McKinleys Leave Washington for Canton Home Visit
President and Mrs. McKinley depart Washington for Canton to spend the heated term with Mrs. McKinley showing weakened health yet cheerful. They travel on private cars Olympia and Hungary, joined by Cortelyou and Dr Rixey. Weather is sultry but not expected to harm her condition.
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Kington
McKinley
Washington
Canton
Buffalo Exposition
Cortelyou
Dre P. M. Rixey
White House
Olympia
Hungary
Aged farmer shoots wife then kills himself
Des Moines Iowa July 6 retired farmer from Atlantic Iowa F A Brackett killed his wife and then shot himself in their room at their daughter's home 202 West Ninth street The tragedy was discovered at ten o clock when Mrs Powell went to call her father and mother Brackett 68 years old died from a gunshot to the forehead and his wife lay on the floor with a bullet hole in her temple Heat and ill health were blamed for the act.
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Des Moines
F. A Trackett
Atlantic
Otis B. Powell
West Ninth Street
Brackett
Four Negroes Hanged At Vernon for Murder
A Vernon Florida crowd of about 2000 witnessed the execution of Belton Hamilton John Simmons Jim Harrison and Will Williams for the murder of a helpless man and near fatal attack on his wife. Each man professed innocence and claimed passage to Heaven before the trap dropped. One neck broke others died by strangulation. Also reports: a Milwaukee wreck likely fatal to a brakeman Henry Rhoda and destruction of five cars. Polo Missouri fire destroys business district including bank. a sailboat collision near Escanaba results in one death, others saved.
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Chiptey
Fla
Vernon
Belton Hamilton
John Simmons
Jim Harrison
Will Williams
Vergon
Milwaukee
Sentinel
Mosinee
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul
Henry Rhoda
Wisconsin River
Minnesota News Highlights Crime Hoppers and Tragedies
Robbery by a hypnotist at Hanska ends with a $108 theft, later recovered, while a deadly grasshopper pest appears to be dying off in multiple counties. A cave‑in buries two men digging a lake drainage trench near La Grand, killing them. Leprosy victim Ole Kinseth hangs himself, leaving a note of relief. A mixed brood hatches from a barnyard nest when a quail adds eggs to a hen’s clutch near Ashton. Marriages within six months of divorce face a Duluth court ruling. Also reports: a Medford farmer’s son killed by a train, a Minneapolis hip fracture undiagnosed for a week, a Duluth embroidery shop, Pipestone fire practice accident, and a Buffalo exposition move for the Third Regiment.
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Medford
J. A. Nash
Minneapolis
John Frueh
Switzerland
Pipestone
Dan Majority
Hook and Ladder Company
Minnesota
Harry S. Wagner
Lydia
Poe
Mat Cera
Nation and World News Snippets From The Era
Gen Gomes says Cuba may join the United States. France forms a large fleet for Mediterranean maneuvers. The Newark completed a 46 day voyage Hong Kong to New York. Boer resistance shifts toward guerrilla tactics in South Africa. Herman Hauser died from injuries after a Brooklyn bridge jump in 1889. Alfred Vanderbilt buys Sagamore Lode and 1500 acres on Shead Lake Adirondacks. The president considers appointing George S. Roberts to succeed Comptroller Dawes. Robert Heardmin, 25, killed by lightning near Pana Illinois. Temperance leaders push abstinence professorships in universities. William Branschback commits suicide after accident near Morrisonville New York. Druggists suffer swindler schemes poisoning medicines. Guam prisoners establish their own government with Gen Rio del Pilar president. The European squadron to be reestablished under Rear Admiral Cromwell. Chicago to host Baptist Young People’s Union convention July 25. Chicago’s Coliseum to host gathering. The cruiser Chicago to be flagship. Samuel W Allerton plans largest stockyards on island in Allegheny River near Pittsburgh. Davenport mill burns destroys machinery and mahogany stock. New York bank cash holdings show shrinkage of 159,000. Bloomingston residents hold Lake Miller fishing festival. Amalgamated association strike prep meeting in Chicago. A million unionists expected. Kim Johns and 17 year old niece murdered in Turner Arkansas burned building.
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United States
France
Mediterranean
Newark
Adirondacks
George S. Roberts
Dawes
Robert Heardmin
Pana
Ill
England
William Branschback
Morrisonville
New York
Guam
Rio del Pilar
Cromwell
Chicago
Samuel W. Allerton
Allegheny River
Pittsburgh
The
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Coliseum
Bunker & Marks
Davenport
Bloomingston
Lake Miller
Amalgamated Association
Kim Johns
Turner, Ark
Johns
Boston Moves to Suppress Irish World for Flag Contempt
Boston police order suppression of this week’s Irish World from Boston newsstands after a Detroit image shows Uncle Sam with an inscribed flag. Massachusetts statute is cited against defacing or showing contempt for the national emblem.
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Boston
Massachusetts
New York
Detroit
Uncle Sam
WHI Be Contested in New York Probate Battle
The Journal and Advertiser reports executors of Jacob S. Rogers will contest an $8,000,000 dispute involving heirs and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a prerogative court fight at Trenton New Jersey. Executors say litigation will delay distribution and seek court orders for management and investment, planning to bring the case before the chancellor promptly.
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Journal and Advertiser
Jacob
Rogers
Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York
Trenton
N. J
William Pennington
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