Sergeant Grindley Faces Court Martial Amid Heavy Charges
The San Francisco posting reports Sergeant Grindley, sent from Cuba, faces nineteen charges including forgery embezzlement theft and treachery as the forthcoming court martial looms. Sergeant Kindsey remains notably indifferent amid the uproar as rumors of theft and contraband swirl around Fort Baker and Post Quartermaster Grindley.
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Sann Francisco
Unclea
Presdio
Fort Baer
Grindley
Kindsey
Cuba
Ygeant Grindley
Coast Artillery
Fort Baker
Jevtenant Jones
Chindley
Grin
Esidio
Pia
Avnae
Grind
Railroad Telegraphers Plan No Strike Despite Conference
At Chicago a conference with President Small of the Commercial Telegraphers Union and AFL leader Gompers decided there will be no railroad telegraphers strike. The order may call for a $60,000 strike fund assessment, but a referendum of 30,000 members would be needed first.
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Chicago
Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Russell
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Minneapolis
L. W Quick
Quick
Nien
Western Union
Postal Com
Celal
Associated Press Service
Internal Revenue Receipts Increase
Tax collection figures show a rise in internal revenue receipts driven by higher duties and miscellaneous taxes. Officials attributed the gain to improved compliance and broader base, with revenue improving across several fiscal categories.
Boy Dies by Own Action in Pecos County
The 11 year old son of engineer E. P. Aaley near Pecos Bailey railway scene reportedly used a pistol to end his life at his home near Hile. Authorities planned to question others about alleged predations in the area and reasons for the boy’s action.
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Morning Journal Ae
Biles U
Cooley
Enginerr
Pecos Bailey Railway
General telegraphers strike order meets no response
New York Aug 16 noon the general strike call for commercial telegraphers issued from Chicago by President Small elicited no action from Western Union Postal or Associated Press workers. Officials say the strike order had no effect and communications resumed as business moved rapidly. The Associated Press resumed service to several police and main circuits were operational.
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New York
Chicago
Small
Western Union
Associated Press
Nicirenmiate
Stoutier
Thes
Minal
Unchanged Strike Situation in Denver
Denver August 16 The strike situation remained unchanged as Western Union and Postal companies report business moving satisfactorily and turning away many applicants for positions. Brokers who met yesterday were given another 24 hours before a walkout on these wires is secured.
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Denver
Western Union and Postal Companies
Schediute
Atlanta Typographical Union backs striking telegraphers
At a meeting in Atlanta on August 16 the Atlanta Typographical Union No. 48 unanimously pledged moral and financial support to the striking telegraphers. It allocated $100 for the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America and directed delegates to seek a $10,000 special appropriation at the International Typographical Union convention in Hot Springs Arkansas to aid the telegraphers in their fight for better conditions.
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Atlanta
Typographcal Union No
Commercial Telegraphers Union of America
Typographcal Union
Het Springs
Ark
President Roosevelt Won't Intervene in Telegraphers Strike
Oyster Bay August 16. President Roosevelt will not involve himself personally in the telegraphers strike. Beat information indicates appeals for presidential action towards a settlement have been received at the executive office from representatives of trade and commercial bodies.
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Oyster Bay
Rounsevelt
Telegraphers union to accept AFL arbitration panel
Chicago August 16 officials of the telegraphers union announced they would accept the AFL general board of arbitrators to settle disputes with the companies. The board includes John Mitchell Daniel J Keefe and Samuel Gompers who made the announcement.
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Chicago
Ims
Telegraphers’ Union
General Board of Arbitrators
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
Daniel J. Keefe
Samuel Gompers
Mr. Gompers
Telegraphers Strike Halts Brokerage Wires in St Louis
About eighty five operators in private brokerage wires quit their jobs after being called out by President A H Ewing of the local Commercial Telegraphers union. The operators stopped work and closed their keys following notification.
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St. Louis
A. H. Ewing
Union of Commercelal Telegraphers
Eight Hour Fight Costs Printers 3 500 000 at Hot Springs
Hot Springs Ark 16 More than three and a half millions of dollars have been spent by the International Typographical union in its fight for the eight hour day according to the reports to the fifty third annual convention opening in the city Delegates and visitors exceed 1500 and 45000 printers are said to be now on an eight hour basis. President James M Lynch urges a union label campaign and an old age pension fund for aged and incapacitated printers. Secretary Treasurer Bramwood shows year ending May 31 1907 receipts 1 204 91 expenditures 1 642 441 94 leaving treasury 296 866 97 and 61991 40 for the Union Printers home.
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Hot Springs
Ark
International Typographical Union
James M Lynch
Union
Bramwood
Union Printers’ Home
Auto Gar Plunges Into Lake in Golden Gate Park
In Golden Gate Park an automobile plunged into the lake at midnight injuring eight and fatally harming the chauffeur George Harpers. The others in the car, including Huenos Ayres, were injured. Harpers suffered a skull fracture and died.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
George
Peage Prevails In Morocco Amid Hopes Of Calm
Dispatches from Tangier and Moroccan coast towns report growing reassurance as tribal disturbances ease and expectations rise that Franco Spanish action will target only troubled areas. Vienna notes Austro Hungarian Ambassador Baron von Henkelmuller says U S relations are highly satisfactory and expects Roosevelt not to seek a third term.
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Hoosevelt
Vienna
Baron von Hengelmulier
United States
Pennsylvania Concludes Capitol Probe Urges Prosecution
Pennsylvania ends its Capitol graft inquiry urging vigorous prosecution of those accused in connection with state building. Officials call for accountability as investigations highlight corruption risks and misuse of public funds.
Prominent Men Named in Capitol Fraud Report
Eighteen individuals are identified in the capitol fraud report as involved in a conspiracy to defraud the state over the Pennsylvania capitol building contracts. The list includes contractors, architects, auditors general, former treasurers, and others. The report urges immediate civil and criminal action by the attorney general through the governor.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Stuart
Thhrough
John Sanderson
Philadelphia
Joseph H. Huston
Stanford Lewis
Huston
James Shumaker
Johnstown
Board of Public Works
W. H. Snyder
B. B. Hardenburg
State of
W. L. Matthews
Frank ©. Harris
George F. Payne
Charles G. Wetter
Charles A. Kinsman
Wallace Bolland
John G. Naucere
George Ek. Storm
Pennsylvania Proite Company
Sanderson
Irvine
Atte Ditor
George C. T. Towne
Shumaker
International Manufacturing Company
Pennypacker
Capitol Board
Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
Stone
Cecotti
Hot Springs Flyer Derailed in Missouri Plain
Missouri Pacific passenger train No 106 known as the Hot Springs Special ran off the track between Buffalo and Reper Kay about 200 miles south of Kansas City. Fifteen people were hurt and one killed in the wreck that occurred late yesterday.
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Kansas City
Mon
Missouri Pacific
San Diego Police Probe Blood Stained Clues at Dock
Fragments of torn clothing and a strand of hair were found near the docks in San Diego suggesting a possible murder mystery. Police are examining the crime scene for clues and potential suspects.
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San Diego
Cal
Nahia Fe
Classified Ad Test Sparks Interest Across Readers
A newspaper note explains that repeated classified ads over a week can reach almost all potential buyers for a property. It stresses success depends on the proposition's quality and pegs the test to a dozen interested individuals.
Woman's Disappearance Sparks Murder Suspicion at Wharf
A note to May promises a meeting at 8 p.m. and a line of blood leads to the wharf edge, where a struggle is believed to have occurred. A garter and a black leather purse were found as authorities investigate a possible murder and body disposal.
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May
Old Place
Simon to serve term after withdrawing appeal
Emil Jerome Simon, Columbia student, sentenced in Potsdam to three months imprisonment with costs for killing Frau Schulz in an automobile crash near Luekenwalde. He withdraws his appeal, six of eight weeks would pass before a Leipzig supreme court hearing.
Treasury Official Arrested for Theft
Boston August 16 J Warren Hastings an official in the U S sub treasury was arrested on charges of embezzling government funds. A package of three thousand dollars vanished from a 205000 bill shipment to Washington to be retired. The shortage was later made good by another clerk not suspected of theft. Pierpont Morgan departed Southampton for New York aboard the Oceanic.
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Boston
J. Warren Hastings
Sub-Treasury
United States
Treasury
Washington
Corporal Rolland Fatally Crushed by Rail Mustang Car
Theodore J. Rolland a corporal with Troop LI Fifth Cavalry Fort Wingate was killed in Prescott Ariz after sleeping on railroad tracks and being struck by engine wheels. He had been drinking with friends from Port Whipple garrison and planned to settle in Prescott. A coroner's jury exonerated the engine crew.
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Prescott
Ariz
Theodore J. Rolland
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Wingate
Holland
Toledo
Ohio
Port Whipple
Lane
Rolland
Waa
Five Die as Building Collapses in Chicago
A three story frame boarding house on Fry Street collapsed early today causing five deaths and eleven injuries, three of them serious. Police and firemen crawled under the debris to recover the bodies including Anna Noxal boarding house owner and relatives.
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Chicago
Fry Street
Mee
Anna Noxal
Albert Breit
Maryland Republicans Name State Ticket
Baltimore notes the Republican state convention naming slate for governor George A Geither of Baltimore as governor attorney general Pamgwend Turner of Frederick as attorney general comptroller James P Baker of Kent county and clerk of the court of appeals Thomas Borran of Calvert county
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Baltimore
George A. Geither
Pamgwend ‘Turner
Frederick
James P Baker
Kent County
Cterk
Out of Appeals
Thomas Borran
Calvert County
Harriman Aims to Own All U S Railroads
Reno dispatch says E H Harriman told reporters at the Bparks area he would own every railroad in the country if he could gain control. He stated this was the fire of his ambition though he admitted realization was unlikely.
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Reno
Nev
Bparks
S. Harriman
Meyer Urges Day Deplored Post Office Reform
Postmaster General George Von L. Meyer proposes nine postal reforms including bearer notes, domestic parcels up to ten pounds, postal savings banks, rural delivery boosts, and reduced foreign rates. He favors stamp selling machines, citing Germany as a model and aims to test them in Syracuse and Washington.
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New York
Postal Service
National
George von L. Meyer
Mr. Meyer
United States
Meyer
Congress
Germany
Washington
Denver May Pipe Line to Denver and Refinery Prospect
Denver officials may gain relief from the oil combine as the Belgo American syndicate contemplates piping oil to Denver and building a refinery here. J F Callbreath, secretary of the American Mining Congress, reports a letter from the Wyoming company general manager detailing the plan. The venture would tap two large oil fields at Pop Aggie and Natron, offering access to multiple railroads and a robust market. Joseph Lobell, syndicate president, arrived from Europe and is expected in Denver to advance talks on refinery construction.
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Denver
Wyoming
Belgo-American Syndicate
J. F. Callbreath
American Mining Congress
Callbreath
Wyoming Company
Pop Agie
Lander
Casper
Natron
Pop Agile
Pop Agi
Tawek
Mnilleate
Joseph Lobell
Europe
Socialists greet Haywood amid Roosevelts jeers at Chicago rally
More than 4,000 socialist and labor union supporters packed Luna Park as the Western Federation of Miners defense committee hosted William D Haywood. They denounced Roosevelt and state officials while displaying a red welcome flag. Clarence Darrow returned to Chicago amid ongoing Idaho governor murder case coverage.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Western Federation of Miners
William D. Haywood
Boise
Moyer-Haywood Defense Committee
Luna Park
Haywood
Pettibone
Moyer
Henry A. Buchtel
Colorado
Clarence
Darrow
William T. Haywood
Steunenberg
Idaho
Negotiations to End Belfast Dock Strike Progress
Belfast August 16 officials announce negotiations to end the Belfast dock strike cannot be completed tonight but are progressing satisfactorily and expected to be completed tomorrow. The police and military were withdrawn from the disturbed area and order largely held by clergy and magistrates for a second time.
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Belfast
Antony Patrick MacDonald
Ireland
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Russia
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Peage
Morocco
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Missouri
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Syracuse University
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W. R. Hearst
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