Boy and Squaws Kill Deputy Warden in Montana Chase
The Elgin Echo reports Deputy Game Warden Charles S. Peyton is killed in a Swan River country confrontation while attempting to arrest an Indian gathering. Peyton and accompanying ranch hand Rudolph describe a brief firefight with several natives, including an 18 year old, ending in Peyton’s mortal wounding and the deaths of two other Indians. Squaws are said to be fleeing with bodies as guards watch mountain passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. Scott
Monty A. Wass
Missoula
Mont
Charles 5. Peyton
Indiang Bunday
Swan River Country
Worman Studolph
Peyton
Rusdolph
Horges
Arctic explorer outlines drift floe plan to reach pole
Evelyn B Baldwin visited the White House seeking an audience with President Roosevelt to present a new Arctic exploration concept. Backed by notable figures including Admiral Melville and Sir Purdon Clarke, the plan involves using large floes drifting from the Bering Sea to Greenland, a journey estimated at about three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xplorer Baldwin
White House
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Mr. Baldwin
Roosevelt
Arctic
Pole
Admiral Melville
Admiral Schley
Purdon Clarke
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Behring Sea
Greenland
Jealous Husband Blain Kills Man in Board House Shooting
Edward Miers of Peru Indiana, formerly of Indianapolis, sought his wife and found her with William Pugh at a boarding house on East South Street. Miers sat on the veranda and was shot through the heart by Pugh after a motion toward a hip pocket. Pugh waited for police. Miers died. Also reported: habeas corpus ruling on Thaw testimony in bankruptcy, no separate schools for Negroes in Ohio, and counterfeit notes indictments in Milton and Oakville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Miers
Indianapolis
Peru
Ind
William Pugh
Miers
Pugh
Nebraska blue laws upheld ban on Sunday business
The State Supreme Court sustained the legality of the Nebraska blue laws forbid ding almost all Sunday business transactions. The case arose on habeas corpus for John Ryan, an Omaha cigar dealer, and Jacob Caldwell, an Omaha barber, arrested under a State statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Nebraska
John Ryan
Omaha
Jacob Caldwell
Bank Cashier Indicted in Pittsburgh Bank Failure
A federal grand jury returned three indictments with thirty eight counts against William Montgomery, former cashier of Allegheny National Bank, which failed for over $1,000,000. The case ties to the bank's collapse and related financial irregularities. George F. Getz, president of Globs Coal Company, and two unidentified men may have died in an explosion of Getz's touring car near Tawthorne, Uf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Grand Jury
Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Gatz’n Auto
George F. Getz
Globs Coal Company
Chicago
Mr. Getz
Tawthorne
Rewards for Night Riders Endanger Cotton Gin District
Guv Campbell of Palestine Texas offers rewards for the arrest of night riders and arsonists targeting cotton gins. In Portland Oregon jeweler C Butterworth shot dead by a highwayman near his home, the motive reportedly to obtain a $330 diamond ring he wore.
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Guv
Campbell
Palestine
Texas
Portland
Oregon
C. Butterworth, & Jeweler
St. Josus
Ore
Hig
Butterworth
Mountain Girl Moonshiners Stir Kentucky Moonshine Trade
The article reports on children in Kentucky being used to sell illegal moonshine. Parents and others send kids to carry and deliver whiskey to mountain settlements and villages, expanding the illicit trade despite government efforts. It notes community tolerance and the growing danger as the craft shifts toward younger purveyors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Genta
Union activity spans continents and sectors in 1800s reports
A survey highlights unions formed or active across North America and Europe, noting San Francisco Laundry Workers with 1375 members, Tron Molders of North America marking 50th anniversary next year, and new unions in Toronto and Dun Kirk. Steam Engineers raise monthly tax to 20 cents, while Belfast iron molders avert a strike with a one shilling weekly cut. International Brewery Workmen report 42,570 members, and 95,000 members in 192 unions show improving idle rates through midyear. New Zealand liability bill targets strikers with fines up to £10 and weekly penalties. lockouts face £200 initial fines and £50 weekly upkeep. Poster Art Association links to AFL. state labor office notes employment gains in late spring quarter.
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Hattery
United States
San Francisco
Cat
Tron Molders’ Union of North
Melrose
Minn
Steam Engineers
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths
Dunkirk
N.Y
Belfast
Ireland
Boston
Mass
A. IX. of L. Metal Trades Department
Boston Machinists’ Lodge
Pennsylvania
International Brewery Workmen of America
Nlao
Northeastern Railway Company
England
New York State Labor Bureau
Jete
Association of America
American Federation of Labor
Uniot
New Zealand
Unemployed Armies Grip Britain Amid Shipyard Slump
The report details widespread distress across Britain with idle workers in shipbuilding and iron and steel trades. Thousands of sailors and shipyard workers face unemployment as freights fall and production costs rise, with estimates of 6,000 to 7,000 dockhands out of work and 8 shipyards idle.
Corn Stalk Paper Could Cut Costs and Help Forests
Government chemists report corn stalk paper may halve the cost of printing paper and ease wood pulp demand. Dr. H S Bristol and team produced five shades from hard stalk shells and pith, noting yellow grades have longer fiber like cotton. Prolific cornstalks could replace wood pulp in future manufactur.
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Department of Agriculture
Chemistry Bureau
H. 8. Bristol
Bristol
Greatest Butterfly Collection Sold by Strecker Widow
The famed collection of nearly 100000 butterflies and moths, considered the world’s finest, has been sold by the widow of entomologist Herman Strecker of Reading Pennsylvania to the Field Museum of Chicago for twenty thousand dollars.
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Lnte
Herman Strecker
Reading
Field Museum of Chicago
Divorce suit filed as Mrs Warnd seeks separation
Mrs Warnd seeks divorce from Captain Peter Hulns amid alleged marital strife. Long Island man Halny awaits trial for killing William Annia of New York at Bay View Yacht Club dock in July. Annis and Mrs Finlus named as lovers. Mia Maing denies tensions with Annis and may testify against her husband.
Canada cup challenge eyed by Royal Canadian Yacht Club
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club plans a Canada cup challenge against Rochester N Y Yacht Club for 1909. Also noted are boxing great Ike Wolf Weir’s death in Somerville Massachusetts and Marathon race plans by Century Athletic Club on the Pacific coast from Fruitdale to Haywards.
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Royal Canadian Yacht Club
Rochester
Isaac O. Weir
Ike Wolf
Somerville
Masa
Pacific Coast
Century Athletic Club
Fruitdale
Haywards
Royal Automobile Club
Isle of Man
W. Watson
Great Britain
John Burns
Ruih Dillon
Sidney Dillon Trotter
Sterling R. Molt
Indianapolis
Millwayd Randers
Columbus
Hester-Columbus
Ruth
Chueen
Aquin
Jerry B
Argot Wilkes
Cox
Clintion
Stledgewood Tay
Apple Crop Yield Reaches 25 Million Barrels Nationwide
Reports to the national apple show in Spokane indicate 25 million barrels or 63.5 million bushels harvested from 15,000 growers across the union. Despite droughts and pests, the crop is as large as 1907 with higher prices, producing a pastry mountain weighing about 9.25 billion pounds and requiring 154,160 cars for transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Marty J. Neely
Spokane
Varlona Belts
Middle Western
Mercury for Tuberculosis Treatment by Navy Surgeon
Medical Inspector Hibbott transmits a paper by Surgeon B. L. Weight on using mercury to treat tuberculosis at the Newport naval hospital. The document argues that mercury, used judiciously, is a specific remedy for all forms of tuberculosis, noting some patients were nearly at death's door.
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Hibbott
Navy
B. L. Weight
Naval Hospital
Newport
Mrs Warren sues estate to foreclose mortgage in Denver
Mrs Warren wife of Dr Warren Methodist bishop of Colorado sues the estate of Hannah E Foster former Denver red light queen to foreclose a mortgage securing a $5000 loan from seventeen years ago. President Roosevelt has received the resignation of Hamilton Fish Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York to take effect October 21 as he runs for Congress in the twenty first district.
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Mrs. Warren
Dr. Warren
Colorado
Hannah E. Foster
Denver
Red Light Queen
Troogavelt
Hamilton Fish
United States
New York
Fish
Twenty-First
Congress
Chicago Trade Review notes varied gains amid cautious outlook
The Weekly Review of Chicago Trade reports bank clearings at 249,279,108 down 9.7 percent from the prior year. Defaults lessen as liquidation of old debts continues, while production rises in factories and merchandising. Rail, furnace, car building and farm equipment show better activity. shipbuilding remains dull. weather aids retail demand. dry goods and footwear see fair dealings.
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Rkeview of
Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Weather and business mood amid election year in New York
New York shows continued warm weather and cautious consumer buying as the national election nears. Industry remains slightly active with stronger iron and brisk construction while drought and waterway issues affect mills and coke. Rail tonnage rises but credit and project delays persist. Bradstreet notes U S weekly business failures at 244 versus prior weeks and Canada at 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Webbe
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Market Prices Across Cities For Cattle Hogs and Grains
Chicago prices show cattle from 64.00 to 7.00 with hogs at 4.00 to 5.05 and grains including wheat No 2 at 67c to Ba, corn No 2 Tic to T2c. Indianapolis lists cattle, hogs 3.50 to 5.05 and wheat No 2 at 1.00 to 1.01. Detroit and St Louis report mixed ranges in cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats and more with varied figures.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Ste
New York
Cnws
Toledo
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Shields
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Ont
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Croziers
New York State
Mountain Girl Moonshiners
Minneapolis Journal
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