Death line ordered at Folsom prison amid escape chase
Sacramento dispatch reports two escaped convicts seen toward Georgetown and Lake Tahoe with a posse in pursuit. A new guard line will run from the inner gate to work sites. any crossing will trigger lethal force. Warden reshuffles staff as the Webber creek area holds other fugitives.
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Cal
The
Bee
Folsom
Georgetown
Eldorado County
Lake Tahoe
Webber Creek
Imards O
C. Edwards
Plicerville
G. M. Wyatt
Edwards
Wyatt
Merger Case Won by the Railroad People
Judge Lochran in Minnesota circuit court dismisses the state's bill against Northern Securities, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and James T. Hill. He finds no violation of Minnesota anti trust law or federal Sherman act by the railroad interests and rejects injunctions restraining stock voting.
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St. Paul
Lochran
United States
Minnesota
Northern Securities Company
Great Northern Railway Company
Northern Pacific Railway Company
James T. Hill
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
Supreme Court
Great Northern Company
Northern Pacific Company
Toro
Hill
Hia
Two Ballots Taken but Cardinals Fail to Elect
Rome reporting on the conclave shows cardinals awakening for mass and voting in the Sistine chapel. Ballots are tallied with no two thirds achieved, leading to continued inconclusive results and rumors of Rampolla or di Pietro prospects.
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Pauline Chapel
Oregna
Camerlingo
Sacred College
Camerliango
Sala Ducale
Sistine Chapel
Ftaud
Apostolic See
Gistine Chapel
Oreglia
Mer. Cageiano
Eadch
St. Peter's
Cardinale Hérraro
Langenienx
Oreglis
Rampollapa
Gibbons
Cardinal Rampolla
Serafino Vannutelli
Gotti
di Pietro
Agnardi
Syampa
Capecelatro
Paris
le Temps
Rampolla
Angelo di Pietro
Domencio Ferrata
Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
Flood drives 300 nuns and priests from New York retreat
A cloudburst near Port Jefferson New York floods the St Joseph retreat and sanitarium twenty miles north. Three hundred Dominican sisters and priests from New York and Brooklyn are driven from the grounds as heavy damage wrecks buildings and power lines. Pipes and machinery swept away but no lives lost.
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New York
Brooklyn
St. Josepha
Port Jervin
Waas
Death of Bret Harte hero Chaffee in Oakland at 80
James L. Chaffee died in Oakland aged eighty. A lifelong partner of Chamberlain, he and the two miners shared fifty four years of friendship and work near Yosemite. Born in Worcester Massachusetts, he became a remembered figure among Bret Harte’s Yosemite era pioneers.
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San Francisco
l—James ‘I. Chaffee
Bret Harte
Tennessee Pardner
Oakland
Chamberlain
Secont Garrotte
Yosemite
Worl
Tle Oil
Chaffeé
Worcester
Massachusetts
Royal Visit to Cork and Queenstown Ends Triumph
King and Queen Edward and Alexandra visit Ireland aboard the Victoria and Albert. Streets bloom with bunting as the King presents colors to Irish regiments. Catholic bishop declines blessing role. King praises Ireland and calls for industrial training and new employment while noting cooperation and prosperity. Farewell at Queenstown accompanies cheers and flags before departure to Cowes.
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Ireland
Soas
Queenstown
Aug
Cowes
Erin
Assassins of Kentucky Trial Details Murders and Testimony
In Cynthiana Kentucky Edward Marcum brother of the slain J. J. Marcum testified about armed men at a rock quarry near Marcum’s home and threats his brother faced. Calloway Strong and others described statements by Jett and White and their presence at the courthouse before the shooting. Freeman and Blanton corroborated alibis. Capt Ewen was nearby before the murder. Witness Goola Combes, a famed marksman, died of appendicitis and had previously been sentenced for life for a Clay City killing but was pardoned after serving years.
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Jett
White
J. J. Marcum
Edward Marcum
Johnson
Marcuma
Calloway Strong
Wile
Court House
Nancy Blanton
John Blanton
Freeman
Seldon Bach
Alisa Laura Trawlins
Ewen
Marcum
Cynthiana
Gooloe Combes
White Cdachow Oa
Kentucky
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Clay City
Special train carriesSir Thomas Lipton to Niagara Falls
Sir Thomas Lipton traveled to Niagara Falls by special train on the Lehigh Valley today. The party included William Fife and Commodore B. G. Bourne of the New York Yacht Club. They will return to New York on Monday.
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New York
Sir Thomas? Lipton
Niagara Falls
Lehigh Valley Railroad
William Fife Ami Commioore
B. G. Bourne
New York Yacht Club
More Aliens Arrive in New York Port In July
Six thousand more aliens entered the United States through New York port last month than in the same month a year earlier. July totals were 42,000 this year versus 36,000 in 1902 and 28,000 in 1901.
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New York
United States
Portland Bridge Collapse Injures Dozens in 1900s
Portland residents report no new deaths after Morrison Street Bridge collapse. About fifty injured, with half treated for minor scratches and sent home. Legal questions arise over who bears damages between city and county as attorneys differ on liability. The bridge was city built but county operated.
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Portland
Ore
Morrison Street
Berabor Tribe Attacks French Force at Sidiel dJady
A body of about 500 Berabor tribesmen attacked a French force of native sharpshooters at Sidiel dJady in Algeria. A brisk fight ensued with heavy Berabor losses. They killed ten sharpshooters and two French corporals and carried off 150 camels.
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Algieras
Algeria
Sidiel dJady
Beraborg
Elaypahooters
American warships escape disaster in fog near Dutch Harbor
A crewman aboard the cruiser New York reports that the Pacific squadron including Marblehead and Bennington narrowly avoided destruction on July 15 near Dutch Harbor. Dense fog hid an island ahead, with breaking water sighted just in time to avoid a collision.
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New York
Dutch Harbor
New York Herald
San Francisco
Marblehead
Bennington
Preachers of the Gospel Live the Allotted Time
Princeton N J Aug LA report from Theological Seminary Alumni Association by Rev J M Dul Jea reveals that the average minister’s life nears seventy years. Of forty one ministers who died last year one reached 60 years eight months two passed 90 one 80 fourteen 70 and six 60 with the youngest dying at 29. the average age was 65 years.
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Theological Seminary Alumni Association
J. M. Dul
British Contract Laborers Denied Landing in San Francisco
Eighteen British subjects two Italians and one German were refused landing by United States Emigrant Commissioner North in San Francisco for allegedly coming as contract laborers. They claimed travel funds from Nanaimo and Ladysmith, B C., and that they intended to work as miners at Coos Bay. They will be deported to British Columbia.
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San Francisco
United States
North
Nanaimo
Ladysmith
B C
Coos Bay
Thia Country
British Columbia
Railroad Opposes Oregon Portage Road Expansion
Portland August 1 The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company refuses to grant right of way to the Oregon Portage Road into The Dalles. President Moehler says the company has ample land along the Columbia for traffic growth and opposes state concessions. Governor Chamberlain says the state will proceed to condemn to secure right of way. Moehler notes possible double tracking due to heavy traffic and that Portage Road would hinder expansion plans.
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Orégon Railroad and Navigation Company
Qreom Portage
Dalles
Moehler
O. Ro& N
Columbia River
Hie Company
Chamberlain
Statea
Mysterious Accident to Two Brakemen in Canon
In Canon Colorado two Denver and Rio Grande brakemen M. L. McGrew and E. J. Carnahan lie near death after a train incident. Conductor White found them missing, later their bodies were found on top of the cars with fractured skulls. One theory suggests attack by bridge timbers, another that they were wounded in a fight with tramps.
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Canon, City
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande
M. L. McGrew
E. J. Carnahan
White
Rio Grande
Wers
McGrew
Carnahan
Nic’ Ecoff
Stocks Show Conservative Tone After Mixed Week
New York on August 1 reports scattered selling of hypothecated stocks limited in scope, prices recovering at a cautious pace. The money market eases with liquidation and light credit demand. railroad traffic and general business are favorable. no crop harm noted, but investors await assurance that a lingering low market mood won’t drag on overall business.
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New York
Gould’s Trains Soon to Run Into Baltimore
Gould system traffic director CG Bird announces solid trains will run direct into Chicago and Pittsburg from New Orleans and Galveston before year end with Baltimore entry soon after. A Mississippi River line St. Louis to New Orleans will be in operation, aiming for Pittsburgh raft access and Atlantic seaboard. Bird met with board of trade committees on a fan steamers line between New Orleans and New York to carry Gould traffic westward.
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Le-A. CG Bird
Gould System
Gould
Chicago
Pittsburg
New Orleana
Galveston
Baltimore
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Bird
Board of Trade
Here
New York
Electric railway trust gains control of Long Island lines
More than 200 miles of electric railways in Queens Nassau counties and Long Island come under a New York City trust. The deal links the New York & Queens County Electric Railway with the New York & North Shore and Nassau County Electric Railway, connecting to Belmont Park and other franchises.
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New York
Queens
Nassau Counties
Long Island
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Subway
Steinway
Long
Jenupulvania Railroad
Sulgiel
Fee
Cnly
New York & Queens County Eectric
Philadelphia
College Point
Flushing
Jamaioa
Long Island City
Belmont Park
New Corporations Formed in July Reach High Capital
New York reports show July filings include firms with capital of 1 million dollars or more, a rare peak. For seven months, totals rise to about 1.251 billion dollars in capital and 2.113 billion dollars in other filings, signaling strong corporate activity.
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New York
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