Electric train to run 90 to 100 miles an hour tested
A Lynn Massachusetts electrical firm builds a three car train for Illinois trials planned to reach 90 to 100 mph with a third rail system and twelve 120 horsepower motors. Officials claim the electrically welded track makes derailment unlikely and safer operation despite high speeds. A separate item notes a government course tug passing milestones at 2 knots, and Henry Kohlhassa, New Orleans mint chief weigher, committed suicide.
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New York
Lynn
Mass
Illinois
Iinois
American fatally attacked while walking in Paris danger zone
An American named Victor Evandale, about 40, claimed to have lived ten years in the western U S without a weapon, but was found strangled in the glacis near Maison Blanche after leaving a cafe. French witnesses warned of danger from Grenelle to Montrouge after 10 p m. Evidence suggests possible misidentification as English, with ties to Texas.
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New York
Francis
Matin
Paris
Victor Evandale
United States
Evansdale
Evandale
Maison Blanche
Grenelle
Montrouge
Texas
Roosevelt Tour Through New England Opens in Hartford
President Roosevelt travels from Hartford to Willimantic delivering a carriage address and receiving hearty cheers. He urges federal supervision of large trusts and hints at a constitutional amendment if needed to curb combinations. A floral horseshoe from Hartford workers decorates the engine.
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Conn
Roosevelt
John T. Robinson
Hartford
New England
Senator Platt
Connecticut
Providence
Preparing for the King Berlin Visit by Italy’s Victor Emmanuel
Berlin authorities deck Unter den Linden with gilded masts and evergreen crowns for King Victor Emmanuel of Italy. He will attend receptions and a gala opera before a grand parade. The visit marks his first call since ascension, with talks on Italian German relations led by Prime Minister Zanardelli.
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Unter den Linden
Victor Emanuel
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Emanuel
France
Austria
Francis Joseph
King Humbert
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Vatican
Humbert
Rome
Signor Zanardelli
Germany
New French Ambassador Jusserand to Join Washington Society
Paris cable notes M Jusserand will be welcomed in Washington society as the new French ambassador to the United States He spent much of his career in England at the St James Court and Copenhagen as minister for four years He is fluent in English and a noted author on Elizabethan poets Mme Jusserand is American formerly Miss Richards of Monroe Co His post in Copenhagen ends. he is not due in Paris before October
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M. Jusserand
United States
Washington Society
Paris
England
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Copenhagen
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Miss Richards
Monroe & Co
Mr. Monroe
John Monroe
Maine's Speed Trial Trip Hat Rockwort Mass
A fragmentary item mentions a speed trial trip in Maine with a stop in Rockport or Rockwort Massachusetts dated August 33 and a hat reference. It lacks clear details, participants, or outcomes.
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Maine
Rockwort Mass
Ontario Secretary Scott Clarifies Bond Blaine Talks
New York Aug 23 Secretary of State 8 W Scott of Ontario is quoted saying there have been no negotiations with Canada since the present Dominion government took power regarding the Bond Blaine convention Newfoundland as an independent colony need not seek Canada’s advice nor would Canada be at liberty to offer it under the circumstances.
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New York
W. Scott
Ontario
Ottawa
The
Tribune
Canada
Newfoundland
Kidnapper with pistol abducts 15-year-old Agnes Roach
In Macon on August 23 James I. Tindall, described as an escaped lunatic from Milledgeville sanitarium, burst into L. A. Roach’s Wilkinson county home and abducted Agnes Roach, 15, while Roach was away. Tindall fled toward Macon and had not returned by last report.
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James I. Tindall
Milledgeville
L. A. Roach
Wilkinson County
Agnes Roach
Roach
Tindall
Freight trains collide in Clayesville tunnel fatal
Pittsburg Aug 28 one man killed and five injured in head on collision between two Baltimore and Ohio freight trains in Clayesville tunnel. A Ritzner fireman crushed to death and E D Reynolds brakeman fatally injured. Four train men seriously hurt. Both engines and several cars demolished.
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Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Clayesville Tunnel
A. Ritzner
E. D. Reynolds
Woman Arrested on Vagrancy Charge in New York
A woman posing as Mrs Harris Hunter widow of a Chicago board of trade member was arrested in New York on a technical vagrancy charge. A magistrate set bail at 500 dollars for her examination. She is 50, slight, with gray hair and wearing deep mourning.
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New York
Harris Hunter
Chicago Board of Trade
Duke's Departure Delayed by Illness in Chicago
Grand Duke Boris postpones his departure from Chicago indefinitely due to illness of Chevalier DeSchach a personal aide with typhoid like symptoms under constant medical care at the hotel.
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Chicago
Grand Duke
Boris
Chevalier DeSchaach
Frauds in Registration Face Testimony In New York
John McCullagh the state superintendent of elections summons handwriting expert David H Carvalho to testify about alleged wholesale frauds in voter registration in the First assembly district during an Aug 23 hearing in New York.
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New York
John McCullagh
David H. Carvalho
Money for Boer Generals. The Hague
Funds raised by national subscription to aid the Boers will be placed at the disposal of the Boer generals in The Hague.
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The
Hague
No Contest Placed on Mrs Fair's Will in San Francisco
San Francisco August 23 Joseph Harvey a life long friend of Charles Fair says there will be no contest of Mrs Fair's will.
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San Francisco
Joseph Harvey
Charles Fair
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