Notable Deaths and Disasters Across North America
Regt Adm R G Taylor US Navy commander of the Indiana at Santiago dies in Sudbury Ontario. Reports deny a marriage to a widow. A rear end collision near Jeffriesburg Missouri kills one and injures several. Byron P. Humphrey found dead in Lincoln Nebraska. State Bank Examiner closes Mouston Wisconsin bank with 137901 liabilities. Democratic leaders Hill and Murphy reconcile at Esopus. Missouri Rental Co officers arrested in St Louis for fraud. Henry Heusack to be executed Sept 6 unless reversed. Port Arthur rumors recur amid fighting in east Asia. Russia indemnifies German shippers. Plehve assassination inquiry reveals broad conspiracy. Slocum disaster indictments issued in New York. Chicago union leader George Golden arrested for intimidation and later bailed. Korea steamer reaches destination despite rumors. Chicago judge orders stop to race gambling after bookmakers judged. British Premier Balfour on Red Sea incidents. Von Plehve assassination triggers panic. Nihilism fears rise. Port Arthur attack reports from Shanghai and Yokohama. Tokyo Times cites Manchurian army using dum-dum bullets. Explosives found under El Paso Santa Fe station. several injured in Tennessee sawmill blast. Charles Kratz, former St Louis suburb official, reportedly ill.
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R. G. Taylor
United States Navy
Indiana
Santiago
Copper Clif General Hospital
Sudbury
Ont
Perstanaa
Avis
John Reynolds
Shepardstown
W. Va
Rock Island Railroad
Jeffriesburg
St. Louis
Byron P. Humphrey
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Kansas City
Lincoln
Neb
Bergh
State Bank
Mouston
Wis
David Bennett Hill
Charles F. Murphy
New York
Democratic
Democratic National Committee
Tammany
Judge Parker
Esopus
Albert Boenert
Theodore Styner
Phil G. Erb
Supreme Court
Port Arthur
German Foreign Office
Russia
Prinz Heinrich
von Plehve
St. Petersburg
van Sehaick
Fleming
Lundberg
Federal Grand Jury
General Slocum
George F. Golden
Chicago Teamsters’ Union
Vladivostok
Chicago Crand Jury
Barrett
Cook County
Ball
William Church
Warrenton, Mo
Japan
Shanghai
Yokohama
London Times
Tokie
Manchuria
Santa Fe
el Paso
Tex
Bud Durban
Inman
Inman Bros
Minnowford
Tenn
Charles Kratz
St. Louie
Mississippi Bank Deposits Show Surge Across State
A Mississippi prosperity overview highlights bank deposits rising from 7,093,530 in 1892 to 29,174,325 in 1903 and state deposits over 32,000,000 by 1904. Analysts note 30,000,000 to 40,000,000 projected by year’s end, with county assessments also climbing and widespread calls for tax relief to fund highways and rural improvements. Mississippi ranks high in growth among southern states, trailing only West Virginia in percentage increase over twelve years. A Pike county ministers union forms to promote moral citizenship and holds plans for four annual meetings including a Magnolia gathering September 15.
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Mississippi
National
West Virginia
North Carolina
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Alabama
Boards of Supervisors
Washington County
Union County
Meridian
Coahoma
Carroll County
Washington
Union
Carroll
Lafayette
Pike County
Magnolia
Confederate History Commission Seeks Complete Command History
Rowland of the department of archives and history urges county history commissioners to push for thorough and accurate Confederate command histories. Circulars are being sent to collectors to spur interest and ensure correct rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland
Department of Archives and History
Confedérate History Commission
Women Organize to Beautify Oxford City Streets
The Woman's Improvement Society formed by Oxford ladies aims to clean up the town and improve sanitation. The group plans street beautification efforts and civic pride, urging municipal authorities to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Mississippi cotton crop deterioration cited by expert
A Mississippi cotton expert says the crop statewide has dropped about 10 to 12 percent in two months, except the delta region not yet visited. He attributes the decline to wet weather and notes he makes four state trips annually as a crop condition authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Delta
Raymond seer predicts wild political death in 1906
A Raymond Mississippi political prophet issues a bizarre forecast linking the Parker and Davis ticket to a fatal sequence during the inaugural events. The prophecy claims Davis dies of exhaustion, Parker drowns on June 17 1906, and John Sharp Williams would assume the presidency. Separately, State Revenue Agent Wirt Adams seeks a Jackson Electric Railway charter amid plans to challenge tax exemptions.
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Raymond
Hinds County
Raymond Seer
Parker
Davis
Esopus
Hudson River
John Sharp Williams
Sarah Bernhardt
Chicago
State Revenue
Wirt Adams
State Power
Jackson Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
Memphis
Adams
Jackson
Ruling Fixes Four Year Term For Pension Inquiry Boards
State Auditor T M Henry Kay ruled after consulting the attorney general that Lafayette county five member pension inquiry boards, composed of ex Confederates named in the 1902 act, hold office for four years. Several vacancies will be filled this month due to deaths and resignations across counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Henry Kay
Board of Supervisors
Lafayette County
County Boards of Pension Inquiry
Mississippi Democrats Rally for County Clubs and Voting Drive
State press cheered the Democratic ticket and urged county clubs formation. Loyal Mississippians are asked to vote in November to show an overwhelming turnout and answer critics abroad who claim Mississippians abstain when results are assured.
Amite County to Build New Jail at About 12000
Amite county plans a new jail costing about 12000 dollars. Plans and fee were prepared by F. B. and W. B. Hull of Jackson. A contract will be awarded at the regular August meeting. The board also decides to have public roads worked by contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amite County
F. B
W. 8
Canton Considers Modern Sewerage System Plan
Canton residents are invited to meet with the town council to discuss the advisability of installing an up to date sewerage system as part of a movement promising better infrastructure for the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Canton
Tennessee capitalists buy Leflore lands for model town
Tennessee investors purchase 7000 acres in Leflore county to found a model town named Gude between Itta Bena and Moorhead on the Southern railway line. Buyers include W J Gunde J T Edwards and Dr R W Pace. The soil is described as highly fertile. A separate Mississippi project plans an electric line from Fort Adams to Centreville via Woodville with $500 000 capital and Governor Vardaman approval forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Leflore County
Gude
Itta Bena
Moorhead
Southern Railway
W. J. Gunde
Kimmins
Tenn
J.T. Edwards
Beardstown
R. W. Pace
Pleasantville
Leflore
Fort Adams
Centreville
Woodville
Historic chandeliers from Marie Antoinette gifted to Lafayette on 1826 visit
A Rhode Island display at the fair features cut glass chandeliers once gifted by Marie Antoinette to Lafayette and later presented to the Providence First Infantry Company after his 1826 U S visit. The relics, long neglected in an armory, were restored with most prisms intact.
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First Infantry Company
Providenct
America
St. Louis
Rhode Island
Marie Antoinette
Lafayette
First Infantry
Providence
Armory
Rhode Island Commission
Napoleon
Navy navigation bureau chief pick discussed at cabinet
Secretary Morton raised the appointment of a new chief of the Navy Department's Bureau of Navigation with the president, with candidates Robley D. Evans or Capt. Davis named. Secretary Shaw and the president reviewed July treasury balances, noting a $20 million July shortfall and deposits in national bank vaults as a possible draw.
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Washington
Morton
Bureau of Navigation of
Navy Department
Taylor
Robley D. Vans
Davis
Treasury
Department
Shaw
Miners Renounce Union in Cripple Creek Draw
Four thousand three hundred and nineteen union cards issued to Cripple Creek miners with 300 applications pending. Over two thousand one hundred exchanges come from former Western Federation of Miners members who renounced allegiance. Peak employment never exceeds four thousand five hundred. federation membership rarely above three thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek, Col
Cripple Creek District
Mine Owners’ Association
Western Federation of Miners
Cripple Creek
Patrick McCarvel Returns to Victor After Near Kansas Incident
Patrick McCarvel, one of the men detained near the Kansas line by the military in June, returns to Victor to manage property including a large hall and a business block valued at $25,000. Maj. H. A. Naylor, acting city marshal, takes him off the train after a brief business stop.
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Cripple Creek
Col
Patrick McCarvel
Kansas Line
Litary
Victor
Propery
McCarvel
H. A. Naylor
Kratz Trial Set for Next Week in Missouri
Charles Kratz faces a bribery charge and will be tried Monday in Butler Missouri. Judge Thomas B Harvey cut his Colorado vacation to avoid delay. Circuit Attorney Folk said the state would be ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Charles Krats
Butler
Thomas B. Harvey
Colorado
Circuit
Folk
Emperor Weeps At Von Plehve's Burial
Reports from St. Petersburg describe the burial of M. Von Plehve, assassinated interior minister. Emperor Nicholas and the empress attended, prayers and masses were held, and a royal funeral cortege moved to the Novodevichy monastery. Police pursue an alleged anarchist plot linked to Paris and Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
M. von Pleive
Ministry of the Interior
Nicholas
Spencer Eddy
Astrakan Angi Irkutsk
Genghis Khan
Napoleon
Asia
Vnovodevichy
Peterhof
Narva
Russia
M. Sipiaguine
M. von Plehve
M. von Plethve
Vryborgsky
Paris
Vienna
Trotting Mare Lou Dillon Improves After Sudden Sickness
Cleveland report states trotting mare Lou Dillon has shown marked improvement after sudden illness on Saturday. Temperature fell from 104 to 102 and continues to decrease, with doctors believing she is out of danger.
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Lou Dillon
Cleveland
Minister Resigns Pastorate in East Hampton
Rev. J. D. Stoops resigns as pastor of the First Congregational church East Hampton Mass and accepts a chair of philosophy at Grinnell College Iowa. move announced Aug 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hampton
Mass
J. D. Stoops
First Congregational Church
Grinnel College
Towa
The Rupture Between France and Vatican Is Complete
Paris July 31 dispatch reports a complete rupture between France and the Vatican following the French note. The Holy See retains a courteous reply while refraining from releasing it. French officials plan to withdraw the papal nuncio and close the embassy after notice to Paris.
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Paris
France
Vatican
Holy See
Dijon
Laval
Rome
Delegsse
M. DeCourcel
Delcasse
Joint Autumn Maneuvers Planned in Virginia Fields
Maj. Gen. Henry C. Corbin has arranged joint maneuvers in Virginia from September 5 to 10 with 27,000 regular and national guard troops. Two divisions under Brig. Gen. Fred D. Grant and Brig. Gen. Franklin Bell will camp near Manassas and Thoroughfare, while no ammunition is to be carried to camps.
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New York
Henry C. Corbin
Virginia
Gainesville
Fred D. Grant
Manassaz
Franklin Bell
Thoroughfare
Corbin
Maybrick's Wife Delays American Trip Recovery
Mrs Florence Maybrick is forced to alter her planned American journey due to nervous prostration since her release. She may not travel before late August, requires complete rest, and cannot personally answer numerous congratulatory letters. Reporters besiege her mother's Rouen home. police are asked to curb the intrusion.
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London
Florence’ Maybrick
Diaz May Visit the United States
Mexico City August 1 President Diaz discussed inviting American capital with Thomas N Mc Cauley New York financier during a lengthy interview Ambassador Clayton presented Mc Cauley to Diaz and the vice president elect Diaz said he may visit the United States in the coming winter and plans to reduce executive duties after Corrall takes the vice presidency exposure of Diaz’s potential travel enthuses U S interest in Mexico
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Mexico City
Thomas N. McCauley
New York
Diaz
Clayton
Mexico
McCauley
United States
Gen. Diaz
Senor Corrall
Joplin Woman Killed in Runaway Near City Limits
Mrs. W. J. Gray 23 mother of M. H. Kelso a prominent local merchant was killed in a runaway on the outskirts of Joplin after attending a circus. She was returning home to Racine when the accident occurred.
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Joplin
W. J. Gray23
M. H. Kelso
Racine
Swanger Receives Ovation On Return Home To Milan
On July 31 Hon. John E. Swanger, candidate for secretary of state, arrived in Milan Missouri to a welcoming delegation of cileros and friends led by the Milan band as they greeted him at the depot with an ovation.
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Milan
John E. Swanger
Forest Fires in Gila Reserve Put Out by Rains
Forest fires in the Gila forest reserve Arizona after two months of burning have been extinguished by heavy rains. The fires had consumed 15 square miles of timber and resisted ranger efforts before the downpour ended the threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Gila Forest Reserve
Arizona
Father of Eugene Schumann Sent to St Petersburg
Helsingfors reports the father of Eugene Schumann, the assassin of Gen. Bobrikoff, governor general of Finland, has been sent to St. Petersburg under gendarme escort for custody.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Eugene Schumann
Bobrikoff
St. Petersburg
Lyon Named Commander of Honolulu Naval Station
Washington announces Captain Henry Ware Lyon selected to succeed Rear Admiral Terry as commander of the Honolulu naval station, with retirement of Terry expected next December.
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Washington
Henry Ware Lyon
Terry
Honolulu
Melancholia Leads to Tragic Hanging in Hermann
In Hermann Missouri on July 31 a woman identified as Mrs. Clarenbach mother in law of Dr C Well who had suffered melancholia for some time hanged herself Friday afternoon in an unguarded moment.
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Hermann
Clarenbach
C .Well
Heavy fighting near Hai-Cheng as Russian rear guards retreat
Daily Mail dispatch from New Chwang reports two days of heavy fighting in marshes south of Hai-Cheng during a Russian rear-guard withdrawal from Ta-Tohe, with 5,000 troops and increasing peril. Officials in St. Petersburg say Kuropatkin faces a critical moment as Japanese forces envelop him and threaten rail links to Liao Yang.
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London
Daily Mail
New Chwang
Hai-Cheng
Ta Tohe
Port Arthur Siege Report Amid Land and Sea Combat
The Fort Arthur defense sees heavy fighting on land and sea as Japanese forces plan a final assault by July 29. Reports note Vladivostok squadron movements hastened the attack and Japanese authorities expect news from Admiral Togo and the army when results are known.
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Che Foo
Port Arthur
Togo
Miao Tao Islands
Russlan Vladivostok
Shanghai
Tien Tsin
Indiana normal principal dies after gym exertion
Terre Haute Indiana July 31 Robert Fair Jr of the Indiana normal was found dead from disease superinduced by too violent exertion in the gymnasium. He had been elected principal of the Clay City schools.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Robert Fair, Jr
Indiana Normal
Clay City
Triplets Born in Decatur To Telegraph Manager Family
Decatur Illinois, July 31. Mrs BE M Lusk wife of the Western Union Telegraph office manager, gave birth to three healthy but undersized babies Friday. Two boys and a girl weigh about three pounds each.
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Decatur, Ill
BE. M. Lusk
Western Union Telegraph Office
Strikers' Commissary Runs Dry As Food Woes Grow
In Chicago on Saturday the strikers' commissary operated for two hours before supplies ran out. More than a thousand people, including men women and children, queued then faced a foodless Sunday.
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Chicago
Steamship Korea Safe After Near Miss at Sea
The Korea arrived at Yokohama on Friday morning after failing to stop at Midway Island due to lateness and thick weather. Captain Seabury learned of the risk from boarding launches, while no Russian warships were sighted en route. The sinking of the Kip sing by a Russian torpedo boat followed a refusal to halt near Pigeon Bay on July 16, with casualties among Chinese crew and passengers.
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Tokio
Korea
Yokohama
Dorie
Lyra
Seattle
Midway Island
Seabury
Chefoo
Kipsing
Indo-China Navigation Co
Pigeon Bay
Port Arthur
Indicted by Federal Jury Over Slocum Disaster
New York July 30 Capt Van Schaick and Federal Steamboat Inspector Fleming and former Inspector Lundberg were indicted by a federal grand jury in the Gen Slocum disaster on June 15 in which nearly 1000 lives were lost. Indictments also named Knickerbocker Steamship Co officers Barnaby Atkinson Dexter and commodore John Pease. Bail asked at 25000 each when arraigned Monday.
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New York
van Shaick
Fleming
Lundberg
Federa Grand Jury
Slocum
van Schaick
United States
Burnett
Barnaby
Atkinson
Dexter
Knickerbocker Steamboat Co
John Pease
Georgia Visitor Killed in City Street Accident
Dr Henry G. Green of Atlanta, Georgia, died after being struck by a Delmar avenue car in St Louis at about 1 AM Friday while en route to the Hotel Bonaparte near the exposition grounds. He was attending the World’s Fair and was a hotel guest.
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Henry G. Green
Atlanta, Ga
St. Lois
St. Louis
Henry Dr G. Green
Atlanta
Dr. Green
Bonaparte
de Balivere Avenue
Miss Alice Roosevelt May Sponsor Cumberland
A Boston paragraph states Miss Alice Roosevelt daughter of the president has been asked by the navy department to christen the training ship Cumberland at the Boston navy yard. Officials had not heard of the request before but it prompts consideration of future sponsorship by Miss Roosevelt.
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Washington
Boston
Alice Roosevelt
Navy Department
Cumberland
Boston Navy Yard
Department
Inventor Isaac W. Barnum Dies in Brooklyn Povery
Isaac W. Barnum, inventor of the hemming attachment for sewing machines and once reputed to be worth $500,000, died in poverty Thursday in Brooklyn. Born in Bethel, Connecticut, six years ago his fortune was said to have diminished to nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Isaac W. Barnum
Brooklyn
Mr. Barnum
Bethel
Conn
Philippine Commission Guests Honor St. Louis Merchants
Forty members of the Philippine commission were hosted by the St. Louis Merchants Exchange on Thursday afternoon. Speakers praised cooperation and good will as visitors met local business leaders in a cordial exchange.
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St. Louis
Philippine Commission
Merchants’ Exchange
Kansas Corn Outlook Improves to About Half Crop
Topeka Kansas reports to the state board of agriculture show corn conditions improving with experts predicting a crop near 100 million bushels, about half a normal year. The forecast reflects better weather and growing conditions across major growing regions.
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Topeka
Kas
State Board of Agriculture
Mexican Cotton Mills Plan Merger to Control Output
In Mexico City on July 30 the owners of the country’s larger cotton mills discuss merging their concerns and absorbing smaller mills to control production and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexico
Man Named Howard Franklin Jailed for $400 Check Forgery
Paducah Kentucky reports a man claiming the name Howard Franklin is in jail on charges of forging a $400 check drawn on the Ayer Lord Tie Co. He says he is from Tennessee.
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Paducah
Howard Franklin
Ayer-Lord Tie Ca
Ile
Tennessee
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Berlin
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Ta Tche Kaio
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Elther
Kuroki
Nodzu
Oku
Gen. Kuropatkin
Haicheng
Mukden
Kai Cheng
Liao Yang
Withoft
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Muscogee, I. T
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