Rioting Troops Clash as Lithuanian Arrested Near Shenandoah
Twelve hundred state troops encamped outside Shenandoah Pennsylvania face a spate of ambush stone attacks by a group of more than a dozen assailants. A Lithuanian named William Stoppanitz is in custody after the first assault. guards vow to shoot to kill if attacks resume.
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Gobin
William Stoppanitz
Stoppanitz
8Th Regiment
Hoffman
Clement
Ott
Imprisoned miners win writ of habeas corpus
Judge Goff granted the writ in Clarksburg after hearing the petition filed to release striking miners jailed by Judge Jackson at Parkersburg. The marshal is to produce the prisoners here next Tuesday at 10 o clock for hearing, seen as a major victory for the miners.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Goff
Jackson
Parkersburg
Notorious cattle rustler Black Perry slain in Montana
J W Perry known as Black Perry, a famed cattle rustler in Eastern Montana, was shot and killed by James Haynie foreman of the Hysham Cattle Co at Sanders Station on Sunday.
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Billings
Mont
J. W. Perry
Montana
Black Perry
James Haynie
Hysham Cattle Co
Sanders Station
Fire Hits Large Chicago Grain Elevator
Fire tore through the big grain elevator owned by John J. Badenoch & Co. at Seventeenth Street and Walleck Court on Sunday causing about 75000 dollars in damage to the structure and stored grain.
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Chicago
John J. Badenoch & Co
Seventeenth Street
Walleck Court
Landsman Brocar Dies After Poisoning Aboard Montgomery
New York August 4. Given E Brocar a landsman on US cruiser Montgomery died by his own action after taking poison on Sunday. He failed naval yeoman exams causing despondency. Born in Louisville Kentucky he was in his nineteenth year and recently recruited. Body to be sent to Louisville at family request. Brocar transferred from receiving ship Columbia when notified he was deemed eligible except for defective eyesight.
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New York
Qiven E. Brocar
United States
Montgomery
Brooklyn Wave Yard
Brocar
Louisville
Columbia
Unique inspection locomotive built by Baltimore & Ohio
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad completed a one of a kind engine at Mount Clair shops for official inspection trips. It features a small passenger coach atop the boiler behind the smokestack, asbestos shielding, brussels carpet on the floor, amphitheater seating, and dual directional operation.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mount Clair
Three Boys Drown In Allegheny River At Pittsburg
Three boys aged 12 to 14 drowned while bathing in the Allegheny river at the foot of Thirty sixth street in Pittsburg. William J Carroll, 14, Amiel Kologewski, 12, and an unnamed boy, about 12, could not swim and drifted into deep holes created by a dredge boat. Carroll died trying to rescue his companions.
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Allegheny River
Thirty-sixth Street
William J. Carroll
Amiel Kologewski
Carroll
Government moves to civilize Hungarian Gypsies
Vienna reports the Hungarian government plans to introduce a bill in parliament after a commission inquiry. The measure would compel a portion of Gypsies to reside in villages, learn handicrafts, pursue regular occupations, or enter reformatories.
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Vienna
New Steamship Line Aims From Black Sea Ports to America
London August 4 The Odessa Times correspondent reports an Italian company seeks to link Black Sea ports with America via Italy using the volunteer fleet to tap Naples to New York emigrant traffic. The plan is reported as likely to mature.
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Odessa
the Times
Black Sea
America
Italy
Naples
New York
Union Railway stock sold to George Gould in Memphis
Fifty five percent of the stock of the Union Railway Co of Memphis was sold to George Gould, president of the Missouri Pacific railway, for 148000 dollars, giving him control of the proposed belt line.
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Memphis
Tenn
Union Railway. Co
George Gould
Missouri Pacific Railway
Accidental Rifle Wound Kills 13-Year-Old Brother
Alvin O Berto aged 13 dies at St. John’s hospital from a chest wound caused by an accidental discharge of a 29 caliber rifle by his younger brother Albert O Berto in Springfield Illinois on August 4.
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Ill
Alvin O’berto
St. John’s Hospital
Albert O’berto
American preachers preach at leading London churches
Dr. Partridge of Cincinnati Drs Webb and Poteat of Philadelphia Dr. Sims of Boston Dr. McFarland of Malden Mass and Dr. Gunsaulus of Chicago were among the clergy who preached at London churches on Sunday August 4 in the city.
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Partridge
Cincinnati
Webb and Poteat
Philadelphia
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Boston
McFarland
Malden
Mass
Gunsaulus
Chicago
Captain Fay Nyman Dies by His Own Hand on Lake Michigan
Captain Fay Nyman a renowned marine figure in Chicago took poison and died on the shore of Lake Michigan after a period of ill health and a recent operation. He had been struggling with health problems for some time.
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Nyman
Chicago
Fay Nyman
Lake Michigan
Pioneer Settler Joan Duncombe Dies at 71
Des Moines reports the death of Joan Francis Duncombe a Fort Dodge pioneer and noted figure in Iowa legal and political circles aged 71 from a stroke of apoplexy at his Des Moines home.
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Des Moines
Joan Francis Duncombe
Fort Dodge
Family Tragedy in El Reno Blind Family Stabbing
In El Reno Oklahoma on August 4 Joseph Podanoski killed his wife by four stab wounds to the back injuring the right lung, stabbed his 12 year old daughter twice, then shot himself and cut his throat in a domestic attack.
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el Reno
Okla
Joseph Podanoski
Ironton Builders See Strike Clash with Mob Tactics
In Ironton Ohio the Camden Interstate Railway strike paralyzed the Ironton division as crowds attacked non union motormen and conductors. James Sanders a union man forced from a car by a mob started for the river amid ongoing street clashes and halted traffic by noon.
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Camden Interstate Railway Co
Ironton
Elm Street Bridge
Second
James Sanders
Beechwood Park
Newark
Set Vinson
Huntington
W. Va
Camden Company
New Ironton Hotel
Central City
Camden Interstate Railway
Miller released after blackmail case in Columbus
Mrs Anna Miller, jailed on a blackmail charge targeting about sixty Columbus men, was released on a 9000 bond signed by her brother William Timmes of Lancaster. She left the jail with Timmes after the bond, with no signs of prosecution, as local business figures seek to hush the affair.
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Columbus, O
Anna Miller
Columbus
William Timmes
Lancaster
Bolt of lightning cripples Haskins village in Ohio
A single bolt struck Haskins near Bowling Green Ohio Friday causing melted telephone lines ripped cross arms and shocked many residents. James Austin was fatally injured with others severely affected as residents described a scene of fire and panic throughout the village.
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Bowling Green
James Austin
Moris slaying at Prattville sparks lynching talk
In L ynching era tale near Prattville Ohio David Morris 22 killed his father David Morris 48 after a clash over a horse on a farm five miles southeast of Lynchingham The son fled to town and surrendered to the sheriff as talk of lynching spreads through the area as excitement runs high.
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Morris
Natural gas explosion at Stoddard works in Dayton
An Aug 1 blast at the Stoddard manufacturing plant in Dayton Ohio leveled a warehouse room on McDonough street. Seven workers suffered burns and three are believed killed as natural gas from a leaking pipe ignited during setup of an 85 horsepower engine. The ignition source remains uncertain.
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Dayton
Stoddard Manufacturing Works
McDonough Street
Eighth Regiment Runs Its Own Camp Train in Ohio
Columbus dispatches report that Camp William McKinley Newark hosts the summer encampment of the 2d brigade. The 8th regiment under Col Edward Vollrath will take actual possession of the transport train. The soldiers will operate the engine, fireman, conductor, and brakeman, marking a first for an Ohio militia unit.
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Columbus
Camp William McKinley
Newark
Edward Vollrath
8Th Infantry
Ohio
Ohio State hosts successful national graduate school
The four week session of the national graduate school of agriculture at Ohio State University closed Friday. About 80 students attended and officials expect the program to continue as a permanent institution under the American Association of Experiment Stations, with next summer’s session likely in Minnesota or Illinois.
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Columbus
National Graduate School of Agriculture
Ohio State University
American Association of Experiment Stations
Minnesota
Illinois
Canal Commission extends inquiry into Ohio canal future
Gov. Nash on August 1 extended the life of the special canal commission to January 1. The panel will study water rentals and the advisability of abandoning the southern portion of the Ohio canal from Columbus to Portsmouth, with conditional review of its condition to proceed next.
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Nash
Special Canal Commission
Portsmouth
Window Shattered in Venice Basilica by Thunder
A thunderclap caused a large window to fall in the basilica of the Dominican church of St. John and St. Paul in Venice on Sunday. Experts warn the church, second only to St. Mark’s, is in danger of collapse and houses monuments to famed doges buried inside.
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St. John and St. Paul
St. Marks
Four Die In Head On Collision In Delaware County
Four persons were killed in a head on collision between two trains on the Ontario and Western railroad at Hortons Delaware county on Sunday. The wreckage included two engines and several cars were ditched.
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Middletown
N. Y
Mfk
Ontario & Western Railroad
Hortons
Delaware County
Excursion Train Wreck injures dozen near Cadillac
A excursion train of eleven coaches carrying about 700 travelers derailed six miles north of Cadillac Michigan on Sunday. About a dozen people were injured as emergency teams responded to the wreckage.
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Cadillac
Mich
Ann Harbor
Postal ruling allows mailed silver dollar with stamp
Post office authorities in Toledo clarify that a silver dollar unwrapped with the address and a stamp attached is mailable. A dollar sent to an Illinois recipient was held up at the local post office, but the coin goes through as second class matter.
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Toledo
Illinois
Popular Conductor Nimrod Whalen Dies in Loveland
Nimrod Whalen a veteran B&O railroad passenger conductor died at his Loveland home Friday morning after 40 years service. He was among the railroad's most popular conductors and had been in only one wreck during his long career.
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Loveland, O
Nimrod Whalen
B. & O. Railroad
Loveland
Coal Prices Jump in Cleveland Trade on Friday
All Grades Advanced Cleveland Ohio August 2 The retail prices of hard and soft coal were advanced 25 cents per ton on all grades here Friday Coke was advanced 60 cents per ton.
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Cleveland, O
Eleven year old Melvina Townsend dies in Columbus
Melvina Townsend aged 11, daughter of residents at Valley Crossing, died at Protestant hospital from fulminating gangrene poxemia after a fall from a tree broke her arm. The arm turned black and burst with rumbling sounds. the illness is linked to smallpox variants and inherited scrofula, a rare condition.
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Columbus
Melvina
Townsend
Valley, Crossing
Appointment of county boards of election in Ohio
Secretary of State Laylin announced the appointment of all recommended candidates for county boards of election where no contest or objection arose. Excludes Montgomery, Lucas, Medina and Butler counties, but confirms W. J. Neiderlander Wilwin in Butler in the Democratic contest.
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Columbus
Laylin
Montgomery
Lucas, Mo
Dina
Butler
W. J. Neiderlander
Monarch Iron to Locate Plant at Mingo Junction
Steubenville Ohio August 4 The Monarch Iron and Steel Co of Pittsburgh will locate at Mingo Junction on a free site provided by the town. The plant will employ 250 men in six and twelve inch mills and a bolt works factory will be built.
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Mingo Junction
Steubenville, O
Monarch Iron and Steel Co
Pittsburg
Voters Narrowly Back Local Option in Grove City
In Grove City, Ohio, the local option election passed by one vote out of 192 cast, with saloon opponents arguing that closing saloons would raise taxes and harm the town. A single ballot decided the outcome in the county contest.
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Columbus
Vets
Grove City
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