White accuses bribery in Lorimer election testimony
Rep White of Illinois testifies before the Lorimer inquiry he took 1000 dollars from Rep Brown as part of a jackpot fund tied to Lorimer's vote. He also says Brown promised a share in the fund and that Wilson distributed millions in July 1908. White says he sought to expose Springfield corruption.
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Washington
Lorimer
Representative White
Illinois
White
Lee O'Neill Brown
Ilinois House
Representative Wilson
Brown
Wilson
Southern Hotel
St. Louis
Jay
Springfield
Chicago Tribune
Woman's Advance at Treasury Department Acknowledged
Miss Margar et V. Kelly of the mint bureau becomes the highest salaried woman in U S government history. Appointed examiner of mints by Secretary MacVeagh, she will earn 3000 dollars annually and act as director in absence of George FE. Roberts managing all mint operations and directing vast business.
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Washington
Margaret V. Kelly
Mint Bureau
Treasury Department
Kelly
Mac.Veagh
E Mint
Missely Willl
Ints
George FE. Roberts
Sues for 10000 in Insurance Policy Case
Mrs Care McKillop files suit against Continental Casualty for 10000, seeking payment on a policy held by her husband Alexander McKillop master mechanic for the Illinois Central railroad killed by a plunge from a second story Chicago window last winter after his name appeared in car repairing cases.
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Mpaign
Care McKillop
Continental Casualty Company
Alexander McKilop
Ilinois Central Railroad
Chicago
Wool growers urge veto of tariff revision
One million wool growers through F R Gooding head of the National Wool Growers Association notify President Taft of their protest against haphazard tariff revision and urge veto of any revision bill arriving during this session.
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Washington
F. R. Gooding
National Wool Growers’ Association
Taft
State issues sheep import dip ruling for Kentucky
The Kentucky livestock sanitary board issued an order covering all sheep entering the state. All sheep from other states must be dipped unless for immediate slaughter, using tobacco or nicotine dip or a lime or sulfur dip.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Hammond Lawyer Found Unconscious After Unknown Shot in Garfield Park
Gerald Doyle of Hammond Indiana was found in Garfield park Chicago badly shaken with a bullet wound in the breast. A revolver with one empty chamber lay nearby. Doyle said he did not attempt suicide and was shot by an unknown man.
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Chicago
Gerald Doyle
Hammond
Ind
Garfield Park
Eoyle
Weather Snapshot Across Cities Shows Clear to Cloudy Skies
Observations from United States weather bureaus taken at 8 p m yesterday report highs and conditions in major cities. New York 74 clear Boston 66 pt cloudy Denver 52 pt cloudy San Francisco 52 pt cloudy Chicago 80 pt cloudy Indianapolis 79 pt cloudy St Louis 74 cloudy New Orleans 82 cloudy Washington 82 pt cloudy Philadelphia 80 clear fair with possible showers down south Thursday overcast.
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United States Weather
New York
Boston
Denver
San Francisco
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
New Orleans
Washington
Philadelphia
Calhoun Urged to Head Illinois Gubernatorial Ticket
Chicago Aug. 2. President Taft and Senator Cullom plan to push W. J. Calhoun, minister to China, as the Republican candidate for Illinois governor. Calhoun has been recalled from China and will arrive midmonth for the campaign bid.
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Chicago
Taft
Cullom
W. J. Calhoun
China
Illinois
Calhoun
Acevido Leads Armed Force to Matanzas in Cuban Turmoil
Reports say General Acevido, veteran of the independence war, has fifty well armed men en route to Matanzas to join a possible uprising in Pinar del Rio. Acevido, from Regla near Havana, shot a man who refused to guide him and distributed a manifesto denouncing Gomez era abuses and calling for a “free Cuba in 1911.”
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Havana
Acevido
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Regia
Guanabacoa
Cuba
G. Acevida
Steamer Sirus Capsizes During Picnic Trip
In Ogdensburg on August 2 a steamer named Sirus carrying a Massena Methodist Sunday school picnic capsized near Brewers dock in the Grass river just below Massena. Seven people are known dead and four bodies have been recovered. the boat remains capsized with crews searching the river.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Sirus
Massena
Brewers Dock
Grass River
Notable Deaths and Political Shifts in Brief Telegrams
Gerald Napier died in a Brooklands fall. Edwin A. Abbey, American painter, died in London. Ex Governor Vardaman wins Mississippi primary for US Senate. Mexican railway strike continues with passenger service, freight halted. Antoine Simon to abdicate as Haiti’s president, requests three days to limit capital looting. Jesse Pomeroy thwarted in escape attempt from Massachusetts prison. Francisco I. Madero welcomes General Reyes as opponent in Mexican presidential race. Pennsylvania Coal buys Schooley collieries at Wilkes-Barre, now flooded. will drain and operate. Harriet Quimby becomes first American aviatrix after Aero Club of America license in New York. Plans to consolidate Canadian Great Lakes shipping companies near completion. Upton Sinclair sentenced to eighteen hours in county workhouse for Sunday tennis.
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Pennsylvania Coal Company
Schooley
Wilkesbarre
Harriet Quimby
California
Aero Ch) of America
New York
Great Lakes
Upton Sinclair
Arden
Del
Senate passes Underwood farmers free list bill
The Senate approved the Underwood farmers free list bill 49 to 29 after amendments limiting free entry to meats and cereal products from reciprocal trade partners and adding provisions for binders and leather. The measure, previously tied in the House, passed following Kern's amendment and Bailey’s support.
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Canada
Senate
Washington
Kern
Indiana
United States
Underwood Farmers
Bailey
Shively
Gronna
Texas
la Follette
Norfolk women identify Beatty and Binford at Richmond jail
Marie Haines and Mabel Shafer of Norfolk viewed Henry Beatty Jr. and Beulah Binford at the Henry County jail with Norfolk officials. They corroborated little of earlier Richmond detectives claims about overheard threats. Haines will be held as a witness. the pair remain unsettled by the trip.
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Richmond
Marie Haines
Mabel Shafer
Norfolk
Henry County
Kiser
Sherr
H. C. Beatty, Jr
Beulah Binford
Henry Beatty
Haines
Beatty
Binford
Boy Smothered in Grain at Empire Mills
Workmen at Empire flour mills find the body of Jarline Inman aged thirteen in a grain chute after mill workers investigate a slowing wheat flow. He had been missing from home for several days and was believed to have toppled into the chute while playing near the mill.
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Metropolis
Empire Flour Mills
Jarline Inman
Woman's Painful Predicament in Indiana
Lawrenceburg Indiana August 2 Mrs Emma Barrett Enyart aged forty had a close call when a large heavy folding bed in which she slept closed up She screamed for help her sixteen year old son rushed to neighbors for aid rescuers found her unconscious and she was badly injured about the head and body
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Emma Barrett Enyart
Kentucky Suffers From Drouth In Eastern Counties
Eastern Kentucky endures the worst drouth in years with many streams and cisterns dry and drinking water scarce. Tobacco and crops are severely affected and will be weeks late if not ruined. Five weeks with no meaningful rain.
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Kentucky
Lexington
Automobile Turnover Claims Bank Official
Alois Buller assistant cashier of the Bank of Hardin is dead from injuries after the automobile he rode in turned over. Three other men in the car were knocked unconscious in the crash near Hardin on August 2.
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Hardin, WL
Alois Buller
Bank of Hardin
Wealthy farmer falls from excursion barge on Ohio River
Evanaville Indiana August 2 Alex Pike a wealthy farmer fell from an excursion barge towed by the steamer Frances on the Ohio River and was drowned.
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Evanaville
Ind
Alex Pike
Frances
Ohio River
John Jacob Astor Plans Second Marriage in Landford
Prominent financier John Jacob Astor, noted as the wealthiest resident of Landford, is preparing to marry again. Details on the engagement and timing remain private, with speculation centering on new alliances among social circles in New York and Newport.
Astor to marry Miss Madeline Force in pending union
The engagement of Colonel John Jacob Astor to Miss Madeline Force, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Force of 18 East Thirty seventh Street, was announced by her parents. No wedding date has been set. Miss Force is in her nineteenth year and Astor, forty seven, was divorced a year ago with a decree that barred him from remarrying in his former wife’s lifetime.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Madeline Force
William H. Force
East Thirty-seventh Street
Colonel Astor
Arbitration Treaties to be Signed at White House
Secretary Knox will sign the Anglo-American and Franco-American arbitration treaties in the White House east room at 3 o clock tomorrow. Ambassador Bryce will sign the English copy in readiness for Senate submission while Ambassador Jusserand signs for France in Paris at the same time. Copies will be exchanged by messenger and the treaties prepared for Senate action.
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Washington
Knox
White House
Bryce
England
Senate
Jusserand
France
Paris
National League and American League baseball results compact summary
National League games across Pittsburg New York Boston Chicago and Washington produced varied scores with pitchers Walsh Sullivan Cald well Blair Hovick Payne Ford Sweeney George Lake Stephens Karger Carrigan Gregg Smith Street and others. Detroit Philadelphia and Cleveland also noted. American Association reports Milwaukee Indianapolis St Paul Loutaville Columbus Minneapolis Kansas City Toledo results.
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Pittsburg
R.hle
Boston
New York
R.H.E. Chicago
Walsh
Sullivan
Payne
Caldwell
Blair
Young, Hovick and
Ford and Sweeney
R.H.E. St. Louis
George, Lake and Stephens
Karger, Cicotte
Carrigan
Washington
R.H.E. Cleveland
Gregg and Smith
Hughes and Street
Philadelphia
R.H.E. Detroit
Phil’d'Iphia
Stanford
Stanage
Coombs
Lapp
Livingston
American Association
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Loutaville
Columbus
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Toledo
Municipalities Not Obligated to Provide Post Graduate Work
Indiana opinion states after completing a four year high school course a pupil has no right to post graduate work financed by the municipality. School authorities may not charge tuition for such pupils either, per the attorney general's view prompted by Indianapolis officials.
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Indianapolis
Attorney General
Charles A. Greathouse
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Overcrowded Longcliff to Transfer Ninety Patients
Ninety patients from the Northern Indiana hospital for the insane will be moved to the Richmond facility next Friday due to severe overcrowding at Longcliff. County jails in the district hold two to ten inmates each who cannot be admitted to Longcliff, some for almost a year.
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Logansport
Ind
Northern
Indiana Hospital For
Richmond
Longceliff
Had Close Call Caped With Sprained Ankle
Grace Ho reln aged sixteen was riding a bicycle when struck by the Lake Shore Twentieth Century Limited at the edge of Elkhart Indiana August 2. She escaped with only a slightly sprained ankle though her bicycle was demolished and she landed beside the track. She boarded a streetcar and returned home.
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Elkhart
Ind
Grace Horeln
Lake Shore Twentieth Century Limited
Miss Alice Goss Struck by Freight Train in Bloomington
At Bloomington Indiana on August 2 Miss Alice Goss nineteen was struck by a Monon freight caboose and knocked down. Two cars passed over her yet she survived due to presence of mind. Her right foot was crushed and her back badly cut and bruised but she rose before trainmen reached her.
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Bloomington
Ind
Alice Goss
Monon
Skin Grafting Aids Fifteen Year Old Worker
Lawrenceburg Indiana August 2 Miss Nora M Earley aged fifteen recovering after scalp loss in Hogan Shoe Company plant accident. Surgeons used skin from ten girl friends totaling over one hundred pieces to graft onto her head as part of the treatment.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Nora M. Earley
Hogan Shoe Company
Man Killed by Train Near Frankton Indiana
Henry Hayes aged forty six was struck and killed by a Pennsylvania train near Frankton Anderson Indiana. trainmen said Hayes walked on the track despite repeated whistle blasts and could not be stopped before the collision.
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Anderson
Ind
Henry Hayes
Pennsylvania
Frankton
Hayes
New Albany Man Fatally Shot in Boardinghouse Quarrel
In New Albany Indiana on August 2 Arthur Cochran thirty was shot in the stomach and likely fatally wounded by John Hobson after a quarrel over a woman at their boarding house Hobson was arrested claiming self defense stating Cochran attacked him with a knife His clothes were torn and he was unhurt.
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New Albany
Ind
Arthur Cochran
John Hobson
Hobson
Cochran
Young Women Accuse Pair After Ride Incident
Elwood Indiana August 2 two girls aged seventeen and eighteen say they were attacked while out riding with Dal Vernon and Earl Sloan. Both men were arrested and held on heavy bonds to answer the charges.
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Elwood
Ind
Ethel Bunch
Mabel Brock
Dal Vernon
Earl Sloan
They Wouldn't Stand For It Strike Shuts Portland Factory
Twenty two girls at a Portland Indiana factory walk out after managers dock wages for watching a circus unloading. The labor dispute centers on enforcement of work duties and the protest follows the disciplinary actions taken against the employees.
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Portland
Ind
Baby's Body Found in White River Near Washington
The body of a seven month old baby girl was found lodged in a river drift in White river six miles northwest of Washington Indiana. Police reported the discovery on August 3 as investigators began to piece together the circumstances surrounding the infant's death. Local authorities cordoned off the area while awaiting an autopsy and further leads.
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Washington
Ind
White River
Hearings Don’t Change Votes and Newlands’s Propaganda
Washington notes that congressional hearings have little impact on public opinion or legislative outcomes. Senator Newlands presses his Canadian reciprocity agenda while newspapers gain free wood pulp, sparking debate on print paper prices.
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Newlands
Senate
Canada
Bogus Nickles Found on These Young Men
Two young men in Marion Indiana named Claude Sanders and Harry Miller were arrested on counterfeiting charges after a constable found counterfeit nickels totaling 16 dollars on them. They had rented a Fairmount room a week earlier and moved after landlady suspicions, later working on Joshua Hollingsworth’s farm where they were traced. Federal authorities were notified to assume charge.
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Marion
Ind
Claude Sanders
Harry Miller
Fairmount
Joshua Hollingsworth
King’s New Discovery Endorsed For Cough And Cold Relief
Con coord Micb Thos Ariss notes 80 years of use for King’s New Discovery praised as the best cough and cold cure. He claims families have relied on it for forty years and extols its effectiveness against lagrippe asthma hay fever croup quincy and sore throat. Price 5 00 9 10 Trial bottle free guaranteed by Chas D Knopfel
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Thos. Ariss
Concoord
Micb
Lang Medaloine
Chas D. Knopfel
Notice to Subscribers About Paper Delivery
Subscribers to the New ASBAN Turners are urged to notify the Tribune Company if their paper is not arriving regularly and promptly. The notice provides contact by phone and Cumberland address for reporting delivery issues.
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ASBAN
Tribune Company
Cumberland
Napoleon Snuff Habit Noted in Council Sessions
William Matthews in Tours With Men and Books recalls Napoleon Bonaparte’s snuff quirk. When irritated, he flashed a pinch gesture to distract observers and seized snuffboxes, sometimes stealing four to six per session. Some boxes, heirlooms or gifts, later returned altered to gold and diamonds.
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Napoleon
William Matthews
Travel Tips for Travelers from the San Francisco Chronicle
Advice to carry a candle and safety matches in a bag for emergencies. A steamer wreck survivor kept a small candle to save possessions when lights failed after the collision. Also recommends packing a few pens due to often poor hotel and public-place writing instruments.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Electric Bitters Purify Blood Says O T Badahn
To fighting to keep the blood pure the white coronaces attack disease germs like tigers. But often germs multiply so fast the little fighters are overcome. Then see pimples boils ecsama salt rheum and sores multiply and strength and appetite fail. This condition demands Electric Bitters to regulate stomach liver and kidneys and to expel pol 820 from the blood. They are the best blood purifier. I have ever found. 600 at Uhas D Knopfel's.
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O. T. Badahn
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