Coronation Preparations Stir Papal Intrigue and Divisions
Rome August 8 Catholic rites under Pope Pius X fill St Peter's with 50 000 tickets issued by priests and religious bodies while 45 seats go to faithful. Selection of a new secretary of state deepens a sacred college split with Rampolla and Ferrata favored, Satolli and others considered, amid opposition linked to past conclave votes.
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Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr and Her Triumphs
Aged social circles recount the Mrs Vanderbilt and Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr marriage amid a six year family quarrel with the German emperor as backdrop. The piece notes a reconciliation has been forged, and the tale centers on the famed Vanderbilt name and society connections.
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Secretary Hitchcock Returns From North American Trip
Secretary Hitchcock came back to Washington from a vacation in Canada and New Hampshire. A Warcross Georgia lumber mill boiler exploded, killing one and injuring seven. Frank Reese, a slack-wire performer, fell eighty feet in Chicago before 11,000 onlookers but was not seriously hurt. In Neillsville Wisconsin a family quarrel ended with Gotlieb Schultz and his daughter shot dead, two others slightly wounded. A national convention of Ruthenian Catholic priests gathered in Shamokin Pennsylvania to seek a bishop of their own nationality appointed by the pope.
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Chicago
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Macedonian Situation Feared to Drag Turkey Bulgaria Toward War
Vienna readers hear that the Macedonian crisis risks widening into war between Turkey and Bulgaria. Pressure in Bulgaria could push Prince Ferdinand toward war or abdication, while other powers aim to localize the revolt. A Bulgarian oath of fidelity to the Macedonian revolution was reportedly witnessed by the consul and a priest in Monastir.
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Record-Breaking Run Crosses Continent in 70 Hours 21 Minutes
Los Angeles reports a special train carrying Henry P. Lowe of United States Steel completed a 3000 mile Atlantic to Pacific run in 70 hours 21 minutes, the fastest on record. From New York to Le Grande the trip began August 4 at 2 45 p m and ended after 70 21, with Chicago to Los Angeles clocking 52 hours. The purpose was to reach his dying 11 year old daughter, who died before he arrived. The run used Santa Fe lines and averaged 42 mph including stops.
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May Reject Canal Treaty In Senate Vote
A Colombian congressman writing from Bogota with July 12 date says the chances of ratifying the canal treaty in the Senate were slim and its rejection possible, arguing the pact violates the constitution by ceding territory and sovereignty.
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Circus Train Crash Kills Twenty Three in Durand Michigan
A Wallace Brothers circus train collision in Durand Michigan injured and killed many as an air brake failed in the Grand Trunk yards. The moving section rear engine could not stop. several cars telescoped, with elephants and camels among the wrecked menagerie. Rescue crews worked rapidly as the dead lay among mangled cars and wreckage.
Bank cashier Dewey embezzlement shocks New Bern
Thomas W. Dewey, cashier at Farmers and Merchants Bank in New Bern, NC, is blamed for a shortage now tallied at 125 900 dollars. The loss, tied to cotton futures gambling, triggered bank suspension and a $5 000 reward for his capture. Dewey fled aboard a Seaboard train after writing letters to relatives and the governor expressing remorse.
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Newbern
N.C
Thomas W. Dewey
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Dewey
Ellington
Seaboard
Charles Dewey
Goldsboro
Aycock
Defaulter Confesses In $80,000 Preachers' Aid Case
Boston reports Willam S. Allen, treasurer of the New England conference Methodist Episcopal Preachers' Aid Society, admits defrauding over 80,000 dollars. In a Montreal letter to East Boston pastor Allen says he lost the funds in speculation and asks notification to family and officers.
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First Gun in Mimic War Heard Off Maine Coast
Bar Harbor witnesses a simulated naval clash as two fleets test the coast off Mount Desert Rock. The brief mock engagement lasts about five minutes under clear skies and a full moon, with residents awaiting next day weather for possible follow ups in the ongoing eastern New England exercise.
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Henderson Urges Prison Reform At Chicago Lecture
Dr. Charles B. Henderson, former National Prison Association president, defends separate confinement and criticizes U S jail practices as a public cost. He warns that mixing youths with hardened criminals fosters crime and calls for systemic reform. In other news, race tensions rise in Henrietta North Carolina after a white boy is cursed and two Black men are cut, with police deployed. Knights Pythias officers elected in Philadelphia. Carnegie Steel closes South Sharon open hearth unit affecting about 2000 workers. wartime horse care rules tighten at the War Department. Pennsylvania Railroad plans two new shops near Trenton, expected to employ about 26 000 workers.
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University of Chicago
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Henrietta
North Carolina
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Virgil Cudd
Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia
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Kige
Bedford
Sharon
Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
South Sharon
Carnegie Company
General Miles Retires as Army Chief. Young to Succeed
Washington reports Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles retires from active duty at age 62. General Young is assigned to command from Aug 15 with Miles’ retirement effective by law and other posts filled by Secretary of War orders. Miles lauded for civil war service and frontier campaigns, while tensions with some national leaders noted.
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Miles
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