Crank with Bulldog Revolver Seized Near President's Sagamore Hill
John Coughlin, a self described detective, confronted Secret Service guards at Sagamore Hill with a .32 caliber bulldog revolver hidden in a bag. He claimed to seek Roosevelt to deploy 10 000 troops against Boston yegmen threats and was jailed for carrying concealed weapons. He portrays himself as insane and seeks the president's aid to suppress crime in Boston.
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Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
Secret Service
John Coughlin
Boston
Coughlin
John Dams
Adams
Roosevelt
James Sloan, Jr
Sloan
French Bowed Moors Crushed in Boudenib Relief Fight
Dispatches from Colomb Bechar report General Allix crushing Berber tribesmen estimated at 15 000 to 20 000 near Boudenib. A French column of 5000 attacked the enemy camp at Djorf, repelled Arab charges, and routed the force. French losses include Lieutenant Schwartz and 21 others wounded. enemy losses numbered in hundreds.
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Boudenib
Allix
Schwartz
Mr Taft Visits Hayes Home in Fremont Ohio
Mr Taft and family spent Labor Day at Spiegel Grove the Hayes home in Fremont Ohio hosted by Colonel Webb Hayes. They toured the mansion attended a luncheon and visited the Taft oak and other historic trees before attending a local baseball game and visiting Fremont cemetery.
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Tribune
Sandusky
Ohio
Mrs. Taft
Labor Day
Colonel Webb Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes
Hayes
Spiegel Grove
Fremont
Lewis
Walter Brown
Port Clinton
Richardson
Brown
Taft
Tadsen
Mr. Taft
Cincinnati
Colonel Hayes
General Corbin
Fannie Hayes Smith
Ruchard A. Hayes
C. R. Truesdale
Keeler
Pease
H. C. Durand
E. T. True
Bristol
Burchard A. Hayes
Toledo
Professor Smith
Annapolis
Garfield
McKinley
Cleveland
Sheridan
Rosecrans
Crook
Scammon
Conley
Primitio V. Refundo
Panay
President Hayes
Marsh
Mr.Taft
Herrick
Keifer
Henry C. Corbin
Rumor of a Shot Near President Roosevelt Denied
Oyster Bay Sept 7 a rumor spread that a bullet was fired over President Roosevelt while riding last Saturday near Cove Road by W Emlen Roosevelt’s house. Officials including James Sloan Jr denied any ambush or foundation to the claim.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Cove Road
W. Emlen Roosevelt
James Sloan, Jr
Secret ‘Lee
Coughlin Held in Jail Over Delusions and Roosevelt Pursuit
Mineola N Y Sept 7 Coughlin arrested at Oyster Bay is described as mentally unfit and delusional. He claims he seeks President Roosevelt to present alleged evidence that Mother Eve of New York was lynched by yeggmen at Forest Hills Massachusetts on July 23. He names Jack Brennan as the cause of his arrest and says he is a detective for the Unelected Congress of Massachusetts. He travels by rail and foot from Walpole to Washington Elmira Saratoga York and Oyster Bay in search of the President.
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Secret Service
Coughlin
Oyster Bay
Justice Franklin
Mineola
Walpole
Mass
Sylum
Boston
Roosevelt
Washington
York
Penn
Vermont
Sagamore Hill
Crank
Long Island
Eve
State of
New York
Forest Hills
Jack” Brennan
Brennan
Congress
Massachusetts
Contess
Elmira
N. Y
Saratoga
Mrs Neumann’s death linked to son’s loss on warship
San Francisco reports Mrs Eliza D Neumann likely caused by brooding over Ensign Neumann’s death in a turret explosion aboard the Georgia last fall near Boston. She is believed to have jumped from the City of Sydney off Acapulco on September 1, with the steamer turning back and no trace found.
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San Francisco
Ensign Neumann
Georgia
Boston
Eliza D. Neumann
Pacific Mail
City
Sydney
Acapulco
Senator Knox Nearly Escapes Car Crash in Europe
Gen eva sept 7 Senator Philander C Knox of Pennsylvania and his son escaped serious injury when their automobile skidded on a narrow road near Evian les Bains. The car left the road and fell into a ditch damaging the vehicle as they were returning to Geneva. Knox and his son sustained minor injuries while the car was taken to Geneva for shipment to Paris for repairs. The party had left the United States August 3 for a continental trip and expected to return October 1.
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Geneva
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Eviantes-Bains
Knox
Paris
Basle
Typhoid Germs and Self Harm Allegations In Omaha
The World Herald reports alleged past attempts by Dr. Frederick Rustin to kill himself using typhoid and tetanus germs. It claims he carried cultures, warned friends of lethal results, suffered typhoid, and later spoke of a malignant tracheal growth requiring risky surgery.
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Omaha
Frederick Rustin
The
World-Herald
Rustin
Austin
Chicago
Jail Sentence for Speeding on Central Avenue
John Hogg of 141 Keap Street Brooklyn was sentenced by City Judge Beall Yonkers to fifteen days in jail for reckless intoxicated driving on Central avenue. He zigzagged past trolley cars and carriages, narrowly avoiding collisions and had a prior conviction in June with a warned suspension.
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John Hogg
No. 141
Keap Street
Brooklyn
Beall
Yonkers
Central Avenue
Hogg
Chauffeur Thrown Out And Hurt After Runaway
Mrs James F Stillwell of New York was shaken and fainted when a runaway horse and buggy struck a Plymouth auto carrying Mrs C F Barton and others. The driver Walter Donaldson was thrown clear and lay unconscious for an hour as the vehicle nearly overturned.
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the Tribune
Waterbury, Conn
James F. Stillwell
New York
Plymouth
C. F. Barton
Walter Donaldson
Labor Day Parade Delays Mind Bayonne Christenings and Funerals
Labor Day parade in Bayonne halted religious rites as coaches were used citywide and from Jersey City. Several funerals and weddings were postponed while one couple wed after walking to the church drawing notable attention.
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Bayonne
Jersey City
Labor Day Parades Draw Thousands in City Festivities
Two large labor demonstrations, Central Federated Union and United Teamsters of America, attracted about thirty thousand marchers from the Plaza to Washington Square. Proceedings featured bands, flags, colorful uniforms, and a police escort of two thousand. minor tensions with nonunion drivers were resolved with order.
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Central Park
Washington Square
Central Federated Union
Fifth Avenue
Plaza
United Teamsters of America
Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Company
Central Federated Unionists
Teamsters
Schmittberger
Housesmiths and Bridgemen’s Union
Herman Robinson
Housesmiths and
Bridgemen’s Union
Jasper
Colorado Springs
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
American Teamsters’ Association
Valentine Hoffman
National Organization
Terry Radford
No. 606
Terry
Union No. 6&6
Keir Hardie
Pariament
Park & Tilford
63D Street
Berri Praises Hughes In Editorial Shift At The Standard Union
The Standard Union of Brooklyn praised Governor Hughes after a wavering stance on his renomination. Publisher William Berri, a Hughes ally and potential candidate, influenced the paper’s tone, calling Hughes a towering figure of Republicanism and likening him to Roosevelt and Taft. The editorial credits Hughes with national campaign contributions and argues he needs no outside aid to win renomination.
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Hughes
Standard Union
Brooklyn
William Berri
Woodruff
State Committee
Youngstown
Roosevelt
Taft
Cleveland article called fake by Watterson in Chicago
Henry Watterson arrived in Chicago to discuss the Cleveland article. He doubted Cleveland’s authorship and urged investigators to probe the document as a possible fake citing misnamed administrator Frederick Hastings and potential motives for selling to a newspaper or the Republican National Committee.
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The
Tribune
Chicago
Henry Watterson
W. J. Bryan
Cleveland
Fire Grips Mesaba Range Towns In Minnesota
Flames again menace the Mesaba range after a quiet day. Snowball, a 100 resident town, was destroyed this afternoon while Hibbing Nashwauk and Buhl face renewed danger. Aurora is surrounded. Mitchell near Hibbing was saved by heroic efforts. a 22 mile front of forest fires stretches between Nashwauk and Hibbing.
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Duluth
Minn
Mesaba Range
Chisholm
Hibbing
Buhl
Nashwauk
Aurora
Mitchell
Fletcher Dies In Minnesota Auto Crash
Paris Fletcher a prominent St Paul real estate figure was instantly killed when his car overturned on a steep Minnesotan hill near Minnetska. His wife Mrs Fletcher was severely injured as they traveled through Southern Minnesota after leaving St Paul for a ten day trip.
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St. Paul
Paris Fletcher
Fletcher
Minnetska
Wabasha
Minn
Minnesota
Blaze at Water Street Building Kills Four in Suspicious Fire
A seven story building at Water Street Nos 542 544 546 burned with four people dead and about 15 others inside. Fire chief Croker called it incendiary noting unoccupied lofts and a brick wall separating sections. Rescue efforts saved several occupants including Abraham Rosen Nachman Lieberwitz and Christopher McDonald. The Haywood chair factory site nearby recalled past disasters.
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Water Street
Galvin
Beieve
Thomas Walsh
John Miller
Hook and Ladder 18
Cornelius J. Sullivan
S. M. Gregg
Croker
Abraham Rosen
Rutgers Place
Nachman Lieberwitz
Edward F. Howe
Madison Street
Howe
Two Near-Die In Mud At Coney Island Creek
Frank Natre and his daughter Jean Nette nearly perished in mud and quicksand behind Brighton Beach racetrack. Rescued with planks and ropes after Jean went to aid her father while Charles Natre summoned help from a nearby water works plant. Both were exhausted and treated by a physician before going home.
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Coney Island Creek
Brighton Beach Racetrack
Frank Natre
No. 210
East 109Th Street
Jeannette
Natre
Coney Island
Charles
Motorman Shot in Eye on Eighth Avenue Line
George Cobell motorman on the Eighth avenue trolley, residing at 49 West 4th street, was shot in the right eye near 16th street as his car neared the stop. An inspector on board halted the vehicle, Cobell was taken to a drug store and found seriously wounded. He was moved to New York Hospital then to the New York Eye and Bar Infirmary and is likely to lose the sight of his eye. Police have not identified the shooter or the firing location.
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George Cobell
Eighth Avenue
West 4Th Street
16Th Street
West 2Th Street
Cobell
New York Hospital
New York Eye and Bar Infirmary
Mammoth oil painting of Washington at Battle of Trenton
Hungarian artist Guido Horvath has completed a mammoth oil painting titled Washington at the Battle of Trenton. The artwork, claimed to be the largest single picture on any subject in the country, measures 210 feet in length and eleven feet in height. The project followed years of study and research conducted in Proctor, Vermont.
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The
Tribune
Proctor
Guido Horvath
Washington
Battle of
Trenton
Auto tire burst claims life of Mrs McLaughlin
Denver dispatch reports Mrs Catherine K McLaughlin aged widow died from shock after an automobile tire burst a week earlier and she survived a revival but grew too nervous and had to be strapped to a bed.
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the Tribune
Denver
Catherine K. McLaughlin
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Sagamore
B. Hayes
Cincinnatics
Gells
President Roosevelt
Neumann
Ensign
Seays
Berri
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton Bt
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