Denver in Throes of Big Convention
Denver dispatch details a stormy Democratic national convention in Colorado with Col James M Guffey of Pennsylvania re elected to the national committee amid anti Guffey protests. New York delegation caucus signals solid Bryan support while Oklahoma votes face off at the national committee meeting.
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Empire State
Colorado City
Denver
Col
Reat
National Committee
New York
Caime
Bryan
James M. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Mr. Bryan
Col. Guffey
Guffey
Democratic National Committee
Adams Hotel
John P. Fowler
Philadelphia
I. McQuiston
Bulter
Five Killed in a Collision Near Watts California
In Los Angeles the Santa Ana line collision near Watts killed four children and their father, injuring six others. The wagon carrying eight children two men and one woman tried to cross in front of an electric car driven by Joseph Oller. Some occupants were thrown under the car. others escaped. Mrs Kuehner leaped to safety with minor bruises.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Ana
Watts
Joseph Oller
Leave Troops on Isthmus to Secure Elections
Washington reports a Monday conference among Secretary of War Wright Admiral Pillsbury the acting head of the navy department and Gen. Clarence R Edwards chief of the insular bureau deciding that US marines should not be withdrawn from Panama until after the elections though all information indicates their presence at polling places probably will not be necessary. A Madison Wis July 7 item notes Mrs Nathaniel B Treat of Monroe Wis wife of Capt Treat a noted state politician banker and capitalist died after a runaway accident on the university grounds.
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Washington
War Wright
Pillsbury
Navy Department
Clarence R. Edwards
War Department
United States
Panama
Madison
Wis
Nathaniel B. Treat
Monroe
Treat
State University
American consul arrives in Urmia to probe Kurilish actions
A July dispatch from St. Petersburg via Novoe Vremya reports the American consul has reached Urmia in Persian Armenia to investigate Kurilish aggressions and the plight of missionaries.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Urumiah
Persan Armenia
Prince Helle de Sagan Plans Marriage in London
London July 7 Prince Helle de Sagan filed notice at the registry office of his intended marriage to Mme Anna Gould. The date of the wedding was not stated in the notice.
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Helle
London
Prince Helle de Sagan
Mme
Anna Gould
Paraguay Rebels Take Over Asuncion Name Naveiro President
Advices from Buenos Aires report Paraguayan revolutionists victorious and a new government formed in Asuncion. Dr Emilio Naveiro installed as president, with Manuel Gondra and others from Liberal and Colorado factions in the cabinet. Fighting rages in streets, with several ministers seeking refuge in foreign legations as damage to public buildings rises. killed and wounded estimated around 500. Telegraph links to Asuncion expected to resume by Monday night.
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Buenos Ayres
Paraguay
Legation
Asuncion
Revolutionary Party
Naveiro
Hmiliano Gonzales Naveiro
Manuel Gondra
Brazil
Eusebio Ayala
Alviro Jara
Adolfo Rigulme
Manuel Franco
Liberal
Colorado
Manuel Benitz
Cecilio Baez
Gen. Rios
Adolfo Soler
Charles Isasi
Atlantic Fleet Battleships Ready to Sail for World Cruise
The 16 battleships of the Atlantic fleet lie at anchor in San Francisco harbor fresh from dry dock with coal bunkers full and magazines stocked. They will sail next Tuesday for Honolulu as part of the long voyage around the world led by flagship Connecticut under Rear Admiral C. S. Sperry.
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San Francisco
Hampton Roads
Honolulu
Golden Gate
Flower
Connecticut
C. S. Sperry
Hampton Road
Fire Breaks Out Again in Port-au-Prince
A disastrous blaze in Port-au-Prince that had been curtailed reactivated the other night near the palace and senate buildings, burning about 400 structures and causing extensive damage across the area.
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Port-au-Prince
Palkce
Senate
Big Summer Hotel Burns in Northern Michigan Fire
Traverse City reports the Northern Beach hotel on North Port in the Leelanau peninsula burned to the ground on Monday. The seven guests, who had just arrived when the resort opened last Saturday, escaped with their lives. Loss pegged at eighty thousand dollars.
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Traverse City
Mich
Northern Beach
North Port Hay
Leelanau Peninsula
Arrest Alleged Slayer
Boston July 7 On a charge of having murdered Fred G Singleton in Cincinnati Howard H Evans was arrested here Monday by police detectives August 26 1907.
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Boston
Fred G. Singleton
Cincinnati
Howard H. Evans
Ex-Judge Goes 70 Prison in Chicago
Abner Smith and Gustav F. Sorrow, former circuit court judges, must serve prison terms and pay $1,000 fines each after appellate court upholds criminal court verdicts. Pierce and Creelman also faced charges in a conspiracy case tied to the Bank of America failure in 1905–1906.
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Chicago
Abner Smith
Circuit Court
Gustav F. Sorrow
Holdom, Adams
Brown
Criminal Court
Jerome V. Pierce
Bank of America
Jerome Y. Pierce
Frank B. Creelman
Clearing House Committee
Messrs
Smith
Sorrow
Pierce
Creelman
Beveridge McKinley Taft Discuss Indiana Harmony in Delegates Row
Hot Springs Va July 7 Senator Beveridge Indiana and Representative McKinley Illinois held a notable talk with Judge Taft. They discussed the Fairbanks delegates issue and the national committee chairmanship aiming to assure harmony in Indiana before the Fairbanks faction leaders arrive.
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Hot Springs
Beveridge
Indiana
McKinley
Ilinois
W. H. Taft
Fairbanks
National Committee
Hemenway
Watson
Taft
Burglars Loot Franklin Avenue Jewelry Store
Burglars entered Adolph Levi’s jewelry store and pawnshop at 617 Franklin Avenue, opened Monday after a closure since Saturday noon, and looted $900 in cash and $15,000 worth of diamonds and old gold, with total burglary at about $16,000.
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St. Louis
Adolphe! A. Levi
Franklin Avenue
Fire on Huachuca Mountain Demands Army Aid
Washington July 7 The War Department ordered Col W S Schuyler at Fort Huachuca to render all possible aid to suppress a serious fire raging on Huachuca mountain in Garces national forest. Benson to Be Tried in Fall Washington July 7 United States Attorney Baker and Special Assistant Attorney General Pugh announced that John A Benson of San Francisco will be tried next fall on bribery charges related to western land cases.
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Washington
War Department
Col. W. S. Schuyler
Fort Huachuca
Arizona
Huachuca Mountain
Garces National Forest
Purdy Named to Minnesota Federal Bench Vacancy
Washington July 7 The president accepted the resignation of Judge William Lochren of the United States district court for Minnesota at St Paul and appointed M. D. Purdy assistant to the attorney general to fill the vacancy.
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Purdy
Lochren
Washington
William Lochren
United States District Court For
District of Minnesota
St. Paul
M. D. Purdy
Reds and Negroes Clash Near Sonora Oklahoma
Dispatches to the Indian Protective association of Washington report a clash between the Snake Indians and black residents near Sonora Oklahoma. Eufaula Harjo, noted orator of four Indian tribes, supplied the information from field reports.
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Washington
Sonora
Oklahoma
Indian Protective Association of Washington
Eufaula Harjo
Peary Ship Sets Sail for Arctic Quest
Commander Peary's Roosevelt left New York with the minimum supplies for an Arctic expedition. Only about $4,000 short of the planned funds, the ship headed toward the north pole for a three year aim if conditions permit. Roosevelt will inspect the vessel at Oyster Bay while Peary joins at Sydney, C B. The ship carries scientific gear for meteorology astronomy and tidal observations.
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New York
Commander Peary
Roosevelt
East Twenty-fourth Street
North Pole
Peary
Arctic
Peary Arctic Club
Navy Yard
City Island
Oyster Bay
Sydney
C. B
Funeral of Admiral Thomas in Del Monte
Funeral services for Rear Admiral C. M. Thomas retired were held Sunday after his death Friday night in Del Monte California. Navy and Army officers attended and floral pieces arrived from San Francisco and other locations as mourners filled Del Monte chapel.
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Admiral Thomas
del Monte
Cal
Episcopal Church
C. M. Thomas
del Monte Chapel
San Francisco
Russian Count Killed In Duel On Neva River
In St. Petersburg on July 7 Count Sum arakoff Elston eldest son of Prince Yussupoff was slain by Count Manteuffel officer of the horse guards in a pistol duel. The duel followed a family quarrel and occurred on Krestovsky Island in the Neva.
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St. Petersburg
Sumarakoff-Elston
Prince Yussupoff
Count Manteuffel
Horse Guards
Krestovsky Island
Neva
Manteuffel
Five Hurt In Auto Wreck at Priester's Park
Five people were injured and two may die after an automobile wreck at Priester's Park in East St. Louis Indiana on July 7. The crash involved a gas tank explosion caused by flames from the carburetor as the car ran at high speed, the machine then overturned and caught fire.
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East St. Louis
Priester’s Park
Joel Chandler Harris Buried in Atlanta Cemetery
During a thunder storm the body of Joel Chandler Harris known as Uncle Remus was laid to rest in West View Cemetery on the outskirts of Atlanta late Sunday.
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Joel Chandler Harris
Atlanta
Uncle Remus
West View
Masquerade Case Ends With Short Workhouse Sentence
New York on July 7. Mrs. August Lieb aged 36 of 641 Sixth Avenue was charged with dis orderly conduct for masquerading as a man for nine years and has been sentenced to five days in the workhouse.
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New York
August Lieb
Sixth Avenue
Busy Man's Corner Highlights From The News
New York reports 77067 stray dogs and cats destroyed by ASPCA agents since January. Postmaster General Meyer suffers from ptomine poisoning at his Washington home. family summoned from Massachusetts. Turin aviator Leon Delagrangi stays aloft two minutes forty five seconds covering two kilometers eight sarters at ten feet altitude. Diplomatic notes show a break with Venezuela as Jacob Sleeper and Venezuela clash. safe conduct refused but no state of war.
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New York
American Society For the Prevention of
Meyer
Washington
D. C
Massachusetts
Leon Delagrangi
Turin
Italy
Jacob Sleeper
Carcacas
Venezuela
Sleeper
Hore
Alabama Mine Strike Calls Workers to End Work
In Alabama a strike was called by the United Mine Workers district No. 20 while two small coal firms accepted the wage contract at 55 cents per ton. The union urged all Alabama miners to cease work and organize the state, signed by President T. L. Lewis. Deputies were sworn in by owners amid reports of no disorders. Also reported, two boys drowned in Superior Wisconsin as they played on a raft and fell into the bay. George Thompson 16 and Percy Day 18 were recovered.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
United Mine Workers of America
T. L. Lewis
Superior
Wis
George Thompson
Percy Day
Thompson
Day
Oil Magnate's Wife Killed in Auto Crash
Mrs. QC Scribner wife of the Associated Oil Company president was killed in an automobile accident while traveling from Santa Cruz to Boulder Greek with her husband and a party of friends.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
QC. Scribner
Associated Oil Company
Boulder
Sailor Held on Suspicion of Evansville Murder
A sailor on an Atlantic fleet battleship, enlisted as Roy Bateman, is held on suspicion of being Guy Prescott, linked to the murder of Josie Gray of Evansville Indiana.
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San Francisco
Roy Bateman
Guy Prescott
Josie Gray
Evansville
Ind
Guyot Wins Auto Dash in Dieppe Grand Prix
Guyot, driving a two cylinder 18 horsepower vehicle with a 7 millimeter bore, won the Grand Prix des Voiturettes in Dieppe France on Monday. His time was 5 hours 45 minutes 30 seconds, averaging 80.5 kilometers per hour.
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Guyot
Dieppe
France
Markets Report Chicago and New York Grain and Butter Prices
Chicago markets show dull flour trading with spring wheat around 5.64, Minnesota jute and patent grades broadly steady. Wheat remains bullish with September around 87% fathoms, corn and oats firm on cables and reports. butter and eggs display varied price shifts. New York data mirrors quiet flour trade and firmer wheat on futures.
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Chicago
Minnesota
New York
Missouri
Shorts
Western
Sefo
Liverpool
Live Stock Prices in Chicago and St Louis July Market
Chicago and St Louis market notices list cattle hogs sheep prices. Cattle ranges include good to prime steers seven dollars to eight dollars forty five cents. hogs range from six to six eighty six. calves and cows priced across multiple grades. Steady to strong demand noted in St Louis with receipts of seven thousand head including Texans.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Texas
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Wilkesbarre
John M. Garman
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Frederick B. Lynch
Gov. Johnson
Mr. Lynch
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Ohio
Rockwell
E. E. France
A. C. Holloway
Tom Johnson
Bell
Lincoln
Neb
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DR. Naveiro
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Bank of of America
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Arctic Region
New York Harbor
Robert E. Peary
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