Frisco Kidnapping Tale Mimics Campbell Case
Charles Montgomery proprietor of the Brooklyn Hotel in San Francisco reveals a year old kidnapping plot. He was lured to a vacant house in the city’s busiest district and held for ransom, allegedly paid around $10,000 for release and secrecy. Montgomery says he swore not to talk to protect his family from harm.
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James Campbell
Oliver Winthrop Egtnes
Charles Montgomery
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Winthrop
Montgomery
the Chronicle
Eid
Fhaily
Altgomery
Czar Visit Dominates European Attention to France
European capitals fixate on the Czar and Czarina as they tour Paris with royalist and diplomatic pageantry. An Imacheon at the Russian embassy stirs talk, while reactions range from cautious approval to protest, with Princess Martha and the Due Orleans figures shaping the event.
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Czar
Republic
Europe
Czarina
France
Irenel
Marthilde
Balmoral Castle
Valuable Astronomical Discovery From Lowell Observatory
A dispatch from Flagstaff Arizona via Lowell Observatory reports Mercury and Venus each complete one rotation on their axes during a year of revolution around the sun. Venus appears to have a thin atmosphere, while Mercury has none.
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Arizona
Boston
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Dey
Théo
Furthe
Venus
United States Court of Appeals
Chicago
United States
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Iowa
Minnesota
Hastings
Dakota
McGregor
Missouri River
St. Pau
Sait
Ailwaukee Federal Court
Bank Robbery Tragedy Ends in Algona Shootout
The Bank of Sherburne robbery in Minnesota ended in Algona when J D Lair killed Marshal Callion after firing on the pursuing posse, then shot himself as officers closed in. The partner is said to be under arrest in Jackson Minnesota. most stolen funds were recovered from Lair's body.
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Torkey
U. S
Dardanelles
Turkey
Ute
United States
Banero
Greece
Holland
Russia
Bosphorus
Wis
Terrell
Washington
Fores
Epen
Bancroft
Greter
Bandic
Jackson
Minn
Fire Devastates Guayaquil City In Major Blaze
Herald correspondent reports a great fire that destroyed three fourths of Guayaquil, leaving 85 000 homeless and causing losses possibly over 50 million dollars. Two thousand homes and key public buildings burned as food and water supplies ran scarce. Firemen battled the blaze while relief efforts began amid widespread suffering.
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New York Herald
Guayaquail
Bedadoy
Trade Conditions Improve in Weekly Trade Review
Distinct better conditions appear in labor, transactions, and material payments. Strong foreign demand for corn persists while textile and wool buying rise. cotton prices slip as plantation receipts overwhelm. Young Corbett defeats Tom Tracy in a San Francisco ten round bout by decision. British destroyer Lightning hits heavy seas near Portsmouth. four sailors lost overboard, three rescued.
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Dan & Cols Weekly Review of Trade
Jawer
Lnye
Young Corbett
George Green
San Francisco
Tom Tracy
Australia
Sth
Green
Portsmouth
Lightning
Frank lves challenge to top billiard players in France
Billiard champion Frank lves issues a unique challenge to the best three players in France. Ma offers to play Vignanx Piot and Four in a match for 6000 pots, four teen-inch balls, and 1000 dollars or 10600 side, venue likely Ulis country or France. Poisoned by smoked fish causes several deaths and many cases in Milwaukee Merrill region.
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Tyes
Frank Lves
Tue
France
Piot
Fouralla
Ju Ulis
Milwaukea
Albert Raloff
Merrill
Broskedon Bus
Peary Ship Isoape Returns After Gulf Storms
The steamer Isoape, part of the Peary expedition, has returned to St. Joins after facing desperate gulf weather. The vessel was saved by storms and nearly wrecked during the voyage. President pardons William A. Bell, restoring citizenship and remitting fine. Bell received a sentence of eighteen months and a $25 fine for fraudulent use of the mails.
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Peary
Gack
Isoape
Greensand
St. Joins
Gulf
Wm. Bell
Kde
William A. Bell
Inwa
Jones Sells Water Bugs at Lake Ariel
At Lake Ariel in Wayne County Pennsylvania a local man known as Waiter Bug Jones catches water bugs to ship them to exporters in New York Ruston and other places. The small black insects are described as gleaming on Pennsylvania lakes surfaces. He notes the bugs ship widely and that the season’s take amounts to about $12.
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Jones
Lake Ariel
Wayne County
Narconsburg
Erie
Bug Jones
New York
Ruston
Pennsylvvania
Yountry
Buttons End Young Morrisunyilte Romance in New York Society
A New York society man loses Miss Berth Howe after a failed romance with a string of moving buttons as symbolic proof. The tale centers on Miss Howe, daughter of a wealthy villager, and the suitor’s public plea to rekindle affection. The incident ends with the couple parting after she rejects him, noting his company.
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Youngs Society
New York
Morrisunyilte
Nv Y
Sivert
Elianes
Rieisnt Yan
Berth Howe
Mgr
van Horn
Luc
Bertha
Leadville Mine Skirmish Between Miners and Soldiers
A clash at Resurrection Mine near Leadville as eight of ten miners dispatched to the site engaged two soldiers. After volleys fired, miners hid behind rocks while soldiers sought cover. one miner was allegedly killed and carried away by companions amid the brief combat.
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Resurrection
Leadville
Reserrection
Gow Town
Lucy
Regulating Immigration Special Commissioner Heads Abroad
Special Commissioner Sails for Europe to study immigration problems. Commissioner-General Stuwp of the Immigration Bureau leaves New York to work with Italian authorities on regulations to prevent ineligible Italians from taking passage to the United States and to prepare a congress report. He will also visit Havre to study Armenian immigration, noting Havre and Marseilles as departure points.
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Europe
Stuwp
Immigration Bureau
Seeasary Deaiment
Feft
New York
Wipto
Italy
Archery
Carlisle
United States
Congress
Havre
Marseilus
Market Quotation Fragments From Historical Ledger
A garbled market report lists quotes for cattle hogs sheep and wheat with assorted prices and units. It references locations and entities in a fragmented style implying commodity values and delivery terms, but many figures are incomplete or obscured.
Kn City Honors Lincoln Douglas Debate Day at Knox College
Galesburg residents gathered to celebrate the thirty eighth anniversary of the Lincoln Douglas debate. A bronze tablet was unveiled at Knox College and the Abraham Lincoln School of Arts and Sciences was announced. Leaders Chauncey M Depew John M Palmer and Robert T Lincoln spoke as crowds arrived by train and wagon amid a perfect day and civic pride.
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Galesburg
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Knox College
Abraham Lincoln School of Arts and Sciences
Knox County
Knox College observes historic day with parade and speeches
A Knox College campus celebration in holiday attire featured a parade before the Soldiers’ Memorial Day ceremony. The crowd gathered at the historic debate site where Lincoln and Douglas once argued, as three banners marked 1837 1858 and 1896. John H. Pintes presided as Dr Nash Chauncey Depew Palmer and Robert T Lincoln spoke.
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Wikor
Knox Boys
Parsons
Wan
Knox College
Abe
Ol Knox
John H. Pintes
Knox Coffee
Amperica
Dr. Nash
Lombard University
Chauncey Depew
Palmer
Robert T. Lincoln
Sherburne Bank Robbery Ends in Double Murder
Sherburne Minnesota bank robbers killed two men and fled with about $1,000 after a noon break in at the Bank of Sherburne. Olaf Oestern, a traveling salesman, was slain as the men rode away, and a deputy cashier died from a bullet in the line of duty. A large posse pursued the robbers, and Governor Clough issued a $500 reward for their capture.
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Sherburne
Minn
J. A. Oestera
Walter A.wood Harvester Company
Thorburn
Bank of Sherburn
Sherburn
Minacada
Mina
Bank of
Bank of Sherburne
George Shorburn
Olaf Oestern
Wood Harvester Company of
St Paul
Oestern
Srappie
Randem
C. E. Everett
Sheriff Hill
Afarion County
Sherhurnie
Clough
Kite experiments by U S weather bureau officer Hulbert
Edward F. Hulbert of Detroit linked to the Weather Bureau has produced a twelve foot kite with 132 square feet sail and 29 tail, designed to test wind at high elevations. The contraption weighs 3 pounds 8 ounces and flew nearly overhead in a test, with line strain of 50 to 100 pounds. He plans piano wire rigging and upcasting recording instruments. The report also notes U S Minister Taylor’s stance toward Spain over Cuba and a marriage in the Bullington Meath American Volunteers.
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Niles An Lonr
Hulbert
United States
Taylor
United Stans
Sanin
Cuba
Patrhe Watkins
Bullington Meath
American Volunteers
Jed Lindsay
New York
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