Attempted murder ends in double tragedy after prison release
William Morris 35, released from Sing Sing, shot at his wife Margaret 26 in Brooklyn after she refused to reunite. Three bullets fired, one through her arm and breast, another past her head. she escaped to the basement and was saved. Morris then killed himself in the front room as Dr Seaman Attwood arrived. Mrs Morris expected to recover. Morris formerly worked as an accountant for Coldsmith & Co. He had served a seven year sentence reduced for good behavior.
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New York
William W. A. Morris
Sing Sing
Margaret
Brooklyn
tre
Morris
Seaman Attwood
Mor
Hoymenpathic hospital
Sirs. Morris
Coldsmith & Co., jewelers
Maiden lane
New York city
Corbin Estate Settlement Ordered on Sept 22
Surrogate Wathan T. Petty directs credits legatees and heirs in the Austin Corbin estate to appear September 22 for judicial settlement of accounts by executors Hannah M. Corbin George S. Engell and Austin Corbin Jr. List of interested parties includes Isabella Edge Anna Berrowe Austin Champellion George Haven Jr John R. dos Passos and several financial companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbin Estate
Riverhead
Wathan T. Petty
Austin Corbin
Hannah M. Corbin
George S. Engell
Austin Corbin, Jr
Isabella C. Edge
Anna C. Berrowe
Austin Andre Champ
Directors of Massachusetts Benefit Life weigh action
In Boston on August 11 the Massachusetts Benefit Life association directors debated its continued existence. After lengthy discussion the mood favored delaying radical steps until policyholders show support by paying or withholding the pending assessment, effectively risking abandonment if time runs out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Benefit Company
Boston
Massachusetts Benefit Life association
American Ordnance clears Captain Wasson of detainment
Captain W J Wasson of the schooner Blanche, detained in Bridgeport on suspicion of filibustering, receives a Washington telegram from the American Ordnance company stating his detention will be cleared and urging him to sue for demurrage. It also directs delivering a consignment of ammunition to the navy yard at Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasson
Bridgeport
Conn
W. J. Wasson
Blanche
American Ordinance company
Washington
navy yard
Brooklyn
Syndicate Building Mortgaged in New York
The Park Row Construction Company led by president William M Ivins and treasurer F J Fredericks has mortgaged the 31 story Park Row building under construction at Park Row Arm Street and Theater Alley to Equitable Life Assurance Society for 2 250 000. The mortgage is due in one year payable in gold at 5 percent interest.
Peace Conference Delays Over Thessaly Evacuation Proposals
Constantinople August 11 The peace conference reconvened at Tophaneh kl osx where Tevhk Pasha Turkish foreign minister submitted fresh proposals on Thessaly evacuation indemnity and related issues. The move is likely to prolong negotiations and cause delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Tophaneh klosx
Tevhk Pasha
Thessaly
Renowned Chemist Victor Mayer Dies by Poison
Berlin dispatch says Victor Mayer the celebrated chemist killed himself at Heidelberg amid family troubles. The death is announced as occurring recently and reported by The Daily Chronicle.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Berlin
Victor Mayer
Heidelberg
Suspected Nichols Murder Suspect Arrested in Saratoga
James Durick, 29, said to resemble one Nichols murder suspect, was captured in Providence by Deputies Shadrick and O'Brien and held in Ballston Spa. He admits mining work in Ticonderoga and Bridgeport trip. home listed as Honesdale. Bridgeport police to verify identity.
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Providence
Nichols
Saratoga Springs
James Durick
Bridgeport
Conn
Saratoga County
Ballston Spa
Durick
Shadrick
O’Brien
foun
Freeman
Bailston Spa
Ticonderoga
Honesdale
New York
Buringham
Naval Armor Board continues inquiry in ordnance bureau
The Naval Armor Board met in the Ordnance Bureau in Washington on Aug 11 to study the navy department’s data on armor costs and earlier armor production problems. It plans visits to Bethlehem Steel and Carnegie’s armor works, with officials to be admitted to interiors to provide required information.
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Ordnance Bureau
Washington
naval armor board
navy department
Herbert
congress
Bethlehem
Carnegie
Pittsburg
Embezzlement Charge Hits Warren-Scharf Keeper
Qafford R. England, bookkeeper for Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving, is charged with embezzling 216000. He allegedly signed the firm's name on checks totaling 10000 and fled with his wife, possibly to Mackinac, after a questionable National City Bank check issued in New York surfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
pokkeeper
Qafford R. England
sookkeeper
Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving company
England
Commercial National bank
Mackinac
New York
National City bank
Warren-Secharf Asphalt company
J.S. Loreng
National City bank of New York
Two Pennsylvania Men Severely Injured by Quarry Explosion
Two South Easton men Martin Lillis and George Weir suffered catastrophic injuries at a Mount Jefferson quarry when a dynamite charge exploded while they attempted to remove a misfired load with a crowbar. Both men lost hands and sustained severe facial injuries. their prognosis was reported as likely fatal.
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Pennsylvania
Easton
Mount Jefferson
Martin Lillis
George Weir
South Easton
Lillis
Weir
Condensed Dispatches From The Nation
Philip Hines the oldest man in Ohio died at Springfield Delaware Infirmary aged 197 His wife is 97 He was followed by obituary notes on Thomas B Raymond Lincoln relatives and a London parachutist descent Frank C Conroy Ogdensburg New York electrocuted at Clinton prison for wife murder Delaware Ironworks reopen after six weeks of shutdown employing 400 to 600 Baron von Thielmann named secretary of the imperial treasury in Berlin succeeding Count von Posadowsky-Wehner.
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Philip Hines
Ohio
Springfield
Delaware
Thomas B. Raymond
Abraham Lincoln
Bay City
Mich
Lincoln
Tuton
London
W Newvantle
Frank C. Conroy
Ogdensburg
Clinton prison
Baron von Thielmann
United States
imperial treasury
Count von Posadowsky-Wehner
Berlin
Crisis in Pittsburg district miners strike escalates amid weather
District President Patrick Dolan accuses Pittsboro district operators of breaking faith with striking miners. He outlines United Mine Workers tactics in Central Pennsylvania as talks stall. Typhoid fears rise in Turtle Creek valley while Oak Hill workers are paid, and many strikers see withheld wages.
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Pittsburg
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company
Turtle Creek
Sandy Creek
Plum Creek
Spring Hill
Wilmerding
Wal Station
Alexander Dempster
Determination
Oak Hill
Turtlé Creek
Mordar
Isollation
Patrick Dolan
Pittsboro
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
De Armitt
Japanese Gossip on Arbitration of Hawaiian Dispute and Currency Plans
San Francisco reports say Japan backs arbitration for the Hawaiian question with firm U.S. relations. Tokyo moves toward a gold yen era from April next and abolishes export duty to boost exports while minting 20 yen gold coins. Foreigners grow wary as unrest and anti-foreigner feeling rise in Kobe and alert bluejackets face mobs.
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San Francisco
Yokohama
Hongkong
Japan
Specie bank
bank of Japan
Osaka
Tokyo Wichi Nichi Shimbun
Chuwa Shimbun
ckyo Rhymbun
Mainichi
United States
America
Kobe
Man Dies After Desperate Hop From Air Shaft
In New York on August 11 a 38 year old bottler named Godfrey Huller, who worked in a damp cellar bottling beer for four months, contracted consumption and grew weak. He jumped from a window into an air shaft at his West Forty-ninth street home and died. Waller notes Elbert Bogart
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New York
whoiue
Godfrey Huller
Waller
West Forty-ninth street
Veterans Reinstated At Philadelphia Mint
Major Kretz restates 13 veterans of the late war to their Mint positions after they were discharged at the start of the Cleveland administration. Townsend and later Kretz had overseen the changes, drawing attention from political circles to their reinstatement efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Major Kreta
Cleveland
Townsend
Major Kretz
Torpedo Boat Dupont to Run Speed Trial
The torpedo boat Dupont conducted several hours of bay running then returned to Bystol where officials planned an official speed trial for today. After cleaning condensers and checking the vacuum, the system was pronounced satisfactory.
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Dupont
Newpot
Bystol
Storm devastates tobacco crop in Viroqua area
A wind rain and hail storm across Viroqua Wisconsin Aug 11 has caused over 100000 dollars in damage to tobacco farmers with about four fifths of the crop destroyed. In Clayton New Mexico Aug 11 notices warn all Black residents to leave town by Aug 18.
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Viroqua
Wis
Clayton
N. M
Warning to Gold Seekers From Secretary Bliss on Yukon Trip
Secretary Bliss warns the public about the Klondike rush to Alaska noting 3000 people with 2000 tons of baggage wait at White Pass for a Yukon crossing. He cites dangers delays and possible five to six months winter isolation before Dawsons. The State Department has not received British telegraph line approval through U.S. territory.
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Bliss
Yukon
Washington
Klondike
Alaska
White pass
Yukon river
Dawson City
state department
United States territory
Canovas Assassination Suspect Identified by Italian Police
Italian police identify Galli the Canovas killer as Michel Angiolini age 33 born Foggia Apulia. A former soldier and compositor with a troubling record he was sentenced in 1896 for propaganda and later escaped to Spain. Foggia officials sent condolences to Madrid as authorities confirm the case.
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Michel Angioclino
Madrid
Lucera
Italy
Galli
Senor Canovas
Michel Angiolini
Foggia
Apulian
propaparida
Spain
National League Scores From Recent Baseball Games
Scores report multiple NL games with teams including Boston New York Brooklyn Baltimore Washington Philadelphia Cincinnati St Louis Chicago Louisville Cleveland Pittsburg and standings. Highlights show varied hits errors and final tallies across doubleheaders and single matches with several 9 to 6 16 to 6 and similar outcomes. table includes team names and brief outcomes.
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AtBL
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Washington
fila
rfad
Philadelphia
Philadelph
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
Chicago
Hilts
Cleveland
Pittsburg
ooo
Washington & oS St. Loui
Ballon sighting near Arctic waters may be Andree’s
A Danish dispatch reports Captain Mortensen aboard the bark Ansgar from Dublin to Onega saw on July 13 a collapsed balloon about two days east of North Cape at the mouth of the Onega river in the White Sea. He believes it to be Herr Andree's balloon.
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Ansdress Thalloon
London
Copenhagen
Mortensen
Ansgar
Dublin
Onega
White sea
Northcape
Europe
arctic
Herr Andree
Lightning Strikes Cause Destruction in Canajoharie Area
During a severe thunderstorm in Canajoharie and vicinity on August 11 a lightning bolt struck Canaries Shaper's old sawmill, set a barn on Levi G Barns farm at Ames on fire with stored traps, killed a horse, and fatally struck D O Berger a 69-year-old farmer on a hay load at Howes Cave.
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Canajoharie
Canaries
Levi G
Ames
Howes cave
D. O. Berger
Four of the Crowd Escape From Jail Recaptured One at Large
George Polycramis, one of four prisoners who escaped Ludlow Street jail on January 14, has been recaptured by U S secret service chief in New York. He was nabbed on Madison street while selling fruit from a handcart and will be sent back to New York. Other escapees include Pedro Marso and Michael Eagan now serving prison terms. William H. Post remains at large as a bank wagon robber. A Russian town, Mstisiavl, was largely destroyed by a fire burning two hundred houses near Moghilov on the Sozh river, a Dnieper tributary. the Jewish synagogue and seminaries were ruined.
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Elbert Bogart
New York
Roslyn
Dutch Reformed church
Manhasset
Jones Institute
Norwich
North Hempstead
Jai
Chicago
George Polycramis
Ludlow Street
George W. Hagen
United States secret service
Madison street
Poltyeramis
Chrystie street
Julia Johnson
Polycramis
pal
United States
Pedro Marso
France
Michael Eagan
Bassford
William H. Post
Bertin
Mstisiavl
Moghilogs
Mohgelov
Sozh
Dnieper
sie
New Postal Regulation Amendment
Acting Postmaster General Shellenbarger issues an order amending postal rules on abroad packages taxed by customs. The change directs packages to the nearest customs officer for examination and duty assessment and then allows return to customs officers after delivery to the addressee.
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Washington
Shellenbarger
McLean Sues Bresler for Alienating Wife's Affections
Detroit August 11 William McLean a Grand Trunk collector sues Joseph Bresler former Michigan L A W chief counsel for 50000 alleging alienation of Abs McLean's affections Bresler arrested on civil process posted 10000 bail for appearance
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Detroit
William McLean
Grand Trunk railway
Joseph M. Bresler
the
Michigan L. A. W
Abs
McLean
Bresler
Uruguayan War to Be Renewed After Armistice
Montevideo dispatch reports the government organ announcing the war will be renewed when the 22 day armistice signed July 2 with insurgents and government troops expires. It is assumed negotiations for compromise will fail.
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London
Montevideo
Coal Vein Tests May Forge Naval Dockyard at St Johns
The British admiralty orders 60 tons of coal from West Coast veins for the warship Buzzard as a quality test. If satisfactory, St Johns will be created as a dockyard and naval station.
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Newfoundland
St. Johns
N. F
British admiralty
Buzzard
Break in Welland Canal halts navigation at Port Dalhousie
The Welland canal suffered a break at lock 6 when the steamer Britannic rammed four gates. Navigation is stopped at this end until repairs are completed, with no present estimate for reopening.
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Welland Canal
Port Dalhousie
Ont
Britannic
Collision Delays Traffic Near White Mountain Lube
A collision on the Boston and Maine railway’s White Mountain division near the freight station in Laconia New Hampshire delayed traffic. Three empty freight cars derailed or collided with the main line but damage was light and delays occurred.
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Trafic
Laconia
White Mountain
Boston and Maine railroad
freght
Tragic Well Accident Claims Child in Portsmouth
Mia J Wiley Coleman aged six and a half fell into a well at Boatgwains Hill while walking in a field. She died after the accident leaving two sons and a daughter.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Mia
J. Wiley Coleman
Boatgwains Hill
Anarchists Barred From Landing in Argentina
Buenos Aires dispatch reports the Argentine government will prevent any Spanish anarchists from landing on Argentine soil as a security measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
Argentine
Standish Sails with Visiting Engineer Cadets from Portsmouth
The United States ship Standish has sailed for New York with visiting engineer cadets aboard after an inspection of the navy yard in Portsmouth New Hampshire on August 11. Local naval observers noted the cadets’ participation as part of the yard tour and ship’s departure schedule.
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Portsmouth
N. H
United State
Standish
New York
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