Cannibal coast killings and global responses in brief
Telegraph brief covers cannibal attacks on Cane Oxford crew near New Britain with German retaliation plans, the Von Ketteler assassination in Pekin, and related dispatch delays. It also reports burglary at Arcadia Ohio, the Morrison murder arson case in South Bend, a strike at Washington Pennsylvania mills, and other terse items.
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von Ketteler
Washington
Tokio
Baron von Ketteler
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Siberian
Removal of Stag Rock Ends Harbor Menace
Work removing the Stag Rock in San Francisco harbor is finished. A bay bottom survey shows thirty seven feet of water where the rock emerged. Contractors had guaranteed only thirty feet of water.
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San Francisco
Perrys 8 Heath to Resign and Other State News
Assistant DPost master General is set to resign to become secretary of the Republican National Committee replacing Charles Dick as Ohio campaign leader after Hanna’s advice. Georgetown case on Tow ers continuance denied as defense delays. Root says no more troops to China. 11,000 will be there. Flemington miners strike over 20 percent wage cut. protection requested. Three drown in a rowboat accident at Washington Park Chicago.
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Tin State Worker's Industrial Protective Association of America
Independent
Washington
Washington Mills
W. H. Griffiths
Perrys
Heath
Perry
Dpost
Republican National Committee
Charles Dick
Ohio State
Hanna
Georgetown
Caleb Towers
Goebel
Cantrill
Root
China
United States
McKinley
Orva A. Bauman
Springport
Mich
William Homand
London
Ohio
Mary Homand
Young 7 Year Old Bandit Captured After Indy Robberies
Police report a boy about seven years old, Amos Laws, held up a shoe shop on North Milnois Street and a grocery on West Michigan Street with pistols. He was found sleeping on lumber near his home and confessed to the acts, saying he would have fought if he heard approaching officers.
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Indianapolis
Amos Laws
Milnois Street
Young Laws
West Michigan Street
Few Business Failures Reported as Trade Sags
Bradstreet notes dull trade typical for the season yet a six month review shows few comforts for pessimists. Bank clearings dip about 11 percent from early 1859 while railway earnings rise about 10 percent. Wheat shipments for the week total 3,018,832 bushels, well below last week and the prior year.
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Bradatreet
Bradstreet's
Two Killed by Railroad Cars at Pittsburg
Two people died and a third was badly hurt in a peculiar railroad accident on South 27th street Pittsburg near a blind switch of the Pittsburg Virginia and Charleston Railroad. Elizabeth Edwards 40 Thomas Morris 48 perished while Edwards husband had a leg amputated after being struck by wreckage as a Pan Handle freight split and cabooses were crushed into the waiting group.
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Pittsburg
Elizabeth Edwards
Thomas Morris
Thomas Edwards
South 27Th Street
Virginia
Charleston
Ten Hurt In Tunnel Accident At California Construction Site
A tunnel under construction for Cincinnati water works saw ten injuries when a laborer carried a lit candle. Electrician Robert Legner and nine workers were hurt as firemen fought a stubborn blaze in Pittsburg’s downtown. Four firemen died in the fire.
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California
New
Cincinnati Waterworks
Robert Legner
Fatal duel over cattle branch shocks Arizona valley
Antonio Sosa and Jose Vasquez two leading bottlemen died in a gunfight over a cattle branch in the San Pedro Valley Arizona A feud between the cow boys employed by the principals has sparked fears of further violence and unrest in the area
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Antonio Sosa
Jose Vasquez
San Pedro Valley
Arizona
Mystery in Deaths in Joplin Family Likely Poison Ties
In Joplin Missouri doctors investigate a family with four children dying after illness following a shared drinking water barrel. The family of Gilbert Warner suffered multiple fatalities including a child who bit her tongue during agony. Some doctors suspect poison or a disease, with neighbors noting possible rat poison in the water receptacle.
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Joplin
Gilbert Warner
Warner
Warners
Planters Consider Replacing Japanese Labor With Colored Help
Hawaiian plantation owners plan to recruit African American workers from the Southern States to replace Japanese laborers. John Wind and J. B. Collins of Kohala plantation traveled to New Orleans seeking about 300 to 400 recruits. They promise to cover expenses and offer $30 per month, aiming to phase out Japanese labor if enough men are secured.
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Hawaiian Islands
John Wind
J. B. Collins
Kohala
Nonolulu
New Orleans
Boiled in a Bath Tub at Agnews Insane Asylum
George A Morse an aged helpless patient at Agnews Insane Asylum in Sandose Gale was fatally burned after bath water was turned on and the attendant left to fetch a towel. He was forgotten in the tub and died from the scalding.
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Caorciasnes
George A. Morse
Sandose
Gale
Roof Collapse Injures Six at Pittsburg Union Station
A roof section over the covered walk at the Western entrance of Pittsburg Union Station collapsed at 0 45 on Monday, injuring six and burying the Fort Wayne and Pittsburg and Birmingham Traction tracks. Passengers from the Cincinnati and Cleveland express narrowly escaped injury as timbers fell.
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Union Station
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Birmingham
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Youths Accused of Murder at Anoka Minn
Warrants issued for James Hardy Elmer Miller and William Mattison on murder charges for the Wise family killings on May 27 and the wounding of White and his son. Mattison confessed while Hardy and Miller were linked to the Wise girls and forbidden to enter the house. The motive cited is revenge.
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Anoka
Minn
James Hardy
Elmer Miller
William Mattison
William Wise
William
William White
Joe
Mattison
Hardy
Miller
Wise
International Market Quotations Weights Across Cities
Market quotes from Chicago to New York list cattle hogs sheep and grain ranges by city. Prices cover No 2 wheat corn oats rye butter eggs new potatoes and live stock quality grades across Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Japanese Army Poised for China Assault as Russia and Germany Blamed
Shanghai reports say Gen Nieh advanced to Pekin with 9,000 men and fought Prince Tuan’s army. Japan plans about 60,000 troops for China, while Britain voices unease. Russians mass near New Chwang. legations guarded. Boxers blamed for arson and attacks reach Port Arthur.
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Yokohama
Japan
China
Russia
Germany
Shanghai
Nieh
Pekin
Prince Tuan
Prince Ching
Great Britain
Chefoo
Tien-T’sin
Taku
Tsin- Tau
Tsin-Tau
Legation
St. Petersburg
New Chwang
Port Arthur
Goebel Trial Begins in Georgetown Ky
Georgetown dispatch reports Kentucky’s famed case opens with high public interest. Evidence and anticipated testimony aim to convict all accused as townspeople flood the courthouse while deputies search entrants. Ex Governor John Young Brown notes that twenty nine July remains in dispute.
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Kentucky
Georgetown
Trial plea sparks demand for immediate proceedings
The Commonwealth's Attorney Franklin urged an immediate trial while the defense requested time to prepare an affidavit for continuance. Jurors had been chosen on Thursday.
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Commonwealth
Franklin
McKinley Notified of Republican Nomination at Canton
President McKinley received formal notification of his renomination at Canton Ohio. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge delivered the address as chairman of the committee and McKinley replied with a careful statement. The event mirrors the 1900 ceremony with similar speakers and formalities.
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McKinley
Canton
Ohio
William McKinley
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
John M. Thurston
Nebraska
Lodge
Massachusetts
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Norris & Woolley, Publishers
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B.C
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Oxford
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J. W. Wheeland
Arcadia
J. W. Morrison
Morrison Hotel
South Bend
Ind
Hell
Flemington
W. Va
Washington Park
ROY Bandits
T. G. Evans & Co
China and Glasswar
Fifth Avenue
Chester McCarthy
Reuben Hester
Clarence Lutz
Lutz
Bastinodo
Sallie Scott
East View
Hardin County
Old Yale
Henry Wade Rogers
Northwestern University
Seynaston, M
Yale Law School
Yale University
E. J. Phelps
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Amalgamated Association
South
St. Louis Xansit Company
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes of America
Thew
Mariba
Sky
J. Howard Wilson
Nobart
Vime
Garret A. T Hobart
Paterson
N. J
Hobart
Sheng
Chicago Democrat
Nathan Eisenford
Ceater
Alex Jester
Gilbert Gates
John W. Gates
New London
Cowboy Killa
Virgil Earp
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Willcox
Cal
John Boyett
Earp
Sandusky
Standard Wheel Company
Gen. Diaz
Republic of Mexico
Big Company
National Telephone and Telegraph Company
Trenton
Nity
Oregon
Navy Department
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Quarre
Otter Creek
Middlebury
Proctor
Birdsall
Philadelphia
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Postoffice
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Fla
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Prairie Depot
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Ntussia
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Adgiai KE. Stevenson
Illinois
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Aingle
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Mikado
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