Government to Resume Silver Purchases for Coinage
Washington announces the first government buy bid in 13 years for silver to coinage. Tenders due Aug 25 at the mint and weekly thereafter. delivery to Philadelphia New Orleans or Denver. Amounts limited by market needs and on New York bullion basis.
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Washington
This
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Denver
New York
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Department
Congress
Shaw
Palley
Record Wheat and Crop Yields From Illinois Board Bulletin
Illinois state board reports winter wheat yield in Normal area at 27,365,862 bushels, 20 bushels per acre, up 4,906,232 from 1903. Spring wheat 1,852,122 bushels. Oats harvested 3,018,295 acres yielding 50,971,381 bushels, down 38,593,943 from last year. Corn condition Aug 1 at 81 percent of average, down eight points since June 20, and drought of six days caused damage.
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Springfield
Ill
State Board of Agriculture
Imnola
Tnola
Witness a Wonderful Mirage Over Cleveland Lake Erie
Residents of the Heights observed a remarkable mirage over Lake Erie showing the Canadian shore sixty miles away. The inverted sky image lasted over an hour and drew thousands, with Rondeur city, church spires, and tall trees visible in bold relief.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Rondeur
Dake
Unable to Finish Tunnel Dispatched from Wyoming Project
Washington acted under the secretary of the interior to suspend all contractor gear on the Corbett tunnel project after the bidder Charles Speer abandoned work and faced inability to finance about 400 workers. The prize bid stood at $594,325 with J G White & Co second at $595,750. Government crews also took over the Shoshone dam construction project from Prendegast Clarkson due to lack of labor and backing, after bids opened Sept 5, 1905 with an estimated $515,750.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Gcological Survey
Corbett
Wyoming
Charles Speer
Killings State Bank
New York
Prendegast & Clarkson
Shoshoné Dam
West
J. G. White & Co
Liberty for Persian People National Assembly Authorized
A cable from Mirza Nassrollah Khan Mochireddet Sadreazame to the Persian minister notes that Persia will inaugurate a national assembly for reforms and a durable constitution. The assembly will meet in Teheran with civil and constitutional laws originating there and becoming effective after the Shah's signature.
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Washington
Aug
Persie
Mirza Nassrollah Khan Mochireddet Sadreazame
Persia
Teheran
Williston Mayor Guilty in Montana Theft Case
Williston mayor and local banker W. M. Denny was found guilty of receiving stolen property linked to a rustling ring in Montana. Authorities alleged he led the thefts and sold six horses. an extradition attempt failed and he stood trial in North Dakota on related charges.
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Williston
N. D
W. M. Denny
Valley County
Montana
Denny
Train Wreck Injures 40 to 50 Near Fruitland Texas
A Fort Worth and Denver northbound train derailed near Fruitland Texas leaving 40 to 50 passengers injured none fatally but several seriously. The sleeper and chair car left the track and tumbled down an embankment. Dr. Connell of Hot Springs treated passengers as brakemen helped him across debris.
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Bowie
Tex
Fort Worth
COOLIES TO BUILD THE CANAL IN PANAMA
Washington Aug 11 Chinese labor will be tested with 2500 workers for canal work. Contracts are prepared and ads will be issued by the Isthmian canal commission soon seeking proposals from labor agents. If the initial 2500 are successful many more may go to the isthmus to perform the hard work. Had Counterfeit Money Corry Pa Aug 10 County Detective Watson aided by Capt Walsh arrested John Hannon a former car line worker counterfeit money found in his possession.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Isthralan Canal Commission
Corry
County
Secretary Bonaparte Calls for Death for Anarchists
Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte declares anarchists irredeemable and advocates death for those who seek to harm officials. He argues imprisonment is a farce and urges treating anarchists as reptiles to be exterminated for the community’s preservation, a view shaped by President McKinley’s assassination and voiced at a Chautauqua society address in Cumberland, Maryland.
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Cumberland, Md
Charles J. Bonaparte
Navy
Hite
Bonaparte
McKinley
Chautauqua Society
Bank Teller Kills Himself After Bank Crash
Frank Kowalski a paying teller at the wrecked Milwaukee avenue bank shot himself Friday night. He had worked 13 years handling all business among Polish customers and was respected by Paul O. Stensland and Henry W. Hering before the crash.
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Chicago
Frank Kowalski
Milwaukee Avenue
Kowalski
Paul O. Stensland
Henry W. Hering
Hearings Planned on Pure Food Law Regulations
Washington August 13 hearings will be held at the department of agriculture from September 17 to 28 to give food manufacturers a chance to suggest regulations for enforcing the new pure food law.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Commission Cuts Tariff Reduces Wisconsin Grain Rates
Wisconsin grain rates will be cut by about one cent per bushel following a Thursday railway commission opinion. The ruling affects all railroads in Wisconsin, stemming from complaints by O G Kingy and W L Houser and an independent commission investigation. The decision, issued as Wisconsin ships 176 million bushels of grain this year, promises substantial savings for shippers statewide.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Railway Commission
Wisconsin Commission
O. G. Kingy
Wisconsin Central
W. L. Houser
Chicago, Milwaukee
Indictments for Standard Oil and Railroads
A federal grand jury in the western district of New York indicted Standard Oil of New York and the Pennsylvania Railroad, each on 24 counts, along with Vacuum Oil of Rochester on fewer counts. The case centers on oil shipments from Rochester to Rutland via New York Central, Boston and Maine, and Rutland lines. United States Attorney Brown seeks time to study ties between these railroads and alleged discriminatory rates.
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Jamestown
Federal Grand Jury
Rutland
New York Central Railroad
Boston & Maine
United States
Brown
Standard Oil Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Prison term for lyncher leader in North Carolina
In Salisbury North Carolina August 11 a white ex convict George Hall a Montgomery county resident who helped lynch three negroes in a jail here for the Lyerly family murder was convicted of conspiracy to commit the crime and sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary. The trial lasted 85 minutes with a verdict of guilty. Hall led a mob of about 30 men and carried a hammer threatening to harm a prisoner if released. His lawyer appealed claiming lack of jurisdiction because the governor was in Atlantic City. Hall had been a cotton mill operative.
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Salisbury
N. C
George Hall
Montgomery County
North Carolina
Lyerly
Hall
B. BD. Long
Gov. Glenn
Atlantic City
T. J. Kluttz
Nff
David TW. Julian
Sheviff
Kluttz
Halt
Dowie attacks Judge Landis at Zion City meeting
At Shiloh house in Zion City John Alexander Dowie denounced Judge Landis for Zion affairs, calling his decision a falsehood. About 150 attendees cheered as Dowie labeled the jurist’s ruling as treasonous and hissed when Landis was named.
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Chicago
Shiloh House
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic Church of Zion
United States
Dowie
Lanjis
Great watermelon shipping hub Cement Oklahoma grows prolific crop
Lawton Oklahoma reports Cement Oklahoma as the southwest’s largest watermelon shipping station. Some 120 cars have shipped to Kansas City St Louis and Denver with over 500 more expected this season. Nearby 700 acres yield about 500 melons per acre averaging 50 dollars per acre in revenue. Projections estimate 250000 melons shipped this year from Cement.
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Lawton
Cement
Kansas City
St. Louis
Denver
News in Brief Highlights From National Section
The roundup reports robberies and legal actions across the United States. Divorces, deaths, and political notes include Brodie L. Duke’s final decree, Claude H. Desha’s apoplexy death, and Nicholas Longworth’s New York wedding trip with Alice Roosevelt. Pension, banking, and labor tensions appear alongside naval and aviation news and a Chicago bank forgery case.
Five are drowned in Spokane River near Davenport
Davenport Wash Aug 13 three Davenport social leaders and two others drowned during a river outing about 12 miles northeast of town. The victims were Miss Winnie Jones, A L Bergett, Mrs A L Gergett, Roy Howard, and A A Imlan. Four of the group sacrificed themselves trying to save others as they were pulled under by whirlpools and strong currents.
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Davenport
Wash
Spokane
Winnie Jones
A. L. Bergett
A. L. Gergett
Roy Howard
A. A. Imlan
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Shah
North Dakota
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Stensland
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Badger Railway Board
Standard Oil
Jamestown Grand Jury
Rilo de Janeiro
Aracaju
Sergipe
State Supreme Court
Matto Grosso
Princeton
Buck” McHargue
Abe Trent
McHargue
Trent
Apostle
Judge Landis
Sreat Watermelon District
Michael Delaney
Campania
Faulkton
St. D
Sioux City
5. D
Kelly & Murray
Camden
Rich
Brodie L. Duke
Claude H. Desha
Cynthia
New York Aquarium
Bourke Cochran
California
Miselde
Berg & Wise
Nashville
Venn
Constantinople
Abdul-Hamid II
San Francisco
Fra
Florentine
American Navy League
United Master Butchers’ Association of America
Milwaukee
H. Clay Pierce
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Admiral Brownson
Asiatic
John H. Pauly
Marine City
Alich
Joseph Minnie
John Spencer
George Crocker
St John's Church
Ramsey
N. J
Chicago & Northwestern
Black Wolf
Lawrence
Boston Episcopal Diocese
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Stensland Bank
John B. Freeman
la Cross
William Boye
Waupur
Pga
Beenann
Nansas City
Texas
Omaha
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