President Roosevelt Visits Maine Farmers in Bangor
President Roosevelt toured Augusta and Bangor Maine addressing thousands of farmers at the Eastern State Fair Grounds. He praised self help and state cooperation, noted changes in farming, and highlighted the role of the Department of Agriculture and farm institutes. The trip included a stop at Waterville and greeting crowds along the lumber belt.
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Ellsworth
Roosevelt
Governor Pill
Augusta
State House
Joseph K. Manley
Maine
James G. Blaine
Maina
Waterville
Governor Hill
Burleigh
Hale
Littlefield
Bangor
Folelows
Frye
Republic
Sranger
United
Ocean Steamships In Collision Near Narrows
The Liguria from Genoa and Naples collided with the Peconic in the Narrows at 4 40 p m. The Liguria sustained four holes but remained afloat after ballast shifting and pumps. The Peconic suffered a damaged bow and two midship holes. repairs planned in Brooklyn dock within a month. 1050 passengers aboard Liguria amidship steerage panicked before crew and officers quelled chaos.
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Liguria
Paolo Montano
Genoa
Naples
Frederick Cramer
Peconic
Phelps Brothers & Co
Montano
Nord Forces Defeated at Limbe Amid Haitian Turmoil
From Cape Haytien Aug 27 a dispatch reports General Nord’s provisional government troops defeated and driven from Limbe as fighting continues. Firminist forces under General Sal Nave repulse Nord’s army and control Limbe with Crete a Pierrot gunboat support. siege and clashes extend to Marmelade as Aux Cayes and Aquin’s residents rise against the Provisional Government.
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Peris
Cape Haytien
Hayti
Nord
Limbe
Aux Cayes
Aquins
Simon
Department of the South
M. Firmin
Revolutionary Movement
Associated Press
Créte-a-Pierrot
Marmelade
Masked robber uses pepper in New Hampshire express job
A masked robber blindfolded a young express agent at Goffs Falls station near Manchester N H by showering pepper and seized a package containing 2716 dollars sent from Boston for the Devonshire Mills payroll. The thief fled into shrubs leaving only his disguise behind.
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Manchester
N. H
Devonshire Mills
Goffs Falls
Boston
National Bank of the Republic
Devonshire Mill
American Express
Express
Ora
All Wool, A Yard Wide, No Shoddy Remarkable Gains
The circulation of The New-York Tribune shows a gain of over 14 percent daily and more than 1 percent Sunday for July, compared with the same month in the previous year, and it is still growing.
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New-York Tribune
Advt
Italian King Victor Emmanuel Arrives at Potsdam Meeting German Rulers
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy arrived at Potsdam and was greeted by Emperor William II. Count von Bülow and Signor Prinetti accompanied royal figures as the two monarchs shared embraces amid cheering crowds. The Empress welcomed the guest, who dined with the imperial family that evening.
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Associated Press
Potsdam
Prussia
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Count von Bislow
William
Count von Biilow
Signor Prinetti
Garde du Corps
Germany
Emperor William
Four Young Women Drown At Lake Pearce Near Pawling
Four young women Anna Beach and Susan Beach of Danbury Connecticut Stella Duncan and Martha Duncan of Pawling Dutchess County drowned at Lake Pearce two miles from Pawling while rowing and bathing. They attempted to wade from a shallow shore and sank in deep water unable to swim. Rescuers from the opposite shore recovered the bodies within an hour. Coroner Caulkin of Amenia held the case. Newburg News.
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Anna
Susan Beach
Danbury
Conn
Stella
Martha Duncan
Pawling
Dutchess County
Lake Pearce
Beach
Duncan
George Duncan
Caulkin
Amenia
Newburg
Millions of East Indians Saved by the Rains
The Daily Mail correspondent at Simla reports heavy rains over the past week have transformed widespread despair into renewed hope for millions of Indian cultivators, easing drought fears and sustaining crops across the region.
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London
Daily Mail
Simla
India
Tuscarora On Trial At 14.6 Knots In Eight Hour Run
Newport News special reports the revenue cutter Tuscarora, built at Trigs ship yard Richmond, on official trial achieving 14.6 knots over an eight hour run though 14 knots were required. The cutter will proceed to the Great Lakes. Also notes The Century Limited train between New York and Chicago in twenty hours.
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Newport News
Trigs’s
Richmond
Great Lakes
Chicago
New York Central
Lake Shore
New York
Mth Century Limited
Bracing Up an Alliance and Royal Diplomacy
Special to The Tribune from Paris and London reports detail the Potsdam reception of the Italian king and the fragility of the Triple Alliance. It notes Italy Germany and Russia adjusting diplomacy, and editors praise Roosevelt against trusts while Monroe Doctrine comments diverge. Chamberlain’s stance in South Africa and Cape Colony politics draw mixed official reactions amid Boer confederation tensions.
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New-York Tribune
The
Tribune Association
London
Italy
Potsdam
Germany
Berlin
Rome
France
Russia
Bismarck
High Officials Arrested for Major State Fraud
Lisbon reports a dramatic arrest of several high officials accused of defrauding the state of about $400,000 and of accepting bribes. The sensational case has shocked the public and drawn wide attention.
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Lisbon
Spreckels Eyes Canadian Sugar Refining Venture
Claus A. Spreckels of New York, president of the Federal Sugar Refining Company, with counsel W. W. Cook, arrives in Montreal and plans a Canadian company with $6,000,000 capital to exploit his U S process. The piece also advertises the Overland Limited train to California and Labor Day travel options to Atlantic City.
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Montreal
Claus A. Spreckels
New- York
Federal Sugar Refining Company
W. W. Cook
New-York
Spreckels
United States
Bodies of Charles Fair and wife removed from Madeleine
In Paris the bodies of Mr and Mrs Charles L Fair killed August 14 near Evreux were moved from the Church of the Madeleine at 9 pm after a brief service. A cross and white wreath rested on the coffins as they were loaded into two vans for shipment. Officials and lawyers attended while secrecy surrounded packing and port details for final voyage aboard the St Louis, likely from Cherbourg or Havre, heading to New York.
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Paris
Charles L. Fair
Evreux
France
Church of the Madeleine
Gowdy
United States
Western Railroad
Mrs. Fair
Mr. Ellis
Cherbourg
American Line
St. Louis
New York
Havre
No Contest Over Fair Estates Ends in Cash Waiver
San Francisco August 27 There will be no contest over the estates of Charles L. Fair and his wife as Mrs Harriet E Nelson on behalf of herself and her children relinquished all claims for a cash sum said to be 500000 dollars The agreement gives the Fair estate to relatives Mrs Hermann Oelrichs and Mrs W K Vanderbilt Jr who will also receive Mrs Fairs property The only future dispute could involve a late will Drifting uncertainty surrounds whether such a will existed and if so who may benefit Mrs Nelson will live in California with her son Charles J Smith and Abram G Nelson remaining in New Jersey The document transferring all Fair property was signed by Hannah F E Nelson Abraham G Nelson and Charles J Smith
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Maine
Genilla
Cours Springs
Ife
Augusta
Waterville
John King
Oyster Bay
United States
Bangor
Penobscot River
Joseph G. Blake
Cortelyou
Barnes
Hill
Haile
Burleigh
Powers
Littlefield
Farnham
William Sewell
Iron Falls
F. O. Beal
Beal
THE
Tribune
San Francisco
Charles L. Fair
Nelson
Mr. Fair
California
Charles J. Smith
Boulder
Col
Abram G. Nelson
Newmarket
N. J
Oelrichs
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Hannah FE. Nelson
Abraham G. Nelson
Hamburg shipping firm eyes 28 Lloyds Brazileiro steamers
Hamburg August 27 shipping firm B Freitas & Co. announces negotiations to purchase twenty eight steamships from the Lloyds Brazileiro Line of Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
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Hamburg
Boersenhalle
Lloyds Brazileiro Line
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
English Channel swims marked by Holbein third attempt
Montagu Holbein, English swimmer, began a third attempt from Cape Gris-Nez at 3 30 pm with a light west breeze and calm sea. Frank Holmes of Birmingham plans to start from Dover and hopes to meet Holbein en route. Holbein’s prior attempts ended after long hours near the coast due to rough seas and tides.
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Cape Gris-Nez
France
Montagu Holbein
English Channel
London
Frank Holmes
Birmingham
Dover
Holbein
England
Croker Reinstated After Sup Court Mandamus Ruling
Edward F. Croker chief of New York City Fire Department was reinstated by a Supreme Court mandamus. The ruling found Commissioner Sturgis overstepped his powers by relieving Croker, clarifying that suspension pending charges is the limit of discipline and that removal cannot be imposed unless proper trial and penalties follow. The decision highlights that not even suspension can extend indefinitely without due process.
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Edward F. Croker
Fire Department
Justice Hall
Supreme Court
Sturgis
Croker
Babylon
Long Island
Mont Pelée Erupts Heard Across the Caribbean
A Dominica dispatch reports Mont Pelée on Martinique in violent eruption with rumbling sounds from the southward. Dust clouds were seen between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday and detonations continued overnight. Cable lines to Martinique are down, delaying direct reports.
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St. Thomas
Dominica
Mont Pelée
Martinique
Associated Press
Mont Pélée
Cable Direct
Indian treaty clash over Choctaw vote heats up at Atoka
In Atoka Indian Territory on August 27 the split over adopting a supplementary Indian treaty intensifies as both sides work on translating the document into Choctaw. The treaty would be pamphleted and mailed to Choctaw and Chickasaw voters. The oldline chiefs favor the treaty while younger Indians aided by intermarried citizens push to defeat it. An anti treaty meeting occurs four miles south with notable speakers. The election on the treaty is set for September 25.
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Atoka
Ind. T
Brest Nuns Regain School After 1828 Decree Reveal
In Brest France on August 27 a crowd welcomed back the Sisters expelled from Landerneau Finistére twelve miles away after they found a decree from 1828 removing them from the association’s law. The sisters resumed possession of their school amid cheers.
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Brest
France
Landerneau
Finistére
Niagara Falls and Back and Toronto Trip Ad Offer
Just 2 hours from New York business men favor the rapid schedule of the Pennsylvania Special to Chicago Advt Niagara Falls and Back nine dollars via Lackawanna Tickets good going on evening trains August 29 and all trains August 30 dist: return to September 24 Round trip to Toronto ten dollars and fifty cents road to September 4 Advt
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Lackawanna Railroad
Tobyhanna
Mt. Pocono
Delaware Water Gap
Pocono Mountains
the Gap
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Advt
Pocono Mountain
Labor Day
Pennsylvania
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Senator Hale
Joseph Wa Manley
Thomas Sturgis
Aimé Dupont
Justice Ernest Halts
Brooklyn
George R. van de Water
St. Andrew's Church
Thomas Rodriguez
Furman St
Palermo
John Mills
Phelps Brothers
Mills
General Nord
King Victor Emmanuel
Manhanset House
Shelter Island
South Africa
MR. Chamberlain
Daily Telegraph
Bryan
Times
Markham
M. P
Rand
House of Commons
Wernher, Bell & Co
Wernher, Beit & Co
Colonial Office
Holland
Gordon Sprigs
Tape Town
Botha
Kruger
Leyds
Reitz
Canada
Overland Limited
Chicago and North-Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railways
Broadway
Atlantic City
New Jersey Central
Madeleine
Cross
Croker IS
Rives
John J. Delaney
Delaney
Corporation Counsel's
Mont Pelee
Pennsylvania Railroad
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