Night Riders Again In Saddle In Kentucky and Beyond
Fresh outbreak of night riding reported by Judge J J Osborne in Cynthiana Kentucky. A tenant forced to join a tobacco pool, stripped to the waist and whipped, then coerced to leave for Tiooksville to sign over tobacco. A band of about fifty men rode Milford breaking up a political meeting. Eight seamen drowned when the Norwegian steamer Gere sank near the Winterquarter lightship. Seven survivors tell of a brutal shipwreck where self-preservation ruled. Economy department store in Goshen Indiana destroyed by fire, losses estimated at 75 000 to 100 000, insured. Uhlan the famed trotter sold for 35 000 to Frank Jones of Memphis as act ing agent for Cleveland owner.
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J. J. Osborne
Cynthiana
J. C. McDowell
Tiooksville
Gere
Winterquarter
Delaware Capes
Philadelphia
Arroyo
Goshen
Ind
Jefferson Theater
Los
Nat and
Louis Sallinger
Harry Sallinger
South Bend
Uhlan
Columbus
Ohio
Charlies Sanders
Salem
Mass
Frank Jones
Memphis
Tenn
Jones
C. R. G. Billings
Cleveland
Lou Dillon
H. M. Hanna
Hamburg Helle
Great Log Boom Burst Near Bangor Maine
A log boom holding two million feet broke in the Penobscot River below Bangor, releasing logs over the dam and downstream. Over a million feet were driven toward the sea as river levels rose four feet. A large crew and steam tugs were dispatched to salvage logs. Meanwhile William H. Mount, brother of former Indiana Governor James A. Mount, died suddenly at his home near Shannondale. Heart failure caused his death at age 70. he was a Republican and Montgomery County Council member.
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Penobscott River
Bangor
William H. Mount
James A. Mount
Indiana
Shannondale
Ind
Mount
Montgomery County Council
Rock Island
Long Island Derby
William R. Morrison
Waterloo
Illinois
Hero of Pekin Dies in California Wound Hero of Boxer Rebellion
August Chabot, awarded France’s Legion of Honor for saving foreigners in Pekin during the Boxer rebellion, wounded nine times, dies of consumption at Larkspur California while honored by other nations for his acts.
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Pekin
August Chabot
France
Legion of Honor
Larkspur
Cal
Rrante
Lark Spur
Noted Naturalist Dohern Dies at Naples Station
Dr. Anthony Dohern founder and director of the Naples biological station dies as cablegrams reach the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. The prominent naturalist was renowned worldwide for his work and leadership in the scientific community.
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Anthony Dohern
Naples
Italy
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D.C
Hudson Fulton crowds eclips New York parade day
Sunday summary notes governors taft secretary of war and other figures in era events. The Hudson Fulton celebration drew two million visitors in New York as crowds filled streets while foreign guests were welcomed. A Chicago crash injured twenty including Senator Lantz and family. Taft urged conservation and proposed irrigation bonds. The day also saw legal actions and royal commentaries, with Moody coverage of fires, accidents, and policy moves.
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Taft
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake
New York
W. A. Lantz
Aurora
14Th and
Canal Streets
Chicago
Mattoon
Faithful Await End Of World At West Duxbury Bethel
More than 300 members of the Latter Reign of the Apostolic Church known as Holy Rollers held a long watch meeting at their Bethel on the main turnpike between Boston and Plymouth in West Duxbury Massachusetts awaiting the apocalypse before 6 pm Saturday. Dr Dillon Bronson of Brookline a Methodist clergyman visited and found the believers earnest though much of the talk unintelligible. Women with closed eyes trembled while others claimed tongues translated into prophecies and Bronson noted personal hypnotism in the air.
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Apostolic Church
Holy Rollers
Bethel
West Duxbury
Mass
Boston
Plymouth
Dillon Bronson
Brookline
Bronson
Himelf
Colleges and Schools in 19th Century News
The German Society of Aerial Navigation plans an aero nautics school at Friedrichshafen. Rev Leopold Bushart, 11th president of St Louis University, died aged. Berlin expelled 25 women students for laziness and inattention. Charles James Capen, Boston's oldest teacher, retires after 65 years in teaching. Thomas Shevlin donates 60000 dollars to University of America. 10000 toward Shevlin hall expansion and 50000 for five scholarships. St Paul board permits Central high lunch room next year for hot meals at modest stipend. Cornell football aims for a strong season with veterans and promising newcomers. success depends on future developments.
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German Society of Aerial Navigation
Friedrichshafen
Leopold Bushart
St. Louis University
University of Berlin
Charles James Capen
Boston
United States
Thomas Shevlin
Minneapolis
University of America
Board of Regents
Shevlin
St. Paul
Paris jurors acquit man who killed wife to end pain
A Paris Assize Court jury acquitted Baudin, a workman, who admitted shooting his incurably ill wife at her request. The case raised questions about the right to end suffering by lethal means and noted the husband’s weak will and domination by his wife.
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Kmiltress
Assize Court
Paris
Baudin
Admits Killing Two Girls in Utica Kidnapping Case
Theodore Rizzo confessed to abducting three little Italian children in Utica New York and murdering two girls and a boy after they threatened to tell their fathers. He collapsed when arraigned before Justice O Connor, and examination was waived with remand to fall.
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Eagle Street
Utica
N. Y
Theodore Rizzo
Rizzo
Justice O'Connor
Revolting Ceremony Stopped by Los Angeles Officials
A Russian sect performed a four day dance around an altar displaying a naked girl's body as a mourning rite. Public protests forced authorities to intervene and demand the sect leave the city. Sect members buried the girl after protests escalated. The Russians claim the ritual mourns girls dying at the threshold of womanhood.
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Los Angeles
Player Catches A Human Fly To Save Child On Embankment
William Neff of Sint ington Pa, a baseball team member, saved little James Marshall from a steep embankment fall. Returning from work, Neff saw the child slip and sprinted under the tumbling figure to catch him in time, ending the danger.
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Rocka
William Neff
Sintington Pa
Little
James Marshall
Neff
Iad
Das
Yale Treasurer Picked From Knoxville
Lee McClung of Knoxville Tennessee, former Yale treasurer and Yale football star, was named United States treasurer to succeed Charles H. Treat. Treat will stay until November after resigning October 15. McClung has lived in New Haven for work with Yale finances, but home and family are in Knoxville. He earlier worked four years with the Southern Railway and ran major Tennessee businesses.
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White House
Washington
Lee McClung
Knoxville
Tenn
Yale
Yale University
United States
Charles H. Treat
Treat
McChing
New Haven
McClung
Southern Railway
Tennessee
Rich man starves to death in Cincinnati violin room
The body of Christopher Kuhn, 68, a cabinet maker, was found in his squalid room at 1622 Central Avenue. He had died of starvation since Sept 6, neighbors say. The hermit, who made violins, kept securities and deeds worth thousands, a bank book showed $1,100 on deposit, with several valuable instruments beside him.
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Christopher Kuhn
Central Avenue
Cincinnati
Kuhn
Treasury officials praise tariff receipts rise in daily totals
Royal E Cabell, aged 82, Richmond postmaster for three years, named commissioner of internal revenue, youngest in the post. Justice William J Gaynor says he will run for mayor of New York City as an Independent, open to party endorsements. William J Bryan speaks in Dallas urging Congress to force pledges to party platforms and condemns those who failed to uphold them. Forestry service officials are described as profligate amid actions tied to Belton, with alleged violations cited.
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Treasury
Royal E. Cabell
Richmond
Internal Revenue
William J. Gaynor
New York City
Dallas
Tex
William J. Bryan
Congress
Sesaton
Forestry Service oMciais
Warships the Big Attraction in Hudson River Pageant
Crowds estimated in the millions witnessed a vast naval parade in New York Harbor celebrating Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton. More than 6,000,000 people viewed 1,000 vessels including 57 warships from several nations and 28,000 officers and men. The morning sunrise guns, a double line procession up the Hudson, and a nighttime fireworks display highlighted the tribute to exploration and steam power.
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North River
New York
Henry Hudson
Robert Fulton
Hudson
Fulton
New York Harbor
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Italy
Holland
Mexico
Argentina
Upper Bay
Clermont
Brooklyn
Girls Save Town From Fire In Perry Ohio
Two telephone operators Hazel Christian and Alice Warren slept at the Perry exchange when a fire started below. They phoned residents and alerted the Painesville and Madison fire departments, then, in night attire, navigated smoke to the street.
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Hazel Christian
Alice Warren
Perry
Ohio
Painesville
Madison
Galveston to Have Causeway Inauguration
A plan to link Galveston Island with the mainland gains traction with a public inauguration event for a new causeway. The project envisions a wide crossing as a major regional connector and civic milestone for the city.
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Galveston
Island
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