Wright Will Uphold Smith Over Alemany Dismissal
Secretary of War Wright backs Governor General Smith in removing Dr. Jose E. Alemany from the Philippine civil service amid a political purge. The Progressist party collapses as its leaders resign, with Senor Legardo among surviving figures. The Manila press debates motives behind the action.
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Washington
Wright
Gen
Smith
Philippine Islands
Jose E. Alemany
Philippine Civil Service
Progressive Party
Alemany
Philippines
McCoy
Progressist
Progressist Party
Philippine
United States
Manila
FE Mercantil
Rizal
Despujol
Senor Legardo
Congress
Spanish American War Veterans Elect State Commander in Minnesota
The Minnesota convention in Winona elected Hugo V. Koch of St. Paul as state commander with next meeting set for St. Paul. Duluth and Red Wing camps reported growth to five camps and 264 members. A new state ladies auxiliary was formed led by Isis B. Olson with officers Isis B. Olson, Elizabeth Cardinal, and Dora Brant.
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Winona
Minn
St. Paul
Hugo V. Koch
F. H. Erickson
Red Wing
A. J. Rick
R. D. O’brien
Charles Emery
F. C. French
Duluth
F. D. Putnam
L. V. Hurd
J. J. Flynn
M. A. Hodges
A. Betnartz
Flora E. Olson
Wisconsin
Wenona
Dresident
Isis B. Olson
Elizabeth Cardinal Winona
Dora Brant
Girl Saves Three Lives in Canoe Accident Rescue
In Rochester Minnesota Marie Norton Samuel Haines and Willard Furley nearly drowned when a canoe capsized on Orono pond. Norton stayed calm directed the others to seize the craft while Pierre Roche in a launch rescued them. Her cool headedness likely saved the trio.
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Rochester
Minn
Marie Norton
Samuel Haines
Willard Furley
Oronocco
Miss Norton
Pierre Roche
Fire threatens Hastings block menaces Meyer Johns store
Smoke issued from the basement of the Boston dry goods store Meyer Johns in Hastings Minnesota. A lighted candle near rubbish started the fire but the fire department and the new water works system quickly extinguished it.
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Hastings
Minn
Boston
Meyer & Johns
Has Habit Ends Life Near Duluth
Nels Carlson a 40 year old farmer living near Duluth was found dead in a tent after placing a shotgun in his mouth. The suicide was blamed on remorse over his inability to control drinking as the cause of his act.
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Duluth
Minn
Nels Carlson
Here
Emerson Show Boat to Visit La Crosse on River Trip
The Emerson Show Boat company brings a theater barge to La Crosse on a river journey toward St. Paul. It plays Fulton tonight Lyons Saturday and Clinton Sunday with La Crosse arrival pending. The 1200 seat auditorium on the $55000 barge includes parquet balcony offices living rooms and 1000 electric lights. A traveling baseball team joins the company playing en route with local crews.
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la Crosse
Emerson Show Boat Company
Moline
St. Paul
Fulton
Lyons
Clinton
Emerson
Pleasant surprise party for Mrs. Anna Luedke
A group of friends surprised Mrs. Anna Luedke of 917 South Eighth street for her birthday anniversary. The afternoon was pleasant with numerous pretty gifts, supper served, and a cheerful after noon reported by guests.
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Anna Luedke
South Eighth Street
President Sets an Awful Pace for Tennis Cabinet
Washington dispatch reports panic among White House tennis cabinet members as health fears rise. Comptroller Lawrence O. Murray has been absent for months with declining health, and Civil Service Commissioner Alford W. Cooley has resigned to seek TB treatment in New Mexico. Others fear the president's grind may claim more heads.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Lawrence O. Murray
Alford W. Cooley
New York
Civil Service
New Mexico
Government land opening in Tripp County area
The opening of about one million acres of fine agricultural and grazing lands will likely occur around October 1. The Rosebud extension of the Chicago & North Western Railway will be the sole access, with Dallas, South Dakota as the railway terminus and border town. The U S land office is expected to be located there. Pamphlets explain how to secure a quarter section homestead free on application to any Chicago & North Western Railway agent.
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Rosebud
Chicago & North Western Ry
Dallas
S. D
U. S. Land Office
Chicago & North Western Railway
Hodge Improves After Accident Favors Sheriff Campaign
George Hodge, Republican candidate for sheriff, was injured in an early week accident but has improved and expects to resume campaign work within a few days.
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George Hodge
Hodge
Father Has Girl Arrested In Fargo Interlude
Nellie Bigelow a sixteen year old cashier in a Fargo cigar stand was arrested on her father's complaint after fleeing home a month earlier. He tracked her to the city from Minneapolis and Pittsburgh, deeming her companions too wild, and had her arrested. She departed on the 11 o'clock earthbound train over the Northern Pacific.
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Fargo
N. D
Nellie Bigelow
Minneapolis
Sane
Pittshurch
Northern Pacific
Local visitor Herbert Burnt returns home from Alma
Mr. Herbert Burnt of La Crosse, who has been visiting relatives here, returned to his home Tuesday. Mr. C. E. Dyer, the night operator, is away on vacation.
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Herbert Burnt
la Crosse
C. E. Dyer
Train Derailed Near Fort Smith Injures Thirteen
Passenger train No. 13 of the J Louis and Iron Mountain Southern railway running between Little Rock and Kansas City went into a ditch near Illinois Oklahoma line. Thirteen persons were reported injured with no fatalities. Details were scant as the wreck occurred between telegraph stations.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Chance Death for Wealth at Colorado Mine Project
Two miles from Georgetown Colorado Phillips shaft once yielded fame and riches now refilled with water. The owners plan to tap from the bottom forcing twenty miners daily to face drowning risks in a daring attempt to release the water and reclaim wealth.
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Georgetown
Colorado
Phillips
Burglar Detained After Minnesota Store Heist
A Felton man burglarized A V Specht’s store in Barnesville taking 12 dollars in small change. He also entered Bob Woods fruit shop and the Smith harness shop but took nothing there. Ed Murphy reported capturing a man near Averill. the suspect had three guns and post office tools and was driving a rubber tired rig.
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Barnesville
Minn
A. V. Specht
Felton
Bob Woods
Smith Harness Shop
Moorhead
Ed Murphy
Averill
Returns Home to Die Near Glidden Iowa
Oliver Drew a farmer near Glidden Iowa hanged himself in an outbuilding at his home. He had left two weeks earlier and after a brief note from Sioux City announced his return. He killed himself in a shed after returning yesterday afternoon. the family only found him today. The motive remains unknown.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Oliver Drew
Glidden
Drew
Sioux City
Factory Records Set at Northern Pacific Car Shops
The Northern Pacific car shops in Brainerd Minnesota have built two hundred fifty stock cars under general foreman D. K. Fullerton. One car completed every hour since work began, with no hour of the workday missed.
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Brainerd
Minn
Northern Pacific
D. K. Fullerton
Wilcox backs natural cures in food science movement
Ella Wheeler Wilcox praises advanced science of nourishment and criticizes drug and knife methods. She supports Eug ene Christian, a New York food scientist, whose program combines pure foods, rational exercise, fresh air and sunshine to cure disease and promote health.
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Chicago
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Wor
Wilcox
Eugene Christian
East 41St Street
New York City
Christian
Leper Mrs Wardwell Escapes Guards to Los Angeles
Mrs Isabella Wardwell reported stricken with leprosy escaped Tombstone guards on Tuesday night and reached Los Angeles aboard a train. The case follows the death of her husband General Wardwell who vowed to stay with her despite the illness.
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Los Angeles
Isabella Wardwell
Tombstone
Arn
Wardwell
Woman Defends Husband At Blue and Gray Reunion
Mrs Jennie Sprun of New Madrid Missouri rebukes a woman for calling her husband the ugliest man in Missouri during a Mammoth Springs reunion of Blue and Gray veterans. The dispute led to a melee as gates watched.
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Mammoth Springs
Ark
Jennie Sprun
New Madrid
Apollo
Jessie Hamilton
Missouri
Arkansas
Sprun
Red Special Train To Tour Nation With Debs Socialists
The Red Special train carrying Eugene V. Debs and vice presidential candidate Benjamin Hanford departs Chicago on August 30 for a nationwide tour. Stops include Kansas City Omaha and Minneapolis with daytime speeches from the rear platform and public rallies at theaters and halls each night. Small donations fund the trip which costs 20099 dollars.
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Chicago
The
Eugene V. Debs
Benjamin Hanford
Socialist Movement
Kansas City
Omaha
Minneapolis
Debs
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Newark
N. J
H. Motz
Prop
Fourth and
King Streets
Minnesota
Northwest
Koch
Ladies Auxiliary
Tripp County, & D
Alma, Wis
Factory
D. Jehlen, JR
South Third St
J. B. Murray
la Crosse Street
Tribune
Sporting News
Prairie
Chien
Prairie du Chien
Old Fort Hill
Eumatis
Fort Crawfords
Mississippi River
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