Notorious convict Tom Hatch slain in Minneapolis duel
Minneapolis dispatches report the death of Tom Hatch, a famed safecracker, in a revolver duel with Patrolman Ollinger after Hatch fired on officers during arrest. Hatch died twenty minutes later. Kirkwood Hotel manager Veitch identified the body as Hatch, with a dying statement and papers linking him to the Polk County courthouse robbery.
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Des Moines
Tom
Hatch
Minneapolis
Ollinger
Olinger
Burstar
Hospital
Veitch
Kirkwood
Tom Hatch
Hesigo
Tapers
Polk County
Explosion Kills 21 Miners at Cascade Coal Mine
In Sykeaville near Debris, 21 miners died last night in a shaft explosion at the Cascade Coal and Coke mine. The blast at 9:30 PM created fatal damp conditions. three sets of brothers and a father and son were among the dead, with foreigners making up most victims.
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Debris
Cascade Coal and Toke Company
Sykeaville
Aather
George
John Hook
Nick Pavelick
Crops in Northern Iowa Report Excellent By Van Duyn
Des Moines July reports state that northern Iowa crops are in excellent shape after Van Duyn inspection trip. Oats yield 30 to 45 bushels per acre, corn two weeks ahead of last year, conditions drier though. No alarm over winter supply, and fears of crop shortages seem unfounded.
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Des Moines
W. van Duyn
van Duyn
Made Head of Odd Fellows in Breverson Des Moines
A scrambled notice lists several Odd Fellows officers including grand secretary and grand warden with names like Tilton Wagner Gunn Lambiry and Campbell. A trolley car runaway incident in Iowa City involved injuries to a conductor motorman and five passengers after a derailment four blocks long at high speed.
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Des Maines
Brevenson
Counc
Tilton
Ho Wagner
Sigourney
Bowlily
Iuna City
Valley Junction Man Killed by Train
Valley Junction July 17 John Chapy a 40 year old employee at the compac plant was struck by a Long Island train as it backed to the station and was instantly killed.
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Valley Junction
John, Chapy
Compac
Llock Island
Train wreck kills engineer and injures dozens near Bridgeport
A Federal Express train derailed at Burr Road viaduct near Bridgeport Connecticut killing the engineer and injuring 44 passengers with 12 pulled from wreckage. The St Louis Nationals players escaped serious harm as the train plunged down a foot embankment after a crossover switch malfunction.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Federal Express
New York
New Haven & Hart
Tord
Washington
Boston
Lir
St. Lows
Burr Road
Wickersham Faces Quiz Over Alaska Syndicate Fraud
Washington debates charges by Delegate Wickersham that Attorney General Wickersham allowed the statute of limitations to lapse on a $50,000 fraud case involving Alaska syndicate agents. The judiciary committee will report favorably on a resolution demanding access to documents affidavits and testimony, including a 1908 affidavit by H. J. Douglas and an affidavit about Capt. D. H. Jarvis.
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Washington
Wickersham
Alaska
Alsetta Syndicate
Hansa
Gore
H. J. Douglas
Alaska Syndicate
D. H. Jarvis
Alaska Synndicate
Government Revenue Cutter Service
Field
Seattle
John H. Bulloer
Joyy 3
Besnor Coal Company
Nome
Attorney General's Office
Lands Open to Settlers in North Dakota
President Taft proclaims openings to settlement of Fort Berthold Indian Reservation lands in North Dakota. Registration begins August with Minot as principal registration point. Land appraised at $1.60 to $2.00 per acre. area lies in McLean County south of the Northern railway line. Registration and drawing determine selections.
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Minot
N. D
Taft
Cocn
Fort Berthold
North
Dako
Tegistration
N. i
North Dakota
McLean County
Cent Northern Railway
Comet Sighted Over Pittsburgh Before Dawn
Pittsburg Pa Director Frank Schlesinger of the Allegheny Observatory reported a bright comet rising in the eastern sky just before dawn. The object moved with a rapid ascent in four hours and forty five minutes, reaching a declination of ninety nine degrees three minutes in the direction of the Auriga constellation.
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Pittsburg
Frank Schlesinger
Allegheny Observatory
Auriga
Explosion at German dynamite plant kills ten near Frankfort
Ten people died and three others injured in a blast at a dynamite factory outside Frankfort on the Main. Police and emergency crews cordon the site as an investigation begins into the cause of the explosion.
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Frankfort
Frankfort-on the-Main
Germany
Senate Sets Vote Dates for Tariff, Statehood Measures
The Senate fixed voting dates on key bills before August including reciprocity July 22 wool revision July 27 home rule August 1 reapportionment August 8 and statehood for Arizona and New Mexico August 7 with adjournment expected soon after. Amendments may be considered any time and new changes to reciprocity were offered by Senator Cummins.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
House
Penrose
la Follatte
Martin
Smoot
Dalfey
Stons
Burton
Borah
Bristow
Bourne
Penrosa
la ‘Pontette
Olliers
Rural
United States
Tia Senate
Martn
la Pollette
Sénate
Cummins
Committeeman Ryan Dies in Wisconsin at 63
Democratic National Committeeman T. F. Ryan died suddenly of heart failure after years of illness while serving his duties. He was 63. A body found in Chicago is identified as Beatrice Shapiro, with two other drownings noted from November 1909 near Jackson Boulevard and Halsted Street bridges.
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Wisconsin
Democratic National Committee
Waukesha
Wis
T. FE. Ryan
Chicago
Beatrice Shapiro
Michigan and Ontario Forest Fires Wipe Out Towns and Mines
Fire ravaged Porcupine Ontario and Ausable Oscoda Michigan areas destroying Eldorado Forentine and Success mills and many homes. Death toll rises with three confirmed in Michigan and dozens feared in Porcupine camp as relief efforts rush to shelter and feed survivors.
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Toronto
Foreupine
Ontario
West Dome
Dome Mine
Robert Weiss
Philadelphia
United Porcupine
Standard’s
Imperial
West
Eldorado
Forentine
Porcupins Camp
Probaly
Porcupine Lake
Soutt -Porettnino
Pottagille
Golden City
Detroit
Ausable
Oscoda
Samuel Rosenthal
Waters
Bay City
Michigan Central
Stepherson. Lumber Company
Tlard Lumber Yards
Indict Lewis for Fraud in United States District Court
A special grand jury in the Saint Louis district indicted J G Lewin former publisher and promoter of large enterprises on twelve counts of fraud. The charges allege he obtained millions of dollars by misleading statements mailed to the public.
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St. Louis
J. G. Lewin
Jn Ue
Bretes Dip
Triet
Lewis
Debated Parcel Post as House Hears Bills
Opposition to parcels post raised in house committee meetings tied to Bulger and Lewis bills. Charles W Burrows warned parcel post would hurt retail trade. Mark Twain estate values cited, including real estate and securities, with a surrogate filing naming the surviving child.
McNamara Trial Set for October in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Cal Judge Bordwell announces the McNamara brothers, alleged dynamiters, will face trial on October 49. The case centers on acts attributed to the McNamara duo and connects to ongoing labor dispute violence.
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McNamara
Los Angeles
Cal
Bordwell
McNamara Brothers
Illinois Governor Testifies on Lorimer Scandal and Jackpots
Governor Dunne recounts legislative battles and alleged bribery links touching the Lorimer election and the so called jackpots dating back to 1897. He cites railroad and utility interests, notes regulator bills killed or sent back to committees, and recalls a long distance call about Taft and Lorimer with Hines, Aldrich, Reynolds.
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Washington
Charles
Danéén
Ilinois
Lorkner
Contelputars
Larimer
Taylorville
Upenkor
Reid
di- Neen
Jones
Chicsco
Electrieight Companies
Hiquor
Union Stockyards Company
Grain -Elevator
Pullman Company
Delleen
Chicago
General Assembly
Messrs
Harahon
Barling
Miler
Hughitt
Winchell
Felton
Regielatura
Springfield
Deneen
Yates
Eaid
United States
Hines Deneen
Lorimer
Hines
Deacon Cald
Reynolds
Lorimac
Aldrich
Alber
Dr Wiley Possibly Ousted By Agriculture Committee
Washington rumor says pure food expert Dr Harvey Wiley faces a committee ruling recommending his resignation. The panel cites an improper trade arrangement with Dr H I Rushy of Columbia University and seeks presidential approval to remove him. Attorney General Wick versham backs the committee action.
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Washington
Harvey W. Wiley
Pharmacognisist of
Columbia University
New York
U S Gunboat Petrel Ordered to Cape Haltign
The Petrel was sent from Guantanamo Cuba to Cape Haltign amid rising revolutionary activity in northern Halt that threatens American interests.
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Washington
United States
Petrel
Guantanamo
Cuba
Cape Haltign
Hammond Returns Home From Coronation Duties
John Haya Hammond, American ambassador to the coronation, returns to New York aboard the Lugk tone. His secretary insists Hammond would not be the best mubselector to Germany.
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Hammond
New York
John Haya Hammond
Germany
Resinol soap and ointment marketed by physicians
Salem edition extols Resinol Soap and Ointment as a leading toilet aid. It claims thousands of physicians recommend it and that many families rely on it for skin troubles, scalp care, and infant skin. The ad notes soap for cleansing and ointment for relief.
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Salem
Maia
Resinol. Chemical.Co
Baltimors
Prohibition Case In Java Involving Boxed Beverages
A colored defendant faced charges of violating prohibition in Java. Witness Jim Jones, also colored, testified he did not know if prohibited beverages were in a box at the defendant's place. After questioning about entry timing and knowledge, he admitted uncertainty about the box contents. The court excised part of his reply by consent.
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Java
Jim Jones
War
Ag: Nt
Jim
el Y
Het Rime
Trained Nurse Endorses Doan’s Kidney Pills
A testimonial from Mia Emeline Green of Iowa endorses Doan’s Kidney Pills for kidney disorder relief. The ad cites relief from headaches backaches and fluid retention, urging readers to remember the product name Dear Kidney Pills and to buy from local druggists and stores at four dollars per bottle.
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Mia
Emeline Green
Mirsa
Osegh
Iowa
Doan
Eleas
Dearl's
Dyeggista and
Prica
Yoater-Milburn Co
Duffalo, N.Y
Fragmented 1900 consumption figures in speech
A garbled passage references Senator Sorghunt and the public mood about events. It mentions national consumption in 1900 totaling 710,000 pounds SAE and implies a dispute over authority or action, but text is incomplete and reads as a broken transcript.
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Tila
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L. D. Wore
Purtishar
Jerry McCarthy
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Grops Fine
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Weaskaden
St- Louis
Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
Ryan
Michigan
U. S
Parcel Post
Charles W. Burrows
DR. Wiley
Witnen
Lonsters
Dostona
Baskatoon
Pany
Bugkatoos
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Sorghunt
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