Rigids Inquiry Into Agriculture Dept Undertaken
President Roosevelt hosts Secretary Wilson at Oyster Bay to discuss leaks in the cotton report and a nitro culture scandal linked to Dr George T Moore. The Justice Department will pursue investigations, with Attorney General Moody ready to prosecute if warranted, and a broad audit of all agriculture bureau activities to root out corruption.
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Wilson
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Oyster Bay
George T. Moore
Department of Justice
Moody
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Commission to Investigate Graft in Federal Agencies
A government mission under Secretary Hitchcock will probe alleged frauds in the general land offices forestry and reclamation services. The panel will start in Deadwood South Dakota then visit other states to examine irrigation land claims timber trespass and other irregularities across several agencies.
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Hitchcock
General Land Offices
Forestry Service
Reclamation Service
Deadwood
Irrigation Service
Public Land Service
Special session requested for Royal Arcanum supreme council
Rome New York August 1 Supreme Regent Howard C Wiggins reports a constitutional majority of seventy seven grand jurisdiction representatives is required to call a special session. Thirty nine representatives from ten grand jurisdictions have submitted requests in writing. Time and place will be announced once arrangements are made.
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N. Y
Howard ‘C. Wiggins
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Supreme Council
Royal Arcanum
Supreme Regen
Oil King's Wife Veers Toward Ill Health
A Rockefeller wife grows visibly frail after heavy investments of concern and rumors. a visitor to the Rockefeller home observed a marked decline in her health and suggested strain may be affecting her condition.
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Oveland
Rockefeller
Celler
Youth catcher dies after foul tip at Nasby Corners game
Sixteen year old Estel Payton collapsed after being struck in the heart by a foul tip during a baseball game between two amateur teams at Nasby Corners in Ottumwa la. He threw the ball back to the pitcher and died instantly.
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Ottumwa
Estel Payton
Nasby Corners
Kenosha Leather Trust Plans Major Tannery Reorganization
In Kenosha Wisconsin on August 1 articles establish a 300000 capital stock for a new company with corporators Charles W Allen Nathan R Allen Jr and Edward C Thiers The move signals a transfer of the nations largest independent tannery toward allied leather interests Central Leather plans to hold initial stock with possible future Central Leather ownership The American Hide and Leather Company now controlled by Central Leather has recently bought six former independent plants and a broader reorganization is believed to be underway to unify large independent tanneries under one control network
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Central Leather Company
American Hide and Leather Company
American Hyde and Leather Company
Lightning Strikes Bathhouse Crowd at Coney Island
A thunderstorm at Parkway Baths in Coney Island left five dead and nine seriously injured as a bolt struck a flagstaff and grounded among the panicked crowd. At Gravesend Beach one man was killed and three prostrated. Ambulances rushed to aid the injured.
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Parkway Baths
Coney Island
Gravesend Beach
Parkway Beach
Devlin Creditors Meet in Kansas City United Receivers Hear Report
A creditors meeting for Charles J. Devlin, the former coal operator, convened in Kansas City. Receivers reported on assets and discussed rapid realization to prevent scattering of property. Attendees were largely lawyers and financiers from banks, trust companies, and brokerage houses.
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Charles J. Devlin
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Illinois
Devlin
Suits Against Equitable Directors Planned
New York Aug. 1 State's Attorney General Mayer plans to sue the old directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Forty four cases will be filed seeking accounts of official conduct and management plus repayment of funds misused or lost, with recovered monies credited to policyholders in proportion.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable Society
Flood losses reach half a million in Bridgeport aftermath
Bridgeport Conn Aug 1 estimates of property damage from the reservoir flood after Saturdays heavy rain place total losses near 500000 City property alone likely around 100000 as officials assess the damage following the disaster.
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Wealthy Wisconsin Pioneer O B Dahke Dead at 82
Madison Wisconsin August 1 O B Dahke a wealthy pioneer died at his Mount Horeb home aged eighty two He was born in Norway and was a California gold miner of 49 crossing the plains with oxen He was the father of former Congressman H B Dahke
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California
Plains
H. B. Dahkle
Dispute Over Territory Between German and French Forces
Berlin reports a clash on the frontier of the French Congo between South Cameroon Company guards and French Senegalese soldiers over territorial claims. Three Germans killed, four captured, and one French Senegalese sergeant killed. The foreign office seeks official clarification from Cameroon and France to establish blame and prevent future collisions. Germany vows to protect its journalists and colonists.
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South Cameroon Company
Germany
Guilds Press Boycott as Chinese Protests Grow
Reports from Hongkong and Canton detail ongoing mass meetings of guilds promoting a boycott against the United States. Delegates are to visit southern China and a pamphlet campaign will circulate to Chinese in America urging steadfast support, amid hostile Chinese press campaigns.
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Major Street Car Firms Merge To Form $54 Million Syndicate
New York reports confirm a consolidation of large street building companies tied to the B. J. Brill company of Philadelphia and including the American Car company the John Stephenson company and the St Louis Car company. Edward Harrison Power named president. a New York banking house to manage the syndicate.
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United States
the Times
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Philadelphia
American Car Company
John Stephenson Company
St. Louis Car Company
Edward Harrison Power
Explosion Aboard Teutonic Sparks Fire In Engine Room
A July 31 incident on the Teutonic reports an explosion in the hold starting a fire in the dynamo room by the waterline. Storeroom keeper John Barns was trapped in a steel cell as flames heated the area. oilers John Connor and James Byers were unable to exit. A hose line reached the deck and water cooled Burns, who escaped after opening the door. Connor and Byers followed, and the fire was controlled after about an hour. continuous.
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White Star
Teutonic
John Barns
Burns
John Connor
James Byers
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Byers
Broker Loses Seven Millions in Mining Case
In New York a U S circuit court ruled for Thomas F Walsh in a suit by John A Thompson a mining broker seeking a half share of 14 million dollars from the Camp Bird mines sale to an English syndicate Thompson alleged an oral agreement to share equally in the mines The decision ends the bid for one half of the sale proceeds.
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United States Circuit Court
John A. Thompson
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
Walsh
Camp Bird
Thompson
Bryan to Start World Tour After Wisconsin Banquet
Colonel William J. Bryan announced to a circle of intimate friends that he will begin a world tour lasting one to two years. He plans to join Mrs Bryan in Japan where she has already gone and is expected to travel eastward on the journey.
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Madison
Wis
Democrats of Wisconsin
William J. Bryan
Taft and Party Leave Tokio for Kioto on Special Train
Secretary Taft and his party departed Tokyo by special train in the evening on July 31, receiving a warm sendoff at Shimbashi station from a crowd that included court officials civil and military leaders, naval officers, bankers and mercantile representatives.
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Shimbashi
Stockholm banks arrange 12.5 million credit loan
Stockholm authorities and a syndicate of banks in Hamburg Berlin Paris and Brussels headed by the Stockholm Commercial bank have completed arrangements for an immediate credit of 12 500 000 dollars half of the loan authorized by the rike.
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Hamburg
Berlin
Paris
Brussels
Stockholm Commercial Bank
Rike
New Chief Continues Raids In Chicago
Spectacular raids by the Chicago police under the new chief and Assistant Chief Schuettler result in the capture of eighty four men from handbook resorts and later raids on ten poker games. Armed with warrants and sledges, the gambling detail seized paraphernalia and enforced district inspections to curb gambling activity.
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Schuettler
Premier Balfour Hosts Lodge Luncheon in Commons
Premier Balfour hosted a luncheon in the House of Commons in London on July 29 in honor of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. The guests included Lord Milner Austen Chamberlain Gerald Balfour and John R. Carter.
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Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lord Milner
South Africa
Austen Chamberlain
Gerald Balfour
Local Government Board
John R. Carter
Yellow Fever in New Orleans Sees 26 New Cases and 2 Deaths
Official report to the state health board shows 26 new cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing totals to 206 cases and 44 deaths. Most cases are Italians in the rear of the city near the original infection area, with two deaths near the French market. The state board contemplates quarantine of the city with limited exceptions, and steamboat inspection along the river has begun. The Marine Hospital Service is purchasing sulfur barrels to destroy mosquitoes.
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State Health Board
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Quarantine Tightened Across Tennessee Infected Areas
Chattanooga July 29 Acting Governor Doughty orders full quarantine against Louisiana districts. All trains from Louisiana and freights will be searched for potential tramps. Dozens of New Orleans residents have arrived in the city.
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Bishop Joyce dies after four weeks of illness
Minneapolis reports the death of Bishop Isaac W. Joyce of the Methodist Episcopal church after a four week illness from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was nearly seventy, born in Hamilton County Ohio, educated at Hartsville College and DePauw University, ordained in 1859, and served major churches before becoming a bishop in 1889. He traveled widely and had lived in Minneapolis since 1896.
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Sweden Negotiating Major Loan with Bank Syndicate
Stockholm reports the government has arranged a $25 million loan with the Swedish National Bank and a syndicate of foreign banks led by the Commercial Bank of Women. The funds will be available within a year from August 1.
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Sweden
Swedish National Bank
Commercial Bank of Women
Yellow fever cases and deaths reported in New Orleans
City health board released twelve new yellow fever cases and six deaths in the prior twenty four hours. Nine patients are Italians with six at 520 and 524 St Philip Street near the French market. Officials express cautious hope of eradicating the disease before fall with precautions to prevent a serious epidemic.
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City Board of Health
St. Philip Street
Fire kills three children in Colorado summer kitchen blaze
In Retreat Park Adams County, eight year old child survived severe burns after a fire destroyed the family summer kitchen. Batini Dombei and his wife were tending a market garden nearby when the blaze claimed three of their children and seriously injured the eldest.
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Batini Dombei
Retreat Park
Adams County
Colo
New York Fugitive Captured After Two-Day Manhunt
Charles Long, a giant African American man accused of killing Matthew Cunningham in Trenton over a jealous motive, was hunted by detectives and farmers for two days before being tracked to a swamp near Newmarket where he was captured at night.
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New York
Charles Long
Matthew Cunningham
Trenton
Newmarket
Copper Vein Found on Penokee Range near Mellen Wisconsin
A sixteen foot vein of copper rock 35 percent pure was discovered on the Penokee range five miles west of Mellen Wisconsin. Its depth remains unknown and landowners along with copper speculators show strong excitement over the find.
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Ashland
Wis
Penokee Range
Mellen
Man Dies After Being Cut Off In Wife's Will
Faribault Minnesota July 27 Joseph Praser of Ninth Street attempted to drink Paris green after his wife did not name him in her will. A physician was summoned and poison was pumped from his stomach but he died at midnight.
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Minn
Joseph Praser
Ninth Street
Paris Green
Big Increase in Insanity in Iowa Hospitals
Iowa Falls reports a statewide rise in insanity with the state board of control noting 200 more inmates since June. Each of the three insane hospitals now houses just over 1,000 inmates.
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Board of Control
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