Week in Brief from World News and Local Incidents
A collage of items notes Robert Chamelis Jr charged with $20500 defalcation after confessing to stock-market activity at Atlantic City. The shah of Persia proclaims amnesty to ease Teheran unrest. Elihu Rooth seeks health regimen in White Plains. John W. Gates buys a stock farm for $25000 and gifts it to E. S. Baker. Ralph Aldrich admits forging nearly $12000 in Nevada notes. Grover Cleveland’s funeral at Princeton attended by Roosevelt. County funds embezzlement charges loom for H. W. Tiers. James Sherman improves as he nears a health operation. Roosevelt Jr earns Harvard bachelor degree. Rockefeller plans an autobiography. Senator Stephens of Wisconsin runs again. Taft garners Yale cheers amid Harvard loss. Roosevelt Jr may join U S Steel summer work.
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Robert Chamelis, Jr
Marine Trust Company
Atlantic City
N. J
Persia
Teheran
Elihu Rooth
William Muldoon
White Plains
John W. Gates
St. Charles
Europe
Baker
Ralph A. Aldrich
Nevada
Springfield
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Roosevelt
Taft
New York
New Haven
Hooker T.washington
Wiliam H. Pettis
Sac County
H. W. Tiers
First National Bank of Fittsburg
National Bank
Folds
James 3. Sherman
Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Harvard University
John D. Rockefeller
New York Magazine
United States
Stepheneca
Wisconsin
Yale
Harvard
United States Steel Corporation
Tornado toll rises across towns in midwest and Missouri
Seven people die and more than 60 injured as a tornado destroys homes in Clinton Minnesota. Pukwana South Dakota nearly wiped out with no injuries. Mrs Julius Krueger and three children perish in Milwaukee fire. Mannie Fisher and Miss Appa Taylor drown near St Joseph Missouri. Mexican troops rush to Torreon as rebels seize Matamoras. Fire in Jonia Brich destroys depots and church. Thomas L Bagby shot near Huntsville Missouri. First Kentucky night rider conviction in Benton. August P Johnson drowns four children near Ida Grove. Teheran reports 500 killed in two days of fighting. Klapfer Trauthers bankers of Munich commit suicide. Iowa Republicans Domed Gov Cummins agenda.
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Clinton
Minn
Pukwana
Julius Krueger
Milwaukee
Krueger
Mannie Fisher
Appa Taylor
St. Joseph
Torreon
Matamoras
United States
Texas
Jonia
Brich
Thomas L. Bagby
Huntsville
E. J. Carter
Aaron Raub
Lofty
Kentucky
F E. Champion
Benton
Auguat P. Johnson
Bone
Ida Grove
Teheran
May
Theodore Klapfer
Klapfer
Multitude of 1908 era disasters and political shifts unfold
A sprawling digest notes numerous events: deaths from vehicle crashes and drownings, a newborn in Scotland, political nominating contests in Tennessee and Vermont, Mexican border clashes near the Rio Grande, a Boston club gathering injured delegates, and deaths from fires and wrecks. It mentions royal honors for Theodore Roosevelt, mass campaigns in Morocco and Coahuila, labor strikes, flood devastation in Illinois, and a Georgian party delegation decision.
Grover Cleveland Dead at Princeton Home
Former President Grover Cleveland dies at 8 40 a m Wednesday at his Princeton New Jersey residence after years of gout diabetes and digestive illness. A statement from doctors outlines a long battle with gastric intestinal disorders and multiple health crises including bouts of unconsciousness before his death. Cleveland had served as Buffalo mayor governor of New York and president and was inaugurated March 4 1885 after a decisive electoral victory over Blaine.
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Princeton
N. J
Crevyer Cleveland
Cleveland
South
By. Cleveland
Equitable Life Company
Fr. Cleveland
Joseph B. Bryant
George R. Lockwood
Lr. J. MM. Camochan
Trief
Erle Counts
Isaac V. Vanderpool
Lanning, Cleveland & Folsom
Buffalo
New York
Charles J. Folger
United States Secretary of the Treasury
Chicago
United States
Blaine
Ex-President Cleveland Cause of Death Cited
The report notes that grover cleveland died from a long standing organic disease of the heart and kidneys with heart failure complicated by pulmonary thrombosis and edema as the immediate causes.
Life of Cleveland A Busy One, Born in Caldwell
Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th US president, born March 18, 1837 in Caldwell New Jersey, of English stock. The article traces his early schooling in Fayetteville and Clinton New York, law career, first public office, presidential terms, private pension vetoes, marriage to Frances Folsom, and post presidency life in New York and Princeton. It notes his 1894 order of troops during the Chicago railroad strike and later roles with the Association of Life Insurance Presidents.
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Grover Cleveland
United States
Caldwell
N. J
England
Massachusetts
Baltimore
Ireland
Creveland
Fayetteville
Grover
Clinton
N. Y
New York Institution For the Blind
Cleveland
Lewis F
Rogers, Bowen & Rogers
Ruffay
New York
Cleviland
White House
Frances Folsom
Benjamin Harrison
New York City
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Chicago
Altgeld
Princeton
Princeton University
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Association
Taft entertains Ohio delegation amid politics in Washington
Secretary Taft balanced official duties with politics during a Washington day. A prominent meeting with Ohio Republican leaders urged him to back Arthur I. Vorys for national chairman, signaling Ohio party unity. He invited Vorys to come to Washington next Wednesday for talks. He downplayed possibilities with Hitchcock, focusing on department matters for his successor. He noted the War Department will greet the new secretary with full military attendance to win solid with the military vote.
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Washington
Taft
Republican Party
Ohio
Walter Brown
Republican State Central Committee
Henry Williams
Republican State Executive Committee
WN. W. Guilbert
Arthur I. Vorys
Vorys
Hitchcock
Dir. Vorys
Mr. Vorys
Titcheock
Wright
War Department
Injunction Plank Favored At Democratic Convention
Lincoln Nebraska dispatch reports after a brief visit with William J Brean and Judge W W Black Everest Washington delegation members urged that the national Platform would include a strong anti injunction plank.
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Lincoln
Railroads Show Improvement Reports Favorable Earnings
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane states railroad earnings are favorable and conditions indicate improvement. The report highlights signs of progress in the industry and suggests continuing stability ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce
Lane
Democratic Leaders Seek Prohibition Plank at Denver Convention
Democratic leaders at Denver discuss probable planks as the antiinjunction plank fuels debate. General James Weaver heads the prohibition effort, aiming to push a definite favorable plank into the platform amid ongoing resolutions talks and arrival of convention leaders.
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Denver
Colo
James B. Weaver
Town
Weaver
Tornado Devastates Pukwana Area with $300,000 Loss
Details from Mitchell South Dakota report a tornado causing $300,000 in losses in Pukwana. A fifteen mile swath of crops was wiped out across a three mile-wide strip, with extensive agricultural damage reported.
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Pukwana
Mitchell
S. D
Liberal Ticket Successful in Panama Elections
Returns from Panama and Colon indicate the Uberai ticket's success as the Washington-Minister Squiers report quiet polls and orderly results. The campaign praised their candidates and stressed stable governance across the region.
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Washington
Squiers
Panama
Colon
The Most Considerate Girl Marries In Odd Shoes Tale
A bride shared a curious pre wedding plan. She gathered old shoes from the downstairs closet and arranged to discard them after the carriage. She explained that poor workers look for good luck shoes at weddings and she did not want them to miss out.
Value of Brief Rests for Overworked Homemakers
Advice urges homemakers on relieving nerves by sitting motionless for five to ten minutes twice daily. Relax the mind, drop worries, focus on pleasant thoughts. With practice, the technique yields large returns beyond the time invested.
Cultivate cheerful mind and heart to avoid trouble
Hedley warns that borrowing trouble is a foolish habit. Cultivate a cheerful mindset and heart to prevent much imagined trouble and unnecessary worry.
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Hedley
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Lady Suffolk
Daisy Lester
Georgia Sullivan
Black Lake
Holland
Mich
Gov
Patterson
Tennessee
Carmack
Los Vacas
Rio Grande
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Boston
Newport
R. L
Sarah Shute
Corn Rapids
Duluth
Airc
Consolidated Elevator Company
Northern Pacific
Bombay
Berodsa
Baroda
Mulai-Hafid
Maracce
Fez
Vermont
Bryan
Turkey
Cherakat
Theodore Roosevelt
el Paso
Tex
Chamber of Commerce
Milwapukee
John Welsh
Colfax
Wis
Henry Miller
Harrodsburg
Paris Green
Chicago & Northwestern
Chadron
Neb
Gilawold
Edward
Viesca
Coahuila
Mex
United Norwegian ‘Lutheran Church of America
Larache
Muros
Spain
Tawa Democrats
Sioux City
William J. Bryan
South Dakota
Pierre
Free Masons
Pennsylvania
Jean Heid
John Hubert Ward
Earl of Dudley
London
Chapel Royal
St. James’ Palace
Queen Alexandra
Toledo Ice and Coal Company
Ann Arbor
Mary Whitecamp
Henry Whitecamp
Madison County
Ilinois
Whitecamp
Georgia
Caldwell, N. J
Walte
God
Omaha
Ear Courtney A CO. Omeka
J. E. von Dorn Commission Co
Chicago Board of Trade
Omaha Grain Exchange
Brandeis
Omaha Telephones
Bell Cowpins
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FNO
Nuerer Omaha Tentsawning CO
Hastings and Heyden
Farase St
Omaha, Hobe
CO. Makera
Were-Dillon Drug CO
Omaha Woold Storage CO
Isosha
Taft's
Douglas St
Reliahla
Kodaks
Vneamuteuc
Robert Dempster CO
Gox
Sunderland Culvert CO
John Ofere Plow Co
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