Taft Urges Speedy Courts and Lower Costs in Virginia Speech
William H. Taft spoke at the Virginia Bar Association in Hot Springs urging faster, cheaper justice in state and federal courts. He criticized delays and noted inequalities between rich and poor, advocating reduced court costs, fixed salaries for officers, stricter judge qualifications for small claims, and limited appeal scope to speed outcomes. He also supported keeping juries and adopting arbitration to ease civil disputes. The report closes with news of Katharine Prescott Wormeley, translator of Balzac, dying in Jackson New Hampshire at 78.
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Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Virginia Bar Association
Taft
Jong Keen
Supreme Court of the United States
Que Reedy
England
Massachusetts
Turko Ministry Resigns in Constantinople Crisis
August 7 report: Grand Vizier Said Pasha and the new ministry resign. Sultan accepts and asks Jemaluddin Effendi and Kiamil Pasha to form a new cabinet. Mehmed Ali Bey, U.S. minister, relieved. Several high officials arrested amid popular jeers. Rumor of a palace stabbing predates the denial.
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Constantinople
Said Pasha
Jemalledin Effenadi
Sheik-ul-Islam
Kiamil Pasha
Mehmed Ali Bey
United States
Izzet Bey
Felmi Pasha
Council of State
Yenishah
Brisa
Asia Minor
Memduh Pasha
Hassan Rami Pasha R
Rechid Pasha
Interior
Marine
Ministry of Police
Tahsin Pasha
Abdul Hamid
Wis
Woman Falls 900 Feet But Survives in Tree Rescue
Abbottsford Wisconsin, Aug 7. A balloonist named Mrs Eva Jones plunged 900 feet when her parachute rope snapped. She snagged in a tree 30 feet high, branches breaking her fall. She was pulled free unconscious with broken ribs and internal injuries but physicians expect recovery.
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Abbottsford
Wis
Eva Jones
Zeppelin To Build New Airship After Loss
Berlin reports a new Zeppelin airship will replace the one destroyed. Government grants of 125000 dollars are expected, with possible larger sums for construction and experiments. Public subscriptions flood in nationwide as national pride backs Count Zeppelin's work.
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Berlin
Count Zeppelin
Empire
Iowa Declares Mourning for Senator Allison
Des Moines Aug 7 Gov Cummins proclaimed a day of mourning for the late William B Allison. The governor and state officers will attend the funeral in Dubuque on Saturday. A special session of the legislature may be called to decide Cummins successor prospects with October as a likely meeting month.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William B. Allison
Cummins
Dubuque
Allison
Yaqui Indians Kill Thirteen Victims Near Lampazas Mine
In El Paso a letter from A. D. McPhee, superintendent of the Promontier mine near Montezuma Sonora, reports Yaqui Indians killed 18 persons from three families near Lampazas mine. W. M. Gillette of San Carlos, in El Paso, received the note Thursday.
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el Paso
Tex
W. M. Gil‘Jette
San Carlos
Indian Reservation
Arizona
A. D. McPhee
Promontier
Montezuma
Sonora
Lampazas
Not Guilty in Bribe Case Against Madison County Official
Indianapolis August 7 John Mc Gregor was found not guilty by a jury in a bribe case linked to a boiler plant deal with Atlas Engine Works. He serves on the Madison County board of commissioners.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John McGregor
Atlas Engine Works
Board of Commissioners
Madison County
Traction Property Sold in Foreclosure Sale
Oshkosh Wis Aug 7 all property of the Winnebago Traction Company was sold Thursday for 950000 under foreclosure in the Trust Company of America suit. Purchasers were Oliver Fuller Fred Best and Russell L Smith all of Milwaukee.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Winnebago Traction Company
Trust Company of America
Oliver
Fuller
Fred ©. Best
Russell L. Smith
Milwaukee
Fatal Fire in Donaueschingen Destroys Homes
A deadly blaze in Donaueschingen Germany on August 7 left several people burned to death and about 100 houses destroyed. Water ran scarce as the flames raged but heavy evening rain halted further spread of the fire.
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Donaueschingen
Germany
Pole Seeker Death in Arctic Snowstorm on Greenland
Danish explorer Mylius Erichsen and two companions died after being overtaken by a blizzard while sailing from Copenhagen on a northeast Greenland expedition begun June 24, 1906. The team mapped unknown coasts but perished on an ice floe near shore as provisions ran out.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Mylius Erichsen
Denmark-Greenland
Erichsen
Greenland
American Geographical Society
Melville Bay
Rape York Eskimos
Polige Seek Broker Dorr in Coast Chase
Detectives halted a coast to train from San Francisco with a warrant for Fred Dorr a New York stock exchange member and Chicago board of trade operator. Dorr fled earlier and, after a brief pursuit, was found in Santa Barbara then left for Los Angeles with his attorney. The warrant charges embezzling 100 shares of Chicago Milwaukee St Paul stock valued at 14000. Dorr had facing financial troubles and coast offices closed days earlier.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Fred Dorr
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Pacific Coast
Dorr
Santa Barbara
Vaughn
H. H. Norwood
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Former Bandit Chief Downing Killed in Wilcox Saloon
Douglas Arizona August 7 1910 William F Downing longtime Stiles Alvord gang member is shot dead in his Wilcox saloon by Arizona Ranger William Speed who sought to serve a warrant Speed fired after Downing allegedly drew a gun Downing had been linked to the Cochise Southern Pacific station robbery ten years earlier for which he served seven of a ten year sentence.
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Douglas, Ariz
William F. Downing
Stiles- Alvord
Arizona
Wilcox
William Speed
Speed
Downing
Southern Pacific
Cochiz
Stiles-Alvord
Raisull demands relief after village pillage incident
Tangier reports Raisull and 50 horsemen at the British legation threatening to renounce protection unless reparation is granted for a village plunder by imperial troops. Other items note Canadian Pacific replacing strikers with Japanese workers, a New York real estate operator's suicide, Cardinal Gibbons ill in Italy, Georgia taxing near beer, and a Japan United States treaty ratifications exchange.
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Raisull
Tangier
Caid
Harry MacLean
Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Swift Current
Medicine Hat
Moosejaw
Pacific
New York
Robert. Turnbull
Borough Park
Brooklyn
Gruesome Chicago murder parts found in canal area
A missing boy about 15 years old is believed to be the victim whose dismembered body parts were found in the drainage canal area near West Thirty First Street and St. Louis Avenue. The head and chest fragment, found at Pellets Pond, show a well formed skull, blue eyes and brown hair. Police say the crime was committed by more than one person, with the victim likely of foreign parentage. A misidentified lead that the victim was George Kafkas was discarded after friends identified the remains as not his. Three local boys discovered the bundle in the pond and alerted authorities, who continued searches for the missing limbs.
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Chicago
Pellett's Pond
West Thirty
First Street
St. Louis Avenue
Lad- Val
Lieut. Ptacek
Mani
George Kafkas
Blue Island Avenue
Tuffa Hishim
Johnson Street
Samuel Hishim
Pellett’s Pond
St. Louia Avenue
West Thirty First Street
Edward Muzik
Sparks From The Wires and Other Briefs
Died in Paris Father Hourneau a Dominican preacher of Christian socialism. Spirits price up to 1.37 a gallon in Cincinnati. Elizabeth Barnett recaptured after forgery escape near Bay City Michigan. Virginia battleship coal record 1 667 tons in four hours. Dunning and Anselmo Nebraska tornadoes destroy homes. Dr O T Pratt dies in Los Angeles crowd hears Parker open Democratic campaign. Lane Maginnis New Orleans mill to run full time with 20 percent wage cut. Arioch Wheeler nearly drowns after jumping with paper wings. Richard Harding Davis taken as deputy sheriff in Westchester County New York.
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Father Hourneau
Paris
France
Cincinnati
Eiizabeth Barnett
Bay City
Mich
Virginia
Puget Sound
Wash
Dunning
Anselmo
Neb
Lincoln
O. T. Pratt
Los Angeles
Cal
Alton B. Parker
New York
Lane-Maginnis Cotton Mill
New Orleans
Arioch Wheeler
North Mirans
Conn
Richard Harding Davis
Northcastle
N. Y
Sheriff of
West
Whisky Plant Destroyed in Midway Fire
A fire of incendiary origin destroyed six bonded warehouses of the Greenbaum distillery at Midway Woodford county containing 47 500 barrels of whisky. It burned cottages a railroad trestle two county bridges and threatened Midway town. Losses exceeded 500 000 with government whisky loss about 2 300 000 gallons nearly 2 500 000. The fire flowed into Elkhorn creek destroying wooden bridges along its path.
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Lexington
Greenbaum
Midway
Woodford County
Hord
Kentucky
Elkhorn Creek
Cobb Marries In Augusta In Augusta Georgia Ty Cobb Weds
Tyrus Raymond Cobb known as Ty Cobb of the Detroit American League club married Thursday in Augusta to Miss Charlotte Marion Lombard daughter of one of the citys wealthiest citizens.
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Tyrus Cobb
Augusta
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Ty” Cobb
Charlotte Marion Lombard
Fight at Italian boarding house kills Salvator
In Rockford an Italian boarding house fight left Labelle Salvator dead, Teatro Triollo mortally wounded, and Tony Castorjohnie seriously hurt. Local authorities reported the fatalities and injuries from the altercation on August 7.
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Rockford, T
Labelle Salvator
Teatro Triollo
Tony Castorjohnie
Market summary from Aug 6 with wheat and grain prices
The Aug 6 market report shows spring and winter wheat grades with prices from 3.25 to 6.20 per unit, rye flour ranges, and fluctuating corn oats and butter values. Live cattle and hog markets in Chicago and Omaha show varied prices, with steady to lower wheat sentiment and mixed cattle and sheep trading across regions.)
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Onceaga
Minnesota
Omaha
Neb
Texas
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