Doubles Value of Feed Case Forged in Chicago for Corn Treated Beef
Chicago reports a new method by John Kammer and the American Grain Growing Company that uses a moss insulated case to sprout corn before feeding. The process doubles grain weight, improves tenderness and fat distribution, and promises lower beef costs with long lasting equipment. Farmers stand to recoup costs in a year, with cases lasting 15 to 20 years.
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Chicago
John Kammer
American Grain Growing Company of Chicago
Frank Froethling
Rock River shifts channel one mile away near Prophetstown
Heavy rains cut a new rock river channel near Prophetstown Illinois diverting Rock River to flow one mile from the old waterway. Sterling reports on July 29 that the town now lies one mile south of the river after the change.
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Rock River
Sterling
Ill
Prophetstown
Desperado McKinney Vies With Tracy In Wild Chase
Fresno July 29 James McKinney escaped in a stolen rig after shooting five men in a sequence of robberies and gunplay. He began by shooting a gambler in a saloon and forced a livery stable to lend a rig. A pursuing party including a constable deputy and two citizens followed, wounding McKinney and four pursuers as William Lynn died from buckshot wounds.
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Fresno
Cal
Tracy
James McKinney
McKinney
William Lynn
Failed attempt to loop the loop ends in crash at Westminster Aquarium
London on July 29 reports the second attempt to loop the loop on a bicycle at the Westminster Aquarium ended in a crash. The rider swerved after exiting the loop and slid a distance, causing spectator consternation. He wore heavily padded clothing and escaped serious injury.
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London
Westminster Aquarium
Storms and Explosions Hit Coast and City
Fifteen thousand acres of grain lay flat by a wind and hail storm. Cyclone swept ashore five vessels at Guaymas and wrecked a steamer at Mazatlan with fears of loss of life. Dynamite explosion at New York’s subway injured four men and shocked others. Pittsburg fire gutted stores between a paint shop and Stuart Bros. rubber goods, causing $800,000 in losses and injuring five firemen.
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Larimore
N. C
Tuscon
Ariz
Gulf of California States
Guaymas
Mazatlan
New York
New Subway
42Nd and
Park Avenue
Pittsburg
Stuart Bros. Rubber Goods
Chamberlain Expects Attendance Amid Colonial Office Vote
London July 29 Colonial Secretary Chamberlain has recovered enough to attend the House of Commons as the colonial office vote is discussed. He was recently thrown from a cab and sustained injuries but will be present for today’s session.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Colonial Office
Farmers Plan Big Trust to Hold Wheat and Corn
A movement in Indiana aims to unite farmers nationwide to form a giant cooperative controlling wheat and corn production. Proponents say the plan could lift annual farmer gains to about 500 million dollars by withholding crops until prices rise, led by Clarence Miller of Frankfort who started the effort.
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Lagrange
Ind
United States
Clarence Miller
Frankfort
Illinois Telegraph men strike settlement reached in Chicago
President W J Lolyd of the Illinois District Telegraph company states the messengers accepted a 75 cent rate for ten hours with overtime pay, not 95 cents. They settled on 1.25 for ten hours Sunday and did not require union recognition. Night men returned to work immediately after the conference.
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Chicago
W. J. Lolyd
Illinois District Telegraph Company
Texas
Day With The President Admission Tickets To Coronation
Oyster Bay reports deny Odell withdrawal from politics for Harriman rail interests. President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt rode in the morning. Mayflower sails to join the squadron. Sylph to bring Senator Platt and others. London notes Abbey tickets read Coronation of their majesty in 1902 and spark comment over date uncertainty.
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Oyster Bay
Odell
Harriman
Roosevelt
Sylph
Platt
London
Middleton electrocuted for wife murder at Dannemora
George D. Middleton, the New York wife murderer, was executed by electric chair in Dannemora today. The crime was committed a year ago and he had been tried the previous month.
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Dannemora
N. Y
George D. Middleton
Spalding May Be Released by Writ of Habeas Corpus
Chicago July 29 Judge Dunne indicates a writ of habeas corpus may free Charles Warren Spalding former Globe Savings Bank president and ex treasurer of the University of Illinois from Joliet penitentiary. He questions 1899 parole law as unconstitutional due to delegation of pardons power, leaving the state to argue its validity before a writ decision.
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Chicago
Dunne
Joliet
Charles Warren Spalding
Globe Savings Bank
University of Illinois
State Board of Pardons
Spalding
Praise for Schwab Framing American Success
An editorial in The Allegerie Telegraph lauds Charles M. Schwab as a model modern American, praising his ceaseless activity and linking his vigor to America’s success while warning that his indisposition could pose grave dangers to the nation.
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Vienna
Allegerie Zeitung
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
America
Chief Rabbi Josephs Dead in Brain Embolism
New York railway board reports Chief Rabbi Josephs head of the Orthodox Jews of America died from embolism of the brain. The notable religious leader was widely respected for his advocacy and community work.
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Rabbi Josephs
The
Orthodox Jews of America
New York
Josephs
Cause of Mine Explosion at Rolling Mill Mine
Johnstown Pa July 29 The coroner s jury investigating the Rolling Mill mine disaster of July 10 finds the explosion caused by an unknown person entering room No 2 in the sixth right heading where gas existed with an open lamp and violating Cambria Steel company mine rules and regulations.
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Johnstown
Cambria Steel Company
Bad Nickels In Circulation In Louisville
Louisville is flooded with thousands of bogus nickels and the matter has been placed in the hands of secret service officers. Private detectives have been employed by the Louisville railway company, which has been the principal sufferer.
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Louisville
Louisville Railway Company
Rothschild Suicide Ends Life of Chicago Merchant
A. M. Rothschild prominent head of the State street store A. M. Rothschild & Co. died by his own hand at his home on Thirty Seventh place and Michigan avenue Chicago yesterday afternoon. Temporary insanity from acute insomnia listed as the cause. He previously lived in Davenport Iowa with his family.
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Chicago
Davenport
A. M. Rothschild
State Street
A. M. Rothschild & Co
Thirty-Seventh Place
Michigan Avenue
Insurance Firms to Cancel Policies in Jackson Ky
A Jackson report says insurers will withdraw all policies from Jackson Kentucky on Saturday after an attempted arson of C. Q. Bowling general store linked to the Hargis Cockrell feud. The action comes as a response to the fire attempt and follows a Lexington dispatch dated July 29.
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Jackson
Lexington
C. Q. Bowling
Hargis-Cockrell
Soufriere Volcano Erupts Again on St Vincent
Volcanic activity at La Soufriere continues with eruptions since last Monday and a severe earthquake shock plus tidal wave impacting the northeast coast. Many residents flee the island as authorities feed 6,000 people and refugees are housed on acquired lands in safer areas.
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la Soufriere
St. Vincent
Kingstown
May Pick Marshall May Pick Marshall
In Monmouth Illinois July 29 Judge J Ross Mickey refuses renomination as Democratic congressman from the fourteenth district triggering party skirmishes ahead of the convention. A Warren County Democrat article mentions Hearst Scott and Marshall as possible candidates with Mayor Marshall of Keithsburg seen as a leading rival to win a seat amid a 6000 Republican majority.
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Monmouth
Lll
J. Ross Mickey
Fourteenth
Warren County Democrat
State Central Committee
Hearst
Rock Island
Scott
Aledo
Marshall
Keithsburg
America
Brakeman Killed in Carrollton Train Incident
Er man E. Strong, a Northwestern brake man, was killed at Carrollton yesterday. Boone, Ira., July 29. Special report notes a fatal railroad accident involving Strong on the Northwestern line.
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Boone
Ira
Erman E. Strong
Carrollton
Democrats plan campaign push in Congress race
Chicago July 29 Ben T Cable Rock Island leader and DNC executive committee chairman arrives to organize a week long campaign effort. He cites tariff trusts and the Philippines as key issues and notes abolition of tariff on trust made goods as a campaign aim. He will distribute circulars and literature including Hoar Philippines speech.
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Chicago
Ben T. Cable
Rock Island
Democratic National Congressional Committee
Cable
Philippines
Hoar
Congress
E Philippines
Senate
House
Farmer’s Son Killed in Farm Hand Altercation
Springfield report says Elmer Brown aged 19, son of William Brown of near Berlin, was killed instantly by a blow to the stomach from John Stregle a farm hand during a weed cutting dispute. Stregle surrendered to police and was jailed.
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Springfield
Wireless phone a success in Berlin tests
Berlin July 23 Ernst Ruhmer the electrical inventor succeeded Saturday evening in telephoning seven kilometers by his wireless method. The speaking voice was perfectly audible continuously during the experiments.
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Berlin
Ernst Ruhmer
Convict Cofield Claims 97 as He Sits in Prison
Bad Axe Michigan July 29 Jacob Cofield known as the Bad Axe convict was moved from the Ionia reformatory to the Jackson prison last week He says he is 97 years old born in Georgia in 1805 He fought in the Civil War joined the First North Carolina Confederate infantry and claims to have known General Lee He bears bullet marks he says came from battles and has seven years left on a ten year sentence for attempted murder
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Bad Axe
Mich
Jacob Cofield
Ionia Reformatory
Jackson Prison
Georgia
North Carolina
Gen. Lee
Slaughter Of Six Hundred Goats Near Grand Junction
A group of fourteen masked men attacked the Angora Range goats on Pinon Mesa grazing ground. They bound three herders and slaughtered more than 600 goats by shooting and stabbing. Mrs M B Irving manager of the association had relocated from Chicago two years earlier.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Angora Range Association
Pinon Mesa
M. B. Irving
Colorado
Chicago
Robbers Loot Former Iowa City Editor’s Home
Thieves broke into George T. Reddick’s residence between 2 and 4 am Sunday in Iowa City. They took about 200 dollars worth of jewelry clothing and money but left the silverware.
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Iowa City
George T. Reddick
Generally Fair Warmer Iowa Forecast tonight and Wednesday
Chicago July 29 Special In dications for Iowa. Generally fair to night and Wednesday except possibly local thunderstorms north portion. Warmer east portion tonight.
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Chicago
Iowa
Litt buys major share of McVicker Theater in Chicago
Jacob Litt purchased seven eighths of the capital stock of the McVicker Theater company from Harriet G. McVicker widow of James H. McVicker. He acquires that share of the Madison street theater building and the leasehold on the ground. The company capital is $500,000 with about twelve holders owning the remaining eighth. Terms were not disclosed.
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Chicago
Jacob Litt
Harriet G. McVicker
James H. McVicker
McVicker Theater Company
Madison Street
Vrooman Co-operative Movement Gains Boston Investor
George F. Washburn, a Boston capitalist, plans to join the Central Western Co-operative Association in Kansas City. Walter Vrooman says the movement now represents about $1,000,000 in capital across its cooperative network.
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Kansas City
Vrooman
Princeton Students Face Broad Move to Lower Classes
Princeton New Jersey July 29 final reports of May and June examinations show over fifty students dropped to lower classes. Most affected are in the school of science which till now had few delinquents.
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Princeton
N. J
School of Science
Arthur Lynch Arraigned On Treason Charge
London on July 29 Colonel Arthur Lynch Irish member of parliament was arraigned again and remanded to allow lawyers time to study the evidence for the treason case against him.
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London
Arthur Lynch
W. D. Burk Improvement Reported At Hospital
Reports from W. D. Burk's bedside indicate he is much better after a period of poor health. Dr. William E. Morgan, a prominent Chicago physician, arrived in the city to review the case as friends express relief at the sudden improvement.
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W. D. Burk
Wm. E. Morgan
Chicago
Allen Named General Passenger Agent for Rock Island Lines
Chicago announces Leon M. Allen will be general passenger agent for the Rock Island lines east of the Missouri river with Chicago headquarters. He has served as assistant GPA since 1898 and will report to John Sebastian. West of the river E W Thompson to become GPA. other appointments include C G Delo and Garrett Davis as principal assistant engineers. The Rock Island system grows, aiming to become the largest in the West, from under 4900 miles to about 13100 miles total.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Leon M. Allen
Missouri River
Mr. Allen
John Sebastian
E. W. Thompson
Kansas City
C. G. Delo
Garrett Davis
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
University of Michigan
Moores
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