Revolt Expands Across Persian Provinces as Insurgents Seize Power
Reports from Tcheran and western and southern Persia describe a widespread revolution. Persian Kurdistan tribes back the constitutionalists and demand parliament, while many government offices collapse and troops defect. Kerman and Larigtan fall to insurgents as the governor flees. Kaazim Khan leads a provisional government seeking to bypass the central authority.
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Tcheran
Persia
Persian Kurdistan
Sultanich
Reir
A . Mainder
Larigtan
Kerman
Civ
Kaazim Khan
Scare Tactics Mail To President Roosevelt Leads To Court Martial
Camille Marquet, a member of the military ambulance corps in Bordeaux, faced court martial for attempting to blackmail President Roosevelt. He allegedly wrote on January 9 and March 9 demanding 2009 dollars for services rendered during the presidential election and warned of a scandal if unpaid. The letters were handed to the French consul general and police. The court, citing good character, sentenced him to six days with the first offender’s relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
France
Camille Marquet
Roosevelt
Marquez
Marquet
Portugal
Pittsburg Men Lease Big Tract In Indiana
Richmond Indiana gas and oil leases cover 612 acres near Richmond. David J. Roberts represents Pittsburg capitalists planning a thorough field investigation. Operations to begin in two to three weeks. Backers include Max Kauffman BD Andrews and other prominent Pittsburg men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Indiana
Richmond
Ind
David J. Roberts
Roberts
Max Kauffman
Paris Jewel Robber Nabbed After Heist Spree
Paris police arrest Benedict Lupraska of San Francisco for long-standing jewelry thefts. A female accomplice aided the caper as they visited a jewelers shop and used a staged faint to distract staff, allowing Lupraska to steal jewels valued at over $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Benedict Lupraska
San Prancisco
Wno
Seaside Vice Crackdown Due if Atlantic City Saloons Stay Open
Governor declares summer capital alert over Atlantic City “Saturnalia of Vice.” If excise law is not observed, he may convene an extraordinary legislative session and possibly deploy state troops to place the city under martial law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J
Ort
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Ohio river pilot arraigned over intoxication likeness
John Lampton of Cincinnati, an Ohio river pilot, pleaded guilty in Newport Ky court to intoxication after being told by Judge Hawkins that his resemblance to Vice President Fairbanks justified a light penalty. Lampton was fined $1 plus costs and the sentence suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
John Lampton
Fairbanks
Lampton
Newport
Hawkins
Final Chapter in Mrs Chadwick Case Opens in Bankruptcy
Cleveland Ohio Dr Leroy B Chadwick husband of the late financier Mrs Cassie Chadwick filed a bankruptcy petition in US district court listing assets of 75 dollars with medical books and office fixtures exempted valued at 1700 dollars seeking to wipe out debts over 690000. The filing clears him from ties to notes Mrs Chadwick endorsed. He was once indicted but the case was nolled. she died in Ohio penitentiary. Major creditors include 500000 in favor of J W Friend, 90890 to Herbert B Newton, 6000 to G T Beckwith estate and 7000 to J W Albaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Cassie Chadwick
Leroy 8
Chadwick
Wizard of Finance
United States District Court
Ohio Penitentiary
J. W. Friend
Pittsburg
Great Flood in Georgia and Carolinas Damages and Drowning
Floods in Georgia and the Carolinas cause extensive loss of life and property. More than twenty bodies recovered with many missing. Georgia and South Carolina losses total about 2.5 million dollars, with 1.5 million in Augusta. Bridges and mills shut, thousands unemployed as figure climbs with affected mills across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Augusta
Georgia
Carolinas
South Carolina
Bridwells
Perry’s
North Carolina
Sinking of British steamer Dunearn near Nikolaiesk
Typhoon off Geto Island capsized the 2,220 ton steel screw liner Dunearn. Only two of 53 crew survived, engineer William Phillips and seaman John Landon, rescued by the Japanese steamer Sakyo Maru. The vessel sailed from Hamburg to Nikolaiesk and then to Singapore before the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Geto
Kivhin
Moji
William Phillips
John Landon
Dunearn
Nikolaiesk
Big Fire in New Orleans Destroys Wholesale District
Fire swept three blocks destroying wholesale houses manufacturing plants and small stores from Blenville and Chartres to Conti and Royal streets. Loss estimated between one and two million dollars as firemen, at an annual picnic, struggled for water and a delayed response hampered suppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Portons
Blenville
Chartres
Conti Street
Royal
Five Men Killed in Mine Slope Collision near Wilkes-Barre
At Warrior Run colliery Lehigh Valley Coal Company a runaway car struck passenger cars on the mine slope. Five men were killed instantly and five others seriously injured among about 20 workers. Only six escaped uninjured as mangled bodies and potential further deaths were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Warrior Run
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Cable Company Financed Revolution Guilty in Caracas
In Caracas the civil court of first instance found the French Cable Company complicit in the Matos revolution against President Castro and ordered damages near five hundred thousand dollars. The ruling requires additional sums to be assessed later by experts as part of the judgment. General Electric directors declared a quarterly dividend of two dollars per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Civil Court of First Instance
Matos
Castro
General Electric
40 Men Perish in Oklahoma Mine Fire and Blast
A Hailey Oklahoma coal mine No 1 near McAlester ran into disaster when a barrel of oil ignited, sparking flames that consumed the hoisting and air shafts. By nightfall 25 bodies were recovered and dozens more remained trapped as rescue proved impossible, with losses possibly near 40. The mine, owned by D M Hailey James Elliott and Chicago and St. Louis capitalists, faced extensive damage and estimated losses around 50000 dollars amid a list of identified dead and unknown victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlester
Okla
Hailey
Hailey-Okla
D. M. Hailey
James Eiliott
Chicago
St. Louis
Rock Island-Frisco
Southwest
Ross Milton
Andrew Danilken
Dominick Mariana
Steven Zelevich
George Smith
R. H. Webster
Nicholas Uteovich
W. H. Parker
Roy Pierce
Dan Elacoma
Joel Elacoma
Frank Elacoma
Nick Elacoma
Lee Harry
Tom Raimon
George Glendenning
al, Davis
Walter Jones
Alec Ross
Iron Trade Review notes lake vessel orders lift outlook
Cleveland report says orders for lake vessels and freight cars, totaling about 25 000 tons of plates and shapes, plus 10 to 12 other lake vessels and numerous car inquiries, boost hopes for a finished material market. Major orders include two lake vessels for Pittsburg Steamship Company and 1 000 cars for Chicago and Alton Railroad, with plates to be rolled at Carnegie Steel and finished by various mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Iron Trade Review
Pittsburg Steamship Company
United States Steel Corporation
American Shipbuilding Company
Homestead
Carnegie Steel Company
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Standard Steel Car Company
Pittsburg
Hammond
Ind
Hiineis Steel Company
Atlantic Coast Line
South Baltimore Steel Car and Foundry Company
Harriman Lines
Western
Rosenbloom murder case tied to wife and son confession
Baltimore reports Mrs Bonnie Rosenbloom and her daughter Hua confessing to detectives that they and son Alexander killed Samuel J. Rosenbloom of Windber Pa. and hid his body in a trunk found at Belle Mawr New Jersey. Daughter1 provided details of the night of the murder and stated Alexander admitted to killing his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Bonnie Rosenbloom
Hua
Samuel J. Rosenbloom
Windber
Rozenbloom
Belle Mawr
Camden
N. J
Mra. Rosenbloom
Alexander
Rosenbloom
Preacher Albert H Trick Self-Destructs in Mills Hotel
A former Presbyterian pastor Rev Albert H Trick killed himself in a Mills hotel room amid a critique of church truthfulness and insincerity. He had served in Chicago and Saratoga but faced insecure work as an insurance agent. In a farewell letter to Charles N Dowd he said he felt lonely in church and accused the modern church of aligning more with Robert Ingersoll than Jesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Albert H. Trick
Mills Hotel
Chicago
Saratoga
N. Y
Charles N. Dowd
Jesus
Robert Ingersoll
Death Claims Tony Pastor Father of the Variety Stage
Tony Pastor veteran theatrical manager died at home in Elmhurst on August 26 after a complete physical breakdown. He was 76 and for years visited his vaudeville theater near Tamanny Hall on East Fourteenth Street. Pastor nurtured many stars who began their careers at his Broadway theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tony Fastor
Elmhurst
Pastor
Tammany Hall
East Fourteenth Street
Variety Stage
Tony Pastor
Telephone merger to lease properties of three Ohio lines
A new company will be formed in a few days to lease the United States Telephone Company G operator over 12,000 miles of long distance wires the Cuyahoga Telephone Company and the Citizens Telephone Company of Columbus options on these properties have been taken. United States Telephone Company is capitalized at about 4 000 000 and the Cuyahoga company at 3 000 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big. Telephone
Columbus
United States Telephone Company
Cuyahoga Telephone Company
Cleveland
Citizens’ Telephone Company of
Cuyahoga Company
Cannibalism Reported Among Lamuts Near Korkodin
Yakutsk papers describe a dire case where a Lamut nomad, driven by hunger, ate the bodies of his brother s wife and four children. Hunters discovered the deserted encampment and the remains, prompting the report from St Petersburg details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Yakutsk
Lamuts
Korkodin
Reopening planned for National Enameling rolling mills
The granite City rolling mills of the National Enameling and Stamping Company, closed since June 30, will reopen. Within two weeks the full force of about 1,600 men is to be employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granite City
National Enameling & Stamping Company
Big Fall in July 1908 Revenue Tally
Washington reports July 1908 internal revenue receipts total $22,029,316, down $2,899,508 from July 1907. Retail liquor dealers tax drops $216,149 as 8,646 outlets close amid rising prohibition laws across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft Declines Opening Campaign Invitation
Taft declines invitations to speak at the September 5 Republican National campaign opening in Youngstown Ohio. He says it would not be proper for him to attend and hear the likely laudatory remarks by speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Wiliam H. Taft
Escaped Death Fourteen Times in Constantinople
Constantinople figure Constantinople-Fuad Pasha recalls fourteen death attempts before deportation amid dangers tied to the Young Turks, detailing struggles against palace rule after returning to the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Fuad Pasha
Young Turks Party
Fire at Toronto Stock Yards destroys half of West Toronto yard
A blaze at the Toronto Stock Yards in West Toronto destroyed half the facility and caused an estimated loss of 160000 dollars. Seven houses on Keele Street were also burned. The fire’s origin remains under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Union
West Toronto
Keele Street
Unwritten Law Proposed to Protect Home in Eastland
Eastland Texas grand jury urges mothers to shield daughters by restricting freedoms and recommends codifying the unwritten law to strengthen home protection, framing it as a legal safeguard amid calls for stricter social norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastland
Tex
Grand Jury
Jap World's Fair Postponed to 1917 in Tokyo
The government postpones the International Exposition originally slated for 1912 in Tokyo for five years, delaying the event until 1917 as authorities cite reasons for the delay and organize future arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Chelsea wall collapse kills seven workers at square site
A 45 foot brick wall in Chelsea collapses burying about 30 workers. Seven die and twenty are injured including several in serious condition. Foreman warned to stop work minutes before collapse. Foreman and contractor M Gordon of Gordon & Seegal jailed on manslaughter charges. inquest planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Mass
Chelsea Square
United States Marine and Naval
Meyer Arlwok
Ferrie Santte
Boston
Helechi Genelife
Frank Weymouth
Itt
Academy of Music
Park Hotel
Kern Notified as Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate
John Worth Kern, Democratic candidate for Vice President, was formally notified of his nomination by the Denver national convention and accepted the honor in a speech to about 15,000 people at the Coliseum on the state fair grounds. Theodore B. Bell delivered the notification, with William Jennings Bryan present to address trusts and a response to Sherman’s Utica acceptance. Kern questioned whether the people truly rule, criticizing House power and claiming the people’s will has not been enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sryan
Indianapolis
Ind
John Worth Kern
Denver
State Fair Grounds
Theodore B. Bell
California
Kern
William Jennings Bryan
Utica
Sherman
House of Representatives
Open More Indian Land in Rosebud Reservation Lands
The president issued a proclamation opening about 800000 acres of Rosebud Indian reservation surplus lands in South Dakota to settlement. Lands will be allocated by lottery with a drawing in Dallas on October 19 under James W. Whitten. Minimum price six dollars per acre and homestead laws apply to all entries. Registration runs October 6 to 17 at Dallas Chamberlain Gregory Presho South Dakota or O'Neill Valentine Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rosebud
South Dakota
Tripp
Dallas
Cak
James W. Whitten
General Land
Flood Devastates Carolinas Amid Weeks of Rain
Continual rains flood the Carolinas with extensive damage and loss of life. At Camden nineteen people perished on a toll bridge when it collapsed under rising waters. Dozens more are missing as waters swell across the region.
Former Cabinet Officer Vilas Dies After Illness
Madison Wisconsin Colonel William F P Vilas former Postmaster General and Secretary of the Interior died after five weeks of illness. The immediate cause was a second stroke following an earlier cerebral hemorrhage at his Madison home. He also served as United States Senator from Wisconsin in the early 1890s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
William PF. Vilas
Vilas
Cleveland
Interior
Lamar
United States
Gonain
Lincoln Douglas reenactment echoes 1858 debate in Freeport
In Freeport a crowd of about 15 000 gathered as a commemorative reenactment revived the famed 1858 exchange between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver spoke on the Emancipator's part, Colonel W T Davidson on the Little Giant, with Frank Lowden and General Smith D Atkins also presenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benater Dolliver
Lite ébIn
Davidson Douglas
Freeport
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Lincoln
Douglas
Jonathan P. Dolliver
W. T. Davidson
Frank Lowden
Smith D. Atkins
Ellis to Aid Bonaparte in Attorney Generalship
President Roosevelt offers Wade H. Hillis as Ohio attorney general the post of assistant to the attorney general. Hillis accepted the role recently held by Milton D. Purdy and will assume duties when his current duties permit in a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
Wade H. Hillis
Ohio
Milton D. Purdy
Ellis
Ship Battle Flags to Toledo for G A R parade
Two hundred ninety five Civil War battle flags were moved from the State House relic room to Col. J. Corey Winans in Toledo. The flags will lead the September 2 parade at the National encampment in Toledo, marking the second time they have left the relic room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Columbus
Ohio
Toom
State House
J. Corey Winans
Relia
Sage Estate Transfer Tax Figures Approved
Surrogate Beckett approved the transfer tax on the Russell Sage estate died July 2, 1906. Estate appraisal for tax totals $64,153,800.91 with Mrs Sage’s share at $63,778,800.91 and 29 relatives at $650,000. The approved transfer tax is $467,538.01, of which Mrs Sage pays $635,038.01.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sage
Railroads to reorganize under Ramsey committee control
Bankers associated with the Ann Arbor and Detroit and Toledo and Ironton railroads announced a basis for reorganizing the properties. The Ramsey committee, holding a likely majority of the notes, will be allowed to appoint three directors to replace directors whose terms end at the next annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ann Arbor & Detroit
Toledo & Ironton
Ramsey Committee
Big Failure on Stock Exchange Hits New York Firm
The brokerage house A. O. Brown & Company failed with losses estimated above $6,000,000. Their trades dominated about 75 percent of Saturday's stock market activity on August 22, with official word that only 277,000 of over 700,000 shares handled had delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
New York
A, O. Brown & Company
A. O. Brown & Company
Missionary planned leper settlement near Canton
News via the Hongkong Telegraph reports Rev. Fr. Connardy plans a Chinese leper settlement near Canton. He had worked with Father Damien during the final seven years of his life in Molokai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong Telegraph
Canton
Connardy
Damien
Molokai
Prices Fall Across Meats as Packers Predict More
Across multiple markets fresh meat prices have dropped with packers signaling further declines in beef pork and mutton. In Jackson Kentucky Judge Adams overruled a motion for change of venue in the Beech Hargis murder case. In Baltimore snow fell in suburbs and flurries were reported elsewhere in Maryland and West Virginia. Reno Nevada gold seekers pour into Schurz near Rawhide creating crowded camps. In Topeka William J. Bryan argued for bank deposit guarantees before a large audience. Cincinnati Judge Thompson refused Union Distilling Companys bid to block government labeling of imitation whisky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Adams
Prosa
Gulion
Beech Hargis
Baltimore
Maryland
West Virginia
Reno
Nev
Schurz
Rawhide
Topeka
William J. Bryan
Cincinnati
Thompson
United States
Union Distilling Company
Lightning strikes Bryan home windmill near mule stables
A storm slimly damages the windmill at Willam J. Bryan’s Lincoln Nebraska home near the Democratic mascot mule. A large bale of hay was sent from Forney Texas to the Lincoln address. In Geneseo North Dakota the State Bank was robbed of 2200 dollars with no crew seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Lincoln
Willam J. Bryan
Bryan-Bailey Club
Forney
Texas
Geneseo, N. D
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Vige
Oklahoma
Pittsburg Company
Preacher
Tony
Taft
MR. Kern
Columbia
D. C
Bonaparte
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