Stroke hits H H Rogers amid vast fortune and court case
Boston reports Henry H Rogers, head of Amalgamated Copper and Rockefeller circle, suffered a July stroke that leaves him unable to transact business. Court hearings on a 50 million dollar royalties case reveal his paralysis and deteriorating condition. Relatives confirm he may retire from active life.
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Boston Law Court
New York
H. H. Rogers
Amalgamated Copper Company
Europe
Rockefeller
Boston
Montana
William G. Rockefeller
Rogers
Standard Oi
Standard Oil Clique
Amalgamated Copper
Anaconda
St. Paul
Standard Oil Company
Rockefellers
Henry H. Rogers
Hammond
Supreme Court
C. M. Raymond
Somerville
Charles P. Pratt
New Bedford
Urban H. Broughton
Broughton
Mr. Broughton
Mr. Rogers
Henry H. Rogers, Jr
Norman W. Nesbit
Pratt
Chicago Charter Defeated in Special Election
Chicago officials announced that the new city charter, the product of months of committee and organizational work, was defeated in the special election held Tuesday. The vote favored rejection by nearly two to one.
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Chicago
Trains Clash In Vermont Express Wreck. 25 Die
A head on collision four miles north of Canaan Station on the Boston and Maine line killed 25 and injured 27 as the southbound Quebec express and a northbound freight slammed together in fog. Dispatch confusion over train numbers caused the crash while passengers returning from a Sherbrooke fair were among the dead and wounded.
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White River Junction
Quebec
Concord
Boston & Maines
Canaan
Sherbrooke
Divsion
Quebec Express
Paris Protests Over Solleillant Guilotine Escape
In Paris crowds protested the commutation of Soleil lant from death to life imprisonment for the murder of a 12 year old girl. Demonstrations were largely orderly with many women taking part, denouncing crimes against children and arguing the sentence may encourage further offenses.
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Paris
Soleillant
Fableres
France
Mately
Solzillant
American engineer slain by bandits in Guanajuato Mexico
A telegram from U S consul Dwight Furness reports George Rose of Furnessville Indiana murdered by Mexican bandits in Guanajuato while his wife was wounded. Rose, 34, son of W D Rose of Benton Harbor Michigan, graduated Michigan Agricultural College in 1896, married Winifred McGrath in 1900, and worked as a mining engineer for a Mexican company. The condition of Mrs Rose is hopeful.
Judge Richardson Found Dead In Luverne Hotel
Montgomery Alabama September 17 Judge Terry M Richardson a prominent attorney and former circuit judge was found dead in a Luverne hotel room. He had taken chloroform to ease a headache while in Luverne to appear in a murder case.
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Montgomery
Ala
Terry M. Richardson
Luverne
Explosion at Kashima Battleship Kills And Wounds Crew
Disaster aboard the Japanese battleship Kashima near Kure after target practice in a 12 inch gun shield. Over 40 men are killed or injured including a lieutenant two cadets and a staff officer. Names are not disclosed.
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Tokio
Kashima
Kure
Leutenant
Navy contracts Welsh firms for 100000 tons coal
The United States Navy Department has contracted Welsh firms to supply 100000 tons of the best steam coal with deliveries extending through 1908. The price remains undisclosed.
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Navy
Wales
London
United States Navy Department
Parker Warns of Corporate Power Threat at Jamestown Exposition
Former Judge Alton B. Parker and Rep Samuel W. McCall spoke at Jamestown Exposition on Constitution Day in Norfolk. Parker warned of efforts to expand federal power via judicial commissions and executive control, risking a shift from constitutional balance.
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Norfolk
Alton B. Parker
New York
United States
Samuel W. McCall
Congress
Massachusetts
George Washington
Judge Parker
Parker
United States of America
Brownsville affair debate roils national Negro Baptists
The Washington convention faced a stormy session as leaders clash over politics, with President Morris threatening to quit. Delegates debated resolutions criticizing Roosevelt and praising Sen. Foraker for securing soldiers a hearing, then adopted milder language.
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Washington
National Negro Baptists’ Convention
Morris
Brownsville
Committee On the State of the Union
Roosevelt
Senator Foraker
J. B. Foraker
Admiral Walker Dies at 72 in York Beach
Rear Admiral John G. Walker U S N retired died at York Beach Maine after illness. He had long service including command in the Civil War and leadership of the Isthmian canal commission from 1899 to 1901. He was 72 and had 49 years on active duty.
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York Beach
John G. Walker
S. A. Pickering
Salem
Mass
Washington
Navy
Walker
Isthmian Canal Commission
Rich Young Man Killed in Rock Creek Park Incident
Washington report states C Berry Winship 21, heir to a prominent family, was thrown from his horse after it shied at an object in the road. Dragged by a stirrup, he sustained fatal injuries. Dr. Glennon arrived by automobile and he died shortly after en route to a hospital. The tragedy follows his recent inheritance.
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Washington
C. Berry Winship
Rock Creek Park
Glennon
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Mr. Winship
German Balloon Pommern Wins Long-Distance Race
Brussels reports the international balloon race winner is the German craft Pommern piloted by Herr Erbslob. The balloon landed at Bayonne France after covering 621 miles from Brussels.
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Brussels
Herr Erbslob
Bayonne
France
Frederick G. McNally Dies Former Rand McNally President
Frederick G. McNally, for three years president of Rand, McNally & Co., died Monday in Chicago after a long illness. He helped guide the publishing house during the early 20th century and led major book and atlas ventures.
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Fred G. McNally
Chicago
Frederick G. McNally
Rand, McNally & Co
Damages Awarded in Dominion Iron Case
In Halifax Nova Scotia Justice Longley ruled for the Dominion Iron and Steel Co awarding 15 million dollars against the Dominion Coal Co for breach of contract for not supplying suitable metallurgical coal.
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Halifax
N. S
Longley
Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
Dominion Iron and Steel Company
Dominion Coal Company
Largest bonds set to secure $29M Standard Oil judgment
In Chicago on September 18 Judge Peter S. Grosscup fixed bonds totaling $6,000,000 to secure a $29,240,000 government judgment against Standard Oil of Indiana pending appeal from Judge Landis. The bonds include $4,000,000 forthcoming and $2,000,000 conditional, based on the company’s asset value.
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Chicago
Peter S. Grosscup
United States Circuit Court
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Landis
Grosscup
Oil
Sims
John S. Miller
Rockefeller Corporation
Indiana Company
Dstrict
Oil Trust
New York
New Jersey
Frank D. Kellogg
Standard Oil Company
Four Die In Auto Wreck In Colorado Springs
A seven passenger racing car carrying prominent Elks and a chauffeur crashed into a telephone pole on West Hurlando street hill. Three men were killed outright, a fourth died later, and the remaining four were injured. Names of the dead include John S. Grey Britten L. Graves W. H. Ralston and H. Winnal. The injured were James English George Buckley F B Ward and A W Markscheffel.
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Colorado Springs
Col
West Hurlando Street
John 5. Grey
New York
Britten L. Graves
W. H. Ralston
H. Winnal
James English
George Buckley
F. H. Ward
A. W. Markscheffel
Central American Protocol Accepts Peace Conference Invitation
A protocol was signed in Washington by diplomatic representatives of five Central American republics accepting invitations from the United States and Mexico to meet to negotiate a permanent peace. Acting Secretary Atlee and Mexican chargé d’affaires Godoy witnessed the signing.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
United States
Mexico
Atlee
Godoy
Pettibone Fatally Ill In Idaho District Court
Boise Idaho September 18 George A Pettibone missing from district court as illness prevents trial setting An physician affidavit cites an ulcer of the bladder risking death without prompt treatment Possible operation feared to be fatal for Pettibone if attempted
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Pettibone
Boise
Idaho
George A. Pettibone
News in Brief A chain of transport and crime reports
Car repairers strike in Galveston in sympathy with dock workers. A head on collision near Racine Wisconsin injures several. Lehigh Valley express derailment at Pattenburg tunnel injures passengers. Casablanca reports tribal peace acceptance. Lincoln Nebraska bans passes for employees. two secretaries resign. Canadian Pacific head and St Louis financier say North America prospers. Innocence proven by deathbed confession after burglary. Major Carroll U S A dies in Washington. Northern Pacific boiler shops to reopen after strike. Salvadorean navy revolt at Acajutla. crew returns to San Francisco. Burgess praises Kaiser treatment after Roosevelt lectures. Japanese government grants rewards to American lawyers for Russo Japanese war service. Creweberg mine boss and sister shot. two Italians killed. Three New York men arrested over Cunard baggage thefts.
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Galveston
Tex
Southern Pacific
Northwestern Railroad
Racine
Wis
Lehigh Valley
Pattenburg Tunnel
New Jersey
Casablanca
Drude
State Board of Health
Lincoln
Neb
William van Horne
Canadian Pacific Railway
Richard C. Kerens
St. Louis
New York
North America
James Carroll
Cuba
Washington
St. Paul
Minn
Brainerd
Northern Pacific
George R. Lindsay
Acajutla
San Francisco
Prof. Burgess
Colorsian University
Roosevelt
Kaiser
W. D. Stevens
H. W. Dennison
Dennison
Charles Garner
Creweberg
Kan
George Rexford
Garner
Cunard Steamship Line
Czar and Family Near Death on Private Yacht
London reports confirmed attempt on Czar Nicholas by dynamite mine exploding under the Standart. The yacht was stove in and run aground to save the imperial family. Private message from St. Petersburg notes renewed Russian terror and rising unrest.
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London
Nicholas of
Russia
Standart
Finland
Copenhagen
St. Petersburg
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Standard Oil and Copper Magnate
George Rose
Michigan
Guanajuato
Schiff
Admiral Walker
Lagdic
Standard Company
Kellogg
San Quentin
Cal
William Evans
Czar
Imperial Yacht
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Texas
Omaha
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