Typhoon Devastates Island Communities Near Shanghai
News from Shanghai via the steamer Tartar reports a catastrophic typhoon at the mouth of the Yaingtse river. Two newly formed islands east of Tamagming named Yawoshwa and Shipowasha reportedly lost nearly all inhabitants, with about ten thousand drowned across the islands and nearby islets. Tamagming island remained mostly above high water.
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Victoria
B. C
Tartar
Orient
Shanghai
Yaigtse
Tamagming
Yawoshwa
Shipowasha
Woosung
Eleven Bandits Shot Near Hostet Paquillo in Jalisco
A Guadalahara dispatch reports eleven of the bandits in the hold up of Manuel Parades shipping foreman at the Buena Vista mines and two assistants have been captured and shot by the rurales six miles west of Hostet paquillo Jalisco. Fifteen men took part in the raid and four more are being hunted. Parades was killed and one assistant. the other assistant was wounded. The bandits obtained five dollars being sent to pay miners and most of the money was recovered.
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Guadalahara
Mexico
Manuel Parades
Buena Vista Mines
Hostetpaquillo
Jalisco
Ttarades
Buena Vista Nines
Six Indicted in Reservoir Case at St Marys
Auglaize county grand jury indicted Niley Colton Parker Wright J C Pettrie John Sheely and Isaac Sheely six of twelve arrested for attempting to blow up the reservoir at St Marys Ohio with dynamite months ago The two fishermen accused of handling the work allegedly confessed to officials. Fatal Automobile Accident in Michigan near Athens Walter Palmer of Athens died instantly Chauffeur Blake of Kalamazoo fatally injured Mrs Walter Palmer and her daughter Frances bruised as car left the road and capsized in a marsh
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Auglaize County
Niley Colton
Parker Wright
J.C. Pettrie
John Sheely
Isaac Sheely
St. Marys
Ohio
Walter Palmer
Athens
Chaffeur Blake
Kalamazoo
Frances
Mich
Noted Jurist John S Daily Dies in Indiana
John S Daily a renowned jurist died at Shutfron Indiana from heart disease He was about 54 and senior partner in the firm Dailey Simmons Dailey He served two years as a Supreme Court judge succeeding Judge Olds resigned by Governor Matthews appointment
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John S. Daily
Judge Daily
Shutfron
Ind
Dailey, Simmons & Dailey
Supreme Court
Olds
Matthews
Fire destroys Fremont coal mine near Florence Colorado
A defective electrical generator started a damaging fire at the Fremont coal mine near Florence. All buildings including shaft houses were destroyed. Hilty men were working when the fire began but all were rescued alive through the shaft. No financial loss estimate yet.
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Fremont
Florence
Col
Tns
Hilty
Collision injures Fulford and chauffeur in Newton
In Newton Massachusetts a collision between an automobile and an electric car left Senator Fulford a wealthy Brockville Ontario manufacturer seriously injured. His chauffeur Louis Verrat of Albany New York sustained a fractured skull and internal injuries.
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Newton
Mass
Fulford
Brockville, Ont
Louis Verrat
Albany, N. Y
Jury Deadlock Delays Indictment in Rushville Murder
In Rushville Indiana the jury in the Anna Han kett murder case could not reach a verdict after more than a day of deliberation and was discharged by Judge Sparks. In Russellville Kentucky the jury convicted W KR Fletcher of criminal assault on Mary Gladder and imposed the death penalty. Fourteen women drown when a Danube tugboat struck a fruit seller near Budapest. Russia borrows anew with Berlin banks reporting a nine hundred million dollar loan, four hundred million to be drawn in Germany. Black Sea oil fields at Baku suffer extensive losses valued at six hundred seventy six million dollars.
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Anna Hankett
Rushville
Ind
Norman Cook
Sparks
W. KR. Fletcher
Mary Gladder
Rasselville
Pharmacopoeia Changes Spark FeAR of Dosing Errors
Druggists fear mistakes as the United States Pharmacopeia takes effect Sept 1 after five years of revision. Most changes reduce drug strengths, risking overdose or underdose if old standards are used. Tincture of strophanthins doubles from 5 to 10 percent. Physicians and pharmacists must study the new compendium to avoid errors.
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Pharmacopeia
Rush to Colorado Land Sparks Dry Farming Boom
Colorado land offices report a daily average of two thousand homestead filings in Weld, Larimer and Morgan counties with a record four thousand in one day. Eastern Colorado land sales top 100,000 acres as investors buy and a single sale of 4,000 acres to John M. West is noted. Experts anticipate eastern population growth of up to 100,000 in three years, while about 10 million acres remain suitable for agriculture.
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Denver
Colorado
Dima
Coloriele Springs
John M
Pharephreys, Mo
Vere
Colorata
Hom
Burglar in Evening Dress Returns Loot Before Fleeing Philadelphia Scene
Mrs Florence Kroneman faced a dining room burglar at 8 in the morning. The thief bowed, declared himself a gentleman burglar, and returned rings brooches pins and other trinkets before fleeing into the night. Police were notified after the incident at the Baxter mansion.
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Florence Kroneman
Philadelphia
Mrs. Kroneman
Rob Buckley Post Office Robbery Shocks Town
Three masked men robbed the Buckley post office Sunday morning blasting the safe with dynamite. They took stamps and cash totaling about 585. The explosion damaged the building and prompted a townwide chase by armed pursuers. Suspects fled on foot and in a automobile toward Roberts and likely boarded a freight train toward Chitenge. A prior robbery at this same post office occurred three years ago.
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Buckley
Roberts
Roberts, Odamboa
Sam Postofics
Fire ravages Rhine lander lumber yards amid mass destruction
A blaze in Rhine lander Wisconsin destroyed Brown Brothers and Robbins lumber yards, burned about 40 million feet of timber, leveled eight blocks, and left 75 homes and four people homeless. Insurance losses near 400000. Firefighters from nearby Cloquet aided. city accommodations provided for the homeless.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Brown Brothers Lumber Company
Robbins Lumber Company
Woman Fends Off Burglar With Revolver in Bedchamber
Mrs Hitle awoke to a burglar in her room in Outin Mas. She seized a revolver from under her pillow, fired as the intruder grabbed her wrists and tore rings, and the thief fled. Mrs Hitle tracked him to the street as the revolver discharged. The first shot reportedly wounded him.
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Pedchamber
Outin Mas
Hla Teale
Hitle
Barglar
Hide
Boy murderer sentenced in Appleton court
Thirteen year old Bernard Lupinis pleaded guilty to killing his playmate Frank Muradeh in Appleton Wis He was sentenced to a reform school and the body was hidden in bushes The case highlights violent youth crime and a grim incident in a Wisconsin community.
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Lad Pieads
Bernard Lupinis
Appleton
Wis
Frank Muradek
Playnate
the Hey
Cal Muradeh
Lupinis
Foundlings to receive new home in Cleveland project
Pola 2 Rockefeller plans a baby home for foundlings in Cleveland with infant incubators. He told Shingwne Society officers he opposes race death by action as he outlined his plans in a recent announcement.
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Pola 2
Rockefeller
Cleveland
Shingwne Society
Japanese Losses Reported in World War Casualties
News from Victoria, B C, via steamer lists Japanese area casualties totaling 72 450. Of these 4 180 were killed, 10 270 died of wounds, 57 000 died of disease. Builders decide to bury the dead under a church tomb. Thomas F Ryan funds Richmond Virginia Sacred Heart Cathedral at half a million dollars to ensure burial of his wife and himself under the church.
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Newa
Hunger Drives To Crime Master of Seven Languages
Oliver Tramilton, English student and polyglot, snatched a purse on Locust Street in St. Louis after a night of hunger and unemployment. Policeman Dan O Leary chased him. he was captured but released when the woman declined to prosecute. His wife, a former Detroit hospital nurse, was found at his stated address in a weak condition.
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Oliver Tramilton
Eton College
London
England
Locust Street
St. Louis
Dan O'Leary
Hamilton
Geday
Detroit
Fort Scott mother and daughter jailed for murder charge
Mrs Belle Riggins and her daughter Clara Shaw are held for first degree murder in Fort Scott Kansas. The case involves alleged long term starvation and brutal abuse of two stepchildren, the boy dying and the girl critically ill. Neighbors saw children scavenging in alleys and slop barrels as coroner's inquest details emerged.
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Belle Riggins
Clara Shaw
Fort Scott
Kan
Riggins
Cav e In Ends 14 Lives at Granville Quarry
A quarry cavern collapse at Vermont Slate Company near Granville N Y killed fourteen workers including J B Willis company president Hungarian laborers were among the dead Sixteen men were trapped with foreman Warren Queen and David Cadwathider rescued Queen expected to die Willis a Caranville notable former silk store traveler Crowe manhunt tied to Nebraska kidnaping case and possible extralegal transfer of Prisoners detailed in the dispatch.
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Granville
N. Y
Vermont Slate Company
Grranville
J. 3 B. Willis
David Cadwathider Aund Warren Queen
Williams
Caranville
New York
Divorces and Disasters Hit Across Cities in Grim OCR
A tangled set of notices reports Sella wife Martha Beafford seeking divorce in El Paso County Court citing cruelty. Separate items recount a deadly fire in Reid Avenue Brooklyn with children perishing and two firemen injured, a Birmingham hangings of Wesley White for murder with claims of innocence, a Petersburg building collapse burying 1000 workers, a Chicago dealer found dead in a lake with murder allegations.
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Martha FP. Beafford
J. W. Trafford
Raneh‘ira
Atomeds Springs
el Paso
St. Mary's Hospital
Tennant
Reid Avenue
Brooklyn
N.Y
Record Trade Shows August Boom in Imports and Exports
Washington reports indicate 1905 could set a record for total imports and exports if trends continue. August figures show manufactured exports up about 9 million dollars and 25 percent from the prior August, with imports of crude materials rising nearly 2 million.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
TSOU
Chronicle of curiosities and facts from a bygone era
A collection of odd notes cites the British crown jewels valued at about £8,000,000, a sparrowhawk diving at 150 miles per hour, and a global survey showing 1000 morphine habit cases with 40 percent from the medical profession.
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Jewsels Fa
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