Middy Seeks Roosevelt Clemency Over Naval Cadet Dismissal
Oyster Bay August 5 J M Haralson a former Navy Academy midshipman dismissed for obscene conduct to an enlisted man arrived seeking clemency from President Roosevelt He wore his midshipman blue and was told to pursue the matter with the Assistant Secretary of the Navy In Washington Meanwhile suffragettes in Oyster Bay staged a rain soaked protest and sought a meeting with Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill but were denied. The cadets at West Point hazing case also drew no new action as officials plan further talks with the President and War Secretary Wright. Roosevelt paid tribute to Senator Allison upon learning of his death.
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New York
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Denver
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Iowa
No Pittsburg Bureau for Bryan
Telegraph dispatch reports W. J. Bryan instructs Pennsylvania lieutenants not to open a Pittsburg headquarters and to work from Philadelphia instead. A Western Pennsylvania meeting is planned in Philadelphia by week’s end to discuss Bryan matters amid lack of local newspaper support.
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Tribune
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J. M. Guffey
Chinese Bryan-Kern Club forms in Los Angeles
Chairman Schwamm of the Democratic Central Committee announces the formation of what is described as the only Chinese Bryan-Kern Club. About fifty charter members, all naturalized citizens, participate. One member quips that anti Asiatic platform planks matter little to him as he is American.
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Cooley Resigns as Assistant Attorney General
Washington August 5 unofficially announced at the Department of Justice that Alford W. Cooley will resign as Assistant Attorney General. He cites ill health and a need for rest and will travel west for recovery. Cooley has served five years in public service, including prosecutions against Idaho land grabbers, and is a longtime ally of President Roosevelt. He began as a Civil Service Commissioner and was born in Westchester County, New York.
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Florrie Sullivan Hurts in Four-Horse Wagon Crash
Florence J Sullivan a Tammany leader in the 8th Assembly District and Sidney Scharlin snuff manufacturer along with Harry Scharlin and Harry Weissberg were injured when a two-horse rig frightened by a rough Fallsburg tollgate ran away near Fallsburg. They were treated for bruises at the Grand View Hotel in Mountaindale Sullivan County.
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Harry Weissberg
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Empire City Race Meeting To Be Held At Yonkers
James R. Soley announced that Empire City race meeting starting August 15 will be held at Yonkers as planned. After Supreme Court actions on verbal betting and prior Brighton Beach plans, Butler aims to run the meet at Yonkers, resisting moves to move it elsewhere. More test cases under the new law are expected as officials weigh court and sheriff actions.
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Flying Howard Hangs by Teeth in Dreamland Park
Thousands watched the sliding rope stunt at Dreamland Park Coney Island as Flying Howard hung by his teeth for half an hour above a lakeside chute. A cable slackened mid ride causing weakness and bleeding, the crowd gasped, a bystander fetched a life net, and Howard was taken home after medical aid.
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Bridgeport Dealer Struck by Lightning at Sound Beach
Edward Godfrey, Bridgeport auto dealer, left New York with a touring car for a Bridgeport customer and sought shelter under an elm at Sound Beach. Lightning split the tree three feet from the ground and toppled onto the car, smashing the hood and front. both men escaped injury by jumping away as the tree cracked.
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Edward Godfrey
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Brother-in-law slain in Butte feud shocks families
In Butte Montana on August 5 James W. Ryan shot and killed his brother in law Daniel F. Mooney and then surrendered. Mooney had just returned from Dover New Jersey where burial occurred for Mrs Mooney Ryan's sister who died last week. Authorities consider the shooting the result of family differences between prominent local families.
Rescues Man At Alexandria Bay
Edward Doyle of Syracuse who runs The Tribune's Central and Northern New York circulation saved Herman Jacobs of Newark from drowning at Alexandria Bay when the steamer St. Lawrence moored without a gang plank and Jacobs fell into the river. Doyle pulled him to the pier as the vessel threatened to drift. Rensselaer leaders endorsed Hughes for renomination at a meeting in Troy.
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Syracuse
New York
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St. Lawrence
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Newark
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Rensselaer
Indorse Hughes
Troy
Rensselaer County
Republican Club
Hughes
C. V. Collins
New Foes of Provident Life Sale from Inter Southern
Protests mount over the planned sale of Provident Life Assurance Society control to Inter Southern Life Insurance of Louisville. Kentucky directors oppose a purely insurance business basis, citing ethics and fear of speculation. Policyholders urge a public hearing before Superintendent Kelsey of New York. Legal action possible if sale proceeds. Kelsey is expected to order an examination of Inter Southern affairs.
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Inter- Southern
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Protest Over Dog Killings At Board Of Health Meeting
Alfred Wagstaff and J Mayhew Wainwright accused the Board of Health of inhumanly killing stray dogs. Wagstaff cited July figures of seven thousand seized with under 2 percent reclaimed, and a letter threatening Dr Bensel was shown. The board said its policy would continue until the society proves it can control the situation.
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Gould Lines to Get Ten Thousand Steel Cars
Telegraph report from Pittsburg states the Gould Harriman interests plan a large contract with Pressed Steel Car Company for about ten thousand steel cars worth around ten million dollars. The deal may span three to five years and would employ about one thousand men. Harriman reportedly valued proper equipment at no less than ten million dollars.
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Gould Roads
North Star Steams Through Terrific Storm Off Point Judith
Captain Albert Bragg and Pilot Jewell of the Mains Steamship Company's North Star kept the vessel and 418 passengers on course despite a fierce electrical storm off Point Judith. Sparks flew in the pilot house as the ship repeatedly lost power and plunged into darkness, yet the crew remained at their posts.
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Albert Bragg
Jewell
Mains Steamship Company
North Star
Point Judith
Brigands Bones Unearthed in Yonkers Road Work
A well preserved skeleton was found beneath the roadway on McLean Avenue Yonkers by Italian laborers removing trolley tracks. The skull's Aboriginal features sparked theories it belongs to an Indian chief or a brigand’s victim from the mid 19th century. The bones rested a quarter century near a long unused stone house once said to be brigand HQ.
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McLean Avenue
Yonkers
Westchester County
Their Flying Machine Breaks Down in Flight Attempt
John Belcher and two assistants Frank Parr and George Curan suffered serious injuries when a fifty foot pole failed during preparation to launch a flying machine. The device, based on bird wing principles, requires elevation to begin flight and the accident likely cost Belcher his life.
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Cleveland
John Belcher
Frank Parr
George Curan
Three Indictments by Clinton County Grand Jury
Clinton County Grand Jury called by Governor Hughes for the Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elections indicts three cases under the election law. Charles Whitman acting as deputy attorney general conducts the investigation. Whitman’s rapid action draws surprise and satisfaction with both parties and promises impartial Prosecution of Republicans and Democrats.
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N. Y
Clinton County
Hughes
Seth Low
Charles
Whitman
New York
Tack in sausage gives woman $2000 damages
In Boston on August 5, Mrs Margaret Sampson of Wakefield won $2000 in Superior Court against a Somerville packing company after biting a tack in a sausage caused a front tooth to break. Ad insert mentions Budweiser as popular beer.
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Boston
Margaret Sampson
Wakefield
Somerville
Battle Between Motor Boats on Lake Pistakee
Lake Pistakee Michigan August 5 One man seriously injured and three badly bruised in a clash of motor boats and owners Frank Buhr a wealthy McHenry Illinois manufacturer most seriously hurt Full speed charges off an island camp where Oscar and Edward Miller and Leo V Roeder Chicago attorneys took part Edward Miller knocked overboard as the fight escalated Oscar Miller boarded Buhr craft and hand to hand combat followed Buhr was laid out before other launches arrived and peace was restored
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Chicago
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Newsboy Heroic Rescue On Atlantic City Beach
John Brown an eighteen year old newsboy on the Atlantic City Boardwalk plunged into rough seas to aid a drowning man Frank W. Brown of New York. He used a life buoy then went for a boat. The man died of heart trouble. the boy was saved but nearly drowned.
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Frank W. Brown
New York
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Graves Undergoes Minor Operation At Private Hospital
John Temple Graves Independence party vice presidential nominee is under a slight surgical procedure at Dr. W. Gill Wiley's private hospital on West 43d Street. He expects to be out in ten days and resumes campaign activity soon, stating the operation is not alarming.
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Severe Electrical Storm Destroys Roof at Rogers High School
A powerful storm lashed Newport Jamestown Middletown and Portsmouth for over an hour with continuous lightning. The Rogers High School roof suffered the most damage while the Pendleton cottage on the cliffs was struck but escaped major harm. The Fall River Line steamer Priscilla had its wireless gear damaged at Beavertail.
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Rogers High School
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H. McK. Twombly
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Beavertail
New York
Four Rhode Island Churches Hit By Lightning
A storm across Rhode Island struck four churches causing massive damage. Queens River Baptist Church at Asquepaugh leveled with about 3000 dollars loss, St James Catholic Church at Arctic Pawtuxet Valley damaged, Polish Church at Quidnick damaged slightly, Maple Root Baptist Church west of the valley badly damaged. Sea View Railroad station at Narragansett Pier damaged about 500 dollars. The church at Asquepaugh organized in 1819.
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Aug
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Quidnick
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Sea View Railroad
Habeas Corpus Sought for W B Rayner at State Hospital
Writ served on the Sheppard Hospital superintendent to produce William B Rayner son of US Senator Rayner in court on September 1. Rayner is confined on grounds of alleged mental imbalance after treatment by alienists. He was found near Norfolk and returned home by his father and a physician.
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Baltimore
Sheppard Hospital
William B. Rayner
United States
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Young Rayner
Norfolk
Private William F. English shot at Presidio during attempted escape
In San Francisco on August 5, William F. English a private in Company 115 Coast Artillery awaiting desertion trial was shot and killed by a guard as he attempted to escape at the Presidio.
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William F. English
Coast Artillery
Presidio
Oklahoma Coal Suits Filed Against Majority of Firms
Oklahoma Attorney General Charles F. West filed suit with the Corporation Commission on behalf of the state against nearly every coal company operating in Oklahoma. The action seeks state price classification and regulation of all coal mined and sold within Oklahoma due to alleged exorbitant charges.
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Guthrie
Okla
Charles F. West
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King Edward to Visit Germany in 1909
The Daily Express reports King Edward and Queen Victoria will visit Germany early next year. Details will be arranged at a meeting between the King and Emperor William next week.
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Daily Express
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Germany
William
Zeppelin Airship Wreck Ends Endurance Flight
Count Zeppelin’s twenty four hour endurance flight ends in a field near Echterdingen as a storm and mechanical failures cause a dramatic crash. The airship was described as a mass of twisted metal with four engineers injured and Count Zeppelin distraught before departing for Friedrichshafen.
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