Death in mail case shocks Dover and San Francisco
Mrs. W. H. Botkin is arrested in Stockton on a warrant from Dover charging complicity in the Dunning murder case. Poisoned candy sent through the mails caused the deaths of Mrs. J. P. Dunning and her sister Mrs. J. P. Deane. Botkin says two enemies framed her and concerns about forged handwriting and suspected ties to Paul Cowles surface.
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San Francisco
Aus
W. H. Botkin
Stockton
Dover
Del
Dunning
J. P. Dunning
J. P. Deane
Mr. Dunning
Jack Dunning
Ada
Deane
Old Tires Sale Price Advertised
An old tire sale listing notes prices at 15 cents and 25 cents per tire, indicating clearance or discount offers.
Dunning Refuses to Disclose Murder Details
John P. Dunning releases a signed statement on the arrest of Mrs. Botkin for the murder of his wife and sister in law. He says he will testify in Delaware court and notes Paul Cowles and several others are not connected. He expresses regret over public mention of Mrs. Orbaley, longtime friend of Mrs. Dunning.
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New York
Orbaley
Mother dies amid war fears as son fights at Santiago
New York reports tell how Mrs. Kane died in a fevered vigil for her son Thomas J. Kane who enlisted against her will to join Sixth Cavalry. Despite forgery claims, he went to war and fought at Santiago while she sunk into dementia waiting for news.
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New York
Thomas J. Kane
Sixth Cavalry
Trenton
N. J
Florida
Thomas Kane
Kane
Camp Wikoff
Tom
Peace commission lineup to decide fate of the Philippines
The president names William Day Cushman Davis William Frye Edward White and Benjamin Tracy to the peace commission. The panel will determine policy on the Philippine Islands while await Senate ratification and a formal instruction note.
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Washington
Peace Commission
William R. Day
Canton
McKinley
Ohio Bar
Cushman K. Davis
United States
Minnesota
Foreign Relations Committee
William P. Frye
Maine
House of Representatives
Senate
James G. Blaine
Edward Douglass White
Louisiana
United States Supreme Court
James G. Pustis
Louisana
Benjamin F. Tracy
Navy
New York
Harrison
Philippines
Frye
Justice White
Mr. Tracy
Crwwr
Davis
Philippine Islands
Fireman Rose Injured In City Fire Alarm
Driver Joseph H. Rose of Hook and Ladder 1 was thrown from his seat answering a box alarm at Cross and North streets. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with severe injuries after the third floor blaze at 38 Fulton Street, a furniture firm address of J Williams & Bro. Water damaged 38 Fulton and adjacent building, with losses near 2000.
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Joseph H. Rose
Hook and Ladder 1
Cross
North Streets
Massachusetts General Hospital
Fulton Street
J. D. Williams & Bro
Syracuse Hurricane Closes In On City Structures
A hurricane struck Syracuse at 12 20 PM causing extensive damage. Factory roofs were blown away and three Lakeside Railroad power house workers injured by a collapsing wall, with Carl Dingen possibly fatally hurt. A Fiske factory worker may have died after being blown from a roof. Church of the Assumption roof and statue were displaced, lodging in a cellar.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Lakeside Railroad Company
Carl Dingen
Fiske
Church of the Assumption
Sloop Whit Mate Arrested After Cheek Shot
John Olsen, 47, mate of the sloop Whit, was arrested by Station 6 officers for shooting John A. Johnson, captain of the sloop Mary A. White, in the right cheek. The Whit rested at Bradford's wharf on Albany Street. a quarrel aboard led to the incident. Dr Dowling treated Johnson, who was kept at the station as a witness.
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John Olsen
Whit
John A. Johnson
Mary A. White
Bradford's Wharf
Albany Street
Johnson
Dr. Dowling
Merchants Manufacturing Announces Two Weeks Shutdown
Notices posted in Fall River say Merchants Manufacturing will shut down for two weeks starting Monday morning. The halt will suspend 125,000 spindles and idle 1350 employees, with weekly payroll totaling about 8000 dollars.
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Fall River
Merchants’ Manufacturing Company
Scientists At Play In Salem Excursion Day For Researchers
Members of the American Association of Scientists abandoned papers to tour Salem and nearby sites. Exhibits included the metropolitan water works in Clinton, Pacific Mills Print Works, Arlington mills, Russell paper mills, and a large boat and rail excursion to Salem with leaflets and guided tours. Two illustrated lectures in Huntington Hall followed, detailing water and transit systems.
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Jack
American Association of Scientists
Salem
Metropolitan Water Works
Clinton
Oakdale
Desmond Fitzgerald
Metropolitan Water Board
Chemical Branch
Lawrence
Pacific Mills
Arlington Mills
Russell Paper Mills
Union Station
W. S. Nevins
FE. O. Foster
Old Town
the Willows
New England
Rantoul
Essex Institute
Hawthorne
Huntington Hall
H. H. Sprague
The
Water Board
George G. Crocker
Rapid Transit Commission
Boston Waif Arraigned Over Vagrancy Charge
John Franklin an 18 year old of 16 Brighton street Boston was arraigned in the West Side Police Court on vagrancy charges. He stated he came to New York with a boy named Lazarus who lured him here. Lazarus had $25 but deserted Franklin. Franklin wandered the streets and was arrested Thursday and placed in Gerry Society care awaiting investigation.
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New York
John Franklin
Brighton Street
West End
Boston
West Side
Franklin
Lazarus
Gerry Society
Germans hiss emperor at Schuetzen Park fest
A New York crowd at the Plattdeutsch Fest in Schuetzen Park cheered Dewey Sampson Schley Merrit Miles Hobson and other war heroes and hissed the German emperor when his likeness appeared on stereopticon views. German Americans showed disapproval with continued cat-calls until the image was removed.
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New York
Schuetzen Park
Dewey
Sampson
Schley
Merrit
Miles
Hobson
Germany
Sharon Man Dies From New York Hartford Wreck
Charles H. Frye of Revere dies at City Hospital from injuries in the Sharon wreck on the New York New Haven Hartford line. He was bank cashier and Revere selectman. His wife Mrs. Mattie Frye and Mrs. Edgar L. Bristol of Winthrop also died. Funeral plans shift to bury husband and wife together. Railroad reports expected today blame the express crew.
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Charles H. Frye
Revere
City Hospital
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Sharon
Mr. Frye
Frye
Central National Bank
Boston
Mattie Frye
Edgar L. Bristol
Winthrop
Railroad Commission
Express
Curzon's New Baby and Viceroy Appointment
London reports the Curzon family welcomed a new baby yesterday. Mr George Curzon, viceroy designate of India, plans to travel to Calcutta with Mrs Curzon in December to relieve Lord Elgin as viceroy next year. Curzon will rest to regain health seen as the main drawback to the appointment.
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London
George N. Curzon
India
Calcutta
No Quebec Meeting Planned by Arbitration Commission
Aug 14 report states the joint arbitration commission did not meet today. American and Canadian commissioners are drafting procedures and will reconvene tomorrow to compare notes. No details of the committee's work will be released to the press until its task is complete to avoid premature hearings.
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Quebec
Joint Arbitration Commission
Woodward Silent About Sixth Massachusetts Troubles
Colonel Woodward recently resigned as commander of the Sixth Massachusetts Infantry has halted public comment on the army dispute. He claimed a signed written statement exists but refused to release it, amid Governor and Adjutant General guidance. The Governor's office indicated no statement was issued and Woodward may await General Garretson's report.
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Woodward
Sixth Massachusetts Infantry
Dalton
Colonel Woodward
State House
Garretson
Post
Woodwhard
Wakefield
M.V. M
Miners Strike at San Quentin Mine in Ciudad Real
About 2000 miners at the San Quentin mine in Ciudad Real province went on strike. Forty gendarmes have been ordered to the scene to prevent trouble. Authorities expect the dispute to be resolved quickly.
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Madrid
San Quentin
Ciudad Real
Intruder Routed by Two Nurses at Mercer County Hospital
In Trenton on August 24 two Mercer County Hospital nurses chased a bearded intruder from a dormitory room using a lamp and a coal shovel. The man fled through the hall and was later arrested on suspicion. The nurses notified the physician, who termed the incident excessive charity.
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Trenton
Mercer County Hospital
Long
Mrs. Vanderbilts Dinner Musicale in Newport Awe
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt hosted a grand Breakers dinner musicale in Newport. The event marked the resume of her beloved entertainments after Mr. Vanderbilt’s illness with the Rough Rider orchestra in period costume providing a vivid war time touch. The New York firm rushed to supply uniforms, earning warm applause from the fashionable Newport colony.
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Newport
R. J
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Breakers
Volunteer Service
Rough Rider Orchestra
National Air
Musicale
Carrie Manning Hypnotized Disappears. Mother Reports Illusion
Carrie Manning 17, daughter of Mrs Anna Manning of 6 High Street Brooklyn, vanished Sunday afternoon and is allegedly under a hypnotic influence by a woman named Sarah. The girl is said to be in a Concord Street Brooklyn home, with the mother hoping she is returned today.
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New York
Carrie Manning
Anna Manning
High Street
Brooklyn
Sarah
Carrie
Mrs. Manning
Coney Island
May Vokes Buys a Dog at Hotel Gerard
New York August 24 May Vokes plans a canine role for her show The Cuckoo. A public ad seeks the ugliest dog possible and hotel staff protest a dog invasion as she preps for a performance in midtown Manhattan.
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New York
Miss Vokes
Cuckoo
Gerard
Forty-fourth Street
Kidis
Picketines
Spanish to be taught in Chicago schools says new superintendent
Chicago Aug 24 Spanish will be added to the list of studies taught in the Chicago schools if Dr E Benjamin Andrews the new superintendent has his way He also favors the annexation of the Philippines Andrews says when Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines come under U S control rich new business fields will open to young men of Chicago He regards Spanish as essential now as German and French
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Chicago
E. Benjamin Andrews
Andrews
Philippines
Cuba
Porto Rico
Peace Terms and Philippine Questions Face Davis Mission
Sen Cushman Davis arrives in Washington to join the peace commission and confers with President and Secretary Day. The talks focus on Philippines control and treaty issues as the panel begins preliminary work. Davis declines to discuss war questions or state opinions.
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Washington
Cushman K. Davis
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Spain
White House
Philippines
Davis
State Department
Secretary Day
Peace Commission
Foreign Relations Committee
Porto Rico
Cuba
Plaza Furniture Sold at Auction in Hot Heat
A large crowd gathered at the Hotel Plaza for a crowded furniture auction. Shrewd buyers, especially women, filled the 12% rooms as bidding rose from the lower floors to the fourth floor where better parcels sold. The sale was not completed by night’s end.
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Mercury
Hotel Plaza
Family Tragedy At Grossman Crossing In Virginia
A fatal Atlantic Coast Line collision at Grossman crossing near Petersburg Virginia claimed the lives of J P Cowdrey his wife and their young son. The buggy was struck when the horse ran wild at the crossing as a Richmond to Petersburg train approached. All three occupants died instantly.
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Petersburg
Atelantic Coast Line
Grossman’s
J. P. Cowdrey
Chesterfield County
Richmond
Pawned Pillows and a War Era Divorce
Adolph Osmont, a sword swallower, and his wife Ellen faced financial strain after the war. They pawned feather pillows to raise four dollars for a rabbi to grant a divorce. After leaving, they reconciled and asked for their money back. the rabbi refused, and Magistrate Brann set a summons for tomorrow in the Essex Police Court.
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New York
Adolph Osmont
Ellen
Osmonts
Osmonds
Brann
Essex
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Tracy
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Scientists AT Play
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Colonel
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