Tragedies and political deaths reported in brief
The Indicator notes the Pelans killed in a railroad accident near Omaha after stepping onto a track. Former Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis dies at 83 from a second stroke. Dr. Orlando Brown a retired brigadier general dies at 77 in Washington Connecticut. A Louisville and Nashville line crash at Horse Cave injures 37. Illinois issues a $200 reward for four Illinois Central train robbers near Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Pelan
Albright
South Omaha
Neb
James T. Lewis
Wisconsin
Columbus
Wis
Lewis
Orlando Brown
United States Army
Washington, Conn
Horse Cave
Gov. Yates
Illinois
Illinois Central
Chicago
Noted Ornithologist Dies in New York Office
Jacob H Studer author and authority on birds found dead in his Fifth Avenue office. Heart failure listed as cause. Also reports of multiple crimes and incidents across the nation including a Nebraska City fatal wounding, naval yard tragedy, train robberies, and a Chicago stockyards clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob H. Studer
Fifth Avenue
New York
Jack Carr
Chris Hartman
Nebraska City
Neb
Lake Michigan
Grand Haven
Peter Henkel
Rudolph Wieland
Lancaster
Wis
Henkel
Wieland
Illinois Central
Matteson
Cc. E. Perkins
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
J. D. Robinson
Omaha
John M. Jones
United States
Palmyra
N. Y
Schuttler
Chicago
Rock Island Railroad Company
United States Express Company
Navy Yard
Washington
Nora Adams
Senator Hoar
Worcester
Mass
George F. Hoar
Massachusetts
John Lyons
Paterson
N. J
John Christian
Political and convention notes from early American parties
Reports from Detroit and Indianapolis cover Democratic and Republican conventions. Key items include Thomas Taggart arrival in Indianapolis, William F. Sheehan named to the Republican executive committee, Senator Fairbanks nominated for vice president, Green McCurtain reelected Choctaw governor, Woodbridge Ferris and John W. Kern nominated for governor, Henry G. Davis urging white political dominance, and West Virginia Democrats rejecting a white supremacy plank while nominating Cornwall for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Detroit
Mich
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National Committee
Indianapolis
Tomlinson Hall
William F. Sheehan
New York
Brown Ayres
Tulane University
New Orleans
University of Tennessee
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Indiana
Elihu Root
Fairbanks
Green McCurtain
T. W. Hunter
Michigan
Justus S. Stearns
Woodbridge N. Ferris
John W. Kern
E. C. Wall
Wisconsin
Parker
W. J. Bryan
West Virginia
Henry G. Davis
South
National Committee
Cooper Union
New York City
A. A. Ames
Minneapolis
Wooster
Ohio
Plank
Cornwall
Eastern Front and Caribbean Turmoil Across War News
Gen Kuropatkin reports Japanese occupy Ikhuaven and Yangse pass near Liaoyang as Kuroki defeats Russians at Yushulikzu and Yangse pass. Port Arthur assault fails with 6,000 Russian and 20,000 Japanese casualties. Russians retreat from Yangtzuling. Haiti suffers price-driven unrest in Port au Prince. Florence Maybrick seclusion in Rouen. Haicheng evacuated. Vladivostok raid report notes sunk German steamer and many Japanese losses. Haiti unrest prompts French and Haitian authorities to move troops. St Petersburg gloom over Russian reverses amid strategic withdrawals and naval action.
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Kuropatkin
Ikhuaven
Liaoyang
Yangse Pass
Kuroki
Yushulikzu
Port Arthur
Yangtzuling
Mokien Pass
Hayti
Portou-Prince Market
Florence Maybrick
Rouen
France
Haicheng
Smith’s Cove
Digby
N. S
Vladivostok
Skrydloff
Germain
Powell
Nord
Port Au Prince
St. Petersburg
Stackelberg
Zaroubaieff
Nodza
Jewell
Leishman
Thibet
Col. Younghusband
Lhassa
Chicago
Senator Lodge
Winthrop
Mass
Krauss
Hartford City
Ind
Yushulikz
Edward Kemp
Blain
Wis
Ethel Deveraux
Esmeralda Inn
Asheville
N. C
National Newsboys’ Association
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Glidden
A. W. Hobbs
Francis
St. Louis Fair
Frank Arndt
Osceola
M. G. Bell
Mason City
Salf F. Cole
Catskill
N. Y
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Alton
Michael Riley
Thomas H. Tibbles
Mackinac Island
Vencedor
Vannena
Mackinac
Alfred Knapp
Columbus (O
Ben Milan
Sewell
W. Va
State Department
Constantinople
Turkey
Ed Doherty
Rock Island
Des Moines
War ”Office
Count Keller
Frederick Funston
Fred D. Grant
New York
Washington
Simoucheng
Motien Pass
Russian Japanese fighting continues at Port Arthur
Port Arthur reports heavy, near continuous combat with Russians yielding outer works. Japanese loss pegged at 17,000. Vladivostok prize court confiscates 59,000 pounds of flour and all railroad equipment on board the Arabia and plans to release the ship. Germany bars Russia from sending Baltic fleet through the Kaiser Wilhelm canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Vladivostok
Arabia
Germany
Russia
Kaiser Wilhelm Canal
Multiple Global Events Reported in Brief News Digest
A compilation notes actions from Rear Admiral Jewell in Turkish waters to Leish in Turkey, Younghushand’s Thibet march, labor strikes in Chicago, and political campaigns. It also covers a range of incidents from murders and suicides to sports records and battlefield casualty figures in the Russo Japanese theater.
Little Children Drowned in Mississippi River Tragedy
In Alton Illinois city beach near Riley home seven young girls and Micheal Riley drowned after stepping from a sand bar into deep water during a river outing. One girl, Mary Timing, eight, survived by freeing herself from the group and reaching shallow water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Mississippi River
Micheal Riley
Michael Riley
Elizabeth Riley
Allie Syner
Lucy Pates
Lizzie Pates
Bessie Brum
Myrie Brum
Ruth Marshall
Riley
Mary Timing
Timmy
Timiny
Mary
Parker resigns as New York Chief Judge to seek Democratic presidential nomination
Alton B. Parker resigns as chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals effective immediately. He announces his candidacy for the U S presidency with Rosemount as the nomination venue to be confirmed next Wednesday. Parker met with colleagues and signed his resignation in Albany after filing the document with the secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Alton B. Parker
Court of Appeals
Democratic Party
United States
Rosemount
Hudson
Buell C. Andrews
State of
New York
Secretary Hay Returns to Desk in Washington
Secretary of State Hay has come back from his summer home in New Hampshire and is at his desk in Washington Friday. He will stay at the capital for one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
Washington
New Hampshire
Kern Chosen to Lead Indiana Democratic Ticket
Indianapolis August 4 The Indiana democratic convention named a full state ticket headed by John W Kern for governor The slate includes Edward J Fogarty secretary of state D F Allen treasurer J R Riggs auditor Joseph H Shea attorney general Walter S Chambers supreme court reporter Jesse D Smith state statistician Levi H Scott superintendent of instruction Frank B H Gavin and George E Downey supreme judges The platform endorses the St Louis convention declaration supports Thomas Taggart as national chairman and backs labor legislation and repeal of the metropolitan police law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
John W.kern
Edward J. Fogarty
South Bend
D. F. Allen
Frankfort
J. R. Riggs
Sullivan
Joseph H. Shea
Seymour
Supreme Court
Walter S. Chambers
Newcastle
Jesse D. Smith
Levi H. Scott
New Albany
Frank BH. Gavin
George E. Downey
Aurora
St. Louis
Thomas Taggart
Drowned in Boulder Creek Camp Tragedy Near City
Two campers are killed when a wall of water from a cloudburst swept into Summer Gulch six miles from Boulder Colorado. Mrs Lina Chambers of York Nebraska and Mary Renkes twelve year old daughter of Charles Renkes of the city drowned as the tent and camp party were swept into the creek. The storm damaged mining camps on Sugar Loaf mountain and near Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Col
Lina Chambers
York
Neb
Mary Renkes
Charles Renkes
Boulder Creek
Summer Gulch
Bail Furnished After Slocum Disaster Indictments
With the exception of Secretary Atkinson, all indicted in the Slocum disaster case posted bail. Barnaby, president of the Knickerbocker Steamship Company, was held in 20000 dollars, while others posted 5000 dollars as sureties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atkinson
Knickerbocker Steamship Company
Federal Grand Jury
Barnaby
Garber Nominated to Oppose Champ Clark in Ninth District
In Wellsville Missouri on August 4 J B Garber was nominated by Republicans of the Ninth congressional district to oppose Congressman Champ Clark in upcoming elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark
Wellsville
J. B. Garber
Ninth Congressional District
An Old Man’s Tribute To Dean’s Kidney Pills
Sidney Justus a Mentor Ohio fruit dealer says he was cured after ten years of kidney trouble. He endured backache rheumatic pains and dropsical swelling with painful urinary passages and nighttime urination. He reports relief after a half box and permanent cure after three boxes and invites trials at Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. For sale by dealers at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Justus
Mentor
Ohio
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
England's only women gardener school at Regent's Park
The piece notes the Royal Botanic Gardens in Regent's Park host the sole women’s gardening school in London. It mentions varied global stats from Berlin building trends to Russia’s grain exports and Butter and eggs values, plus a London church stoup auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Botanic Gardens
Regent's Park
M. Deibler
Europe
Berlin
Upper Rhine
Strasburg
Basel
Russia
Old Fashioned Dyspepsia Reversed by Grape Nut Diet
A former dyspepsia sufferer describes relief after two years of distress. Changing to Grape Nuts with cream and avoiding fatty foods led to no sour stomach, no spitting, and gradual recovery from 98 to 125 pounds, crediting the remedy and a guiding old lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich. Co
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Westville
Sun
Momi
N.M
Vth
D. P. Verner
Greenville County
S. C
W.m.frye
Kansas City
Mississippi
Alton E. Parker
Rosemount, Esopus, N. Y
Kern
Colorado
Ilinois
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