Roosevelt Tours Wyoming Valley Amid Social Probes
News of a Week item notes Colonel Roosevelt traveled 150 miles through 16 miding towns in Pennsylvania s coal belt, meeting workers and summer resort visitors at Glen Summit. He toured amid social inquiry with Lawrence Abbott while King Alfonso and Queen Victoria fled Spain for England. Virginia Governor Mann appointed ex Gov Claude Swanson to the U S Senate for the unexpired term ending March 3.
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Wyoming Valley
Pennsylvania
Hite
Glen Summit Springs
Wilkesbarre
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Lawrence Abbott
Lyman Abbott
Outtook
New York
Stoling
Alfonso
Victoria
Spain
England
Lkely
Mann
Virginia
Claude A. Swanson
Chatham
John W. Daniel
United States Senate
Resolutions at Des Moines oppose president tariff ties
The Iowa Republican state convention dismisses the president’s current tariff approach. It calls for an independent nonpartisan tariff committee to study imports and rejects the 1809 revision as fulfillment of party promises.
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Des Moines
Taft
Cady, Fla
Bessie Morrison
Christian Endeavor Societies
Fairbury
Neb
Nicholas Longworth
Kansas
T. P. Gore
House of Representatives
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Okla
Western Federation of Miners
United Mine Workers of America
Steel Workers of
Charles H. Moyer
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Holmes County
Florida
Missouri
Canton
Montrose
Father Point
Canada
Hawley Harvey Crippen
Ethel Clare Leneve
England
Belle Elmers
Quebec
Russia
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Carolina and
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Chester
D. C
John Junkin
Clara Rosen
Mutiny on Ore Boat Near Gary and Wider Turmoil
Nine of the Doug las Houghton crew mutinied 100 miles from Gary Indiana. Two men were chained in the hold. Passengers, women returning from a lake trip, hid in a cabin. Other items include British Parliament adjournment until November 15 and ongoing Lords vs. Commons constitutional talks. Northwestern railroad loses 400000 in Chadron fire. Port Charlton extradition time extension discussed. Oakland police accuse Frank Rowland of $4000 food-check swindle. Joe Henson shot in New Mexico feud. Sheriff Dull of Monroe County Michigan wounded near Erie. Cap Dilington slain in EsKiMo garrison. Crippen’s London defense funds sought. Grand Trunk Central Vermont rail agreement ends strike. Kansas insurgents win state tickets. Vigo police disperse protests over Spain Vatican dispute. Capable items on many incidents and deaths follow.
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Douglas Houghton
John F. Parke
House of Lords
House of Commona
Northwestern Railroad
Chadron
Neb
Italy
Porter Charlton
State Department
Washington
Oakland
Cal
Frank Rowland
Southern Pacific Railroad
Rowland
Joe Henson
Wood
N. M
Ren. W. R. Wright
Alamogordo
Sherif Edmond Dull
Monroe Scounty
Michigan
Erie
Mich
Peter Dilinton
Royal Canadian Army
Eskimo
Gunner Grant
Grant
M. Lee Hagle
la Pler
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Hawley H. Crippen
London
Belle Dimore
Quebec
Grand Trunk
Central Vermont
Hays
Atribke
Kansas
Stubbs
Vigo
Boais
Spain
Vatican
Capucines
Christian Endeavor Saceleties
Fairbury
Nicholas Longworth
Erwin G. Wilder
New York
Security Investment Company
George Westinghouse
Brent Electrical Works
Delaware & Hudson
Schenectady
Frederick Schermerhorn
Traun
Munich
J. C. B. Wise
Longmont
Col
Reuben Todd
Drybrook
Ulster County
N. Y
Rip van Winkle
Dry Brook
Nele Thompson
Milwaukee
Jura
Lake Michigan
Kenosha
Thomas Peterson
Thompson
Grand Trunk Railroad
Chicago
Switchmen’s Union of America
Brotherhood of Railway
John G. Carlisle
Treasury
Cleveland
Knights Templar Hold Triennial Parade in Chicago
Some 60,000 Knights Templar plus about 100,000 visitors marched through Chicago on August 9 for the grand parade closing the thirty first triennial conclave begun August 7. The event featured elaborate decor on Michigan Boulevard, a white arch across La Salle Street, archways and gardens, and a 150 foot high Grant Park electric emblem. The procession ended at the new city hall after 43 blocks of marching, with extensive safety and hospitality arrangements for participants and spectators.
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Knights Templar
Order
Sir Knights
George H. MacAdam
Madison
Wis
George C. Rafler
Cheyenne
Wyo
Illinois
United States
Cook County
Benjamin S. Wilson
Knights
Michigan Boulevard
Slr
William Bromwell Melish
Cincinnati
Henry W. Rugg
Providence
R. J
Melish
The
Art Institute
Federal Building
Densen
la Salle Street
Grand Commandery
la Salle Hotel
Grand Commandery of
Minois
City Hall
Washington Street
West Side
Ball Park
State Street
Grant Park
Lake Front
Gore Tells Senate He Was Offered Bribe In McMurray Case
United States Senator Gore reiterated his sensational claim that a bribe of 25000 was offered by a man from his own town, named Jacob Hammon, in Oklahoma. He said Hammon claimed higher ups including Vice President Sherman and others were interested in the McMurray contracts with the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. The Muskogee inquiry opened with Gore’s testimony as other officials denied involvement and sought to hear Creager and Curtis.
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Okia
United States
Gore
Senate
Senate Select Committee
Jacob Hammon
Republican State Central Committee of
Oklahoma
Hammion
Sherman
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Bird McGuire
Senator Gore
McMurray
Indiana
Hammon
Mammon
McGuire
Creager
Curtis
Burke
Utica
N. Y
James S. Sherman
Congressional Committee
Okla
Whole family slain near Santa Rosa mystery deepens
In Sonoma county a triple murder at Starbuck ranch near Croppers, north of Santa Rosa, is linked to a missing family. Fire and ash trail point to the Kendall home, where Enoch Kendall Mrs Kendall and son Thomas Kendall are believed dead. A Japanese youth, Henry Yamagachi, is aiding authorities as search intensifies for a key to the grisly case.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Henry Yamagachi
Sonoma County
Gunness
Indiana
Enoch Kendall
Ara Kendall
Thomas A
Browne Must Stand Trial On Bribery Charge
Browne must undergo another trial for allegedly bribing Representative Charles A. White with 1000 dollars to vote for United States Senator Lorimer. Judge Kersten rejected a motion to quash the indictment and ordered the accused to trial.
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Chicago
Nee O'Neill Browne
Charles A. White
United States
Lorimer
Kersten
Browne
Prince Henry Falls From Bicycle in The Hague
Prince Henry of the Netherlands consort of Queen Wilhelmina fell from his bike in The Hague on Thursday and sustained a fracture of the collar bone. He is known for enthusiastic athletic recreations and has previously sustained injuries in such pursuits.
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Holland
Te Hurt
the Hague
Prince Henry of
The
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Prince Henry
Ill-Enraged Husband Fatally Hurts Wife Then Himself
In Chadwick Illinois a jealous husband named Jain Divelbuss fatally struck his wife after she fled for divorce and then killed himself Thursday. The case leaves the wife and self as the victims of a fatal domestic incident.
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Sunng
Self
Chadwick
Jain Divelbuss
Womman
Hinself
GPLENPID FARMS FOR SALE Zasters Tow One Hundred Twenty Acres
Farmland listing offers 120 acres with improvements and easy terms. Financing available, inquiries to Collins Tipton or City National Bank for full description. Local buyers urged to act fast on this low price offer.
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Zasters
Collins, Tipton
Laws
Call City National Bank
Merely a Prevaricator
A doctor tells of curing a gravely ill patient by hypnotic suggestion using a painted sun ceiling. The patient improved until the doctor found him dead from sunstroke, the ruse having failed.
Quatined Western Attorney Recalls Promising Boy Applicant
An influential western lawyer recounts hiring a bright boy who applied for work. The boy impressed the lawyer by his confidence and claimed he was well educated. The tale highlights the expectation of writing telegrams and taking phone messages as part of the job.
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