Wireless Hero Saves Passengers From Ontario Fire
The steamer Ontario from Norfolk to Boston beached off Montauk Point after a fierce fire. Wireless operator H E Ingalle stayed at his post in pajamas, guiding救 calls as flames trapped crew and passengers. Lifesaving craft and coast guards aided evacuation to New London, with Captain Bond remaining on board. The vessel, built in Camden in 1904, carried 90 people and burned near the site of a prior wreck of sister ship George Apol.
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Montauk Point
X.Y
Atu
Ontario
Norfolk
Heston
Long Island
Bond
Montauk Port
Tsland
Montiuk Point
Saver
Point Judith
New England
Witch Hall
Block Island
T. A. Scott Wrecking Company
Ditch Plain
H. E. Ingalle
Boston
New London
Conn
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
George Apol
Whitney Thanks Passengers Saved After Ship Ontario Fire
Baltimore correspondent reports Merchants' and Miners' Transportation Company president Whitney reacting to news that all passengers aboard the burning ship Ontario were saved. He called the passengers' safety the priority, noting the incident occurred as the Ontario, a large vessel, sailed from Baltimore to Boston last Friday with a general cargo.
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Whitney
Baltimore
3. Co. Whitney
Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Company
Ontario
Boston
Passenger list aboard the Ontario departure from Baltimore
The Ontario sailing from Baltimore carried listed passengers including Mim Katherine Be. Schwartze Lissa Nelle B. Sheehan A. E. Cahill T. B. Cary Jr and his wife J. F. The brief notice records names and voyage details in a standard passenger manifest style.
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Baltimore
Ontario
Mim
Katherine BE. Schwartze
Lissa Nelle B. Sheehan
A. E. Cahill
Mite
T. B. Cary, Jr
J. F
Ship crew names cited in request for official test statement
Bond H W Sanborn Mrs J F Bond Mrs H W Sanborn T Corney Frank Hewden and Mr W K Bond are listed. President Whitney of the company said a formal test statement would be issued later in the day regarding the extent of laws.
Two Young Men Confess Assault and Robbery
In Bowling Green Virginia two 21 year old men Guilton Saunders and Dyed Jackson were captured Saturday night and confessed to assaulting and robbing J. L. Palmer, a local merchant, near town.
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Bowling Green
Boston Carpet Workers Strike Ends? Mill Guards At Entrances
A strike by six women operatives at Roxbury Carpet Company in Boston aims for a ten percent wage increase. Mill owners request police protection and officers guard entrances to the plant.
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Boston
Mass
Roxbury Carpet Company
Slot machines banned after court ruling in Lynchburg
In Lynchburg Virginia a Police Court test case led to more than twenty chewing gum slot machines being declared gambling devices and ordered discontinued.
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Lynchburg
Auto leaps from wharf into Potomac in launch gone wrong
W A Wimsatt, lumber dealer, bought a five thousand dollar touring car. The car shot from the Twelfth Street South West wharf, turned turtle over the water, and sank in black mud. Rescue efforts by divers and a lighter recovered the vehicle, damaged but largely intact aside from a broken steering wheel and torn hood. Reward offered for location. the incident occurred near Washington DC on a Monday.
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W. A. Wimsatt
Twelfth Street
Mr. Wimsatt
Wimsatt
Potomac
Winncott
Marty Shaffer
Shaffer
Riley’s
Hugh
Winsatt
Avenel
Talked Her Way Out of Prison in Richmond Court
Henrietta Brown, colored, talked her way out of a thirty day jail sentence in Police Court. She had complained against her husband Morris Brown for non-support. The case was dismissed after Colonel Spottswood, acting as Brown’s attorney, announced a divorce and child custody. The judge fined her for disorderly conduct and she rallied with loud chatter before being released.
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Richmond
Henrietta Brown
Henrietta
Morris Brown
Crutchfield
Colonel Spottswood
Brown
Roosevelt Claims Kentucky in Republican Primaries
Washington special reports indicate Roosevelt won seven of Kentucky’s eleven congressional districts. Taft carried four. 41 counties remain unheard. Delegates counted: Roosevelt 1080 with 194 contested. Taft 697 with 162 contested. Senator Dixon projected Roosevelt winning the state at large and most district delegates based on current tallies.
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Washington, D. C
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Taft
Dixon
Remarkable coal mine on tiny island near Nagasaki
A remarkable coal mine sits on a small island in the Japan Sea near Nagasaki. The island houses extensive shafts and hoisting machinery with vast underground workings spreading outward in all directions under the sea, making it one of the most extraordinary mines.
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Nagasaki
Prisoner Whipping Denial Sparks Prison Hospital Drama
Richmond reports claim a negro convict was brutally whipped and sent to the hospital. Officials deny the abuse, state the beating occurred during a prior incident and the man is under medical care for an intestinal illness and a bladder trouble.
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James B. Wood
State Penitentiary
Jeir Herbert Mann
Hexre
Major Wood
Mann
Frank Fitzgerald
Hastings
Kingan & Co
Wood W
Negvo
Ron by Women in Froissy City
In Froissy sixty miles north of Paris, women fill every municipal post from mayor to gatekeeper. The local train conductor, letter-carrier, town crier, and police chief are all women, while men farm and tend fruit, illustrating a town run by women in public roles.
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Ron
Froissy
Paris
Argonawut
Ulster Orange Men Rally Against Home Rule in Belfast
A massive Ulster Orange demonstration in Belfast opposed to Irish home rule drew thousands. A Bonar Law led the event from London with many Unionists aboard special trains. Police and troops guarded the city as Orange colors and banners appeared while Nationalist homes showed green.
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Belfast
Ireland
A. Bonar Law
House of Commons
London
Royal Irish Constabulary
Melchen
CARTOONS WINNER IN APRIL MAGAZINE NOTE
A sharper tone marks the April issue of the monthly magazine Cartoons as a winner in political cartooning. The feature highlights improving quality and notable caricatures from the period.
Wonderful operation performed on brain
A Johns Hopkins surgeon led by Dr. Harvey Cushing performed a landmark brain operation on a Columbus, Ohio businessman. A pituitary mass causing vision and drowsiness was drained after drilling behind the left ear. The pituitary was shifted, fluids drained, and the skull hole packed, with the patient recovering.
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Harvey Cushing
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Ae.indimonson
Columbus
Ohio
Fire on Liner Ontario Quelled After Long Battle
Dense steam roiled from the Ontario as a fire raged in the holds near Montauk Point. Captain Bond and his crew fought the blaze for hours, saving much of the after cargo and beginning unloading at dawn. Fire in the forward hold remained under control with hopes the vessel would be saved.
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Montauk Point
N. Y
Ontario
Long Island
Bond
Ames
Hield
Arizona Senator Slaps Elevator Boy at Ebbit House
Arizona Senator Marcus A. Smith admitted to slapping George Smith, a young elevator boy, after the operator refused to halt at the third floor. Proprietor Colonel G. F. Schutt called the incident regrettable but not serious. the boy was not discharged.
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Washington, D. C
Ebbitt House
Marcus A. Smith
Arizona
George Smith
Smith
G. F. Schutt
Senator Smith
Fire damages Providence department store at Diamond Sons
The L. Diamond Sons Company department store in Providence’s business district sustained about 200000 dollars in damage from a late night fire that was still smouldering this morning. Fire officials and investigators began assessing the scene as crews battled remaining embers.
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Burns
Providence
R. L. Special
L. Diamond Sons Company
Protest Against Home Rule in Belfast Spearheaded by Law
Leader Law arrives in Belfast to address a large anti home rule gathering. Thousands of Ulster Orangemen expected to join a campaign against the Home Rule bill. Police caution and escort accompany Law as he pledges a strong Unionist opposition in Parliament.
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Ireland
Leader Law
House of Commons
Law
In Commons
Ulster
Larne
North Ireland
Diamond Jim Brady Undergoing Operation in Baltimore
James Buchanan Brady known as Diamond Jim Brady, vice president of Standard Steel Car, is in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore recovering from a serious operation performed Friday. He arrived with friend John Ward and a valet, staying at the Belvedere. Brady, famed for a strenuous life and a diamond hobby worth over 500000, is aged and expected to recover barring complications.
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James Buchanan Brady
New York
Standard Steel Car Company
Jim” Brady
Johns Herkins Hospital
John Ward
Beady
Belvedere
Brady
New York City
Grand Central Station
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Charles T. Schoon
Philadelphia
Prossic Steel Car Company
Mellons
Pittsburg
Corporation of Manning, Maxwell & Moore
Pneumatic Tool Company
Vanderbilt
Manhattan
Taft Forces Dominate Republican State Convention
Rochester dispatch notes Taft forces in control as the Republican State convention selects four delegates to the national convention. Theodore Roosevelt critics are excluded from influence while Professor Nicholas Murray Butler, as temporary chairman, delivers a hard hitting address attacking rival doctrines and outlining party goals. The speech supports restraint on imports, expands social legislation, banking reform, and a strong, peaceful international policy.
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Rochester
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
Roosevelt
Butler
Republican Party
Washington
Lincoln
National Monetary Commission
United States
Taft
Young girl in Illinois charged with burglary
A brief note reports a Illinois girl arrested for burglary after being caught going through a man's trouser pockets. Editorials from Orange Observer, Herald Courier, Ledger-Dispatch and Staunton Leader add satirical remarks on marriage, domestic life, water issues and propriety.
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Orange Observer
Silly Southern News Snippets Gathered From Papers
A collage of brief quips and wry comments from newspapers in Danville Columbia Newport News Abingdon Staunton Charleston Chattanooga Wilmington Milwaukee Louisville News and Courier and others. Topics include politics humor crime shipping fleets and weather with playful jabs at Roosevelt whist and warship curtailment. The tone is light and editorial.
Baltimore Lawyer Held on Forgery and Embezzlement Charge
John Bk Burton an attorney in Baltimore is held by police on forgery and embezzlement charges. Robert Lake Dooley of Union West Virginia swore the will of Charlies H Dooley internal revenue agent died February 5 and was altered to favor Porter with a larger share. Dooley alleges changes were made after death at the offices of the secret service in Baltimore. Burton admits writing the original will but denies making alterations.
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John Bk. Burton
Robert Lake Dooley
Union
W. Va
Burton
Charlies H. Dooley
Internal Revenue Agent
Dooley
Marston
Mr. Porter
Evert
Ar. Porter
W. A. Bostic
Porter
Secret Service Department
Halttimore Post
Stella Read
Annie Conner
Wers
Conneer
Campaign Worker Attacked While Distributing Literature
In Chicago Illinois three men assaulted Thomas O'Brien a political worker and aide to Congressman Thomas Gallagher early today. He was struck on the head and another attacker tried to cut his throat with a razor. He is reported likely mortally injured and the incident is under investigation.
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Chicago
Tramway Steamer Sinks on Nile, 200 Lost in Cairo Disaster
A Cairo dispatch reports the tramway service steamer sank during the night on the Nile near Cairo. About two hundred persons perished in the disaster, with searches and relief efforts underway.
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Paris
Nile
Egypt
Cairo
Auto crash in Roanoke under coroner inquiry
Roanoke, Va. coroner Dr W P Norrin and Commonwealth's Attorney Perkins visited the scene of a Saturday night auto wreck in which Dr Lewin and George Parnard were killed. A coroner's jury met to determine criminal liability and possible speed law violations.
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Roanoke
W. P. Norrin
Commonwealth
Perkins
Lewin
George Parnard
Henry Mctlarg, Jr
Fragmentary Exchange Sparks Writing Aspirations
A brief exchange between a beautiful girl and a sad-looking man from Judge's Library hints at a writer's dream to earn at least fifteen cents per piece. The dialogue centers on writing for love versus monetary pay, reflecting literary frustrations of the era.
Fragmentary 19th century note on voting and harmony
A garbled excerpt discusses a fair exchange for women’s suffrage and urges clear remonstrances. The text implies a world treated as a playground for the child of heart and calls for attentive listening, warning against idle actions. The fragment lacks full attribution or context.
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