Elgin Echo reports Easton rescue at sea near Avalon
War correspondent Schwanl H Easton his wife and two children plus a colored nurse were rescued from a drifting boat in the San Clemente Channel after eight days at sea. Two crew members disappeared during the perilous voyage as the Buffalo steamship picked them up off Santa Catalina Island. Easton, long associated with Boer War reporting, had earlier worked for a Kansas City paper.
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E. Easton
Schwanl H. Easton
San Clemente Channel
Los Atteles
Affaio
Avalon
Santa Cit Bling Island
Eastons
C. ¥. Hootine
Easton
Thre Per's
South Africa
Kannsas
Reeses Big Ticket Thefts Nab Indiana Man
Indiana police arrested R A Gaver in South Bend for thefts of railroad tickets at Dunkirk and other points, with losses running into thousands of dollars. He confessed to the crime and implicated Tarry Young who later joined the Railway Ticket Protective League and supplied evidence. A large reward was offered to the local police pension fund.
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Indiana
R. A. Gaver
South Bend
Ind
Dunkirk
Oho
Tarry Young
Young
I Ig
Railway Ticket Protective League
Gover
Heroine Rewarded by Bank Directors for Heroic Act
Eva Payno witzko of New York prevented highwaymen from stealing funds from Liauit nessett gern. She will receive a life annuity from Jefferson Bank. A 35 foot whale was shot by a fishing party near Hillsborough Bay off Pale metta Beach, Tampa Florida, and towed ashore.
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Jaferson Bank
New York
Eva Paynowitzko
Nessettgern
Hillaborough Bay
Palemetta Beach
Tampa
Fla
Eight Bishops Named by Methodist General Conference
The Methodist Episcopal Conference at Baltimore completed its selection of eight new bishops led by Dr W T Anderson and others. Temperance progress was praised in a Presbyterian report citing bans on saloons across multiple cities and states, with education and religion called for to curb liquor.
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Methodist General Conference
Baltimore
United States
Twoty
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Kansas
Gley
Kansas City
Kan
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Worcester
Mass
Temperance Committee
M. E
Methodist Episcopal Conference
W.T. Anderson
W. 8. Lewis
J. &. Nelson
E Hughes
W. A. Quayle
R. McIntyre
C. W. Smith
Typhoon Disaster News From Hankow and Shanghai
Steamers were wrecked as a fierce typhoon hit Hankow and the Kan river, killing and stranding hundreds. Reports describe thousands of corpses along the riverbank and ships breaking from moorings while faster steamers escaped. Also a coal mine disaster in Kwang Sa left about a thousand miners entombed or dead.
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Victoria
B. G
Hankow
Shanghai
Kan River
Kwang Sa
Osler Sends Quack Letter To Homeopathic Alumni Banquet
Dean Harvey notes Tr. Osler declined to address the alumni banquet at the New York Homeopathic College by letter calling homeopaths a bunch of quacks.
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Oxster
New York Homeopathic College
Harvey
Tr. Osler
Mitchell Warns Operators on Wage Cuts and Steel Standards
Former UMW President Mitchell condemns reports that anthracite operators will cut miners wages to cover damages under the liability and safety appliance laws. He warns joiners will not tolerate injustice and argues retail takeover would flatten wages under a fixed sliding scale.
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Mitchell
United Mine Workers
He Anys
Platt Wins Suit In Divorce Case Against Senator Platt
The New York Supreme Court dismissed Mae C. Wood's divorce suit against Senator Thomas C. Platt and committed Wood to Tombs on $5,000 bail for perjury. The judge found no marriage evidence and labeled the claims a willful perjury, noting forged filings and fraudulent confession as key weaknesses in Wood's case. The proceeding highlighted a dramatic courtroom to be one of New York City's most remarkable divorce actions. The suit centered on alleged marriage to Platt and included investigations into a forged certificate and the dubious confession.
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Mae
Wood
Thomas C. Platt
Justice O’gorman
New York Supreme Court
Mrs. Wood
Justice O'Gorman
Plaintif
Mae CG. Wood
Wood-Platt
Thomas Colter Platt
New York
Mra. Wood
Homes for poor men under the Carey Act program
The Carey Act offers 1 000 000 acres of arid land in a state sold for up to 50 cents an acre and irrigated by private firms. Settlers pay yearly installments from 3 to 40 dollars per acre to gain water rights, with only short residence needed, as Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin Development Company opens 245,000 acres requiring 80 days total.
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United States Reclamation Service
Wyoming
Big Horn
Trade Topics and Labor Tensions Across Chicago Area
The Continental Express Company files required articles to operate its own express service under the Chicago St Paul and Milwaukee system. A non-union woodworker Charles Girdhner faced a dynamite attack injuring no one but destroying front stairs and windows. Kirchner left the union for a rival group. Corn Products Company plans a labor colony near Summit with a $4 million plant using non union labor and cottages inside a ten foot fenced enclosure to block walking delegates.
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Continental Express Company
Chicago, St. Paul and
Milwaukee Road
Charles Girdhner
Chicago
Kirchner
Corn Products Company
Summit
Fire at Holliday Read & Sons Chem Cal Works Damages $50,000
A fire swept Holliday Read and Sons chemical works in New York causing about $50,000 in damage. The blaze drew rapid response from local firefighters and investigators are assessing the cause.
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Holliday
Read & Sons
Chemcal Works
New York
Work of Congress and Currency Bill Debated in Senate
The Senate session dragged with dilatory tactics as conferees on currency bills met and a bill amending navigation laws passed. House leaders clashed over responsibility while measures advancing from the committees, including rail safety and land sales, moved slowly toward approval.
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Senate
Standing Rock
Committee On Appropriations
Reel Creek Park
District of Columbia
Washington
McGavin
Repullian
Babath
Ilinois
Aldrich
House
John Witherspoon
Philippine Islands
Culberson
Texas
Bacon
Georgia
Teller
Colorado
Owen
Oklahoma
Newlands
Nevada
Puget Sound
Wash
Tiawaii
United States
Hawaii
Baltimore and Washington Transit Company
Mary- Ined
Assis
Salt Lake City
Utah
Browherhood of
St. Andrew
Congressional Club
Congress
Remarkable brain operation on Jacob Ritz in New York
An operation removed four ounces of Ritz's brain after he shot himself in New York yet he retained faculties. Alvin F Heaton Sr a Kanab Utah schoolboy is said to have confessed murdering Mary Stevens 10 years old to whom he had been attentive. US citizens in Mexico City stage a spicy but light Fourth of July celebration test on intoxicant combat.
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Jacob Ritz
New York
Alvin F. Heaton
Kanab
Utah
Mary Stevens
United States
Mexico
Perishable Property at Merchant Carnival
A lively festival scene shows Sarah Moffatt representing the candy-store in lace garlands of bonbons. As the entertainment progresses her decorations fade and the stage manager questions the lack of adornments. She quips that the decorations are safely worn inside.
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Sarah Moffatt
Sarah
Suarab
Money hunger tale from Keene dinner sparks old notes
The financier James R. Keene joked at a PMUC dinner about money, mentioning Tom Farqua and Frisco days. A misread notice on a door stated Have gone for half on tour Been gone 20 minutes already, reflecting a garbled excerpt from a local scene.
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James R. Keene
New York
Pmuc
Tom Fargua
Totong Morhing
Coffee Or Postum Testimony Promises Better Sleep
A reader letter claims coffee caused nervous spells and insomnia and credits Postum with improving sleep and health. The giver says he drank coffee since childhood, tried substitutes, and, after switching to Postum, sleeps well, feels stronger, and would not return to coffee. The notice signed by Postum Co. urges readers to check The Road to Wellville.
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Parenta
Dubles
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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American Association
Indianapolia
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Jewell County
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Presbyterians
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Platt
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Actors’ Fund of America
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Italy
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