Haiti Seizure Suggested by United States
The Commercial Tribune reports Roosevelt's advisers discuss US seizure of Haiti to restore order amid revolutions and lawlessness. The plan would avoid European intervention, keep Monroe Doctrine intact, and potentially transfer the island to American possession after negotiations with Santo Domingo.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Haiti
West Indies
United States
Roosevelt
Caribbean
Santo Domingo
Guba
Porto Rico
Republic
Republic of Santo Domingo
Roosevelt Narrowly Escapes Death in Pittsfield Car Collision
President Theodore Roosevelt and Governor Crane escaped serious harm when their landau collided with an electric street car in Pittsfield Massachusetts. Secret Service Agent William Craig was killed. David J. Pratt, guiding the horses, was seriously injured. Cortelyou and others received minor wounds. The party was en route to Lenox after addressing crowds at City Park.
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Craig
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Buffalo
Exposition
McKinley
White House
Cortelyou
Tehdog
Scotland
Chicago
Oources
Pittsfield
Mass
United States
William Craig
David J. Pratt
Dalton
Grane
Lenox
South Street
Senator Dawes
Elm Street
Governor Crane
Dawes
Crane
New England
Pratt
Howard Hill
Landslide Buries Villages In Trans-Caucasus Toll Near 700
Vienna reports from Tiflis that a landslide on August 17 near Mount Kasbek caused the destruction of about twenty villages and killed nearly 700 people. Seismic disturbances allegedly started a glacier that swept down a valley and wiped out the area.
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Bek
Baer Refuses Sen Quay Arbitration in Anthracite Strike
Philadelphia report details a conference with President George F Baer and Senators Quay and Penrose. Baer outlines operator positions on wages prices and labor unions while denying arbitration and noting mining losses and dividend status of Reading Lehigh Valley and Erie companies.
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Philadelphia
George F. Baer
Readline Company
United States
Quay
Penrose
Baer
Uige
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Erie
Wright Inquiry Finds No Presidential Power to Intervene
Attorney General Knox reports the President has no power to act in the Pennsylvania anthracite coal strike dispute. Wright’s findings note lack of confidence between miners and operators, propose a nine hour day trial, and a Joint Committee on Conciliation to resolve grievances. Operators doubt miners can control their union. wages and impurities costs cited.
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Washington
Wright
Johnson Saddles His Boom Onto Submissive Party
Bernard Balks mayoral plans and stays on the state committee while Columbus men topple Krause in Bruck’s favor. The Rev. Mr. Bigelow of Cincinnati leads the ticket and excites the few real supporters in the convention.
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Johnson
Bernard
Columbus
Krause
Mr. Bigelow
Cincinnati
Dynamiting at Ada Shocks Ohio Normal Founder Home
A dynamite blast shattered the home of H. S. Lehr, founder of the Ohio Normal University, in Ada at seven this morning. Douglas Pugh was arrested after student mobs sought vengeance, and Lehr urged restraint. no school was held as students thanked Providence for Lehr’s life.
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Commercial Tribune
Ada
Lehr
Harriet
Mrs
Prof. Maglott
The
Pugh
Maglotts
Great Fortifications at Posen to be Destroyed
Posen will lose its vast fortifications once regarded as Europe’s impregnable defense. The twelve miles of earth and masonry ramparts, begun in 1828 and never finished, cost about 50 million dollars. They will be replaced by a ring of 31 forts beyond the city, a strategic fortress against Russia.
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Posen
Europe
Metz
Germany
Russia
Navy Department Asked to Take Back the Hawk
Governor Nash ends the feud between rival naval brigades at Cleveland and Toledo by asking the Navy Department to reclaim the Hawk. An amicable settlement failed and, as a last resort, he directs that neither brigade retain the vessel. He mails the request to Secretary Moody.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Nash
Cleveland
Toledo
Navy Department
Moody
Contempt dispute as jury refuses to rule in coal eviction case
In Charleston West Virginia on September 3 a six member jury in Justice Cottrells court refused to return a verdict in a Winifrede Coal Company eviction case. The judge threatened jail for contempt and adjourned to seek legal guidance. Report says operators may control justices and peace, leaving miners with little chance before them.
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Charleston
W. Va
Fayette
Cardinal Gibbons Has Good Day Despite Kidney Trouble
Baltimore September 3 Cardinal Gibbons suffers a severe kidney attack described as nephritis by his physician Dr E Mitholland He rests more easily today but a calculus formation may require removal The 70 year old cardinal leads a temperate abstemious life and his general health is said to be excellent If obstruction passes without further trouble his condition may improve soon
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James Wilson
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
William H. Bradshear
Wilson
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
E. ¥. Mitholland
Wm. T. Russell
Rebellion Rages in Agram as Mob Attacks Homes
In Agram Hungary Sept 3 mobs wrecked Captain Vitas’s home wounding a retired officer who had fired on them. Rioters reassembled, looted Servian shops, set fires, and beat Captain Witas and his wife. Troops occupy streets as barricades rise.
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Agram
Hungary
Vitas
Iriary
Howver
Wreck near Brownwood Injures Twenty Seven on Train
A defective rail wrecked the west bound Gulf Colorado Santa Fe passenger train fifteen miles east of Brownwood Texas. The train overturned on a twenty foot embankment injuring twenty seven people. Only Mrs R M Humphries is expected to die.
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FT. Worth
Tex
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Brownwood
Arrest of Macedonian Committee Leader in Bulgaria
General Zontcheff, president of the Macedonian Committee, was arrested at Dubmitza and brought to Sofia. Officials say arrests of other committee members are imminent.
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Zontcheff
Sofia
Bulgaria
Dubmitza
Johnson Dominates Ohio Democratic Convention
Tom L. Johnson seized control of Ohio Democratic machinery at the Sandusky convention, winning a backing to nominate himself for governor and aiming toward the presidency. He pressed a Kansas City platform endorsement while facing resistance over specific state nominees and central committee seats.
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Commercial Tribune
Sandusky
Cleveland
Ohio
State Central Committee
Cincinnati
Mr. Johnson
Tom Johnson
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H.S. Lehr
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Fred Heer
Plowman
Charlie Salen
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Mooney
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Apollo
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