Siege of Jericho fund woes plague Peoria order
In Peoria Modern Woodmen backers fear losing the head camp next year as the Jericho pageant finances sag. A $15,000 event price tag comes with only $6,000 in hand and a $3,000 exhibitor plan failed, leaving a $1,000 shortfall after six performances despite earlier gains. Next week a city hall meeting will seek funds or relocate the gathering.
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Modern Woodmen of America
Peoria
Dumynd
Jericho
Lake View Park
al Fresno Park
Manthe Committee
Catholic Schools Are Public, Archbishop Says at Milwaukee
Milwaukee July 9 about four hundred prominent educators from across the United States attend the Catholic Educational Association convention. Archbishop Messmer welcomes them, stressing Catholic education is not private by saying schools are public schools, schools of the people.
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Milwaukee
United States
Catholic Educational Association of the
Messmer
Elks Plan Inspection of Battleships
Philadelphia July 9 Acting under orders of the navy department Captain Pendleton directs that battleships Kearsarge and Kanesoverhaul and repaint and be put in condition for their participation in the Elle reunion next week. The ships will anchor in the Delaware near the city center for inspection by visiting Elks.
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Philadelphia
Navy Department
Pendleton
League Island Navy Yard
Kearsarge
Kanes
Elle
Delaware River
Vising Elks
Three dead as yacht crew capsizes in Hudson River
News from New York reports the yacht Yacona owned by Henry Clay Pierce of St. Louis lost a small yaw with six crew members and a dock man aboard. The accident left three drowned while four others were rescued by a passing tug. In a separate item, St. Petersburg announced an enlargement of the imperial prerogative to add frontier guards to the army and navy.
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New York
Henry Clay Pierce
St. Louis
Hudson River
St. Petersburg
Council of Ministers
Thought She Was First When Wife Discovers Husband Was a Widower
Rome Georgia July 9 Driven frantic believing that the man whom she married three weeks ago was a widower Mrsames Price swallowed laudanum and is in a dying condition. She left a note saying the knowledge that her husband had ever called another woman wife had destroyed her happiness and she did not care to live.
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Rome
Mrames Price
Gasoline Kills Four Children in Wisconsin Explosion
Four children of Jason Field die when a gasoline stove explodes at Rogerville Wisconsin. One child survives. Ages range from three months to four years. Local authorities report the incident occurred today and note the family home is ten miles from Fondulae.
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Wisconsin
Fondlutae
Jason Field
Rogerville
Metcalf denies warlike interpretation of fleet cruise
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf stressed that the planned cruise of the great battleship squadron was a practice movement from the Atlantic to the Pacific and would not keep the fleet in the Pacific permanently. He voiced strong opposition to depictions of a warlike motive, insisting the interpretation was not justified by the facts.
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Oakland
Cal
Metcalf
Atlantic
Pacific Co
Pacific
Pardon for Colonel Lynch Ahead of King Edward Visit
London on the eve of his visit to Ireland King Edward grants no pardon to Colonel Arthur Lynch who was convicted in 1902 for his part in the Irish Brigade in the South African war. Names Assistant Treasurer Oyster Bay July 9. The president appoints William C. Ralston as United States treasurer at San Francisco.
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Edward
London
Ireland
Arthur Lynch
Trish
Foots
Oyster Bay
William C. Ralston
United States
San Francisco
Jesse R Grant Considered For Democratic Presidential Run
In St. Louis Jesse R. Grant son of Gen Ulysses Grant and H T Childers arrive from New York to open headquarters at the Southern hotel. Grant, on a tour of the South and West meeting business leaders and politicians, says he has not declared candidacy and will decide after his talks. He favors tariff revision and regulation of trusts and will make his principles clear if he enters the race.
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St. Louis
Jesse R. Grant
New York
Ulysses
Grant
Missouri River Threatens St Joseph Sewer System
Joseph Missouri July 9 The Missouri River shifts threaten St Joseph with a cutoff lake and a inland riverfront. The peninsular peninsula and Elwood townsite are eroding, risking Grand Island railroad bridge and a costly river-control project already totaling over a million dollars. Citizens propose a $50 000 local match if the government contributes the same to halt the river’s advance.
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Elwood
St. Joseph
Grand Island Railroad
Engineer Hit By A Crane Wreck Cause
Mobile Alabama July incident reports a rear end collision on the Mobile and Ohio railroad near Whistler between a passenger train and a light engine. One person killed and two injured as a mail crane struck a passerby leaning out. The fireman found the engineer unconscious. warning came too late to avert the crash.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Ohio
Whistler
Davenport Girl Is Hailed a Heroine
Miss Theresa Hirschl of Davenport, daughter of A J Hirschl, saved a group of youths in a launch near Holland Michigan. With quick wit she took the wheel as a lake vessel approached in fog, averting disaster and earning local praise.
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Theresa Hirschl
A. J. Hirschl
Davenport
Holland
Mich
Hirsehl
New Bridge at Ottawa to be Erected by McKinley Company
Peoria reports McKinley Company will build a new bridge across the Illinois at Ottawa with Ralph Modjes' planning the structure. The project costs about 125000 dollars. Traction company and city authorities have resolved prior friction and construction starts soon with interurban service extended from Ottawa to Streater and onward to Peoria and Chicago.
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McKinley Company
Traction Railroad
Peoria
McKinley
Ottawa
Ralph Modjes
Traction Company
Streater
Chicago
Would-Be Murderer to Die in Moscow
Russian woman Mme Fromoki who in March attempted to assassinate General Rheinbotexpresed of police and who on May 13 tried to murder the inspector of the political prison, wounding him with a pistol smuggled into her cell, was today sentenced to death in Moscow.
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Moscow
Mme. Fromoki
General Rheinbotexpresed
Interurban traffic halted by East Moline order
Traffic on the Watertown interurban line was stopped at East Moline by Mayo Johnson this morning. Union Malleable Iron Works in East Moline also shut down with about 125 workers affected as the company refused city franchise terms including street lighting and a $10,000 payment if the line isn’t extended to Geneseo in five years. An injunction against further city interference was possible, with no arrests made and the company signaling a possible brief resumption of service.
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Watertown
East Moline
Mayo- Johnson
Geneseo
B. F. Peek
Maline
Union Malleable Iron Works
Parade of Knights Templar Opens Triennial Conclave
In Saratoga New York a parade of 15000 Knights Templar and 50 bands moved through streets festooned for the event. Governor of New York Earl of Euston, king Edward’s representative, and Grand Master George M. Moulton led the review as thousands watched in fair weather and cool air, marking a bright opening to the conclave.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Knights Templar
New York
Earl of Euston
Edward
George M. Moulton
Local Inspectors Issue Circular on Small Gas and Electric Boats
Dubuque inspectors Knapp and Carey publish guidance on requirements for vessels of 15 tons or less carrying passengers on the Mississippi. The notice covers life preservers, licensed operators, whistles, fog bells, green and red lights, and penalties for noncompliance.
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George B. Knapp
James I. Carey
Dubuque
de Heres of Commerce
Steamboat Inspection
Sers
Misippi
Board of Inspectors
Iowa
Fairbanks Heroic Rescue Of Drowning Woman At Park
Vice President Charles W Fairbanks risked his life to save Lena Waters a waitress at the Park hotel Yellowstone National Park from drowning. He leaped into the lake with another man, dragged her to shore and aided recovery before resuming travel to Seattle for a July 12 address to the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Yellowstone National Park
Charles W. Fairbanks
Lena Waters
Park Hotel
J. A. Gibbs
Fairbanks
Seattle
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
Fruit Importer Jailed and Fined in Baltimore Case
John H. Seward of J. H. Seward & C. fruit importers received a two year city jail term and a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to defrauding the government by inflating the weight of decayed fruit claimants. Prosecutors said the scheme likely defrauded the government of over $180,000 in the past four years.
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Baltimore
John H. Seward
J. H
Depositions Dominate Day in Steunenberg Trial
Boise July 9 The Steunenberg trial resumed with continued reading of San Francisco depositions. Senator Borah was indisposed and could not attend. The deposition readings filled the morning and will require the afternoon. Sidney Ohio July 9 The American Scraper plant burned today causing about 200000 dollars in losses.
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Boise
Steunenberg
San Francisco
Borah
Burns
Sidney
Ohio
American Scraper Company
United States
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Comer
Wouse
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Platzek
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Postal Teelgraph and Cable Company
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Robert C, Clowry
Clarence HH
Mackay
Georg, Gould
E.tt. Uarriman
Morris J. Jessup
Albany
In Postal Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Western and Northwestern
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association of Tawa
Lawa
Commission
Southern
Western Ranges
Lowa Points
Bishop Messmer
of Educational Association
ELKS
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H. C. Pierce
Kinsman
James MacGranahan
Moody and Sankey
Knapp
Carey Kuque
T. J. Robinson
J. W. VanSant
Lydia VanSant
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Malleable Iron Works
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