Holmes Castle Burned in Chicago Neighborhood Tract
At Chicago on Aug 19 the Holmes castle at Sixty third and Wallace tracts burned after being found on fire at 12:30 AM. The building, long linked to murders by R H Holmes, was entirely destroyed in the blaze. A Duestan jury in Missouri failed to reach a verdict in the Duestrow case involving a millionaire St Louis wife and child.
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Cmoaco
R. H. Holmes
Bre
Duestron
Michigan
Mostecurnr
Mich
Masonic
Orreaco
William & Bernheim
Fort Collins
Col
Ohio
Patent Steel Whip Company
Boston and Return by the Monta Fe
Promoters offer round trip fare with choice of routes from Chicago and Boston. Hawley Bros advertises details while a Proach Bakery lists fresh goods daily at 815 Eanens Avenue. Burghart provides smokers supplies at 901 Kansan Avenue. Babverlbe for the Daily Stare Jocenas.
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Amet
Chicago
Huwlsy Bros
Fresh Bakery
Proach Bakery
Eanens Avenue
Boston
Unico Pacific
Family Drowns in Boat Capsize Near Frankford
A small pleasure boat overloaded during a fish fry on Grey's creek near Isle of Wight bay capsized. Seven people died including William Storr and his family, with two other families mourning. William Storr, wife Laura and daughters Ida May Myrtle were among the victims. two Hall sisters also perished. Two others were saved while searches continue for two more bodies.
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Frankford
Selbyville
Del
Grey's Creek
Isle of Wight Bay
William Hudson
William Storr
Philadelphia
Laura Storr
Ida
May
Myrtle Stevens
Joseph Stevens
Shelbyville
Lina Hall
Lunu Hall
Elisha Hell
Mr. Storr
Hudson
Hall
Miss Stevens
Short Campaign Divides National Committees Report
National committeemen split on a short presidential campaign with Republicans voting 14 to 4 in favor and Democrats split 10 to 4 against, amid non-committals. notes on the Cerrabine meeting from Cuscaco dated Aug 19 and Aug 14 reports a Creek and negro gang raid near Arbeen injuring five women at Samuel Nurford's store with potential deaths.
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Republican National Committee
Democratic National Committee
Erlons
Arbeen
Major Crowder Exonerated Wires State Department
Adjutant General Swan of the department of the Platte reports from Omaha that after investigating damaging charges against Major B. M. Crowder the claims are absolutely false. The case involved alleged use of government funds to survey work for a Missouri father. the findings deny the accusation.
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Wasuixetoy
Aug. J
Swan
Department of the Platte
Omaha
B. M. Crowder
Father and Child Cremated in Algonquin Fire
Frank Kazer and his 4 year old daughter Sybisa perished in a blaze that consumed their residence and several nearby buildings in Algonquin a village near Washburn Cotters Washburn collect Topeka is noted as the best collage in Kansas
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Algonquin
Here
Washburn
Topeka
Kansas
Democrats in Ohio Face Hot Convention Fight
In Spri x eorr ero Ohio Aug 19 a close party clash looms as free silver factions and price men vie for control of the convention organization and platform. Allan W Thurman chairs the state executive committee, M as Smakey leads the state central committee. District meetings Tuesday will decide committee control for Wednesday, with Thurman’s ally Kilbourne of Columbus favored for governor if the free silver camp wins.
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Ohio
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Allan W. Thurman
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James Kilbourne
Columbus
Thurman
Movement to renominate Lewelling for governor next year
Wiemra Kansas Aug 19 A movement led by Southern Kansas Populists aims to boost ex Governor Lewelling for a third gubernatorial nomination. A club will form to back the effort amid pledges of fusion with Democrats if the platform calls for tariff moderation silver coinage 16 to 1 and a constitutional convention resubmission. Simp 80a is planned for renomination to Congress.
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Kan
Kansas
Lewelling
Jerry Simp
Notorious Big Four Bridge Opened in Louisville
The Big Four passenger train began running over the new Louisville and Jeffersonville bridge at 8 am marking a milestone for the city. The structure and approaches extend about two miles and the line resumes service today amid prior construction fatalities and local interest.
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Big Four
Louisville and
Jeffersonville
Boyle Would Have Won In Marshall County Prize Fight
Streator Illinois August 19 Eddie Meyer of Streator fought Peter Boyle of Chicago at Evans in Marshall county. The sixteenth round stoppage by the sheriff and referee declared a draw though Boyle held the advantage. Also Panama Canal Guarded reports Colombian soldiers guard the canal line as of August 12.
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Streator
Eddie Meyer
Peter Boyle
Chicago
Evans
Marshall County
Panama Canal
Monument Laid for Emperor William I in Germany
Britay Aug 19. Splendid weather marked Gravelotte anniversary as Emperor William II laid the foundation stone of a national monument to William I. Notables including Crown Prince Frederick William, Baden’s Grand Duke, and Von Hohenlohe attended. The ceremony featured a document, taps, guns, and celebratory music.
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Gravelotte
William I
William II
William
von Hohenlee
William the Great
von Bismarck
von Moltke
Frederick William
Marshal von Roon
Germany
Count von Lerchffeld
Baron von Kuel- Berenberg
Reichstag
Officials Responsible Blame Thrust On Chinese Authorities
Report by Rev J Endicott to investigate Cheng Tu riots in Szechuan province concludes high Chinese officials are to blame for the outbreak. The viceroy is named as anti foreign and capable of quelling disturbances with available forces. Missions warn foreign nations to press mandarins to grant protection and respect to Americans and Britons or risk a dark outlook for interior missionary work.
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Tacoma
Wash
Shanghai
J. Endicott
Szechuan
Cheng Tu
Wheel Talk from the Tracks and Trails of Bicycles
An old time tips column notes bicycles fill streets, from a Nebraska engineer stopping a train for a race to saddle fit, oiling bearings, and curing leaks with mushroom plugs. It offers practical road advice on tire repair and puncture fixes.
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Nebraska
Brooklyn Margle
How to Clean the Bearmen and Wheels of 1900s
This item cites tips from the New York Tribune and New York Sun on cleaning bearings with kerosene and oil, noting risks and clothing, plus a commentary on women running wheel businesses and the New Woman era, including references to bloomers and knickseparated skirts as suitable attire.
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New York
Tribuune
New York Sun
The Wheel a Good Doctor
The bicycle is a democratic machine, a faithful servant, a luxury and a necessity, great and cheap. It is a good doctor, a destroyer of the blues. It deserves the monument which it is building to itself in the shape of a healthier, happier people.
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New York World
Sardon Cycling Play Provokes Copenhagen Police Question
In a noted scandal, Sardon faces charges for composing a play featuring a bicycle. Critics debate the ethicality of depicting cycling while authorities in Copenhagen treat cycling regulations as a political issue.
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Sardon
Copenhagen
Earnings of Railways Show Great Improvements
A Bradstreet summary notes 145 railroads earned 240,000,773 in gross for the first half of 1895, up 3.6 percent from 1894, while net earnings reached 102,767,736, up 0.1 percent from last year. The prior year saw a 18.8 percent drop from 1893.
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New York
Bradstreets
Mob Seizes Suspect in Florida Jail Killing
In West Palm Beach on August 19 a mob of masked men overpowered the jail and fatally harmed Samuel Lewis, a Black man accused in a triple‑case. The jailer reportedly allowed the mob to take him if others were spared, a Black deputy escaped as gunfire erupted and jailer Gustave Kaiser was seriously injured.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Samuel Lewis
Lewis
Gustave Kaiser
Hearnes Indicted for Stillwell Murder in Missouri Jail
Grand jury in Hearnes and wife Joseph O Hearne formerly Mrs Amos J Stillwell face indictments for the December 28 1988 murder of Milliomaire Pork Packer Stillwell. Both are jailed in Hasstpat Missouri as prosecutors pursue the case.
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Hearnes
Hasstpat
Joseph 0
Ten Year Old Writes About Bones and Motion
A young student muses on why bones matter to shape and motion. He explains joints and types, notes that skeletons support movement, and contrasts internal bones with outside skeletons found in some animals.
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Grandma
Kiss Me at the Corner: A Street Scene Laughter in Ninth and Walnut
A brief Philadelphia Record report recalls a late evening street interruption at Ninth and Walnut. A pretty young woman with dark eyes asked a shy young man to kiss her, drawing a select crowd. He blushed, hesitated, then kissed her before fleeing up Ninth Street while she walked away along Walnut.
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Walnut Streets
Philladelphia
Ninth Street
Walnut
Depew Sees Great Southern Opportunities for All
Chauncey M. Depew argues the great opportunities of the nation lie in the South. He cites migrations shaping settlement from the Great Lakes to the Pacific and praises the South’s early stock, virgin soil, and uninhabited regions for foundational progress. He credits northern education and evolving patriotism with building a new South and urges young men to pursue local missions.
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Depew
Pacific Coast
Cowpens
King’s Mountain
Yorktown
Great Lakes
Pacific
South
North
East
Chauncey M. Depew
Saved by a Woman’s Nerves in Middletown N Y
Mme Da Coma rode a bicycle on a wire over the Walkill river when her husband on a trapeze fell. The main strand sank twenty feet as the wheel separated. She held on and lowered him to safety while the bicycle plunged. Both escaped unharmed.
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Middletown
Mme. da Coma
Walkill
Mine da Come
Bear chase near Petoskey ends with cub and mother on scene
A hunter in Michigan chased a bear cub up a tree near Petoskey. The mother bear appeared roaring loudly, and the hunter scrambled up the tree, finding himself between the cub and the growling adult. He called for help for several hours before aid arrived.
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Petoskey
Mich
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