Hartje Divorce Trial Sees New Sensations In Court
Pittsburg July 8. In the Hartje divorce case Misses Ida and Helen Scott testified as star witnesses for Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje. The day featured sharp exchanges over alleged letters and a copy of papers taken from the office of Watson Freeman. The court adjourned amid excitement as lawyers clashed over theft charges and the authenticity of letters tied to Tom Madine and Mary Hartje.
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Pittsburg
Hartje
Ida
Helen Scott
Mary Scott Hartie
Helen
Freeman
Ferguson
Ro Bere
Beit Fortune Estimated Between 125 Million and 625 Million
London July 18 authoritative sources say Alfred Beit estate values vary widely from 125 million to 625 million dollars with likely total under 50 million after taxes. About one third may go to national and educational causes in Britain and South Africa similar to Cecil Rhodes. Beit family relatives in Germany Austria and the mother and brother expected to receive substantial sums.
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Tate
Alfred Beit Patiows Praimple
London
Erroy
Alfred Beit
Meir
Great Britain
South Africa
Cecil Rhodes
Bert
Germany
Austria
McKinley Nita Marries At Fort Des Moines Page
Des Moines Iowa July 18 Nita McKinley daughter of the late President McKinley wed Captain Willard Heidt of the Eleventh Cavalry at Fort Des Moines Grace Howe McKinley aunt of the late president attended and the couple received gifts including a mahogany chest of silver from Mrs McKinley.
Philadelphia Chosen For Next Elks Grand Lodge Convention
Denver reports Philadelphia selected as next year’s Elks Grand Lodge convention site. Grand lodge votes on a new constitution, adopts twenty provisions, and aims to shrink the body while keeping members unless they resign. Delegates will serve two years. attendance impacts life membership. About 40,000 visitors in Denver include 26,500 Elks and families. massed band parade features nearly 1000 musicians.
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Denver
Philadelphia
Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Grand Lodge
Fire and unrest sweep Russian estates amid peasant uprising
Dispatches report peasants burn manor houses and clash with rural guards in Voronesh and surrounding provinces as violence spreads. In Idaho, Charles Justus and three children are burned alive rescuing siblings at the Middleton homestead. a gun under the stairs is suspected to have exploded.
Bank Robbery Ends With Loot Sacrificed By Thieves
On July 18 Kostovhc on the Don, two postal clerks carrying 120000 in registered mail were ambushed by six armed men at a government bank post office. The robbers fled with the money after injuring the clerks but abandoned 100000 in the pursuit.
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Kostovhc
Don
Political Crisis Deepens in St Petersburg After Coalition Setback
The political barometer falls as confusion in official circles rises after failed coalition talks. Interior reports and parliament’s stance alarm observers with a crisis possibly turning into a confrontation with the chamber, risking revolutionaries gaining influence over the emperor Nicholas.
Triple European Emperors Eye Poland Crisis Pact
Paris reports a Schoenbrunn Palace interview with the German and Austrian emperors amid tensions with Russia. The Journal says Germany Austria and Russia agreed to intervene in Poland with armed forces if Russia cannot hold control, forming a concerted arrangement to preserve their Polish possessions.
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Paris
Sell Journal Today
Schoenbrunn Palace
Vienna
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Rusete
Nicholas
Austria
Poland
Prompt Action Prevents Railroad Disaster in Meadows
In San Bernardino California on July 18 engineers E B Hennessey and J C Love of two Santa Fe overland trains averted a fatal collision at Meadows. The engines telescoped into a tangled mass of steel but no fatalities occurred thanks to quick actions and presence of mind.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Meadows
EB. Henneasey
J. C. Love
Santa Fe Overland
American motor crash in Liscuex France injures several
An automobile carrying Mr. Stillman of New York Mrs. Greenway two women a girl and the driver collided at high speed with a heavy wagon near Dives Sur Mer France both vehicles overturned. Stillman and the wagon driver were seriously injured while Mrs. Greenway and the driver were slightly hurt. They were taken to the hospital.
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Liscuex
France
Stilman
New York
Greenway
Dives
Sur Mer
Stillman
Banker Released Then Seeks Imprisonment at Joliet Prison
A former Chicago banker, A Gourdain, released on bonds of 16,000, after a Cook County jail term, immediately sought to be jailed at Joliet and vowed to serve his four and a half year lottery sentence in a private cell. He threatened to build a hillside penitentiary if denied.
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Chicago
Owen
Gourdain
Cook County
Joliet
Joilet
Reed Smoot expulsion to be taken up in next Senate session
Senator Dubois Idaho said the question of expelling Reed Smoot would be addressed on December 3 the first day of the next session. He argued the Mormon church dominates politics in six states and will soon hold the Senate balance of power unless checked.
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Washington
Dubois
Idaho
Reed Smoot
Senate
Rrows
United States
Government Ownership in the Orient
Reports from Washington say Japan pursues one of history’s great nationalization efforts. Railways may be nationalized as part of a broader plan to control industries Manchuria would see a government and private capital partnership to run railways forests and mines. US traders face a unified Japanese national competition.
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Washington
Bureau of Manufacturers
Manchuria
Japan
America
Orient
Lady Curzon Dies After Long Illness at Walmer Castle
London reports the death of Lady Curzon of Keddleston, Mary Leiter, daughter of the late Levi Leiter of Chicago. She died today at Walmer Castle Kent after a long illness aggravated by recent heat.
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Chicago
London
Lady Curzon of
Keddlestom
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Kent
Curzon
Mary Leiter Daugter
Levi Zr. Leiter
Peace Talks Begin as Armistice Holds in Central America
San Salvador reports the armistice among El Salvador and Honduras against Guatemala entering a phase of peace talks to be held in neutral waters aboard the US cruiser Marblehead. Guatemalan forces were defeated at Platanar and Metapham with heavy losses on Saturday.
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Sei Odor
Honduras
Guatemala
United States
Marblehead
Platanar
Metapham
Salvador
Peace Commission
ETIS
Peace Commissioners
J. H. Pacaw
Senor Ciallegos
Acata Jutla
San Jose
Uatemata
Damaged Warship Collision and Incident Reports
A crabbed report notes the Rhode Island battleship damaged in a collision near Newport with Captain Bow’s steamer line and a three inch gun bow impact. A Boise cavalry captain died from a horse accident at Boise Idaho while a New York jewel robbery sought high value loot.
California man seeks job as executioner in murder case
A July 14 letter postmarked Ban Pedro Cal and signed P. KB. Rice was received by Governor Folk. The writer offers to be the executioner for a murder case if Aggie Myer is sentenced to death, stating he will perform the job to the complete satisfaction of authorities and seeks employment as a state official.
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Dob Lee
Jefferson City
Ban Pedro Cal
P. KB
Rice
Folk
Aggie Myere
Bie
Iso
Standard of Man
Boston
United States Circuit Court
George W. Pepper
Bay State Gas Company of Delaware
Henry H. Rogers
New York
Hoston c Companies
Rogers
Hinis
Medal of Honor veterans to hold Minneap olis reunion
St Paul July 18 Veterans of the Civil War who wear the medal of honor will hold a reunion in Minneapolis on Tuesday August 14 during the national G A R encampment and a national organization of medal of honor men may be formed. The call is issued by S E B Chandler Minneapolis an honor man. Murdered Sister Starved Herself Nebraska City July 18 After killing her sister to keep her from going insane Lacy Lane starved herself to death in the asylum at Sineon where taken after the wage of two weeks ago. The sisters lived alone on the farm left by their father north of here Lucy admitted as he strangled her sister to death and cried for forgiveness. She was aged insane though protosohn Warnot. There he absolutely refuses to touch food. The body was buried at the family home yesterday.
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Minn
Soldiers of the Union
Minneapolis
G. A. Ft
Congress
EB. Chandler
Nebraska City
Neb
Lacy Lane
Herrself
Sineon
Here
Lucy
Protosohn Warnot
Eleven new smallpox cases reported in Colon Panama
Washington July 14 Eleven new cases of smallpox were reported to canal commission offices by Governor Magoon. The total in Colon stands at twenty seven with no American cases and no deaths yet. Across the isthmian area no cases outside Colon are noted. In Des Moines a Black man, Robert Hyde, was rescued from a lynch mob by soldiers after allegedly pushing a white woman.
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Ingi Oho
Washington
Colon
Canal Commission
Magoon
Neer
Prom
Des Moines
Robert Hyde
Fort Des Moines
Mutual Life Trustees Nominate Directors Without Consent
Four members of the International policyholders' committee protested their nomination to the Mutual Life trustees administration ticket. Samuel Untermeyer, counsel, filed protests with Otto Kelsey, state insurance superintendent, noting improper filing and misaddressed policyholder lists.
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New York
International Policyholders’ Committee
The
Mutual and
New York Life
Mutual Life Trustees
Otto Kelsey
Albany
Samuel Untermeyer
Mutual
Judge Gray
Delaware
General Tracy
Colonel Shook
Tennessee
H. N. Higginbotham
Chicago
Untermeyer
Northwestern Mutual Life Elects Officers at Milwaukee
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company held its annual meeting at the home office in Milwaukee on July 15. Henry L. Palmer was re-elected president, with all other officers retained. A B Hathaway became secretary replacing Charles H Watson who is deceased. Assets reached 215 million dollars, up 13 million in the year. New business totaled 111 million, 51.6 million in the past six months.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Henry L. Palmer
Hathaway
Charles H. Watson
Railroads clash over rate law interpretations in west
Chicago July 15. Executives and general counsels of railroads west of Chicago held a conference to interpret the new rate law. Two committees were formed one for traffic and one for lawyers to resolve provisions and issue opinions as needed. The matter sparked multiple views among officials. Deal Man's Account July 18. Treasury reports a $35908 shortage found in Maj George A Bartlett's accounts. About $14000 involved a clerk James Boyd who allegedly falsified vouchers. Boyd is jailed awaiting trial.
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J. ©. Stubbs
Harriman Tines
Legal Committee
Short
Washington
Treasury Department
George A. Bartlett
Treacery Department
James Boyd
Marioe
Armistice Peace Talks Set Between Central American States
Washington July 18 The armistice between the warring Central American republics goes into effect at 6 oclock. Guatemalan minister Mu hue announced to the State Department that three commissioners and a secretary have been chosen to represent Guatemala at the peace conferences. They will board the Murbiehead tomorrow.
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State Department
Washington
Muhue
New Brazilian Battleships Ordered for Brazil
Arm erong Whitworth Go Ltd contracted to build three sister battleships for Brazil at over 4 000 000 dollars each. Salisbury wreck victims counted. Mr Robert Critchell of Chicago reported in critical condition after July 1 railway disaster. other patients improving.
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Armerong, Whitworth @ Go. Ltd
Brazil
Salisbury
Robert
Critchell
Chicago
Volcanic Eruption Continues at Stromboli and Nearby Mount Bina
Report from July 18 notes Stromboli volcano erupts with undiminished force. Mount Bina also emits smoke after a period of waning activity.
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Tals
Patermoni
Bina
Earthquake Strikes Socorro New Mexico Area
Socorro reports heavy damage with fifty-two shacks ruined since Sunday morning. Court house and School of Mines buildings cracked, most homes damaged or destroyed. Residents flee as AT&SF sends cars for evacuation. trains halted outside town. Nearby towns San Marcial Magdalena Carlsbad also affected by cloudburst and floods. Autonomous lava threat feared near extinct volcano ten miles away. Additional shocks reported later.
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Socorro
N. M
School of Mines
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
San Marcial
Magdalena
Prominent Calipornean Jailed on Plain Drunk
Roswell Sprague Jones a Los Angeles mine owner was released from Blackwell's Island work house after two days for intoxication and sleeping in Bryant Park. His wife denounces the arrest as a mistake and urges hospital care and investigation into the incident.
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New York
Roswell Sprague Jones
Los Angeles
Blackwell's Island
Jones
Falil
Bellevue Hospital
EASA Oil Firm Probe Drags In Chicago Hearing
Assistant Attorney General Pagin arrives in Chicago with a Cleveland transcript for the inquiry into Standard Oil relations with railroads. Four study propositions include illegal rebates under Elkins law and restraint of trade allegations linking oil firms. In Boston Mass a Coast Artillery sergeant’s death follows a quarrel at a billet, with McSweeney and witness Elizabeth Bloom injured.
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Chenge
Chicago
Pagin
Cleveland
Standard OF Company
Morrison
Tal
Attorneve Pagin and
Parke
Mandara OF
Elkins
Hoston
Mass
Dennis My - Sweeney
Beath Kosten
Samuel Sweilger
United States Coast Artillery
MeSweeney
McSweeney
Sweizer
Elizabeth Bloom
M Sweeney
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