Killing of Baron Von Ketteler Confirmed in China Crisis
Shanghai reports confirm German minister Baron Von Ketteler was murdered by native troops around June 18 at Pekin amid the China crisis. Other foreign ministers were said to be alive but in danger as the legations faced destruction and the situation remained fluid.
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Washington
Nodvices
State Department
Goodnow
Stanghal
Pekingden
Kelly
Pekin
Tuan
United States
Pe- Sin
Peleth
Taku
Kempf Hias
Tientsin
China
Offelala
Ketteler
Shanghai
Con von Ketteler
von Atteler
Pee Legations
Yung Lu
Emresa
Put Money In Thy Purse Sirs Upentic Purse Ad
Advertorial rhetoric promotes Hood Sarsaparilla as a remedy for tiredness and sluggish blood. It asserts impure blood causes lassitude and energy loss and claims Hood Sarsaparilla purifies the blood and restores vigor. The copy emphasizes reliability and promise of no disappointment.
Platform and silver coinage debate at Democratic convention
Kansan City reports ongoing struggle over a silver coinage plank at the Democratic national convention with factional splits led by New York figures and southern delegates. Governor David J. Hill and aides arrive from St Louis and proceed to Lincoln, Nebraska to align with Mr. Bryan.
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Bryan
Lincoln
Senator Hill
New York
Tammany
St. Judge
Jones K. Jones
Rrov
Stone
Missouri
Chicago
van Wyck
Selves
Campau
Kansas City
David J. Hal
JS. Mekwan
Albany
St. Laul
Ehh
Lincolth
Mir. Brant
Gold cargo arrives in Seattle from Alaska by steamers City of Seattle and City of Topeka
Ships City of Seattle and City of Topeka brought a large consignment of gold to Seattle Washington from Alaska. Officials report the voyage as a routine commercial transfer and no disruptions occurred.
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Seattle
Wash
Sundsey
Alaska
City of
Topeka
Fuseli and Northcote Rivalry in Sketches and Witty Exchange
An 18th century anecdote recalls the painter Fuseli fond of sarcasm toward friends and his rival Northcote. Northcote praises Fuseli’s Judgment of Solomon with a witty quip while Fuseli predicts success with Hercules and arrow, muttering adjustments and encouragement as he paints.
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Fuseli
Northcote
Solomon
Fuself
Acton
Nan Child
Fusell
Lercules
Plute
Northcate
Jupiter
Eughod Tlome
Peasants Hibernate in Distant Russian Winter
An official report from the Russian bureau of statistics notes that some peasants in famine zones hibernate like animals. They bed on a flat stove, replenish the stove and live on a reduced bread and water ration. They keep still to conserve energy in a dark quiet hut through winter.
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Russian Bureau of Statistics
Paskov
Russia
Forrey's Kidney Cure Promoted for Women's Ailments
Advertising claims that kidney disorder causes many female weaknesses and that Forrey's Kidney Cure aids most women. The text targets female readers and druggists with promotional language.
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Forrey
Fire Fiend's Work Destroys North German Lloyd Ships
New York reports a massive blaze at Hoboken docks destroying three docks and several North German Lloyd steamers. Property losses top ten million dollars with 3000 to 400 injured, many seized by hospitals in New York Jersey City and Hoboken.
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New York
North German
Lloyd Steamship Company
Hoboken
N. J
Bremen
Lloyd Line
Thingvalla Wne
Lloyd Company
Ihe
Trix
Jersey City
Lloyd Hoe
Hospitala
Germany
Boston
Saale
England
Lfe
Civil Service Exams Proposed in the Philippines
The American Philippine commission studies replacing army officers with civil service personnel for civil duties and asks Washington to send examiners to the Philippines to conduct civil service tests alongside those in the United States, aiming to form a Philippine civil service board.
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Manila
American
Philippine Commission
Washington
Philippines
Philippine Civil Service Board
Memphis Lawyer Lowery Uames Released From Ohio Prison
Columbus July 2 Lowery Uames once a prominent Memphis lawyer is freed from the Ohio penitentiary under a presidential commutation. He was received March 4 1800 on a two year term for retaining fifteen dollars beyond the allowed pension for a client.
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Columbus, O
Indiana unrest rumors quelled by U S army reports
Gov Lind received a telegram from Consular Agent Frisbee at Ratportage Cot stating improving conditions among the Indiana along Rainy river. Army headquarters dismiss reports of a threatened uprising and say there is no danger of an outbreak.
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St. Paul
Train collision injures Agnes Evanfeldt in Ohio crash
In a head end collision of two passenger trains on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern near Remington Ohio, five miles west of Loveland, Mrs. Agnes Evanfeldt of Cincinnati was seriously injured with a cut in the forehead. Ten others were slightly hurt. Property damage was slight.
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Loveland
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
Remington
Here
Agnes Evanfeldt
Cincinnati
Kingston Steamer Para Reports Colon and Panama Quiet
The Para from Colombian ports reports Colon and Panama were quiet on departure and in government hands, though popular sentiment favored the rebels.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Para
Colon
Panama
Baseball Standings and Fresh Game Results
Baseball standings for clubs posted with current game results. Updates show team positions, wins, losses, and recent outcomes across leagues and venues.
Wall of Derricks Near Marion as Oil Boom Grows
Marion Indiana July 2 oil producers in this county and neighboring areas drilled 260 wells in June up from May 258. June output rose to about 4 500 barrels from 3 000 in May with several wildcat wells yielding 100 to 1 000 barrels per day. The region is slowly filling with derricks as production expands.
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Marion
Ind
Anu
Mariow
Csty
Indiana
Indiana Gas Decision Not Harm Gas Supply
Indiana lawmakers and gas officials say the state supreme court ruling limits artificial methods to boost well flow and does not affect gas pumping from wells to pipelines. The reversal concerns only one point about artificial devices, not overall gas supply or transport.
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Grant Circuit
Eld
Chicago Pipe Line Company
Negro who shot town marshal caught in Rockport jail
Eph Great house, the African American who shot Town Marshal Lockard on Grand View streets Saturday, was found by sheriff and posse at a Rockport residence and surrendered without resistance. Lockard survived the shooting amid ongoing excitement.
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Rockport
Ind
Eph Greathouse
Lockard
Grand View
Lockart
Snake nest found after cattle loss in Indiana
Winamac Indiana July 2 Charles Mulhaven a Salem township farmer lost 10 head of yearling cattle bitten by rattlesnakes. Along the Monon ditch banks hundreds of cubic yards of stone have been removed and Mulhaven found one nest containing 28 snakes from one to four feet long.
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Winamac
Ind
Charles Mulhaven
Salem Township
Bit Monon
Wabash Floods Leave Vigo and Vermillion Crops Lost
Terre Haute reports waters of the Wabash receding but corn lands in Vigo and Vermillion counties remain overflowed with extensive losses. Cambridge City notes lightning killed George Schepman aged 19 and shocked grocer Enoil Ebert after a Saturday storm. Rockport records the suicide of George Ben Jer a 26 year old farmer near Tennyson Warrick county, found hanging in a stable. cause unknown.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Vigo
Vermillion
Cambridge City
George Schepman
Joan Schepman
Enoil Ebert
Oame
Rockport
George Ben Jer
Tennyson
Warrick County
Aod
Bridge washed away on Burlington Pike after flood
Logansport Indiana July 2 The new Deer Creek bridge on the Burlington pike, built to replace the one damaged by dynamite in a past incident, was carried away by the recent flood.
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Logansport
Ind
Deer Creek
Burlington Pike
New Trial Refused in Wilson False Claim Case
Shelbyville Indiana July 2 Judge Morris overruled a motion for a new trial in the J Marsh Wilson false claim case. The opinion held the state presented sufficient evidence including explanations of reasonable doubt and that the defendant’s guilt was clear. It noted the $737.50 allowance for $3.61 of work showed the claims were false.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Morris
J. Marsh Wilson
Wilson
Western bottle plants will hire Indiana workers this fall
Muncie Indiana reports that several green bottle factories will start operations in the fall. Principal plants along the Pacific coast will be staffed by Indiana workers. A representative from the San Francisco Glass Bottle Manufacturing company is in Muncie to secure a large workforce, aiming to hire at least 100 men for the western goa unit.
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Muncie
Ind
Pacific Coast
Indhina
Western Company
San Francisco Glass Bottle Manufacturing Company
Goa
Terre Haute Jury Awards 1500 In Wall Case
Terre Haute Indiana July 2 A jury returned a verdict of 1500 in the wall case brought by Hertha Woodruff against the estate of Henry C Jones for services rendered in Jones family She claimed a promise to leave part of the estate in recognition of her services from the time she joined the family until his death but the promise was not fulfilled.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Hertha Woodruff
Henry C. Jones
Jones
German envoy Ketteler killed in Beijing violence
Official dispatches from Shanghai confirm the assassination of Baron von Ketteler in Beijing by Chinese troops on June 5. The German legation and several buildings were set ablaze, with many legation staff and locals reported killed or missing. Fears of wider conflict mount as consuls relay grim casualty figures and the possibility of foreign reprisals.
Automobile service linked Senegal and Niger by French cars
An automobile service has started between the Sengal and the Niger. The automobiles are of French make and are run by Frenchmen. Toe Asthma Su Terere, Lawson Elvidge of Barrington Ill, says he was cured of chronic asthma by Foury's Honey and Tan. It gives relief in all cases of asthma and robs the disease of its terrors when not completely cured. Take no substitute. All druggists.
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Sengal
Niger
Lawson Elvidge
Barrington
Ill
Foury
The Eminent Kidney and Bladder Special in Cure Claims
A vintage notice extols Dr Kilmer’s kidney and bladder remedy, claiming it cures Bright's Disease and other urinary troubles. It touts a true specific, promises free samples and a book, and lists Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York as the source.
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Bright
Kalenawereere
S Root
Sakel
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Military and labor events sweep early 20th century china and america
Rear Admiral Philip dies prompting Capt Merrill Miller to resume command. Col Roosevelt visits Oklahoma City for Rough Riders reunion. Amalgamated mills close nationwide. Sioux Falls endures major hotel fire. Northbean Lasos scouts report 30 rebels killed and one American dead. Eastern Kentucky coal dealers hear wage rise and anticipate August strike. Chicago bridge collapse injures Mantey family. baby dies. Texas court upholds Cain and Roy Stevens sentences for Henderson county killings. Russian China tension and Persian Kurdish raids complicate regional conflicts. Adna B Chaffee sails to command U S troops in China.
Mrs Lincoln Praises Dr King’s New Discovery
Widow of General Burnham of Maebias Maine overcame pneumonia with Dr King’s New Discovery after three doses she slept well and the medicine cured her consumption. The drug is advertised as a remedy for threats to chest and lungs with trial bottles free at C D Knoefel’s drug store.
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Burnham
Maebias
H. Lincoln
C. D. Knoefel
Rough Riders Reunion Opens in Oklaherow City
The opening day of the Rough Riders reunion in Oklaherow City, O. T., July 2, saw cooler weather and packed trains. Visitors and several tribes including the Sac and Fox, Pawnee, Cheyenne, and Delaware camps gathered around town to join the event.
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Oklaherow City
O. T
Rough Riders
Fire destroys Detroit Journal building and presses
A fire gutted the Detroit Journal building yesterday destroying the mechanical, business and editorial outfit while the presses only suffered water damage. Total loss is about $75,000, covered by insurance. The Journal issued today from The Free Press building.
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Detroit
Detroit Journal
Free Press
Advance to relief delayed by Flooded Prah river
Prasha in the Gold Coast Colony reports July 2 that Hodgson relief forces advancing via Fumsyv are stalled as Prah river overflow leaves roads six feet underwater, delaying the advance of Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson.
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Prasha
Gold Coast Colony
Africa
Frederick Mitchell Hodgson
Prah
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Weds Princess Von Hohenberg
Reichstadt Bohemia July 2 Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Princess Von Hohenberg formerly Countess Chotek wed in the castle chapel in a ceremony attended by the archduke’s and princess’s closest relatives.
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Reichstadt
Bohemia
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Princess von Hohenberg
Chotek
Young man ends engagement over graduation prize
A Pennsylvania youth breaks an engagement with his girlfriend after she wins the oratorical prize at graduation. Cured bronchial trouble claims Fo. ey’s Hovey appears. Chas E. Davis of Chicago praises Fo ley’s Hovey for relief after years of ailment. Take no substitute. All druggists.
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Pennsylvania
Chas. E. Davis
Congress St
Chicago
Fo.ey
Hovey
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