Wright Flies Again at Fort Myer to 4 minutes 15 seconds
Orville Wright demonstrated the aircraft at Fort Myer in a second public ascent lasting four minutes and fifteen seconds. He circled the parade ground five and a half times, covering over two and a half miles at about thirty six miles an hour. Army officers called it a remarkable exhibition and praised his control as he descended with little jar.
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Wright
Fort Myer
Army
Mr. Wright
Squier
The
Signal Corps
Trolley Strike Endorsed by New England Union Leaders
The Executive Board of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America backs a general strike. It covers 32,000 New England members, with 7,000 on the New Haven system to be affected first if disputes are not resolved. William J. Walsh of Quincy, mass, says delegates will meet in New Haven to receive further instructions.
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Providence
R. L
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
New England
William J. Walsh
Quincy
Mass
New Haven
Conn
Rhode Island Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Amalgamated Association
Walsh
New Haven Road Appeals to Connecticut Trolleymen
The New Haven Road released an appeal denying union versus non union motives in Providence dismissals. President Mellen says no prejudice toward union labor and reinstatement cannot occur. Trolley cars in New Haven show extra men on front platforms as the issue looms between unions and management.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
Providence
New Haven Road Tonight
Mellen
Connecticut Company
Rhode Island Company
Union Officials Arrested In Chester Trolley Strike Case
Philadelphia report states private detective Fred Wachter gained trust of Chester strikers since the strike began. He testified that Patrick J. Shea vice president and national organizer of the Amalgamated Association was present and that thirteen others were arraigned before Justice Williamson. Wachter described track wrecking, confidences, and alleged plans to dynamitize street railroad property as evidence in the Media trial.
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Chester
Media Today
Patrick J. Shea
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
William. Lockhart
Justice of the Peace
Williamson
Fred Wachter
Shea
Wachter
Philadelphia
Montclair man commits suicide on Pittsburgh church steps
Arnold R. Roberts a 30 year old Montclair New Jersey businessman killed himself on the steps of the Denny Methodist Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh by biting the neck of a carbolic acid bottle after kneeling to pray. Two girls witnessed the act and he died within minutes at St Francis Hospital after a train trip to Los Angeles was planned.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Arnold R. Roberts
Montclair
N. J
Denny Methodist Episcopal Church
Thirty-fourth
Ligonier Streets
Roberts
St. Francis’s Hospital
Los Angeles
Cal
A. Roberts
Arnold R. Roberts Early Departure From Montclair Work
Arnold R. Roberts son of Peter Roberts a Montclair master mason. He worked with his father in the town. Roberts had departed for Los Angeles days earlier to seek recovery from a stomach ailment.
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Arnold R. Roberts
Peter Roberts
Montclair
N. J
Young Roberts
Los Angeles
Vanderbilt denies Countess Szechenyi illness report
Audrey Vanderbilt relayed by cable that Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt denies the Countess Szechenyi is ill. The Count and Countess are in Vienna in excellent health, with no truth to earlier reports.
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Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Szechenyi
Vienna
New Timetables Through Pennsylvania Railroad Update
Timetables released show schedule changes via the Pennsylvania Railroad. Ticket agents at stations report revised routes and times affecting travel plans.
Editor Alexander Troup Dies at Grand Central Station
Democratic National Committee man and owner editor of The New Haven Union, Alexander Troup, died of apoplexy in Grand Central Station while waiting for a train home to New Haven. He was 64, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and had served in multiple state and national political posts.
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Hoffman House
Alexander Troup
New Haven Union
Grand Central Station
New Haven
Conn
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Troup
Union
Orange Street
Democratic National
Norman E. Mack
National Committee
Robert S. Hudspeth
Eastern League
National Democratic
Troup
Democratic Party
Connecticut
Gustave Behleder
Schultz
Lexington Avenue
Dr. Sanford
Flower Hospital
Power
Lexington Avenue Annex
Buffalo
Mack
Halifax
N. S
United States
Boston
Springfield
New York
Labor
Greenback Party
Rhode Island
Democratic State Committee
National Democratic Committee
East Fifty-first Street
Death of Alexander Troup Shocks Boston Friends
Alexander Troup, who presided at a Democratic Progressive League meeting in Boston, died after being in the city yesterday and leaving for New York in the evening. The news came as a severe shock to his friends.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Alexander Troup
Indiana Governor calls extra session to curb night rider threat
Gov. J Frank Hanly of Indiana orders an extra legislature session for Sept 18 in Indianapolis to confront night rider attacks feared to recur as tobacco crops near harvest. He cites one third of the state in anarchy, calls for executive authority and funds, and seeks a county local option law amid Republican concerns for November.
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Hanly
Indianapolis
Ind
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Ohio River
Ohio
General Assembly
Law
New Timetable To Asbury via Pennsylvania Railroad
New timetable announced for routes to Asbury Park Long Branch and Point Pleasant via Pennsylvania Railroad effective September rerouted advances noted for regular service and connections with existing lines.
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Asbury Pi Long Branch
Point Pleasant
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hobo at Home in Pine Knot At Roosevelt Virginia Retreat
A driving party at Pine Knot Virginia reports signs of an unauthored occupancy of President Roosevelt's Virginia residence. They found a missing shutter slat a cut window pane and a Pine dining table with a used plate and napkin. The scene implies a renter or intruder taking shelter at the secluded home.
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Hobo
Pine Knot
Lee
The
Nesw York Times
Roosevelt
Virginia
St Igs
Mrs Godfrey Guards Four Dogs in Chicago Hotel
In the Auditorium Hotel lower level Mrs. W. E. Godfrey wife of New York business leader W. Godfrey endured the gloom near porters to stay close to her four dogs. She arrived with dog trunks and believed the dogs’ trunks were misrouted to the baggage room before rides in Grant Park.
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New York Times
Chicago
Auditorium Hotel
W. E. Godfrey
W. , Godfrey
New York
Godfrey
Manufacturers’ Trade Mark Association of
Grant Park
Herreshoff In Auto Crash Near Mianus
Greenwich Conn Sept 4 A car owned by a Herreshoff boat designer and builder collided with a four person Mason runabout on the Post Road near Mianus. Mason suffered a broken arm and a woman in the Herreshoff car was hurt. Both groups then continued to Bridgeport. Mason returned to Ridgefield with his family.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Herreshoffs
I. Mason
Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn
Mason
Herreshoff
Post Road
Mianus
Bridgeport
New York
Ridgefield
Cummins Split Rocks Iowa Republican Caucus
A Republican split in Iowa over Senator Allison's succession surfaced in Des Moines as Cummins was nominated by a caucus largely boycotted by stand patters. Forty nine stayed away while fifty nine attended, producing a 58 to 1 vote for Cummins. Stand patters vow to oppose him. Democrats rally behind Claude Porter, foretelling a possible Democratic legislature and a factional, statewide fight into winter.
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New York Times
Des Moines
Iowa
Allison
Cummins
Gear
Patters
Haughen
Claude Porter
Centreville
Drought Closes Mills Across Western Pennsylvania
A prolonged drought hits Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia forcing plant shutdowns at Greensburg where H. C. Frick Coke Co operations halt. Farmers haul water, streams run dry, and Johnstown reservoirs near depletion with one remaining source. In Morgantown and other towns, major industries suspend work as water scarcity worsens.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Greensburg
Penn
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Johnstown
Morgantown
Est
American Sheet and Tin Late Company
Big Mining Camp Roars Into Flames and Ruins
Rawhide Nevada suffered a devastating fire that began in Dr Gardner's office at the Rawhide Drug Company building. The blaze, aided by a gale, destroyed much of the business district within hours, causing over 3000 homeless and losses exceeding 750000. Firefighters miners and aid from Reno and San Francisco poured in with relief funds and supplies.
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Rawhide
Nev
Dr. Gardner
Rawhide Drug Company
Balloon Avenue
Rawhide Avenue
People’s Hospital
Collins’s Hardware Store
First Bank of Rawhide
Bank of Rawhide
Press-Times
Mizpah Mercantile Company
Nevada Club
Downer
Kelly’s
Bluff Mining Company
Grutt Hill Properties
Grutt
Reno
San Francisco Mining Exchange
Boy Pirates In A Brooklyn Cave Cause Patrol Stir
Residents of Jardine Place Brooklyn reported a gang of youths ages 15 to 20 living in a cave on a vacant lot. Police arrested Frederick Eckert and Louis Ridder after a late night confrontation. others fled.
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Jardine Place
Brooklyn
Reimels
Liberty Avenue
Sl Cave
Adam Mangold
Tulberry Street
S P. M
Mangold
Frederick Eckert
Crescent Street
Louis Ridder
Clinton Place
Firebug Suspect John McNally Arrested on Arson Links
Police at East 104th Street Station arrest John McNally on suspicion of involvement in recent district fires. Found at 161 East 106th Street with matches and wood fragments and with clothes smelling of smoke. McNally claims divine delegation to protect children and denies setting fires. officers link him to multiple blazes through witness and evidence notes.
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John McNally
East 104Th Street
East 106Th Street
McNally
President Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
McManus
Extra Labor Day Service From West End To New York
Extra trip added to the Sandy Hook route on Labor Day evening September 7, with service from West End and Long Branch to Sea Bright arriving in New York at 10 PM. This extension supplements regular schedules for the holiday period.
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Sandy Hook
Labor Day
West End
Longee Sea Bright, &c
N.Y
Typhoid strikes banker C M Oelrichs in New York
Charles M. Oelrichs of New York and Newport, a prominent banker, is ill with typhoid at his home 22 East Fifty-fifth Street. He fell ill Thursday and family members were summoned from Newport. A private room was secured at St Luke's Hospital yesterday afternoon and he may be moved there today though his condition is not described as serious.
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Charles M. Oelrichs
New York
Newport
East Fifty-fifth Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Greene’s Private Car Seized Over Damages Suit
In San Francisco on September 4, Col W C Greene head of the Cananea copper mine had his private car seized by the sheriff. The Greene family driving to the South from the Orient had their trip delayed as attachment supported a $112 000 suit brought by Dr E P Perrin over the purchase price of Arizona lands sold to Col Greene.
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SAN_FRANCISCO
W. C. Greene
Cananea
Orient
Greene
South
Col. Greene
E. P. Perrin
Arizona
Warden Wilson and deputies escort 46 fish dynamiters to jail
Wallace Idaho residents accompany Game War den Wilson and Deputies A C Karnhart and Curtis Lightner as they escort forty six prisoners arrested for dynamiting fish in the Coeur d Alene River to the county jail. The crowd lines the streets in the town.
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Wallace
Idaho
Wilson
A. C. 2Arnhart
Curtis Lightner
Ceuer’ d'Alene
Jal
No More Jerome Charges In Albany Case
Albany Sept 4 reports contrary to expectation no further papers will be filed with Gov Hughes on charges preferred against District Attorney Jerome by the committee of minority stockholders of the Metropolitan Streetcar Company The committee informed the Governor Hand’s report urged dismissal of the charges and the Governor will consider the matter soon The report recommended dismissal of the charges and action is pending.
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Albany
N. Y
Gov. Hughes
Jerome
New York
Metropolitan
Hand
Indictment Issued Against Songbird Owner in Memphis Case
Memphis. A Grand Jury indicted Mrs Kate Hamilton, described as affluent, for keeping songbirds in captivity contrary to protective statute. She stated she would spend a fortune to keep her pet mocking birds, raised in captivity, from release.
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New York Times
Memphis
Tenn
Kate Hamilton
Highland Park official held on blackmail charge
New Brunswick N J September 4 EF Burns president of the Highland Park board of education and local Republican leader was jailed last night on a $2000 bail demand after a mother accused him of abducting Nora Girland a 13 year old from the Children’s Industrial Home two weeks ago Burns called the accusation an outrage and said he would secure bail and fight the charges.
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New York Times
New Brunswick
N. J
EF. Burns
Board of Education of
Highland Park
Middlesex County
Nora Girland
Burns
Enti
Catholic Young Men's Union Pushes Parochial Schools Support
In Philadelphia Magistrate James E. Gorman urged Catholic leaders to boost spiritual welfare of children. The Catholic Young Men's National Union backed a resolution asking the State to aid parish schools, conditioned on secular education standards, arguing parochial schools better nurture faith than public schools.
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Philadelphia
Catholic Young Men’s National Union
James E. Gorman
Marooned on Ellis Island after boat failures
Between 200 and 300 laborers on Ellis Island were stranded for six hours last night awaiting dinner and news as multiple government boats failed. The Ellis Island ferry engine broke down at the Battery slip, the Emigrant cutter was out of service after a log collision, and the Herman A. Caswell ran aground before finally delivering the men to shore.
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Ellis Island
Elis Island
Emigrant
Hendrick River Trips on Labor Day
Fragmentary note references a boat trip on Labor Day with a sailing event. Mentions a steamer, music, and a delay or absence of the ship Desbrosgeg Sle 3 AGYs. Reads as a brief social or maritime column fragment with unclear details.
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Desbrosgeg Sle
Agys
Thomas in Critical Condition after New Jersey Car Crash
EB R Thomas remains critically ill after a Long Branch accident. Septic blood poisoning has set in. doctors consider possible leg amputation. Family members, including sister Mrs Bearkman, seek access as physicians debate urgent surgery while Thomas’s vitality declines.
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EB. R. Thomas
Thomas
Long Branch
George Brewer
William T. Bull
Robert Livingston Bearkman
Newport
Thomas Tay l
Monmouth Memorhil Hospital
New York
Bill Monroe Dons Skirts At Orange County Fair
The New Forks Times reports Rin Monroe a fugitive called a "bad man" who robbed a barn and assaulted six Deyo family members near New Paltz Ulster County. He has been wounded twice captured twice escaped again. A $54 reward drew him to the Orange County Fair where he appeared in women’s clothing and begged to help a widow with seven children before slipping away. Authorities chased him with dogs and horsemen, adding a $100 reward from Gardiner Town Board.
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Middletown
Monroe
Deyo
New Paltz
Ulster County
Orange County
Bill Monroe
Gardiner
Walker Completes 1700 Miles to Brooklyn YMCA
Carl C. Countryman reached the Brooklyn Central Y M C A yesterday after a cross country trek begun in Chicago on March 21. The journey aims to cover 12 000 miles with Portland Missouri as a waypoint and he will stay at the Brooklyn Y M C A during his visit.
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United States
Carl C. Countryman
Brooklyn Central Young Men's Christian Association
Portland
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Y. M. C. A
Hareford's Acid Passplate for Headache Relief
An old note promotes Hareford's Acid Passplate to ease headaches and insomnia caused by summer heat and nervousness or imported remedies. It claims relief from such symptoms through its tonic effect.
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Hareford
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Nevada
C. M. Oelrichs
Indict Songbirds
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Highland Park, N. J
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