Surgeon removes Countess Telfener's brain in rare operation
London reports Sir Victor Horsley performed a groundbreaking yet perilous procedure on Countess Telfener, removing the entire brain nerve to end decades of neural agony. The patient survived, pain subsided, and she shows remarkable health with plans for a rest in the countryside as envoys visit New Hampshire.
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Telfener
John Mackay
Victor Horsley
England
American
Sir Victor
Baseball scores from American games listed
In American baseball results New York defeated St Louis 14 to 4. Detroit beat Philadelphia 9 to 3. Chicago won 7 to Boston 4 in a rain interrupted eleven inning game. Cleveland won 9 to 4. Boston defeated Pittsburg 8 to 0 while Pittsburg edged Boston 2 to 0 in a separate game. Cincinnati routed Brooklyn 18 to 0. New York 0 Chicago 4 and Boston 0 Pittsburg 0 are incomplete entries.
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Chicago
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
St Louis
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Distinctly Pessimistic Feeling at Portsmouth
Portsmouth August 7 Distinct pessimism marks the start of Russian Japanese peace talks observed by many in Portsmouth New Hampshire The European observers sense doubt as preliminaries surround negotiations The town prepares for the plenipotentiaries with a naval storehouse and nearby business activity along the procession route.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Potesmouth
Wuorll
Flying Train Crashes Into Street Car in Cleveland
A Pittsburg flyer on the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad crashed into a street car in Cleveland Ohio last night. A child was instantly killed six people were fatally injured five seriously and ten slightly hurt. The accident followed a derail alert and failed to prevent the front of the car from being struck as the car carried about forty passengers with few escaping unharmed.
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Pittsburg
Cleveland and Pittsburg
President Busy With Correspondence at Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay Aug 7 The president spent the day clearing up a large backlog of correspondence since Friday and received no visitors. Attorney W B Kenworthy of Oskaloosa, a Republican speaker in the last campaign, was stopped by secret service near Sagamore Hill and turned away when seeking social chat with the president during vacation.
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Oyster Bay
Kenworthy
Oskaloosa
Sagamore Hill
Secret Service
Secreary Barnes
Triple Wedding at Barton in Catholic Church
In Barton Wheeling West Virginia Rev Father McEachen joins three couples in a single ceremony. Two grooms are brothers and two brides are nieces. All are Polish and a multi day feast and dance followed the weddings.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Father McEachen
Barton
Yachting Week Opens With King Present
Yachting week begins in Cowes with dull weather as top American and British yachts compete. The King attends as a social feature marking the event.
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Cowes
Aged Woman and Granddaughter Cremated
Dallas reports a fatal house fire on Elm Street this morning leaving Mrs. Taylor aged 60 and her granddaughter Ella aged 12 dead.
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Taylor
Ella
Elm Street
Rioting Strikers and Weeping Women Clog New York East Side
August 7 New York reports rioting among strikers and Hebrew bakers across the Lower East Side. Police clash with crowds as bread prices rise with Kosher bakers doubling costs. Two pound loaf climbs from five to ten cents and rolls from five to ten cents.
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East Side
New York
Lower East Side
Harlem
Hoboken
Liberty grows in soil wet of blood in Boston unrest
Boston police report a two week roundup of Italians suspected of anarchist teaching with authorities claiming no members remain in the city. An Italian Lt Rosatto helped drive out suspects from North End neighborhoods as unrest linked to a planned relocation of the organization’s headquarters.
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Rede
North End
Thay
Rosatto
No.1
Lynn
Italien
North Square
Paterson
N. J
New England
The
Anarchists of
Lyon
Fever Situation Will Soon be Well in Hand
New Orleans August 7 Citizens believe the fever situation will soon be well in hand now that the United States Marine Hospital service is in absolute control Fifty additional doctors are being sent there and the fight against the disease will be conducted under Surgeon General Wyman Archbishop Chappelle's condition is unchanged he is resting easy and fever about the same with hopes for his ultimate recovery No further trouble is likely between rates as fair quarantine regulations are being enforced.
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New Orleans
United States Marine Hospital Service
Wyman
Archbishop Chappelle
Escaped Injury Only to Die of Fright in Hanover
Mrs Enmaport Fiddler of Heidlersburg area and her three children were returning home when their horse ran away. The 90 year old daughter Lottie stood on the vehicle axle and was frightened as the horse stopped. The child collapsed and died within minutes. authorities say death due to fright.
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Enmaport Fiddler
Heidlereburg
Lottie
Methodist Bishop to Nurse Fever Patients
Jackson Aug 7 Bishop D Galloway of Jackson the leading Methodist figure in the south leaves for New Orleans to nurse yellow fever patients.
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Jackson
Miss
D. Galloway
Jeckeun
Methodist
South
New Orleans
Forger John Etheridge Arrested After Fraud Tour
Catekill New Jersey August 7 John Etheridge aged 24 in jail here charged with forgery. He is wanted by police in Asbury Park Long Branch Scranton and Dover for defrauding hotel owners and clergymen after preaching a good sermon and stealing a fine watch.
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N. J
John Etheridge
Asbury Park
Long Branch
Scranton
Dover
Cummins Presidential Boom Launch Report
A Dover clergyman identified a man as an Episcopal priest who visited the rectory on a recent Sunday and claimed church credentials. He preached to the rector’s congregation, then stole the pastor’s gold watch before departing. Etheridge is expected to be taken to New Jersey tomorrow.
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St. John’s Church
Dover
Himelf
Episcopal Church
Brooks
Etheridge
New Jersey
Council Discusses Fire Protection Plan and Staffing
In regular session the city council approved an ordinance to add five more ploys in priest er parts and empowered the fire chief to select ten men for a regular fire company. The measure aims to improve protection and reduce costs with scheduled attendance at events.
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All Steel Passenger Cars for Electric Roads
Pittburg Pa Aug 7 The Press of Steel Car Company has broken ground at McKee Rocks for a large plant to construct all steel passenger cars mainly for electric roads. Previously the firm made steel freight cars but tests show steel coaches can be lighter than wood, more durable and fireproof.
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Pittburg
Press of Steel Car Company
Bones of Cholera Victims Unearthed in Hill District
In Pittsburg on August 7, workers uncover four graves from 1852 cholera outbreak era. Negro residents panic as discarded bones and mold-covered coffins are found during sewer work in a forgotten graveyard. Health officials study disposal options.
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Pittsburg
Hill District
Troops Suppress Pillaging Peasants in St Petersburg
A torpedo boat damaged by officers returns to St Petersburg amid reports of disloyalty to the government. A martial is to fix responsibility for engine tampering as peasants ravage estates of rich owners, looting valuables worth a hundred thousand dollars and prompting troops to suppress the unrest.
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St. Petersburg
Tamboff
Revenue Cutters to Maintain Quarantine
Washington August 7 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Tryses ordered the revenue cutters Forward Hamilton and Seminole to Gulfport Mississippi to join the Wisconsin in maintaining quarantine Captain W B Rosse left Washington tonight for New Orleans to assume charge as chief of the revenue cutter service
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Secetary of the Treasury
Tryses
Revenue Cutters
Hamilton
Seminole
Guifport
Miss
Jin
W. B Rosse
New Orleans
Revenue Cotter Service
Fire insurance placed in fee companies by BE Easley
BE H Easley arranges fire insurance placement with fee companies. The notice highlights his role in securing coverage and directing policy arrangements.
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BE. H. Easley
Friends form Cummins clubs to back 1908 bid
In Des Moines Aug 7 friends of Gov A B Commins announced a drive to back his Republican bid for president in 1908. Cummins supporters begin by organizing Cummins clubs in Nebraska to win its delegation. Samuel Pennon starts the Kimball Neb club with plans for more, while Shaw is seen as a potential rival who might be defeated at home by Cummins tariff and freight rate platform.
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Desa Moines
Iowa
Friends
A. B. Commis
Cummins
Nebraska
Samuel Pennon
Kimball
Nebr
Dr Kunst Cleared by Hospital Board in Weston Exoneration
The West Virginia Hospital for the Insane board exonerated Dr A H Kunst after a thorough inquiry into charges raised by Dr Matt Holt and Thomas R Horner. The investigation ran from Thursday to Saturday noon, examining the institution from garret to cellar and interviewing staff and some inmates.
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A. H. Kunst
West Virginia Hospital
Weston
Matt Hol
Thomas R. Horner
Knowet
Board of Direetors
Kunst
Negro Beats Woman to Death Near Alli sonia
Petecy Miller, a young mulatto woman, was killed Sunday near Alli sonia in Pulaski county by a man named Robert Bowles. He escaped after the deed. They quarreled on a public road and Bowles beat her head severely with a tant instrument. He left her and told others she was sick. Local tension among negros is high and Bowles is feared to receive no mercy if caught.
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Petecy Miller
Allisonia
Pulaski County
Robert Bowles
Bowles
Miller
Child Drowns After River Accident at Wilsons Home
Sunday afternoon Janie Wilson age three fell into the Radford division river near Siger and drowned. Playmates alerted her parents and nearby men searched for two hours, locating the body several hundred yards downstream from the fall site.
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Charles Wilson
Siger
Radford
Janie
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