Outlaw Harry Tracy Dies After Desperate Gun Battle
Spokane and Davenport dispatches recount the pursuit of Harry Tracy, the Oregon outlaw, who was cornered in a swamp near Creaton and killed himself after being wounded multiple times. Authorities, including Sheriffs Cudihee Debolt and Dauste, closed in as reinforcements rushed to the scene following a days long rifle duel. Tracy, 31, had a long violent record across Colorado Oregon and Washington, including killings, escapes, and hold ups with David Merrill. His body was moved to Davenport as crowds gathered.
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Bank and Train Robber Tracy in Washington Escapes
A series of July to August in western Washington tracks led to the murder of Merrill near the poor farm and the escape of Tracy after holding up the Johnson and Gerrele families. He eluded Sheriff King and fled toward the Hole in the wall country promising another robbery.
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Three Western Husbands Captured at Atlantic City
Western wives locating wandering husbands at Atlantic City escort them home. Mrs John A Leslie from St Louis found her boot and shoe maker husband in a cafe and sent him to Chicago bound by train. Mrs J Fletcher Morgan spied her automobile maker husband in the oceanfront, then to Chicago for business. Mrs Fred Wilson of Cincinnati saw her husband in a rolling chair on the boardwalk and hurried him to a Pennsylvania train. This resort city is noted as a place where husbands stray.
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Fred Wilson
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
La Follette Tax Reform Gains GOP Credit
The Commoner praises Wisconsin Republicans for endorsing Governor La Follette's corporate tax plan and calls his reforms likely to shift Republicans toward the Democrats. It argues his efforts educate Republicans about corporate domination and may drive them to leave the GOP to save the country.
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la Follette
National Republican Party
Republican Party
Riches on Floating Body In Bay Named Becky
In Tacoma on August 6 a woman's body found floating in St Michael Bay carried drafte and gold totaling 15000. Identified as Becky known in the Yukon. Money turned over to federal authorities as investigators seek her heirs. Becky once ran a Rampart boarding house and later worked as a Seattle domestic. She drowned after falling from a wharf while returning to the United States.
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St. Michael
Yukon
Becky
Seattle
Rampart
States
Soldiers die of cholera in the Philippines list
The War Department in Washington received from General Chaffee a new list of soldiers who died of cholera in the Philippines. It covers two weeks and includes thirty two names. The Second Infantry suffered ten deaths and the Ninth Cavalry twelve.
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Philippines
War Department
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Ninth Cavalry
Isolated Arctic Village Quoted by Explorer DeWindt
Henry DeWindt describes Sredni-Kolynsk in Siberia as the world’s northernmost village. Four months from Petersburg, it had no visitors for 30 years, existing in harsh cold with walrus and seal for food. He plans to show a world circumnavigation route via Hammerfest and notes Sredni-Kolynsk lies even farther north.
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Sredni-Kolynsk
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Arctic Circle
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Will new laws enforce themselves question asked by world
The New York World asks if new anti trust laws will self enforce and cites lack of indictments under existing laws. It quotes Roosevelt urging honest administration of current statutes and questions enforcement spirit for Littlefield’s proposed measure.
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New York World
Roosevelt
Littlefield
Pittsburg
Congregaman Littlefield
Real estate man pleads right to death by own act
H L Cook of Fort Scott Kansas, a longtime real estate figure, stood in court and asserted his right to destroy his own life if he chooses. He was treated after an apparent suicide attempt and held under guard as he faced a self destruction charge. He argued I did not bring myself into this world and it is nobody's business how or when I go out.
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H. Lb. Cook
Austen Chamberlain Named Post Master General in Britain
London announces Austen Chamberlain, son of the colonial secretary, appointed post master-general succeeding the Marquis of Londonderry who resigned. Also announced Sir William Hood-Walirond to be chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster replacing Lord James of Hereford who resigns due to ill health.
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William Hood -Walirond
Duchy of Lancaster
Lord James
Hereford
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