Wreck on Western New York and Pennsylvania Line Kills Two
An excursion train collided head on with a regular southbound train seven miles from New Castle Ta. Both engines were wrecked and turned at right angles. The engineer and fireman aboard the regular train were killed and most injuries occurred on the excursion train. The operator allegedly lacked orders to hold the other train.
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Pennsylvania
New Castle
Stoneboro Fair
Wilmington Junction
United States Mail Wagon Strike Shuts City Rounds
Three hundred drivers quit their posts in New York City after a wage dispute with bosses. Over twenty deserted wagons at the mail street entrance to the general post office following word the strike was decided. Leaders say the agreement was not fulfilled and demand higher pay.
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Uncle Sam
United States Mail
New York City
Mail Street
General Post Ofice
Ttis
Panic in Barcelona as tourists flee amid social unrest
Panic sweeps Barcelona as anarchistic agitation prompts tourists to abandon hotels. Police seize a socialist paper for praising recent bomb explosions. In Pennsylvania, a fast train strikes five workers at Homewood station near Pittsburgh killing two and injuring three fatally and seriously.
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Barcelona
Spain
Pennsylvania Railroad
Homewood Station
Pittsburg
Robert Bacon Named Assistant Secretary of State at Roosevelt Era
Robert Bacon of New York, a close associate of President Roosevelt and Harvard alumnus, was appointed Assistant Secretary of State following Loomis’s resignation. Bacon, long a financier with Morgan & Co, helped steer J. Pierpont Morgan interests in the Northern Pacific corner and led diplomacy during the British steamship merger and anthracite coal strike settlement of 1902. Abr. Breau to assume duties when private affairs allow.
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Robert Bacon
New York
Roosevelt
Oat Siarvard
Morgan & Co
Breau
Bacon
J. Pierpont Morgan
Northern Pacific
Wot
Men Who Wrote Treaty Are Distinguished Statesmen
Henry W. Dennison and Frederick De Martens drew up the peace treaty between Taiwan and Russia. Dennison, a Vermont native, has served as a Japanese foreign office attache for over twenty years and was an adviser to Taran Komura. De Martens, a renowned foreign affairs authority born in Pemaino, Baltic region, has led international law work since 1868 and presided over the boundary case of Great Britain and Venezuela.
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Henry W. Dennison
Frederick de Martens
Taiwan
Rusevia
Dennison
Vermont
Taran Komura
Tuo
Department of State
Washington
Japan
Yokoham
Rising Sun
de Martens i Hassit
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Pemaino
TMH
N68
Ccanccil
Tle
Great Titwin
Venezuela
International Court
Many Workmen Celebrate Labor Day Parades
Labor Day observances unfold in Chicago and Detroit with union parades and mixed participation. A ruling clash over uniform bands caused a brief disruption before committees resolved the issue and the parade resumed amid varied union programs.
Marshall Field Weds In London Church
Marshall Field the Chicago merchant and Mrs. Arthur Caton of Chicago wed at St Margaret's in London. The ceremony was conducted by Canon Hensley Treasmond and Rev Samuel Wirschbaum with Ambassador Reid and officials present. The bridal party included Augustus N Eddy and Marshall Field Jr. The bride wore gray chiffon with lace and a large picture hat. Labor Day observances followed in St Paul Boston Kansas City St Louis Philadelphia Pittsburgh and other cities with parades and speeches by union leaders.
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Caton
London
Marshall Field
Arthur Caton
St. Margaret's —— Church
Westminster
Canon Thorbert Hensley-Treasmnoof
Br. Paul's Cathode
Samuel Wirsehbaum
St. Margaret's
Chechoreh Wis
Ambassaddor
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Reid
Carter
Augustus N. Hmddy
Marshall Field, Jr
Wield
South
St Paul Minn
Boston
State House
William Douglas
City Hall
Patrick A. Collins
Kansas
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Pittsburg
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
W.D. Huber
The
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Notable Ages Highlight Long Lives And Local Histories
Mrs Sylvia Langdon Dunham of Southington Conn begins her 106th year and remains spry Henry Croft inventor of the grain separator and Leffel engine dies at 85 a poor man Dr Sophronia Fletcher Boston's first woman physician is 99 Her grandfather fought at Lexington Jesus Vodriguez a 97 year old Mexican inhabi tant of His Paso says he has never worked Francis Richard Lubbock died in Austin Texas in his nineties last of the war Governors of the South Michael Eaton of Glidden Wis dies at 115 after voting for twenty three Presidents Joseph Potter has lived on the site of Potter Ian for fifty one years
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Southington
Conn
Henry Croft
Sophronia Fletcher
Boston
Lexington
Jesus Vodriguez
Francis Richard Lubbock
Austin
Texas
South
Michael Eaton
Glidden
Wis
Joseph Potter
Potter
Ian
Treaty of Portsmouth Seals End to Russo Japanese War
The Treaty of Portsmouth is signed in Portsmouth N H ending the Russo Japanese War. The pact creates peace between Russia and Japan with terms on Korea Manchuria Sakhalin railway rights and prisoner restitution. The agreement is to be ratified within fifty days and communicated by telegraph.
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Korea
Manchuria
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Flussia
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Kouwng Telwugise
China
Kounang-Tehengtse
Manvhuriin
Art Trussia
Sakhalin Island
Sea of Japan
Sea of Okhotsk
Bebring Sea
Roosevelt praised as war ends boosts US trade and industry
The piece links President Roosevelt's foreign policy success to renewed American commerce. It notes the Commercial Association reports over 1,200 visiting buyers from 20 states and provinces, with strong wholesale activity and rising production. It also mentions improved corn prospects and lower prices for certain commodities amid broader economic optimism.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Far East
Commercial Association
Ohio
New York
Canada
Trou and Steel
Dan
Chicago to Buffalo grain and livestock price roundup
Market report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices across multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo and Buffalo. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye and hay along with butter eggs potatoes and lamb ranges.
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Indianapolis
St Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
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