Sultan of Turkey stabbed but lives in palace attack
Constantinople Aug 6 Sultan Abdul Hamid was stabbed in the breast by a minor palace official. His mail coat saved him, deflecting the blade. The assailant was seized and four others arrested as investigators probe a suspected high‑level plot to end the sultan’s life and derail constitutional reform.
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Constantinople
Abdul Hamid
Yildiz
Abaul
Rashid Effendi
Young Turks’ Party
Governors named in Missouri and Kansas primaries
Missouri nominating Cowherd for governor over Ball and Wallace while Hadley heads Republican ticket. Kansas results point to Stubbs as Republican governor nominee with Bristow slated for U.S. Senate. Oklahoma reports Gore and Flynn as unopposed for their parties in primaries.
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Kansas City
Missouri
William S. Cowherd
Democratic National Congressional Committee
David A. Ball
Pike County
William H. Wallace
Herbert S. Hadley
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
William R. Stubbs
Lawrence
Cyrus Leland, Jr
James L. Bristow
Salina
Hugh P. Farrelly
Chanute
Guthrie
Okla
United States
Thomas P. Gore
Lawton
Dennis T. Flynn
Oklahoma City
Gore
Washington
Flynn
Congress
Territory
Oklahoma
Funeral for Senator Allison in Dubuque Saturday
The funeral for Senator Allison will be held Saturday at four o'clock. Services will be at his residence and at Linwood cemetery with Rev. J. T. Bergen officiating. The body will lie in state Friday. City business will pause during the funeral. flags are at half masts as tributes arrive from public officials. Delegations from both senate and house will attend from across the country.
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Dubuque
Allison
J. T. Bergen
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Linwood Cemetery
Senate
House
Drowning ends family tragedy near Hau Claire Wisconsin
In Superior Wisconsin authorities confirmed that R J Hume his wife and their three year old baby drowned while crossing Lake Nebagamon in a duck boat. The Hume family, from Hau Claire, included 27 year old R J Hume a former Lake Nebagamon village president and a leading local figure.
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Superior
Wis
R. J Hume
Hall Claire
Lake Nebagamon
Wisconsin
Hau Claire
Gotham stock brokers quit
The suspension of Eastman & Co. stock brokers was announced on the floor of the consolidated stock exchange. Robert E. Eastman, head of the firm, was arrested in Chicago after A. A. Knowles of Mechanics National Bank of New York went to Chicago with evidence. Eastman blamed an overdraft of 15200. police say Garrison said Eastman took 15000 during his absence.
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New York
Eastman & Co
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Robert E. Eastman
Chicago
A. A. Knowles
Mechanics’ National Bank of New York
Eastman
Mechanics’ National Bank
John T. Garrison
Garrison
Stage Manager Electrocuted in Vaudeville Theater
Erie, Aug 6. William E Wynn stage manager of the vaudeville theater at Four Mile Creek near here was electrocuted during the fourth act of Tuesday afternoon performance by accidentally touching a switch board.
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Erie
William E. Wynn
Four Mile Creek
Here
Car Riot Proves Fatal In Pensacola Fray
Pensacola Florida on August six a deadly street car clash between African American residents and Bay Shore street railway workers left one man fatally wounded and another seriously injured as the incident erupted during a Wednesday fight on a Bay Shore car.
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Pensacola
Fla
Street Railway
Bay Shore
Five Brigands Are Killed In Tiflis Clash
In Tiflis on August 6 the police battled a band of brigands long terrorizing city suburbs. Five brigands were killed and the remaining members were captured.
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Tiflis
8 000 On Strike Tie Up A Big Road
Winnipeg reports the Canadian Pacific Railway faces a major general strike as 8,000 mechanical department workers across the network quit in protest against a conciliation board decision. Western lines split 3,500 strikers with Winnipeg shops contributing 1,000. Estimated weekly payroll nears 250,000 dollars, risking about a million in a month. Rumors of sympathy walkouts by operating departments circulate but are deemed unlikely.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Atlantic Coast
Pacific Coast
Lemieux
Canadian Pacific
Brandon
Broadviaw
Moose Jaw
Swift Current
Medicine Hat
Calgary
McLeod
Lethbridge
Cranbrook
Nelson
Bholt
Smelter Junction
Trail
Rossland
Midway
Greenwood
Revelstoke
Kamloops
North Bend
Spencer Bridge
Mission Junction
Westminster Junction
Vancouver
Fort William
Ignace
Kenora
Mechanical Department of the
Freight rate increase protested by Georgia shippers
Washington August 6 The interstate commerce commission received a complaint from shippers in Georgia protesting an increase in freight rates by railroads in the southeastern territory. Judge Speer has temporarily enjoined the enforcement pending a determination by the commission on reasonableness of the proposed rates.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Georgia
Southeastern Territory
Speer
Worst over in awful fire
Vancouver BC reports the Crow's Nest fires in Elk river valley still rage though easing. Estimates place property losses at 6 to 7 million dollars with several thousand homeless, Fernie and nearby towns nearly wiped out. Relief pours in from cities across British Columbia and border states.
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Vancouver
B. C
Crow’s Nest
Elk River Valley
British Columbia
Fernie
Cranbrook
Michel
Hosmer
Coal Company
Great Northern
Hast Kootenai
Prominent Man Kills Kin in Butte Incident
James F. Ryan, brother of John A. Ryan, superintendent of the North Butte Extension Company, shot and killed his brother-in-law Daniel F. Mooney in Butte Montana on August 6. Ryan surrendered and is jailed. Mooney had just returned from Dover New Jersey where his interment occurred for Mrs Mooney Ryan’s sister who died last week. Authorities say the shooting stemmed from family differences. both families are prominent in business and social circles.
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Butte
Mont
James F. Ryan
John A. Ryan
North
Zeppelin Airship Destroyed In Storm at Echterdingen
Stuttgart August 6. During a storm Wednesday the Zeppelin airship broke free, caught fire, and exploded after a thunderbolt. Count Zeppelin was safe. The craft landed at Echterdingen for repairs as a gust tore it loose and gas escaped at high altitude. Bystanders were knocked down as motors and frames fell.
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Stuttgart
Count Zeppelin
Echterdingen
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Grenadiers
Lake of Constance
Mayence
Valley
the Rhine
Strassburg
Rhine
Verdon
Patrie
Ireland
Captain A H Guthrie Commits Suicide at Sea
The schooner Frank A Williams captain A H Guthrie of New York leapt overboard eight miles northwest of Cape Lookout and died. The vessel was en route from New York to Southport North Carolina where it had been recently sold.
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Savannah
A. H. Guthrie
Frank A. Williams
New York
Cape Lookout
Southport
N. C
Town Destroyed by Fire in Clayton Washington
Deer Park Washington August 6 The business portion of Clayton six miles away is in ruins after a fire. Loss is estimated at 100000 dollars and not a single store remains in town.
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Deer Park
Wash
Clayton
Strikers Bombard Stockade Near Birmingham Mines
Strikers in Lewisburb, nine miles north of Birmingham, dynamited the stockade guarding the mines and then fired on the defending position from a ridge about a mile away.
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Stockade
Birmingham
Ala
Lewisburg
Wellman to Sail Next Year In Pole Flight Plan
Walter Wellman said he plans to attempt a north pole flight next year in a dirigible balloon after his earlier planning. The announcement came from New York on August 6.
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Wellman
New York
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Telegraphic Brevities Summary
William Mowery a Lewisburg farmer was killed by lightning. A Knights of Pythias convention parade occurred in Boston. Panama Canal excavation set a record with 168 640 cubic yards. Bubonic plague spreads in Azores to Terceira with 12 deaths since July 27. A brutal Hindu attack on a woman missionary in Pandharpur signals rising anti foreign sentiment in India. Passaic New Jersey school board attempt to ban fairy tales failed. fairy books will remain read.
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William Mowery
Lewisburg
Boston
Panama Canal
Azores Islands
Terceira
Pandharpur
Poona
India
Passaic
N. J
Lynching Rumor Sparks Brighton Tension In Alabama
In Birmingham area a deputy captured Will Miller after a reported lynching plot at Finley Full’s house near Brighton. A body was found in a tree inside a broken cabouse. Gov and sheriff met as oil house blast at Wyland county sparked more fear. Four McMaster family members drown near Galena Illinois as a fifth member escapes.
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Birmingham
Ala
Brighton
Woodward Mines
Will Miller
Finley
Birmingha
Miller
Wylamin
Kern Notification August 25 Nomination by Democratic Party
Indianapolis, Ind August 6 Kern will be officially notified a nomination by the Democratic party vice president of the United States Tuesday August 25 at the State grounds. The date was announced by Mr Kern and Chair U S Jackson of the Democratic committee.
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Kern
Indianapolis
Ind
Democratic Party
United State
U. S. Jackson
Democratic Committee
Jamaica insurers defeated after 11 months of litigation
In Kingston Jamaica on Aug 6 11 months of litigation conclude with insurance companies failing to resist payment of claims arising from the fire damage of January 14 1907 and the Kingston earthquake.
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Jamaica
Kingston
Visa
Bronson Howard Dies in New Jersey at 66
New York Aug 6 Bronson Howard the dramatist died of heat at Avon by the sea New Jersey where he had been for several weeks He was 66 years old.
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Bronson Howard
New York
Bronsonard
Avon Sea
N. J
Market roundup for grains and commodities in Chicago
Flour market notes firm demand with Spring special brand quoted 6.20 to 6.25. Minnesota patent and jute bags range 4.75 to 5.25, export bags 8.70, roughs around 2.60 to 2.65, patent 4.15 to 4.25. Wheat gains on Liverpool demand with Sept 1.0234 to 1.03 3/4, May 1.0654 to 1.07. Corn and oats active with September at 7.54, December 6.44. oats 4.53 to 4.60. Butter and eggs mixed. potatoes steady. poultry prices noted. rye dull around 84. New York writes market movements. general tone bullish on wheat.
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Chicago
New York
Liverpool
Western
Live Stock Market Reports From Chicago and St Louis
Chicago cattle show good to prime steers at 7.75 with diverse bids across grades. Hog prices range from 5.25 to 6.90 for heavy packers to prime barrows, while calves and canners fill lower tiers. St Louis reports 3,200 Texas cattle steady with beef steers up to 7.50 and Texans notable for higher bids. hogs and sheep markets also steady with pigs and plucks strong near 6.75.
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St. Louis
Texas
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Abdul Hamid Il
Cowherd
Hadley
Stubbs
Ryan
Babe
Gotham Stock Brokers
Taft
James T. Ryan Slays
Daniel F. Mooney
Teppelin
Bolt
Gale Galena
Ill
Arnald McMaster
Bert McMaster
Laura Huebner
Albert McMaster
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