President Escapes After Terrible Accident Near Lenox
A tally ho carrying the president's party from Pittsfield to Lenox collided with an electric car near the Country club grounds. Secret Service Agent William Craig was killed, D. J. Pratt the coach driver fractured skull, and several others injured. The president escaped with facial scratches and a bruised face. The incident occurred as the president stayed in Dalton with Governor Crane.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Lenox
Here
D. J. Pratt
Madden
James Kelly
Dalton
W. Murray Crane
Country Club
Craig
Crane
Cortelyou
Secret Service
Signal clash at Prospect Mount during Higginson fleet action
Conflict erupted at Fishers Island Prospect Mount signal station at 5 o'clock this morning as Admiral Higginson's ships fired toward the post. Col. Davis, in command, went out of action with it. Outcome awaits umpire's report and arbitration board discussion.
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Fishers Island
N. Y
Prospect Mount
Higginson
Col. Davis
Board of Arbitration
Nurse Confesses Strychnine Fatal Blunder
Chicago September 3 Emily Etheridge nurse at Presbyterian hospital confessed to Coroner Traeger that she gave Mrs Laura Moore of Rensselaer Ind two grains of strychnine instead of one thirtieth of a grain in a fatal dose. Etheridge is daughter of the late Dr James H Etheridge a leading Chicago physician.
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Chicago
Emily Etheridge
Presbyterian Hospital
James H. Etheridge
Traeger
Laura Moore
Rensselaer
Ind
Moore
Carpenters Strike Sees Large NY Wage Demands
In New York on September 3 seven thousand fifty carpenters out of twelve thousand in the district strike for a wage raise from four to four dollars and fifty cents per day. Three thousand five hundred strikers quickly won their demands as the Master Carpenters' Association unanimously refuses all claims.
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New York
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Master Carpenters’ Association
Governor to inspect site for naval reserve ship Galypso
St Johns Newfoundland September 3 Governor Sir Cavendish Thory waits at Placentia bay to inspect a location for the naval reserve training ship Galypso. The vessel arrives next November to recruit 300 colonial fishermen who will begin preliminary training aboard the ship before serving on warships.
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St. Johns
N. F
Sir Cavendish Thory
Placentia Bay
Naval Reserve
Billinghurst Arrival Hoped To Ease Peruvian Crisis
Lima reports the arrival of former Peru vice president G E Billinghurst is eagerly awaited to bridge the rift between President Romana and congress as political tensions deepen.
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Lima
Senor G. E. Billinghurst
Peru
Romana
Congress
Canada to Cape Town to inaugurate sailings Oct 18
From Canada to Cape Town and New York it is announced that monthly sailings will begin October 18 between Montreal Quebec and one or two other ports and Cape Town. The new line results from contracts arranged by the Canadian government.
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Canada
Cape Town
New York
Montreal
Quebec
Monthly report of the etotiagiaian in Cotten
The Sept monthly report from Cotten Washington gives a routine update on local conditions. It notes administrative details, expenses and personnel statuses for the period.
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Washington
Cotton Prices and Treaty Progress Report
The cotton markets show an average price around 64 on August 26 with prior readings 71.4 on July 27 and 68.2 on September 1, 1900 against a ten year average of 72.2. In Shandal on September 3, a new Anglo nese commercial treaty edict is issued after technical changes, clearing the way for signing.
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Shandal
Longview Hosts Raucous Sendoff for Congressman DeGraffenreid
The body of Congressman DeGraffenreid arrived in Longview Texas and was laid to rest in Greenwood. Thousands attended the funeral at the courthouse with speeches from local and national figures and a Masonic burial as banks and stores closed.
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Longview
Tex
DeGraffenreid
Greenwood Ae
Arme Pierce
Kennedy
R. C. DeGraffenreid
Roy DeGraffenreid
Washington
R. D. Levy
Rev. Gallagher
Presbyterian Church
Miss Burns
Tyler
Mr. Barnwell
Gilmer
C. L Brookfield
Jack Burns
Congressman Slayden
Congress
Cone Johnson
Bartholdt
St. Louis
Randell
Texas
Tardy
Nacogdoches
Jesus
Alexander
Gordon Russell
T. M. Campbell
Palestine
Jack O. Burns
Gladewater
J. L Brockfield
Fenderson
Bandits Attempt Express Hold Up Near Hermosillo
Reports from Tucson describe three American bandits trying to rob the International express on the Sonora road near Hermosillo Mexico. An exchange of gunfire with the engine crew and passengers led the robbers to flee into orange groves pursued by rurales and a posse.
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Tucson
Ariz
Sonora
Hermosillo
Mex
Freak of Lightning Strikes Orange House
A bolt of lightning struck John Litzick's stovepipe in Orange Texas on Tuesday night. It pierced the roof and ignited the ceiling then traced the wall to a bench with three water-filled washtubs. The bolt severed the bench legs and caused the bench to settle in flood water. A shivered block marked where the fluid escaped to the ground.
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Orange
Tex
John Litzick
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R. O. Allen
Shaving
H. B. Dorsey
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Oudh
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Grand Opera House
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Crown Cork System
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