Mutehuito Emperor of Japan Dies at 82
Mutsuhito the 121st emperor of Japan dies at 82 after forty four years on the throne. Crown Prince Yoshihito succeeds to the throne under constitutional formula as the nation mourns. Acute nephritis cited as the cause of death and the imperial household coordinates remain at the dying monarch’s bedside.
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Tokio
Haruko
Sadako
Hirohito
Faro
Primperor
Themperor
Japan
Charges Against Militiamen At Camp Douglas Investigated
War department officials order inquiries into reports that United States regular troops and state militias at Camp Douglas Wisconsin incited assaults on women and held drunken orgies during army maneuvers, with investigations to extend to other mobilized points.
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Chicago
United States
Camp Douglas
Wis
War Department
Miss Gould Defends Old Maids In Letter War
Miss Helen Gould replies to Rev Elmer V Huffner in Grand Junction Colorado praising old maids as essentials to society. Huffner resigned after sermon urging exile of old maids to a barren island as waste humanity.
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Miss Gould
Grand Junction
Colo
Elmer V. Huffner
First Christian Church
Helen Gould
Platform collapse injures crowds at Wheeling park theater
A wooden platform covering a roving in front of an open air theater in Wheeling park collapsed late yesterday, sending about 200 men women and children to the ground. Many were injured several seriously as the crowd toppled onto the ground from the rafters and surrounding seating area.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Jay
Wheeling Park
Madman Suspected After Carmel Girl Found Murdered
The body of 14 year old Naomi Etta Mitchell was found in a corn field near Carmel Maine on July 26 with throat cut from ear to ear and clothing torn. Authorities deem the crime the work of a madman.
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Carmel
Naomi Etta Mitchell
Live Mule Revives Hope for Lemont Shaft Miners
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on July 29 the rescue effort for three Lemont shaft miners received a boost when a live mule was recovered. Yet officials fear the men may starve before floodwaters recede enough to allow a rescue party access to the shaft.
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Uniontown
Lemont
British aid to extend Iloman Catholic church in Putumayo
In Washington on July 29 the British government agreed to help extend the Iloman Catholic church to ease conditions among the Perundiana in the Putumayo rubber country.
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Washington
Putumayo
Beggar Worth $300000 Drops to Oklahoma Care
Leota Beagbold, a street character, was sent to an asylum and found to be worth at least $300 000. Arrangements are being made to place her with two sisters in Oklahoma as an advance near Staple Printers in New York. Cotton car markets hold firm and jobbers report a fair house trade.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Leota Beagbold
Oklahoma
New York
Save Girls From Drowning at Fox Lake
Walter Forberg, an 18 year old from Waukegan, leaped into Fox Lake to rescue three girls who were drowning. He managed to save two of them despite being broken and bound in a plaster cast.
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Waukegan
Walter Forberg
Fox "Lake
Eeen Ant
Senate Passes Sugar Tariff Bill Amid Division
The Senate approved a Republican sugar tariff measure 52 to 3, trimming duties to 1.90 to 1.60 and scrapping the Dutch standard and refiners differential. It could cut customs receipts by about 5.5 million and save about 20.6 million in the sugar bill, while a Canadian reciprocity repeal amendment was defeated 31 to 24.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Taft
McCumber
House
Penrose
Maryland Progressives Choose sixteen delegates in Baltimore
Maryland Progressive Republicans met in Baltimore and selected sixteen delegates with half votes each to attend the national Progressive convention in Chicago on August 5. They empowered a seven member committee to pick eight presidential electors independent of the Taft ticket, with a rule that no Taft elector serve on the Progressive slate unless they resign. Six of the current electors are to vote for Theodore Roosevelt on every ballot.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Chicago
Eix
Theodore Roosevelt
End of Darrow Trial Near in Bribery Case
Los Angeles July 30 The Clarence S Darrow bribery trial nears its end with both sides agreeing less than a week remains to present evidence and arguments. The defendant is expected to lead the proceedings, first as witness and then as counsel in the final argument.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Darrow
Six Die in Auto Train Collision Near Alexis Michigan
A Lake Shore & Michigan Southern passenger train struck a La Salle family auto at a grade crossing near Alexis Michigan. Six occupants died including Rudolph Cousino 80 Eva Navarre 20 and two young daughters Lona 12 and daughter 4. Injured Lafayette Cousino 28 Mamie Cousino and Opal Cousino 2 were hospitalized with varying prognosis.
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Toledo
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Alexis
Mich
Caty
Cousino
la Salle
Rudolph Cousino
Eva Navarre
James Navarre
la Pleasant
Louise Cousino
Lafayette Cousino
Lona
Farmer
Mamie Cousino
Populists Call National Convention Date Set in St Louis
James H Ferrias announces the Populist national committee calls a convention in St Louis on August 10 to nominate a national ticket. Delegates and citizens supporting the party platform are invited to attend. Main planks include federal money issuance, public land for settlers, railroad and utility regulation, initiative referendum recall, and labor protection.
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St. Louis
James H. Ferrias
Congress
Taft Replies to Charge Defending Nomination
A White House statement issued on Monday defends President Tafts nomination. It reviews every contest before the Republican national committee and the credentials committee, asserting each contest was settled on its merits. The cabinet approved the statement as the longest and most emphatic from the executive mansion.
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Chicago
Washington
White House
Republican National Committee
Executive Mansion
Astor Heir Expected in Two Weeks
Mrs. Madeline Force Astor widow of Col. John Jacob Astor returns to Fifth Avenue home from Bernardaville New Jersey where she visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. William H. Force. The Astor heir is expected to be born within the next fortnight.
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Awaka
New York
Madeline Force Astor
Col
John Jacob Astor
Fifth Avenue
Bernardaville
N. J
William H. Force
Captain Mikkelsen Saved From Danish Expedition
Copenhagen cablegram reports Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen, leader of the 1910 Danish expedition to recover Mylius Erichsen and two crew members, has been rescued. The message originates from New York dated July 30, noting the safe return.
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Mikkelsen
New York
Copenhagen
Ejnar Mikkelsen
Myllus Erichsen
Judge Exmund B. Dillon Declines Governor Run
Judge Exmund B. Dillon of Columbus announces he will not seek the Republican nomination for governor. The Columbus, Ohio judge had been chosen by the state convention as the party's candidate.
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Dillon
Columbus
Exmund
Eight Detroit Aldermen Arrested for Graft Schemes
In Detroit on July 29 eight aldermen and the secretary of council committees were arrested on bribery charges related to a measure affecting city property transferred to the Wabash railroad. Investigators say $5,700 moved in $100 to $1,000 sums under detective Burns and undercover operations.
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Detroit
Mich
Wabash Railroad
William J. Burns
Thomas Ginnan
E. R. Schreiter, Jr
American League of Municipalities
Joseph L. Thelson
Martin J. Ostrowski
Patrick O’brien
Louis Tossy
Frank J. Mason
Louis Grose
Alois Reimel
Gilmnan
Honest Tom
Beef Trust Case Settled and Dissolved
The Department of Justice accepts voluntary dissolution of the National Packing company, ending a decade long effort against the so called beef trust. Attorney General Wickersham, with James Wilkerson and Ralph Crews, approves plan and notes revival of active competition and possible further actions if restraint continues.
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Department of Justice
Washington
Wickersham
National Packing Company
Morris, Swift and Armour Companies
Packera
Supreme Court of the United States
Morris, Swift and Armour Packing Companies
Atorney General Wickersham
United States
Jamez Wilkerson
Chicago
Ralph Crews
Packers
Roosevelt and Roosevelt Policies Endorsed by Iowa Progressives
Iowa State Progressive convention in Des Moines July 26 endorsed Theodore Roosevelt and his policies for the presidency. Eight hundred delegates attended and chose representatives for the Chicago national convention. Taft was denounced as betraying the people's interests to bosses. The resolutions committee blamed Baltimore and Chicago conventions for boss influences. Colonel Roosevelt was praised as the greatest living exponent of political morals. the report said a Progressive versus Democratic nominee would decide the election.
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Roosevelt
Iowa
Des Moines
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Taft
Baltimore
Resolutions Committee
Famed Hymn Writer Edgar Page Nearing End in Cape May
Edgar Page, author of Beulah Land and other hymns, lies at his Cape May home at seventy seven, clasping Pilgrim's Progress given by his mother as a child, as physicians say his end nears.
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Edgar Page
Cape May
N. J
Tragic Lake Shore Train Crash Near Alexia Kills Six
Six people died and two were fatally injured when a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern train struck an automobile carrying nine occupants south of Alexia Ohio on Sunday afternoon. The collision occurred late Sunday, prompting emergency responders to scene along the tracks.
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Olx
Toledo
Alexia
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Four Drowned In Kankakee River
Four youths drowned in the Kankakee River about four miles below Kankakee Illinois on Sunday Two bodies have been recovered with river dragging ongoing for the other two shots confirmed through the city jail.
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Kankakee River
Kankakee
Ill
Empress of Britain Collides Sinking Helvetia Near Magdalene Islands
The Canadian Pacific steamer Empress of Britain collided with the freighter Helvetia near Magdalene Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Helvetia sank but there were no fatalities. In Wytheville, Virginia, July 30, Orlande Alley, linked to Hillsville outlaws, was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing Commonwealth Attorney William M. Foster.
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Quebec
Empress of Britain
Helvetia
Magdalene Islands
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Claude Allen
Wytheville
Olande Alley
Hillsville
Commonwealth
Willian M. Foster
Death toll climbs from Pennsylvania storm disaster
Pittsburg reports sixty one lives lost across southwestern Pennsylvania and nearby West Virginia as cloudbursts flood mines and destroy homes and businesses. Uniontown leads with fifteen known dead amid widespread desolation and ongoing search for missing mothers. In Wisconsin heavy rains flood towns, break Browak dam causing $100000 in damage and multiple dam failures near Wausau and Kelly.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Union Town
Wausau
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin River
Here
Hothschild
Prairie River
Eau Claire
Kelly
Thaw Remains Insane. Denied Freedom by Court
Harry K. Thaw, declared insane, must stay in the asylum since February 1, 1908, after fatally shooting Stanford White. Justice Martin J. Keogh ruled release would threaten public safety, ending his long bid for freedom and likely ending further efforts.
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Stanford White
White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Martin J
Keogh
Supreme Court
Thaw
Emperor Matsuhito’s Health: Vitality Declines Further
Tokyo July 27 official bulletins show Emperor Matsuhito’s condition virtually unchanged from yesterday. Doctors warn the patient cannot take much nourishment and his vitality continues to wane as he remains weary and exhausted.
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Tokyo
Matsuhhito
Congress Breaks Records with New Introductories
Washington reports the Sixty second congress sets peak figures with 26984 bills in the House and 7849 in the Senate during the current session. Across both houses 2003 simple resolutions 464 joint resolutions and 73 concurrent resolutions are noted. Only 236 public laws 61 private laws 43 public resolutions and one private resolution have passed. Miners Rampage in Paint Creek District leaves one detective dead and another wounded.
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Washington
House
Senate
Charleston
W. Va
Paint Creek
Help to Save Crope Plunges City Into Campaign Fight
July 20 in Watertown district reports local leaders the mayor the board of commissioners and the Business Men's association unite behind a plan to raise 9 000 dollars for a large project. The phrasing is garbled but indicates a coordinated civic fundraising effort with a major stake for the community.
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Crope
Watertown
3. D
Board of Commissioners and Business Men's Association
Seu Saicae Sareot Ste
Phrase about excuses and self doubt in bold terms
A sharp admonition warns against relying on excuses before actions are taken. The remark stresses personal accountability and timely effort over procrastination.
Lydia E Pinkham Herbal Remedy Trusted by Nebraska Reader
Woman from Hooper Nebraska reports recovery from severe female troubles after seven bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She alleges back pain weakness insomnia and long nights of wakefulness, then regained health performing heavy work for eighteen boarders and recommends the remedy to others.
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Hooper
Nebraska
Lydia E. Pinkham
Loften
Susan Tzu-Pleton
Pinkham
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