Prison Break Plot Foiled by Warden Yell at Sacramento Jail
Sacramento dispatch reports Warden Yell uncovered a planned mass breakout led by lifers Jack Brady and Kid Thompson. The scheme sought to feign illness to flood the death chamber, imprison officials, and free condemned inmates tied to the previous July prison escape.
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Sacramento
Cal
the Bee
Yell
Jack Brady
Kid Thompson
Kokichi Hidaki
Thompson
Brady
Wood
Murphy
Eldridge
Admiral Togo sinks ships near Port Arthur harbor
Admiral Togo reports that on June 28 his forces encountered the Russian fleet near Port Arthur. Japanese torpedo boat destroyers attacked after nightfall, sinking a Peresviet type battleship and disabling the Sevastopol while sustaining minor damage themselves. Two destroyers were lightly damaged. one vessel suffered casualties.
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Tokio
Togo
Peresviet
Port Arthur
Sevastopol
Shidakumo
Chidobo
Fairbanks Going Home From Chicago to Indianapolis
Senator Fairbanks vice presidential nominee leaves Chicago by special Big Four train for Indianapolis where a large nonpartisan demonstration is planned for tonight. He will speak at Fowler for five minutes and Lafayette where Indianapolis delegates will greet him.
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Chicago
Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Payne
George B. Cortelyou
National Committee
D. M. Ramsdell
United States Senate
Here
Fowler
Lafayette
Colfax
Thorontown
Lebanon
Zionville
Mayor to set addresses with Holtzman and leaders
Neighbors and friends note that addresses will be made by Mayor Holtzman and other prominent citizens, signaling civic engagement and community planning.
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Holtzman
Lafollette Faction GOP Names Officers in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Republican State Central Committee of the Lafollette faction elected officers today. An executive committee of seven will be appointed by Chairman Connor. Permanent headquarters will be established in Milwaukee.
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Madison
Wis
Republican State Central Committee
Lafollette
Connor
Milwaukee
Fire destroys lumber district along river front
In Cleveland Ohio on June 25 a fire thought to be incendiary or origin swept through the lumber district along the river front causing about 300000 in losses. Several acres of lumber piles were consumed by the blaze.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Dowie Coming Home From Liverpool on Lucania
John Alexander Dowie and his son Gladstone Dowie were aboard the steamer Lucania arriving from Liverpool. Dowie leads Zion City Ul settlement and returned home today.
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John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Gladstone Dowie
Lucania
Liverpool
Finnegan dies after shooting near Mount Moriah
Richard J. Finnegan died in Butte after being found fatally wounded in a house near Mount Moriah Cemetery. He alleged before death that Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison shot him four times as he slept. Morrison remains missing, reportedly having fled to the hills where she may have killed herself.
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Butte
Mont
Richard J. Finnegan
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Finnegan
Elizabeth Morrison
Admiralty silent on Port Arthur battle details
St Petersburg reports no direct news of the June 23 naval clash off Port Arthur. Officials note Rear Admiral Witsoefts squadron was ready to sail, AP had hinted major developments. Uncertainty remains whether the battleship Peresviet was sunk by mine or shell as she exited the harbor.
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Admiralty
Port Arthur
Witsoeft
Associated Press
Togo
Scott Free
Peresviet
Within Twelve Miles of Town
TA CHE KIAO between Kiao Chou and Haicheng on the Liao Tung peninsula reports June 22 that Japanese forces are 12 miles from Port Arthur. The entire male population aged 15 and up is under arms while women aid in defenses and civilian cyclists help maintain communications with the outside world.
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Kiao Chou
Haicheng
Liao Tung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Japanese Rout Russian Force Surprises and Outflanks
London reporting a Tokio dispatch says Takushan army detachment surprised and routed a Russian cavalry squadron ten miles northwest of San Fao Kow on the Ta Che Kiao road at dawn June 23. Japanese also occupied heights north of the area and drove Russians from the position, with sixty Russian dead reported.
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London
Tokio
Takushan Artiay
San Fao Kow
Ta Che Kiao
Bogus Money Maker Goes to Prison
Marcus Crahan of Providence Rhode Island pleaded guilty in federal court to printing and uttering counterfeit bills. He was sentenced to 15 years hard labor at Atlanta jail and fined 2500 dollars. Police recovered counterfeit certificates, money and printing plates from his Providence apartment.
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ST. Louis
Marcus Crahan
Providence
R. J
United States
Atlanta
Crahan
Delmar
R. I
No Trace of Loomis Is Found
Paris June 25 The whereabouts of Kent J Loomis brother of Assistant Secretary of State Frank B Loomis who disappeared around the Kaiser Wilhelm II arrival at Plymouth June 20 remains unknown Officials say there is no truth to a London report Loomis was found here yesterday The confusion likely involved Loomis and W H Ellis Ellis sailed from Marseilles for Abyssinia this afternoon.
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Kent J. Loomis
Frank B Loomis
Plymouth
London
Joomis
Loomis
W. H Ellis
Marcellos
Abyssinia
Merchant Hermann of Fresno Visits Town
WDP notes Hermann, a prominent Fresno merchant, is in town for a few days. Local residents report expectations of business chats and potential shop openings during his stay.
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WDP
Hermann
Fresno
Russians Predict Great Battle as Armies Move
A Viedomosti report from St Petersburg says a coming clash looms as General Kuropatkin heads to meet General Kuroki before Oku arrives. Oku and Kuroki together would command about eleven and a half divisions, with Oku holding four in action and one and a half in reserve, and Kuroki controlling six, including guards. Baltic work for the Pacific pushes under Biriloff and Rojestvensky with stern guard at Cronstadt. Naval crews, not saluted during visits, face strict discipline. Lieut. Vaviller was jailed for taking a relative to the naval laboratory without permission.
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Kuropatkin
Kuroki
Oku
Pacific
Biriloff
Cronstadt
Rojestvensky
Navarin
Sisolvelsky
Nakimoff
Roadstead
Lieut
Vaviller
Naval Laboratory
Don Jamie Arrives at Front from Newchwang
Don Jamie son of Don Carlos the Spanish pretender with a Russian army commission arrived June 24 and went to the front where he went missing in action according to delayed transmission reports.
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Newchwang
Don Jamie
Don Carlos
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