Pope Leo XIII Nearing End Amid Long Illness
Rome reports consults by Dr Mazzoni say the pope’s disease has moved from acute gravity to a possible solution phase given his 93 years. Leo XIII shows marked facial changes, chest unease, and dwindling motor force, with Lourdes waters cited as possible slight improvement. Vatican telegraphs surge, costing about 36000 dollars.
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Rome
Pope Leo
Pope Leo XIII
Lourdes
Vatican
Lapponi
Rampolla
Lockjaw Death Toll Ties Independence Day Observances
Across Pennsylvania and several states, 41 deaths from lockjaw linked to Independence Day celebrations are reported, including seven in Philadelphia. Individual cases include a Goshen boy, Gustave Hostetter’s son, and youths in Topeka, Pasadena, and Portland injured by toy pistols or fireworks.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Goshen
Ind
Gustave Hostetter
Perry Township
Topeka
Kan
Paul Forbes
Pasadena
Cal
Printer Driven to Despair Ended Life in Albany
Albany, July 16. David Shaw, a printer, killed himself by inhaling chloroform last night. He had suffered stock losses and became despondent over his financial outlook.
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Albany
N. Y
David Shaw
Catarrh of the Bowels Most Common in Summer
Mrs. George W. Taylor of Eaton Gibson Co Tennessee recounts six years of chronic diarrhoea cured by Peruna. She credits improvement to the internal remedy, claiming it prevents grave outcomes and enables normal eating. Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio offers a free catarrh book to women.
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George W. Taylor
Eaton, Gibson Co
Tenn
Hartman
Columbus
Wall Street Sees Major Stock Market Break and Panic
In New York on July 16 a broad stock market decline sent prices to new yearly lows after a heavy trading day. High grade issues like St Paul New York Central Union Pacific Canadian Pacific Missouri Pacific United States Steel and General Electric led the rout with drops of four to twenty points and even over fifty points in some certificates. A late rebound followed as shorts were covered and bargain hunters bought, though bankers expected loans to be called in to fund crop movements and warned on rising corporate borrowings.
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New York
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago
Wall Street
Chicago Justice Princi ville arrests bookmakers at Washington Park
Justice Princi ville has signed warrants for the arrest of President Young and Secretary Howard of the Washington Park Club and fifteen bookmakers at the Washington Park track. A search warrant also seeks the bookmakers sheets described as gambling instruments.
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Chicago
Princiville
Young
Howard
Washington Park Club
Washington Park Track
End of Trolley Strike Declared in Bridgeport
Bridgeport Connecticut July 16 Frank Wood of the trolleymen union officially declared the strike of workers at the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company ended after two months. Strikers are permitted to apply for work individually at the company offices.
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Bridgeport
Deputies Seek Dr John Woods and Wife in Ulster County
Kingston deputies search for Dr John Woods and his wife in Ulster County in connection with the William J Best mystery. Authorities believe they are using safe hides and are on alert across the county.
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Kingston
N. Y
John
Woods
William J. Best
Ulster County
Pen
Kentucky Republicans open convention with Roosevelt endorsement
The Kentucky Republican State convention in Louisville roared to life with President Roosevelt endorsed for 1904. Governor Bradley, though not a candidate, drew cheers after Col. Norris Belknap showed strong support for him on a test vote, amid allegations of a push against Roosevelt’s candidacy. Bradley’s floor speech intensified the stir and hinted at a possible Bradley nomination adverse to party splits.
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Louisville
Roosevelt
William O. Bradley
Norris B. Belknap
Bradley
Salvation by Fire Near Sergiev Monastery
A young woman found on the Gulf of Finland beach behind the Sergievo monastery twelve miles from St. Petersburg with severely burned feet and legs. She wore a monk's cassock and said she believed self-incineration was the only path to salvation after reading religious books. She attended services, prepared her funeral pile, and, unable to bear the pain, tried to return home but collapsed. She lay for forty eight hours before discovery. doctors hope to save her life.
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St. Petersburg
Gulf of Finland
Sergievo
Army of Santiago Reunion Arrives in Detroit July 16
Major General William R. Shafter of San Francisco and Major General Joseph Wheeler have arrived for the Army of Santiago reunion. Visiting troops encamp near Woodward and Monterey for the military tournament as members arrive, with hotel Carillas lobby filled with army blue.
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Detroit
William R. Shafter
San Francisco
Joseph Wheeler
Army of
Visitor drowns during Ohio man's summer visit in Indiana pond
Valparaiso Indiana July 16 John Holtzhaur twenty four of Harel Ohio committed death by own action by drowning in Sager s pond He had come to visit his brother a student at college New York July 15 Justice Geiger ich signed a decree of absolute divorce in favor of Edith Bigelow against Poultney Bigelow in the supreme court
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Valparaiso
Ind
John Holtzhaur
Harel
Ohio
Sager’s Pond
New Rorg
Justice Geigerich
Supreme Court
Edith Bigelow
Poultney Bigelow
Political buncombe and races in Indianapolis
A July dispatch from Indianapolis reports heated politics around African American voters, Republican assurances, and upcoming changes at the state committee. It notes police run-ins with car speed, a watermelons feast tradition for state officials, and possible rapid selection of a new secretary with candidates named.
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Republican State Committee
W. H. Whittaker
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Whittaker
Goodrich
Warren Bigler
C. C. Lyons
Fairmount
Arthur Bodurtha
Peru
Frank Bowers
Indianapolis
Will Hough
Greenfield
Jerry Matthews
Fairbanks
Fire ruins Indiana home of Mrs Sadie Clark
Washington Indiana July 16 incendiaries set fire to the home of Mrs Sadie Clark while the family was away. The house and contents were nearly destroyed. Clark is the woman who recently faced a railroad track incident with her ten year old child rescued by William Cooper.
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Washington
Ind
Sadie Clark
Clark
William Cooper
British drive to raise Washington statue in London
London July 16 executive committee of the Pilgrim Club appointed a committee to enact the plan for erecting a statue of George Washington in London. Subscriptions will be confined to British subjects.
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London
The
Pilgrim Club
George Washington
Dyn amite outrage target in Agram shocks Vienna reports
Vienna reports another dynamite attack attempt in Agram Croatia. A bomb weighing two pounds was planted in the home of artist Vu kovac. Residents of Agram are panic stricken amid a series of such outrages.
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Vienna
Agram
Croatia
Vukovac
End of Riot Probe Nears as Grand Jury Hears More
Evansville Indiana July 16 Coroner Matt Walling who has led a week long riot inquiry will finish this evening and may not set a verdict date yet. Many witnesses have been examined by the coroner and the grand jury. Yesterday’s session produced no indictments. Joseph Altman, father of the riot victim, testified yesterday before the coroner.
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Evansville
Ind
Matt Walling
Joseph Altman
Bucket Shop Case Denies Broad Injunction
Indianapolis July 16 Judge Anderson denies the Chicago Board of Trade petition for a sweeping injunction against Indiana bucket shop operators using wire quotations. Court rules the board's transactions are fictitious and not protectable in equity. Suit names about twenty alleged bucket shops, with similar cases pending in other states.
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Indianapolis
Chicago Board of Trade
L. A. Kinsey & Co
Anderson
Indiana
J. H. Baker
Edward Daniels
Wabash wreck near Tolleston injures three crew
Hammond Indiana July 16 a major Wabash Railroad collision occurred at Tolleston between a passenger train and a fast freight. No passengers were killed, but three crew members were badly hurt. The engineer and fireman escaped by jumping. The freight crew were trapped beneath debris as both engines overturned and the baggage coach telescoped.
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Hammond
Ind
Wabash
Tolleston
Tragedy on Rails Claims Two Meister Boys
Sunman Indiana July 16 Harry Meister 16 and Elmer Meister 12 sons of Harry Meister of Spades were visiting uncle Joseph Meister they stepped from the main line to a siding to avoid a freight and were struck by a backing train Harry was instantly killed his head severed Elmer injured losing an arm and a foot with his head badly bruised doctors fear unlikely recovery for Elmer
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Sunman
Ind
Harry
Elmer Meister
Harry Meister
Joseph Meister
Elmer
Mrs Beck arraigned in Muncie for attempted murder
In Muncie Indiana on July 16 Mrs Christopher Beck pleaded not guilty at polices court to the charge of attempting to murder her husband whom she slashed with a razor. Her husband, in critical condition, is said to have provided funds for her defense and she was remanded to jail.
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Muncie
Ind
Christopher Beck
Fatal Gasoline Explosion in Indianapolis Claimed Four More
A deadly gasoline explosion in Indianapolis on July 16 has claimed four additional victims, bringing the summer’s toll to a total of recognizable fatalities. Witnesses describe a sudden blast and ensuing fires, with emergency crews working to secure the area and account for missing residents.
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Idianapolis
Explosion at the moment causes deaths and burns
In a tragic incident Mc Aree Camille Dunn aged two is dead while her playmates Maude Vestal eight Marguerite McAree five and William McAree three sustained serious burns.
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Mome
Cnaries
McAree
Camille Dunn
Maude Vestal
Marguerite McAree
William McAree
Richmond man stabbed during quarrel in July incident
Richmond Indiana on July 16, Harry Libbert was stabbed in the right side during a quarrel with a man named Kofski. Libbert was seriously but not fatally injured. Police seek Kofski who disappeared after the stabbing.
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Richmond
Ind
Harry Libbert
Kofski
Colombia Congress Clarity Shifts Treaty Outlook
Washington reports say Colombian charge Dr. Herran received notices from Bogota that ratification prospects have improved. He cites President Marroquin’s decision delaying a regular session until July 20 next year, due to constitutional rules requiring biennial sessions beginning in 1886. The special session can continue by the president’s will to consider only issues he directs.
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Washington
Thomas Herran
Bogota
Eight Year Old Killed by Falling Brick in Louisville
Emil Gunther, eight, son of Police Chief Sebastian Gunther, died after a brick fell from a third story of a building under construction in Louisville on July 16. The brick struck him on the head and he died within hours.
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Louisville
Emil Gunther
Sebastian Gunther
Two Drowned as Launch Capsizes at Davenport
Clare Licht and Elsie Morey drowned after their launch capsized on the Mississippi River. Four young men in the boat were thrown into the river but saved themselves. In New York a racing breeze aided Shamrock II past the old Shamrock by about a minute and a half near Sandy Hook.
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Davenport
Clare Licht
Elsie Morey
Mississippi River
New York
Sandy Hook
Market quotations at Indianapolis grain and livestock market
Prevailing current prices for grain provisions and livestock listed by Indianapolis Grain and Livestock. Wheat No 2 red strong six cents per bushel, corn No 2 mixed strong, oats No 2 mixed strong, cattle steady between 4.56 and 5.35, hogs strong around 5.25 to 5.49, sheep steady at 2.50 to 3.50, lambs steady at 6.78 per hundredweight.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Liv
Chicago
New York
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