Peonage inquiry opens with Hungarian worker testimony
Pittsburg report on the government peonage probe into Pressed Steel Car Co in Schoenville where 3100 workers strike. Alexander Friedman testified that imported workers were coerced to work, and guards roughing them, with claims of being forced to work in the kitchen and threats over overtime pay. Investigation to continue. officials face possible charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Schoenville
Alexander Friedman
New York
Pressed Steel
Friedman
Priedman
Feredman
Thes
United States
Pattnct
Labor Leader Declares Justification in Tammany Shooting
William of Bowen, a labor leader linked to the Bricklayers and Miers union, asserts he was justified in a shooting that injured a Tammany figure. He was released on bail after arraignment on felonious assault. the case was adjourned until tomorrow as witnesses were sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany
New York
William of Bowen
Bricklayers
Miers
Montreal Mystery: Elusive Seventeen-Year-Old Girl Case
Detectives investigate a missing seventeen year old identified as Elsie Steve in Montreal. The girl left home seeking a Chinese taunt parcel and did not return. Authorities say they have little to go on as clues remain scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Qua Vue
Monreal
Elsie Steve
Alice
Donouet
York factory shut after 52 weavers strike
The York Manufacturing Company cotton plant has been shut down indefinitely after a strike by fifty two weavers. Two thousand workers were laid off. Strikers demanded about a twenty percent wage advance on each cut of woven cloth, which was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saca. Meng
York Manufacturine Company
National League baseball scores from major cities
Box score style listing shows multiple games with line scores for New York Boston Cincinnati Philadelphia St Louis Cleveland Detroit Chicago Toledo St Paul Minneapolis Kansas City Minneapolis Louisville and other matchups. Batteries listed for each game include players such as Adams Gib son Bresnahan Graham Ruielbach Archer Collins Donohue and Cicotte among others.
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New York
R.H.E. Pittsburg
Letfield
Adams and
Gibson
Ames and Schle
Boston
R.H.E. St. Louis
Bachman and
Harmon
Bresnahan
Mattern and Graham
Cincinnati
R.H.E. Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Rowan and Roth and Clark
Scanlon
Bergen
Philadelphia
R.H.E.L
Chicago
Phila
Ruielbach
Archer
Moore and
Detroit
R.H.E
Krause
Livingston
Thomas
Mullin
Schmidt
R.hle
Cicotte
Arrollanes
Carrigan
Walsh and
Sulivan
Kansas City
St. Paul
Carter
Ritter
Ryan
Spencer
Minneapolis
Young
Block
Manske
Dougherty
Moran
Louisville
R.H.E. Columbus
Loulaville
Liebhart
Pickett
Jones
Thielman
Hughes
Pet
Pittsburg
Reed
Cincinnati A
Canes
St. Louis
Philadelphia Bee
Cleveland
New York Bee
Washington
Zeppelin TE. starts for Berlin on 450 mile flight
The airship Zeppelin TE. lifted at 4 30 this morning from Friedrichshafen heading to Berlin via Nuremberg Liepsic and Bitterfield covering about 450 miles without a stop The journey could pass Bitterfield after nightfall. A drunken brawl in Washington Indiana ends with a fatal shooting as James Catchall 56 shoots Charles Farmer 25 on the main street eight miles east of town The bullet hits Farmer in the right car and he is believed fatally wounded.
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Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin
Berlin
Nuremberg
Liepsic
Hbitterfield
Bitterfield
Washington
Ind
James Catchall
Charles Farmer
Montgomery
Farmer
Buffalo woman released on bond in incubator baby kidnapping case
Mrs Stella Harclay of Buffalo New York was held for kidnapping Marian Bleakley the incubator baby and released on bond. She headed to Jefferson City to oppose requisition papers for her return to Kansas for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Stella Harclay
Buffalo
N. Y
Marian Bleakley
Jefferson City
Kansas
Kentland Police Seize Suspected Horse Thief in Aug Arrest
In Illinois Kentland Indiana August 27 Fred Brown, believed to be a horse thief, was arrested at Midgefarm NL and transported to Kentland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentland
Ind
Fred Brown
Midgefarm
Kentland Fall
Bennett Charges Extravagance in Isthmian Canal Purchasing
Representative William S. Bennett charges the Isthmian Canal Commission Purchasing Department with gross extravagance and favoritism in buying paint for barges and vessels. He urges a central federal purchasing bureau to reduce graft and cites a cement contract example with prices substantially above the lowest bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Secretary of War
William S. Bennett
Isthmian Canal Commission
Bennett
United States
Canal Commission
Cholera precautions for liners move to Rotterdam
Surgeon General Wyman orders Assistant Surgeon Wolkeningburg at Naples to go to Rotterdam and assist American Consul Listoe in enforcing treasury rules for vessels bound for the United States. The aim is to prevent cholera entering the United States with ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wyman
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Robert A. C. Wollenburg
Naples
Rotterdam
Listoe
Treasury Department
United States
Cholera Outbreak Traced in Rotterdam After Sweets Deaths
Rotterdam reports four child deaths linked to suspected poison sweets now confirmed as Asiatic cholera. One man died from a suspicious illness. fourteen adults and fourteen children await examination at isolation sheds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotterdam
YELLOWS DENOUNCED BY AMERICAN COLONY IN MEXICO CITY
The Society of the American Colony representing 10000 Americans in Mexico City adopted resolutions denouncing exaggerated border reports. The group said stories of Mexico City earthquake damage came from unreliable correspondents and asked papers to consider their sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Society of the American Colony
Court martial could end for Lisle Crabtree case
Omaha August 27. Only argument of counsel remains in the court martial of former Corporal Lisle Crabtree accused of killing his captain at Fort Des Moines in June. If the defense does not speak extensively, the case may conclude this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Lisle Crabtree
Fort Des Moines
Notable Lafayette Draftsman Killed by Overcharged Wire
George A. Skinner chief draftsman of Ster Stag Electric and a prominent Lafayette resident died instantly from an electric shock in a neighbor’s home due to an overcharged lighting wire.
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Lafayette
Ind
George A. Skinner
The
Ster- Stag Electric Company
Another Boy Drowned in Indiana Pond Incident
Connersville Indiana August 27 Harry Burton eleven years old son of Stephen Burton drowned in a pond near his home west of the city. The lad went to the pond to swim and got beyond his depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connersville
Ind
Harry Burton
Stephen Burton
Violent Cholera Outbreak Reported in Vitebsk Russia
A violent Asiatic cholera outbreak is reported in Vitebsk Russia. The dispatch notes waves of illness and measures being considered by local authorities and medical teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitebsk
Russia
Colonel Roosevelt
National Museum
Washington
Harriman Isolated From Outside World On Mountain Estate
Arden New York August 27 1907 Edward H Harrimans family has imposed total isolation to preserve vitality and reassure the public. The estate is guarded and access denied except by his own or family communications. Only a few aides may approach and outsiders are barred from the grounds and carriage road. Communication with the outside is severed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arden
N. Y
Edward H. Harriman
Mr. Harriman
The Consul's Mistake On Fifth Avenue Explosion
Baron Schluppenbach the Russian consul general leaped from his car on Fifth Avenue after a loud blast behind the machine. Patrolman Aleck Nittel restrained him as the consul, white faced, learned it was only a rear tire explosion not a bomb.
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New York
Baron Schluppenbach
Fifth Avenue
Aleck Nittel
Nittel
Fatal Streetcar Crash in Toledo Kills Elderly Couple
In Toledo Ohio on August 27 Louis Rothburn, seventy, died instantly when a buggy carrying his wife Anna, sixty eight, and her sister Emma Wheeler was struck by a streetcar. The two women were badly injured and may die from their injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Louis Rothburn
Anna
Emma Wheeler
Death by own action of a Farmer near Noblesville
Noblesville Indiana August 27 Harry Wilson a farmer aged about thirty and unmarried committed death by own action at his home near the city by shooting himself with a shotgun He was thought delirious from the effects of liquor at the time of the deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
Harry Wilson
Store Destroyed at Maunie Loss Tops Five Thousand
Fire at Maunie seven miles east of Carmi destroyed Frank Sefried's store. The engine room sparked the blaze, and stock-in-trade was burned. Insurance coverage is under two thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maunie
Carmi
Frank Sefried
Here
Interior designates 21016 more acres under homestead act in Washington
The secretary of the Interior designated 21 016 more acres in Washington as within the enlarged homestead act bringing the state total to 3 597 976 acres designated to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Atlantic City Chosen for Sons of Veterans Encampment
Washington Aug 27 Atlantic City was selected by the Sons of Veterans as the site for the next annual encampment George W Pollitt of Paterson N J was elected commander in chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic City
Sons of Veterans
George W. Pollitt
Paterson
N. Ds
Latham Sets New World Record In Distance Flight
At Rheims Hubert Latham powered his monoplane to a new world distance record of 154 km 640 m 95.88 miles and completed 150 km in 2 hours 13 minutes 9 seconds while weather challenged pilots Curtiss and Paulhan faced a day of incidents including Bleriot crash and crowd injuries during demonstrations.
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Rheims
France
Hubert Latham
English Channel
Latham
Wright
Paulhan
Hieriot
Curtiss
Count de Lambert
Glenn H. Curtiss
Biennot
Tribune
Bleriot
Curtis
Rougier
Yaleriot Ingists
Bia
Ambassador White Plans Trip to Rheims Flights
In Paris on August 27 Ambassador and Mrs White intend to travel to Rheims to view the Bethenny flights tomorrow they will accompany Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and her children Roger Bacon who is staying in Paris has been invited to join the party and will likely accept He plans to return to America next week
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Paris
Flagman Patrick Fitzgibbons Killed by Train
Lebanon Ind August 27 Patrick Fitzgibbons eighty five flagman for the Big Four was run over by cars on a sidetrack as a passenger train passed. A locomotive backed into cars causing a jar and fatal crushing injury. He had served the railroad sixty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
Patrick Fitzgibbons
Fitzgibbons
Hig Four
Hartshorn Kills Two Chick-Thieves in Orchard Clash
In Newark Ohio on August 27 Charles Hartshorn sr shot and killed John Weakley and William Trace with a single buckshot charge. Hartshorn had been missing chickens from his farm and, armed with a gun, watched his orchard until two figures emerged in darkness.
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Newark
Charles Hartshorn, Sr
John Weakley
William Trace
Hartshorn
Dying Girl Charges Winthrop Couple in Poison Case
In Attica Indiana Aug 27 a 14 year old Miss May Best died from paris green poisoning. She allegedly told her father Mrs John Yocum railroad foreman’s wife forced her to take the drug and she accused the husband of wrongdoing. Yocum fled and Mrs Yocum is under surveillance as Warren county coroner probes.
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Attica
Ind
Winthrop
Miss May Best
Paris Green
John Yocum
Yocum
Warren County
Frank Best
Epidemic Strikes Brooklyn Babies With Paralysis Fear
In Brooklyn a tablet of over 200 infants in a limited district have fallen ill with a form of infantile paralysis. No child is immune even healthy ones, with bottle-fed infants most at risk. Though not fatal now, doctors fear lasting crippling effects for many. Foley's Honey and Tar advertised as relief by O. D. Knoefel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Foley
O. D. Knoefel
Fire Destruction at Logansport Home Worth 50000
The home of George Richardson in Logansport Indiana was destroyed by fire with an estimated loss of 50000. Clear signs of incendiary involvement were found and authorities note a prior attempt on two neighboring houses. A suspected lunatic is thought responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
George Richardson
Strathcona Hotel Destroyed by Fire at Chautauqua Park
Niagara-on-the-Lake reports the Strathcona hotel at Chautauqua park burned down destroying an old Niagara frontier landmark. Loss estimated about $25,000 with guests believed among the victims. A second item promotes Foley's Urine Laxative for digestion and constipation relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Ont
Strathcona
Chautauqua Park
Niagara Frontier
Insurance convention halts stock sales via solicitors
At the national convention of insurance commissioners in Colorado Springs on August 26 the assembly unanimously adopted a resolution opposing any legislation to stop the sale of stock in insurance corporations through soliciting agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Col
National Convention of Insurance Commissioners
Secret of long life linked to blood study
A French scientist claims a blood based secret to longevity. The piece touts Electric Bitters as life extending and blood enriching, with testimonials like W. M. Shermes of Cuashing Maine saying kidney trouble ruined months of life until the remedy cured him. Available for 50 cents at Chas D Knoefel's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Shermes
Chas. D. Knoefel
Rent receipt books with new landlord tenant law backs
Rental notice advertises receipt books printed with the new landlord tenant and keys law on the back. Claim that owners of rental property should have them and price remains unchanged. For ordering contact the Tripung office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripung
AAA to Revise Track Rules After Fatal Races
American Automobile Association secretary H S Elliott says radical changes will come to speed and endurance race rules after fatalities in Indianapolis contests. He notes initial efforts failed and a new framework will be submitted to the contest board for safer, sane conduct in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
H. Eliott
New York
American Automobile Association
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Elliott
Sane
Little Willie Refuses to Go Home Despite Threats
In a humorous scene a German town boy named Willie Wilile ignores a neighbor's prompt to return home. The child insists his mother will not whip anyone and explains she has company, adding a mock line about being deaf since he had the measles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willle
Wilile
Willie
Lippincott’s
Dolphin and Flying Fish Off Boca Grande
A vessel at anchor near Boca Grande observed a dolphin chase a flying fish. The dolphin leapt over the bow and, after passing under the ship, sprang up and caught the flying fish mid descent near the foremast.
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Boca Grande
Dr King’s New Discovery Proofs Health Return
A Kemp Texas Civil War veteran J A Stone reports long illness from a stubborn cold and lingering cough. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with restoring his health and weight from 130 to 173 pounds. It promises relief for cold, cough, asthma, hemorrhages, and pneumonia with a trial bottle and dollar guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A
Stone
Kemp
Tex
King
D. Knoefel
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition Route Notice
Monon announces travel to Seattle for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition from June 1 to October 16. Fare 6765 to Seattle and return. For information call or telephone the Monon route agent H Baxies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Yukon
Seattle, Wash
Seattle
Market Quotations in Japanesia and Livestock
Market quotes from multiple regions for cattle hogs sheep and lambs, with receipts and prices in Cincinnati Chicago New York East Buffalo and Toledo. Prices shown for wheat corn oats and livestock reflect mixed grades and deliveries across markets.
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Japanesia
t—Wagom
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
East Buffalo
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Klelnow
di Neen
Stephens
R.H. E
Groome
Street
American Association
R.ale
Hobinson
Land
Lindaman
Trowley
R.H.E. Kans
St Paul
Swann
Framhill
Steete
Milwaukee
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Columbus Ee Fae
St. Paw Ard Oye A Bedi
Toledo Fee Pee
Count Zeppelin
Mrs. Barclay
Illinois
Central Purchasing Bureau
Mexico
Budapest
Peru
Bolivia
Henry Jane Wilson
Helgiuia
David Or Thompson
Andrew Carnegie
Illinois Wesleyan University
Wesleyan
William Bedford
Cairo
Cuban Giants
Harriman
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Remsen
Association of State and National Food and Dairy Departments
Denver
Head of Sons of Veterans
Channel Ie
WIS
Siveness
GEO. T. Evans & Son, Makers
Indianapolis, Ind
Indiana
Sultter Harks
Feedans
Ost
Miceree
Enosee
New Albany Mfg. Co. Foundry and Machine Shop
Tenth and Water Sts
New Albany
Bullett
James
New Alhany
Pennsylvania
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