Past and Present from Across the World This Week
Telegraphic items report Slouin on his wedding day in Bessemer City where W M Brawn was shot dead by John M Kincaid at the depot. Brawns married minutes earlier to Bettie Perry. A later dispute led to five pistol shots and Brown's death as Kincaid surrendered. Reports also note Lee's force ready to pursue Pulajanes on Leyte, municipal unrest tied to police disarmament. Further cases include murder in Garrett Indiana, and embezzlement charges against Clifford Hixton with a $125,000 implied loss.
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Brown
Kincaid
Lee
Leyte
Wood
Manila
Deveyra
Riot at Rockland Mich Leaves Four Injured
In Rockland Michigan, a clash between striking trammen and miners at a copper mine left one man Kilkee and three others shot after stones clubs and revolvers were used. Four men were arrested as order was restored.
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Rockland
Mich
Kilkee
Michigan
Forth
Twenty Four Hour Bank Opens in Chicago
Chicago introduces a round the clock bank on a three shift system. The Day and Night Bank offers both commercial and savings services with daily operation except Sundays and holidays.
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Chicago
Fire Wipes Out Food Supply in Tleward Town
A large fire destroyed two blocks forming the entire business section of Tleward Ohio ten miles east of Mount Vernon. Loss estimated at 250 dollars with supplies needed from Mount Vernon to feed residents. The blaze is believed to be incendiary.
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Tleward
Moount Vernon
Ohio
Mount Vernon
Tragedy at Road Crossing Involving Traction Car
A Muncie Portland traction car struck a buggy at a road crossing near Muncie Indiana. Sanford Lon McKinney aged 45 was killed instantly. Frank Young suffered serious injuries. McKinney was a resident of Muncie.
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Muncie-Portland
Sanford Lon McKinney
Frank Young
Muncie
Ind
McKinney
Young
Secretarys Son Kills Himself at Seattle Hotel
FE. A. Gage, reputed son of former Secretary of the Treasury, died by self inflicted gunshot at the Tourist hotel in Seattle Washington. He had been acting strangely for some time according to Seattle acquaintances.
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Gage
FE. A. Gage
Graham
Welljroom
Kan
Long Fast Ends in Death for Detroit Clerk
James B. Postlethwaite, a clerical employee of the Michigan Central Railway in Detroit, died in a hospital after fasting forty nine days for health reasons.
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James B. Postlethwaite
Michigan Central Railway Company
Detroit
Mich
Condemned Man Escapes from Newcastle Jail
Thomas O'Toole under death sentence for murdering his brother in law Le Roy Barber escaped Newcastle county jail by digging through brick walls. Ferry Boat Sinks near Wilnaond on the Vistula river with thirty drowned and thirty passengers missing in a Berlin dispatch.
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Thomas O'Toole
Leroy Barber
Newcastle
Berlin
Germany
Vistula
Wilnaond
Russian Jew Describes Peonage Trial in New York
Bonnie Wilenski, a Russian Jewish immigrant, accuses Schwartz, proprietor of a New York employment agency, of peonage. He says promised $1.80 daily work and deducted passage costs, then endured harsh camp conditions, enforced labor, food deprivation, and forced living in huts. After ten days no wages arrived. an officer allegedly kept his $80 remittance, and Wilenski eventually returned to New York seeking relief.
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New York
Schwartz
Schwartz Employment Agency
United States
Shields
Bonnie Wilenski
Wilenski
America
Tacksonville
Trodges Milling Company
Mayton
Bin
Wilenskis
Wien
Jacksonville
Zion City Trust Estate. Judge Refuses Control by Dowie or Voliva
Judge Landis in Chicago rules Zion City a trust estate and places it under a receiver. An election will be held on the third Tuesday in September for residents to elect a new overseer. Dowie and Voliva are not awarded control. bankruptcy against Dowie is set aside. The decision voids power of attorney and confirms trust status of all money and land.
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Landis
Dowie
Voliva
Chicago
Che Aion City
Dr. Dowie
Wilbur Glen Voliva
Tostead
Church Town
Ouerever Volaander
Trowie Po
Fororately
Aion
Tvs
Aginst Dowie
Zion Tual
Woman Hurt In Lakeside Resort Fire Attracts 5000 Onlookers
A gasoline tank explosion at the Lakeside Ohio resort destroyed the summer residence of Pao Barnard El Berry of Elyria and damaged other buildings. Mrs Berry suffered severe burns, escaping to T W Byington’s home where help extinguished the flames. Net tie Dory sustained a broken arkle and several women were injured as crowds fled in panic. About five thousand spectators watched.
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Lakeside
Pao Barnard EL. Berry
Elyria
Mrs. Berry
Ohio
Mars
Nettie Dory
Arkle
Kerry
Supreme Court of Missouri delays death transcript filing
The Missouri Supreme Court issued an order extending for sixty days the time to file the transcript in the case of FL Seymour, "Tord Jarrington, who is under sentence of death for murder, as received by the U.S. Supreme Court via Chief Justice notes.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of Missouri
FL Seymour
Tord Jarrington
Public Land Fencers Fined in U S Court
A. C. and B S Kuidekoper of Meadville Pennsylvania and W G Chirk of North Dakota were fined $300 and sentenced to one day in jail by Judge Amidon in the United States Court in Margo North Dakota for fencing government land.
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A. C
B.S. Kuidekoper
Meadville
W. G. Chirk
North Dakota
Amidon
United States Court
Margo
N. D
Whuitdekopers
Wreck Near Springfield Injures Thirty on Train No 12
A St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train bound for St. Louis derailed near Springfield Missouri after a defective split switch. Thirty people were injured, two possibly fatally, with the most serious hurt including St J Thorp of Monticello and Mrs. Kate Shottey.
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St. Louis
San Francisco
Springfield
St. J. Thorp
Monticello
Kate Shottey
Policy of New Premier in Russia Declared
Premier Stolypin outlines a strong handed reform policy and vows to suppress opposition. Government efforts intensify to avert an imminent financial disaster amid mounting pressure.
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Stolypin
Russia
Plans to Rebuild Palace Hotel After Earthquake Fire
The Palace hotel in San Francisco will be torn down and rebuilt at a cost of 3,500,000 dollars after the recent quake and fire. The project aims to restore the famed inn to its former prominence in the city.
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San Francisco
Quick Justice in Kentucky Tries and Hangs Mob Attack Suspect
A Black man accused of assaulting a white woman was tried and hanged in fifty minutes in Mayfield Kentucky after state troops freed him from a mob. The rapid execution followed the alleged attack and mob action.
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Kentucky
Mayfield
Bolt Strikes Man Wounding Four Near Lawrenceville
A severe bolt of lightning at Till Top Park near Lawrenceville, Ohio knocked a farmer a man unconscious and shocked three others. Lortan, returning to a threshing machine, was struck on the hat and clothes, catching fire before water from Clyde Nander extinguished it. Nander’s daughter, standing nearby, was knocked unconscious for about two hours.
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Tanber Lorton
Xander
I. Ballentine
Till Top Park
Lawrenceville
Lortan
Clyde Nander
Nanders
Two Killed and Many Hurt in Vincennes Mill Blast
Two men Harry Borders and Lafe Lichey were killed when a boiler exploded at Vincennes Paper Mills Company in Vincennes Indiana. More than twenty workers were injured including Charles Connors who was hurled fifty feet. The boiler house and roof were destroyed and nearby structures suffered damage.
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Harry Borders
Lafe Lichey
Vincennes Paper Mills Company
Vincennes
Ind
Charles Connors
Turs Rnson
William Henry Harrison
Northwest Territory
Edward Shepard
Hearst to Run as Independent for New York Governor
Hearst announces candidacy for governor of New York as an independent. The Independent League, meeting at the Gilsey House, plans a September 11 state convention in New York City to nominate Hearst and a full state and judiciary ticket. The league will operate without affiliation to the regular Democratic party unless Democrats endorse the league slate.
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Independent League
New York
William RR. Hearst
Gilsey House
League
New York City
Hearst
State
Judiciary
Democratic Party
Ant Independent Movement
Indorse Tharst
Democratic
Americans Reported Ill Treatment on Isles Journey to Washington
Two Americans reach New Orleans en route to Washington to file complaints with the State Department. One claimant alleges a Wisconsin member of the bar was jailed and fined for filling a hole on public land in front of his house.
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Isle of
Ines
New Orleans
Washington
State Department
Wisconsin
Cripple Kills His Wife in Tuien City
Samuel Jremont, a cripple from Tuien City Ind, killed his wife by shooting through the heart and head after a dispute over damages for their son’s death caused by a hitroglycerin explosion. The incident followed protracted contention over the Soo.
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Soo
Samuel Jremont
Tuien City
Ind
Cummins Wins in Town at Republican Nominating Convention
Albert B. Cummins secured the Iowa gubernatorial nomination at the Des Moines convention. The so called stand-patters were defeated, Secretary Slaw’s influence was weakened, and Senator Alfison’s position appeared at risk.
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Cummins
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Pes Moines
Slaw
Alfison
Mutiny Captures Sveaborg Fortress After Heavy Battle
Russian forces at Sveaborg Finland mutinied and seized the fortress after a brutal fight that left hundreds dead or wounded. Authorities expose a grand conspiracy to take three major Russian sea forts.
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Great
Sveaborg
Finland
Woman Forces Streetcar, Controls Car In Panicked Chase
A woman attempting to catch a train shoved the motorman from a Chicago streetcar, seized the lever, and steered the coach at high speed for nearly a mile as passengers panicked. In a separate case, Chicago Circuit Court Clerk John A. Cooke was convicted of conspiracy and faces up to five years in prison and a $2000 fine.
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Chicago
John A. Cooke
Fire Destroys Congressman Cole's Barn in Findlay Ohio
An incendiary fire destroyed the barn of Congressman Ralph D. Cole in Findlay Ohio. A witness saw a man fleeing the scene, and authorities suspect a deliberate act driven by spite toward the congressman.
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Ralph D. Cole
Findlay
Ohio
Michigan Republicans Nominate State Ticket Led by Governor
Michigan Republicans named a State ticket headed by Governor Jed M. Warner. They endorsed President Roosevelt and called for direct nomination of United States Senators.
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Michigan
Jed M. Warner
Troosevelt
United States
Vast Sums for Gems Import Peak in Last Fiscal Year
The United States imported record values of precious stones in the last fiscal year totaling 40,247,010 dollars, led by diamonds which dominated the import value at a ratio near seven to one. Uncut diamonds worth about 10.5 million were imported in 1906 for American diamond-cutting firms, while over 24 million were cut but not yet finished.
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United States
Censis
Belle Fourche Irrigation Project Reclaims 90000 Acres
The Belle Fourche irrigation scheme north of Belle Fourche South Dakota will reclaim 90,000 acres of arid land. A $2,100,000 congressional appropriation supports the dam and canal system. The Owl Creek reservoir forms the key feature with a six and a half mile canal feeding the basin dam, the largest earthen dam in the United States.
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South Dakota
Belle Fourche
8. D
Black Hills
Congress
Water Users’ Association
Owl Creek
Belle Lourche
United States
Woman and babes slain near Canonsburg
Samuel Pearse returns home to find his wife and two children dead and a third dying from bullet wounds. A fire attempt was made in a bedroom but Pearse extinguished it. Mrs Pearse is 25, Margaret 5, Dwight 11 months, Robert dying. Elmer Dempster, 19, arrested and said to confess.
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Samuel Pearse
Washington County
Pennsylvaua
Pearse
Dwight
Robert
Canonsburg
Pearse Hind
Elmer Dempster
Suspect Released in Poughkeepsie Murder Case
Fritz Constantine, jailed in Poughkeepsie for the murder of Mrs. Louisa Gentry of Chicago, has been released after A W Gentry and George Scott failed to identify him. The two witnesses could not confirm Constantine as the killer.
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Poughkeepsie
Fritz Constantine
N.Y
Louisa 11. Gentry
Chicago
A. W. Gentry
George Scott
Gentry
Frank J. Constantine
Water Takes Many Lives In Sunday Outing Tragedies
Eighteen people died in water incidents on Sunday in and near New York. Two yachts wrecked off Anglesea New Jersey with eight fatalities. A small New Jersey lake capsizing claimed three lives. A New York policeman and a swimmer both disappeared during a rescue attempt. Five deaths occurred in a lake near Fulton.
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New York
Anglesea
N. J
New Jersey
Fulton
Wheat at Lowest notch as New York prices dip
Wheat fell to the season's low in New York trading as the September close neared 8114 cents a bushel, just under the prior figure. Large receipts, weak overseas demand, favorable harvest weather in the Northwest, and a sharp rise in visible supply were cited as the main factors.
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New York
Miller and Kin Pleaded Guilty in Oregon Land Fraud Case
Henry W. Miller and Rank Kin Carl pleaded guilty to subornation of perjury in land fraud schemes tied to Oregon. Judge Want sentenced both to one year in the Federal penitentiary on McNeil's Island, Washington.
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Henry W. Miller
Rank Kincarl
Oregon
Want
Federal
McNeil's Island
Washington
Divorce for Mrs Corey in Reno Under New Custody Provisions
Mrs Corey secured a divorce at Reno Nevada aided by her brother in law Mrs William Ellis Corey wife of the United States Steel Corp president. She was granted custody of the son cum tody.
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Corey
William Ellis Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Reno
Nev
Campaign Leader Named for Labor Campaign Role
The American Federation of Labor designates Thomas Tracey of Boston Moeas as campaign manager. Tracey, a cigarmaker by trade, has not worked in a factory for years.
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American Federation of Labor
Thomas ‘Tracey
Boston
Moeas
Tracey
Chicago industry and crop prospects signal strong summer activity
Dun's Review notes solid demand in iron and steel while machinery, plumbing, and electrical trades stay busy. Building work expands, crops at favorable prospects bolster confidence, grain movements rise, livestock and lumber receipts vary, and bank clearings exceed last year. Trade optimism remains high for fall and winter.
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Chicago
Hmit
Chicnago
Dun
Review of Trade
New York
United States
Canada
Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Grains Across Cities
Prices show cattle hogs and grain ranges in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee and Buffalo. Values span cattle 4.00 to 6.80 hogs 2.50 to 6.80 wheat 0.40 to 0.78 corn 0.48 to 0.66 oats 0.32 to 0.87 rye 0.55 to 0.63 and hay 10.00 to 17.00 per ton.
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Chicago
Ste. Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
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AN. M
Garrett
Edward Black
B. & C. Railroad Company
Maggie Cannan
Caverett
Jnd
Cannon
Black
Clifford S. Hixton
Vien Trnst Company
Wittsburg
Thix Tan
Tixten
Zion City
Bolt
Luther Lorton
William WR. Henrat
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