Burton to Oppose Johnson for Cleveland Mayor Nomination
Congressman Theodore E. Burton, longtime rivers and harbors chair, outlined a platform to accept the Republican nomination for mayor of Cleveland. He aims to be the sole candidate at next Saturday’s nominating session, stating he consulted President Taft’s secretary and the interior secretary before deciding and pledging support for immediate street railway settlement against railway interests.
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Cleveland
Theodore E. Burton
Committee On
Rivers and Harbors
Congress
Burton
MNG
Coal Shipments Pivot With Pacific Fleet Move
Philadelphia dispatch notes a projected shift in soft coal from Atlantic ports due to the battleship fleet’s Pacific relocation. Government demand is seen widening prices, with eastern ships loading coal for war use favored over private cargos. Coal stockpiles grow as ships prepared for naval loads threaten other freight and dock monopolies.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Pacific
John C. Grady
Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries
Washington
Delaware River
Puget Sound
Grady
Death by own action from grief in Bridgeton
Two drownings occurred in Bridgeton New Jersey on September 4. Edward Sheppard, 38, Philadelphia native vacationing at Seely, died after wading into deep water. His mother Leandra Sheppard leaped into the mill pond attempting to save him and struggled during rescue. Marlow Ware, 5, son of Belford Ware, Bridgeton merchant, fell into the Cohansey River while playing along the wharf.
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Bridgeton
N. 5
Edward
Clarence Sheppard
Philadelphia
Seeley
Mill Pond
Marlow Ware
Belford E. Ware
Cohansey
Mad Bull Injures Harrisburg Officer and Two Helpers
A Harrisburg policeman Charles Humphries was knocked down and seriously injured by a mad bull run amuck through the city. Benjamin Tennis and Grove of Sand Hill Md assisted and were hurt. The bull was driven into a country road. Lightning fires a hunter’s shotgun injuring Norman Bligh near Bay City. A balloon in Middletown caught fire high above Midway park, leaving Mrs Myrtle Ryschke clinging to a tree limb until rescued uninjured.
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Harrisburg
Charles Humphries
Benjamin Tennis
Grove
Sand Hill
Hunter
Bay City
Mich
Norman Bligh
Bugh
Middletown
N. Y
Myrtle Ryschke
Midway Park
Widow with eight children gets pardon commutation
President Roosevelt commuted the six month sentence and $1000 fine of Adaline Rose of Jackson County Kentucky after an appeal by supporters noting she is a widowed mother of eight. Her sentence now ends September 17 instead of November 17.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Adaline Rose
Jackson County
Kentucky
Know Nothing About Plot To Oust Bonaparte From Cabinet
United States Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte replies that he knows nothing of any plot by Wall Street financiers to force him from the cabinet. He says he has no intention of resigning and plans to remain in his Washington apartment for another year starting October 1. The telegram is dated Lenox, Massachusetts.
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Wall Street
Bonaparte
Baltimore
United States
Charles J. Bonaparte
Lenox, Mass
Washington
Lea Gett
Makes Piano That Whistles Inventor Receives Patent
Richmond Sept 4 Rev James O Early a young colored man has been granted a patent for a whistling piano of his own design The keyboard is arranged on a different scale and can whistle difficult notes He aims to form a stock company to exploit the instrument and has already attracted an offer from a northern man. Kite Wire Gave an Electric Shock Atlantic City Sept 4 James Hendrickson of Philadelphia was in a beach scene with a boy flying a kite when a wire snagged the line and fell on an iron rail sending Hendrickson unconscious near death at the hospital
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Martin W. Littleton
Barry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Starker
Brooklyn
Efe
Tennessee
Texas
Littleton DD
Judge Parker
St. Louis
Richmond
James O. Early
Early
Atlantic City
N. J
James Hendrickson
Philadelphia
Jron
Hendrickson
Slaying of Black Hand Ringleaders Ends Trolley Chase
In New York on September 4 detectives captured three Italians accused of blackmailing Ciro Annoni, a wealthy barber. After turning over money on Second Avenue, they fled a trolley car. one man leaped through a window and was shot midair as police closed in. The wounded suspect was taken to a hospital.
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New York
Black Hand
Second Avenue
Ciro Annoni
Annoni
Italans
Ringling Brothers to Control Most U S Circus Biz
Ringling Brothers will control nearly all major U S circuses as negotiations for Barnum & Bailey and Buffalo Bill shows close. The Ringlings acquire Barnum & Bailey interests and Buffalo Bill's Wild West, adding Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers to their holdings. The deal, from Mrs. James A. Bailey, consolidates the dominant American tent show empire. President commutes trial sentence for Betsie Gond in Maryland, reducing two years with credit for good conduct for bank note alteration case.
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Ringlings
Barnum & Bailey
Chicago
Ringling Brothers
United States
Washington
Bessie L. Gond
United States District Court of Maryland
Baltimore City
Lightning Kills Five at Buckhorn Power House
Lightning struck the Buckhorn electric plant power house killing five men and wounding 20 to 25 others. Names of the deceased and injured are unavailable due to downed wires, and damage extent is not yet learned.
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Raleigh
Buckhorn
Wilkes-Barre Man Accused of Swindle and Elusive Identity
New York reported the arrest of Jeffrey Allbright alias James Agnew, linked to a suspected organized swindle across cities. Wilkes-Barre hotelier Albert S Earley aided the arrest, revealing a scheme involving stock investments and a supposed estate administration. Earley traced payments and followed clues to Jersey City, where Allbright claimed innocence and said he invested in good faith but lost money.
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New York
Jeffrey Allbright
James Agnew
Jersey City
Albert 5S
Eartey
Wilkes-Barre
Earley
Adebright
Allbright
Buffalo
Batley
Caselbright
Matthew Hartison
Estat
Jeffrey Albright
Bright
Harley
Harrison
Ashi Ee
Harrigan
Larkins
Chewing Gum Killed Her Miss Elizabeth Goodwin
Philadelphia Sept 4 The chewing gum habit killed Miss Elizabeth Goodwin at Samaritan hospital. She chewed gum almost constantly for a century and could not quit. her jaws locked and died from lockjaw as the immediate cause. Miss Goodwin was once punished at school for chewing gum.
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Philadelphia
Elizabeth Goodwin
Samaritan Hospital
Miss Goodwin
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