Brief Review Of A Week's Events Round About World
A weekly digest reports Lieut Frank T Evans of the battle ship Louisiana being found guilty of two charges and sentenced to lose 150 numbers and a public reprimand. Politician Frank L Couden of Warren county Ohio acquitted of manslaughter. President Roosevelt to visit England in 1910 and deliver a Romanes lecture at Oxford. Dr Francis J McConnell accepted as president of De Pauw University. Postmaster Von Tiedmann of Cortez Nevada arrested for embezzling 4400. Clerk James McKenny marked fifty years in the Supreme Court’s Washington office. Dr Frederick A Cook claims a straight line toward the pole. David W Hill resigns Republican senatorial bid. Horace D Taft declines a state legislature bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. Evans
Louisiana
Roosevelt
England
Oxford
Francis J. McConnell
New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
N. Y
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Ind
von Tiedmann
Cortez
Nev
James McKenny
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Frederick A. Cook
David W. Hill
Poplar Bluff
United States
Horace D. Taft
Taft School
Watertown
Conn
William H. Taft
Bulgarian Situation Delays Mobilization and War Fears
French diplomats quickly pressured both Bulgaria and Turkey to suspend mobilization orders, averting immediate war. Bulgaria rejects London’s indemnity condition for recognizing independence. Britain France and Russia back a conference framework, while Germany pledges to align with Britain on Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbia hopes war can be avoided.
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Aspiomats
Turkey
Bulgaria
London
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
England
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria-Hungary
General News Roundup of Early 1900s Incidents and Events
Rev N K Fielding leader of Mianis State Gaelic Association shot twice at Corpus Christi church vestibule. American fleet guests entertained lavishly in Yokohama with Admiral Sperry visiting Tokyo. Italian king reportedly approves marriage of Duke of Abruzzi to Miss Katherine Elkins. Catholics in St Louis lay cornerstone of new cathedral valued over 2 million. Anna Carson Urbana teacher fatally shoots herself in Decatur. Arnold Luetgert shoots himself in Elgin after Chicago sausage murder term. German balloon Hergesell found in North Sea with two dead. Christian Science Publishing Society to issue daily Monitor. National American Woman Suffrage convention opens in Buffalo. Ingleside lime quarry explosion near Fort Collins kills seven, injures 23. Dr Angel Ugarie Latvia minister to Honduras to be transferred to Mexico. Dr Lazo Arriaga succeeds him.
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N. K. Fielding
Mianis State Gaelic Athletic Association
Chicago
Corpus Christi Church
Yokohama Harbor
Admiral Sperry
Tokyo
Italy
Rome
Abruzzi
Katherine Elkins
St. Louis
Wiss Anna Carson
Urbana
Decatur
Arnold Luetgert
Adolph Luetgert
Joliet
Elgin
North Sea
Christian Science Publishing Society
Boston
Christian Science Monitor
National American Woman Sufffrage Association
Buffalo
N.Y
Ingleside
Fort Collins
Angel Ugarie
Honduras
Mexico
Lazo Arriaga
Fifteen Die In Detroit Mackinaw Railway Tragedy
The Metz village relief train carrying settlers toward safety from Michigan forest fires was derailed by spread rails at Nowicki Siding. Eleven women and children and four men perished as cars burned. Fires ravaged northern Michigan, leaving hundreds homeless and prompting Gov. Warner to appeal for aid.
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Detroit & Mackinaw Railway
Metz
Alpena
Mich
Nowicki Siding
Michigan
Gov
Warner
Detroit
Peter C. Hains
T. Jenkins Hains
New York
William B. Annis
David B. Howell
Newark
N. J
E. H. Gay & Co
Boston
Viran-Shehr
Herlinn
North Sea
Hackstetter
Schreider
Albany
North River
Chicago
Irl
Rock Island Iil
Rock Island Sash and Door Works
Clara Watland
New Sharon
Fort Yates
Union National Bank
Summerville
William Randolph Hearst
Sult
Charles N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Douglas County
Nebraska
Busley
Japan
Yokohama Harbor
Mets
la Rocque
John Cook
Champaign
Edna McLennan
J. O. Curwoot
Canada
Hinde
British Columbia
British Honduras
South Lancaster Academy
South Lancaster
Mass
Barber Asphalt Company
Barber Roofing Company
North Venice
Frederick S. Baird
Omaha
Government of
Public Lands
Abraham Linecoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Alton
Deneen
John R. Marshall
Eighth Infantry
Ilinois
Mobile
Ala
Nebraska Lucky in Lottery Draw Opens Tripp County Rosebud Lands
The opening drawing for Tripp county Rosebud lands in Nebraska drew 1 728 numbers from 114 769 applications. May A Messer of Kennebec South Dakota won the first envelope as De ma Rose, 4, selected the winning slip. Nebraska led with eighty winners among the first 200 names, followed by Iowa and South Dakota. the draw continues the next morning.
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Dallas
Tripp County
May A. Messer
Kennebec
S. Dabout
Tripp County Rosebud
John W. Thomas
Carnegie
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Missouri
Kansas
Cale
Fairbanks
Alaska
James W. Witten
S. D
Presho
T. D. McLain
Chamberlain
Dema Rose
A. Helser
Kennebbeck
Peter Swift
Ponesa
Neb
Hannon
Meadow Grove
Otto Schneider
Mitchell
Jacob Eckert
Wichita
Kas
Samuel Anderson
Albert City
Hobart A. Anderson
Mount Vernon
Indians Killed in Fight Near Hollands Prairie
A telegraph from Ovando Montana reports Deputy Warden O B Peyton and four Flathead Indians died after a clash on Swan River near Hollands Prairie. Peyton and his assistant Herman Rudolph tried to arrest the group for hunting without a license and killing deer beyond the limit. Peyton approached the Indians camp and ordered them to come to Missoula. they opened fire, and the deputies returned fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Mont
Ovando
Powell County
O. B. Peyton
Peyton
Herman Rudolph
Hollands Prairie
Swan River
Rudolph
Forty One Known to be Dead in Fire North of Alpena
Bay City reports 41 confirmed deaths from forest fires in Presque Isle and Alpena counties with several missing. Northern Pulaski and Krakow townships face rising loss of life risk as families near Lake Huron remain unheard from.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
Bay City Tribune
Alpena
Presque Isle
Pulaski
Krakow
Lake Huron
Rakow
American Citizen in Jail in Russia Case Moves Forward
Adolph Fisher, a naturalized American citizen, has been detained ten months in Russian jails. His case has attracted Russian press attention with U.S. embassy efforts to win his release. Fisher was arrested in a Samara restaurant amid murder suspicions but later cleared, yet remained jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Adolph Fisher
Fisher
Samara
No bumper crop for Iowa this year
Des Moines reports Iowa will not match two years ago as corn remains the great staple topic. Government forecast sets Iowa's yield at 210.9 million bushels while the Iowa Grain Dealers' association prepares its final assessment. Weather and crop service reports due December 1.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Varibua
Iowa Grain Deniers’ Association
Iowa Crop and Weather Service
Nine Hundred Barrels From Trigg Orchard Harvest
Rockford residents and visitors admired the Trigg orchard northwest of town where about twenty four acres host around 2,500 trees mainly Wealthy and Patten Greening varieties. This year’s crop yielded roughly 900 barrels or sixty seven and a half tons, sold in Minneapolis bulk at 45 cents per bushel totaling about 1200 dollars, aided by three years of spraying under Ames state college experiment station guidance with Professor Beach and assistants providing practical demonstrations.
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Rockford
Minneapolis
State College Experiment Station
Ames
Beach
Horticultural Department
Postoffice Under Rapid Des Moines Construction
Work on the new government post office in Des Moines has progressed quickly and contractors expect completion by contract date November 25, 1908. Delays in starting granted an extension to June 1910 by the government.
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Des Moines
Federal Employees Liable to Poll Tax in Iowa
City solicitor Clem F. Kimball of Counce Biuffs issued a written opinion stating federal workers including post clerks and other federal employees in Iowa are not exempt from the poll tax and must pay it like all residents. The request came from George W. Thompson, the poll tax collector."
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George W. Thompson
Clem F. Kimball
Counce Biuffs
Mr. Kimball
Iowa
Balloon Drifts into Town Without Owner Found
A stray balloon with parachute and basket landed in a Harrison County street despite no visible owner. The drifting balloon came down quietly and was discovered by early risers. its origin remains a mystery.
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Dunlap
Harrison County
Printer Not a Murderer Hampton J Dillon Case
Hampton J Dillon, a printer well known in several towns, has been discharged by the panel jury after three months in jail on a murder charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
J. H. Dillon
Psranel
Minister's Team Stolen in Lacona
A daring robbery at the parsonage barn near Lacona where Rev. McCurdy finds his team missing. No solid clue to the thief yet, though a transient visitor in the village is suspected. Albert Hawley of Davenport, Iowa, elected fraternal secretary treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in Columbus, Ohio.
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Lacona
McCurdy
Davenport
Columbus
Albert Hawley
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
En- Elnemen
PLEDGE SIGNED TO SHOOT PREDATORS IN NOR A SPRINGS AREA
Nora Springs Farmers in the district near Mason City sign pledges to shoot the first prowler seen at hen houses or granaries. Home defense includes keeping loaded shotguns by bedsides to deter poultry and grain thieves amid ongoing depredations.
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Nora Springs
Here
Mason City
Statewide Notes From Des Moines and Nearby Towns
A long row of brief notices reports deaths in Fort Dodge and Marshalltown, a murder trial verdict in Eldora, electrocution death in New Hampton, a sixtieth wedding anniversary near Ferguson, drugstore robbery confessions by Creston youths, a Sioux City police manhunt for a Swedish bank wrecker, repeated arrests for John Shea of Sioux City, a Pilot Mound merchant’s self-inflicted death, and various legal and business updates across Iowa including bankings schemes and stockyard shipments.
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Fort Dodge
A. Smith
Mason Guy
A. McDonnell
McDonnell
Geo. Stevens
William Wallace
Green Mountain
Iis
B. G. Wallace
Marshalltown
William Lambkin
New Hampton
Austin
Minn
Isaac Johnson
Ferguson
Creston
Ralph Hanson
John Lindahl
George D. Wewcomb
Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
Hugh Chambers
Lake City
St. Vincent Hospital
Sioux City
Des Moines
Prowny
S. McGrath
Boone County
Iowa
Farmers' Co-operative Elevator Company
Bogue
Eugene Willard
Eldora
Iowa Central Railroad Company
South Dakota
John Shea
Charles G. Bard
Pilot Mound
Omaha
Bert B. Child
Nevada
State Secretaries’ Club
Child
BE. L. Collins
Philadelphia
Stuart MacDiarmid
Pine Ridge
Algona
T. W. Harrison
Topeka
Bee
A. Clarke
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Fonis
Commercial Club
Greater Des Moines
Commercial Associations of
Joseph Wolf
Germany
Washington
McPride & Will Dreg Compat
Hyala Barenett Friend
Farty Friend
Young Clothier
A. ML. Briend & Sons
Ely
Three Weeks To Kidney Health Says Murray Woman
Mrs A J Davis of Murray Kentucky reports using Deans Kidney Pills cured her kidney disease in three weeks. She endured dizziness knife like back pains and grippe related backache before finding relief with Deans Kidney Pills. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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A. J. Davis
Murray, Ky
Dean
Jeff Ma
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Progress in a Young Musician's Rhythm Improvement
A report notes a young female student making notable progress in music, moving from being two or three notes behind to now consistently ahead by two to five notes, described in a progressive, lighthearted tone.
Bee Feud Over Mustard Land Ends With Scythe
A Fresno beekeeper recounts a feud sparked by a neighbor’s mustard patch that injured bees. After a year of tension, the English neighbor retaliated by cutting the mustard with a scythe. The dispute ended with the two men renewing friendship following the clash.
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Foothiill
Frank H. Short
Fresno
San Francisco Chronicle
The Square Deal's Sunday Picnic Tale
A wealthy suburban man funds a Sunday school picnic and is pressed to speak. He jokes that “a man who deals from the bottom of the pack is generally buried at the public expense.” A dry goods salesman, lacking a matching remnant, advises inviting a friend to dinner to face his wife.
Not a Miracle Coffee Change Marks Relief
A veteran coffee drinker explains spells of unconsciousness ceased after eight months of using Postum. He reduced headaches and improved sleep and health by switching completely to Postum at age seventy. The letter promotes Postum with a brief note about its creator and a cue to read more.
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Postum
Postum Co
Mich
Wellville
Plogs
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Piotrkow
Lodz
Antelope State
OWA News
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Peage
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