Bank Robbery Shocks London Banking World
London crime scene unfolds as London and Westminster Bank loses a large parcel of country drawn bills. Authorities estimate losses range from 750000 to 1250000 pounds. Scotland Yard and police centers across Britain and the Continent mobilize to trap the thieves and recover funds.
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London
London and Westminster Bank
Lothbury
B.C
London and Westminister Bank
William Astle
H. F. Billinghhurst
Scotland Yard
British Isles
Continent
England
United States
International Congress opens in Berne on work accidents
The International Congress opened in Berne to discuss workers accidents and employer liability. Four Americans were among arriving delegates as M. Droz welcomed participants and urged insurance deliberations. Papers outlined German and US models and calls for labor bureaus, with debates on indemnities and administrative efficiency.
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Berne
International Congress
M. Droz
Switzerland
Congress
M. Gruner
United States
M. Bedenheimer
Berne State Council
Germany
M. Bodenheimer
Alsace Lorraine Passports Regulated by Imperial Decree
Strasnena Sept 21 An imperial decree updates passport rules for Alsace Lorraine entering. After Sept 1 passports will be required only for active service military men ex-officers and pupils of foreign military schools and men who lost German nationality before service. A visa will be granted gratis. Foreigners staying beyond twenty four hours must notify police or face expulsion.
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Strasnena
Alsace-Lorraine
Reichsland
Morleypredicts Liberals to Face Tories in 1906
John Morley spoke at Cambridge predicting the next general election will be a straight Liberal versus Tory contest with no dissident Liberal party. He critiqued Conservative claims on foreign policy, Ireland peace, and Egypt occupation, calling Irish land purchase bill destructive and noting skeleton status of local government and free education bills.
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John Morley
Great Britain
Berne
China
United States
France
Germany
Spain
Trafalgar
England
London
South American Steamship Company
Chile
Lonxpox
Cambridge
Ireland
Egypt
Ferguson made Postmaster General of England in Sept
Sir James Fergusson Bart political Secretary of the Foreign Office is appointed Postmaster General to fill the vacancy caused by Henry Cecil Raikes. A by election in Northeast Manchester will occur in October. Fergusson has a long record including Grenadier Guards service, home department tenure, and governorships of South Australia New Zealand and Bombay. He has four children from his first marriage and one from his second.
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London
James Fergusson
Foreign Office
Henry Cecil Raikes
Manchester
James
Charles Prestwich Scott
Grenadier Guards
Inkermann
Crimea
Home Department
South Australia
New Zealand
Bombay
England
Edith Christian Ramsey
Olive
John Henry Richman
Gorst outlines plan on land question in England
Sir John E Gorst, political secretary of the I La Office, in an interview discusses the English land question. He warns that without action the people may demand land tenure reforms and suggests allotments and soil interests to curb emigration and strengthen conservatives. He says he is studying rural laborers and small farmers to form a definite policy.
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London
John E. Gorst
I»la Office
Trafalgar Survivor Louie Cortizny Receives Czar's Thanks
In Paris on September 21 the aged Louis Cortizny, sole Trafalgar survivor, aged 100, sent a telegram to the Czar praising Franco Russian friendship. The Czar replied from St. Petersburg on September 19, thanking the brave survivor for his sentiments and confirming eternal friendship between France and Russia.
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Paris
Louis Cortizny
Trafalgar
Russia
France
St. Petresburg
the Czar
Giers
United States Pork Hopes For Austria Import Lift
Vienna reports United States Minister Colonel Fred Grant expressed hope that American pork products will soon be admitted into Austria and Hungary. He noted no definite action until Parliament meets later in the season but said official correspondence points to an early and satisfactory settlement of the issue.
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Vienna
United States
Austria
Fred Grant
Grant
Hungary
Spain Faces Flooded Town and Influenza Epidemic
A hurricane worsened flood damage in Con suegra Spain as many weakened houses collapsed overnight. An influenza epidemic has struck Badajos with over 2000 severe cases and fears of wider spread. London charity groups announce a 210 pound subscription to aid flood relief and guildswill contribute.
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Maprio
Consuegra
Spain
Badajos
London
Corporation of the City of London
Presidential Guests Visit Lynn and Local Electric Works
Mrs Benjamin Harrison and Mrs McKee travel with baby McKee to Lynn to visit Charles A Coffin and the Thomson Houston Electric Company. They will tour the electric works, dine at Nahant Street, and greet locals, marking the first presidential wife visit to Lynn. The party spent a quiet day at Woodland Park Hotel with limited public contact.
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Specian
Benjamin Harrison
McKee
Baby McKee
Charles A. Coffin
Boston
Mr. Coffin
Nahant Street
Washington
Jackson
Polk
Ninton
Woodland Park
Watertown Sets 70 Percent Admission Rule for High School
Watertown officials vote 6 to 1 to admit only pupils with an average of 70 percent in four required subjects for high school entry. Parochial applicants favor four advanced studies, notably algebra, sparking debate on exams, specialty tracks, and balancing public and parochial schooling with equal opportunity.
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Watertown
Deverley
Post
Monahan
Father Stack
Scenes On The Border Race For Town Lots Opens
Crowds flood the streets as cowboys settlers and homesteaders mix in a free for all event. Lawless stakes loom with guns whiskey and gamblers in town as trains bring hopeful migrants and officials depart toward the county seats. Hotels shops and newspapers strain under the sudden population surge and workers join the fray.
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Martin
Chandler
Steel
Tecumseh
Watertown controversy sparks Boston School Board views
Boston School Board members were interviewed to gauge their stance on Watertown admission policy. Samuel B Capen urged a single standard for admission to the high school, arguing there should be no preference for parochial or any other students and that admission must rest on passing the required examination. The debate touches on education over religion or politics.
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Boston School Board
Watertown
Post
School Board of
Samuel B.capen
Unitarians Begin Fourteenth Biennial Conference at Saratoga
The fourteenth biennial conference of Unitarian and other Christian churches opens in Saratoga at the Town Hall Half with 1600 to 2000 attendees. Devotional exercises are led by Rev. Joseph May, music by Rev. H B Spaulding, and an address by Rev. R A Armstrong discusses Unitarian growth and orthodoxy drift. The program includes a communion service and installation of president George William Curtis, with resolutions in memory of Justice Miller.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Unitarians and Other
Christian Churches
United States Hotel
Joseph May
Philadelphia
H. B. Spaulding
Boston
R. A. Armstrong
Liverpool
England
The
Modern Review
Ef, E. Hale
George Batchenlor
Justice Miller
United States Supreme Court
George William Curtis
Will contest voided in Salem probate court judge rules
In Salem on September 21 Judge Harmon set aside Bridget Linskey’s will after hearing evidence she died April 25 at age 80 following April 22 pneumonia. The will drawn by her spiritual adviser Father Collins left $100 to Collins and to two priests, $100 to a Grey Sister, a sister’s bequest, and the residue to nephews and nieces. Contest argued lack of sound mind and conflict of interest of the adviser. Attorneys P J McCusker and D W Quill appeared.
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Salem
Harmon
Bridget Linskey
Father Collins
Father Gray
P. J. McCusker
D. W. Quill
White Mountains trip chosen by Ancient and Honorable Artillery
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company met at Faneuil Hall and voted to visit the Fabyan House in the White Mountains on the first Monday of October for fall field day. About 250 members attended led by Commander Captain J Henry Taylor. Some favored a Halifax steamer trip, but the White Mountain excursion prevailed and a Sept. 28 meeting will settle tour details.
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Charles J. Haskins
Charles E. Cummings
Revers House
Salem
Bridget Linskey
The
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
White Mountains
Watertown
Faneuil Hall
Fabyan
White Mountain
Yeast Company Closed Up in New Haven
Counsel for Adolph Woolner of New York an officer of the Old Colony Distillery have filed for the appointment of a receiver for the Atlantic Yeast Company. Formerly controlled by Old Colony owners the yeast business was bought by the Ileischman Yeast Company and the receiver is sought to close the firm.
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New Haven
Conn
Adolph Woolner
New York
Old Colony Distillery Company
Atlantic Yeast Company
Old Colony
Ileischman Yeast Company
Steamers Arrived at Atlantic Ports in Sept Weather Record
A list of steamers arriving and departing across Atlantic ports with dates in September. Names include Bowden Jamaica to Boston, Dubbledam Amsterdam to New York, Europe London to New York, Lord Clive Liverpool to Philadelphia, La Touraine New York to Havre, Monte Videau London to Montreal, Martell New York to Kal, Corin Montreal to Glasgow, Kehrwieder Boston to Hamburg, Numidian Montreal to Liverpool, Martello New York to Hull, Colina and Corean Montreal to Glasgow, Lawen Philadelphia to Savona, Wakefield Newport News to Havre, Ethelrede Baltimore to Dunkirk, Garlands New Orleans to Dunkirk, Palmas Baltimore to Antwerp, Aller Bromo from New York.
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Bowden
Jamaica
New York
Dubbledam
Amsterdam
Europe
London
Philadelphia
Lord Clive
Liverpool
Havre
la Touraine
Father Point
Monte Videau
Montreal
Spurn
Martell
Kal
Malin
Corin
Glasgow
Bremen
Eider
Savona
Lawen
Wakefield
Newport News
Dunkirk
Ethelrede
Baltimore
Garlands
New Orleans
Antwerp
Palmas
Aller
Bromo
Nero in New York Last Evening at Garden Theatre
Richard Mansfield presented the five act tragedy Nero by T Russell Sullivan at the Garden Theatre New York Sept 21. The piece followed Nero’s last day from the Suburra to Phaon’s villa with conspirators and Charis. Mansfield’s acting noted as uneven yet dignified, with the play praised for its strong writing and execution despite some monotony in the early scenes.
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New York
Sreetan
Mansfield
T. Russell Sullivan
Garden Theatre
Boston
Nero
Suburra
Rome
Phaon
Grembo
Sylvanus
Acte
Ade
Vero
Lysias
Charis
Datus
Jembo
Menacrates
Gremo
Locusta
Messalina
Brittanicus
Menocrates
Mencerates
Cesar
Peppaea
Aete
Poppaea
Sylva
Nus
Thim
Aris
Steist
Beeside
Casar
Golden House
Menac
Galva
Spain
Iaon
Caesars
Caesar
Acie
Suetonius
Bill Nye's Play The Cadi At Union Square Aired
New York September 21 Special to the Post William Nye's first bid for dramatic fame with The Cadi at Union Square gains little as action is lacking though much of the dialogue is witty. Thomas L. Seabrook shines in the role of Bill Nye and Nye's post performance speech draws a mild burst of applause.
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New York
William Nye
Union Square
Wagner
Thomas L. Seabrook
Bill Nye
Nye
TARDY ARRESTS FOR LABOR DAY RIOT AT ROCKY POINT
Fay River reported James Casey and Thomas Curley arrested for participating in a Labor Day riot at Rocky Point. They will be sent to Warwick for trial.
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Fay River
James Casey
Thomas Curley
Rocky Poin
Warwick
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