Threats Against Inmates and Standard Oil in July Dispatches
Chicago reports claim letters from the President and the justice department may reveal new facts to attack Standard Oil and bolster a federal case for conviction. In Kansas camps troops consolidate after long marches, preparing for a month at a department camp. Secretary Shaw departs to endorse a Republican Iowa convention candidate.
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Scripps News Association
Chicago
Department of Justice
Standard Oil Company
Inmates Help Fight Fire at State Asylum
Salem Ore July 27 inmates from the state asylum aided by trustees battled a two floor blaze in the North wing after an alarm. Firemen saved all inmates as shifts of the four story building endured heavy smoke. No insurance and repairs needed. 1420 patients and 173 employees affected.
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Scripps News Association
Salem Ore
State Asylum
House of Commons Holds Line on Naval Budget Fight
In London the House of Commons resisted a push to cut the naval appropriation, arguing that twelve and a half million pounds is excessive. The discussion followed a bitter fiscal clash as MPs debated defense spending.
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London
House of Commons
Twenty Three Club Outing Planned for Long Island Cruise
The Twenty Three Club composed of managers, dramatists, writers and financiers plans a cruise around Long Island Sound with Glen Island as the final stop. Guests of honor include Marcian, Eranger, Giorgi Cohan, Sam H Harrigand, and Henry Arthur Jones, the English playwright, due to arrive today.
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New York
Long Island Sound
Glen Island
Marc Kian AL Eranger
Giorgi Cohan
Sam H Harrigand
Henry Arthur Jones
Zion City under court guidance to hold December election
Federal court in Chicago deposed Prophet Dowie and Voliva from Zion City affairs and ordered elections under Illinois law. All Zionites over twenty one may vote for a spiritual head while trustees retain only power to expound scripture. Lavinke of Joti c. Fiala named receiver and Judge Landis oversees to protect members. Government becomes a republic under federal supervision with referendum voting.
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Chicago
Federal Court
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Voliva
Zion
Illinois
Lavinke
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Landis
Zion City
IG Hike Election Board
Bowie
Tragic Pendleton Train Wreck Injures Dozens
Springfield Missouri reports a San Francisco passenger train wreck near Pendleton this morning. Twenty people seriously injured, two fatalities including Mrs. Kate Shottey and R. J. Thorpe, with forty others bruised after the first car derailed by a switch split.
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Springfield
San Francisco
Kate Shottey
R. J. Thorpe
Woman in Pendieon Dragon City Dies by Own Hand
Mrs Geo a Plarce of this city committed death by own action yesterday by shouting. The cause for the rash act is explained by letters written just before death. Two letters were to hotel waiters and a third to her former beau. Her husband, from Haolix, heartbroken over the affair, was summoned home. The family reported strange activity in the house prior to police arrival. The notes were scattered about the room. Scripps News Assortation Washington D C July 27. Navy coaling at sea under study with English and American systems to be tested soon. No final conclusion on importance beyond maintaining a floating dry dock and machine shop auxiliary.
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Hoge and Nickell Convicted in Land Fraud Conspiracy
Martin G Hoge and Charles Nickell were found guilty last night of conspiracy and subordination of perjury in land frauds. Hoge was jailed this morning after surrendering to authorities. sentence not yet fixed. Portland, Ore, July 27.
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Portland
Ore
Martin G. Hoge
Charles Nickell
G Var
Sage Estate Will Allocates Bulk to Widow and Relatives
The will of the late Russe! Sage is filed in New York. It leaves nearly all to his widow with nephews and nieces each receiving twenty five thousand dollars. His sister Mrs Chapin, now dead, gets ten thousand. Executors receive sizable sums. Real estate in New York is valued above a million with personal property over twenty million.
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iSerious
New York
Lily
Russe
Sage
Chapin
Stricken Passenger Abdicates Shuffleboard Onboard
John D Sinks Appetite on steamer America near New York as Rocke'ellas grows peevish and abandons companions. Stewards report voyage remains stormy while a cartoon in the ship's pager angers magnate aboard.
Lands Granted on Easy Terms Urged by Government
In St Petersburg reports say the czar plans land grants to peasants with easy payments as part of a reform. Orders have been sent to Russian warships abroad to return to Kronstadt. A wave of murders and assassinations is blamed on a manifesto spread from Viberg.
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Scrippe News Association
St. Petersburg
Kronstadt
Sugar Rebating Probes Hit American Refining Firms
A federal grand jury returned three indictments triggering an investigation into alleged sugar rebating by American Refining Co. and related entities. The move signals broader scrutiny of pricing practices in the sugar industry.
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iScrippa News Association
New York
Federal Grand Jury
Frisco Seeks Skilled Laborers as Housing Crisis Grows
Frisco reports severe labor shortages in all building trades. Officials offer 2.25 dollars per day to attract workers to finish dwellings for hundreds remaining homeless. City races to complete structures before heavy rains begin.
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Scripps News Association
San Francisco
West Virginia Educators Meet at Morgantown Conference
The fourth annual University Summer School educational conference opened at Commencement Hall Morgantown with teachers and education workers from across West Virginia. The main topic is a graduated school system from primary to university, with sections on country, high, normal, college and university schools.
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Scripps News Association
Morgantown
West Virginia
University
Plan of Defense a Secret in Thaw Case
Reports from New York on July 27 say Thaw defense attorneys have chosen a plan with unique precedent, a historic English acquittal, though the exact strategy remains secret. Evelyne visited the prisoner at the Tombs and said her husband is well upon returning.
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Scripps News
New York
Thaw
England
Evelyne
Hamilton Hendricks Faces Subornation Trial in Land Fraud Case
In Portland on July 27 federal court opened with Hamilton Hendricks a wealthy rancher charged with suborning perjury in a land fraud scheme. The morning was occupied by securing a jury.
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Scripps News Association
Portland
Hamilton Hendricks
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