Battleship Georgia Turret Explosion Claims Crew
Disaster at target practice off Provincetown Massachusetts leaves Lieutenant Caspar Goodrich and Midshipman Faulkner Goldthwaite among the dead. Seventeen others injured as the Georgia returns to Charlestown with bodies and wounded.
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Boston
Georgia
Massachusetts Bay
Provincetown
Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Goodrich
Caspar
New York Navy Yard
Connecticut
Goldthwaite
Faulkner
Kentucky
Hopkinsville, Y
Bush
John—Arthur
Seaman
New York
Cruse
James F
Thomas Cruse
U.S. Army
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Eich
Charles Leon
Frank Stort
Ind
Fone
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Trenton
N. J
Gilbert
Harold Leon
Southwick
Mass
Hansel
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Moleck
John C
Cleveland
Ohio
Buse
L. C
Berean
Rosenberger
Sam Louis
Philadelphia
Schlapp
Frank
Nate
North Adams
Thomas
James Patrick
Brooklyn
N.Y
Tagland
Orly
Yeoman
Ruchford
Minn
Walsh
Edmund J
Lynn
Flass
Navy Yard
Charles M. Thomas
Charlestown
Soilor
New England
Casper Goodrich
Faulkner Goldthwaite
John Thomas Cruse
Rich
Hansell
Prominent Figures Named in Mixed Biographical Snippets
The passage lists diverse individuals from politics business and academia including General Botha Henry Pritchett Robert A Smith mayor Paul Minnesota Nixon Nevada Edward Ware Dom Carlos Hiram Maxim and others. It offers brief biographical traits from military leadership to education and invention and notes varied reputations and roles.
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Robert A. Smith
B&i. Paul
Minn
Sopator Nixon
Nevada
New Goldfield
Edward Twiebell Ware
Wale
Atlanta University
Edmund ‘Sn Ware
Dom Carlos
Portugal
Sora
Hiram ‘Faxim
Japan Too Poor to Fight Warns Hull
Des Moines report cites Congressman J. T. Hull chairman of the Military Affairs Committee saying war with the United States seems remote. He notes Japan is heavily in debt after the Russian war and cannot easily raise funds for conflict. Hull supports fortifying the Philippine Islands and Hawaii to deter any humiliation.
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Tull
Military Committee
Des Moines
Iowa
Japan
United States
J. T. Hull
House Committee On Military Affairs
Russia
England
Philippine Islands
Hawaii
United State
Peters Convicted in Virginia Murder Case
George A. Peters was convicted in Trisboro Virginia for the murder of Rov Joseph Easter a Dunkard preacher who was killed at his door on the night of May 93 Peters confessed in full to the crime.
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George A. Peters
Trisboro
Rov
Joseph Easter
Peters
Passenger Fare Law Defense Reveals Rate Impact
President McCrea of the Pennsylvania Railroad warned that enforcing the two cent fare would raise passenger rates and shrink dividends.
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McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Girl Miss Sutton Wins English Lawn Tennis Title
Miss May Sutton, an American girl, wins the women's lawn tennis championship of England. James T. Ayde notes New York will host an international horse show and American horses may go to Parke in 1908. Pred Shepheard claims Cassidy Cup in the Long Island regatta on Flushing Bay. Tommy Burns defeats Australian Squires in the first round of a forty five round bout. Tad Jones named captain of Yale baseball team after Harvard game at the Polo Grounds. Peter Pan Kennel defeats Salvideo and others in the $15,000 Advance Stake at Coney Island. The 100 Kilometer Paris bicycle race winner d Arragon sets a new world record.
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May Sutton
England
James T. Ayde
New York
Parke
Shepheard
Long Island
Flushing Bay
Tommy” Burns
America
Bai Squires
Australia
Yate
Harvard
Polo Grounds
Tad' Jones
James BR
Peter Pan
Salvideo
Uvup- Plap-and
Coney Island Jockey Club
Paris
d'Arragon
Unwritten Law Clears Mrs Bowie and Her Son in La Plata
In La Plata Maryland a five minute jury verdict acquits Mrs Mary Bowie and her son Henry Bowie of all blame for aiding the death of Hubert Posey. Defense Attorney Mudd invokes unwritten law while State’s Attorney Wilmer urges manslaughter. Priscilla Bowie weeps in court as verdict is announced.
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Wilmer
Sidney BE
Mudd
Jacob
Dinah
Shechem
Mr. Mudd
Hubert Posey
Driver killed in daring auto demonstration crash
Pittsburg report says J W Davis a city chauffeur for an automobile firm attempting to sell a car to T C Jenkins died after a run on Perrysville avenue. Davis sped at seventy miles an hour downhill, the car left the road and leaped a twenty foot embankment. The machine overturned and crushed him. He died hours later.
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Pittsburg
J. W. Davis
Davis
T. C. Jenkins
Jenkins
Perrysville
Killed by Youths Folly Fannie Turner Dies in Fire
Nine year old Fannie Turner of Paterson New Jersey died at General Hospital from burns suffered when a young man threw lit firecrackers into her lap on July 4 She was watching fireworks on the family stoop Her father subdued the flames but she lingered in agony until death The assailant's name is not known
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Goodrich
Maleck
Georgia
Charlestown Yard
Boston
United States Marine Hospital
Chelsea
Orly Tagland
Kimball
Cruse
Navy Yard
Thomas
Paterson
N. J
Fannie Turner
General Hospital
Chicago Contractor Drowned After Seizure on Spring Lake
Thomas Smith sixty years old a teaming contractor from Chicago was seized by an ensleptic tit while riding on Spring Lake Grand Rapids Michigan. He fell into the lake during the seizure and was drowned.
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Thomas Smith
Chicago
Spring Lake
Grand Rapids
Mich
Two Painters Die in Holyoke Hotel Scaffolding Collapse
John Baker of Worcester and T F Hanson were painting the sixth story of the La France Hotel when the staging collapsed. Both men were killed in Holyoke Massachusetts.
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John Baker
Worcester
TF. B Hanson
la France
Holyoke
Mass
Navy to Send Only Newest Warships to Pacific
The Navy Department will deploy its newest combat vessels to the Pacific theater. About fifty fighting ships of varying size will be positioned so they are visible from San Francisco by January first.
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Navy Department
Pacific
San Francisco
Navy plans for Atlantic fleet to Pacific voyage announced
Washington reports two key Navy Department decisions for the Atlantic fleet. Only the newest ships will be sent, and the average captain's tenure will rise from three to five years. A flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers is planned, with a total fighting force reaching thirty-eight ships including four armored cruisers and monitors.
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Washington, D.C
Navy Department
Ue Atiantic
Pacific
Asiatic
San Francisco
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Monterey
Monadnock
Asia
Great
Amull
Atlantic
Evans
New England
Connecticut
Admiral Evans
Brooklyn
The Crime of Jingoism
The article contrasts United States and Japan in 1900s metrics, arguing U S military and economic superiority. It asserts Japan is financially exhausted after war with Russia, overburdened by debt, and unlikely to wage war, urging readers to reject jingoistic claims.
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Japan
United States
Jury Discharges After Hung Verdict in Bank Wrecking Case
The jury in the case against two Steel Ball Company members for complicity in wrecking the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank in Chicago failed to reach a verdict and was discharged.
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Steel Ball Company
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Chicago
STn Failures and Tabulate Trend Highlight Decade Low
The report shows failures at STn dropping to the lowest level in two decades, while the Tabulites remain the largest figure except for one recent exception over the past ten years.
Union notices and wage decisions across cities and trades
San Francisco Painters' Union counts 1921 members while France shows 4625 unions totaling 781 344. A new theater workers union forms in California. Detroit secured the 1908 Steamfitters convention. Minneapolis reports printers union growth. Plasterers gain Saturday holiday in Pittsburgh district. Vancouver Electric increase wage request. Glass blowers and potters schedule conventions on July 8 in Toronto and East Liverpool. Boston brewery coopers win a $40 minimum wage from arbitration board.
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San Francisco
Cal) Painters’ Union
France
California
Detroit
Mich
Steamfitters’ and Helpers’ Union
Cloud
Pitsburg
B. © Electric Ailway Company
Vancouver
Jaye
Toronto
Can
East Liverpool
Ohio
Boston
Mass
Notable World Figures Toast and Travel Notes
Thomand Ryan began an automobile tour of Ireland. W. W. Astor distributed 50 000 to four London charities. Father Francis O Boyle elected president of St Louis University at 35. Francis Wilbon in Paris after Madrid comments on bullfights. Lieutenant Wodehouse sworn in as Bermuda governor. Mark Twain awarded Doctor of Letters at Oxford. William J Bryan advocates Filipino independence. Allan Olney, famed instrument inventor, committed to Middletown insane asylum.
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Ryan
Ireland
W. W. Astor
London
Francis O'Boyle
St. Louis University
Franeis Wilbon
Paris
Madrid
Spain
Wodehouse
Bermuda
Mark Twain
Oxford
Whitelaw
William J. Bryan
United States
Allan Everett Olney
Middletown
Conn
Chinese Appeal to Roosevelt Seeks Law Reform
The leader of the Chinese reform movement has appealed to President Roosevelt, asking modification of the immigration law that excludes Chinese from the United States. The appeal emphasizes fairness and calls for policy changes to ease restrictions on Chinese entry.
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Roosevelt
Chinese Reform Movement
Banks Share Chattanooga City Improvement Bond Issue
In Chattanooga Tennessee five banks purchased the full $1,000,000 city improvement bond issue, each bank taking an equal portion and paying cash for its stake.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Baseball Brevities Highlight Pittsburg Pitching
Leifeld has delivered top work for Pittsburg. Spike Shannon shifted from left field to right field. Tenney and Thomas play Sunday ball with the league as Dilly Wallonan earns praise in the outfield. Bernhardt tries the spit ball while reddy Parent shines at short and in the outer border. The Detroits score a knockdown blow but fight back, Hughey. Jennings defends Cleveland after crowding rowdyism with a blunt retort about age and reaction.
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Leifeld
Pittsburg
Spike Shannon
Fred Tenney
Roy Thomas
Dilly Wallonan
Secessor
Beaumount
Oufield
DM Bernhardt
Reddy Parent
New San Francisco mayor Edward R Taylor named
Edward Robeson Taylor D D LL D Dean of Hastings Law College is elected mayor by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to succeed Charles Boxton after Eugene Schmitz's extortion conviction. Taylor vows graft prosecutions continue, plans a city clean sweep, and may overhaul boards and commissions. He is 69, born in Springfield, trained at Toland Medical College, and served as California governor's private secretary from 1867 to 1871.
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San Francisco
Cal
Edward Robeson Taylor
Hastings Law College
Board of Supervisors
Charles Baxton
Eugene E. Schmitz
Taylor
Commercial Labor Union
Leaden
Boxton
Schmitz
Springfeld
Toland Medical College
University of California
California
Convict 18 Years by Error Inmate Dies in Alabama
Montgomery advances a tragic error case as Rena Rivers dies in prison after being wrongly sentenced to twenty months instead of eighteen years. A clerk miswrote years for months. Rivers was twelve at arrest for larceny and served nearly two decades before death. The mother seeks legislative reimbursement for her daughter's long years of service.
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Montgomery
Ala
Rena Rivers
Tego
Mort
Bordentown City Treasurer Absent amid Fraud Accusations
The Bordentown City Finance Committee accuses Dr Tra C Lee dom Bordentown treasurer of a 10300 shortfall in city accounts. He left his wife and son, with few knowing his whereabouts. A warrant was issued for his arrest amid suspicions of a double life.
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City Council
Tra C. Leedom
Bordentown
SN. d
Fra C. Lee’ Dom
Leedem
Bombing Kills Russian Official and Family in Bebouteft Street
In Bebouteft street at around 230 4 om a bomb attack killed General Allihanoff his wife Mme Glebof and their coachman while returning from their club. A son and daughter of the general suffered serious injuries. Allihanoff was a former governor general of Tiflis nicknamed “the wild beast” by Caucasian Duma members. The attack occurred in the Kutats district.
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Glehof
Alexandropal
Russia
Allihanoff
Tiflis
Mme. Glebof
Glichof
Bebouteft Street
Allkhanof
Gmebeft
Alkhanoff
Duma
Kutats
Senator Bacon Loses Fortune in Bank Failure
Macon Ga about half of Senator Bacon's small fortune was swept away by the Exchange Bank collapse last week. He was worth about 75000 with half in bank stock. The stock is worthless and stockholders may be heavily assessed to cover deposits. The bank's winding up could erase Senator Bacon's fortune.
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Macon
United States
Bacon
Exchange Bank
Icey
Baron
Police commissioner seeks 26000 for Black Hand secret service
In New York City Police Commissioner Binghim proposes an allocation of 26 000 to establish a secret service aimed at detecting Black Hand offenders amid rising organized crime concerns. The move signals a formal government response to criminal activity in the metropolis.
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New York City
Binghim
Appellate Division Orders Ballots Open and Recount
The Appellate Division in Urookhyu ruled that WOR Hearst is entitled to have the ballots of the May 1905 oral contest opened and recounted, directing the ballots be examined for a proper tally.
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Urookhyu
WOR Hearst
Cranks Target Roosevelt in Oster Day Plot
Two men attempted to reach President Roosevelt during Oster Day events. One man and a woman demanded 10 million dollars, while another claimed to be Satan. Police reported the incidents as threats during public celebrations.
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Roosevelt
Oster Day
4& Womin
Satans
Crop Conditions Report Highlights Delayed Corn
Corn is two weeks late and only half its normal height. Wheat yields in the Southwest are below average but quality is good, signaling uneven regional harvest prospects.
Plot to Smuggle Russians Sparks Immigration Probe
United States immigration authorities uncovered a plot to smuggle Russians into the country. Officials announced the investigation and potential charges as details emerged.
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United States Immigration Sehorities
World Wide Theater Trust Leaders Form $100 Million Company
Klaw and Erlanger head a move to consolidate chef theatres in Europe and the United States under a single management in a new $100,000,000 company. King Edward and Queen Alexandra visited Dublin drawing hearty crowds at the exposition. Senator La Follette announced his candidacy for the presidential nomination.
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World Wide Theater
Anl Trust
Klaw & Erlanger
Combinghe
Chef Theatres
Europe
Dublin
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Texas Anti Trust Laws Enforced Promptly in Austin
Attorney General Davidson leads a Texas crackdown on trusts with new anti trust laws that allow examinations of corporate records and court powers to seize assets. Merchants face possible imprisonment for selling trust made goods as prosecutions target lumber cotton seed oil and oil trusts.
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Austin
Texas
Davidson
J. P. Lightfoot
Attorney General's Department
Dasidson
Lumber Trust
Cotton Seed Oil Trust
Bed Trust
Oil Trust
State Liquor Law Enforced Across Texas
Dallas reports the new state liquor law in effect requiring saloons to close for twenty days while new licenses are issued. Liquor and brewery interests call the closing clause unconstitutional, claiming state prohibition without public consent. Three fourths of saloonkeepers defied the law. the better class closed.
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Dallas
Texas
Yamamoto Meets Roosevelt In Mutual Confidence Talk
Admiral Yamamoto and President Roosevelt held an interview at Sagami Bay confirming the fundamental friendliness between Japan and the United States.
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Cordink
Japan
Roosevelt
Yamamoto
Aoki
Oyster Bay
United States
Admiral Yamamoto
Sagimore Hii
Indi Chief Chains Montauk at Montauk Point Suit
Chief Wsaandunk Pharaoh representing the Montauk Indian tribe filed a lawsuit to recover the tribal funds at Montauk Point, now valued in the millions. The action targets ownership and control of the funds, seeking redress through the courts.
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Wsaandunk Pharaoh
Montauk
Montauk Point
Japanese belief pence to continue cited by Itagaki cable
The dispatch notes the Japanese view that pence will endure, and Itagaki’s message to the New York World is cited. Other items mention Jerome campaign fund surplus given to charity in New York, and small counts from Dieppe auto race.
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Itagaki
New York
Jerome Campaign Fund
New York City
Dieppe
Metenit and
Straus
Tnwail
San Franciseco
America
New Jersey News Briefs Highlight Dogo Catcher Assault and City Tragedies
Montclair dog catcher David Steinfeld wrestled a Saint Bernard to lead it to the kennel after it dragged him by the clothing. A Plainfield man was electrocuted near the Netherwood station. Edgar Hyatt of Plainfield died in Chicago after an appendectomy. A. W. Paul, over sixty, faced charges of exploiting young girls in New Brunswick. A heat driven death saw Mrs. Marla Weimer drown herself in the Morris Canal Newark. Passaic jurors blamed Public Service for a deadly streetcar oversight. Police detained several African American and Polish suspects in various crimes. Thieves stole 30 chickens from the New Jersey State Prison yard in Trenton.
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David Steinfeld
Montclair
Steinfeld
Marla Weimer
Morris Canal
Newark
Charles Naulty
Thomas Hart
Cruible Steel Company
Jackson Street Bridge
Aged Fisherman Drowned in Atlantic City Bay
The body of Somers Doughty, respected Atlantic City fisherman, was found floating in the bay with his boat nearby, suggesting a drowning after a possible overboard fall. Nearby incidents include injuries from a roof fall in Mullica Hill and a fatal collision aftermath at McKee City.
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Somers Doughty
Atlantic City
Hats and debris found in Capitol gutter follow sparrow nest theory
A reporter notes items found in a Washington gutter during dome painting a mix of hats two sandwiches thirteen pennies a nursing bottle sparrows nest and an odd theory that a sparrow colony may place all eggs in one nest attracting a larger bird to guard it.
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Mon
Capitol
Washington, D. C
Danas
Statue of Columbus Planned for Plaza Center
A plan to erect a Columbus statue costing 100000 dollars is described for the plaza center in front of the union railway station. The project reflects ongoing public works and civic commemoration during the era.
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Christopher Columbue
Union Railway Station
Oyster Bay
Santo Domingo
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