West Indian hurricane wrecks Texas coast toll rises
The West Indian hurricane struck the Texas gulf coast killing twelve outside Galveston, injuring four and wounding sixteen as towns along Lavaca Indianola Rockport Goliad Victoria Columbia Edna and Matagorda suffered severe damage. Bay City Velasco Lissie Nowatta East Bernard reported extensive destruction with property losses in the hundreds of thousands. Corn fields leveled cotton spared. oil fields around Marshall damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Gulf Coast
Galveston
Houston
Tex
Texas
Lavaca
Indianola
Rockport
Goliad
Victoria
Columbia
Edena
Matagorda
Louisiana
Cameron Parish
Bay City
Velasco
Eagle Lake
Lissie
Nowatta
East Bernard
Hi Campo
Marshall
Body Found in Trunk at Lynn Lodging House
Police report a fully clothed Armenian man found in a trunk at 148 Liberty Street Lynn Mass. Identified by bank book bearing Minas K Morijian name. Witnesses note room rented eight weeks ago to Frank Jones. discovery by Mrs. Bessie Rollins and husband. note in bank book directs contact to L B Adams of Jamaica Plain. May have lain undiscovered since May 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Liberty Street
Minas K. Morijian
Frank Jones
Itan
Bessie Rollins
Jones
Progress on Canal Advances Toward 1916 Transit Date
Reports to the Isthmian Canal Company in Washington show significant canal progress. Excavation reaches about 46 million cubic yards with under 100 million still to remove. Col Goethals predicts ship transit by January 1, 1916 as 480 concrete monoliths line the Gatun dam spillway section using 30 000 cubic yards of concrete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Isthmian Canal Company
Col. Goethals
Great Waterway
Great Gatun Dam
Sioux City Live Stock Market Prices
Thuredays quotations show beet beef at 6.00 dollars and top hogs at 7.66 dollars in the Sioux City live stock market report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Thurreday
Lve
Baptism Reported for Idaho Murderer Harry Orchard
Harry Orchard confessed to killing former Idaho Governor Steunenberg and was baptized at the penitentiary of Boise on Thursday by a Seventh Day Adventist pastor. The event marks a religious formalization in a high profile criminal case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Idaho
Bolee
More Land for Settlers in Wyoming Area
Acting Secretary Pearce designated about 6 000 acres in Wyoming as within the enlarged homestead act. The decision expands land available for settlers, marking a shift in federal policy to open more territory for homesteading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Pearce
Galveston Hurricane Claims Ten Lives on Gulf Coast
Reported hurricane swept from the gulf into Galveston causing seven miles offshore fatalities among Tarpon Pier workers and a fishing party. Inland areas flooded up to seven feet while the island’s sea defenses held. beachfront damage included bath houses and piers. Bay City Palaces Tilesming Matagorda County losses noted.
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Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Gulf
Matagorda
Bay City
Bank Robbery Attempt Attracts Police Attention
M L Dawson a realty dealer demanded money from Zeelig president of the Savings Trust at gunpoint in St Louis. Zeellig handed over 390 dollars then Dawson fled. Zeelig fired but none of the shots found their mark. Dawson surrendered to police while Zeelig went to the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Dawson
St. Louis
Zeelig
Louis
Savings Trust Company
Zeellg
Dawson
Tmnaon
Bourgeois Likely to Decline French Premiership
President Fallieres will offer the vacant portfolio to Leon Bourgeois, former foreign minister, with decision expected after he arrives from Hamburg Friday. Parliamentary circles anticipate a refusal due to fragile health, though the cabinet crisis may be brief.
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Fallieres
Leon Bourgeois
M. Bourgeois
Paris
Hamburg
Crise
Major fire destroys hotels and shops in Long Branch
A blaze at Long Branch SN 13 Wednesday night destroyed two hotels and seven business houses. The fire swept a block along Brighton avenue between Second and Lake avenues, causing about $100,000 in damage. The local department requested aid from Abury Park.
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Long Branch
Brighton Avenue
Second
Lake Avenues
Aabury Park
Wayman crusade yields 105 indictments in Chicago
Grand jury returns 105 indictments against resort keepers and gamblers in Chicago. Targets include West Side Levee District resorts and suburban diviceple men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayman
Chicago
West Side Levee
New Brooklyn Aerial Transport Firm Incorporated in Albany
The New York Aerial Manufacturing and Navigation company of Brooklyn was incorporated in Albany New York on Thursday to operate airship transport of passengers freight and other commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Aerial Manufacturing and Navigation Company
Brooklyn
Albany
N. Y
Erie Board Restores Salaries At New York Offices
Erie officials announced at the railroad general offices in New York that the board of directors passed a resolution restoring salaries of officers and employees which had been cut earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Railroad
New York
Board of Directors
Fire destroys vast lumber at Mahlum Lumber Co Brainerd
Fire caused by spark from a locomotive consumed nearly 200000 feet of lumber belonging to Mahlum Lumber Co in Brainerd. Fire spread quickly though no injuries are reported and investigators will inspect the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahlum Lumber Co
Brainerd
Curfew For Negroes Enforced In Mo Ollie Ala
Police commissioner in Mo Ollie Alabama imposes a curfew forcing Black residents to be off the streets by 10 p m starting Thursday night. The order applies to all Negroes in the area.
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Negroca
Police Commissionera of
Moollie
Ala
Tireeta
Old Ammunition Sunk Off Coast
Thirty one thousand Melville shells with calibers no longer used on French warships were towed out to sea Thursday and sunk two miles offshore.
Butler Strike Ends at Standard Steel Car Plant
In Butler Pennsylvania the four day strike at Standard Steel Car Company ends. About 3500 workers will return to work after an 8 percent wage deduction on delinquent rents. Settlement reached with mediation by Rev Father Heceweskl and attorneys Levi Wise and Father Recewesk. Twenty three jailed men to be released on nominal bail. Earlier a failed injunction attempt by the Public Defense association against the company and officials was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Steel Car Company
Tueniay
Butler
Father Heceweskl
Levi M. Wise
Father Recewesk
Father Heceweekl
United States
Ford and Brown
Common Pleas Court
Pressed Steel Car Company
Public Defense Association of
Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Private O'Neil Captured After Long Pursuit at Fort Leavenworth
Private Charlies O'Neil, who killed Minnie Sharbene at Fort Leavenworth Kansas, eluded 500 cavalrymen before being captured by Private Osthuyser of the Fifteenth Cavalry. Cornered near Lake Merritt, O'Neil threatened to drown himself but surrendered after Osthuyser, a Boer War veteran and former interpreter to General Do Wet, was commended and promoted to corporal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies O'Neil
Minnie Sharbene
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
William (Ethuyzer
Fifteenth Cavalry
O'Neil
Lake Merritt
Osthuyser
Do Wet
Trade and weather boost manufacturing and agriculture
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade notes growing strength in manufacturing capacity and good crop marketing. Livestock supports higher prices as breadstuff markets stay quiet. Retail and wholesale sectors show expansion with strong textile, clothing, and furniture demand. Bank clearings rise, while failures in Chicago district edge up.
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Staples
Chicago
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade
Court Refuses Rule in Bishop Bonacum Dispute
In Seward Nebraska the district court declined to extend a restraining order against Father Murphy over control of the Ullytes church. The court said it lacked power to restrain the priest from duties, leaving Murphy in charge at Alpemnes with plans to move into the church edifice Sunday morning. Further action by Bishop Bonacum was not stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonacum
Coep
Drocess of
Lincoln
Father Murphy
Seward
Ulytees
Alpemnes
Edifie
Boy Seeks Cinnamon Bun After Streetcar Collision
Seven year old Eddie Williams, son of J A Williams of Lincoln, was lightly cut above the left eye when his bicycle collided with a Havelock streetcar at Sixteenth and O streets. Dr Miller treated the wound with one stitch and the boy, unshaken, planned to finish his bakery errand. The crowded eastbound car struck as he turned from Sixteenth onto O street, leaving the lad on the track before bystanders helped him away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Williams
Gaston Head
Eddie Willame
J. A. Willian
Lincoln
Sixteenth
Dr Miller
Havelock
O Street
Juet
Fall of Clemenceau Cabinet Over Naval Inquiry
The Clemenceau government resigned after a vote of confidence failed 176 to 212 amid a marine department investigation. President Fallières accepted the resignation as M. Clemenceau and his ministers met him to offer their resignations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemenceau
Department of Marine
Special Commission
M. Clemenceny
Falllerea
Paroled Clerk John A. Cooke Granted Immediate Release
John A. Cooke, former clerk of the circuit court of Cook County, was paroled by the state board of pardons on Tuesday. The release came without delay due to his mother’s illness, and he was transported to Chicago in an automobile by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Cooke
Circuit Court
Cook County
State Board of Pardons
Chicago
Taxpayers oppose Omaha allotment extension in Thurston County
Thurston County taxpayers condemn a ten year extension of the Omaha allotments trust period. They argue nonresidents fly to gain land rents, leaving lands taxed without improvements. Local residents call for taxation for schools and highways and criticize congress for the extension.
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Thurston County
Omaha
Ilanesa
Mont
Congress
Kansas sheriff in confrontation over prisoner in Nebraska City
Sheriff F M Monaugh of Stockton Kansas arrived Saturday night with James Rankin an inmate. He tried to turn Rankin over to Sheriff Fischer claiming Rankin belonged to Otoe county. The Nebraska City officer refused and Monaugh was jailed for attempting to dump a pauper on Otoe county. Rankin and his mother were former Otoe residents. Rankin was sent to the insane asylum in 1907 and paroled in 1908 before moving with his mother to Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska City
Sherif F. M. Monaugh
Stockton
Kaw
James Rankin
Sherif Fischer
Otoe County
Rankin
Ineane Asylum
Kansas
Saloon Shooting in Omaha Leaves Man Dead
Jem Smith of Trinidad Colorado fired five revolver shots into a crowd at a Tenth and Doug las Omaha saloon Monday night. James Robbing, a piano player, was killed. James F. McGinnity was seriously injured and an unknown bystander was lightly wounded. Smith had been ejected earlier for threatening the bartender and returned to “clean out” the place. He was captured and jailed.
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Colorado
Pan Omaha
Jem Smith
Trinidad
Colo
Tenth
Doug- Jay
Omaha
James Robbing
James F. McGinnity
Smith
Merrick County Land Prices Rise Despite Drainage Ditch Setback
Land sales around Central City show Merrick County values climbing. Lester Hyland buys Flower farm east of Central City at 110 dollars an acre for eighty acres. Wunderlick and Wavelick sell the Hart ranch tract near Central City for 100 dollars an acre. Dave Burke declines 106 dollars per acre for Withrow quarter west of town. Another eighty near town to sell at 128 dollars per acre.
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Merrick County
Board of Supervisors
Lester Hyland
Sweetwater
Flower Farm
Central City
Wunderlick & Wavelick
David City
Hart
Farmer fatally injured after fall in wheat binder
Christopher Meyers, a 55 year old farmer living three miles west of Berlin, was fatally injured when his binder horses bolted in a wheat field. He was dragged fifty feet and received severe injuries including a broken back and lung puncture. Medical aid was summoned but his condition was critical.
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Christopher Meyers
Berlin
Horges
Moyers
Bloodhounds Find Child After 42 Hour Search
The 2 year old child of Mrs Myrtle Troyer of Lexington was found in the hills twenty six miles northwest of Lexington after a forty two hour search. Bloodhounds and about 200 people helped in the search and located the child, who was only mildly exposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Troyer
Lexington
Mob Hangs Albert Lawson Near Paris Prison
A mob seized Albert Lawson, who shot Sheriff RK. F. Compton, from the Paris jail Sunday in Paris Tennessee, hanged him to a mulberry tree near the prison, then cut the body down about thirty minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lawson
RK. F. Compton
Paris
Tenn
Paris Foll
Fire damages restaurant as homes become homeless in Ont
A Friday fire at a Chinese restaurant on Hunl eybury road near Cobalt Ontario caused losses around 100000 dollars. About three thousand people were left homeless and the section of the business area north of the square was destroyed.
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Hunlleybury Road
Cobalt
Ont
Lons
Forest Fire Rages in Yosemite Canyon Gorge
Firefighters hold a stubborn blaze in Merced canyon within Yosemite valley. Cavalrymen work to contain the flames along the gorge bounded by Point cliff and Panoramic cliff and prevent spread to untouched canyon sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merced Canyon
Yosemite Valley
Point Cliff
Tim
Rich farmer Sam Larue ends life near Holdrege
Sam Larue wealthy farmer living near Ingham shot himself in Holdrege railroad yards Tuesday afternoon. On his way home from Omaha with two carloads of fat steers he had received over 2000 dollars. Only nine dollars were found on his body leading authorities to suspect a sudden bout of insanity following financial loss. Larue’s father died in Hastings Insane asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Larue
Ingham
Holdrege
Omaha
Larue
Hastings
Fre mont man sentenced for assault on coworker
Frank Stratton, who came to Fremont with race horses, was sentenced to ninety days in the county jail for assaulting William Lewis, a fellow employee, and kicking him in the right eye and mouth. Lewis lost most of his upper teeth, suffered a deep mouth cut, and one eye was closed. a surgeon treated him before he could appear in justice court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stratton
Fremont
William Lewis
Lewis
B& Burgeon
Havelock Saloon Delivery Rules Cited by Lincoln Judge
Judge Risser of Lincoln police court rules in the case against three Havelock balloon men. It is lawful to deliver beer in Lincoln if bought in Havelock and cases are labeled with the consignor’s name. It is unlawful to ship beer on a wagon without labeling each case with the consignee’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havelock
Lincoln
Risser
Havelock Baloon
Hart to retire as director general of Chinese customs
Sir Robert Hart after a year’s leave in England and his first vacation in over twenty years appears set to retire from the post of director general of Chinese customs on grounds of health.
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Robert Hart
England
Suffragettes in Holloway Jail Embrace Hunger Strike Tactics
The success of several suffragettes in securing release from London prisons by hunger strikes has led all inmates in Holloway jail to adopt the same method to gain freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Holloway
Tragedy on Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Line Near Blairstown
Two men employed on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad were killed several miles from Blairstown, New Jersey on Tuesday.
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Delaware, Tackawanna
Blairstown
N. J
Flood Waters Swamp Wahoo Area After Heavy Rain
A heavy rain near Wahoo last Friday dumped 2.22 inches in about ninety minutes. Streets flooded and a major excavation at the Smith Hustin Anderson building filled to 18 inches, prompting pumping with a gasoline engine. South of town no rain fell, while lightning struck a barn owned by H J Litzman two miles west, killing two horses and a calf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wahoo
Smith-Hustin-Anderson Company
H. J. Litzman
Commons Flees District Court Suit Over 10000
John M. Commons fled Thurston county district court in a suit against Thoman I. Sloan of Pender for 10000. Commons serves as superintendent and special disbursing agent in charge of the Omaha Indian tribe in Thurston county.
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John M. Commons
Thurston County
Thoman I. Sloan
Pender
Mr. Commons
Beaver approves waterworks and extension bond vote
Beaver City voters approved waterworks and an extension bond by a 14 point margin. The tally confirms support for infrastructure upgrades and funding through municipal borrowing.
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Beaver
Beaver City
Municipal Ownership Pays in Grand Island Utilities
An expert accountant reports to Grand Island city officials that municipal ownership and operation of the water and light plant yields strong funds. The review confirms the light and water commission's office financial health and efficiency.
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Manitcipal
Grand Island
Change in Telegraph Office
G. Wolf, longtime manager of the Portal Telegraph Company in Lincoln, will become manager of the Omaha office on August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Wolf
Portal Telegraph Company
Lincoln
Omaha
Diamonds Found And Returned In Norfolk Incident
A $1,000 set of diamonds owned by Mrs. C M H Bowers was found on a sidewalk in Norfolk by 11 year old William Mueller son of Reverend J P Mueller and returned to the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Mra. C
District Court Upholds Conviction in Plattamouth Case
In Plattamouth district court Judge ILD overruled the motion for a new trial and sentenced John Clarence to a term of fourteen years in the state penitentiary at hard labor.
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Plattamouth
Ild
Travis
Mothan
John Clarence
Bell Company Sells Lyons Local Interest to Enfield
The Bell Telephone Company extended its system by selling the Lyons local interest to Fred Enfield of Lyons. Enfield blocks new cable installations and plans several significant upgrades to the network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Company
Har
Ward
Lyons
Fred Enfield
Trade and crop conditions show mixed midsummer activity
Irregularities in crop and weather conditions influence trade and industry with orders placed in advance, yielding fairly good seasonal volume and a gradual move toward normal. Wholesale and jobbing summer goods are light while fall trade remains strongest. Southwest quiet and Chicago most active, Northwest next. US weekly business failures total 206, Canadian 36, Bradstreet report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Southwest
Chicago
Northwest
Asl
United States
Brad Street
Market Prices by City for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Regional price list shows detailed commodity quotes across multiple markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Toledo Cincinnati and New York. Livestock figures cover cattle hogs sheep and lambs with ranges for each. grains list wheat corn oats rye and seeds with various No 2 mix and white classifications. Also notes butter eggs potatoes and cheese prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Castle
Congress Session Notes and House Deficiency Debate
The Senate met briefly to discuss a unanimous consent agreement as tariff talks continued. Senator Carter sought a DC affairs bill. Lodge and Culberson blocked action. The House, idle Thursday, debated President Taft’s travel funding and defection charges, with Tawney’s urgent deficiency bill stalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Buelneta
Carter
District of Columbia
Lodge
Culberson
House
Tawney
Taft
Rainey
Miinola
League of Republican
Clay
Georgia
Chamber
United States
Ditmars Plans Reptile Trade With European Zoos
Raymond L. Ditmars curator of the Bronx Zoo reptile house travels to Europe with crates of venomous American snakes and surplus animals. He will trade these for cobras, asps, and other deadly snakes from England Germany France and other countries. The Bronx collection has multiplied and trade is to obtain specimens not represented locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond L. Ditmars
Bronx Zoo
New York
Europe
Zoological Gardens
England
Germany
France
Bronx
South America
Mr. Ditmars
Bronx Sea
British Flag Rule Targets US Circuses In Winnipeg
Official Winnipeg orders bar United States circuses from parading unless they adopt a British flag. In Alabama, liquor kept in lockers for personal use is not saleable, and a municipal ban on possession is void. Milwaukee’s Henry Becker, famed as the boy mayor, returns via San Francisco from Taft’s canal visit. Two Montana sisters, 20 and 16, drowned in the Missouri River after a boatman’s attempt to save them. their 13-year-old brother also drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
United States
Alabama Supreme Court
Sherburne M. Becker
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Canal Lane
Taft
Montanus
Mueller
Lioget Helena
Missouri
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Weston
West Indian Gale
L. B. Adams
Center Street
Jamaica Plains
Ine
Burns
Vicr
EB. W. Redfield
Center Bridge
Society of French Artists
Luxemburg
Erie
Standard Steel
Private O'Neil
Nebraska State News
Jatil
Sickle
Bloodiounds
Wahioo
Clarence
Hrt
Eed
Cincinnati
Work of Congress
Hobson
Alabama
O'Brien
Tokio
Myr. Maton
Arkansas
Francis J. Heney
Appropriations Committee
Nubebins
Kkews
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