Roosevelt on Temperance at Wilkesbarre Visit
President Theodore Roosevelt attends a joint meeting of the United Mine Workers and the Catholic Total Abstinence Union in Wilkesbarre. He declares belief in temperance organizations and the duty of workers to better themselves, urging wage earners and farmers to unite for communal welfare.
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Oyster Bay
Wilkesboro
Nators
Mitchell
Young Men's
Young Women's Christian Associations
Czar and Czarina Make Surprise Tsarskoe Selo Visit
The Czar and Czarina arrived at Tsarkoe Selo at 6 20 am without prior notice and ordered alarms sounded while observing troops assemble.
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St. Petersburg
Czarina
Tsarkoe Sslo
Taggart Case: Deposition Read Before Trial in Cincinnati
On the eve of his stand, Capt. Taggart appears worn as the deposition from Christa hospital’s house physician is read. The record covers Taggart’s three month stay in Cincinnati and his time related to a Philippines journey. The proceedings open with the deposition in court.
Fever Rages as Rail Lines Halt Trains in Yellow Fever Era
Memphis and New Orleans reports show multiple yellow fever fatalities and rising case counts. The Southern Railway abandons through trains while the Avondale detention camp opens as rail traffic begins to resume along the Southern Pacific line.
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Memphis
Southern Railway
New Orleana
New Orleans
Avondale
Southern Pacific
National Championship By Scripps Newe Association
The eighteenth pole match play for the optional golf championship started this morning in light eighties and calm air. First round winners include Hugh Campbell Wheaton W N Byers Pittsburg O W Potter Midlothian Fred Herreschoff Ekwanoka R D Hokam Glen View Chan Egan Emmer H P Bend Minneapolis Simon Carr Philadelphia A L White Ekawans Walter Travis Garden City W O Fowned Pittsburgh DE Sawyer Wheaton Db Freder icka OK City F BR Martin Canada Percy Pine Princeton Parold Weber Toledo.
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Chicago
Hugh Campbell
Wheaton
W N Byers
Pittsburg
O W
Potter
Midlothian
Fred Herreschoff
Ekwanoka
R D Hokam
Glen View
Chan Egan
Emmer
H P Bend
Minneapolis
Simon Carr
Philadelphia
A L White
Ekawans
Walter Travis
Garden City
O Fowned
Pitteburg
DE Sawyer
Fredericka
Oki City
Martin
Canada
Percy Pine
Princeton
Parold Weber
Toledo
Bryant Pleads Guilty to Assault in Summerville Threshing Case
Gilbert Bryant appeared before Justice Hough and pleaded guilty to an assault on Claud Hale during a threshing dispute near Summerville. The incident stemmed from a misunderstanding during harvest activity.
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Gilbert Bryant
Justice Hough
Claud Hale
Summervil's
Milwaukee Mayor Defends Pfister Amid $14,000 Graft Indictment
Milwaukee Mayor Rose issued a statement defending Pfister in a $14,000 graft indictment, calling the charges an outrage. Pfister asserts the indictment is politically motivated, while observers suspect District Attorney McGovern targets Rose.
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Scripps News Association
Milwaukee
Rose
Pfister
McGovern
Prohibition Lecture at La Grande Church on Sunday
Temperance speaker L Ealley of Prohibition Park Staten Island will discuss Home or Saloon Which at the First Baptist Church La Grande Sunday evening at 7 30 pm Admission free Good music and a collection at the close audience invited to hear the day s issues
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L Ealley
Prohibition Park
Staten Island
First Baptist Church
la Grande
Brokers Agree to Leave City After Anti-Scalping Ruling
The state circuit upheld the anti-scalping law. Broker H G Caspary paid his municipal court fine and, with 18 other brokers under arrest, agreed to depart the city and close their establishments. Railroad circles note relief at the victory.
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Portland
H G Caspary
Lane County Census Shows Population Rise to 23740
The successor county census for Lane County Oregon reports a population of 23740. It compares with 10604 in 1900 and 15198 in 1890, marking a five year gain of 5135. Lane County covers about 4330 square miles.
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Lane County
Oregon
United States
Japanese Envoys Submit Peace Terms to Russia in Writing
Portsmouth and St Petersburg report morning submits by Japanese envoys detailing peace terms. Witte to respond in writing within 24 hours. talks to continue with sessions planned and privacy strict. Terms include Manchuria evacuation and vast indemnities, signaling cautious progress in the peace effort.
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Russia
Scrippe News Association
Fortemonth
Komura
Witte
Naval Store
Negro Confessed Murder In Connecticut Cold Case
Geo LeRoy, jailed in King county on a life sentence, confessed that he and two others strangled Jennie Cramer in Stratford, Connecticut, sixteen years ago. He said Tommie Gardner, a notorous white criminal, killed her for 1500 dollars while LeRoy and Ed Jackmus acted as spotters for 200 dollars each. The lover, an ex convict, lived under a new name in the hotel business and was last seen running a hotel in Coney Island.
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Scrippa News Association
Seattle
Geo. LeRoy
King County
Jennie Cramer
Stratford
Connecticut
Weatherfield Penitentiary
LeRoy
Tommie Gardner
Ed Jackmus
Coney Island
Spanish War Veterans announce Milwaukee encampment
Captain WEE English commander in chief issues a general order for the second national encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans Association to open in Milwaukee on September 7. The ladies auxiliary is directed to meet in Milwaukee at the same time.
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Indianapolis
Wee English
United Spanish War Veterans Association
Milwaukee
Roanoke Destroyed by Fire in New Caledonia Mooring
The American ship Roanoke burned to the water edge today and sank at her mooring off New Caledonia. Scripps News Association reports the incident.
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Scripps News Association
Nammes
New Caledonia
Roanoke
No Arbitration Declined by Railroads in Minnesota
St Paul Aug 10. In reply to Governor Johnson's request to arbitrate the telegraphers railroads dispute Jim Hill president of the Great Northern wired a fiat refusal. The exchange signals a stand against mediation by the state executive amid the ongoing labor dispute.
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St. Paul
Johnson
Minnesota
Jim Hill
Great Northern
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