Thaw Insanity Ruling Keeps Harry Thaw In Matteawan
Justice Mills rules Harry K. Thaw remains insane and denies a habeas corpus writ. He is remanded to Matteawan and custody returns to state authorities. The decision grants Thaw slightly expanded privileges at Matteawan and urges consideration for his mother’s visits while maintaining commitment. A related note reports Stockholm strikes and a riot at Narberg with 22 arrests.
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White Plains
N. Y
State of New York
Harry Thaw
Isaac N. Mills
Stanford White
Matteawan
Thaw
Heat Strains Grand Army Parade In Salt Lake City
Midsummer heat thinned the Grand Army of the Republic reunion parade in Salt Lake City. The living flag was abandoned after 100 children and 20 veterans were moved from the street. about 40 people were treated at emergency stations, with no fatalities. The 6,000 veterans walked four abreast, and 100,000 spectators observed. The Nebraska delegation carried ears of yellow corn.
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Salt Lake City
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Mexican Revolution Plans Revealed in Texas Arrests
Investigators recovered letters and papers after federal officers arrested two Mexican revolutionists in San Antonio. The documents show a plan to invade Mexico with five armies crossing the Rio Grande from Texas points, aiming to strike operations on the Mexican side as early as October.
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Texas
San Antonio
Tex
Mexico
Rio Grande
Swedish Strike Broken in Stockholm Resumes Work
Stockholm reports growing belief that the general strike backbone is broken as workers in various trades return to their jobs on August 12. The move signals diminishing coordinated action and could ease business disruptions in the capital.
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Stockholm
Knapp pleads not guilty in shooting case
Charles Knapp appeared in County Judge Bates' court in Madison Nebraska with a head wound from a self inflicted shot. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of shooting with intent to kill and was bound over to district court in 2000 dollars bail provided by his father. McDuffie represented him while James Nichols led the state's side.
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Madison
Neb
Charles Knapp
Bates
M. F. McDuffie
James Nichols
Washington Park Burning at Camden New Jersey
Smoke and flames engulf Washington Park a Delaware River resort ten miles below Camden as a Baltimore and Ohio Veterans picnic audience of about 4000 witnesses a fatal kitchen grease incident. Cook Miss Jane Dagan died from scalding injuries as the main building and nearby structures burn toward total destruction.
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Camden
Washington Park
Delaware River
Baltimore and Ohio Veterans Association
Park
Misa Jane Dagan
Jeffries Surprised by Johnson Fight Signing in Chicago
James J Jeffries arrived from New York and learned Sam Berger signed an agreement in Chicago for a Johnson vs Jeffries title bout. Jeffries denied authority to arrange the fight in his absence and said the match will occur only with his involvement. He added the date could be soon or later. Jack Johnson was arrested in Chicago for speeding on Michigan Avenue and released on $50 bond with a court appearance pending.
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Plymouth
James J. Jeffries
New York
Sam Berger
Chicago
Jack Johnson
Jeffries
Johnson
Michigan Avenue
Five Die in Hancock House Fire Tragedy
A Hancock Michigan fire killed five members of the Dionne family including Mrs John Dionne and four children. The mother escaped then re entered to save an infant and perished with the child in her arms. Other victims named Edward Peter Amina Racine Dionne ages 8 12 and an infant. The fire occurred while the family slept and the charred remains were recovered from the ruins.
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Hancock, Mich
John Dionne
Edward Dionne
Peter Dionne
Amina Dionne
Racine
Dionne
Felton to Lead Chicago Great Western Railways
In St Paul on August 12 Samuel M. Felton president of the Chicago and Alton railway will be formally chosen as president of the Chicago Great Western upon reorganization. Receiver Burt announces his retirement from all connections with the road. Swedish Strikers Return to Work in Gothenburg with foreigners sent home as most workers resume duties.
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St. Paul, Minn
Samuel M. Felton
Chicago & Alton Railway
Chicago Great Western Railway
H. G. Burt
Stockholm
Sweden
Gothenburg
Flathead Land Drawing Opens With Early Winners
The Flathead Indian reservation land draw began in Coeur d Alene Idaho with 2500 claims to be allotted. Among the first names drawn are Joseph Furay of Warsaw Indiana C T Brownell of Desmet Washington and Ralph R Tower of Sisseton South Dakota.
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South Dakota
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Flathead Indian
Montana
Flathead
Joseph Furay
Warsaw
Ind
C. T. Brownell
Desmet
Amateur flier Willard makes two flights in Herring Curtiss
Minneola L. L. Aug. 12 Charles Foster Willard the amateur aeronaut staged two successful flights in an Herring Curtiss plane. He completed a two mile circuit landing within fifty feet of the start and then flew an S shaped path about four miles landing ten feet from the start. The final flight reached eighty feet in height.
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Minneola
L. L
Charles Foster Willard
Aeronautical Society
Willard
Settlement Reached Over Northwestern Wreck Case
In county court C. E. Burnham administrator of Aaron C. Anderson and J. E. White of the Northwestern railway with Burt Mapes arranged a settlement with Mrs. Anderson widow. She receives 5000 pounds in cash while the railway pays funeral expenses costs of administration and attorney's fees. Mr. Anderson, a Northwestern brakeman, died from injuries sustained in a wreck at Stuart and succumbed later at Atkinson.
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Madison, Neb
C. E. Burnham
Aaron C. Anderson
J. E. White
Northwestern Railway
Burt Mapes
Northwestern
Anderson
Stuart
Atkinson
Battle Between Special Police and Strikers At Fort William
A noon clash on the docks near the Canadian Pacific railway boarding house left eight men wounded including Sergeant Taylor and Times and Journal reporter C M Dickinson. John Ball CPR police chief was probably fatally wounded. Militia arrived and the riot act was read to quell the disturbances.
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Fort William
Ont
Sergeant Taylor
C. M. Dickinson
Times and Journal
John Ball
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lincoln Lad Kills Playmate in Accidental Shot
Walter Strayer nine years old was shot in the forehead and killed by his playmate Philip Whitt in Lincoln on August 12. The revolver used was a .38 caliber. The Whitt boy is eleven. Both families say the shooting was accidental.
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Walter Strayer
Phillip Whitt
Lincoln
Whitt
Ballinger Roasted as Land Entries Restored at Irrigation Congress
Spokane reports a heated clash between Ballinger and Pardee at the National Irrigation congress. Pardee praised Roosevelt while attacking Ballinger for reopening public entry of lands once withdrawn for water power, arguing the lands should be held for the people.
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Ballinger
Roosevelt
Spokane
Wash
Ballinger-Pinchot
National Irrigation Congress
George C. Pardee
California
Richard A. Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
George Turner
Washington
Pardee
Garfield
One Man Dead in Mine Strike Clash at McKees Rocks
A deadly clash at McKees Rocks during a strike ends with Steve Horvat dead after a confrontation with Major Smith, a black worker attacked by a mob of two dozen strikers who mistook him for a strikebreaker. Smith fired in self defense and was arrested.
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Pittsburg
McKees Bocks
Steve Horvat
Major Smith
Hidden Wealth Found in Pittsburg Hermit’s Shanty
Police uncover gold silver and paper money totaling £50 000 hidden in trunks bags stockings and rafters of a derelict hut belonging to Peter Liebauch a German hermit. He is to be arrested for profane language toward girls and the funds will be placed in a bank with a guardian appointed by the department of charities.
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Pittsburg
Peter Liebauch
Leibauch
Department of Charities
Expert disputes self-inflicted death in Sutton case
In a court of inquiry into Lieutenant James O. Sutton Jr.s death the witness Dr Edward M Schaeffer of Washington demonstrated how, in his expertise on gunshot wounds, it would be impossible for the lieutenant to have fired the fatal shot into his own head, outlined by the mothers representative.
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Antapolis
MD. Rue
James ON. Sutton, Jr
United States Marine Corps
Sutton
Leutenant
Edward M. Schaeffer
Washington
Destructive Fickle River Devastates Monterey
In Monterey Mexico the Santa Caterina river burst its banks flooding San Luisito district. Fourteen lives confirmed dead with estimates up to fifty. Over 6,000 houses wiped out and most remaining structures heavily damaged in the impoverished area.
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Monterey
Mex
Santa Caterina
San Luisito
Chinese Minister Wu Tingfang Recalled to Peking
The Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang has been recalled from Washington and ordered to Pekin for further assignment. Chang Yin Tang will succeed him as deputy vice president of foreign affairs. Mr. Wass is now in Peru, previously credited to that country with the United States.
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Washington
Wu Ting Fang
Pekin
Chang Yin Tang
Madrid
Foralen Affairs
Wass
Peru
United States
Darien Indians Seek Admission to Colombia
Bogota reports that Cacique Taapa quina, leader of the Darien Indians, is in Togota seeking formal adhesion of his tribe to Colombia. The Darien people inhabit a Caribbean coastal strip that became Panamanian after independence, and while nominally recognizing Colombian sovereignty in the past, they have avoided taxes and resisted officers, leaving their country a practical empty shell.
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Bogota
Cacique Taapaquina
Togota
Columbia
Carribbean Sea
Paneran
Wrs
Terese
Boy Perishes In Quicksand Near Peoria
Adam Ross eight son of Nicholas Ross of Peoria died during a fishing trip when he waded into Farm creek near its mouth with the Illinois river and was swallowed by quicksand in a fatal accident reported August 12.
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Peoria
Adam Ross
Nicholas Ross
Farm Creek
Hlinois
Deaths and Infants Paralyzed in St Paul Outbreak
Five deaths and forty seven reported infantile paralysis cases to date with seven new cases recorded yesterday.
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St. Paul
Health Department
Moors Shelled After Balloon Find in Melilla Action
A captive balloon report near Melilla uncovers two new Moor camps shelled by Spanish artillery. Moors retreat with casualties. Balloon intel says enemy now 10,000 strong. advance delayed until railway to Atalayón is finished amid cannonading at Alhucemas and Penon de La Gomera.
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Melilla
Ines
Mellilla
Morocco
Marina
Atalayon
Alhucamas
Ci Morro
Penon de la Gomera
Ranka
Senators to Tour Western Reclamation Projects
United States Senators Chamberlain Oregon Carter Montana Warren Wyoming Flint California Poynter Kentucky Borah Idaho formed the senate committee on Irrigation and began a two months tour of reclamation projects in the west and northwest starting in Chicago on Aug 12.
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Chicago
United States
Chamberlain
Oregon
Carter
Montana
Warren
Wyoming
Flint
California
Poynter
Kentucky
Borah
Idaho
Senate Committee On Irrigation
West
Northwest
May Strike in Chicago Fears Grow as Talks Fail
Chicago August 12 new conference between street car unions and company officials failed to yield a concrete offer. Union leaders demand 30 cents per hour within two years, company proposed 20 cents for veterans. North and West Side lines promised a definite offer today. City officials warn a street car strike appears almost inevitable.
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Chicago
Betwen
Mitten
City Revny Company
Muckley
Southside Street Car Men's Union
Huckley
Ain
John Roach
North and West Side Lines
Welter J. Fisher
M. B. Herley
City Traction
Nebraska Weather Forecast From Chicago Bulletin
The United States Weather Bureau bulletin for Nebraska predicts generally fair weather tonight and Friday with showers in the eastern portion tonight. Temperatures range up to the mid 80s with cooler conditions elsewhere as indicated by the report issued from the Chicago station.
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Nebraska
A. m
S.ees
Cseensae
Bargneter Co
Chicago
United States Weather Bureau
Wilkie declines Chicago police chief post
John E. Wilkie, head of the federal secret services bureau, declined to accept the position of Chicago police chief. The Aug 12 report notes his decision after consideration and states no other candidate has been announced.
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Chicago
John E. Wilkie
Federal Secret Services Bureau
Allied Banks Draw Scrutiny Over Affiliated Failures
Comptroller of the Currency Murray orders national bank examiners to report banks with affiliations to state institutions or shared buildings. Past failures revealed solvency issues hidden by transferring assets among allied institutions until joint exams exposed the problems.
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Washington
Murray
National
Baker proposes independent Panama line plan to curb freight rates
Bernard N. Baker outlines a report to President Taft on alleged Panama railroad and Panama Steamship Company discrimination. He urges government aid through mail contracts to foster independent coastwise steam lines connecting with the railroad, while avoiding government operation of ships.
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Panama
Baltimore
Bernard N. Baker
Atlantic Transport Steamship Lines
International Mercantile Marine Company
Taft
Panama Railroad
United States
Panama Steamship Company
Baker
Arapahoe Breaks Tallshaft Drifts Off North Carolina
The Clyde line steamer Arapahoe from New York to Jacksonville and Savannah broke her tallshaft and sent a wireless report she was drifting helplessly off Beaufort North Carolina. The Huron arrived to assist and stand by as rescue operations were considered.
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Beauport
N. C
Arapahoe
Clyde Line
Jacksonville
Savannah
New York
C. D. QQ
Diamond Shores
Huron
Train Engineer Whis ker Drowns After Tunnel Crash
John W. Whis ker, engineer of the Hover division train, fell into the Hudson River after a collision in the Park Avenue tunnel. Seventeen people died in the January 1992 wreck. He had been indicted for manslaughter and later acquitted in trials.
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New York
John W. Whisker
New York Center
New Haven
Park Avenue Tunnel
Hudson River
West Fortieth Street
Live Stock and Grain Market Report from South Omaha
Live stock and grain market news from South Omaha dated Aug 12 shows cattle receipts 2,700 with a steady market, hog receipts 4,600 with prices up to 7.60 and a top of 7.40, and sheep receipts 6,700 with strong demand for muttons and feeders.
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South Omaha
Cattle and Hogs Market Figures From Chicago and Texas
Market summaries show receipts for cattle at 2,000 in Chicago with a steady trend, hogs 14,000 and 10 to 60 cents higher, and sheep 10,000 with a generally steady market. Prices range across steers cows and heifers calves and various hog and lamb categories, reflecting mixed regional activity and day’s demand.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Reports Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Cattle receipts about 2500 with steady to strong tone. Hogs receipts around 14000 with market up about ten cents. Sheep receipts near 10000 with steady market. Also daily movement of produce shows receipts and shipments for flour wheat corn rye barley and oats. Car lot receipts list wheat corn oats with contract grade shares and total Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth receipts.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
Omaha Grain Market Prices August 12 1894
Omaha reports close of grain trading with detailed bid prices for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye across multiple grades. Values include No 2 hard wheat 99c No 3 hard 93 4c No 4 hard 90 14c No 3 spring 1.00 and various corn oats and rye quotations from Norfolk Nebraska and Chicago markets.
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Omaha
Norfolk Grocery Prices Today
Prices for staple products in Norfolk are listed with various items highlighted. The notice references oats and other common groceries with payments described, reflecting the local market in Norfolk.
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Norfolk
Clie Tw
Orato Co
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Harry K. Thaw
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Sy Ny
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McDuffie
New Jersey
Berger
Babe
Felton
Great Western
Burt
Flathead Land
Ralph R. Tower
Sisseton
Ontario
Lincoln Lad Kil
Mekees Rocks
Pennsylvania Malleable Company
Pressed Steel Car Company
Horvat
Smith
Beauport, N. C
Georgia
Marietta
Willard Webb
Nogra
Brown
Allanta
National Live Stock Commission Co
Stock Exchange Building
South Oma
Associated Press
Associated Preas
Beeves
Western
Omaha Grain Market
H. E Gooch
Bishop Block
Dee Teehee
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