Killed with a Penknife in Chicago Office Quarrel
Walter Scott, president of the Illinois Wire Co., was killed in his private Monadnock building office after a quarrel with Walter Stabbing a civil engineer. Stabbing seized a dagger shaped like a penknife and stabbed Scott twice. Stabbing is under arrest. Scott was wealthy and socially prominent.
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Chicago
Walter Scott
Illinoss Wire Company
Monadock
Walter Stabbing
Stabbing
Dill
Scott
Stubbing
Root and Gardner Ready for World Heavyweight Title Fight
Salt Lake City August sixth. Jack Root and George Gardner prepare for the August eighteenth world middle and West heavyweight championship. Root trains daily with eight to ten miles of running plus Ensign Peak climbs and rope skipping. Gardner emphasizes in door gym work and sparring with Greggains and Barry.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Jack Root
George Gardner
Root
Gardner
Ogden
Chicago
Ensign Peak
Alex
Greggains
Dave Barry
Colorado Bankers Elect Officers for Coming Year
Colorado Springs August 9 The Colorado Bankers association named officers for the year including President C B Kountse of Denver and Vice President M D Thatcher of Pueblo with secretary treasurer Frei G Moffatt of Denver. Executives include J T Thatcher J A Hayes and F H Stickney. one year terms go to F B Gigson H K Holliday and J B Petriken.
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Colorado Springs
Colorado Bankers’ Association
C. B. Kountse
Denver
M. D. Thatcher
Pueblo
Frei G. Moffatt
J. T. Thatcher
J. A. Hayes
F. H. Stickney
Longmont
F. B. Gigson
H. K. Holliday
Trinidad
J. B. Petriken
Gresley
J. A. Thatcher
Denver National Bank
Army Set Right in Public Eyes
Washington dispatch defends U S actions in the Philippines amid anti imperialist charges. Colonel Clarence Edwards to draft reply to Congress and public, touting hospital care, humane conduct, and sanitation efforts while noting disease caused mortality and debates over concentration camps and civilian suffering.
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Washington, D. C
Philippines
Roosevelt
Clarence Edwards
Insular
War Department
Manila
Philippine Commission
Otis
Senate
Hughes
Esprit de Corpo
Taft
MacArthur
President appoints cadet ship nominees
Washington August 9 The president today appointed oime boys for cadet ships. Eight were the sons of army or navy officers.
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Washington
Oime
Army
Navy
Death mystery deepens as second body found near Auburn Park
In Chicago this August a decomposed body of Minnie Mitchell was found in Auburn Park. Police suspect William Bartholin killed Minnie and her mother. A nearby revolver suggests suicide. Repair work noted at 1700 Farquemont.
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Chicago
Minnie Mitchell
Auburn Park
William Bartholin
Mine Mitchell
Edward II Crowned King in Westminster Abbey
King Edward VII was crowned at Westminster Abbey after a seven week battle with illness. The ceremony featured a grand procession from Buckingham Palace with royal relatives, dignitaries, and military escorts. The event lasted about two hours, ending at 2:09, with a minor collision injuring Lord Pelham Clinton.
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London
Edward VII
Westminter Abbey
Prince and Princess of Wales
Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Kitchener
Buckingham Palace
The
Abbey
Duke of Connaught
Edward
Canterbury
Church of England
York
Piccadilly
Lord Pelham Clinton
Knights of Pythias encampment fills San Francisco crowd
San Francisco reports a national Knights of Pythias encampment drawing thousands of knights and an expected 10,000 visiting strangers as the event opens Monday, with emblems seen across the city and supreme lodge meetings underway.
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San Francisco
Knights of Pythias Order
Supreme Lodge
Drunken Soldiers Attack Saloon in San Francisco
Two hundred drunken soldiers from the Presidio attempted to wreck a saloon last night after some soldiers were ejected. Police charged the mob but officers were repelled for a time by a shower of cobblestones.
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San Francisco
Presidio
War fears as insurgent gunboat lands near town
Washington reports Commander McCrea cables from Cape Haytien that an insurgent gunboat landed a force near the town and an engagement is expected hourly. He says he will be ready to land. Also announced is the marriage of Captain and Mrs. McCalla's daughter Mary to Lieutenant McArthur on August 21.
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Iloilo
Washington
McCrea
Machinas
Cape Haytien
McCalla
United States Navy
Mary
McArthur
Boiler Explodes at Adrian Laundry Killing Worker
A boiler at Oraums laundry in Adrian Michigan exploded injuring all employees and killing James Oraum. The blast occurred today and emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Adrian, Mich
Oraums
James Oraum
Historian W. P. Carroll to Speak at MBE Church
On Monday evening August 8 W P Carroll will deliver an historical talk at the MBE church. The lecture will demonstrate from history how the world’s dating was changed by a thunderstorm and invites the public to hear him.
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W. P. Carroll
Cheyenne Rifle Club backs world shooting challenge
Peter Bergerson secures 12000 in backing to challenge any man for the world championship life shoot at home or neutral range. Hynds offers 6000, Heaney 1000, Bergersen 2000, Bonser 1000 plus others from the club. Bonser also invites Corley's Wild West show top rifle shots to a shoot for any amount.
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Peter Bergerson
H. P. Hynds
Tom Heaney
Pete Bergersen
Fred Bonser
Cheyenne Rifle Club
Corly
Cody
Million Dollar Big Horn Mining Incorporation Filed
The Big Horn Mining company filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state to operate at Grand Encampment and Pearl Colorado with a capital of $1,000,000. Chicago capitalists back the enterprise and own several mining properties at Pearl and Encampment.
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Big Horn Mining Company
Grand Encampment
Pearl, Colo
Chicago
Pearl and Encampment
Crushed foot injures man during parade crowd crush
William Petrie suffered a painful accident this morning when a horse stepped on his right foot at the parade near the corner of Seventeenth Street and Capitol Avenue. An instep bone was broken as he was pushed out from the crowd between the horses.
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William Petrie
Seventeenth and
Capitol Avenue
Cowd
Petrie
Cattleman Ralph Friend and Several Residents Listed in City Visitings
Ralph Friend of LaBarge is in the city, with numerous locals returning from trips to Denver and Cheyenne. M. P. Keefe, P. B. Cook, and P. J. Black arrived home from business to Denver while others depart for Denver and Colorado Springs. Miss Irma Cody hosts a Wild West Show party. Rev. Tate plans services. Miss Elsie Jenkins improves after a Denver health visit.
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Ralph Friend
LaBarge
M. P. Keefe
Denver
W.B. D. Gray
Missis Eva
Stella Glenn
G. H. Evans
Colorado
J. M. Newman
Samuel Carson
Wheatland
Henry Altman
Julius Allenstein
Irma Cody
Ed Gerrans
The
Indians
Kearney
J. C. Hamm
Evanston
Cheyennne
Earnest Mathison
Laramie
Desmond
South Dakota
8 GENTS A DAY FOR STARVING PEASANTS
Vienna reports on Galicia agricultural laborers with wages 8 to 16 cents daily for men and 4 to 8 cents for women. Famine mortality in severe years averages 60 000. Peasants subsist on water and herb soup while strikes push for wage increases amid deadly clashes with the army.
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Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
Galicia
Laborera
Prince Henry Insures In New York Policy Details
Prince Henry of Prueste has taken out an insurance policy for 90001 dollars against death by assassination. Local weather outlook for Cheyenne and vicinity calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Sunday with possible thunderstorms. 24 hour data shows a maximum of 88 and minimum of 48, with 0 percent precipitation.
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New York
Prince Henry of Prueste
Moeta
Cheyenne
Vic
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Percy Smith
Cahill Brothers
Allegretti’s Chocolates
Johnson
Sherman G
West 17Th Street
W. Roedel
City Pharmacy
Charles B Daws
Association
Murchison
Union Pacific
R. R
Merrill Pianos
Opera House
Just
L. Saar
Eddy St
Dyer Hotel
United States
Cooh Chase
Paleo Boda Partie
D. Miller
Fargueom
Edward II
Westminster Abbey
Lieut. McArthur
Miarkela
Fall Rock
Cook
P. J. Black
George Hunt
Prince Henry
Weather Report
W. & Palmer
Jones Cash Grocery
Ferguson Street
M. Marks
Ohenstein Brothers
Eddy Street Grocers
Buechner & Son
England
Rossman
Gummer
Golden Rule
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