Jerome Says He Will Not Run For Mayor
District Attorney Jerome ruled out a mayoral bid in the coming municipal election and said he will seek re election as DA. Republicans and the Municipal Ownership League welcomed his decision while Citizens Union leaders weighed a new candidate and fusion talks. Tammany leaders stayed silent amid rumors of a Jerome nomination as a reward for not challenging Mayor McClellan.
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Tammany
Jerome
Municipal Ownership League
Citizens Union
Mr. Jerome
R Fulton Cutting
Tuxedo
Citizens Union Committee of Sixteen
Repubican Club
William Halpin
Republican County Committee
Charles A. Schieren
Schieren
Fusion
Louis Stern
M. Linn Bruce
Thomas L
Hamilton
John Ford
Ford
Justice Gaynor
Judge Seabury
Tammany Wall
McClellan
Charles F. Murphy
Jerome Declares No Mayor Candidacy This Year
Lakeville Connecticut September 3 District Attorney Jerome ends mayoral speculation and reaffirms pursuit of re election showing no intention to run for mayor under any circumstances this year He plans to file renomination papers soon and returns to work making a chair the only notable project He will travel to New York soon with Hodder and Henneberry accompanying him.
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Tribune
Lakeville
Conn
Jerome
Albany
New-York
Alfred W. Hodder
John A. Henneberry
Rockefeller Wears A Wig To Church Service
John D. Rockefeller attended the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church this morning wearing a steel gray wig that so altered his appearance ushers greeted him as a newcomer before recognizing him. Friends said there was no reason known for the unexpected headgear and discussed the incident after services.
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The
Tribune
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Rockefeller
Chinese gamblers raid Jersey City cafe fronting Chinatown
Inspectors raid 301 Hendersons rear establishment uncover the first Chinese gambling house in Jersey City. Lee Foy and Lee Fi along with eleven Chinamen were arrested for dice games. Montreal reports Pilgrim football team from England arriving on Bavarian with hints of a new America's Cup challenge.
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Jersey City
Hendersons
Archibald
Lee Foy
Lee Fi
Proor
Chinatown
Montreal
England
Charles Kirkpatrick
Ernest Cochrane
British Isles
America
Twentieth Century Limited Train Ad From New York
Ad for the Twentieth Century Limited rail service between New York and Chicago by New York Central Lines. Mentions a 3:00 PM departure from New York with an 18 hour schedule and arrival in Chicago.
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Twentieth Century Limited
New York
Chicago
Tao St
Wishi's
Bomb Explodes on Barcelona Marine Parade
A conical bomb exploded on the Marine Parade in Barcelona fueling panic among holiday crowds. Casualties ranged from thirty to sixty with one dead and several mortally wounded. Witnesses reported a child placing the device earlier or earlier that day. A man mistaken for the bomber was nearly lynched before police took him to a hospital.
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Barcelona
Taft Party Arrives in Hong Kong Amid Protests
Secretary Taft and party land in Hong Kong at 10 AM aboard the transport Logan as Canton posters provoke demonstrations against America. Taft plans to proceed to Canton tonight despite consul advice, with Miss Roosevelt and several officials to follow later for a brief Canton visit. The Viceroy promises arrests for insulting posters and apologies.
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Hong Kong
Logan
Taft
America
Canton
Bragg
Miss Roosevelt
United States
Callao
Lay
Matthew Nathan
Corbin
All Steamship Lines Break From North Atlantic Conference
Liverpool dispatch notes all British and Continental lines have left the North Atlantic Conference and may set rates independently. Official word says lines will not assume responsibility for changes and operations will continue as if the conference remains in effect.
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Liverpool
Club Member Held After Assault at Hackensack Golf Club
John W. Hausenbeek, a Hackensack Golf Club member with a summer home in Hackensack New Jersey, was arrested and held in $2000 by Justice M W Heath on charges of felonious assault against E Rudolph Schultz the club steward. Schultz was seriously wounded and may die from bone necrosis per attending physician Dr F S Hallett.
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John W. Hausenhbeek
Hackensack
N. J
Hackensack Golf Club
Justice M. W. Heath
E. Rudolph Schultz
Schultz
F. S. Hallett
Hausenbeek
Heath
Hallenbeek
Mountain Side Rising Threatens San Lucas Valley
Reports from Mexico describe a volcanic upheaval near San Lucas threatening El Paso residents fleeing in terror. A two hundred foot square cliff side rose, rocks tumbled into the valley, and subterranean noises plus daily earthquakes marked two months of activity. Locals report hot stones and belief a volcano is forming. In Los Angeles an unusually heavy quake shock lasted six seconds at 9 40 p m.
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The
Tribune
el Paso
Tex
Mexico
San Lucas
Los Angeles
Frontenac Hotel Opens Through September
The Frontenac Hotel in the Thousand Islands announces a seasonal opening through September. The propertypromises a delightful stay, inviting visitors to enjoy the scenic St. Lawrence area and its famed waterways.
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Frontenac Hotel
Thousand Islands
Adrianople Fire Burns Vast Section of City
Constantinople reports a Saturday blaze in Adrianople destroying seven thousand houses across Greek Armenian Bulgarian and Jewish quarters. Many victims. Only the Catholic church mosques schools a convent and telegraph offices escaped. Adrianople, capital of the vilayet, is a major commercial center founded by Hadrian in 125 A D. Its notable mosque Sultan Selim II dates from the sixteenth century.
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Adrianople
Treaty Nears Signing as Peace Accord Advances
The peace treaty is completed and may be signed today, though differences over the protocol require resolution before the treaty can be signed. Engrossing work is under way with M. Rojestvensky handling the French copies and M. Adashi the English. Portsmouth dispatches compare M. Witte and Baron Komura in the conference room, and the Mikado’s dispatch thanks the President for his efforts arriving at Oyster Bay.
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M. Rojestvensky
M. Adashi
M. Witte
Baron Komura
Portsmouth
The
Mikado
Oyster Bay
M. Rosestvensky
M. Alashi
M. de Maartens
Mr. Denison
Witte
Tribute Messages From Mikado and Kaiser Toast Peace
Tokio telegrams report Emperor Mutsuhito and Emperor William praising President Roosevelt for securing peace in the Far East. The messages credit Roosevelt as the sole man capable of achieving the accord and acknowledge his work for permanent welfare and tranquility.
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Far East
Mutsuhito
Roosevelt
Emperor William
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Four Young Women Drown When Two Boats Collide
In Hudson River incident the small steamer Young America sank after a collision with the ferry George H. Power. Four young women including Mary C. Bedell and Jennie L. Bedell are confirmed dead. Sarah Brown and Margaret McKay remain missing. Captain and engineer survived, hospitalized in stable condition.
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Hudson
N. Y
Hudson River
Young America
George H. Power
Mary C. Bedell
West
New York
Jennie L. Bedell
Sarah Brown
van Buren St
Brooklyn
Margaret McKay
Coxsackie
Bedell
Coxsackle
Almost Escape Prison at Fort Hamilton
An attempted prison delivery at Fort Hamilton was foiled Saturday when two dozen inmates near release were found breaking through an eighteen inch wall in three casement rooms. Chisels and bricks were used to widen a hole nearly a foot in diameter, with a sympathizing guard suspected of removing wall material. The drill was detected after a gun concussion caused a brick to fall, drawing guard attention and prompting an investigation by Colonel George G. Greenough.
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Fort Hamilton
Mitchell
Castle William
Governor's Island
George G. Greenough
Nine-year-old George Toal charged in fatal prank
Pittsburg reports George Toal, age nine, was arrested on charges of causing the death of Alexander P. Campbell of Charleston Wa. Va. by throwing a stone through a Baltimore and Ohio Pullman window on July 17. Campbell died from a fractured skull. The boy, ordered held by Baltimore and Ohio secret service agent Thomas Delhanty, appeared before Coroner Armstrong and was placed in his sister’s custody for the inquest next Thursday.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
George Toal
Alexander P. Campbell
Charleston
Baltimore and Ohio
Campbell
Thomas Delhanty
Secret Service
Toal
Armstrong
Yemen Revolt Crushed by Turkish Expedition
London dispatch says Turkish troops have taken Sanaa the capital of Yemen Province in Turkish Arabia. Rebels reportedly fled in July and dispersion followed as the expedition completed its task.
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London
Morning Post
Constantinople
Yemen
Arabia
Sanaa
Bethe
Bedbug Special sent by Union Pacific car to exterminate pests
The Union Pacific ran an extra train dubbed the Bedbug Special to treat section houses along the line. The steam hose and poisons from the locomotive will be used to exterminate bedbugs and other vermin in the remote rail areas.
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Tribune
Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Bath trip shatters coast-to-city speed records
Philadelphia reporters note a Pennsylvania special train carried Henry Jones Pratt and James Madison Thompson from Philadelphia to Atlantic City for a sea swim. The seventy-eight mile run took sixty eight minutes, with the bathers returning after a brief ocean dip.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Henry Jones Pratt
James Madison Thompson
Storm floods Manhattan streets as heavy rain cripples transit
A rare seventeen hour downpour drenched Manhattan from Saturday evening into Sunday morning, breaking summer rainfall records with 3.53 inches. Streets flooded to ankle and curb depths, sewers overrun, manholes forced from lanes, and South and West Streets transformed into rivers. Ferry passengers sheltered in waiting rooms as cars burned out on 6th Avenue line and subway service ran on schedule.
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Manhattan
Weather Bureau
Jupiter Pluvius
New York
Channel Rail
6Th Ave
Lower Manhattan
Broadway
Battery
City Hall
West Sts
South St
Fulton and
South Sts
Fulton Market
Fulton Ferryhouse
East River
Southst
Brooklyn Bridge
Whitehall St
Richard Peck
New Haven
South-st
City
Hartford
West-st
Jersey
Erie
Jersey Central
Lackawana
Pennsylvania
Westst
Riot at Libau Kills Ten in Police Soldiers Clash
Libau September 3 rioting by Socialist factions during the departure of reserves left ten dead and fifty wounded. Rebels fired from a house on the military, the army answered with a volley. Cavalry charged with sabres, troops stormed the firing house. one policeman and several soldiers were wounded. Twenty-one wounded were hospitalized. Many civilians, including women and children, were present during the disturbance.
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Libau
Steamer Sevonia Breaks In Two On Lake Superior
Five men reported lost after the Sevonia from Allovez to Erle broke in two in Lake Superior near Duluth Minnesota. Six crew remain aboard the wreck while eleven passengers including four women reached shore after exposure. The missing men left in a boat and are believed to have foundered.
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Lake Superior
Sevonia
Allovez
Erle
Steamer North Wind Sinks After Pier Collision
The steamer North Wind struck the pier entering Duluth harbor and sank within minutes. No lives were lost.
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Duluth, Minn
North Wind
Duluth Harbor
Retired broker gifts 500000 to charity in London
London Sept 3 A retired London stock broker E J Bawden has donated 500,009 dollars for charitable and educational purposes and has entrusted the distribution of the funds to Edgar Speyer of Speyer and Co New York.
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London
E. J. Bawden
Edgar Speyer
Speyer & Co
New York
Return of Prisoners from Japan Contracts Reported
Liverpool reports that via a German prince the Hamburg America Steamship Company secured large contracts to repatriate Russian prisoners from Japan at eighty two dollars per head.
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Liverpool
Hambure-American Steamship Company
Japan
Russian visitors at Lake Placid camp of Prof Seligman
M Nowhoff and a private secretary, linked to the Russian peace mission, visited the Adirondack summer camp of Professor E R A Seligman at Lake Placid. Officials kept details secret citing concerns over possible Jewish welfare reforms. The Russians departed by private car Ranger toward Albany and Boston on the 3:10 train.
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the Tribune
Lake Placid
N. Y
M. Nowhoff
E. R. A. Seligman
Columbia College
Stevens House
Seligman
Russia
Professor Seligman
M. Witte
Baron Rogen
Russian Academy of Sciences
Adirondacks
America
Japan
I. N. Seligman
New-York
Adolph Lewisohn
Jacob Schiff
Portsmouth
Europe
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Albany
Boston
Engrossing the Treaty at Portsmouth Ends Soon
Portsmouth officials announce the treaty is complete with a preamble and seventeen articles pending final signing after protocol differences are resolved. Baron Komura and M. Witte clash over wording while forecasts place ratifications within fifty days. a storm rages as officials, journalists, and summer guests await the final act and timetable.
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MR. Taft
California
St. Gabe
Kaiser
Tokio
Mili
Tary
Dered
Prof
Associated Press
Meyer
St. Petersburg
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