Haffner Seeks Probate Reopening Over Pearcy Will Claim
Chicago August 25 Jacob J Haffner released from Dannemora prison seeks to reopen the estate of Charles Pearcy to admit a will naming him executor and residuary legatee after legacies to friends. Pearcy died in 1837? at West Side hospital owning bonds and a fortune over fifty thousand dollars. Public administrator handled the estate as alleged heirs in West Virginia divided the estate. Haffner now contends no relation to Pearcy and cites witnesses from New York and Chicago. He recounts a family history linking Pearcy to his grandfather, a Long Island resident who once helped Pearcy during his cattle trading days and skating ventures in New York.
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Chicago
Jacob J. Haffner
Dannemora
William P. Black
Charles Pearey
West Side Hospital
West Madison Street
United States
Patrick H. O'Donnell
West Virginia
Hattner
Haffner
New York
Sophronia Breckinridge
Pearcy
Joseph H. Haffner
Long Island
N. Y
Charles Pearcy
Larimore
Jackson Streets
Brooklyn
Pearcy Often Came To Visit Us. Mr. Pearcy
Fitzsimmons Knocks Sharkey Out In Second Round
In the Coney Island bout Fitzsimmons finished Sharkey in round two after trading blows a heavy body shot and a left hook to the jaw. Earlier exchanges showed Sharkey rushing and Fitzgerald countering with precise rights and lefts before the decisive knockdown. In Madison, Wis an R M La Follette illness rumor circulates as aides deny serious sickness while noting weariness from campaign strain.
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New York
Sharkey
Coney Island
Fitzsimmons
Fitz
Strange Will Exposes Heiress, Bank Heirs, and Old Murky Secrets
The will reveals Mrs. Kate Haviland as Dr. Theodore Keattle and outlines a life of disguise and medical practice. It names James H. Pearcy as Thomas H. Blythe, a convict who built a gambling empire and left $5,000,000 to his daughter Florence Hinckley. Authority questions the will’s validity as public records hint at disputed heirs and reopened estate petitions.
Spring lamb travels from New Zealand to New York
A spring lamb killed and dressed in New Zealand reached New York in poor condition after a long journey amid unclear notes about its transport and authorities. The fragment references a minister at St Peters and mentions Chinese dishonesty without clear context.
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New Zealand
New York
Rockville Offers Cash and Land to Attract Glass Plant
Rockville Indiana seeks a glass plant by offering five thousand dollars in cash and four to five acres of land near the railway. The city has subscribed funds and secured options on nearby tracts, citing its inexhaustible coal supply to lure manufacturers. Wrightstown Wis Arrest brings details of a Colby resident burglary case. Police fired, injuring the fugitive's fingers, before arresting him near Green Bay days later.
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Rockville
Ind
Wrightstown
Wis
Colby
Clark County
Pepere
Brown County
Green Bay
Empress Missing and Peking Crisis Reported
Washington dispatches detail chaotic events in Peking with reports that Li Ping Meng died and Prince Tuan is at large. Japanese forces reportedly hold gates of the forbidden city while empress dowager possibly bases at Sian Fu.
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Li Ping Heng
Prince Tuan
Peking
Li Hung
Washington
Adee
Fowler
Chefoo
Forbidden City
Tuan
Tung Chau
Sian Fu
China policy unchanged stance on territorial division
Washington reports the United States remains opposed to any partition of China and will exhaust all diplomacy to prevent it. The U S seeks commercial freedom as a minimum condition of any settlement and notes its role in opening Peking. European reports claim German and Russian actions in China include alleged prisoner killings and brutal acts.
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Washington
China
Hay
United States
Peking
Looting and arson strike Amoy missions and temple
Amoy reports indicate mobs looted and burned many American and British missions in the area. On Thursday night a Japanese temple was also burned, signaling rising unrest in the locality.
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Amoy
Detects Pickpockets on Bryan Return at Barneston
Beatrice Nebraska August 25 a lively chase through the cars followed Bryan's arrival from Topeka. A pickpocket was spotted in the crowd near the last car platform at Barneston Union Pacific line. The fugitive was captured then escaped amid a dense gathering before security restored order.
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Beatrice
Neb
Bryan
Topeka
Barneston
Union Pacific Railroad
Ile
Ite
Infuriated crowd beats officer in Chicago assault
Officer Heilman of the Thirty-fifth street station was attacked on South Slalsted Street by a mob led by a tall man. He lay unconscious, later tied and left in critical condition at home. Michael King Thomas King and a woman named Margueritte Schott are under arrest with more arrests expected. The motive remains unknown.
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Chicago
Heilman
Thirty-fifth Street
Slalsted
Sciliman
Michael
Thomas King
Marguerrette Schott
Suspect In Lafayette Shooting Denies Involvement
Mrs. Lucy Robinson is gravely wounded after a rear assault as she and sister Miss Gussie Moore walked toward the opera house. Her husband John Robinson, separated a year, was arrested after the incident. he claims no part in the attack. In Lansing a fraud warning warns workers of an insurance swindle by a smooth-talking impersonator claiming Detroit based American Mutual Aid association affiliation.
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Lafayette
Ind
Lucy Robinson
Gussie Moore
Opera House
Lansing
Mich
American Mutual Aid Association
Detroit
Population figures and regional notes from state pages
The outline reports Indianapolis with a population of 169,164 and Cleveland as Ohio's metropolis at 851,768, while Cincinnati shows 25,502. There is talk of settling Boers in Yellowstone land and Cabine county Texas fears a race war between whites and blacks causing excitement.
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Indianapolis
Cleveland
Ohio
Cincinnati
Yellowstone Valley
Cabine County
Tex
Justice is Expedited Brute Peck Gets His Deserts
Akron Ohio August 25 Peck the negro who attempted the outrage of a 6 year old girl was brought back after rumors denied earlier reports He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to state penitentiary in Columbus Guards stood watch as he was hurried to the train and sent away He begged the keeper to shoot him if a mob waited at Akron fearing mob violence he asked to be shot.
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Madison
Wis
R. M. la Follette
Akron
Peck
Peek
Nye
Nfe
Proops
Center Street
Cleveland, Akron and Columbus
Kelly
Columbus
Colummbus
Cuyahoga Falls
Cleveland
Washer
Union Station
Typhoid outbreak hits Griffith family in Michigan
Seventeen members of the Griffith family near Springport Jackson county are stricken with typhoid after a reunion at I. D. Griffiths home five miles north. Four are feared dead as doctors race to identify the outbreak source while water analysis is conducted. Most patients are farmers in Jackson county. The Aug. 8 gathering drew a large crowd.
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Springport
Mich
Griffith
I. D. Griffith
Jackson County
Men murder electrician over beer refusal in Omaha
In Omaha, Aug 2a three men Floth Coyne and Mollner killed E J Fee an electrician who refused to lent money for beer. They confessed saying Fee was beaten and later pockets were searched before he died.
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Omaha
Neb
Harry Floth
Barber Asphalt Company
Leo Coyne
Union Pacific
Mike Mollner
E. J. Fee
Mee
Moliner
Floth
Coyne
The Markets Report From Chicago and St Louis Aug 24
Market notes show hog receipts at Chicago 18000 with pigs at 3.80 to 5.20 and packing hogs 4.85 to 6.10. East Buffalo quotes cattle to 7.75 and hogs at 5.20 to 5.75 with various packer categories. St Louis grain prices list wheat at 71 74c, corn 38 46c, oats 21c, rye 4?8c nearby. general dull oats and mixed readings across futures.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. el
St. Louis
Chicago Board of Trade Today
Park
Oder
Ohio
Two 13YearOld Fire Eaters Burn in Midway Show Accident
In Oshkosh Wisconsin Charles Levisee and Orlando Quant Hie both 13 tried to imitate a fire eater. They filled mouths with gasoline soaked cotton and ignited it. Flames enveloped their clothing and left them badly burned. Disagreement over blame follows. In Menasha a burglar attempt to break into R B Knorr home failed after Knorr fired four times, the intruder fled believing he was wounded.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Charles Levisee
Orlando Quant Hie
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Bob
Hheck
Tom
LaFollette
Bod Fitzsimmons
Theodore Keattle
Kate Haviland
Heidelberg University
Montreal
Florida
Hatfner
Jas, H. Pearcy
Thomas H. Blythe
van Dieman’s Land
California
Tle
Florence Hinckley
Oakland
Cal
Henry Hendrickson
Vincennes Road
P. H. O'Donnell
Joliet
Elgin
Eastern Railroad
Sheriffs Office
Frankfort
Wills
Dillon
Helena
Mont
L. H., Hirschfield
Merchants’ National Bank of
St. Paul
Fort Snelling
St. Petersé
Rockille
London
The
Associated Press
Ah Sin
Shanghai
Li Tung Chang
Tung Fub Siang
Daily Express
Emperor Kwang Su
Germany
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Baron von Kettler
Bachmann
Kwang Ku
Dethere
Sheng Lian Feng
Elberfield
Tien- Tsin
Crefeld Zeitung
MOB Spirit
Volkerman
Brute Peck
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Krok
Chas.h. Keck
Castrmr
Frank Stewart
C. M. Keck
I. M. Sproull
I. R. Powers
Tan
Johnson's Bakery
Harwood
South Side
Journal
A. S. Hays
Ashby
Nicola
Baird & Bailey
Madelia
Monte
Temple
E.G Mason
T. M. Reynolds
M. L. Logan
Cass
Mirsch
W. C. Nelson
North Side Jeweler
Gnovan
Johnson
H. Knecht
Joseph
Pollard
Pratt
Optician
Tatal Family Reunion
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Chicago Grain and Produce
Menasha
R. BE
K Knorr
Knorr
Kuerr
W. E. Anderson
Klein's
Iowa
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
Kaduath
American School of Osteopath
First National Bank
South Wear
Marsh W. Bailey
City
C. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alboerson
Temple Building
W. H. Butterfield
Orall's
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
T. J. Dempsey
Sest Ocoffer
Sali
Hotel Allen
Dayton, Prop
Burlington
ATC
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