Oklahoma Senator Names Hammon as Bribe Offerer
Senator Gore testifies that Jacob Hammon former Oklahoma Republican committeeman offered a 25 000 bribe in Washington linked to the 30 million Indian land sale under McMurray contracts with Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes. Gore says Hammon claimed Sherman Curtis and McGuire were interested. Hammon denies.
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Gore
Hammon
Muskogee
Okla
Jacob Hammon
National Republican
Oklahoma
Thomas P. Gore
Washington
House of Representatives
Sherman
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Bird McGuire
Senator Gore
McMurray
B. 8. McGuire
United States
Congress
J. F. McMurray
New York
Hamon
Lawton
Oklo
Curtis
Long
Thurston
Haskell
Kansas progressives win out in primary
In Topeka Kansas the insurgents swept the primary winning six of eight contests including renominating Victor Murdock and E H Madison. P P Campbell defeated Arthur Cranston and Gov W R Stubbs was renominated on insurgent issues. Republicans gain insurgent control of state and county leadership. Democrats nominate full state ticket with George H Hodges named for governor. Missouri results noted with renominations of ten Democratic congressmen and three of four Republican representatives.
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Topeka
Kan
Washington
Kansas
P. P. Campbell
Arthur Cranston
Victor Murdock
E. H. Madison
W. R. Stubbs
George H. Hodges
Olathe
St. Louis
Missouri
Pilgrim monument ceremony honors early New England settlers
President Taft arrived by yacht in Provincetown to unveil the Pilgrim monument. Fourteen battleships and numerous ships fired 21 gun salutes as dignitaries including James Bryce and Dr. Eliot attended. A tablet was unveiled replacing the burned town hall tablet.
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Provincetown
Mass
New England
Cape Cod Harbor
Taft
James Bryce
England
Jonkheer J. Louden
Netherlands
Major Lodge
Foss
Chicago
Eliot
Harvard
Waa
Old Town Hall
New Labor Union Planned Forms National Scope
Denver Aug 4 The Western Federation of Miners United Mine Workers of America and steel workers plan a national union. President Charles H Moyer says the miners move will affiliate with the American Federation of Labor after committee meetings.
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Western Federation of Miners
The
United Mine Workers of America
Denver
Charles H. Moyer
Miners’ Organization
American Federation of Labor
Pardon Ring Investigation Expanded in Canon City
Public Examiner James B. Foley proceeds with a probe into graft at the state penitentiary led by former officials and the pardon ring. Convicts allegedly bought freedom as Attorney General John T. Barnett personally conducts the inquiry citing a state supreme court ruling supporting subpoenas and compelled testimony.
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Denver
Col
State Supreme Court
James B. Foley
Canon City
State Penitentiary
John T. Barnett
Taft to Fire Opening Gun at St Paul Conservation Congress
President Taft will fire the opening gun at the St Paul conservation congress on September 5 in Beverly Massachusetts. The president and Secretary Norton are preparing broad and comprehensive address material for the event likely to be included in his annual message to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
Mass
Taft
St. Paul Conservation Congress
Norton
Congress
Weyler Heads Ari Spanish Government Rushes Troops In
In Basque Country unrest grows as government moves to curb a clerical led demonstration in San Sebastian. Weyler and Count Sagasta travel to danger zone while authorities warn Catholics against arming the Basque or Navarre provinces.
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Madrid
Spain
San Sebastian
Vittoria
Weyler
Catalonia
Count Sagasta
Iterior
Nothern
Navarre
Bilbao
Alfonso
Alfonso Lalls
Paris
Isle of Wight
Don Jaime
Seven Suffocate in Fire at Jamaica Lodging House
A blaze at 100 Rockway road Jamaica killed seven people all immigrants from various countries and left two seriously injured and ten with lesser injuries. One occupant Stefan Marzo rowski died saving others after being awakened by a barking dog as 46 people slept inside.
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New York
Rockway Road
Jamaica
Lfe
Stefan Marzorowski
Massacre Shocks Haran District Prompting Military Expedition
In Constantinople on August 6 the government acts after a massacre of over 100 Christians and Mussulmans in three villages in the Haran district of Syria. A strong military expedition is dispatched to restore order and quell the violence.
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Constantinople
Haran
Syria
Drucus
Murdered Family at Starbuck Ranch Near Santa Rosa
Three members of the Kendall family are found dead and burned at the Starbuck ranch near Crospers south of Santa Rosa California. Authorities suspect Japanese boy Yamaguchi who once lived at the ranch and had a violent quarrel with Thomas Kendall the manager. A search is underway for Yamaguchi as the key to the triple murder.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Henry Yamaguchi
Sonoma County
Gunness
Indiana
Enoch Kendall
Ara Kendall
Thomas A. Kendall
Canyon
Starbuck Ranch
Crospers
Yamaguchi
Thomas Kendall
Kendall
World Congress of Religious Liberals Opens in Berlin
Berlin hosts the fifth World Congress of Religious Liberals a four day gathering with delegates from many denominations and countries. Thousands attend as German French and English become official languages to accommodate diverse speakers. The American delegation fills an entire ship cabin after sailing from Boston on July 13.
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Berlin
Germany
Boston
Governor Seeks Rail Aid Against Western Montana Fires
Helena Mont Aug 6 Governor Norris telegraphed presidents of three transcontinental railroads seeking cooperation in fighting widespread fires in northwestern and western Montana. New flames reported at Bitter Root head and Nine Mile Creek while Stillwater valley in Flathead county remains among the worst to control. Authorities believe many fires are incendiary.
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Helena
Mont
Northwestern
Montana
Norris
Bitter Root
Stillwater
Flathead County
Nine Mile Creek
Woman Wins Gun Meet in Pacific States Trap
Seattle August 4 Mrs A Topperwein of San Antonio Texas won first honors on opening day preliminaries of the Pacific states trap shoot with a score of 195 out of 200.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific States
A. Topperwein
San Antonio
Tex
Train collision injures several passengers in Montana
In Great Falls on August 5 a collision between a Great Northern and a Burlington train injured several passengers. The incident occurred near Blackfoot, Montana, causing minor to moderate injuries and delaying service.
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Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern
Blackfoot
Spreading rails derail interurban car near Canton injures 12
On the Canton to New Philadelphia line of the N C T L Co a fast interurban car derailed after rails spread five miles west of Canton. Twelve people were injured including B B Van Thorne of Cleveland. other victims named include Mrs John B Reno Jr H F Evans Harry Sorensen Christ Peterson Philip Kohn Mrs Booth Charlesworth Mrs BE Berg Fred Feller conductor and E Stahl motorman.
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Canton
Canton-New Philadelphia
Here
B. B. van Thorne
Cleveland
Garland Manufacturing Co
John B. Reno, Jr
H. F. Evans
Harry Sorensen
Christ Peterson
Philip Kohn
Booth Charlesworth
BE. Berg
Fred Feller
Massillon
E. Stahl
Chillicothe
Ohio
Police Chiefs’ Association
Ed. M. Ertle
E. L. Faulder
Bellefontaine
James Pendergast
James H. Stamberger
Hast
R. F E. Murphy
Jacob Mintz
Board of Governors
Newark
Anthony Doyle
Doyle
Anna Doyle
New Philadelphia
Drys
Tuscarawas County
J. H. Hurst
the Times
John Shickendance
Charles
Union City
Darke County
Jeff Conrad
Greenville
Shickendance
Conrad
Fremont
Joseph Pietro
Ashtabula
James M. Phelps
Dorset
Minnie Green
George W. Green
Ironton
A. R. Johnson
August Anderson
Bluestone
South Euclid
Anderson
Murray Stone Co
Chagrin Falls
Opera
Herbert Atherton
Carl Etherington
Los Angeles
California
Kidney pills claim to cure gravel and kidney disorders
An advertisement urges readers not to neglect kidney issues and touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy. A Wooster Ohio user reports relief after twelve days, including passing two gravel stones, with the product sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo for 50 cents.
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Dean
A. Dashem
N. Grant St
Wooster
Cockney customer seeks dog and dealer replies with grim fate
An American narrator recounts a Cockney asking a dog dealer for a creature described as a greyhound of unusual features. The dealer responds that such dogs do not exist and adds a stark line about drowning them, revealing a cruel attitude toward animals.
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England
Casey at the Bat Versus Coca Cola Record Book
The Coca Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910 includes Casey at the Bat poem along with schedules and league data. It was sent by Coca Cola Co of Atlanta on receipt of a 2c postage stamp, plus a booklet about Coca Cola and its purity.
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Casey
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
Fragmentary quotes from Louisville Courier Journal
A brief reader note presents a taxicab dispute overheard in Louisville with a demand to be taken to the poorhouse, followed by a Montaigne quotation on truth. The item reads like a clipped clipping and reflects editorial taste in quoting authorities.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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