Market woes hit fruits and farm crops across regions
Severe drought and late rains ripple through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio as prices rise and supplies shrink. Wholesalers hoard scarce staples while retailers struggle to stock durable fruits and vegetables. A string of storms and heat waves later cools some areas with scattered relief and renewed warnings for corn and tobacco yields.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Frankfort
Owingsville
Danville
Paducah
Shelbyville
Paris
Carlisle
Lancaster
Nicholasville
Burgin
Versailles
Inaville
Rapia
Jury deadlocks in Ellis Glenn case in West Virginia
Parkersburg July 30 Judge Stapleton dismissed jurors who could not agree after a week long trial. The ballot read seven for conviction and five for acquittal. The sensational case centered on juror identifications of Ellis Glenn son of Williamson. Over one hundred witnesses testified. The court extended the defendant’s recognition until next Thursday.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ellis Glenn
Stapleton
West Virginia
T Glenn
Sorn
Williamson
Crim
Elils
Movements of steamers in transatlantic traffic
Shipping notices show vessels arriving in Solent and Cherbourg routes with intended final ports in Bremen Glasgow Liverpool Hamburg and New York. Among the arrivals listed are Worra Furnezsia Georgian Maasdam Lake and Maasdam details imperfect but indicate normal liner movements in July.
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New York
Worra
Genoa
Gibraltar
Saverhelm der
Bremen
Cherboure
Southapton
Moville
Jule M
Furnezsia
Glascow Jeacoes- Goriathinn
Montreal
Tarerpoul
Nouordland
Philadelphia
Liver Pool
Cherbourg
Path
Hamburg
Liv
Lake
Maasdam
Sprmohe
Ria
Emperor Edict Reorganizes Chinese Foreign Office
An imperial edict in Peking outlines the reorganization of the Tsung Li Yamen into a new Wei Wu Pu board with foreign affairs placed first. It names Prince Ching as supervisor and Wang Wen Shao Chu Hung Chi Hsu Shou Peng and Lien Fang as senior officials. The move aligns with Western demands for reform following the Boxer uprising.
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Washington
Mr. Wu
Prince Ching
Tokio
Tsung-Li- Yamen
Chu Hung Chi
Hsu Shou Peng
Lien Fang
Obituary notes two prominent colonels' deaths in 19th century notices
Philadelphia report states Col. Eliot Barrows president of Wellsbach Light Company died at his Haverford home after a brief illness aged fifty. Born in Hudson Ohio he served in the Civil War and led roles at Willimantic Linen and Pullman Palace Car Company. Yale conferred a master of arts for his political economy work. St Louis notice confirms Col. John ODay of Springfield Missouri died in Baltimore from paralysis. A former vice president and general counselor for the St Louis & San Francisco Railroad he chaired Missouri’s Democratic state central committee in 1884. He was married three times and survived by all four wives.
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Philadelphia
Col. Eliot Barrows
The
Wellsbach Light Company
Haverford
Hudson, O
E. P. Barrows
Andover
Oberlin Colleges
New England
New York
Willimantic Linen Company
Pullman Palace Car Company
Chicago
Hinkley Locomotive Works
Heston
ST. Louis
Baltimore
John O'Day
Springfield
O'Day
Deaths of Bishop Moore and Father Brickley
Bishop John Moore died at his St. Augustine home surrounded by Florida priests. His funeral will be in St. Augustine Cathedral on Friday with prelates from across the country. Rev. Father H D Brickley, pastor of Ennis Church, died in Dallas after travel for stomach catarrh treatment. born in Harvard Illinois in 1881.
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Cincinnati
Father M. Mackey
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Jacksonville
Fla
John Moore
St. Augustine
Florida
United States
Dallas
Tex
H. D. Brickley
Ennis
Harvard
Iil
John R. Wilson Dies Prominent West Virginia Democrat
Huntington West Virginia July 30 John R Wilson attorney of Hamlin and a leading Democratic politician in the state is dead.
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Huntington
W. Va
John R. Wilson
Hamlin
Mixed News Briefs From Across Nations and States
A compilation of terse notes reports prunes sold to eastern buyers for 300000 dollars, a 25 mile motor paced race won by Will Stinson in 39 30, a minority report on the Alabama constitutional convention tabled by 23 to 4, a British sloop Buzzard leaky after striking a rock near St Johns Newfoundland, oil found on a Parma farm near Cleveland at about fifty barrels daily, Chicago Board of Trade expels Claude Meeker over a suspected pocket shop link, Navarre Athletic Club planning a 5000 seat coliseum for events, fall bookings for Kid McCoy and Marvin Hart, consolidations of brass firms plus new incorporations in Dover Delaware, Lor Starvord the Earl of Ilchester heir arrives in New York, and a near miss poisoning incident linked to ice cream freezer involving Captain B R Gittey among Arctic construction updates.
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California Cured Fruit Association
Johnny Nelson
Will Stinson
Charles River Park
Boston
Stinson
Buzzard
St. Johns
N. F
Green Bay
Parma
Cleveland
Aa Sines
Chicago Board of Trade
Claude Meeker
Meeker Tros
Columbus
Exchange
Meeker
Navarre Athletic Club
Lexington
Kid McCoy
Marvin Hart
A. A. Cowles
New York
E. L. Frisbie
Waterbury
James A. Douchty
Torrington
Charles F. Kraones
John Elion
American Hrass Company
Dover
Del
Kentucky Packing and Abattoir Company
Capital
Arkansas Valley Oi and Mining Company
Parsons, Kan
National Refining Company
St.boucer
Lord Staverdale
Earl of Ilchester
United States
Lor Starvord
Will Cord
Dorset
England
BE. L. Hotepan
Ehville
Mra Page
Gittey
Seventh Infantry
Seattle
St. Michael
Yukon River
Yeterday Daly
City Board Increases Tax Assessment On Cleveland Electric Ry
The City Board of Equalization forbade a tax rise then increased the Cleveland Electric Railway Company assessment by nearly 3 million. The street car company's lawyers will appeal to the Circuit Court at once.
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City Board of Equalization
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association
Delroi
St Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral
Light Guard Armory
University of Chicago
Chicago
Alliance Jancaise
Paris
Robert Lebaudy
Henri Merou
M. Lebaudy
France
Insular Government Seeks Quarries and Soldier Death Toll Update
Manila July 3 insular government saves 250000 by act declaring Mariveles stone quarries public domain for harbor work A Spanish company claimed title Thirty four insurgents captured in Batangas Captain Stafford reports recovery of stolen pay chest in Santa Cruz Manila Washington reports MacArthur list of deaths from dysentery diarrhoea dengue fever malaria and other causes among units in Luzon Panay Mindanao Cebu and Cebu May 23 to June 17
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Mariveles
Bataan
First Cavalry
Batangas
Stafford
Santa Cruz
Laguna
Washington
General MacArthur
Henry A. Johnson
Eighteenth Infantry
Panay
Olan &. Johnson
Luzon
Lewis M. Scholl
Hospital Corps
Harry F. Cronan
Comny G
Second Infantry
Seventeenth Infantry
Thomas H. McGivynn
Christopher O'Connor
Cororal
Diedrich Bb. Dorstelmann
William Alexander
Twenty-fith Infantry
Charles B. Fleming
Twentieth Infantry
Santo Domingo
Thomas G. Pate
Third Cavalry
Curtis W. King
Fifteenth Infantry
William Robinson
Twenty-third Infantry
Mindanao
Orron A. Albers
Comny
Forty-seventh Infantry
Corregidor Hospital
Elder E. Carlton
Adolph H. J. Tabbert
Fourteenth Infantry
Jeff Caddle
Third Infantry
Wilbur Houser
Cook
Twelfth Infantry
William H. Farley
Nineteenth Infantry
Cebu
Transport Warren diverted for conversion to teacher ship
The transport Warren has been withdrawn from Alaskan duty and ordered to San Francisco for fitting out to carry teachers to the Philippines, signaling a shift in wartime personnel deployment.
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Washington
Warren
San Francisco
Philippines
Crimes of Various Degrees Across Several States
A sprawling report lists multiple violent incidents. In Lamar County Alabama John H. Cole was stabbed by John Yarbrough after a dispute over alleged slander about a girl. In Houston Texas Patrolman William Weiss was killed by moneylender John T. Vaughn, who was mortally wounded pursuing escape. At Devil's Lake North Carolina Sheriff Ratlen was overpowered by two safeblowers, with three inmates escaping before recapture. In Greene County Tennessee Armstead Hensley narrowly escaped mob violence after an assault charge. Toledo Ohio saw a jail jailbreak and an attempted breakout, while Ozark Arkansas housed Charles Hunter for patricide. West Virginia reports double homicide near Pocahontas, and other nameless arrests and local clashes reflect racial tensions and ongoing violence in several locales.
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Unity Church
Lamar County
Alabama
John H. Cole
John Yarbrough
Yarbrough
Cole
John T. Vaughn
William Weiss
Houston
Tex
Vaughn
Devil's Lake
N. C
Hermann Ratlen
Jall
P. H. Pickett
George Kelly
Churches Ferry
Armstead Hensley
Greene County
Tennessee
Ee Hensley
Unicol
Toledo
John Brown
Topeka Joe
Thomas Keegan
James Stewart
West Toledo
David Morgan
Charles Hunter
Ozark
Ark
O. S. Hunter
Branch
Here
Hunter
Frank Russell
Young Hunter
Russell
John Tolley
Charles Berry
Pocahontas
Coopers
W. Va
Mary Graham
Bob Niddifer
Finefields
Pete Spangier
George Nelson
George Graham
Jack Martin
Lige Sigler
Roneston
Sigler
Kiling Lewie Haynie
Mayne
H. Hop Holton
Payne Net Report Allegedly Confirms Berlin Trip Doubt
Milwaukee July dispatches report Henry C. Payne Wisconsin national Republican leader is said to be in Nürnberg rather than Berlin and plans to sail Friday from Cherbourg to reassure supporters he is not seriously ill or in danger.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Henry C. Payne
Tutteeman
Wisconsin
Payne
Nuremburg
Berlin
Ava
Cherbourg
Ex-State Senator Malmed In Grandstand Collapse
A tall grandstand collapsed during a game, sending about 30 people to the ground, many injured. State Senator William Parberry of Meagher County sustained a broken leg and other injuries, with serious outcomes feared due to age.
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Red Sage
William Parberry
Meagher
Seventh National Bank Inquiry Reopens in New York
Federal land jury reconvenes to resume its inquiry into the affairs of the Seventh National Bank. Former President Kimball and Manager Sherer of the clearing house and Frank J. Poor of the failed firm Mar- Aetnd & Co. are called as witnesses.
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New York
Federal Land Jury
Seventh National Bank
Kimball
Sherer
Clearing House
Frank J. Poor
Mar- Aetnd & Co
New Mines in Arizona Two Districts Hold Vast Riches
A Phoenix letter in the New York Commercial Advertiser reports two Arizona mineral zones stretching from Wickenburg and the Congress mine to the Colorado River and into Mexico. The districts, rich in copper gold and silver, are being explored as Eastern capital flows in. Wickenburg has revived into a bustling hub with new buildings and commerce as prospecting parties flood the region.
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Phoenix
New York Commercial Advertiser
Arizona
Teporta
Wickenburg
Congress
Colorado River
United States
Brent
Utah
Nevada
Mexico
Tushar Mountains
San Francisco Mountains
United Verde
McCabe
Bradshaws
Globe
Tombstone
Bisbee
de la Mar
Kingman
Crown
Hackberry
Bill Williams
Yuma County
Maricopa County
A. W. Warwick
Santa Maria
Yuma
Warwick
Bill Willams River
Copitel
Skiorade
British matchmakers face endgame as amalgamation looms
A London industry clash unfolds at Bryant & May as Diamond Match Company of Liverpool pressures a merger. Directors warn competition would be disastrous, noting the American firm can manufacture profitably while selling at a loss. The scene signals a pivotal shift in British match production and ownership dynamics.
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Yesterda
Bryant & May
Diamond Match Company of
Liverpool
Thhey
Bryant
No Retreat from Modernizing British Industry
The piece argues that even if permission is granted to install new machinery it would take two years for the old firms to adapt. The lesson is sharp and likely to be wasted on manufacturers who blame labor conditions, strikes, and unions instead of their own lack of enterprise. Returning to old methods will not save British industry from greater humiliation.
The Folly of Fools camp for anti cigarette league
Denver Times reports a Bear Creek camp opening next Monday for eight days run by M. Lilburn Merrill. The event pits reformers against “bad” boys and features morning examinations, mass meetings, and demonstrations of cigarette effects.
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Denver Times
Bear Creek
Denver
M. Lilburn Merrill
Denver League
Cigarette League
Pendyay
Antirette League
Bear Creek Valley
League
Twenty year old daughter dies after cheek bite mishap
In Minneapolis, Pisio Hornung, age twenty, died tonight from what is believed to be blood poisoning linked to a bug bite on her cheek two weeks earlier. Her father is Adam Hornung and the incident is under local inquiry.
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Minneapolis
Pisio Hornung
Adam Hornung
Liberty Bell Tours Through Several Cities in Historic Journey
The Liberty Bell made a fourth historic journey departing Philadelphia on January 2 and visiting New Orleans Chicago Atlanta Beauvoir and the White City exhibitions before returning to Independence Hall. Crowds, ceremonies, and protective measures accompanied each stop as the bell traveled to celebrate American unity and memory.
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San Francisco Post
South Carolina
New Orleans
Chicago
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Penn
Beauvoir
Independence Hall
Philadelpia
Statehouse
Fifth Street
John Marshall
Virginia
Grafting Industry Highlighted by San Francisco Bulletin
The San Francisco Bulletin notes a police court case in which a young lawyer enrolled six defendants on technicalities, earning zero fee. A friend cites the quick payment as “good pay for an hour’s work” while the lawyer reveals expectations of sharing with another party. The piece paints grafting as a growing national industry, present in cities, states, and many professions, with bribes a long standing problem.
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San Francisco Bulletin
United States
Ind
Local Agents Expose Graft as Knaves Rise in Wealth
Local agents Kahlo and Anderson reveal graft while thieves flourish and extend through laws to pocket ill earned money. Newspapers catch errors and thieves go to jail sometimes, but reformers fail to curb the thriving industry as grafters gain status, wealth, and public respect despite pious acts.
Playing Whist for a Trophy in Milwaukee
The American Whist League opened the Hamilton Club trophy final in Milwaukee with fourteen clubs entering one team each. In round one Milwaukee defeated Cleveland by three tricks, Philadelphia beat Ravenswood by three tricks, Chicago Whist Club defeated Grand Hasads by one trick, Knickerbocker drew a bye.
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Milwaukee
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Ravenswood
Chicago
Grand Hasads
Knickerbocker
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