Coal Demand Shifts Atlantic Port Shipping to Pacific
Philadelphia reports a coming revolution in soft coal shipments as Atlantic fleets move to the Pacific Coast. Government preference for coal loading at Philadelphia port could disrupt existing Delaware River dock authority, raise steam coal prices, and accelerate use of ships by the Navy. Four battleships Georgia Maine Kansas and Kearsarge head to League Island Navy Yard for overhaul before Pacific duty by December 15.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Pacific
John C. Grad@y
Department of Wharves
Washington
United States
Delaware River
Puget Sound
Grady
League Island Navy Yard
Georgia
Maine
Kansas
Kearsarge
North Atlantic Squadron
Carbonic gas blast kills infant in city candy store
In a Monroe Street store explosion three month old Rosa Nitkin died from fumes after a carbonic tank detached during connection. Joseph C. Zuckmann later died from injuries. Store owner Louis Scheffman was arrested on homicide charges as firefighters responded and an ambulance took victims to Gouverneur Hospital.
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Monroe Street
Rosa Nitkin
Joseph C. Zuckmann
Zuckmann
Louis Scheffman
James Nitkin
Nitkin
Rosa
Amy Root Held in Paris as Eccentric Visitor
Paris dispatch reports an American woman claiming to be Mrs. Amy Root of Rochester, cousin of Secretary of State Elihu Root, detained by police for eccentric conduct. She has been in Paris ten days, sang, danced on tables, and refused cab fares, prompting police inquiry and hotel instability. She formerly worked for Beadle & Sherburn and moved to Buffalo in 1890.
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Paris
Amy Root
Rochester
Eithu Root
Beadle & Sherburn
Buffalo
Teddy Bear Makers Strike At Bruin Manufacturing
Teddy bear stuffers at Bruin Manufacturing Company No 407 Broome street went on strike yesterday over pay reductions for piecework. The strike drew no local union presence and the workers sought advice from United Eeprew Trades, which called the strike foolish and said the company president M Lekmen had no authority to place the strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruin Manufacturing Company
Broome Street
United Eeprew Trades
M. Lekmen
Reat Gear Spring Water Ad Features Purity Claim
An old advertisement promotes Reat Gear Spring Water as famously pure, emphasizing purity as its standout trait. The brief promo frames the product as the trusted choice for clean drinking water.
Lightning Kills Five at Buckhorn Power Plant
Lightning struck the Buckhorn D C electric plant power house injuring twenty five and killing five men. A separate storm on Lake Pontchartrain destroyed the oyster patrol boat Majestic with the crew escaping in lifeboats. The Majestic was owned by Louisiana and used to regulate the oyster industry.
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Raleigh
N. C
Buckhorn
D. C
New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Majestic
State of
Louisiana
Assassinations at Fez Shake Moroccan Power
Letters from Fez report the assassination of Abdel Krim Ben Sliman and Ganam by Cath militants of Medinar. The Tazzi brothers controlled the Sultan and financed Morocco’s debt. Ganam opposed Europeans and faced charges over Tangier land sales. Caid Ben Aich involved in a prior plot.
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Casablanca
Fez
Tazzi Brothers
Abdel Krim Ben Sliman
Ganam
Tangier
Cath
Medinar
Morocco
Caid
Mechuar
Tazz Brothers
Sultar
Ben Aich
Buiaris
Daffaires
Kwang Hsu’s Successor Grave Question in China
In Peking the Manchu succession dominates palace talk as Empress Dowager's grip and the Emperor's illness raise fears for the dynasty. Foreign experts warn the heir apparent issue may outpace calls for a constitution and unity with Han Chinese interests amid past palace intrigue.
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Peking
Summer Palace
China
Prince Chun
Pu Chun
Chun
Kwang-Hsu
Bullet in Brain Not Slowing Riverhead Woman
Mrs Emily T Cauldwell of Riverhead Long Island formerly Brooklyn with a bullet in her brain survived a suicide attempt. Doctors said paralysis or mental decline would follow yet she recovered rapidly after hospital transfers and treatment. She shot herself in her sister’s home and is now rational with head wound almost healed.
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Emily T. Cauldwell
Riverhead
Long Island
Brooklyn
President commutes sentences of two women in clemency action
Washington reports the President commuted the sentences of Bessie L. Bond, once Baltimore church treasurer, and Adaline Rose of Tennessee. Bond’s five year term for attempting to convert a ten dollar bill into a hundred was reduced to two years. Rose’s six month term and thousand dollar fine for illegal whisky sales was altered to end September 17, with the fine set aside. Both petitions were endorsed by the trial judges and backed by the Attorney General.
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Washington
Bessie L. Bond
United States District Court
Baltimore
Baltimore Methodist Episcopal Church
Adaline Rose
Jackson County
Tenn
Bonaparte
Earthquakes Hit Algerian Villages Damage Buildings
From Constantine similar shocks were felt in the villages of Melonga, Kessabia and Beni Bimane. Several houses and mosques were damaged or collapsed. One man was killed in the tremors reported on September 3.
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Constantine
Algeria
Melonga
Keesabia
Beni-Bimane
Wall Street Cheerful on New Treasury Policy
Wall Street shows rising optimism after Perkins and Mitchell forecast improvements in Chicago and the East. Europe's liquidation is exhausted, grain and cotton demand grows, and a New York bond issue boosts confidence as the crop moving period begins. Policy shifts and bank backing are cited as stabilizing factors amid nationwide production forecasts.
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Wall Street
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
John J. Mitchell
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
Mr. Perkins
East
Ilinois
Europe
Treasury
New York
United States
Paid Bryan's Fare
The Pere Marquette and Cincinnati road ticket agent in Lowell Michigan sold a Cincinnati bound fare for William Jennings Bryan on a trip with Judson Harmon. Harmon, a railroad receiver and Democratic figure, admitted buying the ticket and said Bryan was his guest. The episode highlighted the Hepburn act enforcing passes.
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Tribune
Cincinnati
Lowell
Mich
Hamilton & Dayton
Judson Harmon
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Harmon
Judge Harmon
Bryan
Light on Car Shortage in West Under New Rate Law
Franklin K. Lane of the Interstate Commerce Commission will travel through the West Northwest and Pacific Coast to inquire into railroad operations under the new rate law. He will hear complaints, study coal transport, and aid railroads and shippers to avert a coal famine and a possible car shortage for this fall and winter.
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Washington
West
Franklin K. Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Lane
San Francisco Policeman Killed in Morning Shooting
San Francisco on September 3 reports Policeman Edward McCartney was shot and killed early today. A fellow officer identifies the suspect as Tansey, a picket for the street railway workers union. Tansey, jailed, denies guilt. Ad from A J Murphy, manager, mentions Waumbek cottages in the White Mountains as a resort.
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San Francisco
Edward McCartney
Tansey
Street Railway Men’s Union
Jefferson, White Mountains
Ideal
Gok
A J. Murphy
Advt
Burton Enters The Mayor Race Against Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland dispatch reports Representative Theodore E. Burton accepts the Republican nomination for Mayor to oppose Tom L. Johnson seeking a fourth term. Burton says he has discussed the decision with President Roosevelt and Secretaries Taft and Garfield.
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The
Tribune
Cleveland
Theodore E. Burton
Tom L. Johnson
Burton
Roosevelt
Taft
Garfield
Burton's mayoral bid proclaimed at Cleveland convention
A statement announcing Burton's candidacy seals his nomination by acclamation at the Republican City Convention. He vows to oppose street railway domination, push a nonaffiliate platform, and seek a debt halt. Burton cites prior contests with Johnson, notes national figures' opinions, and predicts a spectacular municipal race ahead of the November election.
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Burton
City of
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Taft
Garfield
Johnson
State Supreme Court
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Burton
Washington
Ohio
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Congress
United States
Trade Unions Meet in Bath for United Political Action
The British trade union congress opens in Bath with over five hundred delegates including MPs and members from Musicians' Union and Artists' Protection League. Leaders seek concordat for unity, easing political campaigning amid socialist interruptions. Organized labor to remain a force in British politics.
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The
Tribune
Tribune Association
Bath
England
Trade Union Congress
Amalgamated Engineers
Musicians’ Union
Artists’ Protection League
Gills
Riots In Antwerp Strikers Clash With Police
Severe unrest grips Antwerp as police clash with striking laborers. A policeman is killed and several children injured in indiscriminate shootings. Militia and gendarmes deploy, sabres drawn, trucks overturned, and fires set as reinforcements arrive.
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Antwerp
Red Star
Lysgravel
City Budget Increases Ahead of September Estimates
Acting Controller McCooey said budget figures from department heads likely range from 150 million to 169 million. The Board of Education seeks a 6 million rise, street cleaning about 10 million versus 9 million last year. Final figures await the Board on September 27, with current taxes for city and counties at 131.42 million and expected final totals above 140 million.
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McCooey
Supreme Court
Board of Education
Board of Estimate
Bonaparte Says No Resignation Planned Amid Plot Rumor
Baltimore dispatch reports Attorney General Bonaparte replying to inquiries about a Wall Street plot to oust him from the Cabinet. He states he knows nothing of such plans, has no intention of resigning, and plans to remain in Lenox, Mass., as his lease for his Washington apartment continues for another year starting October 1.
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Baltimore
Bonaparte
Wall Street
Lenox
Mass
Washington
Vandal cuts Louvre painting. girl seeks arrest outcome
Paris authorities report another Louvre theft damage as a girl used scissors on Ingres The Sixteen Chapel prompting immediate arrest and calls by Under Secretary Beaumetz to meet officials and curb recurring vandalism at the galleries.
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Paris
Louvre
Ingres
Sixtine Chapel
M. Dujardin Beaumetz
Fine Arts
Vatican
Hagve
Governor Hughes Optimistic On New York Progress
Governor Hughes toured Johnstown amid heavy rain, spoke at the Fulton County Agricultural Society fair, and visited Gloversville and Johnson Hall. He urged honest, fair government, emphasized public duty over office seeking, and warned against privilege grants while defending broad opportunities for farmers and workers in New York.
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Johnstown
Hughes
Fulton County Agricultural Society
Charlies E. Hughes, Jr
Treadwell
Drury
Littauer
Wemple
Mills
Gloversville
Kingsborough
Fair Grounds
Johnson Hall
Sir William Johnson
Albany
New York
State of New York
State of
Empire State
United States
Hotel Guests Panic as Basement Fire Flashes at Palmer House
Smoke from a basement fire at the Palmer House in Chicago caused about four hundred guests to rush from their rooms into the street in night attire. The blaze posed no danger to the hotel and no injuries were reported.
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Palmer House
Chicago
Mackerel Fleet From Portland Ships Record Rich Haul
The sixty five sail mackerel fleet from Portland and Gloucester nears season end reporting $500000 in catch. Grayling under Captain Joseph Smith of Gloucester sold $25203 worth. crew share totals $607 each for four months. A. M. Nicholson and Constitution of Gloucester netted $20000 each. Nicholson commanded by Sol Jacobs.
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The
Tribune
Portland
Gloucester
Mass
Joseph Smith
Smith
A. M. Nicholson
Constellation
Sol” Jacobs
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Mitchell
Hepburn Law
Striking Car Men’s Union
20Th Century Limited
Gaege
XO Central Lines
United Political Action
Mr.Hughes
Mackerel Fleet
Portland, Me
Usher
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