Many Are Drowned After Ferry Plank Collapse at Mount Desert
Awful Sunday disasters unfold as the Bang plank on the Mount Desert ferry collapses causing a mass drowning near Bar Harbor. Seventeen die in water, plus several others perish from injuries or exposure. passengers from Bangor, Ellsworth, Brewer, Levant and beyond are identified among the dead and missing.
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Bar Harbor
Mount Desert
William Murray
Brewer
Eving Bridges
West Hancock
Albert Colson
Levant
Alonzo P. Oakes
Bangor
Grace Sumner
Joseph Murray
Old Town
Hollis W. Esty
Ellsworth
Clifford Cushman
Corinth
Lizzie Ward
Charles W. Downs
E. Sweetzer
Portland
OKRAN
Ulank
Danforth
H. Bennett
C. R. Stover
Mei M’card
A. H. Billings
George Derwent
Miss Lewis
Hampden
Boston
John Galvin
Ausonia
Maine Central Railroad
Maine
Mount Desert Ferry
Mrs. Esty
Esty
Cambria
Wilson
Sweazy
Hotel Bluffs
George Spaulding
Orono
Bluffs
George Brooks
Wes
Burglars in the House Joke Ends With Twist
Mrs. Smith insists she owns the silver and furniture, while her husband John, half asleep, asks about burglars. She wakes him and claims intruders are downstairs, but his reply reveals a comic take on ownership and wealth.
Indians Routed as Yaqui Revolt Is Crushed in Mexico
Dispatches report the Yaqui uprising near Baja and Sonora was practically stamped out. Gen. Torres pursued the tribes, killing forty three including four chiefs, after captains Maldanado was murdered by his former forces and a detachment was repulsed in Bacum.
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Mexico
Yorres
Uttle
Maldanado
Tetabiate
Torres
Moldanado
Bacum
Jopo
Slaumavanea
Pierros
Dionisco
Major Taylor Breaks World Mile Record at Garfield Park
Major Taylor, the swift colored professional cyclist, rode a mile behind a pacing machine at Garfield Park, Chicago, in 1:22 2-5, smashing the world mark by 58-5 seconds. Eyewitness watches confirmed the time, with no wind shield used.
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Taylor
Major Taylor
Garfield Park
Chicago
McDutfie
Warning to Census Takers From Director Merriam
Census Director Merriam completes official instructions for 25 appointees. Supervisors will receive circulars with oath forms to ensure enumera tors press on their workers to persevere. Enumerators face fines up to 500 dollars for revealing learned information and up to 800 dollars plus three years imprisonment for perjury.
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Merriam
Horse versus motor car opinions across cities
A collection of quotes from American newspapers debating the fate of horses with the rise of automobiles. Writers from St Paul Dispatch to Minneapolis Journal discuss the road future, motor vehicles, and the horse’s displacement, noting public acceptance and evolving technology.
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St. Paul Dispatch
Minneapolis Times
Tacoma Ledger
Detroit Trbiune
Jim Brewster
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Birmingham Age-Herald
Playfair
London
Dr. Playfair
New York Sun
New York Telegram
Philadelphia Times
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Minneapolis Journal
News From the Colonies Jumbles Asian and Pacific Notes
A snapshot of colonial affairs reports Filipino women, hats, and dress. liquor laws. bicycle patrols. peasant life. war population shifts. and nightlife limits in Manila. Details on Halcon Mindoro Apo Mayon San Cristobal mountains. Porto Rico and Cuba notes on labor, coffee, roads, education, annexation, and crime. Hawaii and Alaska sections cover taxation, labor, immigration, mining, and fish banks.
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Philippine Islands
Manila
Philippines
Halcon
Mindoro
Apo
Mindanao
Mayon
Luzon
San Cristobal
Porto Rico
Spain
Three Florida towns destroyed by devastating storm
Widespread ruin across Florida reports three towns entirely wiped out Carrabelle Ashmore and McIntyre with several others partial wrecks Lanark St Teresa and Panacea Springs. A Carrabelle Tallahassee Gulf passenger train wrecked but no deaths reported. Wires down and rail lines unusable as floods and debris lay across tracks. Estimated damage in New Jersey path at Elizabeth City not linked to Florida scene.
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Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Carrabelle
Ashmore
McIntyre
Lanark
St. Teresa
Panacea Springs
Tallahassee
Gulf
Elizabeth
N. J
Pate
Hottest Day of the Year Across Several States
Telegraph reports show Thursday as the year’s heat peak from Illinois to Nebraska, Indiana, Iowa and Ohio. Springfield hit 97 and street thermometers showed 102 in Chicago humidity rose to 87 percent, while Cincinnati saw mass departures for cooler air.
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Chicago
Illinois
Nebraska
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio
Springfield
Ill
Bloomington
Alhambra
Omaha
Anderson
Ind
Cincinnati
Illi nois telegraph operator Adela Wright to wed fortune
Miss Adela Wright of Evanston Illinois, a Western Union telegraph operator, leapt with joy upon receiving news that England court declared her father the legal heir to a $50 million estate. She resigned to devote herself to study and pleasure as heiress. Ex receiver William Plankinton faced Milwaukee court over bank losses and self credited fees amid weak records and uncollected assets.
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Illinois
Adela Wright
Western Union Company
Evanston
Ill
Miss Wright
England
London
William Plankinton
Milwaukee
Plankinton Bank of
Schreiber
Plankinton
Deporting Negroes Proposed by AME Church Council
At the Georgia Alabama African Methodist Episcopal conference in Birmingham a resolution urged Congress to appropriate 10 million dollars to deport African Americans to any suitable location. Bishop Turner of Georgia supported the plan and dismissed any idea of a Christian truce, arguing separation of the races is the only answer.
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M. E. Church
Congress
African Methodist Episcopal Council of
Georgia
Alabama
Birmingham
Congr
Turner
Knife linked to Benders found in elm on old place
A large knife believed used by the notorious Benders in their crimes was found in a hollow elm tree on the old Bender property east of Cherryvale Kansas. The tree was cut for wood and the knife was recovered from the hollow before the trunk grew shut again, suggesting it was hidden there after the Benders departed.
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Bender Place
Cherryvale
Kan
White Pass boundary line and notable figures in a viridian mix
The photograph at the White Pass summit shows the U S and Canadian boundary markers with flags on opposite staffs. It notes Northwest Mounted Police officers nearby and touches on varied 19th century topics including Rev Dr Gilbert’s controversial views, Boston activism led by Miss Lillian Jewett opposing Judge Lynch, Mrs Bloodgood’s kiss-selling scandal, and Captain Greene’s role as press censor for the Luzon campaign.
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Canada
United States
White Pass
Canadian Northwest Mounted Police
Boston
Lillian Jewett
Judge Lynch
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Miss Jewett
Mr. Ferris
Increase in glass price and lumber rate changes
Notes of Current Events report a 5 percent rise in glass prices by the trust and a 50 cent per thousand increase planned by Minnesota lumber dealers. The Reina Mercedes cruiser will embark on an exhibition cruise. Benjamin Finnell of Morning View Kentucky was shot and killed by his son-in-law Austin Stevens. Giovanni Chellino of Chicago fatally shot his wife during a jealousy fit and then attempted suicide.
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Minnesota
Benjamin Finnell
Morning View
Austin Stevens
Giovanni Chellino
Chicago
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Bridgeport
Conn
Stratford
Shelton Street Railway Company
Peck's Mill Pond
Oronogue
Joseph Hotchehiss
Jr . C. Cogswell
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Board of Education
Orlando EL. Wells
Elias E. Bradley
Milford
William Osborne
Daniel Calvin
Asonia
John Carroll
Me. S. Banks, Shelton, Mrs. M'Donald
Bridgport
Winthon Lithearnx
Bridgeport Traction
Bessie Toomey
WM. H. Harvey
J. H. Kugg
Frank Blew
Yoy
Wal
M'Culloch
Arthur Holmes
Thomas M'Nally
Peyter Ring
Patrick M'Dermoty
Patrick Brennan
Alfred Pitt
William Cotter
Irving Couruse
Bridgeport Hospital
Margaret Brennan
Sidney A. Hitt
Margaret Farrell
George Hamilton
Frank Kraft
Fred Hillerus
Matthew Olvin
New
Shelton
Hamilton
Bridgeport General Hospital
Frances Peck
Frank Cramer
Bridgeport Traction Company
William Kelly
Migs Farrell
George Willis
Mrystery
Andrew Radell
Raily Company
Ccafs
Sabah
Jadabdadad
Cuba
Havana
Santiago
Hawaii
Captain Cook
Islands
Monolulu
Alaska
Cape Nome
Koyukuk
Treadwell
St. Michael’s
Great Lakes
United States Fish Commission
Atlantic Coast
Congregational Church
West
G. H. Gilbert
Chicago Theological Seminary
Gilbert
New York
Bloodgood
South Dakota
Greene
Otis
Hong Kong
Capt
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