French and Spanish Bombard Casa Blanca as Kabyle attack
Tangier August 6 two French cruisers and a Spanish gunboat bombard the Moorish quarter of Casa Blanca. A 100 strong landing party met fire, seven French wounded, and Spanish forces cleared the city. Batteries joined the bombardment prompting a Moorish surrender. Reinforcements arrived as ships fired on the battery. Oran reported fourteen armored cruisers sailing for Morocco. Madrid prepared troops for a Moroccan action. Burlington noted as historic capital of Iowa Territory.
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Tangier
Lave Ae
Casa Blanca
Kabyles
Galilee
Siler
Casa Blaneca
Oran
Algeria
Morocco
Spain
Madrid
Alreciras
Peary Plans Next North Pole Expedition
Commander Robert E. Peary left Portland for New York to sail on an expedition likely to reuse the same crew and the Roosevelt under Captain Robert Bartlett. He stated he is prepared for a three year trip and will push to reach the pole, with future plans depending on circumstances. He would not confirm if he would stop after this attempt even if unsuccessful.
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Portland
Robert E. Peary
New York
Robert Bartlett
Roosevelt
Pole
North Pole
Peary
State proposes centralized insane asylum system under Deneen
Springfield Aug 6 plans move to place all county asylums under state control overseen by William C Graves state board of charities. A central insane asylum at Kankakee to be headed by a physician expert in mental diseases. A cash balance over 100000 supports reforms before term ends. Governor Deneen to appoint an educational commission to study common schools. Burlington to mark a homecoming week September 9 to 15.
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Springfield
Denen
State Board of Charities
Kankakee
Deneen
Educational Commission
Fines for land fraud in Monarch coal cases
In Cheyenne federal court Judge Ryner overruled motions for a new trial by E. M. Holbrook E. Lotsbaugh and Robert McPhilamey convicted of conspiring to defraud the government in requisitioning coal lands at Monarch Wyoming. Holbrook and Lotsbaugh face 10090 fines each and McPhilamey 2000 plus one thirds of costs. all will appeal.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Ryner
E. M. Holbrook
E. E. Lotsbaugh
Robert McPhilamey
Monarch
Holbrook
Lonebaugh
McPhilamey
Catholic Foresters Plan Insurance Rate Increase
In St Paul Minnesota the eighteenth annual convention of the Catholic International Order of Foresters convened today. Much of the meeting will focus on the advisability of raising insurance rates to align with fraternity tables used by other orders.
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St. Paul, Minn
Ang
Catholic International Order of Foresters
Quarrel Over Woman Ends With Police Killing
Chicago report says Joseph Glazebrook was arrested on the night after Mrs. Mary Dubois provided information linking him to the shooting death of Police Officer Edward Smith near his home. No charge yet. he is to be held for the coroner's inquest.
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Joseph Glazebrook
Chicago
Mary Dubois
Edward Smith
Glazebrook
Attempt to wreck Pittsburg flyer on Erie road fails
An obstruction was placed on the Erie line between here and Garretsville last night. A tree trunk was dragged to the track and chained down. Section men discovered the setup, thwarting the attempt to wreck the Pittsburg flyer.
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Pittsburg
Gas in Wellman s Balloon at Spitsbergen Start Planned
Spitzbergen Aug 2 via Tromsoe Aug 6 The Wellman Chicago Record-Herald polar expedition balloon was inflated yesterday with preparations for a mid August start for the pole. The notes show good shape for the voyage.
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Spitzbergen
Tromsoe
Wellman- Chicago Record-Herald
Second Crime Victim Dies in Dayton Tragedy
In Dayton Ohio Abe Cohar dies after accompanying Anna Markowitz who was choked to death by a criminal. Authorities say Cohar’s delirious condition delayed the full accounting of the tragedy and he died today as investigations reconsider the information he provided.
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Abe Cohan
Anna Markowitz
Dayton
Ohio
Ang
Abe Cohar Isho
Earth Shocks Recorded in Chili and Austria
An earthquake shock was felt yesterday at Valparaiso and distant signals noted in Austria-Hungary. The Marine Mysey recorder logged heavy shocks about 2500 miles away. William's American yacht Meteor won the king's cup in the Royal Yacht Squadron event after five boats started. A drowning occurred when boat Two Crown capsized near Chillicothe Missouri, Miss Lue Evans and Emory McDougal perished.
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Chili
Austria
Santiago
Chile
Valparaiso
Keste
Austria-Hungary
Chillicothe
Lue Evans
Emory McDougal
Bearlake
Canadian Captain Abandons Isle Royale Union Jack Plan
Port Arthur Ontario August 6 The British not flying over Isle Royale yet Captain S C Young the Canadian officer who sailed from this port to raise the British flag on the island in Lake Superior returned this morning It is not believed Young and his small party reached Isle Royale though they claim they did If Youngs party did reach Isle Royale they merely slept on a harbor island and did not raise the union jack fearing consequences The Canadian government refuses to countenance the enterprise.
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Port Arthur
Ontario
Ise Royale
S. C. Young
Thisport
Lake Superior
Cantain Young
Isle Royale
Young
Johnson Elected U S Senator to Succeed Pettus
The Alabama legislature elects Joseph F. Johnson to fill the late Senator Pettus in both the short and long terms. Johnson will serve as United States senator from Montgomery, with details noted in the Aug 6 dispatch. A separate item reports the Meyer Cord Lithographic plant on West Lake Street, Chicago, burned last night with losses around 100000 dollars.
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Joseph F. Johnson
Pettus
Montgomery
Ala
Joseph F. Johston
United States
Senator Pettus
Burns
Chicago
Meyer Cord Lithographic
West Lake Street
Snell Estate May Amount 10 Cool Million Before It Is Distributed
Bloomington HL Aug 6 The probate of Colonel Thomas Snell's will stirs interest across central Tampis and northern Towa where his estate valued at 2 million is placed in trust. Only son Richard Snell of Clinton NL survives, but is cut out entirely. Estate to remain in trust 20 years after youngest heir Mrs William V Dinsmore of San Jose Cal, reaching 75 to 100 years before division. Snell built railroads including 800 miles of Illinois Central, then expanded to manufacturing, banking and land investments.
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Snell Estate
Bloomington
Thomas
Snell
Tampis
Towa
Richard Snell
Clinton
William V. Dinsmore
San Jose
Cal
Snel
Illinois Central
Freeport
Quincy Judge in chase after pickpockets loses race
St. Joseph Michigan, August 6. Albert Akers a circuit judge at Quincey Illinois pursued two suspects after his pockets were picked at Perre Macquette station. He aged three score years but ran the chase until the robbers vanished. He lost his cash and a $500 certificate of deposit. The crowd panicked and women attacked him with parasols while a child helped pin him momentarily. The pickpockets escaped as explanations were offered.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Albert Akers
Quincey
Perre Macquette
Akers
Judge Akers
Zion City Lace Factory Sold For 380000
Veliva, successor to Dowie, defies court ruling after Judge Landis denies his petition to co receive Zion City assets. Sale of Zion lace factory for 380000 ordered. Veliva vows to drift followers and found a new colony elsewhere as he abandons Zion City.
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Dowie
Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
John C. Hateley
Zion City
Zion
Veliva
John Alexander Dowie
Voliva
Six Die in Pennsylvania Rail Crash Near Ford City
In Pitsburg on August 6 the Oil City express on the Pennsylvania railroad collided with a freight train near Ford City at noon. Six deaths are reported with about 18 injuries. A passenger train sideswiped a detached freight car, derailing the engine and wrecking baggage cars and a passenger car.
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Pitsburg
Oil City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ford City
British-German Accord Alters Armament Limitation Plan
The Hague Aug 6 British and German representatives agreed to modify the peace conference proposal on armament limits. The revised plan drops forcing limits and simply states that such limits are highly desirable, a formulation to be unanimously accepted.
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The
Hague
Great Britain
Germany
Illinois Home and Aid Society Homes the Homeless
The Illinois Home and Aid Society reports progress in placing over 500 children annually into family homes through the national Children’s Home Society network. Rev M V B Van Arsdale began similar work in Bloomington 24 years ago, with local leaders J W Welch and E B McKown on the advisory board and fund oversight while Rev G C Knobel visits from 643 Seventeenth Street.
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Illinois Home and Aid Society
M. V. B. van Arsdale
Bloomington
National
Children's Home Society
Minois
J. W. Welch
E. B. McKown
G. C. Knobel
Seventeenth Street
Weather bulletin highlights cooler than normal week
A cold dry week favored plant growth with the weekly Tinois weather bulletin noting a mean temperature below normal. The summary for the week ending August 5 reports an average daily deficit and details on how cooler conditions impacted crops and growth expectations.
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Tinois Weather Bulletin
Assaults on Women and Children Surge in New York
A string of attacks on women and children grips New York as police hunt suspects. Nurse Adelaide Wilder fights off a hatpin wielding assailant Pietro Daurio, an Italian peddler, who is jailed. Other incidents include a hallway assault on a 1 year old girl by an unknown man, and Lucca Fontza charged with criminal assault on Antoinette Taluci, a two year old. A mob badly beats Fontza leaving him in custody. multiple arrests follow in related cases across Brooklyn and Staten Island.
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New York
West Side
Adelaide Wilder
Pietro Daurio
Sade Momah
Aug
Lucca Fontza
New Brighton
Staten Island
Antoinette Taluci
Pasquale Taluci
Fontza
Taluci
Talucis
Angeline Condarti
Linoleumville
John Ambatro
Brooklyn
Davenport Liquor War Expands to County Saloons
Wholesale liquor dealers led by Captain C W Neal and T H Kemmerer move from Davenport to Scott county suing every saloon. Neighbors report 183 Davenport saloons and many more in the county as notices flood the sheriff's office. Proposed reforms include no free lunches no women allowed in saloons screen down children barred and saloons closing at midnight.
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Davenport
Haase Bros
C. W. Neal
T. H. Kemmerer
Scott County
Neal Yester
Moretar
Neal
Hydro City Boat Sets Record Up Illinois River Run
A hydrocity boat completed a 182.5 mile Alton to Peoria run in 7 hours 40 minutes against the current. Claimed speed tops 45 miles an hour, far surpassing prior Illinois River records and marking a remarkable performance.
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Alton
Peoria
Ilinois River
Illinois River
Head Shot Fatality Near Muscatine Claims Clayton McConnaha
Two youths fishing near the Cedar River west of Muscatine were involved when a shotgun discharged after the trigger snagged on a branch. Clayton McConnaha, age 18, was killed instantly by the shot, with Harvin as the companion handling the gun.
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Clayton McConnaha
Muscatine
Harvin
Cedar River
Garvin
McConaha
Knights Begin 25th National Convention in Norfolk
Catholics in Norfolk open the 25th national convention of the Knights of Columbus with high mass at St Marys Church led by Monsignore Falcony. The assembly will meet through Friday. River conditions noted. ships including St. Paul and Columbia reported movements and water at 5.20 feet all day.
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Norfolk
the Knights of Columbus of America
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Monsignore Falcony
St. Paul
David Tipton
Ruth
Georgie S
Isaac Staples
Quincy
Mae
Columbia
Georgia witness foul play victim headline
In New York on the Hudson River the missing marine Henry Francis Lynch of the battleship Georgia is reported missing after allegedly falling from the ship while hanging a light Saturday night. His father Daniel Lynch suspects foul play and has urged police to investigate the circumstance amid the ship’s gun turret explosion probe.
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New York
Henry Francis Lynch
Georgia
Hudon
Daniel Lynch
Rogers Said to Be Well Expects Return for Sunday
New Bedford Massachusetts reports Henry H. Rogers, oil magnate, is in good health at his Fairhaven home despite rumors of illness. He plans to return to New York City next Sunday.
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New York City
New Bedford
Mass
New York
Henry H. Rogers
Fairhaven
Rogers
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Yachy Stoddard
Standard
Hen Briendship
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Monte Carlo
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Oil City Express
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Homes For the Homeless
Loney
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Walter McCracken
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C .W. Neal
Henry F. Lynch
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