Anarchists Tried Tunneling Into Allegheny Penitentiary
A Chicago anarchist plot to tunnel into the Allegheny penitentiary was uncovered. Police say a 200 foot tunnel existed beneath the prison, aimed at freeing Henry C. Bergman who is serving 22 years for the Homestead strike shooting of Hl. C. Frick. One conspirator may be buried at the tunnel’s end after a cave in. Evidence notes complex construction with electric fans and piano playing to mask noise.
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Pittsburg
Chicago
Allegheny
Henry C. Bergman
Hl. C. Frick
Homestead
Desperate New Orleans man Robert Charles shot after long siege
After hours of battle in New Orleans, the negro desperado Robert Charles was cornered in a residential area and killed, ending a violent spree that left Sergeant Gabriel Porteus, Alfred J. Bloomfield, Corporal John Saks, Captain Day, Pat Johnan Lamb, Officer Mora and others wounded or dead. Local figures including Andy Van Kurem keeper of the police jail Frank H. Evans ex policeman and confectioner A B Loelere were among those affected.
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New Orleans
Gabriel Porteus
Andy van Kurem
Alfred J. B. Bloomfield
John P. Saks
John Banville
Frank H. Evans
A. 8. Loelere
Robert Charles
Captain Day
Pat Johnan Lamb
Officer Mora
London dispatch on Hunter's army in Bethlehem hills
Lord Roberts reports to the war office that General Archibald Hunter's command was heavily engaged July 24 and 25 in the hills south of Bethlehem. The Boers held entrenched positions and British losses were about fifty. Hunter moved to Brandwater basin while Gen. Hector McDonald and Gen. Bruce Hamilton blocked fronts as federals evacuated Witnek.
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London
Lord Roberts
War Office
Archibald Hunter
Beth-lehem
Hunter
Brandwater Basin
Hector McDonald
Bruce Hamilton
Witnek
Largest raft ever floated on the Mississippi reaches St Louis
The John Hf. Douglass steamer carried a 250 foot raft from Tillwater Minnesota to St Louis. It holds 9,000,000 feet of lumber with sixty car loads of shingles and lath on its deck. The raft draws two and a half feet and is bound for lumber dealers in St. Louis.
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Clinton
Iowa
John Hf. Douglass
Mississippi
Tillwater
Minn
St. Louis
Forty Were Drowned in Alaskan Storm Capsizing
Victoria reports the stern-wheeler Florence III capsized after a storm near Jake Labarge with 150 passengers aboard. Forty feared dead though confirmation is lacking. The steamer Humboldt reportedly carried the news to White Horse.
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Victoria
B. C
Cottage City
Florence III
Jake Labarge
Humboldt
White Ihlorse
Eagle Killed After Attacking Child in Wisconsin
Farmer J. Smith of Sheboygan Wisconsin shot a six foot one and a half inch eagle that swooped near his daughter Mary three years old. The child escaped unharmed as both fell to the ground.
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J. Smith
Sheboygan
Wis
Clisp
Mary
Conspiracy Case Prompts Court Martial Trials
The report notes five conspirators and several military officers implicated as they face court martial. President Jiminez tours the interior while the country remains generally quiet.
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Sinate
RSS Caceres
Aise’ Ee
Jiminez
Panama Rebels Collapsed as Liberals Surrender
Consul General Gudger in Panama reports the revolutionary movement collapsed and the liberals surrendered. Quiet now prevails at Panama with order restored after the conflict.
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State Department
Gudger
Panama
Explosion at Waco plant kills two in boiler room
A boiler room explosion at the Wacolee and Refrig erator Company plant in Waco Texas destroyed the facility. The blast killed two workers and seriously injured several others, with damage reported across the south plant.
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Fital
Texas
Wacolee and Refrigerator Company
Waco, Tex
South
Command Changes Amid Investigation of Tien Tsin Fires
Admiral Remey reports Colonel Ead relieved due to rheumatism with Major Waller taking command. He asserts his inquiry clears the marines of any charges of burning houses or looting at Tien Tsin.
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Remey
Ead
Waller
Tien Tsin
Fire Wipes Buckley Town in Washington
A Buckley Washington telephone station reports a devastating fire that destroyed about twenty seven buildings and left most of the town wiped out. The blaze caused extensive damage with numerous structures lost and residents displaced.
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Buckley
Wash
Notable Drowning Rescue and Tragic Accidents Reported
Richard Croker rescued partner Peter F. Meyer from drowning at risk to his life. Joseph Mullen was electrocuted at Sing Sing after murdering his wife in New York City in 1808. Fires claim Buffalo elevator valued at 750000. A Philadelphia inquiry finds Mrs Marchand gave carbolic acid to her daughter before death. A counterfeit arrest uncovers bogus currency and tooling. A steam tube explosion kills three children on the Trilby and injures others. Casco yacht disaster ends regatta with Mrs Crow and son dead.
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Richard Croker
Peter F. Meyer
Joseph Mullen
New York
Sing Sing
New York City
Iron and Steel Trust
William BR. Brooks
Smith Observatory
Geneva
N. Y
Buffalo
Washington Street
Philadelphia
Charles Marchand
J. P. Hoffman
Secret Service
Burns
Trilby
Fred L. Spink
Semiba
Larchmont Yacht Club
Casco
A. E. Crow
New Mochelle
Long Island Sound
Ohio and national reports span drownings and disasters
Fireman C L Brundage drowns at Fairport Ohio. Michigan Democrats nominate William C Maybury for Governor. Deaths include M T A Luce in Ashtabula and five drownings in Wiley's Lake California. Automobiles and rail incidents kill and injure across Ohio Illinois and California.
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C. L. Brundage
Fairport, O
Democrats
Michigan
William C. Maybury
Detroit
Notable crimes and disasters reported in early 1900s notes
The dispatches recount killings beside railway tracks in Missouri and Illinois, a derailed Wabash line near Custer Park, a murder verdict in Caruthersville, a Chicago mill fire and warehouse damage, a suspected train wrecking near Lambert, and chaotic incidents in Joliet and Eldorado. Also listed are a tarred Zion Church elder, a fatal encounter in South Dakota, a juvenile suicide attempt in South Chicago, opportunistic robberies, a cloudburst in Solomon City, a Kings Coolie train wreck in Minnesota, and dynamite attacks in St. Louis.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Savannah
Geronimo
Fort Sill
O. T
St. Louis
Wabash Road
Kankakee
Custer Park
Grogan
Caruthersville
Hezekiah Grogan
Louis Demontcourt
Spanner
Clyde Hagan
Frank Levick
Lamar
Levick
Hagan
Lewis Hablakko
Chicago
Ohio
Michael Levanduski
South Chicago
Cyrus B. Fockler
Dowie
Zion Church
Mansfield
Fockler
Emmons County
Jessie Morrison
Eldorado
Kan
Olin Castle
Solomon City
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Kings Coolie
Wabasha
Minn
Hathaway
Thomas
South Broadway
Arsenal and
Broadway
Multiple National Shocks Marked By Violence and Disaster
Eleven Black men drown in the Warrior river near Akron Alabama when a skiff capsized. A battle between deputies and railroad workers in Scott County Tennessee leaves four dead. In New Orleans a riot results in Police Captain Day and Patrolman Lamb killed by Black assailants. Chattanooga power house of the Rapid Transit Co. burns, losses amount to 65000 insured. The torpedo boat destroyer Dale launches at Trigg yards Richmond with sponsor Miss Mary Hasell Wilson. Harvard eclipse work dismissed as valueless due to ruined apparatus. Mob at Huntsville lynches Elijah Clark as jail is stormed with dynamite and smoke out. M B G Hugh, Swift shipping clerk, mentioned.
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Warrior River
Akron
Ala
Cincinnati Southern
Scott County
Tenn
John T. Day
Peter J. Lamb
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Chattanooga Rapid Transit Company
Chickamauga Park
United States
Dale
Trigg Shipbuilding Yards
Richmond
Mary Hasell Wilson
Robert Dale
Harvard University
Washington, Ga
Huntsville
Elijah Clark
M. BG. Hugh
Swift
Tragic Drowning at Pablo Beach Involves Two Men
A branch office employee from Jacksonville and Ben Pollak drowned at Pablo beach after being caught by an undertow. Pollak suffered heart failure and was found in a dead condition after being pulled from the water.
Paris riots erupt after music prize decision
Paris police quell a riot sparked by the National Conservatory of Music jury awarding first prize. Li Hung Chang says China cannot pay indemnities and will resist annexations. Patrols and arrests follow amid the unrest.
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Paris
National Conservatory of Music
Li Hung Chang
China
Alexander of Servin
Mme
Draga Maschin
Nathalie
New York
Prymouth
England
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Campania
Liverpool
Embleton
New Zealand
Consolidated Global Posts and Political Briefs
Resignations and diplomatic notes surface from Washington and abroad, including Perry S Heath stepping down as first assistant Postmaster General, Gen Draper resigning as ambassador to Italy, and boundary survey progress between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Trade data from Dun reports wheat and corn declines with regional shipment totals and weekly failures rising in US and Canada.
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Perry S. Heath
Alaska
Canada
Porcupine
Admiral Dewey
Senator Pettigrew
Alexandrito
Aguinaldo
Wood
Charles F. Woyt
McIhinley
Iwaing Hsu
Pekin
Tate
Dawson
Stewart River
William F. Draper
Italy
MecIx Finley
Torres
Alexander
Cleveland
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Managua
Port Au Basques
Newfoundland
Sitp
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Market Reports from Multiple Cities Cattle Hogs and Grains
Market report summarizes varied livestock and grain quotes across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York. Cattle hogs sheep and grain prices listed with ranges and grades for No 2 red No 2 yellow No 2 white No 2 mixed plus butter eggs and clover seed prices.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Ste. Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Massacre Threat at Pekin Alarms U S Officials
From Pekin July 4 a Conger note dated July 4 and sent from Tien-Tsin describes two weeks of siege at the British legation in Pekin. Chinese shelling endangers foreigners, with a likely hot contest for relief entry. Officials question assurances of safety as reports of imperial troop control fail to reassure.
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Conger
Tien-Tsin
Navy Department
Washington
Charles Thomas
Brooklyn
Legation
Pekin
State Department
Mr. Conger
Li Hung Chang
Mecl Winley
Tien TsIn In Horrible State After War Ravages City Ruined
Shanghai reports from Tianjin describe a cityscape of destruction with barely a dozen houses standing along the riverfront and many buildings blown apart. Charred corpses litter streets as allies work to remove the dead while Chinese victims number about eleven thousand.
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Tien-Tsin
Shanghai
Big Increase in Patents Reported for Fiscal Year
The report by the Commissioner of Patents shows 39,815 total applications received, including 26,540 patents granted and 2,268 design patents. Receipts reached 1,358,228 with expenditures 1,247,828 and a treasury surplus of 110,401.
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Commissioner of Patents
Patent Office
Aeronaut Emil Markenburg Dies After 500 Foot Fall
Emil Markenburg, an aeronaut, fell from a height of five hundred feet at Santa Ang Cal and was killed. The incident occurred during a display, leaving observers shocked and authorities investigating the exact cause of the fatal accident.
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Emil Markenburg
Santa Ang Cal
Mob Rule in New Orleans Leaves Four Dead
A several thousand strong mob roamed New Orleans Wednesday night after the murder of two policemen by Robert Charles. Four black men were killed and about a dozen others wounded including three whites. Police reinforced the parish prison to protect a prisoner named Pierce. Acting Mayor Mehle urged citizens to aid authorities and let justice proceed. Funerals for Captain Day and Patrolman Lamb heightened tensions.
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New Orleans
Robert Charles
Lee Circle
Charles Avenue
Parish
Pierce
Charlies
120Th
Mehle
Captain Day
Panrelman Lamb
Bristow Names Rathbone Guilty in Cuban Fraud
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow concludes Director General Rathbone is guilty of gross official neglect and fraudulent practices, with Neely and accomplices implicated. He cites Neely's embezzlements totaling at least 381,718 and calls for Rathbone to answer for unauthorized per diem allowances and unaccounted funds.
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Bristow
Rathbone
Neely
Charles F. W. Neely
Thompson
Iavana
Mr. Bristow
Vanderbilt of China Prince Sheng the Celestial empire leader
Prince Sheng, director of telegraphs and railways, head of the imperial bank, and principal director of the China Merchant Steamship Company, is hailed as a modern Chinese magnate likened to Vanderbilt. He blended western business sense with Chinese enterprise and rose under Li Hongzhang’s patronage.
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Prince Sheng
Celestial Empire
China
Ele
Imperial Bank
Treasury
China Merchant Steamship Company
Sheng
Li Hung Chang
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