Shaffer Strikes Faces Western Steel Labor Stand
Pittsburg reports Shaffer undecided as western steel workers refuse to strike, bound by their agreement with employers. Tighe arrives with Shaffer’s mandate to read messages and seek reversal while plants at Painter and Crescent Tin struggle with non union labor.
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Pittsburg
Shaffer
Chicago
Bay View
Votary
Painter
Amalgamated Association
Michael F. Tighe
Tighe
Theodore Shaffer
Calumet Theatre
Mr. Tighe
Wheeling
W. Va
Steel Trust
Carnegie
Cleveland
Crescent Tin Plate
Muscatine fall running meet fields rising fast
Promoter Neyens told a Journal representative that daily entries for the Muscatine fall running meet are increasing and prospects for a fast meet look encouraging. An experienced eastern starter has been secured and all races will be carried out satisfactorily to everyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neyens
Journal
Muscatine
Lawton Lots Fetch High Prices As Land Boom Expands
Lawton Oklahoma reports auction receipts may top 500000 as town lots go for high prices under federal direction. A 25 foot lot sold for 140 dollars per front foot, average about 55 per front foot. Banks and grocery firms begin building. many entrymen seek rich farming land near Red River and towns like Marlow and Duncan amid mineral claim suspicions.
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Lawton
Ok. T
Red River Country
Texas Line
Marlow
Duncan
Chickasawa
Hidden Cash Found by Oshkosh Plumbers
In Oshkosh Wisconsin Aug 14 plumbers working at the home of the late Stillman Stone uncovered a cache of $2000. Half was in paper in an old wallet and the rest in gold in a canvas bag tucked under a doorway step. Heirs received the money after it was turned over by the plumbers.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Stillman Stone
South Side
Bullion thief claims $50,000 to confess in theft case
San Francisco Aug 14 Jack Winters known as the Bullion thief says he was offered 50000 to confess. A revision shows total stolen sum now 320000 instead of 280000. Authorities suspect Winters hid more loot beyond his earlier claims.
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San Francisco
Cal
Jack Winters
Winters
Boys Prospecting for Pearls Near Sand Pump
In St Paul Minnesota on August 14 reports say local youths gather daily by the sand pump near Broadway along the river bend. They search river bottom sand for pearls hoping to strike it rich. A few small pearls have been found and sold to local jewelers.
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St. Paul, Minn
Union Depot Company
Broadway Street
Nine Die As Water Works Tunnel Fire Traps Men
In Cleveland a tunnel fire at crib number 2 of a new water works claimed five suffocations and three drownings. Eight workers perished from the initial blaze while 22 were rescued. A second shift of 30 men faced possible suffocation or drowning as air supply from the crib was uncertain. The fire’s cause remains unsolved and property damage is about 300000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New Water Works
Crib
Operator Turns Mad in Collision After Trains Depart
A reported incident notes an operator acted erratically before a collision as trains had cleared the station. No fatalities occur and the act is described as an attempted death by own action. Investigators review signals and timing of the derailment scenario.
Corner Apple Crop Battle In St Louis
A Missouri apple purchasing syndicate prompts a fight with St. Louis commission men as Armour agents visit orchards to buy entire outputs. Judge W. R. Wilkinson says the plan aims to corner the state’s red apples and flood the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Missouri
W. R. Wilkinson
Missouri Estate Board of Agriculture
Armour Packing Company
Judge Wilkinson
Armours
Combine
Ware and Davis Capture National Tennis Doubles Title
Newport, Aug 14 Ware and Davis won the national doubles championship at the tournament here this morning defeating their opponents to take the title in straight sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. L
Ware
Davis
GIVES AWAY A MILLION
Colorado Springs report reveals General J W Palmer distributed over one million dollars in Rio Grande Western stock to railroad employees after selling his interest for six million dollars. Every employee from foreman to general manager received a share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
J. W. Palmer
Rio Grande & Western Railroad
Navy officer Frederick Wise dies in Yokohama
The Navy department received a dispatch announcing the death in Yokohama of Commander Frederick Wise. Action details and date indicate an overseas fatality affecting American naval ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Yokohama
Frederick Wise
Lipton Leaves for America Amid Enthusiastic Sendoff
Sir Thomas Lipton departed for America from London on August 14 after a warmly received farewell. The event drew a large crowd and headlines celebrate his voyage. Lipton’s trip follows his recent sailing efforts and business ties.
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London
Sir Thomas Lipton
America
Explosive Joke Kills Two in Pittsburg Near Clark Mill
In Pittsburg on August 14 a prank set off railroad torpedoes near the Clark mill. The blasts were misreported as shots and two Black men were killed. No disturbance followed the incident.
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Pittsburg
Clark Mill
Pretorius Dies After Being Shot Through the Eye
Jagersfontein Orange River Colony August 14. Commandant Pretorius, recently shot through the eye, is dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jagersfontein
Orange River Colony
Pretorius
Train collision and derailment halt busy line
A gravel train and a fast freight collided on a heavy grade. The baggageman cried for help and bystanders restrained Greene until physicians arrived. Both engines were crushed and about a dozen cars piled up blocking the track for hours.
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Greene
Lightning Revives Girl After Hearse Struck in Funeral
In Hanston Kansas a 5 year old girl believed dead was revived when a lightning bolt struck the funeral hearse en route to the cemetery. The blast burst the coffin, knocked down two horses, and the girl sat up crying before being returned home. Doctors say she was in a cataleptic state and recovered without ill effects.
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Honston
Pearl prospect spurs rush in Winnebago City
Winnebago City Minnesota Aug 14 excitement mounts as W W Quiggle a local capitalist and part time geologist reports discovery of over a dozen pearls including a gem of notable value in the Blue Earth river near Winnebago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnebago City
Minn
W. W. Quiggle
Winnebago
Blue Earth
New York Police Captain Indicted Over Bribe Case
Captain Diamond of East Fifth Street police station is indicted for neglect of duty for failing to suppress a house at 27 Stuyvesant Street run by Lena Schmidt. Schmidt had charged wardman George Bissert with accepting a bribe of 559 dollars to tolerate the establishment. Bissert was sentenced to five years in State's Prison.
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New York
Diamond
East Fifth Street
Stuyvesant Street
Lena Schmidt
George Bissert
Bissert
Goff
First Avenue Store Clerk Boycott Turmoil in Great Falls
Three clerks union reps were horsewhipped by Mrs. William Glass wife of the store proprietor in Great Falls Montana. Fred Boulter Trades and Labor council president filed assault charges in Justice Safford court after the clash sparked by a boycott over the 6 oclock closing rule. The unionists entered the store with circulars warning patrons to stay away before Mrs Glass struck then pursued them onto the sidewalk.
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Great Falls
Mont
First Avenue
Clerks’ Union
William Glass
Fred Boulter
Trades and Labor Council
Justice Safford
Glass
Negro Terrorizes Ship Crew Aboard Sagadahoc
Alfred Wheeler, a Negro, attacked officers and held 100 passengers and crew at bay on the Sagadahoc after failing to receive the same service as white travelers. He threatened to shoot, fought officers, and was overpowered after a lengthy struggle. Wheeler was ironsed and delivered to authorities. he admitted the assault in court and was held for the federal grand jury.
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Boston
Mass
Alfred Wheeler
Sagadahoc
Wheeler
Federal Grand Jury
Weather Summary for Iowa Forecast
Partly cloudy in Chicago on August 14 with indications of similar conditions in Iowa. Tonight and Thursday are expected to remain partly cloudy with no significant precipitation.
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Chicago
Iowa
Milwau kee road contract to be let today confirms fall start
The Washington Journal reports President Harling asserts the cut-off will be built and the contract will be let today. Dispatches indicate construction could begin this fall if the award proceeds, with Chicago officials yet to respond by 3 PM.
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Harling
Milwaukee Road
Washington Journal
Chicago
Funeral Rites For Mrs. James Turkington Held In Letts
The funeral service for Caroline Griffin Turkington was conducted by Rev. T. S. Poole with D. C. Bevan in attendance. She died at home in Concord township Louisa county and was buried Tuesday in Letts cemetery. She was 45 years nine months old, born November 12 1855 at Strawberry Hill Muscatine county, married November 26 1874 to James Turkington, survived by four children Samuel H Clyde Effie Bell and Nelle May plus her husband and five children total with one died in infancy. she was active in Letts M E church since age 18.
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James Turkington
Concord Township
Louisa County
Mest
Letts
T. S. Poole
D. C. Bevan
Morning Sun
Turkington
William
Clement
Frank
Bell Lintner
Jane Griffin
Letts M. E. Church
Caroline Griffin
Strawberry Hill
Muscatine County
Samuel H
E. Clyde
Effie Bell
Nelle May
Prohibitionists Nominate Wapello County Ticket
The Louisa county prohibitionists met in Wapello Iowa to nominate county officials for the ticket. Rev Underwood of Columbus Junction gave the address followed by Enoch Potter of Morning Sun and S R Drake of Columbus City. Nominees selected include W L Brown for representative J D Bates for county treasurer Ralph Zimmermann for superintendent of public instruction J J Moore for sheriff and Enoch Potter for coroner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Louisa County
Underwood
Columbus Junction
Enoch Potter
Morning Sun
S. R. Drake
Columbus City
W. L. Brown
Roosevelt En Route East After Colorado Springs Visit
Vice President Roosevelt and William Allen White left Colorado Springs at 10:30 P.M. for the east. One stop is planned at Hutchinson Kansas to attend the Grand Army of the Republic reunion.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Roosevelt
William Allen White
Auction Rings Up No 15 660 Diamond at Frank the Jeweler
No 15 660 drew the diamond ring this afternoon at Frank the Jeweler big auction. The winner retrieved the ring and the number was recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank the Jeweler
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