Pardon denied in long county court contempt case
United States Judge Sanborn sustains the federal right to imprison St. Clair County judges for contempt for defying a mandamus to levy taxes. The case traces back to bonds issued to fund a railroad, with $200000-plus judgments against the county. Arrests followed, and now the writ of habeas corpus is denied as a remedy in lieu of an error writ.
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St. Clair County
United States
Phillips
Court of Appeals
President Roosevelt
Sanborn
Venezuela Civil War Advances Toward Ocumare
Aug 29 Willemstad Curacao dispatch reports President Castro's government army marching from San Casimiro toward Ocumare to confront revolutionists who hold La Democracia. Advance guard at Ocumare. Telegraph and telephone lines cut.
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Willemstad
Curacoa
Castro
Venezuela
San Casimiro
Cua
Ocumare
la Democracia
Man Arrested in Wyoming Identified as Wanted Watkins
Spat tle information shows the prisoner captured at Newcastle Wyoming has been confirmed as Philp D Watkins the man sought for passing a counterfeit or spurious check Sheriff Cudthee notified Billings Montana authorities to verify identity and plan possible transfer.
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Spattle
Wash
Newcastle
Wyo
Philp D. Watkins
Cudthee
Billings
Mont
Seray
Watkins
Treasury balances report shows cash and gold totals
Washington on August 29 reports the general fund available cash at 206,795,068 dollars and gold reserves at 112,469,484 dollars excluding the 150 million dollar gold reserve in the division of redemption.
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Washington
Treasury
General Fund
Steer Roper Breaks World Record at Frontier Days
Cheyenne Wyoming August 29 four contestants broke the steer roping world record in the Frontier Day celebration event. Winner W E Fitch of Eaton Cole timed fifty five seconds surpassing the former mark of 129 25 seconds set by Duncan Clark of Iron Mountain Wyoming Fitch is a government cattle inspector at Eaton.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
W. E. Fitch
Eaton
Cole
Duncan Clark
Iron Mountain
Fitch
All the Heirs Satisfied in Fair Estate Accord
In San Francisco officials report the heirs of the late Mr and Mrs Charles J Fair have reached an agreement. Probate will take six months to a year as the will is filed and executors appointed. Minor heirs must have their interests sealed. No contest is expected as relatives seek to avoid litigation. The estate is valued around 800000 with terms not fully public.
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San Francisco
Charles J. Fair
Fair
Anna H. Nelson Abram Nelson
Charles Smith
Ship Mariposa Oil Fueled Voyage Impresses Officials
Unofficial data on the burning steamer Mariposa's San Francisco Tahiti run report 3488 knots in eleven days at 13.12 knots per hour. About 400 tons of oil used, 260.9 pounds per knot, 8.58 knots per ton, and 1.65 pounds per hour per horsepower, seen as satisfactory.
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Walilngton
Winchell
Mariposa
San Francisco
Society Islands
Navy Department
Tahiti
Cattle Quarantine Enforces Texas Fever Rules near Guthrie
The Oklahoma stock sanitary commission announces U S Department of Agriculture regulations prohibiting cattle moves from the Otoe and Ponca nation west of the Santa Fe line due to Texas fever. No exceptions. permits required from a department inspector and the destination state or territory. southern cattle may be slaughtered immediately with valid permits.
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Guthrie
O. T
Oklahoma Hye Stock Sanitary Commission
United States Department of Agriculture
Otoe and Ponca Nation
Santa Fe
Chinese coinage mint plans prompt United States crew
The state department reports China proposed to start a government mint at Men Tsin and asked for an assessor and machinist. Leonard McGrunder and L. G. Emory from the New Orleans mint are engaged to go to China and sail soon for service there.
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Washington
State Department
Men Tsin
United States
Roberts
Leonard McGrunder
L. G. Emory
New Orleans
China
Family narrowly escapes poison after canned beef meal
In Shenandoah Iowa on August 29 three members of attorney W P Ferguson’s family suffered severe pains after eating canned dried beef. They were in danger until a physician treated them.
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Shenandoah, Ja
W P. Ferguson
Navajos Face Hunger on Utah Reservation
Senator Rawlins reports 6006 Navajo Indians in southern Utah starving, telegram to Commissioner Jones confirms severe hunger on the Navajo reservation.
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Washington
Commisssioner of Indian Affairs
Jones
Senator Rawlins
Utah
Colonial Relics Unearthed in Subway Dig
Laborers in the Astor and Lafayette subway excavation in New York recovered colonial era artifacts. Finds include a brass towerer's bell with ivory handle, the hilt of an officer's sword silver with initials GQW, and a bronze powder flask.
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New York
Astor
Lafayette Places
Mindanao Earthquakes Kill Moros. US Forces Unharmed
Mindanao in the Philippines suffers a series of earthquakes starting August 21. Twenty Moros killed by falling walls. no American casualties reported. The shocks damaged commissary buildings and Moro forts near Camp Vickers, with 400 minor tremors and several strong quakes noted.
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Manila
Mindanao
Sumner
Zamboang
Minandano
Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Lake of Lanao
Camp Vickers
Strems
Palak
Kota-Batu
Makaturin
General Chaffee
Frederick Dorr
Edward O'Brien
Postal workers can join clubs but limited in campaigns
Acting Postmaster General Wynne answers a postmaster on political activity for postal employees. Employees may join political clubs and attend conventions, but may not chair committees or play an active, prominent role in local or state campaigns.
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Washington
Wynne
Youny
Rain Brings Hope to Indian Cultivators from Simla Cables
The Daily Mall correspondent in Simla reports that heavy rains over the past week have transformed despair into hope for millions of Indian cultivators, marking a welcome change in the monsoon season.
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London
Daily Mall
Simla
India
Downie Wright Manufacturing expands York plant
York Neb August 30 The Downie Wright Manufacturing company has bought about four adjacent lots to its North York property to allow plant expansion as business demands.
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York
York, Neb
Downie Wright Manufacturing Company
North
Exclusion Law Used Over Chinese Crew Arrival
San Francisco August 28 Chinese passengers intended for the Pacific mail steamer Koren arrived aboard the Gaelic. Collector Stratton notified the steamship company that the Chinese must be detained and not allowed into the detention shed pending a final decision by the secretary of the treasury and the commissioner general of immigration.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Mail
Koren
Stratton
The
Steamship Company
Secretary of the Treasury
Commissioner General of Immigration
Nebraska Crop Conditions Above the Normal
The weekly Nebraska weather bulletin notes a wet and cool period ending August 26. Eastern counties saw temperatures about 3 degrees below normal, western about 1 degree below. rainfall mostly above normal, 1 to 4 inches in many areas, but under half an inch in the northwest. Haying and threshing were slowed, some hay and grain damaged by rain, corn growth strong though maturing slowly, benefiting from timely southern rains. warmer weather needed to finish ripening.
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United States Department of Agriculture, Climate and Crop Bulletin
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Western
Weather Outlook: Cold Wet Week Hinders Cotton and Wheat
The weekly crop summary reports unfavorable conditions east of the Rockies with cool damp weather in the north and drought in parts of the south, delaying corn and wheat maturation. Early corn in the south belt looks good, while Iowa Illinois stormsinjure corn, and Red River valley spring wheat harvest is incomplete due to showers. Oregon harvest nearing three quarters finished with average yields and Washington harvest ending this week.
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Washington
The
Agricultural Department
Rocky Mountains
Missouri Valley
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Pacific Coast
Iowa
Illinois
Red River Valley
Minnesota
Oregon
Army Tests New Longfield Rifle Sight At Posts
The army ordnance bureau is testing a new telescope sight named the Longfield sight mounted parallel to the rifle barrel at several posts. A consignment of bolo bayonets is sent to the Philippines where troops favor the curved blade for hand to hand combat. Troops report difficulty withdrawing the straight bayonet once embedded and cavalrymen seek detached bolo bayonets for brush cutting.
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Washington
Army Ordnance Bureau
Philippines
St Jacobs Oil Claim of 50-Year Unfailing Cures
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as unbeaten for half a century in curing shooting pains and a wide range of aches. It claims prompt relief for lameness rheumatism sciatica tum bago back and joint pains and lists prices of 25 and 50 cents.
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St. Jacob’s
St. Jacobs Oil
Lel
Baltimore
St. Jacobs
Coral Fad Grips Summer Fashion
Coral becomes the season’s trend with long waist length strands worn as neck ornaments. Real coral costs high, but affordable strings that mimic the look are available at nominal prices.
Three Serbians Pass as Farmers with $20000 in Gold
Immigrant officials in New York report three families of Servians, totaling thirty people including twelve infants, traveling as farmers and carrying about $20000 in gold. The travelers were suspected of being Gypsies.
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New York
Egyptian Cotton Plant Disease Threatens Exports
The London Telegraph reports a new plague on Egyptian cotton crops: a small mushroom-like fungus thrives in damp, chill soils, green to rusty colored in appearance and especially damaging to poorer soils, threatening 85 percent of Egypt’s export value.
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Egypt
London Telegraph
A Faithful Friend Resolves Backache With Pills
Lenox Missouri resident W I Brown credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for ending a year long backache after two boxes. He recalls pain, difficulty rising, and relief as the remedy worked, thanking a friend for the suggestion. The piece closes with a moral about human nature and bargains.
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Lenox
W. IL. Brown
Dodd
Miles to Philippines for inspection of army conditions
Boston Aug 27 Secretary Cortelyou said General Miles goes to the Philippine Islands with the president’s permission to inspect army conditions there. Proximity to prior statement confirms mission to assess conditions in the islands.
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Boston
Miles
Philippine Islands
Cortelyou
Philippines
Freeport Man Detained After Bartholin Suspect Arrest
Freeport, Aug 27 A man arrested in Rock City yesterday on suspicion of being Bartholin of Chicago was brought to Freeport by Sheriff Fox. He told AP his name was G. G. Holcomb, recently selling wines for a Weldon firm, and said he left Madison, Wisconsin on foot last Saturday after funds ran out. He is detained.
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Freeport
Bartholin
Rock City
Chicago
Fox
Associated Press
G. G. Holcomb
Weldon
N. C
Madison
Wis
Royal prince drives repair of breakdown
A German crown prince, now an automobile enthusiast, fixed his own car when it broke down. Mr. Wenry and Salter of La Crosse Wisconsin accompanied the prince’s family on a trip planned for November. While away, Mr. Salzer would pursue seed novelties in Russia. The piece ends with a proverb about men and cigars.
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Crown Prince
Germany
Wenry & Salter
la Crosse
Wis
Mr. Salzer
Russia
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Neb
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