Train Kills Sweethearts Near Seaford Delaware
The mangled bodies of Benjamin Wootten and Lillian Taylor were found beside Delaware railroad tracks at Cannon's station north of Seaford after a prayer meeting. Authorities believe they were struck while crossing as trains passed, with one northbound and one southbound train in the area. The death toll includes two young lovers returning home.
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Delaware
Seaford
Del
Benjamin Wootten
Lillian Taylor
Uriah Taylor
Cannon's Station
Earle mobbed as crowd confronts socialist artist in Monroe
Ferdi nand Pinney Earle, the socialist artist known for defending an affinity, is mobbed on returning to Monroe New Jersey after sending his wife and child to France. Villagers overturn his buggy and assault him with a horsewhip as officers intervene. He vows to tell his story and may stay or sell his mansion.
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Monroe
N. J
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Warie
New York
Earle
France
Wesley Beatty
Paddleford
Hil
Desperate Attempt to Kill Wife in Mount Holly
Harry Tomlinson, freed from state prison last January, forced entry at Benjamin Aaronson's home in Mount Holly New Jersey and attacked his wife with a shoe knife. Mrs Tomlinson slashed on the arm while defending herself. Tomlinson fled as officers pursued him. The motive cited was the wife's refusal to move to Belmont where their goods are stored.
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Tomlinson
Mount Holly
N. J
Harry Tomlinson
Benjamin Aaronson
More Indictments Coming In Tax Receipt Frauds
Pittsburg attorney Palmer S. Chambers said about 2000 additional indictments will be drawn in the alleged tax receipt fraud cases tied to the Voters' Civic League. He noted many admissions of handling bogus receipts and that few top figures have yet been indicted. Hearings dates for suits filed remain unsettled.
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Pittsburg
Palmer S. Chambers
Voters’ Civic League
Chambers
Rockefeller to Build 16 Story Church in Cleveland
A 16 story church, planned by John D. Rockefeller, will be the nation’s largest, to be built on Euclid Avenue Cleveland. It will be institutional in character with nine gyms, lecture rooms, housing for men and women, training schools for missions, a hospital, dormitories and a restaurant, serving servants and artisans.
Mrs Root Declared Insane in Paris
In Paris on Sept 6 a doctor examining Amy Toot of Rochester New York declared her insane after she was sent to the police infirmary for eccentric behavior. Efforts are under way to enable the woman, penniless with banks seized for unpaid bonds, to return to the United States.
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Root
Paris
Amy Toot
Rochester
N. Y
United States
Amundsen Believes Duchess of Bedford Expedition Alive
Captain Roald Amundsen expressed strong belief that 15 explorers aboard the Duchess of Bedford, part of the Anglo-American Arctic expedition led by Captain Elmar Mikkelson, are alive. He suggested they likely saved themselves, had time to reach ice, and possess provisions for about 70 days after the vessel sank.
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Christiania
Sept
Roald Amundsen
Elmar Mikkelson
Amundsen
Fifteen Die As Shelton Hotel Burns In Tacoma Area
A Shelton hotel fire near Tacoma Washington killed fifteen people. Two women, Mrs Charles Mudge and Mrs Cecelia Bailey, were missing and believed dead. The blaze started shortly after midnight from an unknown cause, trapping guests as fire equipment proved inadequate.
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Tacoma
Wash
Shelton
Charles Mudge
Cecelia ‘Bailey
Bryan Answers Taft in Oklahoma City Crowd Pleads Support
Ten thousand people heard William J. Bryan respond to Secretary of War Taft’s Oklahoma address and condemn the proposed constitution. An overflow crowd of about two thousand could not gain admittance. Bryan said the proposed Oklahoma constitution is superior to the U.S. Constitution and attacked Taft’s national policies.
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Bryan
Taft
Oklahoma City
Okla
Wiliam J. Bryan
Oklahoma
United States
Armory Plans Approved For Several Pennsylvania Posts
State Armory Board approves erection of armories at Pine Grove in Schuylkill county for Company G Fourth regiment N G P and at Grove City for Company M 16th regiment. also authorizes a four company armory in Williamsport with local support. Reading to receive an armory for Companies A and 7 Fourth regiment on donated site. R R Files Mileage Report notes Pennsylvania Railroad mileage totals and distance from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh 348.8 miles.
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Harrisburg
State Armory Board
Pine Grove
Schuylkill County
Grove City
Williamsport
Reading
Fourth Regiment
Ine Peente
Ponna. R. R
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Adairs Department
Pennsylvania Railroad
Falladelphia
Pittsburg
Every Man His Own Dentist
Lemion Sept. 6. A dental surgeon from Australia named Tannock says a new anaesthetic will let people pull their own teeth without pain. He has petitioned King Edward for rural support to develop the method that softens the bone around teeth for painless extraction.
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Lemion
Everrone
A der Tannock
Australia
King Edward
Br. Tannock
Monument to McKinley Dedicated in Buffalo
Nugget items report a Buffalo monument dedicated for William McKinley. President Roosevelt names Merv Tiser chief of Creek Indians to replace the late Pleasant Porter. Rev. A. S. B. Southerland, longtime Methodist minister, dies in Baltimore at age 90. William W. Rendall dies accidentally while packing to emigrate, his family informed.
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Buffalo
William McWinley
Roosevelt
Merv Tiser
Pleasant Porter
Ar. S. B. Southerland
Methodist Protestant Church
Baltimore
Rorky Mord
Willian VW. Rendall
Drive Out Hindus in Bellingham Mills Riot
Widespread white mob violence against Hindu and Sikh workers in Bellingham Washington on September 6 leaves six Hindus hospitalized and hundreds of Sikhs fearing for safety. Police overwhelmed by crowds as mobs raid mills lodging houses and waterfront businesses driving workers from beds and out of the city. Racial tensions blamed on general white unease with Indian labor replacing Europeans in local mills. the Hindus seek British protection while authorities consider prosecutions unlikely.
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Bellingham
Wash
British Columbia
India
Great Northern
Cuand
Hony
Laréson
Whatcom Lake
Millionaires In Fist Fight In Deal Council Chamber
Frederick Gerkin the Deal millionaire horseman and hotel owner will be sued for 15000 dollars by William Frick of Long Branch a relative of Henry Frick the steel magnate. The mayor and many aldermen witnessed the encounter after a heated dispute with several blows exchanged. Each claims the other was the aggressor.
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Deal
N. J
Deal Council Chamber
Frederick Gerkin
William ©. Frick
New York
Long
Henry C. Frick
Bridegroom Falls to Appear
Phillipsboro, M. J. Sept. 6 The wedding of Miss Alice Maddox of this place and Thomas O Ruke of Boston Pa has been indefinitely postponed because of the non appearance of the bridegroom The guests were in waiting at the church The bride is broken hearted Government Collects $50 000 Washington Sept 6 The treasury department received 50 000 from the Jamestown Exposition company which brings total receipts to over 100 000 for the exposition This money will be used to liquidate the exposition debt to the government of 1000 60 Jerseymen Object to Voting Machine Trenton N J Sept 6 Calls to restore old fashioned ballot boxes and remove voting machines disturb officials State has spent almost 500 000 on the machines Former Cavalry Soldier Hanged Norfolk Va Sept 6 William Mackintosh a negro was hanged here for the murder of C W Parks last April He protested that Parks was killed by Tom Lassiter who was convicted with him but became insane and is now in an asylum Did you sow anything A Kawa advertisement
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M. J
Alice Maddox
Thomas O’ruke
Boston
Washington
Treasury Department
Norfolk
William Mackintosh
C. W. Parks
Parka
Tom Lassiter
Arl Asylum
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