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Joseph P. Schreiber the oldest post master in the United States lies near death at Cruger. Sixteen of twenty five Danville jail attackers are arraigned and plead not guilty in circuit court. Ten thousand Civil War survivors march in San Francisco, flags torn and sleeves missing. Fire destroys the Kentucky Vermillion Mining plant in Vermillion Montana with heavy losses.
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Joseph P. Schreiber
United States
Cruger
Franklin Pierce
Danville
Tfl
San Francisco
Kentucky-Vermillion Mining and Concentration Co
Vermillion, Mont
Indianapolis Southern Railway
Inanapolis
Ind
Indianapolis
Sullivan
Root
Washington, D. C
New York
Europe
Alaskan Boundary Commission
London
War Department
Col. Sanger
Oliver
John G. Long
Cairo
Egypt
Dunbar
Scotland
Topeka, Lawrence &Kansas Electric Co
Topeka
Kas
T. S. Salathie
Gov. Dockery
Missouri
H. W. Johnson
Montgomery County
Circuit Court
That County
R. D. Rogers
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Codorus
Wyoming Supreme Court
James Keffer
J. Warren
Derby
Lord Roberts
Mayflower
Liverpool
Boston
Mass
Maine
International Merecantile Marine Co
Baltimore
Conecup Lumber Co
Montgomery
Ala
Nelson A. Miles
New Hampshire
W. J. Edwards
Plains
John
Roy
U. S. Aloe Optical Co
Broadway
St. Louis
Simmons Hardware Co
T. J. Reid Shoe Co
Reliance
Grand Army of the Republic
John C. Black
Illinois
Indiana
Wichita
David Stafford
Emporia
Sheridan
Wyo
Lloyd Stafford
United States Army
Fort McKinney
Official Mississippi vote tallies for governor and senate
Jackson Mississippi August 23 official counts show large deviations from early unofficial tallies after the first primary. The second primary on August 27 will settle the Democratic governor choice between Cruz and Vardaman and also record official results for McLaurin Money and Longino.
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Jackson
Miss
Er Cruz
Vardaman
McLaurin
Money
Longino
Apple Float Poisoning Death in Warren Arkansas
Miss Wilson died after becoming seriously ill from apple float later found to contain poison. Mrs. C. W. Hawkins, her children, and two guests Miss Whitlow of Hamburg also fell ill after eating the dessert at dinner several days earlier. The physician attributes the illness to corrosion in the freezer where the float was frozen.
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Warren
Ark
Miss Wilson
C. W. Hawkins
Miss Whitlow
Hamburg
Lipton praises American sportsmen and ships fast start
Fitzsimmons trains to trip the Night fantastic. Mrs FitzL. mentors him as Sir Thomas Lipton lauds Americans as good sportsmen in racing and speed remarks about Reliance. The Chicago Record-Herald hints Lipton may order Shamrock IV design work.
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Fitzsimmons
Fitz Lit
Thomas Lipton
Thomas
Chicago Record-Herald
Mississippi State Farmers Institute Heads Record Attendance
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College reports the farmers institute circuit has drawn over 10,000 attendees across nearly 100 sessions. The September 2 to 4 gathering will feature top speakers and tours of the college and its state experiment station.
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J. C. Hardy
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
Plis
Armere’ Institute and Industrial Convention
Agricultural and Mechanical College
G. C. Creelman
Farmers’ Institute
Toronto
Canada
Irby
Beaumont
Tex
Glenn W. Herrick
Southern Live Stock Association
J. M. Aldridge
Association
Michigan City
Miss
E.R. Lloyd
W. J. Davis
Terry
J. D. Moore
J. C. Robert
Department of Agriculture
John Hamilton
Washington, D. C
W. L. Hutchinson
Ben Irby
W. R. Perkins
Centerville
Mississippi
H. L. McKee
The
Mississippi Business League
South Mississippi
W. H. Hardy
Hattiesburg
South
A. J. McLaurin
A. B. McKay
C. T. Ames
A. M. Augustine
West Point
J. R. Heggie
Vaiden
M. Snowden
Woodville
D. A. Saunders
Starkville
Col. W. B. Montgomery
Mississippi capitalists plan Jackson to Vicksburg electric railway
Wirt Adams, W Q Cole, Andrew Nelson and others propose forming a company to build an electric railway from Jackson to Vicksburg. Right of way secured with depots in both cities. Branch lines planned to Raymond and Cooper's Wells. Distance forty five miles. Engineers estimate construction at 15000 dollars per mile.
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Wirt Adams
W. Q. Cole
Andrew Nelson
Mississippi
Jackson
Vicksburg
Raymond
Cooper’s Wells
State teachers exam results show high passing rate
The State board of examiners finished grading 198 examined teachers. Of those, 175 passed and will receive licenses, marking a marked improvement over previous examinations.
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State Board of Examiners
Pearl button factory planned by Joest and Wilson
Capt. Phillip Joest and J. L. Wilson, who have about $10,000 invested in shells, plan to open a pearl button factory at Rosedale. This venture reflects early 20th century industrial activity in the region.
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Phillip Joest
J. L. Wilson
Rosedale
Mississippi county extends school term to six months
Lawrence county voters approved extending the term from four to six months by 870 to 170. The action marks the second Mississippi county to benefit from a statewide educational campaign led by Bishop Charles B. Galloway President W. T. Lowry Henry L. Whitfield and Prof. C. H. Brough among others.
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Henry Whitfield
Lawrence County
Mississippi
Charles B. Galloway
W. T. Lowry
Henry L. Whitfield
C. H. Brough
De Soto County Names Sheriff After Brother’s Death
The De Soto County Board of Supervisors met in special session at Hernando last week and appointed W. A. Williamson as sheriff to fill the unexpired term of his brother L. W. Williamson who was killed on election day. John Hall Accidentally Killed in Crystal Springs area after he fell between two box cars last week.
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Judge Truly
Capitol
Sixth Judicial District
Jeff Truly
Supreme Court
M. H. Wilkinson
Gloster
Board of Supervisors of
DeSoto County
Hernando
W. A. Williamson
L. W. Williamson
John Hall
Crystal Springs
Humberts Convicted of Forgery in Paris Trial
In Paris on August 24 Mme Therese Humbert her husband Frederic and brothers Romaine and Emile d Aurignac were found guilty by a jury of forgery and fraud. Humbert and her husband were sentenced to five years imprisonment and a hundred franc fine. Emile received two years and Romaine three. The couple will be placed in solitary confinement for their terms.
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Paris
Mme
Therese Humbert
Frederic
Romaine
Emile d'Aurignac
Mme. Humbert
Emile d’Aurignac
Romain d’Aurignac
Knickerbocker Special Crashes Freight Near Pana
The Knickerbocker special rear ended the local freight in Pana Illinois destroying the day coach and three box cars. The engine pilot and headlight were demolished. Engineer James Reynolds and fireman jumped. Reynolds suffered a broken collar bone and head gash. Passenger George Nash escaped after leaping from the day coach as the train halted after six hours of traffic disruption.
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Pana
Ill
Knickerbocker
James Reynolds
Reynolds
George Nash
Traffic Way
Fugitive Frank Smith Captured Near Mount Pulaski
Constable Casseway captured Frank Smith near Mount Pulaski, wanted in Kentucky for the murder of a U S revenue officer and for assaulting another officer with death nearly resulting. Smith had lingered around Mount Pulaski. a reward has been posted for months. He will be held until Kentucky officers arrive.
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Bloomington
Ill
Mount Pulaski
Casseway
Frank Smith
Lexington
United States Revenue
Smith
Kentucky
Eleven Planters Arrested for Whitecapping in Arkansas
Deputy marshal in Wynne Arkansas reports the arrest of eleven prominent white planters from Poinsett county on whitecapping charges. The prisoners will be taken to Helena to face United States district court. A sawmill employed black laborers was forced to close after threats of violence by the same group, with the mill owner said to have instigated the arrests.
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Poinsett County
Ark
United States
The Formidable Hat Pin Incident in Kalamazoo
On Kalamazoo streets a stockman from Saco Mont is stabbed in the stomach by a hat pin wielded by an unknown woman after a boy brushed a feather duster into her face. He is not expected to live. In Fall River Mass pending cotton mill improvements, 2300 more workers to return next week as production resumes at several mills.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
F. B. McArthur
Saco
Mont
McArthur
Fall River
Mass
Cemetery for Pet Animals Proposed in Boston
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals plans a Boston pet cemetery for burial of dogs cats and birds. Subscriptions are being solicited to support the project.
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Boston
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Paducah Pilot Captain Rollins Dies at 77
Paducah Ky August 23 Capt W H Rollins aged 77 and a longtime river pilot on the Ohio Mississippi and Wabash rivers died Friday at his home after stomach trouble He was born in the county and had lived in Paducah since age 11.
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Paducah
W. H. Rollins
Ohio
Mississippi
Wabash
Reliance Wins Decisive Victory Over Shamrock III
New York reports Reliance defeated Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock III by 3 minutes 20 seconds on a 15 mile beat with a strong finish. An immense 30 000 witness fleet lined the finish as Reliance crossed at 3 17 45 amid cheers and whistles. Lipton praised American hospitality calling Americans God's people and unique in kindness.
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New York
America
Thomas Lipton
Isle of Wight
Reliance
Shamrock
Shamrock III
England
Most Peculiar Death in Creston Child Swallowed Sprouted Peas
In Creston Iowa on Sunday a seven year old girl, daughter of Burlington conductor John Ponte, died after ten days with dysentery. Autopsy showed she had swallowed peas whole that sprouted and grew in her stomach, described as one of the most peculiar cases on record.
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Creston
John Ponte
Burlington
Pleasure steamer Indiana sinks in canal disaster
Panic aboard the Indiana steamer ends with it sinking in the Indianapolis Ware Co canal at Fairview park. Park officials report no drownings, but passengers claim a woman and infant disappeared beneath the water. Rescue efforts continue to locate any additional victims.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Indianapolis Ware Co
Fairview Park
Sunda
J. N. Oliphant
P. E. Betts
Anderson
Wreck Train by Dynamite Near Kansas City
The Missouri Pacific fast mail No. 10 bound from Omaha to St. Louis wrecked near Quindaro by dynamite placed on the track. The locomotive cab damaged. several passengers injured lightly. No perpetrators found. robbbery suspected.
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Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Omaha
St. Louis
Quindaro
St. Joseph
Big Eddy
Old Quindaro
Cloudburst Triggers Circus Tent Collapse in Denver
A cloudburst in Denver on Sunday afternoon caused sand filled streets and damaged tracks. The Norris and Rowe circus tent collapsed during the storm but audience members had mostly escaped unharmed. A second cloudburst near Buffalo Park sent a ten foot high flood wall down the Platte Canyon. Over three hundred excursionists were stalled by washed out tracks on the Colorado and Southern line.
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Denver
Col
Norris & Rowe
Buffalo Park
Platte Canyon
Colorado & Southern Railway
New York Central Newspaper Train Wreck Kills Two
A special New York Central train carrying New York city papers wrecked at Gulf bridge in Little Falls. Engineer Robert Lilly and Fireman Peter Conley, both of Albany, were killed. Several World, Sun, Rochester News Co. and American and Journal staffers were seriously injured. conductor Erhard and other crew slightly hurt. The locomotive jumped the track on the Gulf bridge curve and plunged into the embankment and roadway.
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Little Falls
N. Y
New York Central
New York City
Gulf Bridge
Robert Lilly
Peter Conley
Albany
the World
the Sun
Rochester News Co
American and Journal
Erhard
Hurricane Devastates Cayman Islands and Spreads Hunger News
Kingston Jamaica reports a Cayman Islands hurricane on August 11 devastates George Town and nearby areas. Vessels in the harbor driven out to sea. seven schooners wrecked on the east side. Widespread destruction of trees crops and homes raises fear of famine and calls for Jamaican government relief.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Cayman Islands
George Town
Grand Cayman Island
Ground broken for mausoleum at Rhinebeck cemetery
New York reports the breaking of ground at Rhinebeck cemetery in Hudson for a mausoleum to Gen John Armstrong. Armstrong served as secretary of war in 1813 1814 and was United States minister plenipotentiary to the court of Naples or Austria per dispatches.
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New York
Rhinebeck Cemetery
Hudson
John Armstrong
United States
Fire destroys block of Foss businesses in Oklahoma
Fire in Foss Oklahoma last night destroyed nearly a block of business buildings in Oklahoma City area. The blaze caused about 75000 dollars in damage. most structures were framed and few had insurance.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Foss
Two Men Killed by Illinois Central Train at Centralia
Miram Max field and Charles Johnson died Sunday when struck by an Illinois Central train at a grade crossing while driving home from a picnic. The incident occurred in Centralia Illinois.
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Ilinois
Central Centralia
Miram Maxfield
Charles Johnson
Illinois Central
Body of Chicago Attorney Barnum Found at Walloon Lake
Chicago attorney Albert W. Barnum, who disappeared mysteriously near Walloon Lake Mich, has been found. He had reached Walloon last week and hired boatman C H Rice to row to his cottage. the boat remained moored while Barnum vanished and is now detained for investigation into the mystery.
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Chicago
Walloon Lake
Mich
Albert W. Barnum
Barnum
W. H. Barnum
Walloon
C. H. Rice
Memphis Editor Found Dead in Chicago Hotel
H. P. Ricketts editor of the Memphis Scimitar was found dead in his bed at the Kaiserhoff hotel in Chicago. He had been ill for several days and his death is attributed to heart disease.
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Chicago
H. P. Ricketts
The
Memphis Scimitar
Kaiserhoff
Fire in Quincy stables causes over five thousand dollars loss
A blaze gutted the city stables in Quincy on August 24 injuring a valuable stallion and two other horses. Insurance coverage is reported to be substantial.
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Quincy
England Loses A Truly Great Man
Lord Salisbury dies at 9 05 pm in London after a protracted illness as family and King Edward mourn the statesman. The ex premier lay unconscious most of the day and died peacefully with five children and close relatives at his bedside. His burial plans and Westminster Abbey tribute are under consideration.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Viscount Cranborne
Arthur Cecil
Robert Cecil
William Cecil
Gwendoline Cecil
Countess of Selborne
Arthur Balfour
Westminster Abbey
Edward
Marquis of Salisbury
Marienbad
Queen Victoria
FARRIS TOO ILL FOR TRIAL
Jefferson City Missouri reports Senator Frank Farris cannot attend his circuit court trial before Judge Graves due to illness. Doctor J T Coffey states the patient cannot be moved. witnesses have been summoned for today. If illness proves real, a continuance or attachment may be requested. Smith trial set for September 26 and could proceed then.
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Jefferson City
Sam B. Jeffries
J. T. Coffey
Steelville
Frank Farris
Graves
Coffey
Senator Farris
Smith
Carter Visits President at Sagamore Hill
Former Senator Thomas H. Carter of Montana called on President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill to discuss state appointments and details of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition where he serves as a national commissioner. He was not only received but also lent to luncheon.
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Oyster Bay
L. L
Thomas H. Carter
Montana
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Military Company Movements From Danville Illinois
Danville Illinois August 23 Company A Fourth regiment from Arcola under Capt Beggs has left for Camp Lincoln. They are followed by Company C Third infantry 47 men and three officers under Capt Blanchard from Ottawa.
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Danville
Arcola
Beggs
Camp Lincoln
Third Infantry
Blanchard
Ottawh
Court bans sale of Polish history postal cards in Beutzen
The Beutzen court prohibited selling historical postal cards that feature Polish history and the slogan Holland is not lost. The ruling holds the cards incite to revolution and bans distribution.
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Berlin
Beutzen
Holland
Settlement paid to Hanna explosion families in Wyoming
Rawlins Wyoming August 24 The Union Pacific company has reached a settlement with the estates of 41 miners who died in the Hanna explosion on June 30 The agreement awards widows 800 each children 50 each and single men 45 each
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Rawlins
Wyo
Union Pacific Company
Hanna
Chicago druggist Robert Stevenson dies of heart disease
Robert Stevenson a pioneer wholesale druggist of Chicago died of heart disease at age unknown he was stricken suddenly while visiting friends at their home in Chicago on August 24.
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Chicago
Robert Stevenson
Friends
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