A Shadowy Conspiracy Ends in Death and Justice
In a tense final act, Frank Ellison is captured after a confrontation with authorities while James Ellison vanishes. Inspector Thorne pursues Frank Wilson, the Shadow, and Martin Frale reveals a daughter yet to be named. Grace Ellison cares for the dying ex-convict Job and a mixture of justice, redemption, and mystery lingers.
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Tee
James Ellison
Frank Ellison
Hendricks
Ellison
Barden
Inspector Thorne
Job
Frank Wilson
Thorne
Martin Frale
Frale
Grace Elison
Dick Barnett
Barnett
Grace
Slavery to Habit in The World's Progress
July issue urges readers to break daily routines and reclaim leisure. It argues habit dominates work life, stifling individuality and connection to surroundings, and promotes rest, nature, and recreation as wise investments for personal and family welfare.
His Halcyon Days
A Harpers Bazaar exchange quotes a world traveler who recalls sailing on the same steamer that carried Mr Morgana. The veteran notes his twenty Atlantic crossings and reflects on remarkable experiences from the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halcyon
Harpers Bazar
Atlantic
Morgana
Two Presidents Fail To Remove Pekin Minister Conger
The piece traces a long effort by two presidents and several senators to replace U S Minister to Pekin Conger. It notes how Conger’s handling of crises earned praise, delaying any coup and steering through varied diplomatic twists toward a Rockhill succession, with Barrett reassigned to Argentina.
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Washington
Pekin
China
Conger
John Barrett
McKinley
Oregon
United States
Iowa
White House
Ray of Helium From Radium Hints at Alchemist Dream
London researchers led by Sir William and Lady Hugging report spectroscopic analysis of light from radium salt at room temperature. A quartz spectroscope revealed eight ultraviolet lines and faint continua, with four or five lines matching helium, suggesting radium emits helium gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sir William
Lady Hugging
Royal Society
W. Ramsay
Soddy
Rutherford
Missouri Bribery and Perjury Case Convicts Five
St Louis July 29. Judge Jungeya sentence five members of the state house for bribery and perjury in municipal ties. Sheridan and Hartman receive six year terms while Albright and Hannigan get several years. Decker faces perjury counts with a four year sentence. All appeal.
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Missouri
To &S
St. Louis
Jungenya Say
Fhve
House of Us
Peigu
John A. Sheridan
T. Edward Albright
Biiwery
Jerry J. Hannigan
Louis Decker
Emil Hartman
Famine in Coal Threatens West as Prices Rise
Minneapolis dispatch reports a severe coal famine spreading from Duluth to Chicago with output well below normal. Demand four times supply, prices up 10 cents per month, and eastern firms stockpile while western miners strike reduces shipment. Ships return empty as June tonnage through the Soo drops drastically. Recovery from last year’s strike could take four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
West
Duluth
Chicago
Soo
College Boys as Harvest Hands Described in Kansas Plight
In Kansas prairie towns scores of eastern college men and artisans, seeking funds for study, are stranded without money or work. English observer Fred Nuttall reports they were dispatched to Ness City from Topeka, exploited by high fares, lived in barns while laboring briefly for 3 days, and were paid far less than promised, risking ruin without charity from the East. A second item notes the launch of the Mongolia, a massive steamship for Pacific Mail, to handle Philippine and China trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Kansas
Fred Nuttall
St.Louis
New York
Nuttall
Opeka
Topeka
Ness City
Eastorners
Gamden
N. J
Mongolia
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
New York Shipbuilding Company
United States
China
Turkish Warship Medjidia Launched in Philadelphia
In a ceremony at Cramp shipyard the Turkish cruiser Medjidia was launched with diplomats naval officers and prominent citizens present. John W. Holtman won the Democratic nomination for mayor of Indianapolis on the first ballot at the city convention.
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Philadelphia
Medjidia
Cramp
Holtman
Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Holtman
Exiled agent Kelley accuses Lee of bribery and graft
Daniel J. Kelley, a corruption agent from New York, claims he bought Missouri legislatures and former Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee. He presents checks and letters as evidence and says Lee pressed for money, attempted to bribe officials, and sought influence with glucose and Rumford Chemical firms.
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Lee
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Ont
Daniel J. Kelley
New York
Missouri
John A. Lee
Kelley
Bob Lee
Robert Lee
Les
New York Exchange
Folk
St. Louis
Baking Powder Trust
Glucose Trust
Rumford Chemical Company
Rumford
Spice Trust
Washington Bookbinders Avoid Strike Over Miller Case
The Washington bookbinders union will not strike if W A Miller resumes work at the government printing office. President Tatum travels from Chicago to advise, while Miller is due back Monday. A committee says no action now and stresses compliance with the public printer’s ruling amid ongoing investigations.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Bookbinders’ Union
W. A. Miller
Government Printing Office
Miller
Tatum
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders
Chicago
Barrett
Delaware Statesman Merger Suit Against Addicks Filed
Suit filed in the supreme court by Doherty and Eagan for 100000 against J Edward Addicks. They challenge a proposed merger of Boston gas companies led by Bay State Gas of Delaware and attach Addicks stock in Boston South Boston and Bay State Gas firms.
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Delaware Statesman
Boston
Supreme Court
Doherty & Eagan
J. Edward Addicks
Bay Stata ® Gas Company
Delaware
Addicks
South Boston
Bay State
Wall Street Sees Hooley & Co Fail Amid Stock Fluctuations
New York July 29 The failure of E B Hooley & Co is announced on the stock exchange. The firm held heavy interests in Evansville Terre Haute Des Moines and Fort Dodge securities and was a prominent broker in the Roswell P Flower era. Markets rebounded as Bassett & Co downsized with little impact.
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New York
Hooley & Co
Stock Exchange
Evansville
Terre Haute
Roswell P. Flower Bull
Des Moines
Fort Dodge Securities
William N. Bassett & Co
Boston
New York Stock Exchange
Lackawanna
New York Central
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Delaware and Hudson
St. Paul
Pennsylvania
Canadian Pacific
United States Steel
Hooley and Stow Seek Iowa Route Control
Des Moines July 23. Hooley and W L Stow firms with deep Iowa interests challenged the Des Moines and Fort Dodge line held by Rock Island. The road from Des Moines to Ruthven is leased to Rock Island, with a 1905 expiry, a fact that surprised Rock Island interests as Hooley party showed control through Stow and Co brokers.
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Hooleys
Iowa
Rock Island
Des Moines
Hooley
W. L. Stow
New York
Fort Dodge
Ruthven
Stow & Co
Fight Planned as Taylor Suit Targets Southern Pacific
The Talbot J. Taylor firm moves to contest Harriman interests in the Southern Pacific rail line. A brief by Senator Foraker Edward Lauterbach and Augustus Wilson seeks reversal of a court ruling on stock voting and alleges diversions from Southern Pacific to Central and Union Pacific justify a receiver. Foraker fled east after filing. war is declared against the Harriman faction.
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Southern Pacific
New York
Talbot J. Taylor & Co
Harriman
Southern Pacific Railroad
Taylor
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Senator Foraker
Cincinnati
Edward Lauterbach
East
Pursuit of alleged attacker sparks threats of lynching
Farmers in Clarke County Missouri and across the Iowa line chase a colored man named Clark accused of attacking 16 year old Gertrude Hess near Kahoka Missouri. The girl is critically wounded with multiple stabs and razor wounds. Armed bands pursue Clark as word spreads of possible lynching.
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Clarke County
Missouri
Iowa
Farmington
Gertrude Hess
Kahota
McGill
Clark
Holler Farm
Kahoka
Medill
Two Die and Six Hurt in Brewery Ice Plant Blower
Two men died and six were injured when a cylinder head blew from an engine connected to an ammonia pump at the Jacob Rupperte Brewing ice plant in New York. Fumes filled the building as the engine failed and patrolman Goss, overcome during rescues, may die. Otto Smith and John VincinseI named as casualties.
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New York
Jacob Rupperte Brewing Company
Goss
Otto Smith
John Vincinsel
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Ernest DeLancy Pierson
Street & Smith
Ron
Satis
Bliison
James Ell
Annieh
Elli
Job Bekan
Reed
Donger
Roosevelt
William B. Allison
Japan
Oriental
State Department
Europe
Rockhill
Argentina
Joe Chamberlain
Senator Hale
Tom Reed
Upper Lake
J. ED. Addicks
Union Pacific
Sto 4& Co
BIG
V N Buren County
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