Black Hand Frightened Wesson to Death in 1905
Springfield Mass dated report details the funeral of Daniel B. Wesson founder of Smith & Wesson. He died amid Black Hand threats and fear, living in a guarded mansion and interred in Oak Grove Cemetery in a steel vault. The piece notes police inadequacy and Wesson’s resolve.
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Springfield
Mass
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mase
Daniel B. Wesson
Oak Grove
Wesson
Maple Street
Smith & Wesson Revolter
Dr. Wessons
Buna
Russell Sage
Mr .Wesson
Black Hand
Fiar
Mr Wesson
Mr. Wesson
Springfield Police Department
Agenst
Wesson case shadows Springfield life and police tale
A dramatic report details a complex police operation around Mr Wesson and suspected Black Hand threats. Patrolman Connery impersonated the millionaire in a bid to lure agents, but they failed to appear. The piece covers Wesson’s fear, constant surveillance, and the vast wealth and family awaiting his death.
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Connery
New York
Mr. Wesson
Black Hands
Her Mad Deed Killed Three in Indiana Fire Tragedy
Dr E H Dension husband of the demented woman who yesterday saturated her clothing with gasoline and lit the blaze died today from burns while trying to save his wife. Miss Eugene Belfour alias of Mrs Denslow died today from burns suffered while attempting to extinguish the flames. Mrs Denslow saturated her clothing with gasoline and threw a pan of the squid on her husband as he tried to smother the fire, leaving Mrs Denslow burned to death.
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Southbend
Ind
E H. Dension
Eugene Belfour
Denslow
Alabama Posse Kills One in Evergreen Fight
In Evergreen Alabama F P Youree of New Orleans was killed and two enslaved men were wounded during a clash with a Louisville and Nashville freight crew and local officers. The marshal and his posse attempted arrests when shots were exchanged. Youree named his uncle P Youree a wealthy figure from Shreveport before dying.
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Evergreen
Ala
F. P. Youree
New Orleans
Lousville
Nashville
Kitchen
Ins
P. Yource
Sheveport
Laura Biggar sued for nearly three hundred thousand dollars
New York physician Dr. C Hendricks filed a suit in Pittsboro against Mrs Laura Biggar Bennett widow of Woome Bennett alleging he attended her in a New Jersey sanatorium for two years and was paid only 20. He seeks 269950 for professional services and asks for foreign attachment against executors Peter J. McNulty and James Pratt of Pittsburgh and garnishees Richard M. Golick. Bennett is believed to reside in Chicago with no known address for service in this state.
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New York
Pittsboro
C. Hendricks
Atlantic City
N. J
Laura Biggar Bennett
Woom. Bennett
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Hendricks
Bennett
New Jersey
Peter J. McNulty
James Pratt
Henry M. Bennett
Richard M. Golick
Charles S Cary Dead Glean NY Aug 7
Charles S Cary prominent lawyer and solicitor of the Treasury under President Cleveland died in Glean New York on August 7. This report notes his status as a leading regional figure.
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The
Treasury
Cleveland
Glean
N. Y
Charles S Cary
Secior
Porter the Nominee Conservatists in Iowa Nominates Ticket
Waterloo Iowa Aug 7 The Democratic State convention nominated Claude E Porter for governor and adopted a platform calling for tariff for revenue trusts destruction and enforcement of antitrust laws. It endorses Bryan for president and pledges support in 1908 while selecting a slate including Dunnison for lieutenant governor and Danforth auditor. The meeting in Chautauqua Coliseum drew 5000 as conservatives controlled the committee and named Cato Sells as chairman.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Claude E. Porter
Appanoose County
United States
Bryan
Democracy
Wilam Jennings Bryan
Cuaddr OR Porter
John DP
Dunnison
Dubuque County
Vert & McLuen
Outario
Harmony
Rght
Ball
Hearst
John Denison
Porter
Wade
Rdce
Miller
Waverly
Daniel Hamilton
Sigourney
Wiliam J Bryan
Venice
Committee On
Cato Sells
Vinton
Hamilton
Cassle Nominated as Prohibition Governor Candidate
In Harrisburg on Aug , the State executive committee of the Prohibition party voted 12 to 4 to reject Lewis Emery Jr for governor for the second time. Homer L. Cassle of Pittsburgh was nominated in his stead. Other state ticket selections include H. S. Patton of Lancaster for lieutenant governor and George Hoffman of Philadelphia for secretary of international affairs.
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Washington Post
Harrisburg
Prohibition Party
Lewis Emery, Jr
Homer L. Cassle
Pittsburg
H. &. Patton
Lancaster
International Affairs
George Hoffman
Philadelphia
Nominations for Congress Across Several Districts
Nominating meetings across multiple states report Republican renominations in New Jersey Highth district with William Wiley and John S. Gibson. In Ogdensburg Senator George Malloy was named to succeed Rep. Flack in the Twenty sixth district. Marietta Democrats nominated George M. White for Congress. In Williamsport, Republican Deemer secured a fourth term nomination in the Fifteenth district.
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Newark
N.J
William Hh.wiley
John
Gibson
Ogdensburg
N. J
George Malloy
Flack
Maijone
Marietta
Ohio
George M. White
Congress
Seclaraon
Wiliamsport
Deemer
Dstrict
Denied His Guilt on Scaffold in Missouri Hanging
Springfield reports Edward Bateman, a Black man, found guilty of assaulting a young woman in Aurora last February, was hanged at Mount Vernon. He denied guilt on the scaffold. Also from Novata Indiana a farmer named Childers shot his stepdaughter and fatally wounded his wife before arrest.
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Springfield
Edward Bateman
Aurora
Mount Vernon
Novata
Ind
Childers
Ie Farm
Here
Gage Sells His Point Loma Home to Katherine Tingley
Special to The Washington Fusw from San Diego California August 7 Former Treasury Secretary Lyman J Gage has sold his home at Point Loma to Katherine Tingley head of the Theosophical Brotherhood. He bought it from her about a year ago for 8000 dollars with a deed restricting resale without her permission and repurchase within two years if requested. Gage built a seven room residence and has been living there but hints he may leave Point Loma.
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Washington
San Diego
Cal
Lyman J. Gage
Secretary of the Treasury
Point Loma
Katherine Tingley
Theosophical Brotherhood
Gage
Tingley
Police Arrest Candidate at South Carolina Campaign Meeting
Mayor of Columbia S C stops dispute at a governor candidates campaign meeting in Chester arresting A C Jones after he interrupted attorney general candidate J Fraser Lyon. Two policemen executed the arrest but the case will not be pursued.
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Columbia
S. C
A. C. Jones
Chester
Hardin
Jones
J. Fraser Lyon
Jone
Lyon
Hartje decision may be held up months in trial
In Pittsburg Aug 7 the Hartje trial closed after heated exchanges between Attorney Freeman and Ferguson. Judge Frazer delayed verdict saying vacation time will push decision to late fall. Detectives Staab and Anderson waived hearings. bond set at 2000 dollars each.
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Hartje
Pittsburg
Augustus Hartje
J. Scott Ferguson
My. Ferguson
John M. Freeman
Ferguson
Freeman
Watson
Frazer
Herman Staab
John Anderson
Tom” Madine
F. M. King
Edward Hartje
East Side cigar stores robbed by suspected gang
Three cigar shop proprietors on the East Side were robbed early today of about 700 in cash and jewelry. Detectives suspect the East Side gang. Robberies occurred at James Cassillo Second Avenue Herman Bloch Chrystie Street and Harry Burger Forsyth Street. Two men, Robert Hayes and Sydney Jacobs, were arrested. Three miners died from gas explosion injuries in Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, with two more gravely injured.
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New York
Ug. 7
East Side
Robert Hayes
Sydney Jacobs
James Cassillo
Second Avenue
Herman Bloch
Chrystie Street
Harry Burger
Forsyth Street
Wilkesbarre
Susquehanna Coal Company
Nanticoke
Miners fatally injured in Berry mine blast at Pipa Creek
Multiple miners wounded and two dead after an explosion ignited by miner lamps at Berry mines in Pipa Creek. Details cite gan accumulations and fire, with ongoing injury reports and an emergency response.
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Yale
Wuelly
Welsh
St. Cleitavile
Ohie
Willam Rice
John Weight
Tonac Francis
Berry
Pipa Creek
New Haven
Conn
Nation's Honor May Bar Way to Sing Sing
Judge Hough cites United States honor over punishment in Browne habeas corpus case. Browne, ex customs officer, extradited from Canada to Sing Sing for conspiracy to defraud the government. Counsel Olcott argues extradition for one offense and imprisonment for another insults treaty rights. British Consul General Sir Perry Sanderson attends proceedings. Browne fled after bailed for $12,500. extradition later allowed on fugitive from justice charge.
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New York
United States
Hough
United States Circuit Court
Charles ©. Browne
Browne
Customs Service
Canada
Sing Sing
W. M .K. Olcott
Rauscher
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Judge Hough
Peace Raat
200 Switchmen Strike in New Haven Yard
About 20 switchmen from the Trainmen's Union in New Haven and Cedar Hill walked out over alleged unjust discharges by the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad. They accuse certain members of being discharged for not passing recently imposed tests and warn the number of strikers may grow, risking further disruption to freight operations.
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New Haven, Conn
New York
New Haven
Maher Hurt as Horse Falls in Brighton Stakes
American jockey Danny Maher rode Hornhead in the Brighton Stakes when the horse fell. Maher was badly shaken, could walk later, but remembers little of the walk to the paddock. His shoulder was bruised but no serious injury reported.
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London
Hornhead
Danny Maher
Maher
Tiim
Death by own action follows arrest in Mississippi
New Orleans August 7 Frank Jacobs a 75 year old merchant shot and killed himself at Bay St Louis Mississippi under unusual circumstances. He had written to a company here ordering drugs which the company refused to send citing a drug house in Bay St Louis. Jacobs then wrote to the company manager here. He was arrested on a charge that the letter contained objectionable matter and his suicide followed.
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New Orleans
Frank Jacobs
Bay St Louis
Miss
Bay St. Louis
Jacobs
New York Professor Found Dead in Atlantic City Hotel
Prof. W. H. Hart of 125 Broadway New York was found dead in his hotel room in Atlantic City. He registered around midnight Monday and was not seen again. County Physician Souder reported death from cholera morbus. Hart was about seventy five years old.
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H. Hart
New York
Atlantic City
N. J
W. H. Hart
Broadway
Souder
Hart
ICY BLAST KILLS WOMAN IN Tuckerton store
Special to the Washington Fos reports Louisa Jonez, wife of a Tuckerton butcher, died after entering a large refrigerator in her husband’s store. Authorities believe the sudden temperature change caused the death. The same building previously witnessed the death of George W. Austin, another local butcher. Also, reports from Gainesville Florida note Special Agent Sellars of the Atlantic Coast Line was shot in the railroad waiting room, while ship movements list arrivals and departures at New York, Antwerp, and London ports with several liners and destinations.
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Washington Fos
Tuckerton
N. J
Louisa Jonez
Jones
George W. Austin
A.butchers
Florida
Gainesville
Fla
High Springs
Sellars
Atlantic Coast Line
Schmidt the Sneezing Lawyer Sees Court Martial
Berlin August 7 a military court martial sentenced lawyer Schmidt a reservist to ten days night arrest after he blew his nose in line before the reviewing officer. The officer testified the act showed disrespect to military command prompting the punishment.
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Washington
Berlin
Schmidt
Magdeburg
Ile
Catarrn
Sweeps Thieves Caught After Jewelry Heist in Paris
American sportsman Thomas P Thorn’s mansion at Place Vendome aids a chimney sweep scam. Workers, posing as honest craftsmen, steal jewelry worth 40 000 francs. Butler alerts foreman, sleuths seize the men, one attempts to discard jewels during transit to the police.
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Washington Post
Paris
Thomas P. Thorn
Place Vendome
Petit Huet
Chicagoan Relapses After Plymouth Steamer Disaster
Robert 8 Critchell of Chicago, injured in the Plymouth to Salisbury steamer express wreck July 1, has suffered a relapse and is feared near death. He remains largely unconscious except for brief intervals since the disaster.
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Salisbury
England
Robert
Critchell
Chicago
Plymouth
Belasco and Mrs Carter Stay Together This Season
New York reports no break expected between star theater actress Mrs Carter and manager David Belasco. Bianca Bates opens a limited engagement at Belasco Theater as Belasco reveals a new play featuring Mrs Carter, signaling continued collaboration despite changes in personal life.
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Washington Post
New York
David Belasco
Carter
Ben Meade
Biancha Bates
Belasco Theater
Belasco
Fugitive Italians Captured in Brooklyn Bail Pending Transfer
Guiseppe di Ayana and Ajiillo Curto, sought for bogus fake losses tied to a Pacific coast disaster, were arrested in Brooklyn on bail. They are held for 30 days awaiting transfer to California as San Francisco police pursue extradition.
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New York
San Francisco
Guiseppe di Ayana
Ajiillo Curto
Pacific Coast
Brooklyn
California
Young son kills father in Harrisburg tragedy
Harrisburg, Pa. August. Joseph B. Hench of Jumata Township was shot in the heart by his eight year old son who was attempting to clear a jammed rifle cartridge. Hench, 38, leaves a wife and six children.
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Harrisburg
Joseph B. Hench
Jumata Township
Hench
TERRIBLE STRUGGLE FOR BOATS DURING SIRIO DISASTER
Survivors recall the Sirio catastrophe as the captain fled to a lifeboat shouting for all to fend for themselves. Passengers and crew fought with knives over boats and belts while aid to survivors was organized in Cartagena and Madrid prepared urgent credits.
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Madrid
Actress Appeal Futile in Privy Council Dunsmuir Case
London August 7 The judicial committee of the privy council recommended dismissal of appeals in the Dunsmuir cases. The Edina Wallace Hopper suit sought to challenge the will of the late Alexander Dunsmuir, stepfather to Hopper, with James Dunsmuir, former premier of British Columbia, as a leading legatee.
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London
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Today
Dunsmuir
Hopper
Edina Wallace Hopper
Alexander Dunstair
James Dunsmuir
British Columbia
Duel Without Bloodshed in Paris Park Favoring No Hit
Paris August 7 Gen Andre and Gen Negrier engaged in a pistol duel in the park near Prince Joachim Murat's residence. Andre fired and missed Negrier who chose not to fire. The principals departed without engagement and the affair remained unresolved.
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Paris
Gena. Andre
Neger
Prince Joachim Murat
Andre
Gen. Negrier
Nine Killed in Belgian Mine Disaster
An elevator plunging 990 yards into the Marchiennes coal mine at Charleroi Belgium instantly killed nine miners and crushed bodies beyond recognition. Duke of Connaught narrowly escaped a collision near Brecon Wales as his car with staff wrecked after a collision today. Hamburg Line denies claims of ordering a larger steamer than Lusitania. Mikasa, the famed Japanese battleship, reportedly floated after earlier destruction. William J. Bryan visited Pompeii before continuing to Rome today.
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Charleroi
Belgium
Marchiennes
Duke of Connaught
Brecon
Wales
Monmouth
Rhayader
Astonishing Piano Sale Attracts Big Discounts
A annual August clearance offers upright pianos for 185 and 195 dollars. About twenty pianos, mostly used and shopworn, yet nine high grade uprights in San Domingo mahogany, overstrung bass, laminated bridges, and carved panels. Five year guarantee. Large shipments expected of new stock in coming months.
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Behnings
Price & Teeple
San Domingo
Two Styles Piacos Sale Becomes Limited Time Event
The advertisement touts two piano styles priced at $185 and $195 claiming high class and urging readers to visit the sale. It notes the event is ongoing and will last only a few days, inviting hesitation readers to come and see for themselves.
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