Alma Fischer Found Dying by Roadside
Alma Fischer an 18 year old girl ended her life by shooting herself near a bridge on the first road south of the Illinois line. She appeared in good spirits at Dr Heidel’s office earlier that day and had recently injured a finger at the McKee and Bliven factory. The inquest will review notes and a sweetheart may be cited.
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Alma Fischer
Martin Stinson
Muscatine
Illinois
EB. B. Fulham
A. J. Weaver
Bellevue Hospital
Miss Fischer
McKee & Bliven
G. A. Heidel
John la Grille
Mrs. la Grille
McKee and Bliven Button Factory
Weever
Boston Council summoned to face grand jury over loan bill bribery
District Attorney John B. Moran ordered summons for the entire Boston common council, seventy five members, to appear before the grand jury. The inquiry concerns bribery charges in a loan bill passed last month totaling about one and a half million dollars. Councilmen are expected to be examined Friday.
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Boston
Mass
John B. Moran
Standard Oil Attorneys Move to Appeal in Indiana Case
Chicago Aug. 8 Attorneys for the Standard Oil company of Indiana seek an appeal after a $29 240 000 fine in US district court. Judge Landis will hear the motion tomorrow.
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Chicago
Ill
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
United States District Court
Landis
Tomorrrow
Priest Shoots At Brothers In Pittsburgh Hotel Hangout
Ludwig Sezegiel an unattached Polish priest from Chicago entered a Carson Street hotel in Pittsburgh and opened fire on proprietors Steven and Andrew Starzynski. Steven died within an hour. Andrew is dying. The motive remains uncertain. Nearby in Lorain Ohio Arthur L. Fitch Sheffield and Co superintendent was found dead with a bullet wound in his head, suicide suspected though his wife questions murder.
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Pittsburg
Ludwig Sezegiel
Chicago
Carson Street
Steven
Andrew Starzynski
Andrew
Lorain
Ohio
Arthur L. Fitch
Sheffield and Co
Fitch
Editorial Association Meeting Highlights in Estherville
Editors at Estherville prepare for Northwestern Iowa Editorial association gathering. George E. Roberts president of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago will deliver an address on government functions. A banquet tops the evening program as visitors are welcomed and entertained.
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George E. Roberts
Estherville
Northwestern Iowa Editorial Association
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Explosion at Bomb Factory Kills Four Anarchists
Four anarchists were seriously wounded in an accidental explosion at a bomb factory run by an anarchist group in Lisbond. Police adopt precautionary measures as the incident unfolds.
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Lisbond
Deportation of 106 Japanese Arrives From Mexican Border
From San Francisco on the Machuria, 106 Japanese will depart for the Orient. The group comprises those caught stealing across the Mexican border into the United States, marking the largest such deportation from the coast.
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San Francisco
Machuria
Orients
United States
Liquor Dealers Barred from Catholic Foresters Membership
In St Paul on August 8 the International convention of the Catholic Order of Foresters adopted an amendment prohibiting liquor dealers wholesale and retail and bartenders in saloons from becoming members. The measure was approved by a large vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Catholic Order of Foresters
Train Kills Four at New Jersey Crossing
Four Norwood house workers died when their carriage was struck by a Pennsylvania flyer at Corlies avenue in Allenhurst New Jersey. Victims were Thomas Edwards the driver Loretta Grace Kenneth McDonald and Hannah Murphy.
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Allenhurst
N. J
Norwood House
Pennsylvania
Corlies Avenue
Thomas Edwards
Loretta Grace
Kenneth McDonald
Hannah Murphy
Ringing of Bell Foils Bank Robbery in Suburb
Three masked men attempted to rob Merchants Bank at Strongsville near Cleveland on August 8. The burglary alarm rang, alerting citizens who fired on the burglars. two were wounded. The three suspects fled into nearby woods and were surrounded by armed farmers. capture seems imminent.
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Cleveland
Merchants Bank
Strongsville
France Proposal Prohibiting Prize Money Adopted at Geneva
The Hague August 8 The committee on the Geneva convention approved a French plan to ban prize money for warship crews by 16 to 4 with fourteen abstentions and twelve absentees. Joseph Choate noted US law already bans prize money. France also failed to win indemnification for owners of captured merchantmen by 13 to 7.
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Hague
Joseph Choate
United States
France
Building bids advertised for Muscatine public building
Washington D C Aug 8 Special Bids on the Muscatine public building have been advertised for by the treasury department. They are to be opened September 19.
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Washington, D. C
Muscatine Public Building
Treasury Department
Telegraph Operators Strike Reopens Tensions Coast to Coast
The Western Union Telegraph strike spreads from Los Angeles to San Francisco as operators allege discrimination and demand reinstatement. About 70 LA workers joined the walkout, while New York reports consider reopening the San Francisco dispute if conditions do not improve within the arbitration window.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Western Union Telegraph
Cal
Western Union Telegraph Company
Brewery Fire in Santiago Kills or Injures Forty
In Santiago Chile on August 8 a brewery eruption of carbonic acid pipes caused a blaze that killed or wounded about forty people. Local authorities reported the incident during the fire.
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Santiago
Chili
Union Pacific Declares Quarterly and Semiannual Dividends
New York August 8 The directors of Union Pacific announce a regular quarterly dividend of 2 percent on common stock and a semi annual dividend of 2 percent on the preferred.
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New York
N. Y
Union Pacific
Steamer Alliance Collides and Sinks Off Willamette River
The Port steamer Alliance from Coos Bay to Portland collided near the Panama mouth and sank. Passengers and freight were aboard the Alliance and the City of San Francisco liner was en route from Portland. the full passenger list was saved, with authorities bringing survivors to Peru.
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Portland, Ore
Alliance
Coos Bay Land
San Francisco
City of
Panama
Portland
Willamette River
Ghastly Find Exhumes Miner Body Near Alta Mill
In Telluride Colorado the skeleton of W. J. Barney, a union mine worker missing since 1901, was unearthed by General Bulkeley Wells and associates from an improvised grave twelve miles from town. Steve Adams, jailed in Idaho, led the party. Nearby coal mines in Trinidad close citing a railway strike leaving 2,500 out of work.
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Telluride
Colo
W. J. Barney
Barney
Trinidad
Colorado and Southern
Williams Wins S text Over Vardaman in Senate Nod
Jackson Miss Aug 8 The Democratic state executive committee declared John Sharpe Williams the U S Senate nominee after canvassing returns showed a majority of 648 votes over Vardaman with no contest expected.
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Jackson, Miss
Democratic State Executive Committee
John Sharpe Williams
United States
Williams
Deserters to be turned over to German counsel
The dispute between the German consul and the Chinese vice consul at San Francisco over twenty four Chinese deserters from the German tramp steamer Tolosan is settled by the U S department of justice. The deserters will be surrendered to the German counsel in Washington D C.
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New York
N. Y
San Francisco
Small
Telegraphers’ Union
Labor Neill
Washington
Stewart
Neill
U. S
Washington, D. C
Tolosan
Department of Justice
Street fighting rattles city as Casablanca action reported
Reports describe ongoing street fighting leaving the city in ruins. In Casablanca Jewish quarter, about 2,000 French troops are involved, with sackings reported amid the disruption.
European tensions rise as Casablanca battles flare
Tangier reports French warships landed 2,000 men at Casablanca amid street fighting and sacked Jewish quarters. Destruction of Mazagan follows shelling while European consuls urge stores reopen. German papers debate France actions and global policing plans.
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Tangier
Casablanca
Magazan
London
Mazagan
Berit
France
Koenlische Zeitung
Boersen Zeitung
Pope cancels receptions amid fears of insults
Rome August 8 The pope countermanded all receptions planned for the anniversary of his coronation fearing cardinals could be insulted in the streets on their way to the Vatican.
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Rome
Vatican
Alabama Legislature Honors Jefferson Davis Monument Plan
The Alabama legislature adjourned after approving a monument to Jefferson Davis near the spot where he took the oath as president of the Confederacy. The action marks the final act of the session.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Jefferson Davis
Infidelity Kills Gambler McDonald in Chicago
Michael C. McDonald once a city boss gambler and prominent politician lies in a hospital dying, with physicians saying he cannot outlive the day. His wife Mrs Cora McDonald awaits trial for the murder of Webster S Guerin. The affair and its disclosures are said to have hastened his death.
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Chicago
Michael C. McDonald
McDonald
Cora McDonald
Websters
Guerin
Catholics to Fight Rum Trade with National Union
Cleveland convention reports the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America now has about one million members in over a thousand branches. A lecture bureau will spread temperance doctrine to Catholics nationwide.
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Cleveland, O
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
United States
Dolliver Unable to Speak at Chautauqua
Dolliver is ill and cannot address the Chautauqua program at Columbus Junction, delaying or canceling his scheduled appearance.
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Dolliver
Judge Lindsey Holds Court of the Juvenile Thought and Reform
Columbus Junction August report on the Chautauqua day features Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver speaking on The Mistakes of Mickey. He urges home and school action to protect and reform children while critiquing harsh jail methods and promoting juvenile detention schools over punishment. Senator Doliver was ill. Governor Cumming unavailable. other talent filled the program.
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Columbus Junction
The
Chautauqua
J. P. Doliver
Iowa
Cumming
Carolina
Lindsey
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Mickey
Illinois and Iowa Weather Showers Through Friday
Illinois sees showers tonight and Friday while Iowa reports showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight with showers again Friday. Sunrise 4 52 and sunset 7 06 with moonset at 7 03.
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Ilinois
Iowa
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United Mine Workers of America
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