Insurgents Sweep Cities Urge Reform Leader Speaks
Rudolph Spreckels, sugar magnate, lauds insurgent surge for good government at a League of Justice luncheon in San Francisco. He urges bankers and business leaders to join the reform effort, blaming corporate bribery and urging shareholder responsibility while warning forces against reform will resist.
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Ran Francisco
Rudolph Spreckels
League of Justice
Spreckels
Europe
United States
California
Wife petitions to annul marriage after suspect husband
Eliza J. Boles seeks annulment of marriage to Harry L. Jarrell alleging he was of unsound mind at license time. She says his mother fraudulently represented him as sound minded to county clerk and that the husband showed odd behavior soon after the wedding.
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Eliza J. Boles
Harry L. Jarrell
Arvine Announces New Season at Majestic Theater
George Arvine returns from New York after arranging 4 plays for the Majestic theater season opening September 5 with David Belasco's labor vs. capital drama The Lost Paradise. The lineup includes At Piney Ridge Forty Five Minutes From Broadway The Squaw Man Clothes Just Out of College The Boys of Company E The Lion and the Mouse Paid in Full Sunday My Friend From India The Little Brother of the Rich and Via Wire.
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Arvine
George Arvine
New York
Majestic Theater
David Belasco
Piney Ridge
Broadway
Company E
Aly
India
Moissant Delays Paris to London Flight to Friday
London reports American aviator John B. Moissant, at Seven Oaks since Tuesday, will not attempt the Paris to London flight with a passenger until Friday. His Bleriot monoplane was damaged in a descent during a storm and needs further repairs.
Indianapolis man and Indiana man named in report
Covington Ky August 25 George H Kitchenbrod 26 of Indianapolis and Bruce 22 of Connersville Indiana are listed in a report from Covington dated August 25 noting their ages and origins.
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Covington, Ky
George H. Kitchenbrod
Indianapolis
Bruce
Connersvile
Jnd
Pinchot Backs Anderson in First District Primary Fight
Gilfford Pinchot to aid Sydney Anderson in the Republican nomination race against Congressman James A. Tawney in Minnesota. He will deliver several addresses in Tawney’s district as the primary campaign heats up. The contest draws national notice as Tawney has yet to open his campaign while Andersen speaks daily.
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Rochester, Minn
Gilfford Pinchot
James A. Tawney
Sydney Anderson
Pinchot
Tawney
Sidney Andersen
Anderson
Boy of 8 Admits Drinking and Theft in Court
A mother and her son from Fast Merrill street appeared before Judge Stubbs. The mother asked that the boy be sent to a home after he admitted getting drunk, smoking cigarets, and stealing. The court ordered arrangements for a home if parents paid board.
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Street
Stubbs
Eight Killed In Michigan Train Wreck
A Grand Trunk collision near Duffield Michigan kills eight aboard train No 4 as it plows into a rear occupied Pullman. Passengers aid in rescue while crews contend with scorched bodies and difficult identification. Officials say speed and track straightaway left little chance to avert disaster.
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A. L. Ruhlman
Chicago
No. 14
Ruhlman
Duffield
Battle Creek
Grand Trunk
Boston
Portland
Montreal
Toronto
J. H. Studemeyer
R. W. Wallace
Paducah
Ill-Fated Train Wreck Worries Chicago Passengers
Chicago officials say wire troubles prevent locating details from the Durand wreck scene where nineteen deaths are reported and about twenty Chicagoans aboard are feared dead. Among reservations known are Fannie Waterman, James and Mrs Helen McDean, W. G. Cavan, and others. Cavan reports safe in telegram, escaped in his underclothes.
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Grand Trunk Railway
Durand
Fannie Waterman
Boston
James McDean
Helen McDean
Cavan
Doehler
Keelan
Montague
Haskell
Fourteen Unaccounted For In Durand Wreck
Grand Trunk officials say fourteen passengers unaccounted for after the Durand wreck. Three victims reached Hurley hospital. one Chicago woman dying. Bodies of six others, including two women, were sent to Durand burned beyond recognition.
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Detroit
Mich
Grand Trunk
Durand
Hurley Hospital
Chicago
May Be Choice for Speaker May Be Choice for Speaker
Washington August 25 Congressman W J Smith of Iowa is said to be favored by President Taft to succeed Speaker Cannon. The president has aimed to sidetrack Cannon for over a year and reportedly says Smith would make an ideal presiding officer if Uncle Joe is crowded out.
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Washington
W. J. Smith
Iowa
Taft
Cannon
Uncle Joe
Smith
County Trustee Prosecution Ordered Over Crosby Irregularities
Prosecution of Edward Crosby, Rushville township trustee, Rush county, covering 1904 to 1909, to begin before Aug 31 on six counts of a criminal nature. Attorney John Cheney secured an accounting board examiner affidavit to pursue action, citing possible limitations. Three counts involve disclaimed signatures on checks and vouchers, three under the depository law for bank deposit discrepancies. Total irregularities near $9,000. Crosby and allies hire strong legal talent to contest charges. EE Shields, Liberty township trustee in Hendricks county, 1900, was held responsible for a $77 bookkeeping misplacement but praised for overall work.
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Edward Crosby
Rushville Township
Rush County
John Cheney
Shelby
Rush
State Accounting Board
Crosby
Public Accounting Board
Shields
Liberty Township
Hendricks County
Aviator Makes Thrilling Trip
New York August 25 Philip J Wilcox a Columbia student narrowly escaped death in three incidents the same afternoon. He first attempted a cross sound flight from Mineola nearly drowned then fell about forty feet when a mechanical failure sent his plane downward. An engine weighing 250 pounds narrowly missed him as onlookers watched. While being taken to hospital he insisted on walking back to the steamship.
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New York
Philip J. Wilcox
Columbia University
Wilcox
Mineola
Long Island Sound
Recount narrows governor contest in Nebraska race
Mayor James C Dabinan predicts Democratic nomination for governor as Dahlman gains votes in five counties. Recount in Douglas county shows Dahlman up nearly 150 votes over unofficial returns. Canvass to finish Friday with recount set to start Tuesday, demanded by both Dahlman and Shallenberger.
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Omaha
Neb
James C. Dabiman
Shallenberger
Dahlman
Douglas County
Roosevelt Heads West For Cheyenne Campaign Rally
Ex president Roosevelt travels by special train from Buffalo toward Cheyenne expecting a strong delegate lineup in New York for the state convention. He foresees a lively stop with cowboys promising a rousing reception and plans no major delays until Sunday night.
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Roosevelt
New York State
Barnes-Woodcruff-Ward
William Seeb
Lloyd Griscom
New York
Cheyenne
Buffalo
No Reception In Chicago For Roosevelt Visit
Aug 25 Chicago reports Col Roosevelt will arrive with the Lake Shore train at 9 p m for a brief stop of one hour sixteen minutes. He requests no club reception and will deliver an address on the return trip east on Sept S. The Roosevelt car joins the Los Angeles limited at 10 16 toward Cheyenne with extra cars for newspaper men and friends.
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Chicago
Col. Roosevelt
Lake Shore
Hamilton Club
Hoosevelt
Sept. S
Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Cheyenne
Coonel
Roosevelt Praises Railroad Men In Dunkirk Address
In Dunkirk New York Col Theodore Roosevelt spent about five minutes aboard a Lake Shore train en route west Thousands of railroad workers and American Locomotive Company employers greeted him warmly He spoke briefly from the rear platform praising railroad men as ideal Americans and avoided political talk The Brooks locomotive plant nearby closed to let its 3500 workers view the former president
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Dunkirk
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Lake Shore Railroad
American Locomotive Company
Roosevelt Speaks For Square Deal In Cleveland Visit
Ex president Roosevelt urged a square deal for every man and justice for all in a rousing Cleveland speech. He demanded corporate accountability, warned of public health risks from lake contamination, and noted crowds cheered “Teddy, the next president” as towns marked holidays during his tour.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Kohler
Teddy
Professor Sued by Pretty Girl in Cambridge
Miss Esther Quinn of Cambridge sues Prof. Harry Thurston Peck of Columbia University for 50000 in heart balm damages claiming he promised to marry her and failed to keep his word. Peck seeks specifics on when where and how the proposal occurred and has received a detailed bill of particulars including date day and nearly the exact time.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harry Thurston Peck
Columbia University
Esther Quinn
Trial sermons bad says divine
In Richmond Indiana President Schuette of the Joint Lutheran synod denounced trial sermons and urged that a pastor be tendered and accepted before serving. He cautioned against paying more to entice a pastor, arguing that the call’s divinity is not in dollars. About 500 delegates, mainly from Indiana and Ohio, attend the synod which closes August 31.
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Indiana
Ohio
Ennis Reaches Goal After Transcontinental Walk
Stamford pedestrian John Ennis arrives in San Francisco after an eighty one day journey. He meets Mayor McCarthy and carries a letter from Mayor Gaynor in New York. Ennis surpasses Edward Payson Weston’s record by twenty three days.
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Ennis
San Francisco
John Ennis
Stamford
Mystery Duke and Youth Arrive Aboard Teutonic
In New York on August 25 the White Star liner Teutonic docked with Aldo Benedetto Rubbi, a 14 year old boy in charge of two men with titles. Passengers included a young duke of the Italian royal family traveling incognito, prompting intrigue about the trio onboard.
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New York
Teutonic
Aldo Benedetto Rubbi
Shorthand Championship Records Fall in Denver
Cylde H. Marshall of Wingston New York won the national shorthand reporting championship with an average of 268 words a minute. W B Bottome of New York, holder of the title, broke the world record with an average of 269 words per minute, marking a high day for speed writing in Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Cylde H. Marshall
Wingston
N. Y
W. B. Bottome
New York
Cane's Blow May Kill in Ohio Fracas
Hamilton Ohio Aug 25 James Morris 72 enraged by a youth named Ales Walters struck Walters with a loaded cane fracturing his skull Walters not expected to live Morris is under arrest with the fatal blow under investigation authorities say
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Cane
Hamilton
James Morris
Ales
Walters
Morris
Brewer Dies in Vat at Louisville Plant
Peter Heil, 33, a brewing company employee, fell into a malt vat while emptying a sack and died at a city hospital in Louisville on August 25.
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Brewer
Louisville, Ky
Peter Heil
Browne bribery trial witness faces courtroom setback
Chicago Aug. 25 Judge Kerstens refused to permit Representative Michael J Link to testify in the jackpot matter, a ruling that cuts the value of related testimony. State's Attorney Wayman called the decision surprising. Link, reputed to have taken $1000 from Lee ONeill Browne after a Lorimer vote, argued he did not see an offense. The session adjourned to 2 p m to discuss the impact on Link's testimony. Bechmeier, Sidney, and Otis Yarborough preceded Link.
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Chicago
Kerstens
Browne
Mit
Michael J. Link
Lee O'Neill Browne
Lorimer
Link
Beckmeier
Sidney
Otis Yarborough
Forest Rangers Affected by Firefighting Laws and Duties
The article discusses the legal status of citizen volunteers and drafted forest rangers fighting wildfires. It notes casualties are treated like battlefield losses and that rangers may order or arrest workers who refuse. Officials expect fires will spur better firefighting resources and protection for personnel.
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Forestry Bureau
Freeland Gasoline Use Under City Payment Question
Attorney Frank Riley seeks to prove the city paid for gasoline used in Dr J L Freeland's hospital car, noting substantial personal use by Freeland. City sanitarian Dr Cr Woods refused to disclose hospital bills without court order or city legal department letter. Woods says Riley obtained bills and misrepresented them to the mayor and others.
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Frank Riley
J. L. Freeland
City Hospital
Freeland
Cr. S. Woods
Riley
Woods
Circuit Court
Legal Department
Inquiries for 55000 tons of iron reach Pittsburg buyers
Pittsburg reports inquiries for 55000 tons of bessemer and basic iron in the first three days, mostly from western customers, plus 12000 to 15000 tons from locals for foundry iron. Most requests seek delivery in 1910 with 1911 quotes deferred until fall market conditions, with price hikes anticipated.
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Pittsburg
Valley
Edna Goodrich denies separation rumors arrival in New York
Edna Goodrich Mrs Nat Goodwin arrived from Europe aboard the Teutonic on Thursday and rejected rumors of a separation from actor Nat Goodwin. She will join him at Ocean Park California and later perform in New York with him.
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New York
Edna Goodrich
Nat Goodwin
Europe
Teutonic
Silks on sale at Tie and 85c yard bargain
Our pick of thirty or forty styles of fancy silks regularly sold at Tie and 85c a yard. Shepherd checks in black and white soft taffeta multi color and chameleon checks black plaids Persians and other standard dress silks in good street colors, choice at 48c a yard. Second floor east aisle.
PONGEE COATS Offer Low Price on Styled Auto-Models
PONGEE COATS presents long stylish auto models with shawl or stand collars in choice materials. Tailored for elegance, priced at $5.00 now instead of $15, offering a sharp value deal for fashion minded shoppers.
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