Kermit Roosevelt Hauls In Runaway Horses At Oyster Bay
At Oyster Bay Kermit Roosevelt saved a carriage with a woman and two children by pursuing and stopping a pair of runaway horses dragging the vehicle. He risked injury to himself while corralling the horses after Frank Hilton, his wife, and two sons were stranded behind a disabled auto.
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Sor
Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Frank Hilton
New York
Tesock
Nilon
Fight for the Pennants in West Detroit Standings
Standings show West Detroit leading with .68 while Philadelphia trails at .54 and St. Louis at .67. Other teams including Boston Chicago Washington Cleveland New York Louisville Minneapolis Toledo Kansas City Columbus Milwaukee Indiana Saint Paul Omaha Denver Sioux City and Des Moines are listed with varying scores in the Western League.
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Louisville
Minneapolis
Toledo
Kansas City
Columbus
Milwaukee
Indianaplis
Paul
Western League
Omaha
Denver Sioux City
Pueblo , Lineoln
Des Moines
le Laine
New York
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia Oy
Brooklyn
Beer Dumped Into Sewer After Law Change
Eight hundred barrels of beer valued at 8 were emptied into a sewer in Oklahoma City in front of State Dispensary Agent Robert B. Lozier and Internal Collector Charles Howard. About two thousand spectators, some with buckets, hoped to salvage but were disappointed as photographers recorded the scene. The beer was on hand when a State law took effect.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Robert B. Lozier
Charles Howard
Duluth Plans Aerial Road And Rails
Duluth considers an aerial bridge and a suspended rail line akin to a German Staat brocken road with a suburban feeder system and moving sidewalks. Interest centers on an innovative, single trestle elevated transit concept for city and surrounding areas.
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Duluth
America
Staatbrocken Road
Germany
Lightning Blast Kills Two Tunnel Men in Mountainside
An explosion triggered by a lightning bolt set off dynamite in a tunnel 1,800 feet underground at Valley View Pa, killing two expert tunnel drivers and fatally injuring another. The accident occurred deep beneath the surface during tunnel work in the mountainside.
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Valley View
Tragedy Surfaces After Springfield Race Riots Leader Dies
Mrs. Kate Howard, once linked to Springfield HL riots, died in county jail after a suicide attempt while awaiting murder charges. Indictments for murder were issued against Howard and Abe Raymer for leading the mob that lynched Scott Burton and William Donegan on Aug 15.
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Kate Howard
Springfield
Polson
Scott Burton
William Donegan
Howard
Abe Raymer
Burton
12Th
Madison Streets
Nation reports vast public land剩 area remaining in 1908
The General Land Office released an annual statement showing the United States had 54,895,206 acres of surveyed and unsurveyed public lands still undisposed of as of July 1, 1908. Totals by state include Alabama 129,713 Alaska 368,021 California 29,872,492 Colorado 28,696,697 Florida 414,942 Idaho 26,785,002 Illinois not listed.
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General Land Office
Washington
Alaska
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Idaho
Kansas
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Total
Shonts Links Railroads to Election Outlook
T P Shonts president of the Chicago and Alton and Clover Leaf railroads says the approaching election will shape railroad future. He refuses to show political preference, notes property values fall below normal due to uncertainty, and that railroads are not spending on improvements except for essential needs like acquiring 1000 steel cars for the Alton. He traveled to Chicago en route to a Centerville celebration.
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T. P. Shonts
Chicago and Alton and
Clover Leaf
Duchess de Chaulnes
Chicago
Centerville
Town
Alton
Independence party meeting names Hearst as chairman in New York
The national committee of the Independence party met in New York and chose William R. Hearst as chairman and Charles A. Walsh as secretary. Bryan, at Lincoln, declined to enter the Brownsville dispute and denied criticizing Roosevelt. Gompers urged union support for Bryan and Kern in the Federationist.
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National Committee of the
New Independence Party
New York
William R. Hearst
Charles A. Walsh
W. J. Bryan
Lincoln
Brownsville
Roosevelt
Federationist
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Bryan
Kern
Frank Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Far West
Colorado Springs
Debs
Taft
Chicago Daily Socialist
Republican Executive Committee
McKinley
Illinois
Sherman
Congressional Committee
the Treasury
Charles C. Dawes
Democratic National Committee
Cane
Ign Norman K. Mack
Affaio Times
Independence Party
Fitzgerald Arrested For 173000 Thefts In Chicago
Fitzgerald a former United States subtreasury teller in Chicago was arrested on a state warrant for a $173,000 theft. He faced Judge Arthur H. Chetlain, released on $10,000 bond as investigations trace an inexact trail. Detectives said an offer to sell large bills linked him to the case amid federal skepticism.
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Chicago
George W. Fitzgerald
United States
Treasury House
Arthur H. Chetlain
Fitzgerald
Chetlain
James Staith
Wabash Avenue
John ©. McCafferty
United States Tent and Outing Company
la Salle Street
Young Detective Agency
Government Secret Service Department
Young Agency
Herbert F. Young
Mr. Young
Witzgerald
Harry C. Gano
A. Booth & Co
Teller
Young
Cokrano
Edward R. Litzinger
Governor Orders Two Regiments to Camp Near Birmingham
Alabama Governor corners the state by deploying two regiments into mining districts around Birmingham after a lynching follows the accusation that Wall Millen, a negro striker, dynamited a strike breaker’s home.
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Gov
Pensacola Sheriff Faces Lynching Threats After Fatal Shooting
Pensacola Florida lawmen who fired on a lynching party with deadly outcome are under threats of violence as the sheriff and deputies contend they acted to save lives. One deputy fled the city while the sheriff vows to stand his ground amid the uproar.
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Pensacola
Fla
Militiaman Klein 18 Surrendered Amid Riot Turmoil
Private Joseph B. Klein of the First Regiment Illinois National Guard surrendered at Akakee to Captain Henry Chamberlin and officials including General E. O. Young. Bonded for 10,000 by Illinois Surety Company he was taken to the First Regiment armory and later returned home. Grand juries in Spring-id returned indictments against Bechtel Sage and O’Roo le in riot cases and deaths tied to the Springfield unrest.
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Joseph B. Klein
Illinois National Guard
Akee
Henry Barrett Mberlin
Eneral E. O. Young
Kate Klein
Earle Nel
Kankakee
Springfield
1Inois Surety Company
Chicago
Chamberlin
James Miles
Percy B.n
A. Leichditer
Young
Klein
Akakée
Kan- Bakce
Jein
Ainst
George Richardson
Mrsvy Mabelle Haln
W. Bechtel
William W. Sage
Mbergy
O'ro
Sto
Eece
Iper
Riverton
Sherman
Seventh Infantry
Louis Johnson
Loper's
Johnson
Belgium Moves to Annex Congo Treaty Cleared by Deputies
The Belgium Chamber of Deputies approved the Congo annexation treaty by 83 to 55 votes after months of conflict. The measure raises questions of financial responsibility tied to the annexation while signaling a likely entry of Congo into Belgium. The Senate in Leopold is said to be prepared to endorse the treaty.
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Uties
Belgium
Chamber of Deputies
Congo
Jum
Senate
Leopold
Reunited Couple With 8-Year-Old Boy In Northeast Min
A wife named Mrs Leftin wandered the streets after failing to meet her husband at Pareto Union depot. Police found her in a near-starved state and cared for her, sending the baby to the hospital where it died. After three weeks of separation they were reunited by chance, restoring a small family in northeast Min.
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Pareto Union Depot
Leftin
Hos
Min
Bryan Flays Trusts as Kern 15 Notified in Hoosier Capitol
In Indianapolis large crowds gathered at the State fair Coliseum to hear John Worth Kern receive notification as Democratic vice presidential candidate. William J Bryan led the program attacking trusts while Kern was formally informed and Bryan emphasized party platform contrasts with Taft.
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Bryan Flays
Kern
Indianapolis
John Worth Kern
Kerr
William J. Bryan
Republican Party
Taft
Fair Grounds
Bryant
Notification
Denver
National Committee
Norman E. Mack
Bryan
Mack
National
Congressional Committees
Denison
State Fair Grounds
Bell
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Theodore E. Bell
California
Democratic Party
Cloakmakers plan New York strike over wages
A planned cloakmakers strike in New York could affect 25 000 to 30 000 workers, including 10 000 women, due to wages from 3 to 8 dollars a week. In Pittsburg, John Summers alias Frank Engle and Theresa Ziler alias Mrs Engle were arrested for the Milwaukee murder of Mrs Ziler’s husband nearly two years ago after living in Europe since the crime.
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Nubbins
NEWS
New York
John Summers
Frank Engle
Theresa Ziler
Chicago business tone shows recovery with cautious optimism and dwindling grain receipts
Dun's Review of Trade notes sustained improvement in Chicago business activity, rising consumer demand and hopes for broader consumption. Grain receipts totaled 8,554,630 bushels, down 26.1 percent from last year while shipments rose 27.6 percent. livestock receipts fell to 243,033 head. Bank clearings reached 215,300,013 dollars, down 2.6 percent from 1907. Failures in the district numbered 24, with six liabilities over 5,000 dollars.
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Chicago
Reading
Dun's Review of Trade
Business conditions and crop prospects in US and Canada
New York reports large buyer activity in northern and western markets for fall and winter dry goods, with optimism about future gains and steady grain harvests. Southern markets lag, coal strikes affect Birmingham trade, and early crop movement brings partial collection improvements, while overall payments lag. US failures reach 226 for the week ending Aug 20, with Canada at 39, per Bradstreet's.
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New York
Alabama
Birmingham
United States
National market ledger headlines mixed commodity prices
Chicago cattle to prime hogs sheep and grains across major midwestern markets with price ranges in dollars per unit. Reports include Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo markets with wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and clover seed values.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Clover Seed
Paper Trust Strike Shuts Mills Nationwide
The International Paper Company workers nationwide walked out in protest of wage cuts. About 30,000 employees left the mills, leaving production idle across many locations.
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Paper Trust
International Paper Company, Or Trust
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Tony Pastor
Elmhurst
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