Deed of Aged Brute Beats Girl Then Dragged Her
Fort Wayne, Aug 5 William Hilker a grocer aged about 50 was arrested on criminal assault charges after beating Minnie Reamer 16 into unconsciousness in his wagon and dragging her about two miles before farmers stopped him. The girl lay dying. Hilker defended himself and was captured after a struggle.
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Fort Wayne
William Hilker
Hiller
Henry Reamer
Minnie Reamer
Hilker
Laurier blocks Chicago post office cornerstone visit
Washington reports Sir Wilfrid Laurier declined to accept or even consider social invitations to Chicago's cornerstone ceremony for the great post office. He feared unsafe conditions for the governor general and Cabinet due to U S public sentiment and press. Fitzpatrick met Laurier and pressed for reconsideration, while Laurier favored arbitration of the Alaska boundary dispute.
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Washington
F. W. Fitzpatrick
Treasury Department
Ottawa
Committee of Citizens of
Chicago
West October
McKinley
Governor General
Cabinet of
Canada
Wilfrid Laurier
Fitzpatrick
Wilfrid
United States
Sir Wilfrid
Tired of His Throne De Blowitz Describes Delcasse Mission
Paris correspondent M de Blowitz claims M Delcasse rushed to Russia after Emperor Nicholas, tired of the throne and fearing an heirless czar. He says a Russian legend links succession to Constantinople with Czar Michael, and abdication was planned during a Darmstadt visit, prompting frantic French urging to prevent it.
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Loxsponx
M. de Blowitz
Paris
the Times
M. Delcasse
Russia
Nicholas
Michael
Constantinople
Czarewitch
Hague
Darmstadt
Treaty in Peril as French Opposition Rises
The Franco-American treaty faces strain in France due to strong farmer opposition, threatening government majorities if a treaty issue is raised. In Lancaster Cadet Sigmund Albert, a Hebrew, faces persistent persecution at West Point, and in Susquehanna a man murdered his three children and took his own life, with likely insanity cited.
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West Point
Lancaster
Sigmund
Albert
Academy
Beaten by Boycotters in Cleveland
Lucius F. Mellen ex-superintendent and Humane Society agent was severely beaten by strike sympathizers after riding a so called scab car to a sign shop. He aged 68 is in precarious condition as family kept quiet to avoid further violence. A barber, Charles C. Trieste, was arrested for boycott participation after refusing service to a rider on a Big Consolidated car.
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Cleveland
Lucius F. Mellen
City Infirmary
Cleveland Humane Society
Mellen
Consolidated
H. G. Patton
Pearl Street
Mr. Mellen
Library Street
Charles C. Trieste
Jennings Avenue
Isaacs
Trieste
Sloan Freed. Havana Extradition Lacks Treaty
Lucius L. Sloan of Beaver Pennsylvania was discharged in New York after arrest on a Havana theft charge. Havana police had been notified but did not reply. Counsel argued no extradition treaty exists between the United States and Cuba, preventing return for trial.
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New York
Lucius L. Sloan
Beaver
Havana
Sloan
Cuba
U.S. Officers Accused of Luxurious Cuban Living
A New York newspaper dispatch accuses Governor General Brooke Brigadier General Ludlow Tasker Bliss and Major Davis of drawing extra Cuban revenues for luxury. Havana and American sentiment dispute the claim as misinformed and contrasted with old Spanish era excesses. Meanwhile seven followers of abolitionist John Brown are to be buried beside him at North Elba after a Harpers Ferry burial circuit. President McKinley is expected to attend funeral services alongside other dignitaries. Lady Churchill engagement denied in Cowes as Churchill’s son confirms denial of the rumored match with G F M Cornwallis-West.
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Havana
Aug
United States
New York
Brooke
Ludlow
Tasker Bliss
Davis
LaRanac Lake
N.Y
Jon Brown
Harpers Ferry
Lake Placid
Liberator
North Elba
McKinley
Honors To Hawkins Funeral In San Francisco
The body of Colonel Alexander Hawkins of the Tenth Pennsylvania received final military honors in San Francisco this afternoon. The ceremony was held under Knights Templar auspices with General Shafter ordering a military escort. The Tenth Pennsylvania served as chief mourners and the body will be sent to Washington, Pa tonight with Chaplain Hunter in charge on the return trip.
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San Francisco
Alexander Hawkins
Tenth Pennsylvania
Knights Templar
Shafter
Presidio
Hunter
Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment
Hawkins
Washington, Pa
Blaine Aiken
Washington
Mustering Out Date Set for Tenth Regiment
General Shafter fixed August 22 as the mustering out date for the Tenth Regiment. If carried out the unit may arrive in Pittsburg on Tuesday, August 29.
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General Shafter
San Francisco
Shafter
Pittsburg
Bigelow to lead fund drive for Tenth reception
Pressure grows as E M Bigelow director of public works agrees to head the money raising for the Tenth’s reception. Oliver steel interests donate 500 dollars, and the ways and means committee urges all funds be turned in by next Tuesday to Treasurer D R Torrence.
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E. M. Bigelow
Department of Public Works
Oliver Steel
Ways and Means Committee
E. A. Ford
Pennsylvania Company
San Francisco
Pittsburg
D. RB. Torrence
Gross
Greensburg
Fatal blow by soldiers on Seashore Express at Harrisburg
Five intoxicated soldiers from Camp Meade’s Twenty-eighth regiment boarded the Pennsylvania Seashore Express and refused to enter a car. Conductor Climinson was knocked unconscious and paralyzed on one side. he lay dying in a hospital. Edward Mulligan and James Reilly were arrested. others escaped. The attackers, veterans of the late war, fought at San Juan.
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Climinson
Edward Mulligan
James Reilly
San Juan
Chaplain Milburn Improved After Sunstroke
Lixcouy Neb Aug 5 Rev W H Milburn blind chaplain of the senate, suffered sunstroke but passed a fairly comfortable night and grew improved. He canceled his Epworth assembly engagement and returned home. Charleston Aug 5 James Phelps and Sam Bailey two negroes were hanged in the county jail for murders linked to a police shooting and a card game dispute. Croker to sail for home from Southampton England Aug 5 Richard Croker expected aboard the St Paul bound for New York.
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Milburn
Lixcouy
Neb
W. H. Milburn
Senate
Epworth
Charleston
James Phelps
Sam Bailey
Phelps
Bailey
Croker
Sovuthamprton
England
Richard Croker
American Line
St. Paul
New York
Former Bishop Dead in Loxpox
The Rev. D. L. Lloyd, formerly bishop of Bangor, has died at Loxpox. He resigned his see recently due to ill health.
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Loxpox
D. L. Lloyd
Bangor
Outbreak in Yaqui Indians Sparks Attack and Trials
Brief items report Yaqui uprising in Mexico with rocks hurled at troops in a canyon. Edward J. Rowell, president of the Lowell Courier Citizen, died of heart disease on a Boston train near Everett. C B Kersey drowns after canoe capsizes on Long Lake Wisconsin. Window Glass Works union convention ratifies charter challenges to block sales to trusts. First Lieutenant Bryde of the Ninth New York is dismissed after a payroll padding conviction.
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Mexico
Edward J. Rowell
Lowell Courier Citizen Company
Lowell
Masa
Boston
Everett
C. B. Kersey
St. Paul
Longlake
Wis
Window Glass Workers Association
Philadelphia
Indiana
Bryde
New York
Canal Improvements Bring Cleaner Canal Bed and Boosted Cargo
Akron's Mr. Washington Johnston, a state board of public works member, visits North Erie street to supervise a sluice construction at the canal waste-way south of Tremont street. Opening the sluice aims to wash away obstructions while the northern division reports excellent condition with cargoes of 75 to 80 tons, though grass growth in the channel now poses navigation challenges.
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Washington Johnston
Akron
State Board of Public Works
City
Howard Lucas
Erie Street
Tremont Street
Johnston
Two Died of Fever. Hampton News Briefs Report
Official reports to the marine hospital service from the Soldiers' Home at Hampton show the yellow fever situation remains favorable with no new cases and two deaths at the home. Cor cordon around the home and Phoebus is tight. caution urged against relaxed precautions.
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Marine Hospital Service
Hampton
White
Wyman
Vickery
Phoebus
Rhodes Predicts Peaceful Settlement In Transvaal
Cape Town August 5 Cecil Rhodes expressed belief that the Transvaal difficulty would be overcome in a few months without a shot fired due to mutual moderation. He predicted capital would flow freely afterward.
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Rhodes
Cape Town
House of Assembly
Cecil Rhodes
Transvaal
Indianapolis Ballgame Postponed Over Sunday Law
Inpraxapolis Aug 5 The Indianapolis and Grand Rapids baseball clubs will not play a game here Sunday. Joan W Kern city attorney issued an official opinion directing the superintendent of police that it is his duty to prevent any proposed violation of the law.
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Inpraxapolis
Indianapolis
Grand Rapids
Joan W. Kern
Hanged for rape in Van Buren Ark Aug 4 1900s
John Maxey, a Black man convicted of rape, was hanged in Van Buren Arkansas. He maintained his innocence to the end and, on the gallows, cursed the people of Van Buren for the injustice he alleged they had inflicted.
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van Buren
Ark
John Maxey
Foley's Honey and Tar promotes honest relief for consumption
The advertisement by Rider & Snyder asserts Foley's Honey and Tar offers comfort and relief in the worst cases and promises a cure in early stages without false hopes or exaggerated claims.
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Foley
Rider & Snyder
Nature's remedy for loo seas of the bowels
Advertisement claims Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry cures all looseness of the bowels with no such thing as a summer complaint. The tonic is pitched as a universal cure and ready for use.
Massillon Kidney Cure Ads Cast By Local Readers
A Massillon reader endorses DeWitt’s and Foley’s kidney remedies, recounting personal relief from kidney trouble and back pain after trying pills from local druggists. The letter-plus ads from Rider & Snyder urge Foley's Kidney Cure and DeWitt's Little Early Risers as safe, nongripe remedies with claims of health benefits.
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DeWitt
Geo. H. Jacobs
Thompson, Conn
Rider & Snyder
Foley
Foot Ease and Relief Remedies Advertised for Comfort
An advertising block touts Allen's Foot Ease to loosen tight shoes with a powder and promises instant relief for corns bunions swollen feet blisters and callous spots. It claims ingrowing nails sweating hot aching feet and total comfort as the greatest discovery of the age. Also mentions DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for tortured flesh and other patent remedy pitches with various brand names and trial offers.
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Ailean
Allen
Alen
The Most Fatal Disease and Cure Claims
The fragment describes a claim that a disease is the deadliest and that a cure is guaranteed with funding. It includes an advertisement style testimonial about Minute Cough Cure curing a baby after severe cough and catarrhal symptoms, attributed to B Nacee from Princeton High School, El.
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Nacee
Prion
el Rider & Snyder
Foley's Kidney Cure Endorsed by George C Hickock
George C Hickock testifies that Foley's Kidney Cure has helped him and is the sole remedy he trusts. Rider and Snyder claim to sell the product.
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Foley
Itis
Geo. C. Hickock
Rider & Snyder
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