Mayor Johnson Defies Injunction Tearing City Tracks
Cleveland July 26 Mayor Tom J Johnson faces contempt charges after tearing up Fulton street tracks despite a temporary injunction. He says the Cleveland Electric Railway refused to replace tracks as ordered and that the city acted to enforce a lawful council resolution.
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Cleveland
Tom J. Johnson
Common Pleas Court
Ford
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Fulton Street
Johnson
Forest City
Johison
Pulton Street
Mayer Johnson
Cleveland Electric Railway
Walton Street
Board of Public Works
City Council orders Teitge conduct probe in Bidaman impeachment
Terre Haute Indiana July 26 The city council voted five to four to investigate Councilman Teitge for remarks during Mayor Bidaman impeachment. Teitge testified he planned to rob people when he got the chance and said he did not know if his saloon stayed open after 11 because he had no clock.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Ecity Council
Teitge
Bidaman
Brick plants merged into Hydraulic Pressed Brick Co
Announcement states brick plants in Findlay and other cities will be merged into the Hydraulic Pressed Brick company of St. Louis as plans are perfected. The list includes locations in Kansas City Kan Chanute West Superior Zanesville Rochester Chicago Kansas City Philadelphia Washington Toledo Cleveland Minneapolis and Omaha.
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St. Louis
Findlay
Kansas City
Kan
Chanute, Ian
West Superior
Wis
Zanesville
Fire destroys McFaddin Weiss Kyle Rice warehouse
A large brick warehouse of the McFaddin Weiss Kyle Rice Milling company containing 50,000 sacks of rice was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin in Beaumont Texas. Rice valued at 200000 dollars, building and contents about 115000 dollars, with loss fully covered by insurance.
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Beaumont
Tex
McFaddin- Weiss-Skyle Rice Milling Company
Child dies after quarrel ends in gunfire near Fairchild
Eau Claire July 26. Near Fairchild Linda Harmon seven years old was struck in the forehead by a bullet from a revolver in the hands of Robert Follett. The little girl died a few hours later. Three men Follett mil Carbon and Fred Harmon were arrested after the shooting at the Follett house during a quarrel.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Fairchild
Linda Harmon
Robert Follett
Follett
Mil Carbon
I'red Harmon
First district convention nominates Tracy for congress
The Democratic convention of the First district met at Mount Pleasant Iowa on July 26 and nominated Geo S Tracy of Burlington for congress. The delegates also endorsed William J Bryan as their choice.
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Bryan
Mount Pleasant
Geo. S. Tracy
Burlington
William J. Bryan
Bryan Meets King Edward at Buckingham Palace
William J. Bryan, introduced by Ambassador Reid, was received in private audience by King Edward at Buckingham Palace today. The visit occurred at the king's request as he wished to meet Bryan.
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William Jennings Bryan
Edward of
England
London
The
Evening Journal
William J. Bryan
Ambassador Reid
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Reid
Bryan
Pinkerton Agency to Pursue French Adventurer Le Verger
Pinkerton detectives have been tasked with chasing Le Verger the French adventurer believed to have killed Reuben H. Morley of Saginaw. They will track him from Tianjin to Jebal where Morley disappeared, using a photograph from a bicycle race and handwriting samples as evidence.
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Saginaw, Mich
Pinkerton Detective Agency
le Verger
Reuben H. Morley
China
Pinkertons
Morley
Tien-Tsin
Walter Morley
Holmes Killed in Pistol Fight with Cincinnati Officer
West Union merchant H C Holmes aged about 40 shot Policeman J L Rossiter in front of the government building after singing a hymn. Holmes, said to be insane, fired several times and wounded the officer, then was himself shot and died. Holmes had come to Cincinnati to buy goods and left his hotel singing, complaining of not feeling well.
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Cincinnati
H. ¢. Holmes
West Union
Adams County
J. L. Rossiter
Holmes
Rossiter
Two New Suspects Sought in Dreyer Slaying Case
Kenosha police chase two Chicago men linked to the killing of a man believed to be William Dreyer of St. Charles Illinois. The two arrived at a Waukegan hotel early Tuesday claiming car trouble and left without baggage as DA Baker orders officers to follow the lead.
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Kenosha, Wis
William Dreyer
St. Charles
Kenosha
Waukegan
R. V. Baker
Shoots His Daughter's Suiter in Crystal Lake
Roy Holland, a Chicago and Northwestern brakeman, was shot in the arm by Seth Carpenter a barber who fired after seeing Carpenter's daughters talk with Holland and another brakeman Leisher in a grove. Holland and Leisher fled. the bullet remains in Holland's arm.
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Crystal Lake
Roy Holland
Chicago and
Northwestern
Seth Carpenter
Carpenter
Holland
Leisher
President Stickney Denies Offer to Interstate Commission
St Paul July 26. President Stickney of the Chicago Great Western railway says he has not been offered a place on the Interstate Commerce Commission, despite eastern reports from Washington about such a possibility.
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St. Paul
East
Washington
Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Detroit youth ends life in Wyandotte boarding house
Carl Wilson, 21, shot himself at 58 Bundeka Avenue in William Franzer's boarding house. He left a note: Dear Brother Glen I wish You a good success through life If you want to live to be old, cut out the cigarettes They did me up.
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Detroit
Carl Wilson
William Franzer
Bundeka Avenue
Wyandotte
Glen
Immigrant Crafter of New Yorks Immigrant Service
Robert Watchorn, immigration commissioner at New York, is described as a systematic man who has simplified processing for the hundreds of thousands of immigrants arriving annually. An immigrant himself thirty years ago from England, he worked in coal mines before joining the service, where he made a splendid record.
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Robert Watchorn
New York
England
Immigration Service
Duma Dissolution Sparks Russian Reform Clash
The St Petersburg dispatches report the dissolution of the Duma as necessary to preserve peaceful reforms. Stolypin’s government accuses the lower house of overstepping law, fomenting disorders, opposing agrarian policy, and provoking pogroms and strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bialystok
Review of the Situation in Russia After a Possible General Strike
Report from St. Petersburg on July 26 notes difficulty obtaining an accurate interior picture due to dispatch embargo. Signals point to postponing a general strike until harvest completion and spontaneous peasant unrest. Cabinet extends famine relief. Stolypin gains imperial powers for Admiral Skrydloff to restore order in the Black Sea fleet. Salamotoff, the Warsaw gendarme assistant chief, was assassinated by two men in the street.
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St. Petersburg
Constitutional Democratic
Stolypin
Council of the Empire
Nicholas
Skrydloff
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Associated Press
Reds
Salamotogf
Warsaw
Salamotoff
Burglars Blow a Safe in Cherry Valley Post Office
Burglars blew open the Cherry Valley post office safe near Rockford and escaped with $500 in money and stamps. Local authorities investigate the break in and seek suspects.
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Rockford
Lil
Cherry Valley
Narrow Escape on Swing Scaffold in Downtown Pittsburg
Two painters on a swinging scaffold in downtown Pittsburg narrowly escaped when a rope broke. The swing dropped fifty feet as the men clung on, attracting thousands who watched from rooftops. Firemen and onlookers lowered the scaffold, and the workers resumed their duties after relief and rest.
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Pittsburg
Body of Pietro Visconti Recovered From Collapse Ruins
South Framingham reports the body of Pietro Visconti an Italian laborer was recovered from the building collapse. The total number of bodies recovered stands at twelve with ongoing salvage operations.
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Framingham
Mass
Pietro Visconti
Fatal shooting at Had ward's Station shocks Peoria
In Had ward's Station near Peoria a coal miner Lige Wages shot two men Edward Church and James Donnegan. Church died and Donnegan died later at St Marys hospital. Wages fled then died by suicide after a prolonged manhunt by a crowd. Church and Donnegan were boarders at Wages home. The village is terrorized by a recent crime wave.
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T Peoria
Hadward's Station
Peoria
Edward Church
St. Davids
James Donnegan
Brinwood
St. Mraneis’ Hospital
Lige Wages
Linters
Hin
Church
Cootegan
Oil flow disrupts Muskegon farm lights up flames
A fire erupted at the Robert Jackson farm in Muskegon County causing a dramatic flame shoot up twenty feet. Oil flow from the site has been cut off and options around the property are being rapidly gobbled up as workers struggle to control the blaze.
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Muskegon, Mich
Robert Jackson
Muskegon County
League baseball scores from Chicago July 26
Chicago reports week scores across leagues with multiple games in progress. Highlights include New York and Detroit tied after 12 innings while Chicago split with Philadelphia in a doubleheader and Lincoln routed Pueblo as Omaha forfeited a game after slow readiness.
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Chicago
Lenawue
Pittsburg
York
Aft
New York
Detroit
Phildelphia
Philadelphia
Wshington
St. Louis
Washington
Boston
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Louisville
Kansas City
Toledo
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Sioux City
Denver
Omaha
Des Moines
Lincolun
Pueblo
Lincoln
Chicago Market Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices July 25 1906
Daily market report lists receipts from July 24 and 25 with hogs cattle and sheep. Prices show slow or steady movement with ranges for heavy and light hogs beef cattle and western lambs and stockers. Readouts reflect mixed packers and shipping grades and overall market tone easing to steady.
Thaw in Paris Declares He Was a Lunatic in Interview
Miss Anna Crane, a New York masseuse, charges Thaw beat Evelyn Nesbit in Paris after Stanford White sent her there. Crane says Nesbit begged Crane to stay as Thaw threatened to kill her, and Nesbit’s mother Mrs Holman sought funds through a London-based newspaper woman.
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New York
Evening World
Anna Crane
The
World
Crane
Paris
Stanford White
Neshit
Holman
Evelyn Nesbit
Worman
Miss Crane
the World
Miss Nesbit
Wort
White
Paria
Thaw Described as Lunatic by Miss Crane
Miss Crane testified that Thaw was a lunatic and that Miss Nesbit believed so. She described bruises on Nesbit, attempts to choke her, and marks on her throat from Thaw. Thaw allegedly locked Nesbit and Crane in apartments and raved about men in New York, including Stanford White.
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Miss Crane
Thaw
Miss Nesbit
Ports
New York York
Stanford White
New York
London
Miss Crone
White
A.B. Thamme
Mrs. Holman
Water shortage leaves Kirkwood residents without supply
The Kirkwood suburb of 3,500 people has lacked water since Saturday after cisterns ran dry and wells emptied. Residents sign petitions urging city action while West St. Louis Water and Light officials offer no explanation and reportedly seek higher rates to restore service.
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St. Louis
Kirkwood
West
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Laira
Officeal
Dreyer
Duma
Central Press Administration
Bellegarde
Russia
Cain
Michigan
Sheehep
Grain Market
Masseuse
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