Mighty racing circuit forms with near half million purses
The western and southern circuit unites ten strong associations for annual races. Joliet July 29 offers $20 000 and the schedule spans through October with multiple $20 000 to $75 000 purses in cities including Terre Haute Indianapolis Chicago Louisville Lexington Nashville and more. W P Ijams of Terre Haute is president with R G Watson as secretary.
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Fort Wayne
Colam O
Chillicothe, C
Louisville
Indiana State Fair
Chicago
Northwestern Breed Association
Terre Haute
Lexington
Nashville
Tenn
W. P. Ijams
R. G. Watson
Double Murder Near Tycoon Arizona
F M Doll and his son were murdered in a small Arizona town as they ate supper. Two Mexicans shot the husband. the son was killed while fleeing. Mrs. Doll hid in brush, then walked to summon help as cowboys pursue the killers.
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Mammoth
F. M. Doll
Mammoth Combine enhances white granite trade power
The United States White Granite Association completes its national reach as western firms bond with East Liverpool actuary J M McClere. The consolidation unites all eastern and western earthenware firms to sustain prices, replacing former compacts amid turf disputes. Debs and Railway Union officers surrender at Cook County Jail to begin contempt sentences, with Supreme Court appeal expected late this week and a two week jail stay before a ruling.
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Mammoth
United States
White Granite Association
J.M. McClere
East Liverpool
Ohio
Ttn
Bobs
Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
American Railway Union
Cook County
Supreme Court
Murder at Crawfordsville and Dinamite Explosion Report
The body of Charles Whittaker is found seven miles from Crawfordsville Indiana with the head split by a hatchet. A bloody hat pocket book and ax are found in a vacant Crawfordsville house. Arthur Yount a country schoolteacher mesmerized pupils and caused a medical intervention. A Madrid special reports a dynamite explosion at Seatato telegraph station near Bilbeo disrupting lines and causing damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Charles Whittaker
Ind
Arthur Yount
Morrison
Madrid
Seatato
Bilbeo
Army of Workers Urged to Shun Rival Groups in Message
Secretary McBryde of the United Mine Workers urges miners to avoid Sovereign and Hayes. Reports from Missouri, Illinois, and Texas describe robberies, murders, and accidents from Macon to El Paso. A 13 year old Windsor boy dies amid alleged parental cruelty, while several fatal industrial incidents and a Savannah shooting are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slecretary McBryde
United Mine Workers
Sovereign
Hayes
Macon
Darrah
United States
Marshall McCune
Scott
Jerome Hall
Windsor
Hall
Hickox & Hixon
el Paso
Texas
Martin O'Malley
Chicago
Edward Duddles
McCormick and Johnson
Lambert
Camden
N. J
Shiras
Frank Sparks
Cincinnati Post Office
C. B. Wilson
Metz
Moyer
Uniontown
Corning Mill No. 2
Miami
Xenia
Ohio
Hazelton
George Jordan
Savannah
Gao
William Palmer
Pendleton
Ind
James Fisher
Anderon
Fischer
Annie Marx
Bryan
Jeff Robertson
W. C. MacCane
Denver
Col
Norristown
Cantonment
I. T
Fires Kill and Wreck Across America Hit Multiple Cities
A string of fires devastates Perrysville Ohio Go near Phillips Mill Coffeyville Kansas and Cleveland Ohio as well as New York and Milwaukee. Deaths include eight at Phillips Mill and Lena Lehman and her children suffocated in Manhattan tenements. Damages reach hundreds of thousands with major institutions like the Southern Clo mis Insane Asylum at Anna and a State asylum wing in Columbus affected. Fire crews respond including Cairo and Toronto Globe offices. one firefighter dies from collapsing walls.
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Perrysville
Ohio
Phillips Mill
Douglas
Lena Lehman
New York
P. P. Maat
Springfield
Coffeyville
Kan
Gas Light and Coke Company
Cleveland
Climois Insane Asylum
Anna
Cairo
Toronto Globe
Delorme & Quentin's
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Standard
Eagle Flour Milla
Hanlin
W. Va
State Asylum For
Columbus
Obituaries Mention Noted Financier And Officials
Jonas M Walker, once valued in eastern speculations at millions, dies in San Francisco after losses in Nevada mining ventures with Fair Flood Mackay and O'Brien. He built a Philadelphia marble palace and entertained lavishly before his decline. Judge B Rockwood Hoar, former U S Attorney General, dies of heart disease at Concord Massachusetts. Obituary: At Yonkers New York Joseph.
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Jonas M. Walker
San Francisco
Nevada
Fair, Flood
Mackay
O’brien
Philadelphia
B. Rockwood Hoar
United States
Concord
Mase
Yonkers
N. Y
Joseph
Obituary notices and notable deaths across cities
Obituaries report Dr. James F. Rhoads former Bryn Mawr College president dying of heart disease in a Philadelphia depot. Other notices list Rev. John Walworth of Richmond Center aged 90 and W John Adams of Racine, along with Mary T. Lathrop of Jackson Michigan a temperance figure.
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Webb Hambleton
Chicago
Chillicothe
H. B. Seeley
Virginia
Dil
Meier Slowell
Bower
Theodore Routh
James F. Rhoads
Bryn Mawr College
Philadelphia
Edward M. Heyl
Department of the Missouri
Stephen Rapere
St. Louis
Richmond Center
Wis
John Walworth
Racine
John Adams
New York
Phoebe Lord Day
Hall McCormick
Mary T. Lathrop
Jackson
Mich
Michigan Reform School For Girls
Wealth Concentration in Nation and Global Conflicts Stir Congress
A census report notes farm and home owners hold over a large share of national wealth while December debt rises by 31 320 775. Reports claim a Brazilian ex president died rumors in Montevideo and Belgian forces destroyed a Congo village. The naval bill may fund two or three battleships at four million each amid sugar tax repeal talk.
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Cleveland
David B. Hill
Gen. Peixoto
Brazil
Montevideo
Tansin Pasha
Bittis
Congo
Burrows Wins Michigan Republican Senate Caucus on Ballot
The Michigan Legislature Republican caucus chose Kalamazoo Congressman Julius Cesar Burrows on the second ballot with 70 of 131 votes, Olds 32, Patton 25, after 64-32-23 first ballot results. Nelson Whitaker of Wheeling WV announces Senate bid. Judge Nathan Goff denies WV candidacy. Steve Elkins election insured. Minnesota Governor Nelson announces Senate run.
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Michigan
United States
Representative Hall
Julius Cesar Burrows
Kalamazoo
Olds
Patton
Burrows
Olda
Nelson Whitaker
Wheeling
W. Va
Senate
Nathan Goff
West Virginia
Steve Elkins
Nelson
Minnesota
Global headlines from Rome to Calais reveal volatile world events
Reports from Rome show a push to resign Crispi and form a Senate cabinet. In London sugar prices crash forcing Germany beet losses up to 5 million pounds. Vienna notes diphtheria antidote use, while Dreyfus endures public disgrace in Paris. Mexico readies for war with Guatemala as 5000 troops move. Calais mail boat Express wreck prompts rescue.
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Rome
di Rudini
Crispi
Colonial Bank
London
Harry Harkey Dobree
Germany
West Indies
Vienna
Trieste
Czernowits
War Department
W. Fred Dreyfus
Paris
Mexico
Guatemala
Acapulco
Turkey
Russia
England
Armenia
Calais
Heroic act described in Ontario workers tale
An act of heroism involves Harry Brault of Peterboro Ontario and fellow worker John Jamieson of the St Albans Timber Company at Madawaska. Jamieson suffered a sudden accident and became violently insane, prompting brave intervention by Brault.
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Harry Brault
Peterboro
Ont
John Jamieson
Alba
Tamber
Madawaska
Intrepid Brault Bears Dying Companion Forty Miles to Rail
Brault carried Jamieson for four days through cold snow to reach a railway after Jamieson refused to stop. Jamieson was ill and Brault endured fatigue and exposure to ensure safe passage home.
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Jamieson
Brault
John A.creighton
Omaha
Neb
Leo
Lavina Nelson
Piet Steinmeyer
Paterson
N. J
Asault
Stewart
Steinmeyer
Nelson
New Jersey
Frank L. Brown
Detroit
Batavia
N. Y
Brown
Cincinnati
Dr. Jenkins
Sioux City
Iowa
McClellan
Pauline Hall
Pauline
McCellan
Whisky trust collapse and vast losses loom
Financial woes mount as the whisky trust faces unanswered stockholder questions after a failing outside deal costs over 900000. Investors Greenhut and associates sunk 90000 into an Arizona canal scheme, property sold by the Sheriff, and Peoria rights forfeited amid broader industry downturns and U S failures data.
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Whisky Trust
Peoria
Greenhut
Gila Bend
A. T
Braddock
Homestead
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Cerrillos
N. M
Wallace
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Dominion of Canada
Canada
New York
Pennsylvania
The Markets Across Cities Record Mixed Livestock and Grain Prices
Market reports from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Buffalo Milwaukee and New York show cattle trading around 2.60 to 6.50 per head, hogs 3.50 to 6.50, and sheep 1.25 to 5.50. Grain quotes include wheat No 2 red around 51 to 64 cents, corn No 1 white 41 to 48 cents, oats No 2 32 to 34 cents, and rye No 2 40 to 51 cents per bushel. butter eggs and potatoes also listed with varied prices.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
Natural gas explosion wrecks Elwood barber shop injuring six
A gas leak under Elwood’s Milo Zee barber shop caused a blast and fire. Eight people were inside. six were seriously hurt while the others escaped. Debris destroyed the shop. losses reach about 2000 dollars. The blast followed a gas main leak tied to a sewer system.
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Elwood
Milo Zee
Ik Holsworth
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Washington
TiPron
Eans
Seymour
Cambridge City
Litchfield Bros
Veneer Works
North Vernon
Veedersburg
Bartholomew CounTy
Marion
Lexa
Ozalia
Adda Neal
Cty
Bedford
Bloomington
Charles Ulshafer
Wabash
Tie
Spencer Bank
Edwin Gustin
Middletown
Gustin
Madison County
Samuel White
Shelby County
Zora White
Zora
Morrison Will
Richmond
Congressman Johnson
Black
Harrison
Charles Davis
Rosaton
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