Castaways Rescued Off Christmas Island On Manuka
From Fiji to Christmas Island castaways from the British steamer All From Aeon saved after two months. A daughter was born to Chaplain B R Patrick's wife aboard. The Manuka took on mail and stores, while the Solace and Pacific fleet vessels coordinated the rescue and planned return to Honolulu under Admirals Swinburne and Sebree.
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Guva
Fiji Islands
Christmas Island
Pacific
B. R. Patrick
U Ss. N
Aon
Hon
San Francisco
Auckland
Apia
Coral Island
Zon
United States
Selace
Pago Pazo
Samoan Islands
Satur¢sr
Patrick
Bitchie
Solace
Proceol
Ador
Gil
Fierthe
Pago Pago
Swinburne
Honolulu
Sebree
Thousands Die in Hyderabad Flood in India
Thousands killed as the Musi River flood overwhelmed Hyderabad after a lake overflowed. The waters created a 60 foot surge, destroying quarters, burying houses, and leaving a vast mud pool with a dangerous stench. Rescue efforts continue amid fears of pestilence and widespread death.
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Hyderabad
India
Arbadly
Milwaukee woman dies after Graf Waldersee storm fall
Miss Paula Berwig of Milwaukee died from a skull fracture incurred during a storm on the Graf Waldersee while crossing from Germany. She fell on a stairway during heavy seas and was moved to No 21 West ?th street after arrival. Coroner's physician Lehane conducted the autopsy.
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Paula Berwig
Milwaukee
Graf Waldersee
Germany
Noted Butterfly Collection Sold by Strecker Heir
The renowned butterfly and moth collection of the late Dr. Herman Strecker, estimated between 75 000 and 309 600 specimens, has been sold by Mrs Strecker to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago for 20 000 dollars. The purchase includes Strecker’s extensive library and manuscripts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Penn
Herman Strecker
Strecker
Field Museum of Nature
History
Chicago
Paranoia at Manila service leaves Fel wells retired captain
Captain William B. Fel wells A. A. retired, once active in the Philippines, was sent from the County Insane Asylum to the General Hospital at Washington in care of governmental authorities amid mental health concerns.
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the Tribune
Miwaukee
William
Felwells
Olney Boom Boosts Bryan Platform at Democratic Meet
Boston dispatch reports a vociferous push for Richard Olney a former Secretary of State as Governor with Bryan platform support. Democratic leaders held late night talks at the Quincy House with State Committee and sub committees racing to finalize plans for the annual Democratic State Convention in Faneuil Mall tomorrow.
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Boston
Richard Olney
Na Bryan
Quincy House
Democratic State Committee
Faneuil Mall
Bellboy accused in $7000 Lorraine jewelry theft
Central Office detectives arrest a hotel bellboy at the Lorraine on 434 Street and Fifth Avenue for a $7000 jewelry theft from broker William P. Bonbright’s apartments. Detectives report a full confession. Mrs Bonbright’s absence allowed the robbery while she was out for about thirty minutes. Nellie Lynch, the maid, discovered the rifled bureau and missing jewelry.
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Hotel
Lorraine
Fifth Avenue
Central Office
William P. Bombright
Mrs. Bonbright
Penny stamp mail arrives as London joins penny rate
London residents rush to use penny stamps for United States letters before the midnight deadline. First penny mail will depart on the Lusitania Saturday, while editors applaud the cheaper rate. Postmasters Meyer and Burton and J. Henniker Heaton receive credit for the change amid public enthusiasm.
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London
United States
Atlantic
Meyer
Burton
J. Henniker Heaton
John Bull
Uncle Sam
Heaton Praises Penny Postage Benefit to Ireland
Dublin reports John Henniker Heaton M P known as the father of penny postage applauds its US Ireland link. He notes Ireland gains from small money orders with $7,500,000 sent from US to Ireland last year likely higher this year. He also cites US gains from Irish emigration, valuing each emigrant at least $1.25 to America.
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Dublin
John Henniker Heaton
M. P
United States
Ireland
America
Weiller Orders Fifty Wright Airplanes for France
Lazare Weiller, French financier and aeroplane promoter, says he ordered fifty Wright airplanes under a syndicate agreement with Wilbur Wright. The contract pays Wright $160,009 upon meeting conditions, and grants exclusive rights to France and colonies, requiring two fifty kilometre flights and a two hundred kilometre fuel load. Orville Wright denies the order hours later in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mans
Lazare Weiller
Wright Brothers
Wilbur Wright
Wright
France
Wilbur Wricht
Aero Club
Missing Broker Shocks Pittsburg Firm Closure
Pittsburg on September 30 reports the A J Lawrence Co broker house closed and Andrew J Lawrence, head of the firm, is missing. Relatives search as fear of self harm grows amid financial reverses and clients reportedly hit. The closure followed an execution on George W Caddick for 2862 dollars and the elder Lawrence was seen wandering near the city, with friends noting he had not slept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
A. J. Lawrence & Co
Andrew J. Lawrence
Lawrence Company
Pennsylvania
George W. Caddick
Mr. Lawrence
Chase in Brooklyn After Shooting Near Italian Neighborhood
Joseph Ferraro, 20, of 135 Pearl Street, shot Antonio de Amato, 25, of 211 York Street, at Park Avenue and Raymond Street. General foreman John Shanney of the Bureau of Highways joined the pursuit, catching Ferraro at Sands Street and Hudson Avenue. De Amato recovered after treatment at Brooklyn Hospital.
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Bureau of Highways
Brooklyn
Joseph Ferraro
No. 135
Pearl Street
Antonio de Amato
York Street
Park Avenue
Raymond Street
John Shanney
Ferraro
Sends Street
Hudson Avenue
Adams Street
Dr. Palmer
Brooklyn Hospital
de Amato
Lieutenant Winter Succeeds Selfridge In Signal Corps
Lieutenant John G. Winter of the United States Cavalry is named to vacancy in the signal corps following the death of Lieutenant Selfridge in the Wright airplane accident. Winter, long stationed in the Philippines and once governor of a key island, will fill the post for the U S Army.
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Winter
Selfripce
Waco
Tex
John G. Winar
United States Cavalry
Signal Corps of
The
United
Selfridge
Philippines
Va States
Hughes Taft Tour Stirs West Virginia and Maryland
Governor Hughes travels by special train through West Virginia and Maryland delivering forceful speeches for Taft and Sherman. He denounces Bryan's tariff plan, defends banking deposits, and insists on a tariff revision in the public interest amid crowded, pro Taft crowds and occasional heckling.
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The
Tribune
Baltimore
West Virginia
Maryland
Hughes
Taft
Sherman
N. B. Scott
Harmony
Glasscock
Delaware
Cumberland
New York
Bryan
Coney Island
Clarksburg
W. Va
Wuzhes
Indiana
Osio
Scott
Sturgis
W. A. Glasscock
Washington
Grafton
Roosevelt undecided on campaign stump travel plans
Washington Sept 30 President Roosevelt remains undecided whether events may force him to appear before voters before the campaign ends. He privately and publicly signals he does not plan to tour, though he will not rule out speeches if circumstances require. Fellow supporters say Western Republicans will favor staying in the White House as Bryan attacks intensify.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Paul Morton
M. Bryan
James S. Sherman
Harriman
Hughes
West Virginia
United States
Woringman
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Loeb
Blany
Areine
Dryan
Dir. Pryan
Wren
Taft
E Out
Nebraska
Manugera
Thomas F. Ryan
New York
Mexican editor arrested near Waco over neutrality law
Antonio de Anuje editor of an alleged Mexican revolutionary paper was arrested in Waco charged with violating neutrality laws. He published Liberty, Justice and Equality in McAlster Ohio and later in Austin Texas. He says he will fight extradition.
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Waco
Tex
Antonio de Anuje
Fog Delays Atlantic Steamer Arrival In Plymouth
Fogs on the Atlantic are delaying inbound shipping. The steamer Deutschland is expected to reach Plymouth tomorrow morning, according to a wireless dispatch from London dated September. The ad promotes 1908 vintage grape juice bottled by T. Pewey & Song Co. at 198 Fulton St, N. Y.
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London
Sept. C
Atlantic
Plymouth
Geney's
P T. Pewey& Song Co
Fultua St
Turkish Steamship Sinks Ferryboat Stambul Tragedy
Smyrna report: a Turkish steamship struck the steam ferryboat Stambul just outside the harbor. One hundred forty people were drowned in the disaster.
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Smyrna
Stambul
President Roosevelt's Africa Hunt Plans Revealed
President Roosevelt will collect African animals on his continental hunt and donate them to the National Museum. Kermit Roosevelt, two museum naturalists and a taxidermist will accompany him, with plans largely unchanged to enter British East Africa first and inland if game is plentiful, staying within British possessions unless game is scarce.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Roosevelt
National Museum
Kermit Roosevelt
British East Africa
Taft Labor Ruling In Ohio Federal Case
Federal Court records show Judge Taft granted notice to strikers before a temporary injunction in the American Steel and Wire Company dispute. On Sept 26, Taft ordered affidavits by Oct 1 and allowed defendants until Oct 11 to show cause for the injunction. Judge Hammond later granted the injunction.
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Tribune
Cleveland
William H. Taft
Federal Court
Northern District of
Ohio
Taft
American Steel and Wire Company
Federated Wire Trades of America
E. 5. Hammond
Tennessee
Fire at Rockefellers Estate Destroys Mower and House
John D Rockefeller Jr and Mrs Rockefeller rushed to the scene as a gasolene tank on a lawn mower exploded at the Rockefellers estate near Tarrytown. The blaze destroyed the mower and house, wounded engineer Mr Stanley, and threatened the Rockefeller stables until firemen were stopped after an hour. Rockefeller then returned to the city.
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John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Stanley
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
City
Brooklyn Real Estate Mogul C N Peed Killed by Wagon
Charles N Peed eighty three a longtime proprietor of the Pierre Pont House and a major Brooklyn Heights real estate owner died after being struck by a Far Hall Bragner Express wagon at Fulton and Tillary streets. Driver William Andrews was arrested for homicide. Peed and his daughter resided in the Lorraine. another daughter Mrs Theodore Newman of Brooklyn.
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Charlies N. Peed
Pierrepont House
Brooklyn Heights
Farhell & Bragner Express Company
Fulton and
Tillary Streets
William Andrews
Grand Street
Union Course
Queens
Mr. Peed
Brooklyn
Mansion House
Bossert
Montague and
Hicks Streets
Peed
Lorraine
Miss Peed
Army officer arrested in Boston for desertion embezzlement
Lieutenant Edward Gottleib, an electrical expert on duty unattached in the Boston district, was arrested in the Army Building yesterday. He worked on an electric controller for submarines and faces charges of being absent from his station and with financial irregularities.
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Edward Gottleib
Boston
Army
Death by own action at Niagara fromNT Go at Island
John Austin of Niagara Falls reports a youth found dead in a Goat Island thicket. He shot himself in the right temple and had been dead about a day. He destroyed clothing marks to avoid identification, and reservation workers heard a single shot Tuesday before a search found nothing.
De Beers Mines to Resume Full Operations October 3
London reports that due to renewed demand for diamonds in the United States and England, De Beers mines, previously operating five days a week, will return to full operation starting October 3. The move reflects improving market conditions and aims to boost rough-diamond production.
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London
United States
England
de Beers
Woman wins Pereira Prize in pharmacy history
For the first time the Pereira medal awarded by the British Pharmaceutical Society goes to a woman. Gertrude H. Wren is named the successful candidate for the ti ribbon prize in pharmacy.
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Pereira
Lenarn
British Pharmaceutical Society
Gertrude H. Wren
Marcel Jamson Dead in Paris Painter of Deco Style
Paris reports the death of Marcel Jambon a French decorative painter born October 19 184. He was an officer of the Legion of Honor. The obituary notes his Paris residence and long career in decorative arts.
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Paris
Marecel Jambon
Legion of Honor
Taft Receives Warm Lincoln Welcome After Emerson Stop
In Lincoln Nebraska Taft drew crowds from Emerson stop to the capital with large enthusiastic receptions. He praised Bryan while critiquing campaign finance and urged post election publication of contributions and expenditures. Taft defended his labor record before thousands at the Auditorium and at a workingmen’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Lincoln
Neb
Taft
Nebraska
William J. Bryan
Emerson
Bryan
Des Moines
Capitol Grounds
Federation of Women’s Clubs of
George Sheldon
Theiw
Mr. Taft
Mr. Bryan
Hughes
Wall Street
Ryan
Tait
Chicago
Surlington & Quincy
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AEON
Chaplain Patrick
Field Museum
Dr. Strecker
Capt. Folwell
Olney
J. H. Heaton
M. Weiller
le Mans Aero Club
Orville Wright
Broker
A.J. Lawrence & Co
Chase Man
City Auto
Piedmont
Mr. Harriman
Shvenscore
John Dls
S. O. Gasolene
C. N. Peed
Gottleib
Efect
Niagara
Marcel Jamson
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Republican
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