Arrival of Portland Brings Little Gold to Port
The steamship Portland from St Michaels has arrived with about 575,000 in gold dust, far short of expectations. The Dayesen chief, expected to join Portland, was last heard from in the mining district with hundreds of thousands in bullion but did not reach St Michaels. A possible mishap at sea leaves the fate of passengers and treasure unknown until the next northern steamer.
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Portland
St. Micheela
Portlands
Earthquake and tidal wave hit Japan on August 6
An early Japanese earthquake on August 6 caused a major tidal wave that swept rivers and caused extensive destruction. By August 30, Yokohama reported over 6,000 homes damaged or destroyed and up to 890 people drowned or injured. In Musoku coal mines were flooded, killing over 100 miners. The tremors ranged from four to sixteen, moving east to west, with the tidal surge rising 12 to 20 feet in minutes. In Massachusetts, Star Pointer set a new two minute pace mark, finishing in less than two minutes with 8,000 witnesses. A Porter County marsh fire damaged land and burned nearly fifty cows.
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Geeat Dumiapee Oriental
Japan
Yokohama
Musoku
Porter County
Indiana
Liman
Chicago
Skeleton in a Box in Pleasant Township Ohio Reveals Human Remains
Christopher Fatzner, a former resident of Pleasant Township in Ohio, while boring holes for fencing posts, uncovered a well preserved two inch plank box top enclosing a human skeleton. The find included buttons, spoons, a knife and shoe heels suggesting an old burial or hidden cache.
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Marlon
Ohio
Christopher Fatzner
Pleasant ‘Township
Ohis County
Train Hits Wagon Near Lima Killing Two People
A westbound passenger train No 7 on the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad struck a springs wagon at the Elida road crossing a mile west of Lima Ohio. The collision instantly killed the occupants Mrs William Miller aged 52 of Lin and her nephew Olle 15 son of J Nievhetsen a farmer of Fort Wayne Ind.
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Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Elida Road
Lima
Ohio
Williai Miller
Lin
Olle
J. 2. Nievhetsen
Fort Wayne
Ind
Another Horror in Flint and Medford Storm Damage
A demented mother chloroformed her daughter and shot her 10 year old other daughter in Flint Michigan. the younger died and the older likely survives. A hurricane wrecked a plank grove arena pavilion near Bdalemol injuring one and wounding eleven. Races include Kings Matched Star Pointer and Joe Patchen at Myrtle Park Medford on September 11. France may float a 60 million pound loan in 24 percent bonds for Navy reconstruction. Pirates off Morocco abduct a bark captain and four crew.
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Willam Z. Hutchinson
Flint
Mich
Iva May
Kings
Star Pointer
Joe Patchen
Myatle Park
Medford
Mass
France
London
Financial New
Capture of Cora Mubbard The Girl Dalton Gang Member
A report details the capture of Cora Mubbard, 26, a female Dalton gang member linked to a Phucville bank robbery. She rode with the gang, was found with a revolver, and implicated in the crime as her brother Bill Uubbard and others were captured. The quartet secured $580.23, with $124.50 lost in the fight but later recovered. White Teamser was wounded and provided accomplice names. Cora was captured at her father’s home. her parents are noted.
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Cora Mubbard
Dalton Gang
Cory Dubbar
Ind
Phucville
Gurt
Auev
Pineville
Beig
I ‘I
Raul Cora
Stouting
Cures
Tghbband
Lennon
Foresters of America Holds Supreme Court Session in Denver
The Supreme Court of the Order in season at Denver drew 260 delegates from forestry courts nationwide. Highlights included speeches by leaders, and reports showing two year membership gains of 17,740 with 1,257 courts and 134,822 members. Insurance payouts totaled $735,077 with a treasury balance of $225.
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Supreme Court of the Order
Denver
Supreme Court
Supreme Duet
Laryrenee
Smith
Loard Muse
Ood
Supreme Chief Ranger
Supreme Secretures Mo MecMurtrie
St. Lous
Wheat Prices Drive Rush to Market in Kansas Towns
Central and western Kansas farmers flood streets and mills to push wheat to market at high prices. Rail yards clog with loaded cars as shipments surge. overall optimism rises while there are reports of increased values and urgent sales.
Heat Wave Tops Year as Protest Hopes Loom
St Louis and nearby felt the hottest day of the year with readings reaching 100 in the shade by late afternoon and a cooling trend only after 7 pm. A southwest wind offered little relief as two prostrations were reported. Negro leaders nationwide plan a mammoth protest convention in Atlanta in October led by Bishop Grant to condemn lynching, drawing support from famous figures across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Weather Bureau
United States
Atlanta
Bishop Grant
New York
Georgia
Man Chased Across Continent Captured by Pinkertons in Klondike
Frank A. Novak, formerly a Cedar Rapids area storekeeper, is arrested in Lawson City after a long pursuit by Pinkerton detectives. He allegedly fled to Juneau and over the Chilkoot Pass to the Klondike gold region, where investigators say he murdered a man and burned the store to conceal the crime. An autopsy-linked insurance claims and identity doubts followed. the case spans across continents and detective work to bring Novak to custody.
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Junewoy
Dyca
Chilligot Fene
Pinkerton
Portland
St. Michael's
Anollegan
Frank A. Novak
Juneau
Dyon
Chilkoot Pass
Klondyke
Novak
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Wotrhinsa
Hia Atery
Bey
Nusah
Lawson City
William A Smith
Pittsburg Firemen Die as Wall Collapses in Hotel Fire
Two Pittsburg firemen killed when walls collapse during a seven story hotel and furniture building blaze on Smithfield street. Fire started by a gas engine explosion in Edmundson and Perrine’s furniture store, causing $105,000 in damage and injuring others amid a panic at Seventh Avenue Hotel.
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Pittsburg
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Smithfield Street
Edmundson & Perrine
Southfield Street
Seventh Avenue
Strawberry Alley
Edmundson & Verrines
Warry Lide
Electric car kills a baby in Berwyn tragedy
A Proviso electne car struck a baby carriage in Berwyn. Fifteen month old John Young was wheeled by a nurse when the car struck, throwing the infant forward and under its wheels. The child suffered the severing of a foot and toes, dying from injuries.
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Ile Buccy
Berwyn
John Young
Wheat Tumbles as Wheat Prices Fall Across Markets
Wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade skidded with September down to 14 cents a bushel from prior levels after a volatile session. December wheat plunged further, opening above 90 cents and fluctuating through the forenoon. May wheat opened at 4 cents and slid over 3 cents in two hours.
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Bears
Chicago Board of Trade
Liverpol
Expect the Store Another Addition to the Cleveland Family
Ex Provident and Afrs Cleveland look for a October birth and plan moving to a Princeton home from Marion before the date. Mrs Cleveland, while at the White House, received Mexican frocks and fine drawn work for the new baby. Gifts of baby clothes have begun arriving from friends and relatives, easing her sewing tasks for the newcomer.
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Cleveland
Ex Provident
Afrs
Clevelans
Princeton
Marion
Clevkland
Mornhings
Indemnity Limit Discussed For Greece and Turkey
Greek payment of indemnity to Turkey may be capped at three million pounds with Britain France and Prussia signaling no pressure for a larger sum. Lord Salisbury hints Turkey might keep line from Larissa to Tribate as security while Greece proves revenue set aside for debt without harming bondholders. Fire destroys Federal Coal Co. mine at Federal, Pennsylvania, suspected arson. $5,000 loss.
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Turkey
Freach
Greece
Lord Salisbury
Larissa-Tribate
Veterans Parade Draws 350000 At Buffalo Encampment Banquet
The Grand Army gathering in Buffalo drew an estimated 350000 attendees with 145000 rail arrivals in 24 hours and 150000 more expected before the parade. President McKinley attended the banquet at Ellicott Club with toasts from Col James A Sexton and others.
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Duffato
Grand Army Veteerans
Buffalo
Ney
United States
Ellicott Club
Niagara Hotel
Chicago
Fla
Volenteeer Sry
Grant
Lee
Alger
Army of the United States
London
Tie
National Guard
C. Porter Johnson
Henry Estabrook
Charles W. Anderson
John 8. Wise
Wise
Archbishop Ireland
Naval Veterans’ Association
ex-Prisoners of War Association
Erie County
United States Naval Service
Minor notes and distant threats drift through Texas town
Reports claim a feared race at Leonard Texas amid rumors of a "megrothett" threat to the town. Other items note a 150000 dollar sub treasury withdrawal to Canada, a 750000 dollar mortgage lost in transit, and a six day ten hour sea run by the American Liner J Paul. White cap raids in Kentucky target Mormon elders, with a Beulah district incident involving three elders stripped and whipped.
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Leonard
Tex
Megrothett
Anid
Sub-Treasury
New York
Canada
Iowa Union Telephone Company
Illinois Trust Company
J. Paul
Needles
Sandy Mook
Leadville
Fairfield
Kershaw
Beulah
Within Our Border A Quagmire Of Warnings And Deaths
A jumble of incidents across border towns reports arrests for burnings and robberies, strange animal anomalies, and sudden deaths. Names include Frank Cothran at Martins Ferry, Joseph Frost in Wortsmouth, and Henry Gillespie hit by mystery illness. A London school superintendent shifts to Middletown, while a Wellsbury dentist’s chair ends in chloroform fatality. Barns burned near Dacyrus. a three legged chicken hatches at James Waan’s poultry yards. Several robberies, burglaries, and a horse-drawn carriage accident dot the region, alongside a court suit against ex-mayor Row and notes of notable deaths and inheritances.
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Miner
Frank Cothran
Martini’s Ferry
de Larmsse A. Riaz
James Hosseil
Sas Antoni
Texa
Joseph Frost
Wortsmouth
Rong
I 4
W. McKinnons
London Schools
Benjamp
P. McMillan
Jamestown
McMillan
Wickersham & McMillan
John Kincade
Westrily
Gus Kuemmersinz
Hamilton
Andrew Shanks
Springfeld
National Wall Paper Compass of
New York
Toledo
Cincinnat
National Wall Paper Trust
Chillicothe
Henry Ackerman
Irobate Judce
A. C. Noustein
Circleville
Mound
Mattbias Tank
Somerdale
Flonda F. Wilks
Toleto
Florida
Acd
J P Perdum
Equitable Savings and Loan Association Company
Volney J. Row
Mornsmouth
Tade Spring
Tlasriet Gorton
Mamlet
Centerville
Erst
Miss Golton
Samuel Williamson Wa
Midletoce
Floreham
Fp.s
George Enclert
Portsmouth. Com
Mary Englert
Cincinna
Ali
Joseph Conington
Batavia
Conington
Thomas Stillman
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Neadville
James A. Murphy
Plank Grove
Out
Marinera
Madrid
Tosiia Farlo
Morocco
Bocoza Kabily
Foresters OF America
Eleta Huay
Maden
Mullansas
Wimber
Havana
Marston
Santa Clara
Duis
Hank
AW Waber
Warkence
TS Reade Street
Fim
Treasury
A.W Baber
Prise Towh
Yale
OW Faber Lea Gerinay
Saberia
Tas
Grohe
Stein
Nuremberg
Bavaria
Berlin
Frank Novak
Yucaston
Alava
Munipal
Merida
Yucatan
Caue
Senor
Carlos Poon
Armour Packing Company
Kansun City
Tapan
Kancir
Oostmisisty
SantHloreta
Association Lindl
Gleveland
J M. Woolworth
Onaha
Khyber Pons
Pore Lundi-Kotal
Khyber
Kyber Rifles
Khyber Pass
Afghanistan
India
William
Goblin
PS. Gobin
Lebanon
Ana
Grand Army of the Republic
Cincinnati
Wating
Bedford
Federal Coal Company
E W Powers
Federal
Chartiers
Youghiochen
Muail Road
Powers
Sterling Mine No. 1
Hastings
T.a
Nichhilson
Paul J I
Pacific Phosphate Company
Mog
Clipperton Island
Captain McMurtry
Uruguay
Montevideo
Judiarte Orda
Borda
Senor Capestas
Senate
Republic
fAl’t Sankins
al” Tyankins
Cxtricarat
Superior
Wis
Markel
Tiilianapolis
Vie Enna
Milwaukee
Mkiney
Boldiera
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