Political Enemies Behind Tar And Feathering Plot Named
Denver dispatch reports Joe R. Wilson, El Paso deputy sheriff, confessed to leaders and name list tied to the tar and feathering of General Tarsney in Colorado Springs. He says the crime was a political plot by high standing locals and officials. Wilson, Parker, and another prisoner confessed. all will face the grand jury in Colorado Springs.
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Denver
Joe R. Wilson
el Paso County
General Tarsney
Missouri
Armstrong
Colorado Springs
Wilson
Cross
Springs
el Paso
Tarsney
Bull Hill
Sheriff Bowers
Bob Mullins
Saxton
Troop A
William Bancroft
J. R. Wilson
Quackenboss
Sherman Cramsley
Walter Crumsley
Shorty
Allen
Smith Shellenberger
Parker
Cripple Creek
Milwaukee Road names new assistant general superintendent
Wood the present superintendent of the river division at La Crosse has been selected by President Miller to succeed E W McKenna as assistant general superintendent of the road.
Thresher Boiler Explodes in Minnesota Farmlands
The threshing machine boiler belonging to Frank Wessels exploded at noon. Seven stacks of wheat and the separator were burned but no one was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Minn
Frank Wessels
Corn Bulls Gauge Panic at Chicago Board of Trade
The Chicago Board of Trade saw a wild buying panic as corn surged amid droughts in the corn belt and bullish weather reports. Sept corn rose to 60 cents before retreating to around 55 1/8 cents as shorts scrambled to cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGo
Board of Trade
Weather Bureau
Chicago Board
Nebraska
Iowa
Liverpool
Oates Wins Alabama Election by Large Majority
Early returns show Oates with a majority well over 20,000 and Democrats ahead in both legislative chambers by clear margins. Morgan secures a senate seat. Jefferson County supports the Democratic ticket despite turnout. Sayre ballot law operated smoothly as white counties swing Democratic while black voters split between Oates and Kolb in different regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Birminngham
Ala
Oates
Morgan
Senate
Jefferson
Tompkins
Democratic Committee
Kolb
Senate backs anti anarchist bill in conference report
Wasnixeton Aug 8 The anti anarchist bill passed by the senate Monday was sent to conference with a favorable recommendation by Secretary Carlisle It carried a report opposing Representative Stones immigration inspection bill and the senate substitute for the Stone bill was ordered to conference due to a disagreement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasnixeton
Senate
Carlisle
Representative Stone
Pennsylvania
House
Stone
Cotton workers face wage cuts in Fall River
The Cotton Manufacturers association of Fall River Mass voted to reduce wages by about 10 to 14 percent across departments. About 25,000 operatives in the city will be affected by the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Wealthy Goshen Man Found Dead in Windsor Hotel
Martin E. Yates of Goshen Indiana was found dead in his bed at the Windsor hotel New York on August 8. He is believed to have died by his own hand using opium and was a guest at the hotel for a week, reportedly wealthy.
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New York
Martin E. Yates
Goshen
Ind
Windsor Hotel
Yates
Pembroke College Librarian Suicide in Oxford
Oxford reports the death by hanging of J. T. G. Mowat, librarian of Pembroke College, shortly after his return from holiday. The suicide occurred as he prepared to host members of the British Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Eng
J. T. G. Mowat
Pembroke College
Dong
British Association
Fires Hit St Paul in Quicksuccession on August Day
A day of fires in St Paul kept the fire department busy. One blaze at the Northwestern Fuel co on Como avenue destroyed fuel yards and several rail cars, plus parts of the Como avenue bridge and an ice house. Total loss around $55,000 with insurance help. other alarms caused minor damages.
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St. Paul
Como Avenue
Northwestern Fuel Company
St. Paul Lake Ice Company
Ready to Return to Work
St. Paul August 8 The A R U strikers in this city are following Chicago actions. Local meetings on the St Paul and Duluth Omaha Chicago Burlington and Northern and Milwaukee roads ended the strike for those lines. Remaining out workers find reemployment extremely difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Chicago
Dulluth
Omaha
Burlington and Northern
Milwaukee
Judiciary committee opens probe of Judge Ricks charges
The judiciary committee moves to investigate charges against Judge Augustus J. Ricks. Representative Bailey explains the Cleveland Central Labor union memorial presented to the House by Representative Johnson and outlines the memo. Discussion is limited but the case is deemed serious with definite charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Judiciary Committee of the
House
Augustus J. Ricks
Central Labor Union of
Cleveland
Representative Bailey
Texas
Representative Johnson
Post Office Fight Ends as Hunter Commission Arrives
Des Moines area notes that Hunter's commission has arrived finalizing the post office disruption. Hunter will assume charge August 15 amid Democratic anger and disappointment over Eibeck's hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Mores
Hunter
Washington
Eibeck
Four Men Arrested in Post Office Robbery Case
Glencoe Minnesota sheriff arrested four men in Brownton suspected of robbing Goethe post office in Carver county Saturday night. Stamps valued at fifty dollars and clothing and goods worth 100 to 200 dollars were stolen. No property found, likely no holding of suspects.
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Glencoe
Minn
Leitzel
Brownton
Goethe
Carver County
Pullman Militias Withdrawn Leaving Town Unprotected
Three militia companies stationed at Pullman have been removed ending a month of military presence. The works operated with about 850 men and no disorder occurred during the period.
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CuicaGo
Pullman
Deputy U.S. Marshal raids blind pigs in Roberts County
In Browns Valley Minnesota Aug 8 a deputy marshal raided suspected bootleg operations. At Sisseton City three or four suspects were taken into custody and one at Effington. The charge is selling whisky to Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browns Valley
Minn
Roberts County
Sisseton City
Effington
Foiled Express Robbers on Lake Shore Train
An attempted rail robbery near Kessler Indiana failed when the engineer rammed through a planted obstruction and continued to Cleveland. Masked men fired at the locomotive but wounded none. the express car carried a large money shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Union Station
Plains of Indiana
Kessler
Ind
United States Express
Riot delays isolation hospital move in Milwaukee child
In Milwaukee on August 8 health officers tried to move Fred Kembler’s child from Arthur street to the isolation hospital for smallpox treatment. A mob of about 3000 resisted, pelting police with stones and halting the transfer. A Kembler child had died weeks earlier, and the family vows to resist further removals.
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Milwaukee
Fred Kembler
Arthur Street
Kembler
Santo Refuses Appeal in Carnot Assassin Case
Lyons reports Caesario Santo Geronimo, the assassin of President Carnot, refuses to appeal to the court of cassation. With the appeal period elapsed, papers go to Paris for President Casimir Perier to sign, fixing execution in ten days.
Governor Nelson Inspects Ditches Ahead of Next Season
Governor Nelson returned from northern Minnesota with Red River Valley commission members after inspecting the Sand Hill and Tamarack river ditches and the proposed routes for digging next season. The commission is meeting in the governor's office at the capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Nelson
Red River
Militia Company Declines to Dine with Non-Union Workmen
In Pullman CuicaGco on August 8, Company M of the First Infantry refused to eat with non-union Pullman workers. Lt Bowra led the unit to a mess tent but sergeant Cook moved them to another area after William Byrnes protested the seating. Byrnes declared he would not sit with scabs, and the company then ate separately, with promises of a dedicated mess tent in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CuicaGco
Pullman
Bowra
Hotel Florence
Cook
Pullman Company
William Byrnes
Illinois
Byrnes
Brother Fires Grain Stacks Prompt Fatal Shootout
In Milwaukee on August 8 Mark Richard son killed his brother George after confronting him over suspected arson at Mark’s barn and nine grain stacks. Mark, who had fetched a gun, halted George near their home and shot him when George allegedly admitted to burning the stacks. Mark surrendered to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Mark Richardson
George
Mark
Galena
Kow Ching Indemnity Claim Reported by Shanghai
Shanghai dispatch to The Times dated August 6 reports Viceroy Li Hung Chang expects Britain to compensate Chinese victims and cargo owner linked to the Kow Ching sinking. He estimates China’s indemnity from Japan at 3.5 million dollars.
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London
The
Times
Shanghai
Hung Chang
Li Hung Chang
China
Japan
Tenement Fire Sparks Panic on West Fortieth and Ohio
A blaze swept a row of tenement houses at West Fortieth and Ohio streets causing a panicked exodus of about a hundred families as they scrambled to save belongings. The flames threatened to consume the entire block before being controlled.
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CuicaGo
West Fortieth
Ohio Streets
Cyclist Devlin Reaches Hammond Ahead of Schedule
Frank C. Devlin, the cyclist who left Boston July 21 on a $10,000 wager to ride to Denver in 45 days, arrives in Hammond, Ind., in excellent condition six days early, completing the journey ahead of the target deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Frank C. Devlin
Boston
Denver
Arkansas land purchase by Slav Colonization Company
PittsspurG August 8 Fifty thousand acres in Arkansas have been bought by the Slav Colonization Company of this city A delegation has departed to conduct a final inspection of the land
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsspurg
State of
Arkansas
Slav Colonization Company
Jamestown Elks injunction dissolved in Jamestown body defeat
Judge Ward dissolved an injunction sought by the Jamestown Grand Lodge of Elks restraining the Atlantic City body from conducting business. The ruling marks a bad defeat for the Jamestown faction.
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Elks
Burrao
N.Y
Ward
Grand Lodge of Elks
Jamestown
Atlantic City
Threshing Engine Crashes Through Bridge Killing Two Men
A threshing machine engine plowed through a covered bridge six miles east of Springfield on August 8. Victims William Denlin and Charles E. Hudson, residents of Micopolis, were crushed to death in the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
William Denlin
Charles E. Hudson
Micopolis
Quarrel Ends in Death as Pitchfork Kills Man
Milwaukee August 8 a threshing crew dispute at Caplainville left Joseph Secor dead from a pitchfork blow. Mike Rode the accused killer has fled the area.
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Milwaukee
Caplainville
Joseph Secor
Mike Rode
House Will Caucus on Tariff Bill Action
Washington Aug 8 50 House members signed a petition within minutes to convene a caucus over the tariff bill. The move, led by Bynum on the Ways and Means Committee, drew mixed support with many fearing it signals confidence in the Senate bill and faces opposition from Speaker Crisp and conferees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Caucus
Springer
House
Bynum
Ways and Means Committee
Strauss
Warner
Crisp
Wilson
Outhwaite
Committee On Rules
Rules
Rourke Cochran
Messrs
Mills
Conferees Press on Tariff Bill Amid Caucus Tension
Washington August 8 conferees on the tariff bill report better sentiment after a day of work. Both houses indicate progress though no target date for a report is given. The unexpected caucus call unsettles House members while Montgomery vows to keep at the task regardless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Montgomery
Senator Petti Grows Unfit for Washington Return
Washington Aug 8 Senator Petti grew says his health has not improved enough for him to stay in Washington and he will return to the seashore at once. He does not anticipate early action upon the topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pettigrew
Congressman Pickler Backs Irrigation Land Bill
Congressman Pickler testified before the House committee for arid lands regulation in support of a bill already passed by the Senate. The proposal would grant states lands for reclamation by irrigation and is highly desired by North and South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pickler
House Committee On
Senate
Dakotas
Standish Likely Withdraws from Attorney General Race
Fargo attorney general candidate Standish hinted to the Associated Press he plans to withdraw from the race in favor of Burke the Democratic nominee during a Fargo speech last night.
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Fargo
N. D
Standish
Associated Press
Burke
Freight Train Wreck Off Alto Bridge Injures Three
A freight wreck on the Oregon Railway and Navigation line at Alto bridge caused seventeen cars to leave the 96 foot high structure. Conductor W. E. Watson brakeman David Wright and Fred Harrison suffered serious but non fatal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Wash
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Alto Bridge
W. E. Watson
David Wright
Fred Harrison
Secretary rules on Northern Pacific land indemnity appeals
The secretary of the interior decides about 100 land cases where the Northern Pacific was appellant. The railway loses on the indemnity selections, aligning with the Jennie L. Davis decision and denying the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Northern Pacific
Jennie L. Davis
Hawaiian royalist envoys spark congressional speculation
Parker Cummings and Wideman from Hawaii visit Washington seeking unknown aims. They recount alleged monarchist wrongs and criticise Stevens interference while noting no request to restore the queen or seek monetary redress. Their exact goals remain undisclosed to lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Messrs
Parker
Cummings
Wideman
Hawaii
Congress
Stevens
Willis
Forest Fires Threaten Meadville Area
Forest fires near Meadville Pennsylvania threaten serious damage as the entire fire department fights a long line of flames reaching the city limits on the southeast. Men will remain on duty through the night protecting outlying buildings unless rain arrives soon.
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Meadville
Oregon hop crop outlook shows large harvest this season
Portland reports from all sections indicate favorable hopyard conditions. The hop lease area is limited and pest damage has been minor, suggesting an unprecedentedly large harvest this season statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Or
Fire Destroys 25 Acres of Wheat and Oats
Morristown Minnesota on August 8 reports Nels Melstrom lost 25 acres of heavy wheat and oats to a fire. The blaze wiped out crop fields marking a sharp loss for local farmer Nels Melstrom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
Minn
Nels Melstrom
Five Thousand Slavs Offer to Enlist for Japan War
Valerine Nowacki, leader of foreign coke strikers in Pennsylvania, proposes supplying 5,000 Slavic soldiers for Japan in the China conflict. He plans to confer with the Japanese legation in Washington as he mobilizes lieutenants across the coke region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
Valentine Nowacki
China
Coke
Nowacki
Washington
Japan
Dress Reform Club Organizes In Minneapolis
Minneapolis women form a dress reform club as local civic notes report city affairs and recent incidents. Bridges on the Eastern Illinois road burned Monday night. Franklin Indiana business district nearly destroyed by fire with several horses cremated. Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad annual net earnings fell by 816867 dollars from the previous year.
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Minnepolis
St. Paul
Bissell
Kennebunkport
Franklin, Dis
Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
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Chicago Board of Trade
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Great Northern Lasers
Will
Ricks
Dakota
Hood
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