Wellman plans new North Pole airship voyage
The article notes Thomas S. Wellman will attempt a July start toward the North Pole using an airship or balloon. The expedition, funded by American supporters, plans a Spitzbergen base and a voyage up to 700 miles, weather permitting, with the America airship considered for a 1909-like goal and a Paris departure possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pole
Ellman
North Pole
Paris Bay
Wellman
Spitzame
Spitebergen
Cage Record-Herald
Bottle Gasoline Explosion Injures Buffalo Woman
A bottle of gasoline exploded in Katharine McCarthy's Buffalo New York home lighting the house on fire and causing about $2000 in damage. McCarthy sustained severe burns on hands and face with the loss covered by insurance. An unrelated crash near San Francisco left eight injured, four seriously, when a fast moving car rolled over on the Ocean Beach boulevard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine McCarthy
Buffalo
N. Y
Ocean Beach Boulevard
San Francisco
Cal
Oil Lamp Explosion Destroys Abilene Home
Fire at W. F. Malone residence in Abilene Texas destroys the home and contents valued at 3500 after a lamp explosion. The incident also notes a separate claim that 150000 is excessive in a German purchase of Wright aeroplane patents. Twenty hurt in a Great Northern wreck near Delano Minnesota when Flyer collided with a light engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Malone
Abilene
Tex
German Motor Airship Company
Germany
Paris
Great Northern
Flyer
Delano
Minn
Peace Congress Opens in Chicago With Taft Letter
The second national peace congress opened in Chicago Orchestra Hall for a three day session with delegates from states and Europe. Robert Treat Paine of Boston presided with welcome remarks by Governor Deneen Chicago Mayor Busse and Rev Bartlett. Taft outlined US stance on guarding peace and avoiding war except to protect honor and welfare. Jacob Gould Schurman spoke on taxation and war and predicted rising demand to curb defense costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Orchestra
Robert Treat Paine
Boston
American Peace Society
Charles S. Deneen
Fred A. Busse
A. Eugene Bartlett
Bartlett
Taft
United States
Hilal
Sunday Evening Club
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell
Schurman
Fight for the Pennants. Standings in Principal Baseball Leagues
Standings for major leagues show clubs battling for pennants across the season. Key teams jockey for position as the race tightens, with players driving wins and managers plotting late-season moves. Relegation and prestige hang on each remaining game and series.
Anarchist Verdier Arrested in Monte Carlo Aimed at Fallieres
Verdier, an alleged anarchist from Haute Garonne, was arrested in Monte Carlo by French police. He claimed intent to kill President Fallieres during the visit. A loaded revolver and a letter to the Alpes Maritimes prefect were found. authorities deem him likely insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdier
Monte Carlo
Monaco
President Fallieres
France
Verslier
Department of Alpes Maritimes
Haute Gardie
Engineer Drowns in Reclamation Tunnel Near Phoenix
A. H. Demrick, chief of electrical and power construction for the Salt River valley reclamation project, was drowned in a re sluicing tunnel 600 feet long near Phoenix Arizona. A. L. Harris, assistant to G. L. Smith in charge at Rotwell, was swept through the tunnel with Demrick but escaped the river with no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Demrick
Salt River Valley
Phoenix
Ariz
A. L. Harris
G. L. Smith
Rotvell
Demrick
Olive Logan Dies in English Public Pauper Asylum
American actress and author Olive Logan dies of valvular heart disease in Banstead public pauper and lunatic asylum near Dutton Surrey England. If unclaimed within days she will be buried in the asylum cemetery. Logan once a successful author actress lecturer and journalist. Her last work was an interview with ex President Roosevelt on woman’s suffrage. She arrived in London three years ago as private secretary to Lady Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Olive Logan
Banstead
Cutton
Surrey
Asylum
Roosevelt
London
Lady Cook
Senate Debates Tariff Bill and Free Lumber Contention
The Senate and House devoted days to the tariff bill with extended speeches from Mr. Simmons of North Carolina urging retention of the present tariff as revenue. Senators Rayner Nelson Aldrich and McCumber defended free lumber debates, while House delays and votes paused action. A key point was Senator Borah's income tax argument, and Senator Bradley urged extending protection to jute in Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate
Bacon
Georgia
Rayner
Maryland
Nelson
Minnesota
Hale
Warren
Carter
Clapp
MacLaurin
McCumber
Elkins
Aldrich
Gallinger
House
Wanger
Turkey
Macon
Ark
Committee On Finance
Piles
Washington
Borah
Hay
Virginia
Civil Service Commission
Payne
New York
Dolliver
Iowa
Supreme Court of the United States
Bradley
Kentucky
Massachusetts
College tragedy ends in shooting and suicide
Porter Macdougal Smith a Chicago traveling representative for EB P Smith Sons Company shot Miss Helen Ayer Marden a Smith College senior after she ended their engagement then killed himself. Marden died hours later at Dickinson Hospital as smith died by a self inflicted gunshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Macdougal Smith
Chicago
EB. P. Smith Sons Company
Helen Ayer Marden
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Miss Marden
Frank Marden
Somerville
Smith
Dartmouth College
Smth
Dickinson Hospital
Burglar Turns Fireman to Save Family in St Louis Home
Carroll Higgins, a confessed burglar, aided Rev. Jacob J. Bernthal's family by extinguishing a fire started by a candle in the dining room. He moved through sleeping rooms to stop the blaze, blistering his hands, then took silverware and jewelry after residents escaped. The article also notes 1908 mortgage statistics for farm and city properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Higgins
Jacob J. Bernthal
St. Louis
Higgins
Roosevelt Party Bags Four Lions in Africa Hunt
Theodore Roosevelt's camp in the Mau Hills near Nairobi bagged four lions after a Friday hunt. Roosevelt claimed three with his rifle and son Kermit earned two shots to kill one, while a large native following celebrated the success of the famed hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Protectorate
Mau Hills
Nairobi
British East Africa
Risle
Kermit
Mr. Roosevelts
National debt climbs as April deficits exceed receipts
The April public debt report shows debt at 1 025 983 825, up 3 20 percent for the month after receipts of 52 075 974 and expenditures of 55 050 620. Total cash in the Treasury stands at 277 438 835 with demand liabilities of 1 448 045 599. Coinage for April totals 31 851 614 and national bank notes outstanding are 657 048 227, down 10 237 471 for the year and up 3 001 612 for the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank
Notable sports notes from 1900s era city column
A roundup of varied sports items includes Charles Lambie’s 912 mile walk wager to Seattle in ninety days, Eddie Dugan returning to New York without a jockey license, Vanderbilt’s Northeast winning the Prix de Palaisan with Nash Turner’s Pillard second, Demsey defeating McMahon in Columbus boxing, Oversight winning at Nottingham, Yale and Princeton alumni courting a Carnegie Lake dual regatta, Indian Simpson arriving in New York for Marathon hopes, Charley Comiskey naming Billy Sullivan White Sox manager, Messier and Schubert planning a seven night heel and toe world match, Jimmie Dasher defeating Owie Liss in Savannah, Mack Catlin warning Iowa track team of expulsion for diet violations, and a protest over dates from the Brighton Beach Racing Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lambie
St. Paul
Seattle
Eddie” Dugan
New York
England
W. K. Vanderbilt
Nash Turner
George Demsey
Columbus
Hugh McMahon
Nottingham
H. P. Whitney
J. W W. Martin
Yale
Princeton
Carnegie Lake
St. Yves
Simpson
Canada
Charley Comiskey
Billy Sullivan
White Sox
Welder Jones
Chicago
A. O. Messier
G. R. Schubert
Milwaukee
Savannah
Jimmie Dasher
Owie Liss
Brooklyn
Mack Catlin
Iowa University
New York Jockey Club
Brighton Beach Racing Association
State Racing Commission
Holland's Heir Is Daughter Queen Wilhelmina Delivers a Child
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland gave birth to a daughter on Friday morning. She was born Aug. 31 1880 and became queen in 1890 after succeeding King Willem III. The birth could affect succession rules in the Netherlands if a son is not born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmina
Holland
Prince Henry
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Willem III
Chasseurs
Salic An
Woman Bound Gagged in New York Home Robbery
The wife of Dr. C. M. Mann told police she was bound and gagged at her 111th street residence by a strange man who fled after being frightened by two bulldogs. The burglar escaped with jewelry and silverware valued at about $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Mann
111Th Street
New York
Steel Wages Not to Be Cut in Pittsburg Region
Unofficial word from United States Steel Corporation indicates no wage reductions for workers. News comes from the New York office confirming there was no plan to cut wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Congressman Crow Loses Eye in St Louis Operation
Congressman Charles A. Crow of Caruthersville Missouri underwent an operation in St Louis sacrificing one eye to save his remaining sight. Doctors removed his right eye and he probably will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Crow
Caruthersville
St. Louis
Laundress Will Gifts $20000 to Catholic Institutions
The will of Annie McNamara, a New York laundress who came from Ireland fifty years ago, leaves almost all of her $20000 in cash savings to Catholic institutions and clergymen, despite being regarded as poor by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie McNamara
New York
Ireland
Hyde and Chauffeur Jailed in Paris Over Taxicab Crash
James Hazen Hyde former Equitable Life vice president and his chauffeur Landice were sentenced in Paris to one month in jail and fines of 100 dollars and 30 dollars respectively for crashing into a public taxicab last October injuring a passenger. The offense follows a July law making flight after an accident a crime. Hyde is currently traveling in the Riviera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable Life
James Hazen Hyde
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Landice
Paris
Mr. Hyde
Lawice
Lalwice
Hyde
Riviera
Ex Secretary Metcalf Takes Over Union Savings Bank
Victor H. Metcalf former Secretary of the Navy assumes active management in Oakland California. He is elected vice president and general manager of Union Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metcalf
Victor H. Metcalf
Navy
Union Savings Bank
Oakland
Cal
Railways to raise Missouri passenger fares May first
The St Louis and San Francisco Railway instructs agents to implement a 2 4 cent rate basis for Missouri and Arkansas passenger fares starting May 1 with 3 cents for on train payments. This sets the maximum and minimum fare basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
St. Louis
Fires plague several sites as losses mount nationwide
The Mecklenburg Hotel at Chase City Virginia valued at 200000 and insured for 75000 was destroyed by fire. The Imperial Company fertilizer plant at Money Point near Norfolk Virginia burned, loss 125000 fully insured. Clayton New Jersey business district on the St. Lawrence River obliterated by fire with losses around 100000. The navy names a torpedo boat destroyer Monaghan in memory of Ensign John R Monaghan who died in Samoa in 1899. The Rocky Mountain coal tests proceed at Denver geological survey plant to curb fuel waste. The Massachusetts battleship recently left Brooklyn Navy Yard after two years inactive.
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Mecklenburg
Chase City
Vac
Massachusetts
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Imperial Company
Money Point
Elizabeth River
Norfolk
Rocky Mountain
Geological Survey
Denver
Col
Clayton
St. Lawrence River
Meyer
Navy
Congress
Monaghan
John Robert Monaghan
United States Navy
Samoa
Supreme Court upholds Hepburn commodities clause
The U S Supreme Court rules the commodities clause constitutional but interprets it as not forcing railroads to divest coal properties. It allows indirect ownership via mines and sales, ending the drive to force direct coal property divestment while hinting Congress could tighten the clause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Justice White
Lehigh Valley
Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Roads
Supreme Court
Mine Explosion Injures Seven at Arona Mine
An underground powder explosion 2000 feet deep in the Arona mine of Keystone Coal Co at Arona Pa seriously injures seven miners and causes panic among 200 others. Miners riding electric cars to work flee to the entrance. hospital care follows at Greensburg. Fulminite and forbidden powder were involved. a five pound can was reportedly smuggled and ignited by a trolley spark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arona
Keystone Coal Company
Greensburg
Cabanne Granted Divorce and Custody of Stolen Boy
J S Cabanne won a divorce from Minnie Leonard Cabanne Brandenburg and custody of their son taken to San Francisco by Broughton Brandenburg of New York. The default docket granted the relief with no defense offered. Mrs Cabanne claims a prior divorce in British Honduras before her marriage to Brandenburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Cabanne
James Shepard Cabanne Jr
Minnie Leonard Cabanne Brandenburg
Broughton Brandenburg
New York
San Francisco
Cabanne
British Honduras
Brandenburg
Erie and Western plans 5000 ton steel freighter Conemaugh
The Erie and Western Transportation Company, a Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary operating the Anchor Line, orders a 5000 ton steel package freight steamer named Conemaugh. She will be a sister ship to Wissahickan, placed in service in August 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie and Western Transportation Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Great Lakes
Coal Famine Hits Saskatchewan as Stocks Run Low
If the cold weather continues Saskatchewan faces a serious coal shortage. Principal dealers in Regina and Moose Jaw report stocks nearly exhausted and fifty orders were turned away in one day. Many farmers are burning fence posts due to fuel scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Regina
Moose
Trade shows steady progress amid stormy Chicago week
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade reports stormy weather delaying transport and outdoor work, but overall activity rising. April bank clearings show increased money use, aggregate discounts remain strong, and a decline in gross deposits due to withdrawals for investment and new enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dun’s Weekly Review of Trade
Trade outlook brightens with new coal pact and steady production
The report notes improved trade sentiment and a fresh three year contract on thracite, signaling stability for future growth. Naval stores stay near production costs while southern output slows. US business failures decline to 268 for the week ending April 29, with Canada showing 21 failures this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Market Prices From Across Cities Report
Trade figures list cattle hogs sheep and grains for Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati with price ranges for each item and location. Includes wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed reflecting regional commodity values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Chicago Sewers
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
Washington
American Association
Law
Milwaukee
Toledo
Paenes
Louisville
Kan. City
J. Paul
Hays
Timothy
Indianapolis
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Rae
Sence
X. Q. Py
William Mook
Aptain
Elks
Ohio
Sunol
Newton Square
Palo Alto
California
Leland Stanford
Electoneer
National Congress
Fallieres
Monte Carlie
Sum
Work of Congress
Daughter
J. Hazen Hyde
Suit
Big Lake
Crown
William
Pearl Withra
Lakewood
Atlanta
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