SCHOONER SINKS IN FOGLINE COLLISION WITH FREYA
The Gloucester Maass Maggie and May schooner, captained by Erick Mc Cathran, was run down and sunk by the German schoolship Freya sixty miles southeast of Halifax in dense fog. Eight crewmen drowned, four survived. The Freya, unscathed, aided survivors and remained nearby before steaming to Halifax.
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Halifax
Gloucester
Maas
Maggie
May
Erick McCathran
Freya
Haas
McCathran
Mass
Koch Wentzel
Lunenburg
N. S
United States
Wilbur
Essex
George Dennis
Madetra
Parker to the Rescue. First Aid in Near-Fatal Runaway
In San Luis Obispo on August 10 Judge Alton B. Parker of New York aided victims of a runaway wagon during a survey. A. A. Mills wife and daughter, David Oliver and daughter were injured as the team bolted overturning the survey. Parker leaped aboard, checked the reins, and helped free the wrecked occupants before transporting them to the Mills home.
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San Luis Obispo
Cal
Alton B. Parker
New York
A. A. Mills
David Oliver
Mr. Oliver
Miss Mills
Mrs. Mills
Mr. Mills
Judge Parker
Delancey Nicholl
Mills
Thaw gives brief jail statement on bankruptcy claims
In a county jail cell Harry K. Thaw comments on bankruptcy due to lawyers claims. He notes about $417,500 paid by him and $105,000 to Hartridge through his mother, plus $25,000 to Delmas, with Delmas’ expenses under $1,000 included in a $20,000 detectives and sundries charge.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
O'Reilly
Stone
Pittsburg
Hartridge
Two Boys Drowned Near Inver Grove Slough
In St Paul a fifteen year old Alvin Hartin and a seventeen year old Albert Motz drowned after swimming together in Bartons slough four miles below Inver Grove. Motz’s sister reported them missing. Frank Chadrema found both bodies after about an hour, in fifteen feet of water near each other. The cause of death remains unknown.
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St. Paul
Alvin Hartin
Albert Motz
Barton’s Slough
Inver Grove
Motz
Frank Chadrema
Railway project formed to link Des Moines and Council Bluffs
Representatives from Pottawattamie and Shelby counties organized a stock company at Trenor to finance a Des Moines to Council Bluffs railway with an authorized capital of 1,000,000. The Metropolitan Trust Company of Chicago reportedly handles the financial end of the project.
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Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie
Shelby Counties
Trenor
Des Moines
Metropolitan Trust Company of Chicago
Illinois primary returns show Stevenson leading Democratic governor race
Early results indicate Adlai E Stevenson easily leads the Democratic gubernatorial ticket while Adlai Stevenson remains far ahead in the Democratic governor race. Republican returns place Deneen with a growing lead in Chicago and Cook County, with Yates pressing in elsewhere. Hopkins, Foss, and Mason trail in the senatorial endorsements as figures trickle in from outlying counties.
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United States
Albert J. Hopkins
George E. Foss
Charles 8. Deneen
J. G. Oglesby
F. L. Smith
James A. Rose
J. H. McCullough
Andrew Russell
William H. Stead
Supreme Court
Christopher D. Mamer
Chicago
Cook County
Hopkins
Mason
Foss
Stringer
Denesen
Deneen
Yates
Adlai E. Stevenson
James Hamilton Lewis
Cook
Pepvia
Lavanty
Demeen
Eneen
American Fleet Receives Grand Welcome in New Zealand
Admiral Sperry and officers arrive in Auckland for official Australasian reception. Prime Minister Ward, Lord Plunket, and New Zealand officials hail Roosevelt and blood ties. Crowds fill streets. gifts include inscribed albums and illuminated addresses. Luncheon hosted by Mayor Meyers. officers later feted at clubs.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Admiral Sperry
Australasian
Joseph George Ward
Dominion
Sir Joseph
Roosevelt
Lord Plunket
New Zealand, To Which Admiral Sperry
Queen Street
Arthur Meyers
Meyers
Prohibition Candidate Chafin Rescued by Boys at YMCA Pool
Lincoln Neb Aug 10 Eugene W Chafin presidential candidate for the Prohibition party was pulled from eight feet of water in the YMCA pool by three boys after he mistook the depth for shallow water. He sank and was rescued as onlookers watched.
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Lincoln, Neb
Eugene W. Chafin
Knitting Mill Destroyed in Jonesville Fire
Jonesville South Carolina August 10 The Jonesville Knitting Mill was completely destroyed by fire with losses estimated at 350060 dollars.
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Jonesville, S. C
Jonesville
Democratic campaign finances discussed at Chicago meeting
In Chicago on August 10 the Democratic national committee leaders debated raising funds for a three month campaign. Governor Haskell and Colonel Wetmore gave cautious progress reports and expected a $500,000 target though no sum was fixed. They stressed funding from ordinary people and planned a finance committee session to pursue money. Bryan’s election was the stated goal with calls for volunteers to manage the effort.
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Chicago
Mack
National Committee
Charles N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Moses C. Wetmore
St. Louis
Millard F. Dunlap
Illinois
Haskell
Colonel Wetmore
Bryan
Wetmore
Finance Committee
Priest Killed in Auto Accident Near Sylvania
In Toledo Ohio an automobile plunged over a steep embankment on Mitchaw road two and a half miles west of Sylvania killing Father George Vahey pastor of Columbhill’s parish Cleveland and Charles W Pohlmann a Cleveland importer and merchant tailor instantly. Mrs Pohlmann Florence and F C Dietzel survived. Father Vahey, age forty eight, ordained in 1887, was a well known priest.
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Toledo
Mitchaw Road
Sylvania
Charles W. Pohlimann
Cleveland
George Vahey
Columbhill’s
Charles W. Pohlmann
Florence
F. C. Dietzel
Pohlmann
Father Vahey
George J. Vahey
Governor Attacks Bracken County Officers and Night Riders
Governor Wilson charges Bracken county judge and county attorney with oath disregard amid Night Riders sympathy. He vows immunity to those resisting lawless intimidation as he pledges action to protect residents. In New York, Bertha Hood is killed by her boarder Ernest Seibe who then wounds her infant daughter and fatally wounds himself.
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Frankfort
Bracken County
Willson
New York
Bertha Hood
Brooklyn
Ernest Seibe
Manhattan
Seibe
Woman Charged in Chetek Shooting After Husband Taunts
In Chetek Wisconsin on August 10 Cora Rupple forty shot her husband Louis Rupple in the stomach with a revolver amid taunts that she menaced by a hired man. The wound may prove fatal.
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Chetek
Wis
Cora Rupple
Louis Rupple
Automobile Fatalities Hit Logansport Couple
In Logansport Indiana on August 10 Levi Weaver a farmer died in an automobile crash. His wife and the gunman were probably fatally wounded.
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Logansport
Ind
Levi Weaver
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PHY
Austin
Minn
Nels Michelson
Prop
Austin Daily Herald
Parker
Thaw
New Railroad
Iowa
Adlair E. Stevenson
Dem
Ilinois
Lawrence B. Stringer
F. A. Perry
X. F. Beidler
Ralph Jeffries
J. B. Mount
R. C. Hall
Prohibition
Kentucky
Geo. Morgan
Herald Office
Maple St
Interstate
Chas. F. Lewis
Kye
Austin National Bank
House
Nicke
Electric Theatre
Maureks
the Peoples Store
Sic
Crater
Cooka Ceva
Maurek
Maurer’s
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