Tragedy On East Eighty-Eighth Street Stabbing
Italian shoemaker Filippo Giampata stabbed Kate Wells and her sister Rosa repeatedly on a Manhattan sidewalk at 11 55 am. Kate died from multiple wounds. Rosa may recover. Giampata had pursued Wells after a love affair and was arrested earlier for harassment. George Hohenstein restrained him until police arrived.
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New York
East Eighty-eighth Street
la Filippo Giampata
Kate Weill
Rosa
Slaters
Glampata
Kate
George Hohenstein
Hohenstein
Giampata
Lidel
Katie
Presbyterian Hospital
Kate Wells
Crane
Mott
Quitman
Roosevelt Stands Firm Refuses Jot on Liquor Law
Mayor Strong pressed President Roosevelt to halt excise enforcement after a conference. Roosevelt refused to change his stance on enforcing the excise law, prompting plans to shift blame to Alderman Goodman and pursue a Sunday closing option via public hearings and a local bill.
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iNew York
Strong
Roosevelt
Alderman Goodman
Goodman
Aldermanic Committee
Dead Sea Creature Skeleton Found by Lake Erie Bank
Workmen digging for a city water main in Lorain Ohio uncovered a well preserved skeleton eight feet underground. The specimen measured about twenty feet and had an upper jaw span of eleven inches. Scientists hold the skeleton for study.
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Ake Erie
Lorain, O
Lake Erie
Camp Established at Augustine Park for First Battalion
Lieutenant Commander George Breed leads the First battalion from August 17 to an unspecified end date. Camp will be at Augustine Park. Camp equipage provided by the quartermaster general and subsistence by the commissary general.
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George Breed
Augustine Park
Harrisburg Insane Hospital Cleared of Charges
Charges against the Harrisburg State Hospital were declared groundless by the Committee of Inspection after witnesses testified. Trustees and building committee members General D. M. Gregg and Colonel Charles H. Mullin conducted a surprise visit and found the conditions and management highly satisfactory.
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Harrisburg Insane Hospital
Harrisburg
State Hospital
Board of Trustees
D. M. Gregg
Charles H. Mullin
Justice Jackson Dead at 63 in Nashville Tennessee
Eminent U S Supreme Court justice Howell E. Jackson died at his Nashville area home at 2 p m aged 63 after years of declining health He had served Tennessee Supreme Court and US District Court before the Supreme Court appointment by President Harrison He was born in Paris Tennessee April 8 1822 and survived by his wife and seven children.
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Nashville
Tenn
Howell Edmundsa Jackson
Supreme Court of the United States
West Mead
Judge Jackson
United States District Court
Cleveland
Supreme Bench
Harrison
Senate
Jackson
Louisville
Senatorial Judicial Committee
Judiciary Committee
Chauncey Black Sees Democratic Judges Victory in Pa
Chauncey F. Black of York, head of the National League of Democratic clubs, predicts Democratic success in Pennsylvania’s judges election for the new Superior court. He notes party unity and Republican splits as reasons for confidence and says candidates will be nominated and elected.
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Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph
Washington
Chauncey F. Black
York
National League of Democratic Clubs
Faulkner
Lawrence Gardner
Pennsylvania
Black
English steamer Catterthun sinks after striking rocks
Cable reports from Melbourne state the English steamer Catterthun hit rocks at 2 45 am and sank twenty minutes later during a southwest gale. casualties include captain Nell Shannon first officer Phinney and engineers Leffler Harper Adams Wilson Wolstenholme Manning and Phipps plus Surgeon Anderson Phipps and thirty Chinese and eighteen Lascars. Passengers listed include Mesdames Mathias Loring and Smith Mise Loring Robert Fraser and fifteen Chinese steerage passengers.
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Catterthun
London
Melbourne
Jost
Nell Shannon
Phinney
Leffler
Harper
Adams
Wilson
Wolstenholme
Manning
Anderson Phipps
Mesdames Mathias
Loring
Smith
Mise Loring
Robert Fraser
Death of Robert Ryder In Avoca Shaft Fall
The 17 year old runner boy Robert Ryder at Florence mime in Avoca fell down a shaft today and was instantly killed.
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Robert Ryder
Wilken-Barre
Florence
Avoca
Burglar Captured in Reading and Other Local Notices
Burglar John Heckman was captured at Reading. Ten year old John Day fatally injured by runaway horses at Bethlehem. Lehigh collieries near Pottaville closed for the week. Schuylkill Electric railroad to extend from Pottaville to Schuylkill Haven four miles. In a Lancaster saloon fight Frank Walter fatally injured Christian Bird with a beer glass. The Dubhaites United Evangelicals bought the church at Barry Schuylkill County from Evangelical association. Rain at Pottsville Tuesday slowed sewers and traffic.
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John Day
Bethlehem
Lehigh
Pottaville
Schuylkill
Potteville
Further Outbreaks Reported Against Christians in China
A Pall Mall Gazette dispatch from Shanghai claims new fanatical outbreaks against missionaries occurred at Ching Chow Taiping Hu pah and Anhui with all foreigners escaping uninjured though no verification from Washington. The Chinese legation says it has no official information about the violence by the Vegetarian society and notes widespread hostility to foreigners among locals.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Shanghai
Ching Chow
Taiping
Hupah
Anhui
Washington
Vegetarian” Society
China
Kuching
Legation
Peking
Confucius
Italy Demands Settlement as Brazil Tense
Brazil receives a peremptory demand from Italy over claims arising from revolutions injuring Italian subjects. Nobili warns that delays or equivocation could sever diplomatic ties, possibly sending an Italian naval squadron to Brazil. In Argentina, a national guard drill failed with many absences and police later arrested over 1500 young men for military duty dodging.
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Brazil
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Rio Janeiro
Signor Nobili
Italy
Foreign Office
Baron Blane
American dentist Tarver found murdered in ravine near San Antonio
George Tarver a Chicago based dentist arrived ten days ago and set for Mexico with a Mexican guide and servant. A courier said Tarver's body was found sixty miles southwest of San Antonio in a mountain ravine. Authorities report murder and robbery with the servant missing.
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San Antonio
Texas
George Tarver
City
Mexico
Guadalajara
Tarver
Here
Chicago
City of
Crazy Girl's Leap From Roof Ends in Death
Sarah Barton twenty living with her father Joseph Barton janitor of a four story flat on Third avenue leaped from the roof into the yard during a temporary insanity attack and died two hours later from a broken neck. Her father was close by in pursuit when she leaped to escape him.
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New York
Sarah Barton
Third Avenue
Joseph Barton
Kansas man sues political committee for postmaster fees
J H Choate of Washington Kansas sues in Cloud county district court to recover 100 paid to W H L Pepperill and five others as Democratic Fifth District committee for a Washington postmastership that he did not receive. Additional suits pending in Concordia with further claims.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
J. H. Choate
Washington, Kan
Sait
District
Cloud County
W. H. L. Pepperill
Democratic Committee
Fifth Congression District
Washington
Concordia
Salts
National Democratic
State Committee
Oa Ae
Ito
Investigation Promises Political Scheme Probe Begins
A report notes a combine formed to levy assessments on office seekers to fund Washington expenses in the early days of the administration. It claims a major political scheme may be unearthed as an investigation proceeds, with a governmental inquiry possible.
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Washington
Angry Father Recovers Daughter After Elopement
In Resica near Marshall Creek, Lydia Counterman 14 eloped with Moses LaBar. Constable Smith and deputies found them with Eliza Setzer in Monroe County. Counterman marched his daughter eight miles home at midnight, LaBar jailed in Stroudsburg, girl vows reunion with LaBar.
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Buehkill
Lydia Counterman
Moses Counterman
Resica
Marshall Creek
Moses LaBar
LaBar
Stroudsburg
Building Collapse Buries Ten At New York Jobsite
An eight story section under construction at West Broadway and Third Street collapsed in the morning. Three dead, seven seriously injured, ten missing workers. Builder John H. Parker and foreman Tellford Silbick arrested as investigators study causes.
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New York
West Broadway
Third Street
John H. Parker
Tellford Silbick
Honeymoon Couple Arrested After Barn Jail Stop
Bluffton Indiana August 8 A Chicago marriage couple on their wedding tour stayed with the Yarger family in Decatur. After departing they found a missing wallet and a tampered safe. Suspicion fell on the bride. the pair were captured near Bluffton and returned to Decatur bound over to the circuit court.
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Ashbacher
Decatur
Spanish Generals Shifted Amid Cuban Campaign Promises
A Havana dispatch reports Spanish generals in Cuba reassigned to new posts in anticipation of a more active policy. Yellow fever ravages troops. British consul Ramsden at Santiago de Cuba received a letter from Jose Maceo demanding arms or $1000, threatening to burn Ramsden's coffee plantation if refused. Martial law rumored.
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London
Timea
Havana
Cuba
Ramsden
Santiago de Cuba
Jose Maceo
Diaz Rules Out Corbett Fitzsimmons Fight in Mexico
A San Antonio dispatch reports President Diaz of Mexico denies any possibility of allowing the Corbett Fitzsimmons bout to be staged in Mexico under any interference in Texas. The Florida Athletic Club had proposed moving the fight to Mexico if Texas officials blocked it. Diaz issued an official statement prohibiting the event in Mexico.
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Diaz
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
St. Louis
San Antonio
Texas
Florida Athletic Club
Corbett-Fitzsimmons
Mexico
Woman Tries to Die Over Jealous Husband Letter Reading
In Wichita Kansas Mrs William Campbell attempted to end her life by morphine after being overwhelmed by jealousy from reading old love letters her husband had shown her. Friends found her near death but doctors fight to save her life. Dr James Hepburn Hargis died in Philadelphia in the early morning. He was a prominent Methodist clergyman born in Maryland in May 1847 and joined the Philadelphia conference in 1872. He served the Episcopal mission in Rome from 184 to 186?
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Wichita
Kan
William Campbell
Philadelphia
James Hepburn Hargis
Hargla
Maryland
Rome
Italy
Foreign notes update from Tabrees to Havre charter
Orders restored in Tabrees Persia after bread riots. Havre charter to be enlarged at 6.4 million dollars with 0.9 million already authorized. Potential British ambassador to Germany may go to Sir Philip Currie as plans move to prevent ongoing issues.
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Tabrees
Persia
Havre
Germany
Phillip Curre
Turkey
Fatal Collision Between Cannon Ball and Freight Train
A vestibuled Cannon Ball express crashes into a northbound freight near Plymouth New Hampshire. Three men killed Frank Stevens George Merrill Henry G Lines. Several injured including passengers and railroad staff. Foggy morning plus single track hampered visibility and communications. Wreckers cleared the line as dispatch orders from Woodsville are under question.
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Plymouth
N. H
White Mountain
Boston and Maine Railroad
Here
Boston
Keriston
Frank Stevens
Lakeport
George Merrill
Henry G. Lines
W. J. Randolph
Boston Globe
Walter M. Rogers
Eugene Bennett
Freeman Downing
Waggagemaster
Arthur Austin
Haverhill
Woodsville
Spring Valley Trouble Sparks Call for Troops
Adjutant General says reports from Spring Valley show nothing unusual as Buckner calls for troops. Chicago representative Buckner urged governor to deploy forces. Spring Valley mayor mobilizes 100 special police and urges peace while deputies await sheriff from Princeton.
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Spring Valley
Tls
John C. Buckner
Chicago
Seatonville
Princeton
Delmargo
Spring Valley Coal Company
Buckner
Camp Lincoln
Springfield
Til
Orendorf
Hugh E. Balle
Assassin Run to Earth Ends in Barn Shooting
In Todianapolis Aug a wealthy farmer Barney Cline of Washington township faces a bizarre attack as Ernest Cline and a dog lead into a barn where a shot from inside hits Ernest, blowing off his hat and burning his face. A mob pursues the escaped assailant who is later captured near Broad Ripple. James Stockton, a Kentucky transplant, is identified as the shooter amid unverified explanations.
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Todianapolis
Barney Cline
Washington Township
Ernest Cline
Broad Ripple
James Stockton
Kentucky
Cline
Multiple Fatal Incidents Reported Across Cities
In Chicago Theodore Karles an architect shot himself over a love triangle with Louis Kuntz. New York thief George Mordoff fatally shot a rival. George Appo was arrested in Buffalo after skipping bail in New York. Indianapolis Mrs Barbara Cregle died after leaping from a trolley car in fright. The steamship Priscilla was struck by lightning near Fall River injuring a Nagata. Thomas Moberly drowned while trying to save his daughter at Virginia Beach. Miss Moberly survived. Near Sylvania Georgia deputy sheriffs shot James Burns after two years in hiding following a murder.
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Jenious
Louis Kuntz
George Mordoff
New York
George Appo
Green Goods
Lexow
Buffalo
Barbara Cregle
Indianapolis
Fall River Line
Priscilla
Virginia Beach
Thomas Moberly
Miss Moberly
Frank Bender
James Burns
Sylvania
Call for the Faithful in Allentown Democratic Con vention
Democratic State Chairman Robert E. Wright issued a call from Allentown Pennsylvania for the party convention to be held that month. The notice signals organization efforts and a gathering of delegates to shape the party slate.
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Allentown
Robert BE. Wright
Weather Report for Eastern Pennsylvania
Eastern Pennsylvania forecast calls for fair skies with continued high temperatures. No significant rainfall expected as heat persists across the region. Temperatures remain notably warm, with heat advisory not currently in effect.
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Pennnsylvania
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John Heckman
Reading
George Ferguson
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Dr. Nargis
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Assassin
Earth
Theodore Karles
Hls Offee
Weather Report
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Finley
H. A. Kingsbury
Charles A. Schieren & Co
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W.J. Weichel
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