Warrants Set to Seize Eleven Tile Labor Leaders
The United States plans to arrest eleven members of the Tile Grate and Mantel Association on charges of violating the contract labor law by bringing English tile layers to the United States. The cases, in the Southern District of New York, hinge on four English workers kept on Ellis Island as witnesses, with potential penalties including fines up to 10 900 dollars and up to two years’ imprisonment.
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United States
Grate and Mantel Association
Employers’ Association
England
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
Department of Commerce and Labor
Ellis Island
Auto Victim in Manhattan Collision Crashes and Dies Likely
Mrs Johnson, 35, wife of broker L Johnson, was struck as she tried to board a bus at 148th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. Allan Watrous, the chauffeur, steered the touring car onto the sidewalk, but the victim died of probable fatal injuries. Mrs Richard F Newton of Broadway assisted before ambulance arrival. Police held Watrous pending investigation.
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Richard F. Newton
Broadway
Johnson
St. Nicholas-ave
Allan B. Watreus
Block
Washington Heights
Watrous
Butte Suffered Worst Fire In Its History
Telegraph report details a devastating Butte fire on September 24 that destroyed central business district properties valued at about 1.25 million dollars. The Symons Dry Goods Company suffered about 600 thousand in losses, the Butte Public Library building and 500 thousand volumes were wrecked, and other losses affected the Atlantic saloon Walkover Shoe Company Ogden saloon California bakery Clark Block. Firefighters were injured mildly. the night watchman alerted authorities minutes before 9. Dense smoke and embers threatened nearby structures until a heavy rain helped control the blaze.
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Tribune
Butte
Mont
Symons Dry Goods Company
Butte Public Library
Atlantic Saloon
Walkover Shoe Company
Ogden Saloon
California Bakery
Clark Block
Symons Company
Symons
Clark
Shot by a Woman in New London Tragedy
Stephen M. Crocker, a New London resident, was wounded by a pistol shot at the Bindloss home on School Street. Crocker, alleged to be terrorizing Mrs. Bindloss and her daughter Stella, was restrained by Mrs. Bindloss who fired when Crocker wrested the revolver from her. Crocker claimed two tramps shot him. the Bindlosses reported the incident to police but were not arrested.
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New-London
Stephen M. Crocker
Memorial Hospital
George Bindloss
School St
Crocker
Bindloss
Singer Regains Voice After Arizona cure
Mackenzie Wallace lyric tenor who lost his voice to pneumonia at The Hague has returned from the Arizona Desert near Phoenix completely cured and will give a public concert in San Francisco Tuesday night. His career included Scotland, Savannah, Chicago, New York and London where he enjoyed support from prominent families before his illness.
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Tribune
San Francisco
Mackenzie Wallace
the Hague
Arizona Desert
Phoenix
Wallace
Scotland
Savannah
Chicago Fair
Vanderbilts
Sloanes
New York
London
Boy Traversed Miles Under False Identity
Bowdoin medical student Ernest Bodwell disappeared on September 6 and, under the name Fred Allen, traveled hundreds of miles to Lewiston Bangor Bar Harbor New York Coney Island Fall River New Bedford and Fairhaven where he found work at Atlas Eyelet Factory. His memory is blank for the two weeks of travel and the motive remains unknown.
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the Tribune
Brunswick
Ernest Bodwell
Bowdoin College
Atlas Eyelet
Fairhaven
Mass
Bodwell
Thomas Brownell
Lewiston
Bangor
Bar Harbor
New York
The
Academy of Music
Coney Island
Fall River
New Bedford
Fred Allen
Rochester
N. H
Two Trolley Cars Collide Near Nassau Killing Motorman
A head-on crash on the Albany and Hudson Electric Railway near Nassau, fifteen miles south of Albany, killed motorman Thomas Loftus of Rensselaer. His colleague John Murphy, also of Rensselaer, leaped clear and survived. The northbound milk car carried no passengers. the southbound car had no riders. Authorities cite a possible error in orders.
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Albany
Albany and Hudson Electric Railway
Nassau
Thomas Loftus
Rensselaer
John Murphy
Dynamite Attack Fails to Break Hack Lahey Gang from Jail
In Somerville New Jersey the Hack Lahey gang attempted a second jailbreak at Somerset County Jail using dynamite. William Moore a watchman narrowly avoided the blast as a four foot square hole opened in the wall. Lahey Harrington and Regan tried to escape but were repelled by Moore deputies Totten and dozens of officers. A riot followed with hundreds of citizens assisting to corral the inmates back into their cells.
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Tribune
Somerville
N. J
Hack” Lahey
Moore
Anderson
Hack Lahey
Red Harrington
James Regan
Lahey
Harrington
Regan
Riviera Yacht Runs Aground Off Chatham Bay
The Riviera owned by Frederic Gallatin of New York ran ashore in Chatham Bay last night but was floated today by Monomoy Point Life Saving Station under Captain Ellis. On board were the owner, his son, his son's wife, captain Oakes and 27 crew. The accident stemmed from mistaking Chat ham Light for Handkerchief Lightship. the vessel proceeded to Bar Harbor after refloat. The Riviera is a 400 ton steel steam yacht built in 1898 at Troon, Scotland, designed by George L. Watson, currently owned by a New York Yacht Club member.
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Mass
Riviera
Frederic Gallatin
New York
Chatham Bay
Ellis
Monomoy Point
O. A. Oakes
Greenport
Long Island
Bar Harbor
Oakes
Katoomba
George L. Watson
Ailsa Shippbuilding Company
Troon
Scotland
Lloyds
The
New York Yacht Club
Fish Driven Ashore At Courtney Bay Near St Johns
Thousands of sardine herring hake and haddock litter Courtney Bay shores east of St Johns with heaps up to three feet high. Cars and teams haul fish for manure fertilizer and sale as bait while poor residents collect to last the season. Mrs John D Rockefeller, with her husband, attends church as he recovers strength in Cleveland.
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Tribune
St. Johns
N. B
Courtney Bay
Death by Own Action Shocks Fort McPherson
Captain G M Godfrey assistant surgeon U S Army died by self inflicted gunshot at his Officers Row home Fort McPherson Atlanta on September 24 1900 He left a wife and young son and had been recent arrivals from Washington His death followed no obvious premeditation and the funeral was set for the next day with interment planned at Marietta national cemetery.
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Tribune
Atlanta
G. (. M. Godfrey
Fort McPherson
Godfrey
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kan
National Cemetery
Marietta
Washington
Negro Brakeman Lynched After Jail Abduction
Moses Levern a colored brakeman for the Norfolk and Western Railroad was taken from Williamson jail by a mob and dragged across Tug River into Kentucky where he was beaten with switches and hides for forty minutes. He later died from mortal wounds. Levern had struck white man James Butcher with a club, provoking the attack. Warrants and many arrests are expected tomorrow.
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Tribune
Huntington
W. Va
Moses Levern
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Williamson
Tug River
Kentucky
West Virginia
Levern
James Butcher
Dredge Four Founders Off Dunkirk in Gale
Dredge Number 4 owned by the Lake Erie Dredging Company of Buffalo foundered in a gale off Dunkirk this afternoon. Captain George Miller and six crew members were rescued by the tug Cascade of Buffalo after a terrible struggle in heavy seas. The dredge was valued at twenty thousand dollars.
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Dunkirk
N.Y
Lake Erie Dredging Company
Buffalo
George Miller
Cascade
Wild Man of Broome County Captured After Shooting Self
Merritt Amsbry, long dubbed the Broome County wild man, was found by bloodhounds after a ten day terrorizing spree. An armed posse surrounded him as he fired on them and wounded himself in the head. he is alive and tied at his Port Dickinson home amid doubt about his sanity.
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A. Fawcett
Charles Lewis
William Angle
Henry Johnson
Edwin J. Wright
Department of Commerce and Labor
Case
Department
Ellis Island
Arthur T. Mart
Mart & Lawton
Broadway
England
Mart
Maconst
Brooklyn
Tribune
Binghamton
N. Y
Merritt Amsbry
Broome County
Amsbry
Port Dickinson
Riot at St Stanislaus Church Doors
In Adams Massachusetts on September 4 a long standing dispute among about 300 parishioners of St Stanislaus Polish Church and their pastor Rev M F Kopythiewicz erupted at high mass. Stones flew and police drew revolvers to restore order as the crowd tried to replace church collectors with their own. Chief Curran and several officers faced the mob, using clubs to disperse them.
Tickets on Sale for Saranac Lake Event October 31
Tickets go on sale for a Saranac Lake event dated October 31. The notice lists single fare and round trip price details and mentions Li and other key points from the Siatveman I 10 ei soot pote meet.
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Saranac Lake
Siatveman I
Bomb injures Chinese mission members at Peking station
A bomb exploded in a private car of a train at Peking railway station killing four minor officials and wounding over twenty people including Prince Tsai Teche and Wu Ting-fang, former U S minister. The train carried one of the four missions.
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Prince Tsai Teche
Wu Ting-fang
United States
Peking Railway Station
Bomb kills Chinese envoy as new reformists clash with anarchists
In Peking a bomb blast disrupts a mission carriage wounding Prince Tsai Tche and Wu Ting-fang lightly while the attacker is killed. Sir Chentung Liang Cheng denounces the act as political, amid guards at government offices and railways. The incident follows a July 16 edict appointing missions to study foreign governance with May New Year plans for a parliament twelve years away.
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Washington
Peking
Chentung Liang Cheng
China
Seizure of Montara and Kommander Islands Reported
News from St. Petersburg states the American steamer Montara carrying Baron Bruggen was seized near Nikolskoe Bering Island by Japanese forces and the Kommander Islands were later occupied with the Japanese flag raised. The occupation date is unspecified. Britain and the United States agreed to protect Kommander seals during the war. Russia consented.
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St. Petersburg
Montara
Baron Bruggen
Kamtchatka
Nikolskoe
Bering Island
Kommander Islands
Great Britain
United States
British Far Eastern squadron to assemble in Tokyo Bay
London dispatch reports the British Far Eastern squadron will gather in Tokyo Bay early in October after the Russo Japanese peace treaty is ratified, with the Japanese fleet due to assemble there as well.
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Tokio Bay
London
The
Daily Telegraph
Tokio
Cyclone in Calabria Raises Death Toll and Rebuilding
Rome reports another cyclone in Calabria adds to earthquake devastation. Deaths exceed early estimates as bodies are found daily. Government supervised cabins are rising, with 2000 built and 4000 more needed for the homeless in railroad stations. Twenty thousand cattle perished in the quakes.
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Rome
Calabria
Spectators wreck bull ring in Nimes riot
Twelve thousand spectators in Nimes France disrupted a bullfight after matadors refused to kill a sixth bull. Chairs seats and boxes were broken and barriers set alight as anger erupted following the dispatch of five bulls.
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Nimes
France
The Twentieth Century Limited Schedule Note
The 18 hour New York Central Lines service between New York and Chicago leaves New York at 3 20 p m for Chicago arrival times not clearly stated in the fragment The item notes the famous train and its NYC Lines operation with partial timing details.
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Twentieth Century Limited
New York
Chicago
New- York Central Lines
Areves
Roosevelt Works On Annual Message Topics
President Roosevelt dedicates days to drafting his annual message to Congress assembling data from Cabinet reports. Key issues include life insurance regulation Venezuela relations Santo Domingo finance. He plans to finish in early November with limited visitors at Sagamore Hill to avoid interruptions.
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Oyster Bay
Congress
Venezuela
America
Santo Domingo
Departments of Agriculture and the Interior
Department of Justice
Panama Canal
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Washington
President Roosevelt's quiet final week of vacation near end
Oyster Bay Sept 24 President Roosevelt spends Sunday with family at Sagamore Hill and attends church with sons Archie and Quentin Preparations for his return to Washington next Saturday are under way A special train will take him from Oyster Bay to Washington via Long Island City Manhattan and Jersey City Mrs Roosevelt and the children will travel with him Secret Service and staff accompany the party Oyster Bay residents plan a friendly send off with flags and decorations along at least two streets
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Tribune
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Archie
Quentin
Sagamore Hill
Washington
National Capital
Platt Refutes Retirement Rumors Amid Health Doubts
Senator Platt denies reports of retirement while being rolled in an invalid chair after arrival in Kansas City. Senator York arrives from Rock Island and Pacific car to attend events. Platt asserts he remains a political factor in New York and national affairs despite rumors.
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Thomas York
Kansas City
Chicago
Platt
de Rock Island and Pacific
Courier
East
New York
Cold Meals for Jews Sparks Sabbath Fire Lighter Strike
In Louisville on a Sabbath strike by young Black fire lighters demanding five cents more per day left orthodox Jewish homes with cold breakfasts. Matches were lit by neighbors as Jewish households rely on Sabbath rest and religious vows not to light fires. Employers resisted the wage demand and threats of further action were reported.
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the Tribune
Louisville
United Fire Lighters
Vandals Hit Catholic Cemetery in Escanaba
Telegraph report from Negaunee Michigan recalls cross smashing acts by vandals in Escanaba. Two guards had watched over the Catholic Cemetery for three days. upon their departure, gravestones were toppled and damaged, with emblems of the cross broken and costs rising.
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Tribune
Negaunee
Mich
Escanaba
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
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