Dozen Tracys Free as Two Guards Die in Folsom Break
A dozen desperate prisoners escaped Folsom penitentiary at breakfast after a fierce dormitory and office fight. A turnkey J. Cochrane died from a knife thrust while guard William Cotter and Warden Wilkinson were severely injured. The convicts seized arms, killed and wounded several officers, and used officers as shields while marching to armory then fled across the ranch toward Bald Mountain. State militia joined pursuit. most inmates remained at large.
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Sacramento
Cal
Bee
Folsom
Bald Mountain
Pardee
J. Cochrane
William L. Cotter
W. C. Palmer
R. J. Murphy
Warden Wilkinson
Harry Wilkinson
Captain Murphy
Turnkey Cochrane
Cotter
Palmer
Wilkinson
Mormon Bridge
Alabaster Cave
Murphy
Mormon Island Bridge
Overseer McDonough
G John Klensendorf
Guy Jetter
Frn
Rock Quarry
Tony Brown
E Driver
ZL. S. Vertres
Convict Escape Leads to Showdown Near Pilot Hill
After a robbery at the Diehl general store in Pilot Hill, convicts seized travelers and fled into surrounding woods. A militia company is en route and believed to be near the fight as one convict died and A. Scable was wounded. The convicts had earlier forced citizens to join their party.
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A. Scable
Pilot Hill
Diehl
Immigration Commissioner Sounding Alarm on Immigration
Washington July 2 Frank P Sargent immigration commissioner warned of an influx from southern Europe seen as a danger to the country He pointed to large unassimilated populations in cities and urged measures to divert newcomers to labor markets in the south and west He cited last years record immigration totaling 21315 with major shares from Italian Polish Hebrew Scandinavian German Slavonic and Croatian groups and concentration in New York and northeastern states
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Sargent
Washington
Europe
United States
Frank P. Sargent
New York
Masssachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Reliance Chosen Defender of America s Cup in Newport Race
After a race among Reliance Constitution and Columbia, the New York Yacht Club challenge committee selected Reliance as the defender of the America's Cup and decided to discontinue trial races. Morgan and Belmont praised Reliance as the fastest, with times showing her ahead.
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Newport
R. I
Reliance
Constitution
Columbia
Challenge Committee
New York Yacht Club
Messrs. Morgan
Belmont
Bristol
Strikes at Japan as Russians curb New Chwang wheat exports
Russian administration at New Chwang halted wheat exports to Japan amid prior illegal grain shipments from Chinese ports. Japanese ships had been receiving loads from Shanghai and southern ports, signaling war preparation. General Kondradovitch now heads six armed river boats on the Liao, seen as a move to keep New Chwang and river control. Reports say many Russian civilians and soldiers' families are moving to Manchuria in a plan to rapidly colonize the province, with about 100,000 expected before next fall’s evacuation deadline.
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New Chwang
Bellicose Island
Pekin
Japan
Shanghai
Kondradovitch
Liao River
Chiang
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Danny
Finley Burke Dies After Appendicitis Surgery
Council Bluffs lawyer Finley Burke died at Mercy hospital after an appendicitis operation. He was 2 o clock when death occurred and surgeons had little hope of recovery as the disease progressed.
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Council Bluffs
Finley Burke
Mercy Hospital
Finlay
Danville in the throes of race war erupts in violence
Riots left two dead and twenty two injured as mobs attacked jail doors in Danville Illinois. State troops patrolled streets and 100 sentinels guarded the jail while Sheriff Whitlock described exchange of shots with rioters and the mob’s hostile stance toward soldiers.
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Danville
Saturday Night Riot Claims Two in Danville Lynching
A mob of about 600 men lynched an unknown Black man from Bryansville as they pressed on the county jail. James Wilson, accused of brutal assault on Mrs. Burgess of Alvon, Ill, was targeted next but captured by officers and injured by gunfire before the mob swung the second victim from a telegraph pole.
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Danville
John D. Metcalf
Henry Gatterman
Ill
Henry Slade
Pavilion Heights
H. Hines
Otto Heinke
Wilson
Burgess
Seventh Illnois Infantry
Springfield
Whitlock
Cme
Edward Liggett
Liggett
Metcalf
Evansville
Ind
Bryansville
James Wilson
Thomas Burgess
Alvon
Here
Fortress Monroe
Gatteman
Mob assaults and lynching scare after county incident
A mob attacked a county area when a Black man known as Wilson fled after breaking into Burgess Farm House. He was captured and jailed to prevent lynching as three other Black men were beaten. fear and armament rise among local Black residents and refugees from Evansville Indiana.
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Wilson
Burgess Farm
Burgess
Bob Rich
Evansville
Ind
Mystery on the Chicago Platform A Gruesome Box Fatality
Police recovered a mangled body from a rough box found on the Chicago and North Western express platform after eight hours of ambiguity. Witnesses describe a wagon driver and a young accomplice who moved the box to the railing before fleeing. The box remained unmarked and untagged until baggage handlers noticed it and checked records before the corpse was taken to a morgue.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
North Clark Street
Chicago Avenue
Campbell
D. Taylor
Railway
William Riley
Jones Loses Himself After Confessed Murder Disappearance
New York detectives hunting Charles F. P. Jones, who confessed to causing the death of Texas millionaire William Starsh Rice, have failed to locate him. Jones, who gained immunity to testify against Albert Tarrick, was released on nominal bail in 1902 and promised to stay in contact with prosecutors. He returned to Texas, faced scorn in Houston, then Galveston, and later worked under an assumed name on the schooner Raphello before moving to New Orleans. No trace of him remains amidst ongoing proceedings related to the Patrick appeal.
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New York
Charles FP. Jones
William Starsh Rice
Jones
Albert Trarrick
Rice
Texas
Houston
adLicl
Galveston
Millie
San Jancino
New Orleans
Heinze Attacks Daly Bank in Amalgamated Copper Feud
In Helena on July 23 an affidavit by K A Heinze attacks Daly Bank and Trust of Butte as surety for Amalgamated Copper. He claims bank liabilities exceed assets and estimates Amalgamated stock liabilities at 9120 000, a volatile move amid the ongoing Amalgamated litigation. Bank officials dispute the charges noting the Daly estate holds substantial shares and value.
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Heinze
Montana
Helena
Mont
Supreme Court
K. A. Heinze
Daly Bank and Trust Company
Butte
Northwest
Dieinze
Marcus Daly
Deies
Dalyz
Iite Bank
Prent~ Ryan
Daly Bank
Daly
Four Killed in Minnesota Wreck On Chicago Great Western
A head on collision near Vlasaty Siding Minnesota between the Twin City limited and a fast freight killed four crew members and injured about 25 to 30 passengers. Engineers Charles Merkert H Coger and R Helman and passenger Fred Horton died. Fireman Noble and Keene were injured.
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Porter
Keene
Oelwein
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Dodge Center Reading
Vlasgaty
Dodge Center
Hastings
Minn
Limited
Viasaty
St. Paul
Train Hits Trolley Near East St Louis Killing Three
An accommodation train on the Vandalia railroad struck an electric car of the East St. Louis and Suburban Street railway near Lansdowne, three miles north of East St. Louis, resulting in three immediate deaths and about a dozen injuries. Among the seriously hurt are Vincent Higgins and Charles Burkhardt, with eight others sustaining minor injuries. The crash cause is not yet known and all injured were taken to hospitals.
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East St. Louis
Ill
Vandalia
St. Louis
East
Charles Burkhardt
W. R. Miller
Mamie King
Louis Merkle
G. W. Young
Simon Spaulding
Jacob Schilling
Alien Mack
Jacob Lenhart
Elmer Bell
W. D. King
Wreck in Kansas injures twelve with two dead
At Hutchinson Kansas a wreck between an eastbound Santa Fe train and a Missouri Pacific northbound train left twelve injured and two dead. The Missouri Pacific train boarded passengers as it crossed the Santa Fe tracks when the Santa Fe train struck from behind, pushing cars and the locomotive into a ditch. All the injured were on the Missouri Pacific train.
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Missouri Pacific
Santa Fe
Hutchinson
Kan
FLEECED THE WOMEN IN A MASS SWINDLE
Hundreds of women across New York and the nation were duped by a League of Women employment scam centered in Detroit. Advertisements offered local secretaries a $600 yearly salary, with initials checks for $25 and a demand to send $15 to a Cleveland passenger agent. Checks were cashed then protested, leaving victims short by $16 each.
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New York
Detroit
League of Women
Woman Suffrage
National Temperance
Cleveland
Guilty of Peonage in Alabama Case
The jury in the United States v. R. N. Franklin found him guilty of causing Pat Hill to be held in peonage. A fine of 31,000 was imposed and paid.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
United States
R. N. Franklin
Pat Hill
Vatican Conclave Gathers Amid Gibbons Contention
Report from Rome July 2 describes the conclave’s near unanimity in vial handling and a tense discussion over Cardinal Gibbons fate. Ireland’s Cardinal Logue notes Gibbons would be a poor pope choice, given American expectations and Vatican confinement.
Printers Strike Halts Spokane Newspapers
Spokane printers quit Sunday night over wage dispute. The Review Evening Chronicle and Evening Bulletin omitted publication yesterday as unions appeal to a national board. Arbitrators sided with publishers but a split at the national level left the dispute unresolved and workers out. Fireman Elmer Leach in Mason City lost both legs in an accident and likely will die.
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Spokane
Wash
The
Review
Evening Chronicle
Evening Bulletin
National Board of Arbitration
Lynch
International Typographical Union
Driscoll
Publishers’ Association
Mason City
Elmer Leach
Milwaukee
Hutchins
Sioux City and Chicago Live Stock Markets Summary
Market notes show hogs at Sioux City and Chicago with varied quotes. Cattle prices range from cows and heifers to stockers and feeders, while South Omaha and Kansas City report mixed totals and steady to lower trends across hogs and sheep.
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Bioux City
Sioux City
Chicago
South Omaha
Kansas City
Grain Market Quotes From Chicago And Minneapolis
Cash quotations show steady flour and varied grain prices in Chicago with No 2 red wheat at 7044 76c, corn 49c, oats 34 to 36c, and rye around 4c. Provisions list specific prices for lard, shoulders, and sides while butter and cheese show softer and stronger tones respectively. Minneapolis reports close on wheat and oats with No 1 northern and No 2 northern values and flax cash around 940 to arrive.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Glovers
Mess Park
Minneapolis
Enpols
Minn
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Fred Howard
Himself
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Troley
Kansas
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Vatican
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Gibyn
Rampolla
Seraging
Vanutey
di Pietro
Ireland
Leo
Derha
Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Logue
Cardinal Oreglia
Cardinal Moran
Sydney
Celesia
Palermo
Humbert
Pantheon
Victor Emannuel
Margherite
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