Taft Supporters in Auto Crash at Garden of the Gods
A touring auto carrying H. C. Bursum W. E. Martin and F. L. Weed with Republican national committee chairman Frank E. Hitchcock turned upside down in a Garden of the Gods ditch. All except the chauffeur escaped. Seventeen western states attended a Republican conference to plan campaign methods for Taft and Sherman, aiming for coordinated turnout.
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Colorado Springs
Col
H. C. Bursum
New Mexico
Republican State Committee
W. E. Martin
F. L. Weed
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Frank E. Hitchcock
Taft
Sherman
Antlers Hotel
Assembly Talks and Campaign Ties Across States
A short talk urged men to know each other and consider State Needs, with a follow up on state discussions. Nebraska’s William Hayward outlined a voter card system and annual precinct polls to guide campaign arguments. Executives met. NW attendees delayed sessions. Taft reception at Bath county court opening drew mountaineers from distant areas as he spoke on judiciary duties. Bryan urged Democratic newspapers to fund campaigns from subscribers, noting growing funds this year.
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William Hayward
Nebraska
Northwest
Taft
Hot Springs
William AL Taft
Sireult
Bath County
Germantown
Bryan
Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Oklahoman
Oklahoma
News-Scimitar
Memphis
Ting
Georgia Governor Smith Fires Railroad Commissioner Brown
Gov. Hoke Smith sent a special message to the Georgia legislature justifying the removal of Joseph H. Brown from the railroad commission in 1907. Smith cites Brown's efforts to attack the commission in court and notes pending rail litigation as justification, recounting a sealed letter episode and Brown’s suspending actions. Brown, governor-elect after defeating Smith, faced removal amid disputes over rate reductions and commission actions.
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Andania
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Munday
Joseph H. Brown
State Railroad Commission
Mr. Brown
Smith
Railroad Commission
Brown
Mr. Grown
Gov. Smith
Valise with 10000 in bonds stolen in federal building
John Burford of Chattanooga loses a suit case containing stocks bonds and other securities valued at 10000 to a 13 year old boy in Chicago. Burford had left the suitcase with the boy while buying a postal card and returned to find it missing. The theft occurred after Burford entered the federal building to sell securities. The boy was described as neatly dressed and from a presumably good family. Police and federal authorities investigated.
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Chicago
John Burford
Chattanooga
Tenn
Burford
Indiana Avenue
LaSalle Street
Federal Building
Rhodus
Lad
Persian Shahs Cause Lost in Northern Persia Turmoil
A dispatch from Tabriz reports the shah’s cause is lost as rebels seize control in northern Persia. Rachin Khan fled from Tabriz toward suburban plantations leaving artillery rifles and ammunition to revolutionists. The shah’s palace becomes revolutionary HQ while reactionaries retreat from the Russian bank and consul to a villa. In Ossining New York two men were electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison with Rogers first and Laudiero second, a bright flame observed during Laudiero’s first contact.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Tabriz
Julfa
Persia
Rachin Khan
Russian Bank
M. Pohitonen
Ossining
N. Y
Charles H. Rogers
Angelo Laudiero
Sing Sing
Rogers
Laudiero
Special Squadron Arrives at Manila Ahead of Atlantic Fleet
The battleships Maine and Alabama of the special service squadron arrived in Manila on Monday, completing their calm voyage from Guam where they sailed July 14 as part of a world tour ahead of the American Atlantic fleet.
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Manila
Maine
Alabama
Guam
Band of 16 men beat tenant Samuel Rigdon in Kentucky farm incident
A spectral from Maysville reports Samuel Rigdon, tenant on farm of Charles E. Crawford near Lexington, was assaulted by 16 men led by Beaton. Rigdon alleges they beat him with whips until blood ran, as his tobacco crop was pooled on the farm.
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Beaton
Lexington
Maysville
Samuel Rigdon
Rigdon
Charles E. Crawford
Quadruplets born in Kansas City area. girl dies after birth
Mrs Susan Turner, wife of Louis C. Turner of Argentine Kansas, gave birth to quadruplets on Sunday in Kansas City. Three boys and a girl were born. the girl died shortly after birth while the three boys survive and appear healthy.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Susan Turner
Louis C. Turner
Argentine
Kan
Officer Dies of Wounds After Cota Assault
Manila police report Lieut. Guy Burr died from wounds sustained in an attack on outlaws at Cota on Miniano island. He and Lieut. Whitney led a detachment that stormed the outlaw stronghold. fourteen outlaws were killed and two captured.
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Manila
Guy Burr
Cota
Miniano
Burr
Whitney
Constabulary
Ryan
Drowned Canoe Trip Ends in Tragedy at Georgetown
In Georgetown Kentucky on July 21 L D Fury 21 a college student from Addyston Ohio drowned when his canoe capsized on Elks Horn creek. Companions James Browning and Stella Emison were rescued unconscious from the water.
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Lexington
Georgetown
L. D. Fury
Addyston
Cincinnati
James Browning
Stella Emison
Arrested on Murder Charge in Columbus Widow Found Dead
The body of Mrs. Carrie H. Percifield was found in a pool of blood west of Columbus. John Underwood, a street car motorman, has been arrested as authorities allege evidence ties him to the woman’s death. Percifield had recently divorced from her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Carrie H. Percifield
John Underwood
Five Kearsarge Fire Room Men Hurt By Burst Steam Pipe
On the battleship Kearsarge in Honolulu harbor five fire room crewmen were seriously burned when a steam pipe burst in the forward starboard boiler late Saturday. Fires were drawn and the steam plant disabled for nine hours. all injured recover and none are expected to die.
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Honolulu
Kearsarge
Gompers Morrison Mitchell Cited For Contempt Over Boycott
Washington July 21 President Gompers Secretary Morrison and John Mitchell of the AFL executive council were cited to answer on September next to a charge of contempt for violating a court injunction that barred continued boycott action against the Bucks Store and Range Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gompers
Morrison
John Mitchell
Executive Council of
The
American Federation of
Labor
Bucks Store
Village Fire Nearly Destroys Smith Valley Lumber Yard
Smith Valley residents and nearby towns Greenwood Waverly and South Port joined to halt a blaze that swept the Rush & Paddock lumber yard and several small houses, causing about 20000 dollars in damages. The village lies twelve miles south of Indianapolis and faced total destruction before containment.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Smith Valley
Rush & Paddock
Greenwood
Waverly
South Port
Death of Capt Henry McCrea Navy captain at 57
Capt Henry McCrea of the United States Navy died of Brights disease in the naval hospital Brooklyn after illness since June 22. He commanded the battleship Georgia during the North Atlantic squadron cruise to the Pacific coast. He was 57 years old.
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Henry McCrea
New York
United States Navy
Georgia
Pacific Coast
Bright
Naval Hospital
Brooklyn
McCrea
Stolen Des Moines Package Worth $1900 Missing
A Des Moines office of Adams Express Company reports a package valued at $1900 has vanished. It was one of three identical parcels. the other two arrived safely at their destinations.
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Des Moines
Adams Express Company
Fifteen Hurt in Auto Wreck Bellingham July 21
A heavy automobile stage coming in from Lyndon wrecked near Bellingham Washington injuring fifteen passengers. The incident occurred July 21 and involved a rear impact with another vehicle during a sharp bend on the Lyndon road.
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Bellingham
Wash
Lyndon
TANKEE ATHLETES FIRST AT LONDON
London July 21 Americans win heats in sprinting and middle distance events at Brighton with May, Hamilton and Huff from Iowa among 800 meter contenders. Bearded 800m heats see Beard of Ames Iowa and Lightbody defeated, Sheppard dominant, Coe upset by Lunghi, hurdles schedule criticized by American officials.
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May, Hamilton
Huff
Ames
Iowa
London
Brighton
America
Charles M. Daniels
New York A. C
L. G. Rich
Brookline Swimming Club
Ray C. Ewry
New York
N. J. Cartmell
University of Pennsylvania
Cloughen
A. C
W. W. May
University of Illinois
L. B. Stevens
Yale University
William F. Hamilton
Chicago A. A
H. F. Huff
Lawson Roberston
D. R. Sherman
Dartmouth College
J. A. Rector
University of Virginia
B. J. Duffy
South Africa
J. P. George
R. L. Walker
Duncan and Morton
United Kingdom
Kerr
Canada
Stark and Roche
Rector
R. G. McLeod
Cambridge
C. B. Beard
Ames University of Iowa
Lightbody
J. D. Lightbody
University of Chicago
Melvin W. Sheppard
J. P. Halstead
Amateur Athletic Association
College President Dies Suddenly in Worcester
Rev. Dennis P. O'Sullivan J., president of St. Joseph's College Philadelphia, died suddenly of heart failure at Holy Cross college in Worcester. He had been ill for some time and sought recovery here. Born in Troy New York in 1856.
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Worcester
Mass
Dennis P. O’sullivan
St. Joseph's College
Philadelphia
Holy Cross College
Father O'Sullivan
Troy
Six foreigners killed by trains in South Buffalo yards
Six unidentified foreigners were struck and killed by trains in South Buffalo railroad yards on Monday. The deaths, occurring within hours of each other, sparked talk among locals of a possible death by own action pact among unemployed and discouraged workers.
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Buffalo
South Buffalo
Telegraph Operator Dies After Cure Attempt in Illinois
Stewart, a telegraph operator from Champaign Illinois, killed himself Monday by taking poison after recently completing a course at the institute for the cure of the drink habit in Bloomington.
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Self
Bloomington
Ill
Stewart
Champaign
Til
Institute For the Cure
Ex Senator Vilas Stricken In Madison July 21
Former United States Senator and cabinet member William F. Vilas suffered a hemorrhage of the brain in Madison on Monday and his condition was described as serious.
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Vilas
Madison
Wis
United States
Cleveland
William
Murderer David Connelli kills Dollie Charp then dies
News notes report Arlington club chef David Connelli shot and killed Dollie Charp and an unidentified man before dying by suicide. Florence Kirkham, six, daughter of Ralph Kirkham of Brooklyn, N. Y., died from hydrophobia six weeks after being bitten by a mongrel. A fire in Jersey City caused by a nail in a shoe ignited fireworks, killing Mrs. Josephine Falco. New York hawkers face arrests in a drive against noisy street trade. Ex Justice Roger A Pryor, octogenarian Democrat and early Confederate figure, marks his eightieth birthday in New York.
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David Connelli
Arlington Club
Portland
Ore
Dollie Charp
Florence Kirkham
Ralph Kirkham
Brooklyn
N. Y
Josephine Falco
Jersey City
N. B
New York
Roger A. Pryor
Supreme Court
Confederate States Congress
Franklin Pierce
Quebec Celebration Opens with medieval parade
Quebec July 21 The celebration for the founding of Quebec opened with mounted heralds and armed guards in Champlain era costumes announcing events. The city turned carnival like as 15000 Redcoats Highlanders and Bluejackets plus about 5000 residents dressed in medieval attire joined the festivity ahead of the prince of Wales arrival.
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Quebec
Prince of Wales
Champlain
Settle Debt Drives Man to Suicide in St. Louis home
John D. Wood a 52 year old former trunk merchant killed himself after two months of work to settle debts from recent business failure. His body was found at home with a rubber tube connected to a gas jet and his will and checks totaling 600 dollars nearby.
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Self
St. Louis
John D. Wood
Wood
Absconder Bound for Home in New Britain Return
William B. Walker, once treasurer of the New Britain Savings Bank, who fled to Mexico and spent months jailed in Ensenada, was sent back to New Britain under police custody and departed for home with chief EBFP Egan leading the escort.
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Los Angeles
William B. Walker
New Britain (Conn.) Savings Bank
Mexico
Ensenda
New Britain
EB. F P. Egan
Wyoming Judge Is Injured In Auto Crash
Cheyenne Wyoming July 21 While Judge J A Riner of the United States district court and his family were returning from Silver Crown their automobile overturned about 20 miles west of town Judge Riner sustained painful but not fatal injuries including two broken ribs
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
J. A. Riner
United States District Court
Silver Crown
Markets Show Mixed Breadth Across Grains in Chicago Trade
Chicago July 20 markets report firm flour with strong spring wheat prices and varied grain tones. Wheat futures soften on bearish cables and favorable northwest weather, with July at 1.01 and September around 98 7/16 to 93 13/16. Rye and oats hold dull to quiet trades as dairy and live poultry prices edge up for retail and wholesale.
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Chicago
Minnesota
F B
New York
Live Stock Prices From Chicame and Omaha Markets
Live stock listings show cattle with varied grades and prices in Chicame and Omaha. Cattle ranges include prime steers at 7.75 per unit and cows, bulls, and feeders with values from 1.75 to 7.00, hogs trading lower with heavy packing around 6.00 to 6.60, and sheep steady with yearlings around 4.25 to 5.00. Market notes indicate overall gentle declines in Omaha and mixed shifts in Chicame.
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Omaha
Neb
Texas
Ratan
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Frank E. Hichcock
Commonwealths
Frank B.aitchcock
UUSTS
J. M. Brown
Ald Railways
State Board
Federal
Royal Palace
U. S
Mitchell
Stone Company
Samueji Gompers
Daniels
Eways Victor
George M. Mehnert
James E. Sullivan
Matthew Halpin
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