Wolcott Named Ambassador to Italy
Special dispatches report Gov Walcott of Massachusetts has accepted the post as Ambassador to Italy. The front also notes the Allies advancing from Tianjin with a likely first engagement at Pei-Tang where the Viceroy of Yalu commands.
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Pei Tang
Yulu
Gov. Wolcott
Massachusetts
Italy
Evening Journal
London
Tien Tsin
Shanghoy
Pei-Tang
Yalu
Washington, D. C
Gov. Walcott
Convention in Des Moines nominates for Secretary of State
Des Moines on Aug 1 reports a crowded convention at 2 16 p m that organized and moved to nominations for Secretary of State. Committees report and lengthy delays slow proceedings as visitors steal seats from delegates. Judge Fees prospects for Supreme Judge appear favorable, with a night session likely required.
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Evening Journal
Des Moines
Iowa
Dixon Loses to Sullivan as Arm Breaks
The bout on Coney Island ends in Sullivan’s victory after George Dixon’s left arm fractures in two places in round seven. Dixon’s chief second refused to allow continuation, giving Sullivan the win.
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Tommy Sullivan
New York
George Dixon
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Tom’ O'Rourke
Dixon
Hig Man
Sullivan
Berry-Picking Boys Report Kidnapers Camp Near Lenz Station
Three berry-pickers from Belleville say they found a camp of kidnapers in woods near Lenz Station Aug 1. A man chased them toward a clearing where a man and woman stood by a chained group of six children. They escaped and told their tale, suggesting gypsies as possible culprits.
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Belleville
Ill
Lenz Station
Crop price news and localized tragedies across states
Crop reports from Cransville and Middleport indicate broom corn shortages with prices around 150 dollars per ton and an expected price rise as factories continue output for campaigns. Separate Detroit city life story recounts a mother and her dying child in a brick barn after eviction, highlighting poverty and neglect.
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Cransville
Ind
Central Ilinois
Kansas
Texas
Evansville
McKinley
Bryan
Colorado
Fire Engulfs Parade Coach in Racine Carnival
In Racine on August 1 a parade coach decorated with paper flowers caught fire. Francis B. Johnson and party halted the blaze after the horses were frightened. Riders Mrs. George W. Peck Jr and others escaped as the coach burned. At El Paso a man’s infant son suffered severe hog attack.
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Racine
Wis
Francis B. Johnson
Johnson
George W. Peck, Jr
Milwaukee
Griffith McClellan
Linda Lee
Louisvile
Annie Kimball
Kenosha
Peck
McClellan
el Paso
Grant
Career of Cuthbert Ends With State Prison Sentence
Chicago dispatch reports William C. Cuthbert, once a wealthy broker, sentenced to indefinite imprisonment in the state penitentiary for forgery after years of evading punishment. He recounts his rise, debts left by his father, and a string of past bank incidents including a tied to a bookkeeper fleecing funds.
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Chicago
William C. Cuthbert
State
How He Fooled Detectives and Fled Chicago Roots
The Chicago man Cuthbert forged a $700 check cashed by the American Trust and Savings bank in March 1898. He boasted of evading detectives abroad and claimed to return to Chicago, despite police skepticism. His father was General Joseph Cuthbert, and family efforts to settle the case failed. He later wandered after skipping a $2,000 bond.
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Northwestern Bank
Chicago
Central
South America
Englewood
Illinois
Minneapolis
Avonsburg
Cuthbert
Courtship of Twenty Years Ends in Blind Couple’s Wisconsin Wedding
In Fort Atkinson Wisconsin Carrie M Anderson and John H Cummings both blind have married after a twenty year courtship with regular letters. The ceremony was performed by a blind minister and bridesmaids also sightless. Anderson hails from Fort Dodge Iowa and Cummings is a carpet weaver from Grand Forks.
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Fort Atkinson
Wis
Carrie M. Anderson
John H. Cummings
Janesville
Fort Dodge
New King Arrives in Italy Reaches Reggio di Calabria
King Victor Paanuel III lands by yacht at Reggio di Calabria and departs for Rome signaling a significant royal visit. Northern Italy hosts ceremonies as the royal party travels south toward the capital.
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Reggio di Calabria
Rome
Victor Paanuel Ili
Italian Troops Swear Allegiance to New King
Rome reports all Italian troops took an oath of allegiance to King Victor Emannuel amid public applause. The journey to Monza was kept private, ministers avoided Naples, and Humbert’s body is to be brought here Sunday with Queen Margherita seeking to accompany the remains. Emperor William plans to attend the funeral. A condolence dispatch from Li Hung Chang is received.
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Rome
Victor Emannuel
Monza
Naples
Humbert
Margherita
William
Li Itung Chang
Boer retreat signals shift as Pettigrew joins Botha staff
Lorenzo Marque s correspondent notes Boers prepare to retreat from Watervalboven. Frank Pettigrew, son of Senator Pettigrew, has joined Commandant General Botha. Lord Roberts telegram suggests Principe failed to secure surrender of 5000 men with many remaining in hills.
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London
Lorenzo Marques
The
Daily Express
Watervalboven
Frank Pettigrew
United States
Pettigrew
Botha
Lord Roberts
Principe
Slanter
Attempted assassination of Battle Creek police chief
Battle Creek police arrest George Walker after he fired at Chief Farrington in his office. Walker, a sympathizer of a New Orleans figure, wrote of intent on paper and missed the shot before being restrained by armed officers amid a crowded scene.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Farrngton
Charles
New Orleans
George Walker
Farrington
Walker
Eldora, Ja
Otto Pennington
Owassa
Strike Warning From Newport Official Foreses Major Puddleers Action
Charles H. Davis of Newport Ky vice president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers says a strike of 24000 puddlers in the United States is likely. The wage dispute seeks 5 to 550 a tap and talks between unions and employers fail. Independent mills may grant the raise. the trust resists. Nels Larsen dies after a tree fall splits his backbone and breaks ribs and leg during river voyage and hospital stay.
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Cincinnati
Charles H. Davis
Newport
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
United States
Eau Claire
Wis
Nels Larsen
Flambeau
Warner
Death of Congressman Daly
William D. Daly member of the House from the Seventh New Jersey district died at Far Rockaway Long Island of apoplexy on August 1 in New York.
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Daly
New York
William D. Daly
House of Representatives
New Jersey
Far Rockaway, L. I
Lock enlargement proposed for Weitzel lock project
United States engineers plan to enlarge the Weitzel lock at Sault Ste. Marie to over 100 feet wide and 1,500 to 1,600 feet long, deepen to 23 feet, with a $9,000,000 cost. The Poe lock remains 800 feet long and 100 feet wide, and current ships require more capacity due to larger lake vessels.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
United States Engineers
Weitzel
Weitzel Lock
Poe
Gates
Hill
Edenborn
Historic Polk residence to be replaced by apartment house
The old Polk homestead in Nashville has been sold for about 30000 dollars to J. Craig McLanahan. With bids from patriotic groups lacking, the house will be demolished and part preserved within a new modern apartment building, northern wing already torn down and foundations underway.
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Nashville
Fenn
Polk
J. Craig McLanahan
Tennessee
Ridpath Dies. Noted Historian and Author at 64
John Clark Ridpath II, historian and author of landmark U S history texts, died in Presbyterian Hospital New York at 5 30 p m after a prolonged illness. He was born in Putnam County Indiana in 1841 and taught at DePauw University before turning full time to authorship. His works include Academic History of the United States, Popular History of the United States and Life and Work of Garfield. He also published Cyclopaedia of Universal History and Life and Times of Gladstone. He was editor of The Arena magazine and briefly a Democratic candidate for Congress in Indiana. He resigned from DePauw in 1885 to devote himself to writing.
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New York
John Clark Ridpath
Presbyterian Hospital
SB. W. Ridpath
Putnam County
Ind
United States
Garfield
Depauw
James G. Blaine
Glad” Stone
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