Star of Bengal wreckclaims 110 lost off Coronation Island
The Alaska Packers' Star of Bengal sank off Coronation Island west of the Prince of Wales archipelago while en route from Fort Wrangel to San Francisco with 45 000 cases of salmon. Seven and twenty were saved from the crew and passengers, including one hundred Chinese and Japanese workers aboard. The vessel was towed to sea by two tugs but blown ashore and abandoned.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
United States Signal Corps
Star of Bengal
Coronation Island
Prince of Wales Archipelago
Alaska Packers’ Association
Fort Wrangel
San Francisco
Fort Wrangell
Gun Explodes On French Warship Killing Crew At Target Practice
At Toulon the turret of the French armored cruiser Latouche Treville blew apart during gunnery drill, killing thirteen gun crew members and injuring several others. The Latouche Treville, with 370 crew, had two 7.6 inch guns aboard and faced immediate investigations.
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Toulon
France
Latouche Reville
Couronne
Les Salinas d’Hyeres
Latouche Treville
Want Black Dolls Negro Baptists Endorse Local Doll Factory
At a meeting of the colored National Baptist association in Lexington Kentucky leaders from across the world passed a resolution endorsing a factory to produce Negro dolls. The resolution notes decades of reliance on white dolls for Christmas and urges patronage by church members and the broader Black community nationwide.
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Lexington
Colored National Baptist Association
United States
Examine the Children Health Check Before Disciplinary School
In New York City, Dr. W H Maxwell urged principals to first inspect a child for adenoid growths in the throat before placing them in disciplinary or truancy programs. He advised two trials at school and health department examination prior to discipline.
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New York City
Health Department
W. H. Maxwell
Dewitt Clinton High Holl
Maxwell
Madman Kills Two at Washington Asylum
Andrew Lightfoot a patient at St. Elizabeth asylum in Washington killed Patrick Maloney and Millie Follin and wounded Migs Robinson. He fled into nearby swamps but was captured after police shot him in the leg. Lightfoot, forty, had eight years as a hospital patient and was once deemed harmless.
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Washington, D. C
Andrew Lightfoot
St. Elizabeth Asylum
Patrick Maloney
Millie Follin
Migs Robinson
Lightfoot
Grave records sought by D A R in Georgia
Daughters of the American Revolution seek information on graves of Revolutionary War era soldiers in Georgia to publish a list and keep personnel records. unmarked graves will receive U.S. government supplied marble headstones.
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Georgia
United States
John M., Graham
Daughters of the American Revolution
Marietta
Tampico
New Orleans
City of Mexico
Windsor
Michigan Central
Detroit
States General
The
Hague
Wilhelmina
Holland
Sureass
London Daily Mail
London
Manchester
Alabama
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
H. L. Hewitt
Alpion
N. Y
Foreign and Home Missions
American Baptist Home Mission Society
American Baptist Mission Union
Aix la Chapelle
France
Iron Industry Growth Prompts Major Tennessee Plant Upgrades
A Manufacturers' Record dispatch notes large improvements planned at the Ensley plant of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co as part of United States Steel's Alabama expansion. The Alabama field sees further activity with Woodstock’s Anniston furnace blow in, while southern mills again lead U S cotton output totaling 2,198,277 bales versus 1,896,661 elsewhere.
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Baltimore
South
Ensley
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Tennessee Company
United States Steel Corporation
Alabama
Anniston
Woodstock Company
Southern Mills
Forest Fires Destroy Two Wisconsin Towns
Rhinelander Wisconsin faced new forest fires threatening the city as 4000 residents from Gagen and Woodboro became homeless after their towns were destroyed. Refugees joined local volunteers to battle the blaze amid drought tinderbox conditions requesting state troops and fire engine aid.
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Wisconsin
Rhinelander
Wis
Gagen
Woodboro
Davidson
Milwaukee
Wright Breaks Flight Record at Le Mans Flight Event
Wilbur Wright, before 10 000 spectators and French Aero Club officials in Sarthe, set a new world record with a 1 hour 31 minute 51 second flight covering 98 kilometres. The event drew attention amid the Fort Myer accident and the Michelin cup contest.
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Wilbur Wright
Lemans
France
Aero Club of
Sarthe
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Aero Club
Noted Cartoonist Dead In Germantown At 43
Philadelphia artist F. M. Howarth, renowned for creating comic series E. Z. Mark and Lulu and Leander, died at his Germantown home from pneumonia at age 43. He was among the nation’s best known comic artists.
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Philadelphia
F. M. Howarth
Germantown
E. Z. Mark
Lulu
Leander
Mrs Gould Seeks Alimony in Divorce Case
New York City Mrs Katherine Gould suing Howard Gould for divorce asks Justice Greerich to grant $10000 yearly alimony and $15000 to cover her counsel fees.
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New York City
Katherine Gould
Howard Gould
Gregerich
Gould
Missing Boat Is Found Aeon Report Reaches Christmas Island
The British steamer Aeon overdue since July 26 from San Francisco to Sydney has been heard from. Captain Downie said all passengers are safe at Christmas Island with no details on wrecking or delay. The message from Fanning Island notes the ship’s crew survived, suggesting possible machinery failure. In Atlanta, Mrs. Netta Riddle, wife of Lt. Riddle, previously aboard the Aeon, remains separated from family as others await word.
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Victoria
British Columbia
San Francisco
Sydney
Australia
Bamfield
Vancouver Island
Fanning Island
Christmas Island
Downie
Aeon
Captain Downie
Hawaiian Islands
Fanning
Auckland
Apia
Atlanta
Netta Riddle
Riddle
J. J. Russell
West North Avenue
Samoa
United States
Battle in Jail Ends With Two Deaths in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg Florida a desperate jail fight left Constable George dead and an Italian attacker killed by Policeman Fletcher. The Italian had taken over Captain Tuttle’s home after arriving from Tampa and attacked officers at the jail, triggering a two hour exchange and a water attack by the fire company before Fletcher shot the Italian.
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St. Petersburg
Florida
Fla
BE. A
George
Fletcher
Tampa
Tuttle
Itatian
Ten-Year-Old Girl Dies In Columbus Area Shooting
A bullet aimed at farmer T. J. Haden four miles west of Columbus struck his ten year old daughter Hibin in the abdomen. She died. The parents were on the porch, the child in the hall. Officers hunt the assassin. M. V. Culpepper of Girard, Alabama is held on suspicion after a recent altercation between Culpepper and Haden.
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Columbus
T. J. Haden
Mr. Haden
Hibin
M. V. Culpepper
Girard, Ala
Haden
Mad Bulls Stampede in Paris Bullfight Disaster
A Lis bon dispatch reports a Paris bullfight at Nolita where twenty two bulls escaped enclosure and charged the crowd. Seven spectators were killed and forty injured before soldiers halted the rampage. ten bulls were killed and the rest fled into the countryside.
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Paris
France
Lisbon
Nolita
Cholera Spurs Delay for Fleet Visit in Manila
Cholera cases in Manila rise to about sixty daily with one third fatality as authorities weigh whether the fleet visit will still proceed. Officials hope to check the outbreak before the harbor entrance to allow planned festivities.
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Manila
P. I
Woman Dies After Fight With Deputies At Prestonia
In West Plains Missouri John Roberts and his wife resisted arrest for killing Obe Kessinger. A gunfight near Prestonia wounded the woman and Sheriff Mooney mortally, and left Roberts and two deputies seriously hurt. Mrs Roberts died after fourteen wounds were found on her.
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West Plains
John Roberts
Prestonia
Roberts
Obe Kessinger
Mooney
Georgia approves convict labor bill moving convicts to county roads
Atlanta reports the Georgia general assembly and Gov. Hoke Smith approve a new convict bill. It shifts felony convicts from private lessees to county and state roads under state supervision, with a plan to absorb about 2100 felons by March 31, 1909, and ends private selling of convicts.
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Atlanta
General Assembly of Georgia
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Smith
Paris Fire Destroys Postoffice and Central Telephone Station
Fire at Paris central telephone building and nearby post office destroys both sites near Place des Victoires. Estimated loss of five million dollars, with long service interruption and uncertain cause possibly short circuit or incendiary origin. Firefighters withdrew due to smoke and fumes as flames consumed the five story structure.
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Paris
France
Postoffice
Place Des Victoires
Edison predicts rapid ocean airship travel and world circumnavigation
Thomas A. Edison forecasts in Salt Lake City that airships will carry passengers across the ocean in eighteen hours within five years, reach the North Pole in forty-eight hours, and encircle the globe in a week with automatic operation, while rejecting human‑driven craft as impractical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Salt Lake City
Utah
North Pole
Globe
Wright Brothers
End of Machinists Strike on Louisville and Nashville RR
A telegram from Washington headquarters ends the machinists strike on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, active since May 29 1907. Workers may return if they can obtain work, and the decision is said to affect the entire system in Birmingham Alabama.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Washington
Fraud On Large Scale Arrest In Philadelphia Hotel
Dr. George Morton of New York was arrested in a Philadelphia hotel on a fugitive warrant from New York. He is charged with false pretenses for allegedly securing 600000 dollars through fraudulent notes.
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Philadelphia
George Mortton
New York
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Army
George Dawson Heath, Jr
Lancaster
D. C
Medical Reserve Corps
Heath
Leutenant
Navy Department
R. P. Schlabach
Norfolk
Charleston
Supreme Court of the United States
Bonaparte
Circuit Court of Appeals
L. A. Wilmer
Supreme Court
Harrison
Post Office
J. B. Robertson
Newport News
James ‘I’. Reed
Souths Cotton Mills
Hay
Fleet
Governor and Prison Commission
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