Senator Mitchud Sentenced to Six Months in Multnomah Jail
United States Senator John H. Mitchud of Oregon is convicted of taking money for pressing land claims before Washington departments. Judge De Haven imposes six months in Multnomah County Jail and a $1,000 fine with a two day stay for appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Mitchud’s son weeps as the sentence is read.
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Portland
Ore
United
John H. Mitchud
Oregon
Mulltnomah
Sentener
de Haven
United States Airict Court
Mitchell
Washington
United States Supreme Court
John G. Mitchell, Jr
Moore
United States
Muilneapah County
Wait's Home In 2 Packing Box
In New York a six year old boy named Johnny Blolqueen, previously sleeping in a packing box, sits in a children's court and is suddenly well cared for. He is clean, dressed, and fed for the first time in six months, marking a dramatic life change.
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Wait
New York
Tohbnny Mulgreen
Children’s Court
Johnny Blolqueen
Porto Rico Protest Marks Seventh Anniversary Invasion
In San Juan on July 26 Porto Rico memorial to Congress denounces that executive council heads appointed by President Roosevelt still hold power. It states the appointees arrive without knowledge of local language or customs and join the council within 24 hours to decide the island’s fate.
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Porto Hico
San Juan
Porto Rico
Congress
Prescent Roosevelt
Lightning Strikes Oil Tanks in Texas Fires Grow
Lightning hit a Sour Lake tank with 130,000 barrels and another with 100,000 barrels, both owned by Shine company, confirming total loss. Fire continues but spread danger reduced by isolation. Previous Huembie field loss reaches 2,500,000 barrels for Texax company.
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Beaumont
Tex
Texax Company
Huembie
Sour Lake
Shine Company
Sailor dies after loaded cannon discharge on yacht Aida
Incidental discharge of a small salute cannon aboard the yacht Aida caused the death of John Sue, a sailor. Liens attempted to carry the cannon from the pilot house when the hammer struck the casing, causing the cannon to discharge. The injured man was rescued but died on the way to shore.
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Providence
L. M Wiliaehast
Aida
John Sue
Liens
Tate
Ile
Westport Votes Gift for Jesup Library Establishment
Westport approves Morris I. desu of New York gift of 20000 to establish a public library. The donor, formerly a resident, designated the building for the Jesup Family and the town also appropriates 1000 for library maintenance.
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Jesup
Westport
Conn
Morris I. Desu
New York
Vormerly
Thousand More on Shine Warms Warsaw Note
Fragmentary report from Warsaw notes a July incident where workers struck at a fishery warehouse site. Destruction of a nearby bakery occurred with damage to a street intersection later described. No further clear names or dates available.
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Warsaw
Vway
Folk's War on Gambling Drives Delmar Arrest Wave
About 100 St Louis police under Captain McNamee raided Delmar race track on Folk's orders to enforce anti betting laws. Eleven arrests followed after warrants for six men had been issued earlier by Detectives Killian and Cabanne. Police feared armed resistance though riot guns were unused. Suspects named include Mark Gumberts John Flynn William Shippy Dove Silver Frank Shannon and Chris Breckmiller.
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Delmar
Wrenek Blake
ST. Louis
Folk
Delmar Race Track
McNamee
Delmar Track
Killian and
Cabanne
Herper
St. Louis County
Kiely
Mark Gumberts
Clayton
John Flynn
William Shippy
Dove Silver
Frank Shannon
Chris Breckmiller
Yellow Fever Plague Reached New Orleans Officials Report
Surgeon White reports New Orleans has twelve cases and eight deaths with likely more undetected. Observed cases are of a violent type as authorities assess the outbreak. Dr Wasdin, assigned to inspect the coast, concludes Mobile has no yellow fever.
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New Orleans
Washington
White
Public Health and Marine Hospital Services
Hugene
Wasdin
Mobile
Marine Hospital Service
Car Theft Suspect Carlson Confesses Identity Shift
In New Raven Connecticut on July 26 Charles Carlson confessed to Cap tain Cowles that he is really Phillips son of W B Phillips of Lenox Massachusetts. He admits to theft of Rev F W Bakers automobile and to escaping Dedham Massachusetts house of correction on July 15. He says he was arrested for a March 27 theft at Mrs Littlefield of Brookline.
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New Raven
Conn
Captain Cowles
Charles &. Carlson
Eld
Mass
F. W. Baker
House of Correction
Dedham
Carlson
Phillips
W. RB. Phillips
Lenox
Dedham Institution
Littlefield
Brookline
Negro Stayver Cornered After Two-Day Manhunt
Charls Long, a giant Negro who killed Mathew Cuunneham in Trenton over a jealousy dispute involving four women, was tracked to the Digmnal Swamp near South Plainfield. A reward prompted farmers and police to hunt him, with shots exchanged as residents feared capture.
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Negro Stayver
Trenton
WN. J
Charls Long
Matthew Cuunneham
Digmnal Swamp
Sou Plainfield
Pollesmonu
Buin
Financial and Commodity Markets Summary
The report compiles live stock, grain, and foreign exchange data from markets. It notes prices for vegetables, meats, and other commodities, with regional and national figures and brief market movements.
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Ropehs
Shikaaia
Etondy
Ea Comunad
Reer
Ape
Barons Komura and Takahira Seek Peace Talks at Oyster Bay
Baron Komura arrives in New York en route to the Portsmouth peace conference with Russia. He may visit President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, while emphasizing Japan seeks peace with fair terms and acknowledges wartime costs. Komura and Takahira, both Harvard graduates, discuss conference plans.
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Oyster Bay
New York
Baron Jutara Komura
Japan
Russia
Portsmouth
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Baron Komura
Baron Takahira
Washington
Takuahira
Roosevelt
Korea
Sato
Foreign Ministry
Bato
Mgr. Sato
M. Witte
Uchida
Nippon
Hoth
Harvard
N. J
Riveter Falls From Brooklyn Bridge Platform Into East River
New York July 26 Joseph Koen an expert riveter on the Brooklyn bridge fell from a platform into the East River and his body did not surface. A gust tipped the staging as he laughed at a coworker and plunged into the water.
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New York
Joseph Koen
Brooklyn Bridge
Hast
Joe
Roen
Drowning of Robert McKay Near Marlborough
Robert McKay of South Brooklyn drowned in the Hutson river near Marlborough while berry picking. He had planned to return on the steamer Hudson Taylor from Poughkeepsie and, a skilled swimmer, disappeared after diving from a small boat and not resurfacing.
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Svwimanner Drosned
Newburg
Robert McKay
Brooklyn
Hutson River
Marlborough
Poughkeepsie
Hudson ‘Taylor
Browning at Cayuga Late
Wrank Snow of Rochester drowned after straying beyond his depth while trying to reach a small boat on Cayuga Lake. He was twenty one years old and missing authorities recovered his body.
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Browning
Cayuga
Intereaben
Cayuga Lake
Snow
Jnyventy
Rochester
Murder trial in Carter children case in Virginia? Ga
Leonard and Jesse Rawlings face murder charges tied to the Carter children killings. Defense offers no witnesses. both deny knowledge and attack alleged accomplice Art Moore. Eyewitnesses Mrs Carter and Miss Carter say Jesse fired. Leonard present but not shooter. Father of the defendants collapses in court.
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Lorra Carter
Jesse Rawlings
Leonard Rawlings
Lamont Funeral Attended by Cleveland in New York State
Ex President Grover Cleveland and Mrs Cleveland attended the simple Lamont family funeral at the Lamont home Altamont with Postmaster General Cortelyou arriving from Washington. Dr W Merle Smith led services with no pallbearers and few guests before interment at Woodlawn cemetery on a special funeral train.
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Fiyover Cleveland
Lamont
Poughkeepsie
Grover Cleveland
West Putty-seventh Street
New York City
New York
Chief Clerk Arrested in Mail Theft Probe
John J. Callahan, chief clerk of the Foreign Branch of the New York General Post Office, is charged with abstracting mail from foreign registered letters. He was arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields and held on $2,500 bail after a test letter found in his possession. The arrest follows months of postal investigations into missing contents from Sweden and Norway registered deliveries.
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NW York
Postoffice
Mayer
Boyle
John J. Callahan
General Post Office
Callahan
United States
Shields
Sweden
Norway
Calahan
Carlton Gave Her Dates Revealed in Rochester Case
Mrs. Lulu Kettering of Rochester claims Frederick Carlton used his Bluebarn methods to woo wed and desert her. She asserts he gave her dates that nearly killed her and left her a physical wreck for life. Chief John C. Hayden confirms the corroboration.
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Carlton
New York
Frederick
Lulu Kettering
Rochester
John C. Hayden
Fraud Lodged In Catskill Jail
Charites FB Christian, sought in Torrington Conn for bigamy, was jailed in Catskill to await Albany requisition papers. Eva Ruweitt of Torrington, said to be his wife, is staying at the Palmer House. Christian allegedly claimed divorce from his first wife Johanna Gerth of Bristol Conn and faces related fraud charges with a Palmer House board bill.
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Catskill
Charites FB
Christian
Torrington
Conn
Albany
Eva Ruweitt
Palmer House
Johanna Gerth
Bristol
Fever Breaks Out Aboard Ship Columbia Arrives in Mobile Bay
Four cages of yellow fever have developed on the steamer Columbia which arrived Sunday from Colonia Bocas del Toro. The ship was not allowed to proceed up the bay and was sent to the Ship Island quarantine station ten miles below Fort Morgan. No suspicious sickness reported at the nearby army post.
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Fort Morgan
Ala
Columbia
Colonia Bocas del Toro
Ship Island
Mobile Bay
Russian and Japanese Lines in Manchuria Mutual Probes
In Fusan July 26 the Russian and Japanese lines sit seven miles apart. Russian cavalry outposts guard the front while reconnoitering detachments from both sides cross the neutral zone. They test each other’s strength and issue a small weekly tally of killed wounded and captured.
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Manchuria
Fusan
Fisherman reels in triple catch at Highland Lake
In Winstead Connecticut on July 26 Frank Bradford fishing at Highland Lake hooked a worm on a line and a sunfish bit. A small bass grabbed the sunfish and a large pickerel partly swallowed the bass with the sunfish inside. Bradford landed three fish in one pull.
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Aninial
Winsted, Conn
Highland Lake
Frank Bradford
Bradford
Derelict 17 Foot Yacht Naomi Found on Ashtabula Beach
A seven teen foot gailing yacht named Naomi, wholly dismantled, was found by the life saving patrol and pulled onto the beach at Ashtabula. The boat is a stranger in the vicinity.
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Ashtabula
Naomi
Roosevelt Photo in Town Topics Controversy Emerges
dispute centers on a signed autograph photo of President Roosevelt used in the Town Topics book Facts and Fancies Colonel Mann claims Roosevelt consented to including his image while Town Topics alleges no approval exists and notes a signed photo was given to Mrs Wade Hampton at the White House to publish with the book.
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New York
United States
Golo W. D. Mann
Mann
Roosevelt
Na Suly
Himse
Oyster Bay
Justice Devel
Colonel Mann
Justice Deuel
Town Topics
M. J. Wooster
Lew Dockstader
Booker
Washington
Efe
Wade Hampton
White House
Higgins Heads to State Guard Camp at Cane Vincent
Governor Higgins travels with Colonel Marvin and Adjutant General Henry to the State National Guard encampment at Cane Vincent on Lake Ontario. After one or two days he plans to return home to Olean and will not return to Albany until Monday.
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Bigszins
Albany
N.Y
Higgins
State National Guard
Cane Vincent
Lake Ontario
Marvin
Henry
Olean
Fortune Hines of Divorce in Pittsburg Estate Plan
July 26 report from Pittsburg, Pa outlines Adiss Zimma Genning's will leaving most of her $500,000 estate to Carl Miller of Wilkinsburg on condition he divorces his wife. If he does not, he receives nothing.
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Fortune Hines
Pittsburg
Adiss Zimma
MM. Genning
Carl “Tr. Miller
Wilkinsburg
Mrs Westphal Dies From Car Crash Injuries
Mrs William A Westphal of Plainfield is dead from injuries after an automobile accident in Dunellen last Sunday while riding with William R Stanbery. In Paris the shah of Persia fainted briefly from heat while shopping. the episode was not serious.
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Westphal
Plainfield
Willam
A. Westphal
Stanbery
Dunellen
Paris
Shah of Persia
German Imperial yacht Hohenzollern arrives in Wisby
The German imperial yacht Hohenzollern arrives in Wisby with Baineroz William aboard. The vessel sails from Kaines 1 in Sweden on July 26.
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Kaines
Wisby
Sweden
Beta Sveien
Hohenzollern
Baineroz William
Accident at canal bridge leaves six injured
A detailed account describes a derailment near the canal bridge where Mr Rid dealer and six passengers were injured as a vehicle plunged across and toppled. Dayne and Rickey figures appear in conflicting statements as investigators review the crash at the town hall.
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Ags
Phy Duyne
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Ches
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MBL
Cen. Electric
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Nash
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Manhattan
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