Armour & Co Official Indicted for Perjury by Grand Jury
Federal grand jury charges Thomas G Lee manager of Armour & Co beef department with perjury. A bench warrant issued for his arrest. Grand jury says Armour note books detailing price fixing and output records were destroyed after testimony. Several company stenographers testified. notebooks could not be found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas G. Lee
Department
Armour & Co
Federal
Grand Jury
Landis
A. R. Orion
Yoing Company
Board of Education
George M
W.W. Shaw
W. A. Helander
Ir. Lee
Grand
Henry Veeder
Veeder
Attorney & Co
Lee
Ar Mour & Co
Maud Dimock
David G. Fountain
Frank Cooksey
Madriz Peace Envoys Visit Washington Seeking Nicaragua Peace
Modeste Barrios and Sebastian Latinas, special envoys from the Madriz faction in Nicaragua, met at the state department to negotiate between the U S and a de facto government. They sought an audience with Secretary Wilson to discuss peace and a constitutional, stable government acceptable to all parties.
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Washington
Modeste Barrios
Sebastian Latinas
United States
Madriz
Nicaragua
State Department
Wilson Tillis
Speaker Cannon Returns Home From Campaign Swing
Speaker Cannon arrived in Chicago saying he feels fine and fully recovered from campaign strain. He reported plans for numerous Chautauqua appearances and other engagements this summer and fall before returning to his Danville home.
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Chicago
Jin
Mackinac Ince
Kansas
Chautauquas
Danville
Foreman Crushed From Crane Fall at Power Plant
Kalamazoo Michigan August 12 Charles Taylor foreman of the construction crew at the Commonwealth Power company plant fell from the crane top about twenty feet. He was hurled to the ground in a dangerous condition and rushed to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
John Lind Nominated as Minnesota Governor Candidate
Democrat John Lind selected as gubernatorial nominee in Minnesota. The report notes his candidacy center and party backing.
Train wreckers seized after D H derailment near Forest Park
Eight Italian track workers are under arrest in Schenectady on train wrecking charges and a ninth held for rioting. Four have confessed involvement in the Delaware and Hudson passenger train derailment near Forest Park on Ballston Lake the night of July 31. Tools were stolen and spikes pulled from two rails, derailing the engine and a car and leaving about twenty passengers injured, including a fireman who lost an arm.
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Schenectady
Delaware and Hudson
Forest Park
Ballston Lake
Explosion in New York injures twenty in street excavation
A heavy dynamite blast on East Thirty-Second Street injures twenty people and devastates nearby property. The explosion hurls rock and sand, shattering windows and damaging roofs as residents flee in panic.
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New York
Baby Swallows Wire Piece. Dies Near Bloomington
In Bloomington Indiana on August 12 a overheard incident reports 18 month old Louise Mitchell daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Mitchell Ellettsville swallowed pin button and small screen wire from the floor. The baby was in a dying condition as the article perforated stomach and intestine causing continuous hemorrhage.
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Bloomington
Ind
Maliba
Louise Mitchell
Frank Mitchell
Ellettsville
First Public Air Pump Test by Guericke in 1654
In 1654 Otto von Guericke demonstrated the air pump before Emperor Ferdinand of Germany. He joined two metallic hemispheres two feet in diameter and, after exhausting the air, attached fifteen horses to each hemisphere. The horses failed to separate the joined hemispheres due to atmospheric pressure, marking a triumph of the experiment.
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Otto von Guericke
Ferdinand
Germany
Guericke
Fair and warmer weather across Illinois and Indiana
The weather will be fair and warmer today and tomorrow with light southerly winds.
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Ilinois
Indiana
Baseball Results and Standings Across Leagues
National and American league results show St Louis beating Philadelphia 3 to 0 in six innings, while New York tops Cincinnati 5 to 4. Second game Cincinnati loses to New York 2 to 3. Brooklyn and Pittsburgh split a 3 to 0 score. Boston and Chicago game noted on wet grounds without final score. Standings list Pittsburgh 68–38 and St Louis 39–60 in mixed units.
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W. L. Pet
W. L. Pet. Chi
Cin
Pitts
Brook
St. L
Phil
Bos
Philadelphia
R. H.E St. Louis
Willis
Bresnahan
Ewing
Dooin
New York
R. H.E. Cincinnati
Rowan
McLean
Matthewson
Meyers
R. H.E Cincinnati
Suggs
Ames
Schlei
Brooklyn
R. HE
Pittsburg
White
Gibson
Barger
Erwin
Boston
Chicago
Wet Grounds
Baseball Scores and Pitchers Across League Games
In Chicago and St Louis doubleheaders the standings shift as Smith Kleniow and Walsh Payne Sullivan lead Chicago over Boston 3 1 in a seven inning opener. New York wins 3 2 at St Louis behind Warhop Criger and Lake Kilifer. Cleveland and Washington split a doubleheader with Washington taking 6 0 in the nightcap. Detroit and Philadelphia split a twin bill with Morgan Thomas Mullen Schmidt driving the action.
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American League
W. L. Pet
W. L. Pet. Phil
Bos
Wash
Det
Chi
N. Y
St. L
Chicago
R. H.M Boston
Smith and Kleniow
Walsh
Payne and Sullivan
St. Louis
R. H. E. New York
Et Louis
Warhop
Criger
Lake
Killifer
Cleveland
R. H.E. Washington
Johnstone
Breckendorf
Fanwell
Bemis
R. HE Washington
Walker
Ainsmith
Falkenberg
Easterly
Detroit
Philadelphia
Morgan
Thomas
Mullen
Schmidt
Hockey Scores From Midwest Matchups
At Kansas City versus Indianapolis the final was 2 to 2. In the second game Kansas City defeated Indianapolis 4 to 0. Minneapolis tied Columbus 6 to 8 while Milwaukee lost to Louisville 2 to 5. St Paul edged Toledo 3 to 4.
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Kansas City
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Ladder Fall Narrowly Beats Death in Court Room
In Saginaw Michigan on August 12 Leon Bunnell escaped serious injury when a stepladder toppled in the circuit court room. The fall hurled him ten feet to the floor and loosened a heavy ornament that crashed to the ground, breaking his side.
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Saginaw, Mich
Leon Bunnell
Circuit Court
Bonilla General in Honduras War and Capture Report
News from Washington says Bonilla’s uprising in Honduras was crushed and Lee Christmas, a noted American soldier, was captured while attempting to land from small boats at Guatemala. Dispatches indicate many revolutionists were seized and detained in Guatemala City. The State Department watches closely for possible outcomes.
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Lee Christmas
Washington
Honduras
Bonilla
Cavilla
Central America
United States
Guatemala
State Department
Christmas
Guatemala City
Legation
Estrada Cabrera
Bureau of American Republics
Market Reports from Chicago August 12 1910
Estimated hog receipts 13000 official yesterday 14715 with light to heavy packing and porker ranges. Cattle figures show steady to mixed with beef and stocker categories and Texas and Western cattle listed. Sheep and lambs noted with native and western varieties and price spreads.
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Texas
A Cattish Suggestion
A brief panel dialogue from Lippincott's features two characters Ethel and Claire in a light exchange about resting and hair, reflecting domestic humor and social banter.
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Ethel
Claire
Lippincott's
Livestock Prices Show Gains Across Grades
Market reports higher bids across bulk meat cattle and lambs with steady to improved tone. Prices range from 7.65 to 9.00 for cattle grades and 10 to 15 higher for lambs in recent trading.
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Strang
One Thing Unbroken In Dresden Statuette Tale
A comical exchange shows a mistress scolding a servant over broken pieces of a Dresden china statuette. The servant quips that he has not yet broken the record for destructiveness, highlighting their strained dynamic and humor.
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Pallimore Americen
Grain Market Report From Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Grain prices listed for wheat corn and oats with bid and offer figures. Sept and May futures show fluctuations. closing estimates reflect slight declines from opening values. Market data originates from Beach-Wickham Grain Company Chicago dated August 12, 1910.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Washington City Market Prices Incomplete Listing
Market quotations show corn oats hay straw and flour prices with several garbled entries. Reister and Son provide a partial wheel of prices including turkeys fowls springs roosters ducks geese eggs and other produce though many figures are unreadable.
Mayor W. J. Gaynor Expected to Recover from Wounds
W. J. Gaynor, the mayor, is reported on the path to recovery after sustaining wounds from an assassination attempt. Medical staffs and hospital officials provide updates on his condition and prognosis.
Virginia Wardlaw Dies After Starvation Refusal
An aged prisoner Virginia Wardlaw died in Newark after refusing prison fare leading to weakness. She was removed from Essex County jail in emaciated condition as stale food lay in her cell. Wardlaw had allegedly helped Ocey Snead to a "house of mystery" in East Orange where Snead was found dead in a bath last November.
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New York
Virginia Wardlaw
Newark
Oc Snead
North Fourteenth Street
East Orange
Miss Wardlaw
Ocey
Carter corroborates Gore in Gore McMurray inquiry
In McAlester Oklahoma on August 12 Congressman Charles Carter testified as the star witness. He supported parts of Senator Gore's account and said Gore told him of Jake Hamon's alleged bribery attempt the day after it was claimed to occur. Carter described Hamon asking to help silence Gore and to see if Carter could intervene.
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McAlester
Okla
Charles Carter
Congress
Gore-McMurray
Gore
Carter
Jake Hamon
Hamon
Penn RR Clears Site for Fort Wayne Depot Plan
The Pennsylvania railroad began wrecking the old Harmon Hotel on Calhoun street to clear the way for a 1,000,000 depot. Tracks with the Wabash are now largely elevated, with remaining work to open streets beneath them in a few weeks.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harmon
Calhoun Street
Pennsylvania and
Wait 50 Years for Payment in Paterson Bank Dividend
In Paterson New Jersey on August 12 creditors of the defunct Cataract City bank will receive a first dividend after fifty years. Receiver John L Griggs has 2705 dollars to distribute from funds won in legal battles with the estate of a former receiver.
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Paterson
Cataract City Bank
John L. Griggs
Mayor Gaynor Improves but Artery Threat Lingers
New York August 12 Mayor Gaynor remains hospitalized at St Marys Hookben after a bullet wound. Doctors report the wound dressed and the mayor converses cheerfully though a possible artery grazing may cause tissue deterioration and delayed danger.
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New York
Gaynor
St. Mary's Hospital
Hookben
Denver Wants Democratic National Convention in 1912
Denver leaders push for the 1912 Democratic national convention with Col. John S L Martin of St Louis supporting Denver and Col. R B Anderson confirming a majority of convention members favor the city.
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City
Denver
Colo
John SL Martin
St. Louis
R. B. Anderson
Col. Anderson
James Whitcomb Riley Reported Seriously Ill at Home
Indianapolis Indiana August 12 Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley is seriously ill at his home. He is able to sit up only a few minutes and is said to be suffering from a mild form of pellagra. He has not left his home for several weeks and his condition had not been regarded as serious recently.
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William J. Artlitz
George D. Stewart
Stewart
Gaylor
Rufus
Viegut
Robert Adamson
Gaynor
Adamson
Indianapolis
Ind
James Whitcomb Riley
Riley
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Capias
U. S
Speaker Cannon
Mackinac
Foreman Ie
John Lind
Minnesota
Bart
American Association
Saginaw
Hous
Grain Market
Washington City
Reister & Son
John A. Babcock Commission
Chicago, Illinois
Exek Ge
W. Gaynor
W. J. Gaynor
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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