Mystery of Sub Treasury theft solved in arrest
Chicago readers learn that George W. Fitzgerald, a former Sub Treasury teller, is arrested on charges of stealing 178000 dollars from the government vaults. The lengthy report details alleged schemes, large denominations, and a web of associates connected to the 1907 crime and ongoing investigations.
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Chicago
United States Sub-Treasury
George W. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
United States
William Boldenwreck
Washington
Congress
Boldenwreck
Herbert F. Young
Young Secret Service Agency
Mr. Young
Sub-Treasury
Young
Rogers Park
Harry C. Gano
A. Booth & Co
Boldenneck
Gano
Taft responds to Springfield race riot concerns
William H. Taft writes to G. W. Sanford of St Louis expressing sorrow over the Springfield Illinois race riot. He urges prompt investigation and punishment of crimes to deter mobs and calls for stronger criminal law administration. Letter dated August 20 1908 from Hot Springs Virginia.
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St. Louis
G. W. Sanford
Finney Avenue
William H. Taft
Springfield
Sanford
Ill
Hot Springs
Panamanian Canal Commission Report Praises Goethals
A special Panama commission's August 6 report to President Roosevelt commends Colonel George W. Goethals and his Isthmian Canal Commission team. Roosevelt plans to submit findings to Congress and instruct Goethals to implement recommendations where possible. The review covers work progress, labor conditions, facilities, and health measures, noting remarkable gains since 1909.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
James Bronson Reynolds
Samuel B. Donnelly
Henry Beach Needham
Panama
George W. Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
Goethals
Congress
la Boca
Pacific
Cristobal
Caribbean
Taboga
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Colonel Goethals
Gorgas
United States
Commission
Theodore Roosevelt
Stamboul Fire Devastates Constantinople Quarter
A major blaze swept the Stamboul quarter of Constantinople on Aug. 23 as wind aided rapid spread. It destroyed about 1,500 houses and shops within six hours and remained burning at night while the wind subsided. The district, rich in mosques and government offices, lies within the ancient walled city.
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Constantinople
Golden Horm
Seraglio
Burglar Strikes District Attorney Jerome's Residence
A burglar entered the Rutgers Street residence of District Attorney Jerome last evening, forcing a door to his library but taking nothing. A travelling bag contents, including dice, were scattered on the bed. Police have descriptions of two men and are pursuing leads. Jerome is in Lakeville, Conn.
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Fitzgerald
Kinder
Goodby
Young
J. J. Ennis
Litzinger
John M. Duffy
Boldenwreck
Jerome
Rutgers Street
Lakeville
Conn
Herman Levy
Hammill
Thomas Life Cripple After Knee Fracture Operation
E R Thomas the turfman of Long Branch New Jersey will undergo surgery at Monmouth Memorial Hospital to remove part of a fractured knee bone. The operation aims to relieve the injury from an August auto accident and will render him a cripple for life. Doctors Brewer Blake and Field conferred on the case.
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Tribune
Long Branch
N. J
E. R. Thomas
Ocean Drive
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Brewer
Blake
New York
Thomas
Edwin Field
Remarkable Congestion of Coal in Pittsburg
The coal congestion in Pittsburg reaches record levels with 663 loaded boats afloat and over fifteen million bushels valued at more than 1.5 million dollars. About half the boats are docked for rapid departure, and available coal could load 28,325 railroad cars or form a 473 mile long train from Pittsburg to New York.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
New York
Cat Causes Fire On Freight Steamer Armitage
A kerosene lantern toppled by a pet cat on the Armitage Breasley freight steamer, tied at 13th Street and North River, ignited in the boiler room. First mate Albert Pelletter and the crew awakened by fire bells reached the pier safely as the blaze caused about 1400 dollars in damage.
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Armitage Breasley
Tarrytown
13Th Street
North River
Albert Pelletter
Falls Off Pier in Sleep and Dies in Williamsburg
Theo dore Tuite aged 65 of 48 Commercial Street dozed on a pier stringpiece at Commercial Street Williamsburg and fell into the water. William Schumacher of the tugboat E Tholen helped pull him to the pier. He was pronounced dead at St Catherine's Hospital.
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Commercial Street
Williamsburg
Theodore Tuite
No. 48
William Schumacher
Miss Winifred Parsons Found Dead in Paris Apartment
Miss Winifred Parsons daughter of the late Charles Parsons vice president of the Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad was found dead with a bullet wound in her head in her Avenue d Iéna apartment. Police call it death by self infliction though friends say an accident. she had suffered melancholia since the death of her fiancé Emile Maas who died months earlier. Maas reportedly a wealthy clubman and automobile enthusiast.
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Paris
Winifred Parsons
Charles Parsons
Rome, Watertown
Emile Maas
Miss Parsons
Avenue d’Iéna
Harriet Blodgett
New York
America
France
Maas
Eugene Maas
Rue Demours
Gompers Circulates Labor Political Appeals at Meeting
At a sparsely attended Central Federated Union meeting, Samuel Gompers and AFL leaders pushed two circulars urging labor support for the Democrats while denouncing Republicans. Delegates debated, with one calling the move treacherous, and Gompers insisting the circulars do not commit unions to any party.
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Central Federated Union
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Firemen’s Union
Celtic Park
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Labor
Friends of Labor
Executive Council
Washington
Morris Brown
Cigarmakers’ Union 144
New York
Danville
Ill
Joe’ Cannon
Defeat of Abd-el-Aziz Confirmed by Mulai Hafis Battle
Reports from Tangier and Paris confirm the defeat of Abd-el-Aziz by his brother Mulai Hafis. Musa Hafiq declared Sultan. officials in Tangier pledge loyalty. Abd-el-Aziz and key ministers fled toward Casablanca Damascus. French and British officers missing. European reaction favors careful follow up.
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Tangier
Abd-el-Aziz
Mulal Kafig
Musafi Hafiq
Morocco
Settat
Mulai Hafis
Abd-el-Krim Ben Sliman
Mohammed Sidi-el-Mokhri
Casablanca
Damascus
Paris
Mula Hafiq
Temps
Europe
Mulal Hafiq
Algeciras
d'Amade
d’Amado
Chaouia
Wreck of Southern Railway Train Kills Engineer and Fireman
The Southwestern Limited train from Atlanta wrecked near Suwanee four miles north, killing the engineer and fireman who were pinned under the engine as cars left the track. A bolt on the track caused the disaster, with three small boys seen fleeing the scene.
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Atlanta
Southwestern
Southern Railway
Suwanee
Murder or suicide suspected in Berkshire Heights woods
Great Barrington Mass August 23 police form a search crew after Frederick Case finds torn clothes and a note reading You ll find my body in the pines Hazel near the Hotel Barrington. A posse combed the pine woods this afternoon but no body was found amid dense thickets.
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the Tribune
Great Barrington
Mass
Berkshire Heights
Frederick Case
Hotel Barrington
Pines
Hazel
Mother of John Philip Sousa Dead
Mrs Elizabeth Sousa widow of Antonio Sousa and mother of ten died at her Washington home. She was born in Heese Darmstadt Germany and her son John Philip Sousa, famed bandmaster, is noted. The obituary notes her long life and family connections to the Marine Band.
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Washington
Elizabeth Sousa
John Philip Sousa
Antonio Sousa
United States Marine Band
Heese-Darmstadt
Germany
Forty Lost At Sea In Norwegian Steamer Wreck
The Norwegian steamer Folgefonden en route from Bergen to Hauge sund wrecked near Skoneviks last night and sank in three minutes. Of its seventy passengers about forty are believed drowned, fifteen bodies recovered, and the captain saved. Panic followed the collision as shore watchers witnessed fearful scenes and rescue boats arrived too late.
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Bergen
Norway
Folgefonden
Haugesund
Skoneviks
Lost in the clouds three hours over Toledo
Miss May Plummer of Springfield Ohio floated for three hours aboard a balloon at a local picnic near Toledo then lost nerve during planned parachute drop. She drifted miles east of the city and landed exhausted in a field after her first aerial experience.
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Toledo
Ohio
May Plummer
Springfield
Isthmian Canal construction enters final stage of work
The Isthmian Canal Commission notes the project has moved from planning and preparation into construction. It outlines the massive labor force, housing, sanitation efforts, and extensive equipment including 103 steam shovels and thousands of cars and dredges, describing the scale from New Orleans and New York bases.
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Isthmian Canal
Department of Sanitation
Department of Municipal Engineering
Building Department
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Chettair
Joseph Kinder
State Attorney’s Office
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Thomas Life Cripple
Turfman
PET
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Evening World Today
Ade
W. Parsons
Petit Parisien
St. Germain
Bryan
Bryanism
Mulal Hafig Sultan
Madrid
Spain
Southern
Hmaan's
Park Row
Norwegian
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