Guards Attempt Escape at Kentucky Penitentiary Ends in Blood
Frankfort Aug 2 Wallace Bishop Thomas Mulligan of Kenton County and Lafayette Brooks of Morgan county murderers attempted a four and a half hour breakout. Bishop was fatally shot as surrendering Brooks and Mulligan wounded and captured. Foreman Charles Willis hostage and saved by guards. Bishop identified as Burns alias and baptized before death. Brooks accuses Bishop of orchestrating the plan. Lexington Nebraska jail escape note.
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Frankfort
Wallace Bishop
Thomas Mulligan
Kenton County
Lafayette Brooks
Morgan County
Bishop
Brooks
Alfred Ransome
Louisville
Charlies Willis
Reed Department
Eph Lillard
Ransom
Eph Lillard, Jr
Burns
Father Major
Hammond
Ind
Mulligan
A. H. Gill
PF. F. Hurst
Gill
Nat Madigan
Charles Willis
Clark County
Rocker Department
Willis
Lillard
Littard
Madigan
James Buckley
Morgan Hrewer
Whiilix
Rarseme
Captain Lizard
Captain Madigan
Frank Brooks
Bond County
Foreman Willis
Reed
Policeman McQuery
Covington
Ludlow
McQuery
Nine Die as Digesters Explode at Pulp Mill
At Jessup and Moore Paper Company on the Christiana river in Wilmington Delaware two steel digesters exploded wrecking a two story building. Nine workers died, five are missing, four injured. a fire followed the blast. Rescue operated under heavy steam and debris. Estimated loss listed at 35000 dollars.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Jessup & Moore Paper Company
Christiana River
Frank Harris
William Burke
James Nagle
John McCormick
Zachariah Collins
James Stokes
Joseph Kumbacher
Granville Waters
Joseph Henry
William Scott
Joel Hutton
Schwab Sees Morgan in New York Health Rest Cure Expected
Charles M. Schwab, president of United States Steel, arrived in New York and breakfasted at the Lorain. He then met with J P Morgan & Co and spent about an hour in conference. F H Gary said Schwab is looking well and will likely rest and return soon, with no public details from the talks.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Lorraine
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
F. H. Gary
Steel Corporation
Schwab
Bank of J. F. Morgan & Co
Iast
Milling Wheat Scarce in Minneapolis Market
Millers in Minneapolis face a tightening wheat supply as shipments to the city remain light and stocks dwindle. All major mills except Pillsbury-Washburn reportedly lack terminal wheat, forcing several plants to suspend operations amid meager stock levels of about 2,825,508 bushels, far below last year.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Pillsbury-Washburn Company
War game off New England coast tests Pillsbury plan
Rockport Mass August 20 The New England coast from Portland Harbor to Cape Cod is on a war footing as Rear Admiral Higginson and Commander Pillsbury stage a naval war game. The blue and white squadrons practice a landing with Pillsbury seeking an undefended harbor between Portland and Cape Cod while Higginson’s fleet blocks and scouts the coast from Portland to Providence.
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Rockport
Mass
New England
Portland Harbor
Cape Cod
North Atlantic
Higginson
Atlantic
Pillsbury
Kearsarge
Portland
Providencetown
Harbor of Refuge
Casco Bay
Navy Department
Army
Navy
Provincetown
Brooklyn
Olympia
Alabama
Massachusetts
Thornton
Gloucester
Montgomery
Leyden
Prairie
Panther
Supply
Mayflower
Shubrick
Decaturner
Massachusetts Bay
Minot's
Thatcher
Sinson
Nantucket
Ensign Berry
Naval Intelligence Service
Providence
Portsmouth
Boston
Alger Says He Will Accept If Elected Senator
Gen Russell A Alger former secretary of war declares he will not seek the appointment to fill Senator McMillan's vacancy but will accept the U S Senate seat if Michigan voters through the Legislature elect him He declines further comment after releasing the statement and avoiding interviews in Detroit in August.
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Detroit
Russell A. Alger
United States Senate
Michigan
James McMillan
Senator McMillan
United States
McMillan
Alger
Arson charges filed against Mock and Fletcher in barn fire
William Mock a North Alabama street saloon keeper and Sarl Fletcher of Mount Clemens were arrested on arson and conspiracy counts. Fletcher allegedly claimed his wife caused the Apple barn fire near Oaklandon in 1899 and implicated Mock for a payment. Mrs Fletcher denied the tales. the case hinges on Fletcher’s statements and subsequent contradictions.
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Sarl M. Fletcher
Mount Clemens
Mich
Gerber
Colbert
William Mock
North Alabama Street
Mock
Fletcher
Perry C. Apple
Oaklandon
Apple
Apple Place
Jennie
Wage Earners Demand More Meat Across Nation
Washington dispatch notes rising beef prices driven by increased demand from a larger population and steady or rising farm incomes. Export demand climbs while western grazing land area shrinks, affecting future supply. Croxton argues price hikes stem from demand, not meat conspiracies.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Food Trust
Fred ©. Croxton
Labor Department
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Omaha
Banks Must Make Returns Under Revenue Circular
Washington Aug. 2 Commissioner Yerkes of the Internal Revenue Bureau issues a circular directing collectors to report banks that have not filed complete amended returns for the year ended June 2, 1902. Banks must include capital, surplus, and undivided profits in their returns, with limited exemptions for liabilities and fixed charges. Many banks amended for 1902, others filed prosa and claims. court decision pending affects processing.
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Washington
Yerkes
Internal Revenue Bureau
Sue Tandie’ Auetahiinnr
Tee Commlectonac
Rights on Ohio River Case to Be Advanced in Supreme Court
Assistant Attorney General Merrill Moores heads East to seek permission to present the petition and writ of error in the Indiana Kentucky Ohio river jurisdiction dispute. The case questions whether Indiana shares concurrent jurisdiction with Kentucky along the river low-water marks and allows Indiana police to arrest fugitives on the water. Courts have split on the matter, with Indiana and Kentucky lower courts upholding concurrent jurisdiction, while Kentucky Court of Appeals has denied it. Attorney General Taylor pushes to advance the case when the Supreme Court opens.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio River
Commonwealths
Merrill Moores
East
Supreme Court
Ohio
Supreme Court of
Court of Appeals of
Murder of a Girl Near Russellville Home
Zoda Vick aged fifteen, daughter of C M Vick, a prominent farmer, was found murdered near the family home in Russellville Kentucky. She had gone to the spring for water and did not return. About four o'clock the body was discovered with the head crushed, partly hidden by leaves. One hundred men with bloodhounds searched the area and a lynching is feared if the killer is caught. The Vick residence lies about five miles from town near the asphalt mines.
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Russellville
Zoda
C. M. Vick
Vick
Doctors' Protective Association of Kentucky Formed
Articles of incorporation filed in Frankfort to form the Doctors' Protective Association of Kentucky. The group will collect and purchase accounts and provide practitioners with patient solvency information. The incorporators are not physicians.
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Frankfort
Doctors’ Protective Association of Kentucky
Daring Jewelry Heist Strikes Brooklyn Shop
A. A. Webster & Co. jewelry store in Brooklyn reported a theft during daytime hours. A tray holding forty two solitaire diamond rings valued at four thousand dollars was taken from a showcase and the thief escaped unseen.
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New York
A. A. Webster & Co
Brooklyn
Four Killed as New York Central Freight Train Breaks Apart
Schenectady New York Aug 2 Four men were killed one seriously injured and many others slightly hurt when an east bound New York Central freight train broke in two near Moft Man's Ferry. The rear section threatened to crash into the rest as it separated during the event. No further details available.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Moftman’s Ferry
Counselman Indicates Bartholin Sought Money Over North Side Girl
Lieutenant Healy testifies Bartholin sought 60 dollars to help a North Side girl and to pay for an operation. Ed Counselman returned home at 1 am in a distressed state, claiming trouble with Bartholin and a girl. A wigmaker’s hair switch links to Minnie Mitchell, while Dr. Springer says the unidentified body died from a bullet wound a week before discovery.
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Chicago
Seventy-fourth
State Streets
Minnie Mitchell
Anne Bartholin
Watson
Springer
Oscar Thompson
Edward Counselman
John Claffy
Mitchell
William J. Bartholin
Healy
W. M. Allen
Counselman
Bartholin
North Side
William Bartholin
Lieutenant Healy
Kensington
Austin
Will Bartholin
Calumet Avenue
Denver
Leutenant
Will
Miss Mitchell
Joseph Springer
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Neb
Henry Koehler
John Barnish
Europe
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Peoria
Admiral Higginson
GEN. Alger
Sarl Fletcher
F.C. Croxton
Grand Army
G. R. A. Citizens’ Com
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Oyster Bay
Citizens’ Committee of the
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Grand Army of the Republic
Spain
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States Supreme Court
Zoda Vick
New York Central Freight Train
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