Reign of Terror Grips Shenandoah in Riots
Shenandoah Pa July 30 A reign of terror grips the town as mob violence injures and kills police and strikers. Deputy Sheriff Beddal and two policemen are shot, merchant Joseph Bedday killed, more than twenty foreigners shot, troops discussed as citizens petition for militia.
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Shenandoah
Centre Street
Joseph Beddal
Beddal
Pottsville
Ferguson Hotel
Associated Press
Thos. Beddal
Philadelphia and Reading
Joseph Bedday
Ammuni
John Fry
Lehigh
Stiney Yacopsky
Riot prompts sheriff to seek troops in Shenandoah
Harrisburg dispatch reports Schuylkill county Sheriff Beddal asked Governor Stone for troops after today’s Shenandoah riot. Additional details on casualties or responsible groups were not provided.
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Harrisburg
Beddal
Schuylkill County
Gov. Stone
Shenandoah
Empire State Senator Platt Sees Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill
Senator Thomas C. Platt and Col. George W. Dunn met with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay on July 30. Platt affirmed that Roosevelt will have a solid New York delegation at the next Republican National convention and that harmony exists within New York Republicans.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
New York State
Thomas C. Platt
New York
Sagamore Hill
Platt
George W. Dunn
Binghamton
Republican State Committee of
Senator Platt
Col
Dunn
Sylph
Pratt
Gov. Odell
Col. Dunn
Empire State
Ray
Sherman
Davies
Odell
Saratoga
Timothy Ea. Woodruff
Woodruff
Republican State Executive Committee
Coe Confesses $120000 Misuse tied to Dudley Mills
Boston July 30 report says Henry F. Coe, treasurer of Bowker Fertilizer and Dudley Hosiery mills, confessed to officers that he took $120,000 in notes. The money, used via Bowker credit to aid Dudley Mills paper, was concealed and exact losses unclear. Coe, 60s to 70s, claims funds went to Newton Lower Falls operation. no action yet announced. Frederick Higginson, new Bowker treasurer, confirms confession.
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Boston
Dudley Hosiery
Newton Upper Falls
Bowker Fertilizer Company
Henry F. Coe
Hosiery Mills
Bowker Company
Coe
Frederick Higginson
Higginson
R.S. Gorham
Newton Lower Falls
Dudley Mills
Manila Bits: Libel Case in Philippine Court Scene
Dr Pardo De Tav era swears out a complaint charging Senor Valdes editor of a Spanish weekly with criminal libel. Valdes published charges and was previously convicted and banished. American libel law allows truth plea and retrial may yield full inquiry. Defendants in Freedom libel case seek jury trial. Felisardo wounded after Cavite fight. seven of Ramos hand captured. Cholera diminishing in city and provinces.
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Manila
Pardo. de Tavera
Philippine Commission
Senor Valdes
Lbel
Valdes
Ladrones
Cavite
Felisardo
Seeven
Ramos
Native Christians in Sze-Chuen Face Daily Massacres
Pekin reports Doctor Canright telegraphs Mr Conger that missionaries in Sze-Chuen have pressed for protection with no response. Massacres of native Christians and destruction of property continue daily while missionaries remain in imminent danger. Foreign office reiterates that the government has the situation well in hand.
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Pekin
Canright
Conger
Sze-Chuen
Foreign Office
Italian shovelers quarrel as one strikes other in Darham
Two Italian coal shovelers employed by the New York New Haven Hartford railroad clashed at work in Dedham today. James Loat struck Raffaele Quinlan on the head with a shovel, wounding him severely and likely causing death. Loat fled.
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Dedham
New York, New Haven & Hartford
James Loat
Raffaele Quinlan
Loat
Fire destroys large Lourdes block. several dead
A Tarbes despatch reports a terrible Lourdes fire menacing the shrine town. The blaze overwhelmed an entire city block before firefighters could stop it, with multiple casualties among residents and pilgrims.
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Paris
Temps
Tarbes
Lourdes
Lieutenant Jossman Killed in Action in Mindanao
The War Department received a cablegram from Manila reporting the death of Second Lieutenant Albert L. Jossman of the 27th Infantry. He died of wounds received in action against the Moros at Bayan, Mindanao. He entered the army from Clarkstown, Michigan.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Albert L. Jossman
27Th Infantry
Bayan
Mindanao
Clarkstown
Mich
Loudenslager Wins New Jersey Congressional Nomination
Woodbury New Jersey July 30 The first New Jersey district Republican convention ended this afternoon with H C Loudenslager chosen as nominee. He received 181 votes while J Alphonse Van Sant garnered 123 votes in the nonpartisan district contest.
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Woodbury
N. J
New Jersey
H. C. Loudenslager
J. Alphonse van Sant
Stolen bicycle recovered in Boston check
Lieut. Donaldson of the inspectors traced and recovered a bicycle stolen July 8 from Albert Hoyle of 88 Mt. Hope Street. He went to Boston yesterday to recover the property.
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Lieut. Donaldson
Boston
Albert Hoyle
Mt. Hope Street
Etta Cook Funeral Follows Tragic Yale Romance
In New Haven a large funeral procession marked the burial of Etta May Cook, a factory girl who died by her own action after a romance with Yale student Alfred Austell. Wealthy supporters attended, with Austell both mournful and central, flowers and a commemorative tombstone planned, and family ties to prominent Georgia figures noted. The narrative links Yale, Havergreen and Grove Street cemeteries with social contrasts as friends and relatives react to the tragedy.
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New Haven
Etta May Cook
Alfred Austell
Yale
Evergreen Cemetery
Austell
Winchester ,Epeating Arms
Young Austell
Newhall Street
Lucy Cook
F. J. Shackleton
Summerfield Methodist Church
Ella Cook
Havergreen
Grove Street
First National Bank of
Atlanta
O. A. Lochrané
Georgia
Swanns
James Swann
Inman, Swann &Co
New York
Alford
Frank Cook
Etta
Thunder Mountain Draws Prospects and Rail Feasibility
The first mail routes to Thunder Mountain from Idaho City signal a growing boom as 2500 miners head into a wild district. Reports tout rich but low grade ores, high prices for flour and salt bacon, and a race to stake claims near Dewey mine and Monumental creek. Rail or telegraph links loom, with Minnesota and Colorado prospectors flocking to a volatile frontier.
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Idaho City
Kansas City Journal
Thunder Mountain
Clear Creek
Bear Valley
Garden Valley
Boise
Thunder Mountain District
United States
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Roosevelt
Monumental Creek
Dewey
Island Turtle Farmer Sums Up Sabine Lake Enterprise
A. Powell on a Louisiana island at Sabine Lake heads a bustling turtle operation. He built large marsh board pens to catch and farm loggerhead and diamondback turtles, using mud floors to deter escapes. Powell has taxed shellbanks and thousands of acres for decades and notes turtles lay many eggs year round.
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New Orleans
Powell
St. Louis
A. Powell
Louisiana
Sabine Lake
Sabine River
Cort
Mr. Powell
Atlantic
Withdrawal order for Russian troops rescinded Manchuria overrun
London dispatch notes the withdrawal order for Russian troops from Manchuria has been rescinded as Chinese robber bands overrun the region. The report adds looting of Russian goods in transit and mentions two Russian merchants in Manchuria were burned alive.
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London
St. Petersburg
The
Daily Mail
Manchuria
Exodus to soft coal fields spreads from Wilkesbarre
The departure of miners from the anthracite region to bituminous fields continues with about 30 men leaving today for Indiana. Officials of the United Mine Workers cannot provide places for all applicants, sparking dissatisfaction among strikers. Around 100 idle miners gathered at President Mitchell's headquarters seeking to move West. A Duryea washery restart attempt drew a sheriff's deputy presence, but no action occurred.
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Wilkesbarre
Indiana
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Duryea
Jacobs
Revenue report shows internal revenue receipts at 271 million
Washington reports the 1902 fiscal year closed June 30 with total internal revenue receipts of 271,867,990 dollars. A 35,023,379 dollar drop in money order taxes follows the partial reduction and repeal of war revenue taxes from the 1898 act.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Burdock Blood Bitters Promise Indigestion Cure
An advertisement claims burdock blood bitters will strengthen the stomach and prevent indigestion, presenting a dietary tonic as a remedy for digestive ailments.
Danforth to face manslaughter charge in fall trial
Boston July 30. Nina Danforth likely to be tried on manslaughter with prosecutors seeking to count jail time as part of sentence. Doctors differ on mental state. her confinement at East Cambridge jail continues as discussions on sentencing and trial proceed amid calls for just handling of the case.
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Boston
Parker
Sanderson
A. T. Johnson
F. H. Krebs
Nina Danforth
Utley
Middlesex
Emery
Webber
Danforth
East Cambridge
Wigs and waves offered at low prices plus executrix notice
An advertisement offers natural wavy wigs and related items at low prices including $2.50 for a switch and $1 for grey switches. The notice declares Elise Gagnon appointed executrix of the will of Joseph A. Gagnon of Lowell, requesting claims and payments to the estate at 689 Merrimack Street, dated July 23, 1908.
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Joseph A. Gagnon
Lowell
Middlesex
Testate
Elise Gagnon
Merrimack Street
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Sen. Platt
Florodora
Native Christians
LT. Jossman
Loudenslager
Ake
Johann Hoff
Eisner & Mendelson CO
Lowell Wala Paper
Church St
Appleton St
George W. Chase
Revenue Report
Rhodes’ New Hair
Es Street
Telephone
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