Chicago murder mystery deepens as Bartholin case widens
Chicago police pursue new leads in the Bartholin and Minnie Mitchell killings as Milton Edwards is found in Denver and the inquest into Mrs Bartholin’s death is adjourned to August 21. A real estate agent’s July 30 observation at the Bartholin home links Bartholin to his mother’s grave and the missing fiancée.
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CHICAGO
Bartholin- Mitchell
Bartholin
Peter Van Viissinger
Mrs
Bartholla
Milwaukee
Minnie Mitchell
Inspector Hunt
Toledo
Hunter
Gacar Thompson
Willam
Annie Bartholin
William J. Bartholin
74th
State streets
Baertholin
Mrs. Bartholin
DENVER, Co
Milton L. R. Edwards
Anna Bartholin
Haytian Town Devastated Four Thousand Homeless
Fort au Prince August 11 The correspondent reports Petit Grave entirely destroyed with about four thousand people homeless. Simmonds factories shelter many. French cruiser Crosses delivered provisions then returned with two hundred women and children and fifteen wounded men. Officials forbid Firminists to leave. Parties accuse each other of setting fires amid claims Chicaye planned destruction when unable to hold the town.
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Gasette
FORT AU PRINCE
Associated Press
Petit Grave
Simmonds
Port Au Prince
Firebug's work in Peoria Illinois scorches mills and barns
Incendiary fires raged through Peoria destroying Neumiller Livery barn and twenty horses, Clarke's Roller Mills, and O'Leary's Undertaking establishment with total losses. a prior attack aimed at Val Blatz Brewing storerooms. police pursue the alleged arsonist as another residence burns. Grain market notes report weak mood and price shifts amid weather. Twain novel Huck Finn barred from Denver library for alleged immorality.
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PHORTA
Peoria
Neumiller
Clarke
Horace Clarks & Sons
Neumiler
O'Leary
Neumiller Livery Company
O'Leary undertaking
Val Blatz Brewing Company
Horace Clarke & Sons
Germany to land naval force at Porto Cabello
Minister Bowen cable reports Germany plans to land a naval force at Porto Cabello to protect interests amid the Caracas uprising. After a State and Navy Dept conference, Commander Nichols on the Topeka was ordered to Porto Cabello with a defensive force if attacked. Bowen's dispatch from Caracas confirms the action.
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WASHINGTON
Bowen
Caracas
State Department
Porto Cabello
State
Navy Departments
Nichols
Topeka
La Guaira
Cloudburst Havoc Strips Hillside Cemetery
A violent flash flood struck Hillside Cemetery in Madison New Jersey washing out graves unearthing about seventy five caskets. Water from a brook and ravine surged across the hill sweeping coffins and bodies as far as a mile away with forty recovered so far and some believed carried into the Passaic river.
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Passaic
Cable Cut in Barcelona as Revolutionists Move In
Minister Bowen reports the cable was cut after a message stated revolutionists were entering Barcelona, signaling a swift action as the city faced upheaval. The incident interrupts communications amid the capital’s tensions and the advancing rebel forces.
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Barcelona
Bowen
War Department toRefer Groesbeck Letter to Root
The War Department will not publish Colonel Groesbeck letter on his San Francisco Philippines interview. It will refer the matter to Secretary Root upon his return abroad. Groesbeck does not deny the statements and says his remarks would differ if published. He notes a general conversation occurred with a newspaper reporter present and accepts no Department action.
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Gazette
WASHINGTON
War Department
Groesbeck
San Francisco
Philippines
Root
Goesbeck
Edison Sees Electric Motors Transform Railways and Cars
In Copenhagen the official press exhibition prints Thomas A. Edison’s letter on motion traction and aerial navigation. He predicts that within thirty years most railways will switch to electric locomotives and electric automobiles will largely replace horse-drawn transport, while noting no commercial future for aerial navigation.
Wives of the Miners Seek Aid as Collieries Idle
From Shenandoah Pennsylvania a Gazette leased wire dispatch notes an 14th week with no mine starts. Miners union relief committees report little distress, while Colonel Hafferman of the Eighth Regiment describes barefooted women and children scavenging scraps from the mess tents, including many English speaking locals.
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Gazette
SHENANDOAH
miners’ union
Hafferman
Eighth Regiment
camo
General Jacob H. Smith Returns to Columbus for Welcome
General Jacob H. Smith retired U S Army arrives in Columbus to be greeted by extensive arrangements while his aged mother resides there. In Britain King Edward conducts a privy council with sworn in ministers and an investiture of the Victorian Order.
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PORTSMOUTH
Jacob H. Smith
Columbus
Smith
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Lightning melts rings on woman in storm doorway
Mrs. Frank Neller of St. Louis steps into a church doorway during a storm and is knocked unconscious by a bolt. The shock melts a gold watch chain around her neck and four gold rings on her hand, which fuse into a single ring. She recovers after the incident.
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Gasetta
COFFHEN
Frank Neller
St. Louis
Shere
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Huckleberry Finn
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