Treasury Plan Shifts Funds to Ease Crop Season Strain
Secretary Cortelyou unveils a five week program depositing government funds weekly in New York Boston and other cities to relieve money markets ahead of the crop movement. Transfers of 500000 to Chicago and 500000 to San Francisco precede the scheme aimed at preventing monetary stringency and potential panic.
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New York
Boston
Chicago
San Francisco
Treasury
Cortelyou
Associated Press
Treasury Department
Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Brazil backs away from new permanent court plan
Rio de Janeiro officials release Brazil position on organizing a permanent court of arbitration at The Hague. Brazil says no need for a new court since The Hague hosts an existing one from the 1899 convention. It also rejects ranking sovereign states into classes and inviting independent nations to sign inferior classifications.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
The
Hague
Omaha Road Fined 20 000 for Rebates Case
The Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis Omaha Railway and former general freight agent Hiram M. Pearce were fined 20000 by Judge Page Morris in U S district court. They were convicted April 11 of granting rebates to Spencer Grain Co.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company
Hiram M. Pearce
Page Morris
United States District Court
Omaha Road
Spencer Grain Company
Wealthy Contractor Evander Mc Iver Found Dead
The body of Evander Mc Iver, a wealthy contractor living at 3554 Prairie Avenue, was found Friday in a stairway to a basement at the corner of Twenty fifth and State streets. There were marks of violence on the body.
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Chicago
Evander McIver
Prairie Avenue
Twenty-fifth
State Streets
Recognition for Honduras Moves Forward at State Department
Washington reports a step toward stable peace in Central America as Acting Secretary Atlee confirms the United States will grant formal recognition to President Davila’s government, upon a request from Honduran provisional government representative Senor Ugarte.
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State Department
Washington
Central America
Senor Ugarte
Honduras
Atlee
Davila
America Proposes Plan for Permanent International Court
The American proposition for a permanent international court of arbitration is completed in agreement with Germany and Great Britain and will be discussed August 28. It envisions a high court at The Hague with seventeen judges serving twelve year terms, seating twice yearly, and immunity for judges.
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Ieague
Court of Arbitration
Germany
Great Britain
High Court of Justice
Permanent Court of Arbitration
The
Hague
Root Seeks Delay in German Tariff Accord Talks
Washington reports that Secretary Root aims to test Congress on the German tariff agreement before proceeding. France is said to be ready to grant a delay. A special tariff commission headed by James B. Reynolds is seen as part of the postponement strategy.
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New York
Root
Jusserand
France
Germany
Special Tariff Commission
the Treasury
James B. Reynolds
Case Taken to Washington Over Grain Rate Discrimination
Merchants Exchange of St. Louis files complaint with the interstate commerce commission alleging Missouri Pacific Rock Island and Burlington favor Omaha South Omaha Kansas City and St Joseph by charging higher grain rates from Kansas and Nebraska points to St. Louis. The dispute centers on discriminatory freight pricing against St. Louis.
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Merchants Exchange of
St. Louis
J. C. Lincoln
Merchants’ Exchange Trafic Bureau
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
Burlington
Kansas
Nebraska
Omaha
South Omaha
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Cleveland to travel from Princeton to Tamworth soon
Ex-president Grover Cleveland, ill for much of the summer at his Princeton home, is expected to reach his Tamworth summer residence before the week ends. He has recovered enough to travel, according to reports.
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Cleveland
Wheatfield
N. H
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Tamworth
Whitelaw Reid Unveils Memorial Tablet in Salisbury
In Salisbury cathedral the Moody Ambassador Whitelaw Reid unveiled a marble tablet commemorating twenty eight victims of a year old wreck when the American line boat train derailed. The incident killed mostly Americans and drew strong public sorrow.
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Whitelaw Reid
Salisbury
England
Salisbury Cathedral
Moody Ambassador Whitelay, Reid
More Money for the Canal
Acting Secretary of War Oliver approves the president's authorization to grant the Isthmian Canal commission a deficit of $8,000,000 for the engineering department to support an enlarged scale of operations.
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Washington
Oliver
Isthmian Canal Commission
No Cabinet Shakeups Amid Resignation Rumors
Washington reports that there will be no changes in President Roosevelt's cabinet despite persistent rumors that some advisers intend to resign. The administration has not announced any reshuffle plans at this time.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sioux Indian Red Shirt Ends Life in Isolation
Sioux Falls report says Red Shirt a Sioux warrior of Rosebud Reservation near White Silver shot himself after disputes with his mother in law over housing and wood chopping. He was known in the southern Lyman county area outside the reservation.
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Sioux Falls
Red Shirt
Rosebud Reservation
White Silver
Lyman County
Fanatic uprisings threaten foreigners in Morocco
Paris reports a dangerous shift in Morocco as Mulai Hafiq is proclaimed sultan by rebels and a Moorish conquest threat looms before Casablanca. General Drude seeks reinforcements as France weighs sending troops to Fez while aiming to honor the Algeciras framework. Public opinion presses for action, officials caution restraint yet acknowledge potential for a broader crisis.
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Paris
Morocco
Mulai Hafiq
Casablanica
Drude
Casablanca
Oran
Mediterranean
France
Fez
Algeciras
Governor and Lincoln decline reprieve for Omaha murderer
Governor Shelton and Lincoln officials say no reprieve will be granted to Harrison Clark, the Omaha murder convict scheduled to hang August 30. They defer to the supreme court on any stay, which is pending rehearing and not in session until September.
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Lincoln
Shelton
Harrison Clark
Omaha
Supreme Court
Better Horses for Navy Warns of Army Remount Decline
General A. WW. Greely reports in his annual summary that over the last decade army remounts have deteriorated in quality while rising in price, noting the need for improved horses for naval service.
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Navy
Washington
A. WW. Greely
Suspect in Iowa Murder Arrest In Nebraska City
A tramp in Nebraska City admits nothing of origin or destination after drunkenness. Two policemen restrained him to jail after repeated strikes. He claims to be an actor and bears a description matching the Council Bluffs police killings. Authorities there are notified. he uses the name Chas. Berger.
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Iowa
Nebraska City
Neb
Council Bluffs
Chas. Berger
Roosevelt speech at Provincetown on wealth and law
In a Town Hill address President Roosevelt defends his policy against reckless wealth, condemns attacks on government, and pledges firm but fair action to enforce laws. He argues corporations enable honest profit and stable business, while prioritizing public welfare over punitive aims.
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Provincetown
Mass
Cape Cod
Roosevelt
Town Hill
New York Stock Exchange
United States
Wreck Near Cedar Rapids Injures Twenty on Train No 3
A Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train No 3 wrecked Monday at Keystone thirty miles west of Cedar Rapids. Twenty people injured with several serious. Collision occurred with a handcar on a twenty foot embankment causing express and mail cars to plunge down the slope.
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Cedar Rapids
Keystone
Here
Scarcity of Labor Threatens Western Coal Supply
The Union Pacific warns of an alarming coal labor shortage across the west that may disrupt winter supplies. Coal mine labor is scarce, with some lines buying coal from Australia and Illinois, while 1,000 workers are needed in Wyoming and Utah. Immigrant labor efforts have largely failed as thousands were shipped west only to land elsewhere.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
Harriman Lines
Australia
Hlinois
Garfield
Utah
Wyoming
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Chicago
Cinccinnati
Pittsburg
New York
New York City
War Club Plot Arrest Aims of 16 Year Old Boy
Sheridan Wyoming Roy Fink a 16 year old boy is under arrest charged with attempting to kill several men at the Weltner ranch He allegedly prepared two war clubs bought carbolic acid and turpentine to club victims and feign suicide by poisoning A confidant boy betrayed him leading to the arrest
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Sheridan
Roy Fink
Weltner
Fink
Labor Leaders Appoint Panel To End Telegraphers Strike
President Samuel Gomper of the AFL said to the executive council that he John Mitchell of Indianapolis and Daniel J Keefe of Detroit were entrusted to seek an honorable settlement of the telegraphers strike at an opportune time.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor Monday
Executive Council
Federation
John Mitchell
Indianapolis
Daniel J. Keefe
Detroit
Mitd Labor
Outbreak in China Feared and Revolutionary Growth
A Shanghai dispatch reports the situation in China remains unsatisfactory with the Yangtze valley under tension. Officials warn a general outbreak may be pending while revolutionary movements gain strength daily and secret organizations grow visible in foreign quarters, evading Chinese courts.
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China
Berlin
Shanghai
Yang Tse
Editor Mooers and typesetter vanish from home
Moores of Mound City Missouri, seven years editor of the Jeffersonian, vanished from his home with his wife and four children. Miss Zoe Meek, a former Mooers typesetter, disappeared at the same time. Mooers had sold his paper to E K Martindale of Hiawatha Kansas.
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St. Joseph
P. SS. Moores
Mound City
The
Jeffersonian
Zoe Meek
Mooers
EK. Martindale
Hiawatha
Kas
Russian Address Demands Exclusion of Jews from Duma
A Russian union sent to Emperor Nicholas an appeal calling for complete Jewish exclusion from the duma to secure a genuine Russian assembly. The emperor marked the document with the note Read with pleasure.
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Nicholas
St. Petersburg
Union of Russian People
Men Needed in the Schools
Mitchell 8 D It is evident that the men are retiring from the business of teaching school in this state. It is difficult to secure a man to fill the position of principal in a number of towns. Reports show requests to Dakota Wesleyan University managers asking for male student lists or leads on principal hires.
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Mitchell
Dakota Wesleyan University
Interview with Leslie Shaw on industrial and financial conditions
New York fin clerk Leslie M. Shaw discusses the nation’s farms mines forests and factories production levels and payrolls. He warns of bank withdrawals reduced lending and lower consumer orders as signals of potential economic distress and calls for confidence and restraint to maintain stability.
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New York
Leslie M. Shaw
Icapital
Taft Starts West on Global Journey to Manila Opening
Secretary of War William H. Taft departed from Washington on a world encircling cruise to fulfill a Filipino promise to attend Manila's opening of its first legislative assembly. He is accompanied by W. W. Michler and an aide. Mrs. Taft and son Charles plan to meet later in Yellowstone. Fred W. Carpenter will join the party in Seattle.
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Washington
Globe
Manila
Legislative Assembly
William H. Taft
W. W. Michler
Big job for Bion J Arnold expert appraisal of traction lines
Nebraskan Bion J. Arnold, University of Nebraska graduate and Chicago consulting engineer, head of a mayor Dunne railroad value commission, has been retained by William M. Ivens to assist in preparing for the investigation of the inter metropolitan railroad financial affairs.
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New York
Bion J. Arnold
University of Nebraska
Antelope State
Chicago
Dunne
William M. Ivens
Public Service Commission
Meteor Drops Into Ocean Off Amagansett
A huge meteor about twenty feet in diameter exploded over the sea near Amagansett Long Island startling residents. The object lit the sky and created massive waves as it struck the ocean and sent breakers crashing toward shore.
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New York
Amagansett
Long Island
Plague Spread by Rats in Simla Report
The plague commission reports bubonic plague spreads via rats and rat fleas. It notes the plague germ lives briefly in the flea and urges rat destruction, better housing construction, and reducing grain stores to limit rat populations.
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Simla
Plague Commission
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