Galveston Hurricane Toll and City Damage Report
Weekly review notes a hurricane strike on Galveston from the Gulf of Mexico with ten dead and unknown totals. The seawall protected the city though a Tarpon jetty fishing party offshore suffered drownings. beach fronts and bath houses were destroyed while shipping remained mostly undisturbed. Reports also mention minor loss of life in Matagorda county towns and substantial damage to Bay City actions.
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Gulf of Mexico
Galveston Wed- Reay
Galveston
Gulf
Tarpon
Attuated
Gamage
Tite
Matagorda
Bay City
Bank Revolver Threat Ends in Shootout at St Louis
Louis Hiralry Dealer tries to secure a loan at a St Louis trust bank. After a dispute, M L Dawson confronts Zeslig at gunpoint. Dawson pays $390, then Zeslig fires. Dawson shoots back but misses. Dawson surrenders. Zeslig goes to police to face charges. Local cabinet mentions health and a short-lived crisis. Fire destroys two hotels and seven businesses in Long Branch, causing $196,600 in damage. Asbury Park assists.
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Louis Hiralry
Daeweon
Dawson
Zeelig
Wemumer Hotel Burme
Long Branch
M. 5
Siock
Brighton Avenue
Second
Baire Avenues
Causig
Asbury Park
Oramda Against Vice and Grand Jury Indictments
The report notes attorney Wayman leading a crusade against protected view in Chicago, resulting in 105 indictments returned by the grand jury for resort keepers and gamblers. Other items mention forgery charges, forgivable acts, and the fate of individuals in Paris including Marion Dwight Fortner and Wm. Wells. Separate notes describe forest fires in Merced canyon and Yosemite, a retirement and health issue for Sir Robert Hert, hunger strikes in London, and a Delaware fatality near Stairs Town. The piece closes with a record attempt in Be Fight.
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Wayman
Chige
Grand
Strike Ends at Sayler Standard Steel Car Works
Strike of 3,500 workers at Butler Pennsylvania plant ends after mediation by Rev Father Beczweski and Attorney Levi M Wine. Workers accept pay reductions and the company restates usual wage practices. 23 jailed labor trouble cases to be released on nominal bail. A separate bid to enjoin principals and commonwealth failed in state court.
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Standard Steel Car Company
Butler
Hoth
Father Becmweski
Levi M. Wine
Father Becsweski
Father Beczweski
Jal
United States
Commonwealth
Ford and Brown
Common Pleas Court
Pressed Steel Car Company
Public Defense Association of
Pittsburg
Sherif
Allegheny County
Private O'Neil Captured After Fort Leavenworth Trail
Private Charles O'Neil who killed his sweetheart Minnie Sharbene at Fort Leavenworth was pursued by 600 cavalrymen, then captured by Private William Othuyser of the Fifteenth Cavalry. O'Neil fled to Lake Merritt and threatened to drown, but surrendered after his captor cornered him. Othuyser was commended and promoted to corporal. he is a Boer War veteran and served as interpreter.
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Charles O'Neil
Minnie Sharbene
Fort Leavenworth
Ran
William O«thuyser
Fifteenth Cavalry
O'Mell
Lake Merritt
Oathuyzer
den. de Wert
Clemenceau Resigns as French Cabinet Falls After Marine Probe
The Clemenceau government resigns after a vote of confidence 176 to 112 following a critical report on the marine department. President Falkeres accepts the resignation as ministers depart after the cabinet collapse. A violent mob later hangs a man in Paris, Tenn., and a fire near Cobalt, Ont. causes $100,000 in losses.
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Clemenceau
Department of Marine
Special Commission
M. Clemenceau
Falkeres
Balleybury Road
Cobalt
Ella Gingles Cleared in Peculiar Lace Theft Trial
Chicago lace maker Ella Gingles was found not guilty after jurors rejected her claim of being attacked and mistreated at the Wellington hotel. The verdict cleared her of stealing lace from Miss Agnes Barrette amid a bizarre legal and public spectacle.
Patrick Calhoun Arraigned In San Francisco Second Trial
Patrick Calhoun of San Francisco president of United railroads faced a second trial in Superior Court before Judge Lawlor. The case involves an alleged offer of a bribe to former Supervisor Joby J Fury to vote for a trolley franchise. A previous five month trial ended in a hung jury with charges against Calhoun and associates.
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Patrick Calhoun
San Francisco
Fred Nicholas
Francis J. Heney
Alaska
Langdon
Fratricide at Patter non claims life of James and David Bivens
James Bivens killed his brother David with a hos in Patter non. He surrendered in Goldsboro Tuesday morning after being released on $200 bond following a preliminary exam. He said he heard his wife scream and saw her choked by David. The wife testified the killing was justified. Seven injured in San Diego when a railroad motor car hit their car. Mrs Hibbard and Mrs Eleanor among the injured, may die.
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James Bivens
David
Patternon
Goldsboro
Givens
San Diego
Cal
LL Hibbard
Santa Fe Coast Line
Eleanor
Thirteen Executed in Constantinople Revolt Aftermath
Thirteen persons tied to the recent revolution were hanged in Constantinople on Monday, among them Cherkessa Mehmed, Yusuf Pasha, a former Erseroum commander, and Sheik Valedud. Doctor Huntington remains critically ill as Royal Robbing reports a slim chance of recovery. A Illinois Central engineer Hays Gratty was shot while driving toward Catre, with the assailant fleeing. Greek shocks continue with further tremors reported near Analaive but no casualties.
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Constantinople
Cherkessa Mehmed
Yusuf Pasha
Erseroum
Shiek Valedud
Ikdam
Huntington
Hays Gratty
Catre
Ill
Gretty
Ives
Mounds
Senators and House Members Plan Hawaii Visit
A group of twenty-one senators and house members prepare an official visit to Hawaii in response to an invitation from the legislature. The delegation aims to discuss state matters and strengthen intergovernmental ties during the trip.
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Te Viek
Hawaii
Howeii
Lagislature
Inroads of the Mail Order Houses in the Midwest
Thousands of Middle West country merchants and manufacturers unite to counter Chicago based mail order firms. The new alliance, formed in Sioux City, leverages combined orders to offer goods to small retailers at lower prices, challenging the dominance of mail order houses and reducing Chicago’s sales.
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Middle West
Chicago
United States
America
Ita Alde
Itam
Wear
Sioux City
Mauretania Sets Western Voyage Pen Mark at Tour Day
The Cunard liner Mauretania arrived in New York on Friday and set the pen mark for the western voyage at Tour Day at 11 hours and 13 minutes.
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New York
Unemployed Forced to Work Under Harsh Conditions
Officials from the Department of Commerce and Labor believe the unemployed will endure hardships and tehar in the plan, asserting conviction that jobless people are not eager to work and must be compelled to accept conditions.
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Hawaii
Department of Commerce and Labor
Jury Frees Ella Gingles in Not Guilty Verdict
In Chicago Judge Bren tano's court Ella Gingles is acquitted of theft and Miss Agnes Barrette is cleared of unfounded charges. After seven hours and five ballots the jury found the accused not guilty, resolving a case once seen as a public riddle of mistreatment and deception at an Irish lace store in the Wellington Hotel. The decision brings cheers from both sides as the celebrated Gingles case ends in victory for the defendant.
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Ella Gingles
Agnes Barrette
Brentano
Chicago
Gingles
Ince
Miss Barrette
Wellington
Don Carlos Pretender Dies After Long Illness in Italy
Don Carlos of Bourbon, claimant to the Spanish throne and leader of the Carlist movement, died Sunday in Varese Lombardy Italy after a long illness. His followers once fought for his right of succession but Alfonso XII's forces prevailed in 1876 and Carlos lived in exile in France with his son Don Jaime serving in the Russian army.
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Spain
Alfonso
Don Carlos
Bourbon
Varese
Lombardy
Italy
House of Bourbon
Charles VIII
Alfonso XII
Madrid
France
Don Jaime
Carlos
Isabelle
Ferdinand VII
Christina
Benot Liorens
Reichstag
Clerks 10000 Dollar Theft Arrest Shocks Chicago Firm
Clayton T Zimmerman Jr a 20 year old clerk at Adama Express in Chicago confessed to stealing a $10000 currency package from the outmoney office. He planned to hide the money for years and use part for a home and a farm after the company forgot the loss. Nearly all money recovered except one dollar.
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Clayton T. Zimmerman, Jr
Adama Express Company
Chicago
Zimmerman
Express Company
Jefferson Davis’s Granddaughter Dies in Colorado Springs
Mrs. J Addison Hayes 54, widow of the First National Bank president, and daughter of the late Jefferson Davis, dies after six months illness at her Colorado Springs home. She leaves two sons Jefferson Hayes Davis and William Hayes and two daughters Lucy and Mrs Virginia Webb.
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Hayes
Confederacy
J. Addison Hayes
Jefferson Davis
Colorado Springs
First National Bank
Winnie Davis
New York
Jefferson Hayes Davis
William Hayes
Lucy
Virginia Webb
Gerald B. Webb
Remage Is Show Piling Time in Court Ruling
The Postal Telegraph Company began sending ring time on mad sages sled without charging the sund ar. It was compelled to do so by a decision of the Court of Appeals in Ballimors, per the readable fragment.
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Postal Telegraph Company
Court of Appeals
Ballimors
Tafts Tariff Ultimatum Urges Downward Revision Promptly
President Taft issued a formal tariff statement after a conference with twenty-two Republicans and one Democrat, reaffirming the party pledge to downward tariff revision. He stressed decisions on each article depend on facts and national interest, not district needs, and indicated free raw materials are not a GOP doctrine.
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Taft
Young
Michigan
Mondell
Canada
Hhis
Mass Indian land filings expected across three reservations
About 200000 applications are expected by August 6 for lands in the Coeur d Alene Spokane and Flathead reservations. Spokane may receive 7000 applications while Coeur d Alene could exceed that number. Around 16000 to 20000 apps are from veterans, with Otteen cited as a potential homestead site.
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West
Coeur d'Alene
Spokane
Flathead
Idaho
Otteen
Elks elects Exalted Ruler after official count
The Grand Lodge B P C Elks announces J A Gammis of Iowa elected Exalted Ruler over Garry of Cincinnati by 62 votes. Official tally shows Gammis 695 votes and Merman 629 with Steck visiting De Lagnen. Miss Ann Goold of New York welcomed a birth the same period with marriage noted as March 7 1908.
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Elewted Mead of
Steck
de Lagnen
Printesses Sages
Ann Goold
New York
Prines cSake
Daly
Munyon's Eminent Doctors Free Examination Blank
Munyon's advertises free medical examinations via a postal questionnaire. Doctors diagnose your case and state if you can be cured. if not, they say so. Service is optional and absolutely free, at 63rd and Jefferson streets.
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Munyon
Uan
Lberty
63D
Jefferson Streets
The Danger of Knock
A Cinelamatic station scene sparked warnings about careful wording by Senator Bevertnge. A passenger sticks his head out of a train window prompting a station attendant to shout to keep it inside. The passenger retorts with bold resistance before declaring it will not be knocked off by anyone.
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Bevertnge
Pulladelphia Record
Guaners Not Quite Clear Mr David S Speech Patience
A fragment from an ALS piece depicts Mr David as slow of understanding and often tangled in speech. His stumble during a social call leads to a comical miscommunication about enjoying the visit.
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David
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