Extradition Hearing Delayed in Lyncheham Case
In Indianapolis a two week continuance was granted in the extradition matter for James Lyncheham to Ireland. The judge found British documentary evidence insufficient. A mass Irish rally planned for Sept 10 will push opposition to the life sentence of Lyncheham.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Moores
James Lyncheham
Ireland
Great Britain
Lyncheham
Bourke Cochran
New York
James J. Roach
Boston
Indiana
Lynchehaun
North Pole bid by airship plans attached to ailing sergeant
Indianapolis August 28 Sgt Julius R Frederick a Greely polar veteran lies critically ill. P E McDonnell of Chicago visits the Frederick home and says if Frederick recovers they will sail for the north pole next year using an air ship and he will stay until the condition changes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Julius R. Frederick
North Pole
P. E. McDonnell
Chicago
Frederick
Sergt
Greely North Pole
McDonnell
Indiana mother signs 20 year contract to give child
In Anderson, Mrs. Hattie Hummel signed a lease like agreement, entrusting her 9 month old son to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hunt for 20 years. The child will keep his name and is not to be adopted. The contract, attested by a notary, is the first of its kind on record in the city.
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Anderson
Ind
Thomas Hunt
North Anderson
Hattie Hummel
Hunt
Made His Escape
In Brazil Indiana on August 29 Wm Richey allegedly struck his wife and 4 year old son with a club in a violent attack. The wife suffered a fractured skull and the child was knocked unconscious before Richey fled and remains at large.
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Brazil
Ind
Wm. Richey
Richey
Large Plum Crop Reported in Southern Indiana
Evansville Indiana August 27 reports a record blue plum crop in Knox Daviess and Gibson counties with most fruit shipped to the eastern market. The third week of watermelon shipments from Southern Indiana counties is now in full sway.
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Evansville
Ind
Knox
Daviess
Gibson Counties
Indiana
Mystery murders rock Sharpsville Oakford area
The dead body of Harvey Smith, a young Black man, was found along a highway between Sharpsville and Oakford with his head split open, suggesting a club attack. It is the third mysterious murder in the area since May.
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Kokomo
Ind
Harvey Smith
Sharpsville
Oakford
Man Drinks Poison in Frankfort Saloon Incident
Ezekiel Timmons entered a Frankfort saloon on August 28, ordered beer, and poured strychnine into the glass before drinking it. Bystanders intervened too late to stop him, and his condition is listed as serious.
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Frankfort
Ind
Ezekiel Timmons
Banker John C Brockenbrough Dies in Lafayette
John C Brockenbrough aged 73 prominent in banking in Ohio and Indiana for nearly five decades and former ten year cashier of an Indianapolis national bank died at his Lafayette home after a brief illness. He was associated with several Lafayette financial interests for years.
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John C. Brockenbrough
Lafayette
Ind
John C. Broeckenbrough
Ohio
Indiana
Indianapolis
Mine Cave Near Terre Haute Endangers Eight Miners
A cave in collapsed under a 17 acre pond east of Terre Haute Indiana nearly trapping eight miners Friday morning. Water sprayed from above and blocked the entry as they moved through airless passages to the shaft 110 feet below where rescuers hauled them to safety.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana seeks return of riotous conspiracy suspect Doc Martin
Gov. Durbin requisitions Gov. Yates of Illinois for the return to Vanderburgh county of Doc Martin, a colored man indicted for riotous conspiracy. Martin was a ring leader in Evansville riots in July and fled with Bud Fruit after a grand jury was convened. He was arrested in Chicago and refused to go back without the official request.
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Indianapoli
Ind
Durbin
Yates
Illinois
Indiana
Martin
Vanderburg County
Evansville
Chicago
Report on attempted assassination of Vice Consul Magelssen
United States officials announce an attempted assassination of Vice Consul Magelssen in Beirut. President Roosevelt orders the European squadron to Beirut to protect American interests while awaiting fuller details.
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Turkey
Washington
State Department
Constantinople
Mr. Leishman
United States
William C. Magelssen
Beirut
Syria
Leishman
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Cotton
Magelssen
Hay
Magersson
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Tewfik Pasha
Irish fugitive Lynchbaum faces extradition fight in U S
James Lynchbaum the Irish fugitive sentenced for life in England for assault with intent to kill his landlady in Mayo in 1894 was arraigned before U S Commissioner Moores. The case resumes Thursday with new counsel. The Ancient Order of Hibernians pledged to assist in the extradition battle.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James Lynchbaum
England
County Mayo
Ireland
United States
Moores
Lynchbaum
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Woman Fends Off Two Burglars in Indiana Home
Mrs. J. F. Hawkins awakened in Liberty Indiana and fired two revolver shots through the kitchen window after burglars tried to enter her home. The bold defense sent the intruders fleeing.
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Liberty
Ind
J. F. Hawkins
Anthrax Report Hits Clark County Farms
Charlestown Indiana August 27 officials say anthrax has foothold in Clark county farmer Walter Hikes reports several sheep dead and forty more affected some valuable cattle have been exposed in the outbreak.
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Charlestown
Ind
Clark County
Walter Hikes
Carnival of Burglaries Strikes Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana on August 29 a spate of burglaries occurred Thursday and Friday nights. Six homes were robbed with a departing woman seen in two of the empty houses. Police investigate possible gang connections and female participation.
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Kokomo
Ind
Fights Around Adrianople Report New Turkish Defeats
Reports from Sofia and Adrianople describe insurgents besieging Malkoternovo and killing Turkish soldiers after an 11 hour engagement at Ziknishor. Rebels burned Hodgetalashnan for terrorizing Christians, while Constantinople warns the porte of rising unrest near the sultan's capital.
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Sofia
Adrianople
Malkoternovo
Autonomye
Ziknishor
Hodgetalashnan
Constantinople
Porte
Porte Is Greatly Alarmed At the Revolutionary Outbreak In the Vilayet
Monastir
Colonel Drake Oil Co Sells Indiana Holdings to East Investors
Portland Ind Aug 29 The Colonel Drake Oil Co sold all its Indiana field holdings to eastern capitalists. Seventeen hundred acres of prime territory in Adams and Jay counties changed hands for 49900 dollars. Leases cover prime tracts in Adams and Jay counties.
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Portland
Ind
Colonel Drake Oil Co
Indiana
Adams
Jay Counties
Two Brothers Drowned in Ohio River near Derby
Evansville Ind Aug 28 The two sons of Mrs Jacob Davis aged 8 and 11 living near Derby were drowned about noon Thursday while swimming in the Ohio river. They had promised their mother they would not go near the river while she was at a picnic.
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Evansville
Ind
Jacob Davis
Derby
Ohio River
Hoo sier Prospecting well spouts oil geyser
Princeton Indiana August 27 The Hoo sier Prospecting Co well No 2 shot Thursday last broke out Wednesday morning and for a half hour spouted like a geyser. A stream of oil was thrown 50 feet high before the well was shut off. Capacity cannot yet be estimated.
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Princeton
Ind
Hoosier Prospecting Co
Married the Fifth Time in Indiana Record
Jeffersonville August 28 Mrs Mary L Muir Thompson Colvin Neal Conway Smith has married five times in 25 years. She has been widowed once, divorced from three husbands, and now remarried, her home listed as Ohio Falls Indiana.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Mary L. Muir. Thompson-Colvin - Neal-Conway-Smith
Onio Falls
Iowa Populists Name State Ticket
Des Moines August 28 The Populists at their state convention nominated a ticket without contest Governor L H Weller Nashua lieutenant governor 8 T Harvey Des Moines judge of the supreme court J A Lowenberg Ottumwa railroad commissioner Walter McCullah Davis City superintendent of public instruction Hilo Bunce Stuart.
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Iowa
Des Moines
L. H. Weller
Nashua
T. Harvey
Supreme Court
J. A. Lowenberg
Ottumwa
Walter McCullah
Davis City
Hilo Bunce
Stuart
Czar to Visit Vienna for Five Day Royal Audience
It is announced that the czar will pay a five days visit to Emperor Francis Joseph in Vienna at the end of September. Foreign Minister Lamsdorff will accompany the czar.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Lamsdorff
Railway Disaster at Udine Kills Soldiers in Front of King and Queen
At Udine the king and queen witness maneuvers when a night collision between a soldiers' train and a freight train kills nineteen soldiers and one captain and injures 320, twelve critically. The colonel commanding the troops is among the injured.
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Rome
Udine
Venice
Three drownings in Nebraska flood claim youths and resident
Three people die in high water incidents in Omaha and Council Bluffs. Jefferson Keep aged 10 and Edgar Hamilton aged 11 drowned while swimming in back water in South Omaha. Willie Paulsen perished in a flooded cellar in Council Bluffs.
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Omaha, Neb
Jefferson Keep
Edgar Hamilton
South Omaha
Willie Paulsen
Council Bluffs
Rescue Effort Fails as Family Drowns in Iowa Flood
In Nodaway Iowa on August 29 a raft accident while rescuing the Sanborn family left Mrs. Sanborn and two children dead. The father and two other children were rescued with difficulty.
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Nodaway
William Sanborn
Robbery at Chicago Railway barns ends in triple murder
Three masked robbers busted into the cashier’s office at the Chicago City Railway barns at Sixty first and State streets early Sunday. They shot five workers, killing two and wounding two others, then seized about $3,000 in bills after breaking open the inner office. A motorman sleeping nearby was killed as he rose. The robbers kept two guards outside with revolvers. No silver was taken and some bills remained unsecured.
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Chicago
Chicago City Railway Company
State Streets
Powers Convicted in Goebel Murder Case
Georgetown Ky Aug 31 The third trial of ex Secretary of State Caleb Powers for complicity in Gov William Goebel’s murder closed with a verdict of guilty and the punishment of death Hundreds crowded the courtroom as the judge read the sentence and Powers remained unmoved He had been tried twice before and faced life terms in earlier trials.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Powers
Tragic Live Wire Incident Claims Two In Beaver Farm
In Beaver Pennsylvania near Windy Ghoul two men died after a high wind toppled a tree that dragged a charged power line into a gully. Owen Bowen fifteen and George Adams thirty died. Ernest Bowen was shocked while attempting a rescue.
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Beaver
Beaver Valley Electric Power Company
John Galey
Owen Bowen
George Adams
Ernest Bowen
Ernest
Owen
Adams
Death of a Veteran Brig. Gen. William H. Penrose
Salt Lake City reports Brig. Gen. William H. Penrose U S A retired died of typhoid fever at his home Saturday night. He was commissioned from Michigan as second lieutenant in 1861, led the Fifteenth New Jersey as colonel in 1863 and ended the Civil War as brigadier general of volunteers. He reentered the regular service in 1866 and retired as colonel of the Sixteenth regiment in 1886.
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Salt Lake City
William H. Penrose
This City
Penrose
Michigan
Fifteenth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
Fatal double dispute ends in sheriffville shooting
In Maysville Kentucky on August 31 David Daily of Maysville and William Malone of Manchester collided with Clarence Thomas and William Jackson. The two colored men demanded ten dollars in damages. Daily insisted on delaying settlement until daylight. During the quarrel Daily was shot and killed by Thomas. Both colored men are in jail.
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Maysville
David Daily
William Malone
Manchester
Clarence Thomas
William Jackson
Thomas
Explosion Claims Two on Oregon Railway Freight Run
In Weatherby Oregon on the night of August 31 a boiler explosion wrecked a boiler room on a Oregon Railway and Navigation company through freight. Fireman Faust was killed instantly and Engineer Gilman was mortally injured.
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Baker City
Ore
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Weatherby
Faust
Gilman
Reliance Wins Narrow Second Race In Cup Series
New York reported Reliance gains on Sir Thom in a 30 mile race off Sandy Hook. The defender beat Lipton’s Shamrock III by 1 minute 19 seconds despite a late wind fall, with Wringe’s misstart costing the British ship.
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New York
Reliance Gain
Sir Thomas Lipton
Sandy Hook
Columbia
Shamrock Sr
Reliance
Lapt
Wringe
Hull
Panama Canal Decision Weighs Three Paths Aimed at Quick Unity
In Oyster Bay on August 29, Roosevelt and Hay discussed three routes for the canal question. They considered building under the 1846 New Granada treaty with Panama, pursuing action against Colombia, or shifting to the Nicaragua route under Spooner law if Colombia fails to ratify. The aim is a speedy resolution despite Colombia's congressional rejection.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Hay
Colombia
New Granada
Panorma
Panama
United States
Canal
Nicaragua
Still Under Water in Council Bluffs
Still under water across the city with lower floors flooded. Rowboats operate in downtown areas while a stretch toward Lake Manawa becomes a solid lake. Streetcars to Manawa abandoned. launches in use. The partly artificial lake overflowed Thursday night causing extensive damage. One railroad kept clear tracks on Friday. Eastern mails 48 hours late.
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Council Bluffs
Lake Manawa
Manawa
Resigns from Ministry in Maryland Parish
Rev. Don Luigi Sartoris pastor at St. Joseph's Midland resigns to Cardinal Gibbons and plans retirement. Indian-born Sarto relative of Pope Pius, native of Venice, 60, to spend remaining years at his boyhood home.
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Baltimore
Don Luigi Sartoris
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
Midland
Pope Pius
Cardinal Gibbons
Father Sartoris
Sarto
Venice
American Murdered in Cuba Prompts State Dept Notice
minister Squiers in Havana informs the state department of Ira C. Bradley's murder near Holguin Cuba on June 9. Bradley about 60, a California resident, sought to found an American settlement named the Bradley s Colony. Robbery is given as motive though he was mutilated and badly beaten.
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Cuba
Washington
Minrister Squiers
Havana
State Department
Ira C. Bradley
Holguin
Bradley
California
Senator Hoar Honored at Worcester Society Celebration
Senator George F. Hoar was 77 years old Friday and the guest of honor at a Worcester celebration by the Father Mathew Benevolent and Total Abstinence Society. He received a testimonial recognizing his long public service and advocacy for Irish rights.
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Senator Hoar
Worcester
Mass
George F. Hoar
Father Mathew Benevolent and Total Abstinence Society
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Wm. Ritchey
Marti
Eastern
Europe
Balkan States
John G. A. Leishman
Italy
Goebel
Pennsylvania
Shamrock
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