Martial law threatened in Atlantic City over Sunday laws
Gov Fort declares possible martial law and state troops to enforce excise laws at Atlantic City. Saloons and cafes to close. extraordinary Legislature session possible. Flagrant violations of Sunday laws cited as motive for drastic action. Ex Senator Vilas dies in Madison after five weeks illness. Seven men killed when a Chelsea wall collapsed burying workers. many foreigners among the dead and injured sent to a marine hospital.
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Atlantic City
Governor Fort
New Jersey
Vilas
William F. Vilas
Madison
Wis
Philip Fox
Charles H. Vilas
New York
Dr. Fox
Chelsea
Mass
United States Marine Hospital
Copperhead In Trousers In Indiana
Benjamin Robison found a copper head snake in a pair of trousers at his New Albany home. He shook the trousers, the snake dropped to the floor and was killed. It measured thirty inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copperhead
Benjamin Robison
New Albany
Ind
Fount Ruffner
Ben J. Conkright
Crawfordsville
Ruffner
Henry Newton
Campbell Street
Evansville
Fire in Cleveland Tenement Leaves Women Injured and Child Burned
Fifty residents escaped death as smoke filled a three story Cleveland tenement. Six people were overcome by smoke and one woman was injured while a child sustained serious burns in the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Sage Estate Valued at 64 Million for Transfer Tax
A New York dispatch reports Russell Sage's estate valued at 64,153,800 dollars. The figure becomes public with the signing of the transfer tax order payable to the State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sage
New York City
Riot leadership figure dies during arrest in Springfield
Mrs. Kate Howard, a leader in the recent Springfield riot, took poison by swallowing acid as she was led to jail. She died before or during transport, under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Howard
Springfield
Toops Leave Springfield Riot Regiment Heads to Chicago
The Seventh Infantry I. N. G. the last complete regiment on riot duty at Springfield Illinois has departed for Chicago with no excitement accompanying the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toops
Springfield
Seventh Infantry
Chicago
Train disaster near Pennsboro strands Mitchie county fair excursionists
Ten people killed and many injured when an overloaded Pennsboro and Harrisville railroad passenger train carrying Mitchie county fair excursionists broke down one mile from Pennsboro West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsboro and
Harrisville
Mitchie County Fair
Pennsboro
W. Va
Boy May Lose Eye After Lime-Bottle Explosion Accident
Passaic New Jersey reports a 13 year old, William Tease, may lose his sight after attempting to catch fish with a lime bottle explosion in the Passaic river. The cork burst from the bottle and struck his eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwegal Fisher
William Tease
Passaic
N. J
Tragedy Follows Springfield Riots Leader's Death
Mrs. Kate Howerd, linked to Springfield Illinois race riots, died in county jail after drinking poison while en route to prison. She denied murder charges as the grand jury handed down indictments for the lynching of Scott Burton and William Donegan, naming Howerd and Abe Raymer as leaders of the mob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Howerd
Springfield
Scott Burton
William Donegan
Howard
Abe Raymer
Burton
12Th
Madison Streets
Nation Owns Vast Public Domain by July 1 1908
The General Land Office reports the United States still holds 754,895,1 acres of public lands undetermined for disposal as of July 1 1908 excluding Alaska. State by state totals range from Alabama 129,713 acres to Wyoming 37,145,002 acres with a national total of 154,805,206 acres.
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General Land Office
Washington
Alaska
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Idaho
Kansas
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Total
Shonts Links Railroads to Election Outcomes
T P Shonts president of the Chicago and Alton and Clover Year railroads and father of the Duchess de Chaulnes said the coming election will shape the railroad future. He refused to reveal political preferences noting railroad property is faltering and no major improvements are planned. He cited buying 1,080 steel cars as essential but otherwise limited spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Shonts
Chicago and Alton and
Clover Year
Duchess de Chaulnes
Chicago
Centerville
Iowa
Alton
National party leaders clash over in dependence party Bryan Taft action
The new Independence party chose William R Hearst as chairman and Charles A Walsh as secretary in New York. Bryan at Lincoln denied criticizing Roosevelt and rejected Brownsville controversy. Dawes became treasurer of the Republican congressional committee. Norman E Mack was named Democratic campaign chairman. Bryan and Taft statements echo on party platforms and union roles. Johnson of Minnesota joins Bryan campaign committee.
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New Independence Party
New York
William R. Hearst
Charles A. Walsh
W. J. Bryan
Lincoln
Brownsville
Roosevelt
Debs
Taft
Chicago Daily Socialist
Republican Executive Committee
Representative McKinley
Ilinois
Sherman
The
Buffalo Times
National Committee
Bryan At
Independence Party
Cincinnati
International Brotherhood of Steam Shovelmen
Bryan
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Denver
Norman E. Mack
Ryan
Mir Mack
Mr. Kern
National
Congressional
Fourty
Denison
Kern
Paviors
Bryan Flays Trusts as Kern Is Notified at Huge Coliseum Event
Indianapolis dispatch reports John Worth Kern was formally notified Tuesday of his nomination as Democratic vice presidential candidate. Willian Bryan dominated the program at the State fair grounds Coliseum with an address attacking trusts and Republican party responsibility for corporate growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
John Worth Kern
State Fair Grounds
Kern
Willian J. Bryan
Republican Party
Fair Grounds
Inncheon
Bryan
Bell
Thomas Taggart
India
Mack
Theodore E. Bell
California
Democratic Party
Indiana New Era Drifts Through Tragedy and Growth
The review lists multiple Indiana incidents including Theodore Hall's fatal fall from a peach tree in Spencer County, Mrs. Nat Stallman's severe burns from a gasoline stove explosion in Evansville, and a child’s fatal burns from coffee. It notes South Bend's 55,000 population and 1908 directory, fish and crime news from Kosciusko to Warsaw, a Wawasee Inn deal, a Bedford boy’s injury in a barrel, farm fires, suicides, and a surge of tramps in Goshen with city-wide police irritation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
John, Stotts
Logansport
North
Mid Lakes
Samuel Marks Trepeck
Chicago
Kosciusko County
William Mabie
Warsaw
Fitzgerald Arrested in $173000 Theft Case
George W. Fitzgerald, former United States subtreasury teller in Chicago, was arrested on a state warrant for the $173,000 theft. He was arraigned, released on $10,000 bonds, and held for a week. detectives allege he offered to sell large bills and implicate possible accomplices. The case features conflicting federal and local views on evidence.
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Chicago
George W. Fitzgerald
United States
Treasury House
Arthur
Chatlain
Fitzgerald
Chetlain
James Ralth
Wabash Avenue
John C. McCafferty
United States ‘Rent and Outing Company
la Salle Street
Young Detective Agency
Government Secret Service Department
Young
Torbert F. Young
Col
Harry (. Gano
A. Booth & Co
Teller
Young Agency
Col. Gano
Edward R. Litzinger
New York Cloakmakers Plan Strike Over Low Wages
A strike affecting 25 000 to 30 000 workers including 10 000 women is planned by New York cloakmakers due to wages ranging 5 to 68 a week. Also reported are arrests in Wisconsin for a double murder case and a receiver named for Lesh Manufacturing, with crop estimates from Oscar K Lyle showing large North and South Dakota yields.
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New York
Lesh Manufacturing Company
South Memphis
Tenn
Warsaw
Ind
Theodore [’. Shonts
Oscar K. Lyle
North
South Dakota
North Dakota
Alabama Governor Adds Troops to Birmingham Strike Zone
Gov. Comer orders two regiments into camp near Birmingham after the lynching of Will Millen, a Black striker accused of dynamiting a strikebreaker’s home. The action follows escalating mining-area tensions and labor conflict.
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Gov. Comer
Alabama
Birmingham
Will Millen
Florida sheriff faces threats after lynching incident
Pensacola Florida sheriffs office reports deputies who fired on a lynching party faced threats of violence. One deputy fled the city while the sheriff vows to stand his ground amid tense conditions and investigations.
Switchmen Vote to Strike Threatens Rail Tie-up
The Lackawanna railway faced a looming shutdown as switchmen union members voted to strike unless two Buffalo workers were reinstated. The company refused, saying it could hire replacements from unemployed labor. The immigration bureau has relocated 1,000 aliens from cities to arming districts for labor since February.
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Lackawanna Railway
Buffalo
Bureau of Immigration
Trade tone signals steady recovery amid cautious expansion
Indications of sustained recovery in business activity are noted with slower bank payment declines, rising industrial demand, and stronger general merchandise orders. Retail dealings approach year-ago levels as visitors spend, fall apparel and household needs pick up, and consumer confidence grows. Grain movement is down 26.1 percent year over year with 804,630 bushels this week, while shipments rise 27.6 percent. livestock receipts fall slightly. Bank clearings total 215,200,018 dollars, down 2.6 percent from 1907.
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Chicago
Dun's Review of Trade
Trade and crop outlook in Northern and Southern markets
New York reports strong demand in northern and western centers for fall and winter dry goods, with optimism on crop progress and grain harvests. Southern trade lags amid Alabama coal strike. improvements in collections seen where early movement begins, while overall payments lag normal. US failures total 236 for Aug 20 week, Canada 39, per Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Birmingham
United States
Bradstreet
Chicago Cattle and Hogs Market Prices Summary
The notice lists commodity prices by city for cattle hogs sheep and grains. It cites Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo with ranges for cattle hogs and sheep plus grain notes such as corn No 2 white No 2 yellow oats rye barley and butter eggs and clover seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Shane
Ste
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Cnattle
Soho Cori
Paper Trust Strike On Ties Mills Across Nation
The International Paper Company workers, about 30,000, walked out to protest wage cuts. The strike shut down many mills operated by the paper trust across multiple locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Paper Company, Or Trust
Theatrical Trust Unites U S Managers Under Gentlemen’s Agreement
Theaters and playshouses across the United States are brought under a large association by a recent gentlemen’s agreement at Klaw & Erlanger New York. Aimed at better conditions and cooperative operations a committee will draft a plan. Even Belasco and Fish were involved via Lee Shubert. The move acts as a union of managers.
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United States
New York
Klaw & Erlanger
Belasco
Fish
Lee Shubert
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He Leader
Galveston, Ind
Thurston
Pai
N. M
Philadelphia
Overbrook Carpet Company
Vollinger
Wroken
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Platteville
Shonts
Federationist
American Federation of Labor
Gomypers
Bryan and
Frank Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Far West
Colorado Springs
Bryan Flays
Hoosier Capital
Review OF Indiana
Theodore Hall
Spencer County
Nat Stallman
Charles G. Her
Mt. Carmel
Edwin C. Schropp
North Springfield
Brazil
East National Avenue
John Downing
Point Isabel
Traverse City
Mich
Pearl Johns
Abr
J. H. Johnson & Sons
Wawasee Inn
Lake Wawasee
Clinton G. Wiggins
Charlie Kern
Bedford
Stella Coughlin
Jydon Democrat
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Indiana
Samuel Derford
Hopkins Park
Frank Youn
White River Mussel Company
J. Harry Montgomery
Richard c. Crusie
Lorenz Tron
Elkhard Poultry Association
C. A. Anderson
Gus Tableman
Chrisney
W. Trick
John C. Eiler
Muncie
John Lightfoot
Terre Haute
James Nekson
Ruth Kelley
Robert Kelley
Princeton
Muskogee
Okla
Frank P. Bowman
Albert Nichaud
Cannelton
Louisville
Guy Dragoo
Gilbert Layster
Big Four Road
Franklin
Dragoo
W. F. Rodimal
Petersburg
Oakland City
Henry Grider
Silver Lake
Grider
Cyrus Rice
Kentland
Jacob Nicholson
St Joseph
Elkhart
Goshens
John Sworth Kern
Itzgerald
Nubbins
John Summers
Frank Engle
Theresa Ailer
Mrs. Mingle
Wittsburg
Tig
Mrs. Ailer
Europe
Toledo
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