Sloop Capsize Drowns Seven Summer Visitors Near Deer Isle
A 35 foot open sloop carrying ten summer visitors capsized in Penobscot Bay. Seven people drowned includingMiss Alice Torre and Miss Eleanor Toro of Washington DC and Mrs Lucy Crawley of Philadelphia. Captain Haskell and others survived.
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Deer Isle
Maine
Penobscot Bay
Alice Torre
Washington, D. C
Eleanor Toro
Kellog
Baltimore
Lutie Kellogg
Lucy S. Crawley
Philadelphia
Elizabeth G. Evans
Mount Holyoke Seminary
Massachusetts
Jason OC
Hutchins
Bangor
Captain Haskell
Edward Crawley
Crawley
Henry B. Evans
Holyoke
Elizabeth Evans
Samuel Haskell
Haskell
Miss Evans
Unique figure in history General Diaz seeks another term
From San Luis Potosi comes a proclamation urging the people to back General Diaz for a six year presidency. The call requests nationwide agreement on a date and delivery of the people’s claims for Diaz to continue his work begun thirty years ago. The 1910 election is noted, though Diaz had previously said he would not run again.
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General Diaz
Mexico
City
San Luis Potosi
Diaz
Taft
West Virginia
Hot Springs
New York
Tamany Hall
Martin W. Littleton
Prohibition Party
Hisgen Receives Independence Party Nomination for President
New York City reports that Hisgen, independence party candidate for president, was formally notified of his nomination by the party. Henry A. Powell delivered the notice while John Temple Graves could not attend due to ill health. Hisgen accepted the nomination as a call to public service and outlined his campaign principles.
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Hisgen
Independence Party
New York City
Thomas L. Hisgen
John Temple Graves
Blackmailed Roosevelt Case At Court Martial
Camille Marquet a member of the military ambulance corps faced court martial in Bordeaux for attempting to blackmail President Roosevelt. He demanded $2000 for services during the election on behalf of "my society" and promised further aid. The letters were turned over to the French consul general.
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Bordeaux
France
Camille Marquet
Roosevelt
Marquet
Prohibition and 1908 campaign issues noted in reports
The article reports on political rhetoric around banking guarantees and liquor prohibition, with remarks from Bryan and Taft. It notes rising national prohibition momentum, states with prohibition, and outlines campaign plans in New York Maryland and Ohio, including Taft's tariff pledge and Bryan’s efforts to win New York. It also mentions Hearst’s resignation letter and AFL talks with Bryan allies.
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B. H. Norris
Williams
Taft
Toledo
Mr. Taft
Salem
Ill
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Bryan-Bennett
Himself
Phil Co
Bennett
Mr. Bryan
William Randolph Hearst
Iroquois Club
Democratic Organization
San Francisco
Cleveland
Haskell
Democratic Campaign Committee
American Federation of Labor
William J. Bryan
Washington, D. C
Norman J. Mack
Samuel Gompers
American ‘Federation of Labor
Morrison
Federation
McConnell
Machinists’ Union
Middle Bass Island
Lake Erie
Maryland
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan-Bailey Club
Forney
Texas
Strike End Officially Declared By United Mine Workers
An official order signed by President Lewis and other UMWA leaders ends the Birmingham district coal miners strike begun July 6. The message cites Alabama governor’s ban on tents and public meetings, declares the strike off September 1, and urges miners to seek employment while promising aid to those in need. Operators will rehire most noncriminal workers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lewis
White
Ryan
United Mine Workers of America
Alabama
United Mine Workers
Operators’ Association
Cotton Crop Opens Slowly Across Regions
The Commercial Appeal reports mixed cotton conditions. Lowlands in the Carolinas remain flooded with damage uncertain, uplands show poorer openings but minimal overall losses, and northeastern Georgia flood impact is limited. Georgia opens rapidly, northern Alabama and Tennessee yield strong. Southern Alabama and Mississippi see moderate deterioration from shedding, boll weevils widespread in Louisiana, less so elsewhere.
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Memphis
Tenn
Commercial Appeal
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Turner Dies In Jail By Own Action After Murder Suicide
Julius Turner a farmer hanged himself with sheets in the county jail after fatally shooting his wife Mrs Turner and her son near the village church in June. Authorities say jealousy drove the murder and suicide, with the son misidentified as a rival.
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Clay City
Julius Turner
Government Cotton Crop Report Shows Weekly Decline
Washington dispatch reports the agriculture department value for August 25 at 76.1 percent of normal, down from 88 on July 25 and 72 in August 25 1907, with ten year average 73.9 and August 25 norm.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Fears for Steamer Acon's Safety Linked to Sydney Voyage
In San Francisco authorities report grave fears for the British steamer Acon which sailed for Sydney and has not reached its destination. The Lord Sefton, sister ship, reached Auckland with no sign of the Acon aboard.
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San Francisco
Cal
Acon
Sydney
Lord Sefton
Auckland
Big New Orleans Fire Destroys Over Two Million in Commercial District
A massive fire in central New Orleans swept three blocks from Bienville and Chartres toward Conti and Royal, destroying wholesale houses, plants, and small stores. Originating at Bienville and Chartres, it destroyed old tinderbox buildings, two wine warehouses, and caused exploding barrels of whiskey and brandy. water shortages and a picnic-bound fire crew delayed suppression for hours, with the blaze burning into the night.
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New Orleans
Bienville
Chartres
Conti Street
Royal
General A. P. Stewart Dead in Biloxi
General Alexander P. Stewart longtime Confederate lieutenant general dies at 86 in Biloxi Mississippi due to heart disease. A Tennessee native and former artillery major, he led at battles around Atlanta and the Tennessee campaign before serving as chancellor of the University of Mississippi for twelve years. He was one of the last two lieutenant generals of the Confederate Army. only Simon Bolivar Buckner remains.
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Biloxi, Miss
Alexander P. Stewart
Confederate States Army
Stewart
Tennessee
Biloxi
Isham G. Harris
Atlanta
University of Mississippi
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Status of Boll Weevil Insect Survey Reveals Reduced Damage
The U S bureau of entomology reports an investigation across thirty four representative localities with twenty four in Texas seven in Louisiana two in Oklahoma and one in Arkansas. Findings show boll weevil damage significantly lower this year than in 1907 while boll worm damage remains substantial but does not offset the reduced weevil impact.
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Dallas
Texas
United States Bureau of Etomology
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Special Committee Formed on Simplified Fire Insurance Policy
The national convention of insurance commissioners adopted a resolution to appoint a special committee to study the feasibility of a simplified standard fire insurance policy. The panel will confer with interested parties and report at the next annual meeting, likely in Colorado Springs.
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Detroit
Mich
National Convention of Insurance Commissioners
Insurance Commissioners
Colorado Springs
Farmers Are Prosperous as Harvest Forecasts Soar
Secretary Wilson, en route to Iowa, announces crops will exceed previous highs. Corn may reach 2.7 billion bushels, wheat around 675 million, and cotton about 138 million bales, with strong prices boosting farm wealth toward an estimated 8 billion dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Iowa
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
United States
United State
Census Bureau
Agricultural Department
Conference on U S Mine Conditions Aids Fatalities Study
An American conference on United States mine conditions and fatalities is under way in Pittsburgh. Victor Watteyne leads Belgian mine officials with Clarence Hall and J W Paul of the U S Geological Survey and West Virginia mines head J Desborrough of England and Herr Meissner of Germany joining. Congress has allocated 150000 dollars for the investigation of recent mine disasters in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Alabama.
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America
Pittsburg
United States
Victor Watteyne
Department of Mines
Clarence Hall
United States Geological Survey
J. W. Paul
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Captain Desborrough
England
Herr Meissner
Watteyne
Congress
Governor Declares War on Gamblers in Atlantic City
Seagirt New Jersey Governor Fort issues a proclamation threatening state troops to restore order and enforce Sunday and anti gambling laws in Atlantic City as rowdy barrooms and open law violations persist at the nation’s largest pleasure resort.
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New Jersey
Atlantic City
Seagirt
N. J
United States
Governor Fort
National Wool Growers Fund to Central Western Storage
Resolutions approved the plan for national storage of the western wool crop by the National Wool Growers association. The president was authorized to choose a city for a central store market and to form a corporation.
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Salt Lake
Utah
National Wool Growers’ Association
Building statistics show 1907 U.S. city construction costs
Washington, D. C. reports total cost of buildings in principal U.S. cities for 1907 at 661,076,286 dollars, down 17,634,683 from 1906. New York leads declines with a drop of 141,591,982 dollars, or 26.94 percent.
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Washington, D. C
United States
New York
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Deer Island
South
Mr. Tatt
Engne W. Chafin
Minneapolis
Minn
Congress of the United States
North Dakota
Kansas
Bethel Cemetery
Montgomery
William H. Taft
New York State
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Government Cotton Crop Report
A. P. Stewart
Bureau of Entomology
Standard Fire Insurance
Secretary of Agriculture
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