News of the Week in Epitome at the Capital
Highlights from Washington report cholera vanquished in the Philippines and nearing treaties between Japan United States and Japan Great Britain. Officials delaying vacations for ratification. coal reserves may end by 2055 per United States Geological Survey. China U S arbitration talks underway. Immigration to the United States drops sharply in June versus 1907 with total 21,497 from all nations.
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War Department
Washington
Philippines
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Edward V. Parker
United States Geological Survey
China
State Department
Russia
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Notable Deaths and Marriages Highlight Chicago News
John H. Pierce of Kewanee Illinois died in Chicago after an operation. J A Sommer veteran major league catcher died in Cleveland. Mrs John B Stetson engaged to Count Santa Eulalia in Chicago. Judge Alfred M Craig of Galesburg Illinois married Miss Mary Davis, aged thirty years his junior.
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John H. Pierce
Kewanee
Ill
Chicago
John B. Stetson
Philadelphia
Santa Eulalia
J. A. Sommer
Cleveland
Sommer
Amog Rusie
Indianapolis
Boston
Alfred M. Craig
Galesburg
Mary Davis
Supreme Court of Illinois
Dozens Die or Injured in Multiple Early 1900s Accidents
A survey of July incidents reports several fatalities and injuries from mine explosions, electrocutions, and fires. Events include two miners killed at the Red Dog mine in Webb City Missouri, a boy saved after ingesting fly killer water, and a warehouse fire in Fort William Ontario. Additional tragedies include a drowning in Michigan and a bank elevator fatality in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Dog
Webb City
William Pohlman
St. Louis
Miine
Altoona
Agnes Boswell
Edward Boswell
Wisconsin Steel Mills
Chicago
Gladys
Ed Woodle
Lehigh
Iowa
Abraham Salerovitch
Global Briefs From Other Shores And Europe
President Cavilla declares Honduras revolution quelled. Lords pass second reading of old age pension bill. Thomas Gagliardo named secretary of finance in Ecuador. Waldorf Astor chosen Conservative candidate for Plymouth. Versaille and Carley found guilty of art theft in Courtrai Belgium. Diplomatic transfers: Von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg to Constantinople. Wedel to Washington. Snowstorms hit Swiss Alps injuring tourists. Rougemont dies from exhaustion. a landslide at Lucerne kills a shoemaker and three children. Mexican customs receipts fall over a third amid hard times blamed on gold coinage policy.
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Waldorf Astor
William Waldorf Astor
Plymouth
Versaille
Carley
Ven Dyck
Courtrai
Belgium
Herman von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg
Washington
Constantinople
George von Wedel
Rome
Switzerland
Rougemont
Jungfrau
Lucerne
Republic of Mexico
Republic
West Virginia Hangs Man for Gypsy Murder
Frank Johnson was hanged at the West Virginia penitentiary in Moundsville for the murder of Mrs. B Martin at Gypsy on March 3. Other items include bootlegging arrest in Marshalltown and a Chicago laborer who killed his wife amid jealousy. A 13 year old stole securities in Chicago and a double homicide in New York is under police scrutiny.
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Frank Johnson
West Virginia
Moundsvile
W. Va
B. Martin
Gypsy
David H. Friend
Marshalltown
Iowa Central
H. Unger
Unger Bros
Newark
Santo Parque
Chicago
Frank Rerrando
New York
Ernest S Stock
Sarah
Naumkeag Mills Resume Full Time in Salem Mass
The Naumkeag cotton mills in Salem Massachusetts reopen full time employing 1500 workers. Miles City Montana wood market topped at 1858 cents for one clip and 1814 cents for two others with 7 million pounds shipping this year. Mrs Susan Turner of Argentine Kansas gave birth to quadruplets three boys and a girl the girl died soon after birth but the boys survive and prosper. James G Phelps Stokes the millionaire socialist plans a run for the assembly from the Eighth district with Mrs Stokes campaigning for him. Cameron Currie Co of New York Detroit suspended operations last week and went into receivership liabilities about 1 000 000. Leslie Carter former president of the South Side Elevated Railroad Chicago judged mentally incompetent a conservator will be appointed. Virginia will be represented in statuary hall by a bronze Washington statue as a companion to Gen Lee after bids are sought by a Virginia legislative commission.
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Naumkeag
Salem
Mass
Montana
Miles City
Susan Turner
Louis C. Turner
Argentine
Kan
Theeves
James G. Phelps Stokes
Assembly
Lower East Side
Stokes
Cameron, Currie & Co
New York
Detroit
Stock Exchange
Americans win marathon as Dorando stumbles to finish
London reports a dramatic Olympic marathon where John F. Hayes of the Irish American Athletic Club won in a near record finish. Dorando, the Italian hero, collapses multiple times near the end and is supported across the line. Americans dominate, with Yale and Cornell athletes shining in field events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Hayes
Lawrence Y. M. C. A
Lewis Technina
Carlisle Indian
Heffron
South Africa
Inslishman
W. T. Clarke
Wood
Simpson
Lasoon
Robber Escapes After Bank Runner Attacked on Chestnut Street Car
Philadelphia reports a bank runner named Joseph A. Vaughn was choked and robbed of $1,900 on a Chestnut Street trolley car yesterday. An unknown man fled the scene by leaping to the street and escaping.
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Philadelphia
Joseph A. Vaughn
Chestnut Street
Troops Called Out in Natalbany Standoff
A company of state troops arrived in Natalbany to protect residents after outbreaks of racial antagonism between Italians and Americans, calming tensions in the town last night.
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Natalbany
Fierce Fight With Indians Near Imaculada Ranch
In a clash at the Imaculada ranch near Cento Sonora soldiers and Papago Indians suffered heavy losses. Nineteen Indians and two soldiers killed. five soldiers wounded. Command under Captain Baron with sixty troops surprised a village but found only two boys, others in hills. Indians retreated after fires set to huts. Among the dead are Chief Dolores and his son.
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Tucson
Ariz
Cetro
Colo
Altar
Sonora
Baron
Dolores
Soon
Stabbed and Cast Out to Die in St Paul Row
In St Paul at 148 East Ninth street a waiter named Joe Hanley was beaten and left beside a woodpile after a dispute. He died at Bethesda hospital the next evening. Ida Dodson was arrested on suspicion with search for William Hanley. Joe’s brother is reportedly involved. Dodson admits a law existed at the house but denies killing Hanley.
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St. Paul
East Ninth Street
Joe Hanley
Minnesota Club
Bethesda Hospital
Ida Dodson
Willam Hanley
Joe
Staien
Hanley
Sleep on Stillwater interurban track kosts Hazel Park man
Frank Patwell aged 25 of Hazel Park was instantly killed by an interurban car on the Stillwater line at 1 a m. He had left a car at Hazel Park to walk home and is believed to have fallen asleep on the track. His head was crushed. He was brother in law of Franh Nelson of this city.
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Frank Patwell
Hazel Park
Stillwater
Minn
Franh Nelson
Rice County Funds Set to Improve State Roads
Rice County commissioners designate several roads as state highways and plan major improvements within the next few years. A large expenditure is expected as the projects proceed.
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Rice County Board
Faribault
Minn
Educator of Indians to Retire
Pierre South Dakota July 26 C J Leven good who has led the government Indian school at the city for a long time has placed the institution among the leaders of its class and has decided to withdraw from the Indian service to make his home on his Stanley county farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
C. J. Levengood
Government Indian
Indian Service
Stanley County
Barley Harvest Begins in Zumbrota Minnesota
Barley harvest starts in Zumbrota on July 26 with ideal weather expected to yield a heavy crop. Corn is backward while other crops look exceptionally well, and wheat is reported to be especially fine in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartey Hearvest
Zumbrota
Mir
Runaway Wagon Fatality in Wisconsin Farmland
Louis Larson of Levis, Wisconsin, died in Eau Claire after a wagon loaded with lumber ran away. In attempting to stop the runaway team, he was thrown before the wheels and crushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claire
Louis Larson
Levis
Wis
Larson
Trout Stocked In Eau Claire Streams By Club
About 15,000 fingerling trout shipped from Manchester Iowa have been planted in local streams by the Eau Claire Red and Gun club. The trout will be ready to catch two years after planting.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Manchester
Iowa
Sleep Walker In Sleep Walk Fatal Fall In Grand Forks
Joseph Packard died after walking in his sleep and falling from a second story window to the cement sidewalk at the Hammer hotel in Grand Forks on July 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
Joseph Packard
Hammer Hotel
Drowned Clerk John Carlson in Lake McCarron
John Carlson a clerk at the Scandinavian American Bank living at Mississippi and Cook streets drowned in Lake McCarron last evening while bathing with two friends.
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St. Paul
John Carlson
Scandinavian-American Bank
Mississippi
Cook Streets
Lake McCarron
Conspiracy Case Opens Over Gould Divorce Evidence
New York July 26 Frank Jay Gould faces an alleged conspiracy to manufacture divorce evidence. Miss Mabel MacCauslan testified while Miss Fleming confesses. defense hints at payoffs and tainted affidavits. Mrs Ben Teal trembled in court as adjournment followed a tense hearing pending Tuesday.
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New York
Frank Jay Gould
Ben Tesl
Formearly
W. GC
Toomey
St. Paul
Meming
Mousley
Livxer Carpal
J. Fleming
Mabel MacLauslan
Gould
Ben Teal
Hart
Miss Fleming
Miss B. Hall
Miss MacCauslan
Miss Hall
Mrs. Teal
Bryan crowds greet Democratic candidate on long trip
Crowds gathered in Creston Iowa and towns along the route from Lincoln to Chicago to cheer William J Bryan. Demonstrations marked the campaign swing with large turnout at Omaha Pacific Junction Glenwood Malvern Hastings Red Oak Villisca Corning and Creston. Bryan shook hands with supporters as time allowed.
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Chica
Creston
Iowa
William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Pacific Junction
Glenwood
Malvern
Hastings
Red Oak
Villisca
Corning
Town
Bryan
Van Rennslaer Declared Sane After Bellevue Observation
John Van Rennslaer of a prominent New York family who faced a charge of sending a threatening letter to his mother and was kept at Bellevue Hospital for observation was yesterday adjudged sane.
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van Renneiser
Sane
New York
John van Rennslaer
Bellevue Hospital
Labor Riot in Bombay Ends in Fatalities
About 20,000 mill workers walked out and rioted in Bombay on July 26. A detachment of British infantry was deployed to quell the disorder. One native was killed and six were wounded as gunfire was used.
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Bombay
Bill Hazard Breaks Jail in Nebraska Escape
Bill Hazard escaped from a Gregory South Dakota jail where he was held on horse stealing charges and was later captured and jailed in Bassett Nebraska awaiting Gregory County sheriff arrival.
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Bill Hazard
Bassett
Neb
Gregory
S. D
Gregory County
Find Body of Drowned Child
The body of Jesse Abely aged seven of Marshalltown Iowa, who drowned while swimming near Spencer, was recovered at noon yesterday. He is the son of Henry Abely.
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Marshalltown
Iews
Jesse Abely
Spencer
Iowa
Henry Abely
Utes on Their Way With Cavalry Escort
Rapid City July 26 Ute Indians who troubled Thunder Butte last winter began moving overland with a cavalry escort toward their Utah reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. C
Thunder Butte
Utah
Hughes Willing to Run for Second Term
Governor Charles E. Hughes states he will accept renomination if the Republican party desires it. He notes personal reasons previously given should not control the party’s decision and urges the public to support the party's will and his administration’s principles. Saranac Inn, N Y July 24 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saranac Inn
N. Y
Charles E. Hughes
Republican Party
Saranac Inn, N. Y
Parades On Phone Wires Draw Chicago Police
A maniac walked wires between poles and performed odd gymnastic feats on a telephone pole, keeping Chicago police busy for about an hour. Firemen finally coaxed him onto a ladder. the suspect was Constans tine Bostells, an auto mechanic, taken into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Constanstine Bostells
Independents to Meet in Chicago for First Party Convention
More than 900 delegates from nearly every state will attend the Independence party’s inaugural convention in Chicago on July 27 to nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates. Territories will not be represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Independence Party
Judge Clamps Down On Street Whistling In St Louis
Judge Daniel OConnell Tracy ordered action after Sam Schene baum the whistle peddler drew crowds with shrill shrieks from a patent whistle. He was arrested and fined ten dollars for the disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Daniel O'Connell Tracy
Sam Schenebaum
Sam
Market Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers
Daily price listings from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee and Sioux City show wheat prices across grades No 1 hard No 1 Northern and No 2 Northern with ranged bids $1.13 to $1.18 per bushel. Corn oats flax and cattle hogs and sheep prices appear for multiple markets with standard ranges and notable highs.
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St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Irley
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Quarrel Over Board Bill Ends in Fatal Shooting
Lucas Sletton a 23 year old boarder was shot and killed by William T Branitzky in Branitzky s home during a quarrel over a board bill Branitzky and his wife were arrested in Chicago on July 26.
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Chicago
Lucas Sletton
William T. Branitzky
Branitzky
Murder Theory Not Strengthened in Lake Degenerate Case
Windom Minnesota July 26 The coroner inquest into the mangled remains of the negro thought to have been killed by cats near Dillingham Lake found no definite evidence supporting a murder theory.
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Windom
Minn
Dillingham Lake
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Mportant
Louis Schultz
Peshtigo River
Menominee
Mich
Silas W. Coray, Jr
Fort Dodge
Charles Taylor
M. E. Dakins
Fort William
Ont
John King Company
Kirkup & Wilkie
R. Strachan
Volga
Elkader
Hime
Cavilla
Honduras
House of Lords
Thomas Gagliardo
Finance
Ecuador
Belisario Torres
John Burford
Chattanooga
Tenn
Federal
Leslie Carter
South Side Elevated Railroad Company of
Virginia
National Capitol
Virginia Legislative Commission
Gen. Lee
Hero
London
Olympic Arena
Greece
America
Hayes
Dorando
Yankees
A. C. Gilbert
Yale
E. T. Cooke
Cornell
C. S. Jacobs
University of Chicago
Sonderstrom
Sweden
Archibald
Canada
Mas. Teal
Hughes
Bars Street
Pittsburg
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