Fugitives, Fatalities Shape Stensland Bank Case
Fort Worth reports Paul O. Stensland in the city claiming travel with a fugitive banker, while Chicago authorities issue ten warrants for perjury forgery and conspiracy tied to Milwaukee Avenue State Bank failure. The inquest into teller Frank Kowalski’s suicide draws crowds and police to maintain order. Detectives seize forged notes totaling over $500,000 as investigations move toward uncovering Stensland’s alleged defalcations up to $2,000,000.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue Bank
Kersten
Paul O. Stensland
Henry W. Hering
Theodore Stensland
Frank Kowalski
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Hamilton
Weller
Paul Stensland
North
Carpenter Street
Kowalski
Hering
Stensland
Rev George Cox Faces Heresy Charges in Cincinnati
Rev George Clark Cox likely to face heresy charges after writing to Bishop Vincent. He compares his case to Dr Crapsey and states he does not believe in the virgin birth of Christ.
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Cincinnati
George Clark Cox
Vincent
Crapsey
Christ
Action Aimed at Harvesters Trust in Knox County
Norfolk Nebraska August 11 County Attorney Berryman has begun quo warranto proceedings to bar the International Harvester company from Knox county business on charges it is a trust. Editor Green Creighton, a Bryan ally and former president of the State Democratic Editorial association, is the complainant seeking $2000 damages for an alleged misrepresentation about a manufactured by the trust machine.
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Norfolk
Neb
Berryman
International Harvester Company
Knox County
Green
Creighton
Bryan
State Democratic Editorial Association
Combine
Chinese labor to be tested for canal work at Panama
Washington August 11 reports say the Panama canal commission plans contracts for 2500 Chinese laborers to begin canal construction. If successful, more may be hired. Labor union opposition noted though Jamaicans have proven adequate and Spaniards unavailable. Samuel Gompers criticizes the commission for hiring Chinese workers, accusing leaders of disregarding law and principle.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Vamalean
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor Today
Isthmian Canal Commission
Isthmus
Sultan Abdul Hamid II Illness Delays Selamlik in Constantinople
Constantinople reports confirm the sultan Abdul Hamid II is ill forcing the postponement of the selamlik ceremony. Foreign representatives withdrew upon the news and troops at the scene were dispersed. It is said the sultan may undergo an operation and some say it has already occurred.
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Turkey
Selamlik
Constantinople
Abdul Hamid II
Nomination Sure Bryan President Bid Looms In 1908
Paris dispatch reports Democratic nomination for William J. Bryan appears certain with backers like David R. Francis predicting no obstacle. Bourke Cochran writes from Lake Tahoe thanking reception planners while Bryan and party arrive in Paris for four day stay and Ritz luncheon with ex Governor Francis. Bryan declines to discuss his candidacy further.
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Paris
Democratic Party
William J
William J. Bryan
Colonel Wetmore
Dunlap
Ritz
David R. Francis
Bryan
United States
Nothing Too Good for Root in Montevideo
Uruguayan crowds line the port to greet Secretary Root upon arrival aboard the Charleston. Enthusiastic demonstrations erupt as citizens shout Long live Secretary Root and Long live the great republic of the north. A welcome committee boards the cruiser Triton to greet the visitors.
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Montevideo
Uruguayan Republic
Root
Charleston
Secretary Root
President Roosevelt
Triton
Frau Wagner Snubs Mrs. Longworth at Baireuth Festival
Berlin reports Frau Cosima Wagner, widow of the composer, snubbed Mrs. Longworth daughter of President Roosevelt during the Baireuth festival. Longworths left early amid restricted social invitations and local resentment over Cosima’s handling of receptions and events during Parsifal week.
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Berlin
Cosima Wagner
America
Longworth
Roosevelt
Cosima
Baireuth
Longworths
Wagner
Persian ruler grants reforms as refugees depart legation
Teheran Aug 11 The shah finally yields to calls for reform and allows refugees who sought protection at the British legation to leave. All except 200 with personal claims have departed. Fleeing mullahs are returning, pressured by a strong clerical coalition that forced the shah to act.
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Teheran
Persia
Court Martial for 2000 Mutinous Soldiers and Sailors
Report covers planned court martial of no fewer than 2000 sailors and soldiers connected to the Cronstadt and Sveaborg mutinies after preliminary probes. Warsaw chaos amid bandits terrorizes Lodz, while Grand Duke Nicholas narrowly escapes a gun attack at Krasnoye-Selo during blank firing practice. An Odessa incident ends with the would-be assassin girl dying after a bomb mishap and the governor general surviving.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Imperial Guards
Krasnoye-Selo
Dukf
Faj
Cronstadt
Sveaborg
Panama Canal Commission Leaders Visit New York
Z. P. Shents and Joseph B. Bishop arrived from Colon to discuss the canal zone’s favorable condition. Shents stated overall improvement and progress in engineering work is well under way.
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New York
Z. P. Shents
Joseph B. Bishop
Panama Canal Commission
Colon
Shents
Canal
Shonts
Rockefeller funds Tanganyika railroad on dark continent
The Times reports John D. Rockefeller has supplied funds for railroad development in Tanganyika, Africa. The move signals significant American capital in Africa, with prior South African engineering aid viewed as a major development.
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Rockefeller
London
the Times
John D. Rockefeller
Tanganyika
Africa
South Africa
LYNCHER GUILTY IN FIRST NC CONVICTION HISTORY
George Hall, former Montgomery county convict, found guilty of conspiracy in the August lynching of three negroes over the Lyerly murder case. Sentenced to 15 years. Governor Glenn testified he acted to deter a lynching. Witnesses described Hall leading a mob of about thirty. Trial raised questions of jurisdiction and timing. In Missouri, Daniel D. Galbraith faces renewed proceedings as authorities seek to prosecute mob leaders from the April hangings.
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Salisbury
N. C
George Hall
Montgomery County
Lyerly
B. F. Long
Hall
Glenn
Atlantic City
David W. Julian
Hadley
Springfield
Daniel D. Galbraith
Las Vegas
N.M
Tom Johnson Complete Victor In Car Fight
Cleveland Mayor Johnson wins ruling by Judge Lawrence on Fulton road traction rights. The decision scuttles claims of exclusive center-road rights by the Cleveland Electric Railway and allows the city to force relocation or self-relocation of tracks to accommodate another company.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Johnson
Lawrence
Fulton Road
Cleveland Electric Railway
Cuts Out Telegraphers on Lackawanna Line
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad will dispense with all telegraphers on its system and will control train movement with the automatic block signal system and additional telephone facilities, an official announcement from Scranton, Pennsylvania states.
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Lackawanna Road
Scranton
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Republic of Panama in Danger Through a Plot
Akron Ohio Aug 11 Anticipating action looking to his removal Fred E Smith has resigned as county treasurer but retains the office of treasurer of the city of Akron and the school board He was found nearly 282000 short in his accounts by examiners appointed by the probate court He has also loaned public money and the city council and school board are implicated through a writt en contract The county commissioners appointed A G High of Barberton as Smiths successor He declares he will make up the shortage.
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Akron
Ohio
Fred E Smith
City of
Smith
A. G. High
Barberton Smith
Colombian Conspirators Arrested in Panama Plot
Panama Aug 11 police captured 17 Colombians, former revolutionary generals, accused of conspiring against high authorities. Some linked to Panaman liberal party. prisoners to be deported as pernicious foreigners. Public rumor denies details. authorities say danger now past.
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Panama
Liberal Party
Steamer Troy Crashes Bridge Heavy Loss at Duluth
A 5000 ton steamer Troy collided with the draw span of the interstate bridge at the head of the lakes and toppled it into the channel. Navigation is blocked, rail and road traffic between Duluth and Superior halted for hours. Damages to bridge and pier estimated at 100000 dollars. thirty four vessels tied up including the passenger steamer Tioneste.
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Duluth
Troy
Western Transit Company
Head of the Lakes
Superior
Tioneste
Town in hands of sheriff in Slocan City
Slocan City in British Columbia faces closure as Sheriff Tuck from Nelson seizes the town with execution papers. Once home to about 1,000, it now hosts roughly 150 residents as creditor C E Smitheringale of Vancouver moves to wind up the settlement. Crone held without bail in Kansas City murder case.
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Slocan City
B. C
Seattle
Warh
Tuck
Nelson
C. E. Smitheringale
Vancouver
Governor mansion up for sale to cover unpaid tax debt
Chicago dispatch reports Great Northern railroad acting independently on flour rates after a Chicago conference failed to reach agreement. In Topeka, Kansas, an official county paper lists a governor's mansion for sale at auction September 21 to cover a $149.98 unpaid tax debt, noting no fund exists to pay the debt and state officers may need to purchase the property.
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Chicago
Great Northern Railroad
South Dakota
Minnesota
Interstate Commercee Commission
Minneapolis
Great Northern
Topeka
Kan
Shawnee County
Duke Receives Final Divorce Decree in North Carolina Couple married in 1904
New York Aug 11. Brodie L Duke of Durham North Carolina brother of the American Tobacco Company president was granted a final decree of absolute divorce from his wife Alice Webb Duke. The pair wed in December 1904.
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New York
Brodie L. Duke
Durham
N. C
American Tobacco Company
Alice Webb Duke
Another Assistant for Dr W E Taylor at Watertown
Springfield Aug 11 special Dr Taylor superintendent of the Western Hospital for the Insane at Watertown consulted with Governor Deneen on the institution's affairs. Dr Albert H Dollear, previously with Dr Frank P Norbury at Jacksonville, was appointed assistant physician at the Watertown asylum, increasing the medical staff by one.
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Springfield
Taylor
Western Hospital For the Insane
Watertown
Thin City
Deneen
Albert H. Dollear
Frank P. Norbury
Jacksonville
Watertown Asylum
Protection Still His Hobby Secretary Shaw Speech in Springfield
Secretary Shaw spoke at a Republican meeting in Springfield Missouri asserting protection preserves prices for American producers. He argued the nation splits into producers and consumers with Democrats favoring cheap prices and appealing to consumers. He warned that Democratic rule brings disaster, though not their intention.
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Shaw
Springfield
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Commander-in-Chief Tanner Arrives for National Encampment
Minneapolis hosts the 40th annual Grand Army national encampment with Commander in Chief Tanner arriving at the West hotel. His party includes Adjutant General John Tweedale, Quartermaster General Frank Battles, Assistant Adjutant General William P. Rogers, Surgeon General Hugo Piller, Chief of Staff Frank Butts, former Commander-in-Chief Black, and C E Foote of Kalamazoo Michigan as executive councilor.
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Tanner
Minneapolis
Hig
West Hotel
Grand Army
John Tweedale
Frank Battles
Wiliam P. Rogers
Hugo Piller
Frank Butts
Black
C. BE. Foote
Kalamazoo
Mich
Mayor Given Three Years For Receiving Stolen Horses
Williston North Dakota Aug 11 W H Denny former mayor and prominent banker convicted of receiving stolen horses was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary a 60 day stay granted and it is understood the case will be appealed Strike of Deck Hands Ends New York Aug 11 The strike of deck hands on tugboats of several railroads in the city ends with little danger of freight congestion.
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Williston
N. D
W. H. Denny
New York
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