Diamonds Restored Through the Confessional in Indiana Case
A Chicago jewelers tray was returned to William Washburn Co of Anderson Ind after a Catholic priest received it from a penitent thief. Washburn will not prosecute. the thief is believed penitent. Other items include a Negro burned at the stake in Enterprise Alabama after assaulting Mrs. Davis. A gunboat Machias ordered to Colon to guard Trans Isthmian railway. Lawton homesteaders push opening three reserves. Diamonds stolen from Mrs Seidensticker’s Hamilton Ohio shop. Santos Dumont fails to circle Eiffel Tower. Kincora sinks after collision with Oceanic. Haage killed by a cog wheel. Hancock sails home with 313 soldier remains. Georgia gold strike reported in Wilkes County near Washington. State Geologist Yeates to inspect the mine.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Anderson
William Washburn
Chicago
John Wesley Pennington
Enterprise
Ala
Coffee County
Pennington
J. C. Davis
Georgia
Atlanta
Wilkes County
Washington
Yeates
Father and Son United After Six Years Apart
Walton W. Lipps, long-separated from his father John W. Lipps, is found in Chicago after six years spent in friendless shelters and orphanages under guardianship. The boy’s relatives had claimed he was unfit for care, leading to court actions and a series of removals, including a Cleveland placement. A Boston man traced Lipps and, with power of attorney, retrieved the boy from Berne Indiana amid a chase by orphanage staff and local alarm of possible kidnapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton W. Lipps
John W. Lipps
Chicago
Berne
Ind
William Eggley
Young
Weather Buoys Trade as Crops Shape Markets
Rains lift mood in business circles as late corn crops show saving, and Northwest spring wheat harvest enjoys ideal weather. Yet steel strike talks stall with no agreement, and labor issues stay prominent. Dun and Co weekly review notes volatile corn prices, short-seller losses, and July failures totaling 607 with facilities lending $7,033 in 1900 figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
R. G. Dun & Co
Big Mill 18 Destroyed in Saltillo Fire Threats
Fire destroyed E Hoise & Sonys flouring mill at Saltillo Indiana after a note demanding money was left at the keyhole. The firm guarded the sack at a crossroad but it vanished, and the mill burned soon after. Also reports a Chicago millionaire’s marriage, a wife murder suicide in Ohio, a minister’s tariff fight, prison escapes, steel strike talks collapse, a navy alert, a general strike call, aQuicksand tragedy near Tempe, and Manitoba Northwest wheat yield estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saltillo
Ind
E. Hoise & Sony
Market Prices Across Cities for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York reports show cattle prices from $2.50 to $3.75 and hogs from $3.00 to $6.20 across cities. Wheat ranges mostly 64c to 67c No. 2 and corn 51c to 58c No. 2 mixed, oats 30c to 42c, rye 52c to 68c, with butter eggs and potatoes listed at varying local quotes.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Ste
Milwaukee
New York
Actress Confesses Theft. Deathbed Confession Restores Indiana Girl
Emma Andrews, an Omaha actress, died after a cheap theater collapse. She admitted abducting John Richards’s daughter when the child was 5. The girl, now 14, an accomplished singer and dancer, is returned to her wealthy Indiana merchant father after Rev. A W Clark notified him.
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Indiana
Emma Andrews
Omaha
John Hichards
A. W. Clark
Rich Mines of Asbestos Blocks Found Near Keystone
Remarkable find near Keystone South Dakota by Chet Wheelock and Louis Everly uncovers large asbestos blocks weighing 400 to 500 pounds on a ledge. Development ongoing, hailed as a major Black Hills discovery with excellent quality.
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Black Hille
Keystone
Chet Wheelock
Louis Everly
Black Hills
Death Stops Wedding Feast in Duluth Jewish Service
Moses Cohen, a Duluth resident, died during a Jewish worship service while his son Isaac prepared a wedding feast. Worshipers panicked briefly as Cohen collapsed. he was taken to a hospital but died en route. His family had only recently left home for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Moses Cohen
Isaac
Mr. Cohen
Slain on Unimak Island and Other 1900s News
SLAIN ON UNIMAK ISLAND. Three prospectors killed by deserters from a fishing schooner near Unimak Island. Surviving member Owen Jackson suspects native involvement, though evidence points to two deserters. Other items recount wreck of HMS Viper, Judge Price’s death, Brazil riots, a fatal railway crash near Lockport, and assorted crimes and curiosities from across the globe.
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Dutch Harper
Sitka
Queen
Con
Florence Sullivan
P. J. Rooney
Unimak Island
Owen Jackson
Mr. Scott
Lynn & Hoff
Scott
Devastating Locust Street Blast Ruins Philadelphia Block
A large explosion, likely from a barrel of oil, wrecks five buildings on Locust Street above Tenth in Philadelphia at about 9 30 p m. Fifty people were inside the structures or nearby when the blast occurred. twelve to twenty are reported dead and about fifty injured as fires broke out and neighbors pulled survivors from the debris. Firemen quickly contained the flames, though a number of occupants were trapped and many windows shattered in the surrounding area.
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Locust Street
Tenth
Philadelphia
Buldings
Housman
Morris Rosenthal
Rosenthal
William Jones
Jones
George McClemmy
McClemmy
Patrick Quigley
Quigley
Albert Mountain
Mountain
World figures and politics mingle in national notes
George Kennan, famed traveler and Russia scholar, tale of earlier years. William Beardshear rising Iowa educator and college president. W. M. Beardshear linked to Des Moines and Ames. Abdul Hamid I praised for decorations in South Africa. fire at Xadia kiosk harems. Jenks named Governor of Alabama. debates over Admiral Evans and ex Senator Chandler escalate toward court martial considerations.
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Wiliam M. Beardshear
National Educational Association
Iowa
Dayton
Ohio
Army of the Cumberland
Yale University
Western College
Toledo
Des Moines
Vallege
Ames
John A. Hinsey
Endowment Bank
I. of P
Endowment Bank of the Order
Mr. Hinsey
A. Hinsey
Wisconsin
Chicago
Milwaukee
Hinsley
Abdul Hamid I
South Africa
Xadia
Wiliam Dorsey Jenks
Alabama
St. Joseph, Mo
Dowager Empress Frederick Dies at Cronburg
Dowager Empress Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa of Germany died at 6 15 p m Monday at Cronburg after a sudden decline. Emperor William and other royal children were present in the sick room. Born November 21 1840 at Buckingham Palace she was a devoted wife and mother with eight children including the present German emperor Frederick William Victor Albert. Her husband Frederick III died in 1888 and she had remained empress for a brief period.
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Empress Frederick
Cronburg
Germany
Cronberg
Emperor William
Empress Augusta Victoria
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa
Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Frederick IiI
England
Princess Victoria
Palace of St. James
Frederick William Victor Albert
Frederick
Hart to Meet Hanrahan in Bridgeport Sept 6
Eastern sports notes Marvin Hart, Louisville middleweight champion hopeful, set to fight Billy Hanrahan in Bridgeport on September 6 after beating Tommy West. Also reports Crescens trotting stallion records at Detroit in 2 05. Cy Young batting .407 with Boston. Dexter recalls Anson praise and surprising third-base feats.
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Marvin Hart
Louisville
Tommy West
Billy Hanrahan
Bridgeport
Crescens
Detroit
Directum
Alix
Cy Young
Anson
Dexter
Union Station Project In Henderson Tenn Reports Say
A union station costing 25000 will be erected in Henderson Tennessee. Western railways report weak crop conditions with hourly updates. Chicago and Western Indiana plan elevated tracks costing six million dollars. Pullman to rebuild Wilmington plant at 250000. Burlington mull over pension plan for workers. Great Western passenger earnings rise. Grand Trunk to run through sleeping car service Chicago to Portland Maine. Rumors swirl of a Great Western and Wisconsin Central merger. Lake Shore vice president inspecting the system. Cotton fabric rates to the South up after July 1. Lackawanna to run branch lines by telephone if tests succeed. Pullman overworked to provide more first class sleepers west of Chicago. Some roads restricting ticket sales to large Rocky Mountain parties. Pacific system manager Fishmore resigns, slated for 1000 monthly pay to year end.
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Henderson
Tenn
Rochester
Buffalo
Western
Chicago and Western Indiana
Chicago
Pullman Company
Wilmington
Del
Burlington Railroad
Big Western
Chicago Great Western
Grand Trunk
Portland
Great Western
Wisconsin Central
Harriman
Morgan-Hill
Brown
Lake Shore
Lackawanna
Northwestern
Burlington
Rock Island
Rocky Mountain
J. A.fishmore
Pacific System
Southern Pacific Raliwa ‘Ter
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Bartholomew
Wan Awew
Salant
Teak
Sam
Mirrtor Affairs
Colon
Secretary of the Navy
Machias
Boston Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Panama
Grudger
Lawton
C. T
Interior Department
A. Seidensticker
High Street
Hamilton
Paris
M. Santos Dumont
Eiffel Tower
Ile
Santos Dumont
White Star Line
Oceanic
Cameron
Liverpool
Queenstown
English Channel
Kincora
Waterford
Ireland
Charles Haage
Evansville
Hancock
Manila
Dix
Samoa
United States
Father and Son United
BIG
J. McGregor Atains
Edith MacGregor
Brooklyn
Mr. Adams
Adams & Westlake Company of
Alexander McCullough
Crawfish
Bryan
Rio de Janeiro
Charles Page Bryan
State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Neb
Pierpont Morgan
Murdock
Kaiser
South America
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Villa
United States Steel Corporation
James Eversole
Tempe
Ariz
Northwest Territory
McKellar
Manitoba
Louis Telpern
Brooklyn Bridge
Young Telpern
Lima
W. A. Jones
Henry Chisholm
Yale
Champion River Works
Cleveland
Young Chisholm
Manti
Utah
Rasmus Anderson
Emily Campbell
P. C. Christensen
Warren Lewis
Rhode Island
Providence
Commercial Bank of
Andrews
Key
Gem City
H. M. S. Viper
Alderney Island
St. Anne's
Judge Price
William Cecil Price
Buchanan
William C. Newberry
Brazil
State Department
Charles Page
Lockport
N. Y
New York Central
Thomas Hyland
George Webb
Chicago Fire Department
Grand Trunk Railroad
Rogers, Bacon & Co
Miguel Malavar
Aguinaldo
Hongkong
Ranuck
George W. Ranck
Kentucky
Louisville and Nashville
Lexington
Ada Spring
Selby Smelting Works
Vallejo
Cal
Ralph Izard
Louis Haggerty
United States Artillery
Government Barracks
Sullivan’s Island
Charleston
George B. Hancock
West Park Methodist Episcopal Church
Asbury Park, N. J
Eupreses
Cnm
Everett-Moore Syndicate
George Kennan
Russia
Empire of
Norwalk
Siberia
Caucasus
Mgr. Kennan
Daghestan
Chechnia
Great Range
W. M. Beardshear
Perry
Heath
Seventh National Bank of New York
Dawes
Wrath
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
McKinley
Evans
Admiral Evans
Bob
Long
Chandler
Navy Department
Congress
Mr. Chandler
Ene Mmut
Geo. Kennan
Ghting Bor
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