Abbott rebuts insurance firms backing Wisconsin race
In Madison on August 7, Herman L. Ekern accuses insurance companies of trying to control Wisconsin politics via J. E. Abbott for insurance state commissioner. Ekern says Mutual Life of New York is backing Abbott and warns this seeks to weaken enforcement of state insurance laws. Abbott responds he does not want or seek company support and pledges strict enforcement of laws.
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Wis
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Insurance
J. E. Abbott
Insu
Beedle
Herman L. Ekern
Assembly
Wisconsin
Ekern
Bruce Whitney
The
Mutual Life of New York
Whitney
Mutual
Judge denounces unionism in injunction against Longshoremen
Federal Judge Hanford condemned unionism as England originated and incompatible with US law. He granted an injunction barring Longshoremen's union interference with non union workers unloading ships, a ruling that stirred labor circles.
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Seattle
Wash
England
London
United States
Hanford
Taft and Party Head for White Sulphur Springs
Taft and his wife with Gen Clarence Edwards and W Cameron Forbes and Senator Bourne leav e Hot Springs Va for White Sulphur Springs in a three seated buckboard. They expect to reach by 3 pm and will view the Greenbrier horse show this afternoon or tomorrow before returning by train Monday.
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Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Clarence Edwards
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippines
Senator Bourne
Oregon
White Sulphur Springs
Greenbrier
Tafts
Indictments for Frenzied Bankers in New York
The federal grand jury indicted Charles Y. Morse and Alfred E. Curtiss for false entries in the National Bank of North America books. The charges allege their fund manipulations wrecked the bank.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Charles Y. Morse
Alfred E. Curtiss
National Bank of North America
Allison Case Like Gear Affair Standpatters Hate Defeats Them
Washington reports that in the Iowa primary for senator Allison defeats Governor Cummins by a slim margin. Cummins had twice lost a race to men who died before their terms began, adding to a long, winding political saga involving Gear and Cummins. The piece notes the contest as a clash of old political energies and shifting loyalties, with implications for Iowa’s Senate future.
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Allison Case
Gear
Washington, D.C
J. C. Welliver
United States Senate
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Allison
Cummins
Senate
Congress
Brutal assault on two children near Swissdale shocks community
Ten year old Carrie Penrod died from injuries after a man dragged her and five year old Lorranne Longwell into a stable near Pittsburg. Police expect to arrest the well dressed assailant who threatened them with a knife as doctors warn the Penrod girl may not survive. Separately, William L. Colburn, CNW agent, was badly strained when thrown from a hand car near Baraboo, bruised but recovering at home. J. Fox also sustained minor injuries in the same incident.
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Pittsburg
Carrie Penrod
Lorranne Longwell
Swissdale
Here
Penrod
William L. Colburn
Chicago & Northwestern Road
Baraboo
Colburn
B. E. Hannisy
Dr Force Paroled From Stillwater Prison
Dr Jacob E Force former president of Northwestern Life Insurance of Minneapolis paroled from Stillwater prison today after a May 29 conviction for grand larceny carrying three years and six months hard labor.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Jacob E. Force
Northwestern Life Insurance Company of
Bryan Seeks Labor Vote In Chicago Conferences
Bryan aims to secure the labor vote this fall by coordinating with Gompers and labor leaders. A nationwide conference of national and international union chiefs is planned to test whether Gompers truly represents workers. Bryan plans to mobilize organized labor as he prepares speeches for an upcoming Chicago trip.
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Neb
Bryan
Chicago
Gompers
Washington
Labor
Congress
Democratic Committee On
Don
Taft
William J. Bryan
Mack
Turks Free From Jail as Amnesty Spreads Fear
Thousands of Turks released or banished under the amnesty accompanying the sultan's constitution grant flood Constantinople and the country. While political offenders gain liberty, many criminals are freed to threaten districts with orders to shoot malefactors on sight.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Bristow Wins Kansas Senate Seat Across State Vote
Tokera Kan Aug 7 Joseph L Bristow secured Kansas popular vote to succeed Senator Long. Legislature likely to sanction Bristow as next senator. aligned with La Follette insurgents against the Aldrich ring. Bristow carried at least 145 of 169 districts, aided by La Follette’s campaign against Long’s record.
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Senate
Kansas
Tokera
Kan
Joseph L. Bristow
Senator Long
Bristow
Aldrich Ring
Long
Wisconsin
Aldrich-Foraker
Roosevelt Letter Exculpates Taft Over Brownsville Discharge
Retired General Corbin releases Roosevelt dispatch from Puerto Rico showing the 1890s order to discharge the colored Twenty-fifth Infantry came directly from the president. Roosevelt declares no suspension unless new crucial facts appear and defends Taft's obedience as a loyal subordinate.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Corbin
Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Theodore Roosevelt
Rockefeller Helps Family at Old Farm Home
John D. Rockefeller visits the Berea area home of his boyhood and gives $100 in cash to a German couple facing a $900 mortgage. He lifts a single $1 bill to the woman, keeping the rest, a moment later revealing the gift when he asks them not to refuse. The dollar becomes a keepsake.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Berea
William Kraus
Rockefeller
Was Bryan Sought as Farmers' Trust
Madison Wisconsin August 7 special report District Attorney Aylward announced he had invited W J Bryan to address the Farmers congress in September The Milwaukee Free Press says the congress officers had not authorized any invitation and Aylward acted on Bryan's own statement that he had received one
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Madison
Wis
Aylward
W. J. Bryan
Farmers’ Congress
Milwaukee Free Press
Congress
Bryan
Garbers Exits Race Lets Kneen Seek Assembly Nomination
William G. Garbers of Barre withdraws from the race for the second La Crosse County assembly seat, leaving E. J. Kneen of Bangor as the Democratic nominee candidate.
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William G. Garbers
Barre
E. J. Kneen
Bangor
Assembly
la Crosse County
Kneen
Hailstorm Damages Property In Philadelphia
A hailstorm swept Philadelphia on August 7 at 11 o clock causing extensive property damage and in some cases endangering lives as reported from the city.
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Philadelphia
Hughes Tabooed Subject Discussed With Roosevelt
Oyster Bay Aug 7 Chairman Hitchcock dined with President Roosevelt and said he expected to discuss politics especially the New York governorship nomination but would not permit national leaders to commit officials to Hughes.
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Oyster Bay
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
New York
Hughes
Castle resigns over right to speak while in civil service debate
Land Commissioner B J Castle of Black River Falls resigns after a board vote on his planned vacation speaks in Jenkins and Rus sell districts. The Civil Service Board opinion says Castle was not bound by civil service rules and may speak freely, while Frear and Dahl say they would be held responsible for his remarks. Castle held the post nineteen years with a salary of 1800 dollars annually.
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Madison
Wis
B. J. Castle
Black River Falls
Jenkins
Irvine T. Lenroot
C. H. Russell
Frear
Dahl
Gilbert
Castle
Dad
Lund, the Land Man, A Wrecker of Banks
John G. Lund, a former millionaire land dealer, died by suicide yesterday as hundreds of victims faced spurious mortgages run through his schemes. A Belle Plaine bank was declared insolvent, with clerics, widows, and teachers among the harmed across about a dozen states. Ten suits had been filed in Hennepin County in a year. To cover losses he sold vast wheat short, triggering market effects as he killed himself when markets closed.
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Minneapolis
John G. Lund
Lund
Belle Plaine
Minn
Hennepin County
Children Burned as Mother Goes Insane in Minneapolis
Three Lindberg children died in a Minneapolis home fire today while their father was away. The mother, traumatized by the shock, has been declared temporarily insane.
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Minneapolis
Minn
J. Lindberg
Weather and Water Outlook for Upper Midwest Regions
La Crosse reports 56 degrees and warmest 86 elsewhere with Phoenix reaching 106. River levels fall with La Crosse at 5.4 feet and Prairie du Chien at 6.2 feet. Forecasts urge generally fair conditions across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa, with cooler nights and a chance of light frost in cranberry marshes.
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United States
Phoenix Ariz
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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