British annexation efforts in Hudson Bay described
The Neptune and Erik expeditions report Canadian sovereignty over Lancaster Sound and Ful lerton Inlet, with a fort and police garrison at a port of entry. Moodie plans Ottawa talks, hopes to join the Arctic relief, and urges forts and multiple steamers to secure Hudson Bay trade. Aboard, crew losses include a drowned cabin boy and several scurvy cases.
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Charles Mames
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Drowned Man in Atlantic City while swimming near Steel Pier
A Philadelphia clothing designer, Lowitz of 13th and Arch streets, drowned trying to swim around the Steel Pier in Atlantic City on August 8. Four companions exhausted, others helped ashore. life boat upset on return, one companion hospitalized but expected to recover.
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Charles Suss
Round Up of Jailbirds Near Laurel in Maryland Attempt
Delaware posse and guards battled 12 escaped prisoners near Coverdale Cross Roads as they headed toward the Maryland line. Three convicts were wounded, including leader George Brown. two sheriff’s deputies were shot. Henry Jackson likely dying and Joseph Weatherby gravely wounded. Over 100 guards hold the swamp perimeter awaiting hunger to flush them out. Sheriff Steel vows to capture them dead or alive.
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Joseph Weatherby
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Henry Jones
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Democrats Gather for Parker Nomination Notification in New York
Arrivals from Wisconsin Florida Virginia and Washington gather in New York for the Democratic executive committee meeting and to notify Judge Parker of his nomination on Wednesday. Timothy E. Ryan says Wisconsin is debatable ground while W S Cowherd and Claude A. Swanson discuss concerted action for president and congress. Jefferson B. Browne also arrives.
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Executive Committee
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Congressional Campaign Committee
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National Committee
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Virginia
Loot Recovered From Bear Mouth Train Robbery
Fifty thousand dollars in securities cash and diamonds tied to the Bear Mouth train robbery were found. John Christie guided Special Agent McFetridge to the cache eight miles below the crime scene, with valuables in a flour sack and more money and diamonds located nearby. Two drafts totaled forty thousand dollars, while diamonds and silver were scattered where robbers spilled them.
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John Christie
Hope
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Cardinal Satolli Lays Corner Stone in Brooklyn
Cardinal Satolli laid the corner stone of the new Italian Church of Our Lady of Peace in Brooklyn as a social mark of favor to Rev. Father Assunto Fauicher and the Vincentian Order. The pastor studied at the College of the Propaganda in Rome where Satolli was a professor, delaying his departure to Rome to officiate at the ceremony.
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Cardinal Sato
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New Jersey Democratic convention set for Trenton
The Democratic convention in New Jersey will be held in Trenton on September 15. Grounded electric wires used by Officer Henry Bowman in Allentown, Pennsylvania nearly killed him. The US Army transport Buford arrived in Seattle from Alaska with seven infantry companies. Bruce Knorr, 15, and Bert Williams, 14, drowned in the Susquehanna River at Wilkes-Barre while bathing. Brigadier General John A. Wiley of the Pennsylvania National Guard was named chief marshal for the parade on Pennsylvania Day at the St. Louis Fair.
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Henry Bowman
Allentown
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Bruce Knorr
Bert Williams
Susquehanna
Wilkesharre
John A. Wiley
Pennsylvania National Guard
Pennsylvania
St. Louis Fair
Fierce land battle at Port Arthur reported in August
Telegram from Chefoo dated August 7 says fierce land fighting occurred at Port Arthur on August 5 with Japanese repulsed and high Russian losses. Stoessel reports repelling Japanese attacks July 26 27 28 with heavy enemy losses. Kuropatkin notes no east front change as Russians hold positions.
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Liao Yang
St Petersburg
Chefoo
Port Arthur
Stoessel
Kuropatkin
Henchnantsa
Newchwang
JAPS Praise Kuropatkin for Withdrawing Without Battle
Japanese observers applaud General Kuropatkin for extricating his army from the Liao Yang peninsula after avoiding a disaster at Kaichou. They believed a decisive clash might occur at Tache Kiao or Haiden, while noting the cost of abandoning or destroying stores and munitions as transport failed.
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Mrs Roosevelt and Daughter Ethel at Ocean Bay Study Time
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and her daughter Miss Etchel appear in a recent photograph. Alice Roosevelt's mother, the first Mrs Roosevelt, studies several languages during the president’s vacation at Oyater Bay. Etchel is her constant companion in study and recreation.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Misa Alice Roosevelt
Russian War Struggles and Japanese Advances Reported
The piece cites Kuropatkin facing a tougher Russian stance as Ta Tche Klao falls behind, Yin kow Haicheng and Newchwang surrender with no fight, while Liao Yang looms. It notes General Oku and Takushan press north and Kuroki nears, plus alleged Russian atrocity claims fueling bitterness at Iwo and Saimatsuza with reports of disfigured corpses.
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Saimatsza
Great Fire at Toulon Arsenal Threatens Town Blocks
Fire broke out in the Toulon arsenal at midnight spreading rapidly and threatening entire blocks of buildings. Troops and naval officers aided at the pumps as signals and aid poured in from countryside to battle the blaze.
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Trouble in Colombia U S Legation at Bogota Reported Stoned
Panama Aug 8 No information yet from Bogota on reports from Panama that an outbreak occurred Friday at Bogota in which the American legation was stoned and troops were called out to protect Alban G Snyder the charge d affaires The minister believes the act if true was by irresponsible persons amid U S anti Colombia sentiment as General Reyes looms to presidency with congress delaying proclamation and a war party seeking to annul his election Meanwhile in Lhasa Tibet the British expedition camps near Potala with the Dalai Lama in seclusion awaiting a three year period of isolation and Younghusbands forces receive ceremonial aid from the Amban and gifts of food
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Bomb Thrown in Italian Crowd Sparks Mystery
New York August 8 a bomb hurled into a crowd of Italians on East 131st Street injuring score or more. Vincenzo Donetto arrested amid suspicions he is part of the Black Hand extortion ring. Donetto himself was badly injured. several children hurt and a man’s chin blown off. Italians refuse to cooperate with investigators.
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Ouskaloon
Saya
Oldest woman in Pennsylvania dies in Kerrtown
Mary Murphy, believed to be nearly 134, dies at her Kerrtown home near Mondville, claiming birth in Dublin on Christmas Day 1779 and emigration to America in May 1870. She recalled witnessing 1798 rebellion and the 1803 execution of Robert Emmett. survived by her second husband.
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Mondville
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Gunned for Automobilists on Road to Seashore
Reports from Hammonton New Jersey describe a man with a double barreled shotgun stopping at least a dozen motorists bound for Atlantic City along a county road between Waterford and Elm. He fired into the air and ordered them to halt. some cars bore shotgun marks. Constable Bunn Bates was dispatched but the assailant eluded capture.
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