ex-President Cleveland’s influence, a revived talk of ex-Secretary Vilas urging a return to past policies, and a debate over protectionism versus free trade. It argues the prosperity attributed to Republican protective policy and warns against reviving old Democratic missteps.
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Cleveland
Vilas
Wisconsin
Democratic Party
Troy Times
Grumblers Fail to Halt Progressive Victory in Election
Lincoln and Grant faced rebuke from critics who buzzed like wasps around reformers. Yet the country's progress continued despite anti imperialist grumblers. Election returns show whining does not win votes and progress rides on triumphal momentum.
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Dent Lincoln
President Grant
Democrats plan attack on trade and tariffs in coming campaign
The Cleveland Leader argues Democrats will claim foreign trade hurts Americans but treasury data show 215 million dollars of American goods were sold in Europe in the year ending June 30. Iron and steel led exports with 43 million, copper 41 million, oil 40 million, leather 21 million, and agricultural implements 10.5 million, with about 86 million in wages paid to American workers from these exports. The piece asserts protection and tariffs defend wages and jobs against free trade and urges voters to oppose Democratic moves toward free trade or free silver.
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Cleveland
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Europe
Nebraska
Vilas
Great Britain
Bryan versus Cleveland quotes spark party stance debate
The excerpts weigh Bryan and Cleveland in leading the party toward defeat. The St Louis Globe-Democrat asks Where are we at and notes Bryan’s 1904 non candidacy. The Chicago Tribune downplays the announcement while other papers comment on Democratic attacks on trusts.
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Bryan
Cleveland
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Chicago Tribune
Democrats Lack Clear Issues Ahead of Vote Says Press
The Indianapolis News notes Democratic leaders including Griggs from Georgia claim Congress was Republican controlled and failed to do what people want. It argues tariff revision and Cuban reciprocity are the points Democrats would obstruct, while protecting tariffs. The piece mocks Whitneys quote and laments weak national leadership.
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Democratic Congressional Committee
Griggs
Georgia
Omaha Bee
William C. Whitney
Indiana
West
Indianapolis News
Ind
Orderly march from Sinai under Moses and Hobab guidance
Biblical notes recount the Israelite journey from Sinai to Paran driven by divine command. Moses recruits Hobab the Midianite as guide, arguing shared benefit, while trumpet signals mark each march and the tabernacle rests at the center. The lesson emphasizes disciplined encampment, Levite service, and leadership.
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Israel
Sinai
Paran
Moses
Hobab
Raguel
B. C
Egypt
Canaan
Philistia
Jehovah
Promised Land
Habab
Jethro
Philosophy of the Prison
A Sing Sing Star of Hope item offers maxims on character and conduct. It argues mistimed regrets worsen unhappiness and misfortune hardens hearts while urging resilience and practical self improvement amid temptations and trials.
Real Estate Firm Charges Against Inflated Trader Prices
Real estate firm criticizes extraordinary commissions added to prices and advocates fair dealing with owner and purchaser, asserting opposition to inflated trader pricing.
Vast Plowland Listings Offer Michigan Ohio Farms
A catalog of rural properties details No. 711 to No. 773 farms across Michigan and nearby Ohio. Listings describe acreage, improvements, timber, water, access to rail, school proximity, and exchange options with prices ranging from $1,000 to $6,000 plus per acre.
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State OF Trade
McRae
Manitou, Col
Louis Globe
Philosophy OF the Prison
Chichester
D. E. Dozer & Co
Defiance, Ohio
Rarm Property
City
Claire County
Michigan
Hutton
Crawford
Crawford County
Ney
Adams
Hicksville Township
Defiance County
Anion Pike
Alleiene
Henry
Tom City
Paulding
Pike Road
M. E
M. E.church
Evangelical
U. B
Paulding Cod
Henry County
City Property
Indianatown
Putnam County
Colege
E Electric
Bill Heads
Dor. Moreau
E. N. Lewis
Defiance
DR. G. D. Edgar
Crosby House
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