Ex- treasury teller accused in $473000 theft
George W. Fitzgerald, a former United States sub treasury teller in Chicago, faces state charges of a $473000 theft linked to the earlier disappearance of $173000. He posted $10,000 bail after Monday arraignment, with hearings set for next Monday.
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Treasury
G. W. Fitzgerald
Chicago
George W. Fitzgerald
United States
Government Treasury House
Arthur H. Chetlain
Fitzgerald
Chetlain
Mondsey
James Raith
Joseph Kinder
Healy
Young
John E. Wilkie
Government Secret Service Department
United States Secret Service
Washington
Herbert F. Young
Offier
Harry C. Gano
A. Booth & Co
Kinzie Street
Teller
Young Agency
Col. Gano
Edward R. Litzinger
Orders Big Judgment on Back Taxes in Minnesota
In St Paul Minnesota on August 25 Judge Hallam of Ramsey county district court ruled for the state in a suit against Western Union Telegraph Company. If sustained on appeal Minnesota can collect forty thousand dollars for back taxes from 1902 through 1905 inclusive the court awarding judgment for forty thousand five hundred sixty four dollars and seven cents.
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St. Paul
Initiation Causes Suit in Golden City Case
John A. Reigel editor of the Golden City Register sues eight members of the Modern Woodmen of America camp for 10000 damages alleging four ribs broken and other injuries after resisting an alleged branding attempt in Golden City Missouri on August 25.
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Olden City
Brand
John A. Reigel
Golden City Register
Modern
Woodmen of America
Seven Cruisers Depart San Francisco for Hawaii and Samoa
Seven destroyers led by the West Virginia sailed from San Francisco on a cruise to Hawaii and Samoa. The flotilla included the Maryland, Sydney, N S W, as the ships formed a striking demonstration of naval power in the harbor. In Sydney a grand review drew 100,000 spectators as 600 Royal Navy, 3,000 American fleet, 7,000 New South Wales forces and 4,000 cadets passed in review. Admiral Sperry praised the volunteer troops while officials hosted social events aboard and ashore.
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San Francisco
West Virginia
W. T. Swinburn
Preble
Golden Gate
Hawaii
Samoa
Gourtshind
Maryland
Sydney
Centennial Park
Royal Navy
New South Wales
Fort MaceQuarie
Commonwealth
Admiral Sperry
New York Stock Exchange to Probe Alleged Matched Trades
A five member committee will be appointed by the exchange president to conduct a thorough inquiry into alleged fake sales and purchases on the stock exchange. The board of governors met to authorize a complete investigation into these improper transactions and to appoint the inquiry panel.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Thomas
Murder at Springfield Illinois Aged Man Found Dead
Thomas Brady aged 72 was found in a bed with his head split by a hatchet near a second hand store on East Washington street Springfield. His roommate Frank Bryant alias Sullivan is missing prompting a statewide hunt along the Wabash line. No robbery evidence and motive unknown.
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Peoria, Jr
Springfield
Ill
Thomas Brady
Frank Bryant
Sullivan
J. B. Forsyth
East Washington Street
Fearful Blaze at the Porte in Constantinople
A wooden Stamboul quarter fire swept through Constantinople. The blaze, driven by high winds, destroyed over 2,000 buildings and killed several firemen and residents. About 7,000 were left homeless.
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Constantinople
Britain to Have New Warships
London reports that before year end two more Dreadnought class battleships, not including later improvements, will be launched for the British navy after experiments with the first vessel. Work on another ship is to begin.
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Britain
London
Seven Hurt in Milwaukee Auto Accident Near Richfield
Milwaukee Aug. 25 Seven Milwaukee people were injured, perhaps fatally, when the steering gear failed on an automobile driven by H. R King general manager of the Save Company of America. The car plunged through a barbed wire fence near Richfield Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
H. R King
Save Contnany of America
Richfield
Wis
Roosevelt Praises Panama Canal Commission Report
Oyster Bay N Y Aug 25 President Roosevelt releases a special commission report on Panama conditions and labor noting approval of Col Goethals administration He plans to submit the report to Congress and urge immediate implementation of the recommendations with Goethals informed of the suggestions by letter.
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George W. Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
Col. Goethals
Congress
Roosevelt
Panama
Sol. Goethals
Panama Canal
Woman slain in Gotham by two attackers
A 45 year old unidentified woman was choked and hurled before a moving trolley on Amsterdam avenue at Nineteenth street. The two assailants escaped detection after the attack on August 25, and the victim was killed instantly when the trolley wheels passed over her body.
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Gotham
New York
Amsterdam Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Scent Murder Mystery Rocks McKeesport River Scene
Pittsburg August 25 An unknown man believed from Massachusetts was found floating in the Monongahela River near McKeesport. His face is badly burned from carbolic acid, making identification unlikely.
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Pittsburg
Massachusetts
Monongahela River
McKeesport
Town Destroyed by Fire Near Reno
Hazard town Hazen 40 miles east of Reno was wiped out by a blaze causing $125000 in losses. Special trains rushed to the scene to aid and relocate the homeless now being taken to Fallon for care.
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Reno
Nev
Hazen
Fallon
Moroccos Mulai Hafid Declared Sultan After Battle
In Tangier Aug 25 Mulai Hafid proclaims himself sultan after defeating Abd-el-Aziz who loses many troops to desertions and weapons misfires. Abd-el-Aziz retreats toward Settat pursued by Hafid’s forces as officials in Morocco’s cities pledge allegiance to Hafid. British and French officers are reported missing.
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Tangier
Abd-el-Aziz
Mutai Hafid
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Abd el- Aziz
Abdel-Aziz
Settat
Bartlett Auto Kills Boy Near Schmiedeberg
A. C. Bartlett of Chicago with wife and daughter killed an eight year old boy in Schmiedeberg while driving from Karlsbad to Dresden. The child ran out from behind another car. despite slow speed the accident was fatal. Villagers protested as the Bartlett party sought refuge in a hotel. Consul officials arrived to review testimony.
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Dresden
A. C. Bartlett
Chicago
Karlsbad
Schmiedeberg
Chile
Bartlett Party
Fran Schmiedeberg
Bartlett
Gaffney
Mater
Factory Fire Destroys Jordan Shoe Plant in Belleville
Belleville Ill August 25 fire of unknown origin leveled the Jordan Shoe Company factory employing 100 men and damaged the Crown Milling Company elevator. Shoe company loss over 120000, largely insured. Crown Milling loss about 28000 with 25000 insured.
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Belleville
Ill
Jordan Shoe Company
Crown Milling Company
Bank Cashier Geltermann Commits Suicide After Loss
Frankfort August 25. Herr Geltermann, cashier of the coupon department of the Mitteldeutsche Credit bank, shot himself in the city on Monday after embezzling $125,000. He left a confession addressed to the bank management. Geltermann had speculated on the London exchange.
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Frankfort
Herr Geltermann
Mitteldeutsche Credit Bank
Geltermann
London Exchange
Lone Robber Holds Up Train In Yellowstone Tour
Information from Northern Pacific headquarters reports a lone highwayman in Yellowstone Park robbed seven coaches of tourists. The bandit forced the passengers to surrender valuables, in an incident dated Monday.
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St. ‘Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific Railroad
Yellowstone Park
Mary Torphy Dies at 100 in Rockford
Rockford Illinois mourns Mary Torphy who died at her home on Monday at the age of 100. The obituary notes a century of life and ties to the community, with no further details available in the readable text.
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Rockford
Iil
Mary Torphy
German ambassador Baron von Sternburg dies in Heidelberg
Baron Speck von Sternburg, the German ambassador to the United States, died at the Hotel Victoria in Heidelberg after illness. His wife Miss Lillian May Langham of Louisville accompanied him. Officials consider possible successors, including Count von Goetzen, as Washington mourns the loss and notes diplomatic shifts to follow.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Baron Speck von Sternburg
United States
Victoria
Lillian May Langham
Louisville
Homburg
Vincent Czerny
Baron von Sternburg
Czerny
Kaiser
Berlin
William
Washington
Dresden
New York
America
Foreign Office
Hermann von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg
Roosevelt
Prince Bylow
Goetzen
Count von Goetzen
Hamburg
Herr von Reich
May Stanley Lay
Baltimore
Laney
Washington, D.C
von Sternburg
The Busy Man's Corner Reported World News
Major Foote notes floods devastate crops in Louisiana Black River district. Fifty drown in wreck of Norwegian steamer Wolge Fouden en route Bergen to Rangesunda. Astoria man pays four dollars for a painting he believes is by Sebastian Del Piembo. Wright brothers honored with gold medals at Clermont lunch. New York appeal urges Roosevelt to block deportation of Russian revolutionary Janoff Pouren.
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Maj. Foote
Black River
Louisiana
Wolge Fouden
Bergen
Rangesunda
Louis Sehledknecht
Astoria
S. 1
Sebastian del Piembo
Wilbur Wright
Baron d’Mstournelles de Constant
Clermont
Frace
Maxim Bonim
New York
East
Roosevelt
Janoff Pouren
Hains brothers in court over Bayside yacht club killing
Capt. Peter C. Hains and his brother T Jenkins Hains faced arraignment in Long Island City on charges linked to the Bayside Yacht Club death of William E Annis. Proceedings postponed to next Friday by agreement with the district attorney.
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New York
Peter C. Hains
T. Jenkins Hains
Long Island City
William E. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Hains
United States Army
Son-in-law shoots mother of wife in Indiana farmyard
In Laporte Indiana on August 25 William Delph shot and killed Mrs Sarah M Meacham 48 who had come from Kokomo to warn her son Edward Meacham that his life was in danger. The shotgun blasts struck her in the back in Englebert Topper’s farm yard south of Westville The tragedy followed a quarrel earlier that hour between Delph and Edward and George Meacham and Mark Fighner
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Laporte
Ind
Edward Meacham
Sarah M. Meacham
Kokomo
William Delph
Englebert Topper
Westville
Delph
Edward
George Meacham
Mark Fighner
Three Hurt in Panic on Fast Moving Street Car
In Cleveland on Monday a street car caught fire after a fuse blew and smoke issued from the floor. Three persons were badly hurt and one woman likely fatally, with several others severely bruised in the ensuing panic.
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Cleveland
Market summaries from Chicago and New York grains and staples
Flour markets firm in Chicago with ranges for spring and winter wheat varieties and related products. Corn and oats show weakness or undertones with September and May contracts. Butter and eggs list varied retail to wholesale price points. cheese and live poultry prices appear with usual regional spreads. New York reports quieter flour trading and softer Minneapolis influenced wheat, with No 2 western rye at 84 cents.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Virginia
New York
Minneapolis
Live Stock Prices From Chicago and Omaha Markets
Live stock and hog market rates from Chicago and Omaha on August 24 show varied ranges. Chicago cattle prices span prime steers six to seven dollars, cows from about three to six, and calves up to seven fifty. hogs range from about six to six forty. Omaha reports cattle lower by ten to fifteen cents with steers four to seven and hogs steady to higher, while sheep stay steady with lambs six to six twenty five.
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Chicago
Cattli
Cormmont
Choi
Omaha
Neb
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Hawaiian
Samoan Islands
Springfield, Ill
King Edward
Canal
Special Commission
Mutal Hafid
Sternburg
Teuton
Hains Brothers
Mrs. Meacham
Indiana
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