Oakland Berkeley trolley crash injures score after game
A packed Telegraph avenue trolley from Berkeley and Idora park collided with a Piedmont to ferry mole electric train at Fortieth street. A score injured, two severely, including St Johns Bloom Dixon Hodson Wheeler Sauberg Welch Parker Dismall Pitman, with air brake defect blamed.
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Oakland
Cal
Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley
Idora Park
Piedmont
Fortieth Street
San Francisco
Los Angeles
James St. Johns
L. Bloom
F. F. Dixon
George Hodson
Albert Sauberg
Alameda
Margaret Welch
Edith Parker
Henry Dismall
Point Richmond
William Pitman
The Duke Declines Command of Russian Troops
Nicholas Nicholaievitch refuses the post of commander in chief for all troops of the Russian empire. An entourage member says martial law era post was offered but declined. He argues a grand duke should not hold such command and prefers a purely military appointee. The emperor has not finalized the decision.
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Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Associated Press
Russian Empire
Krasnovac
Selo
Nicholas
Linovitch
Manchuria
Menelik Signs Franco Italian British Railway Treaty
Abyssinian dispatches from Rome report King Menelik has signed a Franco Italian British convention for railways in Abyssinia. The pact guarantees the empire’s integrity and open door trade, ensures commercial equality, and continues railway construction from Addis Ababa to the coast with French, British, and Italian representatives on the directorate.
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Rome
Menelik
Addis’ Abede
Abyssinia
Great Britain
Italy
Bryan Cables HS Dates
William J. Bryan and his party traveled by car to Fontainebleau Sunday to visit the palace and hoped to pay respects to President Fallieres at Ramvoullet. He fixed his New York arrival for August 30 and will tour New Haven Bridgeport August 31 Jersey City September 1 Chicago September 4 Lincoln September 6 St Louis September 11 Louisville on his return.
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William J. Bryan
Fontainebleau
Bryan
President Fallieres
A Great Moral Awakening Declared by Governor Folk
In Warrensburg Missouri Governor Joseph Folk declares a great moral awakening in America beginning now. He predicts four years of ending privilege and lawlessness, establishing equal rights in national policy, and urges voters to hold legislators to represent the people against corporate and liquor interests.
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Folk
Warrensburg
Joseph Folk
America
General Assembly
Fair Test of Wireless Lets Signal Corps Reach HQ Quickly
Satisfactory results with wireless apparatus are reported to the chief signal officer in Washington from Camp Roosevelt at Mount Gretna Pennsylvania. Under Captain Gibbs the signal corps installs a wireless station at headquarters and uses two additional sets with principal detachments on march or maneuvers. From ten miles away a halt yields messages in minutes and kite relays extend reach to outlying stations. The signal corps accompanies cavalry units with portable gear to maintain instant contact, avoiding wire constraints.
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Washington
Camp Roosevelt
Mount Gretna
Gibbs
Signal Corps
Brown Squires Dodge County Delegation For Senator
In Dodge County Nebraska a heated convention battle produced a Brown friendly state delegation for United States senator Norris Brown amid a split machine faction led by L D Richards against Ross Hammond and R B Schneider. George L. Rouse of Hall County is the gubernatorial choice. No delegates were named to the state convention.
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Dodge County
Nebraska
United States
Norris Brown
Brown
George L. Rouse
Hall County
L. D. Richards
Ross Hammond
R. B. Schneider
Women Seize Columbus Joint to Stop Nuisance
Twenty five women in Columbus Kansas took possession of a local joint, tasted beer and whisky, and sent ten back to town to file a complaint with the county attorney who was unavailable. They plan to remain until officers file papers to close the establishment as a nuisance, noting there is no open saloon in Columbus.
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Columbus
Kas
Conanty
All Negroes at One Post Plan Considered
Reports from Fort Leavenworth say plans are being perfected to station all colored troops at a single post to avoid race feeling. It is likely a southern post will be chosen for the colored troops.
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Fort Leavenworth
United States Army
Lancaster Democrats Endorse Berge and Unite Delegation
Lancaster county Democrats agreed to vote as a unit at the state convention with most delegates backing George W. Berge. An earlier deal prevented strict instruction while Berge and county leaders secured the unity pledge. Nominees named for the legislature include state senators A. S. Tibbetts and J. W. Wolfe and representatives C. Y. Long H. W. Smith D. I. Coggin G. F. Quick and S. R. Hall.
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Lancaster County
G. W. Berge
Democratic Party
George W. Berge
A. S. Tibbetts
J. W. Wolfe
C. Y. Long
H. W. Smith
D. I. Coggin
G. F. Quick
State Fair Preview Signals Record Exposition
The State Fair runs September 23 to October 7 with expanded Agricultural hall and plans for a record livestock display. Reservations already cover 400 cattle 1500 swine and 100 draft horses. A derby is slated for September 4 and Ducky Holmes will move Lincoln Sioux City games to the fairgrounds for two days of major league style baseball at the grandstand.
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Nebraska
Ducky” Holmes
Lincoln-Sioux City
Annelope Park
Fair Grounds
Indictment targets Boston ice dealers and firms
Secret Suffolk county grand jury indictments accuse seventeen Boston ice dealers and six ice companies of conspiring to fix ice prices. Dealers led by Lewis G. White and Charles W. Hallustram faced arraignment and pled not guilty with bonds set at 1000 dollars. Companies named include Boston Independent Union Fresh Pond Cambridge and Highland Co operative companies.
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Boston
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Superior Court
Lewis G. White
Massachusetts Ice Dealers’ Association
Charles W. Hallustram
Association
Independent
Union
Fresh- Pond, Cambridge and
Highland ‘Co-operative
Spreckels to Restore San Francisco Mansion at $800000
Claus Spreckels plans to rebuild his Ness avenue mansion in San Francisco after a fire that gutted the home. The project cost is set at 800000 with occupancy slated within a year, and the prior residence was famed for its marble hall and lavish furnishings.
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Claus Spreckels
Ee Ness Avenue
San Francisco
Spreckels
America
Figures On Coming Crops Outlook Very Promising In States
The crop reporting board reports corn condition August 1 at 88.1, above last month and the 1905 level, with a ten year average of 84.0. Winter wheat yield is preliminarily set at 493,434,000 bushels at 16.7 bushels per acre, up from 14.3 last year. The table lists yields by state, including Illinois, California, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and a United States total of 16.7 bushels per acre. Wheat storage conditions Aug 1 average 86.9, compared with 91.4 last month and 89.2 in 1905.
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Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Statistics
The
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Eruras
Illinois
California
Dave Emit
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Rickie Mer Ee
Square deal promised after cattlemen meet with Wilson in Chicago
In Chicago Secretary of Agriculture Wilson met with western cattle-raisers and Chicago packers to discuss the new meat inspection law rules. The talks focused on weighing before and after inspection and labeling of canned products. Cattlemen say they gained clarity on weighing timing. condemned cattle prior to killing or post-mortem inspection means the producer bears the loss.
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West
Wilson
Chicago
Chicago Packers
Department of Agriculture
New Labor Union Formed as Ally of Teamsters in Chicago
Report describes launch of a new rival union named United Teamsters of America in Chicago. C P Shea, the re elected president of the old organization, leads his convention while bolting delegates form a constitution for the new group. Delegates from 43 unions oppose AFL style political action.
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United Teamsters of America
Chic
Chicago
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
C. P. Shea
Shea
antiShea
United States
American Federation of Labor
Butter Color in Creameries Sparks Discussion
A columnist notes a divorced woman’s stance as if born that way and remarks on creameries using butter color. The piece promotes not following others and advocates June Tin butter color.
Deaf Women Form Club in Berlin
A unique new association has formed in Berlin by society women. Membership requires deafness and the club now surpasses a hundred members. They meet weekly in Wilhelmstrasse in elegant rooms and converse using ear trumpets and sign language over tea.
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Berlin
Wilhelmstrasse
Chamois Skin of Commerce and Market Supply
Philadelphia author Charles C. Druedling writes in the American Journal of Pharmacy that so called chamois skins are oil tanned sheep or lamb skins. He notes a tiny supply from the chamois animal and a yearly crop of 5000 to 6000 skins in Switzerland. He compares strength and durability with oil tanned sheep skin and suggests for ordinary use appearance, the latter is often preferred.
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Charles C. Druedling
Philadelphia
American Journal of Pharmacy
United States
Switzerland
Near Death by Snake Strangles Man in Oroville Tent
Feve, an employee of Northern Electric, narrowly escapes a fatal snake attack Tuesday morning in a gunny sack tent in western Oroville. He awoke to a strangling sensation as a large gopher snake coiled around his neck. his rescuers pulled it off and treated a cheek wound.
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Feve
Northern Electric
Oroville
New W L Douglas Shoe Co Building Dedicates Montello Plant
The W L Douglas Shoe Co opens its Montello administration and jobbing house as part of a large manufacturing complex. Open house runs 11 a m to 8 p m with a concert by the Mace Gay orchestra and Boston caterer in attendance. Visitors tour all departments guided by ex Gov Douglas. The two story building 260 by 60 feet houses jobbing on the lower floor and offices above.
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W. L. Douglas Shoe Co
Montello
Mace Gay
Boston
United States
W. L. Douglas Co
Brockton and Vicinity
Douglas
Western Union
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Berkeley Road
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