Venom Extracted From Deadly Viper At Bronx Zoo Operation
Scientists obtain venom from a lance head viper captured in Brazil and brought to New York. The Bronx Zoo operation, led by Dr. E W Runyon, produced a venom supply sufficient for decades aiding treatment of insanity and diseases such as typhoid and diphtheria.
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New York
Science of
Bronx Zoological Park
E. W. Runyon
Amazon
Raymond L. Ditmars
St. Clair Smith
Charles B. Snyder
Runyon
Snyder
Dr. DitMars
Collision of Ballarat and Bendigo Trains at Braybrook Junction
A rail disaster near Braybrook Junction eight miles from Melbourne killed forty one and injured sixty. The Bendigo train collided into the Ballarat train, five cars wrecked, flames engulfed the wreckage, and many bodies were unrecognizable. Rescue was delayed as doctors and nurses arrived amid intense suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourn
Australia
Ballarat
Bendigo
Braybrook Junction
Melbourne
diMculty
Dodor
Death Toll in Chelsea Fire Rises to Fifteen
In Chelsea Massachusetts the fire of April 12 raised the known death toll to fifteen with two more bodies found, one beneath bricks in a Watts Street cellar. Miss Annie Murphy remains missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Mass
Watts Street
Annie Murphy
Eighteen Students Shot in Guatemala City Uprising
Guatemala City reports President Cabrera confirms that 18 ringleaders have been executed for a conspiracy against him. He warns that more executions may follow as military control tightens and revolutionary feeling grows.
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Cabrera
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Supreme Court of Guatemala
Ife
Taft to Panama Trip and Navy Promotions Reach Board
Secretary Taft plans a April 30 departure for Panama with a three week journey and isthmus stay returning by May 20. The cruiser Prairie may serve as transport, sailing from Charleston. Other items include a DAR fund drive for Continental Hall, child labor limits, NAS meeting at Johns Hopkins, Sherman anti trust hearing, pulp tariff repeal push, and a tax on maritime accidents.
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Taft
United States
Panama
Prairie
Charleston
8. C
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Board of Management
Continental Hall
House Committee On
District of Columbia
House
National Academy of Sciences
Ira Remsett
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
National Civic Federation
St. Paul
Senate
Medical Department
Army
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Abingdon
William Campbell
Whole Town Buried by a Landslide in Buckingham Ont
The Hamlet of Notre Dame de Salette on the Lievre River was buried by a mountain slide at 5 AM during spring floods. At least 20 residents are known dead and many more missing. De Salette suffered extensive destruction while Buckingham arranged coffins and rescue teams.
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Buckingham
Ont
Notre Dame de Salette
Lievre
Lierre
Camille la Pointe
de Salette
Poupere
Tornado Kills Three in Nebraska Areas
A cy clone swept through Cummings County and into Thurston County killing John Mangleson and his wife near Bender Neb. Three people are dead with injuries and several houses destroyed. Telegraph and telephone wires are down slowing reports. wreckage carried by the storm.
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Bancroft, Neb
Cummings County
Thurston County
John Mangleson
Bender
Postal Deficit Reaches 15 Million for Current Year
Washington special reports the Post Office Department faces a deficit exceeding 15 million dollars for the fiscal year based on the first two quarters. The six month shortfall is about 7.62 million, rising from 4.96 million a year earlier while a surplus existed in the same quarter last year. Officials blame higher salaries across the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Fire threat looms as Raymond asks for aid
A Jackson Mississippi dispatch reports a serious fire threatening Raymond, 15 miles from Jackson. Raymond appealed for firefighting apparatus, but a second message said help would be useless since the water supply had been cut off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
The
Picayune
Jackson
Miss
Raymond
Death of Mrs. Mary Catherine Shelley in gas tragedy
New York special report states Mrs. Mary Catherine Shelley vocal teacher was found dead from illuminating gas in her apartments on West 125th Street. A coroner's letter indicates she had been unhappy for two years due to family troubles and misunderstandings. She was 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary Catherine Shelley
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Shelley
Roosevelt vows veto over naval bill without full funding
President Roosevelt pledges to veto the Naval Appropriation Bill if Congress passes a measure without funding for two authorized battleships. Senator Hale plans a $7,000,000 amendment while Senate support shows mixed strength. naval salaries at Annapolis rise across multiple professorships and instructors.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Hale
Senate Naval Committee
Congress
Lodge
Massachusetts
Naval Academy
Naval Academy At Annapolis
Wedding Ring Found Causing Duck's Death in Connecticut Farm
Fred Prageman dissected a duck to learn its death cause and found a wedding ring believed lost 25 years ago by his wife on a farm in Yalesville Meriden Connecticut The ring remained bright and may have attracted the duck while other ducks fed in the loosened earth where the tree had stood
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden, Conn
Fred Prageman
Pageman
Yalesville
Prageman
Morgan Buys Raphael Painting for 2 650 000 Lire
J Pierpont Morgan has purchased the Raphael work Le Vierge de St Antoine de Padova for 2 650 000 lire about 484 000 dollars. The painting will stay in Italy and likely be housed in the Aldobrandini Palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
J. Pierpont Morgan
Raphael
Northern Pacific Orders 500 Refrigerator Cars
Financial notes cover Northern Pacific ordering 500 refrigerator cars and a general sense that material demand is rising. Bankers speculate gold movements from Paris to Berlin, while United States Steel sees steady quotations despite declines in iron and steel products. Cad Com reports 1907 gross revenue at 12.496 million and net profit around 8.006 million.
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Northern Pacific
Paris
Berlin
the &Ranger Railroad
Warwick Irons and Steel
Lake Superior
Philadelphia
New York
Marsden
United States Steel
Grant of Baltimore Dies After Jump From Florida Steamer
The body of Charles Adrian Grant, fifty, who died by his own action after financial reverses, was found off Big Light in Chesapeake Bay. Identity was confirmed by papers in his clothing. he was a deaf mute and a noted athlete linked to University of Virginia society. Funeral held in Charlottesville with interment in Middlesex County Virginia.
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Norfolk
Charles Adrian Grant
Bay Line
Florida
Reno
Big Light
Chesa Peake Bay
Burnley Lankford
Grant
Baltimore
Washington
Metropolitan
Maryland
Henry Grant
Seventy-fourth
Gordon Highlanders
Isabelle Keith Falconer
Seventh Earl of Kintore
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Middlesex
Loudoun County
New Howard Hotel
Winchester Clergyman Clarifies Byrd Law on Communion Wine
Judge Thomas W. Harrison of Winchester states the Byrd law does not ban wine in communion. He notes fines for Sunday dispensing were based on misreadings, saying selling and dispensing refer to licensed sale and that giving wine at services could be permissible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Virginia
Thomas W . Harrison
Loudoun County
Alexandria
Norfolk Secret Elopement Ends In Family Forgiveness
Ada F Belcher revealed to her mother that she had wed C D Anderson of Lamberts Point after a September 20 1907 elopement. The girl 17 at the time faced parental concern but no opposition due to wedding wishes. A hidden marriage certificate found in a trunk prompted the confession and forgiveness as Anderson joined the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Ada F. Belcher
C. D. Anderson
Lamberts Point
Belcher
Local tobacconist dies by self-inflicted gunshot in Lynchburg
John Candler, 62, retired tobacconist, killed himself at his Blackford Street home. He prepared a pistol for the act and fired while in bed after removing his coat. His wife is away. he leaves a large family. Ill health is cited as the cause.
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Lynchburg
John Candler
Blackford Street
Candler
Marriage notice from Virginia area at estate near Wickliffe
Reverdy Jf Lewis of Berryville married Mise Alice Powers daughter of Mrs R A Powers of Wickliffe at Autumn the Po family estate near Wickliffe with Mr Cowling and Rev nard Wall assisting. Miss Fanole Holmes noted at East country home of Robert z.
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Winchester
Reverdy
Jf Lewis
Berryville
Mise Alice Powers
R. A. Powers
Wickliffe
Clarke Aere
Mr. Cowling
Revnard Wall
Richmond
East Country
Robert Z
Fanole Holmes
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Sands Smith
S, P. Nottingham
Cash
L. E. Mumford Banking Co
OLD Dominion Line
Etween
Norfolk, Gleucester and
Mathews Counties
Pocahontas
Wortsmouth
North St
Old Point
Philpot’s
East River
Williams
Hicks
Diggs
Rosne
Ware River
Smith's
Dixondale
North River
Severn
Severn River
Fishery
New Point
Government Wharf
Hockley
Auburn Wharf
Portsmouth
Berkley
Brandon
Fach Way Inclu
Granby Street
Atlantic Hotel
B. L. Bugg
Norfolk, Va
C. S. Schermerhorn @ Son, SHIPPERS, DEALERS
Purina
Cheapside
Pratt Street
Baltimore, Md
Leslie C. Garnett
Mathews
Gloucester
F. Theo. Miller
Mathews C. H
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Shesapeake Line
Olumbia
Augusta
Old Point Comfort
Nop
Folk, VA
Batimore
Unday
Int Comfort
Tou A
York River Line
Atlanta Point
Richmond, VA
Wists
Richk and Allmond
Arthur
Light
Glouceser Point
Eser
Iger Agem
Rscreer
M. S. Foster
Sibley Bros
A. M. Marchant
Journal Bulding
Labon
Minneapolis
Wales
Porto Rico
Marble Cutters and Letters’ Helpers
Boston
Birmingham
Ala
California
Hodcarriers of
San Juan
Porto
Uoton
Tatiroad
Brazil
Department of Justice
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
C. M. Thomas
Atlantic
San Francisco
Notre Dame
de Salatte
Ely
Duck
Virgina
Byrd
Fen
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