Harvard Crimson Chief Fabian Fall Dead by Self Inflicted Shooting
Fabian Fall a 21 year old Harvard Crimson president and Harvard Law School student died from a self inflicted gunshot in the South Armory equipment room. He left a note for his cousin Henry T. Allen and spoke to Armorer Fred H. Whiting before the act. Authorities reported a Colt Army revolver and immediate death with a bullet through the head.
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Fabian Fall
Harvard Crimson
Oxford University
Harvard Law School
Battery A. M. V. M
South Armory
Colt’s Army
Fall
Blue Army
Middleboro
Fred H. Whiting
Hotel Victoria
Beacon Street
Allen
Whiting
Back Bay
Magrath
Mr. Allen
Charles G. Fall
Cohasset
Dewey 10 Denied New Trial in Large Suit
Judge Sherman denied ex-Judge Henry S Dewey a new trial in his $75 750 000 suit against the Good Government Association executive committee. The ruling came as the judge was at his Vermont summer home.
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Henry S.S. Dewey
The
Good Government Association
Sherman
Vermont
New Two-Cent Stamp Approved for Hudson Fulton Celebration
Postmaster General Hitchcock signed an order to issue a new two-cent stamp commemorating the Hudson-Fulton celebration in New York State. The event runs from September 25 to October 9, with activities across the state.
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Washington
Hitchcock
New York State
Nantucket Veteran Town Crier William D Clark Dies at 63
Nantucket reports the death of William D Clark known as Billy the town crier. A Civil War era figure who cried news from battlefields for 48 years he served island residents until a year ago. He earned a nominal salary of 10 dollars for fires and announced steamship arrivals from the Unitarian Church tower with a loud horn.
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Nantucket
William D. Clark
Billy” Clark
Island
Mississippi
Unitarian Church
Stockholm Train Men Refuse Strike After Ballot
In Stockholm on August 17 a ballot of railroad workers showed a majority against joining the strike, marking what is considered the last move by strikers.
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Stockholm
Georges Picot Dies At 90 Head Of Academy Of Sciences
Paris reports the death of Georges Picot permanent secretary of the Academy of Sciences born in 1838. The aging scientist is remembered for his leadership and long service to French science and education.
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Paris
Georges Picot
Academy of Sciences
Persch Denied Higher Conspiracy In Vulgar Theft Case
Donald L. Persch, a young note broker, faced arraignment in New York for grand larceny over stock tied to F. Augustus Heinze. He refused to name alleged conspirators, bail remained at 50 000, case adjourned to Monday as District Attorney Jerome questioned Windsor Trust Company’s role.
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New York
Donald Ll. Perseh
F. Augustus Heinze
Jerome
Persch
Mulqueen
Court of General Sessions
Windsor Trust Company
M. M. Joyce
Heinze
Storm Wrecks Boston Schooner and Ties Up Coast Shipping
A dense fog and northeast gale kept passenger and freight boats in port along Boston harbors. Several vessels anchored or refused to sail, with the Arlington wreck near Long Beach and a gasoline launch grounding at Nantasket Beach. The storm disrupted telegraph service, flooded streets in Greater Boston, and delayed subway and rail operations across the region.
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Boston
New Jersey
Albany
Vermont
Maine
Revere
Winthrop
New England
Greater
Cedar Street
Roxbury
Columbus Avenue
Brook Road
Forest Hills
Stony Brook
Walnut Avenue
Cobden
Dennison
Seven Rescued From Arlington Wreck After 12 Hour Ordeal
Long Beach Illinois August 17 seven men clinging to the bowsprit of the three masted schooner Arlington of Boston were rescued after twelve hours at sea by the Long Beach life patrol. Captain Ira Small and crew endured cold exposure as James Brown the 12 year old cabin boy kept spirits by singing. One sailor Madden Pierson is believed lost after being swept overboard. The Arlington owned by John Emery Co of Boston carried 850 tons of coal bound for Mayport Florida and was beat onto a sand bar off Nassau Hotel. The life guards Benjamin Langdon and eight volunteers braved a deadly surf to reach and save the crew.
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Boston
Bay State
Eastern Steamship Company
Portland
Harvard
Metropolitan Line
New York
City of Bangor
Eastern Steamship Line
Bath
Camden
Bangor
Nacooche
Savannah Line
Savannah
Persian
Philadelphia
Powhatan
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Baltimore
T Wharf
Long Island Sound
Arlington
Long Beach
Nassau Hotel
Pierson
James Brown
John S. Emery & Co
State Street
IL. S
Ira
Small
Madden Pierson
Benjamin F. Langdon
Life Guards
Captain Langdon
Langdon
Mayport
Fla
Land
Barnegat
N. J
Captain Small
Josh” Billings
Billings
John& Emery & Co
Lowing
Fraternalists Elect Today at National Congress Session
Despite yesterday's storm a large crowd attended the National Fraternal Congress session at the Somerset. Officers will be elected today and the next meeting city for 1910 chosen with Detroit and St Louis leading contenders. Membership across five affiliated orders reached 3,296,590, a gain of 80,189 from 1907. Benefits paid totalled 559,559,330.02 since inception, with 45,521,623.84 spent last year. End-year in-force balance stood at 4,121,017,495 as lapses rose due to industrial conditions.
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National Fraternal Congress
Somerset
Detroit
St. Louis
Ma lden coal weigher's new short weight charge
Sealer of Weights and Measures William B. Dunn filed a second complaint against Diana Fay a coal company weigher alleging a short weight on a load for Manuel Simonds of Highland avenue. Fay previously faced a charge for short weight on a three ton load and was found guilty DMV Bruce fined 50 dollars she appealed.
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Malden
Sealer
William EB. Dunn
Diana Fay
Eastern Avenue Coal Company
Manuel Simonds
Highland Avenue
Bruce
Sealer Dunn
J. N. Williams
Eastern Avenue
Ferry Street
City Hall
Fay
Ex-Representative George H. Fall Ducked by Muddy Water
Malden August 17 Ex-Representative George H. Fall of Pleasant Street fell into a sub sewer near his home while helping autoists stranded in mud at a grade crossing excavation. He crawled out and escaped serious harm.
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Malden
George H. Fall
Pleasant Street
Cunarder Seeks Smaller Transatlantic Liner
The Cunard Steamship Company invites tenders for a new transatlantic liner to replace the Lusitania and Mauretania when they are laid up for repairs. Size details are not yet released but the vessel will be smaller than the two famed liners.
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London
Cunard Steamship Company
Lusitania
Mauretania
Delegates Named for Esperanto Congress
The secretary of state designates Herbert Harris of Maine and Edwin C. Reed of New York as U S delegates to the fifth international Esperanto Congress in Barcelona Spain from September 5 to 11.
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Washington
Herbert Harris
Maine
Edwin C. Reed
New York
United States
Barcelona
Spain
Heavy Snow Storm Hits Johannesburg in South Africa
The heaviest snow in years blankets Johannesburg with six inches by noon and the storm continuing. Authorities warn of travel disruption as the blast extends across the city.
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South Africa
Johannesburg
Heavy rain floods Melrose streets and washes away bridge
Aug 17 Melrose experienced one of the season’s heaviest downpours. Water choked catch basins, flooded cellars, and turned streets into riverlets. A wooden footbridge on Tremont street washed away and floated yards before grounding on a rise. The brook overflowed, flooding yards along its banks.
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Melrose
Tremont Street
Volunteers Aid Vessel Off Palmer's Beach During Storm
A two-masted coasting schooner anchored between Palmer's Beach and Bog Rock faced a threatening gale. Volunteers from the Massachusetts Humane Society rowed out in the life boat to assist the crew and secure the craft so it could weather the storm.
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Beach Bluff
Palmer’s Beach
Bog Rock
Union
Massachusetts Humane Society
Marblehead
Edgemont Steamer Seeks Shelter Amid Heavy Seas
Heavy seas and high winds on Long Island Sound forced the Joy line steamer Edgemont from New York to Providence to seek shelter at New London harbor. About 300 passengers were landed and sent to Boston by rail. The vessel resumed its voyage to Providence later in the day.
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Edgemont
Joy Line
New York
Providence
Boston
Famous Jerusalem rabbi Salant dies at 93 in Jerusalem
Cable despatch from Jerusalem reports the death of S1 Salant chief rabbi of the Ashkenazim in Jerusalem aged 93. Born in 1816 in Byerlostock Russia he aided Sir Moses Montefiore and led relief funds. He became chief rabbi in 1878 and served despite blindness from 1890.
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J H Morning Journal
Jerusalem
Salant
Ashbey
Byerlostock
Russia
Sundle of Salant
Sundle
Moses Montefiore
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Holy Land
Europe
England
Meir Auerbach
Rich cargo ship Queen Mary reaches Boston docks
The British steamship Queen Mary laden with 5800 tons of cargo arrived yesterday and anchored in the stream before securing a berth at Hoosac docks Charles Town. Boston consignments include 2806 ballots of mattress fibre 856 chests of shellac buffalo hides rubber goatskins and other goods from Colombo 6160 chests of tea. Captain R McKay reports sailing from Calcutta June 1 and Colombo two weeks later after severe monsoons in the Indian Ocean and rough seas. She took on bunker coal at Algiers July 30 and encountered fine weather across the Atlantic once en route to port.
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Bucknall & Sons
Thomas Dunlop
Glasgow
Hoosac Docks
Charlestown
Boston
Colombo
R. McKay
Calcutta
Arabian Sea
India
Gulf of Aden
Indian Ocean
Algiers
Atlantic
Lynnites Lose Finance Commission as Board Fails Full Confirmation
Lynn will not have a finance commission after the Board of Aldermen confirmed three of Mayor Rich's five appointments. Mayor Rich warned he would not fill vacancies if all were not approved, leaving no investigating committee to oversee City Hall finances next year. The confirmed members were Alexander HE Little as chairman, General Benjamin F. Peach, and Arthur Bogue, in votes of 10 to 1.
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Lynn
Board of Aldermen
Rich
City Hall
Alexander He, Little
Benjamin F. Peach
Arthur Bogue
Drowning Rescue On Sea Street Highlights Cottagers
E. J. Powers of Sea Street was saved from drowning by W. S. Slaumwhite in view of cottagers on Houghs Neck. Powers had secured a drag anchor yacht, but his boat drifted away. He swam against strong tide until Slaumwhite launched a rowing craft and recovered him before a second submersion.
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E. J. Powers
Sea Street
Hough's
W. S. Slaumwhite
Powers
Slaumwhite
Rough four hour drift off Boston Light ends in beaching
Captain Arthur Wood and Engineer Arthur Donovan of Cohasset endured a four hour drift when the Ruth 40 foot launch lost its gasoline engine off Boston Light. Anchors failed against a 40 mile gale and the craft was beached near Allerton with a Point Allerton life saving crew also suffering an engine failure while attempting rescue.
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Ruth
Cohasset
Boston Light
Nantasket Beach
Point Allerton
Massachusetts
Sumner
McClellan
Marblehead Harbor
Beverly
President Taft
White House
Marblehead
Meade
Half Way Rock
High Sea
Hull
Arthur Wood
Arthur Donovan
Allerton
Sparrow
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