Pattison Dies Ex Governor of Pennsylvania at Overbrook
Ex Governor Robert E. Pattison, twice chosen governor of the Republican state and once considered for the presidency, died at Overbrook near Philadelphia from pneumonia. The Maryland native rose through city office, served as controller, and was a perennial presidential possibility who faltered after the St Louis convention. He fell ill after a convention chill.
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Meat Strike Unchanged as Packers Seek Full Operation
Chicago August reports show both sides bolstering defenses for a new week of drive in the meat strike. Over 1000 new workers, including skilled laborers, arrived to aid plants. By products of slaughter were at risk until firms secured sufficient skilled help to run all divisions by week’s end. A fight at the Nelson Morris plant left one non-union man dead after a dispute during dinner.
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Train held up near Delhart by masked robbers
A Rock Island eastbound passenger train No 4 was stopped about ten miles from Delhart at Logan by three masked men. A Delhart posse led by Sheriff J N Webb surrounded the robbers by evening with a capture expected.
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DASTARDLY GRIME IN GEORGIA
Savannah report on the Hodges family murder near Stansboro. Will Cato and Paul Reed, two Black suspects, are in custody as investigators link robbery to the killings. A severed sequence suggests Mrs Hodges and her 9 year old daughter Kittie were assaulted before death, then the house set afire.
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Stansboro
Deportation Fallout Sparks Bid to Return Miners
Colorado officials and Western Federation of Miners seek court orders to allow deported Cripple Creek miners to return home. Lawyers draw papers for possible federal injunctive relief to stop Citizens' Alliance and owners from interfering. Sheriff Bell warns reopening union stores or deportees could trigger violence.
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Record Admissions at World's Fair Reach 5.66 Million
World’s Fair management reports weekly admissions for the period ending July 30 total 551 845, up from 512 150 last week, bringing the grand total since opening to 5 657 577. Yearly breakdown lists daily counts for April through July with a cumulative figure.
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Murderer in Chicago Commits Death in Jail
Frank Benedetto who killed his wife in a jealous rage hanged himself in his county jail cell after a week of mental anguish and continual weeping and prayer.
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Multiple Fires and Disasters Hit 19th Century Cities
A gas explosion in Russell Park hotel Chicago injures seven. Fire razes Shilbest Mercantile Campa San Fratrisco causing heavy losses. Slight & Allen dry goods store in Columbia SC destroyed with 64000 at risk. Romanian drought threatens harvest with export ban. Rev J J Stoop to chair philosophy at Grinnell College Iowa.
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M. VON PLEHVE LAID TO REST
M VON PLEHVE, interior minister, buried after assassination. Emperors and empress mourn with widow and children. Funeral in St Petersburg with mass, procession, and thousands in attendance. Police report a Paris Vienna anarchist plot connected to the murder and a successor not yet named.
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A New Picture of Signor Marconi
Signor Marconi, famed for wireless telegraphy, has not yet established a transatlantic system but has kept Atlantic steamships in constant touch with world news during voyages.
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Port Arthur siege confusion and Far East war updates
Reports from St. Petersburg outline a critical front as Kuropatkin faces a Japanese enveloping advance led by Muroki Nodzu and Oku. Haicheng, Liao Yang, and Port Arthur sides show heavy fighting, potential retirement or battle, with varying signals on Japanese progress and Russian defenses. Two sailors drown in Lake Erie after a fishing accident near Cleveland.
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Bandits Attack Portage Coal Pay Car. Two Hurt
Three highwaymen fired on a buggy carrying about $3000 to Puritan coal mines near Portage Pennsylvania. Driver Charles Hayes died from buckshot wounds and paymaster Patrick Campbell was fatally or seriously wounded. Pursuits by 800 men concentrate around Cedar Swamp as the trail runs cold and volunteers search the laurel swamp for the suspects.
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