Sullivan Arrest in New York for Mississippi Prize Fight
John L Sullivan the world champion pugilist is jailed in New York awaiting extradition to Mississippi on prize fighting charges. Governor Lowry issued a requisition. Sullivan cooperates, is taken to police headquarters, and faces potential extradition and penalties.
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Boston
John Lawrence Sullivan
John L. Sullivan
New York City
Mississippi
Dispatch
New York
Police Headquarters
Thomas Byrnes
Madam Diss Debar
Thomas Adams
Inspector Byrnes
Sullivan
Hill
L. T. Childs
Lowry
Adams
Vanderbilt Hotel
Lexington Avenue
Forty-second Street
Muldoon
Charley Johnston
Artest
Vanderbilt
Grand Union
John
Mulberry Street
Detective Adams
Charley Johnsson
Kilrain Seen Resting After Old Point Visit
Special Telegram from Norrose Virginia reports Jake Kilrain the pugilist arrived from Old Point with his wife and spent the day in rest. He appeared in excellent health and spirits after a city drive and navy yard visit before dining at a local hotel.
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Sullivan
Norrose
Jake Kilrain
Old Point
Navy Yard
Wreck on the Rail Collides With Passenger Train in Darkness
A Hamilton westbound fast passenger train and an eastbound freight engine collided near Ogleton two miles east of Oxford. Engineer Dougherty and fireman Brannan were badly hurt, master Shields fired. Seven injured were taken to Hamilton by a relief train. killed and injured likely 12 to 14. News received by telephone from Hamilton with details still unclear.
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Cordxwall
Hamilon
Ogleton
Oxford
Connersville
Hamilton
Cornersvalle
Boreas
R. Y
Shields
Dougherty
Mr. Brannan
Fire on the Ocean Aboard Alliance
In a letter from Rio de Janeiro Columbus D. Lee recounts a July 7 fire on the steamer Alliance bound from New York to Rio. Passengers saved, 120 afloat at dawn, Bahia reached July 9, crew pumped coal and rum overboard, a water pipe explosion blinded a crewman, eight hundred four dollars raised for officers and crew.
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Batimore
Columbus D. Lee
Hoffman, Lee & Co
Alliance
New York
Rio
Pernambuco
Boors
Bahia
Floods Ravage Virginia Crops and Bridges
Torrential rain over three months devastates crops in surrounding counties as floods wash away bridges and floodwaters rise in the Appomattox River to two and a half feet above previous records. Farmville reports the river rising rapidly and fears a repeat of May floods that hit Petersburg.
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Farmville
Appomattox
Petersburg
Ex-Congressman Scott Denies Mining Syndicate Contact
A Telegram from Spring Valley Indiana reports W L Scott of Pennsylvania, who controls Spring Valley Company, is not negotiating with an English syndicate for four thousand dollars of his mining interests. The dispatch denies the rumor as false.
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Scott
Spring Valley, Inn
W. L. Scott
Pennsylvania
Spring Valley Company
Foe
Three Drowned While Crossing River at Quinnesse Falls
Florence Wisconsin July 31 three young women named Flannigan McCabe and Farrell all well connected drowned last night attempting to cross Menomoral have pee aoe act ive are supposed to bes been carried over Quinnesse falls source text reports may contain OCR errors but names and location are clear
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Florence
Wis
Flannigan
McCabe
Farrell
Meno- Boral
Quinnesse Falls
Halstead Returns Home Content in Health
Murat Halstead arrived in New York aboard the City of Paris on July 31 after a Hamburg and Berlin sojourn. He reports improved health, bath treatments at Nauheim, and says he would accept a Senate seat if Ohio voters honor him, while praising Governor Foraker and noting Democratic opposition as not reflecting personal animosity.
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Senate
Democrats
New York
Murat Halstead
Paris
Tue Disratcu
Berlin
Nauhaim
America
London
Foraker
Ohio
Halstead
Harrison
Germany
Widow Seeks Whaley In Englewood Marriage Plot
Detectives arrest H L Whaley sought by New York authorities. Mrs S A Dodge, a wealthy widow, accused him of marriage fraud after gifting 3000 dollars for business. Whaley worked in the Wabash Railway clerk division and resided in Englewood. bail set at 5000 by Justice Caldwell.
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Cariaco
H. L. Whaley
Englewood
New York
C. C. Heely
S. A. Dod
Whaley
Mra.mere
Lake
Cierical de Riment
Wabash Ruailwa
Forty-seventh Street
Dodge
Justice Caldwell
Anid
Forgors
Abduction Seizes Mother and Daughters in Buffalo Case
July 31 report from Buffalo says printer Charles A. Broeck abducted Lavinia Schwinn and her sisters, after eloping with their mother Mrs Jacob Schwinn. Jacob Schwinn died soon after, leaving wealth to his daughters. Broeck now holds the trio, risking the inheritance and prompting concern for the missing youth.
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Dispatot
Burrao
Charles A. Broeck
Lavinia Schwinn
Canada
Jacob Schwinn
Herusband
Genesee and
Ellicott
Pastinea
Nia
Jacob
Bessie
Broeck
Lavinia
Genesee Street
Jacob Scohwiun
Whitney denies presidential aspirations ex‑secretary statement
A telegram from Whitney declares he has no interest in the presidency or any nomination. He asks press not to publish rumors of a weekly paper or a potential candidacy, calling such reports baseless and nonsense. Whitney writes from Lenox Massachusetts dated July 11.
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New York
W. C. Whitney
Lumpjaw Appears in the East Among Western Cattle
A New York telegram reports lumpjaw, a new cattle disease, spreading to cattle imported to Jersey City for slaughter. The Board of Health seized five cows two weeks ago and killed them, and today five more were seized and slaughtered by the County Board of Health. The disease forms abscesses that can poison the blood and render meat unfit for consumption. It is contagious but not as fatal as pleuro pneumonia.
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Distatch
New Yorke
Jersey City
Board of Health
County Board of Health
Neues
Murphy & Dick
Beaver
Marvin
James B. Scott
Reuben Miller
Pittsburg
Ogden and
Reeves
Philadelphia
Fitler
Cummin
Lycoming County
Cresson Springs
Jones
Kano
Commissa Department
Beale
Presbyteri
Johnstown
He & Are
Commission
Jobaostown
Vic
Ogden
Philadelh
Kremer
Thompson
Mrs Harrison Stays Behind as President Sets Bar Harbor Trip
Derr Pars July 31. No official word on sealing vessel seizures. Mrs Harrison held a White House cottage reception with aides Mrs Windom, Mrs McKee, Mrs Clarkson, Mrs Elkins, Mrs Halford, and Mrs Brown. She will not join the President on the Bar Harbor trip.
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Harrison
Derr Pars
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
White House
Windom
McKee
Clarkson
Elkins
Halford
Brown
Bar Harbor
Still Fighting in Egypt Dervishes Clash With Native Cavalry
Advices from Toski report Lieutenant Daguilar leading Egyptian cavalry and two companies of the Eleventh Sudanese Regiment to defeat the Dervishes south of Anab. The Dervishes suffered heavy losses with several killed and many captured. three officers reported killed, two of whom were unnamed.
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Carno
Toski
Daguilar
Anab
Optians
State Relief Commission moves slowly on funds distribution
Governor Beaver explains pace as the State Relief Commission in Johnstown approves continued cash disbursement. The total relief money received reaches 2 549 414 46 with 540 396 60 already spent and 1 342 801 82 remaining.
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State Relief Commission
Johnstown
Kremer
Beaver
Grace
New York
Pittsburg Committee
Philadelphia
Comemission
Pittsburg
Cummin
Governor relief fund grows toward 1.25 million
The Governor's relief fund receives daily additions and is near 1.25 million dollars. Today 11,200 arrived from Germany with 10,000 from Berlin residents and 1,200 from Mannheim's Mayor and Council.
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Fond
Harrisburg
Germany
Berlin
Mannheim
A Victory for the Women Suffrage Power to Expand Voting
In Bismarck on July 31 the convention debated the Elective Franchise report. Proponents argued the legislature should have power to extend suffrage to women, while opponents urged constitutional equality. The convention voted to grant the legislature authority to extend suffrage.
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Parsons
Morton
Moore
Moor
Pensions Pull at the Surplus Ends July Debt Dip
Treasury estimates July debt reduction under 1 million due to heavy disbursements totaling 33 million and payments on open accounts. In Paris a training frigate Couronpos suffered a fatal machine gun explosion killing eight and injuring one.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Paris
Couronpos
Exploding culm bank near Shamokin shocks coal region
A five year smouldering culm bank at Lake Fidler colliery near Shamokin exploded, sending fire and smoke over miles. No lives were lost though residents including Mrs. Boney and family faced peril as flames and flying debris scorched yards and a dog perished.
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Shamokin
Boney
Springfield
Boyatown
Coal Run
Hayes
Honors to Gladstone at Brassey reception
London reports Lord Brassey hosted an at home for the Eighty Club to meet Mr and Mrs Gladstone though Mr Gladstone could not attend. Mrs Gladstone spoke of her golden wedding and his fatigue from overwork. Sir William Hercourt denied liberal rifts over royal grants, stressing loyalty to their leader.
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London
Lord Brassey
Eighty Club
Antion
Liberala
Gladstone
English ballet girl trust targets West with English capital
Chicago July 31 All ballet girls in the West to be controlled by a wealthy English syndicate with Chicago partners. A New York offer of 500000 for a two thirds stake in houses is reported. Morton Henderson McVicker seek to form a ballet girls trust to centralize management and profits.
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Chicago
West
America
Sera Sovereigns
New York
Ea Ge
H. Morton
Morton
David Henderson
Sir Chipera House
Horace Meith
Ballet Girls’ Trust
Henderson
McVicker
Orson
Chicago Opera House
Ballet Trust
Will Morton
Twenty Five Thousand Plumbers Leave Knights of Labor
At the national convention of plumbers and gas fitters in Brooklyn delegates voted to consolidate the three labor groups into one body and plan a Washin gton convention within three weeks. The move will reduce EK of L influence as about 25 000 plumbers nationwide are expected to switch unions. FE A O'Brien Peter J Connealy and Edward D Connor were named to arrange the Washington meeting.
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Knights of Labor
New York
United States
Canada
Brooklyn
Washin
Ther
International Plumbers and Steam Fitters
National Trade Association
E.of L
Independent
EK. of L
FE. A. O'Brien
Washington
Peter J. Connealy
Boston
Edward D. Connor
Chicago
Asbury Park Speak-Easy Arrest Shocks Borough
George Rothwell, owner of Seaside House and Palace Cottage boarding houses in Asbury Park, was arrested for maintaining a basement barroom. He denied liquor sales under oath as witnesses testified to bottled beer in an icebox and purchases of beer for 25 cents. He awaits grand jury action in October.
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Asbury Park
N. J
George Rothwell
Grand and
Munroe Avenues
Borden
Rothwell
Mrs Maybrick Goes On Trial In Arsenic Case
Florence Elizabeth Maybrick, the American accused of killing her husband James Maybrick with arsenic, pleads not guilty at arraignment. Michael de Aria, brother of the deceased, testifies that bottles from the sick room lacked arsenic and disputes contents. Quarrels between husband and wife are noted and threats of separation are mentioned.
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Liverpool
Florence Elizabeth Maybrick
James Maybrick
Michael Pe Aria
That Presidential Letter in Dublin Post Office Row
July 31 in London reports Postmaster General Raikes asks Sexton Dublin Lord Mayor to forward the envelope containing President Harrison's letter to Sexton thanking Dublin for Johns town relief. Sexton replies he will show the envelope but warns federal authorities against peering as past actions have proven unworthy.
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British Post Ofice Department
Lorpes
Raikes
Sexton
Dublin
President Harrison
Johnstown
Post Office
Werte
Postoffice Department
Canadian Cabinet Action On High Seas Protection
Ottawa reports the Canadian Cabinet discussed the seizure of the schooner Black Diamond and forwarded telegrams to the Governor General. The cabinet urged Britain to adopt prompt measures to protect British subjects on the high seas.
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Ottawa
Ont
Victoria
Governor General
West
Cal
Anarchist In Joliet Prison Attempts Suicide
John Hronek, a Chicago anarchist jailed in Joliet for a 12 year sentence linked to bomb plots, made a desperate bid to end his life during prison work hours by severing arteries. The incident occurred on July 31 as reports describe his weary motive and the safety response.
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Hoe
Joliet
Jolliet, Inc
John Hronek
Chicago
Brown-Sequard Life Elixir Tested by Dr Hammond
Dr W A Hammond of Washington is testing Brown-Sequard elixir in Wasartsetos. An old decrepit man shows vitality after three days with injections from lamb pulp, while two other patients await results. Hammond plans six week full report and cites Paris reports of rejuvenation.
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W. A. Hammond
Washington
Wasarsetos
New York
Brown-Sequard
Paris
Atlantic
Ae Mal
Hammond
Lord Salisbury Seeks Peace with Honor in Turbulent Europe
Lord Salisbury at the Ministerial banquet in the Mansion House warned war would be dreadful and national aims remained peace with honor. He cited Egypt’s stability, Crete’s movement, and Ireland’s order under current policy, insisting England would uphold engagements and avoid possession.
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Sorpoys
Lord Salisbury
Mansion House
England
Europe
Egypt
Crete
Ireland
Montana Doctrines Adopted in New Constitution Provisions
Helena July 31 The convention debated taxation provisions exempts church public property and libraries. Legislature may tax property mines by value paid to the United States. Machinery taxed as private cannot be sold for taxes. Tax limit set at 3 mills. When assessed value exceeds 100000, 000 and over rates rise to 134 mills on the dollar.
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Helena
Mont
United States
Mowiog Machine Accident Near Waverly Claims Boy
A 12-year-old son of Captain Bass, a farmer near Waverly, was driving a team to a mowing machine when the machine struck an obstruction and thrown from the horse, sustaining injuries.
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Des Mores, Sr
Bass
Lvi
Waverly
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