Meadville Soda Plant Fire Kills One and Injures Several
A soda bottling works in Meadville Pennsylvania exploded after a charging tank burst, throwing metal shrapnel and igniting flames that consumed adjacent residences. Waller Fries, fourteen, was killed instantly. Eleanor Martin, seventeen, suffered multiple injuries. Mrs Minnie Baird, twenty three, burned and bruised but to recover. another man was injured. Loss estimated at seven thousand dollars. Cause of fire unknown.
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Meadville
Nave . Toda
Waller Fries
Eleanor Martin
Minnie Baird
James Allen
Aroman
Douglas Appointed Postmaster in Greensboro Fight
The President appointed Robert D. Douglas postmaster at Greensboro, Grandson of Mephen A. Douglas, amid factional battles for Republican control in North Carolina. The action, plus Lewis N. Grant’s reappointment at Goldsboro, disrupts the Blackburn Butler split, seen as a hard blow to Blackburn forces ahead of the state convention.
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Greensboro
N. C
Robert D. Douglas
Mephen A. Douglas
N. Ci
Lewis N. Grant
Goldsboro
Jnpan
Grant
Goldboro
Cyrun P. Frazier
Spencer Blackburn
North Carolina
Senate
Marion Butler
Blackburn
Douglas
Industrial News
Butler
Ike
Wild Engine in Collision Jumps Crew and Crashes Mail Cars
A Southern Railway switch engine with two cars, sans crew, after colliding with a passenger train on Orleans street, sped to Union Depot and struck two mail cars. Eight injured slightly, one likely fatally. Engineer Williams and fireman jumped. Williams severely hurt. The engine endangered depot traffic after crossing eleven streets before slamming into siding cars, injuring five clerks. one car was hurled through a fence into Calagan street. Most injured expected to recover.
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Memphis
Teno
Southern Railway
Orleans Street
Union Depot
Calhoun Street
Williams
Yaraman
Calagan Street
Confessed to Robbery by Brooklyn Men in Pittsburg
Pittsburg police arrested Hugo Roman and Fred Decker claiming both are from Brooklyn. In Decker’s belongings investigators found 36.00 in diamonds and jewels. he confessed to a Kansas City jewelry store robbery on July 4. A clipping cited a New York bank robbery with 8500 seized. Police will notify New York and Kansas City authorities. Suitcase contained fifty two rings, six bracelets, a pearl pin, opera glasses, and a revolver.
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Decker
Central Station
Brooklyn
Roman
Kansas City
New York
Murdered Man Found In His Home In Middletown
Police hunt Henry Bailey, former worker for George Goodale, after Goodale is found dead in a small house. Goodale recently sold a house for a thousand dollars. His skull split open and two deep cuts over his eyes are noted. Bailey drove away from the scene with a team. He will be arrested when located.
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Middletown
Conn
John Anderson
George Goodale
Goodale
Henry Bailey
Goodale Bailey
Socom
Arkansas Supreme Court Upholds Road Tax Amendment
The Arkansas Supreme Court today upheld the road tax amendment of the constitution in the St. Louis and Southwestern Railway versus Shevitt Kavanaugh case. The ruling allows the tax collection to proceed, affecting the Cotton Belt and other roads in the state as applicable by the decision.
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Little Rock
Ars
Arkansas Supreme Court
St. Louis and Southwestern
Cotton Belt) Railway
Shevitt Kavanaugh
Cotton Belt
Three to Prison for Life in Booneville Murder
Evansville Tad Williams and his wife Minerva Williams and their son Wesley Williams were sentenced to life in prison for the murder of James Leigh in Booneville last spring. Andrew Williams serves jail time for a petty crime. two younger children remain in reform school. Ocean steamer movements note arrivals and departures including Zeeland Ryndam Kronprinz Wilhelm La Champagne and others with routes to and from New York, Rotterdam, Bremen, Dover, Cherbourg and Halifax.
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Evansville
Tad
Jovnan Wilsons
Minerva Williams
Wesley Williams
James Leigh
Booneville
Andrew Williams
Reform School
New York
Zeeland
Antwers
Dover
Ryndam
Rotterdam
Coutogne
Plymouth
Kronpring Wilhelm
Bremen
Cherbourg
Fom
Havre
la Gaserans
Slascaconset
Maes
Kalter Wilhelm TT
cSulhampion
Cherhours
Sabie Inland
Nova Scotia
Oceanic
Liverpool
Queenstown
Mutiny in Russian Garrisons Sparks Barricades and Clashes
Turbulent reports from Tambov Karnava and Grodno describe mutineers resisting loyal troops, killing an infantry officer and a soldier, with barracks barricaded. Other notes cite light sentences for mutineers in Caucasia, Cossacks refused to fire, and sectarian tensions flaring in Grodno's Hebrew quarter as police faced rock attacks.
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Uzeabe
Grodno
Pambov
Karnava
Nejvil
Gt. Petersburg
Tambov
Sebastopol
Trepoff
Uazvoka
Russia
Caucasia
Nizhni-Novgorod
Filatone
Ust-Medviedina
Don
Grondo
Handwriting expert joins Hartje divorce case defense
Hartje's attorneys hire David N. Carvalho the handwriting expert to testify on forged letters said to be from Mrs. Hartje to Tom Madine. The case features conspiracy charges, a district attorney probe, and a Saturday hearing for Hartje and associates amid fears of violence.
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Carvalho
Washington Po
Pittsburg
Henry Buht
Boggs
Lincoln
Hartje
Tom Madine
Jonn L. Welsbons
Clifford Hooe
Sona Teen
Hooe
Fishing Schooner Stanley Joseph Lost With All Hands
North Sydney July 9 news reports the British fishing schooner Stanley Joseph wrecked near the Grand Banks during a violent storm. All crew members perished. destination and voyage details remain unverified. The vessel was owned at Ramea Newfoundland.
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Grand Banka
North Sydney
C. B
Stanley Joseph
Grand Banks
Ramea
Newfoundlang
Charge guards with murder at mine in Ohio strike clash
Sheriff delays deputizing Bradley guards after coal company rejects a union free guard agreement. Captain R D Talbott and I N Preston re arrested on murder charges linked to the July 1 shooting at United States Coal Company mines. other guards desert Bradley amid prosecutions fears. Charles F Berry surrenders in embezzlement case. held on larceny charge in Superior Criminal Court.
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Hteuberiville
Murray
R. D. Talbott
Voorhes
Willard
United States Coal Company
Hoston
Charles F. Berry
Superior Criminal Court
Wilson Meets Packers Over New Law Inspection
The meeting between Secretary Wilson and representatives from Armour Libby Swift and Morris focused on explaining the new labor inspection law. Attendees declined to discuss the conference's outcomes, with Wilson saying the session was informal and that the public must wait for officials to finish their work before comment.
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Daly
Wilson
Washington
Yosemite Stage Robber Known as Robbers Curve Suspect
Fresno dispatch says a Grub Gulch resident known as Jack Sweet is suspected captured in connection with Saturday’s Yosemite stage robberies. He purportedly held five coaches at risk near Wawona, with earlier alibi failures noted. Identification by passengers and sheriff communications loom as key.
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Fresno
Cal
Jack" Sweet
Grub Gulch
Madeira County
Wawona
Sweetiam
Sweet
Sierras
Tames
Madeira
Jones
Graham
Abwanes
Severns
New ‘England
Siy
Beng
Defends Refusal to Pay Earthquake Claims
New York July Da Willateburg City Fire Insurance Company President Maershell Drigge outlines policyholders suing over San Francisco quake losses. He notes the earthquake clause added two years ago and asserts the company pays on preexisting long policies, while arguing the clause applies only if the quake was the primary cause.
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New_York
Willateburg City Free Insurance Company
San Francisco
Maershell
Drigge
Asi Corporation
Driggs
Feud Killings Stir Oklahoma Cherokee Nation Fight
In Christie Oklahoma five relatives and neighbors are drawn into a feud. Reuben Kirby was fatally wounded when Pleasant Hubbard and Ernest Hubbard opened fire at his home near Christie. Kirby returned fire killing Pleasant Hubbard. Ernest Hubbard was killed nearby. Will Reeves and Frank Kirby were involved in a prior clash with Reeves injured. The feud threatens further bloodshed across several families in the region.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
Ind
Reuben
Kirby
Christie
Frank Kirby
Reuben Kirby
Reeves
Hubbard
Frank
Winchester
Pleasant Hubbard
Ernest
Clashes in St. Petersburg Prompt Police Action
Reports from St. Petersburg describe political demonstrations with red flags and revolutionary songs. Police and military patrols dispersed crowds near the Moscow railroad station after clashes that left a few injured and led to arrests. Prince Urusoff claimed documentary proof tying anti Jewish massacres to actions in St. Petersburg, promising publication within a fortnight.
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Urusoft
St. Petersburg
St. Pétersburg
Moscow
Tom
Spither
Har
Urusort
Trepoit
Prince Urusoff
Trepoff
Dinner at Elysee Palace Honors Longworths in Paris
A brilliant dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris honored Mr and Mrs Nicholas Longworth. Guests included Ambassador McCormick and staff, American Minister Leishman and wife, French leaders Bourgeois Clemenceau Etienne and others, with a musicale following the dinner. The palace was illuminated and M Paillieres engaged Mrs Longworth on U S affairs.
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Paris
Arid’ Mme. Faillieres
Blysee Palace
Mel
Nicholas Longworth
McCormick
Thes
A Leishman
Turkey
Leishman
Bourgeois
Clemenceau
Miniter
Etienne
Thomson
Baithaou
Ryan
M. Jasserand
Isador
France
United Statesme
Jasserand
M. Paillieres
Longyworth
Reg
United States
Priest Must Pay Fine in Leipzig Campaign Case
Leipzig reports that the Supreme Court confirmed lower court decisions fining Father Woerner a Catholic priest in the Grand Duchy of Bader. The case involved threats toward voters during a campaign to vote for the Center party candidate in the Reichstag election.
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Leipzig
Germany
Supreme Court
Woerner
Grand Duchy
Bader
Reichstag
Treaty terms notified from Berlin on Abyssinia deal
Berlin notified the German foreign office of the Anglo French Italian treaty with Abyssinia announced July 5. The pact guarantees Abyssinia’s territorial integrity and open doors for all nations, and supports continued railway construction linking Addis Ababa to the coast with directorate representation for Britain France and Italy.
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Berlin
Great Britain
France
Italy
Abysainia
Addis Ababa
Abyssinia
Soast
Great ‘Britain
Ialy
Congo Cuirages Denied Protest Over Nassau Charges
Col Van Zuylt Demaids Proof of Rev Nassau charges connected with Presbyterian Boards of Foreign Missions in New York. He demands proof and publication of the officer who tortur d a woman to death. Special to The Washington Post. Madrid July 3. Victoria is ill and must oversee palace affairs.
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Col. van Zuylt
R. Nassaw
Brussels
R. H. Nassau
Presbyterian Boards of Foreign Missions
New Yoys
Cal. van Zuylf
Mr. Nassau
Slso
Ing
Washington
Madrid
Jilly
Cmeen
Victoria
Lita Grandje
Chamberlain Warning and Ward Interview Signal Trade Debate
A Montreal Star special from London notes President Roosevelt met with Sir Joseph Ward, New Zealand’s prospective premier. The discussion centers on reciprocal preferences, and Chamberlain’s warnings suggest a broader shift. The question remains whether Ward will consult Sir Wilfrid Laurier in Washington to align Canada and New Zealand for the Imperial capitals conference in April.
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Washington Post
Ottawa
Ontario
Tuly
London
Montreal Star
Hoosevelt
Joseph Ward
New Zealand
Congress of Chamber of Commerce
Ward
United States
Great ‘Britain
Chaimberlain
Uestion
Wwara
America
Wilfred Laurier
Ed Zealand
Dreyfus Case Sparks Bitter Duel Across Newsrooms
Fragmentary OCR note outlines a sensational duel of opinions over the Dreyfus affair. It mentions Gen. Gallieni and Piequart opposing Dreyfus within the French army intelligence framework and hints at a wider staff disagreement.
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Dreyfus’ Cine
Ganee
Dreyfus
Piequart
Department
Dreyfis
Torater
Ike
Kaiser Honors Haakon at Morning Banquet in Northfield
King Haakon and Queen Amelia attended a city banquet for students in Northfield Minnesota. A flag was presented as William Kaiser led the royal luncheon day, with Emperor William headlining the event and honors shared by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Haakon
Russia Offers Defense in Foreign Relations Report
In St Petersburg on July 9 interior minister Sidlypinshas sent a report to the ambassador and other government representatives. The note states the Russian government does not involve recognition of other countries' right to representations. The message aligns with the Russian side of ongoing discussions about foreign governments and official submissions to Parliament.
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St. Petersburg
Mperor
Kuszmin-Varavaleff
St Petersburg
Sti. Peterspurg
Sidlypinshas
Czar and Empress Travel by Imperial Yacht Polar Star
Nicholas and the Empress Al boarded the imperial yacht Polar Star for a short visit in Oranienbaum Russia yesterday. The couple toured the marine hospital and other facilities, marking a rare public appearance during their seclusion.
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Oranienbaum
Russia
Peror
Nicholas
Empress al
Polar
Star
Marine Hospital
Bryan Visits Premier
A brief note records a Bryan visit to a premier figure with mention of Lontyn and Mrs Bryve from Wrest, Parks, Nos, indicating a local interest encounter. The readable line hints at a meeting or event involving regional names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lontyn
Mrs. Bryve Fro Wrest, Parks
Coligan Report Tangles In Bid to Aid Emigrant
A garbled excerpt shows Coligan pressed to help an emigrant. Officials debate sharing resources and duties as the draft winds unfold. Names and places are unclear, but the fragment hints at government or group action concerning aid and relocation.
Disaster at Sea Involving Philadelphia Party
A Philadelphia party aboard a yacht was caught in a storm off Barnegat. The vessel capsized after a backward wind drove it into a sea trough. Lifesavers rescued three persons and a child amid heavy seas and subsequent drift.
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Woilén
Philadelphia
Bittle
Atlantic-Ci
Perssons
Sogt
Barnegat
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