Barnato's Fate Reported Suicide At Sea
London reports confirm Barney Barnato the South African diamond magnate jumped overboard from the steamship Scot between Cape Town and Southampton via Funchal. Once famed as a financial giant, Barnato's wealth was estimated at up to 150 million pounds amid late May health rumors and claims of confinement.
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London
Union Steamship Company
Funchal
Madeira
Barnato
Diamond King
Cape Town
Southampton
Pall Mall Gazette
Barney ‘Barnato
South Africa
Amedée
Transvaal
England
Paris
Berlin
Barney Barnato
Cape
Cuban Trials Reported Death Sentences for Insurgent Leaders
Havana reports note a secret court martial condemning Gen. Ruiz Rivera and Col. Bacallao to death after capture in Pinar del Rio. Other items include a Cuban hospital attack fatal for Dr. Foster Winn, famine death tolls, Younger brothers pardon agitation, and unrelated incidents from Chicago to New York.
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Rivera
Lrave
Havana
Ruts
Col. Bacallao
Pinar del Rio
Cubana
Key West
Foster R. Winn
St. Louisa
Quivican
Fla
Havans
Cuba
Notable Executions and Incidents Across States
reports on hangings in Georgetown Delaware and Rockford Illinois. court rulings on Indianapolis streetcar fares. multiple murders and fatal accidents across Indiana, Tennessee, Iowa, Maryland, and Missouri. weather and storm damages. notable deaths including Alvan G. Clark and James Jinghes Taylor. stock market and railroad notes. World events include U S treaty talks on Hawaii.
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Alvan G. Clark
Cambridge
Mase
Robert Johnstone Finley
McClure
New York
James Jinghes Taylor
Downingtown
Far reaching storms claim hundreds of lives at sea and on land
Reports describe a gale off the east coast of China that killed five hundred fishermen. Other items note a fatal fire during a Tien Tain festival, a 360 foot mine cage collapse in Wales killing ten, and a frontier battle in India that left Col Bunny and others dead.
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China
England
Great Britain
Thessaly
C. Aries & Co
St. Pierre
Martinique
Maestig
Wales
Col
Bunny
India
United States
Barrios
Guatemala
Herr Woelfert
Knabe
Berlin
Bright Bits on Virtue and Character in Daily Life
The piece extols truthfulness honesty and purity as the core virtues. It warns against contempt for scholars and fawning on superiors while praising homely virtues as the crown of character and daily study as a path to wisdom.
Mt Vernon tramp millionaire wed in Salem ceremony
James Berry known as the tramp millionaire of Mt Vernon wed Miss Sadie Miller in Salem last week. He paid the officiating justice 100 and the license clerk 50, and a boy held his purse for 83. He inherited a fortune from a recently deceased father and splits time driving between Mt Vernon and Centralia with a $20,000 trotting horse. He is said to be generous, giving meals and small sums to many, including a baby.
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James Berry
Mt Vernon
Salem
Sadie Miller
Groversville
N. Y
Centralia
Ur Berry
Electric Bitters and Northwest travel ad notes
Electric Bitters touted as a general remedy aiding liver function and malaria recovery with a bottle priced at 81.00 at Dr Powell's Drug Store. Advertisements promote Great Rock Island Route travel to the Northwest via Ogden, with low rates and prompt service. A brief note questions the value of German beet sugar and contrasts it with home made cane sugar. Local humor and baseball game teaser conclude the fragment with a July 3 game plan and a 250 purse.
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Ake
Great Rock Island
Northwest
Ogden Gateway
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake
Ogden
Oregon
Idaho
Joan Sebastine
Chicago
United States
Toa
Henry
Venona
A Sufferer Relieved By Pink Pills For Pale People
Miss Jerusha McKinney of 50 South Centre Street Columbus Ohio credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing months of severe illness. She describes excruciating pains sleepless nights and fatigue followed by marked improvement after using one box and full recovery after completing several boxes. She praises the pills for restoring health energy and sleep and recommends them to others. The pills are sold in boxes or six for 260 by druggists or directly by mail from Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY.
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Columbus
Ohio
Williams
Jerusha McKinney
South Centre Street
Miss McKinney
Dr. Williams
William
Drs. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Probate Court and Jail Releases Highlight County Records
Probate Court details include larceny plea by Thomas Roberts and James Bison, and jail releases for James Hayden and others. Property transfers and chancery actions list numerous deeds and notices. Circuit Court adjourned with judge changes and a Greek Turkish conflict note.
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