Canada Great Strike Shuts Canadian Rail Shops Nationwide
Trade union actions cripple Canadian Pacific lines with about twelve thousand workers idle. Winnipeg and Montreal see the largest numbers walking out, while others across Fort William to Vancouver join the stoppage. Pickets not yet appointed. old-country mechanics in reserve standby.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Pacific
Monreal
Fort William
Vancouver
Wreck Attempt Damages Cincinnati Viaducts and Neighborhood
An attempt to destroy the Cincinnati Ohio viaduct caused injuries to fifteen people and widespread window damage to nearby houses and factories. The Harrison Avenue viaduct suffered ten thousand dollars in damage amid the attack.
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Cincinnati
Harrison Avenue
Ohio
Cardinal Gibbons Ill in Rome After Illness
Cardinal Gibbons fell ill with intestinal trouble yesterday at Castel Gandolfo. He was brought to Rome where he remains confined to bed under care.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Rome
Castel Grandolfo
Well Known Fort Wayne Man Frank J Gruber Dead
Fort Wayne Indiana cigar manufacturer Frank J Gruber died of heart failure brought on by asthma and dysentery. He was widely known and popular in the community. County Commissioner Not Guilty in Marion County case John McGregor found not guilty by a jury after a bribery charge against him as a county commissioner.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Frank J. Gruber
John McGregor
Board of Commissioners
Marion County
Indiana
Publisher Winfield Scott Smith Dies at South Haven
Winfield Scott Smith, renowned to educators nationwide as a publisher of school textbooks, died in South Haven, Michigan.
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Winfield Scott Smith
South Haven
Mich
Bolivar the giant elephant dies at Philadelphia zoo
Bolivar, claimed as the largest elephant in captivity, dies in his prison house at the Philadelphia zoological gardens. He weighed about six tons, heavier than his rival Jumbo who stood taller.
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Bolivar
Zoological Gardens
Philadelphia
Jumbo
Secretary Wilson Calls for Farm Help to Curb Prices
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson argues that farmers need more aid as labor shifts to factories and railroads. He warns rising meat and grain prices hurt both farmers and workers, urges selective immigration and policy steps to keep farm labor available.
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Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson
Zeppelin's Big Flyer Destroyed by Fire in Alpine Storm
Count Zeppelin's giant airship collapses in a thunderstorm near an Alpine village. Benzine ignition and a gas bag blaze trigger a catastrophic explosion as the craft tears from its moorings. Four crewmen are burned. Zeppelin unharmed, repairs delayed before further flight.
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Zeppelin
Count Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Recont Matic Tts
Alps
Zeppelin Airship Disaster Near Echterdingen Ends Historic Voyage
The Zeppelin airship, five miles from Echterdingen near Stuttgart on a 522 mile flight, collapsed after motor failure and overheating, dragging 200 rope holders as it rose and fell. Count Zeppelin plans another ship. funds opened in Berlin and other cities. The event boosts interest in aerial navies, with Germany France Britain and the US moving to expand airship programs.
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Echterdingen
Stuttgart
Count Zeppelin
Berlin
Bremen
Germany
Switzerland
Privy
Seward
Friedrichshafen
Wang
Eechterdingen
Ireland
North Pole
France
Great Britain
United States
Zeppelin
William B Allison Dies at Dubuque in Heart Failure
United States Senator William B. Allison dies at his Dubuque home from heart failure. A veteran Iowa statesman born in 1829, he served over six decades in public life including key roles in finance and national policy and declined cabinet posts from Garfield, Harrison, and McKinley.
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Tack
Dubuque
United States
William B. Allison
Iowa
William Boyd Allison
Perry
Ohio
Western Reserve College
Allison
Ashland
Anna Carter
Wooster
Chicago
Congress
Se Aifs
Ashington
Senate
Garfield
Harrison
McKinley
Treasury
Towan
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Grant
Brussels
Cannon
New York Plans 64 Story City Hall in Triangle of Streets
The New York board of estimates and Mayor McClellan near approval of plans for the world’s tallest city hall. The 64 story building to cost 7.4 million dollars will occupy Park Row Center and Duane streets and rise about 559 feet inches.
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New York
New York Board of Estimates
McClellan
Park Rus
Center
Duane Streets
New York Plans Municipal Skyscraper Wall Above Sidewalk
New York proposes a municipal skyscraper twice the height of the Flatiron and shorter than the Singer building. The 349 foot main structure will house nearly all city departments with 23 floors for rent expected to yield 506000 yearly. Exterior French Renaissance design uses steel and stone. rooms face outward with no interior light courts. A 24 foot high figure atop the 210 inch clock tower will crown the building.
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Singer
New York Hall
New York
Mutiny Reported as Turkish and Persian Revolt Rocks Region
News notes a 7000 strong mutiny in Monastir District fueling Turkish upheaval. Macedonian generals threatened by officers to release Young Turkey prisoners or face killings. Nationalists seize Tabriz and much of Northern Persia with Shah’s palace used as rebel HQ. Teheran unrest grows as government concentrates troops.
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Turkey
Monastir
Third Army Corps
Macedonia
Tabriz
Persia
Rachin Khan
Teheran
A Composite Airship by M Mascot French Aeronaut
A new hybrid craft blends balloon and airplane ideas. The triangular directing plane is 62 feet long with 420 square feet surface, built from bamboo and aluminum. Central car houses propulsion and controls. A 28 hp motor drives a walnut screw fan at 1 200 rpm. The aeroplane and machinery weigh a cigar shaped balloon 100 feet long and 28 feet wide to add buoyancy and safety.
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M. Mascot
Democratic campaign appeals seek farmer contributions nationwide
The first formal appeal from Democratic candidates asks farmers to donate to the campaign fund, with Iowa farmers the first contributors. The Commoner is urged to collect offerings for the national committee, while Bryan meets delegations at Lincoln and spokes to leaders. J. G. Phelps Stokes is nominated for State Assembly, and Robert Hunter plans a Congress bid. Mrs Stokes plans to campaign for her husband. The New York World backs Stokes to counter socialism.
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Iowa
Bryan
National Committee
Lincolln
J. G. Phelps-Stokes
Rose Pastor
State Assembly
Robert Hunter
Congress
New York World
Stokes
Minor News Bits From Across Regions and Eras
A grab bag of items notes a 64 year old William Williams murdered to stop a marriage to a 13 year old girl, and the body turned into a tree near Marydel Maryland. Other items report a Seattle man 8S T Crum fatally shooting Ao bert Moody in Virginia City Montana while hunting, Minnesota pioneer Henry Jones dying at 15 year old in Minneapolis, a St Paul Third Street building fire tied to a Civil War muster site, Swiss referendum banning absinthe with revenue loss, Chile earthquake near Tacna Arica with property damage, broken Arica Lima cable lines and damaged Bolivian telegram lines, plus European diplomacy on Macedonia involving Britain Germany Russia viewed as whole.
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William Williams
Marydel
Maryland
T. Crum
Seattle
Aobert Moody
Virginia City
Mont
Henry Jones
Minnesota
St. Peter
Franklin Heights
Minneapolis
Third Street
Market
St. Paul
Charles Kichler
Switzerland
Tacna
Arica
Chile
Peru
Bolivia
Lima
Representative Glenn Seeks State Protection Over Threatening Letters
Representative Glenn, who introduced a Georgia bill to invalidate marriages based on artificial cosmetic or padding devices, appeals for state protection after receiving numerous threats from women nationwide. He believes the letters imply some truth to the allegations.
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Glenn
Georgia
Ile
Canal Work Near Half Completed at Culebra Site
The Panama Canal Commission reports about 47 million cubic yards excavated for the Culebra cut with American workers contributing 18,446,426 yards. Goethals reorganizes the project into three geographic sections under unified supervision. A 1000 foot tower is planned for the Mills building in Broad Street if approved. A patient at Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital suffers from a rare blindness causing sight during lying down but blindness when upright.
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Washington
Panama Canal Commission
Culebra
Goethals
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
New York
Restoring a Drowning Man Steps and Techniques
The guide advocates holding the drowned person with the head up and water expelled, then rolling him over a barrel. It describes artificial respiration with arm lifts and chest presses at 18 reps per minute, followed by a stimulant to restart the heart and urgent physician contact.
Labor News From The Nation And Abroad
A French delegation visits American factories while Boston painters reform their union and San Francisco builds an athletic association. Chicago hosts increasing union pride for carmen and New Orleans longshoremen secure a five year contract. A secession from the Brotherhood of Railroad Employes forms the Brotherhood of Railroad Station Employes. Plans arise for a 500 acre home for railway workers near Fort Scott Kansas. St Paul Typographical Union plans a label exhibit at the Minnesota State fair. New York passes a bill shifting mercantile inspection to a labor department, effective October 1. The International Brotherhood of Bookbinders sets its next convention for June 1910 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Cleveland ironstone miners seek a Saturday noon stop, not a general strike. Canada Pacific moves to recruit harvest laborers. 25,000 needed from Montreal. Studson Wisconsin rejects a $30,000 coal gas plant bond 4 to 4. Hudson votes to build a gas plant, council final say.
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St. Paul
Cleveland
England
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Sultan of Turkey Target for Dagger
A would be assassin stabbed Sultan Abdul Hamid II at Constantinople but the blow was blocked by the sultan's armor. The would be slayer, a minor palace official bribed for the act, was seized as guards rushed in. The palace erupted in alarm amid past assassination fears and rumors of gold bribes and flight preparations.
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Sultan Abdul Wamid
Turkey
Constantinople
Yildiz
Abdul
Abdul Hamid
Europe
Czar
Russia
Mourad V
Business activity shows signs of recovery in August
A Dunn's Review of Trade notes broad recovery across sectors with bank payments topping a billion dollars, falling defaults, rising manufacturing outputs, and strong capital investment prospects. July construction permits match 1907 highs while retail demand and grain, livestock, and provisions markets stay active though prices drift lower.
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Central West
Chicago
Dunn
Review of Trade
Livestock and Grain Prices Across U.S. Markets
Price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and related commodities. Includes specifics for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and clover seed with varied units and market notes.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Opera singer mauled by bull terrier at Seagate cottage
Miss Emelie Gardner an opera singer lies in critical condition at Coney Island Hospital after a large bull terrier attacked her in the cottage pantry at Seagate Cody Island. The dog owned by her housekeeper Mrs Bagman was moved to the basement pantry for the heat. Gardner’s left arm was lacerated and two fingers of her right hand were chewed off as she defended herself.
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Emelie Gardner
Coney Island
Miss Gardner
Seagate
Cody Island
Balloon Hamburg crashes during landing attempt at Lubeck
The Siam Burg Aeronautical Society air balloon Hamburg fails to land safely near Lubeck, injuring or ending the craft’s flight as crews respond to the accident reported by local authorities and observers.
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Hamburg
Siamburg Aeronautical Society
Lubeck
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Cutting Orchards to Fight San Jose Scale
New York State Department of Agriculture orders wide scale orchard thinning to eradicate San Jose scale. If owners fail to act, inspectors will cut trees and charge for the work. Virginia Harned files Nevada divorce action against E. H. Sothern on incompatibility grounds.
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New York State Department of Agriculture
San Jose
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