Bradstreet's View of World Trade Conditions Buyers Favored
Bradstreet's reports trade conditions favor the buyer with fair mid summer demand and below a year ago. Crop prospects improve toward a 2.1 billion bushel wheat and better cotton outlook. Iron and steel see cheapened prices spur heavy activity while general cereals and some metals move lower amid bear sentiment. Failures: 170 U.S. and 20 Canadian for the week.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
Iron and Steel
Rosebery Testy Over War Office In Lords Debate
In London on August 4 Lord Rosebery pressed Secretary of War Lord Lansdowne to justify plans by invoking the commander Lord Wolseley. Lansdowne said the war secretary and Wolseley each had accountability to the other. Lords Salisbury and others weighed the issue but the matter was ultimately dropped.
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London
House of Lords
England
Lord Rosebery
Marquis of Lansdowne
Lord Wolseley
War Office
Lord Salisbury
Lord Lansdowne
Gold Discovered on Braceville Property by Rock Breakage
In Joliet Aug 4 news that W. Norris of Braceville reported striking gold on his lot while breaking large boulders. The rock sparkled brilliantly and acid tests confirmed gold. additional samples yielded gold too. An assay is planned.
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Joliet, Lils
W. Norris
Braceville
Hail storm devastates Buffalo county in Wisconsin
A severest hail storm in Buffalo county moved along a western border strip about two miles wide for fifteen miles through Nelson Alma and Belvidere destroying grain and wrecking corn and vegetables.
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Alma
Wis
Buffalo County
Nelson
Belvidere
Professor Emerson Nearing Death at Beloit College
Beloit Wis Aug 4 Professor Joseph Emerson veteran Greek scholar and Beloit College professor is dying after long general debility. He recently marked his fifty second anniversary with the college on May 25.
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Emerson
Beloit
Wis
Joseph Emerson
Beloit College
Men Buy Groceries While Wives Stay Home
Some men appear to spend days buying groceries and carrying bags home for their wives, a sight reflecting domestic routines and gender roles in daily life.
Progress of Powers trial impeachment of state witnesses
In Georgetown Kentucky August 4 the Powers case heard that former State Auditor Stone said W H Cullen, an alleged co-conspirator, was removed from trust after a $1000 default. Grayson Springs residents testified Geo Weaver was there organizing a Woodmen lodge on January 30, contradicting his Goebel shooting claim. Prosecution witness Wharton Golden disputed a large money roll claimed from the state reward fund. Collier offered Governor Taylor's orders to move the state guard to Frankfort, later ruled out. A partial confession of Tallow Dick Combs was admitted. Hockersmith allegedly offered $1200 to kill Goebel by Youtsey.
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Powers
Stone
W. H. Cullen
Grayson Springs
Rankfort
Goebel
Geo. Weaver
Woodmen of the World
Kentucky
Wharton Golden
Daniel R. Collier
Lancaster
Taylor
Tajer
State Guard
Frankfort
Franklin County
Cantrill
Tallow Dick” Combs
Hockersmith
Combs
Henry Youtsey
Identity of the assassin and Stevenson welcome in Bloomington
London reports the shah abandoned his visit to England after the death of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The would-be assassin is identified as Francois Salson, a Frenchman born in 1876, with Bertillon system matching. Bloomington greets Adlai E. Stevenson on his return, with 10,000 people at the depot and a formal welcome at Franklin Park, praising his vice-presidential candidacy.
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Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha
England
Paris
Francois Salson
Salson
State Supreme Court
Weldon
Mr. Phillips
Mr. Stevenson
Stevenson
Chicago
Franklin Park
John McNulta
Acquittal Named in Camp Lincoln Powder Blast
Springfield, Aug 4. The Camp Lincoln powder explosion last Sunday evening caused no deaths and likely few punishments. Colonel Young released a 106 page court of inquiry finding only one new fact the cavalry squadron is acquitted of blame. The rumor a cavalryman dropped a cigarette to disperse the crowd is denied.
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Springfield
Ills
Camp Lincoln
Young
Canadian boat wins Seawanhaka cup race on Lake St Louis
Montreal reported the first day of the Seawanhaka cup race between the Minnesota and Red Coat concluded with a clear Canadian victory. Red Coat led by six minutes and twenty seconds as both boats measured 25 feet 7 inches and 20 feet 6 inches respectively.
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Montreal
Que
Minnesota
White Bear Cru
St. Paul
Red Coat
Lake St. Louis
Aycock Wins North Carolina Governor Race in Wide Margin
Early returns from Thursday's election show Charles B. Aycock elected governor of North Carolina by a margin near 55 000 to 60 000 with Democratic leadership predicting over 60 000. The legislature will be four fifths Democratic in both chambers, with at least 38 of 50 senators and 89 of 120 house members.
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Raleigh
N. C
Aycock
Simmons
Butler
Corbett Begins Training for McCoy Bout at Madison Square Garden
Jim Corbett starts preparations for the August 30 Madison Square Garden match with Kid McCoy. He has secured Bath Beach quarters and leased the Avoca Villa pier for over 200 feet of gym work. McCoy trains at Saratoga and vows a strong challenge.
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New York
Jim Corbett
McCoy
Madison Square Garden
Bath Beach
Avoca Villa Pier
Kid” McCoy
Saratoga
Al gom a Central secures stock in old Hudson Bay line
President F H Clergue of the Algoma Central gains the local stock in the Hudson Bay and Sault Ste Marie Railway company securing its charter and privileges. The charter authorizes building from Missanabie to Moose Factory on Hudson Bay and includes a $500,000 subsidy and 1 250 000 acres of land along the route.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
F H. Clergue
Algoma Central Railroad
Hudson Bay
Lawson Seen as Contender for First Assistant Postmaster General
Effingham Illinois August 4 Richard Franklin Lawson is touted by supporters for the role of first assistant postmaster general to replace Perry S Heath He is known in postal affairs having edited The Express at Kinmundy in 1889 and later served as postmaster there.
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Effingham, Uls
Richard Franklin Lawson
Perry S. Heath
Lawson
The
Express
Kinmundy
Germany Tells Tariff Terms of US Deal Should Be Public
The Deutsch Tags Zeitung urges Berlin to publish the terms of the tariff agreement with the United States, arguing Germany was beaten and that the foreign office fears informing the people of the facts.
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Sam
Berlin
Deutsch Tags Zeitung
United States
Germany
Deaf and Dumb Man Struck Dead by Freight Train Near Perry
An unknown deaf and dumb man was struck by a freight train while walking the tracks west of Perry Iowa last evening and instantly killed.
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Perry
Underclothes Too Long Waste Material
A brief note laments clothing items that extend beyond practical length, deeming excess fabric a needless waste of material.
Dodge County GOP Convention Opens for Delegates
Wisconsin Republicans meet in Beaver Dam on August 4 to elect delegates to the State and Congressional conventions. Delegates and party members attend the Dodge County Republican Convention held today.
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Wisconsin
Beaver Dam
Dodge County
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