Murderer Caught in Belmont Wife Slaying Confession
John Schiskloskas, a Russian immigrant sought for the Belmont Mass murder, was arrested in La Junta Colorado after confessing to killing his wife during a drunken quarrel in Belmont. He described striking her with a rock then cutting her throat with a penknife and burying the body in a park gully.
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la Junta
Col
John Schiskloskas
Belmont
Mass
Barr
Massachusetts
West
Chicago
Schiskloskas
Poland
Lynn
California
The
A U National Championship and Notable Sporting Bouts
The northwest prepares for the A A U national championship at Lewis and Clark stadium on August 4 and 5. Frankie Neil vs Owen Moran is set for Butte on Labor Day. Spokane gears for a Northwest league team as Charles McIntyre signs to manage the Spokane outfit and Frank Dorsey reshapes the roster. The Transmississippi golf tourney at Glen Echo ends with Warren Dickinson defeating Walter Fairbanks 6 up 4 to play, and Dickinson becomes champ. An auto boat race Boulogne to Folkstone reports La Rapierre first in 2 hours 25 minutes. Eugene Bert of the Pacific Coast Baseball League is shot in San Francisco, with authorities calling it a possible suicide tied to ill health.
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Northwest
Lewis and Clark
Frankie Neil
Owen Moran
Butte
Charles McIintyre
Thew
Spokane
Frank Dorsey
The
Recreation Company
Transmississippi
Glen Echo Links
Walter Fairbanks
Denver
Warren Dickinson
Des Moines
Transmississippi Golf Association
Boulogne
France
Folkstone
England
la Rapierre
Eugene F. Bert
Pacific Coast Baseball League
San Francisco
Bert
Modern Noahs Ark Tested by Danish Venture
The Danes built an 80 by 5 by 3 foot ark like Noahs vessel and floated it with professors and officials on board. It reportedly performed admirably, seen as support for biblical flood ideas and for Iherings Babylonian sea trade theory. Also notes on students, Japanese diners, Reed Meyer, and a Russian art matter.
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London Spectator
Noah
Herr von Ihering
Tigris
Euphrates
Sailors Swim Lower Niagara Rapids Four Miles In Twenty Six Minutes
Carlisle D. Graham of this city and William J. Glover Jr of Baltimore swam the lower Niagara rapids from the American side to Lewiston covering four miles in 26 minutes Monday afternoon. Glover led at the start and finished after 26 minutes voyage, both wearing life belts and neck inflators. Neither was injured, Graham 55 and Glover 35.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Carlisle D. Graham
William J. Glover, Jr
Baltimore
Niagara
Glover
Graham
Devil’s Hole
Lewiston
Esterhazy to Build Transylvanian Temple Model of Solomon
Prince Luca Esterhazy, a mystic recluse with vast Transylvanian estates, plans to erect a church that is an exact architectural copy of Solomon's temple. He has studied ancient oriental architecture and the biblical account, though he will not lavish cedar, gold, or ivory.
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Esterhazy
Luca Esterhazy
Transylvania
Prince Esterhazy
Freight train wreck near Lafayette kills engineer
A Southern Pacific freight train derailed near Lafayette Louisiana on Sunday after an open switch. Engineer W. H. Elen was killed and Fireman Caine badly hurt. Signs indicate a deliberate attempt to wreck a passenger train as the switchlight was moved and preparations made to cause an accident.
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Southern Pacific
Lafayette
W. H. Elen
Caine
Northwest League Baseball Schedule at Spokane Start
The Northwest League of Baseball opens this month with games in Bellingham Everett and Vancouver. Readings show fixtures scheduled for August and September across multiple dates in each city including early August and mid September.
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Bellingham
Everett
Vancouver
Chicago Strike Persists Amid Riot Averted
Chicago on July 17 saw express drivers on strike across multiple railway express companies. No immediate end in sight as authorities report a serious riot was averted for the moment.
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Chicago
Railway Express
Choctaw Indians form good roads association
The Indians of the Choctaw tribe in Indian territory have organized a good roads association to improve local transportation infrastructure.
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Indian Territory
Good Roads
Linevitch Plans Big Demonstration in Manchuria Amid Russian Press Denials
Official Tokyo reports put General Linevitch’s forces near 400000 with water convoy movements to move troops and supplies. An AP corroboration disputes rumors of a precarious Russian position, noting wings ahead of center and a fortified Japanese center on the Changtufu Nancheze line. Also noted is a novel elephant-trap entrenchment and a balloon capture near Nanchenze. In Wyoming, Dr. Richards rode 100 miles to aid four miner casualties at Kirwin mine after a blast killed three workers and injured four others.
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Tokio
Linevitch
Manchuria
Bougouin
France
Associated Press
Changtufu Nancheze Line
Mandarin Road
Nanchenze
Meeteetz
Wyo
Kirwin
Here
Dr. Richards
Thermopolis
M. A. Chubb
William Goss
James Miller
Paymaster Held Up. Sloss Steel Money Recovered
Paymaster L D Burr of Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron Company was held up by two masked highwaymen on a railroad between Littleton and Flat Top and relieved of 5000 dollars meant for payroll. Within five minutes Detective George Bodecker Policeman Nix and Charles Pickard shot and killed one robber and recovered the money. the second assailant escaped.
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Birmingham
Ala
L. D. Burr
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company
Littleton
Flat Top
George Bodecker
Nix
Charles Pickard
Insurance Trust Faces Arkansas Antitrust Ruling
The Arkansas antitrust law was declared valid by the superior court with two justices dissenting. The decision is expected to bar from the state old line insurance companies that maintain rate agreements and any trust products sold within Arkansas will violate its terms.
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Superior Court
Old Line Insurance Companies
Mechanics Seek Navy Yard Saturday Half Holidays
At a meeting of four hundred mechanics at the government navy yard a two member committee was formed to confer with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. They seek an order granting navy yard employees Saturday half holidays during the summer, similar to executive department staff.
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Government Navy Yard
Oyster Bay
Navy Yard
Mutiny at Bathen burg regiment and Lodz dispatch
Russian soldiers mutinied in Lodz on Monday killing an officer before being arrested. Lodz residents face daily 1500 dollars for troop maintenance due to state of service. In Boise Idaho sheriff Havird is reported short in accounts with potential resignation. Ambassador Meyer cables that M. Witte will sail from Cherbourg on July 26 for the peace conference.
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Lodz
Bathenburg Regiment
Serge
Boise
Idaho
Cary C. Havird
Washington
Meyer
State Department
M. Witte
Cherbourg
Warsaw Detective Sergeant Shot in Pursuit
In Warsaw on July 18 a detective sergeant was shot and killed by an unknown assailant. A pursuing infantry patrol fired during the chase, killing a local merchant.
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Warsaw
Seedless Spencer Apple Promises Global Horticulrural Boom
A long account describes the careless seedless Spencer apple as a world changing discovery. It claims the tree bears fruit without blossoms, resists moths and frost, and could flood commercial orchards worldwide, with potential to outpace ordinary apples and rival seedless citrus in demand.
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United States
Great Britain
Ireland
Spencer
Abbe D. Dupuy
Auch
Bon Chretien d’Auch
German Epicure Praises Chinese Rotten Egg Delicacy
A German gourmand praises Chinese cuisine and their preserved rotten eggs. He notes the lime preservation gives a texture like hard butter and a lobster-like taste. He claims the Chinese have superb cooks and enjoyed living among them, gaining more weight than intended.
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New York Tribune
Authors Evening Sparks Unwanted Quiet Holiday Laugh
A husband reluctantly hosts an authors' evening for fifty guests. The first writer proves dull, the second duller. Intolerably warm rooms drive him to the hall where a footman dozes by the carved oak settee. He wakes the man, accusing him of listening at the keyhole.
Kitchener’s Way in Natal Dispatch
A London daily recounts Lord Kitchener’s sharp reply to the Natal Governor who asked for more news. The commander-in-chief sent back a curt message stating he did not agree with the governor or his ministers.
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Kitchener
London
Lord Kitchener
Natal
Song of Winter Love Surges Through My Life
A lyrical fragment describes a fleeting beloved as winter passes and living warmth returns. The speaker recalls a swift movement across a barren season and awakens to renewed passion as winter snows melt and singing waters stir the heart.
The Bride's Rose at Old Potomac Church Ruins
A travelogue recounts the ruins of Potomac Church near Fredericksburg Virginia with a legend of the bride's rose. An old guide claims a blood red rose blooms nightly and the bride comes at dark to gather them, a superstition whispered by a gray hut dweller as shadows fall.
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Rappahan
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Washington
Trav-Ehis
The Bride's Roses From a Timeless Ghost Tale
An old woman recounts the century old legend of Lady Beatrice and her architect lover. On the wedding day he dies at the church, and Beatrice dies in sorrow. Roses in the flagstones bleed red each night as the bride wanders to gather them.
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England
Lord Stewart
Beatrice
People’s Home Journal
Suspicious Symptoms Prooklyn Life Cartoon Exchange
The dialogue shows Tiffington admitting aging concerns while joking about appearing younger than his years as Widdleteen responds with alarm in a Provoking Life panel. The strip centers on aging anxieties and comic disbelief.
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Widdleteen
Tiffington
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German Hospital
Philadelphia
Conrad Meyer
M.eee
Aeral Watts
St. Petersburg
St. Louis
Chinatown
Temple OF Solomon
Louisiana
Northwest League of Baseball
General Linevitch
Roosevelt
Potomac Church
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