Pope Leo XIII Nearing Death Ends Papacy Rumors
ROME July 5 reports Leo XIII dying with the end near. Doctors administered extreme unction as the Pope shows conscious periods and chest pain. Cardinals surround his bedside. Rampolla and Satolli are named by observers as likely successors.
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Rampolla
Vannutelli
Agliardi
Satolli
Cardinal Gibbons
America
Leo XIII
Rome
Washington
Lapponi
Honolulu Merchant Lam Ching Wa Kidnapped by Pirates Near Canton
Canton reports describe Lam Ching Wa a longtime Honolulu merchant and Sing Chong leader who travels to Canton with Hang Shan peers. Pirates seize the steamer, ransoms set at 10000 dollars, and release is awaited as American gunboat Callao may intervene. Lam Ching Wa, 58, naturalized under monarchy, linked to Kalakaua, citizen by annexation hopes to recover damages via Washington.
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Honolulu
Lam Ching Wa
Lam Say Kai
Nuuanu
Sing Chong Company
Waimanalo
Koolau
Wing Chung Lung Company
Maunakea
Hang Shan
Canton
Kalakaua
Hawaii
Washington
Race Riot in Indiana Town Over Murder Emerges
Evansville grows tense as mob violence erupts after a patrolman is killed by a drunken suspect. White and black factions clash, with jail breaches, looting, and fatalities. Governor orders more militia. Evansville under martial law as troops restore order.
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Indiana
Evansville
Ind
Indianapolis
Durbin
Movement of American warships alarms St. Petersburg
Washington dispatch reports Count Cassini left for St. Petersburg while Russia fears Evans fleet in the Gulf of Pechili grows to fifteen ships and Glass fleet to the Aleutians. Czar disapproves Cassini diplomacy for stray from American policy in Manchuria as Tienshi n reports an imminent hostilities outbreak.
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Washington
Count Cassini
St. Petersburg
Admiral Evans
Gulf of Pechili
Glass
Aleutian Islands
Cassini
Manchuria
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Tien-Tsin
Challenger Wins Again in Trial Races
The challenger again easily defeated Shamrock I in trial races today. Also reported are Emperor William's Norway tour starting, S S Sonoma arrival from the Colonies, naval transport Solace reaching Midway, French President Loubet's visit to England, a North Shore road wreck with fatalities, Pope's frail condition in Rome, imminent mob fears in Evansville, a deadly Oakford Park waterspout, Sumner beached after striking a reef with troops aboard rescued.
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Berlin
William
Norway
San Francisco
S. S. Sonoma
Honolulu
Midway Islands
Solace
London
President Loubet
France
Edward VII
North Shore Road
Rome
Italy
Evansville
Indiana
Greensburg
Pennsylvania
Oakford Park
Manila
P. 1
United States Army
Sumner
Luzon
United States Infantry
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Pope Leo XIII
Vatican
Cardinal Rampolla
Pius IX
St. Peter’s
Simones
Spain
Madrid
Caroline Islands
Rampolia
Lam Cho
L ‘Marshall
Fong
George W. Macfarlane
Alakaua
Macfarlane
United Akana
Lilinokaine
Callao
Ohio
Associated Press Cablegrans
New York
Shamrock I
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