In Defense of Collins Trial Portrays Self Defense Claim
Mercer court resumes the trial of Benils Collins charged with the murder of Frederick Ohl and shooting Garret Cochran Princeton students. Witnesses describe threats with palings and Collins firing in fear for his life, defense arguing justifiable homicide amid a heavy drinking night.
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Trenton
N. J
Benils
Collins
Frederick BP. Ohl
Garret Cochrain
Princeton
Mercer Court
John Geiger
Collite
Ohl
Necht
Steven Downs
Anderson
Thompeor
Downes
Colling
Cochran
W. H.mcgaillard
Col- Nine
Wes
Ernest Dilokelns
McGallerd
There Is Little Chance of Trial in Canada for Mrs Relog
Philadelphia dated July 17 reports District Attorney Graham sees slim likelihood Holmen will be sent to Toronto for the Pietsel girls murder. He cites evidence suggesting the body found in the Cal.
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Lowhill Street
Pletsel
Holmes
Pletzel
Geyer
Metzel
Toronto
Graham
Detroit
Howard Pletger
Howard
Ditrict
Pietzel
Metgel Bo
Qallowhill
Howe
Relog
Canada
Philadelphia
Thetrict
Holmen
Pietsel
Superior Court Judges Meet in Philadelphia for Organization
Philadelphia July 7 President Judge Charles E Ithee and other Superior Court justices held a social meeting with the state Supreme Court in private rooms. They discussed governance rules, appellate districts, court terms, and record procedures, with public details to await Harrisburg organization on July 24, as population figures for districts were cited from 1890 census.
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Philadelphia
Charles E. Ithee
James A. Heaver
Howard J. Reeder
George B. Orlady
Joh J. Wickham
RE. N. Willard
Henry J. Morphy
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Norting
Harrisburg
Scramton
Williamsport
Harriabure
Pittsburg
Advance Guard Arrives for Baptist Young People’s Union
Baltimore July 17 The advance guard of about 11 000 delegates and visitors arrives ahead of the Baptist Young People’s Union of America convention opening sessions tomorrow. Crowds at rail stations and piers greet registration committees as the South Carolina delegation leads the lists followed by 1 200 members from Tennessee and substantial participation from Alabama North Carolina Virginia Massachusetts Connecticut Vermont Indiana Missouri Dakota Texas and Ohio.
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Convention of Baptist Young People's Union
Baltimore
Aptist Young People's Union of America
South Carolina
Tinels
Alabama
North Carolina
Virginia
Masachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
Indiana
Missouri
Datota
Texas
Ohio
Armor Plate for Russia Delivers Big Bethlehem Contract Boost
The Bethlehem Iron Company in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania reports its armor plate withstood a glatia factory test in St. Petersburg. Russia awarded a contract for armor for three new warships, with 1,200 tons to be supplied following the successful test.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Iron Company
Russia
St. Petersburg
New Anthracite Vein Discovered Near Pitman
A four foot anthracite coal vein was found on Line Mountain near Pitman, between Schuylkill and Northumberland counties. The find, five miles south of the Shamokin coal basin, surprised coal experts who expected the area outside the coal district.
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Pittsburg
Line Mountain
Schuylkill
Northumberland
Pitman
Shamokin
Mayfield Fatal Horse Accident Surfaces in New Milford
Chauncey Fletcher, aged farmer from near New Milford, was thrown from a horse rake when the team bolted on his farm. He died almost instantly, leaving him with one arm and limited ability to control the horses. The report also notes a separate wreck on the Western division near Nunda hill and a Hastings Line delegate selection in Sullivan county with W. C. Towers chosen for state convention duties.
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Chauncey Fletcher
New Milford
Mr. Fletcher
Bradford
Rochester
New York
Pennsylvania
Nunda Hill
Tuscarora
John Stout
Marth
Olean
Hastings
Laporte
Sullivan County
W. C. Towers
Haminga
Temperance groups plan July 4 meeting in Jeanesville
The Grand Division Bons of Temperance of Pennsylvania will meet at Jeanesville July 4. Father Mathew Temperance societies in the Lehigh district hold a quarterly meeting at Audenried. Bell, of Minersville, fell from an embankment near a Pennsylvania railroad and died. John H. Whitman died after fumes from a blast furnace in Lebanon.
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Bons of Temperance of
Pennsylvania
Jeanesville
John H. Whitman
Lebanon
Father Mathew Temperance Societies
Lehigh District
Audenried
Minersville
Fatal Fire Destroys Cincinnati Shipping Quarter
A blaze at 2 p.m. in Cincinnati Main Shipping Quarter destroys a five story building, killing two firemen and injuring several others. Origin undetermined. a cigar may have sparked the fire. Buildings in the block including Hermesch & Co. and Klein & Kirk collapsed under the heat. Ten thousand spectators watched as crews struggled to free trapped firefighters. Losses listed include Seamus & Co. 74000 and Hermesch & Co. 20000 with others mounting to about 174,000.
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Hermesch & Co
Water
Walnut Streets
Thames
Smith Coal and Sand Company
Nelson Mortis
Klein
Campos Concentrates Troops as Insurgents Attack
Captain General Martinez de Campos has reconcentrated troops in Payime in Santiago de Cuba province and continues operations against insurgents. Four hundred insurgents attacked a civil guard detachment at Cunao near Sancti Spiritu. the garrison defended and the enemy withdrew. June had no yellow fever cases in the army. July shows similar rates. Six yellow fever patients remained in Havana military hospital.
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Havana
Turkey fears trouble after assassination attempt in Sofia
Uneasy over the attempted assassination of ex-Premier Stamba toff at Sofia Bulgaria the Turkish capital fears renewed eastern tensions. Authorities note earthworks in Roumelia a mountain battery sent to Uskub and troops moving from Salonica to quell a reported insurrection near Strumitaa.
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Constantinople
Stambatoff
Sofia
Bulgaria
Roumelia
Uskub
Salonica
Strumitaa
Train Through a Bridge Fatal Crash Near Monument
A Santa Fe freight train from Denver to Colorado Springs fell through a bridge south of Monument Colo at 11 this morning. Three people were killed and three fatally injured while fifteen others were seriously injured. The deceased include Jim Childers foreman bridge gang Mrs Cooper wife of the stationary engineer and an unknown tramp.
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Monument
Colorado
Colo
Santa Fe
Denver
Colorado Springs
Here
Jim Childers
Cooper
Rustlers doomed as vigilantes pursue cattle
In Butte Nebraska on July 17 authorities and vigilantes chase rustlers who fled Fairfax heading west toward Spring View. The cattle, herded on an Indian reservation against Indian bureau orders, implicate Anapeker owner of the herd and raise political tension if handed to authorities. Dan Hall a Holt county stockman warns of a state line meeting among old vigilantes.
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Butte
Neb
Kaya Paha
Fairfax
Spring View
Anapeker
Indian Bureau
Old Dan Hall
Holt County
Hne Ee
Old Vigilantes
Rustlers to be tried under local regulations
A committee would supervise participants and rustlers would face trial under local regulations with decisions by the majority.
West Indian baker charged with sailor’s fatal assault
Francois Bouchat a West Indian pastry vendor faced arrest after striking Daniel Delson in a street confrontation at Second and Walnut streets. Delson died from a fractured skull minutes later. The incident followed Delson tossing ashes into Bouchat’s pastry basket and grabbing him despite warnings.
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Philadelphia
Francois Bouchat
Second
Walnut Streets
Daniel Delson
Nelson
Bouchat
Houchat
Five Engineers Injured in Torpedo Boat Blast at New London
Five men from the engineer’s department of the torpedo boat Ericsson were badly burned by a ruptured exhaust steam pipe while at Bartlett’s reef. They were transported aboard the lighthouse steamer Cactus and then to the Marine hospital. Injured: Austin Williams and Joseph Hamilton of New York. David Cody of Jersey City. William Merwin of Dubuque, Iowa. Jack Strinklar of Dubuque, Iowa.
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New London
Conn
Cactus
S Department
Ericsson
Bartlett's Reef
Marine Hospital
Willings
Austin Williams
New York
Joseph Hamilton
David Cody
Jersey City
William Merwin
Dubuque
Ilona
Jack Strinklar
Lowa
Blackburn Victory Boosts Senatorial Re-election Bid
In Lexington Kentucky on July 17 Senator Blackburn's chance to return to the United States Senate was strengthened by his clear win in the primary for city and county legislative candidates. He endorsed all three of his nominees, signaling a strong Democratic slate despite opposition from former Governor McCreary.
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Lexington
Blackburn
United States Senate
McCreary
Dowie
Sydney
Australia
Mr. Dowle
Wilows Amd
Pennsylvania Cotton States Exposition plans revealed in Harrisburg
A meeting of the Pennsylvania Cotton States Exposition commission in Harrisburg outlined work for the Atlanta exhibit. Governor Hastings presided as plans and specifications for the state building, budgeted at 5000 dollars, were presented to members. Brown, Shipley & Co. in London will offer 4 8 000 first mortgage bonds of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co. with Lehigh Valley Railroad guarantee, maturing in 13 years, at an estimated price around 106.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Cotton States Exposition Commission
Executive Department
Pennsylvania
Atlanta
Hastings
Shamokin and Pottaville Capitalists Claim Gold Near Rough and Ready
Shamokin and Pottaville capitalists erected stamps at Rough and Ready in Schuylkill county to prove ore claimed as gold found near the town. The investors express very hopeful prospects about the discovery and its potential value.
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Pottaville
Shamokin
Schuylkill County
Election Returns Show Shifts in British House of Commons
London reports a party breakdown from latest returns with 29 Conservatives 42 Unionists 2 Liberals 28 anti Par nellites and 6 Parnellites. Net gains list Conservative four Unionists four Liberals ten and a total Unionist gain of four seats. A separate note mentions a cyclone near Milneis Springfield Illinois with destruction and downed wires east of Jacksonville.
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London
Unioniat
Milneis
Springfield
Jacksonville
Telegraphic Sparks and Tragedies Across Regions
The hay crop around Binghamton is a failure and the milk supply runs short. Thieving fishermen on Belle Island Canada tried to burn the wrecked City of Mexico. Thomas Devitt, 19, died after falling from a fire-escape in New York. John T. Elis, a Washington correspondent, fractured his skull in Boston. Captain John Banmiers, Kingston Ont., drowned after falling from a boat at Omelsburg New York. The French Legion of Honor council resigns amid chamber criticisms. New York police seek Mike Fox, missing two weeks. William Brusseau receives 25 years for killing Dr Horace Pope in Detroit. Gertrude Anderson saved lives by flagging a train near Mahoning, Michigan.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Belle Island
Can
City
Mexico
New York
Thomas Devitt
Boston
John T. Elis
Washington
Omlensburg
John Banmiers
Kingston
Ont
Council of the
French Legion of Honor
Chamber of Deputies
Mike Fox
Cheatham
Horace HE. Pope
Detroit
William Brusseau
Mia
Pope
Mahoning
Mioch
Gertrude Anderson
Law Question on Dowie Healing Powers in Chicago Case
Chicago July 17 Judge John Barton Payne considers if John Alexander Dowie is a mountebank or divinely guided apostle amid claims of healing the sick. The dispute centers on divine power versus fraud with Dowie expanding his church and healing work across Australia and California and facing neighbors on Edgerton Avenue.
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Chicago
John Barton Paym
John Alexander Dowle
Sile
Peter
Zebaylon
Nepthalim
Times-Herald
Dowie
Edgertod Avenue
Thas
Syria
Galilean Hill
Payne
John A. Dowie
Mr. Dowle
Australia
California
Edgerton Arehue
Tabernacle
Corbett Divorce Hearing Details Vera Affair Alleged
In Zanesville on July 17 Mrs. Olle Corbett seeks absolute divorce from James J. Corbett world heavyweight champion. Testimony alleges Vera posed as his wife and incidents on trains. request includes $100 weekly support for life. Hearing adjourned to July 26 for roving commission to gather more evidence in Pittsburg and Cincinnati.
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Sieavy
Corbett
Romeo
Zanesville
New York
Olle Corbett
James J. Corbett
Edward Jacobs
Pugilist
Mrs. Corbett
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Jury Returns First Degree Murder Verdict in Pollard Case
Richmond Va July 17 The jury in the Mary Abernathy case at Lunenburg court house returns a first degree murder verdict. Troops were ordered to Lunenburg last night by the governor amid fear of an acquittal. Two more defendants await trial for participation in the murder.
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Richmond
Mary Abernathy
Whl
Lunenburg Court House
Pollard
Lunenburg
Robbers Bind Blind Couple in Orange Home Invasion
Four masked men forced entry to John Milbim's house in Orange near Ashland at 11 last night. They bound the blind couple, tortured them with fire at their feet, and escaped with $13. The couple was freed at 9 this morning when Mrs Milbim bit through cords. No clue to the robbers.
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Ashland
John Milbim
Orange
Milbim
Atwood Mayor’s Daughter Commits Suicide Over Lover
Milne Carrie Moon, 18, daughter of Atwood mayor W. F. Moon, shot herself in her room at her father’s house in Tuscola. The suicide followed a quarrel with her fiancé W. D. Harshbarger, who told her he would never call again after their yearlong engagement.
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Atwood
Tuscola
Milne
Carrie Moon
W. F. Moon
W. D. Harshbarger
Winchester man named alternate cadet at naval academy
Robert Conrad of Winchester Virginia is named an alternate cadet nominee. The last fiscal year immigration was 27614, a drop of 1470 from the year before. Mrs Mary B E Haneel of Billenville North Carolina has been disbarred from practicing before the interior department for unlawful pension paper handling.
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Robert ¥. Conrad
Winchester
Naval Academy
Mra
Mary BE. Haneel
Billenville
N. C
Interior Department
Weather Report for Eastern Pennsylvania
Eastern Pennsylvania forecasts show fair weather with a high Thursday. Temperatures drop Thursday night making it cooler.
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Pennsylvania
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