Yeager Gang Crushed in Oklahoma Bandit Roundup
Six desperadoes captured at Sheridan after a gun battle. Dick Yeager alias Zip Wyatt killed. Deputy Marshal Lin wounded. Till Doolin and Charlie Black mortally or severely wounded. The six prisoners jailed in Guthrie. The Yeager gang had terrorized Western Oklahoma including a Dover Rock Island train hold up and murder of a preacher.
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Wharrs
Kan
Oklahoma
Yeager
Dick Yeager
Zip Wyatt
Cook
Albany Penitentiary
Rock Island
Dover
Oklaoma
Sheridan
Till Doolin
Charlie Black
Marshal Lin
Outlawa
Black
Hennessey
Guthrie
Escape of Prisoner En Route to Missouri Penitentiary
Jerome Johnson, a prisoner from Kingston, escaped handcuffed from Missouri Wardflagrain No. 2 two miles east of Knob Koster. Sheriff Goldsworthy, pursuing, was badly injured jumping after him. Johnson, a former U S deputy marshal who killed a man and was pardoned on condition to leave the state, vanished as he fled toward Jefferson City.
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Ing
Minouri
Senatia
Jerome Johnson
Kingston
Missouri
Wadflagrain
Knob Noster
Johnson
United States
Jefferson City
Steamer Dore Grounded Off Turtle Light
The steamer Dore carrying 440 excursionists from Monroe to Port City ran aground on a shoal just outside Turtle Light. Signals of distress were seen from Presque Isle, two tugs were dispatched, and passengers are reportedly not in immediate danger if they can be taken off within about three hours despite rough seas.
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Totepo
Onin
Dore
Monroe
Presque Isle
Baseball Scores and Wild Pugilist Note
Western League games show Minneapolis blanks Detroit 18 to 5 and St Louis beating Chicago 9 to 4. National League results include New York 7 over Cincinnati and Cleveland 4 over Washington 3. Reported crimes note Dr Nat hale selling and a separate Indian settler clash near Jackson Hole with casualties.
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Jane Haneas
Kansas City
Grand Rap
Minneapolis
Dateoit
Albs Veal
St. Peal
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Tory Haute
Cleveland
Washington
Washington A
New York
Cincinnati
St. Dae Bete
St Louis
Chicago
Brooklyn
Pittstring
Pittsburg
Haleiare
Eleventh Knights of Pythias lodge session opens in Missouri
The eleventh annual session of the grand lodge Knights of Pythias opened in Missouri and will run for three days with many delegates in attendance. In Sutra Center Kansas a widow Mrs Kate McAvoy was found dead in her home after a period of insanity amid belief witches pursued her. J L Sheldon is now hers. Piano toning orders addressed to post office box 1492 will be attended to promptly.
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Missouri Grand Lodge
P. St. Duser
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Sutra Center
Kan
Kate McAvoy
J. L. Sheldon
Bland boom in Missouri draws editors and leaders
A Missouri gathering of about fifty Democratic editors launches the Bland presidential boom led by Governor Stone. Ex Congressman Bland and Senator Cockrell speak as officials are elected to a Missouri Democratic free silver committee. The group adopts resolutions on coinage and urges county committees to organize for victory.
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Senartaa
Bland
Stone
Dick Bland
Elks Hall
Silver Dick
Free Silver
Democratic Party
Conference of
Missouri Silver Editors
William F. Switzler
Boonville
Cockrell
W. F. Switzler
Boon- Ville
John A. Krott
Hannibal
B. F. Blanton
Paris
T. B. Rogie
Richmond
F. Cochran
St. Joseph
Southern
Independence
C .R. Whittaker
Clinton
T. B. White
Warsaw
J. P. Bell
Putton
B. RB. Britt
Charles
William McNamee
St. Limis
H. Lewis
Farmington
Titweiler
Charleston
O. W. Bingham
Schell City
Tt. J Groves
Lexington
K. Walden
Nevada
Mr. Land
Jefferson
Missouri
Sedalia
Forest Park
Vick Dbland
Congress
Clamor for Hanging After Fulton Woman Murder
Report from Calloway county near Fulton describes the assault and murder of Mrs. J. W. Cain, 18, two months married. A Black suspect, William Divers, is jailed then missing as mobs hunt the sheriff and posse. Evidence cited includes torn clothing, blood, hair, and a suspender buckle. Distrust and fear of vigilante action sweep the town.
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Jerreneon
Calloway County
Fulton
J. W. Cain
Windsor
Cain
William Divers
Pulton
Mexico
Mrs. Cain
Defense for Waller Ex-Consul's American Counsel Opens Case
Wasiaron July 23 Mr Drum Mond Kennedy principal counsel in ex Consul Waller case argues at the time of arrest no state of war existed between Prance and Mad apascar so he could not be guilty of the charge. He plans to present this phase to Mr Olney upon his return.
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Waller
Olney
Kansas Wheat Harvest Yield Report From Kansas Millers
Kansas State Millers association held its annual convention at Herenixson and issued an initial estimate of 1505 yield per county across the state totaling about 19,009,000 bushels with roughly forty percent suitable for milling. In Cameron, Missouri, July 23 panel of forty jurors completed after a long day amid objections. Judge Rucker released them for further service at 5 p m.
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Kansas
Herenixson
Kan
Kansas State Millers’ Association
Kansas Millers
Jorymen
Cammeonitox
Taylor
Rucker
Mafia killing shocks New Orleans area on July Fourth
On a plantation near Donaldsonville Louisiana last night an assassin fired through a house door, killing an Italian man and mortally wounding his 4 year old son. The shooter is unknown but suspected to be Noska the St John Parish murderer.
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New Oxneans
Donaldsonville
Noska
St. John Parish
Edward Garratt to lead Chicago weather bureau unit
Secretary Morton appoints Edward B. Garratt of Missouri as local forecast official in charge of the Weather Bureau in Chicago, succeeding Willis L. Moore as chief. Also noted is a coastal fishing scene at Longport where an elderly man uses umbrella rib lines with sleigh bells to attract ash.
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Plom
Missourian
Wasumerox
Morton
Edward B. Garriott
Missouri
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Willis L. Moore
Longport
Atlantic City
Izaak Walton
Dynamite Blast Kills Three. One Hurt Near Willow Springs
A premature dynamite blast at the drainage canal near Willow Springs killed three men instantly and badly injured a fourth. The incident occurred July 24 in Curcacosylvania. Authorities investigated the cause as workers awaited aid at the scene.
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Hatel
Willow Springs
Ben Young kills Gus Singleton in Moore County incident
In Marnsuart Missouri on July 23 Ben Young killed Gus Singleton in a quarrel erupting when Young approached from behind and struck with a pitchfork handle. Singleton died two hours later.
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Marnsuart
Ben Young
Gus Singleton
Miami
Young
Singleton
Ben
Wildcat Bill the Rattlesnake of Benders Flat
The True Flag recounts Ernest Wilberforce who called himself Wildcat Bill the Rattlesnake of Bender’s Flat. He roamed Badger Rock and consorted with a hotel clerk to delay his target Pete Smith of Patchen’s ranch, netting profits from staged near misses and payoffs until a black ebony cane ended the scheme.
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Major Hotchkiss
Wildcat
Bill
Bender
William
Ernest Wilberforce
Baldinsville
Conn
Desperado
Wilbertures
Wildur Bill
Pete Smith
Patchen
Boston
Counccticut River
Ashind
Wildcat Bill
Pete
Louisville
Due Woman's Pocket on the London Omnibus
A Victoria to London northbound omnibus tale describes a short haired thief failing to pick a pocket because the purse was safe and the pocket was empty. The thief curses in French while a calm passenger replies in the same tongue that there is nothing to take, as other riders remain unaware of the comedy. The pickpocket leaves as the omnibus rounds a slow corner.
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Victoria
London
London Telegraph
The Age of Progress Dr Emdee and Miss Findesiede Exchange
A fragment shows dialogue about a rare appendicitis for a qroman with Dr Emdee and Miss Findesiede trading enthusiastic banter over time and action. The garbled text suggests a comic or dramatic exchange.
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Emdee
Miss Findesiede
Brooklyn Arts and Sciences Institute planned in Jackson Park site
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences plans a landmark building at a twelve acre park junction of Eastern Parkway and Washington Avenue. The steel framed brick and terra cotta exterior will house expanding scientific and art collections with modular interiors. South Park commissioners outline a refined Jackson Park upgrade including a canal linking Jackson and Washington parks and shaded promenades improving the World's Fair site.
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Beat
Eastern Parkway
Washington Avenue
Chicago
Jackson Park
Midway Plaisance
Jackson
Washingtom Parks
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Bill Doolin
Jack Dempsey
Dylans
Ran Francisco
Nathalie Selling
Jacke Dempsey
Portland
Dempsey
Fulton, Mo
Negro the Criminal
Wroorietn
Demperstic
China
Peerless Steam Laundry
Gireot
THE
Brooklyn Institute OF Arts and Sciences
U. S. Grant II
West Point
U.S
Rald
Crorty
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