Mining Congress Ends. New Officers Elected at Portland
The seventh annual session of the American Mining congress in Portland, Oregon, adjourned with J H Richards of Idaho as president elect. Directors named include J H Richards Waho Thomas Ewing K R Buckles A W Gifford J Prank Watson J T Cornforth and George E Dorsey. James Callbreath Jr was named acting secretary. Denver is confirmed as permanent headquarters and El Paso as next meeting place.
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Ore
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Waho
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California
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Missouri
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Texas
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Utah
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Colorado
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Oregon
J.T. Cornforth
Alaska
George E. Dorsey
Nebraska
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James F. Callbreath, Jr
Congress
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Col
San Francisco
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Rolla
el Paso
James Callbreath, Jr
Denver
David Moffet
Denver First National Bank
Utah Loses Fight for Mining Congress Headquarters
In Portland Oregon the American Mining Congress settled on Denver as permanent headquarters by an 89 to 62 vote. Judge O W Powers of Salt Lake City moved for unanimity, which was adopted by acclamation amid Utah delegation praise. Lafe Pence of Colorado thanked Utah for a splendid showing and graceful acceptance.
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Portland
Ore
Denver
O. W. Powers
Salt Lake City
Utah
Lafe Pence
Colorado
Gambling Devices Burned in the Streets
In Harley Wado county officers raided gambling houses and burned confiscated paraphernalia before the courthouse as the Methodist conference gathered and praised the act. A similar raid in Bellevue broke paraphernalia with hammers in the street, with a Soldier deputy performing the service. The moves aim to curb gambling in Blaine county following a recent violent incident in a local gaming house.
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Harley
Wado
Bellevue
Soldier
Blaine County
Kansas Women Destroy Saloons in Cuba Raid
A group of Cuban women led by Mrs. E. O. Feiter and Mia McDonald smashed saloon interiors on Sunday. They targeted four joints, halting taps, wrecking fixtures, and opening kegs. The raid drew about 25 participants and ended with confiscated keg beer stored at the city hall.
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Feiter
Mia
William McDonald
Ben Hull
Elevator Tragedy At Babilit Factory Kills Two Men
Two men died and two were fatally injured when an elevator collapsed at the Babilit soap factory in New York City. Eight carboys of muriatic acid, each 185 pounds, fell with the elevator, broke open, and soaked the injured workers in a torrent of burning acid and broken glass.
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Babilit Soap
New York City
Militias Possible as 28 Cripple Creek Citizens Face Charges
Sheriff Gell received writs for twenty eight prominent Cripple Creek district residents charged in Teller county district court by Deputy District Attorney C Butler. Conspiracy and assault to kill conspiracy and false imprisonment and conspiracy malicious mischief and larceny linked to last Saturday deportations. Bonds set at 6500 per defendant. Judge Lewis vows firm action to end deportations and lawlessness. Mine Owners' association members object to his stance but no open threats reported.
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Cripple Creek
C. €. Butler
Lewis
Teller County
Mine Owners’ Association
Paraguay Revolt Gains Backing in Buenos Ayres Visit
Paraguayan deputy Senor Soler, from Sunday to Rio Janeiro and other capitals seeking recognition for revolutionists, arrived in Buenos Ayres on the 25th. He claims three fourths of Paraguay’s population supports the rebels and notes Asuncion bombardment halted after the government moved cannons to private houses of sympathizers. He asserts government forces are too weak to oppose the revolutionaries and stay confined to barracks amid desertion fears.
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Rio Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
Paraguay
Asuncion
Ambushed by Bandits on Leyte and Mindanao
Reports describe constabulary ambushes on Leyte where Captain H. Barrett was killed and bandits looted Misamis towns in Mindanao. Pablo Merceda and family kidnapped for alleged friendliness to Americans. several Chinese stores burned and natives murdered. Harbord pursues bandits while Thornton drowns near Dagupan. Utah Republicans unveil ticket in Salt Lake City for several statewide offices.
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Constabulary
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Mindanao
Pablo Merceda
Merceda
Harbord
Lieutenant Thornton
Dagupan
Luzon
Unseated Delegates Nominate Ticket In Silver Convention
A Winnemucca dispatch reports forty five delegates dismissed by the credentials committee of the Silver Convention met at Silver State hall and organized. They named a state central committee elected officers and chose presidential electors. A platform endorses Watson and Tibbles, with the rest of the state ticket to be filled by a committee and a campaign plan statewide.
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New
Silver State Hall
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Tibbles
Cattlemen Seek Help as Strike Threatens Drought Losses
General N W Shear of Waterman South Dakota says cattle raisers will appeal to President Roosevelt to end the strike and save them from bankruptcy. He shipped 500 head to Chicago stock yards to avoid deeper losses, claiming sales at a loss per head, while others feed large herds at heavy losses to avert greater shipping losses.
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N. W. Shear
Waterman
Roosevelt
Shear
Chicago
Crown Jewels Valued At Immense Sums In Royal Regalia
The eight largest diamonds, known as crown jewels, vary greatly in value. The Kohinoor, though lightest, is the most valuable, estimated at 2,000,000 dollars. Estimates start at 50,100 dollars, with items including Braganza 1,880 carats, Star of Brazil 125, Regent of France 136, Austrian Kaiser 129, Russian Czar 193, Rajah of Borneo 367 carats.
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Portugal
Kohlnoor
Brazil
France
Kaiser
Borneo
Prices Realized At English Marquis Jewelry Sale
Prices realized at a sale of an English marquis jewelry include four thousand pounds for a drop shaped pearl scarfpin three thousand pounds for a pearl stud nine hundred eighty pounds for a coast-fastener of white boutton pearl with gold bar one hundred seventy pounds for seven buttons one hundred fifty six pounds for a pair of brilliant sleeve-links. The figures surprise the average worker who must toil twenty years for the price of a scarfpin.
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London
Kentucky Man's Duty at Jamboree Proclaims Dodd's Kidney Pills
Jamboree Kentucky August 29 Special. After years of back pain Mr J M Coleman, a respected local, found a complete cure with Dodd's Kidney Pills. He urges fellow sufferers to try them, noting relief for himself and his daughter who also used about half a box. Backache is Kidney Ache. pills purportedly cure all kidney aches including rheumatism.
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Dodd
Getting Hair Cut in Japan
A Brooklyn Eagle account notes a serious Japanese barber visiting a hotel room in Tokio to perform a swift, professional hair cut. The barber conducts himself with quiet efficiency, avoids promotional chatter, and contrasts Japan's service with American barber humor and salesmanship.
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Japan
Tokio
Brooklyn Eagle
Three Nations Make One Glove
A compact fashion note recalls how three nations collaborate on gloves Spain supplies kid France shapes leather and England stitches them into final products, highlighting international trade roles in a playful phrase.
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Spain
France
England
Learning Things We Are All in the Apprentice Class
A Springfield woman recounts years of nervous trouble and heart distress eased after leaving coffee and using Postum. She credits health gains to quitting coffee and adopting Postum, noting improvement over six to eight months and dismissal of sinking spells. The ad promotes Postum and the brochure The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum
Wellville
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