Holmes Named Chief Justice to Succeed Gray
President Roosevelt announced Oliver Wendell Holmes would become associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, replacing the ailing Justice Gray who resigned after long service. Holmes, Massachusetts native born in Boston in 1841, has long served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and studied at Harvard.
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Justice Gray
Holmes
Boston
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Gray
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Arthur
Beverly, Mues
United States Supreme Bench
Beverly Farms
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Harvard
Twelfth
Massachusetts Regiment
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Kent
Inquiry at Asylum Clears Cruelty Claims
The state board of charities ended the inquiry into the Kankakee asylum finding no cruelties against patients and noting the food as among the best. Ex-Attendant Ball was sent to the grand jury on perjury charges.
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Kankakee, HL
State Board of Charities
Lynch Mob Slays Two Men in Lexington Jail Break
In Lexington Missouri a masked mob removed Charles Salyers and Barry Gates from the county jail at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday and lynched them. They were accused in the killing of George W. Johnson, a wealthy farmer, who surprised them at his henhouse near town a week earlier.
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Lexington
Charles Salyers
Barry Gates
George W. Johnson
Doctor Russell Wilson Says He Was Never In Danger
In a letter to a Columbus cousin, Dr. Russell Wilson of Norwalk Ohio denies being arrested or in danger after reports he faced death by the Nicaraguan government for taking part in a filibustering expedition.
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Columbus, O
Russell Wilson
Norwalk
Crossed Ocean in a Launch to Falmouth England
Capt Newman and his crew arrived in Falmouth England after sailing from New York in the 88 foot kerosene launch Abie Abbott Low. They completed the passage by Thursday night, reporting the unusual voyage and its duration.
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Ocean
Falmouth
England
Newman
Edward
Abie
Abbott Low
New York
Death at Gather RR Marah Middletown Spiritualist
Marah noted Spiritualist dies after gathering at Middletown New York on a Friday evening. The event, held at Gather RR, marks the loss of a prominent local figure in spiritualist circles.
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Marah
Middletown
N.Y
Dieriday
Outlook for crops shows mixed regional conditions
The weekly Weather Bureau summary reports rainfall needs in parts of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, northern Alabama, SE Missouri, and the lower Ohio valley, with drought in Nebraska, South Dakota, and northern Wisconsin. Corn prospects look very favorable overall, but southeastern Missouri and southern Illinois face drought. Harvests continue in the North Pacific coast and southern spring wheat region, oats nearly finished, and tobacco and apples show uneven prospects across Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and New England.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Missouri
Ohio Valley
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Allino
Lake
Middle Atlantic States
North Pacific Coast
Oregon
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
New England
Oklahoma
Kansas
Michigan
New York
American heirs report Charles Fair dies in France crash
Evreux France Aug 15 Americans Charles Fair and his wife Mrs Teresa Fair were killed when their car swerved into a tree on a route to Paris from Trouville. The chauffeur reportedly went insane from the shock. Charles Fair heir to a vast estate valued at 25 to 30 million dollars with 1 million from his mother.
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Evreux
France
Charles Fair
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Virginia Fair
Paris
Trouville
James G. Fair
Teresa
Hermann Oelrichs
James
Charles
Virginia
Maude Nelson
Oakland
Quebec Officers Win Stay of Extradition in Fraud Case
Col John F. Gaynor and Capt Benjamin D. Greene won a provisional victory in Quebec Superior Court escaping extradition to the United States. Judge Caron discharged them from sheriffs custody after their May arrest over alleged harbor work frauds involving millions. U S government may pursue new extradition steps.
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Quebec
Can
John F. Gaynor
Benjamin D. Greene
United States
Caron
Langelier
Valee
Montreal
Moros Attack Outpost at Camp Vicars
A small Moros party surprised a Twenty seventh infantry outpost at Camp Vicars. Sergt Foley and Private Carey were killed, Private Van Dorn badly wounded. Moros numbered about a dozen with spears and swords. Manila observed the fourth anniversary of Manila's capture by American forces.
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Manila
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Camp Vicars
Sergt. Foley
Carey
van Dorn
Barcelona Sacked After Six Day Battle in Venezuela
Port of Spain dispatch reports Barcelona Venezuela surrendered to revolutionists after six days of fighting. The city was looted and much of it burned. American Italian and Dutch consulates were attacked. consuls request warships to protect people and property. The casualties totaled 167.
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Port-of-Spain
Trinidad
Barcelona
Venezuela
Governor Arrested for Libel in California
Governor Henry J. Gage was arrested in Los Angeles on a criminal libel warrant sworn by the San Francisco Call proprietor. He was released on a writ of habeas corpus after the warrant was served by a San Francisco detective.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Henry J. Gage
San Francisco
Death of Judge Sprague in Richfield Springs
Judge D N Sprague of the Iowa district court died at Richfield Springs on Wednesday from heart failure at age 70. Born in Exeter New York he will be interred in Wapello Iowa.
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Richfield Springs
N. Y
D. N. Sprague
State District Court of
Iowa
Sprague
Exeter
Wapello
Failed to Make Report
Springfield August 13 report states charter cancellations of over 35,000 corporations in Illinois for failing to file annual reports under the 1901 law. The action reflects widespread noncompliance and upcoming enforcement steps by the state.
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Springfield
Ilinois
King Edward Crowned and Queen Alexandra Invested
King Edward and Queen Alexandra were crowned in Westminster Abbey after noon. The ceremony unfolded with grand decor and spectacle, the royal couple enthroned amid velvet, ermine, and cloth of gold. Dignitaries, bishops, nobles, and a moving procession highlighted the solemn pageantry.
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Ing
Alexandra
London
Edward
Westminster Abbey
Archbishop of Canterbury
Earl of Halsbury
York
Twin Boys Sentenced to Lashes for Burglary in Superior
In West Superior Wisconsin Judge Bailey sentenced 13 year old twin brothers Robert and John Scott to twenty one lashes for burglary after offering reform school or cowhiding. The boys, sons of a former mayor, allegedly led a spree of break ins during the summer.
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West Superior
Wis
Superior
St. Paul
German Farmer Julius Hoffman Burns Cash Before Suicide
Julius Hoffman a 65 year old German farmer at Rockport Indiana killed himself after setting fire to five to six thousand dollars he had saved his wife with whom he argued frequently would not benefit from the money. The eccentric retiree had acquired the farm where he lived and saved substantial sums.
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Rockport
Ind
Julius Hoffman
Hoffman
Consid
King Edward and Queen Crowned in Westminster Ceremony
Royal pageantry unfolds at Westminster as King Edward and Queen are crowned after lapses and waits. Westminster boys cheer with vivats as the ceremony proceeds with oath, archbishop, and noble procession.
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Westminster
Rex Edwardus
Edward
Mor ris & Co purchase linked to packers combine
Chicago August 15 The reported purchase of the United Dressed Beef company of New York by Nelson Morris & Co is said to be part of a plan by the packers to absorb small concerns and then unite with a capitalization of 506000000 dollars.
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Chicago
United Dressed Beef Company of
New York
Nelson Morris & Co
Packers’ Combine
Hanged Negro in Groesbeck Murder Case
Aug 16. John Warren a Negro was hanged here Friday for the murder of store keeper Dock Stevens. Warren sold his body for five dollars.
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Groesbeck
John Warren
Dock Stevens
Warren
Record Run Sets Long Distance Mark on Lake Shore
broke the Record a Cleveland sports note states the twentieth century limited on the Lake Shore road ran 01 miles in 75 minutes.
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Cleveland, O
Lake Shore Road
Farm laborer’s wife discovers burning pile end of years of saved savings
A farmer’s obituary reveals a laborer who kept a nest egg of bills near him. When his wife found the body and the surrounding embers, the paper notes years of hard work and frugal saving culminating in this scene.
Knights of Pythias Parade in Oakland and Elections
Maj Gen Carnahan leads uniform rank Knights of Pythias parade with thousands along Oakland streets. Tracy R Bangs of Grand Forks NC elected supreme chancellor and Charles E Shively of Richmond IN named supreme vice chancellor. Louisville KY chosen as next supreme lodge meeting site.
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San Francisco
Carnahan
Knights of Pythias
Bay
Oakland
Tracy R. Bangs
Grand Forks
N. C
Charles E. Shively
Richmond
Ind
Negro progress exhibit opened at First Regiment armory
Chicago August 15 opening of the Middle States and Mississippi Valley exposition marks the first general display of black progress in the nation. exhibits from every state with sizable black populations are shown and more goods are expected. the event runs 32 days until September 14 and funds go to an endowment for the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People.
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Chicago
Middle States
Famine in India Worsens Across Bombay Presidency
Reports from India and London warn famine growing more serious due to widespread rainfall failure. Official figures show a sharp rise in natives seeking relief as relief efforts expand across the Bombay presidency and allied regions.
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India
London
Bombay Presidency
West Side ambush kills two Chicago police officers
Chicago on August 18 reports two West Side police officers, Charles Pennell and Timothy Devine, were shot dead after a pursuit by desperadoes who opened fire during a daytime chase through a residential portion near West Lake.
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Chicago
West Side
Charles Pennell
Timothy Devine
West Lake
Death in Antwerp torch procession fire wounds several women
A smoky torch procession in Antwerp led to a fatal blaze as one woman died and four others were injured. The incident also involved Sth Rien onenpante. details remain unclear due to garbled OCR but the event occurred during communal winter fetes.
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Antwerp
Simple Detroit funeral for Senator McMillan in 1900s tone
Crowds attended the quiet service for Senator James McMillan at his Detroit home before a private interment at Elmwood. Government leaders from Congress and state offices, plus Gov. Bliss and aides, gathered as ships and mills paused at 2:30 for the hour.
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Congress
Jefferson Avenue
A. T. Bliss
Hanna
Foraker
Kean
N. J
McComas
Allison
Russell House
Alfred H. Barr
Jesus
Barr
Elmwood Cemetery
McMillan
Lakes
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Fatal Iowa family tragedy ends with son’s intervention
In Ottumwa Iowa on August 14 J H Sims a wealthy farmer was shot and killed by his son John while defending his mother from a drunken attack. Sims had been attempting to murder his wife with a butcher knife when the son intervened at the last moment to save her life.
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Ottumwa
J. H. Sims
John
Government will not interfere with Cuba loan plan
Washington August 14 officials say the United States will not interfere with Cuba floating a loan of 35 million dollars though it conflicts with the Platt amendment. The move does not abandon the administration view that the loan would be a breach of faith toward the United States.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Appointment of Corrigan's Successor Delayed to Late November
Washington Aug 16 It is stated at the papal legation that due to the death of the cardinal prefect in Rome and the formalities involved the appointment of a successor to the late Archbishop Corrigan will not be made until late November and possibly December
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Weashington
Rome
Corrigan
Floods in Kwang Province Drown Thousands, Hong Kong Suffers
A Daily Express dispatch from Hong Kong reports terrible floods in Kwang province with a thousand deaths. Several houses collapsed at Hong Kong and twenty people were drowned.
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London
Hong-Kong
Daily Express
Kwang Province
Typographical Union Sets Weekly Hours at 54
Cincinnati reports the International Typographical Union meeting restricted its work week to a maximum of 54 hours and approved several law changes. The union also celebrated its golden jubilee with festivities marking the milestone.
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Cincinnati
International Typographical Union
France rejects Russia sugar conference proposal
London Aug 16 The Brussels correspondent reports France has rejected Russia's proposal for a free sugar conference. No further details given.
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Rugaia
London
Brussels
The
Standard
France
Russia
An Ear of Corn Proposed for Washington Parade
A G A R order suggests Iowa veterans wear a large ear of corn in the national encampment parade in Washington in October. Soldiers from Iowa would wear a corn ear suspended by a buff ribbon and bring two ears for all Iowa men. Department leaders anticipate large Iowa attendance with an excursion planned by Milwaukee and a train of 13 coaches.
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Towa
National Enecampment
Washington
Hawkeye State
Adjt
Newman
Atate G. A. R. Department
Yowan
Lindt
Jons
Milwaukee
Westminster Visit by Pratt Couple Breaks Abbey Access Record
Col. E. C. Pratt of Des Moines and his wife traveled to Europe and gained four hours inside Westminster Abbey during coronation preparations. The feat marks a notable exception to the abbey’s closed status at that time, with visitors barred during decorations and coronation planning. Their entry was achieved through unknown influence and allowed personal inspection of the abbey’s historic features.
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E. C. Pratt
Des Moines
Grant Club
Europe
Edward
Westminster Abbey
Col
Lookout Mountain Commission selects leaders for Iowa monuments
Special correspondence reports Iowa Lookout Mountain commission elected J A Young of Washington as chairman and Alonzo Abernethy of Osage as secretary. The body, endowed with 35000 dollars from a winter legislative appropriation, plans an early Chattanooga fact-finding trip to commence monument erection. Past commissions had fixed sites, but funding delays halted progress.
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Lookout Mountain
Iowa
Missionary Ridge
J. A. Young
Washington
Alonzo Abernethy
Osage
Chattanooga
New Rock Island Line Planned Across Iowa to Sioux City
Special correspondence reports the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway plans a 140 mile extension from Guthrie Center to Sioux City. The route will bypass Des Moines, pass Coon Rapids and Carroll, and enter Sioux City via Floyd bottoms. Completion hoped for by January 1 1904 with trains running.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Iowa
Guthrie Center
Sioux City
Des Moines
Milwaukee Railroad
Coon Rapids
Northwestern
Carroll
Ida Grove
Anthon
Floyd Bottoms
Opium Addiction Tied to Insanity At Marshalltown Soldiers Home
Mrs. Mary Abbott, 67, of Red Oak and a widow in the Marshalltown soldiers' home, developed insanity linked to a 19 year opium habit. She was sent to the Kankakee asylum in Illinois, discharged September 15, 1899, and later admitted to the home.
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Mary Abbott
Woman's Department
Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Kankakes
Phenomenal potato yield reported in Shenandoah
Henry Meld in Shenandoah announced a remarkable potato yield. A careful digging by Mr. Wield loaded the tubers for shipment to Chicago. Weighed on coal scales the acre output reached 34,000 pounds, totaling 7748 bushels and a substantial value.
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Henry Meld
Shenandoah
Wield
Chicago
Week's Business and Public Notices Snapshot
The edition compiles a dense, fragmented report listing business fires, diplomatic recognitions, political moves, and social figures. Notable items include a large insurance fire, Paraguay Cuba relations, mentions of Roosevelt, war reports, crop estimates, labor unrest, and upcoming elections. Names span Cuba, Paraguay, Wisconsin, Chicago, and Philadelphia areas, with references to war ships, rail travel times, and endowment plans.
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Cuba
Takernahene Postal
Uhe Satta
Farmers’ Trust
Dakota
C7media
Paraguay
Republic of Cuba
Red
Ernor
Montgomery
Wisconsin
Cleveland
Uail
Irving Hale
Denver
Society of the. Mal Philippines
Duryea
Warnkewat
Y Georges
Staten Island
Poncarious
Frank T. Fowler
Weekly Sun
Caneere
E. S
Republicans of Wisconsin
Crestline
Cook
San Eisco
Manila
King Edward
Botha
Delarey
Venezuela
Corbin
Young
Wond
Great
Gunsaulus
Chicago
Parker
Temple Gen
Union
Whig Duncan
Winfield
Tenn
William Tramwell
William J. Bryan
E. A. Tichenor
New York
O. L. Spaulding
Treasury
Missouri
Chane
Rep
New Harvester
Cyrus H
Miss Me
The Markets. New York Live Stock and Grain Briefs
Markets report a broad snapshot of livestock and grain trading across major exchanges. Prices show varied movements in wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and pork futures with regional notes from Milwaukee Kansas City Omaha and Chicago trading floors. Strong activity centers on cattle with steer prices and packer demand while hogs reflect shifting wholesale values.
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Roxas
Matt Saptember
Texas
Omaha
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Manchester
Mass
Col. Pratt
Lookout Mountain Commission
Rock Inland Company
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