Seventeen suspected murders rock Dayton widow case
Mrs. J A Witwer, 47, a Middletown native now in Dayton, is jailed awaiting coroner led inquiry into fourteen suspected killings. Police allege arsenic and copper arsenate poisoning across four husbands five children a sister and four other households where she served as housekeeper. Autopsy results prompted further probes into deaths from a sister and others including a druggist and two households on Best street.
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Dayton
J. A Witlwer
Central Station
Witwer
Anna Wugh
Willwer
Detroit
Fred Bchweger
Igat
J. A. Witwer
Ob Drege
Middletown
Philippines
New York
Wenz
Stowe
Gabler
Best Street
Riverdale
Episcopalian Convention Adopts Worship Canon at San Francisco
The triennial Episcopal convention approved Article X on worship forms with canon-based temporary use for nonmember congregations under bishop oversight. Bishops proposed dividing the Shanghai district into Shanghai and Hankow for missionary efforts. Daughters of the King formed a council to meet triannually. The American Sunday School Institute elected Bishop Talbot president and retained Rev. H L Dubring as secretary-treasurer.
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San Francisco
House of Deputies
Triennial Episcopal Convention
House of Bishops
China
Shanghei
Shanghai
Hankow
Daughters of the King
American Sunday School Institute
Bishop Talbot
Pennsylvania
H L. Dubring
Philadelphia
New Canal Treaty Abrogates Clayton Bulwer Pact
Walter Wellman reports that the United States and Great Britain have agreed to abrogate the Clayton Bulwer treaty and create a neutral Isthmian canal open to all nations in peacetime. The United States would guarantee neutrality, with President Roosevelt to receive a draft for ratification and push for swift Senate action.
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Chicago
Walter Wellman
Washington
The
Record-Herald
United States
Great Britain
Senate
Toto
Lord Salisbury
Ieri Lansdowne
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Seeks Support for New Canal Treaty
The editorial discusses objections to the Hay-Pauncefote convention, arguing the new treaty keeps neutrality with the United States sole guarantor. It notes the US may close, fortify, or control the canal in war and aims for an all American waterway. Britain cooperates liberal ly, prioritizing commerce over war.
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United States
Great Britain
New York
Brooklyn
Massachusetts
Massachusetta
Guantanamo
Oregon
Miss Stone Kidnapping Ransom Extended As Deadline Looms
A Sofia report via Vienna states United States Consul Dickenson and a military envoy plan to follow up Miss Stone and deliver ransom. Brigands delay payment deadline by one month while authorities weigh a possible extension. Christian Herald reports $2,000 raised for Miss Stone’s ransom.
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London
Sofia
Vienna
Daily Press
United States
Dickenson
Mianwtary Society
Miss Stone
Washington
Althoug
New York
Louis Klopsch
The
Christian Herald
Admiral Schley comes under sharp cross questions of bearing
The Schley court of inquiry enters its third week with Hodgson resuming testimony on the July 3 battle in Santiago harbor. He details maneuvers of the Brooklyn, exchanges with Commodore Schley, and signals amid heavy smoke and close action against Viscaya, Colon, Oquendo, and Maria Teresa.
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Washington
Schley
Admiral Schley
Hodgson
Brooklyn
Santiago
Rayner
Lemly
Marta Tercea
Commodore Schley
Oregon
Colon
Cook
Rayer
Xia
Indiana
Texas
Hodggon
Flann
Dewey
Harrather
Folger
Lieut
Dyson
Key West
Lieut. Dyson
Admiral Sampson
Fire destroys Gram building in Marinette city center
In Marinette Wisconsin the Gram building the citys largest locale burned in the early hours of Monday causing an estimated loss of 35000 dollars with some coverage by insurance.
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Marinette
Wis
Gram
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Mallon
Illinois
Choate
Congress
Daily Chronicle
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Misa Stone
Lieut. Hodgson
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Sampson
New Hampshire Avenue
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Sarpson
Albany
Prigeas Collins
Czolgosz
McKinley
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Plymouth
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Sandy Hook
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Moline
Rock Island
Rock
Mullaney Millinery Depath
Fifteenth Street
Fourth Avenue
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