Gold Certificates Issued As Treasury Restores Reserve
Washington July 16 The Treasury resumes issuing gold certificates after reserve above 100 million. Since June 25 about 200 thousand certificates have been issued on gold presented, mainly at U S mints. Outstanding gold certificates total 48.736 million with 172.98 thousand in the treasury. rest in circulation. Silver certificates dominate circulation while silver dollars are scarce.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Tnited States
Wages Rise In Iron Mills And Woolen Works
Portstowy N July 16 workers at Elliott and Lessig iron and steel plant will see a 20 percent pay increase starting August 1. Plate mill staff return to 1893 scale. Lowell Mass July 16 Collins woolen mills Dracut announce 10 percent wage rise for operatives. Forencepure Mass July 16 Beck and Fitchburg Worsted Co 600 employees notified of wage hike effective July 29.
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Mass
Beck and Fitchburg Worsted Company
A Youthful Poisoner Described in Indiana Case
Dolly Belknap aged fourteen, adopted daughter of Fleming Sawer, attempted to poison her foster parents in Uniontown. She confessed after initial denial and produced a letter from her lover Hayes Robins urging the deed to inherit property so they could marry. Mr Sawer died. Mrs Sawer not expected to live.
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Ind
Dolly Belknap
Fleming Sawer
Uniontown
Hayes Robins
Harcourt Champions Temperance at Tredigar Speech
Sir Wm Harcourt drew cheers as he spoke at Tredigar praising temperance as the campaign’s main plank. He aligned with the Grand Old Man while omitting any reference to Lord Rosebery as Liberal leader.
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London
Wm. Harcourt
Tredigar
Lord Rosebery
Community Petition Seeks Ban on Corbett Fitzsimmons Fight
A large gathering of Christian residents in Dennison Texas on July 5 urged the governor to block the Corbett Fitzsimmons fight. They called for strong measures, potentially an extra legislative session to pass an iron clad law to prevent the contest.
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Dennison
Texas
Berlin rumor ties Stambuloff life attempt to gloom
New York reports from Berlin say well informed circles consider the attempted assassination of M. Stambuloff to add another dark cloud to the already overcharged horizon.
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New York
Jay
the Herald
Berlin
M. Stambuloff
Horse Thieves Escape After Siege Near Waukomia
A Sheridan posse pursued Yeager's gang of five horse thieves twenty five miles west of Waukomia. The outlaws forced two women to guide them and fired at pursuers before slipping into heavy timber toward a Glass Mountains stronghold. The posse gains new recruits as the search continues.
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Wiewta
Kas
Sheridan
Yeager
Waukomia
Glass Mountains
Attempted murder shakes Sorta as Stam buloff dies
In Sorta on July 16 ex premier Stambuloff was attacked in a busy street. Madame Stambuloff confronted police at his home demanding arrests of alleged conspirators. Gendarmes reported witnesses and several arrests followed. On July 18 Stam buloff died from wounds at 3:30 a m. He was forty years old.
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Stambuloff
Madame Stambuloff
M. Peticoff
M. Stambuloff
Storms Struck Illinois and Indiana Killing and Damaging
Severe storms across Illinois and Indiana caused deaths and injuries. In McComb a cow shed sheltering eight men and sixteen horses was hit by lightning killing John Barclay and shocking Roland McAlister and William Cole. In Logansport Edward Carson was killed by lightning as barns burned and livestock perished. Peoria saw the heaviest rainfall in forty years with a railroad track washing out and other rail lines damaged, while Joseph Summers drowned in Cole's Creek near Peoria.
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Illinois
Indiana
McComb
John Barclay
Roland McAlister
William Cole
Logansport
Ind
Edward Carson
Peoria
Peoria and
Pekin
Joseph Summers
Cole’s Creek
Telegraph Operator Bowden Murdered in Ohio Rail Yard
Henry Bowden, a Pennsylvania Company operator in the tower between BucyRtes and Upper Sandusky, was murdered and robbed by a tramp after receiving his salary. Bowden's body was placed on the tracks and a passing train cut off his head.
Rev. Jas. Liddell Phillip Dies in Clacuto Missionary
A dispatch from Clacuto reports the death of Rev. Jas. Liddell Phillip, a widely known Baptist missionary, at that locale.
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New York
Clacuto
Jas. Liddell Phillip
Pension fraud case highlights Wetherbee scam
David A. Wetherbee of Pennsylvania sought a $24 pension, then push for $36, after a gunshot wound. An interior department review found he feigned lameness using crutches but was seen walking normally, with both feet on the ground, and neighbors testified he worked and even whipped two local men.
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Washington
Reynolds
David A. Wetherbee
Co. D
Eighty-third Pennsylvania Infantry
Commissioner of Pensions
Wetherbee
Four Chinese Taken by U S Officers Near Windsor
United States officers arrested four Chinese men Lee Sin Lee Chook Lee Hung and Lee Ping bound for Chicago in a Wagener sleeping car on the Michigan Central railroad just before crossing from Windsor. They appeared to be under the guidance of Herbert Johnson a white man. The Chinamen were found locked in the dining room of the car as an employee resisted entry.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Lee Sin
Lee Chook
Lee Hung
Lee Ping
Chicago
Michigan Central Railroad
Windsor
Herbert Johnson
Nez Perces money to be paid by Aug 1
Spokane reports excitement over a telegram from Senator Du Bois stating that by August 1 Nez Perces lands will begin government payments totaling 626,222 dollars. The influx will circulate quickly as the Nez Perces reservation in Idaho opens for settlement within six weeks. In New York, Maria Barberi was sentenced to electrocution for the murder of her lover Cataldo, with an appeal likely and possible stay before execution.
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Spokane
Wash
Lewiston
Idaho
Senator du Bois
Washington
Great Nez Perces Reservation
New York
Goff
Court of General Sessions
Maria Barberi
Cataldo
Maria
Tanser
Evans and
Howe
Court of Appeals
Freight Wreck Near Norristown Kills One
A wreck on the Trenton division of the Pennsylvania railroad below Norristown causes sixteen freight cars to derail. William Kissinger of Harrisburg is killed instantly. Conductor Sami Keese of Harrisburg sustains both legs fractures and scalp wounds, condition critical.
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Norristown
Trenton
Pennsylvania Railroad
William Kissinger
Harrisburg
Sami Keese
Coward and a Rascal: Pall Mall Gazette on Stambuloff assassination
The Pall Mall Gazette denounces Prince Ferdinand for idleness in Carlsbad while sending a chamberlain to offer insincere sympathy to Madame Stambuloff. The piece accuses him of cowardice and rascality in the Bulgarian assassination affair.
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Lonnox
The
Pall Mall Gazette
Stambuloff
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Carlsbad
District Court News in Crawford County Fraud Case
In the U S District Court Wm Davey was convicted of stealing mail bags from a Lehigh Valley Railroad train. Three justices of the peace A R Gross L L Case and C A W Mason were convicted of making false pension certificates. Frank Crider convicted of stealing letters with money. J W Higbee pension attorney on trial for false certificates and defrauding Mrs Larry Rush. Higbee linked to the three squires combine.
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Eri. Pa
United States District Court
Wm. Davey
Lehigh Valley
A. R. Gross
L. L. Case
C. A. W. Mason
Townvillo
Crawford County
Frank Crider
Huntingdon
Hopewell
J. W. Higbee
Larry Rush
Higbee
Three Squires Combine
Reorganization Restores Confidence in American Fire
Albany July 18 Supt Pierce of the State Insurance Department reports the American Fire Insurance Company has its capital impairment reduced from 80 to 18 percent. A restructuring will create a surplus of 200000 over paid in capital stock with 100000. All old business has been reinsured in the Phoenix Insurance Company Brooklyn. The company under new management is deemed worthy of full confidence.
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Albany
Pierce
State Insurance Department
American Fire Insurance Company
Phoenix Insurance Company
Brooklyn
Supt. Pierce
Japanese Defeat Reported in Formosa Action
A Times dispatch from Hong Kong cites Amoy reports of heavy fighting between Japanese forces and Black Flags in Formosa. The clash occurred sixty miles south of Taipei, with Black Flags vastly outnumbered but showing grit as Japanese shells forced a retreat to the northwest. Black Flags reportedly move toward Tekham as renewed clashes loom near Tokobam.
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London
Times
Hong Kong
Formosa
Amoy
Taipei
Teckham
Tokobam
Those Revengeful Italians
In Brooklyn on July 18 Mrs Nelia Yapulia of Williamsburg slapped a child of Mrs Marie Burrello. Burrello's relatives Anton Fusco his wife and daughter Angelia dragged Mrs Yapulia from bed and down stairs by her hair kicking her into unconsciousness. Mrs Yapulia was dying. Fusco led the assault and has disappeared. others were arrested.
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Brooklyn
Nelia Yapulia
Williamsburg
Marie Burrello
Fusco
Browns Confession Follows Florida Hangings
Henry Brown, a Black man, was hanged in Live Oak, Florida, for the March 27 murder of Ed Ryberg, a white man. He claimed he killed Ryberg alone and that co-defendants George Mitchell and Mike Stevens were innocent. About two thousand spectators reportedly left disappointed when Mitchell’s death sentence was commuted by the governor, prompting talk of possible lynching. Brown also confessed to killing seven men for robbery.
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Live Oak
Fla
Henry Brown
Ed Ryberg
Brown
Ryberg
George Mitchell
Mike Stevens
Mitchell
Stevens
Puget Sound National Bank Closes in Everett
The Puget Sound National Bank in Everett has closed its doors after three days of steadily withdrawn deposits. The bank’s failure resulted from rapid depositor withdrawals during the past several days.
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Everett
Wash
Puget Sound National Bank
Holmes to Be Taken to Canada for Trial in Toronto Killings
Insurance agent Holmes, charged with killing two girls in Toronto, will be transported to Canada for trial. The case centers on the alleged double homicide and Holmes’s involvement as the suspect.
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Toronto
Clothes linked to Pitezel girls found in Vincent street fire search
In Toronto authorities connect burned clothing to the Pitezel girls bodies found yesterday. Nellie’s feet are missing. investigators now suspect Holmes amputated them. Extradition steps for H. H. Holmes are prepared if the coroner’s jury rules wilful murder.
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Toronto
Ont
Pitezel
H. H. Holmes
Philadelphia
No. 16
Vincent Street
Nellie
Holmes
Attorney General's Department
Brussean Pleads Guilty in Pope Murder Case
Detroit July 16. William Brussean, partner of Nellie Pope, pleaded guilty in recorder's court to the murder of Dr. Horace Elliott Pope last February. He received a 25 year prison term and testified for the state, aiding the conviction of Mrs. Pope.
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Detroit
William Brussean
Nellie Pope
Horace Elliott Pope
Recorder’s Court
Brussean
Young Baptists in Session Opens in Baltimore
The rapid arrival of about 15 000 visitors marks the start of the Baptists Young Peoples Union of America session in Baltimore. John H. Chapman of Chicago, president of the national union, is among notable arrivals as stations and piers welcome attendees with blue and white bunting.
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Baltimore
Baptists Young Peoples Union of America
John H. Chapman
Chicago
The
National Union
Waiting For the Money's Return in Omaha Theft
A $6000 package sent by express to an Omaha bank was stolen before arrival. Detectives know the suspect and await his return to avoid arrest, while offering no charges if the money is recovered. In London Connecticut a torpedo Ericsson accident caused a boiler burst, injuring five, with two believed fatally burned, and housed at a nearby port hospital.
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Omaha
Neb
Express
Pacific Express Company
London
Conn
Ericsson
Two Fatal Accidents In City Factory and Home
In New York on July 16 Thomas De Vitt, 19, fell from a fifth story fire escape in a factory and was killed instantly. William Hayes, 68, fell on stairs at his home this morning and died from his injuries.
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New York
Thomas Devitt
William Hayes
Pitezel Mrs Pledges Toronto Visit For Child Bodies
Mrs Benjamin F Pitezel left Chicago for Toronto to identify the bodies of her children Alice and Nellie as part of the murder case against Holmes. She cited Holmes influence over her and intends to testify when needed, while detectives search a Toronto cottage yard and cellar for further clues.
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Eve Cuicaco
Benjamin F. Pitezel
Chicago
Toronto
Alice
Nellie
Philadelphia Insurance Co
Flag Theft Near Boston Youths Fire at Police
In Boston at 2 30 this morning watchers reported youths tearing down the American flag from the Peoples temple on Berkley Street near Columbus Avenue. A watchman fired a revolver to attract help and police chased the suspects. Two brothers Joseph and Theodore Ducett aged twenty and twenty two surrendered at the station with four flags found. The pair claim birth in British provinces.
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Boston
Berkley Street
Columbus Avenue
Joseph and
Theodore Ducett
Six Fighters and Referee Tim Hurst Postponed to July 30
In New York on July 16 the case against six fighters and referee Tim Hurst arrested after the Hudson County Athletic Club tournament in Jersey City was postponed by Police Justice Douglass to July 30. Craig remains hospitalized and is expected to be able to attend by then.
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New York
Tim Hurst
Hudson County Athletic Club
Oakland
Jersey City
Hurst
Erne
Douglass
Craig
Strikers Close The Mines At Winthrop Mine
In Houghton Michigan on July 17 striking miners closed the Winthrop mine and halted steam shovels, halting ore shipments. The workers lack organization and their wage demands seem unlikely to succeed. companies have not sought state assistance and will wait for workers to return.
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Hpemiing
Mich
Winthrop
Zella Ruhman v Gould Preliminary Examination Submitted
In Jersey City on July 16 the motion papers in Mrs Zella Nicolaus Ruhman versus George Gould for a preliminary examination before her $40,000 check suit were submitted to Judge Lippincott. There was no argument. The defense objects to examination claiming discretion lies with the judge before trial. the judge reserved decision.
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Jersey
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