Gale Rips English Coast as Many Sailors Lost At Sea
A fierce gale along the English Channel up to seventy miles an hour grounds sea traffic. The British bark Amazon sank near Margam Sands with Captain Garrick dead and six crewmen surviving ashore. Other vessels sought shelter or were towed in including the Pourquoi Pas with Dr. Charcot aboard and the Vera Jean ashore off Rhoose Point with all hands saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
English Channel
Folkestone
Dover
Calais
Amazon
Port Talbot
Iquique
Margam
Garrick
Queen
Southampton
Jean Charcot
South Pole
Guernsey
Vera Jean
Rhoose Point
Barry
Boulogne
Cyclone Strikes Northwest Europe Causing Wide Damage
Gales of cyclonic violence and heavy rain lash the northwest coasts of Europe. Cross Channel traffic is delayed and communications disrupted. A sinking schooner in mid Channel is rescued by the steam packet Dover. crew saved as vessel founder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Europe
Dover
Cassis
Channel
Tariff Talks With France Conclude in Paris
The Franco American joint tariff commission closed its labors with James Burton Reynolds and colleagues set to return home. They reached agreement to recommend mutual concessions on meat entry to France and vegetables into America and to adjust administrative regulations. A possible reciprocity treaty and a maximum minimum system for foreign trade were discussed, with Limoges china classifications to be standardized at the American Consulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Sept. L
America
Rootend M Jusserand
Washington
United States
Reynolds
Limoges China
China
Limoges
New York
Mason
Root
Commission
Redmond Praises Session and Warns on Ireland
John Redmond spoke at the United Irish League central branch meeting in Dublin praising the Irish university bill as a major emancipation. He noted Ireland would gain about 4 million dollars yearly from the old age pensions bill aiding about 70 000 people and urged urgency on land reforms to keep Nationalists peaceful. A Home Rule resolution was adopted and Stephen O Mara resigned as a trustee of the Irish parliamentary fund due to policy disagreements with the Nationalist party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
John Redmond
United Irish League
Ireland
Stephen O'Mara
Irish Parliamentary Fund
Night Nurse Credited with Grape-Nuts Courtesy
A Virginia night nurse credits Grape-Nuts as essential during long shifts. She says a teaspoonful kept her awake with no fatigue and improved digestion and nerves after caring for a family member. The letter, signed Battie Crees, cites eight years of use and shows others in the household adopting it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postumo
Battie Crees
Mich
Wellville
Mystery Explained in Roosevelt Letter on Tokyo Exposition
Oyster Bay September 1 1908 the Japanese government plans to postpone the Tokio exposition from 1912 to 1917 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Emperor's accession President Roosevelt says the delay is sound judgment and United States support will be given when Congress reconvenes Ambassador Takahira's visits to the President and Secretary Root are described as informal and for obtaining approval for the postponement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Baron Kogoro Takahira
United States
Secretary Root
Clinton
N. Y
Root
Congress
Japan
Asia
Theodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Secretary
Washington
Adee
France and Spain Limit Morocco Action Amid Algeciras Pact
Madrid and Paris announce they will not seek a mandate to treat Mulai Hafid but will demand guarantees for their interests. Each power may recognize him or not under the Algeciras act, while Germany moves to push for swift recognition for peace.
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Paris
France
Spain
Madrid
Mulai Hafiq
Algeciras
Germany
Morocco
Dr. Wassel
Tangier
Fez
Gypsies Camp in West Street Amid Busy Freight Hub
A traveling band of 18 gypsies with wagons and horses camped on West Street near Murray Chambers, telling fortunes and trading, while longshoremen watched and a steamship Plymouth from Providence delivered 10 horses and 3 colts and a freight boat Pequot with 47 more horses was due to arrive.
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West Street
Plymouth
Providence
Encam Peween Murray Chambers Streets
Monument Unveiled as Fort Meigs Hosts Grand Army Parade
Toledo reports the Fort Meigs monument dedication at Perrysburg with a civic parade and speeches by Senator Foraker Governor Harris and General Bennett H. Young. The event honors General Harrison and Proctor with thousands attending by boat or trolley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Fort Meigs
Perrysburg
Grand Army of the Republic
William Henry Harrison
Proctor
J. B. Foraker
Harris
Bennett H. Young
Willson
Kentucky
Young
L. W. Howard
6Th Regiment
Grand Army
Jefferson
10Th Streets
Women's Relief Corps
Burton
Memorial Hall
Senator Foraker
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Wolverine
Essex
Maine and Alabama Sail From Aden Toward Suez
Aden reports the battleships Maine and Alabama leading the Atlantic fleet on a world cruise. The pair departed Aden this morning bound for Suez as they advance ahead of the rest of the squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aden
Maine
Alabama
Suez
Notes of Foreign News Wide Inflation and Travel Delays Abroad
The dispatch reports forecasts of a rice crop 18 percent above average in Japan. In Paris a French suit seeks inheritance from Mme de Bie challenging an Italian adoption. Edward O'Brien protests port doctor interference in Barbados. Wilbur Wright conducts an engine endurance test at Le Mans. Bolotoff plans a two passenger aeroplane crossing with a Voisin machine. A former seal hunter and an American are aboard a seized schooner in Victoria. Canadian Pacific trains halted by a cloudburst between Winnipeg and Fort William affecting ten thousand travelers including Earl Grey.
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Paris
Benjamin Hart
New York
Mme. de Bie
Mme. Guillemin
Isabel Lucches
Victoria
B. C
Alaska
Ictoria
Richie
Japan
Bear
George McCamish
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Fort William
Horner and
Ignace
Earl Grey
Canada
Army and Navy Orders and Warship Movements
Washington lists Army and Navy orders including transfers and duties for officers in the quartermaster, coast artillery, medical corps and naval staff. Also reports ships arrived and sailed such as Dolphin Paducah Uncas and Montana Maine Alabama and Wyoming moving between ports with assignments to stations and reserve status.
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NAVY
C. M. Fahs
Scorpion
Naval War College
A. P. Miblack
Severin
Hartford
H. M. Dombaugh
Chicago
Arkansas
H. J. Ziegemeier
Olympia
G. W. Logan
Idaho
H. G. Knox
L. M. Atkins
Navy Yard
New York
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Navy Department
Dolphin
Newport
Paducah
Portsmouth
N. H
Uncas
Charleston
Bocket
Washington
Chester
Ponta Delgada
Saturn
Honolulu
Abarenda
Baltimore
Albany
Acapulco
Montana
Rockland
Norfolk
Stringham
Barney
de Long
Thornton and Tingey
Buzzard’s Bay
Wolverine
Detroit
Toledo
Alabama
Maine
Aden
Suez
Wyoming
Mare Island
Nevada
Naval Academy
Severn
Warship bids opened at Navy Department for destroyers and colliers
About fifty shipbuilders gathered at the Navy Department to witness bid openings for ten torpedo boat destroyers capped at 800 000 dollars each and three colliers not to exceed 525 000 dollars each. Bids under government hull and machinery designs were well below the limit, with awards likely this week, five firms expected to receive contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Congress
Pidders
Maryland Steel Company
Bath Iron Works
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
William Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Newport News Company
Wright Urges More Officers at Army School Opening
Secretary Wright and a high ranking party visited Leavenworth Kansas for the opening session of the fall term at the Army Service School. Major General Frederick Funston welcomed the party and Wright urged Congress to authorize a larger list of officers to meet duties beyond garrison service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Wright
J. Franklin Bell
J. B. Alshire
Cc. G. Treat
Army Service School
Frederick Funston
Congress
Hell
Secretary Wright Advocates Training Officers For War Readiness
The Secretary and party left Leavenworth for Fort Riley. Wright said we must train many officers to mold an army capable of quick mobilization. He warned war with a first class power could occur, stressing preparedness, scarce time, and the need for brains at the top to minimize losses. He added that there is no current cloud, but the unexpected could happen.
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Leavenworth
Fort Riley
Wright
Trial Nears End in Wyman Court Martial
Testimony was taken yesterday in the court martial on Governor's Island of Second Lieutenant Guy H. Wyman of the 11th United States Cavalry for answering single when asked if married in June 1307. Arguments will be heard today at 10:15. Wyman, promoted from the ranks, a noted horseman and marksman, said he believed his Huntsville Tennessee marriage in May 1995 had been dissolved by divorce.
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Governor's Island
Guy H. Wyman
11Th
United States Cavalry
War Department
Wyman
Huntsville
Tenn
Sion
Taft
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Bark
Redmond
Tokio Exposition
Berlin
Foreign Office
General Young
Ohio
North
Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Society
Grant S. Taylor
David Robinson, Jr
Foraker
Harrison
Atlantic
Army
Tokio
Bridgetown
Barbadoes
Edward O’brien
Paraguay
Uruguay
le Mans
Wilbur Wright
Prince Bolotoff
Voisins
Army and Navy News
Tribune Bureau
Henry L. Kinnison
29Th Infantry
Quartermaster’s Department
Courtland Nixon
Culebra
Canal Zone
Panama
Henry D. Todd, Jr
Coast Artillery Corps
War College
Fort Monroe
Thomas Q. Ashburn
Creok
Manila
San Francisco
Warren
Duncan Elliott
8Th Cavalry
Henry R. Richmond
10Th Cavalry
Ernest E. Roberts
Medical Reserve Corps
Fort Logan
H. Roots
Fort Sill
Department of Texas
William R. Georgee
Fort Preble
Fort Totten
Clark Swertenbaker
Medical Ressore Corps
Madison Barracks
Fort Wadswe
Harold W. Jones
Medical Corps
Manla
Asa L. Singleton
5Th Infantry
Jacob M. Coffin
MR. Wright
Iashburn
Crosby's
Grand Rapids Furniture Company
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Geo. C. Funt Co
West
Lieut. Wyman
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