Rock Island Sets Major Upper Mississippi Levee Contract
Rock Island district approves the $68,000 levee and drainage ditch project along the Upper Mississippi. R. H. McWilliams of Mattoon wins the bid for seven miles of levee and 14 miles of ditching, with completion aimed by September 1908. Pumping plant planned near Fourth slough to move floodwater. details to be finalised.
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Mississippi River
Rock Island
Drury District Drainage Commission
R. H. McWilliams
Mattoon
Upper
Mississippi
McWilliams
H. V. Fisher
Chester Liibridge
C. J. Carlson
W. Treachler
H. A. Weld
Mattoon, Ill
United States
Iowa City Youth Killed in Railroad Wreck
Iowa City fireman John Flanagan aged 25 was killed in a wreck near Trinidad Colorado while working for the Santa Fe railroad. He was unmarried and his telegram-ported death was received by his father Patrick Flanagan of Iowa City.
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Iowa City
John Flanagan
Trinidad
Colorado
Patrick Flanagan
Prisoner Denied Habeas Corpus In Leavenworth Case
Federal Judge Smith McPherson rejected George W. Kirkman ex captain of the U S army and now in Leavenworth federal prison a writ of habeas corpus. The ruling affects time off for good behavior for military prisoners and is Kirkman’s second attempt at release.
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Topeka
Kas
Smith McPherson
Head on Collision Near Marshalltown Injures Passengers
A Des Moines Kansas City Limited train and a Twin City Chicago Special collided head on near Marshalltown Iowa. The trains were moving slowly and passengers suffered bruises and a severe shaking up.
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Marshelltown
Chicago, Great Western Railway
Burlington Boy Drowns in River
Burlington Iowa July 31 Irvin Showalter aged 21 drowned while bathing with companions off a sandbar in the river
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Burlington
Irvin Showalter
Outlaw Raid Trade Platform Adopts Prohibition Stand
Nebraska prohibitionists meet in Lincoln and adopt an extreme platform calling for constitutional and statutory outlawry of liquor traffic. No state officers were nominated due to the direct primary law. The platform praises reformers’ victories in education, legislation, and judiciary warfare against liquor. Georgia moves toward dry law as Governor Smith is expected to sign a sweeping prohibition bill. chaos in liquor trade and multi‑million losses reported. railroads offer to move breweries to other states. Georgia’s whiskey interests look to Florida and Alabama.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Georgia
Augusta
Smith
Savannah
Florida
Alabama
Rattlesnake Attack Jeopardizes Iowa Senator Newberry
State Senator Byron Newberry, father of the Iowa pure food law, is near death in Waterloo after a rattlesnake bit him on the ankle on a farm near Strawberry Point. He walked through an oat field, heard the warning rattle, and could not escape the strike. Despite medical care, doctors fear the venom may prove fatal.
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Waterloo
Byron Newberry
Strawberry Point
Newberry
Death of Former Judge Francis Miles Finch in Ithaca
Long Dead Ithica July 31 reports former Judge Francis Miles Finch aged 80 died today in Ithaca New York He authored the ballad The Blue and the Gray and was known for his legal and literary work.
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Ithica
N. Y
Francis Miles Finch
America Against Proposition
Joseph H Choate explains the United States vote opposing the British measure to abolish contraband saying it limits list of contraband but any broader change would violate long standing custom It would create uncertainties for neutrals and Belligerents and harm world commerce without advancing peace.
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The
Hague
Joseph H. Choate
United States
Choate
Indian Woman Found Dead Near Circus in Ashland
The body of a Chippewa woman identified as Mrs. Charles Gooslin of the Red River reservation was found on the north western tracks in Ashland July 31. She was seen with another squaw near the tracks after the circus, and the companion is missing, raising fears of foul play.
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Ashland
Wis
Charles Gooslin
Red River Reservation
All-American Cable Service Opens August 1
Commercial service will begin August 1 over the All-American cable laid directly from New York to Colon by the Central and South American Telegraph company.
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New York
N. Y
Colon
Central and South American Telegraph Company
King Frederick of Denmark Visits Iceland
King Frederick of Denmark and Prince Harold with Premier Christensen and forty members of the rigsdag arrived in Reykjavik yesterday. A large crowd welcomed the royal party as His Majesty appointed a commission on the status of Iceland.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Frederick
Denmark
Harod
Christensen
Rigsdag
Judge Is Driven From Bench In Powers Murder Trial
Special Judge Robbins vacated the bench in the Caleb Powers murder case after an affidavit alleged prejudice. The move follows the filing of the affidavit and rearranges the court's proceeding context.
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Georgetown
Robbins
Caleb Powers
Trusts War Policy Threatens Unionists Over Strike
A New York report says the steel corporation will resume operations in the northwest, offering old workers return without prejudice and honoring a May wage agreement through October 31. The company plans to reopen docks at Duluth and resume mining if workers come back.
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New York
N. Y
Steel Corporation
Northwest
Duluth
United States Steel Corporation
Minn
Death by Chloroform Suspected in Magill Case
Clinton Illinois July 31 The medical report on Mrs Pet Magill first wife of Fred H Magill shows death by chloroform poisoning with trace arsenic detected Experts say the analysis supports the theory of a murder by a death by own action compact between Fred Magill and his wife If deceit is proven the case could be murder or manslaughter depending on intent, with a special grand jury to weigh evidence.
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Clinton, Ill
Pet Magill
Fred H. Magill
Miller
Lot H. Herrick
Fred Magill
Fire destroys Green Port Fisheries plant killing two
Green Port Illinois July 31 Fire gutted the American Fisheries Company plant 18 miles east of town. Two workers were killed and a third remained in critical condition. The loss was estimated at 800000 dollars.
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Green Port
L.il
American Fisheries Company
Here
Armenian Blackmailers Tied to Tavshanjian Murder
District Attorney Jerome takes personal charge of the probe into plots by Armenian blackmailers believed to have operated under the Armenian Revolutionary Society. Police and DA teams push to uncover more clues and potential arrests. a trunk in Lowell, Massachusetts reportedly holds papers detailing the conspiracies.
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New York
Jerome
H. S. Tavshanjian
Henchakists Armenian Revolutionary Society
Lowell
Mass
Nacionalistas Win Major Victory in Philippine Elections
Manila reports July 31 that the Nacionalistas, uniting independence factions, appear to hold a clear lead in the general election. Of 59 districts tallied, 31 Nacionalistas, 19 progressives, 8 independents, and one Catholic are elected. Commander Gomez leads in the first district. Justo Lakban contests both independence candidates. Full returns expected in about 10 days.
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Manila
Nacionalistas
Cominander Gomez
Justo Lakban
Bloody record of American railways kills thousands
Washington reports for the three months ending March 31 the Interstate Commerce Commission bulletin records 20 563 total casualties among passengers and on duty. There were 421 deaths and 4 920 injuries among them, with 3 991 collisions and derailments causing damage estimated at three and a half million dollars.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mystery and Love in Dual Death Tragedy Hints
Colorado Springs report ties Laura Matthews death to unrequited love and C A Coey. Amos Rumbaugh, linked to the case, shot himself and died at St Francis hospital after being summoned as a witness. Nurse Greene arrested as developments cloud the inquest.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Amos R. Rumbaugh
Laura Matthews
St. Francis’ Hospital
Richardson
Laura
Matthews
Miss Matthews
C. A. Coey
Chicago
Rumbaugh
Greene
Mt. Pleasant
Alta Vista
H. A. Thomas
Coey
Miss Greene
Self
Illinois and Iowa Weather Tonight and Thursday
The forecast provides fair conditions for Illinois and Iowa tonight and Thursday. Temperatures are expected to rise slightly with clear skies and daylight hours listed as sunrise at 5 and sunset at 7:30 with a moonrise at 41:33.
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Illinois
Iowa
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