Grand Army Parade Draws 15000 Veterans in Denver
Denver reports the Grand Army Encampment parade, with about 15 000 veterans marching two miles past a packed crowd. Kansas led representation near 2500, followed by Colorado and Wyoming, while a gray uniform ex-Confederate saluted amid cheers and joined an old Union veteran in the march.
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Grand Army
Harper M. Orahood
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Missouri
Editor Keeps Full-Grown Lion In Indiana Office
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from New Harmony Indiana reports editor Clarence P Wolfe of The Times keeps a live African lion in his office. After a circus cage toppled and injured the beast a veterinarian approved rest and Wolfe bought the animal for humane reasons. The lion is to be tamed and kept as a pet, valued at about 1500 dollars.
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Commercial Tribune
New Harmony
Ind
Clarence P. Wolfe
the Times
Mr. Wolfe
Wolfe
Fatal Ferris wheel fall at State Fair shocks crowd
At the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul thousands witnessed the crash when a Ferris wheel car broke. Mrs. FF Leventhal of Eau Claire Wisconsin died instantly and her husband FF Br. Leventhal died later from injuries after plunging about 100 feet to the ground. Authorities labeled it an accident.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Paul
FF BR. fSeventhal
Eau Claire
Wis
Taggart Would Have Shot Fortesque Says Major Taggart
In Wooster Ohio Major Taggart testified he would have shot Lt Fortesque if his wife had returned home with him June 30 1903. Cleveland detective Daw recounted Billie Taggart threats to destroy letters and swear fake tales on the witness stand. War Dept awaits divorce outcome to decide on possible court martial.
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Commercial Tribune
Wooster, CO
Fortesque
Major Taggart
Army
Billie
Dan
Smyser
Boy Beats Leave No Trace Found As Man Quest Continues
After a three hour woodland man hunt in Cumminsville police with a 30 man posse and 150 residents searched for two more assailants after William Quinn 19 was arrested by Officer Nimmo for beating a thirteen year old boy Charles Devins son of Workhouse guard. Quinn identified confederates and confessed leading to assault charge.
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Cumminsville
William Quinn
Nimmo
Quinn
Sebinnerbeed
Charles Devins
John Devins
Basin No. 2
Tenth District
Mitchell Avenue
Parsons Street
Devins
Winton Place
Seventeen Missing After Tropic Grounding Off Chile
The British steamship Tropic, 2340 tons, Captain Barber, grounded near Putu off Constitución on June 28 after departing Valparaiso June 21. Seventeen men including the second mate and purser disappeared while lifeboats departed for aid. All hands later accounted for ashore. vessel remained undamaged. Naval court absolved Captain and crew. Grounding blamed on compass deviation and strong current.
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Commercial Tribune
Charleston
Barber
Valparaiso
Chile
Putu
Constitucion
Constitution
Talcahuano
Maritime Register
Americans Honored by French in Chateau Brienne Arrival
The American military mission to the French army maneuvers arrived at Chateau Brienne in the Aube department and received honors from General Brugere and staff. General Chaffee and the party were greeted, paraded, and shown headquarters, with a band playing The Star Spangled Banner and a seven-gun salute before a cheering crowd.
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Chateau Brienne
Department of the Aube
France
Cholera Deaths Rise in Berlin Official Bulletin
Berlin reports thirteen new cholera cases and two deaths in the last twenty four hours bringing totals to ninety cases and twenty six deaths. The bulletin lists daily figures and notes ongoing public health concerns in the city.
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Berlin
Taft Sails for Amoy to Stifle Chinese Boycott
A cable from Hongkong reports Colonel Edwards says Taft left Hongkong today at noon for Amoy aboard the Korea. The voyage implies Taft aims to ease the boycott situation in China with a personal visit, continuing to Shanghai and Yokohama before returning to San Francisco.
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Amoy
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Edwards
Hongkong
China
Korea
Canton
Shanghai
Yokohama
San Francisco
Sultan Seeks Reconcile France in Fez Courier Report
Dispatches from Algiers report Fez couriers say the Sultan tries to appease the French minister with partial satisfaction of France demands to prevent the French legation leaving.
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Sultan
France
Paris
The
Temps
Tangiers
Fez
Incubator Baby Suit Seeks Custody By Grandparents
Louisvill e August 6 The grandparents of Walter Sparks eighteen month old incubator baby have sued to stop the father from interfering in custody. Louisa and E H Verst claim Sparks gave up the child at birth and that the mother died in February 1904 after an operation. The child, placed in an incubator, is now healthy. The plaintiffs allege the father is unfit, with no occupation and intemperate habits, and that he threatens to remove the child and harass them with legal action.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Walter Sparks
Louisa
E. H. Verst
Sparks
Patrolman Shot in Hunt for Pat Crowe in Omaha
In Omaha, Patrolman Albert Jackson was wounded by a bullet to the leg during a running gun battle with a man believed to be Pat Crowe and a companion near Sixteenth Street. Officers pursued the pair, who escaped, as Crowe’s identity was strongly suspected by Jackson and Leahy.
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Commercial Tribune
Omaha
Neb
Pat Crowe
Eddie Cudahy
Albert Jackson
Lower Sixteenth Street
Jackson
Crowe
Donahue
Leahy
Sixteenth and Dorcas Streets
Anarchy Rages as Mobs Fire Baku Oil District
Reports from Baku describe Armenian and Tartar fighting overrunning suburbs, with Balakhany oil works torched and inhabitants massacred as troops withdraw. Telegraph lines down and reinforcements scarce, oil firms fear wipeout of much territory while executives plead for escape.
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Balakhan
Eaku
Baku
The
Caucasus
Tiflis
Courts to Fix Value of Lost Teeth in Collision
Kokomo Indiana September 6 The courts must determine the value of human teeth in a case where Charles Powell lost two front teeth in a collision with a Pennsylvania train He sues for four thousand dollars claiming two thousand dollars per tooth and asks the court to establish that price as the value of the molars involved
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Indiana
Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Pennsylvania
Charles Powell
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Famous jurist of Ohio dies at 80 in Toledo
Judge Reuben C. Lemmon longtime Common Pleas jurist and leading Mason dies at age eighty in Toledo. Former Grand Master of Ohio Masons and treasurer of the General Grand Lodge, his funeral is Friday at 1 pm under Masonic auspices with Cincinnati brethren expected to attend.
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Reuben C. Lemmon
Toledo
Commercial Tribune
Bar of
Ohio
Common Pleas
Grand Lodge of
General Grand Lodge of the
United States
Lemmon
Grand Lodge
Grand Chapter
Masonic
Cincinnati
William B. Melish
Levi C. Goodale
J. H. Bromwell
Joseph Kirkup
J. W. Iredell
M. J. Mack
Tokyo Riots Over Peace Terms Leave Tokyo in Turmoil
Reports from Tokyo describe violent clashes with police after dissatisfaction with peace terms. Two killed and five hundred wounded in riots, with police stations damaged and crowds dispersed. protests spread to Osaka and Nagoya as demonstrations denounced the treaty.
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Tokyo
Japan Public Sentiment Shifts on War Termination
In Tokyo the press notes conservative support for government policy and a clearer view of settlement terms. Public opinion shows strain as calls for responsible leaders grow and the upcoming Diet may spark turbulence, with Komura’s cabinet under pressure.
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Tokyo
Japan
Komura
Japan Rejects Peace Terms Says Korea Won Paramountcy
Baron Shibusawa voices dissatisfaction with the peace terms while noting Korea and Manchuria are settled and Japan gains paramountcy in Korea. A leading General condemns anti treaty outcry, aiming to fund war costs via industrial growth. sentiment runs high though no violence reported.
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Baron Shibusawa
Japan
Korea
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