Motorman Shot by Man Displaying Gun on Train Line
Lawrence of Detroit, motorman on the Public Service traction line between Trenton and Camden, was shot in the abdomen by James Hamilton. Hamilton, claiming accidental firing during a demonstration, surrendered to Justice John Peacock as investigators probe the incident. Lawrence, in critical condition at Copper hospital, allegedly summoned aid by reversing his car to seek medical help after the shooting as Hamilton showed an automatic revolver to trolley crews and passengers.
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Abdohn Lawrence
Detauco
Public Service
Hamilton
John Peacock
Lawrence
David Baird
Seven candidates speak at Newark governorship forum
Seven candidates explained why they seek the New Jersey governorship on a Cleveland school platform in Newark. The Clinton Hill Improvement Association hosted the crowded event, with Rev James G Mason Prohibitionist candidate substituting for Frank Katzenbach Jr who was in Cape May county. Attending were Governor Fielder ex Senator Colby Edmund B Osborne and three Republican hopefuls Fowler Pierce Carey. Ex Governor Stokes declined to attend.
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Newark Improvement Association
Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Cleveland School
Berge Street
Clinton Hill
Mason
Fielder
Colby
Edmund B. Osborne
Fowler
Elizabeth
Carlton B. Pierce
Union County
Robert Carey
Jersey City
Stokes
Two Men Die In Electric Car Collision Near Alexandria
In Virginia near Potomac five miles from Alexandria a Great Falls and Old Dominion Electric railway car collided with a car carrying William H. Peck of Alexandria and Ernest Zell. The automobile was hurled over an embankment more than 100 feet. Peck was crushed and burned beneath the exploded machine while Zell was killed by the fall. Forrest Cook the car flagman was cut by flying glass at Fame's Crossing where the view is obscured by a hill.
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Alexandria
Great Falls
Old Dominion Electric Railway
St Potomac
William H. Peck
Ernest Zell
Forrest Cook
Lightning Strikes Goshen Church Stuns Local Barkeeper
Lightning hit the Presbyterian church in Goshen New York on September 8 tearing a stone near the clock. J B McKillop a barkeeper at the Goshen tan was knocked unconscious as the rod carried the bolt to his path. He wore a rubber coat believed to have saved him.
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Goshen
N. Y
Presbyterian Church
J. B. McKillop
McKillop
Scientific Uses of the Radish Indicator
An alcoholic solution of red radish skin shows acid base color change. In acids it turns pink, in bases it becomes yellow. This method rivals litmus and cochineal for simple acid base testing.
New Haven President Pushes Steel Passenger Cars
Howard Cillatt, newly elected president of New Haven, urged steel passenger cars after the latest wreck. He cited contracts already in place costing about 3,730 dollars and another 100 steel cars yearly under a 1912 agreement, totaling 6,500,000 dollars for additional orders.
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New Haven
Howard Elliott
Critics Disagree as Poets Weigh Burns Findings
Professor Lounsbury argues critics often clash on poetry with Aubrey De Vere noting Burns fared differently. Tennyson praised the songs but dismissed serious pieces, Wordsworth admired genius yet mocked amorous poems, and Henry Taylor found both songs and serious works tedious and disagreeable.
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Lounsbury
Aubrey de Vere
Burns
Tennyson
Wordsworth
Henry Taylor
Spoonerisms and naval retirements spark nostalgia and debate
History echoes and humor thread through Spoonerism tales from Tay Pay's Weekly to the New York Tribune. Captain Tem plin M Potts, U S N, plans a Washington trip within two weeks to contest a retirement stalemate and be restored to the active navy list.
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Potts
Washington
Newport
Templin’ M. Potts
Hudson River Murderer Cuts Low Body Parts, Police Say
A severed lower torso of a young woman, found near Weehawken, is linked to a killer who reportedly stabbed the victim and chose a crude cut, with evidence suggesting the crime occurred in New York and the body moved to the Hudson river.
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New York
Hudson River
Woodcrest
N. J
Sriday
Joseph Hagrman
Michael Brennan
Delaware and Hudson Seal Dock
Weehawken
Regsiiene
Bill
Gardensuppe
Pitlow
George W. King
Cousty
Portland merchants plan commission government for Oregon
East Side Business Men's club proposes abolishing the Oregon senate and house and replacing them with a commission chosen by initiative. A plan to appoint an initiative commission soon aims to map details for a commission form of government. The move follows recent political changes reducing legislative influence.
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Portland Merchants Plan Commission
Oregon
Portland
Ore
East Side Business Men's Club
State Senate
House of Representatives
East Side
United States
Awnie Bell Back in Jail for Suffragette Arrest
London reports Militant suffragette Annale Bell on license for rent and mouse law violations was rearrested at St Pancras station. Police found her in a man's sporting ears and she was returned to Holloway jail.
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London
Annale Bell
Jal
St. Pancras
Holloway
Havemeyer Dies in New York Home at 63
William F Havemeyer a member of Havemeyer Bros sugar refiners died of angina at his son in law William R Willcox s residence 11 East Forty fifth Street New York He was 63 and survived by daughter Mrs Willcox and sons Hector Raymond and Arthur The funeral will be held after Arthur Havemeyer arrives from Denver in the week ahead.
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New York
William F. Havemeyer
Havemeyer Bros. Sugar Refiners
Mayer Havemeyer
Public Service
William R Willcox
East
Denver
Bia
Clinton
Havemeyer
Tim
New York City
Magreb
Willcox
Hector M
Raymond
Arthur
Mother and Son Killed in Train Collision Near Fremont
A Wheeling and Lake Erie passenger train struck an automobile at the Smith road crossing near Fremont Ohio killing Mrs George Glecker age 44 and her son Clarence 21. Husband George Glecker 47 and relative Miss Jennie Henry 24 were injured along with Teddy 3 and Malinda Glecker 11. The family from Elmore were en route home when the crash occurred as the car approached the crossing.
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Fremont. O
George Glecker
Clarence
Jennie Henry
Teddy
Malinda Glecker
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Smith Road
Fremont
Elmore
Glecker
Bats Intrude Senate Gallery During Tariff Debates
During the tariff bill's committee of the whole stage in the senate a swarm of bats entered the capitol’s senate wing. The disturbance troubled women visitors and nine left the galleries in alarm as bats circled near the press ferry area.
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Washington
Sept
Senate
Capitol
AGREES 10 REMAIN SILENT brought up today
A terse note reports a decision to move forward with ten parties agreeing to remain silent on the matter. No further context or named entities are provided.
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Feaca
Hartford
Chas
Frohman
Hurt
Gar
Howard
Cillatt
American Press Association
Tay Pay
Spooner
Dulwich
Greenwich
New York Tribune
the Grand Theatre
Babe Smith
Imperial
Stewart
Chester
A. Arthur
Awnie Bell
United States Weather Bureau
Albany
Atlantic City
Boston
Chicago
George RF. Lunn
Daniel Naylon
George BR. Lunn
Schenectady
Front Street
Naylon
William Havemeyer
Mulhall
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