Tragic aeronaut drowns as crowd ignores pleas for help
Frederick L. Woods, a 20 year old aeronaut at Hillside Park Belleville N J, died after his balloon collapsed over the Passaic River. A 60 foot American flag trailed him as he sank, the crowd cheering as rescue failed and the body was not recovered by nightfall.
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New York Times
Elleville
N. J
Passaic River
Futley
Passaic
Frederick L. Woods
Hillside Park
Coney Island
Belleville
Ascension
Atronaut
Woods
Chapel Street
Haven
Conn
The
Park
Adronaut
Mulst
Wood
R. Johnson
Daniel Elliott
Newark
Entire family drowns in Pensauken Creek near Riverton
A family of four from Pensauken loses all members when their light skiff capsizes after striking a moored scow in Pensauken Creek near Delair. Mr Will Elderman, his wife, stepdaughter Anna 17, and son William perish as they attempt to reach shore. A bystander cries aid as the struggle ends with all four drowned.
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Riverton
N. J
Pansauken Creek
Delaware
Delair
Will
Elderman
Anna
William
Pensauken
Cinnamanson
Famls
John V. Cox
Merchantville
Mir
Train afire on Bay trestle explosion chaos on Rockaway line
Passengers on a Long Island Railroad train bound for Rockaway Beach fled in panic as a motor exploded causing a fire on the Jamaica Bay trestle. The motorman braked, flames licked the cars, two women fainted, and the train was later backed to Brooklyn after delays.
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Long Island
Rockaway Beach
Jamaica Bay
Brooklyn
Four Boys Hold Up Train at Great Falls Stockyards
Four youths aged 16 to 17 and a younger organizer conspired to rob a northbound Great Northern train near Great Falls. Hatch allegedly commanded the plan and gunpoint coercion, with Dempsey shot in the leg. the group confessed and faces city jail.
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Great Falls
Mon
Great Northern
Albert Hatch
William Randall
Harry Rheame
George Creswell
Randall
Rheams
Creswell
Hatch
William Dempsey
Jack’ Hayes Rheams
Lateh
Sun River
Montana Central Line
Butte
Hateh
Cannon Starts West in Auto Tour of Congressmen
Speaker Cannon and a party including Senator Warren Representative Landis and Senator Hemenway began a motor trip from Vermont Avenue toward Indiana. A mechanical glitch slowed the leading car delaying their travel to Gettysburg for an overnight stop and a planned visit to the battlefield.
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New York Times
Washington
Cannon
Jt Warren
Hemenway
Representative Landis
L. W. Busby
Landis
Indiana
Chicago
Vermont Avenue
John Sharp Williams
Gettysburg
Penn
Senator Warren
Congressman Landdlis
Sakai
Baptists Plan Southern Summer Assembly in North Carolina
Special to The New York Times reports Baptists will establish a religious summer assembly in the Western North Carolina mountains near Slack Mountain. The project includes purchasing grounds, building an auditorium, hotels, cottages, and a modern town with arks for religious meetings through the summer.
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New York Times
Asheville
N. C
North Carolina
Slack Mountain
White Horse Scotch Purity Ad By Mackie & Co
A damaged notice promoting White Horse Scotch from Mackie & Co Distillers Islay claims absolute purity to meet American food and drugs standards. It asserts sworn affidavits attached to each bottle and urges consumers to demand the White Horse brand.
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Mackie & Co., Distillers, Ltd
Lagavyulin _ Distillery
Islay
United States
Gla
Yale Crew Rescues Three Maidens From Overboard S
Three debutantes Irene Wallace Blanche Hale and June Fleming missed their boat ashore after the Yale sailed. The captain called a tug and a flotilla of police Velox and Dalzelline craft raced to the scene. The maidens were boarded by the Lenox and brought safely to the Battery pier.
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E. J. Bennett
Boston
Yale
Irene Wallace
Blanche Hale
June Fleming
Hotel
Lincoln
Bennett Stateroom
Mrs. Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Grove
Pier A
Velox
Fire Department
Pier 10
East River
Dalzelline
Wallace
Hale
Fleming
Inqinry
Lenox
Battery
Joseph Mary
Stanford Trustees Endow Library With 500 000 Fund
San Francisco May 31 Trustees of Stanford University set aside 500000 for endowment of the university library. It is the largest single endowment for an American university library. Funds come from the sale of Mrs. Leland Stanford's jewelry after her death to meet the target. Interest at 7 percent yields about 35000 annually for new books.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Dees L. Stanford
Stanford University
Stanford
Record May Rainfall Sets Thirty-Eight Year High
Forecaster Eben H. Emery reports May 19XX held the record for inches of rain over every May in 38 years, with total rainfall for the month reaching 9.1 inches. A new 24 hour rainfall record was also set, with 4.16 inches recorded in May. The nearest similar May prior was 180%, when 7.1 inches fell.
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Eben H. Emery
Sperry's Fleet Arrives in San Francisco Harbor
The first division of the Atlantic fleet led by Rear Admiral Sperry, including the Connecticut Kansas Vermont and Louisiana, returns from Tacoma and anchors beside the Maine. Minnesota arrives later from Bremerton.
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Sperry
San Francisco
Atlantic Fleet
Connecticut
Kansas
Vermont
Louisiana
Tacoma
Maine
Minnesota
Bremerton
Rare June voyage on Day Line to Albany
The Hendrick Hudson steamboat resumes regular service to Albany starting June 2, continuing on its usual schedule. Adwy reports the line’s commission and passenger expectations for the summer travel season.
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Hendrick Hudson
Albarty
Adwy
Vaderland Wreck Rumor Circulates As North Sea Collisions Reported
A Brussels dispatch claims the Red Star steamship Vaderland en route from Antwerp to New York has wrecked in a dense fog off the North Sea with 1,600 aboard, though Lloyds has not confirmed. Earlier, Dover reports fog caused several collisions including the Queenswood sinking. Bermeo and Luanda also involved in incidents with damage and distress.
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Paris
Petit Journal
Brussels
Red Star
Vaderland
Antwerp
New York
North Sea
Lloyds
Dover-Ostend
Goodwin Sands
Dover
Queenswood
Bermeo
Luanda
Hamburg
West Africa
Wealthy Pittsburg chorus to star in Pirates benefit
The Alvin Theatre in Pittsburg will host the first amateur performance of The Pirates of Penzance on June 13 to raise funds for the Industrial Home for Crippled Children. Sixty rich young women, from Mellon and Lockhart circles, will perform for three shows with dancers earning 15 dollars weekly. The lead soprano is Lucille Roessing, who recently married Claude Griffey and is on her honeymoon.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Alvin Theatres
Mellon
Dr. Alexander
Griffey
Allentown Quake Shakes City Amid False Explosion Rumors
A shaking felt in Allentown Pennsylvania at 12 42 PM caused people to rush from homes as windows rattled and chimneys toppled. Rumors of a powder mill blast proved false and authorities attributed the event to an earthquake, likened to a distant Sunday tremor from 24 years prior.
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Allentown
Penn
100 Garment Hair Graft Plan For Catherine Gorman
Miss Catherine Gorman of 1382 Bushwick Avenue Brooklyn seeks a full head of hair via grafting after a May incident at Bushwick Hospital. Over 100 department store girls will donate scalp, each giving up a quarter to one inch of hair. Physicians plan staged grafts over about a year, with dyed eye color to match the new scalp.
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Catherine Gorman
Bushwick Avenue
Brooklyn
Bushwick Hospital
Miss.Gorman
Miss Gorman
Priest Ablaze On Altar In Newport Mass
In St. Joseph's Catholic Church Newport on May 31 a candle on a votive table ignited Father James Mahon's surplice during a children's mass. Father William A. Doran quickly beat out the flames with his hands. Only the back of the surplice burned as the priest and celebrant urged calm and asked all to remain seated.
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New York Times
Newport
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
James Mahon
Father Mahon
Train fares and schedules for ChicagoNew York trips
A note outlines round trip rail options to Chicago and New York City with fares 27 and 30 dollars respectively. Travel dates mention May 28 to June 12 with 18 daily trains.
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Chicago
West Shore
New York Central
Ex President Grover Cleveland Returns to Princeton
Ex president Grover Cleveland, aided by a cane, traveled from Lakewood to Princeton with Mrs Cleveland and a physician. He stood the journey well and plans no fixed departure date for his New Hampshire summer home as his Tamworth plans are pending.
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New York Times
Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Lakewood Hotel
John Hays Hammond
Princeton
G. Rowe Lockwood
Cleveland
Joseph T. Bryant
New York
Chicago
University of Illinois
N. C. Becker
R. G. Ferguson
Cottage Colony
Priceton
Becker
Mr. Cleveland
Tamworth
N. H
Gore to undergo operation hoping to restore sight
Senator Gore prepares for a week in a private Washington hospital to try an operation by a noted specialist aimed at restoring sight. He has been blind since boyhood from two accidents, with the left eye having a chance for improvement while the right eye offers little hope. His wife reads to him and coaches him in the Congressional Record.
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New York Times
Washington
Gore
Senate
House
Treasury
Accused by Glacia Calla Den nett Arrested in Massachusetts
Edward E Dennett, a Fitchburg realty and Granite Co. treasurer, was arrested in Portsmouth on embezzlement charges from opera singer Glacia Calla. The alleged scheme included mortgaging her Bayside Newington home for 1000 and 2000, plus a necklace. He was released after promising to return the second mortgage.
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New York Times
Worcester
Mass
Portsmouth
Edward E. Dennett
Glacila Calla
Paul Roy
Fitchburg
Dennett
Gracia
Bayside
Newington
Oregon Election Today For Senator Chamberlain Cake
Portland May 31. Voters face a close Oregon election with Gov George Chamberlain Democrat and Judge Henry M Cake Republican favored for United States Senate. A Republican legislature is expected to be chosen and may be pledged to back the winner, affecting the Senate result.
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Portland
Ore
United States
Oregon
George Chamberlain
Henry M. Cake
Gov. Chamberlain
Bryan vows to return any Ryan funds in Nebraska case
Lincoln May 31 Thomas F Ryan allegedly gave 26000 to Bryan's 1904 Nebraska senatorial bid Bryan replies that he will study the World charge upon returning home from Ainsworth Neb and will demand the return of any funds Bryan adds he will repay every dollar if the contribution is proved direct or indirect.
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New York Times
Lincoln
Neb
New York World
Thomas F. Ryan
Bryan
Nebraska
Ainsworth
Weill
Niel 9
Delagrange Flies Again in Private Queen Exhibition
In Rome on May 31 Leon Delagrange, famed French aeroplanist, extended his distance record yesterday. Despite light wind, his flight lasted six minutes, drawing loud applause from thousands. He plans another private demonstration before Queen Margherita early tomorrow morning for public attendance.
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Rome
Leon Delegrange
M. Delagrange
Margherita
Lid on in the Tenderloin as arrests surge on excise laws
Acting Captain Murphy of West Thirtieth Street Station ordered officers to arrest any violators of excise laws immediately. The crackdown tightened the lid on Sunday arrests, with police headquarters unable to provide Sunday figures or a reason for withholding them.
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Murphy
Thirtieth Street
John J. Farrell
Duma Suggests Skull Symbol On Vodka Labels
The Duma Commission studying liquor policy favors replacing the imperial eagle on vodka bottle labels with a skull and crossbones and warnings against excess consumption. The move signals stricter labeling to curb drinking.
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Duma
ST. Petersburg
Duma Commission
Stanford Campus Adopts Prohibition on Alcohol
The Stanford University campus and Palo Alto will be dry for the next college year. The Trustees empower the Students' Affairs Committee to enforce prohibition in student boarding houses and in fraternity houses for all liquor even to invited guests. The move follows trouble over drinking rules during the last term that nearly disrupted the university.
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San Francisco
Stanford University
Palo Alto
White House to host conference on Republican platform
Preparations are set for a White House conference tomorrow to discuss the Chicago convention platform. Participants include President Roosevelt Secretary Taft Senators Hopkins Lang Representatives Burton and Arthur Vorys of Ohio Taft's Western campaign manager. No details on topics or leading campaign issues were shared.
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Schecal
New York Times
Washington
White House
Republican Party
Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft
Hopkins
Lang
Burton
Arthur Vorys
Ohio
Launch explosion on Delaware River kills two in Philadelphia
A gasoline tank blast on a launch in the Delaware River wrecked the boat carrying sixteen aboard. Two men died Frank Cassidy and John Schmidbleichen. Fourteen were injured yet none are expected to die. Cassidy is missing after being thrown overboard.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Frank Cassidy
John Schmidbleichen
Edna Goodrich postpones marriage to J Harry MacMillan
Edna Goodrich and her mother arrived in San Francisco with MacMillan reportedly planning a June 1 wedding. MacMillan announced the ceremony was indefinitely postponed without reasons. The Nevada mining stock operator has faced heavy losses recently and Miss Goodrich declined to comment. Nat Goodwin may have another season with the actress.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Edna Goodrich
J. Harry MacMillan
Nevada
Nat Goodwin
Miss Goodrich
MacMillan
Abyssinian envoy claims biblical blacks origins in Philadelphia
The Rev. F. Chodzzi, a diverse scholar and envoy of King Menelik, asserts in Philadelphia that Eve Moses Solomon and Homer were black and urges African Americans to return to Africa. He links Moses to a biblical white hand story and identifies Abyssinians as Cushites, claiming ancestral priesthood lineage.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
F. Chodzzi
King’s College
Oxford
Trinity College
University of Berlin
Menelik
Abyssinia
Eve
Moses
Solomon
Homer
Africa
Murder Strikes Paris Art World Steinheils Home
In Paris on Rue de Vaugirard the painter Adolphe Steinheil, his wife, and his mother-in-law were found strangled. The house was rifled and valuables worth about 3500 dollars stolen. The widow identified a woman model and two men as the attackers, who entered by false keys. Police suspect three assailants and an Italian arrest rumor circulates as investigators press for clues.
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Aris
Adolphe Steinheil
M. Steinheil
Steinheil
Mme.Steinheils
Minter
Mme
Steinhells
Japy
Mme. Steinhell
Adolphe Charles Edouard Steinheil
Louis Cheries
Auguste Steinheil
Strasbourg
Paris
Louis St.inheil
Saute Chapelle
Adolphe
France
Pere la Chaise
Francois Feux Faure
Frend
Alam
Hamard
Merger of Six Lead Mines Proposed at Platteville
Platteville Wisconsin May 31 a merger of six rich lead and zinc mines is proposed with no new outside shareholders. The Empire mine with 30000 capital pays monthly dividends of 10 to 15 dollars per 1 share and is farm held. The Enterprise is nearly as profitable. All six mines lie within half a mile of the Platteville Post Office and would form a 1000000 capitalization paying about no current dividends.
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New York Times
Platteville
Wis
Platteville Post Office
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