Chicago Bankers Offer 5000 Reward for Paul Stensland
Warrant issued for Henry W. Hering cashier of Milwaukee Avenue State Bank on forgery charges. Chicago Clearing House Association offers a $5,000 reward for the apprehension and delivery of Paul O. Stensland, fugitive bank president, to Cook County sheriff. Bankers unite to stop wildcat banking as investigations widen.
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Chicago
Henry W. Hering
Milwaukee Avenae State Bank
Marius S. Kirkeby
James B. Forgan
First National Bank
Clearing-House Association
Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Clearing-House Committee
Cook County
Illinois
Ill
Chicago Clearinghouse Association
Gibbons
Chicago Title and Trust Company
John C. Fetzer
Brentano
Chum
Leone Langdon Key
Lares
Stensland
Theodore Stensland
Footer
Jacob J. Kern
Stensland Mansion
Leone Langdon
Northwest Side
Chicatzo Clearing House Association
C. C. Jones
Examiner
Clearing-House
Ilinois
Democratic State Convention Opens in Texas Crowds Gather
Dallas August 14 before one of the largest political gatherings in Texas the democratic state convention was called to order today. Interest centers on the gubernatorial nomination as workers for several candidates test the strength of their supporters. The governor nomination is not decided until tomorrow.
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Dallas
Texas
Nishni
Novgorod
Gordievka
Tcherniygov
Borsenoa
Nizhni
Sarmova
Lublin
Emperor and family at Krasnoye-Selo amid danger
The Russian court, including the emperor and Grand Duke Nicholas, travels to Krasnoye-Selo for a week at the guards camp after an attempted assassination, while other towns report flames, arrests, and revolutionary violence across Nizhni and Lublin regions.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Krasnoye- Selo
Krasnoye-Selo
United Teamsters of America Formed Amid Factional Split
The United Teamsters of America elected Newton W. Evans as president with support from seventeen Chicago unions and others from New York and various cities. Shea faction efforts to restore harmony failed as a nine member committee sought terms at Clark Street meetings without result.
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Chicago
Ill
United Teamsters of America
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Newton W. Evans
Bloomington
New York
Teamsters
Cornelius P. Shea
General Committee
Randolph Street
Shea
Clark Street
Bryan plans Australia trip after November election
William J. Bryan confirms reports he will visit Australia soon after the November vote. He defends Sullivan’s refusal to resign, saying a fight to purify the party may be necessary. In Lincoln a Sept 5 homecoming with Governor Mickey addressing Bryan is planned with capitol events and fireworks.
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Paris
France
Wm. J. Bryan
Melbourne
Australia
Bryan
National
Sullivan
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
State Capitol
Mickey
Capitol
Eagles Sweep Grand Aerie Convention in Milwaukee
Milwaukee August 14 The eighth annual Grand Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles session opened at the Pabst theater with about 1500 delegates. Mayor Becker extended the freedom of the city as visitors arrived while Grand Worthy President H D Davis reported a yearly membership gain to 250000.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Grand Aerie
Order of Eagles
Pabst
Becker
H. D. Davis
Davis
Clear Way for Big Boats Sixth Span Removed at Superior
The channel at the interstate bridge remains open for boats up to thirty seven feet beam. Whitney Brothers will first lift off the sixth span. Four scows will be sunk under the span and pumped dry before towing the 1,600,000 pound section to safe moorings to clear a passage for large steamers.
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Superior
Wis
Interstate Bridge
Whitney Brothers
Macedonian Leader Hides near Prince Ferdinand Villa
Vienna dispatch reports Yanne Sandausky, former brigand boss who kidnapped Helen M. Stone in 1901, has taken position in the Bistritza forest near Prince Ferdinand's villa with alleged plans to assassinate the prince. The villa remains heavily guarded and the prince rarely ventures out.
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Ferdinand
London
Vienna
Yanne Sandausky
Helen M. Stone
Bistritza
Prince Ferdinand
Pope Issues Encyclical to French Church Leaders
Rome August encyclical to French archbishops and bishops outlines conduct amid laws separating church and state. It cites the previous encyclical and urges steps to defend and preserve religion in France.
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Rome
Italy
France
Observatore Romano
Emperor to Meet King in Friedrichshof
London reports King Edward left the city for the continent. The major event is the planned meeting with Emperor William at Friedrichshof on Thursday this week, attracting widespread interest.
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London
Eng
Edward
Continent
Emperor William
Friedrichshof
Races On At Marblehead Second Trial Opens
Marblehead Mass August 14 The second trial of the Roosevelt cup defense races for small yachts began in light wind. Seventeen boats crossed the line on a six mile course to windward and returned at 11 55. The Cod owned by Dr Prince of Boston led the fleet at the line.
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Marblehead
Mass
Leeward
Dr. Prince
Boston
Englishman fined for kissing flag at Bayonne theatre
James Piere, an Englishman, was fined $25 in Bayonne New Jersey police court for kissing the American flag during a theatre performance last night. The incident drew hisses and nearly caused a riot as the audience reacted during the show.
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Bayonne
N. J
James Piere
Jurists to Praise McKinley Memorial Dedication
Justice W R Day of the U S supreme court and Senator John W Daniel of Virginia will speak at the dedication of the McKinley memorial in Columbus at the statehouse grounds main entrance on September 14 the fifth anniversary of President McKinley death.
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Columbus
W. R. Day
United States Supreme Court
John W. Daniel
Virginia
Statehouse
Alleged Jury Tampering in Montana Land Fencing Case
In Helena on August 14 the U S attorney disclosed evidence of attempted jury tampering in the trial of J T Carroll a Butte lumberman charged with illegally fencing land He named Will Carroll brother of the defendant as the alleged ringleader and the court ordered an investigation.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
United States
J. T. Carroll
Butte
Raush
Will Carroll
Seven Injured in Missouri Kansas Texas Frisco Collision
Sedalia Missouri August 14 seven passengers were injured three seriously but none fatally in a collision at Fort Scott Junction Kansas between a Missouri Kansas and Texas train and a Frisco switch engine. The train had stopped at a crossing when the switch engine collided with the chair car. No passengers in the cars were hurt.
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Sedalia
Fort Scott Junction
Kansas
Bank Forgery Case Ties Prominent Lansing Family
Harry J. Cowley a broker and member of a prominent Lansing family was arrested in Lansing Michigan on charges of involvement in forging stock certificates for the United Pacific Railway Company Cowley denies the accusation.
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Lansing
Mich
Harry J. Cowley
United Pacific Railway Company
Cowley
Framing Oil Indictment Targets Standard Oil
Assistant Attorney General Pagin resumed work in Chicago to draft an indictment against Standard Oil for the upcoming grand jury report on August 20. He previously handled the federal grand jury indictment in Jamestown New York and preparatory steps included issuing subpoenas for the new panel to be impaneled this morning.
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Chicago
Ill
Pagin
Morrison
Standard Oil Company
Jamestown
N. Y
Federal Grand
Standard Company
Roosevelt Approves Stand-Pat Republican Book
President Roosevelt reviewed the proof sheets of the Republican campaign text book in Oyster Bay on August 14 and fully approved its handling of issues. Congressman James S. Sherman presented the proofs, calling the book a stand-out document with word pictures of the party’s record and reasons to keep it in power.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
James S. Sherman
New York
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Sherman
New Friend for America in Uruguay Visit
Secretary Root and family after farewell calls to President Ordonez and Uruguayan officials sail on an Argentine gunboat to Buenos Ayres. He will be formally greeted at the landing at 11 o clock tomorrow morning as President Ordonez and ministers bid him farewell with a warm show of respect.
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Montevideo
Ordonez
Uruguay
Root
Buenos Ayres
Jury Jury Guarded in Galbraith Lynching Case
Springfield Mo August 14 The jury selection began in the trial of Doss Galbraith a reputed mob leader linked to the April hangings of three Black men The crowded courtroom faced tight order with deputies guarding rope separated witnesses and a roped off panel of potential jurors.
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Springfield
Doss Galbraith
Talesmen
Judge decides for miners in Illinois wage dispute
Judge F F Kimbrough acting as arbitrator ruled the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad could set lower mining rates at Gillespie Illinois than at Cherry Illinois due to differing conditions and shipping costs. The decision, while not a court ruling, sustains the rates as fair amid union objections.
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Springfield
Ill
F. F. Kimbrough
Danville
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
United Mineworkers
Ilinois
Cherry, Ill
Northwestern
Gillespie
Cherry
St. Paul
Kimbrough
Inquiry Opened Into Toledo Ice and Rail Rates
Inter state Commerce Commissioner Clem ents began an inquiry into railroad ice shipments into Toledo. Forty witnesses were summoned. Joseph A. Miller of Toledo Ice and Coal Co. testified after a recent workhouse sentence for conspiracy. Luther Walter said government witnesses would be immune, but their corporations could face penalties if convicted.
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Toledo Ohio
Interstate Commerce
Clements
Toledo
Joseph A. Miller
Toledo Ice and Coal Co
Luther Walter
Goshen Treasurer Dies After Bank Failure Loss
E. E. Drake of Goshen Indiana, treasurer of Elkhart county, took his own life after a large loss from the Indiana National bank collapse. Ill health followed the $5,000 county funds loss he faced in replacing the failed bank.
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E. E. Drake
Goshen
Ind
Elkhart County
Indiana National Bank
Pulajanes Targeted in Provoked Push for Extermination
Governor Ide and U S officials held a Tacloban conference with Major General Wood Brigadier General Lee and Governor De Verra as fifteen presidents pledged to aid American authorities. They promised to provide information to exterminate the Pulajanes a vicious local faction.
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Manila
P. L
Ide
Tacloben
Leyte
Wood
Lee
de Verra
Woods Chosen Unanimous Chairman of Republican State Committee
Frank P. Woods of Estherville won a unanimous vote to lead the Republican state central committee, succeeding Spence. A Cummins supporter, Woods is a banker with ties to five Northern Iowa banks, about 40, and will devote three months to campaign activity.
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Des Moines
Frank P. Woods
Estherville
Republican State Central Committee
Woods
W. J. McCoy
Cummins
Spence
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Emmet
Great Fleet Will Gather For Roosevelt Review
The strongest fleet in U S history will be reviewed by President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay on September 3. The fleet, to sail aboard the Mayflower, totals forty five vessels with 1 178 guns, 812 officers and 15 235 men. Auxiliary ships will carry coal provisions and water beyond ship stores.
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Washington
United States
Roosevlt
Oyster Bay
Navy Department
Sacred Law Rules Persia Calls for National Assembly
Teheran August 14 The shah orders a national consultative assembly with representatives of all classes from princes upward to advise on state affairs and reform. Justice will follow sacred law. The grand vizier drafts procedural rules for approval by the assembly. All legislation goes to the shah for final approval.
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Teheran
Persia
Assembly
National Assembly
Grand Vizier
Judge closes probe into alleged franchise frauds in Denver
Judge Ben B. Lindsey ended his inquiry into alleged franchise frauds. Four witnesses testified they voted on the franchise using tax receipts for property they did not own. Lindsey ordered the four contempt prisoners rearrested, noting Sheriff Nisbet’s authority. All four had reportedly left the city.
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Denver
Colo
Ben B. Lindsey
Lindsey
Nishet
Palmer
Weather Update for Iowa Regions Today
Chicago reports east passes with showers in the west tonight. Central and eastern Iowa expect warmer conditions with Wednesday showers. Cooler air moves in from the west. Sunrise is 4 57, sunset 6 55, moonrise 12 09.
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