Woman grabs real estate man on street then chases him to police
In Buffalo a blonde woman Miss Fannie Johnson accosts Cyrus Jd. Wheelock while he rides his bicycle on Richmond Avenue. She drags him into a carriage, claims a warrant, but he escapes after choking attempt. Wheelock’s wife told, and Johnson seeks support and divorce.
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New York
Buffalo
Cyrus Jd. Wheelock
Norwood Avenue
Richmond Avenue
Wheelock
Sbe
Fannie
Cyrus
Jock
Butlelo
Bot
Whitelock
Gilsey House
Cleveland
Big Heights
Miss Johnson
Europe
Miss Johaana
Outlook for Wheat Oats and Hay Mixed Across States
Reports from Illinois Indiana Michigan Kentucky Missouri Kansas Nebraska Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Dakota show winter wheat slow to recover from drought oat yields disappointing due to dry weather and hay crops varied with halting conditions Kansas wheat crop very short with less than 40 percent harvestable. In contrast Nebraska and Indiana report decent hay, Iowa poor, Missouri better though not full, and Kansas fair to good overall.
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Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Kentucky
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota
Ilindy
Atchison Police Board Seeks Talk With Morrill On Saloon Closings
Two Atchison police commissioners Captain David Baker and George Carpenter visited Topeka to discuss Governor Morrill's order closing saloons. They aim for a possible compromise, perhaps moving saloons upstairs as under Humphrey, while noting salary cuts by the city council. Carpenter affirmed enforcement of the order.
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Morrill
Atchison Police Board
David Baker
George Carpenter
Topeka
Atchison Polices
Atchison
Humphrey
Carpenter
Peach Crop Nears Full Output Across Delaware and Nearby States
Special agent Milla of Philadelphia estimates the 1595 peach crop at least three fourths of a full harvest. Delaware and regional lines report baskets: Delaware railroad 1,256,723. Delaware and Chesapeake 37,578. Queen and Crescent 400,025. Delaware, Maryland and Virginia 764,000. Cambridge and Seaford 106,183. Baltimore and Delaware Bay 200,000. Baltimore and Eastern Shore 50,000.
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Delaware
New York
Clayton
Cal
Milla
Philadelphia
Delaware Railroad
Delaware and Chesapeake Railroad
Queen and Crescent Railroad
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad
Camtridge and Seaford Railroad
Baltimore and Delaware Bay Road
Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad
Set Back For The Fight In Texas
In Austin on July 2 the state comptroller blocked a Dallas fight license. He states the 180 act imposes a 500 dollar tax on fights, but the legislature barred pugilistic encounters for money or bets and admission fees, so no license will be issued to Corbett Fitzsimmons.
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Lexus
Austin
Texas
Dallas
Virginia Fair Breaks Bicycle Record on Ocean Ride
Miss Virginia Fair, summering with sister Mrs Hermanel Richs, set a new best for the Ocean avenue ride by completing ten miles in fifty five minutes. Earlier Leary Claws nea had logged an hour, and several society women have since tried but failed to beat Miss Fair's time, defeating Mrs Clews last evening.
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Milasoma
Neweoxt
Banjo Player Billy Warner Sought by Jackson Chief
Jackson Michigan Chief of Police Boyle writes Chicago authorities to locate William H Warner known as Billy Warner age 50 musician and comedian once well known. Warner left Jackson last Friday prompting family to offer a large reward for information leading to his detention and return home.
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Banjo Mayen Cuiiaco
Boyle
Jackson
Mich
Chicago
Wm. H. Warner
Billy” Warner
Warner
Whisky trust case seeks new parties in court
Attorney Walker petitioned in U S court to add Greenhut and Lindsay as parties to the whisky trust cases or as co complainants with O F E Olmsted et al against the Distillers. If denied, they may be admitted as co complainants. Judge reserved decision. Walker argued against selling eighteen top distilleries to the reorganizing committee and leaving receivers to dismantle properties.
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Curcaco
Walker
United States
Greenhut and
Lindsay
Olmsted Et al
Mrs Craigie's Divorce Suit Reveals Marital Turmoil
The divorce action by Pearl Craigie aka John Oliver Hobbes was heard in Loxpoy on July 8. She testified of a troubled marriage since 1887 with alleged cruelty and faithlessness by her husband, a Bank of England clerk, while recounting a sobering honeymoon illness and a history of alleged connivance. The report also notes separate items on a July blaze in Lyxs and the unexpected death of Illinois Speaker Meyer in Freeport, ill for some time.
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John Oller Hobbes
Lyxs
Masa
Sangamore
Meyer
Carcaso
Illinois House of Representatives
Freeport
Lit
Hatch Resigns Amid Reform School Controversy
Hearings against Superintendent H F Hatch of the Hutchinson reformatory are postponed with a possible compromise in view. The board faces scrutiny over a $1 086 78 voucher bill plus prior draws totaling over $2 100 for a three to four state tour to study eastern penitentiaries. State auditors demand proper itemization. Dawes opinion says payment requires a special act if allowed. Governor Morrill says details are unclear.
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Leeds
Reno
Asylum Investigating Committee
Haa
H. F. Hatch
Hutchinson Reformatory
Board of Managers
Hatch
Hutchinson
John Armstrong
J. M. Humphrey
Tully Scott
Dawes
Morrill
Fitzsimmons Defense Rests Case in Riordan Trial
In Syracuse on July 3 the Fitzsimmons defense finished with Dr. G A Lyon of New York testifying Riordan showed hypertrophy of the heart Bright's disease enlarged liver and left lung infection. He warned against alcohol and strenuous activity, citing autopsy notes showing brain laceration and a fatal brain hemorrhage risk. The defense then rested with autopsy minutes entered as evidence.
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Pugtlist
Syracuse
N. Y
Bob Fitzsimmons
G. A. Lyon
New York
Riordan
Bright
Attorney House
Breidenthal Returns Contingent Funds to Treasury
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal turned 100820 back to the state treasury after approving final office statements with the state auditor. Legislature cut 500 from the contingent fund for the next two years at his request. Acting Judge Rupee orders William Fortune to refund 5000 received as executive director of the grand army encampment, with appeal to the supreme court. Public concerts planned for Garfield Fourth festivities wrap up local attendance.
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Treasury
Breidenthal
State Treasury
Max
Isptanapolis
William Fortune
Grand Army
Commercial Club
Supreme Court
Japanese Resolve to Resist European Complications
A July 3 report from Torro notes a majority of Japanese reject government assurances about no European threat to the empire. Count Ito aims to stay in office, cabinet discord grows, and planned changes risk domestic disorder. Corean policy and Russia influence threaten, while China offends Japan by backing France and Russia over Manchuria.
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Torro
Count Ito
China
Japan
France
Russia
Rain On The Fourth Forecast By Weather Observer
Weather observer Jennings cautions heavy rain for northeastern Kansas with picnic plans at risk. Forecast notes unsettled conditions across Nebraska Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Arkansas with a single possibility Topeka escaping. Central weather station reports high barometer slow moving southeast, low barometer drift northwest toward Montana, temperatures holding steady amid widespread showers through Thursday.
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Jennings
Rocky Mountains
Panhandie
Kansas
Topeka
Watie
Lakes
Ohio Valley
Montana
Havre
Miles City
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Wyoming
Colorado
Panhandle
Oklahoma Man Kills Lover and Escort Before Wedding
A Guthrie dispatch reports Noel Gardner to marry Miss Durant on Monday. Rudolph Durant, her brother, opposed the match and shot Gardner and Cephas Garvin at the doorway Sunday. The killer fled into nearby woods and escaped, leaving a double murder and a suspected motive of preventing the marriage.
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Oklahoma
Kansas City
Guthrie
Garvin
Noel Gardner
Miss Durant
Rudolph Durant
Gardner
Cephas Garvin
Wanted for cattle theft in Shawnee county arrest warrant issued
The State has a clear case of cattle stealing against Fred Wilson. A warrant was issued today for his arrest on six head allegedly stolen from George Fix in southeast Shawnee county. The cattle were offered for sale at Charles Wolff's packing house. one cow was sold but the rest were refused. Wilson fled on horseback after buyers demanded proof of ownership. He is 26, formerly worked at Moser's ice house, has a brother married into Fix's family, and home at Big Springs Douglas county.
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Fred Wilson
George Fix
Shawnee County
Charles Wolff
Wilson
Moser’s
Big Springs
Douglas County
Fix
Sorrow in Atchison prompts mass layoffs in Kansan city
Atchison Kansas experiences widespread work stoppage with all joints closed and about two hundred men out of work as revenue from joint operations previously provided the city with fifteen thousand dollars nationally.
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Atoursox
Kans
Atchison
Saloons forced from business under Nicholson law in Indiana
Dispatches from Indiana report sweeping enforcement of the Nicholson temperance law. Saloons and pool halls close across several cities including Madison, Anderson, and Crown Point, while others prepare to comply or seek licenses under old rules. Civic federation leaders push publication of allied organs, and many saloonkeepers vow to challenge the law before the Supreme Court.
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Inpianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Nicholson
Frankfort
Madison
Anderson
Bakarslan
Hartford City
Temperanes Hall
Shelbyville
Decatur
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Crown Point
Civic Federation
Lake County
J. A. Cole
Presbyterian Church
Federation
Supreme Court
Morrtown
Elmwood
Nicholson Lsw
Rich Bearing Ore Found Near Hahn's Peak
A special dispatch from Steamboat Springs reports a large silver-bearing rock layer near Hahn's Peak with ore running hundreds of ounces per ton. Four to five hundred ounces of silver ground, hundreds of claims staked, and a major mining excitement spreads through the neighborhood. Meanwhile in Topeka the Populist State Central Committee plans to meet to discuss nominating a chief justice of the supreme court. Only 14 members may attend. The meeting is at chairman John W. Breitenthal's state house office.
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Denver
Times
Steamboat Springs
Gala
Hahn's Peak
Topeka
Forhhief
Supreme Court
John W. Breidenthal
State House
High Water Hits Cherokee Strip and Rail Lines
Heavy rains across the Cherokee strip flood streams with Salt Fork at its highest since 1871. A bridge near Medford washed out on the Rock Island railroad and about 1000 feet of Rock Island track south of Medford also failed. The Gayoso Hotel company assigned to a trustee for creditors, liabilities around 185000 with similar assets. Treasury reports show available cash 19 156001 and gold reserve 107008170.
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Kansas City
Hennessey
Salt Fork
Medford
Rock Island Railroad
Kasaas Cory
Caldwell
Kes
Gayoso Hotel
Avsigns
Memrais
Teno
Gayoso Hotel Company
RH. Beard
Stenographer Row Clouds Populist Office Probe Progress
The House committee on investigations meets this afternoon over unpaid stenographer James Wick for last year’s work. Senator McTaggart says Attorney General Dawes authorized a partial payment from this year’s contingency fund to cover $100, if Wick would surrender the transcript. Wick refuses, demanding full payment and the transcript before testimony can proceed. Lawyers clash as the panel consults the attorney general about the legal path forward.
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James Wick
McTaggart
Dawes
Wick
W. C. Webb
Troutman Returns From East as Temperance Talks Continue
Lieutenant Governor James A Troutman arrived back from New York and Boston amid questions about his trip to dodge a temperance convention. He defended his attendance at state meetings and said he would not have returned unless a report circulated about avoiding the event. Dr D G Milner of Chicago suggested the convention should support law enforcement. Kansas Governor Morrill’s saloon-closure policy drew strong opinions about local sentiment.
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James A. Troutmschee
New York
Boston
Anid
Kanana
D. G Milner
Chicago
Kansas
Topeka
Strate Jovaway
Afiiner
Sinecere
Morrill
Atchison
New Weather Chief Moore Named To Lead Weather Bureau
Prof W J Moore, appointed today as head of the national weather bureau, is a lifelong signal service employee and Republican born 41 years ago. Educated at Fort Myer VA, he has directed weather signals and earned praise from Chicago press for predicting cold waves and severe winter storms with high verification rates in two seasons.
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Wasumerox
W. J. Moore
National Weather Bureau
Signal Service
Weather Bureau
Signal Service Military School
Fort Myer
Moore
Chicago
Coates
Florida
Michigan
Pickpocket accusation hits Wallace Show cook
W Rawson chief cook of the Wallace show's kitchen car was arrested by Captain Gardiner and Officer Ewing for attempting to pick a woman's pocket near Sixth street and Kunsax py enue. He protests innocence claiming big sums from management for provisions. held pending investigation.
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W. Rawson
Wallace
Gardiner
Ewing
Sixth Street
Rawson
Tila
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American Wire Company
Atchison Board
Virginia Fair
Billy Warner
Mrs. Craigie
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Kaa
State Industrial Reformatory
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LowtTill
Garfield
Marshall
Sester
Sala
Winfield
Winsmete
Kas
Freworks
Rucket
Los
Kansan
Washington
West Point
James T. Fitzpatrick
Concordia
Christian Renny
Manhattan
Jenkina
Ixverenpesxce
Esrlton
Claud Jenkina
Wichita
Croker
Newmarket
Richard Crater
Montauk
Grace Reeves
Fisher Reeves
Chase Avenue
Hopkins’ Iva
Civie Federation
Rock Island
Wasuixetos
Toray
Troutman
Milner
Noid
Jim
Magazin
Blochare
Wellington
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New York World
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Pueblo
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Hopkins
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