Desperate Prison Break at California Penitentiary
Accorde to reports, convicts overpowered guards in a July 28 assault at the California Penitentiary. A fierce fight left officers wounded and several escapees heading toward Bald Mountain, with state authorities and militia alerted.
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Molson
Con Penitentiary
Bald Mountain
Cane
J. Murphy
Warden Wilkinson
Wilkingon
Cochrane
Couut
Palmer
Convicts Strike at Pilot Hill Store Plunder Reported
In a brief incident at Pilot Hill, two convicts named Eitien and A Scable wounded and fleeing with a militia company en route. They allegedly forced traveling citizens to join their group and plundered the Baneral merchandise store kept by 8 Diehl before fleeing toward surrounding woods.
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Eitien
A. Scable
Convicta
Baneral
Pilot Hill
Diehl
Immigrant Influx Sparks Grim Warning From Sargent
Washington July report quotes immigration commissioner Frank Sargent warning that the unprecedented tide of southern European arrivals threatens national stability. He cites labor demand, concentration in eastern cities, and the need to redirect migrants to areas with jobs to avert economic and social strain.
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Sargent
Washington
Europa
United States
Frank
Sargent Immigration
Tuli
Beeral Publica
Maby
Mitchie
New York
Masnsachusetts
Friody Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Reliance Chosen Defender of America's Cup in Newport Race
The New York Yacht Club defender committee picks Reliance as defender after defeating Constitution and Columbia in a leeward windward trial off Newport. Officials note Reliance led every race with few time losses. trials end and overhaul may begin in Bristol.
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Newport
Constitution
Columbia
Challenge Committee
New York Yacht Club
Mestars
Morgan
Delmont
Reliance
Strikes at Japan Report From New Chwang War Preparations
The Russian administration in New Chwang halted grain exports to Japan and blocked shipments via Shanghai ports. Japan had been receiving wheat there as war tensions rise. Russian authorities placed Kondradovitch in charge of six armed boats on the Tao river amid reports of mass civilian relocation to Manchuria ahead of evacuation.
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Pekin
New Chwang
Japan
Shanghai
Russia
Kondradovitch
Tao River
Chiang
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Danny
Finley Burke Dies After Appendicitis Operation
Finley Burke, a lawyer from Council Bluffs, died at Mercy hospital at 2 PM after an appendicitis operation performed Friday. The illness progressed despite surgeons' earlier hope of recovery and he was widely known across the state.
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Council Bluffs
F. Cover
Finley Burke
Thin City
Mercy Hospital
Uive
Danville in the Throes of Rage War
Rioting in Danville ends with deaths and dozens wounded as soldiers and police restore order. Sheriff Whitlock claims he fired to repel attackers while guarding the jail. A mobile mob torched and battered property, with further arrests and ongoing manhunt for suspects.
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Danville
Whitlock
Edward Liggett
Liggett
Evansville Mob Lynches Man After Alvon Assault
A mob of about 600 in Evansville Ind strangled an unknown Black man at a telephone pole after he shot Henry Gatterman in a confrontation on East Main Street. James Wilson, charged with brutal assault on Mrs. Burgess, remained the target as the crowd surged toward the county jail.
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Danville
John D. Meal
Honey Gatu2man
Tugra
Melcalt
John Devore
White
Lucieshon
Murray
Will
FeLoVver
Ficknell
Buckshot
Clement Mobaker
Arn ‘ Hart
Ford
Fred Loreis
W. Latiern
Arma
Harry Renick
Taplin
Duck
Henry Slide
Pavilion ‘Helens
Hines
Otto Heinks
Wilson
Mra Burgess
Seventh Smory Infantry
Springfield
Whitlock
Evansville
Pangillo
Ind
Bounty Jail
James Wilson
Thomas Burgess
Alvon
Ill
Lyric
Dijanet
Thi ‘Pot
Gatter
Phe Ub
Jong
Chicago Mystery A Body Found In Box On Depot Platform
A bruised dismembered man’s body was found in a rough box on the Chicago and North Western platform at depot, tossed from a wagon. The box sat unnoted for hours, then moved to station, later to morgue, with police unsure of its fate and no clear suspect.
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Culvaco
Chicago Wid North- Western
North Clark Street
Chicago Avenue
Campbell
Lttle Welch
D. Taylor
Chicago
Northwestern Road
Railway
William Riley
the Railway
Jones Loses Himself After Rice Murder Confession
Detectives search for Charles F. Jones who confessed causing Texas millionaire William Marsh Rice's death. He received immunity for testifying against Albert J. Patrik, then vanished after bail. Jones reportedly moved between Texas and Gulf ports, later using an assumed name aboard a schooner before letters stopped.
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Rice
New York
Charles F. Jones
William Marsh Rice
Jones
Galveston
Tuphello
San Jancino
New Orleans
Patrick Appeal
Sensational Move by Heinze Attacks Daly Bank Solvency
In Helena on July 23 an affidavit by F L A Heinze attacked the Daly Bank and Trust Co of Butte as surety for Amalgamated Copper for 125000. The affidavit claims the bank has overvalued assets and extended beyond its means, citing the Marcus Daly estate losses and insolvency concerns. Bank officials dismissed the claims as unfounded.
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Heinze
Montana
Helena
Mont
Supreme
Northwest
Marcus Daly
Amalgamated
Estate i
Dalyfentate
Butte Bank
Wreck Kills Four as Twin City Freight Collides Near Viasaty
In Minnesota on July 28 a head on collision of the Twin City limited and a fast freight near Viasaty Siding, between Dodge Center and Hastings, left four dead including engineers Charles Merkert and H. Coger and passenger Fred Horton of Dodge Center. Dozens injured as both engines and multiple cars were wrecked in foggy conditions.
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St. Paul
Minn
Chicago Great Western
Viasaty String
Charles Merkert
H. Coger
R. Helman
Fred Horton
Dodge Center
J. J. Hickey
Noble
Vlasaty Siding
Hastings
Limited
Wiosaty
Maiteeh
Mmited
Minneapolig
Train Hits Trolley Near East St Louis Kills Three
An accommodation train on the Vandalia line struck an electric streetcar near Lansdowne three miles north of East St Louis killing three people and injuring about a dozen. Victims include Vandalia engineer John Roy and two Lenhart family members. several seriously hurt are Vincent Higgins Charles Burkhardt and Louis Merkle among others. Eight others suffer minor injuries and all injured were taken to hospitals. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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East St. Louis
St Louis
Til
Vandalla
Mast
Freman
Charles Burkhardt
W. R. Miller
Mamle King
Louis Merkle
G. W. Young
Simon Spaulding
Jacob Schilling
Alien Mack
Jacob Lenhart
Elmer Bell
W. B. King
Wreck in Kansas injures twelve. two killed in collision
At Hutchinson Kansas a collision between a Santa Fe eastbound train and a Missouri Pacific northbound train at a junction west of the city injured twelve and killed two. The Santa Fe train struck rear cars, sending them and the locomotive and baggage car into a ditch. All injured were aboard the Missouri Pacific train.
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Crosa
Missouri Pacific
Santa Fe
Hutchinson
Kan
FLEECED THE WOMEN by a League Swindle
Hundreds of women nationwide were duped by a scam in New York and Detroit under the name League of Women. Local secretaries were offered $600 yearly, and victims sent $15 to $25 for trips, only to have checks returned protested. The scheme misused a known organization’s name to lure targets.
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New York
Detroit
League of Women
National Temperance
Cleveland
Guilty of Peonage In Alabama Case
The jury found FR N. Franklin guilty of causing Pat Hil a negro to be held in peonage. A $1,000 fine was imposed and paid immediately. The trial occurred in Montgomery Alabama on July 24.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Als
United States
N. Franklin
Pat Hil
Noted corruption claims swirl around ex governor Lee
Niagara on the Lake July 26 A New York corruption agent Deniel J. Kelley claims he bought Missouri legislatures and John A. Lee. Kelley cites checks to Lee and letters as proof and alleges Lee pressured firms including glucose Rumford and the spice trust. Kelley refuses to testify even as he releases documents and threatens to expose Lee’s alleged scheme.
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Lee
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Ont
Deniel J. Kelley
New York
John A. Lee
Kelley
Bob Lee
Binte
American Queen
Robert Lee
Andl
Lie
Mr. Folk
St. Louis
Missouri
Folk
Payne
Baking Powder Trust
Glucose Trust
Saya Kelley
Rumford Chemical Company
Rumford
Spice Trust
Kia
Washington Bookbinders Abandon Walkout Over Miller Case
The Washington bookbinders union will not strike if W A Miller resumes work at the government printing office. Miller, expelled from the union over prior charges, is under government review and is expected to report Monday. The union plans no action for 30 days while the public printer resolves the dispute.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
The
Bookbinders’ Union
W. A. Miller
Government Printing Office
Miller
Tatum
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders
Chicago
Barrett
Addicks Targeted in Delaware Gas Merger Case
Boston July 28. Galt is pursing in the Supreme Court a $100,000 suit by Doherty and Ragan against J Edward Addicks. They oppose a proposed merger of all Boston based companies by the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware and have attached Addicks holdings in the Boston South Boston and Slate Gas companies.
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Delaware Statesman
Boston
Galt
Doherty & Ragan
J. Edward Addicks
Bay State Gas Company of Delaware
Addicks
South Boston
Slate Gas
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