Roosevelt appoints Oliver Wendell Holmes to Supreme Court
President Roosevelt announced the nomination of Oliver Wendell Holmes to succeed Justice Gray on the United States Supreme Court. Holmes, long a Massachusetts chief justice and son of the late Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, accepted the appointment with favorable remarks. Gray's resignation followed his stroke and ill health, ending a 21 year tenure.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
United States Supreme Court
Whce
Gray
Justice Harlan
Arthur
Judge Holmes
Justice Gray
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Beverly
United States Supreme Bench
Associated Press
Sumer
Beverly Farms
Washington
Nahant
Mass
Supreme Court
United States
Chinese Envoys Visit Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill
Prince Chen accompanied by Wu Ting-Fang and Liang Tung-Tung visited President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill aboard the gunboat Sylph. The party stayed about two and a half hours and expressed gratitude for U.S. aid in Pekin during the earlier distress. Senator Burrows traveled with them to New York.
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New York
Prince Chen
Pierce
Wu Ting-Fang
United States
Liang Chen-Tung
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
East 26Th Street Pier
Sylph
China
Pekin
Senator Burrows
Italian laborer killed by live wire in Newtonville
A man found dead on the sidewalk at Lowell avenue and Elm road Newtonville around 2 PM is believed to have been electrocuted by a live wire. The exact manner of the accident is not yet known and authorities think the victim may have been from Watertown.
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Boston
Lowell Avenue
Elm Road
Newtonville
Watertown
Steamer Rhode Island Leaves for Dry Dock After Grounding
Providence Aut 11. Steamer Rhode Island of the New York line, damaged by running aground in Cottage City harbor yesterday, departed this afternoon for New York where she will enter dry dock for repairs.
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Providence
R. L
Rhode Island
New Line
Cottage City
Aere
New York
Bartholin Murder Case Puzzle Deepens in Chicago
Chicago August 11 press notes say William Bartholin remains at large amid a double murder mystery involving his mother and Minnie Mitchell. Suspects include Oscar Thompson and former lodgers E O Hunter and Milton Edwards as investigators press for new clues, while a field discovery and a mysterious laundry wagon theory fuel ongoing police effort.
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Chicago
Ill
William Bartholin
Minnie Mitchell
Oscar Thompson
Thompson
E. O. Hunter
Milton BE. F. Edwards
Bartholin
Omaha
R. H. Mitchell
Edwards
Miss Mitchell
Horace Clark
South Side
Forty Third Street
Seventy-fourth
State Street
Peter van Vlissingen
Milwaukee
William Waldrop
74Th
Waldrop
Mitchell
State Streets
Firebug at Work Sparks City Wide Inferno
Peoria authorities battled five blazes as an incendiary torched buildings incl. Neu miller's livery stable destroying 19 horses and vehicles. Edward Flanagan, 20, was arrested as flames threatened major districts. total loss about 25000 dollars. Firemen deployed all city apparatus to contain the Clark flour mills fire and other blazes.
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Peoria
Ill
Edward Flanagan
Val Blatz Brewing Company
Dooley Bros
Neumiller
C. W. O'Leary
Horace Clark & Sons
Clark Mills
Rizzy
Boy Killed by Chum in Rockwood Park
In St John New Brunswick coroner inquest hears 14 year old Fred Goodspeed testify that 16 year old Frank Higgins shot and beat Willie Doherty, 17, in Rockwood Park. Doherty died Monday August 4 after the August 1 berry gathering outing. Higgins charged with murder. preliminary examination slated.
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St. John
N. B
Berryman
Willie Doherty
Rockwood Pard
Fred Goodspeed
Frank Higgins
Doherty
Goodspeed
Higgins
Ritchie
James MacDonald Convicted in Marion Assault and Liquor Case
James MacDonald, tarred and feathered and ridden on a rail by Marion men, faced Judge Washburn in Middleboro district court on assault charges and illegal liquor keeping. He pleaded guilty to liquor charges, was fined 75 dollars, and fined 20 dollars for assault. failure to pay meant imprisonment at Plymouth jail. Deputy Sheriff Hurley probes those who attacked him as new details emerge about the mob incident and a terrorizing visit to Mrs Potter.
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Wareham
Mass
James MacDonald
Marion
Washburn
Middleboro
Charles H. Potter
McDonald
Plymouth
New Bedford
French
Plymouth County
James McDonald
Hurley
Potter House
Cholera Epidemic Reaches Khanbin Manchuria
From Khanbin Manchuria word arrives that residents flee the town as cholera rages. Chinese die rapidly at quays docks and in workshops while Russians also suffer heavy losses. Daily deaths in Khankin and vicinity average 130 to 150. Railway officials desert posts, those staying demand triple pay.
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St. Petersburg
Khanbin
Manchuria
Khankin
Motorman Killed In Rockland Streetcar Crash
In Rockport near Glen Cove on the Rockland Thomaston and Camden electric road a collision between a passenger car and a construction car occurred. Motorman Raymond Moran, 22, of Thomaston, died about two hours after the injuries. Ralph Tibbetts on the platform suffered bruises, Everett Condon the construction bar operator was lightly hurt, and one passenger had a facial cut from flying glass. Moran was a native of Thomaston.
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Rockland
Glen Cove
Rockport
Thomaston
Camden Electric
Raymond Moran
Ralph Tibbetts
Moran
Everett Condon
Hamlin Campaign Vows Full City Outreach in Massachusetts
Boston Aug. 11 The Hamlin campaign plans to tour every ward and bring Hon Charles S Hamlin to speak to as many voters as possible. Hamlin supporters insist he can rival Gaston by direct contact and strong oratory, hoping for a decisive Essex county showing and a robust Salem performance.
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Boston
Charles S. Hamlin
Massachusetts
Hamlin
Gaston
William E. Russell
Essex County
Ee Rey
Mr. Hamlin
George P. Cooke
Marblehead
Col. Gaston
Salem
Risky Mischief Sparks Gasoline Explosion in Portsmouth
In Portsmouth on Pleasant street a group of five or six boys played near an unfinished house. A boy ignited a five gallon gasoline can left there by mistake causing a powerful explosion. Frederick Picles, 12, was severely burned and rushed to Cottage hospital. his prognosis is at risk. The other boys escaped injury.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Pleasant Street
Frederick Picles
Cottage Hospital
Homeward Bound Transport Meade Sails From Manila
Washington aboard the Meade sails from Manila on August 8 bound for San Francisco carrying headquarters ten companies and 892 enlisted men of the 15th Infantry. St John arrived the schooner E H Foster from Fall River on August 11.
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Washington
War Department
Meade
Manila
San Francisco
15Th Infantry
St. John, N. B
E. H. Foster
Fall River
Shooting Affair in Marshfield Youth Tragedy Sparks Grand Jury
State's Attorney Hoar said he will present the shooting case to the September grand jury. Fred Brown of Marshfield, 13, shot Homer Duke, 11, on July 19 in Marshfield. Duke died from injuries. The inquiry centers on potential action by the grand jury.
Torpedo Boat De Long Delivered to Navy Yard
The torpedo boat De Long built by Lawley works in South Boston was turned over to the navy department and to Rear Admiral Johnson at the Boston navy yard after being towed there. There was no formal transfer.
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Boston
de Long
Lawley Works
South Boston
Navy Department
Boston Navy Yard
Johnson
Fanning To Face Lunacy Commissioner In London
D H Fanning of New York who drove into the Hotel Cecil courtyard and declared he was the Savior was taken to St Giles infirmary yesterday afternoon and will appear before the lunacy commissioner tomorrow.
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London
D. H. Fanning
New York
St. Giles’ Infirmary
Hotel Cecil
Sugar Prices Rise In Soft and Confectioners Grades
New York Aug 11 The American Sugar Refining company and H Howell Son and Company advance soft sugar prices by 10 points and confectioners grade by 5 points. Also a testimonial from C W Lenhart of Bowling Green about Dean’s Ointment curing a leg sore.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
H. Howell Son & Company
Dean
C. W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
Smallpox Scare Hits New Hampshire Towns
Keene N H Aug 11 A smallpox case found in Troy and another in Harrisville alarm officials over potential spread. Troy case involves 25 year old married Robert Snyder now in quarantine. Harrisville patient described as a colored domestic worker and was sent to Boston for examination before authorities were notified.
Penrose court martial convened yesterday in Erie
In Erie Pennsylvania on August 11 the general court martial to try Paymaster Penrose convened at 10 o'clock with Major Waller as senior defence counsel and Judge Advocate Rogers reading the charges and specifications. The court adjourned to Tuesday at 10 a.m.
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Erie
Paymaster Penrose
Waller
Rogers
Leprosy Cure Efforts Reported by Vienna Doctor
Washington reports Dr. Adolph Razlag of Vienna conducting a systematic leprosy treatment. Four patients from a leper village near Canton city received strict quarantine, baths, clean clothing, open-air exposure, and carefully managed medicines. After a month, skin condition and sensation improved, ulcers healed, and patients felt better, with noticeable progress in their condition.
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Washington
Robert M. McWade
United States
Carlton
State Department
Bulletin of
The
Marine Hospital Service
Adolph Razlag
Vienna
Razlag
Consul McWade
Canton City
Three and Five Room Tenements For Rent On Highlands And Centralville
On the Highlands near Wrestford street several well kept three room tenements available at 6.50 and 7.00 dollars per month. In Centralville near the mills a three room tenement for 5.59. Also five room tenements newly papered and painted. Hire residence on the Highlands with steam heat and modern improvements. 25.00 dollars. U. H. Elliott 64 Central St.
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Highlands
Wrestford Street
Centralville
Mills
U. H. Elliott
Central St
Comfort Swing Chairs Reduced Price in Basement Sale
As Lowell agents we sold many of these all steel frame home chairs with duck fabric. They offer multiple positions from straight to full recline, swing back and forth, fold for storage, ideal for piazza or camp. Regularly 3.50 now 2.98 with seven left. A millionth visitor at Dusseldorf got a gold watch and chain.
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Lowell
Piazza
Delighful Atlantic Coastal Tour for $30 Return
A six day guided voyage from Lowell to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island aboard the S S Halifax with visits to Halifax Citadel Public Gardens Forts and Cape Breton Island. Highlights include Port Hawkesbury Charlottetown and St Georges Bay with a farewell Boston breakfast upon return. Tickets must be bought by Aug 29 with limited staterooms.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Straits of Canso
Cape Breton Island
St. George’s Bay
Northumberland Sound
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Lowell
Middlesex Street
S. S
Bay of Fundy
Cape Sable
Sable Island
Halifax Harbor
Port Hawkesbury
Cape Breton
Port Hawesbury
Norway
St. George's Bay
Citadel
Point Pleasant
Gulf of Maine
Atlantic
Boston Harbor
Palm Oil Tax Ruling Halts Use In Oleomargarine
Washington on August 11 reports Commissioner Yerkes rejected using small amounts of palm oil to color oleomargarine. A sample oil, deemed rancid, failed analysis, and refined palm oil used to color finished oleo would render the product artificially colored and taxable at ten cents per pound.
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Washington
Yerkes
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washout halts Berkshire line near Merwinville
Heavy rains last night caused a major washout on the Berkshire division of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad near Merwinville north of Brookfield Junction. Through traffic was at a standstill all day with the Berkshire express stalled south of the washout and passengers likely to be rerouted. Local trains were sent south from Brookfield Junction toward New Haven Bridgeport and New York.
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Danbury, Conn
Berkshire Division
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Merwinville
Brookfield Junction
Berkshire Express
New Haven
Bridgeport
New York
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W. Holmes
Talian
Chicago Crime
Johann Hoff
Eisner & Mendelson CO
Worder
Chum
Hoar
Brown
Grand Jury
Torpedo Boat
Fanning
New Hampshire
Penrose
A. G. Pollard & CO
Dusseldorf
Tour OF
Maritime Provinces
Paradise
T. H. Durning
Nova Scotia Tourists’ Association
Durning
the Parker Coat & Coke Company
Prescott Street
Tel
Mrs. Quarrels
John
Danbury
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