Peace questions question of contraband in Great Britain
In The Hague August 1 American and British delegations discuss periodical meeting terms for the conference and possible combining proposals. The US accepts seven years with extraordinary convocation if needed. Britain seeks protection against Germany. allies abandon contraband. France opposes, Spain abstains. Both nations agree on an amendment to a general court of arbitration allowing withdrawal with six months notice.
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Hague
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Spain
Fire in Insane Wards at Pittsburg Insane Pavilion
A blaze at the Marshalsea insane pavilion, twelve miles from Pittsburg, started in the laundry and spread to adjacent wards. One worker Samuel Means was killed, two others injured, and fifty nine violent patients were moved to safety as two fire trains responded with multiple engines.
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Pittsburg
Marshalsea
Famuel Means
Collfre
Ward arraigned on manslaughter charge in Edith Presley death
Detroit August 1 Representative Charles E Ward speaker pro tempore and Ways and Means chair was arraigned in police court on a manslaughter warrant linked to a criminal operation that caused Edith Presley death in April. Bail set at 3000, examination scheduled for September 6.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles E. Ward
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
Edith Presley
State Senate
Ward
Stein
Peruna touted as workingman aid in letters from Topeka and Pine Town
A Topeka carpenter Victor Patneaude and Rev J G Dukes of Pine Town report Peruna restoring health and strength after long illnesses. Patneaude says two years of Peruna let him return to work and Dukes notes his wife’s color and vitality improving plus their child’s improved health after starting Peruna.
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Victor Patneaude
Madison Street
Topeka
Kas
Knights and Ladies of Security
J. G. Dukes
Unitarian Church of
Pinetown, N. C
Suspects Arrested In East Ninetieth Street murder
Three men were detained after detectives tentatively identified the murdered woman found under an East Ninetieth street areaway. They claimed the likeness matched a woman known to them but recanted after viewing the body. An autopsy described severe mutilation and fatal injuries.
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New York
East Ninetieth Street
H Lowever
Alee
Woman in Mine Case Exposes Deception in Washington
Mrs Susie Pavle posing as a man worked with her husband Steve Pavle in Cecil mines for three years. Injuries from a mine accident led to discovery and his arrest for employing female help. A separate item notes Hannorah Sullivan, ninety, died in Milton Indiana after being found on her floor a week earlier.
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Washington
Oman
Cen
Pavle
Susie Pavle
Cecil
Steve Povle
Pavie
Hannorah Sullivan
Milton
Ind
Priest Indicted in Armenian Extortion Conspiracy
Four indictments rest against Father Levant Martoogessian an Armenian priest accused of leading a conspiracy to rob wealthy Armenians and murder Tavshanjian the rug merchant. Police hope Redros Hampartzoomian who killed Tavshanjian will reveal blackmail ties. a Lowell Mass trap may illuminate the case.
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New York
Levant Martoogessian
Tavshanjian
Redros Hampartzoomian
Hampartzoomian
Lowell
Mass
Mires
Martoonessina
End of Duluth Strike Reopens Ore Dock Work
After over two hours of discussion the Duluth Mesaba and Northern railway officials and striking ore dock men approved a final letter proposal and the dock workers voted to return to work. The strike ends in Duluth Superior and likely Two Harbors with resumption of mining on the range anticipated by steel officials.
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Duluth
Milach
Minn
Aue
Sinking Land Threatens Panama Rail Corridor
Sinking land around Lion Hill in Panama near the Black Swamp endangers a rock fill over the marsh. Freight trains are blocked within thirty feet of the failure, disrupting traffic on both ends of the Isthmus and making passenger service irregular.
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Panama
Colon
Lion Hill
Marah
Black Swamp
Lion Hilwank
Murder theory rejected in Laura Matthews case
The coroner's jury ruled Laura Matthews died from gunshot self defense within a personal crisis. Amos R. Rumbaugh shot himself days earlier and was cleared of homicide. Chicago reports quote Mrs Jennie Matthews and C A Coey disputing suicide claims and urging murder.
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Jennie Matthews
Chicago
C. A. Coey
Laura Matthews
Colorado Springs
Kansas City
Coey
Tillie Green
Matthew
Rumbaugh
Miss Matthews
Britt Edges Nelson In Fast San Francisco Decision
Jimmy Britt of San Francisco defeated Battling Nelson of Hegewisch MI by decision after twenty rounds in San Francisco. The bout featured rapid exchanges with Britt displaying superior form from start to finish, Nelson rallying late but unable to avert defeat as the final bell saved him from a knockdown.
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Jimmy Britt
Battling Nelson
San Francisco
Nelson
Hegewisch
Uut
Rin
Ope
Britt
Lritt
Methodist Camp Meeting Opens in Lafayette
Lafayette Indiana August 1 Tattle Ground’s annual camp meeting under the Northwest Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference opens this evening with an address by Dr George W Switzer president of the camp meeting association and a sermon by Dr J W Mahood of Sioux City Iowa More than five hundred people are on the grounds and cottages are filling rapidly.
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Lafayette
Ind
Tattle Ground
Northwest Indiana
George W. Switzer
Tataette
Camp-Meeting Association
J. W. Mahood
Sioux City
Indiana girl repels four attackers in Elwood fist fight
Katherine Moneyhan, attacked by four men, fought back with fist and speed, knocking one man down and stopping a fourth before pursuing a suspect and obtaining the others' names. She spared the assailant after he pledged to stop the tactic.
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Elwood
Ind
Katherine Moneghan
Rebecca Smith Absence Triggers Estate Stakes in Lafayette
In Lafayette Indiana a case filed last night seeks to declare Rebecca Smith legally dead if she does not appear before the circuit court. Her estate, valued in the thousands and held in a local bank for over sixteen years, would then be placed under an administrator. Smith was last seen January 7, 1891, and relatives fear for her fate while seeking court action filed by relative David Skiles.
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Lafayette
Ind
Rebecca Smith
David Skiles
Swamped by letters Keziah Wright farm labor lure draws replies
Elwood Indiana August 1 Keziah Wright the farmer seeking farm laborers with high pay room and board has been flooded with mail. One letter requests contact information while about a dozen propose marriage to his daughter. Responses largely come from Ohio Pennsylvania and New York with many inquiries about wealth and his daughters. An Indianapolis dispatch notes Marie Weaver an eighteen year old factory worker slumped in despair after injuring her back in a baking factory fall and subsequent strain on ligaments.
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Elwood
Ind
Keziah Wright
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tlingis
New York
Indianapolis
Tenth Street
Mayer
Dn Charse
Marie Weaver
Accidental shooting near Otterbein hospitalizes farm harvester
May Cause Death Lafayette Indiana Aug 1 Willam Schick twenty years old was brought to St Elizabeths hospital in serious condition victim of an accidental shooting on George Allens farm seven miles northwest of Otterbein He worked as a harvester with Chance Jewell fourteen who was present at the time of the incident.
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Lafayette
Ind
Willam Schick
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
George Allen
Otterhein
Chance Jewell
Revolver Accident After Field Walk Ends Friendship
Two boys who had been friends for years left the field at six after Jewell showed a new revolver. The weapon discharged injuring Schick with a bullet in the left shoulder. In Elkhart Indiana Governor Hanly spoke at a Chautauqua assembly defending state sovereignty and opposing federal overreach in labor, inheritance tax, and state affairs.
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Jewell
Schick
Hanly
Elkhart
Ind
Chautauqua Assembly
Keveridge
Roosevelt
State finances show varied receipts in quarterly totals
Indianapolis reports the fiscal quarter closes with state receipts totaling about 42 000 dollars from domestic and foreign corporation fees auto mobile license fees court reports and miscellaneous income Interest adds around 95 dollars Sid Conger notes summer quarters run lower due to inspections Ed V Fitzpatrick and Tees on court accounts reveal specific balances Joe Fanning plans retirement from Indiana politics Bernard Korbly tipped as possible Fanning successor A railroad commission meeting seeks to enforce the full train crew law with porters as flagmen opposed by rail labor Cy Tavis considers congressional candidacy Wing addition to the court house facility planned at 500 000 dollars and to be built promptly
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Indianapolis
Secretary of State
Sid Conger
Mr. Conger
Ed V. Fitzpatrick
Railroad Commission
Wre
John C. Williams
Vandalia
Train Derailed Near Jonesboro Kills Man, Burns Engineer
A Mobile & Ohio line fast southbound train derailed between Jonesboro and Mill Creek injuring several and killing Edward Williams of Jackson Tennessee. Engineer A A Wilde of Jackson was fatally burned, with Wilde scalded as the engine overturned. One car burned after the wreck.
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Jonesboro
Mobile & Ohio
Here
Mill Creek
Edward Wiliams
Jackson
Tenn
A. A. Wilde
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