Four Regiments Leave Springfield as Riots Loom
Springfield Aug 19 With the departure of the 1st and 4th regiments and the start of a special grand jury probe into riots the city moves toward normalcy The 3rd and 5th regiments will follow home leaving about 1500 on duty The governor cites nonpartisan appointments based on character fitness and ability while officials fear lingering unrest and possible further disturbances Treasurer Richardson is indicted in a separate assault case and the riot inquiry proceeds in Springfield US Army maneuvers are planned at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana
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Springfield
Grand Jury
Sth
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Chicago & Alton
Kankakee
Earl Nelson
George Richardson
Mabel Hallam
Holland Venezuela dispute seen as unsuited to arbitration
At The Hague August 19 the Dutch cabinet reviewed the Netherlands Venezuela clash. The answer to President Castro’s letter is non arbitration. Officials deem the issue sovereignty and national honor not solvable by arbitration. Navy yard work to support a possible ultimatum continues day and night while seeking pacific solutions. Dutch ships Holland and Utrecht ordered ready for rapid dispatch to the Caribbean with Curaçao sailing August 2 and Utrecht in October. Caracas reports Castro refuses Brazilian minister to manage French interests, straining France relations amid the Venezuela conflict with the United States. French claims remain uncollected as foreign representation is likely limited.
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Hague
Netherlands
Venezuela
Castro
Great Britain
Germany
America
Holland
Utrecht
Curaca
Caribbean
Dutch Ministry of Marine
France
United States
Brazil
Divorced Wife Motive Cited in Haines Case
Boston Aug 14 A possible motive in the killing of William E Annis by Captain Peter C Haines may be the suit for divorce filed by Mrs Haines served in New York Aug 10 The case drew attention as Mrs Haines made sensational charges against her husband Libbey the father says his daughter was cruelly treated and both believe Annis behind the accusations and that open court exposure was demanded to clear herself.
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Boston
William E. Annis
Peter C. Haines
Charles H. Libbey
Death sentences surge in Russia after failed police chief attack
In St. Petersburg on August 19, three assailants fired on Pyatigorsk police chief Von Oglio, missing him as police killed one of the attackers and the other two fled. A day marked by 26 total death sentences set a sinister empirewide record for executions on a single day for various crimes.
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St. Petersburg
Pyattigorsk
von Oglio
Touy
Two Men Figure in Mysterious Death
Newaygo Michigan police and a posse surround a swamp after bloodhounds guided them from a farmhouse where Mrs Minnie Conley was found stabbed to death. The 16 year mystery deepens as John Ward, once her lover and father of a child, vanished after the murder.
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Newaygo
Mich
Minnie Conley
Society Women in Bic Smuggling Scheme Uncovered
Chicago dispatch reports United States authorities in Chicago Boston and Washington have investigated a bold customs evasion by society women. Mrs Emily Rockwell Chadbourne and Mrs Jack Gardner faced seizure of nearly 100000 worth goods misdeclared to eight thousand, with fines totalling 150000 and possible indictments by the federal grand jury.
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Chicago
The
Chicago Tribune Today
United States
Boston
Washington
Emily Rockwell Crane Chadbourne
North Shore
Richard T. Crane
Crane Manufacturing Company
Ames
Chadbourne
Gets His Mascot Taft Opponents to Speak at Fall Carnival
Bryan receives a rich mule mascot from the Minnesota State Agricultural Society in Fairview Nebraska and plans a newspaper caucus to name it. Separately, over $5,000 has been sent to Bryan's Democratic fund from subscriptions and club support. Hitchcock predicts Taft and Sherman backers will campaign with speakers including Fairbanks Cannon La Follette Knox and likely Foraker.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Minnesota State Agricultural Society
Bryan
Democratic National Committee
William J. Bryan
New York
Chicago
Taft
Sherman
Frank H. Hitchcock
National Committee
Fairbanks
Cannon
LaFollette
Knox
Foraker
Maypole mine disaster at Wigan claims many lives
In Wigan England Aug 19 authorities report no survivors among miners aged about 70 or more entombed by yesterday’s blast. The Maypole mine has been cleared of gases and about 18 corpses found near the shaft bottom severely mutilated with limbs blown off and heads battered. Work halted as the mine caught fire.
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Wigan
England
Maypole
Rich Brewer Auto Victim John Gluck and Wife Killed
Minneapolis on August 19 reports that wealthy brewer John Gluck and his wife died instantly when their car collided with a railway train at Cottagewood Lake Minnetonka. Mrs Lebaire, sister to Mrs Gluck, and her two year old child were injured and may not recover.
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John Gluck
Minneapolis
John Gluek
Lebaire
New York Street Cars Do Not Pay Metropolis Loses Millions
The Metropolitan Street Railway, under receivers Adrian H. Joline and Douglas Robinson, reports an annual loss of 8.14 million dollars. From Sept 26, 1907, to June 1, 1908, nine months, defaults on rentals total 4.72 million and overall deficits could reach 1.29 million after accounting for unpaid items. Gross nine month earnings are 11.55 million with operating expenses at 80 percent of gross.
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New York
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Adrian H. Joline
Douglas Robinson
Aoss
Stevenson Speaks at Pana In Gubernatorial Campaign Speech
Adlai E. Stevenson addressed about 2000 Democrats gathered at Panachan. He discussed the tariff law the Philippines and state debt and outlined his campaign aims including actions if elected governor.
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Panachautauqua
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Philippines
Fighting Bob Evans Is 62 At Lake Mohonk
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans marks 62 at Lake Mohonk New York with a formal ceremony and letters from Roosevelt Pillsbury and others. Admirers fill the Mountain hotel as Smiley presides, Draper presents a loving cup, and a 62 candle cake honors a long navy career. Chicago riot report follows as police clash white teamsters and blacks over Springfield unrest with injuries.
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Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Robley D. Evans
United States Navy
Bob
Washington
Mountain Hotel
Albert K. Smiley
J. Edward Simmons
New York
Admiral Evans
Admiral
Stamp Fraud in Russia New Discovery
Moscow reports a major stamp fraud case where two Moscow merchants were arrested. The scheme traded canceled stamps cleaned at a lab and sold through post office accomplices. Prices were cut at Revel, signaling the swindle’s expansion and lucrativeness.
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Russia
Moscow
Reval
New explosive tested near Munich with sensational results
Munich on August 19 reported a new high explosive tested by electricity producing dramatic effects. Three shells detonated, tearing armor plates at Krapp factory, described as sensational results.
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Munich
Here
Krapp
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Mi Association
Navy Yards
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Posse
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Minnesota Agricultural Society
Rich Brewer
Metropolitan
Pana
Navy
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