World News Roundup Reflects Global Happenings
A weekly digest notes King Edward’s return to London after a cure, a rise in UK imports and exports, a planned eight hour day drive for metal workers in Chicago, and VP Fairbanks speaking at the New Hampshire fair. Also reported: liquidation of David Bradley Mfg Co in Kankakee, seven earthquake shocks in Talca Chile, Kansas corn prospects, a court martial sentence in a terrorist case, a lightning death in St Louis, engineer walkouts at Republic Iron and Steel East Chicago, Jesuit general election, Milwaukee death by suicide, Trail BC fire losses, and Sulzer likely gubernatorial nomination in New York.
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King Edward
London
London Board of Trade
Chicago
Fairbanks
Comcord
N. H
New Hampshire
David Bradley Manufacturing Company
Kankakee
Ill
Talca
Chile
Santiago
Kansas
Naide Konoplianikova
Min
St. Louis
Ed Maggin
Republic Iron and Steel Mills
East Chicago
Francis Xavier Wernz
Society
Congregation of the Society of Jesus
Martina
Charles E. Wilson
Wisconsin Central Company
Milwaukee
Trail
B. C
Man Burned Alive as Mineola Jail Fire Enflames
A 45 year old Black inmate Silas Johnson died in a Mineola Texas jail fire after guards could not locate the turnkey. A mob of about 400 outside tried to break in with battering rams axes and sledges to aid in the rescue but the iron doors and bars withstood the assault as Johnson cried aloud for mercy.
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Mineola
Texas
Silas Johnson
Johnson
Imposters Steal $107000 Via Bank Officer Impersonation
A group posing as Russian army officers and soldiers withdrew $107,000 from a bank in Vladivostock. The bold artifice enabled the impostors to take the funds sent for the Thirteenth regiment and they vanished shortly after.
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Vladivostock
New York to San Francisco Auto Record Falls by Nine Days
R. H. Little and C. D. Hagerty with three expert chauffeurs left New York on August 16 in an automobile and reached San Francisco Sunday night. Their run took 24 days eight hours and 45 minutes including all stops, reducing the transcontinental tourist car record by nearly nine days.
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R. H. Little
C. D. Hagerty
New York
San Francisco
Michigan Sugar Company Organized at Saginaw
The formal organization of the Michigan Sugar company, which will take over six sugar beet factories, has been completed at Saginaw. Capitalization stands at 12.5 million dollars, with five million in preferred stock and seven and a half million in common. A good turn influences every man to think of his consequence.
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Michigan Sugar Company
Saginaw, Mich
Nelson Loses Twice In Gold Field Boxing
Boxing notes report Nelson suffering a double defeat at Gold Field. Blanche Savoy travels from Nevada to marry him but rejects him after the loss. Other items include Kid Scaler challenging Kid Harrison in Palouse on October 6 and Hyland versus Hanlon a 20 round bout in Frisco on September 28.
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Sporting News
Nelson
Goldfield
Chicago
Blanche Savoy
Nevada
Bat
Kid Scaler
Kid Harrison
Palouse
Dick Hyland
Eddie Hanlon
Frisco
Gans-Nelson
National Athletic Club of
San Diego
Gans
Britt
Stanford
Berkeley
California
Marblehead
Mass
Amateur Athletic Union of the United States
New York
University of Idaho
J. A. Griffin
University
Idaho
Spokane
Cincinnati
Miss May Sutton
Beals C. Wright
Sail It Around America Proposal Hits Panama Canal Route
United States Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota suggests buying the Gjoa to be the first vessel to traverse the Northwest passage and sail around America via the Panama Canal. In San Luis Potosi Mexico an electric storm kills five and injures others when walls collapse on a home.
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America
Christiania
Kysten
United States
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Northwest Passage
Panama Canal
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Insleep
Meliton
Persians Rally at Legation Over Delayed Ordinance
In Tehran the bazars reopened after a pause and people again gathered at the British legation to protest delays in signing the revised ordinance proposed by clergy related to the projected national assembly.
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Teheran
Persia
Famine Increase Tactics Reported Across Russian Provinces
Revolutionary bands are destroying grain crops in agricultural Russian provinces to worsen famine. Meanwhile northern India tea gardens span 500,900 acres and yield 190 million pounds annually, with about ten dollars profit per acre.
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Russia
India
Harvard Loses Varsity Boat Race to Cambridge in England
In Putney England Cambridge beat Harvard by two lengths on the Thames despite Harvard’s strong showing. Cambridge led early and maintained water conditions advantage while Harvard’s improved power could not overcome English oarsmanship and training.
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Putney
England
Harvard
Cambridge
Thames
Hammersmith Bridge
Donaldson
Brookes
Stuart
Coming events from western states and neighboring fairs
A list of upcoming meetings and fairs across Canada and western states includes Trades and Labor Congress of Canada in Victoria on September 10, several Republican conventions in Walla Walla Helena and elsewhere in September, various Masonic and church gatherings, and state and intermountain fairs in September and October. Notable venues: Spokane Spokane fair August 24? to October 6, Walla Walla events, Salem fairs, and Boise Lewiston intermountain dates.
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Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Victoria
B. C
Walla Walla
Wash
Helena
Mont
Royal Arch Masons
Washington State Grocers’ Association
Spokane
Washington Synod of Presbyterian Church
Reunion of
United Confederate Veterans
Townsend
Oregon Irrigation Association
Hood River
Idaho Bankers’ Convention
Coeur d'Alene
Oregon State Teachers’ Associaton
Salem
Washington
State Fair
North Yakima
Whitman County
Colfax
Snohomish
Everett
Puyallup
Wilbur
Sunnyside
Montana
Cascade County
Great Falls
Madison County
Twin Bridges
Teton County
Chocteau
Oregon
Baker City
Idaho—Intermountain
Boise
Lewiston-Clarkston
Lewiston
Milner Die in Milpitas Auto Wreck Near San Jose
Mrs. Camille B. Milner of Oakland is dead after a car overturned on a sharp Milpitas curve nine miles north of San Jose. Miss Marian Vanhorn of Berkeley, a college student, is in serious condition.
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San Jose
Cal
Milpitas
Camille B. Milner
Oakland
Marian Vanhorn
Berkeley
Republicans Carry Maine Vote Despite Slump in Pluralities
Maine Republicans won the governorship and all four US House seats and gained control of the next legislature but suffered a sharp drop in plurality from the ticket head. Congressman Littlefield and Governor Cobb blamed the Sturgis bill enforcing prohibition for the weaker margins amid a 60 percent rise in Democratic turnout.
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Maine
Littlefield
Cobb
Remarkable career shift and notable notices in early news
Fireman James F. Devlin of the Chicago and Northwestern at Escanaba Mich moved from a $60 monthly fireman salary to patent ownership worth $975000 from a transatlantic steamship company. Also reported are two gangland robberies in Butte injuring detainees, a fatal irrigation dam break in Mexico, a derailment near Dodson with injuries, a no trial verdict for Vincent St John in Telluride, the American Vim winning the Roosevelt cup, Velguth accused of embezzling $15000, Pratt Lambert varnish plant fire, Lt Treadwell killed near Barauen, and Kalamazoo families dying from tainted dried beef.
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Transatlantic
Chang
James F. Devlin
Chicago & Northwestern Road
Escanaba
Mich
Butte
Hacienda Santa Catalina del Alamo
Mexico
Great Northern
Dodson
Vincent St. John
J. W. Vincent
Burke
Idaho
Miners’ Union
Telluride Miners’ Union
Benjamin Burnham
Telluride
Hugo Selig
Colorado
Eastern Yacht Club
Germany
America
Vim
B. O. Velguth
Portland Gas Company
Portland
Velguth
Pratt & Lambert
New York City
Fiire
Treadwell
Philippine Scouts
Barauen
Kalamazoo
Mayor Rose Resigns After Supreme Court Action
Mayor William A. Rose of Kansas City Kansas resigns his office. Joseph C. Laughlin will act as mayor until a special election. Chiefs Vernon Rose and J C Kelley also resign, ending a clash between the law enforcement league and the liquor element.
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Kansas Supreme Court
William A. Rose
Kansas City
Kan
Joseph C. Laughlin
Rose
Vernon Rose
J. C. Kelley
Law Enforcement League
Liquor Element
Death by Own Action Claimed for Claude Unger Case
Claude Unger a wealthy business man died in St. Louis by his own action. He was found in a bathroom tub with a cloth over his mouth saturated with chloroform. The room’s gas was on but unlit. ill health is suspected as the cause.
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Claude Unger
St. Louis
Cruiser Squadron Sails for Asia from Newport
The armored cruiser squadron commanded by Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson has departed Newport Rhode Island for the Asiatic station. It includes the flagship West Virginia and the Colorado Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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Newport
R. I
Asiatic
Willard H. Brownson
West Virginia
Colorado
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Show Up the Sweat Shops Exhibition Heads to Chicago
An upcoming winter exhibit in Chicago will recreate sweat shop work environments with men women and children at work. The exhibit follows Berlin and London versions and aims to reveal harsh working conditions in a realistic display.
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Chicago
Berlin
London
Massacre and Near-Total Turmoil in Siedlce Poland
Reports from Siedlce in Russian Poland describe a night of massacre beginning at 8 o clock with troops attacking civilians including Jews and Christians. Hundreds killed or wounded as streets burn and troops surround the city, with orders to deny access.
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Siedlce
Russian Poland
Warsaw
Deila
Armistice Declared For Ten Day Cuban Truce
The Cuban government approves a ten day armistice ending September 17 and will run under normal war regulations. General Menocal reports rebel leaders in Santa Clara may seek peace via municipal and national elections, amnesty for insurgents, and a commission to probe the death of Congressman Villuendas. Guererras stance remains hostile.
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General Menocal
Santa Clara
Villuendas
National Liberal
Cienfuegos
Havana
Menocal
Pino Guerrera
Guerrerra
Burton Loyalists Control Ohio Republican Convention
In Cleveland supporters of Congressman Theodore F. Burton dominated the Cuyahoga county Republican gathering. The platform urged Charles Dick to retire as party head, called for popular election of U.S. senators, and praised President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft. Only two ballots opposed the platform.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Theodore FE. Burton
Cuyahoga County
United States
Charles Dick
Roosevelt
Taft
Wooster Kills Self in Chicago Home
Clarence K. Wooster, vice president of the People's Gaslight and Coke Co, died by suicide at his 3500 Ellis Avenue home. Police say he was likely insane. he had recently suffered heat prostration and was under medical care.
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Chicago
Clarence K. Wooster
People’s Gaslight & Coke Company
Ellis Avenue
Wooster
Millionaires Arrested After Buxton Murder at Oil Field Eatery
Bob Glenn Mike Glenn and Frank Buxton are under arrest for the murder of Charles E Harper. The incident occurred three weeks ago at Buxton's restaurant in the oil fields following a poker game dispute.
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Bob
Mike Glenn
Frank Buxton
Charles E. Harper
Glenns
Buxton
Attempt to Kill Urquhart British Official in Baku
Leslie Urquhart British vice consul, famed for 1905 rescues in the oil region, survived a Sunday night attack in central Baku. He was fired on eight times at close range with six minor flesh wounds. motive unclear, possibly a revolutionary act similar to the Warsaw assault on German targets.
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Baku
Russia
Leslie Urquhart
Edward
Warsaw
Skallon
Mining notes span tariff dispute and mine actions
The US board of appraisers in New York considers admitting Slocan zinc ore free of duty amid a tariff debate. The Mavis claim near Bay is sold for 15000 dollars to Spokane interests. A miner Mike Kiernan was fatally shot near Goldfield. The Bunker Hill & Sullivan company paid 180000 dollars in September dividends. Spokane smelter transfer and a $300000 refinery fire at Denver are noted. Spokane Interstate fair picks up ores from Coeur d Alenes.
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British Columbia
United States Customs
New York
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Board of Appraisers
Treasury Department
Bay
E. T. Wickwire
Greenwood
B. C
A. L. Eckert
Spokane
Mike Kiernan
Goldfield
Kiernan
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company
Wardner
Idaho
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Virginia
Great Northern Railway
Spokane Smelting & Refining Company
Scott
McCurdy
Frank Trost
Argo
Denver
R. H. Cosgrove
Coeur d’Alenes
Bold Swindler Plots in Wrecked Real Estate Trust
Philadelphia reports state bank examiners probing the ruined Real Estate Trust Company as Receiver Earle plans to reorganize within two weeks. The late president’s boldness shocks investigators while director cooperation remains. Hipple allegedly boosted the company credit and urged a one percent extra dividend last July. Adolph Segal, who borrowed 5 million dollars, stays in luxury at the Majestic hotel, not in danger.
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Philadelphia
State Bank
Earle
Hipple
Trust Company
Adolph Segal
Hotel Majestic
Swims Seven Hours After Jump to Save Life
Walter M. Quittner, Hungarian interpreter on the Carpathia, leaped overboard to end his life. He swam in the Mediterranean for seven and a half hours before the cold water overcame his plan. A Liverpool steamer picked him up and he was later returned to the Carpathia. An unrelated earthquake of three seconds was reported in Owensville Indiana.
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Mediterranean
Walter M. Quittner
Carpathia
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