Earthquake Shocks Alarm Portsmouth Residents
Three distinct earthquake tremors struck Portsmouth New Hampshire at 5 40 pm causing buildings to shake dishes to rattle and residents to rush from homes. The tremors were heard as distant explosions and prompted numerous inquiries about a navy yard magazine blast before authorities confirmed a seismic disturbance along the New Hampshire coast.
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Navy Yard
New Hampshire Coast
Roosevelt Receives World Tribute at Sagamore Hill
Theodore Roosevelt amid woods at Sagamore Hill accepts international congratulations for ending Russo Japanese War and guiding the Far East peace efforts. Messages from King Edward, Emperor William, and others flood the telegraph room as Loeb delivers telegrams found by the President in a stump.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Far East
Loeb
Sagamore Hill
Europe
Sagamore. Hill
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
King Edward
Emperor William
Loubet
France
Edward
Kaiser
Oyster Bay
Index to Departments Amusements Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers
An index list outlines department sections and page numbers including Amusements Business Troubles Commercial World Court Calendars Liarine Intelligence and Foreign Mails New Corporations Estate Society United Service Weather Report Yesterday's Fires with page references for each item.
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Commercial World
Liarine Intelligence
Society
United Service
Weather Report
$18,000 in Jewels Stolen From Nirvana Home
Stamford August 30 Special to The New York Times burglars broke into Nirvana the summer home of Mr and Mrs Paul Bonner of New York and Stamford took a safe containing diamonds gems and heirlooms valued at about 18140. The note found hints at a masked warning while Pinkerton detectives and Stamford police investigate possible gang involvement and inside information.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Nirvana
Paul Bonner
New York
Supt
Fields
Pinkerton Agency
Wilcox
Brennan
Sergt. Nevins
Long Island Sound
Cummings Point
Bonner
Alexandre
Mr. Bonner
Miss Duane
Bonners
Pinkerton
Masters in Asbury Raid at Hotel Coleman
Queen Titania’s masqueraders 160 strong were rounded up by Assistant Prosecutor Stokes and county detectives at the Hotel Coleman grill room in Asbury Park. The revelers were held as witnesses for the Grand Jury against proprietor Frank B. Conover, who faced liquor-trade limits. Five thousand maskers paraded Ocean Avenue to a crowd of about 50,000 spectators.
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New York Times
Asbury Park
Coleman
Stokes
Frank B. Conover
John A. Borden
Ocean Avenue
Titania
Bear Loose On Twenty-fifth Street
A small black bear chased by a brindle dog ran from a livery stable onto Twenty-fifth Street between Lexington and Third Avenues yesterday afternoon. The dog collided with an elderly woman who cried out as the bear bounded away then paused to scent the wind before fleeing back toward Lexington Avenue. The bear’s dash frightened bystanders and a cab horse before it trotted back to the stable ending the incident.
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Twenty-fifth Street
Lexington
Third Avenues
Lexington Avenue
Labon Day Special from Atlantic City by Pennsylvania Railroad
The LABON Day special train departs Atlantic City at 6 30 P M with parlor dining and coach cars for New York. It stops at Trenton Elizabeth and Newark on a fast through schedule. Through trains from New York to Atlantic City run weekdays at 9 55 A M and 2 66 P M and Sundays at 7 55 A M Adv.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Atlantic City
New York
Trenton
Elizabeth
Newark
Eclipsed Sun Shows Magnificent Corona
Reports from Sfax and Assuan describe a total solar eclipse observed under light clouds and haze. The corona appeared maximum with rose streamers, prominences east of the sun, and several photographic campaigns by British, French, American, and Russian teams.
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London Times
New York
Sfax
Tunis
Astronomer Royal
Suffolk
Greenwich
Bigourdan
Bomb Explodes In Harlem Brownstone Wounding No One
A blast at 417 East 116th Street near midnight wrecked the three story home of Michael Paladino and frightened a nearby hospital. Neighbors reported a strong explosion and police found no clear source. Anarchist theory floated but no culprit identified. Paladino had received an anonymous demand letter months earlier, later denied. The blast may have targeted his son in law Joseph Ladorides who lives nearby. Police continued investigation with no results as yet.
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Ino
East One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Capt. Burns
East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
Paladino
Paladina
Joseph ‘Ladorides
Ladorides
Sydenham Maternity Hospital
Tornado Rips Carbondale Area Causes Heavy Damage
A tornado struck northern Carbondale at 8:50 pm demolishing about twenty houses barns and railroad cars. No deaths. The funnel shaped luminous cloud moved 200 feet wide with no lightning or rain. People were injured lightly and livestock harmed amid scattered wreckage.
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New York Times
Scranton
Carbondale
William Pope
Green Street
William Clune
Pope
Delaware and Hudson
Galmly
Eclipse Observed by Three Nations Expeditions
The American expedition led by Admiral Chester photographed the solar eclipse from Guelma Algeria and sketched the sun protu berances. In Tripoli the American Italian and French teams observed the event lasting three minutes four seconds with fine shadow bands and Bailey's beads not seen. Prof Todd of Amherst photographed for the American group.
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Associated Press
Guelma
Algeria
American Astronomical Expedition
Tteat
Chester
United States Naval Observatory
Tripoli
Bailey
Todd
Amherst College
Eclipsed Sun Darkened by Clouds Across the City
The eclipse was largely hidden by rain and cloud cover in New York and at institutions like Harvard Cornell Yale and the Naval Observatory. Observers reported little or no view with many experiments thwarted by weather while others noted sporadic glimpses and recorded timing attempts.
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Broadway
Twenty-third Street
Harvard Observatory
Edward Co. Pickering
Harvard
Ithaca
Cornell Observatory
Montreal
Toronto
Yale Observatory
New Haven
United States Naval Observatory
Washington
Profs. Skinner Nd Hall
Messrs. Price and
Hamond
Kermit Roosevelts Bear Hunt Ends Near Deadwood
Kermit Roosevelt and party return after ten days in the hills carrying a brown bear hide and two wild cats. The chase covered about 350 miles with riders on horseback, and Kermit shot the brown bear on the fifth day while pursuing game in Montana territory.
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New York Times
Deadwood
Kermit Roosevelt
Kermit
Capt. Bullock
Stanley Bullock
Paul Martin
Martin
Guide
Cook
Rye pastor resigns amid suspicions after trolley ride
Rev J Howard Hand of Rye First Methodist faces a church investigation over gossip from an Epworth League trolley ride. He will resign and preach his last sermon this Sunday as the Presiding Elder is on vacation. Rev Wilson Wakefield of Port Chester will fill in next week. Hand calls the matter foolish and his wife confirms knowledge of the affair.
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New York Times
Rye
N. Y
J. Howard Hand
First Methodist Church
Hand
Wilson F. Wakefieldv
Port
Chester
Brooklyn
Connecticut
Felder
Oakland Beach
Montauk Stop and Inn Visit Described in Ad
The note recounts a stop at Montauk, a long walk to the Inn on the hill, for a good lunch. It mentions soldiers returning from Cuba healing and being reassured by the scene and trip.
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Montauk Ana
Cuba
Subway Tavern Fails and Sells Today in New York
The Subway Tavern on Mulberry and Broome Streets collapses after failing to pay expenses. Joseph Johnson Jr. loses control as police seek proof of liquor certification. The venture, once praised by Bishop Potter, ends as signs come down and the tavern reverts to a plain shop.
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Doxology
Broome
Mulberry Streets
Asbury Park
Joseph Johnson, Jr
Subway Tavern Company
Brooklyn
Johnson
Manhattan
T Row
Skidmore
Subway
Hines
Mulberry Street
Jbeat
Police
Tered
Tender
Dow
Hierbert Parsons
R. Fulton Cutting
BE. R. L. Gould
R. Bayard Cutting
Acosta Nicols
Alfred M. Hirschfeld
Mr. Farnsworth
Bishop Potter
Bleecker Street
Cooperstown
Unconscious 145 Days Ends for Yonkers Boy
In Yonkers on August 30 eight year old Charles Canepi died after 145 days in a coma from spinal meningitis. He had remained unconscious since April 8 and weighed seventy eight pounds at death. His death followed the burial of his one year old sister five hours earlier. The case drew wide medical notice as a potential record for longest complete unconsciousness.
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New York Times
Yonkers
Charles Canepi
Joseph Canepi, Jr
Battenberg Prince Narrowly Escapes Injury in Ontario Accident
Prince Louis of Battenberg escaped harm when the touring car transporting him veered into a ditch near Berlin in Waterloo County. The chauffeur suffered a bad wrist injury, while the prince remained uninjured and insisted on continuing the journey in the same motor car after it was retrieved. The incident followed a trip described in a Canadian edition advertisement.
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Toronto
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Berlin
Waterloo County
Takahira Ill in Portsmouth After Prolonged Duties
In Portsmouth New Hampshire on August 30 Minister Takahira remained confined to his bed due to illness from his demanding duties as plenipotentiary. Initial speculation linked the illness to an opera tion he had in New York last spring and the condition was kept quiet.
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New York Times
Portsmouth
N. H
Takahira
New York
Sequoyah Named State Capital and Bonds Debated
The State Hood Constitutional Committee met at Muskogee Oklahoma to name Sequoyah as the Commonwealth and to include prohibition in the organic law. They also voted to issue bonds totaling 25 million dollars.
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Sequoyah
Commonwealth
Bouzian Freed by Morocco After Prolonged Demand
A special courier from Fez reports Bouzian the French Algerian merchant is released in Tangier after France demanded his release and the Sultan refused. He is reported ill from harsh prison treatment.
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Tangier
Fez
Bouzian
France
Mrs Vanderbilt Signals Peace Progress From Newport
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt has been in steady contact with her representative during the Portsmouth peace negotiations. Messages by telephone and telegraph from the Breakers were read with interest as news of a successful outcome arrived, and Mrs Vanderbilt was advised of the peace agreement as soon as possible in Newport.
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New York Times
Newport
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Brooklyn Woman Sets Mount Hood Descent Record
Miss Helen Volek from Brooklyn returned from the Pacific Coast with a mountain climbing feat at Portland Exposition. She ascended Mount Hood with friends and finished the descent from summit to foot in one hour and fifty minutes, outpacing guides and party members.
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Helen Volek
Brooklyn
Pacific Coast
Miss Volek
Portland
Mount Hood
Fire alarm near Newport tennis match at the Elms
An August Newport fire scare near Bellevue Avenue was traced to a stove fire at the Elms, the Berwind villa. Mrs. Berwind rushed from the Casino to the scene as firemen and police controlled access to the estate. the blaze was extinguished quickly.
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New York Times
Newport
Bellevue Avenue
Newport Cottage
E. J. Berwind
E. Rollins Morse
Berwind
Elms
Kingsbridge Woman Saves Abused Horse After Copper Wire Lash Incident
Miss Madeline Mills helps a horse tied by a copper wire lash to a truck wheel on 123d Street near Second Avenue. Police arrest Morris Ripkin of 4010 Third Avenue. the horse is taken to a stable and animal welfare agents are notified. Health Department later notes Mills runs a commendable animal care effort.
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Madeline Mills
Kingsbridge
123D Street
Second Avenue
Saach Blow
Miss Mills
John Storms
East 126Th Street
Morris Ripkin
Third Avenue
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Department of Health
Transportation rates and contact details advertised
The item lists fares Niagara Falls to Toronto at 9 dollars and Denver to unspecified via Jackawanna Railroad with a 36 35 price. It gives information lines at 429 1183 1434 Broadway for further inquiries.
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Niagara Falls
Toronto
Denver
Jackawanna Railroad
Broadway
Peace conference outlines limits on fortifications and demobilization
The New York Times reports at Portsmouth New Hampshire that Baron Komura proposed waiving indemnity in exchange for Japan keeping Sakhalin and fortifying La Perouse Strait, a plan rejected by M. Witte. The accord also bars fortifications on Sakhalin and on the Korean boundary, with Russia retaining its existing fort. The envoys advance the treaty, aiming for signature early next week.
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Baron Komura
Sakhalin
Japan
Russia
M. de Martens
Mr. Dennison
Pokouloff
Navy Yard
Messrs
Adachi
Ochiai
Tokio
M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Takahira
Oys
White Mountains
Gov. McLane
New Hampshire
Bretton Woods
Mount Washington
Atlantic
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