Ruler of Zion City takes charge as election ordered
John C. Hately, appointed by Judge Landis, assumes control in Zion City. Landis orders a September third Tuesday election after ruling on factional strife. Meat inspection rules tighten by Secretary Wilson to curb evasion and ensure sanitary handling of carcasses. Russell Sage leaves estate to widow with specified bequests to nephews nieces and sister. Missouri grants St Joseph and Southern Railroad charter from St Joseph to Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Hately
Zion City
Judge Landis
Alexander Granger
Voliva
Zion
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Russell Sage
Margaret Oliva Sage
Fanny Chapin
Oneida
N. Y
Chicago
Indiana State Railroad Commission
Vandalia Railroad Company
Indianapolis
State Line
Bernard L. Levinthal
Philadelphia
United States
Eugene Kraft
Marshalltown
Europe
Belgium
Hester
Milwaukee
Henry McMorran
Port Huron
Michigan
John Black
Will Reagin
Fort Gardner
Polk County
Florida
Ed. Granger
Debreczin
Austria
United Kingdom
Dominion
Itsukushima
Australia
Kawai
Barbourville
Robert Broughton
M. Caffrey & Bons
Newark
N. J
Alex Faiirgrove
Montana State Federation of Labor
Helena Miners’ Union
Nation of Labor
Webferd Federation of Miners
Yachts Capsize Off Anglesea Killing Fifteen At Sea
Two power yachts overturned near Hereford bar as easterly gale and heavy seas hammered the coast. Of the Nora with Captain Herbert Shiver there were 18 saved from 30 passengers and crew. Alvin B. with Captain Burch only one drowning reported. List of known dead includes Fred Fisher Walter Snyder Jerry Donohue Herbert Hummel William Griffiths John Fogarty Samuel Lodner and John Starkey. The Nora sank after a gust toppled it while returning from fishing banks, leaving vessels entangled in cordage and sails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anglesea
N. J
Hereford Bar
Hereford Inter
Nora
Herbert Shiver
Alvin B
Burch
Fred Fisher
Manayunk
Walter Snyder
Philadelphia
Jerry Donohue
Herbert Hummel
Landsdale
William Griffiths
John Fogarty
Hartford
Samuel Lodner
Woodbury
John Starkey
Shivers
Tragic Farmhand Kills Family Near Venice Washington
Mrs. Richard Pierce and her three children were killed and the house burned by a black farmhand while Mr. Pierce was away at church. Neighbors pursued the fugitive as a blood-stained ax lay in the dooryard, signaling the deadly crime. Vigilantes scour the hills seeking justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Richard Pierce
Venice
Washington County
Pierce
Pacific Express Wrecked Near New Hamburg
A New York Central train 37 struck a landslide and plunged into the Hudson near New Hamburg. The engineer, fireman and a baggage man are reported drowned. The incident follows heavy rains that washed debris onto the tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Express
Fishkill Landing
N. Y
New York Central
Hudson River Railroad
New York
Hudson River
New Hamburg
Here
Husband Held In Wife's Burned Home Death
The body of Mrs. Ernestine Voss, 43, was found burned in her northwest Chicago home. Police arrested her husband, John Le Voss, as a principal in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ernestine Voss
John le Voss
Roosevelt praised by Senator Morgan in Gadsden talk
In Gadsden Alabama Senator Morgan lauded Roosevelt describing a new era in American politics attracting global attention. He spoke after assessing the local political scene and praised the president’s impact and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Gadsden
Ala
Morgan
Trial of Dr Theodore White for mail fraud in love powders and diplomas
Nearly 200 witnesses from 37 states testified in Baltimore district court for the government against Dr Theodore White who ran a spiritualist mail order operation selling love powders magic breastplates and diplomas for Ph D. The case featured a $1000 monthly postage bill and a fleet of 17 typists. Prosecutor Soper described theReadings as identical for all customers and recounted elaborate “stunts” involving eggs charms roots and ancient breastplates to attract and bind customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Courts
Baltimore
Theodore White
White
Soper
Adam
Eve
Traits of Norway’s Queen Rendered Through Sketch
The sketch portrays Queen Maud of Norway as exceptionally slender with a 17 inch waist and a delicate appearance. It recalls her early life as a tomboy in King Edward’s family and her habit of nicknaming relatives. Her sister, the duchess of Fife, is noted for royal shyness and public reticence.
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Norway
England
Maud
Edward
Duke of Clarence
Duchess of Fife
Princess Royal
Merry
Wise Girl and Three Wooers
A fable where three suitors woo a young woman. The first proclaims she is the world, the second calls her sun moon and stars, but both are rejected. The third praises her faults honestly and wins her hand, explaining she valued courage to speak truths before marriage.
Distinetly Eligible Proposes Wealthy Baseball Player
A parlor scene reveals a proposal by Harry Parker who claims an income of $15,000 yearly. The grandmother questions the suitor and is told he is a professional baseball player and a handsome young man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plagea
Falr
Harry Parker
Iian
District merchant credits kidney pills for back relief
O C Hayden of D C Hayden & Co Albert Lea Minnesota says severe back weakness and night pains disappeared after using Deans Kidney Pills. He reports kidneys resumed normal action and back trouble did not return. For sale by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Hayden
D. C
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
The Camera Fiend Justice Gaffe
A well known criminal lawyer steps in to defend a camera fiend charged in police court. The judge jokes about sending him to the workhouse for three months for taking cameras, not pictures, as the wary lawyer objects to the harsh fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Four Years of Agony Healed by Cuticura Remedies
John M. Lloyd of Alliance Ohio details a severe foot injury from 1899 that left him with severe pain and crippled walking. After trying many doctors and ointments he reports recovery within two weeks of using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for seven months. He claims total healing and notes lower cost than doctors’ bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Lloyd
Arch Ave
Alliance
Ohio
Cruising for Salvage and Rail Car Orders
A New York man markets salvage services by following buyers of new machines and offering repairs or half their value if owners wish to sell. The Erie Railroad orders 1,600 freight cars including gondola and flat cars from Standard Steel Car and American Car & Foundry, with deliveries through 1907. Additional Hart convertible cars are being built at Detroit for January delivery, and five electric passenger cars for the Rochester division are ordered from St Louis Car Company. Germany revives its railway tariff, multiplying tickets for a trip from Mulhouse to Basel, totaling about 60 tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vistula
Warsaw
Francis R. Reynolds
New York
St. Louis
Charles H. Whitaker
Clinton
Democrat
Missouri
Illinois
George W. Barteh
Supreme Court of
Utah
Kansas City
Albert M. Crone
Bertha Bowlin
Frank Kern
Kersey Coates Drive
George Bell
B. M. Newcombe
Camden
Diamond Lake
Union
Frank J. Constantine
Arthur W. Gentry
Chicago
Poughkeepale
N. Y
Erie Railroad
Standard Steel Car Company
Butler
Decemeer
The
Erie
American Car & Foundry Company
Detroit
Rochester
St. Louis Carr Company
Mt. Morris
Westinghouse
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Borodin
University of St. Petersburg
Carnegie Fund
M. Stolypin
Krasnoyarsk
Siberia
John Dietz
Wisconsin
Cameron Dam
Dietz
William Jennings Bryan
Alexander Troup
Committee of Arangements
Bryan
William R. Hearst
Carnegie Hall
Hearst
Madison Square Garden
James Harding
Corydon
Ind
Moscow
Milwaukee Road
Omaha
Stel Brennan
Stillwater
Minn
Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratory
London
Targe
Dreyfus
Cercle Militaire
W. H. Williams
G. H. Williams
Georgia House of Representatives
Laurens County
Soperton
James B. Ricks
Illinois Supreme Court
Taylorville
Supreme Court
Navy Department
Lieut. H. Dunn
Independence
Mare Island
Cooperative Live Stock Commismission Company
West
Kansas City Livestock Exchange
Durham
Mike
Chris Solterman
Edmund Rice
Wakefield
Mass
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Arthur Spaugh
Iron County
Alonzo Kimberlin
Terminal Hotel
Union Station
William Bender, Jr
Mankato
Marquette
Mich
Birch
Northern Lumber Company
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Col. A. M. Shook
Nashville
Tenn
Edwards
Ill
Lige Wages
International Paper Company
Canada
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Armour Packing Company
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
United States District Court
Jackson Lumber Company
Lockhart
Thomas Neylon
Lincoln
Thomas Brown
Neylon
John D. Rockefeller
Green
Jersey
Husband
Bonnie Magin
Auditorium Annex
John T. Davis
Henry Gassaway Davis
Alton B. Parker
Phillippopolis
Bulgaria
Lake Hopatcong
Brooklyn
Trepott
St. Petersburg
Progs
Trepoff
Probaly
Minnesota
Germany
Mulhouse
Bale
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