Belcher Absent Delays Paterson City Government
Paterson New Jersey Aug 3 This city is headless as Mayor William H Belcher remains missing since Monday delaying salaries for July until the mayor signs warrants The city charter requires at least ten days before an acting mayor can take control County Prosecutor Emley continues probes into loans tied to Belcher with trust company representatives to confer today
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Paterson
N. J
Wm. H. Belcher
Emley
Belcher
Cohoes Steel Co May Operate Union Plant
Pittsburg reports President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association learns Cohoes Steel Company of Troy New York agrees to run a union plant if a wage scale can be agreed. The firm has not recognized the union before and this marks the first union attempt in eastern mills. After the wage terms are set, a similar scale will be offered to other eastern firms.
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Pittsburg
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Cohoes Steel Company
Troy
N. Y
Amalgamated Association
Eastern Mills
Lewis and Clark attendance passes million mark in Portland
The Lewis and Clark officials report yesterday’s attendance of 27,426 pushes total attendance since June 1 to 1,013,531 including passes. The milestone marks a notable growth in event attendance for Portland.
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Portland
Ore
Lewis and Clarke
Eagles Parade Dazzles Providence in Big New England Rally
Thousands of Eagles marchers fill Providence streets in a major New England league field day. Delegations from all New England states and New York City join the parade, then sail to Crescent Park for a shore dinner and sports. Officials from the league attend, with prominent members in attendance.
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Providence
R. I
New England League of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
Crescent Park
New England
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Maine
Vermont
New York City
Eagles
Ball Park
New England League
Cotton crop report shows condition at 74.9 percent
Washington reports the agricultural department’s crop condition index at 74.9 for the cotton crop, down from 77.0 on June 25, 1905, and below recent years with a ten year average of 82.6. The note compares figures with July 25, 1904 and July 25, 1903 as part of historical context.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Wreck on Baltimore & Ohio Train Near Johnstown
A broken rail derailed the Rockwood to Johnstown train eight miles from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. One woman died and another killed or dying. several dozen injured, some severely. Passengers Mabel Beach and Emma Vickrey listed with serious injuries. Conductor Harry C. Benford among the injured. A special relief train with medical staff reached Memorial hospital within two hours.
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Johnstown
Rockwood
Baltimore & Ohio
Border
Foustwell
Mabel Beach
Somerset
Emma _ .Vickrey
Windber
Harry C
Benford
Memorial Hospital
Jumped for Their Lives in Brooklyn Fire
In a three story double frame building at 643 Lorimer Street Brooklyn an incendiary fire in the hallway prompted tenants to leap from windows. Tessie Velluci and Lizzie Gessi suffered injuries while Mrs Annie Geldert and her three children were overcome by smoke. the husband was rescued from the roof by two firemen who were injured. Neighbors fired revolver shots to alarm others.
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New York
Lorimer Street
Brooklyn
Tessie Velluci
Lizzie Gessi
Annie Geldert
Rug saved fall from fifth floor in New York rug
A rug forming a parachute saved Mrs. Kate Getin from dying in a fall from a fifth floor window into a yard. Her right arm was broken. She plunged past lines and reached a large carpet spread between clotheslines which slowed her descent and prevented fatal impact.
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New York
Kate Getin
Search for Miss Tucker Continues Across States
Rochester New Hampshire August 3 The search for Miss Mary A Tucker a missing Providence Rhode Island school teacher continues with zeal. Traced to Lebanon Maine where seen last Saturday authorities fear she may have perished. Eastman of Lynn Massachusetts acting for Rev Dr Faunce stepfather has urged full effort and headed toward East Rochester to extend the search into Maine. Seventy five men joined yesterday and more expected today.
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Rochester
N. H
Mary A. Tucker
Providence
R. I
Lebanon
N. W. Eastman
Lynn
Mass
Faunce
Tucker
Mr. Eastman
Paris Savings Bank Suspends Payments Notice
Paris notices announce a temporary suspension of payments by the Save Bank linked to the Printemps department store. The move follows sugar trade failures affecting a principal Printemps stock holder, with depositors mainly working classes. Finance Minister Merlon plans measures to protect the poor via local bank assistance.
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Paris
Printemps
Merlon
New York Hosts Peace Conference Delegates Arrival
Herbert H. D. Pierce arrives in New York to present plenipotentiaries to the president for the Portsmouth peace talks. Witte tours the city with Russian financial agent Wilkenkine while St Marys day events plan at St Nichols Cathedral. Sato remains hopeful the talks will yield lasting peace in the Orient ahead of Komura’s Waldorf dinner.
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New York
Herbert H. D. Pierce
Pierce
Witte
Wilkenkine
Washington
St. Mary’s Day
Maria Feodorovna
Russia
St. Nichols
East 97Th Street
M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Sato
Japanese Peace Commission
Portsmouth
Orient
Baron Komura
Waldorf Astoria
Greek Drowned Worker to Be Brought Here
The Greek man Theodore Kearaganes who drowned in the Nashua river yesterday will be brought to this city today by Undertakers C H Molloy and Sons. His body was found this morning. Kearaganes worked at the Tremont and Suffolk mills about nine months ago and has a brother living here who will take charge of the body.
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Theodore Kearaganes
Nashua
C. H., Molloy & Sons
Kearaganes
Tremont& Suffolk Mills
Boiler Blast Wrecks Springville Woolen Mill
A boiler burst at the Springville woolen mill on West Main Street in Rockville Conn. caused over 10000 in property damage and seriously injured night watchman Harry Morrill. Morrill was hurled through a doorway and landed outside after the explosion at 545 am but walked home for aid and was later taken to Hartford hospital. Interior damage was extensive though exterior walls stood. The boiler had been inspected two months earlier and deemed safe. operations may resume in a few days with about 125 workers idle.
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Rockville
Conn
Springville
West Main Street
Harry * Morrill
Morrill
Hartford
Orthodox Rabbis Elect Their Officers in Convention
Springfield August 3 The United Orthodox Rabbis of the United States in convention elected Chief Rabbi G L Ledder of Cincinnati to succeed illness sidelined president Ridwes. Acting president S E Jaffe of New York to lead the year with first vice president B L Leventhal of Philadelphia and second vice president S H Wein of New York. D Ginsberg of Rochester re elected treasurer and P I Israelite of Chelsea re elected secretary. A mass meeting tonight will honor Herzl Zionist movement founder and former secretary John Hay with a memorial service.
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Springfield
United Orthodox Rabbis of the
United States
Attyve
Ledder
Cincinnati
Ridwes
Palestine
S. E. Jaffe
New York
Will
Bev
Rabbi Lesser
B. L
Leventhal
Philadelphia
H. Wein
D. Ginsberg
Rochester
P. I
Israelite
Chelsea
Dr. Herzl
Zionist Movement
John Hay
Finals in Rhode Island tennis tournament
Bristol R I Aug 3 The final match for the state singles championship was played at the Bristol YMCA courts after the default of C R Budlong. Contenders were J D E Jones H D Wilcox and J O Ames with Jones seen as the favorite after a tough run through the event. Jones has repeatedly been runner up to Budlong in recent years and advanced steadily to this point.
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Bristol
R. I
C. R. Budlong
Bristol Y. M
J. O. Ames
Jones
Dead body found in hay field near Limerock
Haymakers in a Limerock field found a dead man believed to have cut his throat with a jack knife clutched in his right hand. He appears about 65, foreign, well dressed, with no identification except a Philadelphia store hat. Time since death estimated at about two days.
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Lincoln
R. L
Limerock
Philadelphia
Died Trying to Save Friend in Fire at Hawkes Farm
Warren August 3 News reports the deaths of Mrs. Lyman R. Hawkes, 69, and visitor Miss Anna Skipper, 17, in a farmhouse barn blaze. Hawkes died after attempting to rescue Skipper, while her husband Lyman Hawkes was injured by a horse kick and unable to help. The fire, possibly incendiary, destroyed the unins ured home and barn. the two bodies were found charred in the ruins.
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Warren
Lyman R. Hawkes
Anna Skipper
Hawkes
Mrs. Hawkes
Liss Skipper
Taunton Adds Liners as Lowell Players Move In
Mark Tierney and James Jackson moved from Lowell to join Taunton in New Bedford this morning. George Grant named Taunton manager, aiming to improve on Lowell lobsters and avoid a team fate he fears for Taunton. Schedule changes follow Taunton’s entry into the New England baseball league with games set Aug 7 to Aug 12 across multiple cities.
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James Jackson
Lowell
New Bedford
Taunton
George Grant
Lowell “Lobsters
Halligan
Brooklyn
Sullivan
Boston
Huntington
Rutland
St. Owen Jackson
Maryland
Houghton
New England Baseball League
Murnane
Haverhill
Fall River
Lynn
Concord
Nashua
Lawrence
Manchester
Mary Rogers Case Reaches Supreme Court
The record in Mrs. Mary M. Rogers case, under death sentence in Windsor Vermont for murdering her husband, was entered today by the Supreme Court clerk. The case comes to the court on the plea that the woman is insane.
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Washington
Mary M. Rogers
Windsor
Supreme Court of the United States
Yellow fever reports and controls in the south
In Mew Griedng Louisiana on August 3 officials discuss concealment delays in treating yellow fever victims, noting heavy Italian mortality from late care. Doctors limit fear of an epidemic while cases spread to Concordia parish and Mississippi towns adopt mosquito ordinances.
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New Orleans
Iron Mountain Road
Concordia Parish
Railroad Commission
Columbus
Miss
Mississippi
State Board
W. H. Brunner
Savannah
Marine Hospital Service
Brunner
Ship Island
Gulf
Mobile
Alexandria
Navy ships sail from New York and Rockland ports
The cruiser Columbia left New York harbor with the Connecticut naval militia for a cruise. North Atlantic fleet battleships under Rear Admiral Evans entered Frenchman's Bay, Rockland. The Newark sailed to Belfast and the Hartford to Castine, as Rear Admiral Dickins sets August 10 for the sailors field day under Rockland board of trade.
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U. S
Columbia
New York Harbor
Connecticut Naval Militia
Rockland
Robley D. Evans
Frenchman’s Bay
Newark
Belfast
Hartford
Castine
Dickins
Oe Zy Pnices
Rockland Board of Trade
City Council to vote on sewer and Lyon Street annex loans
The city council plans a brief meeting to approve two loan orders, $50,000 for sewers and $1,800 for a Lyon Street School annex. Alderman Cosgrove introduces the annex loan, Mayor Casey supports it, and Ward Four residents are consulted.
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Lyon Street
Cosgrove
Casey
Ward Four
Opinion on revoking pole locations in Lowell
City Solicitor James Gilbert Hill recommends that the mayor and aldermen grant the company a hearing before altering or revoking pole locations under Chapter 237 of 1903. He advises mailed written notice three days prior with specifics, followed by a formal decision by the mayor and board.
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Frank M. Dowling
Board of Aldermen
James Gilbert Hilis
James F. McElholm
Lowell
Sitarah Yacht Passes Lake Huron Outbound
The yacht Sitarah owned by R. A. Alger Jr of Detroit was sighted near Middle Island Light via Alpena Mich on August 3 at 1250 a m during the Port Huron to Mackinac race conducted by the Country Club of Detroit.
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Middle Island Light
Alpena
Mich
R. A. Alger, Jr
Detroit
Port Huron
Mackinac
Country Club of
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