Pope Leo XIII Shows Mixed Signs Amid Health Scrutiny
The Vatican reports a tranquil night for Pope Leo XIII with some improved signs yet a new deterioration later in the day. Dr. Lapponi notes no definite hope tonight while Dr. Rossini and Dr. Mazzoni join the medical discussion. a formal consultation is arranged as researchers publish a medical history of the pope’s illness.
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Lapponi
New York
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Lappoui
Mazzoni
Pope Leo
Vatican Gardens
Leo
Vatican
Alger Wins Case in Court of Appeals
Cincinnati July 9 The United States circuit court of appeals dismissed the application for a rehearing in the case of General Russell A Alger and Louis Keith over the sale of coal and timber lands to Alger at an inflated price. The appeal confirmed a lower ruling rescinding the sale and ordering the return of $202,258, with subsequent court sale of the lands bringing $50,000 to Alger.
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Cincinnati
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Russell A. Alger
Louis Keith
General Alger
Tennessee
Court of Appeals
Not Separated Even in Death Two Lovers’ Funeral
Kalamazoo Michigan July 9 The funerals of Frank Malley and Ada Patterson were held at the hour of their planned wedding after they perished Sunday afternoon in a boat accident. They were recovered in each other’s arms. Rev J K Lockwood led the services and the bride wore her wedding dress in the coffin. A procession accompanied the two coffins to a shared grave.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Frank Malley
Ada Patterson
J. K. Lockwood
Clark Again Heads the Endeavorers in Denver
President Francis E. Clark presided over the 21st International Christian Endeavor convention in a large tent in Denver with over 10,000 attendees. Officers reelected at the afternoon business meeting include Treasurer William A. Shaw Clerk George B. Graffs and Auditor Fred H. Kidder. During a Vatican update, Dr Mazzoni and Dr Lapponi confirmed a pulmonary inflammatory process in the pope. The pontiff faced an agitated, sleepless night, and Tuesday saw rising liquid in the thorax, with puncture extracting 500 grammes of blood improving the condition briefly before decline returned. Vatican rejected a consultation with Dr Baccelli due to cabinet position. Marquette Knights Templar conclave underway in Escanaba with parade and Temple orders to be conferred.
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Francis E. Clark
International Christian Endeavor Convention
William A. Shaw
George B. Graffs
Fred H. Kidder
Lapponi
Mazzoni
Vatican
Dr. Baccelli
Rome
Baccelli
Knight Templars
Marquette
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Knights Templar Association
Escanaba
Order of the Temple
Com
Glad Hand Royal Grand Ball at Buckingham Palace
In London on July 9 the US flagship Kearsarge and other officers visited Buckingham Palace for a state ball. About 1500 US personnel at Portsmouth were entertained with a luncheon, toasts to King Edward and President Roosevelt, and a statue unveiling for Queen Victoria. The Buckingham ball was described as an elaborate, well received event with cordial royal treatment for the American guests.
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London
Cotton
Hemphill
United States
Kearsarge
Buckingham Palace
Milne
Edward
Portsmouth
Jackies
Theater Royal
Queen Victoria
Palace
United
Chicora Wreck Goal Set for Spiritualist Seeker
Benton Harbor July 9 Mrs Sarah KE Brockwell a well known local spiritualist says she has been told by spirits that a $25,000 fortune will fund an expedition to locate and raise the Chicora wreck and reveal details of its disaster.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Sarah KE. Brockwell
Brockwell
Kohlsaat strike settled. some workers return
Chicago July 9 holds report that the Kohlsaat waiters strike is settled today with several employees resuming work. The action ends a wage dispute and returns part of the staff to duty at the restaurant.
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Chicago
Mystic Shrine to Meet in Atlantic City Next Year
Saratoga reports the Mystic Shrine elected George H. Greene of Dallas Texas as imperial potentate and announced Atlantic City will host next year’s Shriners meeting.
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Shriner
Saratoga
Mystic Shrine
George H. Greene
Dallas
Texas
Welcome Back Home to His Own Country
London reports President Loubet leaving for Dover after a cordial farewell with the king. He sails on the Guichen to Calais as crowds acclaim his return to French soil and praise the success of his England visit.
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Calais
Loubet
Prench
England
Fate of Ed Delehanty Shrouded in River Tragedy
Reports from Niagara Falls and Buffalo indicate a body recovered from the river is believed to be Ed Delehanty, ex baseball star. A Pullman passenger, later identified with Delehanty, was forced off near Bridgeburg, quarrelled with a bridgetender, and possibly fell as the draw opened. A suitcase bearing Delehanty’s name and clothing was found, with a Washington tailor’s label and baseball shoes, as authorities search the river below the International Bridge.
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Exty
Buffalo
Bridgeburg
International Bridge
Bridgetender
Kingston
United States
Pennett
Pullman Car Company
Washington Baseball Park
Ed Delehanty
Delehanty
Washington
Internatio Bridge
Arranging for Militia Encampment at Camp Lincoln
Springfield officers Captain Knott and Captain Gunther arrive with fifty four militiamen to prepare for the annual First Infantry encampment at Camp Lincoln next Saturday. Nine hundred men will join in this duty tour. new uniforms will be worn under the recently enacted Dick bill. Changes include the abandonment of the grounds swimming pool where militiamen have died.
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Jy 9
Knott
Gunther
Camp Lincoln
Mutilated Body of Woman Found in Indiana Shanty
Terre Haute Ind July 9 The badly mutilated body of Mrs Mary wife of Dr A H Gilmore of this city was found in a shanty west of the Wabash river She had been beaten to death with a club The couple had been separated for some time Janesville Wis July 9 Charles Randall brother of Gen George Randall was found dead in bed this morning with a bullet hole in his head He was very wealthy and lived alone
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Ind
Mary
A. H. Gilmore
Wabash River
Janesville
Wis
Buly
Charles Randall
George Randall
Two Statesmen Agree on All Pending Matters
Secretary Hay returns from Oyster Bay in improved health after a day with President and discusses foreign affairs. They report absolute accord on the Jewish petition, the Manchurian issue, and other open questions, with plans to present the petition to the czar and outline future procedure via embassy dispatch or direct Washington inquiry.
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Hay
Washington
Oyster Bay
Newport
Roosevelt and Hay discuss Jewish petition to Russia
President Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary Hay finish a late conference at Sagamore Hill. A plan to present a B nai B rith petition to the Russian government is under study with three Jewish promoters to meet Roosevelt next week. The issue will be treated apart from the Manchurian question, though officials note they are linked in bilateral diplomacy. The timing and method of delivering the petition remain unsettled.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hay
Sagamore Hill
Washington
Simon Wolf
Oscar Strauss
Leon N. Levy
New York
State Department
United States
Russia
End to Uncle Tom’s Cabin shows in Howard County
Fayette Missouri July 9 the Howard county court ended all Uncle Tom’s Cabin shows in the county. In setting circus and show license rates it decided a tax of 200 dollars per day on all Tom shows. Howard was the longest slaveholding county in the state.
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Fayette, Mo
Howard County
Howard
B. Y. P. U. Convention Opens in Atlanta Georgia
The 13th annual International Baptist Young People's union convention opened in Atlanta today with about 5000 delegates present. Today's session was routine in character.
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Atlanta
International Baptist Young People’s Union
Cummins Considers VP Bid If Party Extends Nomination
Washington July 9 Governor Cummins of Iowa has sent an autograph letter stating he will accept the vice presidential nomination if offered by the Republican party though he has not announced candidacy. His supporters push him as an effective orator and western choice while noting his acceptance of the Iowa platform and alignment with tariff revision aims discussed with Senator Allison.
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Washington
Cummins
Iowa
Republican Party
Iis
Roosevelt
Senaor Allison
Kidnap to Move Suspect Across State Lines Joliet
Joliet police kidnaped Charles Marco from Chicago to Joliet to avoid a habeas corpus writ and sent him on a California limited for San Francisco. Marco, wanted in San Francisco for grand larceny involving $6,800 from Mrs. Julia Klein, had been arrested in Chicago and held on $8,000 bond before being discharged when the crime was deemed committed in California.
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Joliet
Ill
Charles Marco
San Francisco
Julia Klein
Chicago
J. Ph. Dinan
Marco
Prindiville
California
Appellate court denies rehearing in Sullivan case
Chicago July the appellate court today refused to entertain the state's motion for a rehearing in the Alexander Sullivan conspiracy case. Sullivan was convicted of conspiracy and the appellate court set aside the verdict on the grounds of an unfair trial.
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Chicago
Alexander Sullivan
Sullivan
Powder mill explosion injures several in Oakland
An explosion at the Hercules powder mill near Hinole, Oakland, Calif, today left several workers badly injured. Fire crews responded to the blast and medical teams treated the injured.
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Calif
Hercules
Hinole
Twenty first victim found in Oakford Park disaster
Jeannette Pennsylvania July 9 The twenty first victim of Sundays disaster at Oakford Park was found last night.
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Jeannette
Oakford Park
Illinois gets honor of N E A presidency
J W Cook of Illinois elected president of the National Educational Association. Also reports: farmers in Boston Kansas harness Missouri Pacific train seeking harvest hands with lantern signals offering $2.50 and $3 daily for three weeks. Water Boy sets track record at Brighton Beach in a 1 1/4 mile race. Cassius M. Clay declared insane by a Richmond jury and to be placed in an asylum. Georgia House defeats child labor bill related to cotton mills.
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N.E. A
Boston
National Educational Assoc
J. W. Cook
Kan
Missouri Pacific
New York
J. B. Haggin
Brighton
Brighton Beach
Water Boy
Monmouth Park
Banquet
Cassius M. Clay
Lexington
Richmond
Atlanta
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Storm Ravages Cedar Rapids and Wyoming Town
A severe storm blasted Jones county with heavy crop losses and lightning damage. The town of Wyoming suffered inundation as homes were evacuated and St. Paul’s structures were partly washed away.
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Wyoming
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
St. Paul 'S
Wahbmere Hotel Fire at Takewood Destroys Oldest Lake Hostelry
Jamestown July 9 The Wahbmere at Takewood the oldest hotel on Chautauqua lake burned down The loss is about 4000 dollars Officials believe the fire was set incendiary origin may be deliberate.
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Jamestown
Takewood
Chautauqua Lake
Violent Earthquake Felt in Cape Town
Cape Town reports the strongest earthquake in twenty years, felt across the city on July 9. The tremor caused alarm but no major injuries or damage are immediately reported as residents surveyed affected areas.
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Cape Town
Neon Tek
Train Wreck Tolllisted At Rockfish Station Virginia
FULL LIST OF THE DEAD identifies twenty one victims from the Southern Railway crash at Rockfish Station, twenty miles south of Charlottesville. Names span engineers, firemen, Greek and Italian passengers, and colored workers with only one seriously injured. Also notes charity gifts to Cooper Institute and an Illinois Sunday school convention with new officers, plus the death of Colonel Edmund B. Gray and the election of a new Tabor College president.
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Rock#sh
Charlottesville
Southern Railroad
Rockfish Station
Davis
Alexandria
Janws McCormick
Charlotteville
Charles Davis
Thos. Shepherd
Charles T. Gay
V. E. Lowe
Baltimore
Charles T. Leitch
C. & Owen
Philadelphia
Adam Varcosavlievich
Bartlanigheline
Carson Henry
Front Royal
William Thomas
Washington
Charles W. Hamilton
Clase
Stefa Simrak
Angelos Sangelli
Maria Sangelli
F.C. Buon
Kurkes
James Arnold
Mike Tuckevitch
Bario Balorin
Chas
West
Chattanooga
Tent
Gineer E. C. Hale
Colored Sunday School Association
Bloomington
Ilinois
Hiineis Baptist Sunday School Association
Chicago
Nora Polk
Peoria
E. KR. Cheerd
Alton
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