Republic Sinks After Collision Off Nantucket
Aboard the White Star liner Republic with 761 souls aboard, a collision with the Lloyd-Italian steamer Florida off Nantucket triggers a massive rescue. Wireless telegraphy coordinates Baltic La Lorraine Lucania and revenue cutters Abushnet and Gresham in a dramatic effort as reports shift from survival hopes to fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nantucket
New England
Republic
Florida
Lloyd-Italian
White Star Line
Baltic
la Lorraine
Curnader Lucania
Abushnet
Gresham
Ransom
Lucania
Eiion
North Atlantic
Gayhead
Naples
Lincoln's Native County Votes Dry in LaRue Ky
Hodgenville Kentucky hosts a local option election in LaRue County where Abraham Lincoln was born nearly a century ago. The county votes dry by a margin of 1 085, more than four to one against licenses.
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Hodgenville
Larue County
Abraham Lincoln
Pension aim for Admiral Coughlan widow fails in House
Washington Special A motion by Representative Olcott of New York to raise Julia B Coughlans pension from fifty to one hundred dollars a month failed after a vigorous debate. The amendment was lost by forty two to one hundred three in the House of Representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Special
Olcott
New York
Julia B. Coughlan
Coughlan
United States Navy
House of Representatives
Elihu Root Testifies Before Grand Jury on Canal Purchase
Secretary of State Elihu Root testified before a U S grand jury probing the Panama Canal purchase libel case and declined to reveal details. Senator Knox and Assistant Attorney General Russell also testified, offering no light on their testimony. Root recalled witnessing Garfield assassination proceedings in 1882, remarking he was a spectator then.
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Grand Jury
Washington
Elihu Root
United States Grand Jury
Panama Canal
Knox
Pennsylvania
Charles W. Russell
William Nelson Cromwell
Secretary Root
Charles J. Guitteau
Garfield
Cooper Sharpe murder trial nears six jurors only
Nashville Tenn special reports on the Cooper Sharpe murder trial enter the third day without adding a juror and discuss the possibility of eliminating one of the six already chosen for intoxication. The state began summoning 500 more talesmen to complete the panel for the Carmack slayings case. One juror, J Whiteworth, asked for morning whiskey. the judge quipped about constitutional rules and promised morning toddies for drinkers.
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Nashville
Tenn
Leigh
Edward W. Carmack
J. Whiteworth
Hart
Floods Kill 173 in Transvaal as Dam Bursts
Flooding swept the Transvaal colony and northern Natal with great damage. Knight's dam breach at Witwatersrand gold mine drowned ten white men and 150 natives. Elsburg lower town distributed losses with 13 deaths. A $60,000 Kaap river gold dredger broke adrift and wrecked.
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Johannnesburg
Transvaal
Natal
Witwatersrand
Elsburg
Kaap
Station Master Gored by Train While Saving Woman
Scranton special report says M J Duffy, station master of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western at Hallstead, was killed when he ran onto the tracks to rescue a woman in danger of being struck by an oncoming New York flyer. The tragedy occurred Sunday afternoon just in front of the Hallstead station.
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Scranton
M. J. Duffy
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Hallstead
New York Flyer
Duffy
Three Children Die in Powder Keg Explosion
Three children aged between three and four were killed and a five year old was severely burned when they touched a match to a keg of powder to see it blaze at Stoughton Somerset county. Two women, mothers of the children, were painfully injured. All the dead and injured were foreigners. The home was almost demolished by the blast.
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Johnstown
Stoughton
Somerset County
Republic
Florida
Nantucket Shoals
Baltic
Seneca
Gresham
Nantucket South Shoals
Eugene Lynch
Long Island College Hospital
Paquale Vavallo
Caterogo Martuscelli
Salvatore D’amico
Republlic
Jones Elected Chief Justice of South Carolina
Columbia Special Associate Justice Ira B. Jones of Lancaster was elected Chief Justice for the unexpired Pope term after resignation. Jones has served on the court since January 1896 and is noted for his ability and well received written opinions. He has long been active in public life.
Boy Shoots His Father in Jacksonville Tragedy
William O. Bethea shot and killed his father George Bethea as he entered his daughter's home in western Jacksonville Florida. A long running quarrel preceded the fatal shooting and Bethea was placed under arrest.
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Jacksonville
Fla
William O. Bethea
George Bethea
Bethea
Doings of Congress Deliberates Naval and Civil Costs
The urgent deficiency bill totaling 1 026 402 dollars passed with a 30 000 dollar seed distribution provision. The naval appropriation bill seeks 135 662 888 dollars with debates over salaries and marine restoration. A Liberia commission fund of 20 000 dollars was urged amid Brownsville remarks and Senate action on other fiscal measures.
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Department of Agriculture
Representative Foss
Illinois
House Committee On Naval Affairs
House
Republic of Liberia
Africa
Brownsville
Senate
Frazier
Tennessee
Foraker
George F. Lilley
Connecticut
Congress
Botah
Committee On Appropriations
Tillman
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Navy
du Pont Company
Washington
Gettysburg
Lincoln Way
Abraham Lincoln
Pension raise for Coghlan widow sparks House vote
A motion by Representative Olcott to double Julia B Coghlan widow of Rear Admiral Coghlan U S N pension to 100 dollars monthly prompted a lively House debate. The tally ended 42 to 105 with strong opposition citing no basis for a special increase. The Senate discussed postal savings bank limits and deposits, while naval affairs inquiries and inauguration details also drew attention amid broader budget talks.
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Olcott
New York
Julia B. Coghlan
Coghlan
House of Representatives
Hayburn
Idaho
Senate
Postal Savings Bank
United State
Germany
France
England
Clarke
Cummings
Hale
Committee On Naval Affairs
Navy Department
Congress
Naval Establishment
Navy Yards
Naval Stations
Washington
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Agricultural Department
House
Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Grand Jury
New York World
Indianapolis News
Indianapolis
Ships Come Into Port After Deadly Crash
New York reports a catastrophic maritime crash with three killed in Florida waters and two aboard the Republic. One more person is feared dead as authorities recover two bodies pinned in the wreckage less than 72 hours after the collision.
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Republic
New York
Senators Oppose Tariff Changes and Roosevelts Veto Clash
In halls of Congress Senators Elkins and Hepburn spoke against tariff schedule changes. A service in memory of William Pinkney Whyte was held. Foraker urged use of detectives in the Brownsville case. Lodge replied. O Reilly retires as surgeon general, to be major general. Roosevelt predicts a hydropower monopoly while vetoing a Missouri dam bill. Willett’s satirical speech on Roosevelt is cut off. Tillman blasts Bonaparte and Meyer and seeks an Oregon land probe. Rayner introduces a Senate resolution seeking AG information on government newspaper prosecutions.
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Elkins
Hepburn
Servicet
William Pinkney Whyte
Maryland
Foraker
Brownsville
Lodge
Robert M. O’reilly
Army
Roosevelt
James River
Missouri
Congress
Willett
Far Rockaway
House
Admiral Schley
Tillman
Bonaparte
Meyer
Oregon
Rayner
Senate
Prophesies on Consumption Cure via Rest Air and Feeding
The Philadelphia Press predicts that consumption will wholly disappear in twenty to thirty years as the public adopts simple, unfailing precautions. It asserts that affected individuals can be cured through rest, fresh air, and proper feeding, with early treatment guaranteeing a cure and delayed cases losing all hope.
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Philadelphia
Great Mass
Women Gains and Losses Across Nations and States
A summary of early 20th century advances and incidents in women’s rights and notable events. Mentions Giovanni Minessale’s burial, Astor’s will aiding an asylum, Mrs. Gilman on wives’ domestic service, Clarence H Mackay as a suffrage speaker, Violet Gordon-Chauncey killed in Wales, Chicago charter support, Miss Ethel Dickens leading a London bureau, Alma Lafferty Denver legislator, Michigan constitution granting taxpaying women voting rights, Mrs. Richard Alley managing a steamship line, and women’s voting rights in Wyoming Colorado Idaho and Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giovanni Minessale
Italy
Astor
Charlotte P. Gilman
Clarence
H. Mackay
New Ys City
Violet Gordon Charlesworth
Wales
Chicago
Ethel Dickens
Charles Dickens
Londo
Alma Lafferty
Denver
Colorado House Representatives
Michigan
Wom
Richard A. Alley
All Line
Wyomi
Colorado
Idaho
Utah
Prominent Figures and Events in Transatlantic Era Gossip
A roundup notes Josep Pulitzer and party arriving in Havana aboard the Liberty, Baron Rosen to succeed Count Muravieff in Rome, Orville Wright and sister unharmed after a Helens France train wreck, Sir Robert Pechs praising Panama sea level canal, Governor Hughes linked to Mystic Krewe in Syracuse, US ships ball hosted by US Minister in Achens, Johann Heinrich von Bestorff chosen as ambassador to America, Alan Pinkerton and wife voyage to China, Taft lauds Panamanian Philippines work in Georgia, Yuan Shih Kai policy signals shifts, Rev Charles A Naton denies Live Aid movement in New York.
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Josep Pulitzer
Havana
Cuba
Baron Rosen
United States
Count Muravieff
Rome
Orville Wricht
Helens
France
Robert Pe~xs
Paris
Panama
Governor Hughes
Tsp
Syracuse
N. Y
Charles A. Naton
Madison Avenue
John D. Rockfeller
Cleveland
Denie
Steady Work Joke About King Soloron Divorce Profits
A dialogue between two lawyers jokes about wishing to live in King Soloron’s era due to having 700 wills and potential slash in divorce business, reflecting ironic longing for easy cases and plentiful work.
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King Soloron
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White Star Liner
Republic and and Lloyd Liner
Nantucket Island
Four
Lincoln
Cooper
F. S. Royster Guano Company
Halls OF Congress
Norfolk, Va
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