Fugitive Tracy Evades Capture in Seattle Chase
Reports detail Harry Tracy the Oregon convict evading deputies near West Seattle and Ren ton. Bloodhounds followed traces until red pepper scattered in his tracks interrupted the scent. Tracy slipped away, with Anderson bound to a tree and four men aiding his escape. Police extended the manhunt as floods and heat waves worsen in multiple states.
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Seattle
Anderson
Gerrals
Renton
Tracyecame
Tracy
Black River Junction
Lake Washington
Carson
Benton
Sheriff’s Office
Thomas Madden
Philip Ritchie
Andy Nelson
Merrills
Kinport Peak Ores Hint Rich bonanza near Kinport peak
Reports from the Portneuf range near Kinport's peak describe the Court House Gang claims yielding iron stained quartz with free gold visible to the naked eye. Locators E Gallett J B Campbell Les Campbell George Griffith and T A Johnston started development and reach about thirty feet with promising ferige and potential mother lode on the reservation.
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Trish
Reservation
Portneuf
Kinport
Eldredge
Rabbit Creek
Geo. B. Rogers
East Range
Frank Law
Mr. Condon
Joe Healey
Terrell Creek
WHY ACT SO MRS. SCHELLER WANTS DIVORCE
Mrs. Ida M. Scheller files for absolute divorce from Thos A Scheller in District Court claiming supervised abuse and harsh language over years. She explains marriage began in San Francisco in July 1808 and that her millinery business remains her separate property as she supported herself. Winters and Suved represent her.
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Ida M. Scheller
Thos. A. Scheller
San Francisco
Winters & Suved
Maligned Boys Infringe District Messenger Franchise Plan
Geo. D. Aiken and E. C. Manson have received a franchise for a District Messenger service. They expect full operation within sixty days, using an Answer-Back system. Two uniformed bicycle messengers will start, with free call boxes in likely paying households and bonds for valuables. The venture aims to bring convenience to the city.
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Geo. D
Ity
Piano Contest Tickets Collected For Public Schools
The text notes receipt and counting of tickets for a school piano contest. The organizer invites tickets to be left at First National Bank and mentions a person named WM. A. Anthes. A stray line advertises a wanted girl near Depot.
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First National Bank
WM. A
Anthes
Missouri Democratic Judicial Convention Nominates Eight For Supreme Court
Springfield Mo July 9 Democratic State Judicial convention completed its work at 7 this morning after a long session starting last night nominating Gavon D. Burgess Chillicothe Leroy B Valliant St Louis James D Fox Frederickstown and six others on eight ballots for the Supreme Court.
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Springfield
Democratic State Judicial Convention
Supreme Court
Gavon D. Burgess
Chillicothe
Leroy B. Valliant
St. Louis
James D. Fox
Frederickstown
Evacuation of Tien Tsin Nearing Chinese Control
Secretary Hay acted promptly on an appeal by Yuan Shi Kai and Wu to evacuate Tien Tsin. Foreign generals blocked evacuation but will receive instructions from their governments. One or two minor points remain to be adjusted, and Tien Tsin should soon be turned over to Chinese authorities.
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Washington
Hay
Yuan Shi Kai
Tien Tsin
The Earl of Arun Del and Surrey Dies at Arundel Castle
The Earl of Arun del and Surrey, heir of the Duke of Norfolk, died this morning at Arundel Castle in Sussex. He was born September 7, 1879, and had been described as an idiot and a cripple since birth.
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London
Earl of
Fire destroys Dallas drug houses in wholesale district
July 9 fire in Dallas wiped out wholesale drug firms Patton Worsham Co Texas Drug Co J W Crow Drug Co and H Williams Co. Total loss estimated at 250 thousand dollars. Fire officials investigated cause as unknown.
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Dallas
Tex
Patton, Worsham & Co
Texas Drug Company
J. W. Crow Drug Company
H.W Williams & Company
The King's Health Update At Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace posted at 10 o clock this morning that the King's progress is uninterrupted He sleeps well and gains strength The wound is slowly healing and the monarch shows signs of improvement
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London
Buckingham Palace
Piano Contest Fund Drive Encourages Support
Mr. Anthos active in public schools for ten years urges victory in piano contests. He displays a card at the First National Bank desk noting contest closes on the 15th and 25th of the month and thanking supporters for confidence in winning with continued help.
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Anthos
First National Bank
Borah on Politics Idaho This Fall
Boise attorney and U.S. senate candidate W E Borah travels to Salt Lake City on private business with Idaho Republicans National Committeeman Standrod. Borah forecasts a hard but winnable Idaho fall for the GOP amid Democratic organization and immigration, praising Roosevelt and noting no change in the marshalship or government assayer posts.
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W. E. Borah
Boise
Idaho
United States Senate
Salt Lake City
Deseret News
Borah
Standrod
General Perrault
Shoup
Senate
Perrault
Dubois
Democracy
Steunenberg
Roosevelt
United States
Freight handlers strike unsettled as conferences fail
The Chicago freight handlers strike remained unresolved as noon reports suggested talks with railroad officials would not reach a settlement. Committees from the warehouses planned to meet with Rock Island Lake Shore St Paul and Monon managers, but officials refused to bargain further. President Curran indicated at 2 pm that conferences had failed to produce a final settlement.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Lake Shore
St. Paul
Monon
Curran
Indictments Charged Against Minneapolis Officials
A grand jury retained indictments charging Mayor A. A. Ames Superintendent Fred W. Ames and Joseph Cohen with accepting bribes. The case centers on alleged tribute payments from abandoned women, with Cohen acting for the mayor and chief.
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Minneapolis
A. A. Ames
Fred W. Ames
Joseph (‘Reddy’) Cohen
Cohen
U S Plans to Leave Triscornia Coaling Station
Havana July 4 reports that the United States will abandon the Triscornia coaling station in Havana harbor. Secretary Moody is expected to move the coal from the local warehouse onto a collier and withdraw it. Negotiations under the Platt amendment for Cuba coaling bases have been postponed pending reciprocity.
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Washington
United States
Triscornia
Havana Harbor
Moody
Cuba
American Favored but Beaten in Henley Diamond Sculls Heat
In the eighth heat of the Diamond Sculls at Henley, C S Titus of the Union Boat Club New York faced Fr Kelley of Balliol College Oxford. Kelley led from the start, held a three length advantage at Fawley Court, and won easily despite Titus’s handicap and heavier weight advantage for the Oxford rower.
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Henley
C. S. Titus
Union Boat Club of
New York
Berks
Fr. Kelley
Balliol College
Oxford
Fawley Court
Drowned in the Snake River Near Bliss
A Bliss special dated July reports Frank Dexter and Oscar Smith, both farmers with families, went fishing for sturgeon on the Snake River three miles above Bliss. After not returning by noon, searchers found their boat broken below rapids, with no sign of the men, presumed drowned.
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Bliss
Frank Dexter
Oscar Smith
Snake River
Dexter
Simth
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Weseca
Minn
Adam Bisman, Jr
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Kan
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Neb
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Swift Youths
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Lien Tsin
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Havana
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