Lyttleton Ghost Dream and Other 18th Century Tales
A fragment recounts Thomas Lord Lyttleton’s dream of a woman in white foretelling his death, followed by a long garbled collage of historical anecdotes. It mentions Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson, Constans, a Los Angeles police and firemen’s benefit fire, London’s water reservoir, and various distant vignettes from journalism and science.
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Lyttleton
Enabieh
Thomas Lord Lyttleton
Los Angeles
Police and Firemen of
Diggs Contempt Trial Testimony About Affection and Threats
In San Francisco a witness described tensions between Mrs. Diggs and Caminetti over her husband. Mrs. Diggs declared she would tell his parents and threaten Marsha Warrington, vowing to make her suffer as she had suffered. Caminetti’s testimony touched on the disputed state of mind influencing the case.
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San Francisco
Sept
Caminetti
O'Brien
Fr. P. Diana Maury
Caminett
Diggs
Mra. Diggs
Mrs. Diggs
Mr. Diges
Marsha Warrington Ike
Warrington
Oath
Envoy Zamacona Heads to Washington for Mexican Loan Talks
Manuel de Zamacona Inclan, former Mexican ambassador, arrives in Washington to push negotiations with the United States on a financial loan for Mexico. The move follows plans by American and Canadian bond holders to restore Mexican railroads, contingent on Huerta’s exit and peace.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
New York
Washington
Manuel de Zamacona E Inclan
United States
London
Huerta
Senor Zamacona
John Lind
Vera Cruz
Fire Engulfs Whitacian Church in Boston Losses Mount
A fire swept the Whitacian church in Boston early today, one of the city’s oldest houses of worship. The blaze caused about 50 000 in damage and forced guests to evacuate to nearby West End hotels.
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Boston
Weat End
Organization Opens Panamanian Exposition Office
An organization formed to promote bioretcent aims to draw German participation in a Panama Pacific Exposition. The Panama office opens here to coordinate activities and publicity.
Fear to let natives see decollate dancer in Calcutta
A British India report describes alarm over an American dancer appearing in revealing attire. Police fear a white performer on stage could provoke unrest among locals and threaten public order in Calcutta.
Daughter of Sheridan Widowed After Sudden Marriage
Newark Ohio Sept twenty five years of courtship end in tragedy as bride widowed when her groom, T C Wilson, dies of Bright's disease hours after their hasty wedding. Miss Sheridan, daughter of the late Gen Phil Sheridan, has served as postmistress at Somerset and remained Catholic in religious differences with Wilson.
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Newark
Ohio
Bright
Phil Sheridan
T. ¢. Wilson
Wilson
Misa Sheridan
Miss Sheridan
Washington
Thieving Ghouls Plunder Dead of New Haven Wreck
At North Haven railroad wreck witnesses testified to body robbing by thieves including ring thefts and purse looting. Coroner Mixon and Chief Smith ordered detectives to pursue suspects as investigations into safety lapses and train signals continued.
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New Haven
Conn
North Haven
McChord
Bardo
New Haven Road
Bridgeport
Henry James Pord To Discuss Philippine Affairs Before Wilson
Princeton professor Henry James Pord has returned from a Philippine trip and will present an analysis of Philippine affairs to President Wilson. He stated he is not a candidate for any Philippine commission or other post.
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Washington, D. C
Henry James Pord
Princeton
Wilson
Flo
Philippine Commission
Brad
Chase J
Unclear Union Pacific Share Offering Details
The report outlines a contested share offering involving Southern Pacific and Union Pacific with a $55,000,000 issue. It notes underwriting involvement and misstatements in the official notice, mentioning about 2 percent attached as securities and remaining shares for distribution.
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New York
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Macific
Union Pacific
Orarty
Women try to burn Dulwich College in London blaze
Firefighters halted two fires at Dulwich College, a historic London school founded in 1619. extant 1870 buildings valued at £600000. Fragments of social literature and empty petrol cans found nearby as watchman reported the incident and three brigades acted.
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London
Dulwich College
Shakespeare
Edward Alleyn
Hurricanes Ravage North Carolina Coast With Few Fatalities
Destructive storm from Hatteras to Ocracoke causes major property losses across Morehead City Beaufort New Bern and Washington. Docks bridges and mills damaged. two deaths reported. 24 people saved from the schooner Wella. coastal towns suffer flooding and fires amid widespread ruin.
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Atlantic
Hattera
Ocracoke
Morehead City
Beaufort
Newbern
Washington
Beyboro
Bell Havens
Norfolk Southern
Newburn
George W. Wells
Hatteras
Wella
Ocracoke Inlet
Durant
Annie R. Heldritter
Diamond Shoals
Carolina
Destructive Hurricane Causes Over 3 Million In Property Loss
Washington reports property valued at more than 3 million dollars destroyed as a destructive storm sweeps the North Carolina coast. Incoming wireless lines are meager and efforts to verify casualties on Ocracoke Island and Pomlico Sound have failed due to wrecked stations.
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Cheerlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Bell Haven
Washington
D. C
Beaufort County
Morehead City
Oriental
Bayboro
Newbern
Aurora
Vandemere
Washington, D. C
Ocracoke Island
Pomlico Sound
New Lighthouse at Whitefish Point Goes On Line
Duluth Sept 6 Engineers in stalled new apparatus at Whitefish Point lighthouse prepare to guide mariners with one of the world s largest lights starting tonight The beacon shines with 3 000 000 candlepower the lighthouse bureau reports
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Duluth
Mion
Lighthouse Bureau
Whitefish Point
Mulhall on Stand Before House Lobby Committee
Washington hearings continue as Martino M Mulhall is examined by lawyers for the National Association of Manufacturers before the House lobby committee. The testimony focuses on lobbying activities and related conduct.
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Washington
Martino M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
House
Fort Worth Bank Faces Turbulent Finances in Crisis
Warbingtion reports the Fort Worth bank shows distress with $30,000 deposited in the State National Bank of Wort Worth. Officials move to address the crisis as the examiner from the currency agency reviews the situation and potential solvency implications for the bank and local economy.
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National Bank of Wort Worth
Thogans
Pank Excurace van Zandt
Carnegie backs income tax and peace plea
Andrew Carnegie granted interviews at the American legation saying the Kaiser would read his peace appeal. He supported an English old age pension bill and urged a graduated income tax, arguing heavier levies on the rich. Carnegie predicted shifts in military careers and praised world progress. The Belgian king appointed Carnegie a grand officer of the Order of Leopold.
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Brieselsa
Andrew Carnegie
Asker
Kaiser
Aia
Carnerio
Curheale
Belgium
Mr. Carnegle
Order of Leopold
Japanese Pressure Builds Over Nanking Incident Seizure Threats
Tokyo diplomats report Count Gombel Yamamoto heads to Nikko to brief the emperor on a shooting incident involving Japanese subjects during the clash between Chinese government forces and southern rebels at Nanking. Public anger rises as calls for military action and seizing a Chinese port gain ground.
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Tokio
Gombel Yamamoto
Nikko
Nanking
Japan
China
Senate caucus moves to raise tax on large incomes
Senate Democrats pressed toward finalizing a tax package with higher rates for top earners and a $3,000 minimum. The plan would lift the maximum to 7 percent for incomes over $500,000, with graduated surcharges on higher brackets. A second caucus may be held to address Newlands amendments and cotton futures tax changes.
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Washington
Sept
Senate
Newlands
Nevada
Smith
Georgia
Clark
Arkansas
South Carolina
Creditors Seek Removal of Trustee Abbott in Bollman Brothers Case
More than 100 creditors of Bollman Brothers Plano Co file in St. Louis federal court to oust trustee Augustus L. Abbott alleging mismanagement of estate funds after the death of J. Piper. They claim funds are being diverted and challenge the inclusion of a $650,000 life insurance payout as estate assets. Dorsey A. Jamieson calls the charges absurd.
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Bt. Louis
Sept
Bollman Brothers’ Plano Company
Federal District Court
Augustus L. Abbott
B J. Piper
Piper
Mh Wie and Sone
Abbott
Mra
Dorsey A. Jamieson
Wreck Inquest Begun By Coroner In Bar Harbor Crash
New Haven Conn Sept 8 The formal inquest into the Bar Harbor express wreck that killed 21 passengers began behind closed doors. Coroner Mix cited publicity could prejudice the state case and justice. Witnesses include A B Miller engineer of the White Mountain express and Playman Murray of Bar Harbor line. Five injured remain critical.
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New Haven
Conn
North Haven
Mixon
Smith
Mix
Engineer Miller
White Mountain Express
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven Railroad
White Mountain
Bar Harbor
Springfield
Hartford
Wallingford
Flagman Murray
John (. Kelly
Belnap
Interstate Commercce Commission
A. B. Miller
Cy H. Murray
McChord
Murray
Howard Elliott
Railroad
Miller
At Liberty
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Charles H. Murray
Aince
Cummins Objects to Commerce Commission Representation
Senator Cummins attacks the Interstate Commerce Commission for failing to protect public value in railroads. The commission forms engineer boards to study the issue but opponents demand an independent body free of commission ties. Tharnu and Minnesota State Commissioner Staples are cited among supporters of public representation, with Cummins planning a legislative push next winter.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Incudex
Staples
Minnesota
Cumming
Clifford Tharnu
Roosevelt Urges Sulzer To Explain Charges
Albany N Y Former President Theodore Roosevelt pressed Governor Sulzer to issue a full straightforward explanation regarding impeachment charges. Sulzer released Roosevelt's letter without comment and said his explanation would come at impeachment trials.
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Albany
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Sulzer
Roosevelt Maya
Roosevelt
Frawley Committee
Flooded Subway Paralyzes New York Rush Hour
Heavy overnight rain submerged subway tracks in Manhattan and Brooklyn, flooding nine miles of four tracks to depths of three feet or more. By nine a.m. no trains moved and traffic gridlock spread across the city until pumps could remove the water. Interborough workers used electric pumps to drain the flooded tubes.
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New York, Sept
New York Subway
Ninty-sixth Street
Upper Manhattan
Brooklyn Terminal
Subway
Interborough Company
Pope Pius X Recovers From Cold Indisposition
Rome reports Pope Pius X is again beset by a mild indisposition from a cold with hoarseness headache and plotting fever. Vatican physicians advise complete rest though he keeps today’s engagements and receives Cardinal Ferriri of Milan who leads a group of Milanese pilgrims. He then greets the pilgrims at the Vatican.
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Rome
Pius X
Vatican
Ferriri
Milan
Karluk Arrives at Point Barrow After Ice Stagnation
The whaler Karluk of the Brefanson expedition reached Point Harrow Alaska yesterday after being frozen in polar ice at latitude 7 degrees 6 minutes and longitude 167 degrees W for several days.
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Point Harrow
Alaska
Karluk
Brefanson
Smugglers Located and Mexican Opium Ring Revealed
In Los Angeles authorities arrest Major Morris of Oakland revealing a Mexican opium network formed in lower California to distribute the drug throughout California.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Majot Morris
Oakland
Thorne Attends Conference On Value Rates Reform
Railway Commissioner Thorne, in Washington for international commerce talks, presses for value reform methods to curb costly freight practices. He argues current systems raise rates and burden towns with higher carriage costs.
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Washington
Thorne
Laws
Unh Sets Record With Coal Mine Output Last Year
Unh broke a record by mining over 3,000,000 tons of coal last year for its fire Une.
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Glasgow Corporation
Unh
Une
Friedmann Patients In Worse Condition After Treatment
Dr Harry Lee Barnes reports 120 tuberculosis patients treated with Friedmann's turtle vaccine show no miracle results. About 17 percent exhibit increased disease activity despite standard sanatorium care. One joint tuberculosis patient shows marked improvement.
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Providence
It. L
Rhode Island Medical Society
Harry Lee Barnes
Riedmann
Friedmann
Berlin Medical Society
Barnes
Coal Tar Trust Said To Be Legally Ended
A federal court in New York was informed that the so called coal tar trust has complied with its decree in the government dissolution and is now legally dissolved. Ex Senator John Spooner, attorney for the defendants, announced the ruling, while Assistant United States District Attorney Claude E Thompson did not dispute the claim.
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New York
N. Y
Coal Tar Trust
John ©. Spooner
Mae
United States District
Claude BE. Thompson
New York Women Hurt in Auto Wreck Near Turin
Beverly Duer of New York was nearly recovered from injuries after her car with a party fell over a precipice near Little Bolut Moloard. Her companion Mrs Living Wrisah is in grave condition. The British and Foreign Bible Society lent 7 599 000 bibles.
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New York
Turin
Ely
Beverly Duer
Little Bolut Moloard
Wrisah
British and Foreign Bible Society
Auto Wreck Injures Cohan Party In Hartford
George M. Cohan, his 14 year old daughter Georgin, actor Wallace Eddinger, secretary France Xavier Hope, and chauffeur William Van Buren were injured in a Berlin turnpike crash two miles from Hartford. All five were rushed to Hartford hospital in stable condition after their speeding car struck a wagon and overturned.
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Hartford
Conn
Hartford Hospital
George M. C Ohan
Berlin
Thin City
Ce M Cohan
Georgin Cohan
Allace Eddinger
Mr. Cohan
France
Xavier Hope
Bankers warn proposed currency bill would fail to form federal reserve
Washington hearing before the Senate banking committee features bankers led by Bd Wexler and James B. Forgan arguing changes are needed for state bank participation and a workable financial reorganization. Senators press for clarity as Reynolds and Nelson debate stock speculation and credit forms. The bill advances to the House Monday.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve System
Senate Banking Committee
Bd Wexler
New Orleans
House
Senator Bristow
Wexler
James B. Forgan
Chicago
Federal Reserve Board
George M. Reynolds
Nelson
New York
Reynolds
Encure
Japanese American Union Formed At Hague Conference
An American Japanese parliament union was formed at the Hague on September 4 by delegates from both nations. Initiated by Hugo Duran of New York, the body follows a Franco German model. James Luther Slayden of Texas proposed a resolution to establish closer ties between Orient powers and the accident?. Shimidan, a Japanese member, was elected provisional chairman with Wm. D. B. Ainey of Pennsylvania as temporary secretary.
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Hugo Duran
New York
Union
James Luther Slayden
Texas
Pr. Shimidan
Wm. DD. B. Ainey
Pennsylvaia
Court ends Baldwin estate litigation in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles the Baldwin estate case concludes with the court valuing holdings at over 41 million dollars. Executors Henry A. Unruh and Bradner W. Lee receive 140 000 dollars each for their administration work, with potential 260 000 dollars in case of sale. Baldwin's heirs are his two daughters Mia and Anita Haldwin McLaughrey.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Finin
Baldwin
Turfan
Henry A. Unruh
Bradner W. Lee
Unruh
Lee Seah Mhee Adal Nee Tan
Mia
Clara Haldwin Stocker
Anita Haldwin Mclaughrey
Deadly Assault on Japanese Official
Moritaro Abe director of the political bureau at the Japanese foreign office was stabbed in the abdomen by two youths as he walked from the foreign office toward the American embassy. The attackers fled after the assault.
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Tablo
Moritaro Abe
Foreign Office
Hoe
Abe
Former Judge Brown Dies at Home in Bronxville
Henry Mil ange Brown former associate justice of the United States Supreme Court died yesterday in his Bronxville apartment after a yearlong illness. The immediate cause was cerebral disease.
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New York
N. Y
Henry Milange Brown
United States Supreme Court
Bronxville
Neorle
Lost Through Strike Takes His Own Life
Bernard Blondeel, a Delaware Valley boot manufacturer, shot himself today after a recent strike. Family members mourn as the tragedy follows a period of hardship from the labor dispute and economic strain.
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