Roosevelt Braves Northeaster to Walk Home in Rain
President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt walked three miles home to Sagamore Hill through a drenching northeaster after church with no umbrellas. They maintained high spirits as onlookers observed the pair braving the storm in mackintoshes, while Secret Service guards sought shelter. Representatives Wadsworth and his wife visited briefly. the President plans rest and limited visitors for the remainder of the stay.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Church
Sagamore Hill
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Mrs. Roosevelt
United States
President Roosevelt
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Sagamore
Secret Service
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Index to Departments and Page References
A note listing sections and page numbers for the issue. It mentions Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails on page 4, Society on page 7, Weather report on page 7, Yesterday's Fire on page 2, and an amusements page 7.
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Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails
Society
Gunboat for Miss Roosevelt sails to Canton from Hong Kong
Miss Alice Roosevelt accompanied by Miss Boardman Miss McMillan Mrs Newlands and Representatives Longworth and Gillette left Hong Kong aboard the gunboat Callao at 3 pm with Secre tary Taft consent for a Canton visit to confer with Consul General Lay They will return Tuesday Secretary Taft and party arrived on the transport Logan and will proceed to Canton tonight amid protests over posters Consul General Lay seeks apology from the Viceroy and promises leaders will be punished.
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Canton
Lay
Roosevelt
Logan
Bragg
Taft
Miss Roosevelt
Matthew Nathan
Hongkong
Corbin
Nearly broke army jail escape plot at Fort Hamilton
Lieut. Mitchell at Fort Hamilton Bay Ridge reported a daring escape attempt by twenty one prisoners from Castle Williams. Bricks were pried from an eighteen inch thick wall using improvised tools, suggesting inside accomplices and a planned break tonight or soon.
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Lieut
Mitchell
Fort Hamilton
Bay Ridge
George C. Greenough
Castle Williams
Governors Island
J.uieut. Mitchell
Food to tempt man to live in Des Moines
Special to The New York Limes reports Charles Armstrong of Osceola Iowa plans to starve himself to death. Since Aug 1 he has had almost no food aside from water while his family and doctors seek ways to tempt him to break his resolve and live. Armstrong owns a large Clarke County farm and is a Civil War veteran with a wife and children appealing for help.
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New York
Des Moinies
Iowa
Charles Armstrong
Osceovia
Armstrong
Ile
Clarke County
Women repulse telephone workers blocking fence line
Plucky Brooklyng women armed with clothes poles rolling pins and pokers repelled New York and New Jersey Telephone Company workers who tried to string wires on back fences of Tenth Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. Residents and a policeman thwarted the operation, forcing the linemen to abandon plans for the day and vow to return.
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New York and
New Jersey Telephone Company
Tenth Street
Sixth
Seventh Avenues
Brooklyn
W. I. Kipp
Kipp
Aymar Burglar Suspect Held in Philadelphia
Detectives pursue a gang of young Negro thieves linked to summer house robberies in New York. Elmer Estrada, 19, held in Philadelphia on $600 bail after pawn tickets suggested ties to the Aymar home break in Manhattan. Police expect further arrests as investigations unfold.
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Philadelphia
New York
Central Office
Donnelly
Farley
South Street
Elmer Estrada
Estrada
McCauley
Detective Bureau
José
Aymar
East Fifty-fourth Street
Canada
G. Morgan Browne
East Pitty-first Street
Pinkertons
Pascasio Fernandez
Fernandez
Upper
Fifth Avenue
Madison Avenue
Third Avenue
Aymar Ives
Playing Parachute Ends With Boy’s Leg Fracture
Otto Boels a five year old resident of 1% West Wifty-third Street fell from a barn loft while using a self made parachute. He struck the floor twenty feet below sustaining a fracture of the right leg and multiple contusions. He was knocked unconscious and transported to Roosevelt Hospital.
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Otto Boels
West Wifty-third Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Otto
Bomb Explodes on Barcelona Marine Parade Killing One
A conical cement covered bomb exploded on Barcelona’s Marine Parade injuring 30 to 60 people, with five expected to die. Witnesses report a child may have planted it. a second account claims a man placed it and was injured. Panic and debris, including hats and parasols, spread as the blast threw a coachman from his carriage.
Ocean Lines Break From Atlantic Conference
Liverpool reports all steamship lines have left the North Atlantic Conference, allowing independent passenger rates. Authorities say lines will not assume responsibility for rate changes and will operate as if the conference remains. The Cunard withdrawal began April 18, with no rate war yet, though rumors persist.
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Liverpool
Cunard Steamship Company
Cunard
Rifle expert Charles Hulgus vanishes from home
Charles Hulgus of 482 Amsterdam Avenue, member of the New York State International Rifle Team, has been missing since last Monday. A search at the Morgue failed to locate him. a rifle team member who refused to be named said a letter from Hulgus had arrived containing 10 for his daughter. He was to compete at Sea Girl this week. Hulgus is described as five eight, light-haired with a moustache, wearing a black suit, soft felt hat, and a black and white striped shirt. his gold capped teeth are noted.
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Charles Hulgus
Amsterdam Avenue
Hulgus
Madison Square
Iulgus
Sea Girl
Thurston
Col. Saenger
Haulgus
Bonaparte to Lead GOP Fight at Maryland State Convention
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte will be the central figure at the Republican State Convention next Wednesday. He will spearhead the attack on the grandfather clause and the disfranchisement amendment, with resolutions denouncing the measure and pledges to repeal unfair ballot laws if Republicans win the next Legislature.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Bonaparte
German Democratic Organization
Henry M. McCullough
Cecil County
Isaac A. Barber
Talbot County
Isaac H. Dixon
Baltimore City
William B. Miller
Wicomico County
Hans H. Haines
Gorman
Gauntlet Down for Addicks in Delaware
In Dover Delaware Union Republican leaders rally to oppose J Edward Addicks as he seeks to unseat State Chairman J Frank Allee. Allee declares Addicks cannot be elected to the Senate and Addicks plans to force a committee challenge.
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New York Times
Dover
Del
Union
Republican State Committee
J. Edward Addicks
J. Frank Allee
Train of the Century Limited Rails Between New York and Chicago
The 18se train The Twenty Century Limited runs from New York to Chicago on the New York Central Lines leaving New York at 3 30 P M and arrives in Chicago at 8 30 next morning a night ride on a famous corridor train.
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New York
Chicago
New
Ferry Sinks Steamer and Four Women Drown in Hudson Reach
The passenger steamer Young America sank off Hudson near Athens after colliding with the ferry George H Power. Four women, including Mrs Jennie L Bedell and Miss Mary C Bedell, died. two bodies were recovered and two others remained missing. Capt Alexander Rainey and crew rescued, with injured survivors treated at Hudson Hospital. Rainey had just taken command of the Young America after leaving the Isabella.
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Young America
Alexander Rainey
Hudson
Hudsonathens
George H. Power
New
New York
Athens
Boatmsen
Coxsackie
Capt. Rainey
Morris Webber
Deckhawa
Leonard Edwards
Ernest McKnight
Best
Hudson Hospital
Isabella
Catskill
Eleven Wreck Survivors From Sevona Wreck Near York Island
Survivors from the Sevona wreck landed at Little Sand Bay after more than twelve hours at sea. Eight passengers and three crew members were saved, with five others missing believed to have founder. Captain E S McDonald, two mates, and three crew remained on the forward section as rescuers pressed to reach them.
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New York Times
Ashland
Wis
Sevona
York Island
Lake Superior
Little Sand Bay
McDonald
Bayfield
Clucky
West Bay City
Mich
C. H. Clucky
Adam
Nicholas Fiden
William Philips
Buffalo
Miss Jones
F. Spencer
Erie
Penn
Alouez
Little Band Bay
Rabideau
Smith
al Thibeadeau
Harrow
Anderson
Suit Over Holland's Name In Corporate Title
Newark Sept 3 The Holland Torpedo Boat Company of New York will sue to stop the newly formed John P Holland Submarine Boat Company from using the inventor's name in its corporate title. The complainant says it secured exclusive right to the name from John P Holland on Dec 18 1890 while he served as director and consulting engineer at a salary of 10000 annually.
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New York Times
Newark
John P. Holland Submarine Boat Company
Holland Torpedo Boat Company of New York
United States Circuit Court
John P. Holland
The
New York Company
Emperor Telegrams Sakhalin Peace After War
The Emperor telegraphed Gen Linevitch that Portsmouth talks failed to meet Japan’s demands on Sakhalin and indemnity. Japan yielded all but requested return of Sakhalin portion occupied by Japan. Russia accepts prelim peace terms and praises the army’s valor.
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Linevitch
Portsmouth
Sakhalin
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Russia
Manchuria
Socialists Riot in Libau Cause Fatalities
Rioting erupted as reservists departed on Saturday night in Libau. Ten killed and fifty wounded as agitators fired on soldiers from a house prompting a cavalry charge and a troop assault. One policeman died and several soldiers wounded. twenty-one injured taken to hospital amid unexpected riot by civilians including women and children.
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Libau
Adrianople Fire Destroys Seven Thousand Homes
Fire at Adrianople in Thrace devastates Greek Armenian Bulgarian and Jewish quarters destroying about seven thousand houses. Many lives are believed lost with only a few buildings spared including churches mosques schools and telegraph offices. Adrianople sits at Maritza Arda and Tunja rivers about 140 miles from Constantinople.
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Constantinople
Adrianople
Honours to Carnegie and Other Americans at St Andrews
Glasgow reports that during Andrew Carnegie's installation as Lord Rector on October 17 the university will award Doctors of Law to Carnegie and to Whitelaw Reid the American Ambassador. Also to Charlemagne Tower American Ambassador to Germany Bishop Potter Nicholas Murray Butler and Dr William J Holland.
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Glasgow
Andrew Carnegie
St. Andrews University
Mr. Carnegie
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
Bishop Potter
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
William J. Holland
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburg
Brazil lines big plans set by New York syndicate
A New York syndicate that bought the Novo Lloyd Brazileiro steamship Hoe paid 2 200 000. The company will order construction of fast vessels for north and south coast routes and establish a direct New York to Tara line. It may also commit to two mail steamers to Europe when feasible.
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Spreial
New York Tomes
Washington
New York
Novo Lloyd Brazileiro Steamship Hoe
Tara
Bragillian
Europe
Unusually strong quake rattles Los Angeles area
An unusually heavy earthquake shock was felt at 0:40 last night in Los Angeles. The tremor lasted six seconds and caused brief alarm among residents and authorities.
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Los Angeles
Mikado thanks Roosevelt for peace efforts at Portsmouth
A belated cable from Mutsuhito expresses gratitude to President Roosevelt for mediating peace between Russia and Japan after the Portsmouth agreement. The message arrived via the Formosa Fuchon line due to typhoon damage to other lines, and praises Roosevelt's disinterested efforts toward regional peace.
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Fuchon
Japan
Treaty peace steps in for Russia and Japan reach signature stage
Portsmouth Sept 3 The engrossed treaty draft with a preamble and sixteen articles nears signing by plenipotentiaries likely tomorrow evening or Tuesday morning Involvement centers on Manchuria Korea and Port Arthur details include evacuation timelines and transfer of Liao Tung leases with equal trading rights under the accord
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M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Baron Komura
Mr. Takahira
Russia
Japan
Korea
Yalu River
Alexis and
Vladimir
China
Manchuria
Liao-Tung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
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