A RAP AT THE TRUSTS AT TRANS MISSIPPI CONGRESS
At the Transmississippi Congress closing session in St Paul on August 22 J A Gardner moved resolutions condemning trusts as a menace to republican government and urging the President to use power to suppress trust influence. If current laws fail stronger measures should be enacted by Congress.
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ST. Paul
Transmississippi Congress
J. A. Gardner
St. Louis
Congress
United States
National Congress
President on Tour Heads to New Haven on Sylph
President Roosevelt departed Oyster Bay for New Haven this morning as part of a tour through New England. The presidential party boarded the Sylph in a launch at 10 oclock for the voyage.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
New Haven
New England
Roosevelt Arrives at New Haven as Sylph Sails
The Sylph weighed anchor and headed for New Haven due about 1 30. Citizens of Oyster Bay fired a salute from an anvil as the vessel departed. President Roosevelt arrived in New Haven at 1 20 p m.
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New Haven
Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt
Queen Honors American Medal Gifted for Deaf Welfare
Miller Reese Hutchinson of New York, who sailed today on the Celtic, was summoned to Cowes yesterday and received from Queen Alexandria a special coronation medal. The gift honors his services to the deaf mutes in London, where the Queen shows great interest in their welfare.
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Hutchinson
New York
Miners Halt Work Across Wilkesbarre Area
In Wilkesbarre Pa August 22 miners halted operations at the Butler washery and Delaware Lackawanna and Western colliery after claiming ambush attacks on night workers. Eighty miners were at the colliery before they left. In Tamaqua Pa the mine workers sent a petition to Governor Stone urging troops be recalled amid rumors the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co plans to mine under troop protection.
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Wilkesbarre
Butler Washery
Delaware, Lackawanna and
Tamaqua
Stone
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Whalen Testifies on San Quentin Shop Activities
In the Boardman Spreckels case the defense presented Timothy Whalen a former San Quentin inmate now a shipping clerk. He testified daily visits by Governor Gage and Warden Aguirre to the prison and alleged fabrication of furniture by prisoners including a double harness set carved with a G initial. The testimony continues on the eighth page.
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San Francisco
Cal
Boardman-Spreckels
Gage
Timothy Whalen
San Quentin
Whalen
Aguirre
Penitentiary
Mr. Campbell
Governor Gage
Foggy Coast War Games Off Massachusetts
At Rockport Massachusetts fog limits knowledge of Admiral Higginson's squadron positions as Pillsbury's fleet maneuvers loom. The Kearsage anchors while rumors say Alabama and Massachusetts may join. signals extend to Nantucket for observer reports. Night drills paused, a three vessel misread sparks alarm, later corrected, as torpedo boat goes missing then found.
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Rockport
Mass
Kearsage
Admiral Higginson
Portland
Brooklyn
Cape Cod
Plymouth
Alabama
Massachusetts
Nantucket
Pillsbury
Higginson
Record speeds by Jarret and sailing wins across venues
Jarret the automobilist in Wolbenck set a kilo metre record in 28 1-5 seconds, surpassing W. K. Vanderbilt Jr. in France. Utowan, owned by A. V. Armour, won the coronation cup sailing race for auxiliary yachts. Major Demar led the Readville stake heat, Peter Jackson and Morgan Williams set a September fight, and Philadelphia saw Charles A. Johnson die by chloroform suicide amid domestic troubles. Los Angeles racing stakes list announced for October with multiple handicaps and Derby events under Western Jockey Club rules.
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London—C
Jarret
Wolbenck
W. K. Vanderbilt Jr
France
COWES
Utowan
A. V. Armour
New York
Earl of Crawford
Newfoundland Premier backs free trade with United States
Sir Robert Bond, Newfoundland premier and colonial secretary, sailed from Liverpool to Montreal en route to Washington with powers to restart Bond Blaine talks. The pact previously eased duties on certain American imports and allowed Newfoundlanders to ship fresh fish in bond. Bond favors free trade over uniting with Canada.
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London
Sir Robert Bond
Newfoundland
Liverpool
Montreal
Washington
Charge d'Affaires
James G. Blaine
New Foundland
Convention of New Foundland
United States
New England
Bond
Foundland
Canada
Rhodes Will Leaves Warwick Countess Vast South Africa Lands
A London report states Cecil Rhodes bequeathed South African lands to the Countess of Warwick, later sold for about 1 million dollars. The Countess previously urged aid for female training in the Transvaal and appealed to Andrew Carnegie for support as Rhodes's will details surfaced.
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London
Cecil Rhodes
Countess of Warwick
Cil Rhodes
Transvaal
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Rhodes
Imperialist ideal of British woman praised by Countess
The passage lauds money given to the Earl and Countess of Warwick, claiming the countess embodies British imperialism more than any other English woman. It frames female leadership as a symbol of imperial power and influence within society.
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Warwick
Police broadcast on Bartholin murder case widens search
Chicago police issued circulars with a newer photo of William J Bartholin wanted for the alleged murder of his mother Anne Bartholin and his sweetheart Minnie Mitehell. Edward Counselman, Bartholin’s close friend, was returned to county jail as investigators failed to elicit new information. Counselman was agitated and cried but would not talk.
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Chicago
William J. Bartholin
Anne Bartholin
Minnie Mitehell
Edward Counselman
Bartholin
Inspector Hunt
Counselman
Bodies to Be Sent Home From Paris
The American liner St. Paul plans to transport the remains of Charles L. Fair and Mrs. Fair to America, sailing tomorrow via Cherbourg. The bodies lay in the Church of the Madeleine where removal was tentatively countermanded due to a missing formality. If feasible, the remains will be forwarded to Cherbourg tonight.
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Church of the Madeleine
Cherbourg
Diedrichs Resigns as German Navy Chief of Staff
Berlin August 22. Admiral Von Diedrichs resigns as chief of staff of the navy. He commanded the German squadron of five cruisers in Manila Bay when Commodore Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet.
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Berlin
von Diedrichs
Navy
Manila Bay
Dewey
Woods Guilty of the Crime in First Degree Murder
Frank Woods was convicted of murder in the first degree for the January 20 killing of Policeman Eugene Robinson in San Francisco. Judge Cook delivered a long charge, the jury deliberated, and chief witness William J. Henderson testified the gang planned a cemetery safe robbery at Cypress Lawn before Robinson confronted them.
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Slayer
Robinson
San Francisco
Frank Woods
Eugene Robinson
Cook
Woods
William J. Henderson
Henderson
Cypress Lawn Cemetery
Lipton and Sultan Suffer Auto Scrapes in Accidents
Sir Thomas Lipton was in an automobile collision in London today as his twelve-horsepower car crashed into an iron railing. He escaped with a shock and bruises while the Sultan of Morocco yesterday had a car accident, the vehicle rammed into a stone wall and the driver lost control, with the ruler also shaken but unharmed.
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London
Sir Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas
Sultan of
Monrocco
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the Trusts
Miller Reese
P. Cox Shoe Co
K. P. Reid & Co
French Shoe Co
Campbell
Pillsburg
Salem Harbor
Los Angeles
Readville
Major Demar
Lady Thisbe
Edna Cook
Peter Jackson
Morgan Williams
Acme Club
Oakland
Philadelphia
Charles A. Johnson
J. W. Brooks
New
Los Angeles Racing Association
Angeles Park
Santa Monica
Long Beach
Santa Anita
Western Jockey Club
Tycoon
Warwicks
South Africa
Paris
York
Charles
L. Fair and Mrs. Fair
America
Diedrichs
The
Californian
A. H. Grenell
Nineteenth Street
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