Elliottts Doom Murder Verdict In Ohio Case
The jury found W. J. Elliott guilty of murder in the second degree in Ohio. The verdict spared first degree charges, sentencing by law to life imprisonment. Judge Pugh set the motion for a new trial for next Saturday as crowds reacted with stunned emotion.
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Coltrsts
Elliott
Pugh
Mitchell
Pegg
Clerk Mitchell
W. J. Elliott
Nellie Maroney
W. J. Diote
Fought on Boston Common by Two Teen Ring Fighters
Boston July 29. About 9 p m a private citizen alerted police to a prize fight on Boston Common near the frog pond. Officers arrested Orris Rosenberg 15 a Mutual Union messenger boy and Ike Gordon 16 a flower boy after a large crowd dispersed. The bout began earlier and ended about 9 20 with both youths unhurt. the feud sparked the event.
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Eae
Boston
Boston Common
Frog Pond
Princite
Orris Rosenberg
Mutual Union
Ike Gordon
Fraud charge bill filed against Reading mutual insurer
In Berks county a bill in equity filed by policy holders of Standard Mutual Livestock Insurance of Reading accuses the company of fraudulent intent and ongoing fraud since 1886. The firm, with 2500,000 in outstanding policies, largely serves Philadelphia and parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Court of Common Pleas
Berks County
Standard Mutual Livestock Insurance of
Reading
Mutual Company
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Berkeley Land Syndicate Assigns in Denver
The Berkeley Land syndicate assigns its interests in July in Denver. They owned 110 acres and were active in real estate circles but did not meet anticipated business. Assets and plans are to be continued by the assignee.
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Hallifax
N.S
Bay of Islands
N. F
Pelican Bs
Port Au Port
Newfoundland
England
Struck at a Crossing Kills Four in Carriage
Elmira New York July 29 an Erie crossing near Eldridge Park fatal crash left four dead instantly and two fatally injured. Reverand W White his wife and three children rode in the carriage with Hattie Hastings and Susie McCarty. A freight train had to yield to clear the crossing before the Erie passenger No 6 struck the carriage. White and two young children died. Mrs White and the 2 year old were gravely injured.
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Elmira
N. Y
Erie
Eldridge Park
W. White
Hattie Hastings
Susie McCarty
Mr. White
Lillie
Mrs. White
Official Statement on Saint Maud Railroad Disaster
Paris July 29 official figures list forty three dead and nineteen injured from the Saint Maud railway wreck. Seven more deaths raise total to fifty as inquiry into the collision continues. station master and second engine driver arrested for careless contribution. The victim identified as the Marquise de Montefet is corrected to Madame Blanchy Blanchet of New York.
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Saint Maud
Paris
Sainte Maude
Marquise de Montefet
Madame Blanchy Or
Blanchet
New York
Losing Railroads The Missouri River Threatens St Joseph Lines
The Missouri River erosion near Belmont bend may flood Elmwood, submerging about six square miles and threatening three key railroads. If the river cuts through the Kansas bottoms the line would be unusable for months, severing bridge access and all communication with Kansas farmers, risking severe merchant damage in St Joseph.
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Missouri River
St. Joe
St. Joseph
Belmont Bend
Elmwood
Farming Country
Kansas
Suit for Seven Millions Filed Against Rail Line
The Boston Safe Deposit and Truss company sues the Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago railroad in Covington Ky for 7 345 000 claiming insolvency. A 1888 mortgage on lines from Charleston South Carolina to Ashland Kentucky is cited at 25000 per mile. The trust company seeks sale of the railroad property to satisfy its claims.
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Cincinnati
Boston Safe Deposit and Truss Company
Boston
Mass
United States
Covington
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
Boston Trust Company
Charleston
S. C
Ashland
Bulldozing Skirmish Reaches Rail Hubs Near Omaha
An Omaha special reports Union Pacific has begun bulldozing against Rock Island and St Paul lines. Three locomotives guard the Council Bluffs transfer, wrecked four cars at South Omaha junction to block Rock Island, and an engine patrols the yards. Officials refuse comment.
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ChicaGo
Omaha
Union Pacific
Rock Island
St. Paul
Council Bluffs
South Omaha
Informers Receive Treasury Award For Opium Case
Assistant Secretary Spaulding informed the San Francisco customs collector that Frank Farrell George W Lee and Mr J Conboy receive 252 dollars as 50 percent of net proceeds in an opium seizure case. The draft will be forwarded to the collector.
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Washington
Spaulding
Treasury Department
San Francisco
Frank Farrell
George W. Lee
J. Conboy Az
Department
Mormon Elder Fights Protestant In Bare Knuckles Bout Near Hattiesburg
In HattiesstrG Mississippi on July 29 a six round bare knuckle fight under London prize ring rules ended with E. S. Eastland a Mormon elder defeating Zeke Pierce a Protestant. A ring, referee, and Erie Reever officiated in a regular prize style.
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Hattiesstrg
Miss
London
E. S. Eastland
Zeke Pierce
Erie Reever
Eastland
Recommendation on Chippewa funds for farming gear
Agent Schuler of the White Earth Conservation urges the Indian Affairs Commissioner to divest the $190,000 owed to the Chippen Indians by buying farming implements trees harness wagons stoves and almost every kind of farming utensil. Government may not follow these official suggestions.
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Schuler
Washington
White Earth Rnservation
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Archbishop Ireland and Sioux Agency in the Northwest
In Minneapolis on July 29 Judge Corrigan commits 6-year-old Mary Scholle to state public school at Owatonna. Asher Tatro of the Hamane society rescues the girl from Mary Kister, a Chicago hand organ grinder, who had taken her as collateral for a loan to her impoverished parents. The child endured whippings and coercion as she begged on streets and in saloons until rescue.
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Judge Corrigan
Mary Scholle
Owatonna
Asher Tatro
Hamané Society
Chicago
Mary Kister
Kister
Little Mary
Archbishop Ireland Visit to President Futile in Cape May
The Catholic Bureau report says Archbishop Ireland’s visit to the president at Cape May failed to yield results. Commissioner Morgan notes progress under the new order, with boarding schools planned or expanded at Cheyenne agency, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Flandrean, Pipestone quarry, and Santee and Ponca day schools, as Sioux country builds. The Sioux Commission arrives from Rosebud having secured signatures to move Cheyenne from Pine Ridge, reallocating rations to Rosebud and handling war claims claims totaling up to 50 dollars in damages per the 1888 treaty.
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Washington
Archbishop Ireland
Cape May
Morgan
Cheyenne Agency
Forest City
Pine Ridge
Rosebud
Sioux Country
Flandrean
Pipestone Quarry
Santee
Ponca
Sioux Commission
Sioux City
Sioux Indian Commission
Ozallalla
Potter clays eyed for terra cotta in Dickinson ND
In Dickinson and nearby, capitalists eye clay deposits as promising for terra cotta and pottery. Prof E J Babcock of the state university collected samples for chemical analysis and possible tests at New Jersey potteries. Nearby, lumber mill plans advance to La Prairie with buildings to start around August 1 and operations by December, employing about forty workers. Logs will move via the Prairie River.
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Dickinsox
N. D
E. J. Babcock
The
State University
New Jersey
Mississippi
Minnesota
St. Pau
Leavitt
Meeker County
Fisher
Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad
Greeleaf Lumber Company
la Prairie
Minn
Prairie River
Mania for Walking Grips Iowa Woman Heading to Chicago
Mrs Went Worth of Secor near Eioers Ia has developed a walking mania. She began a foot journey to Chicago on Saturday, reached Marshalltown after a thirty mile walk, and is now in custody. Sheriff Meader pursues transfer to the insane hospital.
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Eioers
Went Worth
Secor
Here
Chicago
Marshalltown
Sheri Meader
Blackleg disease hits cattle near Lyons Iowa
A mysterious cattle illness reported west of here in Lyons County causes swollen joints and dark blood after death, with seven or eight cattle already dead and others believed infected. Local veterinarians identify it as blackleg. Also, a small tornado near Wichita Falls Texas injures two children as houses are leveled or displaced.
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Lyons
Texas
Wichita Falls
Tex
J. T. Lee
Libel suit filed over newspaper defamation in Boston
Correspondents near Bar Hanson report intense activity leading to a $100,000 damage suit. Miss Margherita Arlina Hamm, a one year old, plans to sue the Boston Herald for defamation. She says Mrs. Gores, her attributed attacker, is jealous after an interview with Secretary Blaine at his house.
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Bar Hanson
Evansville Earthquake Shocks Indiana City
A strong local earthquake struck Evansville Indiana at 8 28 pm causing loud rumbling and a violent lateral tremor lasting several seconds. Windows rattled buildings swayed people fled streets churches emptied congregations panicked with minor injuries reported at First Baptist none fatal. Felt in nearby towns across the Ohio River with no damage reported.
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Indiana City
Evansvile
Ind
First Baptist
Courier
Dekoven
Henderson
Mt. Vernon
Ohio River
Colorado Cloudburst Near Idaho Springs Buries Lawson Camp
July 28 reports a devastating cloudburst on the Central railroad above Idaho Springs Colorado. Red Elephant mountain sent a flood that wrecked 370 feet of Colorado Central track and buried the Lawson mining camp under rock and earth. Miner Nathaniel Brooks drowned amid the torrent. An east bound train faced a five hour delay. Two Crow Indians were found dead after a train struck them east of Billings.
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Central Railroad
Idaho Springs
Gooree Town
Colo
Red Elephant Mountain
Narrow Creek
Lawson
Colorado Central
Nathaniel Brooks
Elephant Mountain
Biluives
Mon
Bob Tail Crow
Billings
Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus
Mission Ridge
Freman
Wis Potts
Thomas Burchell
The Gun Wasn't Loaded at Woods Run Picnic
At Woods Run near Wheeling a picnic ended in tragedy when Barney Fahey fired a gun after being told it wasn’t loaded. Sarah McGowan died within twenty minutes while George Weitzel suffered severe facial injuries. Annie Kinney was unharmed. Fahey surrendered and was distraught.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Woods Run
Andy Hite
Barney Fahey
Sarah McGowan
George Weitzel
Annie Kinney
Miss McGowan
Weitzel
Tragic deaths tied to scolding and train jumpings
In LaFayette Indiana 16 year old Jennie Kurtz daughter of Charles W Kurtz was found dead in the Wabash river after being chastised by her father for seeking the attention of Ellwood Good. She left home for work, removed her shoes and stockings, and jumped into the river. In San Francisco three women tourists leapt from a Cham pion Mills logging train in fright injuring Mrs. William Cameron Nellie Prater with a broken collarbone and ribs and Eva Prater with a broken leg and other injuries.
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LaFayette
Ind
Jennie Kurtz
Charles W. Kurtz
Wabash River
San Francisco
Champion Mills
Cal
William Cameron
Nellie Prater
Eva Prater
Russians fear anarchist plot against the czar
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports police fear Anarchists disguised as sailors of the French fleet plan an assassination attempt on the czar. The result is tighter scrutiny of French visitors while Nihilists receive less visible attention.
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Lospon
St. Petersburg
Family Slain as Black Killer Slips From Jail
LexindtosKy July 28 A negro convict named Lexindtos Craiz escaped Cynthiana jail by tormenting the jailer's wife then killed William Conway 33, his father, and Mrs Conway in Bourbon county near Paris. Son Charles 28 tried to disarm him and survived. Neighbors pursuing, Craiz shot, fled to a hay stack and died at sunset. William Conway mortally wounded. Charley may recover.
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Lexindtos
Charles Conway
Tanipa
Charley
William Conway
Starved Foundlings Close Kansas City Home
Kansas City officials reveal the foundlings home backed by prominent locals was run by Mrs. Hinks with two nurses for up to nineteen babies. Between June 27 and July 13 thirteen infants died from cholera infantum, leading to the home's closure after the count fell to five. Former nurse Mary Smith testified babies were starved and neglected.
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Kansas City
Foundlings
Mary Smith
Jealous South Dakota husband shoots wife then kills self
Rapid City reports mechanic J W Sautters fatally wounds wife with a Colt revolver after jealousy and then shoots himself. Wife Saultry likely survives with one nonfatal wound. Separate items note Italians and Poles fighting in Mount Morris, witnesses in the Davis will case, a failed family murder attempt near Sedalia, a suspected murderer captured in Bloomington, a large fire in Los Gatos, a suburban train wreck near Chattanooga, and Charles Spurgeon’s recovery progress.
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South Dakota
Rapid City
S. D
J. W. Sautters
Saultry
Saultrey
Preparations for Battle Near Coquimbo in Chile
Reports from New York July 28 state insurgent forces around Coquimbo Chile converge for an attack. Government troops, aided by transports, push north to engage, while insurgents wait to reach the city before firing. Meanwhile a U.S. horse race at Hawthorne Park ends with a horse killed and jockey injured. Stewart survives after a fall, with Souris valued at 1900 dollars.
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Coquimbo
New York
Chili
Agathy Junatus
Uvattle
Basceda
Congressiona
Boveri
Maceda
Valparas
Hawthorne Park
Stewart
Sonren
Hedgal
Sajing Stewart
Souris
Powder Mill Demolished at Laflin-Rand Plant
Platteville reports the Laflin Rand Powder Company cylinder mill exploded destroying the building and killing the foreman John. A skull fragment is all that remains. cause unknown. Riot in Toronto injures many after public speaking ban sparks disorder. Senator Quay denies retirement plans, calls Philadelphia dispatch false.
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Platteville
Laflin-Rand Powder Company
John
Hi Post
Negroes and Italians Fight Over Italian Wife
Logand county West Virginia battle between negroes and Italian workmen ends with two Italians and one negro killed and several wounded. Authorities report arrests impossible as both sides join and threats of further clashes loom.
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Catlettsburg
Nashville
Logan County
W.va
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