Supreme Court Welcomes Oliver Wendell Holmes as Gray Retires
The U S president accepts Horace Gray resignation due to strokes and appoints Oliver Wendell Holmes of Massachusetts to the vacancy. Gray retires at 74 with full pay amid discussion of other justices eligible for full retirement.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Horace Gray
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Justice Gray
Gray
Justice Harlan
Mr. Holmes
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
Boston
Holmes
Fuller
Harlan and
Shiras
United States
Greeting for Gen. J. H. Smith in Portsmouth
General Jacob H. Smith received a royal welcome in Portsmouth Ohio with about 5000 people at the depot. A band and drum corps greeted him and the Ohio national guard accompanied him to his home. He declined to discuss his relieving order, clarifying he remains a soldier under army regulations. He said a statement would be issued when ready and his Samar campaign report would be sent to the War Department.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Jacob H. Smith
Smith
Ohio National Guard
Samar
War Department
Knights at the Golden Gate Arrive in San Francisco
San Francisco welcomes the Knights of Pythias as 7 000 visitors arrive for the event led by 1 000 uniformed knights. Mayor Schmidt offers hospitality and Insurance Commissioner Wolf speaks for the state.
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San Francisco
Cal
Knights of Pythias
Knights
Schmidt
Wolf
Elks Arrive in Salt Lake for Grand Lodge Session
Special trains from across the country bring Elks to Salt Lake City for the annual grand lodge session in the tabernacle. Reported attendance reaches about 12,000 members as the event opens.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Elks
Grand Lodge of Elks
Tabernacle
Naval Recruits Complain From Newport Training
Toledo readers report that several young recruits at the Newport naval training station write home about beatings cuffings and harsh treatment. They say they are fed like hogs and kept as slaves and their parents intend to bring them home.
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Naval
Toledo
Ohio
Naval Training Station
St Newport
Returns to Family After Twenty Five Years
Joseph T. Roberts of Bloomington Illinois reunites with his sister Mrs William Pfaff Noblesville after 25 years apart. Once believed dead he vanished from Indianapolis 30 years ago while building a law practice and wandered the United States before settling in Bloomington running an implement business. His parents’ estate was divided among his children and his wife remarried in Oregon.
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la Grange
Ind
Joseph T. Roberts
Bloomington
Ill
William Pfaff
Noblesville
Oregon
Roberts
Indianapolis
United States
Union Men Arrest Warrant Linked to Camden Labor Dispute
Warrants issued for George Jonas of Jonas Glass Co Minotola N J charged with child labor law violations intercepting telegraph messages and hindering workers from joining a union The action stems from an April strike at the firm and prior injunctions against the Glassmen's union.
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Camden
N. J
George Jonas
Jonas Glass Company
Minotola
Glass Company
Glassmen
Glassmen’s Union
Urge Sale of the West Indies Wins Near Complete Victory
Copenhagen reports Faroe islands landsding elections produced a sweeping ministerial victory with the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States as the campaign focus. Government captured all opposition wards and expects a strong majority. Treaty to be taken up after the October opening. Opponents had held a slim majority previously.
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Copenhagen
Faroe Islands
Danish West Indies
United States
Lightning strikes crowded Leslie Baptist Church
In De Soto Georgia on August 12 a lightning bolt hit the Leslie Baptist church during services. Richard Dodson was instantly killed and forty others were seriously injured though none are expected to die. The building was badly damaged and set ablaze but rain extinguished the flames.
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de Soto
Baptist Church
Leslie
Here
Richard Dodson
German Veteran Is Cut in Two
Goshen Indiana August 12 John Thomas Ludwig a German about forty believed to have served in the Prussian army was killed by a freight train in the Lake Shore yards His body was cut in two near the hips and death was instantaneous Relatives cannot be located
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Goshen
Ind
John Thomas Ludwig
Lake Shore
Ludwig
Suicide of Mrs Carrie Romack in Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana on August 12 Mrs Carrie Romack wife of Jesse Romack a merchant of Sharpsville killed herself by taking poison and slashing her throat with a razor She was a daughter of Fred Becker the county’s wealthiest farmer.
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Kokomo
Ind
Carrie Romack
Jesse Romack
Sharpsville
Fred Becker
Bank's Big Loss in Berlin Industrial Downturn
Berlin reports the Deutsche Genossenschaft bank's semi annual figures show a loss of 867500 marks in industrial enterprises amid a broad industrial slump.
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Berlin
Deutsche Genossischaft Bank
King Edward Holds Privy Council at Buckingham Palace
King Edward convened a privy council at Buckingham Palace to swear in new ministers and later officiated at an investiture of the Victorian Order. The royal actions underscore a formal transfer of duties and ceremonial honors within the British government.
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London
King Edward
Buckingham Palace
Big Ship Plant Is Sold to National Ship Firm
Wilmington August 12 The Harlan and Hollingsworth ship plant is transferred to the United States Ship Building Company for about 1.6 million dollars.
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Wilmington
Del
Harlan & Hollingsworth
United States Ship Building Company
Sugar refiners raise prices on soft sugars and confectioners’ A grade
Advance price notices from the American Sugar Refining company and B. H. Howell, Son & Co. state soft sugars rise by 10 points while confectioners' A grade increases by 5 points.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
B. H. Howell, Son & Co
Peach Trees Stripped by Severe Storm in New Jersey
A violent storm tore through the Raritan valley near Somerville New Jersey on August 12 wrecking corn fields and stripping thousands of baskets of peaches from trees. Weather damage reported across the region with ongoing assessments.
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Somerville
N. J
Raritan Valley
Murder of Senor Carol by Fired Workmen in Ripoll
Senor Carol was slain at Ripoll near Gerona by two workmen whom he had dismissed during strikes. The attackers reportedly killed him after the dismissal and fled. Local authorities began investigations into the murder and the motive arising from labor unrest.
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Barcelona
Senor Carol
Ripoll
Gerona
King Edward VII is Crowned in a Glorious Ceremony
The coronation of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in London yesterday drew vast crowds and global attention. Amid pageantry and a tense archbishop’s procession, the king and queen received unprecedented public praise while Archbishop Canterbury narrowly averted a mishap.
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Edward VII
R. I
United Kingdom
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Ireland
India
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Lord Atbberts
Lord Kitchener
Alfred Gaselee
Edward Hobart Seymour
Buckingham Palace
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Alexandra
Westminster Abbey
Canterbury
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Winchester
Westminster
Durham
Prince of Wales
Associated Press
Canterury
Moro parties in Mindanao amid American efforts
General Sumner reports two Moro factions at Bacolod Mindanao one peaceful and one hostile. Captain Pershing in Lake Mindanao doubts success of placation efforts though the situation is not considered serious. A dated ditty notes prudence over boastfulness.
Senator James McMillan Dies at Manchester by the Sea
Washington reports the death of Michigan Senator James McMillan from heart failure after a brief illness. Born Hamilton, Ontario, he rose in Michigan politics and chaired the Republican state committee before serving in the U.S. Senate since 1889. He led District of Columbia affairs and supported city improvements. He leaves a widow, three sons in Detroit, and a daughter.
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Washington
James McMillan
Manchester-by-the-sea
Mass
Congress
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W. C
Phillip
Frank
Detroit
Manchester
Ontario
Hamilton
Republican State Committee
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Chaiirman
District of Columbia
Cuba
Four Men Charged in Mine Watchman Sweeney Murder
Four men Michael Yusko Joseph Smith Ignatz Shukie and Paul Tomihak are jailed in Wilkes Barre Pa for the murder of Daniel Sweeney the mine watchman found dead in the Nanticoke road last Wednesday A bloodstained shirt linked to Smith and bloody pants tied to another prisoner fuel accusations of complicity among the suspects by District Attorney Jones and County Detective Jones
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Daniel Sweeney
Wilkesbarre
Michael Yusko
Joseph Smith
Ignatz Shukie
Paul Tomihak
Nanticoke
Jones
Smith
Cach
Sweeney
Father and Son in Cabinet in London
Austen Chamberlain, son of the colonial secretary, has been made postmaster general after the Marquis of Londonderry’s resignation. A new minister of education role is created and filled by the Marquis of Landsdowne. The note ends with a quip on lawyers and hobbies.
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London
Austen Chamberlain
Colonial Secretary
Marquis of Londonderry
Education
Marquis of Landys
Immoral Conduct Charges Add to Trustee Murphy Case
In Kankakee Illinois the state board of charities heard direct charges of intoxication and immoral conduct with women nurses against Trustee W E Murphy of the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane. The accuser H H Ball named recent incidents and testified some evidence was obtained after suspension for fighting.
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Kankakee
Ill
W. E. Murphy
Eastern Illinois Hospital For the Insane
State Board of Charities
H. H. Ball
Union Avenue
Chicago
City Railway Company
Wagner
Murphy
Ball
William Croxen
E. W. Rood
Tuscola
Paying Laborers Quit Work In Wabash Strike
In Wabash Indiana on Aug 12 all laborers on the Federal Asphalt Company of Chicago paying contract stopped work and halted operation indefinitely. They earned 175 cents daily with semi monthly pay and sought weekly settlements on Saturdays. They demanded a raise to 2 dollars per day and new crew arrived but would not start until the dispute with the veteran workers was settled.
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Asphalt Company
Wabash
Wabash, Ind
Federal Asphalt Company of Chicago
Robbery at Dr Stoneburner Home Gags Hired Girl
In Valparaiso Indiana the residence of Dr A A Stoneburner was robbed. The hired girl alone in the house was seized from behind gagged and bound then thrown into a bathtub with the water on. She was found insensible and cannot yet provide details. The robbers took 6500 dollars in cash and several thousand dollars of negotiable paper. Stoneburner operates offices in Chicago. The thieves are still at large.
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Valparaiso
Ind
A. A. Stoneburner
Stoneburner
Chicago
Cahill Killed Jumping From Moving Train at Hammond
John Cahill, returning from his father's funeral in Niles Michigan, attempted to alight a moving train at Hammond and was killed. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Hammond
Ind
John Cahill
Niles
Mich
Cahill
Fairfield lawyers seek missing heiress in Lafayette Matsler case
New York August 12 Creight and Thomas lawyers of Fairfield HL write to police asking them to search for Elizabeth Dwelley. They state she is an heiress of Lafayette Matsler and that she is believed to have come to the city some years ago.
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New York
De Castellane Re-elected to French Chamber
Paris reports Count Jean de Castellane who was previously unseated over election funds has won re election to the chamber from Cantal.
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de Castellane
Paris
Jean de Castellane
Chamber of Deputies
Cantal
Minister Home From Belgium Arrives on Vaderland
August 12 report from New York lists Lawrence Townsend United States minister to Belgium among passengers aboard the Vaderland returning from Antwerp.
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Belgium
New York
Vaderland
Antwerp
Lawrence Townsend
United States
Big Fire Destroys Tobacco Factory in Seville
A major blaze damaged Seville’s tobacco factory with losses reported at 1,000,000 pesetas. In Madrid on August 12 a fire destroyed the plant and goods, causing extensive damage to tobacco stock and equipment.
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Madrid
Seville
Spreckels Seeks Arrest of Governor Gage in Libel Row
John D. Spreckels files for the arrest of Governor Henry T. Gage on criminal libel charges. The clash pits the Republican state machine against a trio of newspaper owners led by Spreckels De Young and Otis. Gage also sues Editor Otis of the Los Angeles Times civilly and criminally.
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San Francisco
Cal
John D. Spreckels
Gage
Otis
The
Los Angeles Times
de Young
Europe
Sheriff Shot by Chicken Thieves in Henry County Ohio
Sheriff W. C. Barnhill of Henry county was shot and perhaps mortally wounded while attempting arrest of three chicken thieves near the county’s southern area. He was struck in the neck just below the chin as deputies faced resistance. the thieves escaped, a posse formed, and a 15 year old boy was later captured.
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Henry County
Ohio
Toledo
W. C. Barnhill
Barnhill
Caskets Torn From Graves In Hillside Cemetery Flood
A cloud burst at Hillside Cemetery in Madison New Jersey uncovered seventy five caskets as flood waters surged through the grounds. The rushing stream backed up for 400 feet and washed bodies downstream up to a mile away with some believed swept into the Passaic river. Forty bodies were recovered.
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Madison
N. J
Hillside Cemetery
Passaic
Weather Prophet Foresees West Floods and Rains
Hackensack New Jersey August 12 Weather Prophet Devoe predicts ten straight days of rain ending around August 17 with a gulf cyclone bringing heavy storms and a cool spell. He says the hottest weather will occur in the first week of September and expects heavy floods in the West this week.
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Hackensack
N. J
Devoe
Gulf
Baseball results across leagues with high scores
American League games Chicago defeated Boston 5 to 4 and Cleveland routed Baltimore 17 to 11. St. Louis beat Washington and Philadelphia 8 to 1, Detroit lost 0 to 1. National League Chicago won 8 to 3 over New York. Brooklyn 3, St. Louis 0, eight innings. American Meeting Columbus 3, St Paul 1. Louisville 7, Kansas City 3. Western League Omaha 4, Peoria 0. Omaha 8, Peoria 1. Denver 8, St Joseph 5. Milwaukee 6, Des Moines 4. Des Moines 8, Milwaukee 3.
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Kansas Bney
Omaha
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Peo
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St. Joseph
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Ria
Not Train Robbers in Waseca Arrests
In Waseca Minnesota on August 12 three men detained after a Burlington train robbery were found not connected. Officials from several jurisdictions concluded there was no basis to hold them.
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Waseca, Minn
Burlington
Rescued From the Lake Near Escanaba
Mrs. F. W. Leprovosh and her son Lyle of Clinton Iowa were blown into the lake while fishing near Escanaba Michigan on August 12. They were rescued after Rev. F. F. W. Greene sailed nine miles out in his yacht to reach them.
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Escanaba
Mich
F. W. Leprovosh
Lyle
Clinton
Iowa
F. F. W. Greene
Land Quarrel Ends in Fatal Ranch Shooting Near Gettysburg
In Gettysburg district on August 12 P. W. Lavery killed Wesley Karr at Karr’s ranch twenty miles southeast of town after a quarrel over land. Lavery was wounded twice in the jaw and left breast. The altercation escalated to deadly gunfire.
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Gettysburg
P. W. Lavery
Wesley Karr
Here
Lavery
Preacher Resigns in Valparaiso Moves to Alcester
Rev. August Rehwaldt resigned from the First German Lutheran church in Valparaiso Indiana and accepted a call to Alcester South Dakota. He had previously lived in Kigin Illinois.
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Ind
August Rehwaldt
First German Lutheran Church
Alcester
Kigin
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