Dawes resigns as comptroller to seek U S Senate seat
Charles G Dawes announces resignation as comptroller of the currency to take effect October 1 and run for the United States Senate from Illinois. He says he cannot canvass for the seat while remaining in office and cites propriety as guiding his decision. His term would not have expired until 1963.
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Vimeo
Charles G. Dawes
Daves
Leange
Ilinois
States Senate
Senate
Leander Rowing Club Defeats Pennsylvanians at Henley Grand Cup
Leander Rowing Club of Britain beat the University of Pennsylvania by a length in the final heat for the grand challenge cup at Henley. Time 7:04 4-6. Pennsylvanians led at Temple Island but Leanders surged ahead, securing victory amid favorable breeze and sunshine. Coach Ellis Ward called it a grand race.
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Henley
Leander Rowing Club
Fridwy
University of Pennsylvania
Buck
Ellis Ward
Smith
Temple Island
Fawley
Coach Ward
Gold Shortage at Frisco Mint Suspects Remove $80,000
San Francisco mint reports six bags of gold worth $40,000 each containing $5,000 in twenty dollar pieces disappeared. Superintendent Leach and Mint Director Roberts lead the investigation since June 20, with guards and staff examining books and bags for a possible thief.
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Frisco
San Franses
Leach
Roberts
Boys Fall From Roof At Canton Fourth Of July
During Canton Illinois Independence Day celebration boys watched a street attraction atop a one story brick building. The front wall collapsed sending bricks onto the crowd. Eva Suydam seven was killed and Charica Fellows injured likely fatally. About twenty others suffered non fatal injuries. A separate incident involved a St Paul omnibus overturning on Jomo Avenue.
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Canton
Ill
Bricka
Eva Suydam
Charica Fellows
Soma
Heat Prostration Ruins Life Across East Coast
Heat waves devastate major cities with record highs and rising death tolls. In Greater New York from midnight to 11 am sixty-two deaths were reported as hospitals staggered and deliveries slowed. Jersey City and Philadelphia also tally deaths and hundreds of prostrations while factories close and streets suffer from heat.
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Weather Bureau
Police Department
New York
Greater
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Jersey City
Clark Thread Mills
Warrison
Kearney
Arlington
Newark
Paterson
Passaic
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Homestead Steel Works
Baltimore
Cleveland
St. Louis
City Hospital
Farmer Killed When Bottle Explodes Near Elk Creek
Otto Mueller a Nebraska farmer living near Elk Creek attempted to open a beer bottle. The cork pushed in causing the bottle to explode a three cornered glass shard pierced his limb and severed an artery. He bled to death in thirty minutes before Dr Roh arrived from Elk Creek.
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Otto Mueller
Elk Creek
Neb
Dr. Roh
Ohio Bank Goes Under at Mansfield
The Sturges bank in Mansfield Ohio closed Thursday morning as its owner filed a deed of assignment. Sturges, reputed worth $150000, held a controlling stake in Mansfield Machine Works valued at $800000, which was placed in the hands of a receiver today. He was a close business friend of the late John Sherman.
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Ohio Bank
Sturges Bank
Mansfield
Ohio
Sturges
Mansfield Machine Works
John Sherman
Burglar Sentenced for Jewelry Thefts in London
George Howard, arrested at J. Pierpont Morgan's house in London while posing as a repairman, was sentenced Thursday to four years penal servitude on indictments charging him with stealing jewelry valued at £10,000 from several houses.
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George Howard
J. Pierpont Morgan
London
Cassel Grain Drying Company Negotiations End Here
Negotiations between the creditors committee and the Cassel Grain Drying Company directors at Cassel Prussia were broken off and the company made an assignment. Chairman Herr Sumpf was arrested shortly after.
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Creditors’ Committee
Leipzic Bank
Cassel Grain Drying Company
Cassel
Prussia
Herr Sumpf
Change in title to reflect king's sovereignty announced
In the British House of Commons on Thursday Sir Chamberlain the colonial secretary said a bill would be introduced to change the king's title to better recognize sovereignty over the empire. Also reports of a bar room stabbing in Appleton Wisconsin and a Cripple Creek politician's arrest on bribery charges.
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House of Commons
Chamberlain
R. HH. Hettinger
Appleton
Wis
Taylor and
Whittaker
Milwaukee
Boston
Cripple Creek
Charles Wella
Colo
Cornell the Winner in Three-University Rowing Race
Cornell wins a four-oared race against Columbia and Pennsylvania in an unofficial event. The start time was around 8:40, with commentary noting Pennsylvanias pace. Source text shows garbled names and places but focuses on Cornell triumph and the collegial competition.
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Cornell
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Tom Ward Caught In Jersey City Bank Fraud Case
Thomas I. Ward, former vice president of the National Bank of LeMars Iowa, was arrested in Jersey City by Special Detective Pecke on charges of using bank funds. Ward, who fled LeMars after stock losses, signaled willingness to return to Iowa without extradition formalities.
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LeMars
Jersey City
Wilkie
Secret Service
Washington
Thomas I. Ward
Detestiva Pecke
Ward
National Baunk
Iowa
Ile
Junat
Lown
Reid Granted Bail as Colorado Tax Challenge Disposed
Ed I. Reid a South Omaha cattleman is admitted to bail of 500 dollars pending appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Judge JLallett denied habeas corpus, leaving the case in the position favored by the defense. Stockmen hope the high court will abolish the Colorado tax, citing Agriculture Department findings.
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Supreme Court
Colorado
Jlallett
United States District Court
Ed I. Reid
South Omaha
W. J. Anghes
United States Supreme Court
Reid
Department of Agriculture
Truckmen Strike Demands Cut Across East St. Louis
About 850 to 400 freight handlers at East St Louis railroad warehouses quit Monday seeking 15 cents an hour for regular truckers and 16 cents for piders. The stoppage halted most freight transfers between roads, but officials expected railroads to concede to the wage demand.
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East St. Louis
East St Louis
Ill
Strikes Shut East Stouls Freight Yard Traffic
Nearly two thousand men walk out in East Stouls yards as 1,700 join the freight handier strike. One thousand one hundred are freight handlers with the rest transfer wagon drivers. No wheels move at the freight sheds and about three thousand cars await unloading with perishable cargo.
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East Stouls
Arrest of Labored Campaign Associate Ties to Horse Theft
L A Boaz, who campaigned for Bryan in Missouri, is under arrest in LaPorte Indiana. He is charged with stealing a valuable race horse from Barrett G Sehnefer of South Londand and attempting to sell the horse to Michael Sullivan of Wanatah in Laporte County.
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Bryan Camaspaigner
L. A. Boaz
Missouri
Bryan
LaPorte
Ind
Barrett G Sehnefer
South Londand
Michael Sullivan
Wanatah
Laporte County
Trial Postponed in Lords Hearing for Mari Russell
A special session of the House of Lords in London granted a petition for a postponement. The hearing was adjourned until August 6 following the Thursday session. The motion came from Mari Russell in the petition for delay.
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Mari Russell
House of Lords
London
Help Combat the Waiters Strike Reaches New Phase in San Francisco
The cooks and waiters strike in San Francisco enters a new phase as meat supplies are cut off to restaurants that display union curd. Meanwhile, a quiet White House Fourth of July sees President McKinley largely with Mrs. McKinley and only Secretary Hitchcock visiting on official business.
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San Francisco
White House
McKinley
Slitchcock
Executive Mansion
Chicago Woodworks Win Strike Averted Agreement Signed
Chicago woodworkers number 3030 secure a two year pact with saloon store and office fixture makers. The agreement grants a 25 cent daily wage increase and ends the threatened labor action.
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Chicago Woodworks
Chicago
Market Quotations From Multiple Cities
Market quotes cover cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Indianapolis Souls Cincinnati Detroit and Toledo with prices for cattle hogs and sheep in dollars per hundredweight and grain futures for No 2 red No 2 corn No 2 oats and No 2 rye plus butter eggs potatoes and clover seed prices where listed indicating mixed regional activity and commodity ranges.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
State Board of Control Report on Institution Costs
The second biennial report details total expenditures for state institutions from general support funds. For the period ending July 1, 1890, $2,144,010 were spent, with rising prices and one closure. Building outlays, salaries, provisions, and clothing form parts of the $2.107 million to $2.144 million range, amid population growth and system changes.
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State Board of Control Ng
Knoxville
Sughue
Pelves Gince
Prisoner Brought Back From Pacific for Parole Violation
Gov. Shaw ordered Thomas LE Jones of Lucas County returned from Idaho after violating parole for robbery. Jones, paroled in 1900, left the state without permission, forfeiting all earned good time and facing about twenty six months remaining, with future good time suspended as punishment.
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Pacific
Shaw
Thomas LE. Jones
Lucas County
Ife
Mail Clerks Die in South Iowa Central Wreck
Train No. 2 on Iowa Central southbound wrecked four miles south of Hampton Saturday evening. Mail clerks J. W. Kindall of Grinnell and E. W. McKimmey of Ottumwa crushed in their car. Clerk S. 0. Thomas of Corning escaped, M. Heath hurt, conductor B. Chapman slightly injured. Engine halted after track stay. mail and baggage cars wrecked. Passengers and crew not seriously injured. Two road clerks found beneath wreckage.
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Tou
Jone Central
Iowi Central
Hampton
J. W. Kindall
Grinnell
E.W. McKimmey
Ottusawa
Clork
Thomas
Corning
Adams Express
B. Chapman
Third Set of Twins and Other Local News
Fairfield couple James Millana and wife have seven children in six years, six of them twins, with three sets alive. May Lose Both Eyes reports 44 year old Tred Skog injured by a homemade firecracker explosion near Bode and treated in Fort Dodge. A man, about 25, killed by an Iowa Central freight north of Oskaloosa, his clothes marked LH, M. May, with a note of the deceased’s address.
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Fairfield
James Millana
Cho
Tred Skog
Bode
Fort Dodge
Yaced In & Hospital
Mengine
Iowa Central
Oskatousa
M. May
Diva M. May
Woldyville
Tragedy in Des Molinos: Brackett Kills Wife Then Self
Retired farmer I A Brackett of Atlantic shot his wife at their daughter Mrs Otia Ki Powell’s Des Molinos home Sunday morning before turning the gun on himself. Ill health and heat blamed for the act. Fire damages Dallas Cantor complex destroying the north side of the main street. Logan buildings valued at $12,000 and an unknown stock at $15,000.
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Iowa
I. A. Brackett
Atlantic
Otia Ki. Powell
Des Molinos
Dallas
State Treasurer Examinations Report Financial Strain and Projections
The state treasurer reported an exam of official finances reveals weak cash balance but adequate funds to cover planned disbursements. Revenues from special sources exceeded expectations while a September large payment for a new Cherokee hospital and other major appropriations loom. The inheritance tax receipts totaled $74 2ui.78 with $2,747.38 from specific cases, and in six months in office G OS Colbertson notes substantial progress in tightening accounts.
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Cherokee
Represeng
Alata
G.os. Colbertson
Mapleton implement dealer charged in alimony case
Judge orders attachment of $1000 as case files allege a Mapleton implement dealer enticed Marian Buckie away from her husband J. W. Buckie, damaging his home and marriage. dealer J. M. Chapman has disappeared while the defendant seeks to defraud creditors.
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Mapleton
Duckie
Marian Buckie
Tras
Oliver
J. M. Chapman
J. L. Buckle
Custana
Chapman
Will Lay Out New Town in Northwestern Iowa
Hyndicate buys 7 200 acres in Emmet Township Kossuth County for 80 dollars an acre. William Larrabee ex governor sells land to Fort Dodge Forest City and Lake Mis capitalists. Sons and in laws of Larrabee supervise. Town named Cornland with hope of railway access.
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Hyndicate
Mosonth
William Larrabue
Emmet Township
Kossuth County
Fort Dodge
Forest City
Lake Mis
Mr. Larrabee
Flu
Lawa
Wm. Larrabee
Victor JL oGatliver
J.T. Thompson
J. Thompson
Forrest City
J. HU. Rich
Tia George L. Rich
Plm. Doyen
Snake Mills
Outo
Nhe
Cornlani
Central Iowa Storm Causes Barns and Roofs Collapse
Des Moines dispatch reports a severe windstorm in central Iowa Tuesday evening. The Stewart hotel roof collapsed three stories, many barns and sheds were destroyed, and crops suffered extensive damage from the high winds. In Dallas Center four barns were wrecked, and cornfields were damaged across multiple counties. Captain Hayden, former deputy collector for the third district, resigned and was replaced by S. J. Saga of Garner as head of his post.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Cambridge
Dallas Center
Lyyden
Tlon Ag Galt
Contracts for Paper Let
The executive council began awarding two year contracts for state paper and office supplies. Only the paper awards and minor items were decided. The Butler Paper Company secured the bulk, 6 850 reams of book paper.
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Executive Council
Butler Paper Company
Fire Damages Lana Implement Co Warehouse at Red Oak
A blaze swept the Lana Implement Company warehouse in Red Oak, damaging the frame structure and surrounding area. The building loss is estimated at about $2,000 with contents partly insured. the fire did not destroy nearby structures.
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Bpire
Sted Oak
Lana Implement Company
Red Oak
Santiny
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