Hotel Clerk Vanishes After $300 Heist at Pearl Street Inn
John Timp, owner of the American House on Pearl Street, reports that a clerk named George Smith left for town and never returned after allegedly opening the safe and taking about $300. Timp suspects Smith followed a woman to Freeport and notes a broken tooth and a missing finger as identifiers. Police and rail posts alerted. Smith, a Chicago native, had worked at the hotel since May.
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George Smith
Pearl Street
John Timp
Smith
Timp
August Sleiman
Zanesville
Ohio
William LaMay
la Crosse
Mormon Coulee
Mr. Timp
Army of Pythians to Camp in Parks
Boston July 31 The Pythian encampment controversy in Franklin Field ends on the eve of the national gathering. Judge Bradley denied Harvard Improvement Association injunction allowing use of city parks. The camp covers nineteen acres and will hold about 6000, laid out with orderly plan. This first test of the approach in a large city draws close scrutiny.
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Boston
Pythian
Franklin Field
Knights of Pythias
Bradley
Supreme Court
Harvard Improvement Association
Suicide theory questioned in Burnett death on train
In Lebanon New Hampshire on July 31 the family of Alma Burnett wife of a Dexter Iowa clergyman refuse to accept suicide until the weapon is found. The body was found in a Montreal Express dressing room with a bullet wound and the pistol is missing. Burnett was recovering from depression and the husband and sister in law traveled to Dexter with the body.
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Lebanon
N. H
Alma Burnett
Dexter
Iowa
Neighbor Kills Woman Then Kills Self in Quarrel
In Philadelphia a 65 year old man, John Mole, shot his neighbor Susan Stevenson, 55, after a long quarrel over a property line dispute. Mole then shot himself. Both subjects are dying.
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Philadelphia
John Mole
Susan Stevenson
Government agents probe Harriman rail system trust
Special agents are in Chicago to collect evidence for possible proceedings to disrupt the Harriman system of railroads under the Sherman anti trust act.
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Harriman
Chicago
Langley's Aeroplane to Join Fort Meyer Tests Next Week
Washington July 31 A dramatic chapter in ballooning history unfolds as Fort Meyer hosts government tests of Langley s aeroplane built by the late Professor S P Langley. General James Allen notes that if Wrights and n s dirigible contracts fail Langley s machine may be revived for experiments.
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Langley
Fort Meyer
A. Baldwin
Washington, D. C
Smithsonian Institution
Prof
S. P. Langley
Wright Brothers
A. H
N’s
Herring
James Allen
Army
Beautiful Clara Kanter Victim of Kidnapping and Assault
In Pittsburg on July 31 Clara Kanter an 18 year old girl from Shousetown was abducted and held for twenty four hours in a hut where she was assaulted and drugged. She returned dying and unconscious as county detectives and five hundred farmers search the woods for her assailant.
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Pittsburg
Clara Kanter
Shousetown
Miss Konter
Michael Konter
Woman Dies of Elephantiasis in McKeesport
Pittsburg July 31 Mrs Anna Elizabeth Lynch weighing 500 pounds died today in McKeesport from elephantiasis. This was the only known case in the United States drawing worldwide medical attention. Her legs swelled for 19 years with the left calf 85 inches around and the right 66 inches. she could not move from a special bed for over a decade.
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Pittsburg
Anna Elizabeth Lynch
McKeesport
United States
Slays Family and Self in Seattle Hospital
In Seattle last night Jesse Fifer a motorman killed his daughter Hazel and Mrs Dennis Nihoul in a hospital ward then shot his wife and killed himself causing panic among patients. Domestic troubles and separation were given as motives.
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Seattle
Jesse Fifer
Hazel
Dennis Nichouls
Actress Fola La Follette Sues For Wages In Illinois Case
Miss Fola La Follette daughter of Senator La Follette files a motion in the United States district court to set aside an order in bankruptcy of Block Amusement company. She alleges she was contracted to perform in a production that was never staged and did not receive a weekly fifty dollar stipend. She seeks fifteen hundred dollars in damages. The suit claims the company failed to release her from contract and the season passed before she could secure other work.
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Chicago
Block Amusement Company
United States District Court
Miss la Follette
Jealous Husband Kills Two Daughters Then Suicide
In Cranston Rhode Island Leonard Hendricks 31 a brewery worker murdered his daughters Anna five and Lillian three at home then killed himself by illuminating gas after jealously resenting his wife leaving for Hartford authorities said he planned the act and death by his own hand in a Cranston suburb on July 31 a despondent husband motive cited.
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Providence
R. I
Leonard Hendricks
Anna
Lillian
Cranston
Hendricks
Hartford
Racklemann Crew Fans Out in Folly of Foxy Fate
A whimsical pirate tale follows Captain Racklemann and crew as they hijack Gene Derr’s ice house, lose control of the Braunschweger, and drift to the Isle of Man. The crew battles engine trouble, a tow from Haymaker, and ends up subsisting on bait while muttered bravado meets fateful misfortune.
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John Racklemann
Braunschwerger
Derr
Davy Jones
Hall O’ Fame
Kapt
Kidd Racklemann
Mike Hayes
Otto Loefler
John Timp
Bill Ennison
Billie Tausche
Bill Wendling
Timp
Racklemann
Gene Derr
Gene
Braunschweger
Rachlemann
Hayes
Isle of Man
Fatty Fantasy
Spurgeon Palmer
Avoirdupois
Spurge
Ennison
Fred Clark
Haymaker
Palmer
Clark
Park
Coroner’s Jury Fails to Solve Hazel Drew Death Mystery
The coroner’s jury declares the Hazel Drew case unsolved after an inquest in Teal’s Pond city on July 7. Authorities, including District Attorney O’Brien, give no decisive clues and the motive remains unclear. Hazel Drew’s movements July 6 7 are debated as witnesses provide conflicting statements.
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Hazel Drew
Teal Pond
O’brien
Drew
Teal’s Pond
New York
Rollman
Averill Park
Taborton Road
Finding the girl killed by blow on head
The report states the girl was killed by a blow on the head inflicted by someone.
Is Gahm Young Mayr's Father in Divorce Trial
Charles H. Keifer testified in Los Angeles that he fled from Berlin to seek revenge on Joseph Gahm the Austrian pianist and composer and that letters from Mrs Mayr to Gahm show a child likeness. Keifer said Gahm asked him to read the letters. The case concerns Mrs Anna Etta Mayr's divorce from Walter A Mayr.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles H. Keifer
Joseph Gahm
Anna Etta Mayr
Walter A. Mayr
Mayrs
Chicago
Mayr
Gahm
Keifer
Berlin
Omaha
Hom
Earil
Woodmen Withdraw From National Fraternal Congress
The Modern Woodmen of America, the largest fraternal insurer by numbers, announced its withdrawal from the National Fraternal Congress and the associated push for legislative rates for fraternal societies. Head Consul Talbot stated the group opposes mandatory rates and will not affiliate further.
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Lincoln, Neb
Woodmen of America
National Fraternal Congress
Consul Talbot
Congress
Woodmen
Falls Three Stories At Listman Mill Injury
Fred Pappenfuss of 1003 South Tenth street fell from a scaffold while working on improvements at the Listman mill this morning and suffered serious injuries.
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Fred Pappenfuss
South Tenth Street
Listman Mill
Admiral Dayton Relinquishes Pacific Fleet Command
Vallejo California July 31 Admiral Dayton hands over command of the Pacific fleet to Admiral Swinburn today in a formal transfer marking a change in naval leadership and duties at the base.
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Vallejo
Cal
Dayton
Swinburn
Landslide Buries Austrian Village. Twelve Bodies Recovered
Innsbruck July 31 workers recover bodies in Mehri Les Baines after a landslide destroyed the village yesterday. Part of the settlement lies buried under thousands of tons of earth. many residents were away. A score of people are missing and twelve bodies have been recovered.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Mehri-Les-Baines
McHugh and Keeler Enter Democratic Runs for Local Posts
County Chairman Doherty announces James McHugh as Democratic candidate for county treasurer. B. F. Keeler revises stance to run as Democratic candidate for Congress in the district.
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McHugh
Ben Keeler
Doherty
James McHugh
B. F. Keeler
Congress
Strike on Lackawanna Looms in Scranton
Lackawanna Railroad President Truesdale rejected the switchmen grievance committee demand for a final interview. A strike appears imminent as of July 31 in Scranton Pennsylvania.
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Scranton
Truesdale
The
Lackawanna Railroad
Bryan to expose Hearst animus after nomination notification
Lincoln Nebraska July 31 William J Bryan plans a sensational attack on motives behind the Independence party. He will publish letters from Hearst agents in 1904 showing tactics to corral southern delegates and an attempted compact with Hearst for future nominations. Bryan declines comment.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Independence Party
Hearst
Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Fairview
Citizens’ Committee
Capitol Grounds
Sheldon
Government
Capitol Parks
Bryan-Kern
Kern
Lincoln Hotel
Congressman Clayton
Denver
Capitol
Gompers
Weather and Water Report for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
La Crosse recorded 62 degrees cool and 84 for warmest with 0 rainfall. Phoenix Arizona led the nation at 106. River levels show La Crosse at 6.5 feet, Prairie du Chien 7.5 feet with declines of .2 and .4 respectively. Forecasts call for generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with minor cooling in parts of Wisconsin and cooler extremes in southeast Iowa.
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la Crosse
U. S
Phoenix
Ariz
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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Fola LA Follette
Pirates
Shanghai
MR. Derr
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Troy
N. Y
Jarvis O'Brien
Russelar County
Gahm Young Mayr
FALLS
Lackawanna
Nebraskan
Bryan Si
Gomper
Laig
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