Miss Stone Arrives America After Bulgaro Kidnap Ordeal
Miss Ellen M. Stone the missionary snatched by Bulgarian brigands arrived in New York aboard the Deutschland. Pale and worn she said the captors were not as fierce as feared and denied reports that Mme. Taitka was held for ransom. She planned to visit Chelsea Mass., to see her mother aged over 90. A Detroit report says Prof Joseph Miller confessed to Carrie Jennett murder after a sweatbox interrogation. He admitted illicit relations and said he offered hospital aid which Jennett refused.
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Miss Jone
America
Ellen M. Stone
Bulgaria
New York
Deutschland
Steamera Pier
Charles A. Stone
Miss Stone
Mme ‘Caitka
Mme. Taitka
Miss ‘Stone
Misa Stone
Chelsea
Mass
Detroit
Mich
Joseph 3. Miller
Carrie M. Jennett
Miller
Serriam
Biss Jennett
Belgian Soldiers Revolt Sparks Mutiny Amid Riots
Dispatch from Brussels reports troops in revolt with anti government colors, singing Carmagnole and Marseillaise as militiamen are arrested for insubordination. Regulars confined to barracks. cartridges issued to troops amid great district unrest.
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Brussels
Millionaire a Bankrupt and Family Fortunes
Henry V. Lucas freed from 40000 debts by the U S District Court in Chicago and discharged from bankruptcy. He inherited 2000000 in 1882 from his father Judge Lucas of St Louis. most of the estate was real estate with little income. Lucas mortgaged holdings to raise cash, losing 300000 in a barge line venture against Jay Gould.
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Pullman Pal
Judge Lucas
Henry Lucas
St. Louis
New Orleans
Jay Gould
Lucas
Father
Mendicant with Bank Credit in Harlem Court
An elderly Italian organ grinder Francisco Gorgia aged about 80 faced Harlem police court over begging and was fined $5. He paid with mixed coins and presented a $150 packet and a Bank of Rome book showing $12,000 deposit. He said he plans to retire from beggary and recently gave his daughter $2,000 as a wedding present.
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Harlem, Y
Francisco Gorgia
Bank of Rome
Gorgin
Iron Deal Unprecedented Purchase Of Vast Steel Shipp
The United States Steel Corporation announces the purchase of 300000 tons of Bessemer iron at 16.50 per ton, aiming to secure raw material for rising demand and stabilize prices. Delivery planned between October 1, 1902, and April 1, 1903, signaling a robust trade year ahead. A separate incident reports four masked robbers looting Hudson postoffice. $107 in stamps and $305 in money stolen, Father Spotanski witness to the burglary and later alarmed the town.
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Beasemer
Steel Trust
Bessemer
Iran
United States Steel Corporation
Hudson
Father Spotanski
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
American Lion and Steel Association
United States
Aga
Oklahoma Woman Kills Husband by Driving Nail
In Grant County Oklahoma Mrs Peoples a farmer s wife reportedly killed her drunken husband by driving a nail through his head after he beat her and fell asleep with his head against a pine partition New trial Iowa Supreme Court reverses verdict in Hossack murder case Margaret Hossack serving life for killing her husband who slept beside her with his head split by an ax Ohio redistricting bill passes unchanged aside from county move Bank bookkeeper found guilty two killed in a wreck trust a hardware line king leopold mobbed charge boy with seven murders officers vs moonshiners Mrs Beal s jewels returned
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Oklahoma
Grant County
Okla
Wellington
Irian
Peoples
Supreme Court of Iowa
Margaret Iossack
Indianola
Youth Swindles Diamond Firm in Evanston Sneak
Ernest Erickson a 19 year old Evanston jeweler's son disguised as a messenger boy obtained diamonds valued at 1500 dollars from Chicago firm Rich Alley. He distributed stones to railroad brakemen then confessed after police traced dyed hair and neck marks. A prior similar attempt prompted the fraud alert.
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Ernest Erickson
Senger
Evanston, II
Iich & Alley
Chicago
St. Pau
Erickson
Evanston
Fim
New Murder Case Ties Rice Heir Claim to Death
Indiana claimant J. Carrolyon of Muncie declares he is William Marsh Rice heir through his mother who died mysteriously in New York. He travels to prove the claim amid alleged conspirators in the Rice murder case with attorney Albert T. Patrick under death sentence at Sing Sing. Carrolyon details a romance and asserts his wife’s funds support entry into the massive litigation over the Texas mill owner’s fortunes.
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Patrick
Albert IT. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
New York
Bing Sing
Indiana
Do J. Carrolyon
Muncie
Ind
William Marah Rice
Texas Millonaire
Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing
Youngs Carrolson
Anarchists Among the Rich rie Fown Rev Dr Eaton speaks
Reverend Charles A. Eaton of Euclid Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland rails at wealth enabled anarchists and calls out those who profit from law failures as the worst kind of anarchists. He urges action over empty praise and decries capitalist influence.
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Rockefeller
Cleveland
Charles A. Eaton
J. D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Ministers’ Association
Eaton
Seventeen Year Locusts Warned as Agriculture Diversifies
Alleged 17 year cicadas threaten crops as the State agriculture officials monitor warnings. The insect spends years underground in subterranean chambers while larvae emerge to feed on tree limbs. After nearly two decades, millions of adults molt and swarm, prompting vigilance though major crop damage remains unlikely. the phenomenon is linked to prior 1885 visitation and we can expect renewed appearances this year.
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State Commissioners of Agriculture
United States
Teene Bache
Philadelphia Times
Clendant
Horses for Britain's Army Supply Chain Centered in New Orleans
The British reliance on American remounts for the South African war is vast with 100000 horses supplied by the United States and a $5 million remount budget. New Orleans hosts the American Commission and vast stables on the riverfront capable of housing thousands of animals, supported by veterinary surgeons and a large hospital department. Texas ranches helped fuel the port's shipments as prices rose sharply amid drought and global demand.
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New Orleans
South Africa
Tve
United States
Transvaal
St. Charles Hotel
American Commission
Texas
Crescent City
Locust Phenomena and Mule Prices Across Rivers and States
The article describes 17 year cicada cycles with large winged insects in Texas and beyond, noting their harmless nature and mass emergences. It recalls historic mule prices around 40 dollars in 1889, compares freight costs, and details how mules are landed and unloaded from ships in the Mississippi port for overland transport inland.
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Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Oregon
Mississippi
Fieet
Wade Hampton Dead General Passes Away at Columbia
Wade Hampton died Friday morning at Columbia South Carolina from a general breakdown. Born in 1818 in Columbia he came from a military family and entered politics before the Civil War. He rose to brigadier major general and lieutenant general and commanded cavalry in Lee and Johnson's armies. After the war he returned to private life and later served as Governor of South Carolina and United States Senator. He died at age 8x, last week celebrated his birthday, notes indicate.
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Columbia
Wade Hampton
Hampton
D. C
South Carolina
Hampton Legion
Northern
Virginia
R. Lee
Joseph Johnson
Sherman
Carolinas
Sooth Caroling
United States
Respite Came Too Late for Fletcher Hanged in St Louis
Henry Fletcher, colored, was hanged at 6:06 am in St. Louis on Friday morning. Twenty minutes later a governor's reprieve arrived after a telegram from Circuit Attorney Folk. Detectives reported new testimony suggesting possible self defense in the killing of 14 year old Louis Roth on August 17, 1900 following a quarrel with Roth's brother.
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Henry Fletcher
St. Louis
Ucircuit
Folk
Fletcher
Louis Roth
Roth
Manila Editors Arrested Over Sedition Sparks Public Outcry
In Manila editors of Freedom and Volcano face sedition charges after publishing an American periodical article and criticizing a U S commission. Arrests follow demands to remove a judge who tried editor Benor Vaidex, with a local Spanish paper editor fined for aiding two Pin-Pine members. Frank Golden, a barber, is found dead in Holleyville with evidence suggesting suicide tied to a missing aide and a rum bottle.
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Manila
Freedom
Frank Golden
Holleyville
Sul‘elde
Golden
Congress Debates Chinese Exclusion and War Tax Bill
The Senate resumed consideration of the Chinese exclusion bill amid House action on foreign policy and tax measures. Incremental votes and amendments accompanied daily sessions, with allocations for Sterling Illinois public building and Cuban reciprocity debates shaping much of the week.
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Stme
Senate
Sterling
Ill
Simmons
South
China
Orient
Pacific Coast
House
Gallinger
Dillingham
Turner
Fairbanks
Committee On Immigration
Patterson
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry
Conn
Richardson
Tenn
Committee On Agriculture
Washington Notes and Political Moves Abroad
General Fitzhugh Lee may become the first United States Minister to Cuba. Friends of Representative Hitt urge his entry into the Illinois senate race. Twenty thousand witnessed or took part in the annual White House egg rolling. Roosevelt boys active in the sport. Fifteen thousand Chicago businessmen petition Congress for a Canada reciprocity treaty. H H Band of Milwaukee named confidential secretary to the Postmaster General. Congressman Griggs of Georgia is elected chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee. Army appropriation bill allows re-examination of retired officers fit for duty. Countess Cassini hosted a coiffure party with guests styling their hair after historical characters.
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Washington
Fitzhugh Lee
United States
Cuba
Hitt
Illnois
White House
Roosevelt Boys
Chicago
Congress
Canada
H. H. Band
Milwaukee
Griggs
Georgia
Democratic Congressional Committee
Army
House
Cassini
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Pasa
Court of Appeals
Robert J. Wynne
The
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Charleston
W. M Johnson
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Boon
Frederic Rutherford Harris
South Africa Company
Llangibly Castle
Usk
Monmouthshire
Mr. Harrie
Piecay
Thomas
Victoria
Colon
Hoco del Toro
Navy Department
Masculo Temple
Fort Wayne
Burgomaster
Richard Carvel
Lowther
Granville Lowther
Metha“Episcopal Conference
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Philippines
Charles I. Kaufmann
Charles Kaufmann
Omaha
Young Kaufmann
Chis
Vinson‘haler
Sinclair
War Department
Richter
Eighth Infantry
Chaffee
Daniel Kramer
Kramer
Thombs
Lewis J.thombs
Carrie Larson
Peerless
St. John's 3Ary Academy
Manlius
Persia
Russia
Persian Gulf
Farsistan
I Wrank C. Mehan
Malatesta
Enrico Malatesta
McKinley
Thirty-ninth Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Maison du Peuple
Londou
Pretoria
H. H. King’ & Co
Gordon, Brinn
Kaneer
Bustle
Bernstadt
Lord Kimberley
Lord’ Kimberley
Kite
Nuil
Ohio House
Fairfield County
Grosvenor
Frenklin County
Albert F. German
Third National Bank
Louisville
Boston and Maine Railroad
Wayland
Wred Judkins
William Southerland
Moore & Schley
Leopold
Biarritz
Dresden
Asa Humble
R. A. Hancock
Hardin County
Judge Field
Elizabeth Cecil
Richard Langan
Maud Talmage
Maud de Witt Talmage
T. de Wite Talmage
Clarence Frederick Wyckef
Ithaca
N. Y
Frank de Wite Talmage
Austin Powder Company
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Venezuela
San Asostin
Carupano
Escalante
Cantro
Lee Gallagher
First National Bank of
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Lodiana
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State Board of Charities
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Yokohama
Stobley D. Evans
San Francisco
Asiatic
Grifin
James Flynt
Butler Hudson
Flynt
Taylor Mill
Lake Washington
Wash
Gaynor
New York Supreme Court
Britain
M. Santos-Dumont
M. Campbell
Ardmore
Indian Territory
Townsend
Committee On Appropriations
Taylor
Ohio
Committee On Electors
Horton Butler
Missouri
Bimon
Hoar
Alagka
Stewart
Horn
Depew
Alaskan
Louisiana
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