Contested Grand Army Commander Race At Minneapolis Encampment
Minneapolis hosts the Grand Army of the Republic encampment with an estimated 100000 visitors arriving daily. EB V Tilden of Antelope County Nebraska dies from fatigue after the journey. Campaign for national commander centers on Captain H Coney of Kansas, with R B Brow and Charles G Burton as other strong contenders. Executive committee meets to address routine business and a possible debate over a congressionally driven guardianship law affecting soldiers homes.
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Minneapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
EB. V. Tilden
Antelope County
Nebraska
H. Coney
Kansas
Odny
R. B. Brow
Zanesville
Charles G. Burton
Missouri
Congress
Tanner
Sgelnst
Year of Great Gan for Eagles Opens National Convention
Milwaukee dispatch notes the Fraternal Order of Eagles gathering as delegates and visitors flood the city for the national convention. Grand Worthy President H D Davis releases the annual report showing membership rising to 280,000 and $40,400 donated to the San Francisco relief fund, with Seattle Mother Lodge leading with $3,550. The report urges formation of state series to extend benevolence into Canada and other provinces.
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Davis
Milwaukee
Wis
Order of Eagles
H.D. Davis
San Francisco
Fihat
Seattle
Wash
Lst
Army of the Philippines holds Des Moines reunion
The seventeenth annual Army of the Philippines reunion convened in Des Moines Iowa with a reception for visiting delegates before the commander in chief Alfred S. Irost delivers the opening address Generals Hale and Green attend from across the country A camp fire is highlighted as a feature. In a separate Des Moines report J W Brown a merchant was found dead in his bathroom after placing a gas tube in his mouth, suspected to be tied to despondency following his wife’s death a year earlier.
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Des Moines
Army of the Philippines
Alfreds. Irost
Hale
Green
J. W. Brown
Des Moines Commission
Gompers Repudiates Shonts On Panama Canal Labor
Presiding AFL leader Samuel Gompers issues an authorized statement opposing Chairman Shonts of the Isthmian Canal Commission on labor practices for the Panama project. He questions the Chinese exclusion law's territorial application and says Shonts would not abandon the eight hour standard, warning Congress may have undermined labor protections. The future will judge the issue.
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Washington
Presigem Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Shonta
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Gopera
United States
Gompers
James O'Connell
International Association of Machinists
Shonts
Sheats
Congress
Foot Caught in a Frog Tragedy A Brakeman’s Death
In Chicago on August 14 Fred Danis of 622 State Street was fatally crushed when his foot was caught in a rail frog as a Lake Shore freight train backed down onto him at Sixty-fourth Street. Danis had just thrown a switch and was about to step away when the incident occurred, and no one heard his screams for help.
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Chicago
Fred Danis
State Street
Lake Shore
Sixty-fourth Street
Danis
Mystery in Merritt's death shocks Cedar era
John Mo August 14 After fleeing Indian Territory to escape assassination Dr George Merritt of Cedar I T died in a hotel here. Employees heard his screams for help before aid arrived. He appeared to poison himself. Coroner investigates. Merritt said his daughter was killed by her husband who had sworn to kill him and he fled to dodge death.
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John, Mo
Indian Territory
George Merritt
Cedar
I. T
Hig Romn
Merritt
Brakeman Thrown From Train in Illinois Harbor Mystery
Towerman Jones at Brighton reported three men wrestling a ton of a forward car of a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train last Friday night as the train passed his tower. Brakeman J. O. Anderson lost his life that night, reportedly after being overpowered by tramps and thrown from the car near Springfield Illinois.
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Springfield
Ill
Jones
Brighton
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
J. O. Anderson
Anderson
Death of Mrs Craigie Authoress Dies in Sleep at 39
London Aug 14 Mrs Pearl Mary JH Teresa Craigie wife of John Oliver Hobbes the author and dramatist died in her sleep during the night of heart failure. She was 39 years old and had appeared to be in normal health when she retired.
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Craigie
London
Pearl Mary JH
Teresa Craigie
John Oliver Hobbes
Man Killed After Knife Attack in Kansas City Restaurant
In Winfield Kansas on August 14 Frank Cochran armed with a butcher knife assaulted Shorty Myers wounding him and chased patrons from a restaurant. He then attacked Officer Grenger who shot and killed Cochran.
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Winfield, Kas
Frank Cochran
Shorty Myers
Cochran
Grenger
Multiple Distinct Deaths and Accidents Reported
Telegrams terse summary reports John McMackin, former labor commissioner, poisoned himself at Livingstod Manor New York. J E Stairbridge, Indiana contractor, fell from a bridge near Yreka California and died instantly. Thirty killed in fighting at Ahlotu. London August 14 Tribune Sofia correspondent: thirty horsemen killed in fighting at Ahlotn. Rev J W B Flack dies Excelsior Springs Missouri aged 66. Representative Joseph M Dixon of Montana launches candidacy to succeed William A Clark. Winfield Scott Jr of Ohio convicted of embezzlement, sentenced to seven years. Scott population reportedly over 79,000.
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John McMackin
Livingstod Manor
Stairbridge
Indiana
Yreka
Cal
Ahlotu
London
the Tribune
Sofia
Ahlotn
J. W. B. Flack
Christian Union Church
The
Christian Union
Excelsior Springs
Joseph M. Dixon
Missoula
Mont
Candi Macy
St Jessera
William A. Cark
Winfield Scott, Jr
Athens County
Ohi
Athens
Scott
Reward Offered for Milwaukee Avenue Bank President
Chicago Aug 14 bankers of the Chicago Clearing House Association offer a 5000 reward for Paul O. Stensland fugitive president of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank. A conference decided to aid police in the search and pass a resolution to pay the reward. Receivership actions clash with a bitter court contest over the rightful receiver. Theodore Stensland, son of the fugitive, says his father may have died by own hand.
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Chicago
Chicago Clearing House Association
Paul O. Steusland
Miwaukee Avenue State Bank
Stensland
Gibbon
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Trust Company
Bretanoa
Superior Court
Fetzer
Llegal
Bretano
Theodore Stensland
Birmingham Bank Embezzlement Suspect Held on Shortage
Alexander H. K. Chisolm, a paying teller at First National Bank, was arrested in Birmingham on a charge of embezzling 97000. He faced a preliminary hearing and bond set at 50000, later confessing after confrontation by federal officials and bank directors. W. E. Sims and G. M. Hays, stock and cotton brokers, were jailed on aiding and abetting embezzlement with bonds 50000 and 10000 respectively. Shortage uncovered during Chisolm’s annual vacation, officials say.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alexander HK. Chisolm
First National Bank
United States
R. B. Wilson
Ke Ls of the Citr
W. E. Sims
GC. M. Hays
Haute
National Bank
Sims
Hays
Path
Cilsein
Qhisaln
Geological Survey Moves to Complete Wyoming Irrigation Works
The Geological Survey plans to inventory contractor gear seized at Carbette tunnel and Shoshone dam on northern Wyoming irrigation projects. Investigations into failures of Claries Speer at Corrett tunnel and Prendergast and Clarkson at Shoshone dam may influence how the works are finished. Likely to continue with seized equipment rather than award new contracts, involving over one million dollars.
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Geological Survey
Wyoming
Washington
Carbette Tunnel
Shoshone Dam
Claries Speer
Corrett Tunnel
Prendegast & Clarkson
Boston Ice Dealers Indicted and Secret Grand Jury Actions
In Boston Massachusetts on August 14 secret indictments against seventeen ice dealers and six ice companies were disclosed by the Suffolk county grand jury in superior court. The dealers face charges of unlawfully conspiring to regulate advance and fix ice prices for public sale. The companies are charged as conspirators. Tillman Talks to Spiritualists in Clinton Address
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Boston
Mass
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Tillman
Clinton, Ia
Senator Tilman
South Carolina
Mississippi Valley Spiritualists’ Association
Mount Pleasant Park
Reading the Tree How the Forester Gets Its Life
A magazine essay explains how foresters read a tree by examining core borings and ring counts. It describes a 150 year old tree’s growth history, noting slow early growth, a mid life surge, periods of overshadowing, wind damage, and a false ring indicating a frost interruption.
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Amameny Magazine
Salt Cure Folklore Quoted By Bellevue Surgeon
A Bellevue ambulance surgeon dismisses salt as an epilepsy cure once rooted in superstition. He notes that salt appears on patients’ necks and faces during calls, calling the belief an od country relic with no proven efficacy. The remark contrasts with lingering credence in old remedies.
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Bellevue
New York Sun
Sew Dish to Her Flux Pass at Gottawadds
Mrs Oldcastle asks if the guest noticed the flux pas she made at the Gottawadds last night. The hostess replies she saw her near the chafin dish and mistook it for a Welsh ribbit in a humorous Chicago Record-Herald tone.
Vacation Rail Excursion Rates Announced for 1906 Summer
Railroads unveil lowered round trip excursion fares to resorts across the West and Northwest for the 1906 summer season. Iowa Central lists routes from Ackley to St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Denver Salt Lake City and more with sale dates through October 31 and limited returns. Special rates apply for G. A. R. Encampment and Klondike meetings with extension options and permit of using different outbound and return routes.
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Iowa Central
Ackley
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Denver Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Ogilen
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Portland
Vacoma
Seattle
Puget Sound
Spokane
Helena
Butte Hai
Mckets
Vo St. Paul
Denver
Colorado Springs
Klks
Missouri River
National Education
Minn
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N. Gerdes
Veterans Area
Elmo
Nebra
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Coney
Progreag
Solie
Merrit
Ofers
Remard
Chicago Clearing House
Atensland
VERS
Theodore Steadland
Jefferson City
State Board of Equalization
Pittsburg
Ery
Royal Coal
Roosevett Bros
Andrew Rath
B. L. Trey
Wisconsin
Gove
Opera House
Umberland
Wiscon
Wisconsly
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