Danish Explorer Mylius Erichsen Dies in Greenland Snowstorm
Mylius Erichsen, the Danish Arctic explorer, perished with three companions after their ice floe drifted from the Greenland coast. They lacked strength to return to the station as provisions ran out, ending a planned crossing of the Greenland interior planned for March through May 1908.
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Copenhagen
Mytius Erichsen
Lina
Denmark-Greenland
Erichsen
Greenland
Esquiman
Richsen
Iesenpoot
Maren
Mylius Erichsen
American Geographical Society
New Zealand Welcomes Admiral Sperry and Fleet
Auckland crowds greet Admiral Sperry and U S Atlantic fleet officers as they land in New Zealand on a ceremonial visit. Prime Minister Ward officiates, praising Roosevelt and presenting a signed album, while the city unveils decorated stands and hosts an elaborate welcome. An illuminated address and a wooden casket with New Zealand emblems are given to the admiral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Sperry
Auckland
New Zealand
Joseph George “Ward
Queen Street
Sir Joseph
Roosevelt
Admiral Speery
Roosevelt Appeals Freight Rate Rise In Texas
Senator Culbertson of Texas urged President Roosevelt to curb railroad plans for higher freight rates in Texas. Roosevelt referred the issue to the attorney general for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Culbergen
Texas
Five eminent students form Roosevelt farm life commission
President Roosevelt invites five eminent students of farm life to serve on a commission. The task is to investigate social and economic aspects of farm life and report findings to spur a national movement for the betterment of farmers and their families.
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Roosevelt
Fire kills six in New York tenement blaze
A tenement at 1832 East One Hundred and Twelfth Street burned burning six people to death including four children, an infant, and an elderly man. Other residents were injured with three severely hurt from the fire. In Russia, July 31 saw seventy-one death sentences, including several tied to a prison escape last May.
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New York
One Hundred and Twelfth Street
Russia
Crop report shows corn condition and wheat yield in nation
Washington data from the crop reporting board of the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Agriculture, notes corn condition on August 1 at about 72.6 percent of normal, with monthly changes. Preliminary figures indicate winter wheat yield near 14.3 bushels per acre, totaling around 425 million bushels, versus last year’s 409 million. Spring wheat stands at about 80.7 percent of normal, oats at 76.8 percent, with comparisons to prior months and years.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Three Babies Cremated In House Fire Tragedy
In Minneapolis a deadly house fire claimed the lives of three children aged one, two, and four. The mother, Mrs. Frank Lindberg, left for shopping, locked the children in a room, and neighbors heard their screams as flames engulfed the home. Rescue attempts failed as the fire burned rapidly.
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Minneapolis
Frank Lindberg
Record Breaking Canal Excavation Surges in July
Washington report notes continuous rise in isthmian canal work. Colonel Goethals cables show July excavation at 3,168,640 cubic yards, surpassing June’s near record 3,056,976, with 1,847,178 cubic yards moved by steam shovels.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal
Goethals
Isthmus
Jane
Nine Men Drowned Off Halifax In Schooner Collision
The Gloucester fishing schooner Maggie and May was run down by the German schoolship Freya sixty miles off Halifax harbor on Saturday night. Captain Kick McCatheran and many crew members perished. The Freya brought four survivors and reached Halifax. The Maggie and May carried eighteen men, was eighty eight net tons, and owned by G Dennis of Gloucester.
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Halifax
N. 8
Gloucester
Maggie
May
Halifax Harbor
Kick McCatheran
Mary
G. Dennis
Train Fire At Blocton Kills Three Miners Injures Eleven
Three miners die instantly and eleven people hurt when striking miners fired into a passenger train on the Birmingham Mineral railroad at Blocton Alabama. The dead include conductor Joe T Collins and deputy sheriff O Dent and Willard Howell a non union miner. Injured include Major B H Dodge superintendent of safety Tennessee Coal Company and E E Cox superintendent of mines Tennessee Coal Company.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Mineral Railroad
Blocton
Joe T. Collins
O. Dent
Willard Howell
B. H. Dodge
Tennessee Cos
E. E. Cox
Tennessee Coal Company
Wheat Crop Short in Ohio State Report
Ohio state Board of Agriculture reports the 1907 wheat crop will yield at 82 percent of average at threshing, 2 points higher than August estimate but 12 percent less acreage. The vats crop stands at 65 percent of average. Corn yield is not estimated, but signs point to a fair crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Mary Ann Perry Dies at 105 in Cumberland Maryland
Mrs. Mary Ann Perry aged 105, widow of Dr. George Perry, died in Cumberland on the 7th. She left no relatives in the city. The Perrys were once a wealthy and influential family in the county. Dr. Perry was brother to Commander Roger Perry of the U S Navy and Judge Thomas Perry of Cumberland.
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Cumberland
Mary Ann Perry
George ©. Perry
Plague Spreads to Azorean Islands as Deaths Rise
The bubonic plague is spreading to Terceira Island in the Azores archipelago. Reports indicate 12 deaths since July 27, underscoring a worsening outbreak across Fayal and nearby Azores islands.
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Azores
Fayal
Azroes Islands
Terceira
Yaqui Indians Kill Thirteen in Lampazas Massacre
El Paso report states Yaqui Indians killed 13 people from three families on July 24 near Lampazas nine, about 20 miles from Montezuma, Sonora. Police and military authorities initiated investigations and searches for suspects and motives in the border region.
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el Paso
Tex
Lampazas
Montezuma
Sonora
Pig production rise in July reports higher output
Iron circles report July pig production reached 1,217,000 tons, up from June's 1,092,000 tons, a gain of 125,000 tons. August 16 is expected to show a further larger increase in output.
Massacre Report of Korean Insurgents Attacking Japanese
From Possict Bay details arriving here of a Japanese detachment annihilated on the Russo-Chinese frontier by Korean insurgents. Attacks, ambushes, and killings of individuals and small groups recur as Koreans grow bolder. three captives offered to guide attackers to insurgent headquarters in the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersurg
Possict Bay
Vnla
Iron market improves as firms place large iron orders
Iron trade notes heavy buying of pig iron and iron pipe. A New York pipe concern orders 15,000 tons and a southern iron sale moves 36,000 tons, lifting market activity though prices show mixed shifts. Southern sales push some firms out of Q3 market while others hold at 12.25 to 12.50. Lake Superior ore movement July totals 4,304,283 tons with season total 7,235,281 tons, down 10,299,460 from last year.
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Cleveland
Lee Heavy
Teading
Southern Iron
New York State
Birmingham
South
Standard Sanitary and Manufacturing Company
Louisville
Bessemer
Lake Superior
Prosperous Plants Shine in Kittanning Plant Output
Prosperous Plants in Kittanning Pa report record shipments at the Ford City plant of Pittsburg Plate Glass Company with over 1,000,000 feet of glass shipped monthly. Nearby firms plan upgrades as Kittanning Clay Products installs new dryers and kiln while Kittanning Brick & Fire Clay adds a brick machine boosting capacity to 250,000 daily.
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Kittanning
Ford City
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Kittanning Clay Products Company
Kittanning Brick & Fire Clay Company
Telegraphic Briefs Recap of July Coal, Rail Orders and Political News
Buffalo coal shipments for July reached 696906 tons, up from June 636456 and last year 427425. B&O Railroad ordered 14600 tons of steel rails for mountain divisions. William J. Bryan plans national campaign tours across major cities. Red Cross donates 1000 to forest fire victims in British Columbia. John W. Kern to be notified of Democratic VP nomination August 25 at the State Fair grounds. Annan Howard leaves University of Washington to manage a Kentucky mule farm. Dramatist Bronson Howard dies at 66 in Avon-by-the-Sea New Jersey. American Car and Foundry wins Panama Railroad contract for 300 box cars at 993 dollars each.
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Buffalo
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
William J. Bryan
Atlantic
Pacific
American National Red Cross
British Columbia
John W. Kern
Democratic Party
United States
State Fair Grounds
Annan Howard
Department of Women
University of Washington
Seattle
Kentucky
Bronson Howard
Avon-by-the- Sea
N. J
No Mercy for Navy Deserters as Court Martial Sentences Hurley
Rear Admiral Pillsbury acting secretary of the Navy approves a court martial verdict fining ordinary seaman Frank J Hurley with ten years hard labor and dishonorable discharge for desertion after brief service. The Navy vows to crack down on fraudulent reenlistment and imposes heavy penalties on convictions.
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Navy
Washington
Pillsbury
Secretary of the Navy
Frank J. Hurley
Hurley
800 Killed In Streets Of Tabriz Battle Report
In Tabriz the fighting has lasted three days with high casualties from mortars and shells. Estimated deaths reach about 800 with shops and bazars sustaining over 4 million dollars in losses. American missionaries escaped injury amid the turmoil as constitutional progressives clash with reactionaries. Teheran has dispatched quick firing batteries to Tabriz and is forming new troops.
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Shah
Tabriz
Teheran
Tabrir
Revolution is complete two Christians now cabinet in Constantinople
The Young Turks have triumphed forming a cabinet on a constitutional basis. The Sultan gives up appointing Ministers of War and Marine. Kiamil Pasha becomes Grand Vizier again, with a largely liberal ministry. Two ministers are Christians: Gabriel Iffendi Armenian Minister of Works and Prince Mavromordato Greek Minister of Agriculture.
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Constantinople
Marine
Kiamil Pasha
Gabriel Iffendi
Prince Mavromordato
Glassworkers win wage deal with bottle makers in AC
Atlantic City Glassblowers of America secured a wage scale equal to last year and kept similar working hours after a wage conference with bottle manufacturers. The agreement also increases apprentices to one for every fifteen journeymen, an advance from last year, amid a larger pool of idle workers.
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Atlantic City
Glassblowers of America
Huntington plans new mausoleum in Mt Hopé cemetery
Huntington Ind plans a $30,000 mausoleum to honor the dead following Egyptian custom. A stock company organizes the project to house hundreds of bodies, with the structure half buried in a hillside and built of marble tile and reinforced concrete in Mt Hopé cemetery.
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Huntington
Ind
Mt. Hopé
Bristow Nomination Defeats Long in Kansas Primary
Topeka Kansas reports complete returns from counties showing W R Stubbs leading for governor and J L Bristow leading for United States senator on the Republican ticket. Stubbs has a 13222 vote edge and Bristow a 6841 vote lead with Long conceding Bristow's nomination.
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Senator Long
Kansas
Stubbs
Topeka
Kan
W. R. Stubbs
J. L. Bristow
United States
Chester I. Long
Bristow
Boat sinks at Chautauqua after collision with submerged spit
The steamer Cincinnati of the Chautauqua Steam boat line struck a submerged spit near the Chautauqua dock, tearing a large hole in its side. With 200 passengers aboard, all were landed quickly as water gushed into the hold and the vessel sank moments after the last person disembarked.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Cincinnati
Chautauqua Steamboat Line
Chautauqua Lake
Chautauqua
Increase Train Crews for Allegheny Valley Freight
Oil City reports increased tonnage from the Pittsburg district. Ten extra freight crews are to be placed on the Chautauqua division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, covering the Oil City to Buffalo route and the Oil City to Olean line along the Allegheny river. Additional crews also run Oil City to Kiskiminetas Junction on the Allegheny Valley division.
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Allegheny Valley
Oil City
Pittsburg
Chautaqua Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Buffalo
Here
Olean
N. Y
Allegheny River
Allegheny Valley Division
Kiskiminetas Junction
Georgia Shippers Protest ICC Against Rate Increase
Georgia shippers urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to block higher freight rates in the Southeastern rail system. Judge Speer has temporarily enjoined enforcement while the commission reviews reasonableness of the proposed charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Georgia
Speer
Senator William B Allison Ends Long Public Life
Iowa senator William Boyd Allison died at his Dubuque home of heart failure. Born in Perry Ohio on March 2 1829 he studied at Allegheny and Western Reserve colleges before practicing law in Ohio then Dubuque. He helped name Lincoln in 1860 and chaired finance work for over four decades shaping Civil War measures and national credit.
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Dubuque
United States
William Boyd Allison
Senator Allison
Perry
John
Mary Allison
Allegheny College
Meadville
Western Reserve College
Hudson
Allison
Anna Carter
Wooster
Ashland
Ohio
Chicago
Iowa
the Treasury
Garfield
Harrison
McKinley
Brussels
National House of Representatives
Ways and Means
Abraham Lincoln
Thaw Files Bankruptcy in Pittsburgh to Shield Assets
Harry K Thaw petitions for bankruptcy in Pittsburgh to shield assets from New York lawyers and medical experts seeking his release from prison. Roger O Mara is named receiver. Thaw lists assets at 128012.88 and liabilities at 453140.43. The petition claims the action aims to prevent dissipation of property in ongoing litigation over many claims, including those against lawyers and doctors.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Pittsburg
Roger O'Mara
Thaw
Great Strike In Canada Grips Canadian Railways
A nationwide strike by Canadian Pacific railway mechanics began on the 5th, with Toronto West Toronto North Bay Chapleau and other points reporting unified action. Officials in Winnipeg say about 12,000 men are out, with Western Canada workers joining in sympathy over a disputed schedule from the conciliation board. The stoppage threatens to halt the entire system and stands as the largest in Canadian history.
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Toronto
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
West Toronto
North Bay
Chapleau
Otter
Winnineg
Western Canada
Railway
Conciliation
Three Killed by Explosion at Aetna Portland Cement Plant
An explosion of coal gas and dust on a conveyor at the Aetna Portland Cement Company plant in Fenton Michigan killed three workmen and severely burned a fourth. The dead are William Harris 40 Linden Michigan Andrew Corwin 45 Fenton and George Hatt 25 Saginaw. The injured is Robert Boyd 30.
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Fenton, Mich
Aetna Portland Cement Company
William Harris
Linden
Mich
Andrew Corwin
Fenton
George Hatt
Saginaw
Robert Boyd
Bryan to Deliver Brief Acceptance Speech in Lincoln
Fairview Nebraska reports that William J. Bryan’s speech at acceptance will be short with about 5300 words by actual count. The campaign issues will be discussed briefly with Bryan reserving detailed views for later speeches.
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Fairview Lincoln
Governor Cumming Announces Senate Candidacy
Iowa Governor Albert B. Cumming declares his bid to succeed the late United States Senator Allison, launching a statewide campaign to win the seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert B. Cumming
Iowa
United States
Allison
Great Airship Wrecked In Thunderstorm Drama Ends Zeppelin Flight
A Zeppelin dirigible crashes near here during a sudden wind storm and thunderstorm. The forward motor explodes and the ship bursts into flame, ending a 24 hour endurance flight as spectators look on. Count Zeppelin’s grand project is thwarted by nature and mechanical failures.
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Sky Navigator
Eichterdingen
Zeppelin
Count Zeppelin
Guies
Gas Overcomes Five In Reservoir Tragedy At St Johns
In St Johns Michigan two men John Allen and Walter Reynolds died from gas in the city reservoir in front of city hall. Three others William H. Smith ex prosecutors attorney John Harley merchant and Walter Polsein 16 were overcome while attempting rescues. Harley and Smith remain in dangerous condition Polsein home in Winona Minnesota thought out of danger. Allen went down to clean the reservoir Reynolds rushed to help and fell unconscious in six feet of water. Smith and Harley followed to aid them and were overcome. Polsein was lowered by rope but also unconscious before reaching the group. Fire department members finally rescued all using tong hooks.
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St. Johns
Mich
John Allen
Walter Reynolds
William H. Smith
John Harley
Walter Polsein
Harley
Smith
Polsein
Winona
Mian
Allen
Reynolds
Polsem
Fire Department
Three Killed and Six Wounded in Perry County School Election
In Layman Perry county Kentucky a dispute over voter counts in the school trustee election left three dead and six wounded. The deceased are James Blanton Pearl Blanton and Stokely Osborn. The injured are Lee Russell Taylor Monroe John Taylor Sherman Blanton Richard Blanton and Mrs Laura Blanton. The Longstanding feud between the Taylor and Blanton families sparked the violence.
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Frankfort
Perry County
James Blanton
Pearl Blanton
Stokely Osborn
Lee Russell
Taylor Monroe
John Taylor
Sherman Blanton
Richard Blanton
Laura Blanton
Taylors
Blantons
Baldwin test successful dirigible for Army at Fort Myer
Captain Thomas Baldwin built airship for the United States army. In a 20 minute flight piloted by Baldwin and Curtiss guiding the motor, the dirigible rose to 100 feet, completed a full circle, and landed 30 feet from its start. Curtiss estimated speed at 12 miles an hour.
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Washington, D. C
Thomas 8. Baldwin
United States Army
Captain Baldwin
Glenn H. Curtis
Fort Myer
Baldwin
Curtiss
Wool Market Prices Rise Slightly in Boston Trade
Wool prices steady to up as demand nudges higher for medium fleeces in Boston. West arrivals remain heavy with Michigan quarter-beach and Oregon staple leading, while mills push men wear demand and prices for various fleece grades from XX to delaine washed are listed.
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Boston
Michigan
Oregon
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Three Killed as Train No 206 Derails in Triboden
Frisco passenger train No. 206 derailed twelve miles east of Triboden Ai. killing three people and injuring four seriously. The engine plunged down a twelve foot embankment pulling the mail baggage and smoking cars with it.
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Triboden
Frisco
Here
Train Kills Judge Campaign Auto Collides With Fatal Result
Hutchinson Kansas Judge George A Vanderveer, candidate for Republican nomination for Ninth Judicial District, was killed when a rock jet and train struck his campaign automobile. Driver Rowell Taylor was injured but expected to recover.
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Hutchinson, Kas
George A. Vanderveer
Ninth Judicial District
Primariels
Rowel Taylor
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Mothe
Birt
Panama
Alabama
American Car and Foundry Company
Panama Railroad
Will
W. B. Allison
Congress
Lincoln
Harry Thaw
Canadian Pacific
Wool Market
Train
Judge
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