Soldiers Exceed in Camp Young Praise of Umpires
Col Arthur Wagner lauds excellence as standard for both regulars and volunteers at Camp Young Howard County. He singles out Indiana Third regiment Lieut Col Bowman First Indiana McCoy Second Regiment Col Smith and First Wisconsin for precise orders rapid movement and effective outpost work amid weekend instruction and reviews.
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Camp Young
Howard County
Col
Arthur Wagner
Cal. Wagner
School of Instruction
Col Wagner
Samuel
Geto Weresi
Penior
Ecomomarehers
Col. Warners
Ike
Tiydathiediy Ade
Miia
Kentucky
Indiana
Offeer
Wagner
Oda
Cal
Studebaker
Bowman
Rl McCoy
Téarry B Smith
Wisconsin
Nnipaire
Secret French Millionaire Plans African Empire
The Daily Mail reports M. Le baudy in London seeks European approval to found along Africa's northwest coast an empire larger than Rhode Island named the United States of Liberia. He would create a state populated by African Americans from the Southern States with land grants to establish a new country. If successful the territory promises mines, rubber and coffee wealth.
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London
M. Lebaudy
Africa
Daily Mail
Rhodesia
United States
Liberia
America
India
Wilson S. Bissell Dies in Buffalo Postmaster General
Wilson S. Bissell former postmaster general died in Buffalo at 10 15 o clock Tuesday night. He sank into a deep sleep at noon and was difficult to arouse for nourishment and medicine during the afternoon. Death came easily after complications thought to resemble Bright s disease.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Wilson S. Bissell
Mr. Bissell
Bright
Mrs Molineux Not Divorced in South Dakota Courts
Special dispatch from Wagertown reports that nine circuit judges in South Dakota deny granting Mrs Roland B Molineux a divorce. Washington dispatch notes Post Office auditor Casue completed the fourth quarter trial balance, placing postal service total for the year at 126,721,408 dollars, exceeding the billion mark.
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Washington
Henry A. Cas Ue
Post Office Department
Receiver Named for Morse Iron Works amid Union Interference
Sterling F. Hayward, appointed receiver for Morse Iron Works and Dry Dock Co of South Brooklyn, says the firm faces about 1,000 creditors with bonds near 654 and unsecured claims, misfortune blamed on labor union strikes. He notes the plant is worth about twice the liabilities but suffered heavy capital loss and reduced staff. The action follows loans and claims totaling around 2,600 by three creditors.
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New York
Sterling F. Hayward
Morse Iron Works and Dry Dock Company
Brooklyn
Atlantic
Thomas
Eastern District Federal Court
Edmund Mooney
William A. Thurner Benj. Plum
Frank E. Kinsman
Edward PP. Morse
eToud Tars
Sards
Coe
Hayward
Morse
Berlin electric car sets speed record on experimental line
An electric car on the Marientet Zossen test line reached 125 43 miles an hour, surpassing the previous record. Engineers expect to push to 140 mph. the car used four motors with substantial horsepower, powered around 400 volts after transformers. All aboard were heavily insured in the test effort.
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Berlin
Marientet-Zossen
Siemens-Halske
Coke Workers to be Organized in Connellsville Region
Pittsburg special reports a renewed push to organize about 600 coke miners in the Connellsville area for the first time since the 13 year old strike wiped out the union. National office funds and top organizers will be deployed this week to build the United Mine Workers affiliate.
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Pittsburg
Coke Miners
Connellsville
United Mine Workers
Bequest in Will Leaves Rates to Depauw and Cha tauqua
South Bend area report notes that the will of the late Martin W. Bieger, not yet probated, allocates 12 percent of his one million estate to Depauw University and 5 percent to the New York Cha utauqua.
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South Bend
Ind
Martin W. Bieger
Depauw University
New York Chautauqua
Sage Farm Sells for Taxes at Nyack Sale
A Russell Sage farm in Sickleton Rockland County was sold at the county tax sale Tuesday for non payment of taxes totaling 113 dollars. The county bought the property.
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Russell Sage
Nyack
N. Y
Sickleton
Rockland County
New York City Tax Receipts Report First Day Total
New York City reported first day tax receipts totaling 10 225 000 dollars. A team carried the funds after dark in a rickety four wheel vehicle to a Wall Street bank.
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New York
Wall Street
Marion Man Survives Boiler Fire With Severe Burns
Marion Indiana a boiler burst of gas through a ten inch hole charred by flame. Edwin Martin crawled to safety Sunday afternoon escaping near cremation. He bears extensive burns and life long scars but survives a harrowing escape from a furnace hell.
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Marion
Ind
Edwin Martin
Martin
E. C. Gertz
Gertz
Courage in Firecraft as Burned Man Staggers to Safety
Soaring he crawled through flames and fire scorched his face and body, then, in agony, he rose, stepped and fell unconscious. His companion, badly burned, aided him and called for help. Martin reached home with a physician noting he narrowly escaped cremation. He remains critical but hopeful. Gertz also suffers severe burns.
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Foudly
Martin
Gertz
Lip tran arrives from Chicago for brief New York visit
Sir Thomas Lip tran reached New York from Chicago on Sunday and will stay until Friday before sailing home. He noted Shamrock fil may stay as a potential trial horse if a future challenger is justified, but would not bring another Herreshoff unless a suitable rival is found.
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New York
Thomas Liptran
Chicago
Herreshoff
Ruth Bryan Marries William Leavitt in Lincoln
Ruth Baird Bryan and William Homer Leavitt wed at Fairview home of William Jennings Bryan and depart for St. Louis then the East. They plan to stay in Newport and return by November at 3 Pelham Street. Bryan of Ohio trims Europe trip plans but hopes to travel to England later month with his son William.
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Lincoln
Ruth Baird Bryan
William Homer Leavitt
Fairview
William Jennings Iran
Europe
England
William
Old Farmer with Nerve
Eli Wise a 64 year old Camden Indiana farmer lost his right arm Saturday evening when his hand was caught in a farm machine near Delphi. He shut off the power and walked half a mile to a doctor after the accident and waited nearly an hour for aid. Wise is a wealthy Carroll county farmer owning about 500 acres of land.
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Camden
Ind
Eli Wise
Delphi
Carroll County
Tornado Threatened St. Charles Town in Winona County
A Saturday tornado near St. Paul Minnesota corridor hit St. Charles in Winona County destroying the entire main street. Seven persons killed twenty eight injured many severely. forty two houses destroyed and property damage totaled one hundred thousand dollars.
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St. Paul
Minn
St. Charles
Winona County
Pope Pius X Issues First Encyclical at Rome
The Osservatore Romano published Saturday night the text of Pope Pius X encyclical commemorating Leo XIII. The document is entirely religious in tone and marks the pope's first encyclical.
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Rome
Osservatore Romano
Pius X
Leo XIII
Pius
Remarkable Triplet Twin Births Across Generations
Mrs. John M. Bean of Mitchellsville New York 65 years old has given birth to twins in a striking coincidence. Her daughter in a neighboring township has twins at nearly the same hour and Mrs Beans granddaughter soon after announced the birth of two healthy children.
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New York
John M. Bean
Mitchellsville
N. Y
Anderson county reports record divorce trials
At the ses sions of the superior and circuit courts convened here Monday 158 divorce cases have come up for trial. It is considered a record-breaker for a county of this size. The other business to be transacted is also very heavy.
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Anderson
Ind
Superior
Circuit Courts
Upper Works on the Hackley Sinks After Squall on Lake Michigan
The steamer Eric L. Hackley capsized in a Saturday night squall seven miles off Green Island, twelve aboard drowned. The Goodrich line steamer Sheboygan rescued seven survivors, others drifted on wreckage overnight. Rescue continued as crews searched for missing crew and passengers amid rough seas and late reports from Marinette Wisconsin.
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Sheboygan
Fish Creek
Hackley
Hackley Steam Vessel Ties Muskegon to Washington Island
The fifty four ton screw steamer Erie L. Hackley built at Muskegon in 1882 sailed between Sturgeon Bay and Washington Island. Owned in Fish Creek by Captain Vories and other village residents, the Hackley operated trips every other day, alternating directions.
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Muskegon
Mich
Fish Creek
Vories
Sturgeon Bay
Washington Island
Water Theft Charge Hits Sugar Refining Firm
Deputy Commissioner Van Idersteine of the Brooklyn Water Department accuses the American Sugar Refining Company of drawing water through unmetered pipes for six years without approval. A claim for 525000 is sent, with officials estimating total usage may total about 1060000, constituting over two percent of Brooklyn’s supply.
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New York
van Idersteine
Brooklyn
American Sugar Refining Company
Water Department
Chaffee and Corbin Trade in Military Reassignment
Washington special reports Major General Adna K. Chaffee will move to Washington as assistant chief of staff while Adjutant General Henry C. Corbin takes command of the Department of the East in New York. The orders were issued Friday and both generals favor the swap, with residence changes after Corbin's West tour ends.
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Chaffee
Corbin
Washington
Adna K. Chaffee
Henry C. Corbin
New York
Department of the East
Electric Lines Leased in Terre Haute by Two Firms
Terre Haute Indiana special report The Terre Haute Electric Company has leased for thirty years interurban lines entering Terre Haute owned by the Terre Haute Electric Traction Company Both firms are controlled by Stone Webster of Boston A mortgage for six hundred thousand dollars has been filed by the Terre Haute Electric Traction Company which is building new lines to Paris Illinois and to Clinton Indiana
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Terre Haute
Ind
Teraute Electric Company
Four Men Shot As Oxford Street Riot Ends Lurid Lynch Threat
Blood stained Oxford streets during a riot sparked by the arrival of two Kentucky men. Gunfire wounded four, one near lynching was saved from a mob, and a rope dangled from a tree as authorities removed suspects to Hamilton City for safety. The incident began when Marshal Woodruff tried to arrest Louis Spivey of Maysville.
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Oxford
Henry Corbin
Horner
Marshal John Woodruff
Louis Spivey
Maysville
Spivey
James Richardson
Billingsville
Ind
Joseph Spivey
Middletown
Marshal Woodruff
Woodruff
Spiveys
Jake Manrod
Oxford College
E. V. Jetter
Sarah Greer
P. P. Flanagan
H. D. Cormier
Flanagan
T. J. Porter
Muddell
Samuel
John Woodruff
Bisdorf
Gard
Hamilton
London men sail to study American railroads and Niagara power
Sir Charles Metcalfe the South Africa railroad builder and I F Jones manager of a chartered company will sail on the Cunard line steamer Campania next Saturday to the United States for a month to study industrial and railroad methods and the Niagara Falls power system. On return they will begin work to harness Victoria Falls on the Zambesi in South Africa.
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London
Charles Metcalfe
South Africa
I. F. Jones
Chartered Company
Cunard Line
Campania
United States
America
Niagara Falls
Victoria Falls
Zambesi River
German Steel Combine Prompts Renewal Amid US Competition
The Boersenhalle reports renewed push for the iron and steel syndicate covering major German makers. Officials say rising American market reports spurred the pact to protect unity among German producers against foreign competition.
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Haburg
Boersenhalle
Iron and Steel Syndicate
Four Babies Born In Starke. Two Boys Die At Birth
The wife of William Tyson, a colored resident living three miles from Starke, Fla., gave birth to quadruplets Sunday. Two boys died soon after birth while the two girls lived only a few hours due to premature birth and lack of medical attention.
Paris Cable Quarter Destroyed By Fire At Valence D Agenais
A fire swept the quarter surrounding Place de La Liberte at Valence D Agenais destroying a distillery three cafes and several shops covering two thousand square yards. No deaths confirmed.
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Paris
Place de la Liberte
Valence D’agenais
Woman Defaulter Nabbed in Grand Larceny Case
New York special reports Marie Layton Johnson wife of Albert M Johnson a resident of Larchmont N Y was arrested Friday night on four warrants charging grand larceny totaling 2000 dollars. Authorities estimate her defalcations may total as much as 50000 dollars.
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New York
Marie Layton Johnson
Albert M. Johnson
Larchmont
N. Y
Porto Rico Officials Lose Free Mail Privilege
Washington attorney general declares territorial and local Porto Rico officers are not US officials and not entitled to free mail. The ruling follows Postmaster General Payne's inquiry into Porto Rico last spring, which showed postal receipts at 40 percent and many officials using franking privileges.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Porto Rico
United States
Payne
Island
War Flares as Turkish Bulgarian Forces Clash at Demir-Kapia
Reports from Sofia describe Turkish and Bulgarian troops clashing at Demir-Kapia with casualties on both sides. Officials deny details. refugees suffer cold and hunger as 24,000 recruits are planned. Villages Obiditt Kremen Belitza burned and shelled as clashes continue.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Demir-Kapia
Ferdinand
Obiditt
Kremen
Belitza
Samakoff
Kirk-Kilissie
Pressure to avoid November special session over Cuban reciprocity
Washington reports mounting urging the President to delay a November special session. Officials say he remains firm that the Cuban reciprocity treaty should be enacted at earliest date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Mohilev Podolsky massacre report surfaces
The Czernowitz newspaper, which first announced the Kishineff riots, says Mohiley Podolsky near Kishineff faced another massacre with 300 Jews and 100 Christians killed. The report is unconfirmed from any quarter.
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Vienna
The
Czernowitz
Kishineff
Mohiley Podolsky
Juror Sharp Illness Delays Tillman Trial
Lexington special report notes juror Mister Sharp is suffering bilious fever. A doctor treated him twice Sunday and he may not attend Tuesday’s session. If illness worsens, a mistrial could be ordered and the case paused.
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Lexington
S. C
Mister Sharp
Tillman
Copenhagen cable plans rebuild of Christiansborg Palace
The ministry intends to propose to the Riksdag to reconstruct the great royal palace at Christiansborg, burned twenty years ago, signaling a major restoration project.
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Copenhagen
Riksdag
Christiansborg
Olga Thwarts Midnight Plot Aboard Redville Train
Olga Thurston overhears a conspiracy to plant a bomb on a midnight train intended to kill the Russian minister. She foils the plan by swapping parcels at Redville, leading to an explosion and her reunion with Hugh Cunningham. The Cunninghams grow closer as Captain Cunningham remains unaware of Olga’s role.
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Kroutalski
Schreiber
Villian
Redville
Letterham
Capt. Cunningham
London
Olga
Hugh Cunningham
Hugh
Olgar
Capt
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