Paris Cries of Death Demand Strict Punishment After Soleillant Clemenсy
Paris reports show mass protests against Soleillant's escape from the guillotine for murdering a girl. Demonstrations spread through the city led by women bearing children, shouting for justice and denouncing Falieres. Police dispersed crowds, arrests followed, and newspapers denounce clemency as signaling crime impunity.
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Paris
Soleillant
Fal- Mires
France
St. Ambroise
Marthe Erberding
Falliéres
Place de la République
Place Vendéme
Ministry of Justice
Failires
M. Touny
Stubborn twelve hour fight in Ling-Shan China
In Ling-Shan City troops and insurgents clashed for twelve hours. Imperial reinforcements arrived after marching sixty miles from Kwang-Se and relieved the city. Insurgents cut telegraph lines. leaders are said to be emigrants who bought military stores in the Straits Settlements and Anam. Gunboats patrol the coast to curb smuggling.
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Hong Kong
Ling-Shan
Yung-Chow
Kwang-Se
Straits Settlements
Anam
Race of 34 Balloons Opens International Air Race
Brussels on September 15 saw a huge crowd witness the start of a major balloon race organized by the Belgian Aeronautic Club. Thirty four balloons rose in a record ascent and vanished from view as crews expect to land only tomorrow. Competing nations include 11 Belgians 10 Frenchmen and Germans 2 Englishmen 1 Brazilian 1 Swiss and 1 Italian.
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Brussels
Belgian Aeronautic Club
Strike Won by Longshoremen in New Orleans
Two thousand longshoremen, on strike a week, will return to work tomorrow under a three year contract signed with sixteen steamship lines. They gain prepaid transportation to Chalmette and Westwego, drop the sack sewing clause, and agree to arbitration for future disputes.
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the Tribune
New Orleans
Chalmette
Westwego
Arbitration Board
Court rejects Durkee briefs in UP bond suit
Denver Sept 15 The Durkee suit against Union Pacific for 25 6 million bonds faces a new turn as the Federal Court of Appeals orders briefs by the plaintiff stricken and vaults them for record keeping The case involves the long running dispute over Durkee assets and bonds tied to Utah Governor Charles Durkee’s estate and related authorities.
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The
Tribune
Denver
Durkee
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Federal Court of Appeals
Trigex
John A. Kuykendall
Charles Durkee
Utah
Alpine Death Toll Tops Previous Year in Alps
Berne reports the summer Alpine toll at eighty killed and twenty two injured across ninety accidents, the highest on record. Of the dead, thirty eight were guides, thirty one vacationers, and the rest locals. falls over precipices caused three quarters of fatalities, with avalanches snowstorms and lightning also to blame.
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Berne
Alps
Encyclical on Modernism Warns of Danger to Faith
The Osservatore Romano will publish an encyclical asserting modernism as a grave danger to the church. It outlines strict measures including seminary teaching in Catholic spirit, censorship of publications, bishops supervising periodicals, and vigilance councils to counter modernist errors, with bishops to report to the Holy See.
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Rome
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Pope Pius
Pope Leo XIII
Holy See
Western Poll Predicts Taft Hughes Split Ticket
The Chicago Tribune survey of state ballots shows Taft leading with 289 first choice votes out of 529, Hughes at 139, and both Taft and Hughes appearing as top choices on most ballots. Roosevelt’s progressive policy gains support among Republicans, even in New England where Taft or Hughes are strongly favored. Secretary of War Roosevelt garners over half first-choice mentions in New England.
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Tribune
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
New England
Roosevelt
Taft
Hughes
Stevens Wadsworth Fight in New York Republican Primary
Buffalo dispatch reports bitter Genesee and Niagara county contests over the Stevens Porter alliance against Wadsworth Merritt Sanders. Stevens Porter could control party machinery and delegates to back Hughes and Porter on the regular ticket. The fate of Senators Franchot and Hooker and a possible Wadsworth renomination for Congress are at stake.
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Tribune
Buffalo
Genesee
Niagara
F. C. Stevens
State Department of Public Works
Peter A. Porter
Wadsworth-Merritt-Sanders
Stevens-Porter
Hughes
S. P. Franchot
Niagara-Orleans
S. Percy Hooker
Genesee-Wyoming-Allegany
James W. Wadsworth
Congress
Mob after motorman ends in crowd rage in Little Italy
A northbound Second Avenue surface car in New York struck and killed Charles Capers a boy of 504 East 11th Street yesterday afternoon at 111th Street. Residents surged toward the motorman Garrett Morrisey of 156 East 11th Street. Reserves from East 104th Street station arrived to prevent vigilant action as the crowd lifted the car off the rails to move him to the southbound track. A short circuit occurred during the maneuver with many narrowly escaping shock.
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Second Avenue
111Th Street
Little Italy
East 104Th Street
Garrett Morrisey
East 1Sth Street
Charles Capers
East 11Th Street
Morrisey
Capert
Pushcart politics loom as East Side peddlers form party
Hebrew pedlers stage praise for Police Commissioner Bingham Deputy Commissioner Bugher and Inspector Burfeind and Schmittberger then announce an independent pedlers party. They name Sigismund Schwartz for alderman and Louis Zeltner for assemblyman pledging support to any faction aiding their push for public markets.
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East Side
Bingham
Bugher
Burfeind
Schmittberger
Burns
Levine
Sigismund Schwartz
Louis Zeltner
Schwartz
Max Adler
Barty
la Chaim
Brudder
Pedlers
Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimate
State Receipts Large Show Fiscal Year Rise
Albany Sept 15 State Treasurer Hauser reported a substantial rise in receipts and expenditures for the year ending Sept 30. He cites projected receipts of about 46 million with 39 million spent by Sept 14, led by mortgage and excise taxes, inheritance taxes, and franchise tax collections. He notes banks statewide now pay higher interest on state deposits.
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Albany
Hauser
Cure for lockjaw reported at Williamsburg Hospital
Mrs Annette Koesting of 289 Grove Street Williamsburg survived virulent tetanus after six weeks of treatment by hospital doctors. Antitoxin injections given twice daily for a month yielded progress, with recovery accelerating in the final week and the patient now able to leave bed and soon the hospital.
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Williamsburg Hospital
Annette Koesting
Grove Street
Williamsburg
Henderson
Koesting
Umpire Evans Hit by Bottle in St Louis Baseball Game
In the second St Louis Detroit American League clash a soda bottle struck umpire Evans on the head. He was hurt but expected to recover in a few days. The boy who threw the bottle was arrested and said there was no intent to injure. Police arrived quickly to prevent mob action.
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St. Louis
Detroit
Evans
Sidney man shot by youths while walking tracks
J J Cline, a 60 year old Sidney resident, was fatally shot near the heart along Delaware and Hudson tracks in Binghamton. Three Italian boys shooting birds with a rifle fled in fright but were later arrested. authorities consider the incident likely accidental.
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Binghamton
N. Y
J. J. Cline
Sidney
Delaware & Hudson Tracks
Providence Freight Sheds Damaged by Fire
The freight sheds of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad burned early today along with several freight cars. Merchandise valued at about 3,000 was damaged as fire officials worked to control the blaze and assess the extent of the loss.
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Providence
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Poland Water Pure Spring Cure Adverts
An advertisement extols Poland Spring water as nature’s cure and lists Park and Tilford Acker Merrall Condit Co and Poland Spring. The text reads like vintage dealer copy with street address and promotional claims for purity and health benefits.
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Poland
Nature
Park & Tilford, Acker, Merrall & Condit Co
Broadway
Death in Train Wreck Near Allingtown Siding
Walter H. Johnson engineer of the Ansonia Sunday special died after failing to stop before the Allingtown siding, colliding head on with a northbound New Haven train. A dozen injured include L. R. Watrous, Robert McLawrence, Luther Pelton, and Fred J. Peck. Conductor Barnes and fireman Pelton recount urging stop signals. both trains were late, no other deaths expected.
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Tribune
New Haven
Allingtown
Walter H. Johnson
Ansonia
Luther Pelton
L. R. Watrous
Robert McLawrence
New Haven Hospital
Blakeslee
Philip
North Haven
Fowler
Hiram PD
Ambrose
Joe
Losie
Edward E
M Lawrence
Robert
Peck
Fred J
Pelton, Luther
Monticello
N. Y
Ansonia Special
Reed Myron
Sloa Benjamin P
Watrous
L. A
Wentsch
Martin
Wright, W. O
Clinton
Johnson
W. J. Barnes
Frederick K. Woodruff
Woodruff
Pelton
Man seeks policy cancellation amid death dread
Leo Adrian of Cleveland tells Pennsylvania Casualty and Central Accident Insurance in Scranton that he wants both life policies canceled because he believes he will be killed. He holds 10000 and 5000 policies and fears relatives may claim payout if he dies, though both companies already canceled his coverage. Adrian cites dreams of being killed and prophesies October 8 as his death date.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Leo Adrian
Cleveland
Pennsylvania Casualty Company
Central Accident Insurance Company
Scranton
Adrian
Central
F. H. Kingsbury
Central Company
Ralph Butler
Casualty Company
Fists Used by Cadets at Annapolis Prize Ring Fight
Midshipmen James S. Spore and Solomon Endel fought allegedly over a personal matter with scheduled rounds and officials, Spore sustaining a broken nose and facial bruising, Endel taunted over his race. The incident, though serious, may not trigger severe punishment as it did not involve the old code or hazing.
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The
Tribune
Annapolis
Naval Academy
James S. Spore
West Bay City
Mich
Solomon Endel
Lake Charles
Spore
Endel
Fatal Park Runaway Kills C Berry Winship in Rock Creek Park
Washington reports the death of C Berry Winship, 21, from a horse runaway in Rock Creek Park. The rider's foot was caught in the stirrup, dragging him, and he was knocked unconscious. Dr. Glennon arrived by auto and rushed him to a hospital, but he died shortly after. Winship recently inherited a large fortune.
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Washington
C. Berry Winship
Rock Creek Park
Glennon
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Mr. Winship
Automobiles Struck Rockaway Park Man. Fatal Crash
Daniel Bacon of Rockaway Park was fatally injured when an auto ran over him at Fourth Avenue and 31st Street. The driver fled, witnesses heard orders to speed away. Coroner Harburger leads the investigation with East 35th Street detectives. Bacon, a bachelor, was known as Marine Magnetic Control Co. manager and inventor with ties to firms on William Street and a Spokane connection. Attorney A Leonard Brougham disclosed Bacon's extensive investments in more than a dozen companies.
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Daniel Bacon
Rockaway Park
Fourth Avenue
31St Street
Bellevue Hospital
Bacon
Harburger
Captain Brown
East 35Th Street
F. S. Green
Volney, Green & Son
Front Street
Mr. Bacon
Green
Marine Magnetic Control Company
William Street
Brougham
Narrow escape as car crashes into tree on Pelham Road
Mr and Mrs J E Brulator and Mr and Mrs John E Kleist of New Rochelle were in a crash when their auto skidded into a gutter on a curve in Pelham Road and struck a tree. The car was demolished and all occupants were injured except Mr Kleist.
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J. E. Brulator
John E. Kleist
New Rochelle
Pelham Road
Mr. Kleist
Arctic Expedition Returns From Nova Zembia Voyage
The Duke of Orleans's expedition to Nova Zembia, aboard the Belgica, arrived in Hammerfest and departed for Bergen. They left Varda on July 18, mapped the Kara Sea, and report high satisfaction with the results of the voyage.
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Hammerfest
Norway
Duke of Orleans
Nova Zembia
Bergen
Varda
Kara Sea
Auto Fire Endangers Family in The Bronx
A car containing Matthew Eyler his wife and two children four and six years old caught fire in front of Edward T Leiss garage at 220th Street and Sedgwick Avenue yesterday afternoon. A spark set the gas tank alight and the blaze spread quickly. the occupants escaped unharmed. Leiss used a fire extinguisher to quell the flames but the vehicle was destroyed.
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Matthew Eyler
Edward T. Leiss
220Th Street
Sedgwick Avenue
Bronx
Mr. Leiss
Auto Victim Left In Ditch After Hit Run
Frank German a contracting builder from Queens Village was struck on Queens Road between Queens and Floral Park as he walked. He was knocked into a ditch andUnable to call for help he groaned until a passerby found him and took him home. The driver fled the scene.
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Frank German
Queens Village
Queens Road
Queens
Floral Park
Hole in falling wall saves him in Maspeth fire
A Maspeth Queens fire at 218 Garrison Street destroyed Charles Feltman hotel and nearby cottages. Fire Chief George Emener, directing Truck 7, was caught by a bulging front but crawled through a window and escaped through the burning wall, sustaining no injuries.
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Maspeth
Queens
Charles Feltman
Garrison Street
George Emener
Emener
Car Crash in Buffalo Kills Unknown Woman
Frank L. Bapst’s automobile struck and killed an unknown woman in Buffalo on September 15. Bapst was in the car with the chauffeur driving. The victim was badly mangled and efforts to identify her have been futile.
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Buffalo
Frank L. Bapst
Oklahoma Governor Election Forecast Stirs Stateside Fight
Guthrie Okla Sept 15 President Murray of the constitutional convention says Haskell will win the Oklahoma governorship next Tuesday with Democrats and Prohibitionists. Republicans counter that Frantze will carry by about ten thousand votes. Ratification of the constitution is broadly expected as some Republicans ignore Taft’s opposition to achieve statehood.
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The
Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
Murray
Constitutional Convention
Haskell
Oklahoma
Frantze
Taft
Trains Collide in Fog Kills Twenty Five in Vermont New Hampshire
A head on wreck on the Concord division of the Boston and Maine Railroad four miles north of Cannam Station New Hampshire killed twenty five aboard the southbound Quebec Express and injured many more. Dispatch confusion and a cipher error on train numbers caused a fatal delay, with the freight train misreading orders and entering the main track as the Quebec Express approached. Names of victims and injured are listed, with origin from Sherbrooke and connections to Manchester Nashua and Concord among others.
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Concord
Boston & Maine Railroad
Cannam Station
N. H
Sherbrooke
Quebdec
Canaam
Barrett
John
Manchester
Ratchelder
E. A
Somerville
Mass
Cunningham
William
Hamilton
Dewey
Carrie A. Manchester
Gagnon
Philip
Nashua
Moran
Della
Henry
Vite
ST Pierre
Charlies
Isie Verte
Que
Saunders
Miss C
Fred
Hester
Brockton
Masa
Vencer Yi
Wen
Quebec
White River Junction
Montreal Express
Central Vermont Railroad
Montreal
Canaan
W. F. Ray
J. A. Crowley
John Greeley
Lawrence
West Canaan
New Hampshire
Quebec Express
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China
Brus
Sels
Metropolitan Line
Boston
Annals American Transportation
Yale
Haraté
Aév
P. Ipal
Pontiff
Stevens-Wadsworth
Small Boy
Usher
Sidney, N. Y
Johnson, Walter H
West Haven
Cance
Canaan, N. H
B. & M. Freight Hits Express
Patcher
Neare
Hendrick Hudson
New York
Hudson River
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