Secretary Wilson Defends Alaska Game Permits Inquiry
Wilson explains a year and a half ago trip by his son Jasper to Alaska at department expense amid a dispute between miners and nonresidents over hunting permits. He says reports showed game plentiful but minors faced hunger, and he paused permits while awaiting a report. He may allow heads of winter meat animals as trophies if arranged without drawing in hunting zealots.
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Washington
Wilson
Jary
Jasper Wilson
Alaska
Mayor Belcher in Paterson Faces Financial Strain
After a business meeting in Mayor Belcher's office, supporters offered 1 million dollars to ease his financial strain on condition he return to Paterson. Belcher has not been seen since Tuesday afternoon amid rumors of possible self harm amid a banking department probe into forged signatures on collateral. He had said he would go to his country home at Midvale, but inquiries found no record of his there.
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Paterson
N. J
Belcher
Midvale
Underground trolley replaces aged Grand Street horse cars
New York officials announce the oldest horse car line on Grand street ends after half a century. The route once linked the Des Brosses street ferry on the North river with the Grand street ferry on the East river and carried crowded rush hour traffic.
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New York
Grand Street
Des Brosses Street
North River
East River
Local teen jailed after violent dining room outburst
New York police arrest a 15-year-old boy on complaint by his father Alfred Price. The youth, described as over six feet tall, smashed items in the dining room, threatened arson, and warned he would kill any officer who tried to intervene as Price Sr fled into the street for help.
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New York
Alfred Price
Price
The Mob Is Always with Us
New York reports a 6 year old girl was run down and probably fatally injured on August 3, highlighting a violent incident amid ongoing crime concerns. No perpetrator identified in available copy.
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New York
Yellow fever worsens in New Orleans with thirty new cases
The New Orleans yellow fever outbreak reports thirty new cases today as inspectors delay reports. Eight new deaths bring the toll to ninety eight in the city, with total cases at four hundred forty eight.
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New Orleans
New
Death of Major General J Richard Carnahan Knight of Pythias
Major General J Richard Carnahan commander of the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias since 1881 died in Indianapolis on August 3 during a special report from The Evening Journal.
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Knights of
Pythias
Brooklyn Auto Crash Turns Into Mob Attack on Chauffeur
A large mob in Brooklyn attacked chauffeur Nils Brolin after he tried to stop a speeding car that struck a child. Police saved him from serious injury as the motor ran over the girl before the vehicle halted and he summoned an ambulance.
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Brooklyn
Nils Brolin
Brolin
Telegraphers strike unsettles two western railways
In St Paul the telegraphers strike on Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways continues with about 1950 workers out. Management reports trains mostly on time but freight badly disrupted as they seek replacements. Strikers are accused of meddling with signals while perishable freight piles up in St Paul and elsewhere. In San Jose Rev. H T Besse donates 50000 dollars to Wesleyan Methodist church for seminary education of ministers and missionaries at Houghton New York.
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Great Northern
West
Perham
Horn
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Cal
H. T. Besse
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Wesleyan Seminary
Houghton
N. Y
United Master Butchers of America formed in Grand Rapids
The Butchers' Combine in Grand Rapids announces the formation of the United Master Butchers of America as the name for the newly organized amalgamated butchers association.
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Butchers’ Combine
Grand Rapids, Mich
United Master Butchers of America
Amalgamated Association of Butchers
Chicago Merchants Decry Graft by Constables and Justices
Chicago merchants complain they are being made victims of graft by sworn constables and the peace officers. The report notes widespread complaints and calls for reform within the municipal administration.
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Chicago
District Attorney Bell Urged to Prosecute Philadelphia Grafters
District Attorney John C. Bell of Philadelphia, urged by Mayor Weaver to prosecute alleged grafters, is a former University of Pennsylvania football player and current athlete. He previously earned $25,000 a year as a lawyer before taking office and enjoys reading poetry, quoting it in jury summations. He recently sustained serious injuries in an elevator accident.
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Bell
Weaver
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Big day at Sault Ste Marie celebration ends first day
The fiftieth anniversary celebration for the opening of the Sault Ste. Marie canal featured joint Canada United States fireworks and a mammoth portrait of King Edward. Vice President Fairbanks attended with Governor Warner and received a warm welcome aboard the Tuscarora as ships paraded and the river locks were busy with vessels.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
United States
Sault Ste. Marie Ship Canal
Edward
Government Park
Warner
Michigan
Fairbanks
St. Mary’s River
Tuscarora
Naval parade draws crowds along the riverfront
Spectators packed the waterfront as steamers ferried onlookers to view the naval parade with Charles W. Fairbanks among the notable attendees.
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Charles W. Fairbanks
First Vice President entertained aboard the Tuscarora
The visit featured Vice President Fairbanks joining the tour on the Tuscarora with Governor Warner of Michigan and staff boarding the Morrell and Wolverine. Salutes rang out as vessels moved along the river, then the fleet dispersed after brief ceremonies.
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Tuscarora
Government Park
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Wolverine
Fairbanks
Warner
Morrell
Fort Brady
Multiple Disparate Incidents Reported Across Nations and Cities
Wrecks derail a westbound Lake Shore flyer near Kendalville Indiana injuring several people. A 19 year old Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey woman dies from frightened dogs. A German squadron arrives at Stockholm. Ebitt House owner Caleb C Willard dies at Atlantic City aged 71. Ex justice Andrew Wylie passes away. The pope hosts Rev Edward L Spalding in private audience. Columbus Ohio investigates typhoid fever outbreak in a dozen families. Gen Miles and son visit Kerlin but make no official calls. Israel Zangwill to lead National Jewish Territorialist League. John Hyde to return from England to discuss graft.
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Grand Rapids and Indiana
Lizzie Schultz
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Stockholm
Caleb C. Willard
Ebbitt House
Washington
Atlantic City
Andrew Wylie
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Pope
Edward L. Spalding
Alton
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Nelson A. Miles
Sherman Miles
Kerlin
Israel Zangwill
New National Jewish Territorialist League
John Hyde
Agricultural Department
England
Knox seeks to pay Ladoga depositors in Bank case
James C. Knox receiver of the Bank of Tae dowa asks Judge West for permission to pay Ladoga depositors at fifty cents on the dollar. He states total bank indebtedness about 1 3 00 277.48 with 870.0 045 due depositors and notes totaling 825,000 to be counted toward payment. Eleven stockholders paid 81 0,000 in aggregate to assist. He also seeks sale of the Spencer Novelty plant below appraised value.
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Knox
Spencer Novelty Plant
Roachdale Novelty and Woodworking Company
National Negro Business League to Convene in New York
The sixth annual convention of the National Negro Business League will be held in New York on August 16 to 18. Booker T. Washington is president, about four hundred African American businessmen from every state are expected to attend, and several prominent figures will address the meeting.
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New York
National Negro Business League
Booker T. Washington
Clayton Couple Plan Clayton to Adrian Picnic Trek
Thomas B. Barhydt and his wife aged 01 and Senawee pioneer claim they are as young as they appear and will walk from Clayton to Adrian a fifteen tile distance to attend the Lenawee pioneers picnic. Barhydt has lived in Clayton fifty-one years and his wife is also a Senawee pioneer. The seven state insurance commissioners are in session at the Great Northern hotel in Chicago.
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Clayton, Mich
Thomas B. Barhydt
Clayton
Adrian
Barhydt
Insurance Commissioners of
States
Great Northern Hotel
Chicago
Chicago Livestock Market Summary August 3 1906
Hog receipts estimated 25000 with mixed packers and heavy shipping grades trading 5 57 to 6 10 for light to heavy hogs. Cattle 70000 steady to strong for beef and stockers. sheep 16000 strong with western and native ranges quoted. Market notes show steady bulk hogs and mixed packers with pigs and porkers detailed. lambs and western lambs quoted as noted.
Russian peace envoy arrives and clarifies aims in New York
M. de Witte the Russian peace plenipotentiary lands in New York to present the czar's desire for peace terms with Japan. He denies predicting a conference breakdown and says the mission is to hear Japan's terms and learn what is needed for peace negotiations. The envoy thanks the American press for its support of peace.
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New York
M. de Witte
New York Herald
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Pier de Witte
Professor de Martens
United States
Diplomatic Courtesy Shifts With Russian Acceptance
A U S envoy notes Emperor Nicholas II to consider terms with the United States as Russian consent signals a move from traditional preliminaries toward possible peace talks. The czar’s warm gesture is seen as strengthening ties between Russia and the United States, regardless of eventual negotiation outcomes.
Tweed Son Dies by Suicide at Connecticut Hospital
Middletown Conn August 8 through a return filed by an undertaker the death on July 14 of George W Tweed son of the late William M Tweed known as Boss Tweed is recorded as self inflicted by jumping from an upper veranda at the Connecticut hospital for the insane his body was moved to New York for burial
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Middletown
Conn
George W. Tweed
William M. Tweed
New York
Boss” Tweed
Connecticut Hospital For
Rumor of Japanese ship plant talks reaches Detroit
A News report says a Mikado representative urged Detroit capitalists Clarence A. Black and J. M. Nulkey to build a ship yard in Japan with a guaranteed $2,000,000 yearly contract. Black declined to discuss the rumor.
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Mikado
Clarence A. Black
J. M. Nulkey
Japan
Black
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