Plague Grips Russia Cholera Ravages St Petersburg
St Petersburg battles Asiatic cholera amid rising cases and deaths. Authorities allocate 250000 for hospital expansion and disinfectants as schools convert to wards and meals are provided to the poor. Premier Stolypin reproaches officials for unsafe conditions while markets and cabs spread infection. Across Russia alarms rise with quarantines at Moscow stations and ships barred in Viborg.
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Stolypin
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Volge
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Don Cossacks
Russia
Moscow
Helsingfors
Viborg
Trangsand
Veesels
Odessa
Germany
Family of four drown near Stratford Breakwater
Bridgeport report details Frederick L Roswell his wife and two children Edward and May aged eight and seven drowned in the Sound near the Stratford Breakwater after their launch struck rocks. Mrs C Wesley Parkes and two swimmers survived, with others injured or rescued. Roswell headed the Singer Manufacturing Company correspondence department. the family resided in Bridgeport.
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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 in Long Run to Manila
The American fleet of battleships led by the Connecticut and Louisiana steamed along the Western Australia coast toward Manila. Crowds gathered from Perth to Fremantle, Rottnest Island, and Christmas Island as trains and boats followed the ships. Rear Admiral Sperry acknowledged news of a steamship wreck and said, Cannot stop good-by, with the fleet hull down by three o'clock.
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Western Australia
Manila
Connecticut
Louisiana
Fremantle
Swan River
Rottnest Island
United States
Kanowna
Christmas Island
Sperry
Leopard Kills His Mate in Bronx Zoo Cage
In a two year pairing the male leopard Devil killed his mate Nigger during a 4 pm attack at the Bronx Zoological Park. Keepers and visitors intervened as the pair fought after meat was shared. Both animals were wounded with Devil injuring the female’s throat and later limping into an adjacent cage where Dr. W. Reid Blair treated him. The female was valuable at $2,500 and the incident leaves Devil recovering for weeks.
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Bronx Zoological Park
W. Reid Blair
Guilty of Theft From New Yorker Heath Sentenced
Clint O Heath a former dealer and promoter in Denver was found guilty of embezzling 8400 from Mrs Mary Husted of New York. He faces one to ten years in prison. The case tied to Denver real estate involved 6500 in embezzlement with Mrs Husted allegedly losing up to 75000 overall. Heath vanished from Denver last April and was captured in Los Angeles months later.
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Mary Husted
New York
Informa
Denver
Heath
Husted
Los Angeles
Two Killed in Riot at Laibach
Anti German demonstrations in Laibach led Slovak protesters to attack police with stones and missiles. Police fired, killing two rioters and wounding four before charging and dispersing them. Rioters later wrecked a German hall and school.
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Vienna
Laibach
Yamuri wrecked by hurricane after New York voyage
The steamship Yamari, a small fruit steamer from New York to the West Indies, was driven onto rocks off Castle Island during a hurricane. Captain Engebretson and crew endured two days at sea and severe exposure as Prins Willem I rescued survivors and transported them to shore. several crew were seriously ill, with the captain and chief engineer among the injured. The Dutch steamer brought the rescued crew to port yesterday for hospital treatment.
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Baltimore
West Indies
Hayti
Castle Island
Port Antonio
Engebretson
Engelbretson
Carl Evensen
Harold Olsen
Sigebald Dahl
Olsen
Evensen
Nyboer
Mr. Wagemaker
Comber
Wagemaker
Engebretsen
Norwegian Ship Rescues Nine From Schooner President
The Norwegian ship Romanoff, arriving at Cape Haitien, rescued nine men from the schooner President in the Caicos Passage. A hurricane submerged many small islands in the area for a full day.
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Romanoff
President
Caicos Passage
Wreck injures twelve with one fatality near Kyle
Twelve people were injured and one killed when an International and Great Northern train wrecked three miles south of Kyle Texas. The locomotive overturned after the crash as it traveled about twenty five to thirty miles per hour. Engineer William Simpson was thrown from the cab and is described as likely to die. Fireman Westrop is badly injured. The cause remains undetermined.
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San Antonio
Tex
International & Great Northern
Kyle
William Simpson
Westrop
Roosevelt Urges Taft Campaign Unity In Congress
President Roosevelt writes to William B. McKinley urging disinterested citizens to back Taft and a Republican Congress, arguing the seven year record of legislation supports the platform. He cites irrigation, pure food, currency reform and other acts and stresses harmony between President and Congress to sustain current policies.
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William B. McKinley
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William H. Taft
Republican Congress
Taft
Congress
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Justice
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Philippines
Navy
Consular Service
Naturalization
District of Columbia
Forest Service
Oklahoma
Alaska
Mr. Taft
National Committee
Hitchcock
Theodore Roosevelt
St. James Building
New York
N. Y
Woman in Capsized Boat Near Guilford
A 30 ton schooner Louisa B. Robinson from Greenport was struck by a squall off Faulkner's Island and capsized. Mrs Edward Seaman was trapped in the cabin but saved by her husband who dived and brought her to the surface. They were later rescued by the Mary Cuff under Captain Garrett S. Dunbar and taken to New Haven.
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Guilford
Conn
Louisa B. Robinson
Greenport
Long Island
Bridgeport
Faulkner's Island
Edward Seaman
Seaman
Tug Rams Ferryboat
In Newburg Bay the tug Hercules rammed the ferryboat Fishkill on the Hudson as it carried passengers to a New York Central train. A Fishkill woman suffered a bad leg gash from a deck splinter as passengers scattered toward life preservers. the ferry remained undamaged and continued to Fishkill slip while the tug moved on downstream.
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N. Y
Hercules
Fishkill-on-Hudson
Newburg Bay
Fishkill
New York Central
Taylor
Irish Turn Against Premier in By-Election
The Irish electors of Newcastle on Tyne voted to back the Unionist candidate as a protest against Premier Asquith for depriving them of civil rights over the Eucharistic procession. The resolution affirms home rule principles but urges Unionist support in the upcoming by election to fill the late Thomas Cairns seat.
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Newcastle-on-Tyne
Thomas Cairns
Asquith
Fire destroys Paris Postoffice and Central Telephone Exchange
Fire at the Central Telephone Building and nearby Post Office in Paris causes total destruction and an estimated loss of five million dollars. The blaze disrupts central and provincial communications, with restoration expected to take months. Firemen faced heavy smoke and crowds as reserves were brought in and twenty thousand lines in use by ministries, banks, papers, and trunks were ruined.
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Place Des Victoires
Paris
Foubour St. Denis
Foraker Plans Personal Senate Re Election Campaign
A close friend says Senator Foraker will campaign across Ohio for re election to the Senate with speeches statewide. Foraker confirms the Legislature will elect the U S senator and he will back a Republican Legislature. He plans to respond to Hearst charges and then tour the state without a party committee banner.
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Tribune
Cincinnati
Senator Foraker
Foraker
Senate
State Committee
Ohio
United States Senate
Republican Legislature.” Beyond That Statement Mr. Foraker
Hearst
Judge Taft
Roosevelt
United States
Taft
Seminole Saves Crew From Abandoned Vessel Matheson
The Clyde Line steamer Seminole rescued the crew of the dismasted schooner John A. Matheson, abandoned August 25 after a hurricane, 174 miles north of Turk's Island. The Matheson, waterlogged and lashed by high seas, was left by its crew on Tuesday. Early today the Seminole spotted a burning bark, likely Norwegian, with no signs of life onboard.
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Turk’s Island
Clyde Line
New York
John A. Matheson
Baltimore
Matheson
Fatal Auto Collision Kills Mrs Lee in Buffalo
In Buffalo on September 20 Mrs. Stephen B. Lee wife of the Erie County Bank official and her husband were fatally injured when their automobile collided with a Lackawanna freight train. Mrs Lee, daughter of J. W. Healey of Bradford Pennsylvania, died from the crash and Mr. Lee suffered a fractured skull.
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Stephen B. Lee
Lee
Erie County Bank
Lackawanna
Boy Leaps in Front of Auto in Greenwich Tragedy
A New York auto owned by Julian W. Curtiss and driven by Peter McGuire killed 14 year old newsboy Charles McCann in Greenwich near Rosemary Hall Seminary. McGuire was jailed on manslaughter charges then released on bail as Tony Moore rode with him. The crash occurred while passing a paper wagon. McCann jumped to grass and was struck.
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Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Julian W. Curtiss
New York
Peter McGuire
Charles MecCann
McGuire
Tony” Moore
Curtiss
Rosemary Hall Seminary
Philip Marks
Young McCann
McCann
Lemuel G Trott Dies After Train Fall In Winchester
Lemuel G Trott, renowned trotting expert and former publisher of The Turf Weekly, died at Massachusetts General Hospital after injuries from a fall from a train in Winchester last evening. He was sixty four. His son Frank G Trott serves as turf editor of The Boston Globe.
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Lemuel G. Trott
Winchester
Massachusetts General Hospital
Turf Weekly
Spirit of the Hub
Boston Daily Papers
Frank G. Trott
Boston Globe
Hearst Foraker affair dominates Cincinnati political chatter
Cincinnati circles discuss the Hearst-Foraker controversy amid Taft rising as the anti-Foraker candidate. Taft rejects denouncing Foraker and will pursue a more open campaign, while Hearst visits Cincinnati briefly and declines to comment on disclosures.
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Ohio
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Hitchcock Goes West Again
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee travels to Chicago to arrange meetings with Senator W. Murray Crane and Governor Hughes speaking itineraries. He plans to coordinate dates with State Committee Chair Woodruff and Western leaders to avoid clashes and meet requests for Hughes literature. Woodruff is due back from Kamp Kim Kare and will be at the state headquarters by noon.
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Republican National Committee
Chicago
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Cincinnati
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Woodruff
State Committee
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West
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National Committee
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