War Game Opens With Fleet Sail From Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Me Aug 2 an American naval war game begins tomorrow at daylight with battleships Indiana Texas and Massachusetts and torpedo boat destroyers Lawrence and Whipple under Admiral J H Sands. Two days later a large fleet will station along the coast to guard against the imagined enemy Admiral Barker moves his flag to the Kearsarge from the Illinois wireless telegraph tests complete between Kearsarge Olympia Illinois and Prairie.
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Bar Harbor
Indiana
Texas
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Whipple
J. H. Sands
Atlantic
Barker
Illinois
Kearsarge
Olympia
Prairie
King Edward Praises Ireland Tour Courtesy
King Edward thanks the Irish for their hospitality as the Victoria and Albert docks in Cowes. He issues a personal address praising Ireland's people and urging self reliance, education, and industrial growth for lasting peace and prosperity. He honors Horace Plunkett with knighthood and accepts a grant of 250000 dollars from Lord Iveagh for Dublin hospitals in memory of his visit.
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
Victoria and Albert
Edward
Ireland
Edward R. Andi
Queenstown
Horace Plunkett
Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction of Ireland
Iveagh
Edward Cecil Guinness
Duplin
Sheriff Eludes Mob In Lynching Plot Involving Roseboro
Wilford Roseboro, accused of assaulting Mrs Beavers in Iredell county and murdering her, is jailed in Charlotte for safety. Mob formed in Statesville to lynch him after learning the sheriff headed to Mooreville to board a train to the city. A second assault case in Rocky Mount linked to a suspect named Tilly Black was noted as likely to lead to capture.
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Charlotte
N. C
Wilford Roseboro
Mooreville
Long
Rocky Mount
Tilly Black
Used an Oath Speeds Away on a Bicycle Before Arrest
Oyster Bay August 2. Profane language directed at President Roosevelt and family as they approached Christ church for service. A resident named McCann shouted insults then fled on a bicycle when confronted by Secret Service officers. The incident interrupted the president and prompted immediate action.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Christchurch
McCann
Sagamore Hill
Riverside park explosion crowds view ruins and patrols
Thousands gather for Riverside park events with cameras aplenty and orderly crowds. A Lowell reporter injured near Wigginville bridge is helped. authorities praise careful management and note no arrests or major unrest as officials recount investigations and a large compensation scene amid disaster aftermath.
Action on Canal Treaty in Colombia Soon
Edward Lauterbach of New York predicts ratification of the Isthmian canal treaty by Colombia and starts canal work within two years. A Washington Times article notes Senor Pedro Velez’s visit and says he will reach Bogota shortly with the expectation that Congress will swiftly ratify the accord and the United States will pay its 10 million dollar bonus to accredited Colombian representatives without strings. The U S will enforce each treaty provision after ratification.
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Washington
Edward Lauterbach
New York
Colombia
Washington Times
United States
Senor
Pedro Velez
Panama
Bogota
Senor Velez
DeForest Too Strenuous Arrest For Fire Duty Interference
Newport Illinois Aug 2 Louis DeForest son of George B DeForest was arrested for interfering with the fire department at a minor blaze on Lee avenue He halted his car inside the fire lines and argued with officers instead of moving The case was brief with likely small fine and bail but no blotter record kept due to his prominent family status.
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Newport
R. IL
Louis Deforest
George B. DeForest
Lee Avenue
Young DeForest
Capt. Dawley
Engine 1
DeFores
de Forest
Garnett
Houlighan receives 60 from railroad workers in Lowell
William Houlighan, father of two boys killed while near the water, has received a $60 contribution from Boston and Maine railroad employees in Lowell. He is employed as a maintenance worker for the railway in the area.
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Boston & Maine
School Street
Concord River
Sixth Arch
Lowell
Houlighan
Mr. Houlighan
William Houlighan
Boston & Maine Railroad
Funeral of Mrs Eliza Galloway at Edson Cemetery
The funeral for Mrs Eliza Galloway, a South Lowell explosion victim, was held at the Edson cemetery chapel with Rev N W Matthews officiating. Bearers were George Doyle Michael Shanley Edward Fairburn and Crandon Saunders, with McDermott in charge of arrangements.
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Eliza Galloway
South Lowell
St. John’s Hospital
Edson Cemetery
N. W. Matthews
George Doyle
Michael Shanley
Edward Fairburn
Crandon Saunders
McDermott
Roads to Wigginville Crowd for Lowell Cemetery Dinner
State police report residents from distant cities gathered near Lowell cemetery for a communal dinner day after a blast. Edward Peer, a Boston newsman formerly of Lowell, noted as a prominent figure, drew attention as restaurants saw unusual crowds and extra help was employed. Local pastors largely referenced the explosion in their sermons yesterday.
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Hale’s Brook
Boston & Lexington Street Car Company
Street
Lowell
Lawrence
Edward Peer
Boston
Michael Duggan Elected Mule Spinners Union President
Michael Duggan has been elected president of the Mule Spinners' union succeeding Michael Connerton who resigned. Connerton has returned to Tremont & Suffolk work, with discord and union ties cited as factors in his departure. Meanwhile Concord canoeists witnessed the explosion disaster from the water, fortunately with no fatalities near three nearby canoe club-houses.
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Michael Duggan
Mule Spinners’ Union
Michael Connerton
Connerton
Tremont & Suffolk
Concord
Orders Mixed Forty Cars Wrecked and Bodies Burned
Somerset Kentucky reports a doubleheader collision between Cincinnati and Crescent trains at midnight between Cumberland Falls and Greenwood. Six men killed and two injured. bodies of three firemen recovered and an unknown stowaway found among wreckage of forty cars. Engineers Duke and Fitzgerald seriously hurt. Duke may die.
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Somerset
Cincinnati
Crescent
Cumberland Falls
Greenwood
Joseph Phillips
Frank Fletcher
Walter Walters
Duke
Fitzgerald
Still at Large as Five Convicts Escape Felony Chase
Placerville Calif Aug 2 The five convicts who escaped Folsom prison remain at large. A fatal engagement with pursuers at Grand Victory mine left two militiamen Festus Rutherford and W C Jones dead. Gill the guardsman shot through a lung is recovering. Philip Spinger deaf resident was fatally shot by a picket after failing to halt. Four convicts were reported near Lotus Webber Creek in a later posse pursuit with exchanges of fire but no result.
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Placerville
Cal
Folsom
Grand Victory Mine
Festus Rutherford
W. C. Jones
Gill
National
Philip Spinger
Lotus
Webber Creek
Jewelry theft in Honolulu shocks society leader Mrs Parker
In Honolulu on August 2 Mrs Samuel Parker reported a theft of jewelry valued at eighty thousand dollars. The collection, mainly diamonds rubies and solitaire studs, was worn at a hotel opening reception the night before. Thieves then broke into her home and took many of the gems. Mrs Parker widow of J K Campbell and wife of Col Samuel Parker ties to Hawaiian wealth add social prominence.
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Pacific Cable
Honolulu
Samuel Parker
Parker
Col
Hawaii
J. K. Campbell
Col. Parker
Prince David
Stabbing Fatality In Hartford Suspect Held
Sarapham Perreault, 33, was stabbed shortly before midnight in Hartford and died before arrival at a hospital. Fred Rydish, an Italian foreman of a sewer gang, is in custody charged with the assault.
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Hartford
Conn
Sarapham Perreault
Fred Rydish
Wheat Belt Threshing Time and the Plains Automobiles
A Kansas Sun letter describes threshing in the wheat belt after a long harvest. It notes backbreaking day and night work, double shifts, and lanterns at night. The article highlights the auto driven threshing machines, the crew, and the vast output of Ellis county with 2,000,000 bushels of winter wheat. It mentions a fire scare, Carl Hapner saving the setup, and the profitability of threshers and farmers through modern machinery and labor.
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Wheat
Oklahoma
Plains
Kansas City
Tom Whitney
Carl Hapner
Ellis County
Carl
Hill Wilson
Topeka
Kansas
New York Sun
Tidal power potential and the Bay of Fundy case
Dr Louis Bell argues tidal energy is limited by storage needs and local flow variation. Only exceptional sites like Fundy offer sizable power per square mile, with vast reservoirs needed. He notes a future engineering challenge but hints the idea may pay off someday. Also mentions the Boston and Maine excursion to Old Orchard on August 13.
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Bay of Fundy
Basin of
Minas
Louis Bell
Cassier
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K St
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Edgar M. Hill
Wigginville Bridge
McNulty
Talbot Street
Wigginville
Boston Advertiser
Riverside Park
Sanderson
Midlesex County
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Atty
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N. D. Pratt
Pratt
American Powder Mill Company
State House
A. O. Fay
E. B. Drake
Eros A. O. Fay
Charles E. Brown
C. Fay Heywood
M. H. Garfield
Riggs House
William Riggs
Columbia
Mrs. Galloway
Lowell Cemetery
Kentucky
Folsom Prison
S. Parker
Dr.chases
Lave
DR. Chase Company
Tenth St
Philadelphia, Pa
A. W.W. Dows & Co., and
Falls
Burkineshaw
Cook, Taylor & CO
Central Street
Old Orchard
Blizzard Ensilaga Cutters
Bennett Bros, CO
Cor. Western Ave
School St
Allen
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