Woman Claims to Be Taft's Wife with Sacred Knife
A 45 year old woman believed insane was arrested at the Southern hotel as Taft rode to breakfast. She claimed to be the president's wife, saying she would give him a sacred knife, and pockets of two ordinary knives were found in her dress. Taft attended federal day events, delivering two addresses at the fair grounds and the hotel bench and bar banquet.
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Columbus
Southern Hotel
Taft
Carolyn Beers
Greenville
Ohio
T. C. Johnson
Pittsburg
Ollie Homer
Gibson House
Cincinnati
Presdent
Pennsylvania Road
High Stream
George A. Karb
Fair Grounds
Southvern Hotel
Shaft to Indian fighter unveiled in Elmira memorial
The $20 000 monument to General Sullivan was unveiled at the Newtown battlefield near Elmira by Governor Dix. Brig Gen Albert L Mills led seven companies as escort while Gov Dix General Mills Lynne Sullivan and State Senator John F Murtaugh spoke. The new statue recalls the famous Indian fighter and notes the first monument at Newtown battlefield in 1779.
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Elmira
N. Y
Sullivan
Dix
Newtown Battle Field
Twenty-ninth Regiment
Albert L. Mills
John A. Dix
Mills
Lynne Sullivan
John F. Murtaugh
Musselman Wins Republican Nomination in Detroit Primary
Detroit returns show Amos Musselman leading in a GOP bid for governor with strong lower peninsula support while Fred C. Martindale trails Detroit tallies. Musselman’s win marks a Prohibitionist victory as several aldermen linked to graft are renominated. Prosecutor Shepard also secures re nomination.
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Detroit
Mich
Fred C. Martindale
Upper Peninsula
Grand Rapids
Amos Musselman
Martindale
Musselman
Lower Peninsula
Tom Glinnan
Shepard
Britain to appeal to Hague over Panama canal bill
Great Britain renews protest against the Panama canal bill in a note to the U S state department. A Mitchell Innes of the British embassy warns that if no satisfactory agreement is reached Britain will seek arbitration at The Hague.
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Washington, D. C
Great Britain
State Department
A. Mitchell Innes
Hague Tribunal For Arbitration
Two Die as Train Strikes Auto Near Chenoa
Raymond Miller and Edward MolHugh, residents of Chenoa, Illinois, were killed when their car was struck by a Toledo Peoria and Western train at a crossing near Chenoa. The incident occurred on August 29.
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Bloomington
Ill
Raymond Miller
Edward MolHugh
Chenoa
Voledo, Peorla
Reported Killing Of Marines In Nicaragua Declared Untrue
Information from Panama and Corinto via San Juan del Sur indicates the reported killing of fifty U S Marines in Nicaragua was a mistake. The claim was discredited by the state and navy departments as the situation in Nicaragua improved with American forces at Corinto and preparations to move troops to the region.
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Washington
Panama
Corinto
San Juan del Sur
United States
Nicaragua
State
Navy
Taft
California
Secret marriage ties Oglesby and Wright families
Mrs Emma Gillett Oglesby widow of Gov Richard J Oglesby returned from Europe to reveal a secret Milwaukee wedding two weeks earlier. Maude Byrum daughter of Chicago real estate man David Byrum and niece of Gen Luke Wright wed Lieut John D G Oglesby son of Gov Oglesby. The runaway ceremony started a hidden bridal link between the Oglesby and Wright families.
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Chicago
Europe
Emma Gillett Oglesby
Richard J. Oglesby
Oglesby
Luke Wright
Maude Lee Byrum
Wright
David B. Byrum
Milwaukee
John D. G. Oglesby
Postal law eases Sunday mail labor for box holders
Washington reports Postmaster General Hitchcock explains the Sunday mail changes aim to reduce Sunday labor. Only mail received for lock boxes and certain urgent items like newspapers and hotel guest letters will be sorted on Sundays, with no street carrier deliveries altered.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Threat to Americans in Mexico Warns of After September 15
A threat from General Emilio Campa with 300 insurgents in Sonora warns that after September 15 all Americans in Mexico will be passed. The warning reached El Paso via Thomas Holland, ex Texas Ranger and former foreman at San Geronimo mines. The message prompted renewed War Department inquiries on border troop needs.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Emilio Campa
Sonora
Thomas Holland
Texas
San Geronimo
Campa
Steever
War Department
Powder blast kills three at Rand mill near Knoxville
A fatal explosion at the Rand powder mill near Dossett station west of Knoxville instantly killed F. R. Barrett of Petoskey Michigan John Giles of Dossett and George Newbill of Gammon. Three others were seriously injured including George Walters Henry Nelson and Downes of Dossett. The cause remains unknown.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Rand
Dossett’s Station
F. R. Barrett
Petoskey
Mich
John Giles
Dossett
George Newbill
Gammon
George Walters
Henry Nelson
Downes
Bar Association vote requires race disclosure for Negro attorneys
Milwaukee August 28 The American Bar association adopted a resolution requiring that Negro attorneys applying for membership have their race disclosed in the application. Attorney General George W Wickersham defended the move in a heated debate noting two Negro members and William H Lewis had been unseated by the executive committee. A scramble over the race question ended when Jacob M Dickinson urged restraint to avoid criticism of the association.
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Milwaukee
Wis
American Bar Association
George W. Wickersham
William H. Lewis
Jacob M. Dickinson
Association
Accused Grafter Returns to Work at Local Mill
Dr. J Nel son Elliott once city sanitary officer earning 2200 dollars yearly surrendered in Havana and came home to face a city official shortage charge. He started as an ordinary mill hand at Passaic print works while on bail awaiting grand jury action. He supports a wife and three children.
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Passaic
N. J
J. Nelson Elliott
Havana
Cuba
Passaic Print Works
ON CRUISE TO FIX BOUNDARY
International waterways commission appointed by the American and Dominion governments tours the Niagara river heading toward the St. Lawrence to finalize the international boundary. General O H Ernest, retired, chairs the American section with George C Gibbons of London Ontario leading the Canadian section.
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Buffalo
N. Y
International Waterways Commission
Niagara River
St. Lawrence
O. H. Ernest
George C. Gibbons
London
Ont
Crop earnings projected for Minnesota and nearby states
Ralph Van Vechten, vice-president of the Continental and Commercial Bank of Chicago, says after touring Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana and Wisconsin that crop returns will total about 622 million dollars.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Wisconsin
Ralph van Vechten
Continental and Commercial Bank of Chicago
Train hits trolley car injuring thirt y in Chicago area collision
Thirty people were injured when an east bound Illinois Central Addison express struck a La Grange trolley car at Parkway station twelve miles west of Chicago. Five women were taken to the Illinois Central hospital. three may die. A relief train carried physicians and nurses.
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Chicago
Addison
Illinois Central Railroad
la Grange
Parkway
Illinois Central, Hospital
Twelfth Street
Michigan Avenue
W. M. Harsha
Illinois Central Hospital
Company
Illinois Central
Anna McGuire
Becker Trial Set for September 10 in Rosenthal Case
New York report says Lieut. Charles Becker will be tried September 10 on the charge of instigating the murder of Herman Rosenthal the gambler on July 16. District Attorney Whitman announced the date before leaving for Millbrook to confer with Supreme Court Justice Goff who will preside over the murder and graft trials. In Arkansas Post master Johnson says two suspects are under arrest in Sam Scepps case identified as Lefty Louie and Gyp the Blood.
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Whitman
Millbrook
N. Y
Supreme Court
Goff
Hot Springs
Ark
Postmaster Johnson
Sam Scepps
Ruben
Lefty
Louie
Gyp
Blease Renominated as South Carolina Governor in Vote Lead
Columbia dispatch reports Governor Cole L. Blease wins renomination by Democrats with a 2 296 vote edge over Ira B. Jones. Jones supporters seek recount in counties they allege fraud tainted turnout. Sixty precincts remain to hear the final count. U S Senator Benjamin Tillman also renominated by roughly two to one margins.
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Columbia
D. C
Cole L. Blease
Democratic Party
South Carolina
Ira B. Jones
Judge Jones
United States
Benjamin R. Tillman
Soldiers Shoot Up Town in Deliberate Attack
Newcastle Delaware August 28 suburb of Dobbinsville is terror stricken after soldiers from the Eighty first coast artillery fired at the town during a dispute at the state rifle range. None of the 700 residents were injured. The clash started as rifle practice ended with armed soldiers firing into the town in what authorities call a deliberate attack.
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Newcastle
Del
Dobbinsville
Eighty-first Coast Artillery
Taxation Levy Rates Notice from Clermont County Treasurer
I J B Turner treasurer of Clermont county Ohio announces the tax mills levied on each dollar of property for the 1912 tax year. The notice provides the per dollar millage figures for all listed property as required by law.
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Batavia
Ohio
I. J . B. Turner
Clermont County
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