Tragedy at Madison Square Garden Ends With Rescue
In Madison Square Garden a burning trapeze rope endangers Signorina Barlotti during a circus performance. Maubikeck and Wilberton assist the lion-tamer to save her as a pistol shot rings out, while a mystery involving Dr. Sigmétta and Graviscourt unfolds offstage.
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Major Simmons
Lotus Club
Dilkins
Madison’ Square Garden
Barlotti
Maubikeck
Joop
Barilotti
Signorina' Barlotti
Nita
Maligni
Maubikech
Wilberton
The
Lotus
Chile
New. York
Trapeze Queen Nita'aidered by unnamed narrator in peril
The narrator accompanies Nita Barlotti and Maubikeck after an incident at the circus. They confront the lion tamer Maligni and a watchdog woman as they travel by carriage toward Nita s hotel. The narrator hopes to uncover who fired the trapeze rope and the motive behind the attack while protecting Nita from a looming danger.
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Maubikeck
Nita
Ras Im
Maligni
Mauvbikeck
Nita Barlotti
Charles Graviscourt
Graviscourt
Shag
Signor Wilberton
Pacho
Madison Square Garden
Signorina
Outlaw Harry Tracy Dies After Last Stand
Spokane dispatch reports Harry Tracy, the notorious outlaw, died by suicide after a relentless pursuit near Creston. Surrounded by a posse, Tracy was mortally wounded in a long-range firefight, then shot himself as reinforcements closed in. Tracy had a history of violence dating to Colorado in 1897 and Oregon jailbreaks, with multiple confrontations and murders linked to his escape.
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Spokane
Wash
Harry Tracy
Jesse James
Creston
Tracy
Davenport
Cudihee
Debolt
Daust
Oregon Penitentiary
Salem
David Merrill
Colorado
Hay
Portland
Weiner
Irrigation Expert Mead Visits Lincoln for Study
Elwood Mead chief of irrigation investigation arrives in Lincoln for a consultation with Senator Dietrich. He plans to survey western Nebraska on storage reservoirs irrigation ditches and riparian rights and to assess interstate river law. Findings will be published by the Agriculture Department and inform Interior Department actions. Mead previously served four years as Wyoming state engineer.
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Elwood Mead
Bureau of Irrigation Investigation
Department of Agriculture
Lincoln
Dietrich
Mead
Department of the Interior
Wyoming
Nebraska
May Buy the Cotton Mill Hopeful Strike at Kearney Meeting
T. B. Shaw of Richmond Virginia met with Kearney Nebraska businessmen to discuss purchasing the old cotton mill for conversion into a straw board factory. The plant would cost about 150000 dollars and would employ a large number of men. Attendees viewed the proposal favorably.
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T. B. Shaw
Richmond
Kearney
Neb
Bloodhounds Track Burglar Across Two Towns
Tecumseh Sheriff W H Cummings and his血hounds followed a burglar’s trail from a harness shop burglary in Talmage after receiving a call from Table Rock. The dogs were put on the chase as officers sought the thief.
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Tecumseh
Talmage
Table Rock
Gasoline-Burns To Death In Nebraska Laundry Fire
John Schroder proprietor of the Midway laundry at Broken Bow Nebraska was fatally burned when a gasoline tank exploded after he pumped air into it with a bicycle pump. The blast set the room ablaze and burned his beard hair and clothing before he escaped. He died about nine hours later. The laundry and part of his dwelling were destroyed. insurance covered the buildings.
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John Schroder
Broken Bow
Midway Laundry
Neb
Fatal collision in Rhodes Iowa kills engineers and laborers
A noon crash on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line at Rhodes Iowa between a fast freight and a work train killed two engineers and nine laborers and injured twenty to thirty more. A second toll listed eleven dead and thirty nine hurt. Fireman William Tharp was dying as a special Des Moines-bound train carried nine injured crew. Dr A W Trout Milwaukee surgeon reported the revised figures.
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Rhodes
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Milwaukee
Des Moines
William Tharp
A. W. Trout
Perry
Steeple Jack Daniel Barry Dies In City Hall Tower Fall
Philadelphia dispatch reports Daniel Barry known as Steeple Jack fell ninety eight feet while painting the city hall dome interior. He placed electric lights around the Penn statue atop the tower and often hung by his hands over the edge before dying instantly at work.
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Philadelphia
Dispatch
Daniel Barry
City Hall
Barry
William Penn
U S Minister Demands Probe Over Insulting Incident
American Minister Squiers urged the state department to investigate an insult to Mrs Squires by a mounted policeman while she was calling in Havana. The mayor was directed to express government regrets, but Squires demands punishment of the offender and will not discuss the matter.
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Mad
Havana
Cuba
U. S
Squiers
State Department
Squires
Russell Whittaker Found Dead Near Ashland Home
Russell Whittaker, a young man from Ashland Nebraska who disappeared on Saturday, was found Wednesday in a ravine near his home. He had shot himself in the head and death appeared immediate. Two young girls nearby witnessed his body near the edge of a deep draw.
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Russell Whittaker
Ashland
Neb
Brakeman Killed Near Cody Nebraska
Brakeman Harry Tanner of the Union Pacific train is killed at Cody Nebraska when he fell between the express and mail cars at the west switch as he searched for tramps on the blind baggage. His parents were at Rapid City.
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Cody
Neb
Harry Tanner
Rapid City
Fatal Mississippi Feud Sparks Deadly Pearl River County Shootout
A Gates and Bennett family feud in Pearl River County Mississippi ends in a fatal clash when Homer Bennett is killed and his father-in-law Jones Crawley is seriously wounded. Cullen Gates is identified as the shooter and remains at large.
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Mississippi
Gates
Bennett
Pearl River County
Homer Bennett
Jones Crawley
Cullen’Gates
Golden Jubilee Union Convention in Cincinnati
The Golden Jubilee of the International Typographical Union will be held in Cincinnati August 11. The union was organized in that city fifty years ago. The convention will consider matters of international regulation.
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International Typographical Union
Cincinnati
Humboldt farmer Richard Tosland gravely ill after lockjaw attack
Humboldt Nebraska resident Richard Tosland, a leading local farmer, lies in a critical condition with lockjaw after being injured by barbed wire while wading in flooded yards during recent high water.
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Richard ‘Tosland
Humboldt, Neb
Standard Oil Declares Dividend For September 15 Payment
The Standard Oil Company declares a dividend payable September 15. The previous dividend was ten dollars per share, declared May 6.
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Standard
Standard’ Oil Company
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Seward W. Hopkins
Jack Robbins
America
China
Hawaii
Rosani BorxEn
Signorina Barlotti
Nor
I. R
Trinity Cemetery
Matt Street
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Mott’ Street
le Tortoni
Ac Riage
Tortoni
Charles Sigmétta
Sigmotta
Eires
Chief Mead
Bureau of Irrigation
Phila
Delphia
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