President urges speed on Isthmian canal reports
President at Oyster Bay tells consulting engineers to report as they ought not as he wants, urging maximum safe speed in deciding the canal plan. He seeks comprehensive results for congressional review, avoiding technical bets on lock or sea level options. In the afternoon, Cromwell testified about personal gains from syndicate operations totaling about 25,971 dollars over five years involving Mufti Lite and others.
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Washington
Oyster Bay
Congress
Cromwell
Mufti Lite
Per
Illinois subway plan links city projects to cracks and hazards
Chicago reports by the Illinois Tunnel company show subway work causes street and building settlement in the downtown. Many proposed connections are abandoned due to danger. The special engineering committee finds no safe universal plan feasible for all connections. Mrs. Adolphuser burned in oil can explosion. She dies after severe injuries and her husband, away in Phoenixville, is advised on property and child care.
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Chicago
Lllinois Tunnel Company
Hadea
Ft le
Adolphuser
Wires Taken Out From Race Tracks
Western Union directors approve discontinuing horse racing news distribution. Messages will be filed at regular offices and race track wires abandoned. Iowa League of Municipalities opens in Burlington with 60 plus cities represented and eighteen laws cited as significant by the last session.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company Today
Iowa League of Municipalities
Burlington
Iowa
Iowa State League
Citiey
Strike Ebb in Freight Handlers Union Talks
Chicago September 13 executives of the freight handlers union met to review railroads general managers’ replies to a ten percent wage increase demand. Negotiations appear possible as leaders report some managers are willing to enter talks. Bangor Maine September 18 surviving members of the Thirty-first Maine Volunteer Infantry hold their annual reunion at Beale post today. Fifty members remain from last year’s sixty six. A planned social program features community singing and concerts.
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Chicago
Nhlog
Thirty-First Maine
Bangor
Maine
Thirty-first Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
BH. H. Beale
Cyclades
Confesses Horrible Crime After Thirty Years Silence
Long article fragment reports a chilling case. Charles Herzig allegedly confessed to raping and murdering Lizzie Grambacher after decades of wandering. The piece also covers New York Life Insurance Company investigators discussing syndicate accounts and profit sharing with bankers.
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New York
Frederick A. Shipman
New York Life Insurance Company
Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
Hughes
Mr. Shipman
New York Life
Thien
Shipman
West Wisconsin Methodists Meet in Madison
The West Wisconsin conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opened in Madison with over 200 ministers and lay members in attendance. The five day session will elect and assign pastors for the coming year. A lay men's meeting is scheduled for Friday and notable church leaders from across the country attend the event.
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Wia
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Minteieré
Duchess to Visit Former Home in New York Trip
The Duchess Marlborough travels with his eldest son to New York from London and plans a stay of about two weeks at Brookhall near Westbury. She will attend the New York horse shows and is linked to Meadow Brook through family ties, with Newport connections fading.
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Ducaere - Marlborough
Marquis of Blandford
New York
Brookhall
Oliver H. P. Belmont
West
Dury
L. L
Newport Villa
Marble House
Conauely Vanderbilt
America
Mere
Belmont
Meadow Brook
Newport
Weetbury
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs Opens Annual Meeting
Delegates from Maine women's clubs gathered in Houston on September 1 to attend the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs convention. Mrs. George C. Fryety, federation president, opened the meeting and will deliver the annual address. Mrs. N. D. Gordon will speak on the federation’s role and the club's role within it. A reception was planned in the delegates' honor as the five day session began with discussions on constitutional amendments.
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Houston
Varios
Maine
Maine Federation of Women's Clube
Cha
Houston Women’s Club
Thin Town
Zanteation
George C. Fryety
Federation
Anekion
N.D. Gordon
Mothers’ Club
Renfield
Homor
Seaskin
Bartion
Admiral To Go Not In Mikasa Loss Headlines
Washington December 13 The Bureau of Naval Intelligence cites advices from the American naval attaché at Tokyo. The Mikasa disaster leaves 256 dead and missing with 348 wounded. Admiral Toso was not aboard when the incident occurred.
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Mikasa
Washington,d. C
Bureau of Naval Intelligence
Toklo
Toso
James J Jeffries To Arrive Sunday For Event
President W H Greer of the fair association received a telegram from James J Jeffries asserting he will be there positively. The missive, sent from Albuquerque New Mexico, aims to quell rumors that Unity Champion might fail to come, and confirms Jeffries plans for Sunday arrival.
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James J. Jeffries
Claimed Interview With the President Debunked
A Paris correspondent reports that a claimed interview with the president about terms of peace with Japan was fabricated and groundless. The president's secretary denied the interview and termed the report wholly untrue and dishonorable.
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Prewideny Roosevelt
Hhy
Usala
Japan
Perit Variejen
Poris
Mr Lord
Gaston Richart
Paris
Investigating the Williams Shooting
Phoenix dispatch reports Lieut Wheeler of the Arizona Rangers completed a formal inquiry into the shooting of Native Ranger Neill. Neill confronted a saloon patron who fired as officers closed in, wounding but not killing him. the investigation notes possible arrest delays but cites no charges against the ranger. The piece then shifts to Kansas City cattle market results with mixed prices for variety of cattle and hogs.
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Phoenix
Lieut
Wheeler
Arizona Rangers
Willan
Neill
Aswure
Joey
Bia
Tiny
Neill Het
Iter
Nell
Diamonds in Kentucky: Prospect Shines Light on Rich Veins
Dr Pritchard disputes typhoid diagnosis of Baron Komura as medical debate erupts at a New York luncheon with President Roosevelt. Diamond prospector David Draper reports Kimberlite near Isom Creeches in Kentucky and predicts possible diamond bearing deposits, estimating $100000 for exploration and two years to finish. He cites potential for large, cost-effective mining versus South Africa.
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Hia
Japan
Leon
W. B. Pritchard
David Draper
Kentucky
Isom
Creeches Creeks
Elliott County
South Afric
Draper
Transvaal
South Africa
Eee
snc vetes w/v
Jacob Levy's body recovered after duck hunt tragedy
The body of Jacob Levy, a Las Vegas stock broker, drowned in Kroenig's Lake while duck hunting, was recovered late Monday afternoon after being in the water for about forty eight hours. The funeral was held that afternoon at the Jewish temple in Las Vegas, Rabbi M Lefovita conducted the services.
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Jacob Levy
Las Vegas
Kroenig
Las Veas
M. Lefovita
WAR VETEDANS PLAN TO AMALGAMATION MEET
Altoona Pa September 13. Hundreds of veterans from eastern and western divisions of the American Veterans of Foreign Service gather for a joint convention. They arrange business for merging into one organization with a preliminary session tonight. Main general meeting follows with plans for amalgamation and a big Lakemont park open air celebration on Saturday.
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Altoona
American Veterans of Foreign Service
Frobsinn
Veen
O.ders
Lakemont Park
Writ of Mandamus Issued by Arizona Court
Arizona Territory Attorney General Clark announced that Associate Justice Campbell issued an alternative writ of mandate to the boards of supervisors and clerks of Pima Graham Mohave and Yavapai counties. They must show cause why they should not accept the territorial board of equalization's increased valuations of patented mines. The writ is returnable September 27, the day the supreme court meets in Phoenix.
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Clark
Tucson
Campbell
Boards of Supervisors
Pima
Graham
Mohave
Yavapai
Territorial Board of Equalization
Supreme Court
Sixty Injured as Trailer Car overturns near Glenbridge
Pittsburg Sept 13 sixty passengers injured nine seriously when a trailer attached to a car in the Homestead division of the Pittsburg street railway near Glenbridge overturns this morning due to defective brakes. The trailer dragged a distance before the motor stopped. Officials expect all injured will recover. Horse Trader Charged With Horse Stealing El Paso Sept 13 T B Milton a horse trader arrested by Deputy Constable Chris charged with horse stealing. He allegedly took a horse from M Lo at Vinton NX M and sold it to a party at San Angel. Milton admits handling such a horse but says he bought it from a man in New Mexico.
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Pittsburg
Homestead Division
Pittsburg Street Railway
Glen Bridge
el Pano
T. B. Milton
Chris
Sly
M. Lo
Vinton
San Angel
Milton
New Mexico
American Smelting Co Shows Big Dividends
New York reports the American Smelting Company yearly results ending April 30 with net earnings of 8,898,000 dollars. Dividends declared and paid were 6,000,000 dollars, yielding a revenue figure of 1,250.40 per share over the prior year, indicating strong profitability and investor confidence.
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American Smelting CO
New York
American Smelting Company
Chinese Return to Manchuria Homes After War
Lidziapudse Manchuria Sept 18 Chinese return to old homes amid devastation yet express joy in peaceful labor. Reports say Japanese disbanded Chinese bandit groups. Atlantic City NJ Sept 13 New Jersey State Firemen convention opens with 100 delegates debating a caucus for vice president nomination per executive committee.
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Lidziapudse
Manchuria
Russia
Japan
It Ie
New Jersey Firemen
Atlantic City
N. J
New Jersey State Firemen’s Association
Governors Speech Tours North Claims NC State Trade Value
Concord Sept 13 Governor Green of North Carolina arrives with distinguished visitors to speak at the Concord fair and to address the Winchester business group, then to Vermont and Maine meetings before Boston. Also notes statue plans for Queen Alexandra in Hong Kong and a Berlin cholera update with fifteen new cases and four deaths.
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N. Hy
Uis
Governor Green
North Carolina
North Carolin
Concord Business Met
Association of
Jon
Alexandra
George Bo Wade
Hong Kong
Edward
Wales
Kong
Berlin
Obon
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