Waytians Appeal for Freedom to Arm in Hayti Crisis
Dr. R Bobo, private secretary to General Antenor Fir min, issues a broad appeal to the People of America and Rulers of Europe. He denounces the Nord Alexis government as tyrannical, recalls revolts in Harti, and accuses leaders of plunder and repression while calling for international sympathy as arms were seized from insurgents.
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America
Europe
R Bobo
Antenor Firmin
Progressive Party of
Hayti
Nord Alexis
United States
Haytien Insurants
Bobo
Warm Wave Predicted Across Atlantic States
The Weather Bureau warned of a warm wave sweeping the Atlantic States with central and lake states experiencing sweltering heat and Chicago recording 96 degrees. A cool, showers accompanies the warm air and will follow, bringing relief to the central and lake regions by Monday and to the East by Tuesday.
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Washington
Atlantic States
Weather Bureau
Central
Lake States
Chicago
Lake
East
Heat Kills Three in St Paul as City Endures Heat Wave
Three deaths occurred in St Paul and one in Minneapolis due to the heat. Officials report a peak temperature of 92 degrees in St Paul as the heat wave continued.
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ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Poisoned ale seal tied to Chicago firm in murder case
A microscopic exam of Dr. William H. Wilson murder seal wax points to C. H. Hanson & Co. of Chicago as the likely maker. Assistant District Attorney Gray seizes about fifteen hundred letters from Wilson’s papers at a seaside resort, hoping to identify enemies and interview writers, including patients from New York and Baltimore.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
William H. Wilson
C. H. Hanson & Co
Chicago
New York
Gray
Dr. Wilson
Motorcycle Hits Auto In Fatal Rosedale Crash
Clarence L. Foster, caretaker for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Far Rockaway, on duty with the Lawrence Humane Society, was fatally injured when his motorcycle collided head on with a car at Ocean avenue and Merrick Road in Rosedale. Foster suffered a fractured skull and is in St Mary’s Hospital Jamaica, not expected to survive. Police search for a white touring car with one lamp missing after a two male two female party fled toward Huntington. Frank Barnes, arrested in Brooklyn, faces a charge of failing to display proper lights.
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Clarence L. Foster
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Far Rockaway
Lawrence
Humane Society
Ocean Avenue
Merrick Road
Rosedale
Foster
St. Mary’s Hospital
Jamaica
Huntington
Ralph Avenue
Frank Barnes
Patchen Avenue
McDonough Street
Brooklyn
Barnes
Negroes Fight Whites On Harlem River Bridge Riot
Five thousand people gathered at the Bronx end of the Third Avenue bridge last night as a clash broke out after a dozen African Americans attacked three white men. Charles Johnson of 39 East 127th Street suffered a facial wound, and Detective Plavin helped quell the melee before reserves detained eight arrested men at the Alexander Avenue station on assault charges.
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Bronx
Third Avenue
Harlem River
Charles Johnson
No. 39
East 127Th Street
Plavin
Alexander Avenue
Bishop Potter Holds His Own
Cooperstown, N. Y. July 11 Bishop Henry C. Potter shows no recovery progress but a comfortable day with possible signs of improvement. Physicians report no material change since yesterday morning and note stable respiration and pulse with no suffering from heat, while anxiety remains over his general condition and controllable complications.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Henry C. Potter
Bishop ‘Otter
Two Tammany Men Injured In Auto Smash
George Rush and John Fagan New York attorneys and Tammany Hall members were injured in an auto streetcar collision in Kansas City as they hurried to catch a train. Rush suffered a broken left arm and Fagan a fracture to a foot. They were treated at St Joseph's Hospital.
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The
Tribune
Kansas City
George Rush
John Fagan
New York
Tammany Hall
Ragan
Rush
Hagen
St. Joseph's Hospital
Mrs. Sallie Engle Learns Kern Nominated
Mrs. Sallie Engle, John W. Kern’s sister, arrived in Roanoke with a load of track and learned of her brother’s Democratic vice presidential nomination. The 60 year old farm businesswoman expressed happiness and predicted his election.
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the Tribune
Roanoke
Sallie Engle
John W. Kern
Mutinous Chinamen on Steamer Strathyre Try to Drown
On the Brooklyn Erie Basin pier the Strathyre crew of twenty five Chinamen rose in mutiny to avoid another voyage under Captain Gunn. Ten attempted to jump, two drowned, one hospitalized. Police and white crew recaptured the rest, ferried survivors to Pier A, while two bodies were missing.
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Erie Basin
Brooklyn
D. M. Gunn
Hudson Street
Nicholas Mulhall
Strathyre
Pier A
W. H. Ho
Gunn
Norfolk
Han Ching Ja
Brooklyn Police
United States
Mulhall
Corbett
Sheehy
Hunt
Benham & Boyesen
No. 25
State Street
Manhattan
Nicholas Klute
Prosperity Seen Broadly As Business Gains Return
Business interests across the country move toward normal conditions with a revival after the Chicago convention. Bryan’s nomination, deemed deplorable by some, does not depress the outlook as his election is not expected by any businessman. Dispatches from major centers reflect the encouraging trend.
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Chicago
Bryan
Pittsburg Payrolls Rise From Slump to Steady Gains
In 1907 September and August Pittsburg banks averaged payrolls of about 1,000,000 daily with envelopes sent to nearby towns. By mid 1908 Pittsburg proper payrolls fell to 300,000 daily then gradually rose to around 650,000 by June July. Idle plants disappeared as July 6 brought widespread activity with smoke across the Monongahela Allegheny and Ohio valleys and 50,000 county workers employed versus 25,000 idle three months earlier.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Pittsburgs
Monongahela
Allegheny
Ohio
Allegheny County
Kansas City Trade Holds Steady Amid Panic Echoes
Kansas City report says trade volume remains near last year’s level with local shifts due to money panic last November. Building and realty sales fell, while other commercial lines stayed steady as Kansas and Oklahoma crop conditions offset national distress.
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The
Tribune
Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Improvement in Cleveland Shows Brisk Fall Trade Hopes
Cleveland reports a marked uptick in business since mid year with advance orders strong in cloaks and salts and other staples. While full iron and steel volume may take a year to return, expectations point to near recovery of losses from the panic by year end, though steel likely lags.
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The
Tribune
Cleveland
United States
Idle Factory Workers in Indianapolis Rise from Depression
Indianapolis reports show winter unemployment at fifteen to twenty thousand with many on charity. As conditions improve, most have returned to work. Factory owners reduced weekly hours to preserve jobs, then increased hours as demand recovered and more workers were hired.
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Tribune
Indianapolis
Outlook Good in New Orleans Amid Banking Gains
In New Orleans July 11 Telegraph reports a stronger business climate with the Hibernian Bank and Trust Co noting six months of record activity. The drop in speculative futures trading and firmer asset values signal a clear recovery, and many Democratic businessmen expect Taft to win, viewing Bryan’s nomination as boosting anti Bryan sentiment in finance sectors.
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the Tribune
New Orleans
Hibernian Bank and Trust Company
Bryan
Taft
St Louis Sees Surge in Trades as Plants Reopen
In St Louis on July 11 more than 95 percent of manufacturers and merchants report employees back at work and operations at full time. Major jobbers also running prep work, with continued coverage expected on page fourteen.
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The
Tribune
St. Louis
President Roosevelt Not Expected to Campaign for Taft
Oyster Bay reports Secretary Loeb says Roosevelt will not take the stump for Taft under any conditions. Some hope he might, but precedent and the President’s own views limit involvement to non political actions. Conditions must change materially for speculation to continue.
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The
Tribune
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Taft
Loeb
DROPS TO POND FROM SKY IN NUTLEY AERIAL
Frank Woodruff an aeronaut from Nutley fell during a firemen jubilee ascent near Bloomfield New Jersey. The parachute failed to deploy properly and he drowned after being saved by a rope and a millhand dived in to assist. Witnesses reported his premonition that the end might come.
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the Tribune
Bloomfield
N. J
Frank Woodruff
Nutley
Woodruff
W. H. Netschert
William
Bergen Street
Newark
Hugh D. King
Joseph Barth
Iselins Fight Fire At Premium Point Summer Home
The Iselin family at Premium Point New Rochelle faced the destruction of a large barn and contents in a daytime blaze. About 45 000 dollars in damage occurred as gasoline is suspected. Mrs Iselin and brothers Columbus O Donnell and Adrian Iselin helped direct efforts with local fire brigades arriving from New Rochelle and Larchmont. The barn housed ten horses which were saved, though several carriages burned. The owner was away cruising his yacht used as a garage.
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All View
C. Oliver Iselin
Premium Point
New Rochelle
Iselin
Columbus O'Donnell
Adrian Iselin
Larchmont
Ross
Towle
Horseshoe Harbor
Eddie Foy
Hudson Park
Shortosion
Duff Runs Amok At Lick Observatory During Excursion
Joseph Duff Mount Hamilton's only carpenter became deranged and seized control of the Lick Observatory near San José Cal as students from the San José state normal summer school visited. H E Smith a Stanford student alerted authorities and two deputies later subdued Duff and brought him to San José for custody.
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San José
Cal
Joseph Duff
Mount Hamilton
Storm delays Longworth party on Pike's Peak ascent
Colorado Springs July 11 the Nicholas Longworth party including Medill McCormick Norman Hapgood and W B Conner rode toward Pike's Peak as a violent electric storm forced a lengthy halt near the timber line. The summit later showed sunshine as the storm lingered for hours with the party stranded atop the peak.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Nicholas Longworth
Medill McCormick
Norman Hapgood
W. B. Conner
Pike's Peak
Monument to Captain John Underhill Honored by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt attended the unveiling at Matinecock Long Island honoring Captain John Underhill a colonial statesman and warrior. The ceremony on July 11 drew descendants as Roosevelt praised duty equality of opportunity and opposed costly privilege while urging individual effort and public virtue.
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Oyster Bay
John Underhill
Matinecock
Long Island
Roosevelt
New England
Underhill
Grand Army
America
Long Island Sound
Captain Underhill
Underhill Society of America
Boston
Exeter
Dover
N. H
New
New Haven
Hempstead
Sagamore Hill
Alexander Lambert
New York
Admiral Thomas's Body Arrives in Newport for Funeral
The body of Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas arrived from California escorted by his widow and relatives. Naval officers met the party and the body was taken to Trinity Church where petty officers guard tonight and during the funeral tomorrow.
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Tribune
Newport
R. I
Charles M. Thomas
California
Trinity Church
Naval Training Station
Fingers Clumsy Man Takes Own Life in Court Testimony
In Cleveland on July 11 testimony in Justice Dowling's court described Julius Horvath killing himself by his own hand. The cause cited was fingers too clumsy to permit him to play the plane.
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Cleveland
Justice Dowling
Julius Horvath
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