Sheridan Sets Discus World Record at Olympic Games
London July 20 Martin J Sheridan of the New York A C won the discus Greek style with a 128 foot 8 inch throw, breaking the world mark as Britain dominated finals in steeplechase swimming and tug of war. The day opened with Britain leading the medal table 26 to 9 for the US, while strong American hurdles and sprints were awaited.
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London
Martin J. Sheridan
A. C
Sheridan
H. F. Harr
United Kingdom
Stars and Stripes
Russell
Robertson
Great Britain
Holman
Robinson
Toldy
Hungary
Hanson
Sweden
America
Germany
D. R. Robbins
Yale
Athens
H. FP. Horr
Jarvien
Finland
United States
Amateur Athletic Association
Canada
Young
London Police
Liverpool Pacemen
Metropolitan Police
Voight
Owen
Svanberg
F. G .Bellars
New York
Labor leaders praise Trygan speech in Lincoln Nebraska
William J Trygan received many telegraphs from labor leaders nationwide after his Lincoln speech stressing Denver platform planks. A Erie cablegram misattribution draws scrutiny as Gompers denial prompts inquiry into its author. Bryan may speak en route to Chicago and Omaha, traveling as a regular passenger.
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Lincaln
Neb
William J. Trygan
Central Labor Union of
Lincoln
Denver
Erie
Samuel Gompers
William R. Hearst
Democratic Party
Faireview
Gompers
Bryan
Chicago
Omaha
Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Kern
Kokomo
Hot Springs
Taft
PILLAGE AND MURDER IN TABRIZ
Report from Tab riz Persia says revolutionists have been overcome by government troops while Rachin Khan horsemen loot the town and kill. The Persian government promises strict orders to protect consulate and American missionary property with assurances that foreigners in Tabriz are safe.
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St. Petersburg
Novoa
State Department
Persia
Tabriz
Tyler
Referendum Law Upheld by Ohio Common Pleas Court
Cleveland July 20 judge Chapman held the state initiative and referendum law constitutional. The test case goes to the state supreme court for final decision. Suit arose after an effort to vote on a franchise granted to Municipal Traction Company by the city council. City council has ordered an election. Law was enacted by the legislature last winter.
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Cleveland
Chapman
Common Pleas Court
State Supreme Court
Municipal Traction Company
Receiver for Detroit Brokers Firm Placed Under Receiver
Detroit July 20 The brokerage Cameron Currie Co of this city placed into receiver hands after a Wayne circuit court filing by Cameron Currie against partner Louis H Case seeking dissolution. Judge Mandell appointed Fred G Austin as receiver under a 250000 bond. No other Detroit financial institution involved in Currie Co difficulties.
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Detroit Brokers
Detroit
Cameron Currie & Co
Wayne
Cameron Currie
Louis H. Case
Fred G. Austin
Mandell
Iet
Detroit Financial Institution
Currier& Co
Plot to Mutiny Reported in Nome Alaska July 20
A plot to mutiny on a steamer reaching Nome was thwarted by the appearance of revenue cutters The Tig and McCulloch. The plan aimed to force Captain Conrads to sail through the ice toward Seattle after he announced plans to return there.
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Nome
Alaska
Thetig
McCulloch
Conrads
Seattle
Brother follows sister to death in Pittsburg tragedy
William Moffit of Sistersville West Virginia attended his sister Stella Moffit funeral and two days later killed himself with carbolic acid at their parents home in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. The two deaths occurred within days of each other both by self administered poison and mirror the sister’s prior suicide.
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Pittsburg
William Moffit
Sistersville
W. Va
Stella Moffit
Astor's Son Nominated for Plymouth MP Seat
Waldorf Astor Jr., eldest son of William Waldorf Astor, was chosen Friday night as the Conservative candidate for member of Parliament from Plymouth at the next general election.
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Astor
Plymouth
Eng
Waldorf Astor
William Waldorf Astor
Osman Pasha Slain by Officer in Saloniki Barracks
Gen Osman Pasha commander of Turkish forces at Monastir was assassinated in Saloniki on Saturday by an officer tied to the Young Turkey movement. He was 78, famed as defender of Plevna and a key Turkish leader in the 1876 war with Russia. The murder followed a general amnesty note to troubled officers, amid fresh mutinous tensions in Macedonia.
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Saloniki
European
Turkey
Osman Pasha
Monastir
Macedonia
Shemsi Pasha
Osman
Plevna
Russia
Skobeleff
Million for aeronautics plans two new balloon stations
Brigadier General James Allen and the War Department board will seek a 1 million dollar congressionally approved aeronautics appropriation next winter. The plan includes two balloon stations on the Atlantic coast at New York and Fort Monroe, Virginia, and the purchase of two large airships like the French Republique. A hydrogen gas plant and balloon house are rising at Fort Omaha under Captain DeF Chandler, with Omaha power supply for the plant. Officers from Fort Leavenworth will be trained in practical aeronautics when completed.
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Washington
Fort Myer
James Allen
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
War Department
Congress
Allen
Atlantic
New York
Fort Monroe
Verdun
France
Fort Omaha
Neb
Def. Chandler
Signal Corps
Omaha
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Auto Usefulness in War Machine Questioned in Army Test
A United States army report from Governors Island concludes that automobiles are practically useless for military purposes. Tests at Pine Plains during 30 days of maneuvers showed two powerful machines unavailable more than two-thirds of the time and unreliable when in operation, raising doubt about their wartime practicality.
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New York
Department of the East
United States Army
Governors Island
E. F. Glenn
Twenty-third Infantry
William T. Johnson
Fifteenth Cavalry
Pine Plains
N. Y
Great Oil Gusher Surning at Tampico
Oil gusher fire at Tampico continues, confined to one well by earth embankments. Plans include dragging a sheet iron and rail net to suppress the blaze and using twelve 50-horsepower boilers. Crowds gather to watch the burning gusher as crews prepare equipment. A high level conference at Sagamore Hill with President Roosevelt, Mexican ambassador W. S. Buchanan, and Assistant Secretary Robert Bacon discusses Central American instability.
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Mexico City
Tampico
Oyster Bay
Central America
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
United States
W. S. Buchanan
Robert Bacon
Former Millionaire Die in Milwaukee at 86
J. L Meyer aged 86, once a Fond du Lac manufacturer, died Saturday in Milwaukee living apartments from heart trouble. He had recently moved from Chicago seeking county hospital care but was denied due to nonresidency. relatives then arranged care for him for life.
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Milwaukee
C. J. L Meyer
Fond du Lac
Wis
Mr. Meyer
Chicago
Baseball Causes Six Deaths In Pittsburg Area
Six fatalities in the Pittsburg region are linked to baseball plays over three months. Among the victims is seven month old Andrew Luksin struck by a ball at age seven, while elders played nearby. The coroner investigated each death, and similar incidents prompted officials to review safety. Howard Douglas of Cincinnati, a former Ohio supreme court judge and mayoral and gubernatorial candidate, died at 61 in Newark after residing with his brother-in-law. funeral details not provided.
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Pittsburg
Andrew Luksin
Elkhorn
Howard Douglas
Cincinnati
Newark
N. J
Supreme Court
Ohio
George P. Day
Reform Push Aims at Bill of Lading as Credit Risk
New York reports on Seattle August 20 hearings where committees from major commercial bodies press for a uniform bill of lading to curb frauds in credit. Intersta te Commerce Commission lacks authority to force railroads and expects Congress action. $17,000,000,000 in goods moved by bills last year highlights high stakes.
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New York
Seattle
Wash
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Consignee
L. Mandelbaum
The
Cotton Exchange
Theodore F. Whitmarsh
Wholesale Grocery Association
Charles F. Droeste
Mercantile Exchange
Lewis Pierson
American Bankers’ Association
Elks Adopt Official Emblem in Dallas
The grand judge of Elks adjourned Friday and adopted an official emblem. It features a dial showing 11 with a white face and red Roman numerals, encircled by a blue circle bearing B. P. O. E. An elk head and antlers rest on the dial, surmounted by a red five point star.
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Elks
Dallas
Tex
Forest Fire Reported in Trabuco Range California
Meager reports reach here of a large forest fire in the Trabuco range likely in Orange county. Forest Ranger Harold Marshall will send men to assist if needed after Gifford Pinchot observed the flames while returning from San Clemente Island.
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California
San Diego
Cal
Trabuco Range
Orange County
Harold Marshall
Gifford Pinchot
San Clemente Island
Marshall
Nationwide brief of multiple incidents and legal notes
A mixed digest reports Mrs Gngle and Tar Vijor killed by lightning at Ble Walnut Creek near Colony, while Anna Gould’s attorney denies France property sale to finance a German home purchase. Oak Park boy Harry Brinks survives Delavan Lake drowning attempt. William Walker extradition case in Ensenada shifts to U S. Two dead and one fatally injured in a Du Bois mine accident involving a trip train. Honduras revolutionists poised for another attack on Ceiba after Thursday’s fighting with severe casualties.
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C. F Gngle
Tar Vijor
Ble
Walnut Creek
Colonybus
Princess de Saga
Anna Gould
France
Germany
Harry Brinks
Oak Park
Delavan Lake
Wisconsin
G. M. Davis
Austin
Linard
Ceba
Honduras
State Department
Santa Fe Road Fined in Federal Rail Safety Case
Prescott Arizona July 20 after a three days trial the Santa Fe railroad was found guilty in the United States district court of violating federal safety appliance laws on railroad cars. Fifteen indictments were filed and the jury returned a verdict of guilty on thirteen counts with one member uncertain on two. The statutory verdict requires nine votes, so the company must pay 100 dollars to the government for each count totaling 1500 dollars.
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Prescott
Ariz
Santa Fre Railroad
United States District Court
Doctor Sentenced for Manslaughter In Gow Case
Dr W K Hemphill was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Miss Elizabeth Gleason a schoolteacher after an operation solicited by Rev Clyde Gow and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. In Creston Iowa Miss Della Sainton died after racing with death aboard Burlington train No 2 as it entered the station returning east after health search.
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Troy
W. K. Hemphill
Clyde Gow
Elizabeth Gleason
Hemphill
Mr. Gow
Gleason
Creston
Della Sbainton
New York
Pacific Coast
Markets Report Dense Wheat Flour Prices and Grading
Chicago and New York markets show firm flour prices with Minnesota patent and export bag grades. Wheat ranges listed for July and September, with dull corn and oats firming, butter and eggs varying by grade, and live poultry prices for turkeys chickens and geese noted. Rye remains dull. spot and futures prices reflect mixed demand across grades and regions.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Isieo
Extra, LLC
New York
Liverpool Cables
Northwest
Western
Fo. B
Live Stock and Hog Markets Tally From Chicago and South Omaha
July 17 market report lists cattle prices for good to prime steers, cows, heifers, yearlings, and feeders with varied grades. Hog prices show heavy packers, mixed butchers, and prime barrows with shifting ranges. Also notes South Omaha figures for cattle, hogs, and sheep with steady to lower trends and stocker activity.
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Chicago
South Omaha
Neb
Texas
Bulland
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