Wisconsin Tornado Kills and Wrecks Towns Across State
A Wisconsin tornado Wednesday left at least ten dead and caused widespread ruin from Ila Crosse to Tomah and Berlin. Oakdale suffered total destruction. Buckner’s house collapsed with multiple injuries and fatalities. Survivors raced to aid as farms and crops were ruined and telegraph lines failed.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ila Crosse
Oakdale
John Dame
Willian Putterfield
Tomah
Millstone
T Atrack Warrens Mills
Akale
Elroy
Marsh Cut
Squires falls to Burns in brief Colma bout
Nine thousand spectators watch Bill Squires lose inside two minutes to Tommy Burns in Colma with Burns dominating the bout. Squires earns 24 percent of the $26,000 receipts while Burns pockets 18,000 including a $5,000 side bet. Also reported, Theresa and Bertha Winslowski, sisters aged 14 and 9, drown in the Cuyahoga River near Devil's Steps at Cuyahoga Falls Ohio.
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San Francisco
Bill Squires
Austalia
Colma
Wen
Tommy Burns
Squires
Burns
Uires
Theresa and
Bertha Winslowski
Cuyahoga River
Devil’s Steps
Cuyahoga Falla
Ohio
Bold Railway Robbery Strikes Chicago Office
Two masked robbers enter the Chicago General Railway Co receiver’s office and force the cashier to surrender 450 dollars and street car tickets before fleeing. Separate dispatch reports a fatal clash between Gugenheim and Bremer railway interests at Kotalla, Alaska, over a disputed right of way leaving one dead and multiple injuries.
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Chicago
The
Evening Journal
Chicago General Railway Co
Voldez
Alaska
Gugenheim
Bremer
Kotalla
Memoirs of Count Nigra Reveal Franco Prussian War Spark
Rome reports interest over extracts from Constantino Nigra memoirs. He recounts a 1876 conversation with Emperor William I describing how the refusal of a second audience to the French ambassador triggered a chain leading to war. Bismarck dispatches followed the incident.
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Rome
Constantino Nigra
Count Nigra
William I
Ents
Spain
William
Turner Attacks U S Race Policy at African Methodist Conf.
Boston July 5 Bishop Henry M. Turner of Philadelphia denounced the United States as unfriendly to Black people and accused white politicians of spreading lies about the race. He offered $1000 to Senator Tillman for a speech that ignores the Negro.
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Boston
Henry M. Turner
Philadelphia
United States
Vardaman
Tillman
Thinks War Is Inevitable Admiral Predicts Conflict Within Five Years
North Yakima Washington July 5 Rear Admiral W J Thompson retired arrives for a short stay and predicts a war with Japan within five years He says Britain will not aid its ally and that the Philippines may be the war’s real outset but US resources could defeat Japan He contends France would provide financial support to Japan in a conflict.
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North Yakima
Wash
W. J. Thompson
Japan
Thompson
Great Britain
Philippines
United States
France
Hague conference at Ridderzaal on world arbitration
The Ridderzaal at The Hague hosts the international arbitration and peace conference. Practically every civilized nation is represented as talks aim to replace war with arbitration for future dispute settlement.
Rockefeller to Face Standard Oil Inquiry in Chicago
Judge Landis rails against hysteria as subpoenas issued for six Standard Oil officials aim to compel testimony in Chicago. Rockefeller expected in Chicago after telegrams show two reachables abroad. others unavailable or leaving for Europe.
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Chicago
William Rockefeller
New Jersey Company
H. R. Payne
Union Tank Line Company
Marshal Henkel
Subpoena Service on Rockefeller Reported in Chicago
Chicago July 5 report notes District Attorney Sims has received word of subpoenas served on John D Rockefeller. Eleven witnesses have now been formally summoned in the case.
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Landis
United States
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Pittsfield
Mass
Chicago
United States Marshals
Rockefeller
Sims
Roberts Succeeds Eckels as President of Commercial National Bank
E H Gary announced after a directors conference in New York that George E Roberts has accepted the presidency of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago. Roberts will resign his government post and assume the new office as soon as he can.
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The
Commercial National Bank
Chicago
New York
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
E. H. Gary
George E. Roberts
Roberts
Novelty in fruit culture near Elwood Indiana
Peter French on the Frankton road displays an apple tree bearing three kinds of fruit apples of the early harvest big black cherries and peaches A peach tree near the apple tree had its limb so fused into the apple tree fork that he sawed it free from the joint revealing the surprising graftlike union continuing to bear fruit
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Elwood
Ind
Peter French
Frankton Road
Unusual Fruit Growth Attributed To Grafted Tree
A gardener notes a tree where a cherry limb grafted to an apple tree did not wilt leaves. Both cherries and apples ripen while peaches of a late variety show advanced growth, drawing attention from fruit growers and horticulturists.
Tribute to Emma Sansom Monument Unveiled in Alabama
In Birmingham on July 5 the Casden chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy unveiled a marble monument at Casilen honoring Emma Sansom. The Civil War heroine guided Forrest’s pursuing troops to a ford near the burned Black Creek bridge, aiding a Confederate victory. it is the third such monument in the South honoring a woman.
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Birmingham
Ala
Casden
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Casilen
Emma Sansom
Forrest
O. D. Streight
Black Creek
Rome
Miss Sansom
South
Turkish minister reveals 17 million stamps to fund Higaz railway
Chekib Bey announced in Washington that the Turkish government will auction 17,000,000 postage stamps in August. Proceeds will aid the Higaz railway project from Damascus to Beirut, with funds from the national government municipalities and citizens.
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Washington
Chekib Bey
Higaz
Damascus
Beirut
HOGS AND CATTLE PRICES AT CHICAGO MARKET REPORT
Chicago July 5 1907 market notes show hog receipts estimated 20000 with mixed packers bids 5 80 to 6 10 for light hogs heavy ships 5 40 to 6 00. Cattle receipts 3500 strong to 10 higher with beeves 4 75 to 7 30 and westerns 4 50 to 5 40. sheep 11000 steady with natives 4 00 to 6 15 and lambs 5 50 to 7 80. Market overall steady to strong with estimates for tomorrow around 20000 hogs and 3071 left over.
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Chicago
Texas
John A Babcock in Ghigago Illinois
John A Babcock associated with Ghigago Illinois pledges timely service promising a square deal and reliable business.
Runyan Bank Defaulter Believed Aboard Southbound Vessel
Detectives think Chester Runyan, Windsor Trust teller who allegedly stole about 96 317 from the bank, is aboard a sailing ship bound for the south seas or South America for health reasons. He reportedly took a revolver and planned to disappear, hoping to settle losses from prior speculation. Pittsburg police seek him. he once lived there as cashier for American Sheet and Tinplate.
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New York
Chester B. Runyan
Windsor Trust Co
South Seas
Runyan
South Street
Trust Company
National Bank of Commerce
Windsor Trust Company
South America
Pittsburg
Chester B. Run- Trust Company of
Bunyan
American Sheet and Tinplate Company
East End
Sakarain the Man Wanted in Priest Murder Case
New York reports Inspector Mc Cafferty received a cable from Consul Skinner in Marseilles noting Sargis Skarain alias Farkain confessed to finding the body and fleeing to avoid implication. He names two Armenians Moradain and Emorain as the real killers and says he knew them but denied murder knowledge.
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New York
McCafferty
Detective Bureau
Skinner
Marseilles
France
Sargis Skarain
Farkain
Marseille
Kasper Vartarian
Sakarain
Moradain
Emorain
Railroad liability for circus in transit contracts ruled
Cincinnati July 5 The United States circuit court of appeals holds railroad companies are not liable for accidents caused by employees of circuses or other firms when transportation is via special contracts for transit entered into by the railroad.
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Cincinnati
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Unveiling of Captain William O’Neill Bronze Statue
A bronze statue of Captain William Bucky O’Neill, Rough Rider, was unveiled at Prescott Arizona Territory with hundreds from across the territory and the West in attendance.
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Alf Ascores Dead
Wisconsin
Black River Falla
Joseph Buchner
Buckner
Jasper Poff
Warren
Waupaca
Terrill
James Stannant
Green Lake County
D. Y. Troxell
Frank Draves
Koro
Berlin
Ixoro
Paves
Germany
Tween Railway
TELLO
Uncle Sam
Ridderzall
Rockefeller Coming
Oil King
Oil Trust
Standard Oil Company
E. Parmelee Prentice
Prentice
State Line
Boston and Albany
Greenbush
Kenesaw M. Landis
United States District Court of Chicago
Dr. Carey
John Dpd
Massachusetts
Standard Oil
Eckels
Grain Market
John A. Babcock
North American Commission Company
Trust Company of America
George W. Young
Directorate
Railways
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