Lunacy hearing in Thaw case and other world items
The lunacy commission plans to hear Dr Allan McLane Hamilton on Thaws insanity. San Francisco fears a rescue attempt for Abraham Ruet with guards to shoot first. About 850 brewery workers walk out in St Louis for higher wages across 23 plants. State Senator Thomas Connor dies in San Antonio at 52. Fire destroys Maryland Steel Car Wheel plant in South Baltimore causing up to 100000 loss.
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Thaw
Allan McLane Hamilton
San Francisco
Abraham Ruéft
Elisor Biggy
Ruet
United Brewery Workers’ Union
St. Louis
Thomas Connor
Joplin
San Antonio
Tex
Maryland Steel Car Wheel Company
South Baltimore
Anne Arundel County
Castalia Portland Cement Company
Castalia
Prospect Park
Niagara Falls
Tennessee
Theodore Roosevelt
Nebraska Senate
House
Queen Victoria
Spain
Alfonso
Cartagena
Secretary of the Interior
L. L. Nunn
Bear
Utah
Dreifontein
Johannesburg
Newberry
Trio of Wealthy Plungers Lose Big in Wall Street Panic
New York reports three heavy losses in Union Pacific stock tied to E. H. Harriman. John Jacob Astor Robert W. Goelet and Cornelius Vanderbilt suffered combined losses near 9 million dollars. Vanderbilt faced smaller loss after prior disinheritance related to marriage. All three sit on Illinois Central board once aligned with Mr. Fish, then shifted to Harriman in 1906 leading to Fish’s ouster.
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New York
Wall Street
John Jacob Astor
Robert W. Goelet
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Union Pacific
EE. H. Harriman
Astor
Mr. Goelet
Cornelius Vandrbilt
Grace Wilson
Cornelius
Vanderbilt
Col. Astor
Illinois Central Railroad
Stuyvesant Fish
Mr. Fish
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Four Die At Crossing On Alton Line Near Kansas City
Four people in a buggy including two men and two women were killed at the Fifteenth street crossing of the Chicago and Alton railroad two miles east of Kansas City. The Red Flyer westbound from St. Louis struck as the electric bell rang. Two bodies were mangled by the engine and cowcatcher, others were thrown clear. the horses were uninjured. Names believed to be George Henry and H. Monner from papers found.
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Gay. Campbell
Texas
Constantinople
Robert Ek. Edwards
Springfield
Magnolia Stove Works
Memphis
Tenn the Joss
James F. Hedden
Tonopah & Goldfield Railway Company
Hawthorne
Nev
Havana
Commercio
Cuba
Steinhardt
Magoon
Choctaw, Oklahoma &Unit
Oklahoma City
Fox
Madison
Wis
Galena
Maxim Gorky
Rome
National Bank of
Hanover
Mich
Nebraska
Prokop Plecity
Haugen
Salvador
Mexico
Central American
Republica
Jense F. Wolborn
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Frank J. Hearne
Charles Dick
Ohio
Roumania
C. H. Kinnaird
Crystal Ice Company
William F. Holley
Franklin Ice Company
Columbus
James T. MceCleary
Minnesota
William S. Shallenberger
Arthur MacArthur
Orient
Oudja
Morocco
Harry Dolan
Louisville
Continental
United States
Census Bureau
Brussels
Missouri
Arkansas
Southern Pacific
Colton
Cal
Minnesota Supreme Court
Great Northern Railroad
Board of Directors
South McAlester
I. T
Jennie Burch
Baby Wilbur Winship
Carmel
N. Y
Matteawan Asylum
Boston
Bertha McNally
Canton
Emil Knolle
Pittsburg
White House
Archie Roosevelt
Kuroki
Jamestown
Savannah
Chanute
Kan
Pittsburg, Youngstown
Ashtabula
Lake Shore
Lockwood
H. E. Watson
Mahoningtown
Roosevelt
Hague
New York
Chick” Stahl
West Baden
Ind
Corbin Banking Company
Iroquois
Ontario
Foundation For the Promotion of Industrial Peace
Laporte
William A. Proctor
Proctor & Gamble Company
Glendale
Cincinnati
Rhyolite
Pueblo
Richard Manafield
Schmitz
San Francisco
James Henry Smith
George Smith
Kioto
Japan
Staten Island
International Committee of the
Young Men’s Christian Association
Russell Sage
A. L. Sutton
Bureau of Exploitation
Board of Governors
William West
Montgomery
Ala
Fraser
West
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
John W. Leonard
San Antonio
Tex
Horace Marvin
Illinois
Indiana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle West
I.c
Arlington National Cemetery
Roy Bourquin
Cripple Creek
Col
William McElroy
Philadelphia
Elizabeth City
N. J
John A. Meyer
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Lake Mendota
Chattman
Howard and
Berks Streets
Simeon W. West
Leroy
Irl
Germany
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Wisconsin Senate
British War Office
William C. Gilbert
Danbury
Conn
Republican Club
Kansas City
Fifteenth Street
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Alton
Red Flyer
St. Louis
George Henry
H. Monner
Dover Tragedy as Woman and Two Children Drown
In Dover New Jersey Mrs Otto Britting tied her children and herself to prevent escape then led them into Shongun lakes where all three drowned. The husband recovered the bodies after searching since they left their Mill Brook home. The deaths occurred in shallow water with the mother bent over as if submerging herself.
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Dover
N. J
Otto Britting
Shongun Lakes
Mill Brook
Penny Payments in Alimony Case Highlight Legal Tender Limits
A Flatbush case shows a husband paying four dollars weekly in pennies to satisfy alimony. U.S. law limits legal tender to 25 cents per payment for minor coins. pennies and nickels circulate, while three and two cent pieces disappeared. The tactic creates inconvenience, rarely used, and readers should note the statutory rules on tender.
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Flatbush
L. I
United States
Rabbit hunter survives bear attack in Sullivan County
John Potter of Sullivan County hunted near a swamp when a bear charged after a rabbit fell. Buckshot hit the bear in the head from close range after Potter fired from a jump, killing the bear within two feet. Potter injured his wrist, boot, and leg and walked five miles for medical aid.
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John Potter
Sullivan County
Port Jervis
N. Y
New York World
Potter
The Boy Economist
A playful quarrel of compliments features Nona and a new admirer. She recalls a baby boy who stopped her from laughing, begging her to save some joy for when his mother arrives, showcasing a charming moment of tenderness.
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Nona
Suffolk publisher credits Doan’s Kidney Pills for relief
J D Daughtrey of Suffolk Virginia reports long kidney trouble with gravel and sediment in urine. He says after using Doan’s Kidney Pills for three years he has not passed a stone and lists fourteen gravel stones he expelled. He calls Doan’s a fine kidney tonic and notes the product is sold for 50 cents a box by dealers.
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J. D. Daughtrey
Suffolk
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Ghosts Haunt Kirkwall Bellringer in Night of Pranks
In Kirkwall Orkney the bellringer’s wife faced a spectral incident at eight pm at St Magnus cathedral as a figure grabbed her hands from the curfew rope and vanished. Trees planted before the cathedral were felled by one am while onlookers heard nothing. Police remain baffled by the mysterious events.
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Kirkwall
Orkney
London Daily Mail
St. Magnus
Burgh
Furious Humor On Child S Case Of Measles
A Bakersfield family describes a seven year old girl recovering from measles then suffering a severe itchy eruption. After trying many remedies, Cuticura Remedies reportedly cured her in five days. Statements dated June 25 and July 20 1906.
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F. Ruefenacht
Bakersfield
Cal
Indians in United States in round figures
In round figures there are 284000 Indians in the United States with 91000 in Indian territory 15000 in Oklahoma and 106000 in the coming state. The five civilized tribes Cherokees Creeks Choc taw s Chickasaws and Seminoles have governed their own affairs for two thirds of a century and are prepared for citizenship. They and nearly all in Oklahoma dress civilized and possess schools churches and other amenities of civilization.
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United States
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Five Civilized Tribes
Leslie
Benefits of the X Ray From Johns Hopkins Research
Baltimore notes ten years after the X ray discovery the Johns Hopkins medical department has used the ray as a diagnostic tool. Dr F Howard Baetjar compiles results on early diagnosis and study of aneurysm a morbid dilation of arteries. Also mentions animals with backbones stating about 156000 known species with 15300 vertebrates.
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Baltimore
Medical Department
Johns Hopkins University
F. Howard Baetjar
The
University
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Odd Fellows
James Ryan
Appleton
Foraker
Herr von Korn
Schlesalische Zeitung
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Belar
Laibach University
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Yale University
Princeton University
Bowdoin College
Brunawick
Millsaps College
Jackson
Mins
James R. Hemphill
Akron
Minnesota Title Insurance Company of
Minneapolis
James D. Shearer
Schaeffer
Muskogee
United Socialists
City
Federal
Bult
Inabelle KE. Schege
Isaac M. Singer
Paul C. W. Schege
Mra
Seattle
Wash
Treadwell
Douglas Island
Alaska
W. H. Seward
Skagway
Lynn Canal
Treadwell Mine
Eigners
Hla
Lemuel Rt. Boyce
Boyce
William Reha
Chateau Avenue
Kurak
Russia
Druxsaninnitoff
Paducah
John L. McGuire
Illinoia Central Railroad
Oneonta
Miafi, Loveland
Collis P. Huntington
Bunny
Hunter
Bruin
Timothy JO Butier
Burley
Loutaville
Cuthura
Ely
Nellet
Girte
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
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