Explosion kills three at Mystic Wharf in Boston
An explosion at pier 47 Mystic Wharf kills government inspectors Z. M. Nickerson and Charles Atwood and watcher Thomas Mason. Injured are longshoremen J Albert Sylvester and Charles Swan, clerks William Budd and George Summers. Box with detonating caps landed from Hamburg American line Bethania.
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Boston
Pier 47
Mystic Wharf
Z. M. Nickerson
Lynn
Mass
Charles F. Atwood
Quincy
Thomas Mason
East Boston
J. Albert Sylvester
Malden
Charles Swanon
Budd
Hamburg-American Line
George A. Summers
Dorchester
Boston & Maine Railroad
Bethania
Nickerson
Mason
Atwood
George S. Lymen
Chicago
Little Tim Sullivan Fights Fire At City Hall
Acting Mayor Little Tim Sullivan detected smoke wafting from the reception area of City Hall. He found the awning over a Meenss Bureau window burning and directed firefighters to extinguish it. The pursuing villain remained at large as press time.
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Tim” Sullivan
McClellan
McGowan
Board of Aldermen
Meenss Bureau
Kennet
City Hall Park
Leutenant
Arrest in Williams murder case shocks Delaware peninsula
Police report the arrest of Caleb Watson in the murder of farmer William Williams near the Maryland border. Williams, a widower, had planned to wed Elizabeth Walls, a 13 year old girl, and bought a wedding dress for her. The body was found hanging between Marydel and Templeville with fatal wounds.
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Dover
Del
William Williams
Maryland
Elizabeth Walls
Delaware Peninsula
Queen Anne County
Kent County
Williams
Church
Caleb Watson
John Messel
Mr. Williams
Wiliams
Crumpton
Marydel
Templeville
Willams
Camden
Odd Fellows
John Wessel
Delaware
Wells
Samuel Wells
Elizabeth
Reed
Probation Commission Deliberates Extension and Reforms
State Probation Commission members met at the National Arts Club in Gramercy Park to discuss extending probationary work in New York City. They debated creating officers for police courts including the Children's Court, with a proposed annual salary of 1.24 dollars, and considered a city home to house incorrigible women to guide them toward better conduct.
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State Probation Commission
Dennis McCarthy
Syracuse
Charles McKenna
New York City
Frank Wade
Buffalo
Homer Folks
Charities
National Arts Club
No. 14
Gramercy Park
Folks
Children's Court
Marriage license confusion prompts clerk on contract errors
City Clerk Scully said six licenses were returned with marriage contracts and notary certificates, noting the public misunderstanding of the new law. He stressed no notary has authority to certify civil rites under the current statute.
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Scully
Marriage Contracts Require Judge Acknowledgment for Validity
The text states that contracts certified to are null and void under the law. A written marriage contract must be acknowledged before a judge of a court of record to be valid.
Sentry Kills Private at Fort Niagara
J Sherwood a 22 year old U S army private and desertion convict was shot by Private Frank Ferdinand on Fort Niagara grounds during an attempted escape. Ferdinand commanded him to halt but Sherwood ran and was fatally wounded in the groin dying an hour later. Utica home listed.
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The
Tribune
Buffalo
J. Sherwood
United States Army
Fort Niagara
Frank Ferdinand
Sherwood
Ferdinand
Utica
Maine Fires Threaten Towns Across Southeastern Maine
Forest fires rage across southeastern Maine with at least twenty fires burning in various areas. Wells bears the worst damage where fifteen thousand acres of timber burn and one thousand men rush to fight included. Eleven houses and the Congregational Church burn from sparks. Additional blazes reported at Cape Porpoise Bigelow Loon Lake and Redington endangering nearly twenty hamlets.
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the Tribune
Kennebunk
Maine
Wells
Sanford
Congregational Church
Cape Porpoise
Bigelow
Loon Lake
Redington
Mutual Reserve Reinsuring Plan Details Moves
The Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company announces an agreement with the American Temperance Life Insurance Association to reinsure policyholders under sixty who pass health and age questions without new medical exams. No over sixty can be reinsured. Hopkins and Hyams elected directors of Temperance Life representing Mutual Reserve policyholders.
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Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
American Temperance Life Insurance Association
Mutual Reserve
The
American Temperance Life Association
A. A. Hopkins
Russell
American Temperance Life
Joseph W. Hyams
New Orleans
Louisiana House of Representatives
Mutual Reserve Policyholders’ Committee
Temperance Life
Hopkins
Brooklyn Yacht Club Buys West Property for Club
The Brooklyn Yacht Club has reportedly acquired the West property on Cropsey avenue with 237 feet of street frontage and 400 feet along the waterfront. The eighteen room house will be transformed into a modern clubhouse with a price around 100000 dollars, raised by stock or bonds. Commodore W. C. Towen led the effort, though verification was unavailable aboard his flagship Tammany.
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Brooklyn Yacht Club
West
Cropsey Avenue
Twenty-second Avenues
William West
W. C. Towen
The
Mississippi Returns From Inspection Trip To Newport Port
The United States battleship Mississippi sailed back to Newport after a successful inspection tour. The board found tests satisfactory with three rounds fired per gun and solid performance from both guns and mounts. Engine trials reached high speeds, the four hours on forced draft matched builders’ trial speed at over seventeen knots, and the vessel drew slightly more water. In eight hours the ship surpassed the builders’ trials by more than a quarter knot.
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Newport
United States
Mississippi
Board of Inspection
Railroads' marking rule modified by Public Service Commission
Albany July 16. After a Public Service Commission hearing on shippers complaints the commission cancelled the rule requiring plain marking of each article for bricks and certain goods in less than carload lots. The ruling allows exceptions and directs a statewide wire notice to agents, with a deadline of August 3 for railroads to amend their policies.
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Albany
Public Service Commission
Solicitor Brown
New York Central
Hudson River Railroad Company
Japanese Study Delegation Observes U S Trade and Streets
Taft and Bryan considered peace advocates in Mikado’s land as Shotaro Shinonura and accompanying Japanese officials tour New York. They praise American city life and Roosevelt, note US Japan relations and plan to study street cleaning and retail display methods before proceeding to Philadelphia.
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Taft
Bryan
Mikado’s
Shotaro Shunonura
Japan
United States
Washitiro Nagashi
Rokuzo Sakui
Japanese University
Hotel Imperial
Theodore Roosevelt
Nagashi
Shinonura
Tokio
Philadelphia
Man Identified as W Wayne Belvin Arrested in Philadelphia Bank District
A man claiming to be W Wayne Belvin of New York was arrested in Philadelphia after causing disturbances in multiple bank offices. Police sent him to the Philadelphia Hospital for the Insane for observation. Belvin, linked to Port Angeles Eastern Railway and British American Finance, has a history of arrests and financial schemes across several cities.
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Philadelphia
W. Wayne Belvin
New York
Belvin
Drexel & Co
Standard Oil
Baltimore
Boston
Port Angeles Eastern Railway Company
Port Angeles
Wash
British-American Finance Company
Buffalo
George B. Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Arizona
Lotus Club
Coney Island
Moffat
San Francisco & Eastern Railroad
Port Angeles & Eastern Railroad
Crook Pleads Guilty After Missing Grip On Street Car
John J. Cregan of St. Louis and his wife rode a Manhattan streetcar with two bags containing valuables. A grip went missing near Sixth Avenue. They pursued a young man named Leonard Lee of 44 Fast 234 Street who claimed to carry it to Tenth Avenue. He was held on grand larceny charges at West 20th Street station.
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John J. Cregan
Lucas Avenue
St. Louis
Broadway
Fast 234 Street
Fasting Woman Cures Appendicitis in Wisconsin
Mrs. John Dietz says after a fifty six day fast she cured her appendicitis. Dietz, linked to the Cameron dam dispute on Thorn apple River, claims no doctor was available due to a five year legal war. He notes she lost fifty five pounds but will regain it. Dietz has not been arrested.
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Winter
Wis
John Dietz
Cameron Dam
Thornapple
Dietz
Reverend Hughes Speaks on Sunday Laws in Madison Square Park
The Rev. David C. Hughes, father of Governor Hughes, addressed about two hundred men at a noonday service in Madison Square Park under the National Bible Institute. He warned that the devil is the greatest enemy and temptation abounds, urging observance of Sunday laws.
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David C. Hughes
Hughes
National Bible Institute
Madison Square Park
Hughes Orders Probe Into State Embalming Board
Albany reports Governor Hughes designates counsel Owen L. Potter to probe the State Board of Embalming Examiners citing alleged failures to report fees and disburse funds. The board, created in 1898, faced scrutiny after a periodical questioned money from licenses and examinations amid a key court ruling on licensing legality.
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Albany
Executive Chamber
Hughes
Owen L. Potter
State Board of Embalming Examiners
Cornelius F. Burns
Troy
William J. Phillips
Frederick Hulberg
New York
Charles F. Mendinger, Jr
Brooklyn
Lemuel A. Jeffreys
Rochester
Potter
Moreland
State Department
Burglar Chase in Paterson Ends in Arrests
A swift East Side burglar chase led to the capture of George Crawford of New York and Edwin H. Joy of Brooklyn. Watches and jewelry were found on Crawford, with Joy arrested as an accomplice after pursuit across streets, parks, and yards near Sergeant Halstead’s east Paterson home.
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Tribune
Paterson
N. J
East Side
George Crawford
East 2d Street
New York
Edwin H. Joy
Knickerbocker Avenue
Brooklyn
Crawford
Joy
Halstead
Sixteenth Avenue
Park Avenue
Madison Avenue
Arch ie Herron to Face Trial for Prickitt Murder
New Brunswick New Jersey July 16 special Coroner Moke and County Physician Suydam report autopsy on Rev Samuel B P Prickitt editor of The Metuchen Recorder slain yesterday. Archie Herron sentenced earlier for intoxication likely to be indicted Monday and stand trial July 27 or August 8. Herron in jail denies drunkenness cites sunstroke. Funeral for Prickitt at his son's home Friday 7 30 p m burial Mount Holly Saturday morning. Rumors of lynching denied as Colonel Weber holds Herron pending grand jury action.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Moke
Suydam
Samuel B. PD. Prickitt
Metuchen Recorder
Archie” Herron
Herron
Prickitt
Perth Amboy
Iron and Metal Works
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ireland
Newark
Charles Prickitt
Mount Holly
Weber
Recorder
Eight Hour Law Enforced on Barge Canal Projects
Albany demands strict compliance with the eight hour work day on barge canal contracts. Commissioner Williams warns against emergency certificates used to exceed daily hours and pledges enforcement actions including potential withholding of payments. The letter emphasizes that emergencies do not justify longer work days and calls for full adherence to state labor law.
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Albany
Williams
State Labor Department
Health Department, Cornell to open sanitary science school
Commissioner Eugene H Porter announced that the state Health Department and Cornell University have completed negotiations to establish a school for sanitary science and public hygiene. The course starts at Cornell on October 8 with an address by President Schurman.
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Albany
Eugene H. Porter
Health Department
State Department of Health
Cornell University
Cornell
Schurman
Immigration Commission Named for New York Aliens Inquiry
Albany July 14 Governor Hughes named a state commission to study aliens in New York. The group, without pay, has $19 000 for expenses and includes Louis Marshall Lillian Ward Edward Whitney William Williams Gino Speranza Marcus Marks Frances Keller, Philip Danahy and Charles Larmon. They may administer oaths and compel witnesses and report to the Governor with legislative recommendations.
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Albany
Hughes
Louis Marshall
Lillian D. Ward
Edward B. Whitney
William Williams
Gino C. Speranza
Marcus M. Marks
Frances A. Kaller
New York
Philip V. Danahy
Charles W
American Federation of Labor
Miss Keller
Women’s Municipal League
Larmon
State Department of Agriculture
Indict Jersey Election Boards Over Primary Fraud
The Hudson County Grand Jury indicted thirteen Republican election boards that oversaw May primaries in Jersey City Hoboken and Newark. They face conspiracy charges for alleged fraud at the primaries despite a Supreme Court ruling voiding similar indictments in Democratic primaries.
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Hudson County
Supreme Court
Jersey City
Hoboken
Sth
Newark
Fort
Pitney
Hendrickson
Civil War Vet Silas D Drake Dies in Bound Brook
Silas Dewey Drake 64 a Civil War veteran politician and founder of Lincoln and Lorraine towns died of paralysis at his Bound Brook home. He joined New Jersey Volunteers at 16 and later served as postmaster and mayor of Lincoln. His brother General J Madison Drake led the Veteran Zouaves of Elizabeth.
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Bound Brook
N. J
Silas Dewey Drake
New Jersey
Mr. Drake
James F. Drake
Elizabeth Journal
Captain Harris
Ith
New Jersey Volunteers
Lincoln
Lorraine
J. Madison Drake
44 Regiment
National Guard
Zouaves
Elizabeth
Bomb Damages Two Brooklyn Stores on Sackett and Van Brunt
Early yesterday a bomb wrecked Carnelio Manzello’s saloon at 6 Sackett Street and shattered its door and glass. The adjacent vacant shop owned by John S. White also suffered window damage. Manzello and his nephew were inside the apartment above, while a passerby driver and helper reported seeing a man flee. Mantello denied Black Hand threats.
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Sackett and
van Brunt Streets
Brooklyn
Carnelio Manzello
Sackett Street
Manzello
John S. White
Antonio Rao
Harry Bolomay
American Ice Company
T. Lawson
Mantello
Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Draws Mass in Harlem
Harlem's Little Italy marked the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel from early morning to night at the Church of Mount Carmel on 15th Street near First Avenue. About seventy five thousand Italians walked barefooted as penance, with two processions through the streets. Masses filled the basement and auditorium, arches of colored lights lit the avenues, and wagon loads of candles were placed on the church altar.
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Harlem
Little Italy
Triplet Daughters Die Within Days In Brooklyn
Frederica Liepold six months old dies after sisters Olga and Wilhelmina perished from heat earlier in the week. The Liepolds reside at 273 Metropolitan Avenue Brooklyn. Father, a gardener at Lutheran Cemetery, had three graves prepared by fellow workers in the cemetery section he tended.
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Frederica Liepold
Adolph Liepold
Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn
Olga
Wilhelmina
Liepold
Paterson Tetanus Victim Dies at 13
Charles Wesley Simble age thirteen of Arch street Paterson New Jersey died at St Josephs Hospital from tetanus caused by a self inflicted gunshot wound to the left hand with a blank cartridge on July 4 He succumbed on July 18 marking a second tetanus death linked to July mishaps in the city.
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Paterson
N. J
Charles Wesley Simble
Arch Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Jacket Strikers End Five Week Wage Fight
A general strike by 2500 children jacket makers ended yesterday after five weeks, with workers returning to jobs. The union hailed the victory as a sign of improving demand and brisk trade.
Designs for Warships From Newport Conference
The Tribune notes a Newport Naval War College meeting where the President will consult the Naval Board and experts on ship design. A broad plan may abolish the naval board and form a design board. Army and Navy orders list officers and assignments to August and September. Movements show ships arriving at Newport and sailing for Manila and Shanghai routes.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Naval War College
Newport
Naval Board
College
Naval
Newpegg
War College
C. F. Goodrich
New
Yor Navy Yard
A. L. Key
North Dakota
Board of Design
Naval militia heads to Alexandria to defend Hampton Roads
The District of Columbia naval militia departs Washington for Alexandria to sail on the cruiser Yankee and form a defense fleet for Hampton Roads and the Norfolk navy yard. Eight vessels will defend with reserves from PA, MD, NJ, NC, SC, and DC. The force includes Isla de Cuba, Sylvia, Wise, Prairie, torpedo boats, subs, and destroyers.
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Washington
Hampton Roads
Atlantic
District of Columbia
Alexandria
Yankee
Marsh
Navy Yard
Norfolk
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
North
South Carolina
Isla de Cuba
Sylvia
Wise
Prairie
Moros murder two soldiers and two more deaths reported
Washington reports another Moros murder in the Philippines. Albert L. Burleigh of the 18th Infantry was killed on July 30. Elmer S. Hurley of the 14th Infantry died July 2 from acute dysentery and Freelen H. Efoff of the 2nd Defantry died July 7 from a tumor.
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Washington
War Department
Philippines
Weston
Albert L. Burleigh
18Th Infantry
Moros
Elmer S. Hurley
14Th Infantry
Freelen H. Efoff
Rip Van Winkle Letter Tied to New Rochelle Mystery
A sealed envelope addressed to ex Mayor Henry Clark and ex Alderman Steele was delivered to the New Rochelle mayor's office. Lieutenant Kennel could not verify Steele's term in New York City politics. The poorly stamped letter from New York is to be returned unopened by the post office.
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Henry Clark
City Hall Square
New York
Kennel
Steele
E Clark
Henry
Man Guilty of Manslaughter in Old Case Sentenced
In General Court Justice Mulqueen sentenced a defendant to not less than ten nor more than twenty years for manslaughter in the death of William Campbell on June 30 during a fight. Also reported: suspects arraigned and detained on related theft and robbery charges, including Italian youths in East 13th Street pickup case and Robbery at Madison Avenue, with details of bail and custody.
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Hughes
State Board of Embalming Examiners
William J. Phillips
State Board
Phillips
Lawicensing
Frank E. Campbell & Co
No. 241
West 23d Street
Court of Special Sessions
Olmsted
Wyatt
Deuel
People of
State of New York
Agt
Michael T. Hefferman
Hefferman
United States
Justice Olmsted
Charles F. Mendinger, Jr
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
Willam Campbell
East Sth
Sing Sing
William Soubaba
East Seth Street
Benjamin Tatham
Ville Court
Justus Rice
Harry Sutton
George O. Reilly
New Madison Avenue
Rice Boy
Sutton Hoy
Gerry Society
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Tim
Farmer
State Commission
P. S. Board
Grip
Stranger
Fellows
Sfeedy
Rev. S. B. D. Prickitt
School OF Hygiene
Immigration Commission
Indict Jersey Election Boards
Hudson County Grand Jury
Lincoln, N. J
Paterson Tetanus
Jacket Strikers
Army and Navy News
Naval War College Conference
ARMY
Fred L. Munson
9Th Infantry
James HO 'Phipa
Imn
Inte Fae
Fort Benjamin Herviens
Gust
Fredrik L. Knudsen
Smastens Tale
Atascadero Manch
Leonard D Wildpman
Signal Corpe
Sell C. Langdon
James W Ton
William M. Yassett
Charles H Bridges
George W. H. Moseley
Sth Cavalry
Riley
Arthur Johnson
Ralph F. Ingram
Fort Ben
Harrison
Chauncey B. Humphrey
Fort D. A. Russell
Matthew F. Steele
Atascadero Ranch
Sptember
Alonzo Gray
14Th Cavalry
Patrick H. Mullay
Fieet
John A. Brockman
11Th Infantry
Fory B . Russell
Fort Leavenworth A
Herbert W. Yemans
Feet Wayne
Henry R. Weston
Fort Ethay Afien
Leonard K. Graves
Whi Barracks
Vie
Charles T Dulin
Francis W. Clark
Coast Artillery
Charles Db. Rhodes
4Th Cavalry
Mager Hiram M. Chiltenden
NAVY
G. H. Peters
Home
H. Winelaw
F. L. Stichit
Indiana
J J. Snyder
New Hampshire
Franklin
Marine Corps
E. F. West
Caprow
L. W. T. Waller, Jr
Panama
Mare Island
Feland
Marine
H. Dpd. South
1St Provisional Regiment Marines
W. H. Pritchett
Coronel H. K. White
Tennessee
Denver
Shanghai
Manila
Wolverine
Muskegon
Chics
Gwin
Talbot
New Rochelle
City News
Finn
Yorkville Court
East 13Th Street
Porges
St. Mark's Place
Porgess
Georgiana Goodsall
Addie Coler
Goodsall
Magitrate Breen
West Side
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