Bryan outlines acceptance speech focus Shall the People Rule
William J. Bryan outlined topics for his forthcoming acceptance speech in Lincoln Nebraska. He will concentrate on Shall the People Rule and the measure of reward while promising to address tariff trusts and bank deposits in upcoming addresses over the next thirty days. The report notes officers watch trains and settlers discuss lynching if the murderer is caught as well as a separate shooting incident at Maxbass resulting in a death.
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Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Maken
Bryan
C. P. R. Strike Settling Into Endurance Contest
Winnipeg August 11 CP R strikes settle into an endurance contest with unions backed by the American Federation of Labor. The line faces attempts to hire strikebreakers while preserving orderly conduct. Some western Canada mechanics refuse to work joining strikers. Freight moves with limited inspection as the company uses its remaining skilled workers. Jas OConnell of Washington DC, head of the metal trades branch, is due to help operations in the McVery district.
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Winnipeg
CP. R
American Federation of Labor
Wesstern Cangdana
Strckers
Ihs
Jas O'Connell
Washington, D. C
McVery
O'Connell
Amert
Fleet Officers Enjoy Good Times in Auckland Harbor
Auckland reports a lively celebration of visiting American warship crews with crowds from across the province. Lord Plunkett hosts a government ball for Rear Admiral Sperry and the fleet officers, amid enthusiastic, festival atmosphere. In Altus, editor Horace V. Sheppard returns from business to a crowd upset by a partisan shift as Horton leads.
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Auckland
New Zealand
New
Gotes
Altus
Okio
Horace V. Sheppard
Altus Times
Bualneta
Guy P. Horton
Bryan Democrat
Sheppard
Taft
Horton
Times
Gorest
Miller Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny in Horse Theft Case
In Bismarck North Dakota this afternoon Joseph Miller pleaded guilty to grand larceny for stealing a farmer's horse on August 1. A posse pursued him from Willendale for eighteen miles, shots were fired, and he was captured after forcing a church timber refuge. He is sent to the penitentiary for three years.
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Bismarck
N. D
Joseph Miller
Miller
Dickey County
Wllendale
Dutch Prepare for Big War In Caribbean
Willemstad Aug 11 The Colonial government moves to meet any trouble with Venezuela installing wireless telegraphy. Yesterday cruiser Gelderland departed for Aruba carrying rifles and munitions to residents. Aruba is practically without protection.
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Willemstad
Netherlands
Venezuela
Gelerland
Aruba
Mandan Windstorm Leaves Town in Ruin
A violent Mandan storm brought hurricane force winds and heavy hail in a damaging wave. Trees were blown down and homes injured as roofs were torn, with several structures leveled and vehicles overturned. One building roof collapsed, causing extensive damage estimated around thousands of dollars. No precise casualty figures are provided in the readable text.
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Bismarck
Mandan
Sitio
Armall
Mehming
Waters of Big River Welcome Me Diary Fragment
In Mandan and St Paul reports describe a memorandum found on Franz Peutterich, believed dead by suicide with a fatal head wound. The diary notes fleeingGermany after a duel and references the Mississippi waters inviting him, with an entry dated August 11.
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Big River
St Paul, Minn
Franz Peutterich
Mutual Insurance Leaders Gather in Des Moines
The American Association of Mutual Insurance Companies opens a four day session in Des Moines Iowa with welcomes from B H Ohiendorf and Charles F Danforth. Noted speakers include M G K Roberts of Chattanooga and Dr Creamer of Columbus. L Pierce of the Mutual Fire Insurance Co will discuss Pure Mutuality and Real Protection. Col W R Straube of Lincoln presides. topics include The Safer Get Bott of wit and Conducting Cone f.
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Mutual Insurance Men
Dee Moines
American Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
B. H. Ohiendorf
State Seadcration
Charles F. Danforth
Roston
M. G. K. Roberts
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dr & Creamer
Columbus
Ohio
L. Pierce
Mutual Firs Tnimdtance Co
District of Columbia
Col
Ww. RL Straube
Farthers
Mutha Tsuiance
Lincoln
Neb
Will
Cts
Ssaer
Alta Uni
Cone F
William Booth Loses Sight Amid South Africa Tour
Bou Aig 11 reports Gen William Booth near blindness as he plans a world wide Salvation Army mission. He will tour South Africa with staff, visiting major cities and establishing army posts while focusing on enlisting native workers to amplify the mission. He expects total blindness soon.
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Bou
Pil
Wiliam Booth
South Africa
Salvation Army
Clerks Conspire to Rob Employers in Pittsburg Case
Pittsburg reports an alleged conspiracy among mercantile clerks to rob their employers, with claims of over 50 000 dollars in goods stolen from several firms. Four arrests made. others expected as investigations continue in York and surrounding areas.
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Pittsburg
BE. B. Jenkins
Wm. Lindsay
Robbers Bind and Gag Spinster and Niece
Three masked men raided Maaor DeGarmo and Linzsie Hartman at their country home near Washington on August 11. They battered a door, bound and gagged the women, and robbed jewelry and cash but fled after finding little money. Hartman freed herself and identified one assailant as uneasy. One thousand five hundred dollars from the prior timber sale was overlooked.
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Washington
Maaor Marka DeGarmo
Miss DeGarmo
Linzsie Hartman
Miss Hartman
Rangers Head Yaquis Indians Off Near Douglas
Bisbee Arizona August 11 Capt Harry Wheeler and six rangers left for a border post east of Douglas to stop roughly fifty hostile Yaquis pursued by 200 Mexican troops They may arrest Yaquis for crossing the border while violating neutrality laws if they attempt to cross Escuela was their implied destination yesterday along the same route. Democrats Open Campaign in West. Denver August 11 John E Osborne former Wyoming governor and Democratic National Committee member opened headquarters at Albany hotel for Intermountain campaign. Count Tolstoi Indisposed St Petersburg August 11 Count Leo Tolstoi is indisposed after a long walk and river bath causing vein swelling in his feet He is improving.
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Bisbee
Arta
Harry Wheeler
Arizona
Douglas
Pilares
Sonora
Escuela
West
Denver
John E. Osborne
Wyoming
Democratic National Committee
Intermountain States
Albany
Tolstel
Blackmailers Turn the Tables
New York on August 11 reports an extortion attempt by a group calling itself a Greek revolutionary society to collect 41,060 from Basle Spatropules, a Greater Center seller of Oriental goods, but authorities intervened, thwarting the scheme.
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New, York
Anciety
Hudson Bay Road Construction Began With Survey Team
Winnipeg Aug 11 report on the first step toward a Hudson Bay railway. A survey party of 100 men will depart Winnipeg to locate the route this week. Parliament will receive the Taporta for the surveyors early in January enabling immediate legislation. Construction work may begin next year.
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Winnipeg
Hudson Bay
Highway Acts as a Dam in Drainage Dispute
An on again drainage case between Davenport and Leonard townships reaches Davenport County Court. The dispute centers on a highway acting as a dam that blocks water and alters its course. Many witnesses are expected, with Lovell for Leonard and Engerad Holt & Frame for Davenport. Trial timing discussed by Judge Pal Jock.
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Davenport VS. Leonard Township
Davenport T Va
Leonard
Lovell
Leonard Whehig
Engerad, Holt & Frame
Davenport
Pal Jock Thie
Cass
Bristow Poised To Become Kansas Senator In 1908
Joseph L Bristow has secured Kansas popular support to succeed Senator Long. The legislature is expected to sanction the choice, inaugurating a contest between railroad interests and the people. Bristow, 40 to 47 years old, edits the Salina Journal and rose from secretary of the state Republican committee to national posts.
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Topeka
Kan
Joseph Lo Bristow
Kansas
Senator Long
Bristow
Kan- Sav
Chester L Long
Senate
William A. Harris
Fechte
United States Senate
Washington
Longin
Meilicine Lodge
Kin
Joseph L. Bristow
Sin Corporation
Millila
Helston
Salina
Fatally Injured Man McKenna Dies After Train Yard Accident
Crookston Minn Aug 11 About 1 Oclock yesterday morning William McKenna was run over by a switching crew at the Finch Wiluslow Carlysh Co yard. He died on the operating table at St Vincent's hospital after being intoxicated. His brother Alphonse McKenna of Los Angeles confirmed a death shout I die game.
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Minot
N. D
Maxbass
William Barasenwie
Rowan
Barasanwie
Crookston
Minn
Finch-Wiluslow-Carlysh Co
William
McKenna
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Alphonse McKenna
Los Angeles
Cal
Nine Sailors Drown In Sea After Sinking Of Vessels
Halifax reports the German cruiser Freya reached the area and confirmed the sinking of the Gloucester schooner Maggie and May on the Newfoundland banks. Nine men lost, four saved. Names listed include Capt. Erick McCathran and several shipmates from Belbrook, Yarmouth Reform era noted.
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Halifax
Freya
Gloucester
Maggie
May
Newfoundland
Mattitax
Erick McCathran
Kooh Wenzel
Lunenburg
Walter
Minneapolis Trader James McHugh Drowns Bathing at Narrows
James Y. McHugh aged 48 partner in Mc Hugh Christensen Co grain dealers, drowned while bathing at the Narrows near Minnetonka. He was a guest of C M Laybourn of Interlochen with his daughter Miriam when he disappeared after twenty minutes in the water. The life preserver floated away and the body was recovered in five feet of water. attempts to revive him failed.
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Minneapolis
James Y. McHugh
McHugh
Christensen & Co
Chamber of Commerce
Eventill
Narrows
Minnetonka
C. M. Laybourn
Interlochen
Laybourn
North Coast Limited Wreck Near Glendive
Northern Pacific train No 2 known as the North Coast Limited wrecked twelve miles west of Glendive Montana. Fireman A B Matt of Dickinson North Dakota and an unknown tramp were killed and about twenty to thirty injured. Engineer Litch acted quickly to stop the train after seeing a burning bridge, sparing most cars from the ditch. The injured and dead were brought to Glendive.
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Glendive
Mont
Northern
Pacific
North Coast Limited
A. B. Matt
Dickinson
N. D
Wilson
Allard
Liteh
D. ‘Litch
H. Oliver
Mandan
J. B. Wilson
Express Messenger
H. P. Frahi
Wilton
Minn
Newman
Great Falie
D. W. Dean
Brookfield
Amend ‘Tuften
Amberat
Wiegand
Junte
Matthews the Old Time Engineer
Dickinson North Dakota August. Henry A Matthews known as the N Glendive wreck veteran engineer was born at Les Prairie Minnesota twenty seven years ago. Continued on Page Seven.
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Matthews
Dickinson
N. D
Henry A. Matthews
N. Glendive
Les
Prairie, Minn
Three Die in Fire at Harris Building in Wheeling
A fire at 3 30 this morning on South Hort street in Wheeling West Virginia killed three people and injured another. Six occupants jumped from third floor windows to escape the flames. The building housed Mrs Gavin’s millinery shop and residence. Authorities listed possible fatal injuries for one more.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Electric Cars Collide Near Sidney Killing Three
Three killed and forty seriously injured when two Western Ohio Traction electric cars collided at a curve north of town. Dead include Kehoe of Dayton and Watley of Fatally injured Butler? Counts list passengers, with injured residents of Otvio. Both cars were making up lost time, southbound car intended to lay over at Sidney but tried to pass just south of there.
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George Robinson
Ranker
Sidney
Humelhauser
Detroit
Mich
Otvio
Tim
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