Rebels Press Government At Agua Dulce In Fierce Engagement
Peace commissioners returning from Agua Dulce report a heavy battle since July 29 between revolutionary forces led by General Herrera and government troops. Rebels suffered heavy losses with over 200 killed by July 30 while government losses stood at eight killed and eleven wounded. Armistice was granted to bury the dead, then fighting resumed with nine government battalions in reserve. General Salazar aided General Bert with supplies as the conflict continued.
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Panama
Columbia
Herrera
Agua Dulce
Associated Press
Moreno
Salazar
Moarles Bert
Berti
Burial Planned for Omaha by Chicago Widow
Mrs. Julia C. Howell, a Chicago widow and alleged daughter of artist J. S. Howell, killed herself with Jandanum in Denver. Her landlady found the body two weeks after arrival. She wore expensive mourning gowns and chose an elegant burial dress. She left instructions and money for a Prospect Till cemetery plot in Omaha. A note cited illness as the cause and the coroner ordered the body sent east.
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Denver
Julia C. Howell
Chicago
Prospect Till
Omaha
Miss Hay Weds in September at Fells Newbury
Washington dispatch reports Miss Alice Hay will marry James W Wadsworth Jr on September 30 at the Fells Newbury New Hampshire, the secretary of state and Mrs Hay home. Only close relatives attend with a brief wedding journey before a autumn stay in Geneseo New York.
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Washington, D. C
Alice Hay
James W Wadsworth, Jr
Alice
the Fells
Newbury
N. H
Circulation Figures Rise for National Bank Notes
The July 1902 circulation report shows total national bank notes at 355.9 million, up 2.31 million for the month and 2.88 million for the year. Circulation backed by U S bonds stands at 316.6 million, up 2.38 million for the month but down 10.42 million for the year.
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Washington, D. C
National Bank
United States
Arctic explorer Baldwin returns with crew in good health
Baldwin reports arrival at Honningsvaag Norway on August 2 after Arctic expedition. He says his men are well and notes the team faced baffling conditions but persevered stating we have been baffled, but not beaten.
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Honningsvaag
Norway
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Bryan Arrival With Ruth Heads to Burlington New Jersey
William J. Bryan and his daughter Ruth arrived in New York from New Haven and left for Burlington New Jersey, the Aug. 2 report states. The pair traveled together during their New Jersey tour.
Launch Cruiser Des Moines to be launched Sept. 20
Des Moines will launch at the Fore River yard in Quincy Massachusetts on September 20 with Miss Helen West of Des Moines as sponsor.
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Washington
Des Moines
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Migs Helen West
Train for the road makers opens Great Northern car
Great Northern Railroad places a train at the disposal of the U S department of agriculture to transport officials engineers and road builders for practical road building lessons. The train leaves Chicago August 15 and reaches Minneapolis in early September for demonstrations at the state fair grounds. It then heads west to the Pacific coast stopping in principal cities for more demonstrations.
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Great Northern
Road Commission
Washington
Great Northern Railroad Company
Office of Public Road Inquiry
United States Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Minneapolis
Pacific Coast
Nebraska Boy Surrenders After San Francisco Boat Escape
F F Nelson one of thirty boys who fled the training ship Pensacola near San Francisco May 7 surrendered in Richmond Ind He enlisted January as an ordinary landsman and after shore leave on May 7 and 29 others missed their boat back Nelson left Ogden Utah then Grand Island Neb to avoid a reward He will be held awaiting Washington advices from the war department.
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Richmond
Ind
F. F. Nelson
San Francisco
Nelson
Pensacola
Golden Gate
Ogden
Utah
Grand Island
Neb
War Department
Washington
Engineer Dies At Elm Grove Collision
In Elm Grove Wisconsin a passenger train from Waukesha known as the Scout collided with a westbound freight. Engineer Dennis Connell died at his post. fireman Thomas Chamberlain and several passengers were bruised but not seriously hurt. The crash was blamed on the fright causing the Scout to fail to back up in time.
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Elm Grove
Wis
Waukesha
Dennis Connell
Thomas Chamberlain
Connell
Cholera Death Toll Rising Across Manchuria
Official returns show cholera spreading rapidly through Manchuria with hundreds of deaths daily. At Inka 324 cases and 650 deaths, Harbin 1463 cases and 939 deaths, Mukden 49 deaths in 76 cases, Port Arthur 67 deaths in 109 cases, and Kirtin about 50 deaths daily.
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ST. Petersburg
Manchuria
Inka
Harbin
Mukden
Port Arthur
Kirtin
Murder Suicide in West Argentine Home
Fred Parkenburg a teamster shot and killed his wife as she slept in their West Argentine home and then shot himself Jealousy likely caused the tragedy. The husband was critically wounded and may not survive.
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Kansas City
Fred Parkenburg
West Argentine
Hon John D Lyman Dies At 79 Noted Agriculturist
Exeter New Hampshire August 1 Hon John D Lyman a national writer on agricultural subjects died here today at age 79.
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John D., Lyman
Exeter
N. H
John D. Lyman
West is Outdoing Itself on Western Crops
The Chicago Burlington & Quincy monthly crop report notes Iowa Nebraska and northern Kansas corn is rank and green but late for the season. Wheat in the same area is very heavy with an expected average of at least thirty bushels per acre. Oats are reported as a good crop.
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West
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Village Ruination After Santa Barbara County Quake
A seismic event in Los Alamos valley San Luis Obispo region causes a village to be deserted as hills and fissures appear overnight. Over four days a series of shocks, peaking at 11:30 am, altered the landscape with tremors resembling ocean waves triggering mass panic and urgent evacuations.
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San Luis Obispo
Cal
Los Alamos
Santa Barbara County
Pacific Coast
Western Union Oil Company
Carrica Ranch
Roosevelt to Receive New York Delegation at Convention
Senator Thomas C. Platt announced a solid New York delegation will back the Republican ticket at the next national convention. Platt and Col. George W. Dunn visited President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill after sailing from New York aboard the government yacht Sylph for a two hour conference.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
New York State
Thomas C. Platt
New York
Sagamore Hill
Platt
George W. Dunn
Binghampton
Republican Committee of
Dunn
Sylph
Craven Lynched After Murder Accusation Near Herndon
Charles Craven, a black man accused of murdering William H. Wilson near Herndon Virginia, was captured this morning and brought to Leesburg Virginia, where he was lynched in the afternoon.
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Washington
Charles Craven
William HM. Wilson
Herndon
Leesburg
Kipling Purchases New Country Place Near Tunbridge Wells
Rudyard Kipling, irritated by Brighton excursionists at Rottingdean, buys a new country place near Tunbridge Wells. The move accompanies his growing demand for privacy and space away from public visits.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
Brighton
Rottingdean
Tunbridge Wells
Earl Beauchamp Joins Liberal League
London reports Earl Beauchamp has defected from the Conservative ranks and joined the Liberal League amid liberal gains in the North Leeds by election. Beauchamp, who succeeded Viscount Hampden as Governor of Newark, resigned that office in 1900.
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Earl
Liberal League
London
Earl Beauchamp
Leeds
Viscount Hampden
Newark
Live Stock Market Report South Omaha Catty Prices
The live stock market shows light cornfed steer supply with strong demand for desirable cattle. Cows hold steady to 15 25 higher week, stockers and feeders firm, short faces steady. Hogs drop about ten to fifteen cents from yesterday, limited active trading. Sheep quotations mix from good to fair, with lambs and ewes priced accordingly. Western range cattle lead receipts with some South Dakota cattle at 3 50.
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South Omaha
South Dakota
Livestock Market Prices Reported With Variances
Cattle prices show native steers at 35.15 to 38.10, Texas and Indian steers 250 to 4.23, Texas cows 255 to 3.0, native cows and heifers 31 to 215, stockers and feeders 32.00 to 85.50, bulls 2.5 to 4.10, calves 2257.35. Hogs steady to strong with heavy loads at 7.65, packers 7.35 to 7.65, medium 7.40 to 7.65, night 7.05 to 7.25, Yorkers 7.45 to 7.75, pigs 5.90 to 7.18. Sheep and lambs steady. lambs 33.75 to 46.00, range wethers 33.40 to 74.60, ewes 3.40 to 64.50.
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Texas
Saint WM K
Harris sails to negotiate royal cattle exhibit for St Louis fair
Senator Harris of Kansas travels from New York to London as special commissioner for the Louisiana Purchase exposition. He will work with US and European officials to secure exhibits of royal Shorthorn cattle from King Edward and Queen Victoria's heirs for the St Louis fair, contacting King Edward at Sandringham.
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Washington
Sennator Harris
Kansas
New York
Majestic
London
United States
Mr. Choate
England
Harris
Europe
State Department
St. Louis Fair
King Edward
Sandringham
Queen Victoria
Edward
St. Louis
President Roosevelt's Quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt and his family kept a quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay. They attended service at Christ Episcopal Church with four children and stayed indoors after a severe thunderstorm. Special Ambassador Whitelaw Reid and his wife planned to visit later.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Christ Episcopal Church
Long Island
Whitelaw Reid
Reid
England
Cattle Rustler Black Perry Shot Dead at Sanders Station
J W Perry known as Black Perry a noted cattle rustler was killed by James Haynie foreman of the Hysham Cattle company at Sanders station in eastern Montana.
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Billings
Mont
J W. Perry
Montana Range
Black Perry
James Haynie
Hysham Cattle Company
Sanders Station
Prominent Iowa Lawyer Duncombe Dies at 71
John Francis Duncombe a Fort Dodge pioneer and longtime figure in Iowa law and politics died at his Des Moines home last night at age 71. He was a respected lawyer and public servant known across the state for his contributions to legal matters and civic life.
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Des Moines
John Francis Duncombe
Fort Dodge
Murder Grips Colorado Springs Bookstore Birthplace
R. R. Taylor, owner of a Colorado Springs book store, shot and killed railroad brakeman Frank L. Shader. Taylor surrendered after the shooting.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
R. R. Taylor
Frank L. Shader
Taylor
Defiance Starch Ad Promotes Ball Blue and Red Cross
An old advertisement extols Defiance Starch and Red Cross Ball Blue as superior for laundry. It touts tearful beautifying eyes and milk of human kindness as a persuasive aside, then promotes a large 2 oz ball blue package priced at five cents.
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Red Cross
Defiance Cold Water Starch Promises Quality and Value
Advertisers urge housewives to try Defiance Cold Water Starch claiming superiority and extra quantity. Each 10c package contains 16 ounces, unlike competitors that offer 12 ounces, and the ad asserts once used, Defiance will be chosen again.
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