Bryan’s globe trotting tour reaches Lincoln visit
Nebraskan William Jennings Bryan has toured thirty lands since September 1905 visiting Hawaii Japan Korea China Egypt Palestine Syria Greece Turkey and more He met Togo officials in Japan and the Douma in St Petersburg and plans return for a peace conference and a potential presidential bid.
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William Jennings Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Equator
Arctic Circle
Hawaii
Mr. Bryan
Japan
Mrs. Bryan
Admiral Togo
Korea
China
Shanghai
Egypt
Palestine
Syria
Greece
Turkey
Russia
St. Petersburg
Bryan
Sweden
Norway
England
Moses C. Wetmore
St. Louis
America
Colonel Wetmore
Scotland
Ireland
Italy
France
Gibraltar
Kings and Queens Escape Plunges in Royal Carriages
Madrid report says King Alfonso and Queen Victoria narrowly avoided a fall when a frightened horse backed toward a steep drop. In Norway, Queen Maud and King Haakon faced a similar peril as horses backing toward a ten foot ditch nearly toppled the queen’s coach, with the king intervening to steady the driven carriage.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Queen Victoria
Aalesund
Norway
Nodangsdale
Maud
Haakon
Queen Maud
Lipton to Pack Meat in Canada
Winnipeg July 19 reports Lipton backed concern plans a large meat packing plant to serve Great Britain. The move aims to capture Chicago trade despite American scandals.
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Lipton
Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Chicago
Thomas Lipton
Great Britain
Georgia Law Bans Child Labor Under Ten in Factories
Atlanta lawmakers pass a strict child labor bill by 125 to 2, aligning with the senate measure. It bans employment of children under 10, restricts those under 12 except under specific hardship, and limits night work for under 14. The act, set to take effect January 1, 1908, requires literacy and schooling proof for younger workers.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Senate
Wellman Arctic Expedition Reaches Dane’s Island
The Wellman Chicago Record-Sierald expedition arrived at Danes Island Spitzbergen on July 9 with 24 members aboard the steamer Trinthjof. They found Vigo bay already dotted with structures and machine shops ready to support the construction of the giant balloon house.
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Wellman Arctic Expedition
Bigermalen
Iofoden Isles
Norway
Trinthjof
Wellman-Chicago Record- Sierald
Danes Island
Spitzbergen
Vigo Bay
Speed tests back Nebraskas new battleship Nebraska
Telegraphic briefs recount successful speed tests of the battleship Nebraska in Seattle. Other items note a skiff capsizing in Pittsburgh, a senator's wife death in Selma, a $60,000 rebating fine for Chicago and Alton, and London ferry costs for Americans at $5,000,000.
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Wash
Nebraska
Selma
Ala
Edmund W. Pettus
United States
Senator Pettus
Alabama
Chicago
Thea
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Dowie and Voliva address crowds at Shiloh and tabernacle
Chicago preacher John Alexander Dowie read to listeners in the Shiloh conservatory while rival Wilbur Glenn Voliva spoke to several thousand worshippers in the tabernacle during the same Sunday gathering.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Shiloh House
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Tabernacle
Roosevelt candidate fate shifts amid Democratic shifts
Santa Barbara reports Congressmen W R Cochran of New York and J S Williams of Mississippi predict Roosevelt must be Republican nominee again. Philadelphia court affirms Henry Lear conviction for abstracting sixty thousand dollars from Doylestown National Bank.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
W. Rourke Cochran
New York
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Gray
United States Court of Appeals
Henry Lear
Doylestown, Pa
Platt Celebrates 73rd Birthday at Coney Island Hotel
New York Senator Platt marked his 73rd birthday at a hotel in Coney Island on Sunday. The occasion recalled his longtime involvement with Republican political activities in the state and his campaigns over the past decade.
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New York
Platt
Coney Island
Knoxville fugitive Joan McPherson sought for murder
Joan McPherson of Knoxville is a fugitive charged with the murder of Grant Smith a former merchant and the fatal wounding of Deputy Sheriff William Walker who tried to arrest him Two posses are in pursuit of McPherson.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Joan McPherson
Grant Smith
William Walker
Judge Denies New Trial in Restraint of Trade Case
Lima Ohio Judge Cunningham rejects Harry Hammond of the Canton Bridge company ruling on restraint of trade violation. Hammond receives a $500 fine and $2,000 in costs.
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Lima, O
Cunningham
Harry Hammond
Canton Bridge Company
U S Cruiser Columbia Sails to Boston with 165 Malaria Marines
The United States cruiser Columbia departed for Boston carrying 300 marines, 165 ill with malaria contracted in Panama. Nineteen marines are seriously ill. In Paris, Vanderbilt's Maintenon won the presidents prize at Maisons-Laffitte ridden by American jockey Rausch, attended by President Fallieres and guests Longworth.
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P. R
United States
Columbia
Boston
Panama
Paris
Maisons-Laffitte
William K. Vanderbilt
Rausch
Mme. Fallieres
Longworth
San Francisco appoints new police commissioners board
Mayor Schmitz names W. R. Haggerty president of the International Machinists' union Herbert Law a prominent capitalist General R. H. Warfield a former California hotel president and W H Leahy ex Tivoli opera house manager named as board president a San Francisco officer changes noted.
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Schmitz
W. R. Haggerty
International Machinists’ Union
Herbert Law
R. H. Warfield
California Hotel
W. H. Leahy
Tivoli Opera House
Italian cruiser Umbria aground at Kingston mud bank
The Italian cruiser Umbria remains fast on a Kingston mud bank after running aground on July 13. Her guns and coal bunkers have been removed to lighten the ship, with hopes of salvaging the vessel.
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Kingston
Jamica
Pittsburg magnate rents 60000 acre Scottish deer forest
London Henry Phipps of Pittsburgh leases Glen Quoich Scotland a vast 60 000 acre deer forest with annual rent and expenses exceeding 500 000 dollars. In Columbus Ohio William Painter is arrested on charges of having five wives and admits he has three.
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London
Henry Phipps
Pittsburg
Glen Quoich
Scotland
Columbus, O
William Painter
Japan aims to withdraw from Manchuria open door to world trade
Viscount Sasuzo Aoki, Japan's ambassador, asserts open door policy in Manchuria and plans to withdraw. Mukden and Antung opened since May 1 with Dalney soon, while Japan pays its war debts and seeks broader commerce. Population is sparsely settled at about 5.53 million in 939,280 square kilometers. The note redeeming debt is fully funded and notes total about 25–30 million yen.
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Washington, D. C
Viscount Ssuzo Aoki
Japan
Manchuria
Nippon
Aoki
China
Apanese Mercchants
Viscount Aoki
Ito
Mukden
Antung
Dalney
Cheefoo
Shanghai
Russia
Not Guilty for Hargis and Callahan in Marcum Murder Case
Jury clears James Hargis and Ed Callahan of conspiring to kill mountain lawyer J. B. Marcum in Jackson Court House slaying. Curt Jett previously confessed. later recanted claiming sole responsibility. Damages were awarded to Mrs. Marcum, while further trials for Cockrill murder loom in Lexington.
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Beattyville
Hargis-Callahan
Kentucky
J. B. Marcum
James Hargis
Ed Callahan
inKentucky
Marcum
Jackson Court House
Curt Jett
Tom White
Callahan
Hargis
Jett
Clark County
Lexington
James Cockrill
Demand $142,800 From The Icemen
Circuit Attorney Sager filed suits in Missouri circuit court against Polar Wave Ice and Fuel and Merchants' Ice and Coal for an alleged price fixing and restraint of trade. The suits seek $71,400 against each company and aim to nullify their business charters. In Jacksonville, ice dealers were acquitted of criminal intent to defraud amid findings on plant activity and pricing.
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St. Louis
Sager
Polar Wave Ice and Fuel Company
Ice and Coal Company
Jacksonville
Wla
Jacksonville Ice Delivery Company
Missouri home for Mormon head moves to Independence
Kansas City July 19 Joseph Smith of Lathom Iowa president of the Reorganized Latter Day Saints church plans to build a home in Independence and move his family from Lamoni. Frederick M Smith acts as future president while A B Bryan remains in Toronto. Move seen as church policy toward centralizing in Independence.
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Kansas City
Joseph Smith
Lathom
Latter Day Saints’ Church
Independence
Lamoni
Smith
Frederick M. Smith
A. B. Bryans
Toronto
Can
Shortage Found in Bartlett Accounts at Treasury
Washington July 19. The treasury department reports a shortage of about 33000 in the accounts of late Major W O Bartlett, disbursing officer. About 14000 was paid on fraudulent vouchers by James W Boyd, marine hospital service clerk now jailed awaiting trial.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Wi. O. Bartlett
James W. Boyd
Marine Hospital Service
Milwaukee Armored Cruiser Demonstrates Readiness in Trial Spin
The Milwaukee, built at Union Iron Works, completed a preliminary sea trial in San Francisco on July 19. Though not driven at full speed, the cruiser impressed builders and is expected to meet Navy Department requirements in its official trial. The vessel cost 3 million dollars excluding arms.
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San Francisco
Milwaukee
Union Iron Works
Navy Department
Study of the Jews by M Sokolof inquiry in London
Chicago reports William I. Curtis notes M Sokolof editor of the Warsaw Hazenphira pursues a comprehensive inquiry on Jewish history and emancipation worldwide. The aim is a sourced statement for officials in St Petersburg and the douma, with focus on restrictions and outcomes across Europe and America.
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Chicago
William I. Curtis
Chiciuso Record-Herald
London
M. Sokolof
Warsaw Hazenphira
M. Sokolov
United States
North America
Interior Department
St. Petersburg
Douma
Empire
Count de Witte
Holland
Switzerland
Europe
Outbreaks of Agrarian Strife Across Russia Reported
In St. Petersburg and across Poland revolts surge with arson and robberies. Peasants torch crown estates and forests while police strike in two districts. Robberies target spirit shops. a gendarme is killed and a worker executed. The emperor approves famine relief legislation worth 7 million dollars.
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Natshatkino
Simbirsk
Poland
Warsaw
Lublin
Nizhni- Novogorod
Vasniky
Sesnitza
Tiflis
Rostoff
Pitiagorsk
Yaroslav
Warn Americans to Quit Mexico in Full
New Orleans reports notices urging Americans to leave Mexico before September 4. A powerful labor group allegedly backs a revolutionary movement seeking Diaz’s overthrow. F A Sturdevant cites Cananea violence as just the start and warns of a Mexican secret league inflaming laborers against American interests.
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New Orleans
Mexico
Republic
Diaz
F. A. Sturdevant
Mexican Central Railroad
Cananea
Sturdevant
United States
Noose of Shoelaces Ends Wife Murderer
Windsor Ontario July 19 Christopher Spindleman a cigarmaker who shot and killed his wife last Saturday hanged himself in his Sandwich cell using his shoe laces, marking a novel method of suicide in custody.
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Windsor
Ont
Christopher Spindleman
Sandwich
Vanadis Wins Chicago Mackinac Yacht Race
The first nine boats finished with Vanadis leading Hawthorne Juanita Alice Hussar Mistral Vancedor Neva and Vannan. About an hour and forty five minutes separated the first and last heats. The Vanadis won on the time allowance by five minutes.
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Chicago
Vanadis
Hawthorne
Juanita
Alice
Hussar
Mistral
Vancedor
Neva
Vannan
Mother Thaw Sees Son Through Tombs Bars In Exchange
In New York on July 18 Mrs William Thaw visited her son Harry Thaw in the Tombs prison to discuss his murder case. She met him through bars after a search and planned to defend him, signaling a shift away from the firm Black Olcott Gruber Bonynge toward a lunacy plea and a potential committee on lunacy.
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New York
Harry SR. Thaw
Yombs
William Thaw
Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge
Young Thaw
Harry Thaw
Wm. Thaw
Pittsburg
Tombs
Stanford White
Keisrin Auguste Victoria
Josiah Thaw
Europe
Clifford W. Hartridge
Burton Petition for US Supreme Court Rehearing
The petition of former Senator Burton for a rehearing of his case was received by the clerk of the Supreme Court in Washington on July 18. The petition, signed by all Burton counsel, argues that a statute section under which he was prosecuted is unconstitutional and void.
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Supreme Court
Washington
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
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