Important Events At Home and Abroad This Week
A digest of national happenings includes commerce talks in New York to curb freight rate hikes, antitrust actions against railroads for safety violations, and a renaming of the San Jacinto forest to Cleveland national forest by President Roosevelt. Obituaries note Rear Admiral W Burwell, Thomas C Jordan, and Gen Erastus Blakeslee. Fire, floods, and accidents claim lives and property in New York, California, Ohio, Michigan, and New Mexico as forests burn near Saltese and the Adirondacks. A girl stops a dog from attacking her infant sister, police subdue the animal. A gas explosion damages stores in Sault Ste Marie. Three Iowa children are poisoned by plant food.
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Interstate Commerce
Manorfacturers’ Association
New York
Ted
Yarlong Meliiet
Oayen
San Jacinto National Forest
California
Cleveland National
J. Alidley Lindsay
James Queen
East Brady
August Hammer
Henry Bodku
Frank Meese
Cleveland
New Orleans Coffee Company, Limited
San Mario
Orcutt
Cal
Sacramento River
Dog Canyon
Sacramento Mountains
Alamo Gordo
N. M
Adirondacks
Mohawk & Malone
Colliding Warship and Royals Parade Mark Distant News
A chaotic dispatch reports a minor collision between a warship and a port harbor vessel near Portenolia as the Prince of Wales prepares for Quebec celebrations. Separate items mention political turmoil in Russia, a planned execution in Chinahun, and a vast police crackdown in Sosnowiec with hundreds detained amid railroad security fears.
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Sabioday
Chinahun
Hye
John W Riddle
St. Paul
Povere
Bing
Jounims
Teave Spoln
Speelad
Wddille
Parca
Dom
United States
Wessins
Atnison
Wis
Portenolia
Quebec
Sins and Sinners in a Tangle of Fatal Acts Across Nations
A string of violent incidents is reported from multiple locales. Ton Williams murders his wife in Calumet Michigan amid family tensions, while Oscar Phipps stabs William Banks in West Virginia penitentiary. King Nelson shoots his wife near Gordonsville Town before killing himself. Veronica Meone, aged eighteen, is shot at her home. the assailant is alleged to be her heartless suitor. B Weber in Springfield mourns the loss of fiancée Ida Sholte amid a crime-and-courts narrative including arrests in Evanaville Indiana. Fire-safety questions arise over faulty fly hoses linked to a January Parker Building fire. Timothy Reardon is shot in Billings Montana after a contested marriage dispute over money. Thomas Barr’s body is found near a country road in Iowa City. heart disease suspected. Maine Democrats nominate Obediah Gardner for governor and Everett Mower for state auditor, with electors named for president and vice president. A highway accident in New York leads to Favilgania as a consequence of a past car crash. A tropical heat spell in New York ends after a severe electrical storm. Frank H. Hitchcock assigns Republican committee quarters to the Metropolitan Life Building in New York. A massive dynamite explosion injures workers in a Prussia coal mine near Borbeck, with eight dead and several injured.
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Ton Williams
Martha Willams
Calumet
Mich
West Virginia
Monndaville
Oscar Phipps
William Banks
King Nelson
Gordonsville
Veronica Meone
William Willie
New York
Smart
Springfeld
Mies Ida Sholte
W. J. Doespain
Huber
Evanaville
Ind
Thomas Barr
Coutry Road
Iowa City
Iowa
Maine
Obediah Gardner
Everett M. Mower
Frederick Glow
William Hutchings
Long Island
Prohibition Party Convention Chooses Watkins for VP
In Columbus Ohio a heated convention narrowed ballots for vice president. Aaron S Watkins Ada Ohio led to revote amid parliamentary chaos before Watkins was chosen by acclaim. Prohibition ticket also lists Chane for president with final ballots showing weak support. The short platform was adopted in the forenoon.
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Ohio
Hieene W. Chana
Chicago
Aaron
Watkins
Ada
Chatin
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William Pamera
St. Louis
Wecknd Belles
Prohibitiontat Nation
Adamsville Strife After Strikebreakers Open Fire
R Gardner a deputy marshal fatally wounded and over a dozen miners shot as strikebreakers clash with striking miners near Jefferson Adamsville. Governor Comer orders cavalry moved in while he tours the district urging calm. Cars patrol the outskirts as a night curfew and arrests follow a day of violence.
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Adamsville
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Smart Set Kid Seeks Funds In Letter To His Mother
New York July 22 John A Renodbier, son of Mrs. John Kine Way Ronnstacy, a member of one of New York's oldest families, faces custody and a charge after a letter to his mother threatening harm. Detectives say Van Rennslaer wrote the note and demanded $5,000 and a European trip, claiming an absolute financial interest. He warned of action if his demands were not met, citing past business and social entanglements.
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John A. Vi Renodbier
John Kine Way Ronnstacy
New Yout
Talen Iulo
Tiene
Rennatner i Hurlye
Mannion
New York
Aunt Brancos
Roy Wood
Peacock
Kotlen
Harold
Europe
T. A. van Rennslaer
van Rennslaer
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van Rents
Lner
Amelia
Joan
Philippine shell collection sought in Lincoln Park suit
The government of the Philippine Islands has filed in the superior court to attach a 21 000 shell collection in the Academy of Science in Lincoln Park. The action seeks $2 500 from Joseph F Quirdas owner of the collection formerly Manila resident now in La Junillas Cuba.
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Chicago
Government of the
Philippine Islands
Acady of Science
Lincoln Park
Joseph F. Quirdas
Manila
la Junillas
Cuba
New President Popular In Panama Shown By Sash Ceremony
In Panama July 19 a native group wearing the national pollera presented a presidential sash to Domingo de Obaldia, the newly elected president, at his residence to dispel doubts about his popularity and leadership. Also from Toronto seven prisoners escaped last night from the Toronto jail after breaking a wall near the scaffold, including Harry Churchill, a noted suspect.
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Domingo de Obaldia
Panama Republic
Pollera
Pansma
Senor Obildia
Toronto
Goa
Tito
Harry Churchill
St. Paul
Minn
Death for Axoricide in Chicago Trial
Adrien Williams, a meatpacker, found guilty of Axoricide and sentenced to be hanged in Chicago. Williams killed his wife on March 10 in a case that drew court attention for its fatal domestic act and final punishment.
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Chicago
Adrien Williams
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Williams
Robbery in Ta Crosse Strikes Music Professor
In Ta Crosse Wisconsin on July 17 professor J Knight once a local music conservatory proprietor was held up after arriving by late train. He was robbed of 20 dollars and a gold watch by two intruders.
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Ta Crosse
Wis
J. Knight
Flames Damage Glass Factory in Minneapolis Fire
A blaze last evening wrecked the two upper floors of the Foreman Ford & Co glass factory and warehouses in Minneapolis. Estimated losses run to 35000 in stock and 5000 in the building.
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Minneapolis
Foreman Ford & Co
Hill Urges Rail Rate Increase Over Wage Cuts
J J Hill, president of the Illinois Central, arrived in New York after a vacation. He argues railroads can be saved only by higher rates or increased business, opposing wage cuts. He cites impaired credit and stresses that wages must be fair, while noting European rates and higher taxes for railroad workers here.
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New York
J. T. Harahan
Ilinois
Hill
Hid
Canada
Europe
Emperors III Tsai-tien Reported Ill With Dysentery
July 19 Peking reports the emperor Tsai-tien has fallen ill for several days with a suspected dysentery. Western medicine is barred from the Imperial palace, but physicians from Pe king provinces are being sent as order by the Dowager Empress.
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China
Peking
Tsai-tien
Imperial Palace
Boy Killed by Train in Minneapolis Yards
Minneapolis report July 19 states fifteen year old Leo Kluc zyski was fatally injured while attempting to board a freight train in the Great Northern yards. Both legs were crushed and he died several hours later at city hospital.
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Minneapolis
Leo Kluczyski
Great Northern
Stonecutters Strike Settlement Effort In St Clout
James Duncan secretary of the International Stonecutters association is in St Clout Minnesota trying to settle a dispute between producers and cutters. The shops have been open for some time.
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St. Clout
Minn
James Duncan
International Stonecutters’ Association
Hanged for Murder in Gypsy West Virginia
Frank Johnson, a Black man, was hanged at the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville for the murder of Mrs B Martin in Gypsy West Virginia on March 3 last. The execution took place yesterday evening after legal proceedings concluded.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Frank Johnson
West Virginia
B. Martin
Gypsy
Drestie Train Liquor Law Becomes Louisiana Rule
A new Louisiana law effective yesterday bans drinking intoxicating liquors on railway passenger trains or in coaches, closets, vestibules, or platforms. Violations are a misdemeanor with possible fines or imprisonment or both. Trainmen gain police powers. four sections exclude drinking with meals in dining cars.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Ten thousand stolen in Chicago robbery case
A suitcase containing stocks bonds and other securities valued at 10000 belonging to John Burford of Chattanooga Tennessee was stolen by a thirteen year old boy in the federal building. It was nabbed by police yesterday after the theft occurred while Burford listened to a United States court trial.
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Ma Kes
Chicago
John Burford
Chattanooga
Tenn
Federal
Burford
Honest Doctor Endorses Peruna For Health Proof
An elderly St Louis physician promotes Poruts as a trusted remedy after claiming dramatic health restoration. A Brooklyn doctor testifies Peruna benefits his catarrh patients and himself, urging readers to obtain Peruna from local druggists amid lingering doubt over its efficacy.
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R. Sylvester E.smith
Granite Block
St. Louis
Poruts
Aja
Perrin
M.D
Halsey St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Adopted Humor at Meeting Goes Witty
Conversation turns humorous as Miss Gasch praises Mr. Knox for his wit tied to a shared taste in a comic paper. He responds with a line about subscribing to the Philadelphia Press, underscoring a light offhand exchange.
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Miss Gasch
Mr. Knox
Philadelphia Press
Riddle Prompted Five Members Named In Class
A teacher asked students to name five different members of the eat group. One girl raised her hand and answered with a playful line about family and pets, claiming father eat, mother eat, and three kitten eat. The exchange appeared in the Hebrew Standard.
Itching Humor On Boy Healed By Cuticura In Four Days
Mrs Frank Donahue of Kokomo Indiana describes a rapid cure of a severe itching skin eruption in her son. She reports initial itching sores on the hands spreading over the body and credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with a complete four night recovery after nightly applications.
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Prank Donahue
Fremont St
Kokomo
Ind
Sure Proofs Clockmaker’s Job Aimed at Daily Windup
The remark imagines clockmaking as risky yet promising, noting it “ticks” and requires a constant windup. The line implies a trader’s view of the trade as volatile yet potentially rewarding, with constant expectation of a strike or sale.
The Big Stick merit card tale at school
In a short humorous exchange Johnny explains how he obtained the merit card for good behavior this week. He reveals he learned from Harry Jones that the card would be traded, and Johnny threatened to punch him if he did not give it up.
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Johnny
Harry Jones
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