Mutilated Syrian boy identified. Chicago police arrest suspect
Police say the mutilated body of a Syrian boy named Tuffa Shisin was found in Mud Lake and canal water. Joseph Hassan was arrested at 1 Mather Street with a bloodstained garment and ax found in his room. Investigators doubt a single man could have scattered the dismembered parts across three locations.
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Chicago
Mud Lake
Tuffa Shisin
Joseph Hassan
Hassan
Mather Street
Broker in Tramps Cell Arraigned on Fugitive Warrant
New York broker Robert E Eastman was arrested in Chicago on a fugitive warrant for leaving the city with firm funds. Arraignment today delayed to August 10. Bond set at 40000. bail not posted. Eastman jailed with two tramps in Harrison Street station. Complainant John T Garrison accuses partner of absconding with 5673 of the firm's money.
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Chicago
Robert E Eastman
New York
Eastman
Harrison Street
John T Garrison
Eastmans
Week end Excursion to Atlantic Seaside Resorts
A weekly Friday and Saturday excursion via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to Atlantic seaside resorts. Consult agents for schedules and details.
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Atlantic
Baltimore and Ohio
R. R
Death preferred to heat in Brooklyn suicides
In New York on August six a heat affected suicide wave claimed Robert Turnbull a Borough Park real estate operator and former amateur heavyweight boxer who battled Jack Dempsey thrice. Also Morris Lubristy hanged himself in Brooklyn and Henry Thiele of Jersey City was critically wounded after attempting self harm due to the heat.
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New York
Robert Turnbull
Borough Park
Brooklyn
My. Turnall
America
Jack Dempsey
John J. Sullivan
Long Franch
Queens County
Morris Lubristy
Henry Thiele
Jersey City
Honduras Stirs U S Bacon in Stormy Interview
Acting Secretary of State Bacon pressed Honduras President Davila over canceling exequaturs for American consuls at Ceiba and the Honduran stance, citing neutrality concerns. Ugarte conveyed the clash to Washington, signaling possible severance of relations as Honduras refuses to rescind the order. The dispute centers on consuls alleged to aid revolutionary forces and the broader impact on U S diplomatic ties.
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Ugarte
Davila
Honduras
Celtica
Senor Ugarte
State Department
Bacon
Gikl
Porto Rico
Comdr
Maxwell
Mareitta
United States
Ceiba
Drew Lanard
Pennsylvania
Virgil C Reynolds
Lousiana
Germany
Spain
Honduran
Grover Cleveland Memorial Committee Named in New York
Mayor George B. McClellan announced the Grover Cleveland Memorial Committee to arrange a memorial meeting or public tribute. The panel is led by Francis Lynde Stetson and includes Francis Lynde Stetson, Ly man Abbotts, E Benedict, Joseph P Bryant, Nicholas Murray Butler, John Cadwallader, John G Carlisle, Andrew Carnegie, Joseph H Choate, and many other prominent figures.
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New York
George B. McClellan
Grover Cleveland
Francis Lynde Stetson
Lyman Abbotts
E . Benedict
Joseph P. Bryant
Nicholas Murray Butler
John Cadwallader
John G. Carlisle
Andrew Carnegie
Joseph H Choate
Isador Straus
Edward M. Shépard
William F. Sloane
Egerton K. Winthrop, Jr
Woman Is Held Without Bail for Newark Murder
Mrs. Josephine Amore wife of Carmine Amore was held without bail in Newark on August 4 charged with the murder of Michael Mortello last night. She says she shot him as he crawled into her apartment window but police doubt her statement and note it conflicts with Mortello’s wife account that he was shot in the hallway while returning from an errand. Amore denies any knowledge of the shooting. Faisal 86.00 Week End Trips to the Seashore offer appears in the same column with details of Friday and Saturday trips to Atlantic City Cape May and other Delaware River routes with tickets valid to return the following Tuesday.
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Mud Lake
Chicago
Newark
N. J
Josephine Amore
Carmine Amore
Hakan
Michael Mortello
Amore
Faisal
Atlantic City
Cape May
Ptwood
Ocean City
Ni J
Sea Isis City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delaware Bridge
Love at First Sight Tangles Salvation Army Match
Miss Woolman of Burlington rich in Quaker lineage falls for Capt Hewett of the Salvation Army. Rival fear, elopement plans, and family objections frame a love story with a Brooklyn transfer and a Burlington backdrop.
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Miss Woolman
New Jersey
Gen. Booth
Hewett
Washington Post
New York
A. Hewett
Salvation Army
Fulton and
Sumter Streets
Brooklyn
Mariam Woolman
Burlington
Salvationist
Vassar
Burlington County
Woolman
St Mary’s Protestant
Burtington
Vassar College
Tambourne
Advertisement for Rain In Personal Column
A Michigan farmer in St. Joseph opens a new style advertisement by inserting a personal notice in a morning paper seeking rain. He sent the letter with 25 cents enclosed for the ad and notes the paper’s ability to meet advertising requests.
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Chicago
St. Joseph
Mich
Michigan
P. S
Paris Blackout Hits City As Power Plant Strikers Walk Out
Paris plunged into two hours of darkness as electricians staged a near general strike tied to protests against a labor exchanges closure. Hotels and restaurants relied on candles while theatres faced cancellations and newspapers faced presses without power until night shift workers returned.
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Paris
Seine
Department of Seine
Fire wrecks in northwest area totaling millions in losses
A dispatch from Toronto reports Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company president J G S Lindsey outlining the northwest fire across about 30 miles long and 2 to 10 miles wide. He cites losses to coal operations, railways, timber, and log flow to Fernie, with totals in the millions and uncertainties tied to high winds.
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Toronto
Ontario
J G S Lindsey
Crow’s Nest Pass Coal Company
Michel
Hosmer
Coal Creek
Crow's Nest Pass
Yaquis Kill Thirteen Near Lampasas Mine
Report from El Paso dated Aug. 6 states Yaqui Indians killed thirteen people from three families near the Lampasas mine on July 4. The news came in a letter to W. M. Gilette of San Carlos by A. D. McPhee, Promontorio mine superintendent. Ranchera groups from the surrounding country have gathered at Promontorio, ready to retaliate.
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el Paso
Texas
Lampasas
W. M. Gilette
San Carlos
Indian Reservation
Arizona
A. D. McPhee
Promontorio
Montezuma
Sonora
Prince Willem II Arrives In Willemstad From Demerara
Dutch steamer Prince Willem II reaches Willemstad Curacao from Demerara and calls at Carupana Venezuela without hampering shore contact. Venezuelan authorities had recently blocked Dutch vessels at public ports previously. An ad notes Ohio excursion fares for Harpers Ferry Martinsburg Berkeley Springs and Cumberland with a special Union Station train at 8:15 p.m. Sunday Aug 8.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Prince Willem II
Demerara
Carupana
Venezuela
Jnland Ohio
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Tabris Casualties 800 In Street Fighting
Tab ris reports 800 dead or wounded after 36 days of fighting in the city. Bombs mortars and shrapnel cited as main cause with looting of shops and $1,000,000 in losses. American missionaries in the area escaped harm amid stray bullets as telegraph lines were cut and censorship imposed.
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Tabriz
Bagaars
Leity
St Petersburg
Teherapt
Russia
Shah
jRachin Khan
Yabriz
Setar Khan
Lnes
Teheran
Two Conventions in Idaho Split by Factions
Wallace Idaho August reports a Democratic state convention split between Dubois and anti Dubois factions. Anti-Dubois left after protest over Bear Lake Oneida Fremont county delegates. Dubois group elected Freehafer permanent chairman, while anti Dubois held a separate meeting at Masonic Hall with Stockslager as chairman.
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Wallace
Idaho
Twain
Bear Lake
Oneida
Fremont
Hall
Dubois
AL. Freshafer
Washington
Freehafer
Calloway
Masonic Hall
Stockslager
Secedera
Dubais
Broker Charged With Theft Warrant Issued for Fred Dorr
Detectives from the Southern Pacific Coast Line searched from San Francisco for Fred Dorr a NYSE member and broker operating on the Pacific coast. A San Francisco warrant charging embezzlement of 100 shares of Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul stock valued at $14,000 was sworn by H. H. Norwood. Dorr was later found in Santa Barbara en route to Los Angeles with his attorney.
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Dorr
Pacific
Los Angeles
Auk
Southern Pacific Coast Line Tran
San Francisco
Fred Dorr
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago
H. H. Norwood
Chicago, Milwaukee and
St.Paul
Derr
Santa Barbera
Roosevelt weighs cadet hazing case amid political talks
At Oyster Bay President Roosevelt planned a tight schedule with political talks and a West Point hazing case decision expected after meetings with Secretary Wright, Col. Scott, and Chairman Hitchcock. Wright argues most cadets were not technically guilty, seeking discipline without expulsion.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Jacob Riis
New York
Frank H Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Sagamore Hill
H. L.ncott
West Point Military Academy
West Point
Wright
Oxford
States Back Wiley Model Law For Them All
A convention of state and national food departments defies federal action by drafting a model state law and uniform sanitary standards aimed at food factories. The move stems from charges against Secretary Wilson and the food board over preservatives, with Dr. Wiley praised by Vice President Fairbanks. The gathering pledges adherence to national law yet signals potential state autonomy next year in Denver.
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Fairbanks
Association of State and
National Departments
Dr. Wiley
Federal
Ealings
Washington
Mackinac Island
Midh
Association of State
National Pure Fox Departments
Secretary of Agriculture
James & Wilson
Wiley’ Heads Movement
H.W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
O¢ Food and Drug Inspection
Referes Board
Tates
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Dr.Wiley
Eoc Ea
Natonal
Joint Food Standard Commission
Wiley
Showig
Chemistry Bureau
Denver
Teenager faces charge of attempted death by own action
Fourteen year old Ernest Miller of Johnstown Pennsylvania appeared before Magistrate Steinert to answer a charge of attempting death by own action. He said hard luck forced him to seek work to support his mother and himself but tuberculous arm and brief failed employments thwarted him. His landlady found him with a gas tube in his mouth and he was saved. The magistrate placed him with a probation officer.
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New York
Ernest Miller
Johnstown
Steinert
Milter
Iowa Proclaims Mourning for Senator Allison
Des Moines reports Iowa entering mourning for the late Senator Allison as Gov. Cummins and state officials plan funeral attendance in Dubuque on Saturday. A special legislative session may be called to choose a successor, with probable October meeting. House committee named to attend the funeral includes Hepburn, Hull, Kennedy, Dawson, and others from multiple states.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. B. Cummins
Allison
Dubuque
Cuimins
Cummins
Cannon
House of Representatives
Messrs
Hepburn
Hull
Kennedy
Dawson
Sirdaall
Haugen
Cousins
Hamilton
Smith
Conner
Gabbard
Bingham
Pennsylvania
Kelter
Ohio
Goulden
Payne
New York
Boutell
Illinois
Gardner
Michigan
Moon
Tennessee
Tawney
Minnesota
Wiliams
Mississippi
Cooper
Wisconsin
Clark
Montana
Watson
Indiana
Clayton
Alabama
Adamson
Georgia
Miller
Kansas
Reform timetable urged for Turkey under new cabinet
Mehmed Ali Bey, Turkish minister to the United States, voiced optimism about constitutional reforms and urged patience. He warned against forcing changes, saying reforms must come gradually, with the sultan’s government handling most work while Europe observes.
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Mehmed Ali Bey
United States
Turkey
Europe
Russa
Persia
Unng
Austria Faces a Problem in Bosnia and Herzegovina
St Petersburg reports Austria-Hungary has opened inquiries with Berlin treaty signatories to clarify its role in the occupied Bosnian and Herzegovinian provinces. Turkish nationalists claim return to Ottoman authority, while Slavs push for autonomy. Austria-Hungary pretends embarrassment but may welcome closer imperial ties.
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St Petersburg
Austria-Hungary
Ita
Bosnia
Herzegovinia
Rogers Returns From Panama After War Talk
Richard Reed Rogers general counsel of the canal project returned to Washington after a three month stay on the isthmus. He met Secretary Wright and discussed Panama affairs. He said political conditions had normalized and land claim cases against the canal commission were settled involving about 163 square miles at a cost to the United States of roughly 350000.
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Richard Reed Rogers
Sthmian Malcomimigeton
Washington
Wright
Panama
Canal Commission
United States
Fort Hunt and Fort Washington Theoretical Battle Save Washington
The Star correspondent reports a simulated clash at Fort Hunt and Fort Washington in which three battleships and numerous small boats were supposedly destroyed by militiamen and instructors. Searches, searchlights, and fire control staged the defense as the Cushing masqueraded as an enemy battleship. Several tents were damaged and two fires started before regulars extinguished them.
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Star
Fort Washington
Fort Hunt
United States Army
Washington
Cuthing
Oneida
Bernard
Marshall Hall
Marshall Mai
Col Ure
Col. Urell
Cushing
Mumber
Golderman
Mount Vernon
Signal Corps
William Mitchell
Col. Durand
Col. Ourand
Boationda
Duke
Pike
Gunner
Magee
Mitchell
McDonald
Sergt Steward
Sergei
Preatan
Seventeenth Company
Coast Artifiery
Harries
War Department
Col Bailey
Ste
Hann
Staf
Merriam J. Malls
Virginia Milliny Institute
B. P. Lamberton
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Wase
Lawndale
Tuffa Shishein
Johnson Street
Samuel Shishein
Shishein
South
Dorman
Tuffa
Shishem
Stephen Combrada
Tutfa
Racme Wis
Ieaxes
Tramps
A. E. Eastman
U. S
Cleveland
McClellan Mames
Cove
Wilfred Vassar
Society of Friends
England
Kent
Southampton
Gloucester
Camden
Ander
George
Hee
George Woolman
Union Street
Heport
John Woolman
Baltimore and Return
Baltimore & Ohio
Royal Limited
Gat
Gi$ Pa
City of Light
The
Theater Francais
Music
Northwest
Canada
Castro
Cot
Calla Ttwell
Politics
Hazers
Hitchcock
Secretary of War
Gov. Hughes
Baltimore
Pennsylva Road
Tralna
Congressional Limited
Wilson
New Board
Magistrate
Niagata Falls
Jadelphia
Lehigh Valley
Niagara
Kalmil Pasha
Land Visier
Eee Biepdi
Sheikul
Foreign Affairs
Rashed We Pasha
Vali
Sivas
Interior
Redjeb Pagha
Tripoli
Arif Pasha
Zla Pasha
Haasan Fehmi Pasha
Austria
Berlin
Rogers
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