Maniac Trumped by Electric Shock in St Lawrence Mine
Cyril de Maeght of 259 West Gagnon Street was rendered unconscious by a live wire while in an unused drift of the St Lawrence mine. Miners nearby freed him and the dangerous line was restrung. He later woke at St James hospital and was kept in a straitjacket for several hours.
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St. Lawrence
Cyril de Maeght
West Gagnon Street
Miner
de Maeght
St. James’ Hospital
Women Refuse Wage Increase by Chicago Ticket Agents
Chicago on August 30 the women ticket agents on the elevated loop refused a 6 cent daily raise. Company president Clarence A. Knight had warned he would replace all women sellers once wages reach two dollars daily. Current pay stands at 1.95 dollars.
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Chicago
Clarence A. Knight
Knight
Chicago Street Car Men Refuse Arbitration Offer
Chicago surface traction companies and about 10 000 employees remain deadlocked over wages after rejecting company proposals. The firms offered arbitration but D Mahon head of the International Union of Street Car Employes said he would consult the men before replying. If workers reject arbitration a strike seems likely.
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Chicago Street Car Men Refuse Company
Chicago
D. Mahon
International Union of Street Car Employes
Moors and Spaniards Fight Great Battle
A Melilla dispatch reports reinforcements to Restinga and Elarba weaken Spanish positions around Guruga. Moors bombard Alhucemas continually as a great fight erupts at Abó Morena and Sidimusa. Moors lose about 650 and Spaniards 800. a convoy bound for Restinga suffers 10 dead and 88 wounded.
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Melilla
Diaro de Noticias
Restinga
Elarba
Guruga
Alhucemas
Mundo
Electric vapor baths and massage at 255 Phoenix block
Advertisement notes electric vapor baths and massage services located at 255 Phoenix block with Indianapolis phone number 6,940.
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Phoenix Block
Ind
Burglar in Skirts Linked to Denver Heists in Three-Month Spree
Detective Sanders ties Lilian Reynolds to Brown alias Hog Pen Brown in a three month Denver burglary ring. The pair hunted women’s clothing and jewelry, shipping loot by trunk. Reynolds to be taken to Colorado for trial after a partial confession and recovered property.
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Lilian Reynolds
Lillie Harris
Denver
Sanders
Colorado
Quinn
Montana
Larkin
Morrissey
Robert Barnes
Brown
Burns
Jack Pitts
Pitts
Butte
Harris
Lillian
Reynolds
No New Consolidations Considered in St. Paul
James J. Hill of the Great Northern says there are no new consolidations considered in the region. He notes West-made combinations have little effect locally and that the Burlington handles traffic not routed by other lines.
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St. Paul
James J. Hill
Great Northern
Mississippi Valley
Burlington
Aeronautic Exhibition Plans In Indianapolis In October
Glenn H. Curtiss and Louis Bleriot will headline aeronautic exhibitions in Indianapolis during October using a bi plane and a monoplane. The plan comes via a cablegram received tonight by the Indianapolis motor speedway management.
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Indianapolis
Glenn HH
Curtiss
Louis Bleriot
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Scaffolding Fall Claims Butte Carpenter
Henry Roberts 24 dies after scaffold collapse on Montana boulevard injuring skull and back fractures and a broken leg. He lived with his widowed mother at Empire Street and was the sole support for his family. Coroner to hold inquest and funeral arrangements will be announced.
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Henry Roberts
Butte
St. James’ Hospital
Roberts
Ellen Roberts
Empire Street
Charles Roberts
Boston & Montana
Richards
Davenport
William Sagriff Dies After Carbolic Acid Poisoning
William Sagriff 46 fatally poisoned himself at his Butte home after losing his job at the reduction works. He drank from a vial of carbolic acid in front of his wife, who knocked the bottle away. Despite antidotes and an emetic, he died several hours later at the city hall surgical room. He left a wife and child, plus a sister in Canada and a Tacoma daughter.
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Butte Reduction Works
William Sagriff
East Park Street
A. H. Lilley
Sagriff
City Hall
Butte
Thomas Williams
Second Street
Nevada Avenue
W. B. Hollenbeck
Tacoma
James Fawcett
Toronto
Canada
Pinchot Affirms Taft Policies On Conservation
Gifford Pinchot chief forester of the agriculture department told a Portland audience that Taft intends to carry out Roosevelt conservation policies. He said Taft assured him the conservation commission has presidential endorsement and supported private capital in water power development rather than government expansion.
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Portland
Taft
Gifford Pinchot
Department of Agriculture
First Unitarian Church
Roosevelt
Finchot
Ballinger
National Irrigation Congress
trans-Mississippi Congress
National Conservation Congress
Conservation Commission
Pinchot
Miners Clash Over Flameless Powder Use
Pittsburg faces a coal labor dispute as operators and miners meet to resolve issues with flameless or safety powder. About 6,000 miners are idle locally, and further mine suspensions loom if no agreement is reached. Officials require flameless powder but miners say it shatters coal and cuts earnings.
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Pittsburg
Shoshone River Canal Plan Attracts Chicago Capitalists
Cheyenne August 30 capitalists from Chicago consult with state officers on reorganizing the Shoshone River Canal company. The plan would spend 2,000,000 dollars to revive the Oregon basin reservoir project and reclaim 240000 acres of land.
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Cheyenne
Shoshone River Canal Company
Oregon Basin
Chicago
Wellman Arrives in Tromso After Pole Flight
Walter Wellman reached Tromsø today from Spitzbergen after his failed north pole attempt. He left three men to guard the airship at the Sveitabergen camp for the winter.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Sveitabergen
Quarantine Talk on Lip and Leg Disease for Sheep
Cheyenne reports Chief Inspector Melville with Inspectors Johnson Howe and Davis arrive by order of Secretary Wilson to consult with the state sheep board and local sheepmen about a quarantine on lip and leg disease. An executive session is to be held to work out a shipping arrangement.
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Cheyenne
Melville
Bureau of Animal Industry
Johnson
Howe
Davis
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
State Sheep Board
Death of James W. Ryan 35 Miner in Butte
James W. Ryan brother of ex alderman Jack Ryan died last night in Butte at age 35 from heart trouble. He lived in Butte 14 years and was a well known miner. Survived by sister Mrs James Kane and brothers Michael P T and T B Ryan, all of Butte. Body at Walsh's undertaking rooms. Funeral tomorrow from St Patrick's church with requiem mass at 9 30. Flowers omitted per request.
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James W. Ryan
Jack Ryan
Butte
James Kane
Michael
P. T
T. &. Ryan
Walsh
St. Patrick's Church
There Is the Other Side of Every Question
A Chicago Newspaper gag quotes a parent disciplining Johnny after a question about two sides to every question. The punch line: there is indeed the other side, delivered as a slippered consequence.
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Johnny
Chicago Newa
Extraordinary Lace Curtain Values For Today
Lot No. 1 offers Swiss curtains at 39c with sizes 30 and 36 inches by 2½ and 3 yards. Nottingham lace curtains Lot No. 4 range 54 to 60 inches wide by 3 yards, white or Arabian colors. Lot No. 6 presents hundreds of Nottingham and cable net lace curtains valued up to $5, with fall 1909 designs.
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Oxford
Nottingham
Nottingham Law
Madras
Brussels
Several Buildings Burn in Town in Washington
A Spokane dispatch reports a fire from the Franklin hotel in Connell Washington at 6:30 PM destroyed the Franklin hotel building the residence of Mrs G K McMath a bakery the Franklin County Register office the Broxson hotel and damaged other structures. The blaze started from a gasoline tank explosion in the hotel lighting plant. George Jennings suffered burns to hands and arms while George Reynolds received critical burns and several others were lightly burned. Loss put at 25000 dollars.
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Spokane
Wash
Connell
Spokesman-Review
Franklin Hotel
G. K. McMath
Franklin County Register Office
Broxson
George Jennings
George Reynolds
Excitement at Madrid Bull Fight in Puerto Santa Maria
A dramatic bull fight in Madrid at Puerto Santa Maria unfolded with a chapter of thrilling incidents. Spectators witnessed bold charges and skilled passes as matadors faced the raging bull in a tense display of courage and tradition.
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Madrid
Puerto Santa Maria
Violence erupts at event with injuries and death
Actor Vasquez suffered severe injuries as a woman in the audience was stabbed to death by a jealous rival. Shortly after, about 20 spectators joined a serious brawl amid the disturbance.
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Vasquez
Will Investigate Case of Pretty Chinese Girl
Cor nelius J Sullivan of the Gerry society traveled to Washington to press the immigration bureau to investigate Ngou Fung a young Chinese girl who was recently turned over to the Gerry society after fleeing Chin Hung of New York. Officials await full inquiry before action. Ung Wah denies involvement saying she was not enslaved and that Hung held her only as incorrigible.
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Washington
Ngou Fung
Gerry Society
New York
Chin Hung
Cornelius J. Sullivan
Bureau of Immigration
Ung Wah
Wah
Hung
Noted Prima Donna Ines Fabbri Muller Dies in San Francisco
San Francisco dies today at German hospital after paralytic stroke that began June 25. Born in Vienna, she was a pioneering figure directing the Grand Opera house here in the early 1870s and the first American promoter to bring European grand opera stars to the United States.
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San Francisco
Mme
Ines Fabbri-Muller
Fabbri. Muller
Vienna
America
Typhoid Outbreak Overcrowds Cobalt Hospital
An epidemic of typhoid fever grips Cobalt Ontario with 70 cases in the sole hospital. Overcrowding prompts three additional tents for patients as officials blame bad city water for the outbreak.
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Cobalt
Ontario
Two-Thirds of Earth Is Water Still Holds
From the Philadelphia Record the piece notes earth is two thirds water and reflects on the view that despite this fact some men still seek broader control or advantage, hinting at human ambition.
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Philadelphia Record
Wiaves
Guzsler
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