Panorama of the world and grim city crime reports
The article details a string of brutal NYC murders in a foreign neighborhood, including an eight year old girl found mutilated after abuse. It likens the cases to two prior female victims and notes a Crimin al investigation pattern. It also reports Thaw naming Martin Littleton as chief counsel in the Stamford White case with a reported fee of twenty five thousand dollars.
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First Avenue
189Th
New York City
Fife
Katie Prifehter
Thaw
Martin W. Liteton
Progkison
Tiarry KK
Pittsburger
Am Jury
Stamford White
Littleton
Train Derailed Near Jonesboro Four Cars Down
A Mobile & Ohio passenger train derailed between Jonesboro and Mill Creek killing Edward Williams of Jackson Tennessee and likely fatally injuring Engineer A A Wilde of Jackson. The engine overturned and Wilde was grounded. Several passengers were bruised, one car burned before fire suppression. Wilde taken to Murfreesboro hospital. Cause of derailment not determined.
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Mobile & Ohio
Jonesboro
Mill Creek
Edward Williams
Jackson
Tenn
A. A. Wilde
Four Men Die in Wharf Collapse at San Pedro
Four Greek laborers died when ten feet of the Pacific Wharf and Storage Company trestle collapsed at San Pedro harbor. Twenty rail cars loaded with rock adjoined the wharf as four men were crushed or drowned. four others were rescued. Names not on the payroll.
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San Pedro
Cal
Pacific
Editor Named Private Secretary to Vice President Fairbanks
Washington dispatch reports George H.B. Lockwood editor of the Marion Chronicle is appointed private secretary to Vice President Fairbanks. Salary rises from 2200 to 4000 dollars yearly by the last Congress. Lockwood previously served as private secretary to Indiana Governor Durbin.
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Fairbanks
Washington, D. C
George HB. Lockwood
Marion
Lockwood
Durbin
Indiana
Wreck on the Santa Fe near Red Rock
North bound Santa Fe passenger train No 110 jumped the track and derailed near Red Rock Oklahoma. Engineer Mack of Arkansas City and his fireman were killed and several passengers seriously injured. A coach chair car and baggage car lay in the ditch.
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Santa Fe
Red Rock
Oklo
Mack
Arkansas City
Kansas Town Wiped Out by Storm
Marquette Kansas appears destroyed by a tornado with all attempts to reach the town blocked. The Missouri Pacific operator at Marquette warned Geneseo to expect near total station destruction from intense winds near Wichita.
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Kansas
Marquette
Kas
Missouri Pacific Railway
Geneseo
Wichita
Davenport teachers clash in daylight four round bout
Miss Lulu Crawford a Davenport music teacher and Miss Opal Adair a stenographer fought four rounds near the city limits before police stopped the match. Adair scored a third round knockdown and hair pulling accusations followed as spectators backed the fight as a near prize bout. The dispute arose over a young man.
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Lulu Crawford
Davenport
Town
Opal Adair
Marquis of Queenssary
Secon
Miss Crawford
Immigration Service Now Heads a World Labor Bureau
The immigration service in Washington now operates the largest employment bureau. Terence Powderly, former Knights of Labor leader, oversees the drive. Governors are urged to report labor needs, and responses indicate a strong, nationwide demand for workers across farming, mills, railroads, and mining.
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Immigration Service
Uy Information Bureau
Santion Service
Washington, D.C
Terrence Ve Powderly
Knights of Labors
Hoven
Qregen
South
Utah
New Mexico
Minnesota
Fire Costs Memphis $600000 In Early Morning Blaze
A Memphis fire on the 11th floor of the Memphis Cold Storage Building destroyed the Cliver Finnie Grocery Bebr Cole Grocery Memphis Paper and the storage plant. Fireman Joseph Chaskey died in the blaze and no other serious injuries were reported. Insurance likely to cover about half the loss.
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Memphis
Memphis Cold Storage Company
Joseph Chaskey
Vie Joss
Cliver-Finnie Grocery Company
Bebr- Cole Grocery Company
Memphis Paper Company
Memphis Cold Storage
Girls Race Nine Miles For Oakland School Post
Miss DSelie Felters and Miss Pearl Whethey raced nine miles in the early morning to win a teaching position at the Oakland school. The board could not decide, so the first to reach the grounds around President Puecker’s Oakland house would be hired. Felters won by about thirty minutes, arriving near 4 0. m.
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Dselie Felters
Pearl Whethey
Iona
Oakland
President Puecker
Felters
Nationalists Lead in Philippine Election Victory Report
In the first general election across the Philippine Islands the Nationalists appear to win a large majority. Early returns from fifty districts show 31 Nationalists elected to Congress, 10 Progressives, 8 Independents, and 1 Catholic. Manila districts favor the Nationalists strongly.
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Philippines
Philippine Islands
Congress
Manila
Automobiles Fatal to Woman at North Attleboro Bridge
An automobilist crashed into a bridge in North Attleboro Massachusetts killing a nonblood relative woman and injuring three others. The driver leapt into the river but surfaced on shore.
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North Attleboro
Mass
Nonkin
Haywood Acquitted After 21 Hours of Deliberation
The Boise Idaho jury found William D. Haywood not guilty after twenty one hours of deliberation in the murder case of former Governor Steunenberg.
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Haywood
Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Fire Tears Through Coney Island Park District
A large blaze at Coney Island sparked panic among visitors including performers at Steeplechase Park and caused extensive property damage valued at over a million dollars. Fire crews fought the blaze as structures burned and area attractions were affected.
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Coney Island
Steeplechase Park
Jewel Thief Held Over Ancient Family Jewelry Theft
Emilio Sergius of New York asserts his brother Nuncio Sergius stole antique jewelry valued at about 40 000 dollars from a Sicilian family heirloom. The jewels vanished from Emilio’s Thompson Street rooms in New York on 24 time, and Nuncio allegedly fled to Philadelphia where a warrant led to his arrest.
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Nuncio Sergius
Philadelphia
Emilio Sergius
New York
Emilio Sergiova
Sorento
Italy
Emilio
Caspar Purdon Clarke
Metropolitan Museum
Thompson Street
Naneio
Nuncio
Auebler
Heat Wave Hits McGregor Texas With 179 Degrees Felt
A vast area near McGregor Texas endured an unprecedented heat event with 179 degrees in the sun and 117 in the shade for over an hour. The zone about miles long and two wide suffered numerous sun related collapses as people and animals fainted and livestock died amid a strange sky haze. The bizarre phenomenon remains unexplained.
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McGregor
Texas
Stark
Trains Explode In Milan Freight Collision Fatalities Reported
Four people were killed and ten seriously hurt when a boiler explosion on a freight engine attached to a Central railroad near Milan Tennessee wrecked two trains and caused a blaze. Engineer Maloney of Chicago and Fireman Robertson of Jackson Tennessee died in the crash. A. B. Lynch of Jackson Tennessee was fatally injured.
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Anher
Milan
Tenn
Chads
Maloney
Chicago
Robert Trenderson
Jackson
Enn
A. Bo Lynch
Tragic Filicide-Family Tragedy Stuns Ohio Town
In Zanesile Ohio, Charles Sweeds was shot dead by his son Will ist Sweed aged 1 years old. Authorities allege ongoing abuse and threats by Charles toward his wife before the shotgun discharge struck the father. The widow reported the family as in distress within the community.
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Charles Sweeds
Zanesile
Ohio
Willist Sweed
Sweed
Whipped by neighbors near Guthrie Kentucky
John Lockert was severely whipped by Midown men near Guthrie KY with switches until flesh was gashed and clothing torn. The assailants warned him for talking about tobacco-plant beds that year, stating he had said too much.
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John Lockert
Guthrie
Hundreds of Montana Marriages Voided by Antiquated Law
In a Butte divorce trial an attorney cited an old blue claw law that made marriages within two years after divorce a felony and invalidated ceremonies. The claim suggests hundreds of Montana marriages are invalid under this forgotten provision.
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Butte
Mont
Montana
Wireless Towers Planned Along Coast for Telegraph Service
The United States government will authorize transmission towers for wireless telegraph service. A chain of towers is to be erected along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and the Gulf of Mexico to serve Alaska and other regions.
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United States
United States Steel Corporation
Alaska
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Flies Cause Six Deaths Reported by Hunter
John Griffin, back in East Aurora New York, says black flies near his Algonquin Park camp caused deadly blood poisoning after bites. He cites six deaths tied to the outbreak and notes the flies forced his return.
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John Griffin
East Aurora
Algonquin Park
Canada
Spurned Sweetheart Kills Girl in Leesburg
In Leesburg Ohio Pearl Waring was shot and killed by Orb Anderson who proposed marriage and was rejected. Anderson then took poison but survived. He was arrested.
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Leesburg
Ohio
Miss Pearl Waring
Orb Anderson
Anderson
Railroads Claim Duress in Peace Pact Plea
Railroads filed a petition in Judge Pritchard's court alleging they were forced into submission by North Carolina authorities and signed the peace agreement under duress.
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Pritchard
North Carolina
Robbery Suspect Captured After Dangerous Safe Break
Charles Williams attempted to loot the safe at Koblsaat's restaurant, 14 Wabash Ave in Chicago. Manager Veusner and Patrolman Mulcahy cornered him on the roof after a dramatic pursuit. Williams confessed at the Central Station.
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Liberty
Koblsaat
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Charles Williams
Veusner
Tolicoman Mulcahy
Wiliams
Heusner
Hleusner
Williams
Mulcahy
Mulcnahy
France Extends Coffee Decree Window Aids US Talks
France moves the coffee minimum duty deadline from August 1 to October 1, calling it a courtesy to smooth tariff negotiations with the United States. Ambassador Jusserand reports hope for an agreement as talks resume between Ambassador White and France’s foreign office. Progress is likely slow due to officials' vacations, with White preparing to depart for Karlsruhe for instructions.
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United States
France
Porto Tuco
MM. Jusserand
Washington
Ambassador White
Foreign Office
Paris
Carlsbad
Sunday Sabbath ruling fines Jew for Sunday sales
In St Paul Municipal Court Judge Vand ruled the Sabbath is Sunday for legal purposes. Joseph Birnberg a Jewish grocer was fined after being arrested for selling groceries on the Sabbath. Birnberg argued he observes Saturday as the Sabbath, but the judge held the legislature defined the Sabbath as the day generally observed.
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Tirat
Vand
St. Paul
Joseph Birnberg
Hirnberg
Unnd
America the Promised Land proclaimed at Chautauqua
Jacob Schiff told a Jewish Chautauqua audience at Atlantic City that America's free land offers the promised land for Jews not Palestine. Applause followed as he urged a higher citizenship in the United States. A separate report notes Henry Huntington, son of the former American envoy to Paris, being arrested in Versailles for shooting his three siblings as their father lay dying.
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Jacob H. Schiff
Jacob IL. Schiff
New York
N. Oj
Palestine
Isariel
America
Mr. Schiff
Henry Huntington
Douglass St. Georges Huntington
Paris
Versailles
Little Girl Sucks Poison to Save Brother
Jennie Phillips saved her brother Joseph at Port Jervis New York after he was bitten by a rattlesnake. They were picking huckleberries along the Erie tracks when the bite occurred and the girl knelt and sucked the poison from the wound to keep him alive.
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Joseph Phillips
Jennie
Port Jervis
N. Y
Erie Tracks
Dean Miller Dead in Ohio
Dr Willoughby Brayton Miller newly chosen dean of the dental department at the University of Michigan died in Alexandria Ohio after an appendicitis operation. He was called to Michigan from the University of Berlin.
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Dean Miller
Ohio
Willoughby Brayton Miller
Dental Department
University of Michigan
Alexandria
Miller
University of Berlin
Schmitz regrets tangle as he fills SF supervisor posts
Eugene K. Schmitz the convicted mayor of San Francisco appoints thirteen new supervisors to fill vacancies and expresses regret over what he calls an official tangle in city government.
Senator Pettus Dies in New York Hotel
Edmund Winston Pettus United States Senator from Alabama died in a Hot Springs New York hotel after an apoplexy attack. The death marks the end of a long public career and a period of national service.
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Senator Pettus
Edmund Winston Pettus
United States
Alabama
Hot Springs
N. Y
Fatal Explosion and Fire Kill Fourteen in New York Tenement
A deadly blast and ensuing fire in a New York tenement left fourteen dead and twenty injured, according to investigators. Firefighters battled the blaze as authorities assessed the building’s structural integrity and potential causes.
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New York
Chicago business holds despite heat in Dun's Review
In Chicago the hot weather does not slow activity with heavy industries operating at full pace. Retail demand remains strong through July and merchants foresee a favorable outlook with healthy expansion in farming areas. Bank clearings exceed 1906 levels by 2.4 percent while district failures edge down to 20 from 21 last week.
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Chicago
Dun
New York Weather Boosts Crop, Trade and Early Recovery Outlook
New York weather improves crop prospects and boosts tail trade in light summer goods. Fall samples prepared, shipments of wool goods rising, and collections improving at markets. Iron and steel show dullness while Minnesota ore strike lifts demand for pig iron briefly. Weekly U S business failures total 1, Canadian failures 27. Wheat exports reach 2,876,013 bushels for week. year to date exports higher than prior years.
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Minnesota
United States
Tos
Canada
Holl
Bradstreet
Steport
Historical Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Listings show cattle hogs and sheep prices by city including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and more. Commodities covered include wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and clover seed with varied quality grades and price ranges.
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Indianapolis
St Louis
Ste. Macinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Philadelphia Health Board Bans Kissing Games Among Children
Philadelphia health officials precaution local children from kissing games amid concerns over hygiene and disease spread. The advisory urges parents to supervise play and seek safer, age appropriate activities.
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Philadelphia Health Board
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