Fairbanks Uncertain About Indiana Delegation For 1908
Indiana observers report growing Taft sentiment among Fairbanks supporters as they assess delegate prospects for next year. Columbus Taft speech and Roosevelt Provincetown remarks have sparked talk of an open contest, though Fairbanks control of Indiana is longstanding. Recent weeks show fluctuating Iowa sentiment, unsettling the plan.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Fairbanks
Columbus
Taft
Provincetown
Mass
Roosevelt
Indiana
Pairbanks
Student Shocked to Death by Electric Chandelier Incident
Chicago announcer reports L H Carter son of Brigadier General W H Carter head of the army supply department was killed instantly in the University of Illinois Champaign dairy room. He was a special summer student in the agricultural department cleaning an electric and gas chandelier when a fellow student heard a scream and found him dead on a concrete floor with a stationary engine completing the circuit.
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Chicago
Ill
L H. Carter
W. H. Carter
United States Army
University of Illinois At
Champaign
Agricultural Department
G. Potter
Carter
Fils Beaty
Murder Fugitive Nabbed After Sleep Wakeup
Chicago police arrest Charles F Burbage at the Hins hospital doorway after he wakes, confesses to murder charges tied to a Greenleaf, B C case with accomplice W H Hawley. South Carolina authorities request detention until officers can fetch Hawley.
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Chicago
Frank Waleh
Iinels Hospital
Charles F. Buruge
Greenleaf
B. C
W. H. Hawley
Cus Tanner
Hawley
South Carolina
Shippy
Burbage
Elbert Hubbard and Child Labor Claim At Elbert Club Land
East Aurora reports Deputy Inspector Wile Jiamison visited Hubbard's Elbert Club land printery shop and hotel this week. He demanded immediate discharge of workers under fourteen in violation of state labor laws. Hubbard said he employed them for vacation earnings.
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East Aurora
Wile Jiamison
Elbert Clubland
Hubbard
Australia Faces New South Wales Tariff Dispute
Sir William Lyne rejects radical calls to deploy troops against New South Wales police over tariff policy. He seeks High Court injunction to bar Premier Carruthers from hindering the Commonwealth's duty on wire netting, amid ongoing intercolonial tariff tensions.
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Tardif Weer
Nusteatia
Lyndey
N.S. W
William Lyne
Commonwealth of Australia
New South Wales
William
High Court
Carruthers
Commonwealth
Auto Wreck Fatal for Four in Rochester
Rochester, N Y Aug 28 An automobile driven by Dr George Waldron of Rochester struck a trolley car at Canandaigua this afternoon four persons were killed Mrs Waldron James Holts Hopewell Mrs Matthews another victim named in report. Firie Declares Dividend in New York Aug 28 Directors announce semi annual dividend of 2 percent on first and second preferred stock payable in 1407. Directors seek permit to issue dividend warrants to stockholders meanwhile. Dividend amount unchanged from last year.
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Japan
New York
Kathrina Wright
Luke BE. Wright
Charles Palmer
International Bank of Manila
Toklo
United States
General
Wright
Rochester
N. Y
George Waldron
Rochester and Eastern
Canandeigua
Waldron
William Candling
James Holts
Hopewell
Matthews
Firie
Firie Railroad
Public Service Commission
Forests Face Disappearance in Ten Years Says Wilson
Chicago on August 18 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson warned that without extensive replanting and careful tree selection the nations forests could be practically wiped out in ten years He credited President Roosevelt with saving about 150000 miles of forests and faulted Congress for slowing further gains.
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Chicago
Wilson
Roosevelt
Waterway Aims to Link Polar and Tropical Watersheds
St Paul reports state drain engineer George A Ralph announced a massive drainage ditch will cut across the North American watershed linking Bowstring and Round lakes. The six foot deep channel will allow uninterrupted canoe navigation from Hudson’s Bay to the Gulf of Mexico via Padson’s Bay and the Mississippi watershed.
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St. Paul
George A. Ralph
Great Watershed
North America
Bowstring
Round Lakes
Padson’s Bay
Mississippi River
Hadson’s Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Tillman criticizes northern Democrats at Washington Courthouse
Senator Tillman in an interview after his Washington Court House speech says only one great man remains in northern Democrats Willam Jennings Bryan. He warns Missouri Kentucky and Maryland may become reliably Republican in fifteen years due to black and immigrant voters and political corruption in San Francisco.
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Washington
Ohio
Tillman
Jennings Bryan
Missouri
Kentucky
Maryland
San Francisco
Russian Refugee Rides In Barrel Across Ocean
Hydan Masonovich, fleeing outrages in Russia, was landed on American soil inside a tightly sealed barrel after an accident cost him an eye. Deemed deportable for his defect, friends funded a daring landing by bribing a petty officer. The barrel, lowered from a steamship near New York, was rolled ashore at Hoboken and Masonovich later appeared in Waterbury, puzzling his friends.
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Waterbury, Conn
Hydan Masonovich
Huestan
America
Masowvich
New York Bay
Masonvich
Hoboken
New Presidential Timber Emerges Governor Glenn of North Carolina
Washington reports Gov Glenn of North Carolina as the leading southern figure for the 1908 Democratic nomination. Supporters hail him as a statesmanlike, fearless leader with strong ties to states rights and opposition to federal court interference. He has long public service and Virginia University training.
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Washington
South
Robert Glenn
North Carolina
Glenn
Department of Justice
University of Virginia
Canada Population Growth Predicted By Lord Strathcona
Lord Strathcona, lord high commissioner of Canada, said in New York that within a few years Canada would have a population as large as, or larger than, the United States. He noted Northwestern Canada as a vast farming region exporting 25 million bushels of wheat and 2 million bushels of other grain last year.
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New York
Lord Strathcona
Canada
Oceanic
White Star Line
Montreal
London
Tie
Associated Press
United States
Northwest
Mysterious Lima Clairvoyant Linked to Keewane Slaying
A Lima based tip claims a clairvoyant advised the murder of John P F Keewane, found dead in the Auglis river near Dupont with a bullet wound and stones weights. Investigators hunt a second gang member in the arson murder case tied to Keewane, per Marie Powell.
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Cincinnatic
Times-Star
Lima
Ohio
John PF Keewane
Auglis River
Dupont
Keewane
Mamie Powell
Thomas Elsen
Fiirebugs
Rowane
Noted Railroad Attorney A J Williams Dead in Colorado
Colorado Springs on August 28 reports the death of Judge A J Williams former general counsel for Union Pacific and among the personal attorneys of George J Gould He died this morning at his summer home on Pike Peak slope in Topeka bus era trivia notes unclear context
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Colorado Springs
A. J. Williams
Topeka
Pike
Oyster Bay Welcomes Swedish Prince Wilhelm
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden arrives at Oyster Bay railroad station to an enthusiastic crowd. Village homes are decorated with flags as the royal party is escorted through streets amid salutes and local hospitality.
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Oyster Bay
Prince Wilhelm of
Sweden
Bagumiore Hii
Move for Peace in Central America
Washington report says President Kovel and President Diax of Mes Len have telegraphed the five Central American republics to offer good offices of Mexico and the United States to convene a conference. The aim is to discuss measures to maintain permanent peace in Central America and prevent further conflict.
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Washington
Kovel
Diax
Meslen
Central American
Mexico
United States
Central America
Tlon
Reno Mob Frees Salvation Army Prisoners in Street Parade
In Reno on August 28 a crowd of several thousand protested the arrest of four Salvation Army members for violating a city ordinance against street preaching. Bartenders gamblers and other locals joined the procession to the jail and police station. The prisoners were released without bail amid shouts and threats as revolvers were drawn and the parade resumed with drums.
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Reno
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Roosevelt Scored by Lawyers Amid Bar Association Session
At the Americana Bar Association final session in Portland Maine on August 28 resolutions denouncing President Roosevelt for remarks on the beef trust trials in Chicago were presented along with an address by Ambassador Hrvee on national character. Officers were elected: President J M Dickinson, Secretary John Hinckley, Treasurer Frederick K W Adama, with executive committee members Parker, Monroe, Breckinridge, Libby, Walter Smith, and a Brown.
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Portland
Roosevelt
Beef Trust
Chicago
Americana Bar Association
Hrvee
J. M. Dickinson
Chicango
John Hinckley
Palmforc
Frederick K. W. Adama
New York
Alton B. Parker
Charles B. Monroe
Los Angeles
Ralph W. Breckinridge
Comaha
Charles F. Libby
Porthind
Walter Smith
Philadelphia
A Brown
Minneapolis
Fairbanks Visit to Trinidad Draws PanAmerican Crowd
Vice President Fairbanks arrived by Santa Fe train at 4 16 PM in Trinidad on August 28, two hours late, staying 24 hours. He spoke at the opera house and declined to discuss consolidation matters, noting his annual vacation. He plans to depart for California to attend the irrigation congress, with stops en route at Las Vegas Albuquerque the Grand Canyon and other territorial points.
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Trinidad
Cole
Pairbanks
Santa Pe
Fairbanks
Opera House
Pueramento
Cal
Irrigation Congress
Las Vegas
Albuquerque
Grand Canyon
Territories
Indictments Against Washington Brokers Filed
District grand jury returns indictments against five brokerage proprietors named Thornton Chesley Browning Spence Proske Kane Percy Wade and Jem Hedges for alleged bucket shop operations.
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Washington
Thornton Chesley
Browning Spence
Proske Kane
Percy Wade
Jem H. Tedges
Pope Manufacturing creditors meet in Hartford hearing
In Hartford Connecticut creditors of Pope Manufacturing, claiming about 750000, attended a Superior Court hearing before Judge Case to determine company assets and whether Albert I Pope should remain as temporary receiver. The hearing adjourned to September 16 with four months to file claims and a report due then on operations from August 28 to September 16. The receiver reported nominal profits of 15000.
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Heartford
Conn
Pope Manufacturing Company
Albert I. Pope
Electrical storm in St Louis area causes damage and injuries
An electrical storm near St Louis Aug 23 struck Lake village in St Louis county killing 14 year old Henry Albright and severely burning Maury Lehmitx. Two street cars were struck, passengers frightened but unharmed, while Trinity Methodist church and North Market Street police station suffered damage.
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St. Louis
St. Louie
Henry Albright
Weed
I Lake
Maury Lehmitx
North Market Street
Poelice
Prisoner Releases Mark Birthday of Mexican Leader
Half of the political prisoners now in the country’s jails are ordered freed by the president on the occasion of Senora Cabrera’s birthday. Two Mexicans Mendosa and Ortega, held on charges of complicity in recent attempts on the president’s life, are released. No action on the Italian case remains.
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Senora Cabrera
Mendosa
Ortega
Persian Are Driven Back by Turks in Kurdestan
Teheran reports General Samson Dowleh and several Persian officers killed after capture by invading Turks. Many villagers including women and children killed or harmed, women carried off, a church defiled, and grain and property seized. Turks occupy Merivan east of Suleimania. Merivan clergy plea for Russian help if Persia cannot assist.
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Teheran
Samson Dowleh
Meriven
Kurdestan
Suleimania
Merivan
Russia
Yellow Fever Peril Still Menaces Cuba
Washington reports pessimistic medical officials on the yellow fever campaign in Cuba. Governor Magoon dispatch notes Enfuegos showing one confirmed and one suspected case, with 380 men at work in the city as the struggle continues.
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Washington
Surgeon General
Cuba
Wue
War Department
Charles KE
Magoon
Enfuegos
Judge Landis Breaks Down From Overwork
Chicago reports Judge K M Landis is at his brother C C Landis’s farm near Delphi Indiana suffering a nervous affliction from overwork and recent duties. He visited his Indianapolis mother and traveled to Delphi seeking rest and recuperation.
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Chicago
K. M. Landis
C. C. Landis
Delphi
Ind
Indianapolis
Crowded trolley car struck by train in Wisconsin
In La Crosse Wisconsin Aug 28 a Bt Paul train hit a crowded street car at a grade crossing. One man James Gaskell aged sixty suffered broken legs while sixty five others were shaken up and a panic followed as ambulances and doctors rushed to the scene.
French General Plans Trap for Moors at Yubbert
Report from Blanca dated August 2 says General Drude the French commander will move a portion of his forces five miles south of Cima Himes to a position near Yubbert to lure the Moors into a trap. Mulai H Mafiq is proclaimed sultan by Magagan’s population. A Tangier dispatch claims Sultan Abdul Asie was assassinated in his palace at Pes.
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USA Blanca
Drude
Cima Himes
Yubbert
Mulai H Mafiq
Sultan
Magagan
Hain
London
London, Aug. 28.—A_ correspondent of the Tribune
Tangiers
Sultan Abdul Asie
Pes
Gasoline Explosion Kills Three At Rural Indiana Farm
Rochester Ind Aug 28 A cook stove fire at a Mentone area farmhouse fatally burned Mrs Charles Webster and left her husband and two year old daughter dead. A line may have ignited and caused an explosion heard by two other children.
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Rochester
Ind
Mentone
Charles Webster
Howe
Constitution Patchwork Alarm Across Oklahoma
Guthrie Oklahoma August 28 reports reveal the proposed Oklahoma constitution copy interlined cut and slashed with seven interlineations on page 39 alone, multiple hands and entire lines struck out, giving a patchwork appearance across many pages. The body also shows inconsistent handwriting amid the alterations. Cleveland Slowly Recovering in Princeton New Jersey Aug 28 says ex president Cleveland shows some improvement after acute indigestion keeping his New Hampshire vacation ended as Mrs Cleveland returns with the children to Princeton.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Territorial
Fulton
W. J. Bryan
United States
Cleveland
New York
Princeton
Tie
New Hampshire
Telegraph Office Burned in Arkansas City Fire
The Western Union Telegraph office in Arkansas City Kansas burned early today destroying the instruments records and furniture while the building was saved. Authorities believe the blaze was incendiary.
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Arkansas City
Kas
Western Union Telegraph Company
Work of Congress Vital to Republican Success
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon on a Thousand Islands cruise with Congressman Joseph C. Sibley says he has not been asked to run for president. He adds that no citizen has declined the nomination and he would prefer Congress' next session to produce success for the party and its 1908 prospects rather than accepting a presidential offer.
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New York
Joseph G. Cannon
Joseph C. Sibley
Thousand Islands
Alexander Bay
The
Herald
Congress
Missing Mayor of Juarez Believed Safe in Canada
Aug 28 El Paso reports Montemayor the Juarez mayor disappeared July 29 and is now in Vancouver, Canada, in coded telegram to his wife. Officials traced his steps from Juarez to Los Angeles and Tucson before boarding trains westward. Meantime acting mayor Mateus of Casas Grandes oversees Juarez affairs.
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Paso
Montemayor
Juarez
Vancouver
British Columbia
Los Angeles
Anapra
Southern Pacific
Pelea
el Paso
Southwestern
Juares
Bisbee
Henson
Tucson
Mateus of
Casais
Jueares
Hurtirand
Aged Father Stabs Son in Quarrel in Illinois
In Mascoutah Illinois John Oster Jr aged 24 died early today from stab wounds alleged to have been inflicted by his father John Oster 66 now under arrest After a quarrel with his wife Oster supposedly pursued and stabbed his son as he fled the house The crippled father kept the chase despite his lameness and the son collapsed from wounds but died soon after
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Mascoutah
Ile
John Oster, Jr
John Oster
Durine
Oster
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