Assassination of Russian Minister von Plehve in St Petersburg
A bomb exploded as M. von Plehve riding to the Baltic station to meet the emperor's weekly report. The minister died instantly. the coachman was killed and 14 others injured. An apparent Finn attacker among others captured. the event sparks fear of a wider plot and international tension.
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St. Petersburg
M. von Piehve
Baltic
Peterhof
von Plehve
Tzventsky
Leela
Leglo
Pattison Dies of Pneumonia Former Pennsylvania Governor
Robert Emory Pattison 53 former governor of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia controller died at his Overbrook home after pneumonia and heart weakness worsened. Born 1850 in Quantico Maryland he served as Philadelphia city controller in 1877 and 1880 and was governor in 1882 and 1891 and later a Bryan choice for president at the St Louis convention.
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Philadelphia
Robert E. Pattison
Pennsylvania
Overbrook
Robert Emory Pattison
Quantico
Somerset County
Maryland
Pattison
William Jennings Bryan
St. Louis
Robbery on Diamond Special Trains Four Masked Bandits
Chicago police and Illinois Central officials search for four masked men who halted the Diamond Special near Matteson and robbed all sleepers of cash watches and jewelry worth estimated from 1000 to 2000 dollars. A $4000 reward draws 100 detectives but no arrests by August 3.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Matteson
Elliott's Park
Ilinois Central
Fairbanks Nomination Notification Set For Wednesday
Arrangements at Senator Fairbanks home in Indianapolis complete for formal vice presidential nomination notification by the Republican National Committee. Elihu Root will deliver the address as Fairbanks responds briefly in a public ceremony on the lawn at one o clock. The event includes the state committee and Indiana delegation and lasts under an hour.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Fairbanks
Meridian Street
Sixteenth Street
Elihu Root
Republican State Committee
Indiana Republican
Congress
Japanese Shell Kills General Keller in Liaoyang Area
Reports from Mukden and Liaoyang describe the death of Lieut. Gen. Count Keller on July 29 during a Russian front engagement with Gen. Kuroki’s forces near Yanze pass. In Port Arthur action, Japanese and Russian casualties run high as assaults continue with heavy artillery and mine defences.
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Keller
Ekaterinostaff
Zassalitch
Port Arthur Falls
Chefoo
Port Arthur
Pigeon Bay
Golden Hill
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Ikhuayen
Liaoyang
Yangse Pass
Yangtzuling
Motien Pass
Tokio
Kuroki
Nushulikzu
Yangze Pass
Thermo
Whitefish Return Revives Grand Haven Industry
Whitefish have returned to the Lake Michigan grounds off Grand Haven after a ten year absence. The revival promises to restore a once prominent industry. Twenty five years ago Grand Haven was a center for whitefish. overfishing, growing navigation, and sewage pushed the fleet away.
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Lake Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Haven
Bailey to be hanged for murder of strike breaker Albert Ferguson
Edgar G Bailey, convicted murder of Albert Ferguson, a strike breaker, was sentenced to be hanged on September 17. Bailey, 36, born in Iowa, formerly from Cornell College, was noted in a weekly La Porte, Indiana paper.
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Kansas City
Edgar G. Bailey
Albert Ferguson
Bailey
Iowa
Cornell
Laporte
Mrs Nelson A Miles Dies at Age 62 in West Point
Mrs Nelson A Miles 62 died at West Point on Monday night after heart trouble. She was wife of Gen. Nelson Miles and mother to student Sherman Miles. The death drew condolences from Washington society and President Roosevelt sent sympathy to Lieut Gen Miles.
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West Point
N. Y
Nel
A. Miles
Gen. Miles
Sherman
Military Academy
Miles
Roosevelt
Gen
Taggart welcomed home by Indianapolis Democrats
Thomas Taggart, national Democratic chairman, returned to Indianapolis on August 3 and was greeted by about 2,000 democrats at the depot and 4,000 at Tomlinson Hall. Mayor Holtzman and ex-Senator Charles A. Towne spoke as supporters praised his selection to lead the national campaign.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Taggart
Democratic Natonal Committee
Tomlinson Hall
John Holtzman
Taggart
Charles A. Towne
Minnesota
New York
O'Brien
Holtzman
Towne
Pullman Car Works to Close. 6000 Workers to Lose Jobs
The Pullman company car works at Pullman will close soon, leaving 6000 workers unemployed for an indefinite period. Twelve hundred have been laid off since June 1 due to a downturn in business, and about six departments are currently idle.
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Pullman
Chicago
Pullman Company
World’s Fair Admissions Rise in Week Ending July 30
The statement of recorded admissions shows 651,842 attendees for the week ending July 30, a gain from 512,150 the prior week. The grand total at the fair since opening reaches 5,657,577.
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St. Louis
Dem National Committee Notifies Davis of VP Nomination
Secretary Woodson informs Chairman Williams and others of Henry G. Davis nomination as vice president to meet at White Sulphur Springs, W Va on August 17. Found Dead. Robert Christenson Trempealan county district attorney and Gale College professor was found dead in his La Crosse home on Monday.
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Davis
New York
Woodson
Democratic National Committee
John Sharp Williams
Henry G. Davis
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
la Crosse
Wis
Robert Christenson
Trempealean County
Gale College
President Declines Chicago Interference in Strike
The president, after a cabinet review, decides the Chicago stockyards strike does not require federal action. He cites localized impact, continued meat supply, and avoids parallels with the coal strike while expressing regret over the dispute.
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Chicago
Break with Vatican Leaves Paris Mission Meaningless
Paris reports Foreign Minister Def canse sent a note to the papal nuncio stating that France and the Vatican have broken relations and the Paris mission has no remaining purpose.
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Vatican
Paris
Defcanse
France
News in Brief for the Week Ending August 3
Ex-Senator George G. West shows no perceptible change in condition. Chicago named Democratic campaign HQ for the West. Germany and Russia sign a commercial treaty. Leischmann urges protection for American schools in Armenia. Troops to Bonesteel for land firing August 8 to September 10. Albert Phillips dies at Booneville mine. Salisbury mill and lumber yard fire causes 40000 loss. Robert Garrett nominated for Congress in Maryland. Michigan Central elevator at Toledo destroyed by fire. 200000 loss. Mrs. Minnie C. Love divorces Sidney C. Love with 50000 alimony, 26000 paid. Jacob H. Studer found dead in New York office. Head-on electric car crash in Massachusetts injures 14, one dead. Joliet plant at Illinois Steel resumes with 1500 back to work. Trempealeau DA Robert Christenson found dead in bed. J H Murley killed on last train trip after inheriting 30000. Gen. Leonard Wood orders water safety training after accidents. Mark H. Barnum dies at 70 in Wausau. Burglar robs Prior Minnesota farmer of 4000 gold. Peter Henkel shoots rival in Lan caster Wis then kills himself. Paynes in Niagara Falls convention leave ordered for Postmasters. Wages vs cost of living data raise 15.5 percent and 16.6 percent respectively since 1896. Mrs. Arthur Paget injured in London elevator shaft fall. Ned Hartman tale ends as Jack Carr dies amid capture chase.
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George G. West
Chicago
West
Germany
Russia
Leischmann
Armenia
Bonesteel
Albert Phillips
Wooley
Booneville
Ind
Salisbury
E. 8. Adkins & Co
Robert Garrett
Maryland
Paddock Hodge Company
Toledo
Minnie C. Love
Sidney C. Love
Jacob H. Studer
Fifth Avenue
New York
Boston & Worcester Street Railway
Westboro
Mass
Joliet (D
Ilinois Steel Company
Robert Christenson
Trempealeau County
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Wis
Gale College
J. H. Murley
Denison
Tex
Fe Ander
Leonard Wood
Department of Mindanao
Pines
Hag
Ming
Mark H. Barnum
Wausau
Barnum
M. Rasmussen
National Association of Postmasters
Niagara Falls
D. Wright
Bureau
Arthur Paget
Paget
Scots’ Guards
Paran Stevens
London
Nebraska City
Ned
Jack Carr
Chris Hartman
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