Public Printer Palmer Ousted in Major Government Print Office Shakeup
President Roosevelt demanded Public Printer F W Palmer's resignation to take effect in two weeks after Palmer sought resignations of foremen Oscar J Ricketts and L C Hay. The Keep commission probe heightened tensions, signaling a broad reorganization of the Government Printing Office and the appointment of a successor. The office salaries $4500 yearly with about $7 million in annual disbursements.
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Washington
F. W. Palmer
Roosevelt
Palmer
Oscar J. Ricketts
L. C. Hay
Government Printing Office
Ricketts and
Hay
Oyster Bay
John A. Sleicher
New York
Keep Commission
Government
Ricketts
Detectives Close In On Witzhoff After Lead In New York
In New York on September 6 detectives chasing a nationwide trail to Dr. George A. Witzhoff a bigamist accused of marrying robbing and deserting many wives pursue a lead about a woman in the city. They say his arrest is only a matter of hours and expect to trace his hiding place soon.
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Wittzhoff
New York
George A. Witzhoff
Witzhoff
Severe cotton market break after government report
In New York on September 6 the cotton market plunged after the government crop report. Prices fell sharply across most months by 40 to 60 points in minutes as the average condition was set at 72.1, notably below July’s level.
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New York
Morocco Affair Prompts Talks Before Moroccan Conference
Chancellor von Bülow held a long interview with French ambassador Bihourd. Dr. Rosen, Germanys minister designate to Tangier, will travel to Paris to discuss Franco German understandings on Morocco with French ministers with minimal publicity before the international conference on Moroccan affairs.
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Morocco
Berly
Prince von Bulow
B. Bihourd
Rosen
Tangier
Paris
Mme Nordica's Home Robbed in Ossining
The home of Mme Lillian Nordica the singer in Ossining was robbed of about 500 dollars in jewelry and silverware. Nordica leases a cottage near Ossining and while she is abroad this summer her sister is in charge of the house.
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Mme. Nordica
Ossining
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Smullen Acquitted of Murder in New York Trial
Daniel Smullen was acquitted after a nine day trial before Justice Sr yeer for the murder of Peter Cond near Argusville on March 17 last. The jury delivered the verdict in Fonda New York.
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Smullen
Fonda
N. Y
Daniel ‘Smullen
Loomis Praises Bacon as Assistant Secretary Pick Named
Washington dispatch reports Francia B. Loomis praising Robert Bacon as his successor in the State Department. Loomis said he resigned a month ago and will depart for private engagements abroad. Bacon, previously with J P Morgan & Co, will assume the post October 1 as Mr Root prepares to shift duties.
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Washington
Francia B. Loomis
Robert Bacon
State Department
Bacon
New York
Francis B. Loomis
Hoot
J. P. Morgan & Co
Roosevelt
Morgan
Root
Youth inherits six million from Crocker estate
Charles Templeton Crocker, twenty one on Saturday, heir to his late father Colonel Charles Fred Crocker, is set to receive a two to six million dollar share of a California estate that has nearly doubled since his father's death eight years ago. He is the only son among three heirs. sisters Mary and Jennie live in New York and at school respectively. Templeton, frail in health, has survived several serious accidents in childhood and youth.
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San Francisco
Charles Templeton Crocker
Charles Fred Crocker
Colonel Crocker
Central Pacific Railroad
Templeton
California
Mary
Burton Harrison
Lves
New York
Jennie
Burlingame
Parker Named Brooklyn Rapid Transit Chief Counsel
Former Judge Alton B. Parker will replace Professor Collins as chief counsel for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company at an annual salary of 100000. Collins retires and the firm becomes Sheehan and Parker. John T. Sheehan supported Parker in the campaign, and J. W. Searing will be assistant to general counsel George D. Yeomans.
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New York
Alton B. Parker
Professor Collins
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Collins
Russian Colony In California Sold To 104 Russian Families
The Rancho Guadaloupe in lower California, 13 000 acres of fertile soil and timber, was sold through a Los Angeles agency to 104 Russian families. They plan a Russian colony for raising stock and grains and for milling cereals. Water development at substantial cost and a town layout are planned.
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California
Los Angeles
Cal
Guadaloupe
Girl dies in stage fall during Pittsburg expo show
Miss Jeanette Lawrence twenty five a vaudeville performer fell thirty feet from a window while performing Fighting the Flames at the Pittsburg exposition. About 200 spectators watched as the accident occurred but there was no panic.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Exposition
Jeanette Lawrence
Joseph B. Bishop Named Executive Secretary of Canal Commission
Chairman Shonts of the isthmian canal commission announced the appointment of Joseph B. Bishop of New York as executive secretary with headquarters in Washington. His duties will include supervising the publicity and literary branch of the canal work.
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Joseph B. Bishop
Washington
Shonts
The
Isthmian Canal Commission
New York
Bishop
Downsville Lumber Company Incorporated in New York
The Downsville Lumber company of New York was incorporated with a capital of $100,000. Directors named are Charles McGroarty A. S. Brown of Brooklyn and G. A. Hilton of Paterson."}
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Albany
Downsville Lumber Company of
New York
Charles MccGroarty
Jerome on Tammany's Slate
New York dispatch says Mr. Jerome is on the Tammany slate for district attorney but his name is tentative and may be removed before the conventions.
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Jerome
Tammany’s
New York
Tammany
Baseball Fatality in Mount Holly Game
Joseph McDonald is dead after a baseball hit to the head fractured his skull during a game in Mount Holly. The incident occurred on September 6 and authorities are investigating the accident.
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Mount Holly
N. d
Joseph McDonald
McDonald
Weather Forecast Summary
The report notes cooler conditions with fresh west winds and a slight chance of showers. No major storms are expected. temperatures remain mild across the region.
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Yair
Revolt in Caucasus Leaves 200 Homes Destroyed in Estimate
Dispatch from Tiflis reports southeast Caucasus terrorized by Tartars and Armenians. Refugees flood into Baku, Elizabethpol, and Shusha as battles burn parts of Shusha. Official estimate cites over 200 houses destroyed amid arson and pillaging. Oil works attacked in Balakhan. famine worsens the crisis. Gov of Baku seeks immediate measures to restore order.
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ST. Petersburg
Tiflis
Caucasus
Baku
Elizabethpol
Shusha
Balakhan
Nizhni Novgorod
Fighting at Khankend reported in Caucasus clash
Sanguinary fighting has taken place between Tartars and Armenians in Khankend. The city of ElizabetHope reports great alarm as Armenian shops close and troops patrol streets day and night.
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Elizabethpol
Caucasus
Khankend
Conflict in Grandiet Leaves Eleven Dead or Wounded
In Kutais Caucasus on September 6 a nobles versus peasants clash in Grandiet left eleven people killed or wounded. Local authorities report casualties amid unrest disrupting the village.
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Grandiet
Kutais
Caucasus
Loomis Denies Ties to Orinoco and Others
Francis B. Loomis, former assistant secretary of state, states he knew of no agreement with any person aiding his Venezuela ministerial bid. He says he did not know of any understanding with L. Kurtz, James A. Radcliffe, or others until he read about it in the Herald. Radcliffe disputed several points but agreed with Loomis on other details.
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Orinoco
New York
Francis B. Loomis
Venezuela
Loomis
5. L. Kurtz
Republican Party of
Muie
James A. Radcliffe
Ntil
Radcliffe
Lim
Knights Templars Elect Grand Officers in New York
SARATOGA NEW YORK September 6 The grand commandery Knights Templars state of New York held its ninety second annual conclave electing officers Commander Erastus C Knight Buffalo Deputy Commander Adelbert P Snapp Saratoga Springs Generalissimo Herman H R Kretschmer New York Captain General Edwin A Aderson Palmyra Senior Warden Edwin C Hall Syracuse Junior Warden J Carlisle London New York Prelate Warren C Hubbard Brooklyn Treasurer George A Newell Medina Recorder John H Bortington Brooklyn Standard Bearer Guy W Shoemaker Illyria Sword Bearer Henry T Dumary Albany Warder Edward A Krausman New York.
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Knights Templars
Saratoga
N. Y
New York
Erastus C. Knight
Buffalo
Adelbert P. Snapp
Saratoga Springs
Herman HR. Kretschmer
Edwin A. Aderson
Palmyra
Edwin C. Hall
Syracuse
Giant prehistoric beasts found in Oregon expedition
Berkeley bulletin reports fossils from the John Day region in eastern Oregon. The finds include extinct pigs and peccaries rivaling cows, camel-like quadrupeds, and the famed three toed horse. The elotherium or giant hog stands nearly ten feet long and six or seven feet tall.
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Berkeley
Cal
John Day
Oregon
Geology Department
University of California
Two Die After Auto Crash Near Camden
Neil Wolf secretary of a Philadelphia car firm and Mamie Hamill daughter of a Germantown citizen were killed in an automobile accident at Atco New Jersey. The car carried four people on the route from Atlantic City to Philadelphia.
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Philadelphis
Neil Wolf
Philadelphia Automobile Company
Mamie Hamill
Germantown
Philadelphia
Atco
N. J
Camden
Atlantic City
Alfonso to wed Eugenie Battenberg in probable match
Madrid dispatch reports despite denials that King Alfonso plans to marry Princess Eugenie of Battenberg, niece of King Edward, in a union noted from ParisSeptember.
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Paris
Madrid
Belsir
Alfonso
Eugenie of Battenberg
Edward
Sherman Stricken in Mount Vernon
Roger M. Sherman corporation counsel of Mount Vernon is seriously ill at his home 17 Summit Street Chester Hill.
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Roger At
Sherman
Mount Vernon
Roger M. Sherman
Summit Street
Chester Hill
Trials for Packers Demand Separate Hearings Likely
Twenty one separate trials may be demanded before federal judges by Chicago packers indicted on conspiracy in restraint of trade. Judge Humphrey postponed pleadings to Sept and attorneys discussed splitting trials while the government pushes for a single trial to try all defendants together.
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Pagina
Chicago
Chicago Packers
J. Gus Humphrey
Oliver Pagin
Attorney Pagin
Miners Demand Fair Share As Strike Talks Move Forward
John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers spoke in Philadelphia as AFL vice president about settling a dispute between typesetters and printers. Anthracite miners plan to draft new demands in Shamokin for the April 1 expiry of the strike commission award. Mitchell argues workers have not received their full share of increased prosperity, citing operator figures of $30,000,000 raised from consumers and miners’ $16,000,000 share.
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Philadelphia
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Shamokin
Mitchell
Parker Referee In $2,000,000 Suit
Ex judge Alton B. Parker serves as referee in a $2.6 million suit over Cha teaugay railroad construction in the Adirondacks. Charles Sundstrom and Frank Stratton sue Delaware and Hudson Railroad Co as defendants for the balance due. More than sixty witnesses expected.
Beef Auction Opens New NY Dressed Beef Plant Charity Event
In New York on September 6 twenty one hundred dollars was raised for charity by an auction at the New York Dressed Beef Company abattoir aimed at fighting the beef trust. The top bid paid 85 dollars for a single animal, marking the formal opening of the new establishment now in full operation.
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New York
New York Dressed Beef Company
Beef Trust
New York Markets Summary From Grain to Poultry Report
Market notes show flour steady with Minnesota patents at 4.85 to 5.40, winter pat ents 4.25 to 4.75, and beans around 3.55 to 4.09. Wheat values drift after western market fluctuation. eggs, butter, cheese, and live poultry listed with varied regional quotes and quantities.
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Newe
York
Minnesota
New York
Live Stock Market Teletype Summary
Market steady with receipts fair across hogs sheep and lambs. Hog prices quoted 6.10 to 6.20 for heavy, 5.50 to 5.15 for pigs, with prime demand noted. Sheep and lambs steady to prime, spring lambs and common meat animals shown with broad price ranges.
New Jersey News of the Week Highlights Drunken Youth and Hospital Pin Removal
New Jersey items recount a drunken incident involving boys fourteen to fifteen. a Newark hospital team removed a safety pin lodged in infant Christina Fisher’s throat after she swallowed it. An Ocean City train crash tossed Otto Glassnap’s wagon. both he and his wife survived with minor injuries, the farmer noting never being touched.
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Newark
Christina Fisher
William Street
Otto Glassnap
Ormond
Ocean Quity Express
Mr. Glassnap
Birt
Yithuyt
Millville
Post Office Robbery Shocks Three Bridges Community
Burglars blew open the Three Bridges post office safe early in the morning and awoke about half the town. Postmaster Charles H. Wood found the scene at 6 30. About $6 in cash and $140 in postage stamps were taken along with Wood’s papers. One stamp package worth $116 had just arrived from the Government. The money drawer and mail matter were left untouched.
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Three Bridges
Charles H. Wood
Wood
Ring of a Dead Bride Sparks Temple Property Dispute
At Perth Amboy Hebrew Congregation Shaurey Tetilah lawyers debate ownership of a $200 engagement ring placed in the temple treasury after Ida Levy's death. Levy was killed by a railroad train a year earlier while betrothed to Philip Borok. Borok has not asserted a claim. the case is referred to a New York rabbi for ruling.
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Congregational Shaurey Tetilah
Perth Amboy
Ida Levy
Benjamin Levy
Philip Borok
Borok
Levy
New York City
Trolley Collision Ruptures New Brunswick Line
A head on crash on the Trenton Fast Line three miles from New Brunswick injures twenty people, none fatally. The collision happened on a sharp curve near a trestle at 3 pm as a construction car approached on a steep grade, witness Thomas Whalen reported.
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New Brunswick
Trenton
Taff Road
Crash injures fourteen as passengers jump to escape
Reported crash leaves fourteen passengers injured with various cuts and bruises. Six recover and proceed after treatment, while others remain hospitalized. Named injured include Henry Schaldett of Philadelphia Joseph Wilson of Camden Howard Woodnut Philadelphia Mrs J McCook Norristown Nan Barnes Norristown Mrs J Skillman Trenton Carl Le Schnabel Boston Arthur Foster Port Richmond Mrs Nicholas Keuper Trenton Nicholas Keuper Trenton Miss Jennie Keuper Trenton.
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Eresenry
Floods near Norwich Cause Severe Damage to Crops and Railways
Reports from floods around Norwich show unprecedented high water due to continued rains. The rise floods crops and buildings, halting Utica division trains on Lackawanna lines and tying Ontario and Western tracks. Norwich fair grounds submerged. Chenango county fair delayed. damages estimate in the many thousands.
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Binghamton
Norwich
King’s Settlement
Sherburne
Chenango County
Alarm Clock Mishap Ends In Dead Cockroach Proves Engineer Dead
An Irish worker sought a job via a contractor. Pat arranged a 7 AM alarm clock test at Mike’s boarding house. Mike woke late and was fired. He blamed the alarm, opened the clock, and a dead cockroach spilled out with the gears. The joke reveals the engineer is dead.
Fighting at Baku sparks deadly clashes in Caucasus
Dispatches from ST Petersburg report about fifty dead and many wounded in Baku on Sept 2 as fires burn and streets fill with corpses. Both factions arm for street fighting after recent disorder in Shusha and a streetcar strike at Baku heightens tensions across the Caucasus.
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St, Petersburg
Ministry of the Interior
Baku
Caucasia
Yester
Caucasus
Shusha
Philadelphia Explorer Proposes to Lift to the Pole
An unnamed Philadelphia pioneer floats a bold plan to haul a voyager toward the pole. The concept imagines using a lifting method to move the explorer onward, reflecting early curiosity about polar travel.
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Grandlet
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B. & Quivers
Penn. RR
Brooklyn R. T
Reading
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St. L
Rock Island
Ches. & Ohio
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Chio & Northw
Southern Pac
Southern Ry
Erie
South
Ry. Pf
Gen
Eletric
Texas Pacific
Lackawanna
Union Pacific
Louis & Nash
U. S. Steel
Manhattan
U. S. Steel Pf
West Metropolitan
Union
Missouri Pac
NEW Jersey News
Hulse
William Hurley
Stanford
Patrick
Mike
Patt
Pat
Dad
Charles A. Keyler
Frederick Keyler
John G. Keyler
Bloomfield Avanus
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