700 Killed or Wounded in Tartar Armenian Fight
St Petersburg reports 700 killed or wounded in renewed clashes between Tartars and Armenians in Shushan district Caucasia. Guards regiments return to Tsarskiy Selo camps as emperor plans five day visit. Empress yacht Alexandra heads to Peterhof amid talks of Finnish waters visit. Ministry pushes for a tractable parliament in December elections. Four socialists murdered in Tchemeerniki village.
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St. Petersburg
Shushan
Caucasia
Tsarskiy Selo
Alexandra
Peterhof
Warsaw
Tchemeerniki
Lublin
Five Die In Fire At Omaha Suburban Home
Five children of Thomas O Daniels of Seymour Park Omaha died last night in a blaze that destroyed the family house. Mrs O Daniels was badly burned and may not recover while her husband suffered serious burns in a bid to save his family. The dead are Lillie 15 Ernest 9 Bertha 7 Carl 4 Florence 3. Three horses perished in the stable.
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Omaha
Neb
Thomas O’daniels
Seymour Park
O’daniels
Lillie
Ernest
Bertha
Carl
Florence
Global alert issued for two bank officials
Chicago dated notice says Chief Collins distributed circulars describing Paul O. Stensland and Henry W. Hering to about 3000 cities worldwide. The men are charged with banking law violations and embezzlement and police everywhere are urged to seize the bank officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Collins
Paul O. Stensland
Henry W. Hering
United States
Canada
South America
Europe
Filipinos Favor Free Trade Despite U S Congress Rejection
Judge Finlay Johnson of the Philippine Islands Supreme Court said in Chicago that native Filipinos are disappointed by Congress refusing to place Philippine products on the free list. He registered at the Auditorium in Chicago on his way to Manila after months in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Congress
Finlay Johnson
Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands
Manila
United States
Cardinal Rampolla Ill With Declining Health
Rome reports Cardinal Rampolla papal secretary of state has suffered a breakdown in health with little hope of recovery.
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Rome
Rampolla
Murder and a death by own action in Cincinnati
Thomas McKenna a Grand hotel waiter killed his three year old child by throwing from a third story window then jumped to the sidewalk and died. Officials believe he was mentally deranged.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Thomas McKenna
Grand Hotel
McKenna
Roosevelt to Attend Coyote Drive in Oklahoma
President Roosevelt has signaled to John Abernathy that he will attend a Thanksgiving day coyote drive on the large Indian pasture in southern Comanche county. The event marks a shift as cattle kings exit and farmers move in with homestead land sales planned this autumn by the interior secretary.
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Lawton
Okla
Roosevelt
John Abernathy
Southwest
United States
Oklahoma
Comanche County
Secretary of the Interior
Convention Endorses Bryan for President in Morgan County
Morgan county Democrats meet in Jacksonville and endorse Bryan for president. They praise his attitude toward Roger C. Sullivan and draft a petition for the state convention to name him national committeeman replacing Sullivan.
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Morgan County
Bryan
Jacksonville
Democrats
Roger C. Sullivan
Sullivan
Wagon Crashes Down Hill Injuring Daughters of Liberty Members
A picnic wagon tipped over a 30 foot embankment in Pittsburg injuring 20 people. All passengers were members of the Council of the Daughters of Liberty and residents of Allegheny.
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Pittsburg
Council of the Daughters of Liberty
Allegheny
Largest wool clip shipped from Billings to Boston firm
The largest individual wool clip on the American continent, weighing 1,500,000 pounds, was shipped yesterday from Billings, Montana over the Burlington to a Boston wool firm. Fourty four cars carried the wool, and the owner turned down 24 cents a pound offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Billings
Burlington
Boston
Bolters Demand Gompers Aid as Shea Likely Re-elected
Insurgents who bolted the International Brotherhood of Teamsters convention plan a rival meeting while pressing that Shea and his ticket be rejected. Chicago officials expect two sets of officers. Gompers may intervene to mediate. Meanwhile dock hands and firemen strike in New York tying up perishable freight and vegetables, starving Jersey City to New York shipments.
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Chicago
Ill
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Shea
Gompers
National Federation of Labor
Driscoll
City
John C. Driscoll
Chicago Board of Arbitration
Teamsters of
New York
N. Y
Jersey City
Spiritualist quits the Czar after seances and pay
St. Petersburg report says Papus the spiritualist who allegedly influenced the emperor has gone abroad for medical treatment as pressure from public revelations shattered his nervous system. One paper claims Papus gave fifty seances to the emperor and received 25000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
The
Bourse Gazette
Papus
Wreck Sirio Salvage Sees Seventy Bodies Found Aboard
A diver involved in Sirio salvage reports finding seventy bodies inside the wrecked Italian steamer wedged between rocks. Efforts to raise the ship’s safe failed as it sits 45 degrees to starboard. Relief funds reach 28000 dollars with theater benefits planned for survivors.
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Cartagena
Sirio
Weber Not Bishop for Poles
Rome denies the Toledo report that Bishop Weber was named by the Pope to oversee Polish welfare in America. No Polish bishop has been appointed for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Toledo
Ohio
Weber
United States
America
Likely to Pass Up Hearst at Democratic Nomination
Democrats in New York think William R Hearst may be bypassed by the state convention in Buffalo on September 25 and seek a different nominee Hearst would then rely on his Independence League ticket. The rumor rests on Bryan followers not sealing the 1908 nomination and potential early clashes between Hearst and Bryan factions.
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New York Democrats
New York
William R. Hearst
Buffalo
Hearst
Independence League
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Dietz Dam Claim Said Flimsy in Wisconsin Record
Madison Aug 9 records and sworn testimony show John Dietz's accusations against Cameron dam in dispute with Mississippi River Lumber Company are flimsy and he has avoided jury submission.
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Madison, Wis
John Dietz
Mississippi River Lumber Company
Dietz
Cameron Dam
Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge Reports Strong Finances
Iowa City Aug 9 Special The grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias of Iowa reports a prosperous year with a surplus and substantial cash on hand. Receipts totaled 34922.52 and disbursements 18288.69. Cash on hand Aug 1 1906 was 135800.53 with major income from per capita taxes and a 5 percent gross receipts tax. Officers elected include N W Beebe and Justus Lamberson, while F E Outing withdrew.
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Iowa City
Grand Lodge
the Knights of Pythias of Iown
Hunter
W. M. Clark
Marshall Town
A. C. Savage
Adair
N. W. Beebe
Hampton
Justus Lamberson
Nora Springs
Charles Major
Anita
W. W. Epps
Ottumwa
H. D
Dad”) Walker
Mt. Pleasant
Exchequer
H. C. Schultz
Waterloo
General Fund
F. E. Outing
Center Point
Large crops predicted after midwest survey
W G Brown vice president of the New York Central railroad system returns from a Midwest tour through Illinois Indiana Missouri Iowa to assess crop conditions. He prepared reports on Kansas and Nebraska finding crops this year will be remarkable in both quantity and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
W. G. Brown
New York Central Railroad System
Middle West
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Pope Grant Indulgences to Abstinence Union Members
A papal letter opened the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America session in Providence. The pope urged total abstinence among Catholics and granted several indulgences as encouragement to members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Total Abstinence Union
Providence
R. L
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Treasury to Resume Silver Bullion Purchases
The Treasury Department announced that purchases of silver bullion for subsidiary coinage will resume. Purchases will be made every Wednesday starting August 15, with about 100000 ounces of silver required weekly.
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Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
Rockefeller Comes Down
Cleveland Ohio August 9 The Standard Oil Co today reduced the selling price of all grades of refined oil cent per gallop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Standard Oil Co
Kansas City Wins Cheap Gas Fight as Mayor Promises Support
Kansas City sealed a long fight for affordable gas when Mayor Beardsley pledged to sign the Fleming Wilson ordinance granting a 30 year franchise to a Chicago capital syndicate. The deal sets gas at 25 cents per thousand for domestic use and 10 cents for manufacturing, with artificial gas at 75 cents if supply fails.
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Kansas City
Beardsley
Fleming-Wilson
Chicago
Waterloo Club Faces Disbandment After Carnival Cash Shortage
The Waterloo baseball club in Waterloo Iowa is financially distressed and may disband within ten days. Players’ salaries remain unpaid for over a month, and Secretary White favors paying off the men and dissolving the team after the upcoming street carnival to raise funds. The carnival company is set for next week but funding prospects look bleak.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Baseball Club
White
Carnival Company
Love affair drives Kimball woman to insanity bid
Emma Havlik of Kimball South Dakota aged 26 daughter of wealthy parents is in custody of Sheriff Rowland in Iowa City after a broken heart and a sweetheart who fled. Insanity commissioners have not decided. Physicians advise rest and change of scene to aid recovery. She refuses to name her former admirer who attended the University of Iowa.
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Iowa City
Emma Havlik
Kimball
S. D
Rowland
University of Iowa
Chicago Woman Hangs Self at Kewanee Hospital
Mrs William Jones of Chicago visiting her parents at Kewanee Illinois hanged herself in a hospital room. She had been brought there for dementia treatment and tied a sheet to a ceiling water pipe before leaping from a dresser as the nurse brought her dinner.
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William Jones
Chicago
Kewanee
Ill
Downsville Father Kills Daughter Over Disputed Pregnancy
William Esler of Downsville Wisconsin killed his 7 year old daughter by striking her with a jug. He says the act followed his wife’s opposition to the child and he chased his wife with an ax before being arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menomonie
Wis
William Esler
Downsville
Esler
Fugitive Bankers Captured After Bank Failure
P Hagerty eighty year old president of the Elkhorn Valley bank in ONeill Nebraska was caught in southern Texas and held by officers for Nebraska action. The bank failed two years ago and examiners reported assets left after the flight of officers amounting to six cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neill
Neb
Texas
P. Hagerty
Elkhorn Valley Bank
Nebraska
Modjeska Hurts Face In San Diego Fall
Actress Helena Modjeska slipped on a polished floor at Dr John H Martindales home in Los Angeles and struck her cheek on a table corner injuring her temple and eye She canceled all social engagements during her visit to San Diego to rest.
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Los Angeles
Mme
Helena Modjeska
San Diego
John H. Martindale
Modjeska
New Steam Laboratory Planned for State University of Iowa
Plans are under way for a brick 40 by 80 foot steam laboratory for the College of Engineering at the State University of Iowa in Iowa City. The two story section will house a computing room to determine steam engine test results.
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Iowa City
College of Engineering
State University of Iowa
Coyne Bankrupt Tied to Ward Battles and Lawson Faction
Frederick E. Coyne former Chicago postmaster is declared bankrupt after an involuntary petition in U S district court. Judge Bethea named Chicago Title and Trust as receiver for Coyne bakery and lunchroom. Assets about 40 000. liabilities around 50 000. Creditors may be paid in full within six months under court supervision.
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Chicago, Ll
Victor F. Lawson
Lorimer
Thirteenth Ward
Frederick E. Coyne
Chicago
United States District Court
Bethea
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Coyne
Charles S. Deneen
Lawson
Wisconsin Grain Rates Reduced Statewide
The Wisconsin railroad commission ruled today that grain rates statewide will drop by about a cent per bushel. The decision is described as the commission's most important, affecting all railroads operating within Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Railway Commission
Wisconsin Commission
Couple Wed at First Sight in Prosser
A 65 year old groom and 64 year old bride wed at D. M. Angus parlor in Prosser Washington after meeting just hours before the ceremony. The bride was widow of a former friend. The unusual romance unfolded August 9 with both parties having never seen each other prior to the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foma
Prosser
Wash
D. M. Angus
Elks To Hold Special Meeting For Picnic Plans
The Muscatine Elks will meet tomorrow night at the hall to finalize arrangements for an outing. A preappointed committee has proposed several picnic locations, but no final choice has been made yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Muscatine Elks
Fourteen Year Old Boy Electrocuted in Pontiac
Alden Bruce fourteen, son of J A Bruce of Pontiac Illinois, was electrocuted yesterday morning after contacting a live electric light wire. The accident occurred in the city and police reported the incident as a fatal electric shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Ill
Alden
J. A. Bruce
Stensland to Face New Banking Charges in Chicago
Warrant sworn for Theodore Stensland the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank vice president on banking law violations. Henry W. Hering the missing cashier says he stayed in Chicago and planned to surrender today. Stensland promises to surrender his father’s property to the receiver and bank examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Theodore Stensland
the Tribune Today
Henry W. Hering
An Avenue State Bank
Hering
Paul O. Stensland
Leone Langdon Key
Hearst
Milwaukee Avenue Institution
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Irvine Park
Stensland
Forgan
First National Bank
State Bank Examiner
Olaf Severson
John C. Fetzer
C. C. Jones
Young Stensland
Loriz
Iowa Weather Forecast Charts Fair, Cooler North Central
Chicago reports Iowa weather as fair tonight with cooler conditions in central and east areas. Friday also sees fair skies. Sunrise at 4 51 a m and sunset at 7 01 p m with the moon rising at 10 02 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
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Pope
Rockefeller
Waterloo Club
Treasury Law
Tion
Mme. Modjeska
Fg. Coyne
F. Lawson
Theodore Stenslan
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