Cloudburst in Cleveland Roars Through East End
Flooding in Cleveland Ohio from a 2 to 10 am cloudburst causes $1,000,000 in damage across East End. Homes swamped, graves washed from St Joseph Cemetery, life-saving crews deployed, rail lines and streetcars disrupted, and residents rescued from rising waters.
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St. Joseph
East Madison
Woodland
Dean Brook
Gordon
Wade
Brookside Park
Big Creek
Wealthy Woman and Actor Elopement Tale Splits Marion
A Chicago millionaire Mrs. John Speese allegedly eloped with actor J N Devaulle in Marion two weeks ago. Detective John Parker tracked them, Devaulle fled with cash and two diamonds, Parker arranged a reunion with Mrs. Speese, and hotel records link Devaulle to Troy August 19 while Mrs. Speese used an assumed name.
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Commercial Tribune
Marion
Ind
John Speese
Chicago
J. N. Devaulle
John Parker
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Parker
Speese
Mississinnewa Hotel
Gas City
Marton
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Chinese Prince Chun Berlin visit fate uncertain over Ketteler murder
A Basel dispatch reports Prince Chun may skip Berlin to avoid a formal apology for Baron von Ketteler's murder. Expiratory Mission members say they would rather die than grovel, objecting to prostration before Emperor William as a Chinese honor.
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Lokal Anzeiger
Basel
Switzerland
Prince Chun
Baron Ketteler
Chung
William
China
Baron von Ketteler
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Legion of Honor
No Sunday Meat Law Sparks City Protests in New York
New York on September 1 implements a law closing butcher shops on Sundays. The Benchmans Association and journeymen picket streets with hundreds of officers patrolling. Arrests occur for violations, fines range from three to five dollars, some prisoners discharged, a few referred to special sessions. Boss butchers plan constitutional challenges while employers say the law is arbitrary and hurts low income shoppers who rely on delicatessens for cold meats before Monday.
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Journeymen Butchers
Odell
Journeymen’s Union
Man With Heavy Life Insurance Shot At Sylvan Beach
Robert M. Wilson once owner of the R M Wilson Bathtub Works was shot at his Sylvan Beach summer home and died on the scene. Mrs Wilson heard the firearm discharge and found him with a bullet wound in his chest. Coroner Hubbard led an investigation amid rumors of suicide and reports Wilson carried about 250000 in life insurance.
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Four More Bodies Recovered From Trenton Steamboat Disaster
Philadelphia reports four additional bodies from the Delaware River steamboat explosion, totaling 25 recovered. Identified victims include Clara Weild 13, Nellie Ballantyne 23, and Elizabeth Gillison 23. Four still missing. six lie at the morgue. many burned beyond recognition.
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Elaware
Clara Weild
Nellie Ballantyne
Elizabeth Gillison
Labor Day Edition Attempt With Nonunion Compositors
Columbus Ohio September 1 The Press Post plans a Labor Day edition using nonunion compositors despite opposition from printers and newswriters. Boss Jones boasts of a full crew while machines are damaged and progress is blocked. International Typographical Union President Lynch expected to intervene to resolve the dispute.
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Columbus
Press- Post
Jones
Lynch
International Typographical Union
Tomorow
Hinkle Announces New Democratic Party Organ in Columbus
Mayor Hinkle says Franklin County Democrats have raised 100000 to start a new Democratic daily in Columbus after the Press-Post suspension. The venture aims for an independent management and to be the party organ with leaders as primary stockholders. The Columbus Citizen proposal was rejected.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Hinkle
Columbus
Franklin County
Press-Post
Democratic Party
Columbus Citizen
Jealous Husband Disfigures Wife at Circus
Charles Ross of Wallace's circus threw carbolic acid at his wife Marie Forepaugh during dinner in Decatur Indiana. The bareback rider suffered facial disfigurement though her eyes saved her from blindness. Ross was arrested and cited jealousy as motive.
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Commercial Tribune
Decatur
Ind
Charles Ross
Wallace's Circus
Marie Forepaugh
Acid Toss Accidental Injury in Springfield
Miss Margaret Murray suffered a chemical burn after Maggie Toomey, both clerks at the same store, threw carbolic acid she thought was perfume. The vial contained a small amount of acid and began burning the victim's face, prompting a physician’s intervention.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Margaret Murray
Taylor Street
Maggie Toomey
Aguinaldo Called Most Disgruntled Man in Manila
Special correspondence reports Emilio Aguinaldo as the city’s surliest figure amid U S military actions. The article notes Aguinaldo’s insults and defiant stance as General MacArthur departs Manila, describing the tense situation surrounding his detention and the prisoner handling by U S authorities.
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Commercial Tribune
Manila
Emilio Aguinaldo
General MacArthur
Aguinaldo
Malacanan
Schwab to build palace in a park in New York
Charles M. Schwab, president of U S Steel, buys Riverside Drive property for 865000 and plans a park palace with art rooms. Mrs Schwab will decorate. Schwab previously funded St Michaels Church Loretto and other institutions. The project signals a major new New York residence for the steel leader.
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United States Steel Corporation
Riverside Drive
West End Avenue
West Seventy-third
West Seventy-fourth Streets
New York City
Schwab
Loretto
St. Michael's
Prince Galitzia
Cresson
Mount Aloysius Academy
Braddock
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
Pittsburg
Vandergrift
New York
Still Hunting Bossie Francis Near Missouri Rail Lines
Kansas City Sept 1 Alleged murderer Bossie Francis remains at large with searches concentrated in Cass and Henry counties. Reports say a man seen near Strasburg and Pleasant Hill may be Francis but witnesses only saw a possible figure fleeing tracks. A negro passenger was taken in Harrisonville and another arrested at Clinton but not identified as Francis. Information filed against the Briscoe brothers and Emmetenport for being accessories after the fact, with a preliminary hearing set for Warrensburg Wednesday.
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Johnson County
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Married After Sermon Sparks Secret Union in New York
G Albert Rite and Etta A Dean of White Plains quietly wed January 23 after a sermon on Marriage in a Fifth Avenue church. They traveled to New York with witnesses William S Holmes and Ruth M Statler for a ceremony performed by Rev Dr Ho at Little Around the Corner. The couple later separated to return home.
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N. Y
G. Albert Rite
Etta A. Dean
Whitens
Thy
Fifth Avenue
New York
Thompson
Dean
Ohio
Grand Central Station
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Cleveland
Khedive Abbas Pacha Arrives in Paris
Abbas Pacha, the Khedive of Egypt, arrived in Paris from Diu and was received with formal ceremonies. The arrival marks a notable moment in Franco-Egyptian relations as Abbas Pacha proceeds with his official engagements in the French capital.
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Paris
Abbas Pacha
Italy Reaffirms Dreibund Role for Trade Gains
Berlin reports a Deutsche Revue article signed Italian Diplomat claims Italy renewed the Dreibund in 1982 mainly for a German trade treaty. It states Italy now shows little interest in the alliance compared with desired commercial agreements and that the Italian Cabinet shares this view.
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Berlin
Deutsche Revue
Italy
Germany
Showed New Trick Ends in Drowning at Rockaway Beach
George Belcher a Brooklyn expert swimmer drowned at Broad Channel Rockaway Beach during a deep water exhibition on how to swim with a person on the back. His 18 year old daughter, carried during the act, was pulled up alive but Belcher died.
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New York
George Belcher
Brooklyn
Broad Channel
Rockaway Beach
Belcher
Defendant in damage suit for not stopping fight
Ed Morris of Coal City is sued for 10000 by Porter Bond who alleges Morris failed to act as peacemaker in a fight with Abe Bailey. Bond claims Bailey bit off a finger causing blood poisoning and arm amputation, and Morris could have saved the arm by intervening.
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Commercial Tribune
Terre Haute
Ind
Ed Morris
Coal City
Porter Bond
Morris
Bond
Abe Bailey
Abe
First Stake for St Louis World's Fair Site
Chief Architect Isaac S. Taylor leads surveyors who will stake the lines for buildings at the Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition in Forest Park. The first stake is to be driven next Tuesday marking start of construction on the fair site.
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Isaac S. Taylor
Forest Park
Colonel Sanger Leaves for New York State Home
Acting Secretary Gillespie reports Colonel Sanger, the Assistant Secretary of War, has returned to Washington and left for his country home in York State. General Griffin, Chief of Engineers, will act as Secretary of War in Sanger's absence while Secretary Root is away.
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Sanger
York State
Gife
Engineion
Root
Schley Inquiry May Be Stopped By President
Washington reports that Schley supporters hope the President will intervene to close the court of inquiry. With Sampson ill and unavailable to testify, the case would rely on Chadwick’s testimony, a move Schley partisans fear could skew the proceedings while aiming to discredit Schley’s accuser.
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Washington
Schley
Admiral Schley
Sampson
Navy Department
Chadwick
Toommander
Nagship
Newark
Santiago
Redmond dismisses Conservative threats in Westport speech
John Redmond M P told an audience in Westport Ireland that Conservative hints about ending Ireland's parliamentary representation are absurd He argued the Irish people can ignore such threats and rely on the act of union He warned the recent session showed Parliament's collapse and the United Irish party could extract concessions while Conservative papers say the speech justifies measures to curb Irish obstruction.
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John Redmond
Westport
Ireland
Balfour
Amberlain
Blenheim Palace
United Irish Party
Liberals Parade for King Christian in Copenhagen
At Ama lienborg Palace a Liberal demonstration for King Christian drew eight thousand people. The King and Queen Alexandra amid royal spectators received a deputation thanking him for naming a Liberal Ministry. He pledged support and urged the majority to back responsible government leaders. He then cheered for Our Beloved Fatherland.
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Christian
Amalienborg Palace
Alexandra
George
Czarina
Prisoner Reveals Tunnel Plan to Escape Jail
Murray King, just released, alerted officers to a tunnel dug from the cellar to outside the jail. Eleven inmates held for murder planned to escape early this morning at the Muncie Indiana facility.
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Muncie
Ind
Murray King
Russian Imperial Yacht Standart Anchors in Kjoge Bay
In Kjoge Bay Copenhagen on September 1 the Russian imperial yacht Standart with Emperor Nicholas and Empress Alexandra aboard dropped anchor tonight marking a notable royal visit in Danish waters.
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Kjoge Bay
Copenhagen
Standart
Emperor Nicholas
Empress Alexandra
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