Five Cadets Face Punishment for Hazing at West Point
From the Elgin Echo a summary notes that five West Point cadets will be sent home to await final punishment for hazing. The report spans multiple dated items including European tensions in Spain and Morocco, tariff debates in Congress, strikes in Chicago, and a deadly bank robbery in Minnesota.
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West Point
Henry
Frick
Orala
Japan
London
Barcelona
Melilla
Morocco
Spain
Short News Notes Involving Veterans Births And Claims
John P. Rodel, a Civil War veteran, died of heart disease in Philadelphia while attempting suicide. Mrs. Thomas Renwick bore five infants in Newark, N J, none surviving beyond fifteen minutes. Francia J. Heney, in Alaska on the Copper River, says he rendered service to the government for every penny he received as special counsel.
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John P. Rodel
Philadelphia
Thomas Renwick
Newark
N. J
Francia J. Heney
Alaska
Copper River
Spain Declared Peace After Insurrection Fears
Spain is reported to be at peace as American citizens are safe and the country regains calm. Officials say precautions prevent a renewed outbreak and order has been restored in all provinces. Barcelona remains quiet while Badalona and Tarrassa report submission of disturbances.
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Spain
Moore
Weather Bureau
Gloucester
Maes
George M. Shippy
Chicago
Busse
Bernard J. Mullaney
House
Barcelona
Babadell and
Tarrassa
Turmoil in Barcelona Amid Repression and Riots
Reports from Madrid state Americans in Barcelona and nearby districts are safe after recent disorders. A new civil governor is named as the interior ministry notes volunteers flock to Moroccan service. Rioters desecrated nun tombs and jeered at nuns while Monasteries were cleared and libraries burned in the upheaval.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Fort Mantjuich
Denlen Mardeva
Miniers
Senor Solortega
Morocco
Isuya
Paris Figaro
Navy boxing bout ends in fatal injury on Vermont
A sailor aboard the battleship Vermont died from injuries sustained during a boxing match in Provincetown harbor. Foster suffered severe damage after a bout stopped in the sixth round while Williams was kept under surveillance by ship police.
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Vermont
Provincetown
Foster
Willamas
Williams
Plans for Hull House style settlement in Kansas City
Thomas Swope, a retired real estate owner, pledges 50000 dollars to the Franklin Institute for a social settlement hospital modeled after Hull House in Chicago. The gift is conditional on the institute raising an equal sum. Swope previously donated 1350 acres of land known as Swope Park.
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Bull
Wausan City
Kansas City
Hull House
Chicago
Thomas Swope
Franklin Institute
Swope
Institute
Made Immune From Typhoid At Fort Omaha
The last of the typhoid tests were given to Sergeant Potter and Privates Schmidt and Goodman at Fort Omaha. After June vaccinations and a later nonresponse to serum, they drank a gallon of stagnant water with one million fever germs. Ten days later no symptoms appeared, and they are declared immune.
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Potter
Schmidt
Goodman
Fort Omaha
Blackmailer seeks 10000 from McClurg by kidnap threat
A would be kidnapper and dynamite threat targeted James A. McClurg, son in law of banker D C Moffat of Denver, demanding ten thousand dollars in a sealed package for delivery via a messenger boy. McClurg alerted police and detectives shadowed the supposed messenger, but the caller vanished.
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James A. McClurg
D. C. Moffat
Denver
Frances McClurg
McClurg
Diamond mines found in German Southwest Africa valued at 250 million
Senator Perley of the Canadian Senate dies at his Wolseley Saskatchewan home. A Turkish court martial reports 15 Turks hanged and 80,000 to receive minor sentences for Adana massacres. It urges general amnesty and a national holiday amid reconciliation talks.
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German
Africa
Perley
Canaling Senate
Ottawa
Wolseley Sask
Mardial
Adana
Ten Killed In Spokane Inland Line Train Wreck
Ten people died and about sixty were injured in a head on collision of electric trains on the Spokane and Inland Railway at Coldwell Wash a station between Couer d Alene Idaho and Spokane. No 20 west bound left Couer d Alene at 430 P M and met No 5 east bound. Both trains were moving about fifteen miles an hour and the crash crushed heavily laden coaches. Passengers were thrown from seats, onto coach roofs, or through windows as coaches left the track and timbers piled. Couer d Alene Hospital is crowded with the injured. Only one crew member reportedly hurt.
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Spokane and
Inland Line
Coldwell
Wash
Spokane and Inland Railway
Couer d'Alene
Idaho
Spokane
Hidden riches found in Fort Plain will shock town life
In Fort Plain New York an eccentric widow Elizabeth Diefenderf died leaving an estate valued at $1,000,000 with more than $100,000 in bonds bank notes and gold hidden in her home. A search promises returns as the rear yard is plowed and the house torn down. The will of Mrs Mary F Snow of Hartford names Phila C Mik ler of Orange Massachusetts to receive $10,000 for caring for two imported dogs. The deceased left her husband only $2,000.
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Elizabeth Diefenderf
Fort Plain
N. Y
Leuven Riches
Mary F. Snow
Hartford
Conn
Phila C. Mikler
Orange
Mass
Wrecked Treasure Train Obstruction Near Crawford Neb
Obstruction of steel rails on a Burlington Route near Belmont ten miles from Crawford Neb halted a passenger train as it neared the station. An express car reportedly carried 250000 in gold bullion en route to New York. Farmer Chris Berger was arrested after being found near the scene claiming innocence and a flagging role. Berger says a shotgun discharge injured him during an accidental incident. Separate item notes kidnapping of Rosella Neff in Sharon Pa, with authorities alert for a sister alleged to have left with the child and possible move toward Kansas.
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Burlington
Belmont
Crawford
Neb
Wade
New York City
Chris Berger
Alliance For Medical Aid
Berger
Sharon
Rosella Neff
Cleveland
Kansas
Wading Girls Drowned in Agawam River Tragedy
Four girls aged 10 to 14 drowned while wading in the Agawam River near West Springfield Massachusetts. Alice Riley slipped from a rock into deep water and was swept away. The others formed a chain to rescue her but accidentally entered deeper water themselves.
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Agawam
Wast Springfield
Mass
Alice Riley
Steen
City officials Guilty in Conspiracy Case and Tragic Accidents
Contravtora and Thomas F Maher found guilty by a Boston Superior Court jury of conspiracy to defraud the city of 13 500 through inflated contracts for flagstones. Sentences deferred. A separate report notes a fatal incident when eight tons of pig iron fell on William P Mitchell at Stanley Electric in Pittsfield Massachusetts. An unrelated coroner's jury cleared August Krueger in the death of 11 year old Joan Freudel after a Baltimore church choir incident.
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Michael J. Mitchell
Formar
Thomas F. Maher
Boston
Boye
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Baltimore
Joan Freudel
August Krueger
Kreuger
Eycht
Ona
William P. Mitchell
Brown University
Offea
Stanley Electric Manufacturing Company
Pittefeld
Masa
Chicago Business Conditions Show Buoyancy and Demand
Dun''s Weekly Review of Trade notes stronger business conditions in Chicago with rising demand and money use. Discounts stay firm, August interest and dividend payments strain banks, while security markets rise despite lower primary breadstuffs and provisions. Growth in crops, grain, factory outputs, machinery, and building trades supports activity. 29 district failures reported, liabilities over 5000 numbered four.
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Weel
Chicago
New York Market Trends and Trade Activity Report
New York shows rising buyers in Reading markets and trade shows while vacation season and tariff concerns temper optimism. Industrial output expands in iron and steel, coal demand remains limited, coke softens, and car building orders from railroads rise. leather costs curb shoe trade. Weekly US business failures total 223, with Canada at 34, compared with prior weeks and years.
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Reading
United States
Bradstreet
Market Prices Report for Livestock and Grains Across Cities
Chicago and other markets show cattle at 4.00 to 7.40, hogs 4.50 to 8.00, sheep 4.25 to 5.75, with grains including wheat No 2 around 1.02 to 1.05 and corn No 2 at 67 to 69 cents. Prices span Indianapolis, St. Louis, Detroit, Cincinnati, and New York, list varying ranges for each commodity and city.
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Dare Bull
Pittsburg
Philadela Wi
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston Reay
Law
Detroit
Philadela
Boston
Cleveland
Washngto
American Association
Minneap's
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Louisville
Toledo
Columbus
Indianap's
Indianapolis
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Atlantic
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Tipton
Ind
Payne
Osaka
Mexico
Luk Wing
Yale
Alfonso
AED
Chicago Examiner
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RAS
Aire
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Sadrag
Eoueras
Artilery
MMR
Ores
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Royal Palace
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LARRE
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Missourt
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