Sirio Wreck Off Cape Palos Kills Hundreds
Terrific disaster off Cape Palos when the Italian steamship Sirio wrecked on Bajos Hormigas reef. About 600 aboard, 300 drowned. captain commits suicide amid blamed imprudence. Survivors rescued in pitiful condition, many without food or clothing. fishermen perish aiding. Rescue efforts and scenes of distress unfold in Cartagena area.
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Spain
Cape Palos
Sirio
Genes
Barcelona
Cadiz
Montevideo
Baretes Ayres
Thermigias Island
Sao
Cape Talos
Hlornigas Island
Cape Patios
Hormigas
Disaster at sea as emigrants clash aboard the Siriu
Amidst panic and brutal fighting on deck, emigrants armed with knives overran crew and officers aboard the Siriu, leading to many killed or wounded and the vessel sinking after striking rocks. Survivors mourn missing children as Cape Palos residents await news. The bishop of Seo Dpadblo drowned with passengers.
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Portalgh
Cape Palos
Seo Dpadblo
Dirsetzil
Fate of the general strike in St Petersburg
The strike in St Petersburg has drawn near 70,000 workers but met with only modest response elsewhere in Russia. Authorities report limited disruption as the nation debates the effectiveness and consequences of the labor action.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Death toll from Lake Shore crash tops three
A head on collision on the Lake Shore Electric line near Vermilion Ohio killed three passengers and left several others injured. The west bound and east bound cars collided on a curve three miles west of town at high speed, with the limited telescoped through its length. The dead are Moody of Beach Park motorman Tred Smiley of Lima and James Yerrick of Milan. Injured include A McEisney of Cleveland and Otto McBride of Lina, with others crushed or sprained.
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Lake Shore
Tike Shore Electric Limited
Here
Moody
Beach Park
Motorman On Limited
Tred Smiley
Lima
James Yerrick
Great Western of Company
Milan
A. McEisney
Cleveland
Cleveland, Has A Broken Leg. Those Worst That Are —— Weiss, Wiloughby
Otto McBride
Lina
Maybrick arrives incognito in New York amid health boost
New York on August 6 reports Mrs Florence Maybrick, improved in health and traveling under the assumed name Mine Cheney, has landed in the city aboard the French liner La Gascoque. She refused to share plans, saying she has been abroad for three months.
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New York
Florence Maybrick
Mine Cheney
Millard Receives Roosevelt Invite for Panama Trip
Omaha August 6 Senator Joseph A Millard has been invited by President Roosevelt to join the presidential party in Panama next November. The invitation follows Millards Senate fight for a canal across the isthmus and signals renewed support for a lock canal plan.
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Omaha
Joseph A. Millard
Roosevelt
Tanaima
Millard
Senate
Isthmus
Pittsburg Matinee Club Pace Record Tumbles to 2 06
Lady May owned and driven by W A Avey broke the World's amateur pacers to wagon record at Pittsburg Matinee club race with a 2 06 mile time surpassing the previous 2 07K mark.
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Aus
Lady May
W. A. Avey
Root Visita a Coffee Farm in Sao Paulo Visit
Elihu Root United States secretary of state visited the model coffee plantation of Senor Vilas at Chaves during a Sao Paulo trip Aug. 6. He received an ovation from the populace while passing through Campmais.
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Root
Sao Paulo
Benegil
Elihu Root
United States
Senor Vilas
Chaves
Camplmais
Noted Arms Manufacturer Dead In Springfield
Wesson, head of Smith & Wesson Arms, dies in Springfield Massachusetts on August 3. The obituary notes his leadership of the firm and his prominent role in the industry.
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Springfield
Mass
Aug
Wesson
Smith & Wesson Arms Company
Baseball Scores From Saturday and Sunday Games
Baseball scores across leagues list results from Saturday and Sunday. Key games include Boston over Pittsburgh, Brooklyn over Cincinnati, Chicago beating Philadelphia, and New York taking Detroit. American League and Association results feature St Louis, Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Kansas City performances amid varied scores.
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Boston
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
American
Detroit
Cleveland
S&s. Cleveland
Washington
Omaha
Lincoln
Ourahit
Hincoln
Denver - Des Moines
Denver
Pueblo
Daily Journal Home Delivery Ad
The Daily Journal announces citywide home delivery for 10 cents a week, promoting affordable access to news for all residents.
Cullom chosen for senator in Illinois primary contest
Aug 6 Chicago reports Republican voters in Illinois backed Shelby M. Cullom for the United States Senate after a dramatic primary season. William Lorimer secured districts to assure renomination against ex Governor Richard Yates while James Mann, Joseph Cannon and Frank Lowden also won nominations. The record lists district by district results and names many GOP and Democrat nominees across the state.
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Tinois
Ft Krown
Shelby M. Cullom
United States Senate
Cullom
Cook County
Dow
Richard Yates
Bouw
Lorimer
Sivth
James Th. Mann
Joseph Cannon
House of Representatives
Frank O. Lowden
Boonville Senators Face Address Amid Rail Rate Debate
United States Senator Jimes A. Premenwiry defends his record before a senatorial judicial convention amid criticism over railway rate bills. The event drew tears from listeners as supporters and opponents clashed on policy. News from New York and Wisconsin notes calls for delegation to a reception on its return from Europe and warnings about inflamed demands for fees and positions.
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Dad
United States
Jimes A. Premenwiry
Lakolette
Wisconsin
Elermennae
Qokoblotte
New York
Q Laxative Syrup Pepsin for Liver Action
Dr Caldwell's Q laxative syrup pepsin advertised as a pure liver tonic. Claims to cure constipation biliousness and indigestion for housekeepers. Sold by druggists at 50c and 1.00 with money back if it fails.
Democratic figures tour a nation amid 1900s campaign chatter
Aug 6 Washington report notes William Jennings Bryan racing from Atlantic seasickness to Maine for speeches as Democratic committees push hard. Lima, Aug 6 records Senator LaFollette stopping en route to a Chattanooga engagement, predicting Roosevelt to oppose Bryan in the race.
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William Jennings Bryan
Atlantic
Maine
Lima
O. Aue
Laf’ollette
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Bryan
Anguist
Vardaman Seeks Black Seats to Block Negro Education
A Brookhaven Mississippi report quotes Governor Vardaman urging white voters to elect state legislators who would vote to halt funding for negro education. He proposes reserving seats for negros in New Orleans and says southern congressmen fear criticism. He would push a bill to repeal the fifteenth amendment if elected to the senate.
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Ane
Byovernor Vardaman
Mississippi
Brook Tayon
Miss
Washington
Vardaman
Ife
Senate
Noyon Te
Edward
Bright Boys Are These Duelists In Milwaukee
Toe Klatt aged 19 and Stanislaus Wargin aged 13 fought a knife duel in a vacant lot near Milwaukee's south city limits after a quarrel over a card game. Wargin was slightly stabbed in the right shoulder and treated by a physician who deemed the wound not serious. Spectators intervened, claiming honor was satisfied, and Klatt was arrested on an assault and battery charge. The case will be tried in juvenile court.
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Toe Wlatt
Stanislaus Wargin
Wargin
Klatt
Japanese Victory Prediction Dominates News Page
The Novoe Vremya in St. Petersburg devotes much space to a pretended war between Japan and the United States. It predicts a swift Japanese victory, the seizure of the Philippines and Taiwan, and Japanese occupation of California.
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Novoe Vremya
Japan
United States
Philippines
Taiwai
California
Bryan and Party Sight-Seeing in Venice Visit
G Willian de Bryan Mrs Bryan Miss Dryiai oolonel Moses Wetmore of St Louis and Mrs M F Dunlap with daughters of Jacksonville spent the day here sightseeing in Venice Ange.
Chicago Envoy Arrives. McCormick Stays With Son
United States ambassador to Froneve, Mc Cormick, arrives in Chicago and will reside at his son’s home until departing for Europe in two weeks.
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Chicago
Augus—Robert SS. McCormick
United States
Froneve
Europe
Train Wreck Kills Fireman and Injures Engineer
Chicago guards report Charles McCain a fireman of Dison TIL was killed and engineer A W Leakinion of this city was severely injured in a wreck of a nocent train in Chicago.
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Chicago
Charles McCain
Dison, Til
A.W. Leakinion
Labour strikes and labor actions across cities
News notes report leather workers in Lincoln Nebraska striking for higher wages and a national teamsters convention in Chicago with a decisive vote for president. Also noted are typhoid epidemic in Washington, naval reserve cruise on the Great Lakes, and various strikes including concrete workers in San Francisco demanding higher pay. The era’s public figures travel, paraded by rail and sea, with Edward VII’s yacht club gift and changes in church leadership.
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Dre
Hhor
Blarry Thaw
Teamsters
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Cherbourg
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Tlinois
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Michigan
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L@CQ
San Francisco
Tharvard University
Dattidbou
DeWitts Little Molly Risers Pill Ad
A vintage advertisement urges taking DeWitts Little Marly Risers for relief without stomach griping. It promises sure results and notes sales by all druggists.
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DeWitt
Journal Subscriptions Offer Nationwide Mail Delivery
Persons planning a summer departure or short absence can have The Daily Journal mailed anywhere in the United States for 10 cents a week. The post office address can be updated anytime without extra charge. The home paper is presented as a better choice than a letter, encouraging readers to subscribe.
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Braved Two Mile Swim To Save Four From Capsized Boat
Chicago Aug 6 A two mile swim in a strong wind saved four companions clinging to a capsized sailboat on Lake Michigan. Ed win Crolius a 1 year old Central Trust employee ignored the gale and swam hour by hour to reach shore after the yacht from Jackson Park Yacht club capsized two miles from the coast. Crolius warned others, began the perilous crossing, and after stroke by stroke combat with wind and waves reached the beach exhausted and unconscious briefly. Club members then launched motors to complete the rescue just in time.
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Lake Michigan
Edwin Crolius
Central Trust Company of Inois
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Crolitns
Jackson Park Yacht Club
Puarty
Manhattan Beach
Crosius
Stanley Goss
Sig
Galing
Riot on Seventh Street In Rockford Ends With Arrests
A riot erupted when Officer Swan Carlson cuffed a man on Seventh Street, drawing a crowd of about 2000. A streetcar was blocked and pelted with bricks and rotten fruit as police and fire crews restored order. Five arrests reported in the Sweedish district.
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Swan Carlson
Seventh Street
Sweelish Distriet
Local election reshapes city superintendent race
The school election results bring Alfred Beasley as candidate for the new city superintendent to replace N C Dourherty amid a large quantity of uncertainty. G T Sanith of Moling, elected by the old board, awaits tonight's new board meeting. Six former members ousted by court order are restored to office.
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Teoria
Til
They Took a Train for Iowa to Wed in Secret
Ruth Teller, niece of Senator Teller of Colorado, eloped with Eiserson Kranta, a family school teacher. After overcoming opposition from her relatives, the couple fled Morrison by train to Iowa to marry, leaving three weeks after meeting Pranty.
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Morrison
Tih
Ruth Teller
Senator Teller
Colorado
Eiserson Kranta
Read-headed boy in blue overalls escapes from St Charles home
Kane county police hunt a red-headed boy in blue overalls who fled from St Charles Boys’ Home with two companions. William Berry, sent from the Chicago slums last spring, is described as about ten years old, thin, and tall, according to Superintendent Ward.
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St. Charles
Kane County
William Berry
Chicago
Ward
Slim
Homicide Followed Assault In Harrisburg Standoff
Sequel of outrage recounts Harrisburg after Alex Rutkaski shot and seriously wounded Aaron Devan a prominent young man at Leford. Following a night in which Rutkaski’s house was stoned he armed a shotgun and fired as Devan approached, the incident escalating violence.
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Alex Rutkaskio
Aaron Devan
Leford
Rutkaski
Devan
Springfield Th.ue 6.-Johm FR Peters obituary note
John F R Peters, longtime public servant in this city, died at his home. He was 62 and had served for years in various official duties. The passing ends a career in the local public service.
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Peters
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pep sin for all stomach woes
The advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe pleasant cure for dyspepsia indigestion and constipation. It claims it clears the brain purifies the blood and relieves nervousness headaches and bowel trouble. Sold by druggists at five cents and 1 60. Money back if it fails.
Burdett Receives Piano Tuning Order On Busy Day
F. J. Burdett, renowned piano tuner, placed an order at Brown & Dollmeyer’s on a busy day, signaling steady demand for maintenance services and instrument care in the city.
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F. J. Burdett
Brown& Dollmeyer
Roosevelt backs Audubon bid to end aigrette plumes
New York dated Aug 6 reports President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt express strong sympathy for efforts to curb the sale and use of white heron aigrettes worn on women's hats. Dutcher said Queen Alexandra had criticized the plumes, and the president's reply supports abolishing them as military ornaments.
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Roosevelt
William Dutcher
National Association of Audubon Sovietle
Dutcher
Queen Alexandra
England
Audubon Societies
Ietter
Dangerous Lunatic Killed by Deputies at Manawa
Great Western engineer Youncer recently arrived from Joliet was killed in a pistol duel with deputy sheriffs at a Manawa resort. His wife and two children witnessed the incident after he flared pistols and threats, was disarmed, returned with two pistols, and opened fire. Five deputies shot back, killing him. no bystanders were hurt.
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Joliet
Take Manawa
Simmer
Yoncer
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Witnesses Locked Up in Pensacola Peonage Case
In Pensacola on August 6 a U S commissioner ordered all nonresidents or unfamiliar witnesses in the Jackson Lumber company peonage hearing to be jailed in default of bail. The move followed the disappearance of Henry Lambert who testified last Monday of being horsewhipped after capture by bloodhounds.
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United States
Jackson Lumber Company
Florida
Baiho
Henry Lambert
Wife of Thomas W. Lawson Dies After Illness
Seychete Mass earlier: Mrs Thomas W. Lawson known as Mrs Leawson succumbed at her home in Prenminwold after months of heart disease. All children and husband were at her bedside except for son Arnold who was elsewhere.
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Mass
Thos. W. Laawson
Boston
Tinacior
Prenminwold
Lawson
Stormer
Leawson
Hey
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Mars
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In Memory of Admiral Train at Chefoo Memorial Services
Memorial services for Admiral Charles J. Train commander in chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet who died here August. Representatives of the United States French and Chinese fleets attended. The body was then conveyed to the battleship Ohio which left for Yokohama.
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Chefoo
Ave. G
Charles J. Train
United States
Yokohama
Wharf Cook Arrested for Vagrancy at Oyster Bay
Oyster Day Aug 6. Wharf Cook claiming to be a Washington lawyer was arrested by a special service detail while attempting to climb Sagitimore Hill. He was sentenced to five days in Mineola County Jail on the vagrancy charge.
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N.Y
Wharf Cook
Washington
Sperst Service Bel
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Mineola
Quarrel Over Six Cents Ends in Stabbing Incident
A quarrel over six cents escalated into a street fight in Evangeline involving Lan and Creegs who had recently arrived from Pennsylvania. Creegs was stabbed eight times and wounded by W. O. Crouch of the locality. Police were called and investigations are ongoing into the incident.
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Lan
Creegs
Pennsylvaia
Beine
W.o Crouch
Had Poison Sewed in His Coat Title
William Wood of St Louis killed his wife in Mobile and, jailed on a murder charge, died by taking Paris green sewn in his coat chapel, a method in his own action.
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Ala
William Wood
St. Louis
British battleship Aboutaen abandoned efforts to refloat
London reports the British battleship Aboutaen was abandoned by Cheathuvdeding after failed attempts to refloat. The vessel grounded off Starter Point and was beached near Tuipdy, May 8.
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Go -Cheathuvdeding
Aboutaen
Fae
Tuipdy Ishiuid
Maiary
Laxative Honey and Tar Promises Gentle Bowels
Advert promised W Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar moves the bowels without opiates. Claims nearly all other cough cures are constipating and that the product is available at all drug stores.
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Excursion Rates Set By C M St P R R Company
Excursion rates are in effect on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific lines through Burlington Elkhorn Delavan Fontana Kansasville Kilbourne Madison McFarland Stoughton Walworth and Waukesha. Good return up to Sept 30. J B Swearr Agent.
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