W. H. Dahlquist Victim in Spokane Wreck Toll
A Spokane Inland Railway collision at Coldwater Idaho left twelve dead and seventy-five injured. W. H. Dahlquist of Hatherville Iowa is among the dead. other victims include Orville Puerbaugh Elkhart Indiana and A P Whitley Memphis Tennessee. A special medical train rushed to aid. hospital at Coeur d Alene is crowded. Funeral arrangements await word from relatives.
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Spokane
Wash
Spokane & Inland Railway
Coldwater
Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d’Alene
Coeur Valene
Orville Puerbaugh
Elkhart
Ind
W. J. House
Scotia
William W. Onsette
Harrington
A. P. Whitley
Memphis
Tenn
William Ward
Wenatchie
John Vernie
Springfield
Dollie
Golden
W. A. Dahlquist
Hatherville
J. C. Cox
Medical Lake
Mullenville
Kas
Arthur Marvin
Victoria
Mont
Charles Osborne
Freeport
Co. P. Vansandt
Harrisonville
BE. L. Dixon
Norfolk
Neb
United States
Twelve Hurt In Wreck Near Cambridge
Twelve people injured when the Overland Limited derailed east of Cambridge after a foot long break in the south rail. Mail and express cars splintered. list of serious injuries includes John D. Lawrence Madrid and Frank L. Bistonwaller Cedar Rapids among others with cuts, bruises, and fractures.
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Des Moines
Overland Limited
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Cambridge
John
Chicago
Glenn
Springfield
Andrew Gaydy
John McCarty
Charles H. Larabee
Ainsworth
Neb
Charles F. Price
Arthur Graig
Colored
Kansas City
Jacob Gogo
East Cambridge
Mass
Fire Swept Osaka City Record Blaze Leaves Destruction
Osaka Japan August 2 A terrible conflagration reduced large portion of the city to ashes More than 13 000 buildings destroyed Four miles of area swept by the flames authorities fight to control the blaze amid widespread destruction and fear of further spread.
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Osaka
Japan
Compromise on Hides and Leather Sent Back for Repairs
New session convened as tariff negotiators meet to settle differences. President Taft oversees the reassembling of lawmakers to advance the compromise.
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Taft
Tariff Paragraph Sparks Senate Debate on Duty
Senators from cattle states challenge a tariff provision claiming no U S shoes fit the description of boots and shoes with upper leather from hides admitted free of duty. They argue the ten percent ad valorem duty is valueless since all other leather shoes are taxed at fifteen percent, creating an inconsistency in the duties.
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United States
Taft Backing Conference Report Amid Senate Contention
Washington report describes Taft urging support for the conference language on the hide and leather compromise as Senate disputes shift. House adopts the report 195 to 183 after an eleven hour session with several Republicans voting against it.
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Finance Committee
Aldrich
White House
House
Cary
Wis
Davis
Minn
Granna
N. D
Haugen
Iowa
Hubbard
Keifer
Kendall
Lenroot
Lindberg
Mann
Miller
Murdoch
Kan
Nelson
Nye
Poindexter
Wash
Southwick
N. Y
Steener
Engineer Killed In Collision In Kalamazoo
Engineer McCorey died and three other GR&I trainmen were severely injured when a special GR&I passenger train collided with a freight at Mrat street crossing in Kalamazoo Michigan on August 3.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
McCorey
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway
Ing
Forest Fire Rages Near Bourke With Heavy Losses
About two hundred men battled a spreading forest fire creeping from Bourke on Saturday and Sunday. The blaze did great damage as crews fought to contain it amid difficult conditions and uncertain losses.
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Falmouth
Maas
Bourke
King Edward Welcomes Czar as War Fleet Circles Standart
At Cowes on August 3 the Russian imperial yacht Standart carried the emperor and empress to England for a visit to King Edward. A grand official welcome featured King Edward, Queen Alexandra, and 150 British warships in a flags‑flying ring. Foreign dignitaries attended as diplomacy sought to bolster the triple alliance and calm labor‑driven criticism. The greeting was highly formal with guards and cordons in place.
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Cowes
Standart
Emperor
Empress
Cherbourg
King Edward
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Prince
Princess of Wales
Edward Grey M. Iswolsky
Count von Benckendorff
Great Britain
England
Great ‘Britain
France
Russia
Nicholas
Labor Party
Emperor Nicholas
Victoria and Albert
Spithead
Cotton futures rise after government report on July 25
New Orleans reports cotton advancing 2.50 a base as the July 25 government report shows 71.9 percent of normal conditions, the lowest July reading on record. October options climb from 12.24 to 12.76 with similar gains across active months. Washington confirms 71.9 percent of normal, down from 74.6 last month and 80.6 ten years average.
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New Orleans
Cotton
Government Bureau
Washington
Department of Agriculture
American wed in London under special license at Canterbury
Henry Clay Pierce of St. Louis quietly married Virginia Prickett Burrows at St George's Church Hanover Square London under a special license. Four witnesses stood with the couple including the bride's daughter Virginia Burrowes. The groom was supported by Baron Gingo de Morpurgo and relatives, with H R Anderson giving away the bride.
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London
Nat Canterbury
Henry Clay Pierce
St. Louis
St. George’s Church
Hanover Square
Virginia Prickett Burrows
William Russell Prickett
Edwardsville, NL
Virginia Burrowes
H. R. Anderson
Gingo de Morpurgo
Mary C.mitchell
Mr. Pierce
Mikado Weighs Trouble Over Manchuria Status
Tokyo August 3 Foreign Minister Komura submitted the Manchuria status question to the emperor after extended study of Japan China differences. Advices say China is sending troops into Chientao, but the report is not trusted here.
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China
Japan
Tokyo
Manchuria
Komura
Hochi
Chientao
Deal for Mike Donlin Falls in Philadelphia Proposal
Felix Tema announced the failure of the deal to swing Mike Donlin from New York Nationale to Philadelphia in exchange for a local club fielder Magee. The proposed trade, announced in Philadelphia on August 3, did not go through.
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Mike Donlin
Falla
Philadelphia
Felix Tema
Philadelphia Baseball
New York Nationale
iQub Fielder
Magee
Washington Pastor John C Butler Dies in Heart Failure
Aug. 3. The Rev John C Butler pastor of the Memorial Lutheran Church in Washington drops dead from heart failure. Butler was one of the nation's leading Lutheran figures and a prominent religious leader in the United States.
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Washington
John. C. Butler
Th Place Memorial Church
United States
Thaw Habeas Corpus Hearing Opens Third Week
In White Plains Aug 3 1907 the third week of Harry K Thaws habeas corpus trial proceedings began with District Attorney Jerome resuming testimony from the second trial. He read Evelyn Thaws account and Thaws statements about providence and a conspiracy while noting earlier examinations by the sanity commission. Dr Evans previously deemed Thaw sane, a view Jerome and Thaws lawyers have since sought to reconcile.
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White Plains
N. Y
Supreme Court
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn
Evelyn Thaw
White
Thaw
Paris
Sanity Commission
Jerome
Delmas
Mills
Britton D. Evans
Fatally Wounded After Shootout in Buffalo Texas
In Buffalo Texas on August 3 H H Hummell fatally wounded two Black men after shooting them. he was mortally wounded by officers when he refused to surrender amid a reportedly crazed confrontation.
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Buffalo
Tex
H. Hummell
French Lieutenant Injured In Aeroplane Test
Lieut Orok of the French army was severely injured when a squall hurled a new military aeroplane he invented to the ground at Lorient France during a test.
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Lorient
France
Lieut, Orok
Kentucky Sheep Suapantingd Incident in Loutaville
Fragmentary OCR item from Kentucky report mentions Loutaville Kentucky and Jade E 8, unclear details. The readable words show a local sheep topic with sporadic names and places, suggesting a short community notice or brief about a livestock matter in Kentucky.
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Kentucky
Loutaville
Jade
Famine After Mexican Quake Hits Guerrero State
Dispatches from Mexico City report the Friday and Saturday quakes devastating Guerrero towns Acapulco and Chilpancingo. Buildings are leveled or unusable, markets destroyed, and famine looms as residents camp in squares and fear bringing in produce. Seventy three shocks have rattled Acapulco since Friday.
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Mexico City
Guerrera
Acapulco
Chilpancingo
Woman Slays Elopers in Canton Murder Case
In Canton Ohio on August 3 a jealous wife, Mrs Panilla, killed her husband Tony Panilla and stabbed Mrs Clara Pizzani thirty times during a violent elopement dispute. Mrs Panilla surrendered to police after the fatal stabbing, claiming she went mad upon seeing her husband with Mrs Pizzani in the latter’s room. Panilla had deserted his wife in Deand, New Jersey, and Pizzani had left her husband and child in New York City on February 12.
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Canton, O
Tony Panilla
Clara Pizzani
Panilla
Lynch Negro in Missouri Lynched near Platte City
A white farmer George Johnson who murdered John W. Moore near Platte City on June 20 was lynched by a mob after being taken from Platte City jail. The jail door was broken by 650 men as Johnson hung from a tree until 6 30 a.m. The incident followed his transfer to Kansas City for safekeeping amid high tensions.
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St. Joseph
Newe-Press
George Johnson
John W. Moore
Platte City
Johnson
Kansas City
Extension Granted in Sugar Refining Indictment Case
Judge Hand granted additional time Aug 8 for pleading to the federal indictment against the American Sugar Refining Company and its officials in the U S circuit court. The extension covers pleadings filed in the Sugar Trust case and related actions in New York.
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Sugar Trust
New York
American’ Sugar Refining Company
United ‘Statesolrculticourt
Wright Arches: Unclear Phrase Confuses Report
Fragmentary OCR reading shows scattered names and words like Wright and Aib, with question marks and odd punctuation. Unable to derive a coherent event, person, or location for a proper summary.
Harriman Seen As A Builder Of Good Railroads
A Hutchinson Kansas Daily News writer lauds E H Harriman as the generation’s most influential railroad leader. The piece praises his public-spirited investing, fair treatment of interests along his lines, and focus on safe tracks and quality service. It defends Harriman against criticism and lauds his American patriotism and contributions to U S railroads.
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H.harriman
Europe
Stout
Mr. Hate
Harriman
E. H
Hutchinsen
Kan
Lucky
Laughing as Barking Says Scientists Explain
Scientists describe laughter as a series of gut barks produced by chest and abdominal contractions. Air trapped by tightened vocal cords escapes in quick bursts, causing repeated barks at about four per second. When intense, the whole body participates with movements and breath pauses between barks.
Interviewing the Professor on Mars Life Sayings
Thinktum argues response from Mars is unlikely even if signals sent. He questions Mars inhabitants and suggests life similar to Earth could exist on a sister planet. The dialogue explores reasoning about extraterrestrial intelligence and whether humans overestimate or underestimate alien minds.
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Mars
Tam
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