Plague grips Russia as cholera ravages spread
St Petersburg faces a fierce Asiatic cholera outbreak with 349 cases and 128 deaths in a 24 hour period. Officials rush to expand hospitals, distribute disinfectants, and curb alcohol sales while schools convert to wards and war stores supply essentials.
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St Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Dracheffsky
Department of War
Volge
Caspian
Don Cossacks
Russia
Family of four drowns near Stratford Breakwater
Frederick L. Roswell, wife and two children Edward eight and May seven, drowned in the Sound near the Housatonic River mouth as their launch struck rocks in fog and heavy seas. Mrs. Parkes survives in collapse. Miss Gertrude Adams and William Gerbich were less harmed. Roswell led the party, worked to save others, but perished with the others. The group resided in Bridgeport and Roswell headed Singer Manufacturing Company’s correspondence department.
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Tribune
Bridgeport
Conn
Frederick L. Roswell
Edward
May
Housatonic
Stratford
Derby
C. Wesley Parkes
Gertrude Adams
William Gerbich
Barnes Dock
Rosewell
Stratford Point
Roswell
Miss Adams
Roswell Boy
Edward Sheehan
Mr. Roswell
Singer Manufacturing Company
Fleet Passes Perth on Way to Manila
The American fleet of battleships, led by the Connecticut and Louisiana, sailed past Perth Western Australia in two columns on the way to Manila. Large crowds from Australia joined sightseers at Fremantle and Rottnest Island as trains brought thousands to view the ships. News of the Zon wreck reached the fleet by Kenowna and Rear Admiral Sperry thanked the newsmakers before the ships hull down at three o’clock.
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Western Australia
Manila
Connecticut
Louisiana
Fremantle
Swan River
Rottnest Island
United States
Kenowna
Zon
Christmas Island
Sperry
Denver Man Heath Convicted of Embezzling from New Yorker
Clint O Heath former real estate dealer and promoter in Denver was found guilty of embezzling 8000 dollars from Mrs Mary Husted of New York. The verdict carries a sentence of one to ten years in the penitentiary. The case relates to embezzlement that began with 8500 dollars but the total losses to Mrs Husted are said to reach 75000 dollars. Heath vanished from Denver last April and was later captured in Los Angeles.
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Clint O. Heath
Mary Husted
New York
Heath
Husted
Los Angeles
Two Killed in Riot at Laibach
Anti German demonstrations in Laibach draw Slovaks into several evenings of unrest. Tonight the police faced missiles and fired a volley killing two rioters and wounding four. Police then charged the crowd with sabers and dispersed them. Rioters later wrecked a German hall and German school in Vienna.
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Laibach
Vienna
Yamuri Disaster Aboard Steamship in Atlantic Storm
A hurricane wrecked the Yamari between New York and the West Indies. Captain Engebretson and crew struggled two days at sea before being saved by the Prins Willem I near Castle Island. Most men survived, with several injured, and the Dutch steamer ferried them to hospitals after docking yesterday.
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Baltimore
West Indies
Hayti
Castile Island
Nyboer
Mr. Wagemaker
Comber
Wagemaker
Engebretsen
Norwegian ship rescues nine from sinking schooner
The Norwegian ship Romanoff arrived at Cape Haytien after rescuing nine men from the schooner President in the Caicos Passage. A tropical hurricane caused high seas that submerged many small islands for 24 hours, complicating rescue efforts.
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Romanoff
President
Caicos Passage
Wreck Wounds Twelve Injured One Fatally Near Kyle
A wreck on the International and Great Northern Railroad three miles south of Kyle injured twelve people, with engineer William Simpson ejected from the cab as the engine tumbled. Fireman Westrop is badly hurt and Simpson is reportedly near death. the cause remains unknown.
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San Antonio
Tex
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Kyle
William Simpson
Westrop
Roosevelt Urges Taft Victory In 1908 Campaign
President Roosevelt writes to William B. McKinley urging disinterested citizens to back Taft and a Republican Congress. He cites seven years of progressive legislation including irrigation, meat inspection, antitrust measures, currency reform, and land, labor, and foreign policy advances, arguing harmony between executive and legislative branches is essential to continue these policies.
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William B. McKinley
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Congressional Committee
William H. Taft
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Department of Justice
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Navy
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Naturalization
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Forest Service
Oklahoma
Alaska
Mr. Taft
National Committee
Hitchcock
Theodore Roosevelt
St. James Building
New York
Louisa B. Robinson Capsizes After Squall Near Faulkner’s Island
The 30 ton schooner Louisa B. Robinson from Greenport Long Island to Bridgeport was struck by a squall off Faulkner’s Island and capsized. Mrs Edward Seaman wife of the captain was trapped in the cabin but saved by her husband. They were rescued by the schooner Mary Cuff commanded by Captain Garrett S Dunbar of New Haven and taken to his home.
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Mary Cuff
Garrett S. Dunbar
New Haven
Tug Rams Ferryboat
The tug Hercules collided with the ferryboat Fishkill on Hudson in Newburg Bay near 9 pm. The bow ripped the guard rail and deck. a Fishkill woman named Taylor suffered a serious leg laceration. Passengers panicked but the ferry sailed to Fishkill. the tug continued downstream with little damage.
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Poughkeepsie
Hercules
Fishkill-on-Hudson
Newburg Bay
Fishkill
New York Central
Taylor
Irish Turn Against Premier Over Eucharistic Protest
Newcastle on Tyne Sept 20 Irish electors in the forthcoming by election to succeed the late Thomas Cairns Liberal adopted a resolution urging a Unionist vote as protest against Premier Asquith’s conduct in depriving Catholics of civil rights tied to the Eucharistic procession. The premier’s action has also been denounced from Catholic pulpits in the city.
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Newcastle-on-Tyne
Thomas Cairns
Asquith
Loss of Five Millions in Paris Fire at Postoffice and Telephone Exchange
A massive blaze destroyed the Paris Central Telephone Building and the adjacent Post Office near Place des Victoires. Estimated losses reach 5 million dollars with extensive telecom outages across Paris and to provinces. Firefighters battled the five story inferno amid smoke and fumes from gutta-percha wiring. cause under investigation with possible short circuit or incendiary origin. By Sept 21 most operations were restored only with delays for temporary service and new equipment.
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Place Des Victoires
Foubour St. Denis
Paris
Foraker to Make Fight for Senate Candidacy
A Cincinnati telegraph report says Senator Foraker will campaign personally for re election to the U S Senate delivering speeches across Ohio though not under state committee auspices He says the Ohio Legislature will elect whom it pleases and he will promote a Republican Legislature He will also answer Hearst charges and defend himself before beginning statewide campaigning under no committee control.
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Cincinnati
Senator Foraker
Foraker
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State Committee
Ohio
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Hearst
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Wainscott
Long Island
Middle Bass
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Senator Dick
Crane
William R. Hearst
Linton Hotel
Memphis
New York
Seminole Rescues Crew At Sea Near Turk's Island
The Clyde Line steamer Seminole, returning from New York, rescued the crew of the abandoned Baltimore schooner John A. Matheson after a hurricane left it dismasted and waterlogged. The Matheson’s crew abandoned ship on August 25, and the Seminole picked up all hands 174 miles north of Turk’s Island. Early on Sunday the Seminole sighted a burning vessel believed Norwegian, with no survivors aboard.
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Turk’s Island
Clyde Line
New York
John A. Matheson
Baltimore
Matheson
Fatal Auto Collision Claims Mrs. Stephen B. Lee
Mrs. Stephen B. Lee wife of Erie County Bank assistant secretary was killed in a collision between their automobile and a Lackawanna freight train in Buffalo on Sept 20. Mr. Lee fatally injured with a fractured skull. Mrs. Lee, daughter of J. W. Healey of Bradford Pennsylvania, was identified.
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Buffalo
Stephen B. Lee
Lee
Erie County Bank
Lackawanna
ROY LEAPS IN FRONT OF AUTO KILLS NEWSBOY
Greenwich Conn Sept g An automobile owned by Julian W Curtiss of New York and driven by chauffeur Peter McGuire struck and instantly killed Charles McCann a fourteen year old newsboy The chauffeur was jailed on manslaughter charges and released on bail Tony Moore a Curtiss employee rode with McGuire They approached Rosemary Hall Seminary McGuire sped to pass a wagon delivering papers McCann leapt to the grass fearing collision and landed before the car.
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Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Julian W. Curtiss
New York
Peter McGuire
Charles McCann
McGuire
Tony” Moore
Curtiss
Rosemary Hall Seminary
Philip Marks
Young McCann
McCann
Lemuel G Trott Dies After Fall From Train
Lemuel G Trott 64 a noted trotting authority died at Massachusetts General Hospital after being fatally injured by a fall from a train in Winchester last evening He published The Turf Weekly and The Spirit of the Hub from 1887 to 1897 and later wrote on trotting for Boston daily papers One son Frank G Trott is turf editor of The Boston Globe Ad text for Haans Restaurant Park Row appears.
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Boston
Lemuel G. Trott
Winchester
Massachusetts General Hospital
Turf Weekly
Spirit of
Boston Daily Papers
Frank G. Trott
Boston Globe
Hearst Foraker Affair Dominates Cincinnati Politics
Cincinnati editorial columns focus on the Hearst Foraker controversy and its impact on Taft. Taft declines to attack Foraker while advisers urge statements amid party tensions as campaign shifts toward openness. Taft and Foraker remain publicly civil. Hearst guests in city circulate amid sensational disclosures.
Hitchcock Goes West Again
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee traveled to Chicago to coordinate with Senator W. Murray Crane about the Foraker situation. He plans talks with Governor Hughes speaking trips to avoid date conflicts and to arrange tentative appearances with Western state leaders demanding Hughes visits. Chairman Woodruff will return from Kamp Kill Kare and resume duties at state headquarters to run the campaign through the end.
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Republican National Committee
Chicago
W. Murray Crane
Cincinnati
Foraker
Woodruff
State Committee
Hughes
West
White
National Committee
Kamp Kill Kare
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