Republican state convention to nominate electors and officials
Delegates will convene in Goldfield at 10 o clock for the Nevada Republican state convention to nominate presidential electors a congressman a supreme court justice three regents and a surveyor general ratify a district judge nominee and form a state central committee. Harry V Morehouse L H Humphreys will chair with possible senatorial endorsement and a large Tonopah delegation traveling to attend. A banquet and toasts by Hugh Brown and J F Denny are planned amid questions over a one day finish.
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Goldfield
Congress
The
Supreme Court
Board of Regents
the State University
Harry V. Morehouse
Esmeralda
Turriten
State Central Committee
H. W. Humphreys
United States Senate
Hugh Brown
Nye County
Maxson
Reno
Douglas
Rogers
Flanigan
United States
Tonopah
J. F. Dennia
Stand Collapses at Bryan Meeting in Des Moines Park
Des Moines Iowa August 21 temporary platform seating several hundred people collapsed while Bryan spoke at the ball park. No injuries or panic. he continued speaking from the grand stand after a five minute interruption. Bryan attacked Republican tariff revision and urged public election of senators. he planned to meet campaign managers in Chicago after a three day stay.
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Des Moines
Bryan
Ball Park
Portien
William J. Bryan
Savoy
Cumming
Chicago
POPY SUGHTLY INDISPOSED AT TAA Ane 1
The paper reports that Popy Sughtly is indisposed after catching a cold. His physicians have ordered rest and recovery time.
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Renko
Aggressive attack injures Pratt City miner amid strike unrest
Anthony Davis, a Negro non union miner, was fatally shot near his home after his Pratt City residence, dynamited Wednesday night, was destroyed. Authorities report ongoing district wide unrest and fear of further violence as the strike action continues.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Anthony Davis
Pratt City
Davis
Forest fires wipe out Bow town in Washington blaze
A late night forest fire near Bow Washington destroyed Saw and shingle mills and dry kilns owned by Dante Cain, burning five cottages and framing half a million dollars in shingles. The blaze nearly leveled the small community ten miles south of Bellingham. A second story notes a leper case in Tombstone Arizona where Mrs Wardwell, quarantined, escaped and possibly boarded a Southern Pacific train to California veiled to hide leprosy.
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Associated Presa
Bellingham
Wash
Bow
Dante Cain
Tombstone
Arix
Wardwell
Business Still On Increase As Markets Expand
Bradstreet notes expansion in inquiries for lumber and hardening of prices with plans for mill resumption in the south northwest and Pacific coast. Weekly U S business failures total 236 last week 240. Canadian failures 39 up from 31. Don's weekly review confirms continued trade and industrial activity with conservative, promising improvements and quicker mercantile collections.
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Associated Press
New York
Bradstreet
Milla
Northwest
Pacific Coast
United States
R. G. Don
Four Passenger Coaches Overturn Near Pueblo
The St. Louis fast express No. 4 of the Missouri and Pacific leaving Pueblo is in a ditch four miles west of town. Four passenger coaches are overturned and injuries are unknown. No further details are provided on casualties.
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Associated Press
Pueblo
St. Louis
Missouri and Pacific
Heavy Fine for Society Woman
Chicago Aug 21 United States customs officers seized tapestries paintings statuary and rare armor valued at 80000 belonging to Mrs Jack Gardner of Boston bought abroad for her Back Bay home The goods were listed as Mrs Emily Rockwell Chadbourne s household items and valued at 8000 by Chadbourne The government assessed 80000 in tax and fines totalling 70000 were paid with 80000 more due before possession Officials referred the case to District Attorney Sims for further inquiry
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Chicago
United States
Jack’ Gardner
Boston
Customs Ames
Customs Department
Sims
Metal Market Report From New York
The New York metal market reports lead dull at 4.57 percent, copper steady to easy around 13.50 to 13.62, with silver quoted near 61 dollars per ounce. Market notes suggest cautious trading amid fluctuating demand and supply conditions.
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New York
Assault and clash as Hindus faced by Italian strikers
Tacoma August 21 Hindu strikebreakers occupied Northern Pacific yards drawing Italian laborers armed with stones and clubs to attack. Two Hindus injured. no other casualties. Striker leaders promise calm tonight and plan talks with railroad officials tomorrow. Strikes say pay dispute and transportation promises led workers from St Paul to work for 1.50 a day. pay cut to 1.25 and no transportation kept claims. Leaders warn of possible violence if Hindus stay. railroad seeks deputies.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Northern Pacific
Linck
St. Paul
Republicans to choose speakers for national campaign
A Republican conference in New York on August 21 narrowed the choice of speakers from the congressional Republican base. Frank Hitchcock and James Sherman debated the best messengers for the drive, with Sherman planning an extensive tour from late September through election day to counter Democratic discourse in the central western states.
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Associated Proms
New York
Congress
Frank Hitchcock
James 8
Sherman
Bryan
Auto Explosion Injures Four Men in Indiana
A Lafayette dispatch reports an automobile explosion near Chicago that injured four men, with two possibly fatally burned. Victims include Thomas Denman and Ralph Lear of Boswell, Indiana, plus William Coffenberg Led Schussler and Warren Mankey. The car, traveling 30 miles per hour, burst into flames after crashing into a fence.
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Chicago
Tribune
Lafayette
Indiana
Thomas Denman
Ralph Lear
Boswell
William Coffenberg
Led Schussler
Warren Mankey
Alsa
Marchine
New Hats Shrinking To Tiny Paris Style
Two Boston milliners Miss Tabbella Holland and Miss Mary S Moore, returning on the Kaiser Wilhelm, report Paris has dropped large brimmed hats. Next season the popular headwear will be very small, edging toward the merry widow type as pinhead is to an umbrella.
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New York
Taabella Holland
Mary
Moore
Boston
Paris
Miss Moore
Canadian Pacifics Ultimatum to Toronto Mechanics
The striking Canadian Pacific railway workers were told they must report by noon tomorrow or be forever barred from service. The firm issued the midnight deadline in Toronto on August 21 as the labor dispute intensifies.
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Canadian Pacifics
Toronto
Canadian Pacife Railway
Dutch Ready to Start War The Hague and Venezuela Rift
Paris and The Hague report France will watch the Venezuela dispute as Netherlands ministers consider their response to President Castro. Dutch officials expect to delay action until Castro replies. Naval officers favor active service, but a blockade would wait for a favorable tone. In Kankakee Illinois, Private Joseph Klein, charged with killing Hart Nelton, posted 10 000 bond and was bound over to the grand jury after examination.
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Castro
Holland
Associated Press
Kankakee
Joseph Klein
Hart Nelton
Springfield
Justice Meads Court
Klein
Grand
Chicago
Six Rioters Indicted by Grand Jury in Springfield
Six more alleged civil unrest leaders were indicted after a Springfield grand jury met tonight. Each of the six individuals faces multiple offenses, with bail set at 2000 dollars per indictment. Reports note tensions rise in small towns as Buffalo warns Black residents to vacate by Monday.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Creighton
Buffalo
Interuban
Seventh Infantry
Race course to be cut into lots at Brighton Beach
New York Aug 21 news indicates the Brighton Beach Racing Association property was sold to a land development firm and workers will soon divide the grounds into streets and tote buildings. Rumors of the last horse race and sale to a building syndicate were denied by officials. Unclear who owns the tract or the sale price. reports link Engman estate to Louis J and Edward L Somerville. Monastery plundered in Tambov Russia with $40,000 in gold and jewels seized.
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New York
Brighton Beach Racing Association
Iawale
Engman
Louis J
Edward L. Somerville
Coney Island
Big Feld
Cholera Shifts Focus to Rostov as Epidemic Grows
The center of violence in the cholera epidemic moves to Rostov with thirty one new rooms and ten deaths reported on August 1 9. The outbreak spreads along the Black Sea toward the Caspian region as cholera advances.
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Hubsea
ST. Petersburg
Rostov-or-Don
Black Sea
Baseball results from national league and others
National League games saw Pittsburg defeat Brooklyn 2 1 Chicago beat Boston St Louis 4 Philadelphia 3 American League Washington 3 Detroit 1 St Louis blank Philadelphia 3 Philadelphia 8 Cleveland 7 Chicago blank Boston 7 Pacific Coast League Oakland 2 Portland 1 San Francisco 3 Sos Angeles 0
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Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Oakland
Portland
San Francisco
Sos Angeles
Convict called a duke by French priest seeks pardon
Springfield Aug 21 Alphonse Gregus a 1906 burglary convict serving seven years in Missouri penitentiary is described by Father Gretchem a Paris priest as a duke of France's Bourbon line He asks Val Mason to pursue a pardons order so Gregus can visit his dying mother in France before her death The priest cites royal family links and the letter was sent to a rector at Jefferson City Also San Luis Obispo reports Joseph P James 30 a Stanford student from Washington arrested on suspicion of being a porch relay member.
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Springfield
Alphonse Gregus
Missouri
France
Father Gretchem
Val Mason
Father Gretehem
Gregus
Sado
Pricat
Jefferson City
San Luis Obispo
Aus
Joseph P. James
Stanford
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Elf
Hague
Venezuela
Land
South American
de Rues
Netherlands
Tambov
Russia
Karansky
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