War with the Redskins Near Jackson's Hole
Eighty-five armed and mounted men depart for Union Pass to block any Indian movement. Reports state Bannocks camp at Pacpaogle Canyon, with Civil and National Guard units coordinating to protect settlers and guard passes in the Jackson and Learder valleys.
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Union Pass
Little Paopwogle Canon
Leander
Wyo
Unioc Pass
Jackson's Hole
Grimmet
Sherif Spirhawk
Fran Low
Pacpaogle Canyon
National Guard
Richards
Tno Learder Valley
Rede
Assault on Mrs McKenzie near Bound Brook bridge
Mrs McKenzie wife of Dr McKenzie of Somerton was assaulted by a tramp on a bridge over the Bound Brook railroad near Trevose station. He robbed her of a sizable sum and threw her into an embankment. she survived and identified the danger to railroad officials while the assailant fled toward Neshaminy Falls. The daughter accompanying her was unharmed.
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Simpson Grove
MccKenzie
McKenzie
Somerton
Bound Brook
Trevyore
Plathon
Neshaminy Fuller
Neshaminy Falle
Nicholas
Doylestown
Will Blow Things Up by Cuban Insurgents Contract
Thomas Carroll of Bridgeport Connecticut travels to Cuba under contract with Cuban insurgents to supply high explosive and a secret formula. He claims six weeks on site with fifty men could blow up one million soldiers, submarines, and cables, then proceed to San Francisco to meet Chilean agents.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Thomas Carroll
Cuba
Carroll
San Francisco
Agertta
Western Bar Iron Firms Convene in Detroit Price Pact
Twenty two western firms met in Detroit to adjust prices and agreed to advance bar iron by two dollars per ton after a secret meeting. The Merchants Bar Iron association, representing western firms, organized the gathering and reached a harmony on price increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Merchants’ Bar Iron Association
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Orders 64,000 Tons of Iron Ahead
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces a total 64,000 tons of iron ore for shipment, including 2,000 tons for the Scranton &heed seen and Cambria divisions, with 56,000 tons to be produced under the current order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Tone
Pennay Bieel Company
Scranton & Heed Seen
Cambria
Thompson Company Wins 2000 Order to Build 80 Miles of Track
The order today will construct about eighty miles of track mainly for a new bridge over the Delaware River nearing completion. It covers approaches and the connecting line and sidings in New Jersey from the bridge to the main line, renewals, and new main line tracks.
Ten Cent Piece Sparks Suit Against Reading Traction
George H. Lewis sues Reading Traction Company for $5,000 damages claiming he and his wife paid a trolley fare of 69 cents and an old worn ten cent piece was refused as payment for the return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
George H. Lewis
Eult
Reading Traction Company
Lewis
Outrage at Watertown Torture of Frail Woman by Mob
A frail woman from Jayville, Mrs. Bert Covey, was tarred and feathered by a mob of prominent local men and women. She suffered broken ribs after being beaten in a Jayville freight house following threats to leave town. Warrants are expected for many involved as authorities move to prosecute.
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Watertown
N. Y
Jayville
Carthage
John P. Hirsch
Bert Covey
Opinion Sparks Mutual Policy Change in Pennsylvania
Attorney General McCormick issued an opinion to Insurance Commissioner Lambert stating mutual fire companies may include a waiver clause in policies exempting profits and dividends from state laws. The ruling follows a court decision that reversed a 1891 stance, allowing card policies and altered regulatory interpretation in Harrisburg.
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McCormick
Harrisburg
Lambert
Supreme Court
Death by voluntary drowning of a dog in Creek
A large black dog, after days under a porch in Firek Street Epplen Pa, walked into Chartler's Creek and swam to the middle, holding its head underwater until it died. A Halifax tornado on McLennan's Mountain caused extensive damage and farmer losses. Reading Iron Co raises wages for short and rolling mills by 1 percent from Aug 1, with puddlers increasing per ton.
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Epplen
Firek Street
Chartler’s Creek
Reading
Reading Iron Company
Auronia Arrives in Port New York After Pipe Fracture
The steamship Auronia docked in Port New York after a main steam pipe fracture found Friday morning caused a 37 hour delay for repairs. In Norristown 10 percent wage hikes take effect next Monday for 900 workers at J. A. Leon and C. Jones and Co woolen mills.
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Auronia
Port
New York
Aurania
Moon
Norristown
Leon and C. Jones & Co
Berks County Funds Gain Interest. Lancaster Dealers Price Regulate
Berks county residents show $4 172 000 still earning interest while Lancaster coal dealers unite to regulate prices. Centralia reports a uniformed police force for its town. Bucktail Regiment survivors plan a Bucktail reunion at Lock Haven on September 4 and 6. Peter F. Rothermel remains alive but in frail health at Linfield home amid reports. A former revenue official at Estroud bought assets on Delaware Valley line roads.
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Lancaster
Centralia
Bucktall
Lock Haven
Peter F. Rothermel
Linfield
Reveena
Etroud
Sea Roadsburg
Delaware Valley Biscirte
Stamps Found End Long Stamp Counterfeiting Chase
Mrs Mary T McMillan alias Mrs Mack the notor ious stamp counterfeiter is jailed in Erie county Her satchel with 28000 counterfeit stamps was discovered in Postmaster Bakers private office Buffalo detectives tracked her after she visited the American Express office with a grip This breakthrough ties her to the Chicago counterfeiters and she fainted upon learning the stamps were found.
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Buffalo
United States Secret Service
Mary T. McMillan
Mack
Erie County
Baker
Secret Service
Hamilton
American Express
Chicago
Woman seeks arrest warrant for husband over stolen typewriter
Niagara Falls New Jersey July 30 The sight of a wife applying for a arrest warrant against her husband for stealing her typewriter was witnessed at the North Tonawanda police court H E Schaffer once a trusted New York Central agent at Tonawanda was in debt and blamed for cash Short in accounts he was dismissed and allegedly took his wife s typewriter and fled Mrs Shaffer says she does not want him but wants her typewriter back
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Niagara Falls
N. J
North Tonawanda
H. E. Schaffer
New York Central
Tonawanda
Here
Want to Die for Marie Prompts Clemency Appeals
Governor Morton receives daily pleas for clemency for Marie Barberi the Italian girl sentenced to death for killing her lover who betrayed her and refused marriage. A Fort Scott Kansas man offers to die in her place and a woman also offers to take Marie's sentence in the electric chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Morton
Marie Barberi
Fort Scott
Kane
Marie
Conspirators at Work in Klef Seminary Plan
A large conspiracy among priests at the Klef seminary and university is uncovered. It aims to widen attacks on nepotism in government posts. Also reported is a Moscow Students' Union plot to assassinate the Czar.
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Moscow
Czar
St. Petersburg
University of Klef
University of Moscrow
Three Held in Lillian Low Case Exonerated by Jury
New York coroner’s jury ruled Lillian Low’s death on Washington Heights July 22 was suicide. Miss Hanson Dr Biggs and Henry Champney, who were jailed on suspicion, were discharged from custody.
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Miss Hanson
Biggs
Champney
New York
Lillian Low
Washington Heights
Misa Hanson
Dr. Biggs
Henry Champney
Carbondale man attempts suicide by strychnine
Patrick Grier of Carbondale attempted suicide by swallowing strychnine last evening after being discharged from the asylum earlier in the day. He remains in custody awaiting hearing on the charge of attempted death by his own action.
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Pottsville
Patrick Grier
Carbonlale
Armenoure
NO STRIKE ORDERED IN PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT
President Penna of United Miners states no strike has been ordered yet. He warns a strike may occur in the Pennsylvania district to secure a wage advance if necessary, while hoping to reach an agreement without one. A convention in Pittsburgh on August 1 will settle miners policy.
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Panes
Columoiw
Penna
United Miners
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Minera
Pitsburg
Ohio Strike Contingency Aims to Influence Pittsburgh Miners
The speaker states that a national strike is contingent on Ohio actions and urges Ohio miners to continue working to support Pittsburgh miners, expressing hope to persuade Pittsburgh workers to stay at work.
Oklahoma probate judges not allowed to grant divorces
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled probate judges cannot grant divorces, affirming prior decisions and voiding all such divorces and subsequent marriages as illegal. The decision affects hundreds of eastern residents who obtained Oklahoma divorces and now must retry their cases in district courts.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
O. T
Supreme Court
Tragedy on Florida Lake Ends in Double Death
Mrs. John Adams, her husband John Adams, and brother-in-law Charles Adams die in a Winnchester duel on a lake near Adams home. Lover Joseph Stafford is under arrest for murder as Mrs Adams, a 30 year old woman, allegedly aided the killings by orchestrating the trap. Stafford claims self defense as the case proceeds.
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Tallahassee
Fla
John Adams
John
Charles Adams
Joseph Stafford
Leon County
Adams
Stafford
Adame
Mia. Adama
Charlie Adams
Chaakie Adams
Winchester
Lve
John D. Adama
Charlie Adame
Charlie Adama
Nicaraguan Uprising Against Guatemala Alliance
Nicaraguan advices report an imminent uprising as the people oppose a proposed alliance with Guatemala. Similar anti alliance sentiment is noted in Salvador. Guatemalan telegrams claim President Barrios will protect the late Honduran ex President Bogran’s property from any local effort to recover alleged defalcation.
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Guatemala
Teguciguipa
Honduras
Salvador
Barrios
Bogran
New York Republican State Convention Set for September
New York July 20 The Republican state committee met in Syracuse and decided to hold the state convention at Saratoga on September 17.
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New York
Republican State Committee
Saratoga
Buried treasure plan ends in farce and other notes
Bandit Jack Brady’s claimed 43 000 treasure plot collapses as a fake. Charles Ringo of Huntingdon West Virginia pleads guilty to murdering his two stepsons and implicates his wife. Yang Yu visits Washington as a guest of John W. Foster at Henderton Harbor near Watertown New York. Frank L Smott of Washington DC, bookkeeper for Henry L Biacoe lumber merchant, vanished after bank trip with 2600 dollars. A national conference of colored women, the first of its kind, begins in Mia Jo i of the New Era a.
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Jack Brady
California
Charles Ringo
Huntingdon
W. Va
Hegro
Yang Yu
Washington
Brnie
John W. Foster
Henderton Harbor
Watertown
N. Y
Frank L. Smott
Henry Ls. Biacoe
Quay's Desperate Tactics and Secret Conference Exposed
A Philadelphia report details Senator Quay’s bid to split the Republican coalition against David Martin. The article chronicles Penrose’s withdrawal, Quay’s attacks, the Lexow committee plan, and secret interviews with Governor Hastings as he sought to topple allied leaders.
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Hastings
Mim
Philadelphia
Quay
Senator Quay
Penrose
Washington
Senate
David Martin
Martin
Gilkeson
Warwick
L Hastings
Magee
Sime
Sil
Harrisburg
Hastin
Gilkegan
Colely
Giikeeon
Lexon
Floods Hit Kansas Town As Mississippi River Water Rises
In Scott Kansas July 30 an unprecedented rainfall in the southeast corner causes widespread flooding. Four inches fell in seven hours inundating the town and surrounding areas. Missouri Pacific railroad shops are waterlogged and train service partly halted. Families flee rising waters as a second storm looms with twoHyves reported tont so far. Property damage is expected to exceed the July 6 flood.
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Scott
Kan
Kansas
Missouri Pacffic
Tailor Strike Broken in New York Agreement
New York July 90 The settlement committee of the Brotherhood of Tailors reached a new contract with leading contractors ending the piece work system and introducing a weekly wage scale. More than sixty contractors signed, employing 15 to 50 workers each, and nearly 2,000 tailors are to resume work tomorrow.
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New York
Brotherhood of Tailorss
Brotherhood
Insurgents Land in Cuba With Arms and Ammunition
Information from Cuba reports two large insurgent landings Thursday near the coast. Each party is said to include about 75 to 78 men, veterans of the earlier Cuban conflict, delivering cannon, 700000 rounds of ammunition, 600 pounds of dynamite, and hundreds of repeating rifles and revolvers.
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New York
Cuba
Sailors Taken to Cuba in Small Boats
Report notes a group moved in several sailing craft and small boats that carried the entire party to Cuba, detailing the voyage as described in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Durant Case Investigated After Play Stoppage
In San Francisco on July 20 Judge Murphy halted further action on the Durant case mainly examining the actor involved in the play The Crime of the Century. All but Dally the manager were allowed to proceed on their own recognizance until Saturday morning when final hearing and decision are set.
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San Francisco
Durant
Hatch Knows Holmes Aiding Chicago Murder Case Witness Secured
An important witness, Hateh, now serving ten years in Arkansas, is ready to testify on H. H. Holmes crimes in Chicago. He claims to reveal burial sites of the Williams sisters and details of murders at the channel house on sixty third and Wallace streets. Police hope his testimony implicates Holmes and may lead to pardons for Hateh in exchange.
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Chicago
H. H. Holmes
Holmes
Hateh
Little Rock
Ark
Quinlan
Williams Sisters
Pletsel
Julia Connors
Pearl
Channel Housh
Arkansas
Thousand-Dollar Bills Found Hidden in Attic
In Washington July 20 two torn and taped together one thousand dollar bills were found in an office building attic by Mrs. Robert F. Ford. Treasury officials are investigating their genuineness and possible theft. Mr and Mrs Ford plan legal action to recover possession if needed.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Robert F. Ford
Ford
Treasury
Mine Full of Snakes Near New Hope
A group of boys explored the old Neely copper mine along the Delaware River near New Hope Pennsylvania. They found a den of black snakes and nine were killed before the boys escaped the mine noting a large snake nearly five feet long.
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New Hope
Seriouly
Neely
Delaware River
Lade
Fleet
Disgrace Leads to Suicide of Chicago Manufacturer
Joseph Barthel a 57 year old manufacturer of shop uppers died by hanging in his Harrison street shop. He faced a charge of receiving stolen property but chose to end his life rather than face disgrace. He left a son and daughter.
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Chicago
Joseph Barthel
Harrison Street
Gas Coal company posts miner rate after August first
Pittsburg and Youghiogheny Gas Coal company announces it will pay the four cents per ton rate demanded by district miners after August 1. In Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Harry C. Thier and Miss Emma Ristenbatt were badly injured when struck by a Cornwall Railroad train while crossing the tracks. The woman is feared to die.
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Pittsburg
Lebanon
Joly
Cornwall Railroad
Harry C. Thier
Misa Emma Ristenbatt
Washington Gossip Brings Retirements and Moves
Colonel William Winthrop, assistant Judge advocate general, will retire on Friday. The cruiser Newark, sailing from Rio de Janeiro, heads to Cape Town to dock there. Judge Femmes of New Orleans and ex Governor Hoadley of New York will aid Comptroller Bowler in arguing the sugar bounty appropriation's constitutionality. George Maxwell, Patent Office examiner arrested for Edmunds anti polygamy law violation, has resigned by request.
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William Winthrop
Newark
Rio de Janeiro
Cape Town
Africa
Judge Femmes
New Orleans
Hoadley
New York
Bowler
George Maxwell
Patent Office
Washington
London Water Famine Doubles Eastern Death Rate
The water shortage in eastern London has doubled the death rate as officials consider measures. A plan to set up a Catholic university in Ireland is under review in England. A watchman’s lamp caused a fire at the Hamburg Spirit Bonded Warehouse, and a large stock of sugar and lard was reported burnt. Directors of the Russian Petroleum claim no agreement with the American Petroleum Syndicate to divide the market has been reached.
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London
Catholicuniversity
Ireland
England
Hamburg Spirit
Russian Petroleum
American Petroleum Syndicate
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