Battle for Ciudad Bolivar Ends in Government Victory
After three days of house to house fighting in Ciudad Bolivar the government forces under General Gomez and General Rivas captured the city from revolutionaries. The fall followed heavy artillery bombardment. ninety four rebels were found dead inside the Zamora fortress and the Sovietlike carnage marked the end of the siege. The rebels retreated or died as government troops sealed all routes to the capitol.
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Soledad
Venezuela
Gomez
Ciudad Bolivar
Capitol
Sovernment Commandere
Castro
Rivas
Merniez
Castro Mat Caracas
Oelock
Customs
Dalton Block
Clerk Steals $300000 in Buffalo Defalcation Case
A confidential clerk and trusted bookkeeper in a Buffalo law firm faces a growing defalcation sum reported at $300000 and rising. Real estate players and banks aided schemes including converting a 2000 foot Elmwood district tract into a parkway. The clerk confessed when confronted and offered restitution. the firm delays legal action to resolve affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Elmwood
Dora Wright Hanged for Murder of Seven Year Old Annie Williams
Dora Wright was hanged here for the murder of Annie Williams, a seven year old girl. She mounted the scaffold without tremors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
M’allister
I. T
Dora Wright
Annie Williams
Narrow Escape at Anderson Indiana Plant
In Anderson Indiana a strong wind wrecked the north ell of the Ames Tool Company plant killing the roof of corrugated iron and damaging machinery. About 100 workers had just left the area and escaped serious injury though badly frightened. Debris remained and damage estimates could not be made immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Ames Tool Company
Roosevelt Moves Back From Urging Kishineff Petition
Washington reports say the state department received a Russian reply stating Russia will not receive or consider the Jewish petition on Kishineff. The move ends U S efforts to press the matter on the Czar, with Secretary Hay’s diplomacy shaping the outcome and public reception viewed as a rebuke to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Russia
Riddle
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Hay
United States
China
Manchuria
Roosevelt
Wireless Telegraphy Visit Aims to Cover Indiana Gas Belt
H L Fortune of New York representing the Forrest Wireless Telegraph Company tours Kokomo and nearby cities. The firm has completed a Detroit to Cleveland wireless line with highly accurate trial results and plans to establish a plant in Indiana to serve the gas belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Kokomo
Ind
H. L. Fortune
New York
O. E. Forrest Wireless Telegraph Company
Gas Belt
Detroit
Cleveland
Terre Haute Fearful of City Fire Plot
Terre Haute Indiana residents fear a planned arson attack on the city. Police posted at major livery barns and business districts as threats of lynching arise if firebugs are captured.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Carrie Nation to Speak at Vigo County Fair
W. E. Greene of the Terre Haute Trotting Association received a letter from the manager of Mrs. Carrie Nation offering her for an attraction at the Vigo county fair. Nation would lecture from a stand in front of the grandstand during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
W. E. Greene
Two Murderers Shot Down in Basin Lynching
A wave of lawlessness grips northwestern Wyoming after lynchings at Basin. Jim German and Walters are killed by masked mobs while Sheriff Fenton seeks militia aid to move prisoners to Basin as tensions rise near Thermopolis. Deputy Pierce dies in the jail assault.
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Red Ledge
Mont
Jim German
Walters
Hoover
Hot Springs
Basin, Wrye
Pierce
Wyoming
Moffett
Manana and Wyoming Telephone Company
Fenton
Big Horn County
Thermopolis
Big Horn
Basin
Meade
Gorman
Sheenman
Ben Minnick
Sheriff Fenton
Lander
Whittaker to Lead Jeffersonville State Reformatory
A general shake up is planned at the Jeffersonville Indiana State Reformatory as W H Whittaker is slated to become superintendent on August 1 M M Barnard deputy warden of Michigan City State prison is named for assistant superintendent Charles C Ribelin who has held the post since John H Aley resigned after Joseph C Byers was appointed superintendent
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Jeffersonville
Ind
State Reformatory
W. H. Whittaker
M. M. Barnard
Michigan City
Charles C. Ribelin
John H. Aley
Joseph C. Byers
France May Sell Isles Rumor Reaches Tahiti Claim
A Wellington to Daily Mail dispatch notes a rumor that France plans to transfer its Eastern Pacific possessions to the United States. Paris officials in Paris deny knowledge of any war or colonial plans related to Tahiti and other islands.
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London
Wellington
N. S
Daily Mail
Papette
Tahiti
New Zealand
France
Pacific
United States
Paris
Hoist with His Own Petard in Maine Sideshow Death
Bridgewater Maine special report: Bill Griffin a sword swallower died from injuries in a sideshow accident at Lautell circus. He slipped while handling a long knife and the blade pierced his windpipe. Griffin died after intense suffering.
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Bridgewater
Bill Griffin
Lautell’s
Griffin
Train collision injures excursionists at Union Station
Reports say an excursion train at Cincinnati Union Station collided with a backing Baltimore and Ohio train. Several passengers were fatally injured or badly hurt as the eleventh and twelfth coaches suffered major damage while trains were halted to prevent further harm.
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Ously
Cincinnati
Union Station
Queen & C
Jacent
Baltimore & Ohio
Sheriff Stops Sunday Prize Fight Near Perrysville
A Danville and Cincinnati boxing match ended in a draw after a foul in round five. Sheriff James A. Swayme of Vermillion County halted the event, foiling a planned cross-state bout near Foster. The crowd of about 2060 dispersed, praise for the sheriff’s courage spreading in Perrysville.
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Perrysville
Ind
Danville
Warren County
Foster
Steve Crosby
Louisville
Joe Keller
Cincinnati
Crosby
James A. Swayme
Vermillion County
Newport
Crosby-Keller
Sheriff Swayme
Illinois
Swayme
Fountain County
Gessie
Sheriff Williams
Williamsport
Williams
Arrested on Wedding Eve In Winfield Indiana
Thomas Jester, a restaurant operator, was arrested on forgery charges related to two checks made out to Stephen Cox and Jesse Cox. He planned to marry a prominent city woman the next day, but funds for the wedding led him to forgery. Jester waived preliminary examination and was sent to Noblesville for trial.
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Winfeld
Ind
Thomas Jester
Stephen Cox
Jesse Cox
Jester
Noblesville
Russia Ready to Fight Amid Cold War Tensions
The dispatch notes Moscow signals willingness to engage in ongoing hostilities as tensions rise between East and West. It cites a Chinese cable indicating strong determination from Russia to confront challenges, reflecting a hardened diplomatic stance.
Death of Pope Leo XIII Looms Over Rome Ceremonies
The Pope Leo XIII death is announced in Rome with the Sacred College and papal court in attendance. Diplomats, the papal aristocracy and nephews witnessed the dying pontiff in the death chamber as doctors pronounced the final expiring breath. Funeral plans extend over nine days with embalming in the throne room and interment to follow in St. Peter's Cathedral and St. John Lateran basilica. Cardinal Orezlia becomes senior in the sacred college amid Vatican preparations for a late August conclave likely to welcome an unexpected new pope. Washington dispatches Secretary Hay’s cable to Cardinal Rampolla expressing the US’s deep sorrow.
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Rome
Leo XIII
Sacred College
Papal Court
Papal Library
Lapponi
Holy Father
Sacred College of Cardinals
Leo
Cathedral of
St. Peter's
Basilica
St. John the Lateran
Orezlia
Tepe Leo
Cardinal Qreglia
Vatican
Cardinal Moran
Sidney
Washington
Hay
Cardinal Rampolla
Fourth of July Fatalities and Lockjaw Toll Across Midwest
A Chicago study reports 52 immediate Fourth of July deaths in the Midwest with 167 later deaths from lockjaw and 4000 injured feet. Most victims are boys aged 6 to 16. Through Tuesday night 41 lockjaw deaths had occurred in Pennsylvania. Henry Watterson’s claim of 500 annual holiday deaths seems not exaggerated.
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Chicago
Middle West
Pennsylvania
Henry Watterson
Government cash registers deal under Beavers case
Investigation shows 527 cash registers were supplied to the Post Office Department by Brandt-D automatic Cashier Co of Water town Wisconsin. The grand jury in Brooklyn indicted George W Beavers over a contract for 250 machines amid payments of 50 dollars per unit to the company and 50 dollars in commissions. Government records indicate 150 dollars paid per machine while market price was 125 dollars.
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Washington Special
Post Office Department
Brandt-Dent Automatic Cashier Company
Watertown
Wis
Grand Jury
Brooklyn
George W. Beavers
Roosevelt Hopes for Early Financial Action at Extra Session
President Roosevelt says he wants quick action on remedial financial legislation at the extra session that opens November 9. Senator Lodge, returning from Oyster Bay, confirms discussions on the Cuban treaty and the intended fiscal measures, with committees expected to begin work during the recess.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Congress
Sagamore Hill
Alaskan Boundary Commission
London
England
Cork
Commission
New York
Alaska
Senate
Committee of Finance
House Committee On Banking and Currency
German Steel Trust Forming Influenced by American System
Berlin interest grows as Thyssen & Co approves the plan for a great German steel trust modeled on the American system. The move follows concerns over British policy and the impact of Mr Chamberlain’s customs approach on colonial trade.
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Berlin
Thyssen & Co
Mr. Chamberlain
Muncie Boy Seeks Pardon From Alabama Convict Mine
Fifteen year old George Hinton, sentenced for a boyish trick, lies dying in a convict coal mine in Alabama. Muncie residents rally to petition for a pardon before the lad perishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
George Hinton
Alabama
Saul's disobedience and the lord's rejection in Gilgal
The passage recounts Samuel rebuking Saul for sparing the Amalekite spoil, insisting obedience is better than sacrifice. It covers Saul's claim of obedience, Samuel's warning, and the divine rejection of Saul as king for rebellion and stubbornness.
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Gilgal
Jordan Valley
Asher
Samuel
Saul
Isreal
Agag
Amalek
Jehovah
God
Carmel
Cey
One Spontaneous Joke by Robertus Love Revealed
The Baltimore American notes that Robertus Love, secretary treasurer of the American Press Humorists, once told a spontaneous joke on a train near Baltimore. Onlookers asked if they were in Baltimore’s outskirts, and Love quipped in the tunnel that they were “the underskirts.”
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Robertus Love
The
American Press Humorists
St. Louis
Love
Baltimore
Mr. Love
All Kinds and Conditions Poem Fragments
A garden is this world of ours where fate scatters many seeds. Some may pluck the bonnie flowers and some must crop to pull the weeds.
Faith Mrs O Hara Twins Appert Lampoon Motke
Fragmentary dialogue excerpt with Gaelic or regional speech. Mentions Faith Mrs O Hara and a child named Motke. Context unclear. Harvard ends the fragment. No clear event or reportable action.
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