Grand jury condemns Springfield police in riot indictments
A special grand jury investigating a race riot in Springfield returned 117 indictments, including four policemen Oscar Dahlkamp Joseph Verender George H. Ohlman and George W. Dawson for failing to suppress the riot. The report denounces police officers who failed to act and suggests civil service action. Abe Raymer Lilm Humphrey and Mrs Katie Howard were indicted for murder in connection with the lynching. Mrs Howard died by suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, T
Springfield
Oscar Dahlkamp
Joseph Verender
George H. Ohlman
George W. Dawson
Civil Service Commission
Abe Raymer
Lilm” Humphrey
Katie Howard
Railroad Prospects Foresee Freight Car Shortage
Washington reports no fall freight car shortage yet but expected soon as business revives. Inter State Commerce Commissioner Charles A. Prouty and U.S. Pawkett, Fort Worth freight bureau traffic manager, warn October could bring a shortage equal to two years ago. Grain movement slows due to weak markets, yet Texas crops, especially cotton and corn, along with other Southwest shipments, drive record tonnage for Southwestern lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles A. Prouty
U.S. Pawkett
Fort Worth
Texas
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Pawkett
Southwest
Net immigration boosts U.S. population by 400000 in last year
Washington reports from the department of commerce and labor show a net population gain of 400,009 due to immigration in the last fiscal year. Immigrants totaled 624,000 while emigrants left the country at a rate of 715,000, indicating a substantial inbound flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Rifled pipe line ready to move crude oil to Port Costa
The Associated Pipe Line Company completes a 282 mile rifled line from Bakersfield wells to Port Costa on San Francisco Bay. It parallels Standard Oil and has capacity 17 000 to 20 000 barrels every 2 hours. Costing 4 million dollars, pumping stations every 20 miles inject nine parts oil to one part water to carry, water dissipating heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bakersield Wells
Port Costa
San Francisco Bay
Associated Pipe Line Company
Standard Oil Company
American firm leases Innishewen gold site in Ireland
An American mining company has leased the Innishewen peninsula in Donegal. A prospector found rich streaks of gold and copper-bearing ore on Lord Shaftesbury's estate where water and fuel are abundant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Dublin
Innishewen Peninsula
Donegal
Lord Shaftesbury
Harriman Interests Close Contract for 406 Gondola Cars
Harriman interests closed a deal with Cambria Steel for 406 steel gondola cars to be delivered starting soon. Details are unavailable but the order is confirmed. In Boston, actor Cheater Jordan planned to flee with a murdered wife, his crime discovered, and he confessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
Jolstown
Cambria Steel Company
Jordan
Boston
Vermont Republicans win broad victory in state election
Complete returns show George H. Prouty leading with 45,231 votes for governor, over Democrat James Burke at 16,903 and minor party candidates. Prouty’s 29,376 plurality signals GOP control of executive and legislature, with lawmakers to choose a successor to Senator Renfield Proctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White River
D Junction
Vermont
George H. Prouty
Newport
David J. Foster
Burlington
Frank Plumby
Northfield
Renfield Proctor
John A. Mead
Rutland
Guy W. Bailey
Essex
Edward H. David
Montpelier
Horace F. Graham
Craftsbury
John H. Sargent
Ludlow
James &. Burke
Quimby S. Backus
Independent League
Eugene M.campbell
Prohibition
J. H. Dunbar
Prouty
Burke
Balloon Fatal Flight Fire Claims Aeronaut Oliver Jones
Charlies Oliver Jones, a famed aeronaut from Hammondsport New York, died after a balloon caught fire at about 500 feet during a Central Maine fair display in Waterville Maine. Spectators watched flames travel along the gas bag as Jones released gas to descend and was fatally injured when the frame collapsed and he fell beneath the burning balloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Nis
Maine
Charlies Oliver Jones
Hammondsport
N. Y
Jones
Joves
Great oil well fire extinguished in Las Bacas
Word reaches S. Pearson & Sons that the Las Bacas air well fire has been smothered after two months. Six pumps and dynamite blasting diverted flames, oil resurged at 2000 barrels daily, with reservoirs being built. An estimated 3 million barrels valued at 3 million dollars burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Mexico
S. Pearson & Sons
Las Bacas
Part man part dog vertebra operation at Riverside Junction
Warren, Pa. Warry Bemus survives a fall from a trestle at Riverside Junction after doctors remove a vertebra from his spinal column and insert one from a dog. Surgeons expect the patient will soon be ready to leave the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ol City
Warry Bemus
Warren
Bemus
Riverside Junction
Sage Estates Bonds Revealed as Worthless Assets
Russell Sage executors’ schedules show about 1,071,000 of the Sage fortune has no value. The estate holds stocks and bonds with only the paper assessed worth, including postwar Southern state repudiations, Tradesman’s Bank shares, New York Wool Company, and other failed enterprises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sage
New York
Russell Sage Sometines
Sage
Tradesman's Bank and
New York Wool Company
Four Million Dollars Left to Charity in Hewitt Will
Oswego N Y reports the will of bachelor Frederick Cooper Hewitt directs more than 4 million dollars to charitable institutions the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University. To relatives and friends less than 500 thousand dollars is left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswego
Metropoilian Museum of Art
Yale University
Frederick Cooper Hewitt
Leeds Left $30,000,000 Will Discloses Paris Death Estate
New York reports the will of William B. Leeds who died in Paris last spring leaving property valued at more than 30 million dollars. The document outlines how the vast fortune will be distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
New York
William B. Leeds
Paris
Bark Auburndale Missing Near Cape Hatteras
Philadelphia reports the bark Auburndale, last seen five weeks ago sailing from Turks Island to this port, is missing and it is feared the vessel foundered off Cape Hatteras during the West Indian hurricane that swept the coast last month.
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Philadelphia
Auburndale
Turks Island
Cape Hatteras
Mont
Missouri Pacific Shops Return to Full Time
Six hundred Missouri Pacific employees at Sedalia shops resume full time work after a period of part time arrangement tied to the financial stringency. The move reflects restored operational stability and supports ongoing maintenance and production at the railway facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Missouri Pacific
Veterans Parade Overflows With Order At Toledo
In Toledo Ohio the Grand Army of the Republic parade proceeded with rare calm and ample spacing. Estimates placed veterans between eight thousand and twelve thousand, many wearing Michigan or Ohio badges. The four hour review featured Taft and Foraker meeting on the reviewing stand amid light casualties and strong fatigue relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Michigan
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
William H. Taft
Joseph Benson Foraker
Historic Toledo Parade Preludes Fort Meigs Dedication
A historic Toledo event drew forty thousand via trolley and boat to Fort Meigs at Perrysburg, marking a veterans parade and the dedication of the Fort Meigs Monument. Speeches by Senator Foraker Governor Harris General Young and Lt Governor Murphy highlighted the occasion. The National Association of Ex Prisoners of War elected General Harry White as National Commander and listed senior and junior officers from Ohio Kansas and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
O.—A
Fort Meigs
Perrysburg
Grand Army
Republic
William Henry Harrison
Proctor
J. B. Foraker
Harris
Bennett H. Young
Willson
Kentucky
Murphy
Pennsylvania
Nationa Il Association of
Prisoners of War
Harry White
J. F. Holliger
L. D. Dobbs
Kansas
J. M. Verguson
Keokuk
Iowa
J. D. Walker
Pittsburg
Cabinet Members to Take Stump
Washington reports that Secretary Straus of commerce and labor and Secretary Wilson of agriculture will join the political campaign. Straus plans two or three speeches in New York and Wilson will speak several times mainly in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Straus
Commerce and Labor
Agriculture Wilson
Strauss
New York
Wilson
Iowa
Five Hundred Slain in Battle Near Tangier
A Mogador wireless dispatch reports the assassination of Kaid Anflons after a clash at Morocco City. On August 6 Mtougui defeated Mulai Hafid’s lieutenant Glaoni near the city, with 600 Hafid followers slain and Glaoni wounded as three of his horses fell. Hafid begs immediate reinforcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Mogador
Kaid Anflons
Morocco
Mtougui
Glaoni
Mulai Hafid
Mulal Hafid
Glaoul
Powder Trust Hearing Set for September 22
United States Commissioner W. G. Mahaffy set September 22 to begin testimony in gun related Sherman antitrust cases against several powder concerns. H. K. Porter locomotive works of Pittsburg awarded a $60,000 contract to build 10 locomotives for the Isthmian Canal Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powder Trust
Wilmington
Del
United States
W. G. Mahaffy
H. K. Porter Locomotive Works of
Pittsburg
Isthmian Canal Commission
Two Veteran Bodies Amalgamate in Boston Meeting
At the annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans it was unanimously voted to amalgamate the Veteran Army of the Philippines with a membership of 1100 into the United Spanish War Veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United
Veteran Army of the Philippines
United Spanish War Veterans
Senator Newlands Renominated by Nevada Democrats
Tonopah Nev at Democratic state convention renominated Francis C Newlands for United States Senator and George A Bartlett for Congress from Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newlands
Tonopah
Nev
Avada
Democratic State Convention
Francis C. Newlands
United Slaves
George A. Bartlett
Germany Reaffirms Peace Amid Triumphs in Europe
Baronial toast expresses conviction that European peace is secure, resting on rulers' consciences and people's desire for progress. Emphasizes tranquil development, peaceful rivalry, and Germany's disciplined armed forces guarding stability without harming others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dérriad
Bay
Europe
Germany
Evacuation of Cuba Considered by U S Forces
Washington Provisional Governor Magoon, in the United States ten days, expects to reach Havana next Saturday. Arrangements are tentatively made for an American evacuation of Cuba by early spring perhaps in February. Evacuation likely to be completed then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Magoon
Cuba
War Department
Havana
Lkely
Tourists Reported Missing After Swiss Avalanches
Geneva reports heavy loss of life and village destruction along the Swiss Tyrolese frontier due to an unprecedented thaw. Between 30 and 40 people are believed dead and several Alpine parties are missing, including an English tourist party not heard from.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Geneva
Alps
Jars Leaving Brazil For Domestic Work In Rio Janeiro
Japanese immigrants sent to Sao Paulo by the Imperial Immigration Company of Tokio are leaving the area in large numbers. They labored on coffee plantations but were dissatisfied with the work and many have traveled to Rio Janeiro seeking domestic service or similar employment opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Imperial _mmigration Company
Tokio
Bryan's Son to Wed Wisconsin Girl
Milwaukee report on the engagement of Helen Berger daughter of Alex Berger a miller and board of trade man to William Jennings Bryan Jr son of the Democratic presidential candidate. The ceremony may wait about a year as families visit in Lincoln Nebraska and plan is not fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wis
Helen Berger
Alex Berger
Miller and Board of Trade
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Guthrie Judge Rules Oklahoma Separate School Law Unconstitutional
Judge A H Huston in Guthrie district court declares Oklahoma’s separate schools and separate school boards for Black students unconstitutional. The ruling challenges the state policy of segregated education and has potential impact on ongoing civil rights enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
A. H. Huston
Oklahoma
Panama Canal Work Up In August Excavation
Panama Canal reports August total excavation at 3,252,606 cubic yards, a rise from 3,168,840 in the prior month and 1,888,692 last August, marking an increase of 1,863,814 cubic yards over August 1907. Colonel George W. Goethals, chairman of the Panama Canal Commission, announced the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Washington
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal Commission
Balloon crew escapes whirlpool at Niagara Falls
The Ville de Dieppe racing balloon crew from Columbus Ohio barely escaped death in the whirlpool rapids after a failed rip cord caused a rough descent near Niagara Falls New York. Three men in the basket sustained a bad shaking but survived the perilous landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Lake Ontario
Ville de Dieppe
Columbus
Payne Renominated in Auburn District
Representative Renominated. Se reno E Payne of Auburn chairman of the ways and means committee was unanimously renominated to the Sixty first Congress by the Thirty first district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
N. Y
Sereno E. Payne
Ways and Means
House
Confederate General Stewart Dies at Biloxi Home
General Alexander P. Stewart, age 86, veteran Confederate lieutenant general, died at his Biloxi residence Sunday. The news comes as a shock to relatives and friends. The Schuyler Free Lance, a leading Populist paper in Nebraska, shifted allegiance to Taft and urged Populists to ignore Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi, Miss
Alexander P. Stewart
Stewart
Schuyler Free Lance
Nebraska
Bryan
Taft
Watson
Last Outing Ends in Tragedy for Deer Isle Party
Seven of ten summer visitors drowned when a 25 foot sloop capsized in Penobscot Bay off Deer Isle Maine. Victims included Aliee Torre and Eleanor Torre of Washington DC, Kellogg of Baltimore, Lucy Crawley of Philadelphia, Elizabeth Evans of Mount Holyoke College, and Bangor resident Jason Hutching, with Captain Samuel Haskell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Isle
Penobscot Bay
Aliee Torre
Washington, D. C
Eleanor Torre
Kelloge
Baltimore
Bangor
Samuel Haskell
Melbourne's Spectacle for American Fleet Visit
Melbourne celebrated the visiting American battleship fleet with a grand public spectacle on August 31. Crowds in major streets filled with enthusiasm, causing crushes and some injuries while women fainted. A government banquet at Parliament House featured Lord Northcote and Prime Minister Deakin in speeches, marking a day of national homage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Parliament House
Lord Northcote
Commonwealth
Deakin
Tragedy Seen In Half-Submerged Launch Found
Atlantic City reports a half-submerged launch in Great Weg Harbor bay is evidence of a double drowning. Charles Bateman aged 22 and Kate Beam aged 20 of Atlantic City vanished after going out on the bay Friday night August 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Great Weg Harbor Bay
Charles Bateman
Kate Beam
South
Fraudulent scheme defendants seized in London case
18 000 poor people defrauded by the International Securities Corporation Limited and over 600 by Faliham's Bank, directors Harry Benson alias Bebro and George Petty arrested after receivership. Prosecutor states Benson previously convicted in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harry Benson
Bebro
George Petty
International Securities Corporation, Limited
Faliham’s Bank
International Securities Corporation
Benson
America
Wu May Be Re Called In China Recall
The Chinese government weighs recalling Wu Tine-Fang the minister in Washington due to disclosures deemed indiscreet. For months his platform and temperament have embarrassed the government and unsettled officials in China and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
China
Wu Tine-Fang
Washington
Woo
America
Drowning of Chicago Family in Delavan Lake Incident
Emil Anderson and his two young children from Chicago were drowned when their rowboat was struck by a steamer on Delavan Lake Wisconsin. Three friends survived the accident after being hurled into the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mi's
Emil Andergan
Delavan Lake
Wis
Andersons
Balloon Flights End in Lake Erie and Ohio Landing
The balloon Queen Louise, from Columbus with British army lieutenant P. Z. Bennett and Tom L. Sample, deflated after drifting over Lake Erie near Pixon Island. They were rescued by the Mohegan captain and reached port. Bennett described a 20,000 foot ascent before gas chilled, and a descent as air warmed. The Chicago balloon then landed near Fletcher after a 64 mile drift from Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agronaut
Mohegan
Bennett
Lake Erie
Piqua, O
Chicago
Columbus
Fletcher
Heroic Woman Perishes In Cimarron Flood
Trinidad Col directed wire communications from Folsom New Mexico reported a devastating flood that flooded Cimarron Creek Thursday night. Twenty bodies recovered with five still missing Sunday. speculation of more missing persons proved unfounded. Mrs S J Rooke, a telephone operator, gave warnings from a doomed building to save neighbors before the flood cut off her escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
Col
Folsom
N M
Cimarron
J. Rooke
Bank cashier arrested in Kentucky theft case
J W Rice, cashier of a Morehead bank, was arrested on arrival from New York by Lexington detectives. He faces embezzlement charges for about 18000 dollars allegedly stolen a year ago. Rice fled to Cuba Porto Rico and New York after deficit surfaced. to be examined in Moorehead before Rowan county sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
J. W. Rice
New York
Morehead
Rice
Cuba
Porto Rico
Moorehead
Allen
Rowan County
Mixed early 20th century market and crime notes
Cotton prices hover around 79.5 while compared to 84.2 last month and 73.5 a year ago. Atlantic City boardwalk shooting described as a straight hold up. Hongkong Telegraph reports a Canton leper settlement planned by Rev. Fr. Conrardy. Atchison crop report cites Kansas wheat 72 million bushels, Oklahoma 17 million, Kansas corn 175 million, Oklahoma cotton 1 million bales, Texas 4 million bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. G. Williams
Charles B. Roberts, Jr
Atlantic City
Hongkong
Canton
Conrardy
Damien
Ufa
Molokai
Atchison
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Strike Called Off in Birmingham Coal Camps
An official order suspending the Birmingham district coal miners strike was issued to all camps. The document bears signatures of United Mine Workers leaders President Lewis Vice President White and Secretary-Treasurer Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Lewis
White
Ryan
United Mine Workers of America
Roosevelt Approves Plans for New Battleships Florida and Utah
President Roosevelt has approved the plans for a proposed new battleship Florida and the battleship Utah, authorized at the last session of Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Florida
Utah
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Brazil
Dawson
Yukon
A. D. Curtis
Bonanza Creek Mining Company
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Matson & Doyle
Payne
English Channel
English
Margam
Amazon
Queen
Selsey
Heroig
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