03 Aug 1910
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1910
Page
1
Secretary Ballinger rejects reports that he conspired with Senator Crane to influence upcoming elections. He calls the accusations a vicious attack backed by newspapers and dismisses any resignation plans while traveling to the West Coast for rest.
A garbled account describes Atlantic City beach crowds and resort life at peak season. It mentions lifelike figures on the sand and the wide beach, with references to hotels, performances, and crowds, all amid a storm of distorted text about summer activities and a fair in the city.
Federal appropriations will fund new and enlarged post offices and federal buildings in Pennsylvania Delaware New Jersey including Harrisburg Ol City Lewes Butter Corry Sun Aniry Gettysburg Smyrna Millville Long Branch Carnegie East Pittsburgh Huntingdon Mount Moneghela Woodbury Bethlehem D w hot s Lancaster Media Pottstown South Bethlehem Rochester Tarentum totaling 423 900 dollars for sites and buildings authorized by Congress this year
In Pittsburg on Aug 3, Dr Murray Stuart, a leading physician, and Adnat Wallace, proprietor of a Lambert Street resort, were found shot dead in bed as police suspect jealousy over Stuart’s impending marriage to Wallace’s lover. The bodies were discovered by Dr George Blya.
Arthur Hammerstein arrived from Europe and stated Tetrazzini will never appear on the American grand opera stage again. He claimed authority to announce the withdrawal due to a contractual cancellation tied to director Gatti-Casazza.
Henry Taft, brother of the president, sails from New York for Europe aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II. His destination is Paris where he will join Mrs Patt and stay in the French capital for a health seeking sojourn. They plan a jointly undertaken trip for health reasons and European travel.
Signals from Venezuela indicate a plot to kill President Vicente Gomez and Caracas Governor on July 26. Arrests and Venezuelan officials cast light on the rumors, with prominent citizens quoted as lending credibility to the reports.
The Post reports Taft and Theodore Roosevelt have accepted an invitation to meet at Ambassador Lloyd C. Griecom's Black Rock home in Bridgeport during the anniversary observance. Exact participants remain unspecified. Miners in Indiana announce a special United Mine Workers convention to be held soon in Indianapolis to address conditions in various districts. In Carroll Township a crane wounded a man. Joseph Warender, 25, lost his left eye and may lose the other eye due to nerve trouble.
Two heavy dynamite charges exploded at the Philadelphia and Reading Lake Superior coal docks at Superior Wisconsin near completion. A steel unloading wire weighing 80 tons and costing 80000 dollars was wrecked. The contracting firm operates open shop with no labor trouble. Teddy Roosevelt Jr. returns to work at carpet and rug company. ordinary employee faces sorrow and contention.
In Philadelphia on August 4 a vitriol wagon collided with a streetcar track, tipping over and bursting its barrel. Fourteen people died or were fatally burned, including fourteen children and four men who rushed to help. The accident injured many others, with the driver and rescue workers suffering severe burns. The tragedy occurred as the wagon attempted to deliver chemical piles to engine houses, with the wheel coming off and the wagon plunging into the streetcar tracks.
A fragmentary report indicates a dog found the bodies of three boys buried in a sand pile in York on a day in August. Fire crews and authorities investigated the collapse of a tunnel as the cause.
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