Boy Victim Known Suspect Has Bloody Axe
Chicago police linked a slain Syrian boy to a brutal dismemberment. Detectives arrested Joseph Hassan at 1 Mather Street after blood stained garments and an ax were found in his room. The body parts were recovered from Mud Lake and nearby waterways, with the head later found in Pellets Pond. Investigators believe multiple assailants may be involved.
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Chicago
Mud Lake
Tuffa Shisin
Joseph Hassan
Hassan
Mather Street
Broker in Tramps Cell Amid Fugitive Warrant
Chicago reports Robert E Eastman a New York broker arrested on a fugitive warrant for leaving with firm funds. Hearing delayed to August 10. Bond set at 40000, bail not posted, he is jailed with two tramps. Complainant John T Garrison Jr. alleges partner absconded with 5673 of the firm's money.
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Chicago
Robert E Eastman
New York
Eastman
Harrison Street
John T Garrison
Eastmans
Weekend Excursion to Atlantic Seaside Resorts
Week end excursion offered to Atlantic seaside resorts via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad every Friday and Saturday. Consult agents for details and schedules.
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Atlantic
Baltimore and Ohio
R. R
Atlantic City
Cape May
Ptwood
Ocean City
Sea Isis City
Thegensylvania Railroad
Delaware Bridge
Death preferred to heat in Brooklyn suicides
New York report details three Brooklyn area suicides amid record heat. Robert Turnbull, once a boxing contender and real estate operator, shot himself at his Borough Park home after complaining of illness linked to heat. Morris Lubristy hanged himself in Brooklyn, and Henry Thiele of Jersey City shot himself, both amid sleepless heat warnings.
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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 confronts Honduran President Davila over revoking exequaturs for American consul and vice consul at Ceiba. Ugarte reports a threatened break in diplomatic relations as Honduran government defends the move amid claims by the consuls they protected noncombatants and neutrality. The Ceiba pair, Drew Lanard and Virgil Reynolds, along with German and Spanish consuls, face canceled exequaturs published in Honduras official gazette.
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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 Names Announced
New York mayor George B McClellan named the Grover Cleveland Memorial Committee members headed by Francis Lynde Stetson The list includes Andrew Carnegie Joseph Choate Adolph Ochs Peter Olney Adolph Ochs and Isador Straus among others to plan a memorial gathering or public tribute for the late president.
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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
Amore Wife Held Without Bail in New Jersey Murder
Mrs Josephine Amore wife of Carmine Amore was held without bail in Newark charged with the murder of Michael Mortello last night Mortello was shot in the hallway as he returned from an errand Amore says she shot him while he crawled into a window of her apartment but police doubt her statement and Mortello family accounts differ
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Newark
N. J
Josephine Amore
Carmine Amore
Hakan
Michael Mortello
Amore
Mortello
Martello
Faisal
COVE WINS HEIRESS MOTHER YIELDS AT LAST
Miss Woolman of Burlington New Jersey, a wealthy 25 year old Quaker heiress valued at about 100000, falls for Capt A Hewett Salvation Army leader. A rival allegedly blocked a prior elopement plan before Hewett and Miss Woolman pursue a formal marriage while remaining in Army service.
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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
Farmer Advertises for Rain in Personal Column
A Michigan farmer near St. Joseph opens a new rain advertising venture. His ad, sent to a local morning paper, asks for rain and includes a 25 cent payment in the enclosure.
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Chicago
St. Joseph
Mich
Michigan
P. S
Paris Blackout Follows Electricians Strike Try
Paris plunged into two hours of darkness as workmen at the power plant walked out in a bid to emulate a past strike. Hotels and restaurants lit by candles endured a tense night as theaters and newspapers faced disruption. The shift ended with the plant forcefully resisting coercion and the men returning to work around 10 pm.
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Paris
Seine
Department of Seine
The
Theater Francais
Music
Fire loss estimate in Crow's Nest Pass area
A dispatch from Toronto reports J G Lindsay stating the northwest fire covers about 30 miles by 2 to 10 miles and rages at the outskirts. He cites losses: Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company two hundred thousand, Canadian Pacific two hundred thousand, Great Northern about two hundred fifty thousand, lumber firms at least a million, timber loss at least a million, and Fernie city logs not less than two million.
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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
News from El Paso reports that July 4 Yaqui Indians killed thirteen people from three families near the Lampasas mine. A letter to W M Gilette from A D McPhee, superintendent of the Promontorio mine near Montezuma Sonora, notes ranchera groups have gathered to resist the Indians.
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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 Reaches Willemstad After Stop at Carupana
The Dutch steamer Prince Willem II arrived at Willemstad from Demerara and called at Carupana Venezuela without Venezuelan obstruction. Earlier Caracas had blocked Dutch vessels from ports, signaling a shift in Venezuelan policy. The passage included remarks on communication with shore and regional port access. Also shows a local fare schedule and transit option from Union Station for August travel.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Prince Willem II
Demerara
Carupana
Venezuela
Tabbriz Casualties Hit 800 in 36 Days of Fighting
Tab ris sees 36 days of street fighting with casualties estimated at 800. Looting of fine houses and hundreds of shops in the bazaar reported, with losses exceeding 1 million dollars. American missionaries in the city exposed to stray bullets but unharmed. Telegrams note telegraph lines cut, with censorship demands from local leaders. New troops and battery sent to Teheran as Shah seeks to bolster forces.
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Tabriz
Bagaars
Leity
St Petersburg
Teherapt
Russia
Shah
jRachin Khan
Yabriz
Setar Khan
Lnes
Teheran
Two Conventions Form In Idaho Split By Factions
Wallace Idaho reports the Democratic State convention split into Dubois and anti Dubois factions. Anti-Dubois members left after protests over Bear Lake Oneida and Fremont county delegates. Dubois side elected Freehafer as permanent chair in Washington. Anti-Dubois met at Masonic Hall with Stockslager chair. more seceders sought entry as proxies appeared.
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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 Warrants Issued for Fred Dorr
Detectives from Southern Pacific Coast Line units tracked a warrant for the arrest of Fred Dorr to San Francisco and Santa Barbara but found him elusive. The charge alleges embezzlement of 100 shares of Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railroad stock valued at $14,000. Dorr, a NYSE member, operates a Pacific coast brokerage network and was later located in Santa Barbara with his attorney en route to Los Angeles.
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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 West Point hazing case at Oyster Bay meeting
President Roosevelt plans a strenuous day with political talks and a West Point cadet hazing case briefing. Secretary Wright and Col Scott will join the discussion as they consider whether eight cadets should be dismissed or disciplined, with Secretary Wright arguing most were not guilty of hazing. A potential gubernatorial note and other political visits are also in play.
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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 pure food departments declares a defiance of the national pure food act by drafting a uniform state sanitary inspection law and a model food law. The move arises amid charges against Secretary Wilson and a new board, with Dr. H W Wiley praised by Vice President Fairbanks. The gathering endorsed the national law yet signals state autonomy, and plans to meet 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
Fourteen year old in New York faced charge of attempted self harm
Ernest Miller of Johnstown Pennsylvania appeared before Magistrate Steinert on August 6 to answer a charge of attempting death by his own action. He said hard luck drove him to it after failing to secure work to support his mother and himself. A gas tube was found in his mouth but his landlady saved him. The magistrate advised and remanded him to a probation officer.
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New York
Ernest Miller
Johnstown
Steinert
Milter
Iowa in mourning for Senator Allison
Des Moines Iowa August 6 Iowa proclaims mourning for the late Senator Allison Gov Cummins will attend the funeral in Dubuque with state officers The governor may call a special session of the legislature in October to name a successor Speaker Cannon named a large House committee to represent Iowa at the funeral listing members from multiple states and parties
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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
Reforming Turkey Under Constitutional Change
Mehmed Ali Bey, Turkish minister to the United States, discussed reforms with optimism, saying constitutional goals would be achieved with Europe keeping hands off. A new cabinet includes Biepdi, the foreign minister, and other ministers such as Rashed We Pasha, Arif Pasha, and Haasan Fehmi Pasha. He warned reforms must come gradually to avoid backlash seen in Russia and Persia, and urged patience from foreign powers as Turkey’s parliament nears election.
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Mehmed Ali Bey
United States
Turkey
Europe
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
Russa
Persia
Unng
Austria Faces A Problem Over Bosnia and Herzegovina
In St Petersburg on August 6 Austria-Hungary began inquiries with Berlin treaty signatories to clarify its role in occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina. The provinces still nominally Ottoman, with Turkish representation demands and Slav calls for autonomy. Vienna appears uneasy yet secretly pleased at closer integration with the empire.
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St Petersburg
Austria-Hungary
Ita
Bosnia
Herzegovinia
Rogers Back From Panama Talk With War Secretary
Richard Reed Rogers, general counsel of the Isthmian Canal Commission, returned to Washington after a three month stay on the isthmus. He met with Secretary of War Wright to discuss Panama affairs. He said conditions there were normal and land claim cases were settled, involving about 163 square miles and costing the United States roughly 350000.
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Richard Reed Rogers
Sthmian Malcomimigeton
Washington
Wright
Panama
Canal Commission
United States
Fort Hunt Fort Washington Rehearse The Great Attack
The Star reports a staged defense as three battleships and many small boats were theoretically blown to splinters by fort guns and searchlights. Militiamen, with Army instructors, simulated a nighttime assault on Washington from Fort Hunt and Fort Washington, with drones of explosions, misdirected enemy craft, and tents damaged by sparks.
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Star
Fort Washington
Fort Hunt
United States Army
Washington
Cushing
Mumber
Golderman
Mount Vernon
Oneida
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Johnson Street
Samuel Shishein
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Tuffa
Shishem
Stephen Combrada
Tutfa
Racme Wis
Ieaxes
Tramps
A. E. Eastman
U. S
Cleveland
McClellan Mames
Cove
Wilfred Vassar
Society of Friends
England
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Southampton
Gloucester
Camden
Ander
George
Hee
George Woolman
Woolman
St Mary’s Protestant
Burtington
Vassar College
Tambourne
Union Street
Heport
John Woolman
Baltimore and Return
Baltimore & Ohio
Royal Limited
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City of Light
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Canada
Castro
Jnland Ohio
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Martinsburg
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Calla Ttwell
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Hitchcock
Secretary of War
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New Board
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Niagara
Austria
Berlin
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Cuthing
Bernard
Marshall Hall
Marshall Mai
Col Ure
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Signal Corps
William Mitchell
Col. Durand
Col. Ourand
Boationda
Duke
Pike
Gunner
Magee
Mitchell
McDonald
Sergt Steward
Sergei
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Seventeenth Company
Coast Artifiery
Harries
War Department
Col Bailey
Ste
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Staf
Merriam J. Malls
Virginia Milliny Institute
B. P. Lamberton
Col Coffin
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