Thaw to be declared insane. will avoid trial
A New York World report quotes sources at a Hotel Lorraine conference stating Harry Thaw will likely be deemed insane and kept in a psychiatric hospital after the Stanford White murder. Key figures including Mrs. William Thaw and counsel discussed resuming defense and appointing a commission to study Thaw’s sanity. District Attorney Jerome anticipated no objection to a sanity inquiry. a temporary writ blocked further grand jury action pending further order.
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Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Mattewan
New York World
Boi
Lorraine
William Thaw
Lewis T. Deladet
William KB. Olcutt
Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge
Yeansy Thaw
Josiah Thaw
George L. Carnegie
Eir
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Quesant
Glentt
Cleuth
Aoe
White
Irrationsil
Jerome
Thaw
John D. Gleason
Thaws
Blanchard
Supreme Court of New York
Grand Jury
Verdict of not guilty in Hargis Callahan case ends 72 minutes
The Beattyville Kentucky jury found Hargis and Callahan not guilty after seventy two minutes of deliberation for the murder of J. F. Marcum, ending a bitter courtroom fight over the conspiracy claim. They still face trial in Lexington for the James Cockrill killing under similar charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hargis-Callahan
W Hargis-Callahan
Beattyville
J. 4
Marcum
James Hargis
Ed Callahan
Kentucky
Hargis
Callahan
Lexington
James Cockrill
King Alfonso Stops Runaway Carriage Near Madrid
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria were riding in Madrid when two horses attached to the carriage became frightened and backed toward a decility. The king leaped out and seized the bridle to avert the momentary danger.
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Alfonso
King Alfonso
Queen Victoria
Madrid
Famine Relief Bill Approved by St Petersburg Parliament
The emperor on Tuesday night approved the bill passed by the upper house of parliament in St Petersburg to appropriate 37,000,000 for famine relief. The move aligns the two houses of parliament against his ministers.
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Tower House
St. Petersburg
Sioux City Dive Stock Market
Friday questions on the Sioux City Jive stock market list butcher floras at 5.40 and top hogs at 6.66 with unclear context or attribution. The brief reads as a fragmented market tease referencing commodity names and prices without full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Vesting Battleship Nebrraska in Seattle Special
A Seattle special reports on the vesting of the battleship Nebraska under the government trial board. The ship sailed the Vashon route fourteen times amid favorable conditions and speed between state lines. Also noted is the death of former Argentine president Dr Carlos Pellegrini in Buenos Ayres.
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Nebrraska
Seattle
Wash
Nebraska
Government Trial Board
Vashon
Falunid
Tri
Buenos Ayres
Carlos Pelligrini
Furior
Guatemala and El Salvador Seek Peace Via American Warship
The Marblehead, under Commander Mulligan, sails toward La Libertad to offer the use of an American warship as a meeting place for peace commissioners from Guatemala and El Salvador. American officials, including Mr Brown and Mr Combs, coordinate with Salvadoran and Guatemalan envoys to avert further fighting. President Cabrera promises Guatemala will halt hostilities if El Salvador does the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inatemala
Salvador
Honduras
Faa Poalnia
Toth
Navy Department
Washington
Monthy
Sternson
Mulligan
Marblehead
la Jabvertad
Panama
Mr. Combs
la Libertad
San Salvador
Combs
Champerico
Mr. Brown
Mate Ngan
Willl
Legation
Brown
Guatemala
Merry
Tia
San Jose
Cabrera
Powder Mill Wrecked In Wisconsin Explosion Kills Three
An Atlantic Dynamite Company powder mill near Ashland Wisconsin exploded on Monday, killing three men including J L Pierce Wilmington general superintendent and William Wallace a laborer plus George Woodisil. Twenty others injured as the neutral plant was destroyed. The blast shattered windows in Ashland and the cause remains unknown as 25 men entered the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neuvr
Tans
Wis
Atlantic Dynamite Communy
Ashland
J. L. Pierce
Wilmington
Wm. Wallace
George Woodisil
Pierce
William Wallace
George Woodfill
War to Start in Central America Peace Talks Sought
Washington dispatches report Guatemala and Salvador asking U S help for a peace conference to stop hostilities and settle differences. Honduras disputes war declaration while Gen Regalado’s death shifts talks toward possible arbitration and indemnity issues after a Saturday night battle at Platanares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Salvador
Tosh Guatemate
San 'Sateadaye Teve
Washington
State Department
San Salvador
United States
Bonilla
Honduras
Regalado
Platanan
Tragedy in Tennessee as McPherson Flees After Murder
Fugitive Gne Min Kiet McPherson is charged with murdering Grant Smith a Knoxville merchant and fatally wounding Deputy Sheriff William Walker during a failed arrest. Posses pursue him as McPherson and his father Dr Buck McPherson flee toward the mountains. Walker is expected to die from his wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gne Min Kiet
Duh McPherson
Grant Smith
Knoxville
Tenn
William Walker
Pherson
Smith
Nellie Hall
McPherson
Buck McPherson
Walker
McPhersons
Young McPherson
Balloon ascent ends in drowning tragedy at Lake Manowa
Sunday Jensen, a Cornell student, paid $2 to attempt a balloon ascent at the Inka resort. The parachute failed to release as the balloon sank into Lake Manowa. Jensen swam briefly before drowning, his roommate in a boat nearby unable to reach him in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olio Jensen
Cornell Blutts
Lake
Manowa
Chanis Andrews
Inka
Jonso
Jensen
Des Moines discovers error in anti pass law printing
Secretary of State says the state printer is responsible after a Des Moines discovery showed a typographical error in the anti pass law. The phrase delegates to conventions was printed as candidates to conventions, which could let any convention delegate use passes freely. The error caused a commotion at the state house as efforts proceed to hold the printer accountable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State House
Martin
Beit Dies in London Financier of DeBeers
Alfred Beit, South African financier and life governor of DeBeers consolidated mines, died in London on Monday after a stroke. Claimed as London’s richest man, his fortune was variously estimated between 200 million and 100 million dollars. He was 53, born in Hamburg and of Hebrew heritage, successor to Cecil Rhodes in Britain’s South African capitalists.
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Alfred Eit
Alfred Beit
London
DeBeers Consolidated Mines
Cecil Rhodes
Great Britain
South Africa
Mr. Best
Hamburg
Germany
Fatal Lightning Strike Kills Youth in Chicago
A lightning bolt struck Sunday as people sheltered under a tree at Oak Street and Lake Shore Drive. One unidentified boy about 16 died. four others were seriously injured: William Haupers, George Homan, Charles Steeling, and Joseph Steeling. Buildings caught fire, notably Archbishop James I. Quiglye’s residence at 924 Worth State Street, sustaining about 1900 dollars in damage. The bolt disrupted telephone service across the north exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oak Street
Lake Shore Drive
William Haupers
George Homan
Charles Steeling
Joseph Steeling
James I. Quiglye
Worth State Street
Dreyfus Assigned to Twelfth Regiment in Paris
At a Paris council of ministers meeting on Monday war minister Etienne announced Maj. Dreyfus was assigned to the Twelfth Regiment at artillery based in Vincennes. The unit is the track regiment that participates in state functions at the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreyfus
Council of Ministers
Paris
Etienne
Maj
Artillery
Vincennes
Brick Workers Strike Over Pay Dispute
Thirty men from the Straight Brow brick yard struck after a dispute with Straight Bros over wage distribution. They demand full 2.75 per day be paid to the road, with 10 cents held back for refunds if workers stay until fall. Contention centers on wage allocation and tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straight Brow
Brick
Raetary
Spencer
We Res
Straight Bros
Windsor Taster mill worker dies in stone crusher joke
Frank Getzier a Windsor Taster mill worker in New Brighton Staten Island was fatally crushed when a joke went wrong as he was drawn into a stone crusher by fellow workers. Eight co workers were arrested charged with causing death claiming Getzmer was accidentally pulled into the machine during the prank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Géteiar
Windsor Taster
New Brighton
Staten Island
Gelzner
Getzmer
Ohio Miners Return to Work After Signed Agreement
Ohio Miners return to work after representatives led by John WR Winder and miners led by President Green and officials from Ohio Mine Workers signed the Sunday agreement in Columbus Ohio. The order to resume work followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
John WR. Winder
President Green
Ohio Mine Workers
Colummbus
Chicago millinery owners found dead in room above shop
Ieanard F. Kloss and his wife, owners of a North Avenue Chicago millinery store, were discovered dead Monday in their upstairs rooms. Both victims had their throats cut in a double tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ieanard F. Kloss
North Avenue
Rain Floods Wichita Basements During Severe Storm
A heavy rain storm hit Wichita Kansas causing widespread flooding. Basements were inundated with water up to six inches deep in downtown areas, resulting in considerable damage citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Cholera Cases Drop. Free Vaccination Offered at Malta
Malta reports twelve cholera cases and nine deaths in the last twenty four hours. Health officials provide free vaccination to curb the spread. A hotel wall collapses at the Battle Mountain area causing thirteen injuries and property damage estimated at one hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Turkish Army recruits for imperial trade call
Constantinople reports an imperial call for 17 000 recruits to join the Turkish Army. The notice urges men to answer the colors for service in Ye. and to register promptly as the defense effort tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Western League Baseball Sioux City Schedule Report
Western League games set for Sioux City with Lincoln Pueblo and Portland dates listed. The schedule shows July 10 20 29 for Lincoln and July 26 27 28 39 for Pueblo.
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Sioux City
Lidcoln
Mopven
Ees Rreece
Pueblo
Negro Masons Elect Officers in Burlington
The Iowa grand lodge of enlarged Masons in session at Burlington Thursday elected grand officers for the ensuing year. Names named include Grand Master W. H. Milligan Cedar Rapids, Grand Senior Warden T. H. Sturgis Sioux City, Grand Junior Warden J. W. Bland Keokuk, Grand Secretary W. J. Hilton Omaha Nebraska, Grand Treasurer G. A. Bland Keokuk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Grand Lodge of Enlored Masons
Sesso
Burlington
W. H. Milligan
Cedar Rapids
T. H. Sturgis
Sioux City
Averted Fire at Sloan as Lightning Damages Line
Lightning struck a telephone line near Stonn on Thursday and arced to W R Barnard's furniture store, starting a small fire from a pile of papers. Had the blaze reached papers earlier, a major fire might have occurred. Barn Burns at Toland. two barns burned on Ole Christian farm near Roland Thursday. no cause found for the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Stonn
W. R. Barnard
Toland
Ole Christian
Roland
Thirsdey
Teacher Selected as Candidate in Eldora Local Primary
Minndula Scarry, longtime Eldora public school educator, was chosen by the Mardin Gaurity central committee as the Republican nominee for superintendent of schools. The selection replaces Wiltita Sparks, who was the party’s earlier nominee, with the primary upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minndula Scarry
Eldora
Mardin Gaurity Central Committee
Slows City Seeks Encampment Meeting Decision
A Sioux City post meeting last week decided that the state encampment for Portland in 1907 should come to Binux City if Taenshers efforts succeed. Gen Mancock and Ceram Army of the Republic discussed the proposal and its logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slows City
Mancock
Ceram
Pioneer Killed Falling From Stairway in Marshalitown
Miram Williked, a pioneer businessman and renowned citizen of Marshalitown, fell from an iron stairway to his apartments early Thursday morning and died almost instantly from a broken neck and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miram Williked
Marshalitown
Croiut
Disappearance puzzles Des Moines traveling salesman
Detectives cannot locate W P Borden of 1387 Clark Street Des Moines who vanished about ten days ago and then reappeared. Mrs Borden suspects her husband may have been murdered by a consortium, while Hammond Parking Company investigators report no trace of him. They think he wandered off during a possible temporary insanity episode over a $50 debt, though the amount seems insufficient to justify absconding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Borden
Clark Street
Des Moines
Mes. Borden
Uinessanid A
Barden
Denounce Juvenile Court at Interstate Sheriff Meet
Sheriffs from sixteen states gathered in Des Moines at the annual Interstate Sheriffs Convention. WL Schon, president of the Iowa Sheriff’s Association, denounced juvenile law as failing to curb youth crime and failing to support reform. Des Moines and Milwaukee were mentioned for future convention sites.
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Des Moines
Juventia
Towa
Hainois
Colorado
Des Brotues
WL. Schon
Fawn Sheriffs’ Association
Knights Templars Announce Inexact Conclave Leaders
The annual conclave of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templars met in Ixesylan at Toranlar Parle Spirit Lake. Elected Grand Commander Croaswell Bw presiding with Deputy Alexeander Teedle, C. W. Walten as Conernissima, T. T. Barbes Captain General, C.8. Shaclail Sealoe Warden, F.1%. Mllerby Junior Warden, P.HH. Whitney Treasurer, and D. M. Brownlee Tyecorder for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cocumander
Aight
Conchive
Grand Commandery of
Knights Templars
Ixesylan
Alexeander Teedle
Conernissima
C. W. Walten
T. T. Barbes
Sealoe
Shaclail
Mllerby
P. HH. Whitney
D. M. Brownlee
Woman detained for cat mania and disruptive thefts
Mrs Franco Tarek was sent to Independence Insane Hospital from Town City for mania over cats. She reportedly attacked a Maltese owner with feline behavior after a fall out, and resisted arrest by the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franco Tarek
Independence
Corn Ravaged by Hail Storm Near Webster County
A severe hail storm west of Webster County on Monday damaged a ten mile by half mile strip of corn, stripping fields and leaving only bare stalks. The heaviest destruction occurred near Border Plains, with extensive crop loss reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Mty
Border Plains
Heavy Rain Floods Missouri Villey Streets and Basements
Teavy Main at Missouri Valley reports the heaviest rain in years fell Monday with about one and a half inches in thirty minutes. Streets flooded and significant cellar damage occurred in the business district of Lown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Valley
Missouri Villey
Lown
Death and discharge notes from Samaritan and Almoral events
A 27 month old baby son of Mr and Mrs Z Myers of Care son Tin was discharged from Samaritan hospital at Slowx City after appendicitis surgery. J T Dunham died suddenly at his Almoral home of heart failure as he prepared to leave with Senator Dunham for an Almoral celebration where he would speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Myers
Z. We Myers
Careson, Tin
Te Samaritan Hospital
Slowx City
Frank
J.T. Dunham
Almoral
Senator Dunham
Private Sohn S. Brophy Hit by Pitched Ball
A soldier from the First Cavalry at Fort Des Moines was struck by a pitch during a Sunday baseball game at the Army post. He was treated at a pool hospital and remains under observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prlvate Sohn S. Brophy
Troop Hi
First Cavalry
Iles
Oaraglias
Deltet- Mua
Cowalmor
Fork Des Moines
Army Post
Remains of Farmer Found Along Rail Track
The corpse of Patrick Brophy, a farmer from Murgidaville, was located along the Caicago and Northwestern track, with reports stating he was struck by a train. Investigations are ongoing to determine the exact circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretia
Patrick Brophy
Murgidaville
Caicago
Uie Tassanger
Periods of Great Pain in Immigration History
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss immigration trends by period, noting peaks after 1848 and 1856, with a German surge and a later rise in Italian and Russian migration. The text cites census context, populations in 1850 and 1880, and mentions nationalities including Hungary, Russia, Germany, Norway and Sweden, indicating shifting compositions across decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ist
Marsive
Italy
Russia
Justo
Payor
Rissin
Vemark
Norway
Sivyden
Frisco Field for Workers in Building Trades
City seeks artisans and laborers as Frisco’s building boom progresses across sites. After inquiries with employers and workers, officials report demand rising in most trades except irregular laborers. Key shortages noted in plumbing, electrical, gas work, fixtures, cement, bridge and scaffold crews, painters, carpenters, sheet metal, and elevator constructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ardsing
California
Ceotiuitte
Orilinars
Weather and public notes from a cryptic Alaska morning
A fragmented column blends weather mentions Alaska canal politics and generic public concerns. It references cooling forecasts in November, President and canal struggles, Mrs. Longworth, Zionist finance, and looming commissions, all in garbled slang and stray phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mey
Alaska
Longworth
Nick
Europe
Oyster Bay
Russia
Cane Nicholas
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Ter
Missoula
Mont. E. & Barratt
Hay
Mont
Walla
Western League Baseball
Pood ‘West
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Hivwich
Concord
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AL St. Louis
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Lilyenn
Anna Luts
Cleargeern
Algorcell
Eldoens
Hob Hyde
Charlot Martin
Milberry
Harry Lyne
Mulberry Street
McChur
Ther
Mr. Tiyngh
Frisco Field
Duwie
Sam
Uy Punania Eatat
Toston
Waslington
Eius
Idan
Nie Sou
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