Doctor McClinton Struck Down by Rocky Mountain Fever
Dr. Thomas B. McClinton of the public health and marine hospital service, who spent the summer combating Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Bitter Root valley Montana, has contracted the disease and is being rushed to Washington for treatment. He remained at his post during the height of danger, and it is believed he contracted the illness during laboratory work. The fever exists only in America and has puzzled scientists.
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Washington
Thomas B. McClinton
Public’ Health ‘and Marine Hospital Service
Rock Mountain
Montana
McCintoe
Rocky Mountain
America
Guthrie attempts self harm in Chicago jail cell
Jacob Foy Guthrie, a school teacher and noted burglar who stole about 250 000 dollars in valuables from Chicago homes, set fire to himself in his county jail cell. Guards pulled him away and he was severely burned and hospitalized.
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Chicago
Jacob Foy Guthrie
Guthrie
Wright
Eagles Pick Brennan as President at Cleveland Convention
William J. Brennan of Pittsburg was elected president of the Order of Eagles at the national convention in Cleveland Ohio August 19.
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Eagles
Cleveland
William J. Brennan
Pittsburg
The
Order of Eagles
Racers in Narrow Escape at Lake Michigan
The Baby Reliance II hydroplane plunged bow first to the lake bottom at nearly 60 miles an hour during tuning for a speed contest in the Chicago water carnival. Two men aboard escaped drowning by narrow margins.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Emigrants Rescued After Baltic Sea Collision Averts Panic
Seven hundred forty emigrants bound Bremen to Canada are cared for aboard the Dutch ship Juno after the collision of the Frankfort and the Barmen off Rotterdam. The Frankfort and Barmen suffer major damage. no lives lost, aid from Juno and another vessel prevented panic. The Frankfort’s 460 aboard are towed to port. both ships face weeks before sea readiness.
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Holland
Bremen
Canada
Juno
Frankfort
Barmen
Frankfurt
Taft Vetoes Wool Tariff Bill Again
President Taft vetoes a wool tariff revision under the Payne Aldrich law for a second time in a year. He urges Congress to pass a substantial duty reduction while preserving protection, arguing the House Senate compromise would harm domestic wool industries and workers. He signals likely vetoes of steel cotton and excise tax bills.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
House
Senate
United States
White House
Tariff Board
Carmen Force Crisis in Chicago Street Railway Strike
In Chicago on August 10 the Carmen's International Union demands an immediate wage increase. A first conference with Chicago Railways Company officials led by John M. Roach and Williston Fish yielded no statement. President Mahon reiterated the ultimatum and insistence on an immediate wage answer.
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Chicago
W. B. Mahon
Carmen’s International Union
John M. Roach
Williston Fish
Chicago Railways Company
Mr. Roach
Mahon
Bar Harriman in Bribe Case
Judge Hutton sustained the defense objection to impeach Harriman in Darrow bribery trial. Court ruled minister’s statement implying Harriman knew of the Times disaster plot beforehand was improper.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Hutton
EB. A. Cantrell
Joh.Harriman
Clarence S. Darrow
Harriman
Times
Inquiry into Possible Violation of International Etiquette
Government probes if Sayville wireless station near New York harbor falls under Lodge resolution and radio-communication bill. Navy and Commerce departments investigate, following a New York Yacht Club member's notice of a foreign owned tower near Sayville.
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Sayville
L. L
New York Harbor
Navy Department
Department of Commerce and Labor
Senate
United States
House
Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Col. James B. Jackson to Retire After 40 Years of Service
Col. James B. Jackson of Kentucky, son of Gen. James S. Jackson killed at Perryville, will retire on his own application after a career spanning the Indian, Cuban, Alaska, Porto Rico, and Philippine campaigns. He graduated from West Point in 1877 and last served with the Twenty-fifth Infantry at Fort Lawton, Washington.
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Washington
James B. Jackson
Jackson
Kentucky
James S. Jackson
Perryville
West Point
Alaska
Porto Rico
Philippines
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Fort Lawton
Wash
Strike Ends In Chicago Streetcar Tie Up
Chicago workers suspend streetcar strike until August 16 after union leaders reach a truce with traction officials. Presidents Roach and Busby will travel east to confer with the companies’ financial heads as wage demands remain unresolved.
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Chicago
Roach
Busby
Theodore Roosevelt Westward Tour Planned for September
A telegram to Progressive leaders in Portland indicates Theodore Roosevelt will begin a far western trip in September. A tentative date of September 12 is proposed for Portland with final itinerary to be arranged in New York next week.
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Portland
Ore
Theodore Roosevelt
0. K. Davis
New York
Roosevelt
Organize a New Party Nominates Ticket in Denver
Democrats who bolted the county assembly and delegates displeased with the state assembly joined in Denver to nominate a complete state and county ticket under the banner Progressive Democrat. Each candidate will run on the primary ballot by petition.
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Denver
Colo
Democratic County Assembly
State Assembly
English aviator lands on Thames in hydro-zeroplane
London august 12 aviator McLean an English birdman flew from East Church London in a hydro-zeroplane and made a sensational landing in the Thames river. It was the first time any aviator landed on the Thames and thousands crowded the bridges to watch the finale of the stunt.
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London
McLean
East Church
Thames River
Thames
Panama Bill Cleared Senate In 47 To 15 Vote
The Panama canal administration bill passed the Senate 47 to 15, banning railroad owned ships from canal use and allowing a one man government after completion. It includes free tolls for American ships and amendments on interstate commerce and anti trust rules.
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Washington
Senate
Smith
Georgia
House
Reed
Senator Reed
Missouri
Bourne
Interstate Commerce Commission
Panama Canal
U. S
Gallagher Dying in Trenton Hospital Two Years After Mayor Gaynor Shooting
James J. Gallagher, the assailant who shot Mayor Gaynor aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, is reported dying in the New Jersey state hospital in Trenton. A physician says he is in advanced paresis and unlikely to live long while serving a 12 year sentence for the crime. Gallagher was moved to the hospital from the state prison in January due to weakened condition. Friday marked the second anniversary of the shooting.
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Trenton
N.J
James J. Gallagher
Gaynor
New York City
Gallagher
Senator Smith proposes plan to end congressional adjournment
Senator Mark Smith of Arizona unveils a new plan to force an early adjournment by abolishing the Congressional Record. He says if speeches are made they should be printed by hired reporters.
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Washington
Mark Smith
Arizona
Congress
Detroit Names Chadsey New Public Schools Superintendent
Charles E Chadsey of Denver was elected superintendent of Detroit public schools by the board of education and immediately announced his acceptance of the post. The appointment marks a leadership change for the city school system.
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Detroit
Charles E. Chadsey
Denver
Board of Education
Liv
Warship on Shoal Damages Nebraska and Connecticut
The battleship Nebraska ran on an uncharted shoal near Newport Rhode Island and may be out of commission, with Boston navy yard to dock for examination. The flagship Connecticut also broke its starboard crank shaft and sails to Philadelphia for repairs, Admiral Osterhaus reports.
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Washington
Nebraska
Newport
R. 1
Boston Navy Yard
Connecticut
Philadelphia
Osterhaus
Navy
Point Judith
L. I
Navy. Department
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Mississippi
Kaiser Visits Mine Victims After German Disaster
Emperor William and Prince Henry visited Garth coal mine survivors and families in Chou m Germany Aug 10. One hundred bodies recovered eight miners remain missing presumed dead two injured died overnight. Krupp centenary festivities at Essen canceled as a mark of respect.
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Cochum
Germany
Emperor William
Prince Henry
Prussia
Garth
Essen
Krupp Iron Works
William
First recall petition case ends as petitions deemed insufficient
In Rock Island on August 13 attorneys for defendants in the Circuit court petitioners for the recall of Mayor Harry M. Schriver and Commissioner Archie M. Hart confessed the petitions were insufficient and withdrew, ending the first recall test under Illinois commission form law. Fewer than one third of signatures attached were genuine.
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Rock Island, Tl
Harry. M. Schriver
Archie M. Hart
Coal Prices to Rise Amid Expected Scarcity
New York August 13 coal dealers forecast a domestic coal shortage with chestnut and stove coal prices likely rising to eight dollars a ton or higher.
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New York
Seven Italians and one Negro die in Sing Sing electric chair
Ossining Aug 13 Seven murderers were executed by electric chair at Sing Sing in the largest one day batch since the method began. The group included six Italians and one African American, all convicted in the Mary Hall murder case or related crimes.
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N. Y
Sing Sing
John W. Collins
Lorenzo L. Cali
Salvatore de Marco
Filipo de Marco
Angelo Giusto
Vincenzo Oona
Joseph Ferrone
Taft Commutes Lomax Death Sentence to Life In DC
President Taft commuted the death sentence of Mrs. Mattie Lomax, who is described as a Black woman, to life imprisonment after finding reasonable doubt on premeditation in the 1910 shooting of her husband in Washington. The execution had been scheduled for Friday, and Lomax would have been the second woman hanged in the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Mattie Lomax
Taft
Lomax
District of Columbia
Surratt
Abraham Lincoln
Strike Near in South Railroads as Macon Vote Signals Walkout
A near universal strike looms among conductors trainmen and yard men across the Southern railroads with Macon workers leading the push. Nineteen roads south of Ohio and east of the Mississippi are affected. The wage demand is an average raise of about thirty percent potentially costing over four million dollars yearly.
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Macon
Southern
South
Ohio
Mississippi
Schley Widow Pension Plan Adopted in Senate
Washington August 13 The senate agreed to a compromise providing a pension of 100 a month for the widow of Admiral Schley. The senate approved substituting the Bourne plan for the house parcels post proposal based on a system of eight prices for the house parcels post provision.
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Washington
Senate
House
Admiral Schley
Train disaster near New York tunnel averts mass casualties
More than five hundred passengers aboard the Boston Express, the Bankers' Special of the New York New Haven and Hartford line, narrowly escaped death when a high speed tunnel crash at 35th Street and Park Avenue derailed eight coaches. The baggage car ignited after contact with the third rail, firemen aided evacuations, and officials called the escape miraculous amid a late midnight run from Boston.
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New York
Boston Express
Bankers
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway
35Th Street
Park Avenue
Boston
House May Quit Saturday After War Vessel Vote
Washington reports Majority Leader Underwood hoping to adjourn by Saturday if the president does not veto the legislative bill. Democrats united on a battleship program, with a caucus planned to approve a one battleship compromise. Senate approved a road funding plan with joint committee to study highways and $5,000 for expenses.
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Washington
Underwood
House
Clark
Padgett
Naval Affairs Committee
Senate
Beef Cheaper Next Winter Promised By Secretary Wilson
Secretary Wilson said the 1910 corn crop would top 2.8 billion bushels, the third largest in U.S. history, helping reduce beef prices next winter. He warned cheap meat from a decade ago won’t return, while oats, hay, and other crops would be harvested in abundance and cotton near average.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
United States
Honor Squad escape rattles Lima prison camp
Thirteen Ohio penitentiary inmates of the honor squad escaped from the Lima prison camp and terrorized the city. Ten were captured. three remained at large as searches spread across northern Ohio. The escapees raided saloons stole liquor, turned drunk, and fought locals before most were recaptured while recovering from intoxication.
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Lima, O
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio
Sudden 25 Degree Temp Drop Stuns Tampa Weather
In Tampa on August 13 a rapid squall caused a 25 degree fall in 30 minutes. The thermometer dropped from 94 as the sun shone to a much cooler level within half an hour, creating an unprecedented local temperature swing.
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Florida
Tampa
Fla
Weather. Bureau
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