Inquiry into child labor law at capital links Speaker Shurtleff
Springfield August 3. Sangamon county jury activity centers on Speaker Edward D Shurtleff as State's Attorney Burke probes $16000 tied to the child labor bill and a jackpot fund. Harry Askin sues for testimony. George W Lederer and Frank J McNichols called. Henry P Heizer implicated in drafting the bill.
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Springfield
Ill
Sangamon County
Edward D. Shurtleff
Edmund Burke
Shurtleff
Harry Askin
Chicago
Henry P. Heizer
Askin
George W. Lederer
Colonial Theater
Frank J. McNichols
Heizer
Shanahan
Shurtileff
Lincoln J. Carter
Milward Adams
Will J. Davis
Lederer
Insurgent G.O.P. to Endorse Taft with Nominal Governors
Des Moines August conference of 1,383 delegates sees Cummins Dolliver insurgents with about 783 seats vs 600 stand patters. Insurgent platform aims to nominally endorse Taft while praising Cummins, Dolliver, and anti-Payne tariff lawmakers. Stand patters vow minority report endorsing Taft and full administration.
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Des Moines
Taft
Carroll
Cummins-Dolliver
Cummins and Dolliver
Congress
Committee
Payne
Veterans seek Sulzer for honorary war vets status
The New York Department Spanish War Veterans met in Saratoga on August 3 and voted to present Representative William Sulzer of New York for the national encampment as an honorary member. A parade featured Spanish War Veterans and Grand Army men marching together as reunions of allied auxiliaries and veteran groups were noted.
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Saratoga
N. Y
New York Department
William Sulzer
New York
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Order of the Serpent
Order of the Dragon
Pekin
Two Drowned as Canoe Capsizes Near Ogdensburg
J E Marks, ex-patient of Cravenhurst sanitarium, took Miss Jewegson and another young woman for a sail in a canoe. Rough water and a steamer wake overturned the craft. Marks and one woman were rescued. the second girl died, her body recovered later.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
J. E. Mark
Cravenhurst Sanitarium
Jewegson
Marks
Train Hits Auto, Hurling Banker Family into Peril
Galesburg Ind Aug 3 Cashier C E Johnson of the Bank of Galesburg his wife and son were seriously hurt when their automobile was struck by a Burlington passenger train. Mrs Johnson is thought to be fatally injured.
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Galesburg
Ind
C E. Johnson
The
Bank of Galesburg
Burlington
Revenue Cutter Perry Runs Ashore In Bering Sea
The revenue cutter Perry, among the smallest and oldest vessels, ran ashore July 26 at Tonki Point on St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs and is a total loss.
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Washington
Perry
Tonki Point
St. Paul Island
Bering Sea
William Sulzer Seeks Democratic Nomination for Governor
William Sulzer announces his bid for the Democratic nomination for New York governor. He campaigns on reform, promising to tackle corruption and improve state finances, highlighting his record in public office and loyalty to party goals.
Weather Update for Illinois and Indiana
Showers are forecast today and tomorrow across Illinois and Indiana with light variable winds. Expect scattered rain, minor temps shifts, and patrols adjusting plans accordingly.
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Illinois
Indiana
Grand Trunk Rail Strike Ends After Government Action
Ottawa reports the conductors and trainmen strike on the Grand Trunk railroad is ended due to government intervention. Strikers will return to work promptly, with reinstatement for non disorderly workers and wage increases retroactive to May 1. Standard pay rates matching Canadian Pacific take effect January 1, 1912.
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Ottawa
Ont
Grand Trunk
Mackenzie King
Canada
Weyburn
Sakatchewan
Wilfred Laurier
Baseball scores and lineups from multiple city games
A garbled recap lists game scores and batting lineups across cities including Brooklyn Chicago Boston Philadelphia Cleveland Detroit St Louis and St Louis with players such as Lush Bresnahan Bergen Willis Harmon Corridon Phelps Rowan Brown Smith White Mercer Gibson Dooin Bemis Mitchell and others. The item mixes inning totals and team abbreviations with incomplete figures.
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Brooklyn
R. H.B
St. Louis
Lush
Bresnahan
Belle and Bergen
R. H.E
Willis
Harmon
Corridon
Phelps
Barger
Irwin
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Mitchell and
Bemis
Cleveland
Morgan, Plank and Livingstone
Scott, Olmstead
Lange and Sullivan
Hughes
Mitchell
Fanwell
Detroit
Boston
Collins, Wood and Carrigan
Summers
Former Bank Cashier Charged With Cotton Market Scheme
Friends of Erwin G. Wider say the former Russo-Chinese bank cashier planned to become a cotton king through market moves. He allegedly took 680000 in securities to back trades while popularizing buying on thin margins to break Patten's pool. His lawyer denies he profited, claiming Wider never benefited and securities were swallowed by Wall Street.
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New York
Erwin G. Wider
Wider
Patten
Wall Street
Chicago Hog Market Sags Amid Mixed Receipts
Chicago hog market report from Aug 3 1910 shows receipts of 14000 with 4583 carried over. Prices range 5 to 10 higher for light hogs and 7 80 to 8 60 for mixed packets, with heavy shipping grades at 7 50 to 8 35. Cattle and sheep activity noted with cattle about 1000, up 10, and sheep around 20000 steady.
Grain Market Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Company
Exchange desk reports grain price levels and market tones. Beach Wickham Grain Company of Chicago provides ongoing price data from 544 and S45 Postal Telegraph Building.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Captain Kendall on Crippen capture full montrose pinpoint
Captain Kendall describes the Montrose arrest of Crippen and Le Neve noting his solo planning and spying from the porthole. He details wireless messages, the jail style arrest with Inspector Dew, and suggests Le Neve may have discarded poison from a port hole.
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Montreal
Que
Montrose
Dr Crippen
Miss le Neve
London
Kendall
Father Point
Dew
Scotland Yard
le Neve
Mr Vine
Robinson
McCarthy
Denis
Mise Neve
Carlisle Funeral Arrangements Announced for Former Secretary
Washington news notes the body of John G. Carlisle former secretary of the treasury arriving from New York. It will lie in state at the family residence on K Street this morning and services were held at St Thomas Episcopal Church at 2 this afternoon. The body will be placed in Rock Creek cemetery vault with interment planned in Covington Kentucky in October alongside his late wife.
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Washington
John G. Carlisle
The
Trecsury
New York
William E Curtis
the Treasury
Mr. Carlisle
K Street
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Rock Creek
Carlisle
Covington, Ky
Mule Hurts Motor Cyclist Near Logansport
Clyde Jenness and his companion rode a tandem motor cycle when a mule field in the roadway. Jenness slowed and aimed to pass but the mule kicked, striking the bike amidships and tossing the riders over a steep bank. The machine was wrecked and both riders were badly bruised.
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Logansport
Ind
Clyde Jenness
Jenness
World Peace Meet Opens in Stockholm
The International Peace Congress opened in Stockholm with 600 delegates from 24 countries present. Baron Carl Bonde was elected president.
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Stockholm
Baron Carl Bonde
Chicago Hogs Market Report August 3 1910
Hogs in Chicago showed strong market tone with estimated receipts 14000 and yesterday's official receipts 11371. Shipments yesterday 2838 and leftovers 4583. Estimated receipts tomorrow 18000. Bulk 8 OS to 8 30, light 8 55 to 8 90, mixed packers 7 90 to 8 80, heavy shipping grades 7 60 to 8 40, porkers 8 00 to 8 90, pigs 8 25 to 8 95.
Local Market Prices Dictate Washington Trade Notes
Washington City market prices for corn oats hay straw flour bran shorts and corn meal are listed with per unit costs. The report quotes oats at 60 cents per unit and corn by the bushel or sack, hay by load at 12.00 and 9.00 for baled hay, and flour per sack at 1.60 to 1.70.
Fort Wayne Population From Thirteenth Census
Fort Wayne Indiana reports a population of 63 933 in the thirteenth census figures released by Director Durand. The city shows an increase of 18 818. South Bend Indiana records 53 684 up 17 685 and Sacramento California lists 44 696 up 15 414 or 52 6 percent.
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Indiana
South Bend
Washington
Aug
Fort Wayne
Ind
Durand
Sacramento
Cal
Market Receipts and Price Ranges for Cattle Sheep
Estimated receipts total 10000 and 24000 at Market with varied stock. Cattle include Beeves, cows, heifers, stockers, Texas steers and Western cattle priced from 2.60 to 6.65. Sheep and lambs range from 2.60 to 7.10 with yearlings and western consignments noted.
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Texas
City scores from shows across four games
At Milwaukee Milwaukee 2 Columbus 3. At St Paul St Paul 5 Indianapolis 1. At Minneapolis Minneapolis 12 Louisville 1. At Kansas City Kansas City 8 Toledo 1.
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Milwaukee
Columbus
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Market Report Shows Mixed Cattle Prices With Gains
Market text notes slow trading with varied quotes across categories. Light and mixed packers range from 7.60 to 8.85, with heavier advances in sheep and cattle showing strength and overall gains at times.
Costly Russian Rubies Said To Haunt Chicago
Rubies stolen from Russia are in the possession of an unidentified person near Chicago. Secret Service agents are on the trail, with Peter Creutzburg named in the case though reticent about details. Government search continues.
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Chicago
Russia
United States Secret Service
Secret 8
Les
Peter Creutzburg
Pop Geers Wins Two Races In Detroit Comeback
Pop Geers returned to sulky racing after his accident and won two races at Detroit. He captured the $5,000 Chamber of Commerce stake aboard The Abbe and then won the 2:07 trot with The Harvester, posting two heats in 2.04 and 2.04%, the fastest ever for those heats. A Cummins-backstretch incident unseated his driver, who required medical care, but no serious damage to the horse occurred.
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Detroit
Pop” Geers
Chamber of Commerce
Abbe
Harvester
Pennsylvania
Cummins
Farm Boys for N. Y. Police
The New York City police commissioner proposes hiring farmer boys as patrolmen. Old street questions will be dropped for out of town recruits, and while some policemen may get lost, the idea is to use maps to help them navigate.
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New York
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