Newport 5 Romange for sake of her young sons
Special Society reports Mrs Burke-Roche Patonyi and her husband have separated amid a family fight over wealth and inheritance. Her father Frank Worth, dying in New York, demanded she abandon her husband to secure his fortune for her two sons Michee and Francis. Her long affair with Aur Patonyi, real name Arthur Cohen, is cited as the backdrop to a guardianship style clash. The couple’s estrangement followed Worth’s threats and social pressure.
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Newport
R. 1
Special Society
Burke-Roche Patonyi
Frank Worth
New York
Batogni
Mrs. Burk
Roche
Herso
Mrs. Batonyi
Aur Patonyi
L Arthur Cohen
Baronyi
Worth
Cyyhia Burke-Roche
Coo
Michee
Francis
Frank
Japan buys big guns from Krupps for battleships
Fssen Germany reports Krupp works are building about thirty 12 inch guns for Japan’s battleships and continuing fulfillment of a postwar rearmament contract. Japan allegedly ordered 12 inch guns after British orders for the same calibre and consulted the British government before contracting. Japan also selling old field artillery to Chinese viceroys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fssen
Germany
Krupp
Japan
Russia
Krupp Works
Vienna Cable Uncovers Insurance Plot In Murder Attempt
Viennese police link a Venice life attempt on Count Kamarovsky to a scheme by Nicholas Naumoff. The colonel insured his life for 100000 dollars naming a woman he loved who knew Naumoff. Police believe the woman planned the murder to claim the payout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Venice
Kamarovsky
National Guard
Nicholas Naumoff
Perim
Naumoff
Farmers Holding Their Wheat in Sluggish Market
A St. Louis special notes winter wheat farmers are delaying sales to seek higher prices. Many are busy plowing for fall planting while some regions south of the Ohio River report tight marketing. crop progress varies, with lighter harvests in certain areas.
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St. Louis
Odern Miller
Ohio River
Uncle Sam Keeps Hands Off Morocco Policy
Washington officials state the State Department will not intervene in the Morocco situation. The article notes a hands-off stance by the federal government and outlines the official position on U.S. involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Washington
State Department
Innocent for 16 Years Wilhelmina Bache Freed
Wilhelmina Bache, once 17 when imprisoned for the murder of Michael Sell, exits Waupun Prison after a life sentence commuted by Governor Davidson. Evidence indicates her innocence and the release ends 16 years of confinement in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Madison
Wis
Wilhelmina Bache
Waupun
Michael Sell
Davidson
Founders and Patriots urge calmer Fourth of July celebrations
In Hartford a convention of the Society of the Founders and Patriots of America adopted resolutions calling for a saner Fourth of July. During debate statistics on children killed or maimed in recent celebrations were presented and helped secure adoption of the measures.
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Hartford
Conn
Society of the Founders and Patriots of America
Border tensions feared as Independence Day nears
May bring about conflict on the Rio Grande as both U S and Mexican authorities prepare to suppress revolutions planned around September 16. Troops patrol the border. arrests followed last year and officials report no organized anti Diaz movement, though refugees in the United States talk sedition.
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Nogales
Ariz
United States
Rio Grande
Douglas
Naco
el Paso
Eagle Pass
Laredo
del Rio
San Antonio
Texas
William S. Scott
First
United States Cavalry
War Department
Francisco Mallen
Roosevelt to hunt boar with javelins near San Antonio
Reports from San Antonio say a wild boar hunt using javelins instead of rifles is being planned for President Roosevelt. An experimental javelin hunt will soon take place south of San Antonio with several of his acquaintances likely to participate. If successful the President may join in during his Southern Western tour.
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Houston
Tex
San Antonio
Roosevelt
Plot Against King Ed Marienbad Cable Ends in Guarded Arrival
Paris detectives report an anarchist plot against King Windward who has stayed several weeks.Authorities have taken the greatest precautions to guard the English monarch until his arrival in London.
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Marienbad
Windward
Paris
London
Indiana Farm Sells Record 499 Acres in Jefferson
Dr. R. W. Harris of O Neill Pike county sold his 499 acre Jefferson township farm for 67500 to the Henderson Land Company of Kansas City as the county’s largest land deal to date.
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Petersburg
Ind
R. W. Harris
O'Neill
Pike County
Jefferson Township
Henderson Land Company
Kansas City
Standard Oil Letters Claim Judge Landis S Curt Injustice
Special ministers across the Northwest and likely the nation received Standard Oil head office letters defending the company's $29 240 000 fine. Each letter included praise from friendly newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse
Wis
Northwest
Standard Oil Company
Judge Landis
Terror in Bellingham Sparks Hindu Riot and Exodus
A violent outbreak in Bellingham Washington targets Hindus and Sikhs as white mobs raid mills and lodging houses. Police struggle to contain chaos city officials pledge protection while Hindus flee toward Canada with guards escorting minorities away from danger.
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Bellingham
Wash
British Columbia
India
Great Northern
Black
Millien
Vancouver
Niagara Falls Lights Up With 1.1 Billion Candles
Special report notes Niagara Falls illuminating the falls for the first time using 36 searchlight batteries and 21 15 inch and 15 30 inch lamps. The rainbow display shifts from white to rose green yellow and blue as onlookers watch from the Canadian and American sides. A man on the upper steel arch bridge leapt to the chasm below and disappeared in the rapids.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Railroad Presidents Gather Prompt Rumors At New York
Reported meeting of many railroad presidents in New York sparks talk of a conference on the no centrate proposition and other issues. Officials deny a conference, saying many board meetings are scheduled and presidents are attending them.
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New York
Roads
King Causes Divorce Suit Involving Edwardian Royal Attraction
Lexington reports a secret divorce suit filed by Lewis T. Brown against Margaret Johnson Brown alleging abandonment rooted in an estrangement sparked by King Edward, who supposedly courted Mrs. Brown during a theater encounter. The defendant, daughter of Claude M. Johnson once Hoe Press’s European agent, drew public notice for her beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
King Edward
England
Lewis T. Brown
Margaret Johnson Brown
Mrs. Brown
Claude M. Johnson
The
Hoe Press Company
London
Atlantic Fleet Mobilized for Global Cruise to Hawaii and Philippines
The New Atlantic Fleet mobilizes for a Pacific theater move with Admiral Evans at the helm. The plan includes a stop in Hawaii and the Philippines, then route via the Suez Canal upon return. A new fleet to replace Evans is organized with New Hampshire ready in January, joined by Mississippi and Idaho, plus Iowa, Indiana, and Massachusetts.
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New York
Evans
Pacific
Hawaii
Philippines
California
Suez Canal
Globe
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Navy Department
New Hampshire
Mississippi
Idaho
Cramps
Iowa
Indiana
Massachusetts
Chester
Birmingham
Salem
Michigan
South Carolina
North Carolina
Montana
Roosevelt Abandons Joint Statehood Plan for Arizona and New Mexico
In a letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Governor Kibbey dated August 31 Oyster Bay L I the President states that Garfields report shows territory residents are settled against joint statehood and he will take no further action toward merging Arizona and New Mexico. He authorizes publication of the letter.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Kibbey
Oyster Bay
L. I
Garfield
Arizona
New Mexico
Theodore Roosevelt
Dayton Fire Chief Kills Suspect In Franklin Elopement Case
Dayton special fire chief B H Miller shot and killed J H Little in Franklin after Little who had eloped with Miller's wife was brought to trial. Miller fired two shots in Little's cell and is now under guard as a raving maniac. Mrs Miller eloped with Little a month ago and belongs to a prominent family. the pair were arrested in Springfield.
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Dayton, O
B. H. Miller
Franklin
J. H. Little
Miller
Little
King Leopold transfers Congo domain to joint stock firm
Brussels reports King Leopold moves on the Congo question by handing the Crown domain in the Congo Independent State to a joint stock company in which he is alleged to have interests. This key region ten times Belgium's size was to return to Belgium with annexation, and the decree caused a sensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Leopold
Congo
Belgium
Immunity Granted If Taylor Returns to Testify
Special Judge Robert L. Stout of Kentucky's Fourteenth District declared he is the sole authority to grant immunity to former Governor W. S. Taylor. He pledged not to arrest Taylor and to ensure his safe return to Indiana if he comes to testify in the Powers case regarding the Goebel murder.
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Louisville
Robert L. Stout
Fourteenth Judicial District
Goebel
W. S. Taylor
Kentucky
Taylor
Powers
Indiana
Thief Steals Large Sum at Baden Baden Hotel
A thief entered a principal hotel in Baden Baden and took a large amount of money and jewelry. Baron Goldschmidt Rothschild of Frankfurt reportedly lost from 2000 to 20000 dollars, and Baroness Ephrussi of Vienna had jewels valued at about 18000 dollars taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baden-Baden
Smoking Car a Shambles in Waterloo Train Crash
A northbound Rock Island Express leaped the track near Norris Waterloo injuring many and killing twelve passengers in the smoking car which was crushed beyond recognition. The crash involved a side-tracked freight. most victims were in the smoking car.
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Waterloo
Rock Island
Norris
Tragedy in Brazil as doctor slain in suspected murder
Dr Edward Glasgo dies from three bullet wounds after a separation from wife. Mrs Glasgo is arrested for murder and her attorney Whitlock of Terre Haute is detained. She alleges her husband shot at her before turning the gun on himself. police say Glasgo could not have fired his own wounds.
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Brazil
Ind
Edward Glasgo
Glasgo
Mine Disaster Near Monterrey Claims Dozens of Hopes
Mexican mine horror reported from Isparan zas mines near Monterery details at least twenty seven dead and scores burned with death toll expected to rise. Local officials fear larger loss as rescue efforts continue.
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San Antonio
Tex
Isparanzas
Monterery
Thornless cactus hoped for arid region fodder
Luther Burbank told the national irrigation congress he was still seeking a thornless cactus. He predicted it would become the great fodder for the arid region as all kinds of stock relish it and fatten quickly.
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Sacramento
Cal
Luther Burbank
National Irrigation Congress
Taft Criticized for Czar Visit During World Tour
The American Israelite protests Secretary Taft visiting the Czar during his world tour. It argues the hospitality would imply condoning the Czar’s alleged infamous atrocities and hold the United States responsible for their perpetuation.
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Cincinnati
Taft
Jealous Bay Fires Normandie Hotel in Columbus
Burton Plum mer, 19, confessed to Deputy State Fire Marshal Fox that he set the Normandie Hotel blaze in Columbus. He said jealousy over the hotel clerk Charles Lohr and the dining room girl, plus resentment over time off, motivated the act after the waitress spurned him. Loss pegged at 200000.
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Columbus, O
Burton Plummer
Fox
Normandie
Charles Lohr
Roosevelt Endorses Riding Astride for Women
In Oyster Bay New York President Roosevelt reviewed the class of the Plainting Field Riding Academy and expressed approval of riding astride for women. The summer class participated and the President spoke in favor of that method.
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Teddy
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Circus Trust to Rule Roost in Global Showbiz
A New York Special reports that in weeks Ringling Bros. will dominate worldwide circus interests. The Ringlings may gain Barnum Bailey, and they reportedly have an option on Colonel William F Cody’s Buffalo Bill Wild West, potentially joining the program.
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New York
Amusement World
Ringling Bros
Globe
Ringlings
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Harvester Combine Pays Big Fine in Texas Case
The International Harvester Company of Wisconsin pleaded guilty to a Texas anti trust violation and paid a court assessed fine of 25099 dollars in Austin Texas.
Sulphuric Acid in the Soup in Rome Cable Case
A 15 year old girl Maddalena Stochki attempted to poison her father and a female friend with sulphuric acid in their soup in Rome. A neighbor detected the smell and stopped the plan. She confessed and regretted the failure. Italian papers compare her to Lucrezia Borgia.
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Rome
Maddalena Stochki
Lucrezia Borgia
Divorce Suit Claims Deception by Wife Believed Twin
Mrs. Addie Thomas files for divorce from Calvin Thomas alleging he deceived her into thinking she was marrying his twin Alvin Thomas who closely resembles him. The case references a marriage arrangement and seeks legal relief.
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Paris
Addie Thomas
Calvin Thomas
Alvin
Ex-Consul of Nagasaki Dies by Own Action in City
William Abercrombie sixty five year old former United States consul at Nagasaki Japan committed death by own action through asphyxiation at his Stoneleigh Court apartments in Washington Special.
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Nagasaki
Washington
William
Abercrombie
United States
Japan
Stoneleigh Court
Cliff House San Francisco Destroyed By Fire After Earthquake
The famous Cliff House at Ocean Beach burned and collapsed after the San Francisco earthquake disaster. The historic hotel, rebuilt years ago by Adolph Sutro, stood on high rocks near Golden Gate but was consumed leaving only ruins and charred debris. Firefighters fought the blaze amid trembling foundations and reports of collapse.
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San Francisco
Cal
Ocean Beach
Golden Gate
Adolph Sutro
Sutro Funnel Fame
Tooth of the Twenty Fifth President on Market Window
A New York shop on Lexington Avenue at Sixtieth Street displays a gold ring with two diamonds and a real tooth advertised as the tooth of the twenty fifth President. The store owner says it came from the estate of Julia B. Grover and was donated by President Roosevelt to an eccentric admirer after reposing in the President’s mouth as a boy.
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New York
Lexington Avenue
Sixtieth Street
United States
Julia B. Grover
Roosevelt
Strenuous Evangelist in Decatur Preaches Hell Message
Evangelist Bob Jones delivered a fiery sermon on hell in Decatur Alabama guiding mourners to prayer while telling others to go to hell as he washed his hands with water after delivering the message.
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Flock
Hell
Decatur
Ala
Bob Jones
Jones
Towns Bids for Weddings in Emmett Kansas
Emmett merchants, a new town south west of here in Marysville Kansas area, offer furniture presents to couples twenty five years old or older who marry before January first, 1908 and settle within Emmett town limits as the town seeks more residents.
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Marysville
Kan
Emmett
Here
Rockefeller Returns to Office to Discuss Oil Trust Fine
John D Rockefeller, returning to his 26 Broadway office for the first time since 1899, met with associates to consider the $2,240,000 fine and the federal move to dissolve Standard Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Broadway
Oil Trust
Oil Boom Shocks Sullivan with 200 to 300 Barrel Gusher
A high grade oil gusher spit forth 200 to 300 barrels on the Jamison farm in Hamilton township Sunday. The strike stirred great excitement as oil men from the Minois field rush to Sullivan, Ind., drawn by the new find.
Revolt in Fing Shing Shocks Hong Kong
In Fing Shing district a serious uprising erupts with hundreds of natives in revolt. At Yung Chow the local magistrate and his entire family were killed and offices destroyed. Four regiments of troops have been dispatched to the scene.
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Hong Kong
Fing Shing
Yung Chow
Gelatin Benefits Cancer Report From Budapest
A Budapest dispatch reports Dr. Haler, a noted physician, achieving beneficial results in cancer treatment through arm injections of gelatin. In forty cases treated, only three were unsuccessful.
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London
Budapest
Haler
Oscar Hammerstein Plans National Chain of Opera Houses
Oscar Hammerstein announces a plan to build a chain of opera houses in principal U.S. cities with a projected involvement of 15 million dollars as the project progresses.
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Cp’ry
New York
Oscar Hammerstein
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