Bank officers pursued as Milwaukee Avenue Bank collapses
Chicago reports Theodore Stensland a vice president arrested for insolvent banking and Paul O. Stensland president fugitive. Bank taken by receiver after findings of mismanagement and tampered safety boxes. Depositors number 22,000 face losses as cash on hand remains small.
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Chicago
Theodore Stenslland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Paul O. Stensland
Hering
Theodore Stensland
Collins
Stensland
Corfer
Jacob J. Kern
Canada
Dominions
Justice Severson
President Stensland
Superior Court
John C. Felzer
Police Department
Excitement Killed Kim: Heat Fatal to Hartman Wenzel
Hartman Wenzel, 65, collapsed from heat and excitement while with a group and died. He was a retired cabinet maker with a son once convicted of murder and sentenced for execution. Attempts to secure a final order and relief were reported as ongoing.
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New York
Hartman Wengel
Wenzel
Thi
Quan A. Sehnatz
Clergman
Treasury balance could aid business during stringency
The treasury’s working balance stands above 80 million dollars with additional deposits now placed in national banks. Secretary Shaw could deploy 40 to 50 million to ease a potential monetary pinch, possibly through new bond strategies or direct bank deposits, to prevent a money panic.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Shaw
Uncle Sam Seaman Recruitment Tour Begins
Washington reports Uncle Sam launches a showy recruitment drive using biographs on warships to lure men into the navy. An electrician and two assistants with a film unit toured the navy yard then headed to the Great Lakes aboard the Wolverine to show films at lake ports and urge Swedes in Wisconsin and Minnesota to enlist.
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Washington, D. C
Sam
Navy Yard
Great Lakes
Wolverine
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Sage nephew to contest will with Choate Brackett counsel
James H Sage a nephew of Russell Sage says Joseph H Choate will join Senator Brackett as his counsel in the will contest in Troy New York He reports strong belief in overturning the will though other beneficiaries have not joined yet The dispute unfolds as the fight to a finish begins
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Troy
N. Y
James H. Sage
Russell Sage
Joseph H. Choate
New York
Senator Brackett
Saratoga
Harmony Bell for the Blue and Gray proposed in Atlanta
A veterans committee in Atlanta aims to raise funds to cast a harmony bell to hang in the national capital. The bell would be rung yearly on July 4, with the first ringing at a Washington veterans and citizens gathering. The group has solicited cooperation from northern and southern veterans.
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National Capitol
Atlanta
Veterans of the Blue and Gray of
Washington
Welsher killed in Melbourne crowd at Flemington
A mob at Flemington race course in Melbourne fatally attacked Donald Macleod after he tried to flee with stolen bets. The case fuels the Judkins crusade against gambling as Dr. Clarke calls on Christians to heed the tragedy and sermons in Sydney Melbourne and Adelaide condemn gambling.
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Melbourne
Flemington Race Course
Donald Macleod
Judkins
Clarke
Sydney
Adelaide
Storm Devastates Plankinton Area With Heavy Rain
A fierce wind and rainstorm struck Plankinton last night causing extensive damage to trees crops and property. The downpour measured eight inches in nearby areas with damage reported across the city and surrounding farms.
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Plankinton
S. D
Phinkinton
Cities Own Waterworks Show Enormous Debts
Census bulletin on 1904 figures for 161 U.S. cities with 39,000+ population notes New York largest land area and expenditures. total city debt at year end $1.53 billion, per capita debt $56.97 after sinking funds. Waterworks and municipal industries form major receipts and assets. New York far ahead in spending.
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Washington, D. C
Census Bureau Today
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Hoboken
Philadelphia
President backs union telegraphers in DOJ action
The Department of Justice will prosecute the Louisville and Nashville railroad for threatening to dismiss union members and for blacklisting workers. This marks the first government move to shield organized labor from blacklists, contrasting with the open shop stance at the government printing office. Acting AG Russell directs U.S. Attorney Tinsley to investigate in Covington, Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Department of Justice
Russell
United States
Tinsley
Covington
Rebates Replaced by Tariff Manipulation, Says Rail Prez
A. B. Stickney, president of the Chicago Great Western, told the Minnesota railroad commission that railways now manipulate tariff schedules instead of giving rebates. He urged action by the Interstate Commerce Commission, noting coal sometimes moves between Chicago and St. Paul at less than the 10 cent rate, a practice he attributed to “the boys” in high spirits.
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St. Paul, Minn
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railway
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stickney
Chicago
St. Paul
Heroic efforts fatal in South Bend blaze
Dr. E. H. Denslow and Eugenie Balfour died from burns suffered while trying to save Mrs. Denslow, the demented woman who saturated her clothing with gasoline and set fire to it last night, authorities said today.
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South Bend, Ind
E. H. Denslow
Eugenie Balfour
Adrift on Lake Ontario West of Wolcott
William Dickey and four companions are missing after their gasoline launch foundered on Lake Ontario near Wolcott. Two men in a canoe signaled for help Sunday night. shore assistance was dispatched but searchers could not locate the craft or its occupants.
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Wolcott
N. Y
William Dickey
Lake Ontario
Dickey
Philadelphia
Lafayette
Schuykill
Roxborough
Primary a Success Declares Calcom Primary Outcome
Illinois voters nominated candidates in a wide primary test of the new system. Shelby M. Cullom leads for U S Senate with 36783 votes in Chicago. Yates 21297. Webster 3871. Lorimer and Mann top their districts. Cannon unopposed in the Eighteenth.
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Chicago
Illinois
Shelby M. Cullom
United States Senate
Cullom
Richard Yates
William Lorimer
Mann
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Frank C. Lowden
Congress
United States
William G. Webster
Sullom
Yates
Webster
M. B. Madden
Martin Emerich
James R. Mann
W. W. Wilson
Willis C. Stone
C. S. Wharton
J. T. McDermott
A. Michaelek
A. J. Sabbath
J. Stack
Philip Knopf
Buchanan
Charles MeceGavin
Stanley M. Kunz
Henry S. Bouteil
Quin O’brien
George FE. Foss
H. M. Snapp
Charles EE. Fuller
Republcan
Frank ©. Lowden
James McKinney
Allen H. Kertz
George W. Prince
Joseph G. Graff
Rudolph Pfeiffer
W.A. Rodenburg
J. I. Breckinridge
F. S. Dixon
M. D. Foster
F. M. Riley
P. T. Chapman
George W. Smith
Nce
Terrible Crash on an Electric Line at Vermillion
In Vermillion Ohio on August 8 a head on collision on the Lake Shore electric road killed two people and injured many more. The westbound limited collided with the eastbound No 12 near a curve. the limited was telescoped more than half its length. About eighty aboard. cause blamed on orders misunderstanding. Hospitalized in Lorain. Dead: W D Moody and Fred Smiley. Fatally injured: James Yerrick. Casualties total two dead one dying six fatally injured and forty four seriously hurt.
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Vermillion, O
Lake Shore
Lorain
W. D. Moody
Beach Park
Fred Smiley
Lima
James
Yerrick
Milan
Neff Sentenced to Seven Years in Graveyard Scandal Case
Warsaw New York former County Auditor John W Neff was convicted of grand larceny connected to the Buffalo graveyard scandal and sentenced to seven years in prison.
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Warsaw
N. Y
John W. Neff
Buffalo
Passengers Panic As Steamer Grounds In Squall
About 1,500 travelers from Toledo and other Ohio cities endured a night aboard the Greyhound after it ran aground on a shoal near Hic Island following a sudden squall. The voyage to Detroit and back was disrupted with passengers unsettled by the mishap.
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Detroit
Mich
Toledo
Ohio
Greyhound
Hicl Island
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank Crashes Amid Run and Theft Claims
Chicago dispatch reports Milwaukee Avenue State Bank closed after a deposit run. Cashier Henry W. Hering is missing amid an embezzlement warrant. Police quelled a riotlike crowd as smaller banks nearby faced depositor pressure. Stensland, founder and president, was abroad. losses cited range from 20,000 to 700,000 dollars with around 50,000 depositors affected.
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Chicago
Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue iState Bank
Jones
Stensland
F Henry W. Hering
Hering
Detroit
Canada
United States
Illinois
Duluth
Henry W. Hering
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Chicagoe
The
Daily News
Clearing House
Europe
Frisco Woes Mount After Fire Disaster
San Francisco faces rising costs and labor strikes as rebuilding stalls. Lumber prices soar to 27 per thousand feet, Southern Pacific raises rates, and sailors electricians and plumbers demand higher pay and shorter hours. Scandals in relief distribution and difficulty securing clean police commission candidates add to unrest. Insurance losses from the blaze grow beyond initial estimates, with proofs mounting past 100 million dollars.
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San Francisco
Cal
Lumber Trust
Southern
Lbncific Railroad
Schmitz
Balloon Carrying Dr Thomas Lands Safely After Long Flight
Nirvinia balloon with Dr Julian Pp Thomas of New York and a professional aeronaut rose from East River New York City before 9 PM and landed in Wrank Conn at 5:45 AM after a record long passenger flight. Thomas briefly landed for water then continued eastward. later Dr Thomas’s balloon reached Brantrock Massachusetts near noon without mishap.
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Brantrock
Mass
Thomas
Moter Sees Tragedy In Clinton River Accident
In Mount Clemens Michigan on a August night a farmer laborer aged 49 named John Willman and his son Albert were drowned while rowing in the Clinton river. The father rocked the boat to frighten the boy causing it to capsize. The accident occurred along the riverbank under dark conditions.
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Mount Clements
Mich
John Willman
Albert
Clinton River
Als
Wiitman
Novelties of the News and Quick Local Notes
A scattered World Wire style roundup reports oddities and incidents. Highlights include land sales tied to a Pennsylvanian railroad drill site won by Charles A. Cone, Atlanta domestic strife leading to an arrest for thrashing, a jaybird spree near Grant Park, and a Bethel centenarian death in Middletown.
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New York
Anethan
Pennsylvanian
Tranler
Charles A. Cone
Termin Fromme
Dublin Assembly Herald as Irish Bill for Next Session
London Reynolds reports the government plans an Irish bill introducing a representative Dublin assembly for local affairs, acceptable to nationalists. The move signals a step toward Irish self governance while parliamentary action proceeds.
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London
Reynolds
Dublin
Democratic convention to indorse local shoe magnate in Carlisle
In Carlisle Pennsylvania it is reported that Joan Lindner the wealthy shoe manufacturer will be endorsed by the Democratic county convention meeting on the 18th though denial of his candidacy was issued.
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Berwick
W. Shannon
Pasteur Institute
New York
Shannon
Rio Janeiro
Carlisle
Joan Lindner
Democrats nominate Mumford Schoonover for Congress
Lawrence Kansas Judge Mumford Schoonover of Garnett Kansas was nominated by the Democrats in the Second Kansas congressional district on Monday.
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Lawrence
Kan
Mumford Schoonover
Garnett
Kansas
Heat Claims Over Twenty Lives in New York City
More than twenty people died Monday in New York due to extreme heat with temperatures reaching 93 degrees and high humidity noted by officials and residents.
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New York
Governor General Rules Gimmnt-nour Day Regulation Not Apply
The attorney general holds that the Gimnt-nour Day regulation does not apply to men employed in constructing vessels for the government under contract. This interpretation narrows regulatory reach on workers in shipbuilding tied to government projects.
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Washington
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