Emir Sinks After Collision in Gibraltar Straits
The French steamer Emir with French passengers sank east of Tarifa after a fog collision with the British steamer Silverton. Sixty nine passengers and twenty four crew perished. twenty seven crew and passengers were saved. Silverton arrived later with bow damage and water in the forepeak. Additionally a Rhine steamer Coutenders boiler exploded with fatalities and injuries.
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Silverton
Renate
Associated Press
Gibraltar
Tarifa
Spain
Straits of Gibraltar
Newport
Eng
Taranto
Italy
Marseilles
Compagnie de Navigation Mixte
Rotterdam
Coutenders
Feeding rates suspended for cattle shipments between Missouri and Mississippi
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended a 25 percent rate hike on feeding cattle and sheep moving between the Missouri and Mississippi rivers including Chicago until December 15. Railways like Minneapolis & St Louis and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy had proposed the increases, aiming to apply them in August and September, with other carriers expected to follow.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. CC
Missouri River
Mississippi River
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Unil
Minneapolis & St .Louis Railway
Town Central Railway
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway
Commission
Missouri
Mississippi
Kidnapping Probe Focuses on Mareno Family
Chicago police tightening their case into the Angelo Mareno kidnapping. Detectives suspect a family bargain may be involved as sister Stina hints the boy will come home while authorities watch the Morenos for any return of the child. A ransom note threatened death if $5,000 is not paid.
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Wy Associa
Chicago
Til
Ang
Angelo Mareno
Hamil
Stina
Angelo
Mareno
Itly
Gualicourt
Moreno
Explosion Fatal to Two at Clay Center Lime Plant
An August 9 blast at the Kelley Yeland Lime and Transport plant near Clay Center Ohio killed John Pell and injured seven workers including foreman T P Ward and Grover Fank along with four unnamed foreigners. The blast occurred during rock blasting when a dynamite charge exploded injuring several workers seriously.
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Associated Press
Toledo
White Rock
Kelley Yeland Lime and Transport Company
Clay Center
John Pell
T. P Ward
Grover Fank
Williston
Tom Carrare
Martin
Prussian Prince Henry Unharmed After Car Crash
Prince Henry of Prussia escaped injury when his car swerved from the road and hit a tree near Kloppenburg while returning from Holland. His adjutant Von Useedom was slightly hurt and the chauffeur suffered a fractured skull. A male passenger appeared distracted as officials attended the scene.
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Osnabrueck
Prussia
Prince Henry of
Holland
Kloppenburg
Olden‘bor
Adjutent von Useedom
Hail Damage Cuts Wisconsin Apple Crop
Milwaukee reports from Wausau indicate Lord Gengiman in charge of the state trial fruit grove west of town says a recent hail storm will reduce this season's apple yield by about 1000 bushels, leaving an estimated net yield near 1500 bushels. The orchard once produced a record 2000 bushels two years ago.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Wausau
Ld Gengiman
Main
Pope's Condition Serious Amid Heat Wave
Rome reports show the pope's temperature steady but not improving as a severe gout flare intensifies pain from knee to thigh. Doctors Petucci and Murentafava moved him to a cooler room after night heat hindered sleep and began preparations to relocate him to a larger chamber near his private library.
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Associated Press
Rome
Petucci
Murentafava
San Damaso
Girl injured in Milwaukee laundry machine accident
Milwaukee August report from Rhinelander describes a Rhine employee at the Onerstent Jourdey steam table machine who was crushed while trying to pull a tablecloth from a rack. One hand and then the other were burned. she was severely injured before the machine could be stopped.
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Pecru
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wee
Rhinelwunder
Jourdey
Cholera in Marseilles Reports Deaths and Cases
Paris dispatch cites Pasteur Institute correspondent Dr Dopfer noting thirty seven cholera cases and twenty deaths in Marseilles. Dr Toral head of the municipal sanitary service has set up a special hospital for treatment.
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Wuy Associated Press
Paris
Paris Midi
Marseilles
Dopfer
Pasteur Institute
Hase
Ehulkra
Alarseilles
Toral
Eldes
Municipal Sanitary Service of
Marsellus
Northwestern Railway to Build Line Into Mosinee
Milwaukee dispatch reports The Northwestern Railway will extend a line into Mosinee thirteen miles north of Wausau as a continuation of the branch from Kelles to Rothschild. Officials are securing rights of way.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Executions Reported in Toulon Fleet Martial
Two sailors Guegen and Losfarechal were executed by military court martial in Toulon France after being found guilty of murdering comrade Carrell to rob him. The sentence was carried out on orders from superiors as 2,000 French fleet and garrison members looked on.
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Associated Press
Toulon
France
Guegen
Losfarechal
Carrell
Man cited for domestic violence warning in Superior
A Journal special from Superior reports John Morsi was placed under $300 peace bonds in municipal court for threatening to beat his wife to gain respect. The remark sparked a broader discussion on domestic violence and legal remedies in Milwa ukee area coverage.
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John Morsi
Midwaukee
Wis
Superior
Bachelor shoots himself in Milwaukee as bachelor dies
Milwaukee man Drew Wickstrom aged fifty seven shot and killed himself today with a shotgun. He lived alone and the cause of the act remains unsafely learned.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Daily + News
Superior
Andrew Wickstrom
Woman Poisoned in Milwaukee Room Death
Milwaukee police investigate the death of Mrs Idi Katia found dead in her room from morphine poisoning. She was married but living apart from her husband.
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Milwaukee
Wic
Idi Katia
Kannia
Postal plan declined in Australia and U S talks
The Associated Press reports that on August 9 Melbourne the United States government declined the Australian proposal for a reciprocal two cent postage arrangement. A stray line mentions a lightning rod manufacturer claiming rights to another’s thunder and then ends with fragmented text.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
United States
Death of John W Gates Leaves Forty Million to Heir
John W Gates American financier dies at 62 in Paris after kidney and lung complications. His vast fortune, estimated at 30 million or more, heads to his son Charles G Gates. Funeral set for New York bound return aboard Kaleer Wilhelm der Grosse. Gates built United Steel and Wire, helped create US Steel amid a dramatic finance career. widow Jes and Gates to inherit portions of the estate.
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Associated Press
Pans
John W. Gatee
Mr. Gates
America
United States
Harry St. Francis Black
United States Realty and Improvement Company of
New York
Gates
Black
Storlkimarket
Perssons Jere
Rue de Berrt
Cherbourg
Paris
Gates Lapard
Jes
Anh
Jungs
Europe
Dellora R. Baker
John W. Gates
Morgan
Revenefetler
Street
Turners Junction
South Chicago
South Side
Ianac L. Elwood
Texas
Elwood
Consolidated Steel and Wire Company
Illinois Steel Company
Elwood Aold
United Steel
Pittsburg
American Steel and Wire Company of
New Jersey
Capital
American Steel and Wire Company
United States Steel Corporation
Chicago
Wis
Young Gates
Knox Defends Arbitration Treaties Before Senate Panel
Secretary of State Knox testified for over an hour before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee defending the Britain and France arbitration pacts. He argued the accords do not strip the Senate of constitutional privileges and clarified that Monroe doctrine questions could go to a joint high commission rather than an arbitral court.
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Asy
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Great Britain
France
State Knox
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Taft
Knox
Monroe
England
Joint High Commission
Sque
Yan
Lorimer Probe Adjourns For October Hearings In Chicago
The Senate Lorimer committee adjourned in Washington with hearings set to resume in Chicago likely in October. Attorney Healy said witness list stands, and former Illinois state senator J. W. Lorimer was questioned about allegedly receiving $2000 for voting for Lorimer. Healy noted the witness previously testified to the Sangamon county grand jury regarding a furniture deal.
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Associated Fess
Washington, D. C
Ang
Senate Toorimer Committee
Washington
Chicago
Dillingham
Altamey Healy
State
Larimer
Jas
Sangamon Countie
Sangamon County
Larier
Strike grows as 30,090 join London dock walkout
Associated Press reports growing disorder in the London dock strike with 30,090 men on strike and thousands more expected. If orders to obey were issued, strikers could reach 100,000, risking a bread famine within days. The Combined Millers' Association asked the home secretary for military protection for dockhands amid escalating disruption.
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Associated Press
London
Combined Millers’ Association of London
Home Secretary
Vedrines Sets New Long Distance Flight Record
Paris August 9 Jules Vedrines the French aviator broke the long distance record in Michelin cup competition flying 800 kilometers in 7 hours 56 minutes 46 seconds, surpassing Loridan's 702 kilometer mark.
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Associated Press
Paris
Jules Vedrines
Loridan
Death of Senator Frye Dominates Today in Congress
Congress met at noon to announce the death of Senator William P Frye and adjourned at 12 06 pm in his memory. A secretary of state Knox urged swift action on arbitration treaties before the foreign relations committee. Committees were appointed to attend Frye's funeral in Lewiston Maine and the Arizona New Mexico statehood bill faced a potential veto.
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Wiliam P. Frye
Larimer
Chicago
Knox
Senate
House
Frye
Lewiston
Taft
Committee On Finance
Steel inquiry delays campaign questions as Taft aid sought
The congressional steel investigation ends executive session with no press on campaign contributions tied to George W. Perkins. The committee orders production of subsidiary company books while Taft to provide bureau data, Perkins and lawyers discuss next steps amid party splits.
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Steel Trust
Emmnion
George W. Perkins
Wiley and Remsen
Lee Bod
Associated Press
Washington
DD. C
Steel Investigating Committee
Todas
New York
United States Steel Corporation
House of Representates
Steel Corporation
House
Littleton
Stanley
Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
Stamey
Staft
Young
R. V. Lindauury
Ly Steel Corporation
Taft
Bureau of Corporations
Smith
Linduburg
Bancroft
Martin W. Littleton
Parkins
New York Life Insurance
Amateter
Tam
Gardner
Massachusetts
Michigan
Sterling
Iinois
Danforth
Stanley Persits
Campaig
Beall
Texas
Beall to Question U S Steel Directors on Political Donations
In August report from Minuson Wisconsin Representative Beall vows to ask each director of United States Steel about campaign fund contributions. A state railroad commission decision settles disputes with Miss Isabelle Whitecomb over water company rites, meters set, and rate schedule changes.
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Beall
United States Steel Corporation
Minuson
Wis
County
Isabelle Whitecomb
Ocwato City Water Supply Company
Talagy
State Railroad Commission
Pinkie
Mies Whitcomb
City Water Company
Dietz illness rumor denied by prison doctor
A Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin report from Waupun claimed Joh Dietz was seriously ill in the state prison and near death. Dr. Sleyster dismissed the tale as greatly exaggerated noting Dietz’s hand wounds improved and he is not in hospital. The doctor questioned how erroneous reports spread and said Dietz’s condition is stable.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ang
Wisconsin
Waupun
Weitz
Dietz
Fond du Lac
Milwatukee
Joh Dietz
Ly Rg. Sleyster
Phyeletan
Big Meraling
Maurice Mcixenna
Dicta
Atttorney
Veto Bill Before Lords In Close Parliamentary Showdown
London August 2 The lord veto bill again in the house of lords as peers consider two motions amid a crowded chamber. Observers predict a near vote with factions the diehards the surrenderers and the ministerialists divided. Notables in attendance include George Von L Mayer secretary of the navy Reid, and Count Benckendorf German ambassador to Great Britain.
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Associated Presa
London
House of Lords
George von Ll. Moyer
Reid
Count Benekendorf
Great Britain
Scate
Children Drowning Attempt Foiled by Marshal
Milwaukee report says Emmet Futts of Amberg intervened to stop a mother from drowning her three children at Quarry Pond. The mother, Mrs John Mattison, is described as mentally unbalanced. Authorities will likely take custody of the youngsters.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Marinettest
Emmet Futts
Amberg
John Mattison
Quarry, Pond
Marshall Butts
Minnesota Red Men Meet Install New Great Chiefs
Minneapolis today hosted the second day of the state Great Council of the Independent Order of Red Men with the installation of the newly elected Great Chiefs. The 100 delegates will hear addresses from G. C. Griggs of Houston Texas and T. J. McKeon of Duluth, the state great sachem.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis, Minn
State
Great Council of the Independent Order of Red Men
G. C. Griggs
Houston
Texas
Cohence
Order
T. J. McKeon
Duluth
Zionists in Switzerland at Basel Congress Opens
Basel Aug 9 The tenth Zionist Congress opened at the city casino with 600 delegates from across the globe and about 2000 spectators. David Wolffsohn of Cologne, president of the executive committee, opened the proceedings. A boy set fire to grain near Campbell Cameron saw mill and the fire department responded to box 28 at 4:15 am, quickly spreading fire and damage.
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Associated Press
Basel
Switzerland
Zioniat Congrese
David Wolftahn
Cologne
Cambell-Cameron
Taft expected to veto New Mexico statehood measure
Washington Aug 0 President Taft plans to veto the New Mexico Arizona statehood regulation as sent by the Senate last night Democratic leaders say they can muster enough votes to override. The Nelson amendment would have required Arizona to vote against recall of judges. it failed and the Senate approved the bill as reported from the House.
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Associated Press
Waoshdngton
LD. A
Yatt
House
Senate
Atizuna
Patt
Att
New Mexico
Taft
New Mexseo
Arizona
Congress
Flood
House Committee On Territories
Wood
Culberson
States Hood
Senate Finance Committee
Cummins
Humphrey
Washington
House Committee On Interior Department
Dietz to Talk in This City Tonight
Leslie Dietz son of John Dietz the Cameron dam defender visited the city today and plans a theater appearance next week. He tours the state delivering lantern slide lectures about events around the dam and the Dietz family feud with state officials over the murder of Deputy Harp. He arrived from Appleton after a brief stay there.
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Leslie Dietz
John Dietz
Cameron Dam
Dietzle
Reacison
Dietz
John Diets
Harp
Mr. Dietz
Appleton
Forfeits Bail in Enticement Case at Wausau
Special from Wausau reports Joseph Mc Cinsky, a local businessman, forfeited $2,000 bail by failing to appear in court on charges of enticement. He had been released on bail, then disappeared with the same girl again days before the trial.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Wausau
Joseph McCinsky
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