Two steamships collide on Lake Erie sink City of Venice
In Lake Erie collision between the City of Venice ore laden and the Seguin a wooden City of Venice carrying 301 feet length sank within fifteen minutes. Three lives lost include Peter Simondson and Thomas Flanigan with several injured. Seguin headed to Cleveland with survivors. Captain Broderick and Captain Sims led crews and lifeboats amid wreckage.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lakerce
Venice
Seguin
Rondeau
Canada
Simondson
Peter
Brooklyn
Flanigan
Thomas
Buffalo
Weir
George
Sullivan
John
Will
McDougal
J. A
Cheboygan
Mich
City of Venice
Hubecker
Louis
City of
A. Lavigne
Perry Sound
Ogdensburg
W. A. Lavigne
McGraw Transportation Company
Bayne Mich
Oe Broderick
de Seguin
J. B. Miller
J. B. Sims
Castellane To Pay Claim In Four Installments
Lawyer Maurice Untermyer announced a settlement of Ascher Wertheimer's suit against Count Boni and the Countess de Castellane. Wertheimer will receive 2,000,000 francs with 4 percent interest, paid by 500,000 francs per year for four years secured from the estate income and life insurance policies of 2,000,000 francs. The Castellanes retracted all charges questioning the goods.
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Maurice Untermyer
Paris
Samuel Untermyer
Ascher Wertheimer
London
Count Boni
Countess de Castellane
Untermyers
Wertheimer
Untermyer
George J. Gould
Miter
New Yorker Impersonates Army Officer in Check Fraud
A New Yorker, Edgar N Coffey, was arrested in Oakland on a charge of passing a bogus hotel check. A Portland letter allegedly from Gen W McIver named him as a Second Lieutenant on confidential duty and asked secrecy to cash a $125 check. Authorities found army envelopes and blanks among his effects. Coffey initially protested but admitted he was not an Army officer. He claimed it was his first offense.
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San Francisco
Edgar N. Coffey
New York
Oakland
Portlad
Oregon
W. McIver
Seventh Infantry
United States Army
Coffey
Army
Society Notes From Newport Season Attracts Elite Guests
New York Yacht Club cruise stirs chatter as vessels sail from New London to Newport. Vanderbilt Neilson ties and Saratoga colony expanded with Van Cortlandt Crowninshield group. Belmont and Foxhall Keene lease cottages. Kortright summers at Aix-les-Bains. August 22–23 horse show and dog show set at Southampton. Notables aboard include Duane Frothingham Ross Dugro Macy Troop Potter Hall. Estelle de Laussat Dixon from Philadelphia to Wed Newport. Goulds and Barrymore circle attend. Collins at Narragansett Pier. Thebaud family at Nantucket. weddings slated for Newport rest of season.
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New York
Philadelphia
Southampton
William “. Duane
William. I. Frothingham
H. C. Ross
F. A. Dugro
Graf Waldersee
Hamburg
John H. Macy
W. H. Troop
Robert Co. Taylor
H. C. Hall
Newport Society Dinners And Musicales At Summer Homes
Newport social season details a sequence of August dinners and entertainments at Beaulieu Train villa Morrell cottage Gilbert cottage Tiffany cottage and other Newport venues. Notables including Miss Alice Roosevelt and Col. John Jacob Astor attend carriage visits and yacht entertainments with flowers music and lavish decor.
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New York Times
Newport
Cornelius Vaderbilt
Beaulieu
George B. de Forest
E. ©. Knight
Morrell Cottage
Ochre Point
W. Dennison Hatch
Gilbert Cottage
J. D. F. Lanier
Tiffany Cottage
William P. Thompson
C. T. Hoffman, Jr
Pendleton Cottage
Joseph T. Thompson
Halidon Hall
Clarence Dolan
Rhode Island
James J. van Alen
Wakehurst
H. K. Bloodgood
New York
George B. Widener
Weeush
Wirt Robinson
United States Army
Robinson
William Grosvenor
Benjamin Thawe
Ethel Davies
Herbert C. Pell
James P. Kernochan
B. T. Gerry
Electra
Addison Thomas
Prout’s Neck
Bar Harbor
Anait
Seaview Cottage
Newport Hospital
Guardabassi
George McFadden
Miss Stephens
Miss Carroll
Baltimore
Stevens Villa
Marshal R. Kernochan
Charles E. Sands
Alice M. Little
Nathan A. Taylor
John Carter Brown
H. Mortimer Brooks
John Clinton Gray
Old Ladies
Henry Walters
New York Yacht Club
Alice Roosevelt
Col
John Jacob Astor
Narragansett
Newark auto plant to be sold under court order
Vice Chancellor Stevens signed an order directing the sale of the Automobile Company of America plant and property at Jersey City Heights. Henry C. Cryder the receiver and Charles L. Carrick named Special Master to oversee the sale. Chauncey G. Parker said a bid of 100000 for the whole property was considered. sale to be public due to court ruling. Receivership notes depreciation in auto prices worsens creditor outlook as machine values fell by half.
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New York Times
Newark
N. J
Stevens
Automobile Company of America
Jersey City Heights
Henry C. Cryder
Charles L. Carrick
Chauncey G. Parker
Omebody
Liner Rescues Schooner After Severe Squall
A Sardegna rescue brought the battered schooner Notice of Providence into port with fifty three men and eleven women aboard. The Cape Verde natives were en route from Brava to Providence when a July squall tore sails and rudder, one crewman jumping overboard. The Italian liner towed the vessel to quarantine and then to the Coast Wrecking Company harbor for immigration handling.
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Royal Mail Line
Sardegna
Naples
Providence
R. I
Brava
Cape Verde
R. F
Antonio Ramos
Gloucester
Mass
Anton Costa
Link Street
John F. Pina
Gulf Stream
Montana
Gil di Borgia
Ellis Island
Cape Verde Islands
New England
Notice’s Disaster Raises Portuguese Cape Verdean Hopes
Providence residents learn of the schooner Notice’s perilous voyage from Brava with Capt. Ramos lost. The vessel carried twenty passengers from Brava to Providence and had faced contraband suspicions, with bonds posted before sailing. Captain Ramos, 25, unmarried, was known in the port. plans to repair in New York and continue passengers to their destination are reported.
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R. I
Brgva
Ramos
New York
Boston
Anton Costa
Cape
Brava
Africa
Antonio Ramos
Antone L/Costa
Bar Harbor Happenings Open With Society Events
The Bar Harbor social season opens as fog clears with Kebo Valley Club golf mixed foursomes drawing crowds. Notables attend dinners and luncheons, including Count Langier Villars and Mrs Draper, plus a Myron Whitney song recital at Louisburg. J Pierpont Morgan plans a visit in September.
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New York Times
Bar Harbor
Kebo Valley Club
Miss Cassatt
F. I. Amory
Bowen
J. de K. Bowen
Condon
F. G. Alsop
W. Butler Duncan
Count Cassini
Count Frankenstein
Livingston
Charles How
Morrell
de Grasse Fox
Draper
W. P. Draper
New York
Myron W. Whitney
Louisburg
H. C. Groome
Williams
London
Coe
W. W. Seeley
Leeds
James W. Gerard
Charles H. Cramp
St. Sauveur
Keewaydin
Gardiner Sherman
Jessie Gordon Sherman
J. Pierpont Morgan
Boathouse Chef Dies in Swim Near Greenport
Francois Legrosse of New York, chef at the Booth House in Greenport, sank after a cramp while swimming with his wife. She dived to save him and fainted, but rescuers pulled her aboard. Legrosse's body was recovered.
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Greenport
L. I
Francois Legrosse
New York
Booth House
Legrosse
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