Convicts’ Escape Bid Ends in Slaying at Prison
Desperate inmates seize guards and a doctor with nitroglycerin during a breakout attempt at a Colorado state penitentiary. Warden Cleghorn’s wife is used as a shield as the inner gates are blown apart. Kuykendall is killed, others captured, and a failed armory raid is reported.
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Anyon City
Colo
Kirchendall
State Centiary
Ing
Erate
T. LD
Imer
Kuykeni
Kuy“idall
Clark Cleghorn
John Keeefe
John C. Cleghorn
Secret cattle rustling ring exposed in Lyman county
In Lyman county a secret society using sensational tactics to rustle cattle has been exposed. The scheme targets prominent ranchers with fear and coercion and a $500 bounty is on a Hancock partner. Indian workers and a government agent probe the rustling network.
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Joux City
Thing Cattle
Lyman County
Hancock Thers
Claude E Pipe
William Black Bull
Hen
Moses Goodvoice
Rust Es
Captain Ewen Leaves Lexington After Plot Warning
In Lexington Kentucky on June 24 Captain Ewen the leading witness in the Jett and White trial for the murder of J B Marcum at Jackson departed for a secret destination. He left after being advised of a plot to assassinate him and was informed by a Jackson man about the danger.
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Exington
Ewen
Jett and
White
J. B. Marcum
Jackson
Tillman Asks Change of Venue in Gonzales Murder Case
An application for a change of venue for James Willman ex lieutenant governor charged with murdering The State editor 3 Gonzales is argued in Columbia. Movants claim county prejudice against the accused and seek transfer for a fair trial.
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Tillman
Plumbia
8. C
James Willman
Gonzales
Be Hiere
Candidate for Vice President Named in National Struggle
A Indianapolis felon reports from Bringfield Illinois that William A Northcott Illinois former head consul of the Woodmen of America will be a candidate for vice president in the upcoming national contest.
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Cott
Ehatt
Northcott
Indianapolis
Bringfield
Ill
William A. Northcott
Era Woodmen of America
Citizen Warns About Drinking After Invitation in Arcadia
Tear Lake Michigan July 23 A prominent Arcadia businessman agreed to drink after a lumber dealer pressed him. The dealer carried two bottles one containing a horse poison mix and grabbed the wrong bottle The man drank and survived after a doctor treated him. the incident prompts caution with future invitations.
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Tear Lake
Mich
Arcadia
Memorial services for Knights of Pyithias in Illinois
Services were held in Bloomington to honor deceased Knights of Pyithias members from Clinton Champaign Danville and other cities. Graves were decorated and a parade followed with the ritual observance marking the annual services.
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Bloomington
Knights of Pyithias of
Hllinois
Clinton
Champaign
Danville
Ex Senator Hargis Inquires On Mrs Ewen In Kentucky
Ex Senator A H Hargis sent for Mrs B J Ewen wife of B J Ewen who testified in the Jett and White trial. Mrs Ewen warned her husband to leave Kentucky and the talk shifts to grand opera plans amid social chatter in Jackson.
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Jackson
A. H. Hargis
BJ. Ewen
B. J. Ewen
Jett and
White
Ewen
Kentucky
Earth Shape Question Sparks Classroom Debate
In a playful exchange, Teacher and student Tommy Brown discuss how we know the earth’s shape. The dialogue hints at explanations handed down through sources and seeks to uncover the basis of knowledge about the planet.
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Tommy Brown
Tommy
Wett
Advertiser’s ad draws twins for local grocer
The paper notes a local grocer Smith who advertised for a boy and the next day Mrs. Smith gave birth to twins, both boys. The anecdote suggests advertising pays off in publicity and favorable outcomes locally.
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Smith
Weather forecast for Illinois Indiana and Midwest region
Forecast up to 8 tonight shows Illinois and Indiana fair and slightly warmer with variable winds and possible showers in the southeast Michigan area. Wisconsin and Iowa expect generally fair conditions, slightly warmer with variable winds on Tuesday.
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Nightlinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Chicago hog and cattle market receipts and bids report
Chicago markets list daily hog receipts about 61 000 with bids from 5.65 to 6.15 for packed and shipping lots. Cattle receipts around 21 000 with prices from 4.25 to 5.40 for various grades and Texas steers at 4.00. Sheep and lambs seen at 3.00 to 6.80 for western and native grades. East Buffalo figures show similar ranges for cattle hogs and lambs. St. Louis grain notes include wheat and corn prices with mixed activity across No 2 red and No 2 yellow.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
St. Louis
Post Office Probe Over 100 Percent Profit on Device Purchase
Washington reports Fourth Assistant Postmaster General investigation into the California device and payment deal used to indicate mail collection hours. Allegations accuse a 7 000 unit order at high profit, with further orders despite unsued stock. Ex Representative Loud is said to have pressed the contract for constituents. Government defenses say payments aligned with the contract and are under review.
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Washington
Woretmaster
Kinston
California
San Francisco
Loud
Post Anys
Machen
Post Office Department
Presidio
Indictment in postal fraud case targets Machen and associates
Washington reports grand jury indicts August W. Machen Diller B. Groff Samuel A. Groff George K. E. Lorenz and Martha J. Lorens on conspiracy to defraud the government over mailbox fastener pricing. All but Machen to remain at large with no new bond. court heard the proceedings. In Topeka Kansas Mrs. W J Bailey saved wedding attire sent to Governor Bailey from misdirected flood relief shipments.
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Die
August W. Machen
Diller B. Groff
Samuel A. Groff
George KE. Lorenz
Martha J. Lorens
Toledo
Machen
Groff Brothers
Groffs
Topeka
Kan
W. J. Bailey
Kansas City
Executive Mansion
Jury Finds Murder in First Degree in Fort Niobrara Case
The jury convicts Line Linnier, of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, of murder in the first degree for the death of Sergeant Robert Yours at Fort Niobrara on April 17. The verdict carries life imprisonment under U S law, omitting capital punishment.
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Omaha
Neb
Line Linnier
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Robert Yours
United States
Fort Niobrara
Bank teller Edwin Howell sentenced for Cripple Creek embezzlement
Edwin Howell former teller at the First National Bank of Cripple Creek is sentenced to five years in Fort Leavenworth penitentiary after pleading guilty to embezzling 1000 dollars from the bank in Denver Colorado on June 23.
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Denver
Colo
Edwin Howell
First National Bank of Cripple Creek
Fort Leavenworth Penitential
Howell
Malta Records Minor Coup Abrogating 1920s Constitution
A Valetta dispatch reports a minor coup in Malta with the abrogation of the ISST constitution and the reestablishment of the 1849 constitution. The legislative council will henceforth consist of eight elected men.
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London
Valetta
Malta
Legislative Council
Will Burn the Negro At The Scene Of Crime
A mob of about two thousand broke into the county work house at Wilmington to seize George White a black man accused of assaulting and killing Ibsen Hishop last week. Guards were forced back water was used to disperse the crowd. White was dragged toward Price’s corner and later burned at the stake with his body riddled by bullets after confessing to the assault.
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Wilmington
George White
Ibsen
Price
United States to hold Galveston cruiser as creditors property
In Richmond a chancery court dissolved an injunction shielding the cruiser Galveston from government possession. The ship remains property of the Trigg creditors until the case resolves in the court of highest appeal. The Galveston is to be launched under government auspices this week with Miss Seeley of Texas as sponsor. Also, Pittsburg reports a temporary settlement ending a month long labor standoff involving bricklayers and stone masons affecting about 10 000 workers. A Budapest dispatch notes rumors of an assassination attempt on the Constantinople grand vizier with threatening letters received.
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Richmond
Chancery Court
Grinnan
United States
Galveston
Trigg
Miss Seeley
Texas
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Paris
Budapest
Constantinople
Mutiny Suppressed at Vilaci Kavkan Jail
Troops quelled a prisoner mutiny at Vilaci Kavkan jail in the Terek district Caucssia. Four mutineers were killed and eight wounded in the clash.
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St. Petersburg
Vilaci-Kavkan
Terek
Caucssia
Boxing Exhibition for Heppner Flood Sufferers Planned
Portland organizers announce a monster boxing exhibition at the Pastime club next Saturday night to aid Heppner flood sufferers. Officials believe the event will net about $2,000 for relief.
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Portland
Ore
Death of Wisconsin educator and writer Professor A F North
Pewaukee Wis June 23 Professor A F North a renowned educator and writer in the state is dead aged 56 years He had lived in retirement for several years
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Pewaukee, Wis
A. F. North
North
Baseball Scores From Chicago to Peoria in Rain Affected Games
Baseball scores from Chicago New York Philadelphia Brooklyn St. Louis Boston and western games. Chicago split with New York 4 to 5 and 10 to 6. Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 2 to 1 and 6 to 6 called end eleventh. Kansas City Omaha 7 to 2. Peoria Denver 1 to 2 in fifteen innings. Rain interrupted play in several American games.
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Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Gine
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Joseph
Women Suffering In Silence Seeplea Dialogue
A Philadelphia Press excerpt depicts a pair in a tense exchange about women’s silence and suffering. The woman asserts silence as suffering while the man counters with a jab about her talk.
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Philadelphia Press
Beatrice Girl Feigns Illness Years to Avoid School
Odella Sage of Glenover has for four years misled parents and doctors with staged ailments and omens to try to dodge schooling. She has exhibited sudden illness, widespread pains, and facial discolorations, baffling physicians.
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Beatrice
Neb
Odella Sage
Glenover
Denontement and Poisoning Case Recounted
A doctor who treated a sick girl uncovered a staged illness. The patient had been bedridden weeks with vomiting and supposed bleeding. A new physician exposed a confession that the disease was feigned and parents had spent large sums seeking cures.
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Ste
Tiwee Offerwarm
Bribery Testimony in Dalton Railway Vote Probe
Scranton testimony before the select council hearings alleges bribery involving ex-county surveyor George Stevenson and councilmen in the defeat of the Dalton street railway franchise ordinance. W T P Boland testified that David T Evans demanded 500 for himself and 50 for each of ten councilmen, with names listed and threats of amendments or defeat if money was not paid.
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Scranton
Jane
Aelect Council
George JB. Stevenson
Dalton Street Railway
Couneil
W. T P. Boland
Dalton Railway Company
Counelling
David T Ewans
North Ward
Stevenson
Hoo
John BH. Lhewan
Thomas Boyle
James P. Maloney
Thomas C. Melvin
Jon Neegs
Thomis Cosgrove
Edward J. Coleman
Malochi Coyne
Joan J. McAndrew
Richard Morgan
Kwan
Roosevelt outlines Congress goals after elections
President Roosevelt spoke at a luncheon on June 23 about an extra session after November elections to tackle Cuban reciprocity, financial reform, navy growth, and regular appropriations. He urged adjournment early next year to clear decks for the national convention and campaign.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Cuba
Paris Council Votes Ten Thousand for St Louis Exposition
The Paris municipal council approved a 10000 grant to represent the city at the St Louis exposition. A list of other items includes spurious events such as a Sunday ball game ban in Logansport and a fatal freight wreck near Rawlins Wyoming.
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Paris
Wiley
Constable Jolson
Mindlay
McGrath
Edward Baker
Charles Freaill
Loraune
Rawlins
Wyo
Massachusetts
Girl survives snake charmer scare at Logansport carnival
Alice Fairchild a young girl from Logansport Indiana narrowly survives a snake swallowing stunt at a carnival. She initially tried to imitate a man swallowing snakes and later swore off snake charmer acts after feeling sick and exhausted. The incident occurred during a carnival display attracting local spectators. Bishop Muldoon lays St Joseph church cornerstone in Elgin Illinois a ceremony with Foresters from Chicago and Aurora. The church will cost 40000 dollars and be among Elgin’s finest when finished. In Dubuque Iowa Governor Cummins and Labor Commissioner Brigham meet with city county officials and union representatives to seek settlement after a streetcar strike.
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Logansport
Ind
Alice Fairchild
Bosco
Allie
Elgin
St. Joseph's
Peter Muldoon
Chicago
Aurora
Dubuque, Ia
Cummins
Brigham
Kansas City Team Transferred to Sioux City
Kansas City team and franchise in the Western League will move to Sioux City. The first game will be played July 6.
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Sioux City
Kansas City
Notable Kansas City merchant dies at 65
Louis Hammerslough a pioneer dry goods merchant of Kansas City is dead of dropsy aged 65 years Judge Daniel H McMillan of the New Mexico supreme court has been removed on charges of general immorality Harry W Harrison son of Provost Harrison of the University of Pennsylvania was seriously hurt while playing polo in Philadelphia
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Louis Hammerslough
Kansas City
Daniel H. McMillan
Supreme Court of New Mexico
Harry W. Harrison
Provost Harrison
University of Pennsylvania
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