MME Diss Debar Secures Freedom From Prison
London reports Mme Diss Debar known as Laura Jackson and others has been released from Aylesbury prison on ticket of leave after maximum sentence reduction for involvement with the Theocratic Unity sect. Her career spanned frauds in the United States Europe and South Africa with famed incidents involving Luther Marsh and other wealthy targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ann O'Della Diss Debar
Laura Jackson
Theodore Jackson
Aylesbury
Mme. Dis Debar
United States
Great Britain
Luther R. Marsh
New York
King
Louis I
Pavaria
Lola Montez
John G. F. Saloman
Washington
Kentucky
Joseph E. Diss Debar
Washington Square
Marsh
Madison Avenue
Diss Debar
Adventuress
Europe
Vera P. Ava
Chicago
Hher
Joliet
William J. McGown
McGown
New Orleans
Cape Town
South Africa
Mme. Diss De‘bar
Helena
Jackson
Horos
Theocratic Unity Organization
Brighton Canned Chicken Seller Fined for Unsound Goods
In Brighton England a retailer was fined after a magistrate found him responsible for 38 tins of canned chicken unfit for human consumption. The vendor argued lack of external signs, but the court ruled he bore accountability as holder of the goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Eng
Kansas Primary Delegates Appointed for Senate Seat Race
Topeka August 14 Gov Hoch named J Bristow W R Stubbs United States Senator A W Benson and Congressman Pete Campbell and Charles Curtis as delegates to the primary convention to be held Des Moines next month. All five are candidates for the United States Senate seat that will become vacant next March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Hoch
W. R. Stubbs
United States
A. W. Benson
Pete Campbell
Charles Curtis
Cat Des
Moines
Senate
St Paul Lacrosse Team Defeats Chicago 6 to 4 in Series Match
Reported lacrosse game sees St Paul defeat Chicago 6 to 4 in a series for the Carling cup amid rain and wind. Other items note Camp Mabry damage, no danger to Japanese seal poachers, and various crimes and civic events across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. “Paul
Camp Mabry
Tex
St. Paul Island
Alaska
T. F. Drake
Anderson
S. C
J. Anen ‘Emerson
Drake
Guerreiro
Lisbon
J. W. C. Wilder
Tom Bean
Sherman
Horace Dickson Mahey
Cape Breton Iron & Railway Company
Mira
S. W
Indianapolis
Michigan
King Alfonso
Queen Victoria
Cowes
Lord Laith of
Fyvie
Alender Forbes-Leith
Scotland
Lady Leith
Marie January
St. Louis
International Typographical Union
Colorado Springs
Lewis K. Marr
International Order of Telegraphers
Joseph D. O'Brien
M. J. Kelly
L. A. Lidyard
Minneapolis Club
American Association
Trouble on Moorish frontier
Algiers reports agitation along the Moorish frontier near Oudja as Algeria suspends exports across the border after a Moroccan sultanate envoy refuses to compel Moorish merchants to settle debts. Tribes fear loss of supplies and threaten to shift allegiance to France unless demands are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Oudja Owlns
Morocco
France
Train wreck near Racine blocks lines
Chicago and Northwestern passenger train No 11 derailed one mile south of Racine Junction at 6 15 Sunday evening. Locomotive tender mail car and one passenger coach left rails. Both directions blocked. No injuries reported as cause cited spreading rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Chicago & Northwestern
Racine Junction
Bank officials killed in Tamaqua trolley crash
Milton Whetstone cashier of Citizens' National Bank of Lansford was instantly killed and Daniel McGeehan assistant cashier fatally injured when their carriage was struck by a trolley car in Tamaqua Pennsylvania on August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamaqua
Milton Whetstone
Citizens’ National Bank of Lansford
Daniel McGeehan
John the Orange Man Dies After Operation
John Lovett known to Harvard men as John the Orange Man died at Massachusetts General Hospital on Sunday after an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Boston
Lovett
Harvard
Masachusetts General Hospital
Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Minneapolis
An estimated 75,000 people flocked to Minneapolis for the fortieth Grand Army of the Republic encampment. The event features multiple train arrivals, candidates for next commander, social functions, and a Daughters of the Revolution reception. The First Minnesota volunteers held their Civil War veterans reunion, followed by a grand patriotic concert in the Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
H.M. Kimball
Daughters of the American Revolution
Minnesota
Dowie Attacks Judge Landis At Zion City Meeting
John Alexander Dowie denounced Judge Landis at a Zion City gathering, claiming the jurist’s Zion decisions were unfair and calling his statements false. About 150 attendees cheered as Landis' name drew hisses and groans during the heated address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Shiloh House
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic Church of Zion
Landis
Zion
United States
Dowle
Freight Congestion Reported at Frisco Lines
Officials of the Southern Pacific announce freight on local tracks will be unloaded and stored at consignees’ expense. If not claimed within a reasonable time, goods will be sold to cover warehousing costs. Long local talks failed to relieve the backlog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An Francisco
Southern Pacific
Consignees
Five Drowned In Spokane River Near Davenport
Five Davenport social figures drowned while boating with friends on the Spokane river. Names listed as Miss Winnie Jones, A. L. Bergett, Mrs. A. L. Gergett, Roy Howard, and A. L. Imlan. Four victims reportedly sacrificed themselves trying to save others as whirlpools and strong currents pulled them under.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Wash
Spokane
Winnie Jones
A. L. Bergett
A.L. Gergett
Roy Howard
A. L. Imlan
Eagles Gather in Milwaukee for National Convention
A large delegation arrives in Milwaukee ahead of the Fraternal Order of Eagles national convention opening Tuesday. Kansas City and other states send visitors as the city prepares a gala for about twenty five thousand attendees and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Order’ of Eagles
Kansas
New York
Ohio
Multiple World Events and Political Nominations Reported
Notices span labor day closures in New York markets, Democratic nominations in Indiana and Illinois, and Republican selections in Maryland. International items include Moscow bomb finds, passport rules for Russian emigres, and troop-related matters. Also covered are Greek Bulgarian clashes, fires at Syzran, and campaigns in Montana and Montana.
Market Roundup Chicago and New York Commodities
Chicago and New York markets show flour and wheat movements with mixed tones. Flour prices steady with variants in Minnesota hard patent and export bag types. wheat dull to heavy with September and May futures. corn and oats subdued. rye steady with limited receipts. butter eggs and live poultry steady to firm.
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Chicago
Minnesota
New York
Duluth
Chicago Live Stock Prices Aug 14 Market Report
Chicago August 14 cattle market reports steady to higher prices across classes. Fancy steers 5.75 to 6.75 common steers 4.60 to 5.75 inferior to common steers 3.80 to 4.60 western range steers 4.00 to 5.00 good to fancy cows and heifers 3.75 to 5.35 yearlings 4.50 to 6.00 fair to choice feeders 3.75 to 4.25 cows 2.40 to 8.20 stockers 3.00 to 3.50 bulls 4.10 to 4.40 calves 3.00 to 6.00 heavy mixed 5.00 to 6.10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ice Trade Ties Between Railways And Ice Firms Under Scrutiny
Toledo investigators questioned railroads and ice companies over preferential handling and free transport. Witnesses including Joseph A. Miller and Wellington R. Burt testified that railroad interests owned ice stock and benefited from free or reduced freight, with the Toledo Ice & Coal Co. drawing on Ann Arbor railroad property and personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, O
Judson C. Clements
Interstate Commerce Commission
Toledo
Clements
Joseph A. Miller
Toledo Ice & Coal Company
Kinkade
Miller
Ice Company
Ann Arbor
Road
Wellington R. Burt
Harry Ashley
Organized Ice Company
Burt
Fee
H. E. Meyers
Pere Marquette Railroad
Michigan Lake Ice Company
Republicans Nominate Anderson Demand Roosevelt For 1908
Memphis Tennessee August 15 The Republican convention of the Tenth district unanimously nominated Harry B. Anderson for Congress and adopted a demand that Theodore Roosevelt again be the Republican candidate for president in 1908. The document criticizes Democratic party policy in Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Tenth District
Harry B. Anderson
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Tennessee
Robbers Try to Burn Town in Michigan After Shop Robbery
Berrien Center Michigan August 15 robbers raided the general store of J A L Rutter then set fire to the building as local firemen fought flames. Loss estimated at 7250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berrien ‘Center,Mich
Berrien
Mich
General
AL “Rutter
Gompers Attacks Shonts On Panama Labor Policy
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor criticizes Chairman Shonts of the Isthmian Canal Commission over Panama Canal labor plans. He rejects Shonts claim that Chinese exclusion law applied only to areas under US authority and says Congress aided by labor-hostile forces undermined the eight hour rule in canal construction. He warns future judgment will hinge on these issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
United States
James O’connell
International Association of Machintists
Congress
Road grants equal oil rates shift against independents
United States District Attorney Sullivan left for Chicago to resume grand jury work on Standard Oil. He met with C. D. Chamberlin and F. W. Boltz about evidence for the hearing and Boltz was subpoenaed. Sullivan said Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad will set tank car mileage fees for independents on the same basis as Standard Oil, a change alleged to hurt independent oil firms by many thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
United States
Sullivan
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
C. D. Chamberlin
F. W. Boltz
National Petroleum Association
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lunacy case filed against Miss Case after church disturbance
Lunacy proceedings begun in Nassau county after Miss Asi L Esac also known as Elizabeth Case created a disturbance during a church service attended by President Roosevelt. If held by Wednesday she will be brought before Judge Jackson at Mineola for commitment as an insane person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss. Case
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Asi L. Esac
Elizabeth Case
Roosevelt
Miss Case
Nassau County
Strike Ends at Berkshire Cotton Mills With 3000 Return
Adams Massachusetts August 14 1900 strike ends in four Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing mills. Three thousand employees will return to work Thursday. Treasurer W B Plunkett granted concessions but refused to reemploy Samuel Whitlam whose discharge sparked the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Mass
Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company
W. B. Plunkett
Samuel Whitlam
Child Survives Fall From Moving Train Near Philadelphia
Four year old Tony Bardinger fell from a Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern passenger train traveling 50 miles an hour near Philadelphia station. The boy was found unhurt aside from a slight back injury and a small cut on the upper lip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Philadelphia
Tony Bardinger
Missouri Equalization Reports 1906 Assessment Increase
The Missouri state board of equalization announced 1906 tax assessments for railways bridges telegraph and telephone companies. The total increase over last year is 10,090,835.62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Equalization
Jefferson City
State Board of
Pridge
Noted Authoress Dead in London
London August 14 reports the death of the noted author Pearl Mary at an advanced age after a brief illness. Her passing is mourned by peers and readers worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Grand Duke declines post of commander in chief
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch refused the offered post of commander in chief of all imperial troops where martial law exists. He favors Gen. Linovitch for the role, but the emperor has not yet decided. The report notes the grand duke’s view that a military man should hold such power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Krasnoye-Selo
Nicholas
Gen
Linovitch
Gzarevitch
Ezarevitch
Warsaw
Karateieff
Samara
Ivanoff
Libau
Gen. Strijoff
von Larsky
Strijoff
Skallon
Helsingfors
Finland
Dolgoroukoffsky Street
Texas Floods Spread to Lower Valleys from Colorado River
Floods spreading from the Colorado River in Texas reach lower valleys after a week of heavy rains in San Angelo country. Farmers race to save crops as losses look heavy across farms in the bottoms from Austin to the river mouth. Additional rains near Austin extend the flood period to at least two weeks and threaten further overflows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Colorado River
San Angelo
Austin
Secret printing house found for revolutionary league in village
Moscow reports police seized a hidden printing shop in a nearby village printing the Vi borg and Terjiorki manifestos for the army and navy. Three bombs were captured. Mme Effenoff, linked to the central organization of the social revolutionists and peasants league, was among recently arrested Moscow committee members. Fifty agitators expelled from Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Revolutionary League
Viborg
Terjiorki
Revolutionary Committee
Mme. Effenoff
Social Revolutionists and Peasants’ League
Hazing Violations Reported at Naval Academy
Washington notes the navy department received a report from the naval academy detailing first violations of the April 9 1906 anti hazing law. It lists four to five midshipmen worthy of dismissal for offenses not labeled hazing. Officials await the president's decision on academy recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Washington
Navy Department
Naval Academy
Naval
Naval’ Academy
Rear end collision near Franklin injures crew. one killed
In a north bound freight train collision on the Pennsylvania railroad near Franklin Pennsylvania August 13 barrett flagman from Pittsburg Miller brakeman and other train men were seriously hurt one killed and others injured in the wreck
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Pattick “Barrett
Miller
Aew
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Coney Island
Supreme Court
Gaynor
W. H. Hyers
Kansas City
St. Paul
National Board of Trade of
Apostle
Frisco
Eagles
York
Frank. E. Gavin
Heath
Junction City
Lee Mantle
Butte
Montana
Flora
Charles McMackin
Salem
Maryland
Robert Garrett
Prussia
Taft
Sidney S. Burbank
United States Army
Yekaterinoslav
Constitutional Democratic Central Committee
Ahiota
S. J. C. Beckemeyer
Carlisle
John A. Read
Effinghams
San Francisco
Steamship Association
Washington Herald
Scott C. Bone
Enterprise
Syzran
Fort Des Moines
Eleventh Cavalry
Fort Riley
David R. Francis
Mijertain
Coolie
Texas
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