President Taft to review Cincinnati speech at Sagamore Hill
Hot Springs Va July 22 President Roosevelt will review the Taft notification speech for Cincinnati next Tuesday prearranged at Sagamore Hill He plans to take the speech to Oyster Bay for Roosevelt's critique and consults with Carpenter Watt and others on timing and printing Taft expects about 12000 words and will not reveal subjects in advance
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Hot Springs
Roosevelt
Taft
Cincinnati
Oyster Bay
Carpenter
Sagamore Hill
Watt
New York
Bryan and Hitchcock Campaign Tour Highlights From Pike's Peak
Lincoln July 22 Bryan spoke on campaign issues and distributed phonograph speeches paid by two competing concerns. He handed $500 to each, donating the money to state and county committees. Hitchcock and party toured Pike's Peak, sent telegrams to Taft and Sherman, and planned moves to Chicago Cincinnati for the notification ceremony.
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Lincoln
Neb
Fairview
Bryan
Democratic
Taft
United States
Hitchcock Conference Closes With Banquet at Springs
Colorado Springs on July 22 reports the Inter Mountain Republican conference ending with a banquet hosted by Frank H Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican national committee, for national committee members and state chairmen who have attended over three days in Colorado Springs Pike's Peak greetings.
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Colorado Springs
Pike's Peak
Colo
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Dava
Douglas for Democratic Manager in Lincoln Neb July
Lincoln Nebraska July 22 It now seems almost certain that the new chairman of the Democratic national committee will be ex Governor William L Douglas of Massachusetts.
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Douglas
Lincoln, Neb
Democratic National Committee
William L. Douglas
Massachusetts
Lusitania Sets Eastward Record to Queenstown
Cunard steamer Lusitania arrives Liverpool setting a new eastbound record from Sandy Hook. Departed July 15 at 5:56 p.m. and reached Daunt's Rock July 20 at 11:33 p.m. 5 days 37 minutes total. 24.32 knots. Previous best 5 days 8 hours 21 minutes at 23.77 knots. still 32 minutes behind Mauretania’s 5 days 5 minutes at 24.42 knots.
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Liverpool
Cunard Line
Queenstown
Sandy Hook
Daunt’s Rock
Lusitania
Mauretania
Central American Nations Edge Toward War
Guatemala City reports indicate Nicaragua and Honduras are near war after Nicaragua aided Honduran revolutionists. Violations of peace treaties by Nicaragua have sparked widespread indignation across Central America.
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Guatemala City
Nicaragua
Honduras
Central America
Stevenson Headquarters Opened In Bloomington News
Friends of ex Vice President Stevenson have opened a headquarters in Bloomington Illinois and will push his candidacy for governor on the Democratic ticket.
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Stevenson
Bloomington
Ilinois
Plot Against Gould The Divorce Scheme Uncovered
New York July 22 milliner's apprentice Miss Mabel MacCauslan alleged a plan to manufacture evidence against Frank J. Gould in his wife's divorce suit. Private detective Harry Mousley and two women were arrested with Mrs. Ben Teal, wife of a stage manager, in connection with the plot. MacCauslan claimed she was offered $1,000 to testify falsely. she later alerted authorities. Teal denied involvement and said she knew nothing of the Goulds.
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New York
Mabel B. MacCauslan
Frank J. Gould
Harry 8. Mousley
Julia Fleming
Ben Teal
Fifty-ninth Street
Teal
St. Paul
Mrs. Teal
Miss MacCauslan
Gould
Fleming
Maloney
Miss MacCaus
Eleanor Toomey
Frank C. Toomey
James J. Hill
Joseph W. Bettingen
Ramsey County
Bishop Henry C. Potter Dies in Cooperstown
Bishop Henry Codman Potter of the Episcopal Diocese of New York died in Cooperstown after several weeks of illness that began with stomach trouble and led to complications. The bishop had shown some improvement recently but relapsed Monday, ending hopes of recovery.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Henry Codman Potter
Episcopal Diocese of
New York
Henry C. Potter
Miner Does a Heroic Deed in Bloomington Fire
William Donovan, a coal miner for Assumption Coal Mine, risked his life to save others by entering a blazing office and moving 150 pounds of dynamite and a keg of gunpowder to safety as electric wires sparked the blaze. He was met with cheers and praised for his presence of mind and bravery.
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Bloomington
Ill
William Donovan
Assumption Coal Mine Company
Donovan
Samuel White Declared Dead After Civil War Absence
Samuel White, once a leading figure around Danville Illinois, has been officially declared dead by Judge Love in the county court. Missing since the Civil War after leaving for the West, he was known to be alive in 1878 when a letter was received, but no further trace has appeared.
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Danville
Samuel White
Love
White
Did They Shoot the Wrong Man in Saginaw Incident
In Saginaw Michigan on July 22 Len Lapinski of Carrollton was shot in the hip after a stone was thrown through an Italian shop window. A crowd pursued him and he was wounded by a bystander. Two Italians are under arrest. Lapinski says he did not throw the stone.
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Saginaw
Mich
Len Lapinski
Carrollton
Lapinski
Virginia to send Washington statue to Capitol Hall
New York July 22 Virginia plans to place a Washington statue in the national Capitol beside the existing Lee likeness. The Virginia legislative commission meeting in Providence R I decided to invite bids for a bronze Washington, to accompany the Lee statue. Judge George L Christian Richmond noted uncertainty about authority for the current Washington statue in the hall. A reproduction of the famous Huden statue in the Virginia Capitol rotunda will be considered.
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New York
Virginia
National Capitol
Washington
Legislative Commission
Providence
R. L
General Lee
Hoffman House
Lee
George L. Christian
Richmond
Virginia Commission
Houdon
Capitol of
Typhoid Epidemic Strikes Mankato City
In Mankato Minnesota a typhoid epidemic is reported with about 1500 cases. State health officials tested the city water and found contamination due to sewer backups.
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Mankato
Minn
State Board of Health
Assignment of Apple Dealers in Gallipolis
Graham Riggs & Co of Gallipolis the largest southern Ohio apple dealers has assigned. Liabilities total 171000 with assets 71000. The failure is attributed to persistently low prices and the firm’s cold storage holdings in Minneapolis and New York.
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Gallipolis
Graham Riggs & Co
Ohio
Minneapolis
New York
Hog Market Report From Chicago July 22 1908
The Chicago market shows estimated receipts of 22 000 hogs with leftovers 8515. Prices range light hogs 6 00 to 6 65, mixed packers 6 10 to 6 75, heavy shipping hogs 6 10 to 6 75. Cattle receipts about 17000 with cattle prices steady, sheep receipts 16000 with sheep strong and lambs weak.
Second Report Chicago July 22 1908 official receipts and market
Chicago July 22 1908 official receipts yesterday 10848 shipments 4407 estimated receipts today 22000 officials left over yi15 estimated receipts for tomorrow market generally 5 higher bulk 6 40 to 6 65 light 6 05 to 6 70 mixed packers 6 15 to 6 80 heavy ships grades 6 15 to 6 80 rough 6 15 to 6 40 porkers 6 50 to 6 60 pigs 5 20 to 6 05
Market Cattle and Sheep Receipts And Prices
Estimated receipts about 17 900 with mixed demand. Market steady to weak with some prices lower. Beeves 4 20 to 7 80. Cows and heifers 2 00 to 5 90. Texas steers 3 60 to 5 50. Western cattle 2 90 to 4 70. Stockers and feeders 3 90 to 6 20. Estimated receipts about 20 000 with steady to 10 lower. Native sheep 2 60 to 4 50. Western sheep 2 75 to 4 60. Yearlings 4 40 to 5 10. Lambs 4 50 to 6 60. Western lambs 4 25 to 6 65.
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Texas
Market Report Chicago July 22 1908 Prices by Grade
Chicago market report July 22 1908 shows light 5 to 10 higher, mixed packers 6 10 to 6 724 cents, heavy ship's grades 6 20 to 6 824 cents, rough 6 20 to 6 85, cattle good to strong others slow generally steady, sheep weak.
Grain Firm Notice From Beach Wickham Bidg Chicago
Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Company located at 544 and 645 Postal Telegraph Building Chicago.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
John 4 Babcock and the North American Commission Company
A terse note references John 4 Babcock with the North American Commission Company and a promise of a square seal. The message conveys a contact instruction and a simple credential request with no further context.
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The
North American Commission Company
Back to Lower Court in $29,240,000 Oil Fine Case Reversal
Chicago July 22 Special to The Evening Journal the United States Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously reversed Judge Kenesaw Landis in the Standard Oil case. The panel wiped out the $29,240,000 fine and remanded for retrial in the lower court.
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Court of Appeals
Landis
States Circuit Court of Appeals
Vna
China to thank US envoy over indemnity act
An edict directs Tang Shao Yi governor of Mukden to Washington to convey China’s gratitude for returning a portion of the Boxer indemnity. The move, praised as sincere by China, is viewed by foreign press as masking aims to attract US capital investment in Manchuria.
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Peking
Tang Shao-Yi
Mukden Province
Washington
United States
China
America
Manchuria
Arbitration treaty with United States to be signed soon
Washington reports China and the United States are nearing agreement on an arbitration treaty. Preliminary negotiations are in progress and will be signed at Washington by Minister Wu and state department officials once terms are accepted. The treaty will follow lines similar to those with Japan Europe and Mexico.
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Washington
China
United States
State Department
Japan
Mexico
Mute loses both legs in railway accident
Covington Indiana July 22 John Shive ley a mute seventy one years old while hunting stepped on the track of the Wabash railway near this city and was struck by a train losing his left leg below the knee while his right foot was crushed Both were amputated He may recover
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Covington
Ind
John Shiveley
Free Labor Bureau Sends 1300 Workers to Rural Districts
Work of a Free Labor Bureau in New York reports that over 1,300 men have been dispatched to country districts by the Bowery Mission in response to farmer appeals for field labor. The program began months ago and the number sent out continues to rise.
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Free Labor Bureau
New York
Free Bureau of the
Bowery Mission
Porpoise Kills a Boy in Tybee Waters
In Savannah on July 22 a 15 year old boy, Harry Lovett, son of John G. Lovett, was killed by a giant porpoise three quarters of a mile off Tybee beach while swimming with the Brunner family. The incident occurred before the Brunners’ son who witnessed the tragedy.
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Savannah
Tybee Beach
Harry
John G. Lovett
W. F. Brunner
Weather Worsens in Swiss Alps as Death Toll Rises
Heavy snowstorms drive tourists from high elevations in Switzerland. Professor Rougemont dies of exhaustion on the Jungfrau. A landslide near Lucerne collapses a house, killing a shoemaker and his three children amid mounting accidents.
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Switzerland
Berne
Rougemont
Jungfrau
Lucerne
Despondent farmer ends life amid sheriff sale in Indiana
Fort Wayne Indiana July 22 John Platt a Pleasant township farmer faced the sheriff sale of his farm due to mounting troubles. Despondent he hanged himself from a tree before neighbors who heard alarm notes.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
John Platt
Pleasant Township
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