Boiling tragedy on steamer City of Trenton explodes
Ten persons killed and a score injured as the City of Trenton steamship bound Philadelphia to Trenton suffers port boiler explosion. Fire, wreckage, and passengers leaping into the Delaware follow the blast. many bodies recovered, others missing, with officials counting ten dead and more feared in the river.
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Philadelphia
Trenton
Wilmington Steamboat Company
N. J
J. D. Chew
Elizabeth Green
John Matthews
Matilda Cross
Theresa Rhein
Louisa Panscheck
Smith
Louis Robinson
Barrett
Anna Hoover
Camden
Cecila Magrogan
Henry Magron
BE. Ecrhart
Ice E. Matthews
G. E. Smith
Bessie Brown
Jeanette R.eid
Wilson M. Eckhart
J. W. Hastings
F. A. Delacey
Caminade
Carrie Caminade
Albert Lee
Edna van Shack
Hightown
W. J
W. C. Mersbaum
Morrisville
White Landsing
Police Department
A. Worrell
Harrison Mansion
Delaware River
Mate Vanderveer
Curry
Capt. Worrell
Samuel H. Asbridge
Edwin Stuart
Emergency Corps
Chew
Murrphy
Bryson
Murphy
Horace Wilson
Wilmington Steamboat Co
Arthur Lansing
N. J. James, O'Connell, Fireman On the Steamer, of Wilmington, del. Matt Mable
August Mable
Kitchener Reports Murders of Wounded at Graspan
Despatch from Lord Kitchener dated Pretoria quotes sworn evidence that Lieut Mair of the New South Wales artillery and Privates Harvey and Blunt were shot after surrender at Graspan near Reitz on June 6. War Office telegram urges proclamation that captured commando members will be held to blame and may face death or varying penalties.
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Elliot
Mair
New South Wales Artillery
Harvey
Blunt
Graspan
Reitz
Steyn
Botha
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Vlakfontein
Chinese anger rises as Berlin hosts Prince Chun entourage
Berlin August 28 Chinese attendants of Prince Chun express strong indignation at German officials handling. Herr Von Rauch, attached to the German mission, calmly completes travel arrangements despite Chinese objections. Minor Chinese among the party respond with irritation as they press Berlin officials.
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Berlin
Prince Chun
Herr von Rauch
Officials quarrel over hotel lodging amid Chinese mission delay
Officials objected to lodging on the fourth floor but Von Rauch forced acceptance. The lowest rank nobles among the retinue are displeased. Prince Chun dispels illness rumors and stays in contact by telegraph. Chinese mission members are kept in the hotel by orders attributed to Emperor William, with delay tied to expiation rites.
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von Rauch
Prince Chun
William
Empress Frederick Will Grants Heirs One Million Marks
Berlin reports Dowager Empress Frederick leaves each child including the Emperor one million marks. The estate exceeds prior expectations. An authoritative denial appears of a marriage rumor with Baron Von Sekendorff. The Emperor orders the autumn parade of the guards to be omitted on September 20.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Hamburg
Frederick
Tageblatt
Baron von Sekendorff
Gardes du Corps
British Warships Arrive With North American Fleet
Halifax Nova Scotia August 28 Five ships of the British North American fleet the Crescent Proserpine Pschye and Palavia reached the harbor as part of a larger naval movement. The arrival underscores ongoing royal navy operations in Atlantic waters amid regional tensions and maritime exercises.
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Halifax
N. S
The
Crescent
Proserpine
Pschye
Pal
Royal Yacht Escort Details For Dukes Arrival
Las and Quail sail Saturday for Quebec to prepare for the reception of the Duke and Duchess of York. Indefatigable and Tribune stay in port until the royal yacht Ophir is off the coast. They will escort Ophir to Quebec and meet her at sea. A grand electrical and pyrotechnic display is planned for the Duke's arrival night at Quebec.
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Las
Quail
Quebec
Sultan Plans War and Fortifications in Constantinople
Tageblatt report from Constantinople claims the Sultan will choose war over yield and is studying defenses. It says he has ordered 300 guns from Germany as part of planned war readiness.
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Vienna
Tageblatt
Constantinople
Germany
Peace Plan Emerges in Great Steel Strike Arbitration Offer
Simon Burns of the Knights of Labor and Window Glass Workers' L A 300 forward an arbitration plan to Charles Schwab and Theodore Shaffer. Shaffer is willing to submit. Schwab must concur for potential end to the strike. Steel mills extend operations. tin plate firm seeks nonunion workers amid union tensions. Burns proposes a high‑level arbitration committee to decide terms, with Shaffer backing the plan.
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Pittsburg
Simon Burns
Knights of Labor
Window Glass Workers’ Association
L. A
Chas. M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Theodore Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Burns
Schwab
Tin Plate Company
Archbishop Ireland
Potter
Seth Low
Harper's and McClure's September Magazines Review
Harper's September issue features Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward with a long story His Wife and noted illustrations by Albert Sterner. Also in Harper's are Prague and The New German Navy articles, Reminiscences of George Eliot, Cathode Rays, and various fiction and poetry selections. McClure's September highlights Okapi by Sir Harry H Johnston, Evelyn Baldwin's pole to the North Pole, airship questions, and Rise of the American City, with stories by Ridgely, Cleary, Spearman, Hope, and Baker. Ledger Monthly opens with bird photography by A H Verrill and notes on Tuskegee by Booker T Washington, plus regional human-interest pieces and fiction selections.
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New England
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Harper’s Magazine
Albert Sterner
Prague
Arthur Symons
William
Dantzic
H. W. Wilson
H. Reuterdahl
Frederic Harrison
George Eliot
Lewes
Woodrow Wilson
Mora
Washington
Cambridge
Joseph J. Thomson
Cavendish Laboratory
Cavendish
England
James Mooney
Harper’s
Miss Wilkins
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Thomas Phipps
Madeira’s
Edward 5. Martin
Christy
Onoto Watanna
Elizabeth G. Jordan
Philome
Chester Bailey Fernald
A. F. Redbranche
Miss Noel
Mary Boole Hinton
T. Livingston
Josephine Preston Peabody
Mr. Howells
Scotland
United States
Isle of Wight
Edward Frost Watrous
Osborne House
Faringford
Tennyson
Carisbrooke Castle
Whippingham Church
The
Ledger Monthly
Thousand Islands
Grandma’am
Ledger
McClure
Central Africa
America
Harry H. Johnston
Uganda
British East Africa
North Pole
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin
Baldwin-Zeigler
Simon Newcomb
Henry Mayer
Benjamin Ridgely
Kate M. Cleary
Stepmother
Frank V. DuMond
Frank H. Spearman
the Old Guard
Dave Hawk
Dave
Jay Mhambidge
Anthony Hope
Royal Humane Society
Corwin Knapp Linson
Ray Stannard Baker
Leslie’s Monthly
A. H. Verrill
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
Delaware
Aguinaldo
Lieut
Burton Mitchell
Gen. Funston
Europe
Wilder West
EB. Hough
Henry L. Mencken
French flag lowered at Constantinople embassy
Immediate departure of M Constans led to the French flag being hauled down over the embassy in Constantinople. No charge d'affaires remains, staff stays, consuls instructed to protect French interests. Dispute cited ongoing trade interference and Turkish obstacles to commerce.
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Constantinople
M. Constans
France
Turkey
Slippery Sultan
The Daily Mail dispatch from Vienna quotes M. Constans on the Franco Turkish diplomacy. The French ambassador notes the Sultan's evasive stance and asserts the matter rests with the French government. Constans warns any softer line would hurt future negotiations with the Porte and embolden Turkey to press similar tactics elsewhere.
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London
Daily Mail
Vienna
Orient Express
M. Constans
Porte
Turkey
France
Duchess of Cornwall and York to limit Canadian tour
Ottawa reports the Duchess will not travel widely in Canada, shattering hopes of a 6000 mile Quebec to Vancouver to Halifax journey. A December event is anticipated, and her medical adviser cautions against a long trip. Ottawa ladies select fur cape as a gift for the Duchess.
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Ottawa
Ont
Duchess of Cornwall
York
Canada
Quebec
Vancouver
Halifax
Injunction Extended For Newport Auto Races
A court extended an injunction today barring those connected with the planned automobile races on Ocean avenue in Newport. The event will move to Aquidneck Park four miles away with a one mile track, set for Friday. Promoters presented abutters supporting the races while nine opponents argued against them. General Charles A. Wilson, Attorney Brown, and George B. Barrows represented respondents. Arnold Green and W P Sheffield Jr. for petitioners.
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Providence
R. IL
Ocean Avenue
Newport
Aquidnick Park
Wilbur
Supreme Court
Charles A. Wilson
Attorney Brown
George B. Barrows
Arnold Green
W. P. Sheffield, Jr
Wibur
Diamond Jovial in Court as Stay Vacate Move Debated
In New York on August 28 Capt. Diamond appeared with ex-Judge Cady and Louis J. Vorhaus opposing Assistant District Attorney Gans. The judge ordered a combined hearing on the motion to vacate the stay and a change of venue to the supreme court, set for tomorrow.
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New York
Capt. Diamond
Justice Dykeman
White Plains
Giegerich
Supreme Court
Cady
Louis J. Vorhaus
Gans
Mr. Varhaus
Court of General Sessions
Justice Giegerich
Brainerd Insanity Trial Set For September
County Attorney Whitehouse announced the Brainerd case will go to superior court in the last week of September to determine mental responsibility after he shot Chief Electrician I. H. Farnham and three other electricians at the telephone exchange office last May. Brainerd is in the state insane hospital for observation, and the trial is expected to last about four days.
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Portland
Whitehouse
George H. Brainerd
I. H. Farnham
Telephone Exchange
Brainerd
State Insane Hospital
Eddy Defamation Suit Dropped in New Hampshire Court
Mrs. Josephine Woodbury of Boston had sued Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy of Concord for defamation. The case was dismissed after Streeter & Hollis moved to dismiss, contending Massachusetts courts already adjudicated the matter. Judges Brown and Aldrich granted the unopposed motion.
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Littleton
N. H
Josephine Woodbury
Boston
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Concord
Christian Science Leader
United States
Brown and Aldrich
Streeter & Hollis
Massachusetts
Big Cotton Strike Declared in Columbia Mills
In Columbia South Carolina on August 23 a strike was declared in all cotton mills in the city tonight.
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Columbia
S. C
Bank Robbery Destroys Kinde Bank Building at Break-In
Bad Axe Mich Aug 28 Thieves entered James H Hall’s bank at Kinde and extorted only 100 dollars. Explosives wrecked the bank building and vault. concussion blew up the structure and its contents.
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Mich
James H. Hall
Kinde
County
Niagara on the Lake Tennis Tour Continues
Niagara on the Lake hosts the Niagara international tennis tournament with ladies singles matches dominating the morning. Marion Jones defeats Rogers 6-1 6-2, Parker over Sprague 6-1 6-2, Closterman over Pennington 11-9 6-2, and Carrie Neely beats Champlin 6-3 7-5.
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Niagara On the Lake
Miss Marion Jones
Carrie Neely
Miss Rogers
Miss Parker
Rockefeller's Gift Promises Westchester Mansion Site
Tarrytown August 28 report says John D. Rockefeller's wedding present to John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his bride Abby Aldrich will be a handsome mansion on a premier Westchester County site.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Abby Aldrich
Westchester County
Florentine Princess Portraits and Smithsonian Youth Room
A Bronzino frontispiece in St Nicholas features a modern little girl described as a Florentine Princess of the Sixteenth Century. The Smithsonian secretary, famed for his fondness of children, has created a room for their learning and amusement. Albert Bigelow Paine writes on the museum department, with Langley contributing an autobiographical introduction. Cleveland Moffett outlines The Dynamite in a notable article this month.
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Bronzino
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Albert Bigelow Paine
National Museum
Langley
Cleveland Moffett
Doan's Kidney Pills Promised Cure Ad
An old advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co as a cure for kidney ills. It cites Lowell residents and Mrs Frank Mansur claiming relief after using the pills at Ellingwood Co. drugstore. Sold for 50 cents per box nationwide.
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Nature
Dean
Lowell
Frank Mansur
Fifth Street
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central Streets
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan’s
Literary notes on Turner life and other fall book releases
Scribners plans an imperial quarto Life of Turner by Sir Walter Armstrong with about 200 pages and 6x9 inch plates. Editions priced at 40 and 80 dollars in Japan paper, both limited and nearly subscribed. Also notes new fiction by Philip Verrill Michel and Francis W. van Praag plus A Daughter of Mystery by R Norman Silver from L C Page.
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The
Scribners
Turner
Walter Armstrong
National Gallery of Ireland
Gainsborough
Joshua Reynolds
Creal Thompson
United States
Philip Verrill Michels
R. F. Fenno & Co
America
London
Mr. Mighel
Clayton Halewell
Francis W. van Praag
Color Line in Yale Athletics Provokes Debate
The New Haven discussion centers on race and varsity eligibility with Yale facing a history of no black players on its teams. The Matthews case prompts Yale, Amherst and Harvard links, noting southern influence and past seating practices influenced by race.
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New Haven
Yale
Matthews
Andover Academy
Harvard
Gregory
Amherst
Yale Divinity School
Hirsch
Barnwell
Andover
Stearns
Divinity School
Pittsfield
Lewis
Harvard Law School
Yale University
Sex roles shift as young men wear stocks with negligees
The passage notes a fashion shift during summer among young men wearing stocks with negligees instead of collars. It suggests this comfortable arrangement may be seen as a masculine prerogative and that a girl adopting it could be labeled mannish.
Fashionable shades of tan span bold tints across palettes
The article notes tan tones range from crushed strawberry to chocolate ice cream hues, highlighting diverse fashion palettes and how these variations influence style choices and accessory pairings.
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Pretoria
British Warships
Duke and Duchess of York
Dg&cision
John R. Coryell
J. C
D. C. Beard
Major Serpa Pinto
Josephine Daskam
Mary Mapes Dodge
Albert Brown
A. B. Paine
Charles Battell Loomis
Slippery Sultan
Constans
Duchess of Cornwall and
Newport Automobile
Maine Insane Hospital
New Hampshire
Columbia, &. C
Monetary Institution
Michigan
Rockefeller
Lowell Reader
L. C. Page & Co
R. Norman Silver
Rt. Griffin
Appleton Street
Carter & Sherburne
Gardner Bros
Pins Street
Highlands
G.G. Read
Wm. Nichols &Co
Charles Wheeler
Thorndike Street
P. F. Devine
Merrimack Street
A. W. Brown
Central Block
A. E. Morrell
D.O
Taylor Roofing Company
Taylor Roofing Co
Humphrey
Courier-Citizen
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