Millionaire Snell. Tascott's Thrilling Klondike Confession
An Adirondack era tale from Victoria B C recounts a dying confession by Tascott, once linked to the Snell murder, detailing a long pursuit across the Americas and a claimed penance in an unmarked Alaskan grave. The story follows prospector Philip Robertson and the discovery of a climactic confession amid a remote cabin setting.
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Victoria
B. C
Snell
Tascott
Philip Robertson
Robertson
Klondike
Fairbanks
Dahl River
Uren
Blunders Enrage Czar Over Russian Campaign
London cable reports the czar is furious with the Russian Far East campaign leadership. The Telegraph’s St. Petersburg correspondent says Viceroy Alexeiff and General Kuropatkin are near dismissal, blocked only by fear of public opinion. Kuropatkin faces relentless enemy pressure and home criticism for slow advances and war preparations.
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London
Cear
Far East
Alexieff
Kuropatkin
St. Petersburg
Telegraph
Skyridoff Returns to Port Arthur as Finnish Admiral
Report says Admiral Skrydloff has entered Port Arthur aboard a coasting vessel and now commands the squadron there. He is preparing the fleet for an outbound dash to sea.
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Shanhai
Skrydloff
Port Arthur
Ito Himatsu Arrives in Chicago with 1.12 Million in US Funds
Japanese merchant Ito Himatsu travels to Chicago from New York with a split-leather valise holding 1,120,000 in United States money. He plans to present the funds to the Mikado to aid in defeating Russia, signaling a bold wartime political gesture.
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Chicago
Ill
Ito Himatsu
Forty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
New York
United States
Russia
Horrible death of child at Metamora asylum cesspool
Veloria Declang, a child inmate at the Catholic orphan asylum in Metamora, fell into a cesspool Tuesday morning. Attendants arrived too late to save her or the other children who had been trying to recover the body.
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Bloomington
Ill
Veloria Declerg
Catholic Orphan Asylum
Metamora
Grand Jury Probing Schafer Murder in Bedford
Bedford Indiana special report notes Judge Wilson resumed sessions to empanel a grand jury in the Miss Sarah Schafer murder case. Prosecutor Miller attended. ex-prosecutor Palmer declares he will reveal all to the panel but will not prosecute or disclose details publicly. Palmer promises a mass of information within three weeks for the grand jury to consider.
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Bedford
Ind
Wilson
Bloomington
Sarah Schafer
Robert G. Miller
Palmer
Miss Schafer
Mr. Palmer
Baltimore Mayor McLane Ends Life Amid City Crisis
Baltimore Mayor Robert M. McLane shot himself at his home on 29 West Preston Street after intense political and reconstruction pressures. His wife of two weeks found him dying on the floor as the city grapples with the burned district redevelopment and council opposition. The 56 year old executive was widely admired across parties and his death shocks Baltimore society.
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Baltimore
Robert M. McLane
West Preston Street
McLane
Mary van Bibler
Baltimore Society
Germany to aid Russia in Eastern question bid
St. Petersburg Telegraph correspondent says an agreement exists where Germany would provide armed support to Russia if needed to deter England and the United States from seeking an international congress on the far Eastern question. The piece also links Russia's easing of anti Jewish laws to Interior Ministry aims to appease American opinion.
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Landon
St. Petersburg
The
Telegraph
Germany
Russia
England
United States
U S Warships Arrive at Tangier Over Kidnapping Case
The US gunboats Castine and Marietta joined cruisers Brooklyn and Atlanta at Tangier for the Raisuli kidnapping case. The show of force by American warships unsettles residents and prompts many to move into the city for safety.
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Tangier
United States
Castine
Marietta
Brooklyn
Atlanta
Raisuli
Lon Perdiscaris
Cromwell Varley
Notable Pennsylvanian Senator Quay Dies After Long Career
Beaver Pennsylvania reports the death of Matthew Stanley Quay senior senator from Pennsylvania. He faced many political battles, was repeatedly challenged by corruption charges, and rose from modest beginnings to wealth. Born September 24, 1852, he served in the Civil War and held numerous offices before entering the U.S. Senate in 1887 and again in 1901.
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Beaver
Matthew Stanley Quay
Pennsylvania
Beaver Cemetery
Senator Quay
Senate
Quay
White House
Roosevelt
Jefferson College
Dillsburg
Beaver County
Pennsylvania Reserves
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Washington
Commonwealth
Philadelphia
United States Senate
McDonald Is Acquitted In Schafer Murder Case
Bedford Indiana special jury finds James Mc Donald not guilty in the Sarah Schafer murder case. McDonald returns home on West Ninth street and says he has no plan to leave the city while his lawyer hints at undisclosed testimony.
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McDonald
Sarah Schafer
Palmer
Pythons Attack Zoo Staff in Central Park Cage
In a locked monkey house cage at Central Park a 12 foot python attack left three zoo keepers fleeing for safety. Head Keeper Peter Shannon and William Snyder were squeezed by the coils while Jacob Cook, keeper of the monkey house, sustained a thumb bite.
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New York
Monkey House
Central Park
Peter Shannon
William Snyder
Jacob Cook
Islands to be sold in Quebec iron rich Magdalen group
An agent has gone to New York to close the sale of the Magdalen Islands by the Quebec government to an American syndicate. The islands hold iron and manganese deposits and valuable herring fisheries. The Dominion government may intervene to prevent the sale.
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Halifax
N. S
Cable
New York
Magdalen Islands
Quebec
Death Penalty for Cutting Wires in Korea
Japanese minister Cable M Hayashi says the Emperor has issued a proclamation imposing the death penalty on all persons caught destroying telegraph lines in Korea, warning severe punishments.
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Seoul
Korea
M. Hayashi
Engagement Breakup Sparks Army Court Martial Prospects
Friends of Caroline Harold report the War Department opened a case after she was jilted by Lieutenant Colonel William L Pitcher. The Secretary of War referred the allegations to Judge Advocate General Davis to draft formal charges for a court martial.
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Washington
Caroline Harold
War Department
Wiliam L. Pitcher
Secretary of War
Pitcher
Davis
Army
Jury Deadlock Ends Gillespie Case in Seven to Five Vote
The Gillespie murder jury failed to reach a verdict seven for acquittal five for conviction after eight ballots. The case is continued to the September term. James Gillespie remanded, Myron Barbour freed on 10000 bond, Carrie Barbour and Belle Seward bound at 7500 each. Prosecutors plan to call two new witnesses and the public faces high taxes and debt amid the long trial.
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Rising Sun
Ind
Gillespie
James Gillespie
Myron Barbour
Carrie Barbour
Belle Seward
Friends of
Barbour
Indiana
German sharp note over slave smuggling to Portugal
Berlin accusates Portugal and Angalo slave trade in southwest Africa. German colonial department cites proof that Hereros sold slaves to Portugal for rifles and ammunition, funding ongoing conflict against Germany.
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Berlin
Portugal
Africa
German Coronial
Angalo
Gulf of Guinea
Germany
Alice Roosevelt Visits St Louis Church Quietly
A detachment of police kept crowds in check as Miss Alice Roosevelt attended Sunday service at First Presbyterian Church. Afterward her departure went unnoticed by most, while about 1,460 women waited in the rain for half an hour hoping she would reappear.
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St Louis
First Presbyterian Church
Alice Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt
Barefoot Walkout Shocks Yale Students Protest Campus Action
Five Yale students walked barefoot from campus onto Chapel Street. They discarded hats coats and vests as part of a protest and a potential faculty rebuke looms.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Chape Street
Dutch East Indies Revolt Suppressed in Java Campaign
The Hague Cable reports a village revolt north of Sidoarko on Java island was crushed by troops. Seventy two rebels were killed and a dozen ringleaders were arrested in the crackdown.
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Hague
Sidoarko
Island of Java
Dutch East Indies
Suicide in Rising Sun linked to Gillespie case
Tom Moore aged twenty living four miles above Rising Sun Indiana on the Rising Sun and Aurora pike hanged himself Tuesday morning. He had been insane over the Gillespie murder case and was found in his home.
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Rising Sun
Ind
Tom Moore
Aurora Pike
Gillespie
Fair Attendance Grows at St Louis Fair
Attendance last week reached 299990, 50000 more than any six day period previously, signaling a strong turnout for the St Louis fair and signaling growing public interest.
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St. Louis
Viscount Evans Suicide Amid Family Strife and Elopement
Ivan Evans known as the Viscount d Oyley and son of Dr John Evans died from a gunshot wound in Paris after eloping with Mme Pflucker a Peruvian woman. The couple’s income was cut off by Evans father and they resided at the Hotel de Rivoli. Evans20s shot himself Monday night and died Thursday after medical treatment.
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Paris
Ivan Evans
d‘Oyley
John Evans
Mme.Pflucker
Young Evans
Thomas Evans
Eugenie
Baltimore
Marquis d’Oyley
Count d'Oyley
Mme. Pflucker
Vichy
Riveria
Evans
Fire in New Orleans wholesale district causes heavy damage
A Sunday blaze sparked by crossed electric wires resulted in about 500000 dollars in damage. The Louis H. Rice saddlery factory Simmonds Manufacturing Company and Meig Brady and Lincoln woodware works were destroyed with several other firms damaged. Insurance coverage stood at 350000 dollars.
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New Orleans
Louis H. Rice Saddlery
Simmonds Manufacturing Company
Meig-Brady and
Lincoln
This Man Leaves Four Families
Louisville report notes cobbler John Dressen died by his own action and four wives appear as claimants to his estate. The first wife wed him in Breuel Germany, the second in Willich Germany, the third in Smithfeld Kentucky, and the fourth in Louisville just a year prior.
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Louisville
John Dressen
Breuel
Germany
Willich
Smithfeld
Local Woman Reports Third Set of Teeth in Owingsville
Sixty year-old Miss Maria Williamson of Owingsville Kentucky attracts attention as she cuts a third set of teeth. Two teeth have already appeared and she has worn false teeth after losing her second set years ago.
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Owingsville, Ky
Maria Williamson
Three Sentenced to Death in Local Murders
Three murderers were sentenced to death Saturday. John Sammons and John Lynch will hang for killing saloonkeeper Patrick Barrett during a robbery at his bar. Frank Lewanowski was sentenced for the murder of his wife. All are set for execution June 17.
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Chadge
John Sammons
John Lynch
Will Wing
Patrick Barrett
Frank Lewanowski
Fourteen Year Old Charged in Mother's Murder
Nathan Sibbets of Jacobs Creek is arrested in Trenton New Jersey as a fourteen year old charged with murdering his mother a washerwoman. The body was found concealed in the attic beneath blankets.
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Trenton
N. J
Nathan Sibbetts
Jacobs Creek
Drowned Irish Comedian in Wisconsin Rain Barrel
Ainslee J. Keene once a famed Irish comedian and Civil War veteran drowned in a rain barrel in Waukesha Wisconsin. Heleaned over to dip water and fell in unable to free himself.
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Waukesha
Wis
Ainslee J. Keene
Wright machine crash ends Dayton flight test in 30 feet
The Wright flying machine crashed in Dayton Ohio on Saturday due to its gasoline engine. The craft rose twelve feet, traveled thirty feet, then fell breaking the propeller and ending the test.
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Dayton, O
Wright Flying Machine
Torpedo Boats Lost at Port Arthur
Tokio Cable reports intercepted Russian correspondence during the Port Arthur siege stating several torpedo boats were blown up by mines just outside the harbor around mid May.
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Port Arthur
Paris Cable Jewels Sale Draws Amateurs
The sale of Princess Mathilde’s jewels attracted a good crowd on Saturday in Paris. The total proceeds reached $66,210 with a notable lot of 22 bluish white brilliants sold to Falkenberg for $25,000.
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Paris
Mathilde
Falkenberg
Bryan Delegates Sweep Nebraska Conventions for Bryan
Lincoln Neb Saturday Democratic county conventions across about a quarter of Nebraska counties endorsed W J Bryan for delegate at large to St Louis and affirmed his position with scarcely an exception.
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Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
W. J. Bryan
St. Louis
Is Tom L Johnson A Dark Horse For President
Cleveland observers weigh Mayor Tom L Johnson as a possible Democratic presidential candidate with William Jennings Bryan backing him. Reports say Bryan may thrust Johnson’s name at the St Louis convention to rally support as Nebraska’s nomination did earlier.
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Cleveland, O
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
St. Louis
Czar Withdrawals in Manchuria Toward Peace
London reports Minister Lessar informed Prince Ching Russia would evacuate Manchuria on moderate terms, demand a lease of Ili territory, and seek railway concessions to Kiakta. Move seen as step toward talks with Japan and end to hostilities, affecting prestige and relations.
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London
Paul Lessar
China
Prince Ching
Manchuria
St. Petersburg
Daily Express
Russia
Ili
Kodldja
Chinese Turkestan
Sungari
Japan
Express
Lessar
Chiang
Kalgan
Chinese
Mongolia
Kiakta
Lake Baikal
Gould Has Corner on Ducks in New York Trade
Howard Gould demonstrates a strong market position by supplying ducks to elite New York hotels and restaurants. He operates a duck farm on Long Island and has built a renowned brand that commands widespread demand among upscale establishments.
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Gould
New York
Howard Gould
Long Island Place
Five Million Loss at Hoboken Fire Destroys Piers
A Sunday blaze on the Jersey shore of the North river destroyed seven Delaware, Lackawanna & Western freight and coal piers. Starting from a barge at Pier 12 with hundreds of oil barrels, flames spread to six other piers and nearby canal boats and tugs, incurring five million dollars in damage.
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New York
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Jersey
North River
Pier 12
Hundreds of Skeletons Found in Russian Loft
Local police in Tazil report the discovery of hundreds of child skeletons in the attic of a house occupied by an elderly midwife. Officials say the case prompts a murder or grave matter inquiry and investigation into the midwife's past.
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Tazil
Russia
Cabie
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