Nationalized sanitation to wage war on yellow fever
Washington reports Gov Magoon signs decree creating a national department of sanitation in Cuba. Aimed at eradicating yellow fever within weeks, the board will take over local authorities and direct disinfection led by army and Marine Hospital Service surgeons. Five board members serve four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kean
War Department
Cienfuegos
Magoon
Havana
Department of Sanitation
Cuba
J. R. Kean
Medical Corps
Nelson Morris Dies in Chicago at 67
Nelson Morris, a member of Chicago’s famed “big four” packers, died at his home on Indiana Avenue after a long heart and kidney illness. He leaves his widow, two daughters, and two sons who now lead the company. Philip Armour and Gustavus Swift had preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nelson Morris
Chicago Big Packers
Indiana Avenue
Philip D. Armour
Gustavus F. Swift
Michael Cudahy
Mr. Morris
M. L. Rothschild
Edward Andra Nelson Morris
Henry C. Schwab
Lion Attack Leaves Woman Injured at Luna Park
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania on August 28 55 year old Mrs Anna A Hucke of 78 Vanbraam Street was mauled by a lion at Luna Park a summer resort. She was torn bruised and in shock but rescued as crowds fired bullets into the blood crazed animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Anna A. Hucke
Vanbraam Street
Luna Park
Hucke
Acapulco Steamship Sinks at San Francisco Docks
The Pacific Mail Steamship Acapulco under Capt. D C Prask toppled and sunk at the company's San Francisco docks on Monday while taking on coal. All passengers and crew escaped unharmed. Cargo of general merchandise is expected to be almost totally lost as the hull lies about 15 feet underwater. The ship was to sail for Panama and way ports at 1 pm when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turtle
San Francisco
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Acapulco
D. C. Prask
Panama
Cathedral Jubilee to Mark Half Century Erection
St Patrick's Cathedral in New York will undergo interior remodeling and receive new altars and gifts from wealthy Catholics. About 500000 will be spent before completion. The project began fifty years ago and the consecration ceremony aims to be a semicentennial jubilee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Lawmakers to See Canal on Panama Visit
Washington officials announce an inspection trip to the Panama Canal by next year’s congressional appropriations committee. Representative James A. Tawney proposed that Taft’s 1909 canal estimates be reviewed on site with supervising officials to prevent misunderstandings and ensure proper funding.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Taft
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
Appropriations Committee
Severe storm devastates Somerset county in Pennsylvania
A cyclone like storm hit Somerset county on Saturday night and Sunday causing extensive damage. A 500 yard by one mile wide wind sweep near Boswell destroyed houses and barns and levelled crops. Mrs. David Peterson was fatally injured when her home collapsed as the railroad tracks of the Pittsburgh Westmoreland and Somerset line were washed away.
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Johnstown
Somerset County
Boswell
David Peterson
Pittsburg, Westmoreland & Somerset Railroad
Double Killing in Hotel in Chicago
Charles A. Andrews aged 40 of South Bend Indiana shot his wife at the Saratoga hotel and then killed himself just after 1 PM Monday. The motive remains unclear though evidence suggests they were under distress. The couple checked in on Saturday and little else is known.
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Chicago
Charles A. Andrews
South Bend
Ind
Saratoga Hotel
Metal Polishers Union Sets Eight Hour Day Demand
Cincinnati August 27 The Metal Polishers Buffers Platers Brass Molders and Brass and Silver Workers union adopted a demand for an eight hour day and a twenty percent wage increase at its national convention which adjourned Sunday night and was not made public until Monday The union reportedly has 22000 members and the executive committee will fix the date to present the demands to employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Brass and Silver Workers
96 year old man kills wife in Tulsa area
Dock Barnes aged 96 killed his wife at their home eight miles southeast of Tulsa on Saturday night. Three months earlier Barnes attempted to kill Richard Lewis, suitor of his daughter, but was discharged after a preliminary hearing. No arrest had been made.
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Tulsa
I. T
Dock Barnes
Barnes
Richard Lewis
Ten Killed in Fretysh Wreck in France Collision
In Coutras France on August 26 ten people died and 25 were injured in a head on crash between an express train from Bordeaux to Paris and a freight train. The accident was due to a misplaced switch. None of the fatalities or injuries involved Americans.
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Coutras
France
Bordeaux
Paris
Embezzler Arrested Over Taylor School Funds
W. A. Farren alias M D W Adams former cashier of the Farmers bank of Clearfield Iowa was arrested in Kansas City on the charge of embezzling Taylor Iowa school funds deposited in the bank causing its failure.
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Kansas City
W. A. Farren
M. D. W. Adams
Farmers’ Bank of
Clearfield
Taylor
Great Floods Strain Central Japan
Floods in central Japan, reported from Tokio on August 26, are described as the heaviest in years. Several villages are fully submerged and the total damage remains unknown but is believed to be heavy.
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Japan
Tokio
Preacher Killed by Deputy in Tulsa Shooting
Tulsa on Aug 26. Sylvester Morris a 74 year old retired Methodist minister was mistaken for a bootlegger and shot dead by deputy U S marshal C R Wilson in the dark. The incident occurred in Tulsa Indian Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
I. T
Sylvester Morris
C. R. Wilson
United States
Secretary Taft in Wreck Delays Kansas City Visit
Secretary of War Taft rode in a St. Louis & San Francisco train wreck near Spring Hill Kansas. No one was injured among passengers or crew but the incident delayed Taft three hours and altered his Kansas City program. A separate bowman Bow man accident in Bow man Bow man, Ill caused one death and seven injuries on a Clover Leaf passenger train.
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Charleston
Ill
Bowman
Here
P. E. Conkling
Texarkana
Tex
Shirdon Ross
Kentland
Ind
C. Provine
New Douglas
Nelson Anderson
Ashmore
J. N. Green
Dana
James Green
Charles Whitman
Toledo
Harley Ferguson
Brocton
Taft
Kansas City
St. Louis & San Francisco
War Taft
Spring Hill
Kan
Springfield
Baltimore
United States
Warner
Ohio
Gallipolis
Hocking Valley Railroad
Dundas
Southern Division
Tornado Deaths Hit Wisconsin and Ohio Towns
A tornado near Ladysmith Wisconsin killed 20 year old Harry Moore and seriously injured his mother and sister. The same storm damaged the Moore home and struck George Warren’s log house. In Whitehall Wisconsin Mary Clementson and Charles Clementson were killed and Mrs Clementson and a boy injured near Strum. A separate tornado affected Woodsfield Ohio and Newcastle Ohio, destroying Samuel Bartemus home and killing a two year old child torn from its mother’s arms.
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Ladysmith
Wis
L. V. Moore
Harry Moore
Whitehall
Here
Mary
Charles Clementson
Strum
Clementson
Haughe
Wheeling
W. Va
Woodsfield
Newcastle
Samuel Bartemus
Woodsield
Motor Car Crashes Into Wall Killing Four in Saunderstown
A touring car overturns on a curve near Narragansett Pier killing Waldo Merrill of Boston and Erick Landstrom of Mattapan Wash. Four others including Mr and Mrs Frederick Milliken and Miss Rita Milliken escape with minor injuries. Milliken is with Corey Milliken & Co. stock brokers.
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Saunderstown
R. L
Waldo Merrill
Beacon Street
Boston
Erick Landstrom
Mattapan
Wash
Narragansett Pier
Frederick Milliken
Milton
Mass
Rita Milliken
Merril
Milliken
Corey, Milliken & Co., Stock Brokers
Woman kills her landlord in Kentucky shootout
In Mount Sterling Kentucky on August 26 Katie Brumet 20 wife of Abe Brumet shot and killed Algin Thomas a Montgomery County farmer who had previously argued with her husband. She escaped and fired five shots at Thomas one bullet destroying his brain.
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Mount Sterling
Algin Thomas
Montgomery County
Katie Brumet
Abe Brumet
Brumets
Thomas
Brumet
Train Struck Street Car at La Crosse Crossing
At a North La Crosse crossing on Tuesday a railroad train collided with a street car. One man, Jas Gaskell, 60, suffered two broken legs and serious injuries. 65 passengers narrowly escaped with minor scratches as ambulances and doctors arrived.
Two Killed on Grade Crossing in Marshalltown Area
At Marshalltown Iowa on August 28 Clifford Atwood three son of a Montour hotel owner was killed by a Northwestern freight train at the Main street crossing. Pasqua di Zella a 35 year old Italian track laborer who tried to rescue the child also died instantly.
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Marshalltown
Clifford Atwood
Montour
Here
Northwestern
Pasqua di Zella
Massachusetts Editor Drowned in Lake Quinsigamond
Eugene Morriarty editor and proprietor of the Worcester Post and a prominent Democrat was drowned while bathing in Lake Quinsigamond late Tuesday in Worcester Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts
Worcester
Mass
Eugene Morriarty
The
Worcester Post
Lake Quinsigamond
New York Plans 40 Million Bond Issue Bid
New York City will seek bids on September 10 for a 40 million dollar bond offering at four and a half percent interest. Initial reaction was cautious in the financial district but soon a syndicate of leading houses formed to bid for the entire issue restoring market confidence.
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New York
Financial District
Wealthy Wisconsin Man Dies
Ashland Wisconsin Aug 28 Col Isaac Wing of Bayfield suddenly died Tuesday He was among the wealthiest men in the northern part of the state and was noted for his charitable gifts He was close to Senator Spooner and spent his winters in Washington.
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Ashland
Wis
Isaac Wing
Bayfield
Wing
Senator Spooner
Wisconsin
Washington
Czar Sends Congratulatory Note to Stolypin on Anniversary
In St. Petersburg on August 28 the czar telegraphed Premier Stolypin praising him on the anniversary of the assassination attempt at his villa. The czar said he offered a prayer of thanks to God for sparing Stolypin and hoped his work would be crowned with success.
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Czar
Stolypin
St. Petersburg
Telegraphers Strike Tangles Reach New York
S J Small, head of the Commercial Telegraphers union, arrived in New York with a large strike delegation. He voiced optimism on strike conditions and outlined funds for striker relief and government control propaganda.
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New York
S. J. Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Small
United States
Chicago
Postcard Offender Is Caught In Philadelphia
United States postal inspectors accuse Gustav P. Lang trading as P. C. Novelty Co. of wholesale sale of objectionable postal cards. Lang was arrested and held on bail for trial, hailed as the crusade’s most important capture to date.
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Philadelphia
United States
Gustav P. Lang
P. C. Novelty Company
Lang
Michigan Professor Dies at 67 in Ocean Park Cottage
Kinga bury Batchelder, professor of Greek at Hillsdale College, Michigan, died Tuesday at a cottage in Ocean Park Missouri where he was spending the summer. He was 67 and death was due to cancer.
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Michigan
Ocean Park
Kingabury Batchelder
Hillsdale College
Knabenshue Airship Bursts Over Greenville Fair
Knabenshue's airship burst while about 2,000 feet above the Greenville fair grounds at six o'clock Tuesday night. The aeronaut escaped unharmed as the craft dropped like a rocket.
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Knabenshue
Greenville
Fair Grounds
Numerous incidents reported in brief across north America
Four burned to death in an Oklahoma City fire on East Grand Avenue. Peace in Central America via US and Mexican intervention. Rev Edward Surt Jewett took his life in Manhattan Beach California. Miss Latrobe wed Col Arthur P D Harris in London. Morgan & Co may bid for forty million New York City bonds. Two killed when a Chicago suburb train hit an ice wagon. George Gould dies in New Rochelle from starvation and exposure. Mrs Arabella Dolley dies after Utah-California Express wreck injuries. Indiana Pa rope break ends with a second successful attempt. Tug Gerry sinks after collision in Patapsco River. five missing. American Tobacco says Cincinnati factory shutdown permanent. Labor market woes cited. Katrina Wright in Tokio marries Charles Palmer. War against the Black Hand in Pennsylvania. state troops to purge. Paris police summon Mr Reese to testify on swindle case. Blondin rumored alive as Michael Todd carpenter. Kansas City National Bank construction strike over open shop. Mexican oil boom planned with $50 million syndicate. 21 injured when Southern Railway train derailment at Red Hill Virginia. Bird Robinson’s private car wrecked. no injuries aboard.
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East Grand Avenue
Oklahoma City
O. T
Mexico
Central America
United States
Edward S €Urt Jewett
Manhattan Beach
Cal
Mary Mactier Latrobe
R. Stewart Latrobe
Baltimore
London
Arthur P. D. Harris
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York City
Chicago, Milwaukee Electric Railway
Glencoe
Chicago
George Gould
Carmine Renzo
Gerry
Wilmington
Del
Barnstable
Patapsco River
Maryland
Sparrows Point
American Tobacco Company
New York
Cincinnati
Katrina Wright
Luke E. Wright
Japan
Charles Palmer
International Bank of Manila
Tokio
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Paris
Reese
Columbus
J. W. Bailey
William Buckley
Charles Blondin
Niagara Falls
West Cheshire
Conn
Michael ‘Todd
National Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
Fuller Construction Company
Standard Oil Company
New York and Augusta Express
Southern Railway
Red Hill
Bird
Robinson
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railway
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Chicago Packer
Lion
Luna Park Resort
Tawney
Indiana
Indianapolis News
Bowman, Ill
Hocking Valley
Gotham
Samuel J. Small
Clowry
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Union Senate
Southern Telegraphers
Union
Commission
South Water Street
Roosevelt
East
United States Labor
Neill
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Milwaukee
ST. Louis
Texas
Omaha
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