Chase of a robber ends with capture in Chicago
A negro thief named Charles Fiqua was chased through downtown Chicago by an angry mob after stealing a purse on Wabash and Madison. He fired at officers, fought off multiple captors, and was finally taken to Central station bruised but alive, with the crowd resisting police attempts to protect him.
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Central Station
Charles Fiqua
Wabash Avenue
Madison Street
Fiqua
Stine
Washington Street
State Street
Holden Place
Dearborn Street
Calhoun Place
Clark
Madison
McVicker’s
Adams
Dearborn
Central Police Station
Nashville
Tenn
Five Trainmen Injured in Thrilling Bay Bridge Wreck
A Lake Shore freight westbound wreck near Sandusky Bay injures five trainmen and leaves 21 passengers shaken but safe. Broken rail at Bay Bridge caused cars to plunge into Sandusky Bay, with clerks and passengers escaping through openings as others fled the wreckage.
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Sandusky, O
Lake Shore
Chicago
Bay Bridge
Sandusky
Cleveland
William Frawley
J.C. Beck
Goshen
al Spalding
Adrian
I’. F. Greening
Austin
B. 8S. Wise
Chestertown
Caleb Powers Found Guilty In Goebel Murder Case
Special to Evening Journal from Georgetown Kentucky reports Caleb Powers was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the Goebel murder.
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Caleb Powers
Kentucky
Evening Journal
Goebel
Peking Falls to Allied Forces Amid Fierce Resistance
Allied troops entered Peking after stubborn defense. foreign legations are safe. Official cables from Admiral Remey and Consul Fowler confirm the fall and safety of the legations with details to follow. Other items note local crime case against Frank Stinson and the Dooley family reunion in Bloomington.
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Washington
Peking
United States
Admiral Remey
Consul Fowler
Chefoo
Wisconsin Guardsmen March Sets Militia Record
The Second Wisconsin National Guard, 500 strong, marched seven miles in two hours and thirty minutes and returned in two hours and seven minutes at Camp Douglas Range. General Boardman praised the feat, noting no one fell out. The unit covered eighteen miles that day with full gear. Charles A. Miclenz killed himself in Chicago to secure a $2,000 life insurance payout. Charles Lempke of Detroit pleaded guilty to assault in Warren Michigan, fined $15 and costs for threatening to shoot William Kutchey.
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Camp Douglas Range
Wis
Wisconsin National Guard
Morgan
Soo Strong
Charles A. Miclenz
Chicago
Warren
Mich
Charles Lempke
Detroit
William Kutchey
Kutchey
Chicago Board of Trade quotes and market notes
Chicago August quotations show mixed grain and livestock activity with wheat, corn, oats and butter prices listed. Chicago Livestock reports hogs and cattle trading at various ranges, alongside East Buffalo and St Louis market bids for cattle, sheep, and veal.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Ohio
Texas
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Y
St. Louis
Paris Expo honors announced for American exhibitors
The Paris exposition list of American award winners was released yesterday. Details show United States successes across categories with a breakdown of medals and honors earned by American exhibitors.
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Paris
Lst
United States
Shirt Waist Man in Washington Embraces New Fashion
In Washington Mr. Charles Hebener, from East Madison Street, appears as the Shirt Waist Man at a Court of Honor meeting. The sixty year old tradition is challenged as Hebener, his wife says new shirts will be worn at work and home with percale fabric and buttoned trousers.
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Washington
United States
Court of Honor
Chas. Hebener
East Madison Street
Hebener
Montrose
Iowa
Blanche Meade
Charles Hebener
Max Muller
Mr. Hebener
Journal
Peking Relieved as Foreign Legations Safeguarded
London reports Peking relieved on night of Aug 15 with admiralty dispatches confirming safety of American legation staff and missionaries. Names listed include Edward Conger minister and Mrs Conger, J. W. Wherry, John Inglis, and U.S. Marines guarding the embassy amid Boxer unrest.
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London
Peking
Imperial Customs Office
Chefoo
England
Remey
Washington
Legation
Edward Conger
BE. H. Conger
Bessie Conger
Laura Conger
Herbert G. Squires
New York
H. G. Squires
William E. Bainbridge
Council Bluffs
Fleming C. Cheshire
M. 8. Woodward
Chicago
Jane Woodward
Cecile Payen
Mary Pierce
Des Moines
Conger
Mary Distin Smith
Washington, D. C
John T. Myers
N. H. Hall
Marine Guard
Thomas N. Lippit
Awards Gala Highlights American Excellence at Paris Expo
The report lists 1081 awards with 770 grand prizes and numerous medals across education, industry, and arts. States Illinois Indiana Wisconsin win prizes among boards and universities. Peck and colleagues praise the results showing American product supremacy and the quality of the exhibit section.
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Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
United States
General Peck
Governor deploys Liberty Troop to quell Georgia riot
Governor Candler, advised by Liberty county deputy sheriff Hendry, orders the Liberty Troop cavalry to aid Sheriff Brewer in a whites versus blacks riot near John Stone station fifty miles from Savannah. Reports say negroes who murdered R W H Curtis join others in woods. Liberty City and Lambert are set afire. railroad Line between the towns torn up to wreck train No. 78. one white man killed resisting arrest. tension warned to rise. A separate note states the sultan of Turkey ordered a telegraph line between India and Constantinople.
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Candler
Liberty County
Liberty Troop
Georgia Militia
Brewer
John Ston Station
Savagenah
Hendry
R. W H. Curtis
Liberty City
Lambert
Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad
Sheriff Brewer
Turkey
India
Constantinople
Roosevelt Tour Sparks Bipartisan Armistice Aboard Virginia
Political leaders from both parties met on neutral ground during a four hour steamboat cruise on Lake Michigan with Governor Roosevelt as the focal point. Towne will oppose Roosevelt in the western campaign opening soon in Dakota Oregon Washington and California while Des Moines groups plan August gatherings. Rough Riders invited to accompany Roosevelt in South Dakota with Captain Seth Bullock leading forces to meet the colonel at the state line.
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Richard Yates
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Virginia
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Roosevelt
New York
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Loosevelt
Duuth
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Oregon
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Henderson
Dolliver
Lacey
State Central Committee
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Shaw
Rough Riders
Deadwood
Seth Bullock
Chigsby
South Dakota
Lead
Bullock
Colonel Roosevelt
Bryan to Tour Nebraska and Kansas With Speech Series
Lincoln Nebraska August 18 Bryan plans a week of speeches in Nebraska and Kansas beginning at Wahoo Tuesday afternoon followed by stops at Auburn Tecumseh Pawnee Falls City Kansas City Topeka Manhattan Beatrice and South Omaha with a Populist nomination incident in Topeka and a funeral pallbearer duty noted. Foss outlines stumping from New York to Maine and other states while west side race tensions show no major disturbances. A fatal fire at 154 Desplaines Street injures three and claims one life.
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Nebraska
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Wahoo
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W Pawnee
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Tlon
TM. Patterson
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Jackson Club
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Edmiston
People’s Party
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Montana
Felow
New York
Foss
Ilinois
Republican National
Maine
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Jersey
West Virginia
West Side
Chicago
Gu Desplaines Street
Edward Grace
James Minor
Thomas I. Morney
John Mitchell
Wisconsin Bankers elect officers and approve standard law resolution
At Milwaukee on August 17 the Wisconsin Bankers association elected H. D. Smith of Appleton as president and Charles C. Arnold of Milwaukee as secretary. A resolution approving the standard March 4, 1000 law was adopted.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Bankers’ Association
H. D. Smith
Appleton
Charles C. Arnold
Wos
Court Practices Highlight State and Federal Court Offices
A brief overview notes the practices in both state and federal courts and mentions the office overseeing the Washington County Savings Bank, outlining procedural distinctions and jurisdictional roles.
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City Hall
Washington
Iowa
Crail’s
Washinton
Washington County Savings Bank
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