Assassination of General Kozlov in Peterhof Park
In St. Petersburg a gunman killed General Kozlov in the Peterhof park while a crowd watched. The assassin, dressed as a workman, carried Trepoff’s photo and a pistol, was seized and identified by authorities. he claimed Social Revolutionary ties and provided no name.
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St. Petersburg
General Kozlov
Peterhof
General Trepoff
Grand Chateau
Alexander Palace
Kozlov
Prince Andromiroff
Trepoff
Social Revolutionary Organization
Alexander Suvaroff
Schlosselburg
Pacific
Count Ignatieff
M. Yeregin
Caucasus
Baltic
Tragic Shooting at East 149th Street Factory butcher shop
Adam Schellig shot and killed Miss Louise Karcher, daughter of his employer, and gravely wounded her mother in East 149th Street. He then took his own life by slashing his throat with a butcher knife. The motive appears to be the rejection of Schellig's advances by Miss Karcher and her parents.
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New York
Adam Schellig
East
One Hundred and Forty-ninth Street
Louise Karacher
Scheulig
Karcher
Motor Car Co in Trouble in Reading Court
In Reading Pennsylvania on July 16, Frank A Devlin, a major creditor, petitioned the court and Daniel J Driscoll was appointed receiver for the Acme Car Company of Reading. The firm with extensive holdings is capitalized at $200,000.
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Reading
Frank A. Devlin
BB Heavy
Dantel J. Driscoll
Acme Car Company
Sanitation Linked to Fatality for West Indian Canal Workers
A Panama Canal report blames perfect sanitation for pneumonia risk among West Indian laborers. It cites cramped housing, poor nourishment, and low pay versus Spanish workers, noting that equity and labor diversity may be needed as Spaniards and Chinese are considered for future labor supplies.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Canal
Stevens
Magoon
Spain
Cuba
Commission
Shonts
Thaw matriarch visits Tombs as son and wife meet
Mrs. William Thaw visits her son Harry K. Thaw in the Tombs prison where he faces murder charges in the Stanford White case. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw waits nearby as the elder Thaw is searched and escorted to the cell for a brief, tearful reunion. Crowds gather outside and prison rules govern the encounter.
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New York
William Thaw
Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
Tombs
Stanford White
John Smith
Thaw
Smith
Thaw Case Moves Toward Lunacy Inquiry
The report notes plans to have Harry Thaw tried by a lunacy commission with Olcott likely reentering the case due to Mrs. Thaw's plea. Mrs. Thaw visited Thaw at the Tombs with Hart ridge as attorney stayed briefly. Thaw declined a prison yard invitation, saying the yard is cooler inside and he would avoid the company outside.
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Harry Thaw
Olcott
William Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Hartridge
War on Cigarettes Campaign Led by National League
Miss Lucy Page Gaston, head of the National Anti Cigarette league, tours the city urging a no smoking pledge for youths and organizing 100 business man and father committees to curb youth tobacco use. She cites legal moves to bar cigarette sales to minors and distributes league literature including Jordan quotes.
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Lucy Page Gaston
National Anti-Cigarette League
League
Congress
Watson
Indiana
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Jordan
Gaston
Wabash Bonds Offered to French Investors
Paris reports Dupont and Furland issued a circular offering 6.19 million dollars of Wabash equipment bonds at 4.5 percent. Les Higginson & Co. of Boston will take the entire issue, to fund locomotives and freight cars for the Gould system line from Buffalo to Kansas City.
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Paris
Bank of Dupont and Furland
Les, Higginson & Co
Boston
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Delano
Wabash Railroad Opens Paris Bond Issue Notice
New York reports the Wabash Railroad company announced a bond issue offered in Paris in a circular dated July 1, 1908. The Paris offering signalizes the railroad's fundraising move amid early July financial activity.
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New York
Wabash Railroad Company
Paris
Wabash Company
Returned From Old Ireland
John McMullen the well known contractor and his cousin Hugh Duncan arrived in Fort Wayne after a lengthy visit to Ireland. They traveled by Cunard line and reported pleasant weather. McMullen said Ireland has improved greatly since he left about forty years ago and he brought back souvenirs including blackthorn walking canes. Duncan will stay a few days before returning to Chicago.
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John McMullen
Hugh Duncan
Fort Wayne
Ireland
Cunard Line
Mr. McMullen
Chicago
Picnic's Great Success at Allen County French American Society
The annual picnic at Centlivre Park drew several thousand, entertaining guests in a grove setting. Judge Edward O'Rourke delivered the principal address, recalling historical facts about early settlement as attendees enjoyed a notable program and hospitality.
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Allen Country
Centlivre Park
Edward O'Rourke
O’rourke
Hbs Deriik
President Roosevelt Helps Guatemala and El Salvador Peace Talks
At Sagamore Hill President Roosevelt and Acting Secretary Bacon arrange peace negotiations between Guatemala and El Salvador. Honduras may join later. talks likely aboard the cruiser Marblehead with Mexican and U.S. envoys guiding the process. Details and dates remain to be set.
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Oyster Bay
Guatemala
Salvador
Roosevelt
Bacon
Sagamore Hill
Honduras
Marblehead
Guatemalan
United States
Mexico
Central America
Messrs Combs and
Merry
President's peace bid on Central America war
Honduras ready to disarm and submit disputes to arbitration once Guatemala and El Salvador follow suit. State department notes the president has not offered to arbitrate but will use his good offices to aid a peaceful settlement among Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras amid the Central American conflict.
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Washington
Honduras
Guatemala
Salvador
State Department
Philip H. Brown
United States
Leslie Combs
Merry
Department
Roosevelt
Central America
Britain’s richest man Alfred Beit dies in London
Alfred Beit, noted South African financier born 1853 in Hamburg, dies after long illness in London. He served as life governor of De Beers, director of Rand mines and Bechuanaland Railway trust, and executor for Cecil Rhodes. Beit faced Jameson raid links and once funded a Hamburg university with 500000 dollars.
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London
Alfred Belt
Mr. Belt
Hamburg
de Beers Consolidated Mine
Wernher, Belt & Co
Rand Mines
Rhodesia Railways
Bechuanaland Railway Trust
Consolidated Company Bultfontein
South Africa Company
Beit
Johannesburg
South Africa
Red Cross
Rail Express Wreck Admission of Full Responsibility
Coroner's inquiry into the Plymouth steamer express wreck of July 1 confirms the derailment was caused by excessive speed. The London and Southwestern railway company admits full responsibility and all consequences, aiming to shorten the inquest. One passenger, Robert S. Critchell of Chicago, remains seriously injured.
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Salisbury
England
Plymouth
London and Southwestern Railroad
Robert S. Critchell
Chicago
Salvadorean Army Victorious Over Guatemalans at Platenar
Salvadorean forces won a Saturday night engagement at Platenar with 2000 Guatemalan casualties including killed wounded and prisoners. Honduras repelled a Guatemalan invasion via Santa Fe and allies with Salvadoreans. General Regalado died on a border scouting expedition after an ambush by Guatemalan regulars.
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San Salvador
Platenar
Honduras
Santa Fe
Salvador
Regalado
Guatemala
Toledo
Revolutionary Army
Negroes abduct girl of fourteen in Memphis
Mamie Larson a 14 year old daughter of Mrs Minnie Meyers was abducted last night by three Black men near Memphis Tennessee. A Black woman lured her toward a nearby thicket where she was assaulted and left unconscious. Neighbors and police recovered her this day and seek the assailants.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mamie Larson
Minnie Meyers
City
Lmits
Gourdain Arrives in Joliet Aims for Supreme Court
Louis A. Gourdain arrived in Joliet from Chicago with his wife and son. His baggage bore the label penitentiary annex. He plans to plead to the Supreme Court in Washington to enforce his penitentiary sentence or else build a prison here and immure himself.
Cleveland Man Heads Impostors Band Across Cities
Cleveland police report C. Smith Neill, charged with using the mails to defraud, as head of a gang of impostors that has defrauded merchants in New York, Boston, Chicago, Detroit and other cities. Headquarters are in Cleveland. Frank H. Hunton is named as a robber in merchandise who ordered goods from various manufacturers. A further member reportedly held in custody in Boston.
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Cleveland
Ohio
C. Smith Neill
New York
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Frank H. Hunton
Oil Hearing Resumes On Grand Jury Inquiry In Cleveland
The federal grand jury in Cleveland resumes the oil case probe after a recess. Witnesses include Frank H. Wackerman, Cleveland agent for Union Tank Line, Standard Oil’s carrying branch, and P C Grenshaw, manager of Standard Oil in Chicago.
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Standard and
Lake Shore
Cleveland
Ohio
Federal Grand Jury
Lake Shore &Michigan, Southern Railway Company
Standard Oil Company
Frank H. ‘Wackerman
Union Tank Line Company
P. C. Grenshaw
Chicago
Honduras reports no war declaration amid invasion claims
The president of Honduras states that Honduras has not declared war while Guatemala is accused of invading Honduran territory and the nation declares it has mobilized for national defense. Signed Manuel Bonilla in Fegucigalpa on July 16.
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New York
Associated Press
Republic of Honduras
Air ship Columbia may headline Fort Wayne fair
A Bodkin representative discussed with Dr. W F Myers the possibility of displaying the air ship Columbia at the September fair. The show is one of the costliest attractions on current fair circuits and would mark Fort Wayne as the first city to host such an exhibit.
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A. J. Bodkin
W. F. Myers
The
Fair Association
Columbia
Fort Wayne
G A R Men to Have Stopover Privileges
Minneapolis July 16 Visitory to the G A R convention in Minneapolis August 13 to 18 was given stopover privileges for ten days in Chicago on the return trip. This information was received today by the chairman of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago
Taggart Wins In His Legal Fight Foils Receivership
Paoli Indiana July 16 Judge Buskirk sustains the hotel companies demurrer in the quo warranto action seeking a temporary receiver and injunction against gambling at French Lick Springs and West Baden. Court says injunction requires current lawful grounds and shows acts will cause great injury not proven. Decision notes prior raids and that auditor custody of gambling apparatus must be addressed before extraordinary relief.
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Miller
Supreme Court
Daily Press
Camntry
Trusts Punished in Lima for Restraint of Trade
Lima Ohio July 16 Judge Cunningham overruled a new trial motion for Harry Hammond Canton Bridge Company. Hammond was convicted for restraint of trade and sentenced to a $500 fine plus court costs. Trial costs total about $2,000 for the 23 trust bridge agents and companies prosecuted.
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Lima, O
Cunningham
Harry Hammond
Canton Bridge Company
Woman's sphere widening in public schools reported
Colaba Ohio July 16 The sphere of women in the public school system is widening. A few years ago they were accorded...
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Colaba
Afa
Ee ‘Ta
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