Illinois Republican State Convention Adopts Platform
The Illinois Republican State Convention at Springfield names candidates for treasurer and public instruction and three state university trustees. A platform endorses tariff flexibility, enforcement of laws, and national leadership with Sen. Cullom to seek reelection, Cannon as a 1908 presidential candidate, and no nominations yet at 3:20 PM.
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Springfield
Iil
State University
Roy O. West
O. F. Berry
Edward Shurtleff
Republican Party
United States
Amon
Illinois
Cullom
Cannon
Congress Appropriations Show Big Increase in 1907 Budget
Washington reports a 1907 fiscal year appropriation of 879.6 million dollars, up 59.4 million from 1906. Major items include 191.7 million for the Post Office, 140.2 million for pensions, and 42.4 million for the Isthmian canal. Other rises fund meat inspection, river and harbor work, diplomatic reorganization, and rural free delivery.
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Washington
Senate
House Committee
Congress
Post Office Department
Isthmian Canal
Freight er Frank H. Peavey Ashore on Gooseberry River
The large lake freighter Frank H. Peavey ran aground on Gooseberry River on the north shore about fifty miles from Duluth. Tugs are rushing to assist.
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Duluth, Minn
Frank H. Peavey
Gooseberry River
Duluth
Revolutionaries Mass for Monte Cristi Attack
Advices from Guayabin say 900 revolutionists led by General Guellito left Dajabon to join General Navarro and attack Monte Cristi. San Domingo government has 1,200 troops opposing them. a desperate civil war is feared.
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Cape Haytien
Hayti
Guayabin
Santo Domingo
Guellito
Dajabon
Navarro
Monte Cristi
San Domingo
Kidnapped Boy Returns Home After Eight Years
John Piche aged 14, who vanished eight years ago and was thought drowned, returned to Dollar Bay Michigan with his mother. He was traveling on a Portage Lake steamer when a passenger discussed the missing child case, prompting his inquiry and reunion. His father is dead and his mother has remarried.
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Dollar Bay
Mich
Calumet
John Piche
Piche
Portage Lake
Dying Patient Saved by Brother Blood Transfusion
Cleveland, Aug. 21. Joseph Miller, given up as dying two weeks ago at St. Alexis Hospital, is recovering after half his brother Samuel's blood was transfused. Dr Crile performed the operation, following a severe surgery and internal hemorrhages. Miller rallied after fresh blood was infused and is expected to be out in a few days.
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Cleveland Hospital
Cleveland
Samuel
Joseph Miller
St. Alexis Hospital
Crile
Miller
Engineer Prostrated by Heat in Ottumwa
Ottumwa Iowa August 21 Peter Hahn a Chicago Burlington and Quincy engineer was prostrated by the intense heat yesterday afternoon His condition last night was listed as serious due to his advanced age This marks the first heat prostration reported in Ottumwa this summer.
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Ottumwa
Peter Hahn
Red Cross Funds Ordered For Chilean Earthquake Relief
Washington August 21 The funds for Chilean earthquake relief may be sent to Charles Hallamkeep national treasurer of the American Red Cross at Washington for distribution through American diplomatic and consular representatives in Chile.
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Washington, D. C
Charles Hallamkeep
American Red Cross
Chili
Bishop Prohibits Funeral for Public Works Official
Louisville Kentucky August 21 Bishop Mc Closkey refused to permit funeral services for Spalding Coleman a member of the board of public works who died Saturday in City Hall The St Louis Bertrand church service had begun with the mayor and city officials present when a 30 minute pause followed a conference between relatives and priests before Father Flood announced the funeral was prohibited by the bishop.
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Louisville
McCloskey
Spalding Coleman
Board of Public Works
St. Louis Bertrand Church
Father Flood
Heat Claims Two Lives In Chicago At Noon
Two deaths and multiple prostrations were reported as Chicago sweltered under a noon temperature of 90 degrees. City health officials warned of heat risk and advised hydration and precautions for vulnerable residents.
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Chicago
Fight For Control Of Illinois Democratic Convention
Peoria Aug 21 The Democratic state convention opened amid a power struggle between Sullivan followers and Bryan Thompson Nelson factions. Key figures: Judge Carroll Boggs Rainey Henry T Rainey and O P Thompson. Resolutions call for Sullivan resignation and for Rainey to lead the convention with Boggs declined if not unanimous. The fight centers on control of the state party machine and key posts.
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Peoria
Ill
National ‘C
Sullivan
William J. Bryan
Rainey- Thompson-Nelson
Hompsonites
anti-Sullivan Forces
Carroll Boges
Henry T. Rainey
O. P. Thompson
The
Congressman Rainey
Thompson
William Jennings Bryan
Roger C. Sullivan
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Bryan
Judge Boggs
Boggs
Democratic Party
Convention
Illinois Socialists Hold Convention In Chicago Ward
About 600 delegates attended the Illinois socialist convention in Brand's hall Chicago led by Peter Miller. Delegations from Moline Rock Island and others arrived as leaders discussed nominees including Joseph Medill Patterson Rudolph Fifer and May Wood Simons. The platform praised the Russian revolutionists and condemned the Idaho miners jailings as class war.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Brand's Hall
Clark and
Erie Streets
Peter Miller
Evanston
Moline
Rock Island
Joseph Medill Patterson
Rudolph Fifer
Peoria
May Wood Simons
A. W. Simons
University of Wisconsin
University of Chicago
George W. Ashford
Savannah
Thomas J. Morgan
Western Federation of Miners
Idaho
Colorado
Cuban Alarm Grows as Gomez Leads Revolution
In Havana on August 21 Secretary of State and Justice Offarrill resigns from the cabinet over being out of touch with the insurrection. General Jose Miguel Gomez, heading insurgents from Yaguajay Santa Clara, has left for Havana as alarm spreads, with reports from Pinar del Rio confirming rising fear. Senator Offarrill later denied resigning, saying conditions looked favorable for the government.
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Havana
Justice Offarrill
Pique
Palma
Jose Miguel Gomez
Yaguajay
Santa Clara
Pinar del Rio
Secretary Wilson visits South Omaha packing plants
Omaha Neb August 21 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson arrived in South Omaha and toured the packing houses without publicizing details. He did not reveal information before leaving the town after a brief inspection of several plants.
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Omaha
Neb
Wilson
South Omaha
Rattlesnake Sighting Wounds Harold Currier Day on Mount Wilson
Harold Currier Day, a wealthy Sierra Madre resident, was bitten on the calf by a rattlesnake while with Dr. Bloomer on Mount Wilson. The physician immediately treated the wound by cutting and sucking out the poison, saving Day from serious harm.
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Sierra Madre
Cal
Harold Currier Day
Day
Bloomer
Dr. Bloomer
Mount Wilson
Sierra Madge
Attel and Carsey Set for 15-Round Sept. 3 Bout
Abe Attel and Frank Carsey signed articles to fight 15 rounds under Tri City Athletic Club in Davenport on September 3. They met in Grand Rapids last week with a disputed decision after 15 fast rounds. The fight will be at 124 pounds, 6 pm, with Abe Pollock as referee.
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Chicago
Abe Attel
Frank Carsey
Tri-City Athletic Club
Davenport
Grand Rapids
Attel
Carsey
Abe Pollock
Navy probes a new scandal at Mare Island yard
Vallejo Cal Aug 21 The court martial of Lieutenant Dunn at Mare Island appears only the start of a series of sensational navy yard trials. Evidence shows months of drunken revelries aboard the yard and on the receiving ship. Some officers say Dunn's arrest stems from jealousy and the Navy Department has ordered a thorough investigation and punishment of the guilty.
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Vallejo
Cal
Dunn
Mare Island
Navy Yard
Navy Department
Roosevelt Brothers Sightsee in Chicago Before Dakota Trip
Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt arrive in Chicago with two college friends for a day of sightseeing before heading to South Dakota for a hunting and fishing excursion.
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President Roosevelt
Chicago
Theodore
Kermit Roosevelt
South Dakota
Rockefeller Is Well Again Attends to Business
John D Rockefeller, laid up last week with stomach trouble, left his Cleveland home and went downtown to handle business matters today. He said he was again enjoying his usual good health.
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Magnate
Cleveland House
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Chicago Region
Chicago reports showers and cooler temperatures tonight and Wednesday. East portions see showers with a cooler day. Sun rises at 5 04, sets at 6 44, moon sets at 7 56 p m.
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Chicago
Woman slain by husband with hatchet in Illinois
In Bloomington on August 21 a miner's wife in Pontiac was killed by her husband who severed her throat and crushed her skull with a hatchet. He fled to a cornfield as a sheriff's posse hunted him. Family quarrel cited as motive.
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Bloomington
Ill
William Thomas
Pontiac
Washington age 120 woman dies in Ottawa Kansas
Mahala Lewis a presumed 120 year old woman died in Ottawa Kansas last night She claimed to have seen George Washington many times and was a native of Virginia unable to read or write
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Ottawa
Kas
Mahala Lewis
George Washington
Panama Canal bids seek 2509 Chinese coolies for labor
Washington August 21 Chinese labor for work on the Panama canal isthmian canal commission issued bidding specs for 2509 coolies with option to add more up to 210 a month. Workers may be hired two years ten hour days with time and a half overtime. Provisions include lodgings fuel water medical care burial grounds and 15 percent of laborers may accompany families. Foreman physician and interpreter required. Slavery and involuntary servitude prohibited.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
Choked Boy Dies After Apple Bite
Master Georgia Lachke nine died in Lone Tree Johnson county Iowa after a peanut shell lodged in his throat earlier and a later apple piece caused a fatal choking. The boy had survived a prior tracheotomy to remove the shell and was improving before the second incident.
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Iowa City
Georgia Lachke
Wm. Lachke
Lone Tree
Johnson County
Explosion at Eliza Furnaces Kills Three Workers
Three men died and two were seriously hurt with nine others unconscious after a gas explosion at Eliza Furnaces of Jones and Laughlins Steel in Pittsburg. Workers dumping ore and coke into the furnace from the top triggered the blast early today.
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Pittsburg
Eliza
Jones and Laughlins Steel Company
Juan Fernandez Isle Reported Destroyed by Earthquake
The Island of Juan Fernandez off Chile is reported destroyed by a South American earthquake. Made famous by Defoe in Robinson Crusoe, the isle lies about 40 miles off the Chilean coast and was long a refuge for buccaneers attacking Spanish ships.
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New York
Juan Fernandez
Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Chili
Long
D A R Conference Dates Shift to October in Iowa City
Mrs. Donald McClain president of the Daughters of the American Revolution issued a changed call for the Mississippi valley D A R conference to be held in Iowa City. The new dates are October 25 and 26.
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Iowa City
Donald McClain
New York
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mississippi Valley
Quillota Destroyed in Valparaiso Earthquake Aftermath
Reports from Lima and Buenos Ayres detail a massive quake impact with Quillota population 10,000 destroyed and Valparaiso fearing hundreds dead. Chilean capital rescues refugees, with government planning a 100 million reconstruction fund as troops restore order.
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Lima
Peru
Valparaiso
Quillota
Buenos Ayres
la Pax
Bolivia
Limicho
Conchali
Petaroa
la Placilla
la Calera
New York
Chili
Chilian Congress
South America
Santiago
W. R. Grace & Co
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Frank.h. Peavey
Gen. Navarro
RED Cross
Charles
Hallamkeep
Rev. McCloskey
Tween Sullivan
Roeschenstern
Tolson
J. A. Terrin
Belleville
Carroll Boggs
Fairfield
Edward Cahill
Rainey
Young Patterson
Ance
Cuba
Senor Offarrill
Jose Gomez
Field
Revolutionists
Cfarrell
SEC
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California
Attel and
NAVY
Iowa
Posse
Canal Commission
Jones
Laughlin Furnace
Auillota
Carlos Edwards
Mercurio of
Imendral
Victoria Theater
Grand Avenue
Victoria Square
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