Taft Begins World Tour Amid Cheerful Farewell
Secretary of War Taft sailed from Washington with staff for a world tour after addressing crowds at the station. He will visit Moscow and Saint Petersburg to meet officials and rulers before heading to the Far East, with Mrs. Taft and Charles to join later at Yellowstone. A Philippine rickshaw boy cried when told Monica could not go, a moment echoed by the crowds.
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New York Times
Washington
Taft
Fred W. Carpenter
Pennsylvania Railroad
West
Columbus
Ohio
War Department
Europe
Orient
Port Arthur
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Mr. Taft
Monica
Mrs Taft's Mother In Critical Condition In Worcester
Worcester report says Mrs Louisa M Taft mother of Secretary of War Taft has an uncomfortable day and worsened condition losing strength as illness increases. Dr C A Church of Millbury notes the deterioration and greater fatigue in her health.
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New York Times
Worcester
Mass
C. A. Church
Millbury
Louisa M. Taft
Taft
York & Windsor line wreck injures nine near Strine’s switch
At Strine's switch near York, two electric cars collided head on. Nine people were injured as passengers fled the cars. Nora Hollinger, 18, suffered a broken arm and sprained ankle after being trampled by four men. Nellie McGuigan, 17, was bruised while jumping to safety. The crash was blamed on signal miscommunication by motive power workers.
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New York Times
York
Penn
York & Windsor
Strine’s
Red Lion
Nora Hollinger
Nellie McGuigan
Reddon
Davie Young, Jr
Klippenburg Decision Looms as Washington Delays
No word from the Department of Commerce and Labor in Washington on Paula Klipenburg the Viennese actress sought for exclusion as an undesirable alien. Awaiting immigration decision expected today at the station. Authorities show sympathy with her case and Austrian Council representative visits to protect interests.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Paula Klipenburg
Horace Miller
Newark
Conrcl
Gill's Shortage at Stapleton Bank Cited
Townsend of Stapleton National Bank stated the cashier shortage totaled no more than 12 769 dollars and that the bank remains sound. He anticipated six withdrawals when the bank opened and indicated actions would follow, though details remain unclear.
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Townsend
Stapleton National Bank
Gill
Battle near Rosedale leaves two wounded in elderberry outing
David Roth a 43 year old master builder from Brooklyn is fatally wounded after a shot from trees near Rosedale Queens. Henry Brandt 85 suffers a forefinger injury. An Italian suspect is detained on weapons charges but not tied to the shooting.
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David Roth
Hilred Street
Brooklyn
Rosedale
Queens
Noble
Kesselberry
Jamaica Hospital
Henry Brandt
Irving Avenue
Dominick de Staffannoe
Carroll Street
Roth
Brandt
Henry
Hart
Hemlock Street
Mr. Roth
Wicks
Fanster
Gardner
Carman
Man Rescued After 75 Foot Cliff Fall At Passaic Falls
Stephen Phillips of 74 Chestnut Street Paterson fell seventy five feet while cutting through the Passaic Falls grounds. He landed in the basins but was brought to shore alive after police and volunteers used a boat and rope to reach him. He suffered facial and arm bruises with no broken bones.
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New York Times
Paterson
N. J
Stephen Phillips
Chestnut Street
Passaic Falls
Falls Basin
Philips
Cirvano
Falls
Phillips
J. H. Bowers
Bowers
Strvano
Pasving
Spruce Street
Fell Dead Running For Boat In Green Point Street Tragedy
John Engel a 46 year old cloth cutter of 155 Monitor Street Green point collapsed and died from heart trouble while rushing with his twelve year old son to a fishing boat near Nobie Street pier. He dropped on the sidewalk in front of 96 Noble Street and died. Police removed the body to Greenpoint Avenue station and then home.
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John Engel
Monitor Street
Greenpoint
Engel
Mineola
L. A
Nobie Street
Noble Street
Greenpoint Avenue
Marine in trance at Portsmouth Marine Barracks
Private John R. Marshall of the United States Marine Corps has remained in a cataleptic trance for forty eight hours. Despite open eyes speechlessness and rigid posture doctors report vital functions continue yet revival and feeding are impossible. An ambulance accident occurred during transfer to the Government hospital.
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York Times
Portsmouth
Government Hospital
John R. Marshall
United States Marine Corps
Marshall
Marine Barracks
Navy Yard
Fire at Tilyou's Bridgeport Place demonstrates on island
A lighted cigarette under bleachers at George C. Tilyou's Steeplechase Island sparked a blaze that destroyed the bleachers grand stand Steeplechase building and the earthquake house. With no water pressure and wind driving flames toward central buildings, dynamite failed to halt the fire. The Chicago National League team beat Bridgeport 3 to 1 in a five inning exhibition. Losses include Weber's cottage and minor damages. total loss at Bridgeport about 60 000 dollars with limited insurance noted.
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New York Times
Bridgeport
George C. Tilyou
Paul Boynton
Robert Weber
Tikvou
Weber
Chicago
Steel plant in Cumberland destroyed by fire
The Cumberland Steel Company plant in Cumberland Maryland was totally destroyed by a fire of unknown origin. Loss is estimated at 350000 dollars with 100000 dollars insured. Nine men lose their jobs. The plant produced accurate steel castings and was said to be unique in the world.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Steel Company
Fire Near Cafe Martin Gathers Crowd At Dwelling Blaze
A small fire broke out in the Croisic apartment hotel on West Twenty sixth Street. The blaze started from a curtain fed by an alcohol lamp in Mrs John Ling's apartment on the third floor and was extinguished by her husband before firefighters arrived. Mrs Ling screamed and ran to the hall as guests from Cafe Martin gathered across the street to watch. The elevator boy alerted the fire station after hearing the commotion.
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John Lirg
West Twenty-sixth St
Café Martin
Town suffers twin epidemics typhoid and infantile paralysis
Ridgway Pennsylvania August reports typhoid fever outbreak with about forty cases in a 7000 population and an infantile paralysis epidemic with roughly 160 cases. One death recorded from typhoid and one from paralysis. Doctors cautious on cause while Dr. Dixon orders a thorough investigation. Some families relocate infants to safer districts as precaution.
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New York Times
Ridgway
Penn
Elk County
Dixon
Policeman Walks Narrow Plank to Nab Burglar on Roof
West 100th Street Patrolman William P. Holmes crossed an eight inch wide board spanning an airshaft to arrest George Tanner on a top floor roof. Tanner, 19, had tied a rope to a chimney preparing to enter apartments. Holmes halted him with a pistol and escorted him to the West 100th Street Station. Tanner, held on $3,000 bail, was said to be recently released from Elmira Reformatory.
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William P. Holmes
West 100Th Street
West Side Court
George Tanner
Dreeze
Tanner
Avenue A
West Ninetieth Street
Night
Rooney
Holmes
No. 80
Droege
Elmira Reformatory
Nine Hurt as Roller Coaster Collision Occurs
A rear end crash on the Thompson Scenic Railway at Midland Beach Staten Island injures nine people. One young woman suffers multiple rib fractures after being thrown against the front guard rail. eight others are bruised and shaken. A surgeon treated her at Smith Infirmary Hospital before friends transported her home.
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Midland Beach
Staten Island
Smith Infirmary
Motorman Attacked After Alleged Car Assault
A crowd of about 200 attacked Terencé Dillon 80 after he allegedly struck passenger George Heller 38 with a controller on a crosstown Fourteenth Street car. Heller, taken to Bellevue with a serious scalp wound, and Dillon were detained. police report the motorman was also injured and hospitalized.
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Terencé Dillon
Egg Avenue A
Meéterman
Fourteenth Street
First Avenue
Dillon
East Twenty-second Street
George Heller
East Eleventh Street
Bellevue
Heller
Dilton
Felter
Tramp Attacks 14YearOld Girl Near Jamestown
Miss Anna Whitehead 14 of Turnersville is in critical condition after a nighttime assault by a tramp. Bloodhounds and searchers span two counties near Jamestown and Simons, Ohio as authorities seek a description and suspect. The victim recalls a knife threat and being tied to a tree. one eye is said to be destroyed.
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Greenville
Penn
Anna Whitehead
Turnersville
Jamestown
Simons
Ohio
Whitehead
Woods
Circular alleges wage falsehoods to attract workers
A circular from the Labor Council of Los Angeles forwarded to the Central Federated Union claims the National Association of Manufacturers is spreading false data about wage levels, suggesting wages in California and the U.S. are higher than elsewhere to lure workers and push wage reductions nationwide.
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Central Federated Union
Labor Council of
Los Angeles
Cal
National Association of Manufacturer’s
California
Auto Crash Leaves Principal Critically Hurt In New Jersey
A car skidded and struck a telegraph pole about three miles north of Cape May New Jersey. Howard Marstellet principal of Pleasantville New Jersey was mortally injured. four other occupants were injured.
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Cape May
N. J
Howard Marstellet
Pleasantville
N.J
Fragmented transit note hints at rail line plans in the Midwest
A garbled message references the St. Paul Minneapolis Duluth route on the Western Line and mentions electric service and limited companies. It alludes to polls and planning phrases without clear specifics or dates.
British Force Invades Venezuelan Territory Over Balata Gum
Georgetown reports Capt Calder leading a small frontier force from British Guiana across the boundary into Venezuela. At gunpoint he seized 4 000 pounds of balata, protesting illicit trade while Venezuela protests to President Castro and the British Consul. London says no information on the invasion.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Calder
Castro
Balata
Morawhanna
London
Colonial Office
Butcher Struck At Death Crossing In Brooklyn Crash
August Wogle a Brooklyn butcher living at 325 Nevins Street drove his horse and wagon with four grandchildren to a meadow Sunday. A Franklin Avenue streetcar struck the party near Coney Island Avenue Avenue I injuring the elderly man leg fractures and bruising the children Gertrude and Katy Henry Emma Delahun t and John Donaghue. The wagon toppled and the horse wandered back to the grass as two men arrived with a car to take the youngsters home. The grandfather was hospitalized at Kings County Hospital.
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August Wogle
Nevins Street
Brooklyn
Coney Island Avenue
Avenue I
Pranklin Avenue
Wogle
Kings County Hospital
Gertrude
Katy Henry
Groton School to Replace Birth List With Exams
Boston Aug 18 Groton School plans a democratic reform shifting from birth registration to select half of new pupils by examination and half by birth records The change, supported by the master, aims to raise educational standards and foster healthy competition among students.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Groton School
Tillman Charged With Plot Against Him
Senator Tillman denounces a supposed giant plot aimed at ruining his standing with the Administration and supporters as his Des Moines lecture provokes Iowa newspapers and church objections. Threats of lynching and boycotts surface in various Iowa towns and Chautauqua gates are canceled over opposition to his speaking.
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New York Times
Des Moines
Iowa
Tillman
Washington
Eder
Sunday Fines Imposed By Night Court Judge
Magistrate Cornell announced at Jefferson Market night court that he will fine all drunkenness offenders on Sundays. After arraignments for drunkenness the first fined individual was Jerasyman, compelled to pay $3.
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Brunkards
Magestrate Cornell
Jefferson Arket
Jerasyman
Violent distant earthquake recorded at Laibach observatory
An observatory in Laibach detected a strong distant earthquake last night starting at 6 38 and lasting fifty minutes. The quake is calculated to have originated about 5 600 miles away from Laibach.
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Laibach Observatory
There
Laibach
Austria
Czar Excluded Jews Demand For Duma Sparks Debate
The Union of Russian People urged Emperor Nicholas to exclude Jews from the Duma to secure a genuine Russian assembly. The Czar annotated the document with Received with pleasure on the margin.
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ST. Petersburg
Union of Russian People
Nicholas
Senator Dubois Warns on Mormon Political Spread
In Aurora Illinois on August 18 Senator Dubois of Idaho spoke to about 3000 people about the possible reach of Mormon political power nationwide. He urged his listeners to push Congress to end polygamy which he said continued among Mormons.
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Aurora
Ill
Dubois
Idaho
United States
Plague Spreading by Rats, Simla Reports Findings
The Indian Government announced that the Plague Commission has concluded bubonic plague spreads via rats and rat fleas. Contagion persists in soil and surfaces. recommendations call for rat destruction, better housing construction, and tightened grain store protection to reduce rat food supplies.
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Simla
Plague Commission
Evidence for Bonaparte Rebate Case Moves Forward
District Attorney Sims and Assistant District Attorney Wilkerson arrived with the Chicago Standard Oil trial transcript. They will submit it to the Attorney General for examination to determine immunity in the Chicago and Alton Railroad rebate case against Standard Oil.
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New York Times
Washington
Sims
Wilkerson
Chicago
Standard Oil
Landis
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Standard Oil Company
Not Dead After All James Gaffney Alive in Cohoes
In Cohoes New York relatives prepared for a funeral they believed was for James Gaffney a weaver missing since a Canal recovery. The man found in the Erie Canal was misidentified and later traced to Fall River Massachusetts where his mother had accepted the body. The real Gaffney appeared at police headquarters confirming he was alive.
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Gaffney
Police
Chief Adams
North Adams
Two Die In Gasoline Boat Explosion Near Tiverton
In the Seaconner River the motor boat owned by Joseph Choussard of Fall River exploded after a gasoline tank ruptured. Two youths, George Antura 18 and Lydia Mercier 17, were killed. five others were severely burned and transported by ambulance to Fall River hospitals. The passengers were fourteen young people returning from a Newport trip.
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Tiverton
R. I
Seaconner
Joseph Choussard
Fall River
Newport
George Antura
Lydia Mercier
Joseph Cholard
Joseph Bernier
Rose Duran
Marie Moran
Albertina Durand
Fewer Army Offenders Reported in Annual Court-Martial Totals
Acting Judge Advocate General Porter notes a fiscal year drop of 683 in court-martials, with 3 918 total cases including 32 officers 23 convicted. Desertion and AWOL drive most enlisted trials while four officers were dismissed by sentence.
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Washington
Porter
Resa
Colell Admits Fault In Travel Delay Tale
Carl Colell arrived in Charleston after missing a Florence train and baggage was sent to Jacksonville. He blamed himself for the discrepancy between his account and the steamer officers. Father and son had visited Isle of Palms and toured the city by auto before awaiting further travel details.
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New York Times
Charleston
8. C
Carl Colell
ER. H. Colell
Brooklyn
Huron
Isle of Palms
Jacksonville
Fla
New York
Coleb
Racing Auto Collides With Express at Crossing
At Ashley Crossing near Great Barrington Massachusetts a speeding car carrying five passengers struck the New York Pittsfield Express traveling about sixty. Charles J Root a Bristol manufacturer was killed instantly. His mother and aunt died en route to hospital. Sister and niece seriously injured but expected to recover. Root and party were deaf, racing the train for about a half mile before the collision.
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New York Times
Great Barrington
Mass
New York- Pittsfield Express
Ashley Crossing
Carles J. Root
Mary T. Root
Mr. Root
Catherine Root
Bristol
Auto overturns on hill injures trio near Kinderhook
W. W. McKeown of Washington Penu and Miss Emma R. Quinn of Bradford were seriously hurt in an automobile accident at Sunnyside near Kinderhook in Columbia County. McKeown suffered a fractured thigh and several broken ribs while Quinn has concussion. They were traveling with McKeown’s father mother and sister in two cars and the steering gear failure is blamed for the rollover.
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Albany
W. W. McKeown
Washington
Penu
Emma R. Quinn
Bradford
Sunnyside
Kinderhook
Columbia County
Tr. McKeown
Miss Quinn
Mr. McKkeown
McKeown
Auto Falls Twenty Feet In N J Crash
John H. Hook and his two sons William and Henry of Lancaster Pennsylvania were near death after an automobile fell twenty feet over an embankment near Pleasantville New Jersey. The car burned destroying the vehicle baggage and clothing. Chauffeur Charles Young vanished and may have fallen asleep prior to the plunge.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John H. Hook
William
Henry
Lancaster
Penn
Pleasantville
Charles Young
Townsend's Inlet
Youn
Mr. Hook
Auto Fire in Atlantic City Destroys Vehicle
A cigarette butt dropped into a car at Virginia Avenue foot caused a gasoline leak to ignite and the car to erupt in flames. The Atlantic City Fire Department fought the blaze, with chauffeur P. A. Hazel halting gasoline flow to prevent an explosion.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Virginia Avenue
P. A. Hazel
New York
Werere Boers
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Sailant
Venezuela
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Bonaparte
Colell
C. J. Root
Urer
Wide Or
J. Root
Joel H. Root
Candach Roberts
Conn
Charles J. Root
Lenox, Lee
Berkshires
Theodore C. Root
Catherine
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