Typhoon Strikes Philippines Ravaging Islands
Telegraphic reports describe a powerful typhoon sweeping Samar and Leyte with damage across northern Luzon and Panay. Masbate towns report widespread destruction except for the postal building. Romblon notes great property loss and probable deaths.
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Philippines
Philippine
Samar
Leyte
Luzon
Panay
Marbate
Ramtlon
China Sea
Masbate
Rombton
Vanderbilt divorce grants Elsie Vanderbilt custody of son
In New York City Supreme Court Justice Gerard signed the final absolute divorce decree favoring Elsie French Vanderbilt over Fred Gwynn Vanderbilt upon Referee David McClure's recommendation. The interlocutory decree was dated May 26 and awards custody of their son William Henry Vanderbilt to the mother. The decree allows the husband to seek court directions on access with five days notice.
Fire Loss Reaches Forty Million in Michigan Burn
Prof. Filbert Roth of Ann Arbor reports a northern Michigan fire disaster scorching 1,000,000 acres of timber. He estimates standing timber losses at 10,606,000 dollars and totals exceeding 40,000,000 including merchandise timber, country residences and crops.
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Filbert Roth
Ann Arbor
Mich
Michigan
Denver Hall Fire destroys landmark Coliseum on Champa
The Coliseum on Champa Street between Eighteenth and Nineteenth in Denver burned down from an unknown origin. Once the city’s largest public hall and prize fight arena, it stood until the new post office is built on the site.
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Denver
Champa Street
Col
Wright Plans Faster Wright Aircraft Engine
Russian motor expert Toris Loutskoy living in Berlin says he arranged with Wilbur Wright to build a seventy five horsepower engine for the Wright airplane. The new motor is claimed to double the speed of the Wright machine.
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Wright
Toris Loutskoy
Hyves
Berlin
Germany
Wilbur Wright
Preacher predicts end of world by October 25
The Reverend John J. Morton of Evansville Indiana preached that the world will end on or before October 25. He linked the drought across the Ohio Valley to a forewarning of apocalyptic fire.
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John J. Morton
Evansville
Ind
Ohio Valley
Fewer Cholera Cases at Manila Reported
Manila cholera cases decline with a daily average of about thirty new cases. An American infant, Josephina Hall, died after being attacked days ago. No American cholera cases have been reported since the last update.
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Manila
Josephina Hall
Iowa mulot law ruling declares no liquor license system
Judge Smith McPherson of the U S Circuit Court Davenport rules Town mulet law legalizes saloons none operate as a license system for 25 years no lawful sale of liquor in Town under any circumstances. United Breweries Company of Chicago sues Civic Federation of Davenport. injunction denied. Saloonkeepers pay $600 annual tax under a supposed license, though prohibitory law remains on the books. The decision is described as the broadest in Town on liquor.
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McPherson
Smith McPherson
United States Circuit Court
Davenport
Town Inlet
Towa
United Breweries Company of
Chienago
Civic Foderation of
Federation
Meherson
Ino Lown
Woman Halts Bombing Plot by Blowing Fuse
Mrs. Camella Lanzero of Philadelphia risked her life when she doused a burning fuse and removed a bomb placed in the doorway of barber Nicholas Volarite. Volarite had received weeks of 830,000 extortion demands signed "Black Eland" and neighbors witnessed the fuse being snuffed as the child was left safely at home. Police secured the device, which held enough dynamite to cause massive destruction.
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Black Hand
Camella Lanzero
Eighth
Fitzwater
Mhikelelphia
Nicholas Volarite
Volarite
Black Eland
Exploded Spanish War Mines Kill Fish at New York Bay
During an old Spanish-American War operation three mines placed in New York bay near Fort Wadsworth were detonated at the Narrows. Spectators saw about a thousand stunned fish floating before the fort as soldiers returned to quarters with a share of the catch.
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New York Bay
Fort Wadsworth
Narrows
Drought Ravages Ohio Farms and Schools Close in WV Areas
Ohio drought causes heavy losses as farmers drive stock miles for water. West Virginia districts report many schools closed and oil operations halted due to water famine. The Ohio River runs at record lows above Cadippelis with eight inches of depth in channels.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Ohio River
Cadippelis
State Banking Board to Return Guaranty Assessments
The Oklahoma State banking board voted to return assessments to national banks that sought to use the bank deposit guaranty law but were blocked by an Attorney General ruling. The resolution says fund income exceeded its administration costs.
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Oklahoma State Banking Board
Massive Maine Forest Fires Darken Sky With Smoke
A dense pall of smoke from numerous forest fires covers Maine obscuring the sun and reddening the sky. Hancock county reports the most serious blaze, but vast sections of woodland burn across the state, devastating thousands of acres of timber lands.
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Maine
State of
Hancock County
Auto Crushed Between Cars at Milford Indiana
A $1 200 automobile owned by Neff Bros real estate firm Milford Indiana was caught between two interurban cars in a Y shaped angle and nearly ruined. None of the passengers were injured and included H G Carlson A D Nelson of Paxton UK H M Arnold of Sister Park NL and Will Patterson chauffeur.
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Neff Bros
Milford
Ind
H. G. Carlson
A. D. Nelson
Paxton, UK
H. M. Arnold
Sister Park, NL
Will Patterson
Burglar on bicycle robs neighbor after confrontation
J. Neff of Bucyrus Ghio, a farmer, spotted a burglar entering a neighbor’s house and ordered him away. The burglar fled on a bicycle, then returned to the house and, with Neff’s revolver, forced Neff to assist in robbing his own home before riding off.
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J. Neff
Neff
Lumber Yards Burn at Quincy Causing Large Loss
Fire destroyed the Moller & Vandenboom Lumber Company yards and sheds in Quincy N with about 1,000,000 feet of dressed lumber burned. The Williamson Produce Company warehouse, several dwellings and stables were partly destroyed. Estimated damage about 75,000 dollars.
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Moller & Vandenboom Lumber Company
Quincy, N
Williamson Produce Company
Daughter of Anson Elopes in Hoboken Marriage
Dorothy Anson 19 daughter of Adrian C. Anson of Chicago ran away to Montclair with Arthur C. Dodge and were married by Justice Samuel Engler in Hoboken. They sought a New Jersey license and proof of authority amid questions about the bride’s parentage and the couple’s motives. The groom is a Montclair bank clerk.
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Hoboken
Marines Bank
Dorothy Anson
Adrian CG. Anson
Chicago
Walter H. Clough
Montclair
Ned
Toboken
Arthur C. Dodge
Mn Montelnny Bank
Dodge
Leace
Samuel Engler
Engler
Miss Anson
New Jersey
Adrian C. Anson
Thirtieth Street
Justice Engler
Pop” Anson
Woman Shot in Battle With Arkansas Sheriff Posse
In Arkansas near the Missouri line, John Roberts and his wife resisted a Baxter county posse led by Sheriff Mooney while attempting to arrest Roberts for the murder of neighbor Obe Kessinger. The woman was wounded fourteen times. Mooney and Roberts plus two posse members were seriously hurt as the couple defended the house for hours after a fatal shooting.
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Arkansas
John Roberts
Prestonia
Roberts
Obe Kessinger
Mooney
Baxter County
Max Lowery
Kessinger
Chelsea Fire Ravages Businesses in Second Local Inferno
A new blaze in Chelsea Massachusetts caused extensive damage after a fire that destroyed much of the central district less than a year earlier. The flames began near 8 pm, consuming the Atwood & McManus box factory, Till-Rowland brass foundry, ten wooden tenements, Chelsea bottling works, Leo Brothers shoe factory, and Eastern Storage Company building before being checked around 10 pm. Probable impact includes $800000 in damage and risk to gasoline and naphtha stores near the oil station.
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Chelsea
Mass
Atwood & McManus
Yale Street
Till-Rowland Brass Foundry
Fourth Street
Powder Horn Hill
Chelsea Bottling Works
Leo Brothers
Eastern Storange Company
Towton and
Maine
Standard Oil Company
Grand Trunk Pacific Opens Third Transcontinental Line
Alfred W. Smithers of London and Charles M. Hays announce the Grand Trunk Pacific railway's third transcontinental route is complete from Winnipeg to Battle River, 666 miles, and ready for traffic. The line will extend to Edmonton, about 1,000 miles, by early winter.
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Alfred W. Smithers
London
Grand ‘Trunk Railway
Charles M. Hays
Grand ‘Trunk Pacific Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Canada
Winnipeg
Battle River
Edmonton
Alleged Son of Rich Man Arrested in Bank Robbery Case
A man calling himself John Simonds, claimed heir of a Pittsburgh bond dealer, was arrested in Chicago for the $25,000 theft from the First National Bank of Niles Ohio and for leading a band of safe crackers. Detectives Biddinger and Dubach seized him at the Majestic hotel. bonds found in his room were said to be legitimate possessions. John W. Taylor, bank president, reported evidence that Simonds had paid a $500 debt with a stolen bond.
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Ohio Bank
First National Bank
Niles
Ohio
John Simonds
Pittsburg
Biddinger and
Dubach
Majestic
Chicago
Simonds
Ifo
John Wh,taylor
Bank
Cement firms of West join North American Cement Company
The Association of American Cement Manufacturers in Detroit announce plans to place Western cement firms under the North American Cement Company holding structure. The move mirrors the eastern merger, keeps existing company identities, and aims to distribute territory to curb price cuts without restraint of trade.
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East
North American Cement Company
Association of American Cement Manufacturers
Detroit
West
Chicago
Girl Attacked by Wolves Near Little Fork River
In northern Minnesota a girl, daughter of homesteader Peter Kobe, while on an errand with her younger brother to a neighbor, was killed and partly devoured by a pack of wolves. The boy escaped and raised the alarm. the mother found only the mutilated remains.
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Peter Kobe
Little Fork River
Minnesota
Miners’ Card Dispute Leads to Deadly Mine Fight
At Merkinsey mine near Minabik Mina a clash between Montenegrins left one dead and two mortally wounded after about sixty shots. The violence arose over a card game in a boarding house and sparked strong anti Montenegrin sentiment including a petition urging the steel company to bar their employment.
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Merkinsey
Minabik
Mina
Steel Corporation
Baltimore and Ohio seeks injunction against rail fuel order
The United States Circuit Court in Baltimore denied the B and O railroad's request for a preliminary injunction to stop the Interstate Commerce Commission from enforcing a coal distribution order. The dispute centers on including private and foreign railway fuel cars in the railroad's allotment calculations.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Circuit Court
Baltimore
Maniac Kills Two at Washington Insane Hospital Grounds
Andrew Lightfoot, an inmate at the government hospital for the insane near Washington DC, killed Patrick Maloney an attendant and Margaret Fallon a patient with an iron bar and wounded another person. Lightfoot escaped.
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Andrew Lightfoot
Government Hospital For the Insane
Washington, D. C
Patrick Maloney
Margaret Fallon
Lightfoot
Goodwin Sues for Divorce Sealed Complaint
Nathaniel C. Goodwin, famed actor and mining promoter, files a sealed divorce complaint against his wife Bessie Hall Goodwin also known as Maxine Elliott. The petition targets the prominence of Elliott as a leading stage actress.
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Nathaniel C. Goodwin
Bessie Hall Goodwin
Maxine Elliott
Train Collision in Yards at Weeping Water Neb
A head on collision between the Lincoln-Auburn passenger train and a freight near Weeping Water Nebraska injured eighteen passengers and three trainmen. The freight crew is said to be responsible.
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Weeping Water
Neb
Lincoln-Auburn
Millionaire Son Bandit Faces Accusations in Marion County
Charles Boyle a former Stanford student and son of Henry Boyle a wealthy San Raphael California property owner is alleged to have confessed multiple crimes in Marion county last spring with authorities pursuing further charges and details.
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Charles Boyle
Stanford University
Henry Boyle
San Raphael
Cal
Marion County
Milwaukee Cruiser Returns to San Francisco After Pacific Cruise
The cruiser Milwaukee completes a two month voyage in southern waters and a fifteen day stay at Amalpa Honduras before arriving in San Francisco California.
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Milwaukee
Frisco
Amalpa
Honduras
San Francisco
Cal
Prisoner Burned to Death in Cass Jail Fire
A jail in Cass Pocahontas County West Virginia was partly destroyed by fire. Mary Tysing a Black prisoner was burned to death and believed to have set the blaze to take her own life.
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Cass
Pocahontas County
W. Va
Mary Tysing
Cholera Epidemic Intensifies in St. Petersburg
The cholera outbreak in St. Petersburg has grown virulent, killing within fifteen minutes and threatening to outpace official response efforts.
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St. Petersburg
Star of Bengal Lost Off Coronation Island Coast
A cable dispatch to the army signal corps in Seattle confirms the loss of the American bark Star of Bengal commanded by Captain Thompson near Coronation Island along the Alaskan coast. Twenty seven were saved and 110 drowned including nine whites. the vessel was driven ashore by the wind.
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Army Signal Corps
Seattle
Star of Bengal
Thompson
Coronation Isand
Alaskan
Great Violinist Sarasate Dies at 84 in Biarritz
Pablo de Sarasate renowned Spanish violinist dies in Biarritz France after a long era as one of the world’s premier violinists. He shared top status with Joachim for years and toured virtually every continent except Australia. His first London concert was in 1861.
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Pablo de Sarasate
Biarritz
France
Joseph Joachim
Joachim
Sarasate
Australia
London
Tragic Train Crossing Fatalities Hit Pittsburg Football Team
Two players Thomas Conley aged 15 and Clyde Stokes aged 16 were killed while the rest of the team escaped serious harm after becoming confused while crossing railroad tracks beside the gridiron in the East Liberty stock yards of Pittsburg Pennsylvania during a practice game.
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Thomas Conley
Clyde Stokes
Old
East Liberty Stockyards
Pittsburg
Dowie Patriarch John Murray Dowie Dies at 83
John Murray Dowie, aged 83, father of Zion City founder John Alexander Dowie, died Tuesday at the home of his son's widow Mrs. Jane Dowie on Whitelake in Muskegon County Michigan. He had been repudiated by his son.
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John Murray Dowie
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Jane Dowie
Whitelake
Muskegon County
Michigan
Laborers Killed by Train No 5 at Niles Ohio
Joseph Latronico and Antonio Rossi two section men were killed instantly at Niles Ohio when run down by train No 5 after not heeding the warning whistle.
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Joseph Latronico
Antonio Rossi
Niles
Ohio
Chicago business shows gradual recovery with mixed defaults
Dun's Review of Trade notes steadier production and distribution in Chicago as a heavy default distorts the failure record. Pig iron demand rises, construction advances, and retail trade improves. Bank clearings reach 234,496,898, up 10 percent from a year ago. failures in Chicago district total 34, with nine liabilities over 5,000.
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Chicago
Fall trade holds steady as fairs draw crowds in New York
New York reports moderate improvement in general business and wholesale, with fall trade peaking in some cities as out-of-town merchants return home. Purchases stay at actual needs level, sales lag last year, while larger western cities show strongest gains and failure counts Edge up to 206 in the US for Sept 17 week compared with 191 previous week. Canada sees 25 failures this week, down from 34 and 40 in prior years.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Grain and Livestock Prices by City Nationwide
Market figures show Chicago hogs cattle and hogs trading across a wide range with primed grades, Indianapolis and St Louis quoting several classes of cattle hogs and sheep alongside futures like wheat corn oats and rye. Prices vary by city with soybeans not listed and several typographical errors present in the ledger.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
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