Wisconsin Man Endures Fifty Three Day Fast
Radxy Wisconsin July 14 John Zachar a Caledonian faster has eaten after a 53 day abstention. He and his father reconciled after a long estrangement prompting the fast. Doctors question its authenticity but say he may recover with care. He appeared lean but alert and hopeful.
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Wisconsin
Radxy
Wis
John Zachar
Zachar
Joceli
Anould Fieid
Tica Zachar
Kia
Ile Haa
Horeminda
Burlington Plotters Hear Testimony In Dynamite Case
A large crowd gathers in Judge Greshan a s court room as Alex Smith the Aurora brotherhood engineer who turned informer testifies confirming the case outline against dynamiters. Cross examination ends and a conference among railroad officials and union leaders follows with potential strike action discussed.
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Bamile Thanditestnen
Ciroagg
Greshana
Hoyne
Alex
Smith
Aurora Brotherhood
Ewing
Broderick
Bowles
Wilin
Bulington Road
Perkins
Stone
Wirt Dexter
J. W. Bly
Arthur
Sargent
Alexander Sullivan
Chicago
Charm
Hoge
Davenport
Asus
Gould
Rock Island
Burlington
Grand Trunk
Northwestern
Thames
A Queer Story About Marriage in New York
The story reports that Isaac Waldorf a New York Jew and merchant discovered he had married his own daughter. After separation from a wife in Austria he remarried and had three children by a second wife who died. A poor young immigrant girl stayed with him and later became his wife and mother to his child. Her Vienna mother recognized Waldorf as her daughter’s husband and declared the third marriage void both legally and morally as bigamous.
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New York
Isaac Waldorf
Waldorf
Austria
Amer- Tio
Vienna
Chibiren
Seennil Ramr Taep
Ita Lentil
War relics found at Broadway and Warren streets in New York
Excavations uncovered a rusted six pound cannon ball a twelve pound shell two twelve pound balls five six pound shots an eighteen inch ring and an English penny from 1748 along with a curious four armed antique shot piece. Local officials suspect Revolutionary War fortifications once stood along Warren Street. General Harrison shows mild illness in Indianapolis as Lincoln club visitors arrive. Crop bulletin notes cooler week west of the Rockies and late planting in the northwest. Blizzard victim suspected in Missouri river burial near St Joseph.
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Welles
Daya
New York
Broadway
Warren Streets
Bushwick
Warren Street
Junto
Wasamatos
Rocky Mountains
Dakota
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
Munsissipp
Missouri Valley
Central Valley
National Prison Association Convenes in Washington
Nearly two hundred delegates from Illinois Minnesota and Wisconsin attend the National Prison Association session in the House of Representatives hall discussing Bertillon registration labor questions and looming bills in Congress The meeting includes remarks by Joseph Nicholson C R Brockway and N H Brooker with calls for a national conference on prison labor and reform measures and a focus on the Bertillon system.
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Washinates
Washinton
National Prison Association
House of Representatives
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Joseph Nicholson
Detroit House of Cortection
O'Neill
Congress
C. S. Felton
Chicago
C. R. Brockway
New York State Reformatory
Yates
New York
Brockway
Wayland
New Haven
Baird
Virginia
N. H. Brooker
South Carolina
K. W. Mclawrey
Joliet
Committee On
France
Meeting of Prime Ministers at Carlsbad and Vatican tensions
Reported talks in Beecin suggest a Carlsbad meeting among Count Kalnoky Signor Crispi and the German chancellor with Bismarck awaiting terms from the czar before meeting Crispi. Rome’s press hints Crispi has carte blanche but Bismarck seeks Vatican guarantees under law. Queen Natalie of Servia faces Expulsion amid Russia-Serbia tensions and a Belgrade synod decree on Milan Obrenovic's divorce.
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Beecin
Count Kalnoky
Signor Crispi
Carlsbad
Count Herbert Bismarck
St Peterof
Signor
Crispi
Germany
Vatican
Count Bismarck
Rome
Verzin Carte Blanche
Prince Bismarck
Sisner Crispi
Natalie
Servia
Doeva
Thestaden
Belgrade
Milan
Russia
Austrian
National Educational Council Opens Crowded Session
San Francisco July 16 The national educational council meets with a packed crowd as President Prenard presides. Ramabia of India addresses the advancement of Indian women. Richards presents committee reports on elementary education titled Waste in Education. Burke of Hinsdale University reviews the business side of schools. About twenty three hundred visitors from eastern states are in the city.
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National Educational Council
San Francisco
Prenard
Pumdita Ramabia
India
Delexate Richards
Burke
Ilinsdale University
Michigan
Preparations for Suicide by Prisoner Under Arrest
Mrs. Crane, jailed for shooting at Lawyer McNalty, was found this evening tying together sheets and bed quilts in her cell to commit death by own action. She said she would rather strangle herself than go to prison and that recent visits from victims of her robberies prompted the plan. She warned she would kill herself if convicted.
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Chicaco
Crane
McNalty
Fuller case goes over in secret senate discussion
The Fuller case reached the senate and was informally debated in secret. Some judiciary committee members denied any plan to act before the next session and said opposition was public in character. The matter remained unfinished at adjournment. The second item notes Ship Island quarantine station in Mississippi where the Norwegian bark Alagondia's captain and four crew died of yellow fever after leaving Rio Janeiro. the ship will be detained at quarantine.
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Fuller
Wasmaaron
Scaly
Senate
Judiciary
Wasninatos
Marine Hospital Bureau
Mississippi
Alagondia
Rio Janero
Rio
We Have Been Beaten in the Burlington Strike
Caicaco reports Chief Arthur stating the Burlington strike failed to win concessions. He urged ending the walkout, noting the road won at great expense while the Brotherhood lost members. He condemned any vigilante acts and warned of expulsions if proven.
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Arthur
Burlington
Caicaco
Ill
Cleveland
Brotherhood
Ita
Burlington Road
Dorsey Urges Nebraska Court Term Expansion Before Senate
Representative Dorsey spoke to the senate judiciary committee urging a bill to add terms and holding places for U S courts in Nebraska at Norfolk and Kearney. Critics said Nebraskan courts have little business and opposed the expansion, while Dorsey argued the western state would benefit from local sessions. The committee offered no encouragement and hinted at a substitute bill, as similar measures in Minnesota and Arkansas faced fate.
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Dorsey
Washington
Senate Committee On Judiciary
United States
Nebraska
Norfolk
Kearney
Mr. Edmunds
Minnesota
Arkansas
Jorsey
House
Senate
Brice Chosen as Democratic Campaign Chairman
Washington reports indicate Judge Calvin S. Brice of Ohio will be re elected as chairman of the Democratic national campaign committee with an announcement expected in New York. Brice, about 40, is described as a sharp business man with strong administrative ability.
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Democratic Committee
Washington
Calvin S. Brice
Ohio
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
New York
Judge Brice
Gorman
Scott
Brice
Empire State
New York City
Europe
Democratic National Campaign Committee
Calvin
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Charles Orden
Nebraska
Bradley G Schley
Wisconsin
Alexander T. Anking
Minnesota
Harry Wellauske
Maryland
R. G Monroe
Harney N. Callison
Massachusetts
Lawrence Gardner
Steamer Reports Murder of Hazelton Agent
General notes recount a Sheena river steamer report that Mr. Clifford, Hudson Bay company agent at Hazelton, and a special constable were murdered by Indians. Troops will be sent up the river. Other items include grain stocks, yellow fever on Magnolia, a Kingston Jamaica consul’s death, Gould illness claims, a hot air balloon crash at Coney Island, and tariff talks in New Zealand and Rome.
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Sheena River
Clifford
Hudson Bay Company
Hazelton
United States
Canada
Chicago ‘Board of Trade
Marine Hospital Bureau
Ship Island
Mississippi
Rio Janiero
State Department
Kingston
Jamaica
J. Harvey Brigham
Paso del Norte
Mexico
New York Commercial Advertiser
Gould
Munn
Coney Island
Cincinnati
Samuel Youne
Garrett
McKenzie
Philadelphia
New Zealand
Riforma
Rome
House of Representatives
America
Italy
Revolver Restored to Senator Manderson After Twenty Five Years
A Civil War revolver once taken by bushwhackers from Lieutenant Colonel Manderson during the Stone River and Mission Ridge campaigns is returning to him. After a long hunt across states, another recovered pistol bearing his name is now presented by Judge Rives of Alabama, marking the second restoration of Manderson’s revolvers. Four private pension bills were vetoed in Washington, including one for an officer who deserted to the Confederacy and was later recaptured. In Springfield, Ohio, Thomas Perfect died after choking on potatoes during dinner.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Railway All Service
Fed
Quartermaster and General’s Office
War Department
Civil Permca
Commie
Oberly
Halgams
Jyman
Emma
Elmer
CMU Ieee
Sylvanus Bayley
Inna
Springfield
Ohio
Alissam Fleming
Tinsaly
Frank
Layley
SpringGeld
Sfra
Magaw
Spring
Marynville
Mre. Bayley
Senator Vanderson
Wim
Manderson
Stone River
Mission Ridge
Chattanooga
Esid
Mary Livermore
Sanitary Commission
Kk. B. Huyer
Alabama
United States Senate
Judge Rives
Bret
John Herbst
President Anys
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Lathrop
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Landon
St. Petersburg
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Laondon
Collins Lon
Jim
Ilties
Bayard
Pat’ Collins
Pierre Lorillard
Ameer
Afslanistan
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Provo Wallis
Alfred Brennan
Heneage
Henry ‘I
New Hampshire
Hebron
Herbert Spencer
Rutherford B. Hayes
United States Pension Office
John Batchelder
Samuel Batchelder
Pilty-third Minis Infantry
Powell Clayton
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L. Z. Leiter
A. M. Gibson
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Harrison
Indianapolis
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Lincoln Club
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Wilson
General Harrison
Hamilton County
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Alsuai
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Itill
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Here
George Clark
Clark
Galesburg
George Miles
Henry Stanwood
Henry P. Stanwood
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway
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