Descriptions of a Venezuelan siege and a Kentucky jailyard incident
Dispatch from Soledad Venezuela reports Cela Bolivar captured after a fifty two hour battle with heavy casualties at the jail and capitol. The city was left destroyed with no living people in the streets. In Casey County Kentucky minister Robert Lee said grace at a jail table after a fatal shooting following a quarrel with Ellis Woods and his son.
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Soledad
Venezuela
Udad Bolivar
Ciudad Holivar
Ciudad Solivar
Robert Lee
Linnie
Casey County
Grace
Liberty
Lee
Ellis Woods
Wheat farmers urged to sell at one dollar a bushel
A. Sverett, president of the American Society of Equity, appeals to farmers to herd their wheat for the $1 mark. The message targets Kansas growers, with organizers touring the state and 100,000 appeal papers mailed to wheat belt regions.
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A. Sverett
American Society of Equity
Hagv
Farmers of
Kansas
Great
Kansas Wheat Belt
Six of Crew Drowned In Baltic Sailing Disaster
The British steamer Middleham Castle, Captain Lloyd, from Antwerp for Inverness, ran down the Swedish brigantine Svithrod thirteen miles south east of the Owners' fighetship. Six of the Svithrod crew were drowned and ten were landed here. The Middleham Castle has passed the Isle of Wight bound for Galveston. Damage to the steamer was trifling.
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Eastbourne
England
Lloyd
Antwerp
Isle of Wight
Galveston
Tragic Knoxville Father Kills Son Then Self
William Liard fatally shot his 19 year old son Charles in bed after he would not rise. He then pursued a younger son to a neighbor’s home before turning the gun on himself. Liard’s drinking problem and separation from his wife are noted as context. The mother is prostrated and in fear for her health.
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Charles
William Liard
Knoxvile
Iowa
Liard
Four Drown in Hood Canal Rescue Attempt
In Hood canal at the foot of the Olympic Mountains, Mrs. Ella Smith of Hmomahoma and her two young daughters, along with Mrs. Rena Bradford of Seattle, drowned. The children escaped danger but their mother perilously drowned as Mrs. Bradford and others attempted a rescue.
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Seattle
Wash
Ella Smith
Hmomahoma
Rena Bradford
Hood Canal
Olympic Mountains
Bradford
Turkish Treasury Struggles With Back Pay Delays
The Turkish treasury remains empty as the finance minister has failed for weeks to pay officials their full salaries. State officials have only received one month of pay since March. Partial payment may come in the next few days.
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Constantinople
Schooner Mary Augusta Runs Aground Off Connecticut Coast
The two mast schooner Mary Augusta of Sullivan Maine ran ashore on a reef near Stamford in fog. Her bow wedged in rocks. a high tide float failed but another attempt is planned. The 325 ton vessel carried flagstones.
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Stamford
Conn
Mary Augusta
Sullivan
Maine
Striker Shot by Guard During Union Tension
Adolph Ehman of Charles Ehman & Co., a Chicago mantel maker, shot and seriously wounded Robert Kuter, a non-union worker taunting him as he guarded non-union men. Ehman was arrested immediately.
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Adolph Ehman
Charles Ehman & Co
Mantel Manufacturers of
Chicago
Cratord
Robert Kuter
Earthquake Shocks Felt Across Utah Region
Several light shocks were felt in Salt Lake City as the tremor moved southeast to northwest. Ogden, 37 miles north, reported the severest quake ever felt there. The disturbance lasted ten seconds.
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Salt Lake City
Ogden
Consul’s brief cholera dispatch from Amoy
Carl Johnson, vice consul at Amoy, sent a one word notice to Washington. The single word cholera signaled an outbreak in Amoy, China.
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Carl Johnson
Amoy
China
State Department
Washington
Mayflower Returns After Azores Maneuvers
The U S steam yacht Mayflower, which joined the squadron bound for the Azores on June 25 for summer maneuvers, has returned to port in New York.
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Azores
New York
Pope Leo XIII Dies After Prolonged Illness at Vatican
The Pope, Leo XIII, aged in his nineties, died at the Vatican after a long illness described as senile pneumonia that progressed to pleuro-pneumonia. He remained intellectually active and engaged with church affairs, appointing officials and receiving visitors until near the end, while expressing readiness to depart.
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Leo MII
Lapponi
Mazzoni
Pecci
Vatican
Rome
Vatican Gardens
Rampolla
Leo XIII
Mgr. Volponi
Count Pecci
Leo
Belgium
Perugia
Pius IX
Leo XII
Italy
Holy See
Quirinal
Papal
Eternal City
Notable career of Gen. Clay spans duels to diplomacy
The article portrays General Clay as a duelist, abolitionist, and statesman with a complex personal life. It notes his birth in 1810 at Whitehall Kentucky, vast landholdings, and marriages including Dora Richardson, with court disputes over his will. It ends with his declared insanity and his death at age 93 surrounded by many children.
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Waianae
Gen
Clay
Marrigge
Gen. Clay
United States
Russia
Lincoln
Whitehall
Kentucky
Richmond
Young Clay
Newark
N. Y
New Orleans
Dora Clay
Yale
South
Declarer
Louisville
Sam Brown
Brown
St. Petersburg
Vatican
Pontiff
Trade outlook shows improvement despite labor and weather
R G Dun and Co Weekly Review notes continued improvement in New York conditions with fewer labor disputes and milder weather. Railway traffic strong, July earnings up 13.6 percent from last year, and retail trade near normal. Cotton goods face uncertainty, while steel and related sectors see steadier demand and ongoing fall orders. Failures rise modestly in US and Canada.
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New York
RG. Dun & Co
Bessemer
Pittsburg
Boston
New England
United States
Canada
Pope Leo XIII Acknowledged as Global Figure of Devotion
The world mourns Pope Leo XIII, praised for spiritual leadership and diplomatic skill. His reforms in Benevento and Perugia earned praise as he fought brigandage and injustice. A sacred jubilees and gifts from distant nations underscored his global influence and enduring faith.
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China
Japan
Persia
Morocco
Vatican
United States
Cleveland
Pope Leo
Extra Session Set With Cuban Reciprocity and Currency Talk
The Fifty-eighth Congress will convene November 9 with plans to pass a Cuban reciprocity treaty resolution and begin currency legislation. Expansion of the currency bill is uncertain by holidays, while Republicans back the measure. In the Senate a lengthy debate is anticipated as Democrats attack the Dingley tariff, with the House to take up the currency questions and push them through under a special rule.
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Senate
House
Commodity price ledger for Midwest markets
Chicago to Milwaukee trading data lists live cattle hogs sheep and grain prices by city. Prices cover Chicago Indianapolis Cincinnati Toledo Detroit Milwaukee with figures for corn oats rye wheat and butter eggs and potatoes in ranges.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Toledo
Detroit
Milwaukee
Northern
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Viterbo
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Riley Brock
Hana
Spain
Brock
Monsignore Piffers
Pope Leo XIII
Cassius M. Clay
Bradstreet
Trade Review
Benevento
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