Casablanca falls as French shelling drives out Moors
Tangier dispatch reports Casablanca bombarded by French cruisers Galilée and Du Chayla with Moors killed and the Pasha surrendering. Europeans seek refuge in consulates and on ships while France and Spain rush warships to Moroccan coast under Algeciras terms.
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Madrid
Imparcial
Tangier
Casablanca
Galilée
du Chayle
Mogador
Rabat
Saffi
Magagan
France
Spain
Algeciras
Eere
Morocco
Europe
United States
Harry MacLean
Rais Uli
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Fre wil be found on the itn page lat.
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Itn
Col Bishop's Long Memory Identifies Man After 27 Years
Deputy Surveyor Col John Bishop of the Port Authority identified William Steinitz, an electrical engineer seeking a year long foreign residence, by recalling a 1880 Rock Creek Park Sunday school picnic and the superintendent John M. Bishop. Steinitz had a scar on his left leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bishop
William Steinitz
Red Star
Kroonland
Col. Bishop
Steinitz
Berlin
Westinghouse Company
Rock Creek Park
Washington
Scott
Jack Lincoln
President Lincoln
John M. Bishop
Foraker Defends Record in Face of $29 Million Fine
Senator J B Foraker used the $29 million Standard Oil penalty to defend his public career and his stance on the Hepburn rate bill. He credited helping frame and pass the Elkins law under which the Standard case was brought, and defended votes on joint Statehood Brownsville riot and rate law controversies. He refused to seek a Presidential nomination and declined to debate Tillman unless brought to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
Landis
Chicago
J. B. Foraker
Brownsville
Roosevelt
Tillman
Foraker
Senate
Burglar Von Fahfing pleads guilty in Nassau County
August L Von Fahfing, leader of a Nassau County burglary gang, pleaded guilty to three indictments. Co‑defendants Christopher Leland and Morris Belchowitz also pleaded guilty and face sentences. A knife was found in Alma Leland’s cell as authorities monitor for attempted escapes or self harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Mineola
L. I
L. von Fahfing
Nassau County
Jackson
von Fahring
Lewis Smith
Supreme Court
Hickey
Brooklyn
Christopher Leland
Alma Leland
Morris Belchowitz
Jack the Smearer Caught in Indianapolis After Years
William R. Gadd, 30, an art student, is identified as the culprit known as Jack the Smearer who ruined hundreds of party gowns. After three years of complaints, detectives nabbed him when he smeared a gown as women boarded a streetcar, leading to his arrest at a police station.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
Ind
Jack
William R. Gadd
Gadd
Mob Attack On Laborer Leads To Bellevue Hospital
Gaston Kerchal, a laborer from East Fourteenth Street, was beaten by a crowd near Avenue B after mistaken fears of a child assault. He survived with a fractured skull and was hospitalized as authorities pursued a Greek peddler, Paul Sorgerato, amid a crackdown on attacks on young girls. Police guarded Sorgerato during transport as Night Court scrutiny continued.
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Gaston Kerchal
Fourteenth Street
Avenue B
Bellevue Hospital
Kerchal
East Fourteenth Street
Wagner
Eighteenth Precinct
Grace Josco
Paul Sorgerato
Michael J. Conroy
Conroy
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Trumfeller
Sergerato
Kearns
Wyatt
Zeller
McKeon
Paul J. Schmidt
Second Avenue
Catherine Kennedy
Antonio Levant
West Thirty-sixth Street
Katie Neacles
West Thirty-ninth Street
Vincenzo Scogno
O’ Keeffe
Detective Bureau
Harburger
O'Keeffe
Board of Coroners
Adelaide Wilder
West Sixty-first Street
Wehrenkamp and
Kerns
106Th Street
Manhattan Avenue
Italia
Central Park
Edward Pratt
Herlihy
Pratt
West Forty-seventh Street
Sadie Momat
Greene Street
Pia
Irving
Mercer Street
Jovet Festa
East Fifty-sixth Street
Conrad Oltoff
East Seventeenth Street
Sage Fan Pir peat London Tip
An unclear fragment mentions Sage Fan Pir peat in a London tip note with no coherent event or names.
Vacation Mood Sparks June Travel Plans
Fragmentary note hints at travel vibes and a casual message about starting a vacation. Mentions Bo and a cheerful gleam for days ahead while teasing a continuation on page 2. The text suggests lighthearted, informal tone and vacation anticipation.
Rescuer Becomes Victim as Yacht Fails to Reach Drowning Men
In Brigantine off Doe's Island Atlantic City Aug 6 Rev Edward McConnell pastor of Abscon Methodist Church and Clarence Friendship of Philadelphia drowned while attempting rescue after Friendship fell overboard during a fishing party. The yacht could not turn back and both men disappeared as rescuers searched.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Edward McConnell
Abscon
Clarence Friendship
Philadelphia
Brigantine
Doe
Philadelphia Realty Company
Congressman Waldo Rescued After Canoe Went Over
In Waterville Maine on August 6 Congressman George E. Waldo of Brooklyn N Y spent twenty five minutes clinging to an overturned canoe in rough water. A Waterville fishing party in a motor launch raced a mile and a half to reach him just as exhaustion set in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Waterville
George E. Waldo
Brooklyn
N. Y
North Pond
Waldo
Pickerel Flats
Engineer narrowly escapes wagon wheel twice in Bronx incident
Michael Mullen, 50, of Yonkers, slipped from a moving Tremont Avenue car near Third Avenue. Ernest Sulzer, of Bronx Park, saved him twice by grabbing him from danger as an ice wagon wheel approached, then pulling him to safety. Dr Placek at Fordham Hospital reported only shock and a bloody heel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Mullen
Vineyard Avenue
Yonkers
Ernest Sulzer
Bronx Park
180Th Street
Tremont Avenue
Third Avenue
Mullen
Patrick Brady
Sulzer
Placek
Fordham Hospital
Auto Crash Kills W. B. Stretch in Richford
W B Stretch of Killawog was thrown from his car when the steering gear failed near Richford New York. He died six hours later from a crushed skull. In the vehicle were Mrs Moore of Killawog and Miss Dodgeworth of Hoboken and another resident, all bruised with minor injuries to the others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
W. B. Stretch
Killawog
Richford
Stretch
Moore
Auto accident arrest shocks Stamford community
Andrew Packer son of the late William Packer and president of a nail company was arrested today on a body-wur intent in a $10,000 damages suit filed by Joseph Meagher of West Haven. Meagher says Packer crashed into him while driving in West Haven, injuring him and impairing his hearing. Meagher, a mechanic in West Haven, says the injury is permanent. Packer’s mother posted bond to assure his court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Andrew Packer
William Packer
Joseph Meagher
West Haven
Meagher
Packer
W' Haven
Bride-To-Be Takes Own Life at Brooklyn Home
Mary Grovie, 17, who was to wed in two weeks, died yesterday afternoon at 6412 Fourteenth Avenue Brooklyn by her own actions. Her fiancé and two brothers were elsewhere in the house when she, despondent, lay in her wedding attire and stuffed cracks with cotton. After an hour with no response, Joseph forced entry to her room to find her dead as an ambulance arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Grovie
Fourteenth Avenue
Brooklyn
Joseph
Rockefeller A Boy His Doctor Says Second Life Cost Five Million
Cleveland Aug 6 doctor declares John D Rockefeller will live beyond 94 and longer than his 94 year old father. He attributes Rockefeller recovery to dropping business, embracing exercise and open air golf at Forest Hill, noting the cost of treatment was five million dollars and that Rockefeller gained vitality and appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
John D
Rockefeller
H. F. Biggar
Biggar
Forest Hill
Standard Oil
William Rockefeller
John Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Dr. Biggar
Rockefelier
Rockefeller Himeel
Links
Navy dredge finds adrift naphtha launch in New York Bay
A twenty foot trim naphtha launch with mahogany decks and a searchlight was found adrift by the Government dredge Manhattan in lower New York Bay near quitting time. The coat contained a letter addressed to Ralph Johnson of Rockaway Beach. The launch was taken to Twenty sixth Street, South Brooklyn, by the Volunteer Life Saving Corps as authorities searched for the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Ralph Johnson
Rockaway Beach
Twentysixth Treet
Brooklyn
Life Ving Corps
Fresh Air Boys Arrested For Bathing In River
Albert Hansen and Antonio Romano, New York boys from the Italian settlement of Brooklyn, were arrested in Stamford for bathing in Upper Praa River, tributary of the Stamford Water Company reservoir. They were fined five dollars, and Judge Young warned that persistent bathing would lead to jail. Bernard Friedlander, camp supervisor, claimed the boys had a right to bathe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Albert Hansen
Antonio Romano
New York
Brooklyn
William Davenport
Pra
Stamford Water Company
Couple Dies by Poison in Castellamare After Gambling Losses
In Naples August 6 Mr and Mrs Buckingham from New York killed themselves with poison at Castellamare following severe gambling losses at Monte Carlo. The couple's act appears linked to their financial ruin and stress from gambling.
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Mrs. Buckingham
Monte Carlo
Naples
Buckingham
New York
Castellamare
Four Dead and 25 Hurt in Pennsylvania Rail Crash
Four people died and twenty five were injured when the Titusville Express collided with a coal gondola at Kelly on the Buffalo and Allegheny division. The crash, at sixty miles per hour, derailed the engine tender baggage and express cars and three day coaches. engineer M B Irwin was killed. Victims include George Cockran of Rimesburg Mrs Alonzo Huff of Johnstown and a male infant.
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Pittsburg
Buffalo & Allegheny Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kelly
Titusville
Penn
Cockran
George
Rimesburg
Huff
Alonzo
Johnstown
Irwin
M. B
Oakmont
Attempt to wreck train reported near Hiram Ohio
An effort to wreck Pittsburg Fiier 23 on the Erie Road was made last night between Hiram and Garretsville. A tree trunk was dragged to the track and chained down. Section men discovered the obstacle and alerted authorities.
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Hiram
Ohio
Pittsburg
Frick Denies Report On Standard Oil Takeover
Beverley Farms Massachusetts August 6 Henry C Frick told THE Timms correspondent that published reports he would take active management of Standard Oil are without foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Beverley Farms
Mass
Henry C. Frick
Timms
Standard Oil Company
Prohibition Bill Signed by Gov Hokg Smith in Atlanta
A large crowd of Prohibitionists gathered in Atlanta as Governor Hokg Smith signed the new Prohibition bill. The law takes effect January 1 1908 and was celebrated with the hymn Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow.
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Atlanta
Hokg Smith
Carnegie Gives $500 000 to King Edward Hospital Fund
Andrew Carnegie deposited in the Bank of England a half million dollars as an unconditional gift to the King Edward Hospital Fund. He stated the money should be spent as seems best, with emphasis on reform and improved outcomes for all involved.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Bank of England
King Edward Hospital Fund
Carnegie
Xeen
Girl Sits On Capsized Catboat Eating Candy
Miss Mary Du Bois of Washington D C was sailing on Cayuga Lake when a gust capsized her catboat. She climbed onto the overturned hull with a box of candy and calmly ate chocolates while onlookers watched. A rescue boat then arrived to pull her to safety. The scene drew surprised spectators who urged sweets as she waited.
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New York Times
Ithaca
N. Y
Cayuga Lake
Mary du Bois
Washington, D. C
Glenwood
Miss du Bois
Ohio Governor Harris Stricken With Pneumonia
Governor Andrew L. Harris of Ohio fell ill with pneumonia at the United Spanish War Veterans encampment in Defiance. He was moved to the State Hospital in Toledo underDr Love care and is resting comfortably. The illness followed his return from Put-in-Bay after attending the Perry monument unveiling and exposure to cold seas on the launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cleveland
Andrew JL. Harris
Ohio
Defiance
State Hospital
Toledo
Love
Ikely
Commodore Oliver Hazzard Perry
Put-in-Bay
Camp Perry
Port Clinton
Alabama Legislature Chooses U S Senator Johnston
In separate sessions the Alabama Senate and House voted to elect a U S Senator to succeed the late E W Pettus. Joseph F Johnston won the short term caucus and the long term. He will hold office accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
United States
E. W. Pettus
Joseph F. Johnston
Horsford S. Acquires Importer Rights
In a surprising move, S. Horsford & Co. announced acquisition of a key importer rights, signaling expanded control over distribution channels and potential market impact. The deal aligns with broader strategy to consolidate supply lines and improve pricing leverage.
Oil Fines Stir Up Traffic Men in Chicago Fight
A secret meeting of twenty special traffic representatives from big New York area corporations followed Standard Oil’s recent fine for freight privileges. They discussed Inter-State Commerce Commission rulings and the new intermediate route designation, aiming to protect against unfair rates while keeping identities and meeting locations hidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Chicago & Alton
New York
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Seattle
Conspiracy Case Fights Oil and Rail Alliances Forming
In Chicago on August 6 a covert alliance forms between Standard Oil and implicated railroads. Officials plan to block government access to testimony and company books in future Standard Oil rebate trials. Judge Landis directs Grand Jury actions and cites Alton involvement in prior conviction, signaling broad challenges ahead for prosecutors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Commercial National Bank
Standard Oil
Standard Oi
Landis
Sims
Chicago & Alton
Alton
James H. Wilkerson
Michigan
Chicago & Tern
Burlington
8 Shore
Standard Oil Conviction Likely To Stand Under Appeals
Washington officials in the Department of Justice believe the Standard Oil conviction in Judge Landis's court will stand if upheld through appeals to the United States District Court and Supreme Court. They see a possible technical reversal as unlikely and expect the $29 million-plus fine to remain. A Supreme Court ruling could take up to eighteen months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Standard Oil Company
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
May indict Standard Oil in Jamestown case
Federal Grand Jury for Western District and York finished testimony in a high profile Standard Oil case from York Central and Pennsylvania injury adjourned until next Friday. Judge Hazel Lee to receive state report. indications suggest a large indictment.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Federal
York
Standard Oil Companiony
York Central
Pennsyde
Hazel Lee
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Paris
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Anatole
Sidi Marouf
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Galilee
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Forbin
Nassau
Jack the
Bo Via
Mra Seo
Fresh Air Boys
Eisen
Pennsylvania
Erie
FRICK
Georgia
Gov. Smith
Gov. Harris
Johnston
Senator
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Oil Trust
Federal Grand Jury
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