Vessel Collision and Fire Kill Passengers in Two Transoceanic Incidents
A White Star freighter Georgic rammed and sank the Panama Canal steamer Finance in fog near Sandy Hook, leaving fifteen dead including Irene Campbell and Henry Muller among seventy-five passengers. The Finance crew aided women and children first, then perished. ammonia discharge wounded third engineer William Todd. Separately near Valetta Malta, the Sardinia burned, killing 133 aboard including Arabs, Europeans, and crew, with 70 rescued as flames spread rapidly through naphtha, sparking panic and mass drownings.
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New York City
Georgie
Liverpool
Panama Railroad Company
Finance
iCristobal
Canal Zone
Tajo
Sandy Hook
Irene Scampbell
Cristobal
Henry Muller
Basebispo
Charles W. Schuweinler
William D. Todd
New York
Georgic
Mowbray
William Todd
Muller
Rene Campbell
Valetta
Tsland
Malta
Sardinia
Ellerman Line
Pact Between United States and Japan Aims Pacific Dominance
Washington reports a far reaching accord between the United States and Japan to protect China and ensure equal commercial opportunity in the Chinese empire. The plan includes mutual respect for territorial possessions and joint consultation to defend the status quo if complications arise. A separate item notes a balloon flight covering seventy miles in the Berkshires from Pittsfield to Walpole.
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United States
Island Empire
China
Washington, D. C
Japan
Pacific
le Pacific
New York Public Service Commission Review of Railroad Electricity Plan
The New York, Newaven and Hartford Railroad seeks permission to electrify its six-tract line from One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street to New Rochelle. Grand Jury orders in Tastica Humphreys case halt further Hainstase investigations.
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New York City
New York, Newaven and Hartford Railroad Company
New York Public Service Commission
Tastica Humphreys
Qeccas Comity
N.Y
Hainstase
Maryland Quarantined Over Cattle Disease
The Department of Agriculture ordered a quarantine of Maryland for cattle and sheep due to root and mouth disease. Restrictions mirror those on Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and Michigan with inspectors dispatched from Lineboro near the state line. Officials Wilson Melvin Mackie discuss eradication costs with a projected national expense of about 3500000, cost shared two thirds by the federal government and one third by Maryland.
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Washington, D
Department of Agriculture
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Miichigan
Lineborn
Wilson
A. D. Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
Divorces Rise in United States Says Census Bureau
The Census Bureau reports a higher divorce rate in the United States than foreign countries with available data. Over 1887 to 1906 there were 12,832,044 marriages and 945,025 divorces, about one in twelve marriages ending in divorce. Desertion accounted for 28.9 percent of cases, with the majority granted to husbands. Urah and Connecticut are the only states with decreased divorce rates.
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Washington, D
United States
Census Bureau
Urah
Connecticut
Mme Steinheil Arrested in Murder Conspiracy Case
Paris news reports Mme Steinheil widow of artist Adolphe Steinheil has been arrested on complicity in the murder of Steinheil and his mother-in-law Mme Japy last May. She claimed in an Echo de Paris interview that Alexandre Wolff, her cook’s son, was the killer and that threats from Wolff drove her silence.
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Paris
France
Mme. Steinheil
Adolphe Steinheil
Mme. Japy
Echo de Paris
Alexandre Wolff
Wilf
Lmne
Steinheil
Evacuation of Isle of Pines Moves Toward Self Rule
Havana Cuba orders American troops to evacuate the Isle of Pines. The removal begins as the island moves toward becoming free, independent and self governing.
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Isle OF Pines
Havana
Cuba
Cuban Republic
Hitchcock Offered Postmaster General in Taft Cabinet
Washington reports Frank H Hitchcock chairman of the Republican National Committee has accepted the post of Postmaster General in Mr Taft s cabinet. The offer and acceptance mark a key staffing move in the administration.
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Washington, D. C
Mr. Taft
Wrrank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Tim Knew the Law and the Tenant of Tim Protests
A Philadelphia Ledger account portrays Tim as a persistent protest figure linked to Mr Blank a famed lawyer. He evades jail or fines due to personal court influence and humorously claims Blind for protection while he explains how the lawyer backs his legal maneuvers.
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Tim
Blank
Tnedar
Philadelphia
Ledeer
Washington Update on Public Printer Sale and Naval Talks
John Leach resigns as public printer and Samuel B. Donnelly of Brooklyn to succeed. Rear Admiral Barton urges resuming the naval instruction bureau work. President Roosevelt attends Sheridan statue dedication and approves a fifty mile walk for officers. He plans Boone and Crockett Club dinner on December 12. Roosevelt meets A L Waughner of the National Window Glass Workers and discusses labor. He talks with Booker T. Washington on improving the Negro Trace. Cornell’s Jacob G Schurman elected president of the National Association of State University Presidents. Metcalf approves a one year prison sentence for C O Hartrove who left the paid service to marry the late Senator Gorman’s daughter. Calcutta dispatch notes rising native rebellion with daily attacks on English officials.
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John §. Leach
Samuel B. Donnelly
Brooklyn
Barton
Navy
Naval Instruction Bureau
Roonsevelt
General Sheridan
Boone and Crockett Club
A. L. WautTkner
National Window Glass Workers’ Association
Booker T. Washington
Jacob G. Schurman
Cornell University
National Association of State University
Metcalf
CO. J. Hartrove
Payal Service
Gorman
Calcutta
Fifty-Two Bodies Recovered After Marianna Mine Disaster
Fifty-two bodies, most horribly mutilated, were recovered from the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Company mine at Marianna after a devastating explosion. Officials estimate more than 125 men perished, with the death toll likely to rise beyond company estimates. Rescue efforts continued as relatives gathered and crowds swarmed the site.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Company
Marianna
Here
John Irvill
John H. Jones
Pittsburg- Buffalo Coal Company
Mmine
Ivill
Higgerts
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
J. W. Paul
Clarence Hall
United States
Paris mystery of Mme Steinheil linked to scandal
Agents hold Mme Steinheil after Paris killings May 31 as police pursue possible instigation. Other reports note Franco-British diplomacy, Cuban politics, and a naval accident as global events ripple through 1907 era headlines.
Ray Lamphere found guilty of arson in Gunness case
Ray Lamphere was found guilty of arson in the Laporte murder of Mrs. Gunness and her children. He received a sentence of two to twenty-one years, a $5,000 fine, and five years of disfranchisement.
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Ray Lamphere
Railroad magnates seek harmony with Helen Gould
J P Morgan, J J Morgan and E H Harriman plan unified control of trunk lines if Miss Helen Gould agrees. The move aims to run major rail routes in harmony across the country under mutual arrangement.
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J. P. Morgan
J. J
Wiley Seeks Clean Money Bill in New Jersey Race
Congressman elect William M. Wiley, East Orange, N J, pledges to reintroduce a reform bill advocating clean money for sanitary reasons. He cites disease risks from torn currency and urges newspapers to drum up public support for passage at the earliest opportunity.
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East Orange
N. J
William M. Wiley
Congress
Wiley
Murderer Arrested After Long Chase in City
G. B. Stancliffe, who attacked Mrs. L. A. Palmer and robbed her, left for dead in San Francisco, was captured here after a lengthy pursuit. The report notes a steel and tin plate trust formation by English and American makers in London to control the in-plate industry worldwide.
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New York City
G. B. Stancliffe
Irs
Worldwide
Tin Plate Trust
Lonfon
England
The
Tron and Steel Trades Journal
London
Taft Supports Rant and Virginia Senatorial Shift
A garbled notice notes William Taft backing a speaker rant while Timothy Woollwr withdrew support for New York Senate race favoring Blitty Page.
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William Taft
Timothy L. Woolrur
New York
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