Balloonist Maloney Survives Fall At Barnstable Fair
At the Barnstable county fair a balloon ascent by Professor Maloney ended when gas escaped and he fell two thousand feet striking a cedar fence post. He lay semi conscious before being rushed to his hotel. physicians say he is not badly injured and will recover. Governor Curtis Guild joined the crowd at the scene.
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Barnstable
Mass
Barnstable County Fair
Maloney
Curtis Guild
Barnstable Center
Fairbanks Delivers Quiet Stopovers on Western Golf Tour
Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks, a 1908 Republican contender, travels through Las Vegas and Albuquerque en route to the Grand Canyon. Aboard a delayed Santa Fe train, he declines politics citing a vacation, while mining men and local crowds greet him warmly amid rain and travel delays.
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United States
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Las Vegas
Grand Canyon
Californi
Trinidad
No. 1
Carr M. Clark
Thompson
Bethesda
Wabash
Silver City
Vicw
N. M
Albuquerque Journal
Dwe
Wasp
Castaneda
Mr. Fairbanks
Gowl
John Morrow
Jme
Studley
Raton
View
Neely
Ian
Vie
Fairbanks Career and Creel Banquet Highlight California Dinner
MitchbPshire Ob THE CARRE OF PALTERIANIKES notes Fairbanks born in Uplen ville Center Ohio educated at Ohio Western University and admitted to the Ohio bar. He rose to Indiana politics and served in the Senate and on the bland joint high commission. Creel Mexican ambassador attended a Los Angeles banquet hosted by EF L Doheny with about forty Angelenos and several prominent Mexicans present.
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Uplenville Center
Ohio
Ohio Western University
Delaware
Indiana
Senate
Mekhintey
Los Angeles
Cal
Rener Enrique Creel
United States
EF L. Doheny
Mexican Petroleum Company
Woman Lived Over a Century in Springfield
Mrs Mary J. Boughchan born in Dayton Ohio died today at age 195 in Springfield Me Her long life spanned multiple eras and she is remembered for remarkable longevity in this obituary style notice
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Springfield
Mary J. Boughchan
Dayton
Ohio
Salt River Reaches Record Flood Stage After Rain
Salt River at Phoenix Ariz has hit its highest flood stage in years due to mountain rains. No serious damage reported yet. Telegraph and telephone lines to upper river towns have been out for 24 hours, cutting communications to monger.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Salt River
Hotel man shoots wife then kills himself in New Jersey
Robert Gravatte, 47, proprietor of a Newark area hotel and a store owner, shot his wife Trete during dinner in the hotel dining room, seriously wounded their nine year old daughter who intervened, and then killed himself amid domestic trouble.
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Owan Grove
SN J
New Jersey House
Robert &, Gravatie
Trete
Gyravatte
Giravatte
Kavatte
Aebury Park
Bubonic Plague Breaks Out in San Francisco
San Francisco, Cal, August 29 nine bubonic plague cases have been found since June 18 with seven deaths. Federal authorities have sent a marine surgeon and quarantine officers inspect coasting weasels while health officers urge there is no cause for alarm.
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San Francists
Cal
Government Pairs SPE to Spamp Out Dish West Washington
Government actions aim to stamp out plague spread. Reported August 29 shows nine cases since August 12, with two aboard visiting ships and the rest in the county hospital and city areas. Quarantine officers on the Pacific coast instructed to inspect vessels from San Francisco and fumigate ships arriving from that port.
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Washington
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
San Frangisco
Disinfection Efforts Escalate in San Francisco
State board and Public Health and Marine Hospital Service coordinate vessel disinfection for outbound ships. San Francisco authorities plan an active disease campaign with experienced officers. The Surgeon General dispatches two Washington officers and permits additional medical staff. The Revenue Cutter Service assists as part of the effort.
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Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
San Francisco
Philippines
Board of Supervisors
San Franccisco
Washington
Revenue Cutter Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Canada Seeks Limits on Japanese Immigration
Ottawa reports ongoing talks with Japan over a yearly immigration cap for Canada. Current plan targets around 500 to 600 arrivals annually, but Honolulu shipments have skewed totals. Tokyo notes new emigrant law provisions will apply to ships bound for Canada starting September, aiming to safeguard emigrants without reducing overall numbers.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Dominion
Canada
Honolulu
Tokio
Hawaii
South America
Army Canteen Favored by Generals Across Departments
United States army reports call for restoration of the army canteen. Generals Greely Grant and Purstonbacking the canteen, with support from the Judge Advocate General and other department leaders. Also notes Rome rumor of Prince George Greek engagement and Cardinal Nello resigning to become a Carthusian monk in Lisbon.
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New York
United States Army
General Greely
Department of the Columbia
General Grant
Department of the East
Line Army
Frederick Purston
Department of California
Home
Cardinal Nello
Lisbon
Sacred College
Courier Journal Office Fire Threatens Destruction
Jamesville Kentucky August 30 fire rages at 1610 hours in the Courier Journal office. Entire Louisville fire department fights the blaze as flames threaten adjacent property. Officials fear total destruction of the building though most employees are reported safe.
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Courier Journal
Jamesville
Courier-Journal
Baseball standings and scores from today's games
In the American League Cleveland defeated Chicago 4 to 1 and Detroit won 4 to 1 against St Louis. Washington beat Boston 3 to 2 while New York and Philadelphia were 3 to 3. In the National League Houston topped Cincinnati 3 to 2 and Philadelphia shut out Pittsburgh 3 to 2. Brooklyn won 6 to 5 over an opponent, while Omaha beat Lincoln 6 to 2 in Western League play. Des Moines tied Sioux City 6 to 6 in another reported contest.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Washington
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Omaha
Lincoln
Dee Moines
Pirat
Vee Moines
Sioux City
Des Moines
Quebec Bridge Disaster Claims Dozens of Workers
A section of the St Lawrence river bridge near Quebec collapsed at 5 20 pm trapping ninety workers on the structure. At least sixty bodies recovered with sixteen more found by evening and eighteen injured taken to hospital. eight survivors at Point Levis hospital. The Phoenixville bridge company and the Quebec and Montreal Ridge company oversaw the sub contract work. The crash sent girders crashing and cables snapping, with water spraying over the steamer Glenmont as rescue boats searched the wreckage.
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Quebec
St. Lawrence
Point Levie
Glenmont
Fust
Uwe St. Lawrence
The
Gulf
Phoenixvilie Ridge Company
Penneylovania
Quebec and Montreal Ridge Company
Point Lawvie
Quebec Bridge
Phoenixville Bridge project advances toward 1909 completion
Subsidies were granted by the dominion province and city for the Phoenixville Bridge work. The project cost was estimated at ten million dollars with the Phoenixville Bridge company of Pennsylvania employing a large crew on both riverbanks.
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Dominion
Phoenixville Bridge Company
Pennsylvania
Court enjoins rate raise in west railroads and express firms
Chicago August 29 Judge Kohtsaat of the United States circuit court issues a temporary injunction against fourteen western railroads and five express companies barring a September 1 new rate on shipments of cream milk and butter. Creamery companies of the middle west filed the action claiming a collective rate fix would ruin creameries. Lincoln Nebraska August 29 Civil Engineer Edward T Remer states the capital for the proposed railroad from northern Nebraska to the Gulf of Mexico is practically secured.
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Chicago
Kohtsaat
United States
Circuit Court
Western Railroads
Express
Middle West
Lincoln
Neb
Edward T. Remer
Nebraska
Gulf of Mexico
Springfield hotel clerk pleads guilty to burglary
John Hillerman a Springfield hotel clerk known as Jeykill Hyde pleads guilty in police court to burglary. Mary Connelly admits complicity though pleads not guilty. Hillerman held for grand jury after detailing night break ins with Connelly as accomplice, both described as the couple Me and Mrs W H Green.
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Springfield
Mass
John Hillerman
Jeykill-Hyde
Real Fe
Mary Connelly
Hifferman
Conenolly
Hillerman
Hilferman
Woman Found With Throat Cut in Corn Field
The body of Mrs. Gertrude Hicks, wife of farmer Isen Hicks, was found in a Paria, PL corn field yesterday with her throat cut from ear to ear. She and her husband were last seen together as they went to the fleet to pick cucumbers. Hicks' coat and hat were found near the body, and he has disappeared after a quarrel was reported.
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Paria
Gertrude Hicks
Isen Hicks
Mere
Hicks
Beks
Socialistic Sympathy Resolutions Adopted at Congress
The international socialist congress adopted a anti military resolution urging resistance to armaments and, if war is inevitable, to exert efforts for a speedy end. A second resolution expressed sympathy with William D. Haywood after his Idaho acquittal.
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Stuttgart
Herr Babel
International Socialistic Congress
William D. Haywood
Idaho
Brokers Demand Presidential Intervention In Telegraph Strike
Chicago brokers on the board of trade sign a petition urging President Roosevelt to settle a nationwide telegraph strike. The Dallas governor joins Texans appealing to keep telegraph services as common carriers, while AP general manager Melville Stone reports excellent service with new telegraphers filling posts.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Dallas
Tex
Chapp
Telegraphers’ Union
Campbell
Texas
Davidson
Mexico
Austin
New York
Western Union
Postal
Melville BE. Stone
Associated Press
Lords Clash Over Bills Amid British Parliamentary Turmoil
London notes that few king promised measures reach statute book as the Lords block key bills including Irish council and education reforms. Asquith Haldane and Churchill rally liberals to press the issue during recess while Burns food bill passes, and reforms like criminal appeal court and small holdings advance. Joseph Chamberlain’s absence shapes opposition.
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London
House of Lords
Herbert Asquith
Home Secretary
Richard B. Haldane
Winston Churchill
Court of Criminal Appeal
England
House of Commons
Joseph Chamberlain
Kaufman Knocks Out Mike Schreck in Seventh Round
San Francisco reports Al Kaufman defeated Mike Schreck of Cincinnati in the seventh round. Schreck dropped and was counted out after Kaufman landed a decisive blow. Referee and physician reviews found no foul struck.
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AL. Kaufman
Mike Schreck
San Francisco
al. Kaufpian
Cincinnati
Kaufman
Rehreck
Behreck
Pittsburg Dwellings Menaced by Landslide
Pittsburg a landslide threatens Port Vue suburb as hundreds of foreigners flee. Houses on Scott street lean, chimneys sink, gas and water mains burst, and the street shifts toward a railroad cut. Three hundred workers struggle to halt the encroaching earth.
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Pittsburg
Port Vue
Scott Street
Lake
Fire Threat Wipes Out Homes in Hakodate Loss Put at Fifteen Million
Yokohama dispatch reports Hakodate fire devastating about fifteen houses leaving many homeless. Estimated losses reach fifteen million dollars as the blaze ravages the city. Meantime Buffalo prepares for McKinley monument dedication on September 5 with civic and military honors.
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Japan
Hakodate
Mechkiniey
Buffalo
N. Y
H. M. Buter
McKinley Monument Commission
Niagara Square
Hughes
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