Belek Past Week Treely Told Telegraph Tales
A summary of events from Belek across the past week highlights casual ties minor crimes several fires and shifts in political and religious news. The piece notes German American tensions with Venezuela and Colombia and cites Novoe Vremya on German warship dispatches while affirming U S support for the Monroe Doctrine.
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Belek
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Venezuela
Colombia
United States
America
Aeronaut Falla 300 Feet In New Jersey Balloon Ascent
Benjamin Benjamin an aeronaut fell about three hundred feet from his balloon during an ascent at Hoboken Schuetzen park New Jersey. A parachute failure caused the crash the craft plunged into Hackensack Meadows landing in mud and water where a boatman rescued him. He suffered injuries from the fall and was bitten by mosquitoes leaving his face barely recognizable.
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Benjamin Benjamin
Hobokiwa
N. J
Schuetzen Park
Benjamin
Hackensack Meadows
Schley Court Deliberations On Admiral Howison Competency
The Navy Department cautions that it cannot judge the competency of court of inquiry members. It advises that the question of Admiral Howison's fitness be decided by the court of inquiry itself rather than by the Department.
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Navy Department
Admiral Schley
Admiral Howison
Court of Inquiry
Secretary of the Navy
Cripple Creek Saloon Brawl Ends in Millionaire’s Death
Sam Strong, wealthy mine owner famed in the East, is killed in Cromley’s saloon after Crumley’s quarrel with Strong’s companion. Strong drew a revolver to defend his friend. Crumley seized a shotgun and nearly blew Strong’s head off. Cromley jailed awaiting trial.
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Sam Strong
East
Cripple Creek
Col. Strong
Cromley
Crumley
Strong
Cromiley
Harbor Springs Fire Destroys Three Stores Loss 58000
Dispatch reports harbor area blaze wipes out three business buildings with contents totaling 58000 dollars. Above the stores are flats occupied by summer visitors. several occupants had narrow escapes as Petoskey firefighters arrived to halt the blaze just as it was reported to Foster Burke department store.
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Adispatch
Harbor Springs
Mich
Petoskey Department
Foster Burke Department
Burglar Gets Cash Stamps and Watch in Andrews Police Safe
Andrews Indiana post office burglarized Thursday at 2 am. Thieves used nitro to blow the safe and fled after two night watchmen arrived with revolvers. They took 250 dollars, 25 dollars in stamps, and a gold watch.
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Postolice
Andrews
Ind
Fire destroys block of Elma businesses in Iowa
A blaze wiped out a full block of eight merchants in Elma Iowa including the post office and four homes. Loss listed at 75000 with little insurance. Fire burned itself out with no protection against the flames.
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Elma
Iowa
Tozens, Bi
French Cruiser Cassard Heads to Turkish Waters
The French second class cruiser Cassard has begun voyage toward Turkish waters aboard a naval division ready to follow. This move comes after the sultan and French ambassador at Constantinople severed relations.
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Taris Mafin
Cassard
Constantinople
World Invited to 1908 St. Louis Exposition
The State Department issued a proclamation signed by President McKinley inviting nations to participate in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held in St. Louis in 1908.
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State Department
McKinley
St. Louis
Mills Prepare to Bring In Strike Breakers in Ohio
Canal Dover Ohio reports preparations at sheet steel mills for possible strike breakers. The new machine shop is being fitted as sleeping quarters for the incoming workers the company plans to employ.
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Canal Dover
Ohio
Bullion Thief Sentenced in Latest City Crime Case
A man named Winters who recently stole gold bullion from the Selby Works in Francisho, Gal. was sentenced in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters
Selby Orks
Francisho
Notable Incidents From Across the Nation and Abroad
A diverse set of bursts and tribulations mark this era: marriages in Philadelphia. a benzine tank explosion at Atlantic Refining causing multiple deaths and many missing. a polar expedition letter from New York. a celebrity’s domestic drama at Holland House. Other items include suicides, murders, and accidents across Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, Oregon, and Indiana, with rail and trolley mishaps.
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Meine
Henry’Watterson
U.S. A
Bianca Wither Casanova
Philadelphia
Atlantic Refining Company
New York
Holland House
Norman B. Keam
Neese
Mixed 1900s World News Highlights From The Day
A London editor apologized for an attack on Irish Nationalists in Parliament and was reprimanded. Reports say 400 Kurds raided the Damitra district of Armenia, destroying twelve villages and abducting young girls to harems while killing all males. There are also notes on canal talks, a $500000 London west improvements contract, and royal birth prospects in Russia.
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Coventry
England
Chamberlain
Kitchener
Xenia
Friday
Russia
Wiliam ‘Harcourt
House
MM. Nyssens
Industry
Brussels
Smithfield Market
London
Constantinople
Damitra
Armenia
Western Fire, Lynching, and Explosions Across States
A series of calamities and crimes reported: Seaton Illinois burned a dozen buildings with $40,000 loss. two Black men lynched near Pearce City Missouri for Miss Girsla Wild’s death. Fort Riley Kansas saw a cannon explosion killing two soldiers and wounding seven. Ambergris worth $46,000 found by railroad workers at Point Conception California. Sheep barn fire and confinement in Saginaw Michigan. Labor clashes near Muncie Indiana wounded nine Americans. Foreign garnishments against Milwaukee banks tied to Gerhard Terlinden. Wisconsin political tensions as La Follette opponents organize a Republican League. Collision in Chicago area trolley and train injuries. Kansas City Board of Trade member valued at $1,800. Columbus Ohio Great Southern Hotel sold for $250,000. Edward P. Thompson supporters vow to pay fine. Kansas Wesleyan University chancellor declines New Orleans presidency. Lima Ohio molders quit over Columbus castings. Dresden pottery fire causing $50,000 damage. Fires, deaths, and arrests noted across multiple states.
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Seaton
Edwin Manning
Towa
KeosHugua
Girsla Wild
Pearce City
Meo
Fort Riley
Kan
Point Conception
Cal
Saginaw
Mich
Muncie
Ind
Gerhard Terlinden
Milwaukee
Clarke
United Versie
Phoenix
Han Cleave
Springfield
Express
Sherif Ackman
Carmilll
la Follette
Republican League
Wisconsin
Foor Peisons
47Th Street Crossing
Chisago
Kansas City Board of Trade
Great Southern
Columbus
Ohio
Sheriffs Sald
Riessrs
Ralph
Fred Lazarus
Indianapolis
Edward P. Thompson
Havana
Cuba
M. E. Phillips
Kansas Wesleyan University
Salina
New Orleans University
Union
Lima
Machine Works
Pial
Dresden Pottery
East Liver
Uhio
Charles F. Stokes
Riley Brown
James McNally
Kansas and Texas
Excello
Pierce City
Widespread Theatrics and Tragedy Across States Reported
A roundup of violent episodes and notable incidents from multiple states includes a sheriff averting a lynching in Mississippi with gubernatorial backing, a Richmond tobacco plant fire, a wrongful-termination trial halted in West Virginia, a steamer capsize near Paducah with sixteen drownings, a fatal shooting in Alabama, a newborn at the Kentucky governor’s mansion, a lynching of Abe Wildner near Whitesboro Texas, and Boer envoy Gen Samuel Pearson suing the British consul in New Orleans over slander connected to an alleged assassination plot.
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J. Wright
Continental Tobacco Company
Richmond
Norwood
W. Va
City of Golconda
Paducah
Nay
Bessemer
Als
Louis Baggett
Harry Shrump
Shrump
Baggett
Stork
Gov. Beckham
Frankfurt
Buckner
Abe Wildner
Whitesboro
Texas
Wildner
W. C. Caldwell
Caldwell
Samuel Pearson
New Orleans
United States District Court
Arthur G. Vansittart
Vansittart
Superintendent of Police
Mechansician
Government receipts exceed expenditures in July first half
Washington reports that government receipts for the first half of July surpassed expenditures by 207 923 dollars. This fiscal surplus reflects higher tax returns and federal revenue, offsetting ongoing spending in the period.
Trade Reviews Signal Positive Outlook Amid Stock Moves
Weekly trade reviews show a good outlook for business as steel prices rise on strikes. The Central Union Telephone Co plans to raise 3.5 million by halving capital stock then issuing 100 percent more. Prof Jeremiah W Jenks of Cornell to tour world for monetary study and Philippine currency report for the government. Simultaneous telegraph and telephone transmission advances proposed by C H Gaunt of Northern Pacific.
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International Tian Plate Workers’ Protective Association
Central Union Telephone Company
Clara White Newberry
United States
Germany
Prof. Newberry
Islander
Alaska
Jeremiah W. Jenks
Cornell University
Philippine Islands
Eugene Foley
Utica
Carrie Nation
Thousand Island
Nation Mo
Foley
C. H. Gaunt
Northern Pacific Telegraph Department
Titanic Saga And Government Salaries Revealed In Briefs
Reports stitch together a maritime disaster account about a ship struck by an iceberg and sinking with many aboard, and a separate note on U.S. government pay practices for President McKinley. Survivors recount panic, lifeboats, and cargo losses including gold. The piece also notes Howgate estate matters and wartime revenue checks.
Market Reports Steam Through Chicago To Milwaukee Grain Prices
Market reports list cattle hogs and sheep prices across multiple cities. Prices span Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee with grains wheat corn oats and rye given for No 2 mixed and white varieties.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
B&c
St.Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Coes
Milwaukee
Whea
Five Die in Chicago Grade-Crossing Collision
Five killed and thirteen injured in a grade crossing crash at 47th Street and the Pennsylvania tracks in Chicago. An electric car ran through lowered gates into an express train at 8 PM Saturday. Motorman P. E. Bowman says he could not stop. a broker brake rod is blamed by experts. thirty passengers were aboard.
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Chicarco
47Th Street
Pennsylvania Tracks
Chicago
P. E. Bowman
J. Fulton
Saloon Lot Plans and Fatal Domestic Shooting Reported
A fragment notes sixty two saloons in Lawton Oklahoma and mentions a $25,000,000 capital in a hat manufacturing combine. It also reports J S Adams of Baltimore shooting his wife and her lover Charles Houck before Bott died.
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Newa
Lawta Okla
Je. S. Adams
Baltimore
Charles, Houck
Bott
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Sandy Hook
Lucania
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Del
California
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Marion
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Union Pacific Railroad
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Pine, Ore
East Pine Creek
Robert Rutter
Jefferson Rutter
Vigo
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
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Quincy
Girsia Wild
Miss Wild
Juan Robeles
A. T
Azula
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Lansing
Henry Culp
Minnie
Senator Fairbanks
Indiana
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B. G. Evans
Southern
Sarnlis, Miss
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Ross
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Ila
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Howegate
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Commissioner. of Internal Revenue
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