Air Scandal at Kankakee Asylum Chiefs Under Fire
Evidence against Kankakee asylum management shows charges upheld except cruelty to patients. Dr. Podstata testified on lax rules, political influence, misused funds, neglected lab work, substandard wards, and poor bathing and supplies, with trustee Len Small cited as de facto head.
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V. P. Podstata
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Chicago
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Civil Service Reform League
Gibbons
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Geneva
Stearns
Bus
Small
Supt. Corbus
Corbus
Boy Explains Railway Wreck Near South Omaha
Delbert Preston a 15 year old boy confessed to causing a passenger train wreck on the Rock Island near South Omaha on July 24 by leaving an iron spike on the rail. One man was killed and several injured in the collision.
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Omaha
Delbert Preston
Rock Island
South Omaha
Mosquito-killing fungus discovered in Michigan ponds
Professor R H Pettit of the Agricultural college reports a fungus disease killing mosquitoes. Assistant Jonson Harlow notes dead mosquitoes lining pond banks as the fungus covers bodies and ejects spores to infect others. Researchers aim to spread the disease to additional ponds.
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Detroit
R. H. Pettit
The
Agricultural College
Michigan
Jonson Harlow
Bartholins arrest in Wisconsin town ends Chicago fugitive search
Chicago reports from Aug 12 say Kenosha police detained a man matching William Bartholin wanted for killing his mother and fiancée Minnie Mitchell. A Chicago suspect-identification was arranged, but later reports said the Kenosha arrest was not the fugitive. Political and court notes follow with testimonies about Trustee Murphy at a Chicago hospital.
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Daily News
Kenosha
Wis
William Bartholin
Minnie Mitchell
Barthelin
Murphy
H. UH. Ball
Union Avenue
Chicago City Railway Company
Ball
Col. Buckingham
L Ball
Froom
Krosin
Kankakee
Larry H. Ball
State Board of Charities
State Asylum For the Insane
W. Murphy
Justice Gray Vacant Seat Promptly Filled
President nominates Oliver Wendell Holmes to Supreme Court seat left by Justice Gray, who resigns due to ill health. Senate confirmation awaited. Gray’s retirement expected around October term. Holmes, Massachusetts chief justice, to replace after approval.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
United States Supreme Court
Gray
Washington
Has Hererodox Views Preacher Sparks Church Sensation
Indianapolis Aug 12 R L Marlin president of Baker university Baldwin Kan preached at Meridian Street Methodist church and said the word of God is not an authority in historical scientific and philosophical matters He suggested modern theological trends and questioned biblical literalism Also references to congress pensioning ex Confederate soldiers and Disputes over government authority in church and state
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Indianapolia
Indianapolis
R. L. Marlin
Baker University
Baldwin
Kan
Meridian Street
God
Ex Confederates Mistake They Think United States Pensioned Them
Washington August 12 The commissioner of pensions states an erroneous impression exists among many ex Confederate soldiers about how the United States has pensioned them.
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United States
Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Two Lynched for a Murder in Lexington Jail Mob
In Lexington Missouri a masked mob removed Charles Salyers and Harry Gates from the county jail at 1 20 this morning and lynched them for the killing of George W Johnson a wealthy farmer who surprised them at his hen house near town two weeks earlier Salyers said Gates fired the shot that killed Johnson.
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Charles Salyers
Harry Gates
George W. Johnson
Salyers
Gates
Johnson
Illinoisan Had Stamps to Burn in Brookport Mystery
Metropolis Illinois August 12 government officials suspect Charles Martin of Brookport in a Chicago post office robbery case. Martin vanished July 23 after extending credit with postage stamp discounts at his store. Sherrey Evers took over the business. many stamps were found in Martin's room. Detectives learned he once lived in Pine Bluff Arkansas as Henry Howard.
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Ills
Chicago
Charles Martin
Brookport
Martin
Pennsylvania
Sherry Evers
Pine Bluffs
Henry Howard
FUSILLADE IN THROOP COAL REGION ARMISH STRIKERS FLEE
A night raid at Throop six miles north of Scranton ends with shots exchanged between deputies and strikers. No injuries reported as the attackers exhaust ammunition after targeting the washery and pump house guarded by deputies. Nearby Shenandoah reports strikers foraging crops and threatening farmers, prompting precautionary patrols and private property protection.
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Here
Pancoast Coal Company
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Esterday
Canipr
Cammp
Shenandoah
Wissa
Lucien Munbeck
Gobin
Three in Family Commit Death by Own Action
New Hampton Iowa reports a tragedy with Ray Bowers about 22 shooting himself in the temple. Earlier a brother Edward 19 died of a head wound in the woods on May 18 1805. Father J C Bowers died in woods at the same place with a gunshot wound in the chest on November 25 1805.
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Ray Bowers
Edward ©. Bowers
Isuz
J. C. Bowers
Ches
Strikes and Litigation Tangle in New Jersey Glass Works
In Camden a reissued arrest targets George Jonas of Jonas Company over alleged child labor and telegraph interception in a strike era case. Minute N J notes violations while glass makers face injunctions against union interference as the dispute with the employer since April unfolds.
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New Jersey
Camden
George Jonas
Jonas Is Company
Minute N. J
le Glass Com
Glass Men’s Union
Bas
Blockade Proves Ineffective in Cape Haytien Port
Washington reports two cables from Commander McCrea aboard Muehios detailing an attempted blockade of Cape Haytien by revolutionists as spasmodic and ineffective. A later dispatch notes the blockade abandoned with an American schooner reporting the blockader absent. Barcelo na has fallen to revolutionists, sparking calls for a protection vessel for the consul. Cincinnati’s arrival at Porto Cabello adjusts orders to potentially land bluejackets if needed.
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Navy Department
McCrea
Muehias
Cape Haytien
Bowen
State Department
Caracas
Barcelona
Cincinnati
Porto Cabello
McLean
Vorto Cabello
Kentucky Town at Mercy of Flames
A Paducah chemical drug store blast August 12 ignited a blaze that imperiled nearby Princeton and may have caused substantial damage. The fire threatens the town with about a quarter million dollars in losses.
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Kentucky
Paducah
W. B. Terry
Princeton
Tod
Two Chicago Officers Die After West Side Shootout
Patrolmen Timothy Devine and Charles Pennell were fatally wounded in a revolver attack by supposed gang members near Jackson Boulevard and Ashland Avenue on the Chicago west side. Devine died en route to the hospital while Pennell died on the operating table after giving a vague description of two assailants.
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Chicago
Timothy Devine
Charles
Pennell
Grand Lodge Of Elks Opens In Salt Lake City
Reports from the grand lodge annual reunion show thousands in attendance in Salt Lake City tabernacle and near reports from committees. Also notes on Knights of Pythias opening session in San Francisco and various regional happenings including a gas payment dispute in Munster Indiana and an Alaska earthquake.
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Grand Lodge of Elks
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Mormon Church
Grand Lodge
San Francisco
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythyias
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