Tragedy in Quebec Bridge Disaster Leaves 71 Dead
Quebec mourns the bridge collapse with flags at half mast. Phoenix company estimates 12 saved, 14 bodies recovered, about 90 on the structure, and 60 unaccounted. Officials probe causes citing structural defects and rushed work. Names of recovered and missing listed as investigations continue.
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United Press
Quebec
Trible
Half- St
Levis
Presidentes
Hannical
Milligan
Phoenix Dye Company
Quebec Bridge
Phoe Company
Oenix
Earr
Committee Begins Its Work On City Park Plan
The special committee appointed to study city parks held its first meeting Friday with four members absent. An inspection found the Gham woods and wooded hollow by the Neshannock river suitable sites. Officials aim to secure purchase figures and plan further site visits.
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Jmanic
Fractures at Ware Mill Hospitalized Workers
A worker named Richards of Waldo Street sustained a compound fracture of the left arm at the wrist after a fall at the Greer Mill yesterday. The injury will prevent return to work for several weeks.
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Fle
Richards
Waldo Street
Emen
Greer
NTS Schedules All Day Monday Shutdown
NTS will suspend operations for Labor Day. All industrial plants will close this afternoon and not resume until Tuesday.
Paper Monday spaper will be issued Monday
News office states a Monday issue is planned on account of work. The note is brief and reads as a generic announcement with no further details or dates.
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Fy News Office
Hard Coal Trust Impudent in Its Court Pleadings
Reading coal companies filed answer in U S Circuit Court blaming the government and Pennsylvania for failing to enforce laws during the miners’ strike. They allege pressure from Marcus A Hanna and say contracts with operators were forced. No mention of later price reductions.
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Hard Coal Trust
United Press
Philadelphia
Reading Coal Companies
U. S Circuit Court
United States
Pennsylvania
Marcus A. Hanna
Pope Manufacturing Co Creditor List Shows Over One Million Owed
Hartford Conn August 31 A court clerk received a filing listing about 500 creditors of Pope Manufacturing Co with Pratt and Whitney and Billings and Spencer as the largest. Notes payable include sums from Hanover National Bank $37500 Metropolitan National Bank $50000 American National Bank $30000 International Trust Co $75000 First National Bank Chicago $100000 A W Pope Co Boston $14042 American Woodwork Co Onaway Mich $12000 and brokers $690000 total just over one million dollars.
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Hartford
Conn
Pope Manufacturing Company
Superior Court
Pratt and Whitney Company
Billings and Spencer Company
Hanover National Bank
New York City
Metropolitan National Bank
New York
American National Bank
International Trust Company
Boston
First National Bank
Chicago
A. W. Pope & Co
American Woodwork Company
Onaway
Mich
Schwab tops Penn with 1 million gift for engineering
Charles M Schwab announced a 1 million dollar donation to the University of Pennsylvania saying he hopes to give more. He dismissed fears of a lasting financial downturn and spoke of funding the finest engineering school in the world and the value of money as a means to philanthropy.
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United Press
New York
Charles M. Schwab
Andrew Carnegie
University of Pennsylvania
Schwab
United States
Strike at Tin Mill Loses End for Openers Return
Strikers at Greer and Shenango tin mills ended a two month walkout and advised those who can return to take their jobs. At Greer 25 openers lost positions to new workers, while Shenango 45 openers may regain work as the plant remains idle since the strike began July 16 over a six percent wage increase.
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Greer
Shenango Tin Mills
Greer Mill
Shenango Mill
William R. Smith of New Castle Dies at 42
William R. Smith lifelong New Castle resident dies at 10 AM Saturday at 218 South Jefferson Street after liver illness. He was 42 years 6 months and 27 days old, a cane maker. Survived by mother Mary Smith, son Carl Smith of Cleveland, two brothers Jacob and George W. Smith, six sisters including Mrs Gip Shearer, Mrs Thomas Clarke, Mrs James Covert, Mrs Randolph, Mrs William Smith, and Mrs Harry Steiner. Funeral Tuesday at 2 PM at his residence, burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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William R. Smith
New Castle
South
Jefferson Street
Mr. Smith
Mary Smith
Carl Smith
Cleveland
Aacob
George W. Smith
Gip Shearer
Niles O
Thomas Clarke
James Covert
Randolph
William Smith
Youngstown
Harry Steiner
Greenwood Cemetery
Bonaparte Approves C and A Immunity Relation
Washington August 31 Attorney General Bonaparte is understood to have decided that the Chicago and Alton earned immunity by giving evidence for the government in the Standard Oil case Chicago. The road will not be prosecuted for granting discriminatory rates to Standard. A formal decision is expected to be announced next week.
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United Press
Washington
Bonaparte
Chicago and Alton
Chicago
Niles Man Beats Off Telegraph Gang With Gun
George A. Stein of Niles was beaten by a gang of ten linemen trying to place a telegraph pole before his house. He chased them off with a gun after the assault.
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George A. Stein
Niles
Mrs White Denies Engagement to Charles McKim
Mrs Stan ford White widow of the Thaw case victim denies reports she is engaged to Charles McKim senior partner of his firm. She calls the stories cruel and false, saying they did not meet in Europe as alleged while aboard the steamer La Lorraine.
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United Press
New York
Stanford White
Harry K. Thaw
Europe
Charles McKim
McKim
Czar Nicholas Set for St Petersburg Visit Amid Fear of Attack
Czar Nicholas plans a two hour visit to St Petersburg for the August 31 dedication of a memorial church to Alexander II. Despite extraordinary guards and police precautions, advisers fear an assassination attempt, with bomb planted risks in the Summer Garden and along the Neva river route.
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United Press
ST. Petersburg
Nicholas
Alexander II
Peterhof
Neva
Nicholas Bridge
Capitol
City Opens Schools On September Third For Five Thousand Pupils
On Tuesday morning September 3, about 5,000 pupils will report to city school buildings as teachers and principals prepare Monday. Parochial schools open September 2, with pupils arriving a day earlier than public schools.
Money Kin Killed in Jackson Feud Shooting
In Jackson Mississippi last night James D Money Jr nephew of U S Senator Money was killed and his father the senator s brother probably fatally injured in a feud with R L Kirby and his son Dr Grover Kirby Gunfire erupted on a road after the four men met fully armed Witnesses say the Kirbys fired first and Grover Kirby s shot fatally struck Money Jr and wounded his uncle The feud traces to last September when Money killed L Henderson a prominent planter Mrs Henderson s brother is Kirby s ally and vowed vengeance
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United Press
Jackson
Miss
James D. Money, Jr
U. S
Money
Kirbys
Grover Kirby
Young Money
Elder Money
L. ©. Henderson
Henderson
Kirby
Police Seek Stolen Bay Horse And Buggy
Local officers have been asked by Warren Ohio authorities to watch for a bay horse about 1200 pounds hitched to a black buggy recently stolen in Warren. The thief is named Hanniger a notorious horse thief. No trace of thief or rig has been found in this city.
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Warren
Hanniger
Bank Building Deed Placed On Record In New Castle
The deed for the New Castle Savings and Trust property from Receiver J H Painter to Charles Matthews was placed on record at the court house Saturday. The consideration was $50,000. The trust company building may be used by the National Bank of Lawrence County during repairs to that bank building. future disposition remains uncertain.
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Knights of Pythias
Lawrence County
Grand Lodge
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Pythian Sisterhood
Philadelphia
New Castle Savings and Trust Company
J. H. Painter
Charles Matthews
Court House
Trust Company
National Bank of
Reverend Schultz Accepts Call to New Wilmington Church
Rev. Rudolph E. Schultz, longtime assistant rector at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Pittsburg, has accepted a call to Christ Episcopal Church in New Wilmington and begins his duties tomorrow. He has served in Pittsburg for four years and is well known among the diocese clergy.
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Rudolph E. Schultz
Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Pittsburg
Christ Episcopal Church
New Wilmington
Schultz
Western Allegheny Plans New Shops at Queens Junction
Announcement states Western Allegheny will begin construction of new shops and a roundhouse at Queens Junction where it connects with the Bessemer road. Current repairs are done at Greenville Bessemer shops. construction to start soon.
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Queens Junction
W. A
Bessemer Road
Greenville
Bessemer
Big Band for Tin Workers For Labor Day Parade
The two hot mill departments at Greer and Shenango tin mills have secured the Columbia band of Columbiana Ohio for the Labor Day parade here next Monday. The band will give a concert at 9 30 in the tin workers hall on Washington street.
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Greer
Shenango Tin Mills
Columbia Band of
Columbiana, O
Tin Workers’ Hall
Washington Street
Alliance Picnic At Cascade Park Draws Big Crowd
More than 1,000 employees from Alliance Machine Company and friends arrived by special train from Alliance Ohio and traveled to Cascade Park to spend the day at the park this morning.
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Alliance Machine Company
Alliance, C
Pennsylvania
Cascade Park
Electric line car collides in Leetonia
Regular service reports the first car on the Youngstown and Southern electric line ran into Leetonia on Saturday.
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Youngstown & Southern Electric
Leetonia
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Fair conditions expected tonight and Sunday across Western Pennsylvania with clear skies and no precipitation anticipated. Winds remain light, with comfortable temperatures likely through the period.
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Pennsylvania
Roosevelt Not Becoming Editor After Presidency
Oyster Bay August 31 President Roosevelt will not become a newspaperman after his term. Secretary Loeb denounces as fake a New York paper claim he seeks control of the New York Tribune. He says no such plan has ever been contemplated and a former president running a newspaper is undignified and preposterous.
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United Press
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Rosevelt
New York
New York Tribune
Loeb
Baptism of First Hungarian Convert at New Castle
At the First Baptist church Sunday afternoon Michael Pollegyi will be baptized as the first Hungarian convert in New Castle. Rev. John Leber will officiate. Morning services welcomed three Romanians into membership, bringing the church’s new member total to eight under Rev. Leber’s direction as foreign work thrives.
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First Baptist Church
Michael Pollegyi
New Castle
John Leber
Leber
Seventh Ward Polling Place Change Ordered
Judge Porter issued an order changing the Seventh Ward second precinct polling location to the Keafer building at 220, moving voters to the new site next Tuesday. The change affects the precinct previously listed as the second.
Postoffice Hours For Labor Day
Carriers will make one delivery in the morning across the city. The carriers window opens 11 30 a m to 12 noon. General delivery stamp and registry windows open 10 a m to 12 noon. Money order window closed all day. No evening service at carriers windows. Mails dispatched as usual.
Death Notices for Several Local Residents
Death notices list Mrs. Celista V. Whitney aged 87 of 119 South Bay street Mrs. D. M. Clark 64 Mr. Jackson William R. Smith 42 of 218 South Jefferson street Mrs. Lillian Belle Seltzer 23 Chewton Mrs. Nancy Jane Brown 83 Ellwood Joseph Tripp 65 Ellwood Infant Perkins 4 months Ellwood.
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Celista V. Whitney
Bay Street
D. M. Clark
Jackson
William R. Smith
South
Jefferson Street
Lillian Belle Seltzer
Chewton
Nancy Jane Brown
Ellwood
Joseph Tripp
Infant Perkins
Ailey Couple Photograph Bridge Collapse Near Quebec
Attorney Clyde V. Ailey and his wife documented the St. Lawrence river bridge construction collapse near Quebec. Their photographed span appears in today's Pittsburg Dispatch. An early estimate lists 79 fatalities.
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Clyde V. Ailey
SF Lawrence River
Quebec
Ailey
St. Lawrence
Pittsburg
Steel officers sign new scale agreement
The Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin workers signed a new wage scale Friday. Republic Iron and Steel company officers formalized the pact and James H. Nutt of the Western Bar Iron association will sign the scale on his next Pittsburg visit.
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Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Republic Iron & Steel Company
James H. Nutt
Western Bar Iron Association
Mr. Nutt
Pittsburg
Local horse wins second money at Conneaut Lake
Manilla a sorrel mare by Elyria owned by J J W Morrow won one heat and finished a good second at Conneaut Lake Friday. Heats ran in 2 23 1 4 2 23 1 2 2 26 1 4 and 2 23 1 4 with Manilla securing second place money.
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Conneaut Lake
Manilla
Elyria
J. J. W. Morrow
Indictments Include One Charge of Murder Ellwood City Robbery Cases
District Attorney Charles Young and County Detective Creighton Loman prepared cases for the grand jury. Indictments include major Black Hand cases and the murder charge against Rosario Sergo in Hillsville. Other trials target Wilber Frampton and Ralph Martin for the Baltimore and Ohio station robbery. Continuous coverage notes the Seventh Ward gambling case of George J Jones and a self defense plea from Rosario Sergo.
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Charles Young
Creighton Loman
Joe Cutrone
John Jett
Fred Serace
Sam Exposito
Niccols Lo Bianco
Rosario Sergo
Tony Conti
Hillsville
Sergo
Ellwood City
Wilber Frampton
Ralph Martin
Baltimore and Ohio
Frampton
Tesla
George J. Jones
Seventh Ward
Peacemaker Roosevelt Works for Central American Peace Conference
Washington Aug 31. Efforts by Presidents Roosevelt and Diaz to convene a conference among Central American states for a peace plan have succeeded. All republics have been heard, welcomed US and Mexico mediation, and agreed to join the talks while avoiding hostile actions.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Diaz
United States
Mexico
New Officials on Simpson M E Charge
At the quarterly conference of the Simpson and Euclid Avenue M E churches, officials were elected for the coming year. Simpson church Trustees include H. Bush Anna G Robinson Harry Bollard William Carter Henry Curtis Charles Crane. Stewards include H. B. Bush Anna G Robinson Ida M Marquis Harry Bollard. Euclid Avenue Trustees include S M Porter W C Woods J A Drake Joseph Sickarge. Stewards include Thomas Maitland John Sickafuse S C Leonard S R Maitland. District steward Thomas Maitland and Recording steward H B Bush.
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Simpson and
Euclid Avenue
M. E
J. S. Drake
Simpson Church
H. Bush
Anna G. Robinson
Harry Bollard
William Carter
Henry Curtis
Charles Crane
H. B. Bush
Ida M. Marquis
Mrs James Verner Narrowly Escapes Auto
Mrs. James Verner of North Mill Street narrowly escaped being run over by an automobile Saturday morning near the North Street intersection. She failed to notice the approaching vehicle, slipped and fell in its path, but the car stopped in time and she was found to be unhurt.
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James Verner
North Mill Street
North Street
Verner
Attorney reports 194 favorable replies to depositor payoff
Attorney W. K. Hugus announces that 194 favorable replies have been received on the proposition to pay off depositors of the New Castle Savings and Trust company. The matter is to be heard next.
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W. K. Hugus
New Castle Savings and Trust Company
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B. A. Yenser
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Derholdt
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George Look
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Ira Fast
Harry Briggs
Johnson
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P. F. Smith
A. Brind
Fer Mill
NTS
Oshwab
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