Coinage and appointments head Week’s news from the capital
The August 1908 coinage total at U S mints reached 2117 900. The Library of Congress appoints Appleton P C Grin as assistant librarian after Dr Ainsworth's death. Rear Admiral J P Merrell retires September 7 due to age. he lately served on the joint army and navy board and headed the naval war college at Newport.
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United States
Librarian of Congress
Appleton P. C. Grin
Ainsworth . Spotford
J.P. Merrell
Joint Army and Navy Board
Naval War College
Newport
Multiple deaths and disasters loom in scattered reports
A roundup of obituaries and accident summaries: Adalfo Ror and other officials noted as deceased or involved in diplomatic service. Judge Eugene B. White and Judge Thomas E. Bacon among the dead. industrial accidents at Quaker Palla and Bellaire plants. fatalities from a car and firearm incidents. a man killed by a bull in Iowa. a girl dies from dress fire injuries. a fire in Atlanta Michigan and surrounding counties under control. numerous rail and train related fatalities. a trainer and workers killed in a Chicago area incident.
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Burton Powder Company
Quaker Palla
Bellaire
Carnegie Steel Company
Wheeting
W.va
William Calder
Libertyville
Lowa
Luelle
Flan Benbow
Bangor
Iowa
John O'Hare
Rock Island
Oasis
Cedar Rapids
Mary Wor
Youngstown Deriveh
Coalurg
Ohio
Walker Hawkins
Anderson
Ind
William Tate
Memphis
Tenn
Dear
Mor War
Shx
Waverly Jows
T. D. Dobbins
Chicago Great Western
Waterloo
Western Trail
Chicago
National
Pa: Mills Company
Tama
Morgen Cunninghaat
London Times notes on ships and world events
The London Times reports two White Star Line steamers laid down at Belfast will be larger but not faster than the Lau sitana. It covers deficits, treaties, explorations, a postponed exposition, potential peerage for William Waldorf Astor, a Magentine altercation, suicides, stabbings, bank irregularities, a murder verdict, and a Detroit burglary fatality with related deaths.
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London Times
White Star Line
Belfast
Lausitana
Stockholm
Simla
London
Lord Astor
William Waldorf Astor
Mr. Astor
Lord Astor of
Cliveden
Lord Helver
Helvercastle
Langford Jeannette Fight In New York Headlines Negro Bout
Sam Langford of Boston fought Joe Jeannette of New Jersey in a six round bout in New York with Langford dominating. Also reports on Missouri Pacific workers resuming full time in Sedalia and a judge ruling Oklahoma's separate school law unconstitutional.
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Sam Langford
Boston
Joe Jeannette
New Jersey
W York
Langford
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
A. H. Huston
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahora
Fire with dynamite devastates Rawhide Nevada
Rawhide Nevada powered by a gale saw a massive fire burn the business district after a blaze started in Gardner's offices. More than 3,000 homeless and extensive property damage exceeding 750000. Dynamite explosions aided demolition but intensified destruction as 500 volunteers and miners fought the flames. Two travelers missing feared dead, martial law imposed while relief funds and aid poured in from Reno and other mining towns.
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Rawhide
Nev
Gardner
Rawhide Drug Company
Tle
Collins’ Hardware Store
Reno
Ross Hotel
Aeronaut Falls Five Hundred Feet at Maine Fair
Charles Oliver Jones, famed Hammondsport aeronaut, plunged 500 feet to his death before 25,000 spectators at the Central Maine fairgrounds. Fire from the gas bag ignited near engine as the Boomerang airship attempted descent. Jones died about an hour and a half later with fatal internal injuries and a broken spine.
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Watervine
Maine
Charles Oliver Jones
Aerohaut
Hammondsport
Jones
Explosion Kills Engineer, Injures Five in North Dakota
In New Rockford, North Dakota on September 6, Charles Olmstall an engineer on a threshing rig owned by W B Whitam was instantly killed and five others were seriously or minor injured by a boiler explosion.
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Burats
New Rockford
N. D
Charles Olmstall
W. B. Whitam
Duluth Duck Hunter Killed in Accident
Duluth report states Alfred King was shot and killed yesterday while unloading a gun from a wagon. The incident occurred in Duluth as King prepared to depart.
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Duluth
Alfred King
Boston Actress Murder Case Shocks City
Boston police report a brutal murder case in Somerville revealed by the torso of Mrs. Hannah Jordan found in a trunk on Beacon Hill. Chester Jordan, 29, husband and actor, confessed to killing after jealousy over his wife's drinking and infidelity then dismembered and disposed of the body by shipboard trunk transit. He guided investigators through the grisly details during an extended interrogation at the station.
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Congregational Church
Correction
Mile
Iowa
Jesse Pavey
Carnegie
Marjetie Coast
PC. Comat
Iowa City
Iowa River
Margaret Hayes II
John D. Rockefeller
General Education Board of New York
Richmond College
Richmond
Baptists of
United States
Thompson
Cincinnati
Union Distilling Company
Internal Revenue
Bettmann
Boston
Mass
Greater
Susan Gearg
Hanorah Jordan
Somerville
Hancock Street
Beacon Hill
Jordan
Chester Jordan
Ile
Harvard
New York
Hackman
George W. Collins
Michael Crowley
Crowley
Death claims F P Sargent former chief of firemen dies
Washington Sept 6 Frank Pierce Sargent commissioner general of immigration and former grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen died at the Manor house at fifty four after weeks of paralysis from a fall in Shepherdstown West Virginia The body will be cremated after a brief funeral service Assistant Commissioner General F H Larned will head the bureau temporarily Secretary Straus ordered observance of the death and noted Sargent’s leadership and influence in labor and immigration matters
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Washington
Frank Pierce Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Organized Labor
Brotherhood
Department of Commerce and Labor
Straus
F. H. Larned
Sargent
Bright
Three men dynamited fish as town guards prisoners in Wallace
Wallace Idaho residents mobilized to guard 46 prisoners captured by three armed men led by Game Warden Lew Wilson for dynamiting fish in the Coeur d Alene river. The prisoners were escorted to the county jail amid a strong town presence.
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Wallace
Idaho
Coeur d’Aling
Lew Wilson
Destruction and relief as fires devastate Minnesota towns
Forest fires across Mesaba range and surrounding counties in Minnesota and Wisconsin wreck Chisholm and nearby areas. Losses total about 5.75 million, with Chisholm’s damage around 1 million. Civilians and miners seek shelter in Hibbing as aid flows in, tents and supplies moving from Duluth to meet urgent needs.
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Duluth, Mixsable & Northern
Duluth
Hibbing
Werrick
W. A. McGonagle
Gov. Johnson
Chisholm
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Steamer Hulburt Strikes Shore in Gale on Lake Superior
In a gale on Lake Superior Saturday night the steamer Hulburt was driven ashore near Whitefish Point early yesterday and has since broken up. Her crew were rescued by lifesavers. Eight hundred die from plague in Amoy area. More than 809 deaths reported in Amoy during the last fortnight amid swinepox scourge and Chefoo ravaged by fever season.
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Lake Superior
Hulburt
Whitefish Point
Shanghai
Amoy
Chefoo
Cosmopolitan Bank Closes Under Government Action
Directing official order halts operations at Cosmopolitan Bank after a morning shutdown by the currency examiner. Bank president E A Kitumilior accuses Cunningham of intoxication, while a meeting is planned to appeal to reopen the bank. Board members describe the episode as a national embarrassment and seek government review.
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Directo
Cosmopolitan Bank
Ner Johnningham
Ter
E. A. Kitumilior
Amors
Cunningham
Archduke Leopold Refused Citizenship in Switzerland
Berne dispatch reports federal authorities advised against granting a passport to Archduke Leopold of Austria living in Zug. State official swore the former archduke is an imprudent spendthrift tied to his sister, the Princess of Saxony, and thus unsuitable for citizenship.
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Leopold
Paris
Berne
Herr Woelfing
Archduke Leopold
Austria
Zug
Swese
Saxony
Fire Wipes Out Block of Union Stock Yards Buildings
A massive blaze in Chicago destroyed a block of seven story brick structures at Union Stock Yards housing the wool and fertilizer plant of Ar Co. The late night fire caused estimated damage of 500000 dollars, with flames sweeping through the stock yards for hours and sparking concerns over the entire block.
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Union Sto. Yards
Chicago
Ar ‘ Co
Calon
Porto Rico Shaken by Sudden Earthquake Alarm
San Juan Porto Rico residents were alarmed by a tell afternoon quake. People rushed from homes on street as tremor passed. no damage or injuries reported and calm returned shortly after.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Makes Record Flight In Paris Aviation History
Paris Sept 8 Leon Drlach president of Aviation France set a new record with his aeroplane after sunrise. M Delagrange followed with a 29 minute 54 second flight circling the field fifteen times covering a distance of about fifteen meters. Sargent's Body Cremater Washington Sept 8 Frank P Lary immigration commissioner general cremated. ashes in silver casket to be shipped to Philadelphia for services.
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Paris
Leon Drlach
Aviation France
Pew
Tsday
Sargent
Washington
Frank P. Lary
Philadelphia
Duck Hunter Shoots Five in North Dakota Accident
Williston dispatch reports Holliss, known as Isaacs on a Williston ranch fifty miles away, accidentally shot while hunting ducks. The incident occurred on September 5 as he was afield with others.
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Williston
N. D
Holliss
Isaacs
Explosion Ruins Autos in Back Bay Garage
A gas explosion in the basement of 1 Palmer Street garage in Back Bay Boston wrecked the three story building and damaged nearby autos. The blast caused extensive damage valued around $200,000 and injured or endangered nearby occupants.
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Autos
Boston
Palmer Garage
Yester H
Firefighters aid quelling blaze near York north of Here
Fire crews from Two Harbors Minnesota and nearby units assist in battling a forest fire northeast of York. Heavy smoke and flames prompted warnings as authorities coordinate rapid response and containment efforts.
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Minn
Bej
York
Here
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State Line Herald
J. F. Paul Gross
Adalfo Ror
Nalien Immigration
Italy
Eugene B. White
Indian Territory
Cleveland
Sulphur
Walter R. J. Jonox
O1l City
Frederick C. Hewitt
Oswego
Sylvester Sykes
Milwaukee
Dr Raineford
George’s
Africa
Roosevelt
Rainsford
Thomas E. Bacon
Madalina Rabjawitek
Yurlington
Atlanta
Mich
Alpena
Presque Isle
Cheboygan
Magentine
Noah Natt
Hew Johnson
Ekalaka
Mont
John Calking
Dr. Calkins
William Saunders
Andrew Landeen
Fort Hodge
Lundeen
Corwith Bank
Corwith
Clark
Standring
Sherman W. Morris
Frank Shortcliffe
Dow Motnes
St Louis
Voller
Andrew
Centenary Methodist Church
Bureau of Supplies
General Post Office
Havana
Senor Roderiguez
Roderiguez
Secret Service
Polics
Russell Saxe
Was Jag
Husband
F. P. Sargent
Chisholm, Mian
Deluth
Mesaba Range
St. Louis
Carlton
Itasca
Douglas County
Wisconsia
Chisholm Buhl
Nashwank
Buhl
Nashwauk
Mesiha Range
Chisolm
Chishe
Pittsbury Bank
State Bank
Janes M. Cover
Washington Savings and Tras Fany
Clos Bank
Berkeley
Harri
Pittsburg
Firs Ny Bank
Statens
Pervun
John B. Cunningham
Kia Be Rosslyn
Cwam
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