Moyer Bails Out as He Heads to Denver in Miner Case
Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, is released on a $25,000 personal bond signed by Timothy Reagan and Thomas J. Jones after a twenty hour delay. He plans to depart with William D. Haywood for Salt Lake City and then Denver, while Steve Adams awaits a second murder trial in Wallace. Dr. I G McGee of Wallace is bound over for perjury in the Haywood case after a probate hearing.
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Boise
Ida
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Ada County
Jair
Timothy Reagan
Thomas J. Jones
Moyer
Salt Lake City
William D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Denver
Federation
Steve Adams
Wallace
I. G. McGee
Haywood
Dr. McGee
Harry Orchard
Orchard
Idaho
Belfast Strikes Draw Troops And Police Deployment
In Belfast the dockers strike for higher pay and shorter hours. Police revolt adds tension as Cameron Highlanders with a Maxim gun arrive, plus Thirteenth Hussars and Berkshire Middlesex regiments move in. Authorities plan about 6 000 troops within days. emergency magistrates widen patrols and extra police visitants assist. Strikers were very fierce yesterday and several back certificates were overturned.
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Belfast
Cameron Highlanders
Thirteenth Hussars
Berkshire
Middlesex
Illinois Central Wreck Kills Four Near Milan Tennessee
Four people died and ten were seriously injured when an engine on a Hols Central fruit train exploded near Milan Tennessee, destroying the engine and a nearby freight, with two unidentified tramps among the dead. A. Blincoe of Jackson Tennessee was fatally wounded. The crash occurred as the northbound train ran at high speed and the cause remained undetermined.
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Milan
Tenn
Maloney
Chicago
Robert Henderson
Jackson
A. Blincoe
Canal Landslide Blocks Rail Traffic Near Colon
A land around Lion Hill ten miles from Colon has sunk causing disruption to the Panama Canal area. Through trains cannot pass and the damage is extensive. Efforts are underway to resume passenger service.
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Sinning
Panama
Colon
Lion Hill
Burglars Steal Stamps from Post Office near Rising Sun
Burglars escaped with 12 dollars in stamps and cash from the Rising Sun Indiana post office and some letters, fled toward Kentucky by improvised skiff, July 24.
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Kentucky
Rising Sun
Ind
Ohio Republicans endorse Taft for president
The Ohio Republican state committee endorsed Secretary William H Taft for the presidency by a 15 to 6 vote. Senator Foraker criticized the move saying the committee had no right to speak for Republicans and promising to follow the state convention's authority.
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Columbus
Ohio Republican State Committee
William H. Taft
Foraker
Taft
Republican State Committee
Ohio
Nationalists Win in Manila General Election
In Manila incomplete returns from 50 of 80 districts show 31 Nationalists elected, 10 Progressives, 8 Independence candidates, and 1 Catholic. Nationalists win large majorities in Manila districts. Commander Gomez claims first district win. Justo Lakban contests both Independence seats. Full results expected in 10 days to two weeks.
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Manila
Gomez
Justo Lakban
Baseball scores from National and American leagues
National League results show New York defeating St. Louis 11 to 5. Chicago 7 Brooklyn 6. Pittsburgh 12 Boston 3. Philadelphia swept Cincinnati. American League games include Boston 3 Cleveland 0. Philadelphia 2 St. Louis 1 and Washington 2 Chicago 4 in game one, Washington 6 Chicago 4 in game two. New York 1 Detroit 6. American Association summaries list Kansas City 0 Minneapolis 2. second game 3 to 4. Columbus 6 Toledo 7 and 1 to 2. Milwaukee 6 St Paul 7. Louisville 0 Indianapolis 5 and 9 to 2 in the second game.
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St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Boston
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Columbus
Toledo
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Louisville
Indianapolis
All Records Broken at United States Steel
New York July 31 All records of United States Steel were broken in the spring quarter ending June 29, 197, with total net earnings of 15 505 705 dollars, a new quarterly high and an increase of 5 578 672 over the previous year.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Saloon Raid Ends With Suspect’s Surrender on Bond
Marshal Weddell raided Shubel Gurton’s saloon in Mitchell Indiana on Sunday afternoon. Gurton returned fire when the marshal rechecked the place and later surrendered, held on $500 bond at liberty pending further action.
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Mitchell
Ind
Marshal Weddell
Shubel Gurton
Gurton
Weddell
Lberty
Japanese Views on Western Women Meet with Critique
The Kansas City Journal cites a viewpoint describing Western women as overgrown and shocking in dress, with dreadful teeth and feet. It claims Japanese prefer the kimono for concealing body lines and teaching girls to speak with lips closed and to walk with tiny toeing steps.
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Kansas City Journal
Time’s cyclic mood quoted by a boy and traveler
A traveler asks a small boy driving cows for the hour. The boy says almost 12, but the traveler remarks it’s never 12 here as time resets at 1, reflecting a humorous line from Lustige Blatter.
No More of Debs Tillman or Schlatter at Chesterfield Camp
Anderson Indiana July 31 There will be no more engagements by Debs Tillman or the Divine Healer Schlatter at the Chesterfield camp of the Indiana Association of Spiritualists under new head Thomas ONeill. Debs and Tillman are barred for radical remarks and sensationalism. Schlatter sought to demonstrate healing powers but was refused by ONeill. The new regime vows to exclude future radicals or freakish speakers.
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Senator Tillman
O'Neill
Tillman
Schlatter
Chesterfield
President O'Neil
Robbers invade home of Shelbyville retiree
In Shelbyville Indiana two masked men robbed James M Brown a retired lumber dealer last night. Brown who has asthma was restrained with a rope and toppled to a rug filled kitchen scene. The pair looted silverware glassware and fled leaving the haul behind in the dining room while Mrs Brown and a daughter alarmed by the sounds called police. The victim described the thieves as short men and reported the robbers escaped.
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Shelbyville
Ind
James M. Brown
Mr. Brown
Woman saves husband from self inflicted gunshot in Rushville
Orlo Miller of Homer, Indiana, attempted suicide in front of his wife. She wrested the loaded revolver from him as he pressed it to his forehead, knocking his hat aside and leaving a scalp wound, preventing a second shot.
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Rushville
Ind
Orlo Miller
Homer
Miller
Raisuli Threatens Death if Troops Withdraw
Tangier July 31 Gerard A Lowther the British minister here reports a letter from Caid Sir Harry MacLean claiming Raisuli holds him prisoner and will execute him unless Mohammed El Torres the sultan's foreign affairs representative at Tangier withdraws troops from the Eikmes territory.
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Raisuli
Tangier
Gerard A. Lowther
Caid
Harry MacLean
Mohammed el Torres
Eikmes
Erie Canal Aqueduct Gives Way Flooding Syracuse Creek
Onondaga Creek near Syracuse floods after arches of the Erie canal aqueduct collapse. Four canal boats fall into the bed while the Empire flouring mill wall partially collapses. Bartels and Greenway breweries are endangered as water is drawn off to prevent further flooding. The accident halts all canal traffic. boats and cargoes are total losses.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Erie Canal
Onondaga Creek
Empire Flouring
Bartels and
Greenway Breweries
Fred Race
Henry Race
Standard Milling Company
Wheeler
Oonodaca Creek
Onondasa Lake
Powers Case Arguments Continue as Judge Vacancy Sought
Georgetown Ky July 31 Arguments to have Special Judge Robbins vacate the bench in the Caleb Powers trial were completed and the court adjourned. Commonwealth counsel Victor Bradley denounced the defense affidavit as false and said juror statements about a life or death question were an outrage. Bradley asserted the judge protected the defendant and would file affidavits to counter alleged court bias.
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Georgetown
Robbins
Caleb Powers
Victor Bradley
Commonwealth
Franklin
Bradley
Scientists collect worms from Urania glacier
Prof. Johntt of this city and Prof. Cowles from Chicago led a scientific party at Mount Rainier. They observed worms in the Urania glacier ice, chopped a few specimens for microscopic study, and found them about an inch long and hair-thin.
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Ama
Wash
Mount Rainier
John 7Tt
Cowles
Chicago
Urania
Monarchist Leader Shot in Moscow Riot
In Moscow on July 21 M Toropoff leader of the Monarchist party shot and killed M Ermouse a Social Democratic party member during a heated political argument. Toropoff was arrested.
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Moscow
M. Toropoff
Monarchist
M Ermouse
Social Democratic Party
Toropoff
Coast Wreck Inquiry Hears Captain Driven By Fog
In San Francisco on July 31 the Columbia wreck investigation heard Second Officer Agerup testify that captains push ships to full speed along a hazardous coast in fog and in a busy navigational lane.
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San Francisco
Columbia
Bermingham
Agerup
No Blame Found in Frontenac Fire Investigation
Coroner ONeill declares no blame on Captain M. P. Brown or crew after completing inquiry into the Frontenac steamer fire on Cayuga lake Saturday.
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Auburn
N. Y
O'Neil
Frontenac
Cayuga Lake
M. P. Brown
Grand Jury Sets Indictment in Osage Lynching Case
In Pawhuska Oklahoma Mike White and Shorty Green alleged mob leaders were held to the federal grand jury for first degree murder in the killing of Frank Batley during the Osage lynching incident.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Mike White
Shorty Green
Frank Batley
Osage
Federal Grand Jury
Georgia House adopts Hardman Covington prohibition bill
The Hardman Covington prohibition measure passed the Georgia Senate and was adopted by the House 139 to 39. Amendments require Senate concurrence before final approval by Governor Hoke Smith, with effective date January 1, 1908. Provisions allow physician prescribed pure alcohol and wholesale stock for retailers.
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Atlanta
Georgia Senate
House
Senate
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Periodic Conference Plans Surprises Ahead at The Hague
The British delegation proposes a septennial conference with premeeting talks by special representatives from Great Britain Germany the United States Russia Italy Austria and Japan to prepare organizational work two years prior to each session. The United States discussions focus on a quinquennial meeting beginning in 1912 and London discloses a related plan.
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the Hague
United States
Great Powers Ts
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Italy
Austria
Japan
Reunion of Fairbanks Family in Dedham Mass
More than 590 descendants of Jonathan Fairbanks who arrived from Sowerby England in 1636 gathered in Dedham for the sixth annual Fairbanks family reunion. The event took place at the old Fairbanks homestead, one of New England’s oldest dwellings, with speeches by Vice-President Fairbanks Rev William E Barton Josiah Quincy and others.
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Fairbanks
Dedham
Mass
Jonathan Fairbanks
Sowerby
Yorkshire
England
America
New England
William E. Barton
Chicago
Josiah Quincy
Boston
King Frederick Arrives in Reykjavik With Party
King Frederick of Denmark and Prince Harald arrived in Reykjavik from the Faroe Islands accompanied by Premier Christen sen and forty members of the rigs dag. Crowds welcomed the party as he announced forming a commission from Danish rigsdag and Iceland althing to define Iceland constitutional status.
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Iceland
Reykjavik
Frederick
Denmark
Harald
Christensen
The
Rigsdag
Faroe Islands
Iceland Althing
Grinstead Heads Republicans in Louisville City County Ticket
In Louisville and Jefferson county the Republicans named a full ticket led by James F. Grinstead a wholesale grocer over attorney George Weatssinger Smith. The party vote split lingered and the Democrats delayed primaries awaiting state central committee action.
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Louisville
Jefferson County
Kentucky Court of Apeals
James F. Grinstead
George Weatssinger Smith
Grinstead
Mr. Grinstead
Resolution urges swift action against Senator Borah trial
The Central Labor Union adopted a resolution urging President Roosevelt to direct Attorney General Bonaparte to order immediate trial on the pending indictment accusing United States Senator Borah of Idaho in timber land frauds. The measure says Borah’s indictment stigmatizes him and a speedy trial would let him prove his fitness or lack thereof.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
United States
Borah
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Central Labor Union
Agreement Reached On Armament Imitation Phrase
After long talks in The Hague the British delegation agrees to drop the words urgent necessity from their position on arms imitation. Germany objected to the phrase and the proposal now mirrors the 1899 peace conference decision.
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The
Hague
Sir Edward Fry
Great Britain
Barron Marschall von Bieberstein
Germany
M. Bourgeois
France
Count Torneilli
Italy
M. Neiidos
Russia
Policeman Fatally Shot in Cincinnati Crowd Rampage
Patrolman Carl P. Hauck was fatally shot while dispersing a persistent west end crowd. An assailant fired four rounds, two taking effect, and Hauck died at the city hospital. No arrests have been made.
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Cincinnati
West End
Carl P. Hauck
Hauck
Mysterious Assault in Detroit Leaves Man Slain
Detroit July 31 Tony Leta twenty five was found mortally wounded in front of his home with stab wounds to the abdomen chest and thigh and behind his ear. Police arrested a young Italian suspect whose hands were bloody when captured. Leta refuses to identify his assailant amid rumors of a possible hate crime masquerade as a Jack Hand episode.
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Detroit
Mich
Tony Leta
Leto
Jack Hand
Forging Expert Chas J Hogge Sentenced in Cali Case
Charles J Hogge of Kenton pleaded guilty to forging a bank check in Florence California and received a ten to fourteen year penitentiary sentence. He claimed a fifteen year forgery career earning over $759000 and said he sought introductions through preachers. Hogge noted prior penitentiary terms in Tennessee New Mexico and Utah.
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Canyon City
Calo
Chas. J. Hlogge
Alflas Kenton
Florence
Hogg
Hogge
Tennessee
New Mexico
Utah
Rose Bush Blooms Each Year for a Century in Indiana Farm
On the J. F. Meacham farm near Evansville Indiana a rose bush has bloomed every year for one hundred years. The blooms remain fragrant and beautiful. The Meacham house was built in 1802 and a rose was planted in the frost yard five years later.
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Evansville
Ind
J. F. Meacham
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J. M. Brown
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