Crisis in Spain as Morocco claims treaty violation
Madrid July 23 reports a national tension surge with troops deployed to key points to quell unrest. The government tightens war news censorship while Spaniards fight defensively. The king travels to Ferrol to speed reinforcements to Melilla and prepares for talks with Prince Henry of Prussia as the Sultan claims the Algiers treaty was violated.
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Ferrol
Melilla
Henry
Prussia
Spain
Morocco
Negro Attacker Will Mack Hanged Before Crowd in Brandon
Ten thousand people witnessed the execution of Will Mack a black man convicted of attacking a white girl at Palahatche Mississippi. He had been jailed since November with the jail ringed by troops and the courthouse surrounded by eight companies of soldiers after six prior lynching attempts failed.
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Brandon
Miss
Will Mack
Palahatche
Mack
Court House
Death sentence for assassin of Sir Curzon Wylie
London reports Medar Lal Dhin gera was sentenced to death for the murder of Sir Curzon Wylie. The condemned man appeared indifferent as he received his fate with pence.
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London
Medar Lal Dhingera
Curzon Wylie
Dakota Power Firm Seeks Big Rapid River Water Permit
A hearing was held in Pierre on July 23 regarding Dakota Power Company's request to appropriate water from Rapid River for power. The project would consolidate several water rights into a single system costing about 1.6 million dollars. The water would generate power in the hills and may later irrigate the valley below.
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Dakota Power Company
Pierre
Lea
Dakota Power Co
Rapid River
Roosevelt hunt trophies arrive with Safari party in Naivasha
A train of 90 Safari arrived at Naivasha bearing trophies from Roosevelt hunt. Men collected hippo sections killed Tuesday. Roosevelt sighted three white ibises while galloping across a marsh and fired thrice. two birds fell and the third showed a near-miss. The party visited settlers and Roosevelt compared local conditions to western America.
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Africa
Naivasha
Roosevelt
America
Governor Vessey Returns to Work After Lake Kampeska Outing
After a two weeks outing at Lake Kampeska Water town Governor Vessey resumes duties with his regular clerks. He set up headquarters in Watertown and directed state business with his characteristic brisk efficiency.
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Pierre
Lake Kampeska
Watertown
Vessey
Twenty Five Die in Texas Storm Damage Reaches $7 Million
Reports by noon today list 25 deaths from the Texas storm with property losses totaling about 7 million dollars. Communications remain crippled and damage beyond Corpus Christi Linton and Rockport is not yet fully known.
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Houston
Ten
Corpus Christie
Tex
Linton
Rockport
Direct Primary Law Heads to Special Session
Springfield reports the governor will ask the legislature to convene a November special session to pass the direct primary law. The measure has Supreme Court approval and the governor has begun a campaign to back the bill with a September push.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
State Board of Equalization Opens Final Assessment Talks
In Pierre the State Board of Equalization meets at the state capital to set corporate private and real estate valuations for the year. They expect little radical change in corporate assessments despite possible ballot changes, anticipate higher telephone and bank valuations from new companies, and foresee substantial real estate increases from county auditors' changes and added land. Total state valuation likely to exceed 300 million dollars.
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Pierre
State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Strikers Tension Rises as Tannery Talks Continue
In Kenosha on July 23 the strike at N R Allen’s Sons tannery held a quiet front while agitators circulate among workers. General Falk plans to keep the militia until settlement. Employers refuse concessions as conference ends with no layoffs or raises and requests for medical expense coverage.
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Kenosha
Wis
Committee of Istrikers
N. R. Allen’s Sons
Falk
Lightning strike at Belle Fourche injures Rooney family
T F Rooney and son Tom escaped death when lightning struck their wagon near the B Johnson lunch two miles east of Belle Fourche Monday evening. The elder Rooney, 76, suffers deep wounds from splinters as the wagon tongue drove into him. Tom has a dislocated shoulder and burns but escaped serious injury. A physician treated them in town.
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Tom
Belle Fourche
Mr. Rooney
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B. Johnson
International Bridge Gala Set Between El Paso and Juarez
Taft of the United States and Diaz of Mexico will preside at ceremonies on October 18 on the international bridge linking El Paso and Juarez. The event marks the bridge’s recent completion with a gala celebration planned.
Crooked Sol Risher Follows Old Scam Route Into Spearfish
A Spearfish Mail feature recounts Sol Risher recent run of bad checks through the town and nearby Beulah Wyoming. He claimed bank funds and staged sympathetic tales to obtain advances. Authorities note his history with jail and the Sioux Falls penitentiary.
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Sol Risher
Sol
Sioux Falls
Spearfish
Sol I
American National Bank
Leppla
Little
Missouri
Camp Creek
Dr. Ainsworth
Redwater
Tom Pryor
Frawley
Tom
Henry Knust
South Dakota
Patterson
Fred Ross
Seppla
Missouri River
Neck-O'-Woods
Beulah, Wyo
Sol's Return to Pen Looms Over Battered Life
A compromised man named Sol, crippled by a past shooting, shows recent stark performances that suggest insanity and moral degeneration. It is unclear what comes next, but he seems intent on returning to prison for care and security next winter.
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Sol
Cross-Examination in Sutton Death Inquiry
Lieut. Willing faced cross-examination as the court resumed in Annapolis Maryland on July 22. Attorney Davis challenged Willing’s testimony that Adams was infuriated the night Sutton died and that Adams was restrained from beating Sutton when he lay on the ground. Private Kennedy of the Marines was summoned and is expected to corroborate the theory that Sutton was severely beaten before the fatal shooting.
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Willing
Annapolis
Joseph N Sutton
Davis
Adams
Sutton
Kennedy
Marine Corps
New French Premier Chosen by President
Paris reports M. Aristide Briand, Socialist deputy, appointed premier by the president and accepted. No cabinet changes expected.
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Paris
M. Aristide Brian
Cannon Criticized for Closure Rule in Tariff Debate
Madison July 23 Senator La Follette brands Speaker Cannon as pushing a senate closure to curb the tariff debate. He cites public indignation after the house passed the bill under a special rule and recalls Aldrich allegedly rushed consideration.
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Cannon
Senate
la Follette
House
Aldrich
Drowned Engineer in Staten Island Collision
George Logan, a steamer engineer, drowned when the steam lighter Martha Stevens sank after colliding with the tug Confidence off Staten Island. Nine men a woman and a baby were rescued and two were injured. The rescued were taken aboard the municipal ferry Gowanus and carried to St George terminal.
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New York
George Logan
Martha Stevens
New York and
Philadelphia
Confidence
Staten Island
Gowanus
St. George
Strike may be settled at Butler plant door
Butler Pennsylvania July 20 workers at the Standard Steel car subsidiaries opened the plant doors for strikers but turnout was too light to begin operations. About fifty Americans were present with no foreign workers. officials hope a settlement may be reached this afternoon.
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Butler
Standard Steel Car
Alleged Horse Thieves Caught in Stanley County
Charles Williams and Harry Middaugh were arrested by Stanley County authorities and held at Fort Pierre for Nebraska officers on horse rustling charges. The men allegedly stole a herd from Fred Ogden at Mills Nebraska and moved them into western Stanley County before capture. Several had already been disposed of.
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Pierre
Charles Williams
Harry Middaugh
Stanley County
Fort Pierre
Nebraska
Fred Ogden
Mills
Neb
Vote to Continue Strikers Display Enthusiasm Mass Meeting
Pittsburg July 21 12000 attend mass meeting of Pressed Steel Car Co strikers at McKees Rocks vote to continue the strike. There was enormous display of enthusiasm. Many women attended with children in arms.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Co
McKees Rocks
Chidren
Arma
Suffragettes disrupt unveiling of Sir Wilfred Lawson statue
London reports suffragettes with megaphones shouted votes for women during Sir Wilfred Lawson statue unveiling. Asquith paused, left the podium, and police protected him as a monster balloon and circulars floated above. Jail hunger strikes add to rising tensions.
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London
Sir Wilfred Lawson
Asquith
Moor Rebels Mutiny Off Spanish Vessel at Melilla
Moor passengers aboard the Esperanza mutinied after the captain barred landfall at Melilla. Moors armed with knives and revolvers attacked. four Moors killed and nine wounded. Sailors were killed when overboard and two officers were thrown into the sea. Ship landed at Melilla. Moors joined rebels.
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Tangier
Esperanza
Melilla
Revolvers Buried Linked to Christie Murder Case
Aberdeen July 20 a prisoner in the county jail gave information to officers leading to two revolvers buried a mile north of Mellett in a kerchief. One 41 caliber gun matches the weapon used. the smaller revolver is identified as Christie’s. The discovery tightens the evidence chain against Emil Victor in the Christie family killings.
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Victors
Aberdeen
Emil Victor
Christie
Mellette
Victor
Major Mearns Honored After Lion Invasion Rescue
Naivasha July 12 Major Mearns retired U S A medical corps earned native praise for rescuing three lions attack victims in Forthal district. He rode 40 miles through heat to the village where two men died. he saved the third. Roosevelt heartily congratulated him.
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Naivasha
Mearns
Tariff near end as Taft interest delays final acts
Tariff conference delegates nearly finished work with remaining matters of interest to President Taft. The cotton schedule was agreed with substantial cuts on lower grade cotton goods, while higher grade rates stay as in the Senate plan. Pig lead sees a small reduction.
Hotel License Requirement Sparks South Dakota Law
Hotels in South Dakota must obtain a state license from the treasurer under a recent statute. Applications, totaling 67 so far, vary by room count with fees from 1 to 25 dollars annually, and about 400 hotels are affected, potentially yielding a substantial sum.
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Fhus
Pierre
South Dakota
TOWED PRINCES Will Also Mean a More Stable Government
Lisbon July 20 King Manuel aged 20 is engaged to Princess Alexandria 18 eldest daughter of the Duke of Fife and Princess Louise second daughter of King Edward. Marriage to England's granddaughter will deepen ties and promise a more stable Portuguese administration.
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Lisbon
Liberal
Portugal
Manuel
Alexandria
Duke of Fife
Louise
Edward
England
Confesses Murder in South Dakota Farm Slayings
Emil Victor, held on suspicion of killing John Christie his wife daughter and farm hand Michael Ronayne in Aberdeen South Dakota, confesses admitting robbery as motive. His statement aligns with state theories dating from the discovery of the bodies.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Emil Victor
John Christie
Michael Ronayne
Tully
Pat Crowe Starts American Sanitarium Co
Articles of incorporation were filed in Illinois for the medicosocial reform facility founded by Pat Crowe at Highwood. The sanitarium aims to reform criminals through bodily care and spiritual welfare with capitalization of 100000 dollars. Crowe, known for kidnapping the Cudahy boy, later became an evangelist.
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Chicago
Pat Crowe
Highwood
American Sanitarium Co
State of Illinois
Crowe
Cudahy
Packer
Sanitarium
Senators trade gifts amid tariff season
Washington reports a lighthearted trend in Senate among colleagues exchanging gifts. Bourne distributed Oregon apples, Page Vermont maple sugar, Bradley Kentucky whisky, Flint California oranges, Taliaferro Florida pineapples, and Scott West Virginia Wheeling stogies. Smoot Utah rumored to gift wool suit if tariff passes.
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Bourne
Oregon
Page
Vermont
Bradley
Kentucky
Green Mountain
Bluegrass
Flint
California
Taliaferro
Florida
Scott
West Virginia
Senator Smoot
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