Democrats Blast Government Spending At Minnesota Visit
William Jennings Bryan visits St Paul Minnesota where Governor Johnson and former Governor Lind meet him at the station before a breakfast at the Minnesota Club. Bryan condemns federal extravagance, cites the Fifty fifth and last congresses, and argues for reduced appropriations and lower taxes for farmers amid imperialist policy debates.
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St Pav Minn
William Jounnge Bryan
Minnesota
Gata
Johngon
Tind
Minnesota Club
Ral
Bryan
State Fair
Bryan Mide
Army
Navy Department
Republican Party
Aise
Cleveland
McKinley
Bryan Indorsed by New York Unions
New York unions including the Central Federated Union, affiliate of the American Federation of Labor, endorsed a regulation by the Elevator Constructors and MIllwrights union pledging AFL support to defeat the Republican party for actions against labor and to back Bryan and the Democratic party in the coming election.
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York
Central Federated ‘Union
Thin City
American Federation “At Labor
Arrest of Mysterious Stranger in Yellowstone Park Heist
Advices state soldiers at Yellowstone National Park arrested a suspicious man at Firehole Basin on suspicion of involvement in a park hold up. The man carried much money, but his name and other facts about the alleged art theft could not be learned.
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Livingston
Mont
Sheriff's Office
Yellowstone National Park
Castro's Diplomacy Scrutinized by Dutch Officials
Dutch government replies to President Castro defend a coarse approach. The Gelderland did not salute the Venezuelan flag in La Guaira after prior salutes, and the Curacao consul status of the Venezuelan was disputed. The expulsion of Dutch minister De Rus is labeled irregular under international etiquette.
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Tvs
Neslerands
Castro
Gelderland
la Guara
Willemstad
Curacoa
Nebraska Schoolma'ams Visit Gotham Finds City Too Tame
A Nebraska schoolmarm party touring New York in September found Gotham dull despite big-city lore. They arrived by boat, rode a small horse car on Tenth Avenue, and left unimpressed by Broadway and women, though Coney Island impressed them and they praised New York streetcar conductors for their courtesy.
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New York
Nebraska
Gotham
Manhattan Island
City
Tenth Avenue
Coney Island
Broadway
Great New Orleans Fire Sweeps Central Business District
Fire destroyed many wholesale houses plants and small stores in three blocks Center of commercial district burned from Bienville and Chartres to Olney and Treval streets Loss pegged at 1 to 2 million dollars Firemen at a suburban picnic delayed response due to water shortages and slow alarm timing.
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New Orleans
Commerlal
Bienville
Chartres Street
Olney Street
Treval
Two-Cent Fare Law Cuts Railroads profits
Chicago reports show the two cent fare law reducing net earnings for the Chicago and Alton Railroad by 208,783 dollars after a 12 percent rise in passengers in 1907. Opponents warned hardship but railroads say lower fares boost travel and revenue.
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Chicago
Linois
Chicago & Alton
Governor Woodruff Mistaken for Barber Guide in New Haven
Governor Woodruff, en route to lunch at Union League club, helped a matron and child after she mistook him for the governor. He guided them to a nearby barber shop, escorting the boy and mother to safety. Meanwhile, Chicago man Charles A. Lawcen, seeking escape from disease fears, leapt from a steamer into harbor and drowned. identity remains unconfirmed.
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New Haven
Conn
Woodruff
Union League Club
Woodruf
Dale
Chicago
Lake Nicae
Chas. A. Luwcen
J. T. Hanrahan
Tiinels Central Railroad
Benwow Harbor
Roosevelt Greets Olympic Games Heroes on Return Parade
President Roosevelt welcomed Olympic champions in a ceremonial return parade up Fagdmore Hill. American Commissioner James E. Sullivan introduced each athlete as the president offered hearty congratulations and a warm handshake.
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Roosevelt
Fagdmore Hill
James E. Sullivan
Eaca
Old man kills wife of his invalid son in Mangon
Brown 70, of Mangon, killed his daughter in law, Mrs. George G. Brown, with a tridian club at their home then surrendered to the town marshal. The coroner was summoned. The victim, about 35, a former Mort Dodge girl, was a Congregational church leader.
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Bear
Mo Brown
Sony
Geo. G. Brown
H. R. Burell
George
Brown
Rockwell City
Young
Mangon
Mort Dodge
Colorado
Teri
Congregational Church
Baltimore Banker Shot on Boardwalk in Atlantic City
The Baltimore banker Charles B. Roberts was shot while in a rolling chair on the Atlantic City boardwalk, with Mrs. W. S. G. Williams present. Police query W. G. Williams about his whereabouts and examine the chair pusher as the investigation shifts from highway robbery to a possible other suspect. Mrs. Williams testifies, denies jealousy, and describes the masked assailant who demanded Roberts rise and fired four or five shots.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Charles B. Roberts
Baltimore
G. Williams
W. 8
Williams
Wil- Mams
Poiceman Rust
Mgr
Roberts
Roberta
Atlantc City
Williama
Willams
Rol
Mar
Brighton
Lover’s fast earns thrift medal as bride weds
Long Beach Cal Sept 1 Priscilla Grove the school teacher who fasted 40 days here won a husband by her feat today she married Grant Barber of Willow Brook who says he fell in love on meeting her during the feat Manhattan is the most densely populated island in the world with 99,150 persons per square mile
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Long Beach
Cal
Htta
Priscilla Grove
Grant Barber
Willowbrook
Manhattan
Shooting at Atlantic City Draws Baltimore Society Interest
A gunman robbed a couple in a rolling chair at Atlantic City and fled after a shot was fired. Charles B. Roberts was wounded and transported to a hospital. Rumors linked Mrs. W. S. Williams to the incident, but attorney H. Cavendish Darrell stated Williams was not present and had been in Europe.
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Williams
Baltimore
Charles B. Roberts
Atlantic City
W. 8. G. Williams
Roberts
Rogers
Willams
Europe
Roberta
Boston
Mr. Roberts
Mr. Williams
Long Green Valley
H. Cavendish Darrell
Cevellie
Wilams
Swindlers Impersonate Gladys Vanderbilt in Hungary
An elaborate fraud used the name of Countess Ladislaus Szechenyi, formerly Gladys Vanderbilt, to push a fake book offer from Arpad, Hungary. Circulation in Hungarian and English promised 5 000 000 crowns to lower price from 240 to 70 crowns, with many Hungarians sending cash before the culprits vanished.
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Budapest
Hungary
Ladislaus Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
New York
Arpad
Gladys Vanderblit-Szechenyi
Jokiah Jackasa
Dog actor Mush dies after homesickness on Call of the North
New York report details Mush a husky cross from Valdez to New York with Robert Edeson in Call of the North. Despite three weeks to adjust the dog stopped eating and died, the vet citing homesickness as the cause and Mush was buried after death.
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New York
Mush
Asuka
Robert Edeson
Valdez
Mr. Edeson
Lis
Alaasdea
Jitte
Witte
Awa
North
Woman with farm receives 600 marriage offers in Duluth
Mrs Anna Rowe, awaiting homestead filing in Fond du Lac reservation, has received nearly 600 marriage proposals as Duluth and Twin Cities papers misreported her husband status. The flood of offers began after the mistake, with new letters arriving from across the country.
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Duluth
Sep
Anna Rowe
Fond du Lac
Twin City
Bank Robbers' Haul Is 12000 at St Eustache near Montreal
Five masked men dynamited a provincial bank at St Eustachey near Montreal and secured 12000 early today. They held up a caretaker, kept a posse of citizens at bay with revolvers and escaped. Later two arrests were made on suspicion.
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Montreal
St. Eustachey
Judge's Reply to Critics Stirs Goshen Court Debate
Francis B. Baker of Indiana denounces press misimpression after a court reversal involving Standard Oil. He argues the parent company bears responsibility for the Indiana offspring and that a rehearing motion has been filed, asserting courts rule by law not public opinion.
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Goshen
Francis B. Baker
United States
Landis
Sriles
Standard Oil Company Incorporated
New Jersey
Car
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard
Company of
T. R
Teus
Indiana Company
Roosevelt
Bax
Sweeping Reduction in Range Cattle Rates Ordered
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued an order cutting range cattle rates from Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma to northern ranges and to Chicago and other cities by October 15. The decision follows last spring’s condemnation of railroad rate hikes and allows a terminal charge not to exceed 1 per car at Chicago union stock yards.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cattle Raisers' Association of Texas
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Nebraska
South Dakota
Montana
Chicago
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Kansas City
New Orleans
Omaha
Union Stock Yards
Man Eats Bone in Court to Show Lack of Poison
In Newburyport Massachusetts G W Speare of Rowley ate green portions of a decayed bone allegedly thrown to a dog to prove no poison was present The bone had been exposed to sun and filth The chemist found mold and arsenic clues but the report was superficial Speare remains in custody waiting for a state chemist report and a further hearing next Monday.
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Newburyport
Mass
Ave
G. W. Speare
Rowley
Speare
Boston
Kermit Roosevelt Prevents Runaway Horses Heroic Rescue
Oyster Bay New York August 31 Kermit Roosevelt second son of the president stopped a runaway pair of horses after a wild chase along the shore road into Bayville likely saving the lives of Mrs Frank Hilton and her two small sons The horses reins were seized as they galloped at full speed bringing them to a stop Mrs Hilton and the children were uninjured Mr Hilton was thrown from the carriage but not hurt
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Oyster Bay
No Y
Kermit Roosevelt
Shore Road
Bayville
Frank Hilton
New York
Kermit
Golfer's drive kills rabbit on Sedalla course
Sedalla Missouri August 31 play on the Sedalla Country Club course halted when Samuel Gregg music teacher and local band conductor struck a rabbit on the No 8 tee with a golf ball. Gregg was first to dive from No 2 and the rabbit lay dead after being struck as players watched.
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Sedalla
Wln
Samuel Gregg
Gregg
Richard Carle Named Co-respondent in Godfrey Divorce Suit
Richard Carle of New York famed comedian is named as co respondent in a divorce suit filed by Arthur W. Godfrey a lumber magnate yachtsman and multimillionaire against his wife Beatrice Beunter Godfrey after less than a year of marriage. John H. Grasty of Boston also named in the complaint.
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Richard Carle
Bostet
New York
Arthur W. Godfrey
Ubroan
Beatrice Beunter Godfrey
John H. Grasty
Boston
Quits Prayers To Stab A Man In Revival
In Dexter Missouri a man named John Horton left a gospel tent during a revival and fatally stabbed Oscar Leathers, then returned to kneel with the congregation as the minister prayed with converts. The incident occurred as Rev E Bulioe led the service.
City Drenched as Flood Submerges Streets and Claims Lives
Heavy floods hit the city flooding main streets and lowlands. Three people drowned as water rose to 3.7 to 4.5 feet. property damage expected to exceed half a million. Crisis eases as river recedes and streets clear.
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Aden
Suneidarmuer
Sinila
Cirnen
Weather Bureau
Terrific flood damage reported across South Carolina
Reports from Columbia and across the state describe unprecedented flood damage, affecting many areas and threatening farming interests. Officials warn the disaster may run into millions in losses as waters rise and logs and debris hamper communities.
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Sous Carolina
Columbia
8. C
Seath Carolina
Lfe
Tom Johnson Sees 3 Cent Fare Surplus After July
Cleveland, Aug. 2—Mayor Tom L. Johnson reports the first three months of the 3 cent fare operation show a surplus for July. May and June losses are blamed on a May 15 strike. He suggests a 3 cent fare with transfers, or a 5 cent fare without tickets, as a transition toward a 5 cent fare and universal free transfers within a year.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Tom L. Johnson
Man Dies After Ant Attack Near Ostrich Farm
Burton J. Jarvis, 26, a Terre Haute contracting teamster, died in a California county hospital after being found faint under a shade tree near an ostrich farm. He had tuberculosis and was marred by swarming red ants for two days before help arrived.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ivins
Burton J. Jarvis
Chestnut St
Terre Haute
Ind
Jarvis
California
Anta
Railroads Anticipate Rush to Rosebud Lands Opening
Western railroad passenger officials forecast a fall rise in traveler demand from Northwest movements tied to the Rosebud Indian reservation opening in South Dakota. The tripp county lands lie near the Black Hills extension of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line, with Chicago Northwestern projecting handling many Nomeas traders.
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Western Railroad
Tripp
Rosebud
South Dakota
South Dakotas
Black Hills
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Northwestern Firso
Second Wife Loses Through Joint Will Action
Council Bluffs Iowa Aug 29 Judge C D Wheeler ruled Rachel Baker widow of John Baker not entitled to estate share since a joint will with a former wife was irrevocable after the death of one party and Iowa law does not allow such joint wills in this case.
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Council Bluffa
Iowa
C. D. Wheeler
Rachel Baker
John Baker
Baker
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