London Olympic results and world events summary
The London Olympics closed with medal ceremonies led by the queen. America led the field with 11474 points, followed by the United Kingdom and Sweden. John F. Hayes won the marathon for the Irish American Athletic Club, while Dorando of Italy was disqualified after a dramatic finish. Other golds went to R. B. Walker of South Africa and C. J. Bacon of the Irish American A. C. in hurdling. Additional items note a prison escape in Bassett, Nebraska, illness in Mrs. Stevenson, and various storms, fires, and accidents across the United States.
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London
America
United Kingdom
Sweden
Canada
South Africa
Greece
Norway
Germany
Italy
Hungary
France
Australia
Finland
John F. Hayes
Irish-American Athletic Club
Dorando
R. BE. Walker
J. A. Retter
University of Virginia
C. J. Bacon
A. C
Wilne
F. C.irons
Chicago A. A
Dole
Yale
M. W. Sheppard
Harry F. Porter
Bill” Hazard
Bassett
Neb
Robert Louis Stevenson
Gilroy
Cal
Prince of Wales
Plains of Abraham
Quebec
Joseph A. Vaughn
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Green Hall
Roane County
Ohio
Lester Wagner
Bombay
Christiania
Bernese Alps
Pennsylvania National Guards
Gettysburg
Fairbanks
Port Edwards
Wis
Daniel L. Lynch
Richard Nommenson
Anna Sorenson
King’s Mills
William T. Branitzky
Chicago
Lucas Slette
United States Court of Appeals
Landis
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Roosevelt
Newport
R. I
United States
Presidential figures and scandals sweep early 1900s news
President Roosevelt accepts honorary presidency of a peace league promoting armament and arbitration. Governors and candidates including Haskell and Chafin begin campaigns. Thaw suffers stomach trouble. Bank of Ellinwood head convicted. arson in Bellefontaine. Prince of Wales visits Quebec. a Saxony mayor’s daughter is beheaded. Roosevelt attends a naval conference. rumors of William Loeb’s Africa trip denied.
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Roosevelt
Peace and Arbitration League
Gev. Hes
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Edward B Bockémohle
Bank of
Thomas E. Watson
Macon
Bryan- Gow
Haskell
Oklahoma
National Democratic Committee
Prince of Wales
Quebec
Grete Beier
Freiberg
Saxony
Eugene V. Chafin
Prohibition
Evanston, Ill
Newport
R. C
William Loeb, Jr
Africa
Curacao clashes with Venezuelan consul amid protests
Angry Curacao residents threaten the Venezuelan consul who sought refuge in the German consulate. They also force a Venezuelan to publicly apologize for articles attacking the Dutch government.
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Curacao
Lincoln Democrats
Taft
Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
N. Y
E. L. Hall
Nebraska
Urey “Woodson
Kentucky
Charles N. Haskell
Oklahoma
John S. Martin
Missouri
Chicago
Louis Armor
Toledo
Grace Snell-Coffin-Coffin
Los Angeles
Hugh M. Love
Philadelphia
East
Iowa
Capt. Hull
S. F. Prouty
Thomas J. Dunn Company
New York
George Kock
Dubuque
C. Potter
Cooperstown
New York City
Altar
Sonora
Turkey
Chamber of Deputies
Convicted Attorne y Claim Evidence in Wealthy Horseman Murder
In Wilkes Barre Chief Long asks New York police to arrest Gene Carr on murder charges. Cameron Cool, a wealthy horseman, was killed on December 26. robbery preceded the crime. Defense witnesses name Robert Vallee as the alleged killer, linked to Carr through a romance with Rosalie Williams.
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Wilkesbarre
Grant Long
New York
Gene Carr
Carr
Cameron Cool
Gool
Thomas Willis
Rosalié Williams
Robert Vallee
Williams
Belmar
N. J
Vallee
Roumania outraged over Knowles extradition treaty
Bucharest accuses United States minister Horace G Knowles of exceeding authority in negotiating an extradition treaty Roumania ratified despite US repudiation Premier Sturdza drew up the formal pact Parliament says it was tricked and fooled by Knowles United States may recall the envoy
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Bucharest
Horace G. Knowles
United States
Roumania
Knowles
Sturdza
Chinese official seeks U S aid over Manchuria and revolutionaries
Tenshaoyi, a Chinese mandarin representative visiting San Francisco, claims to thank the United States for Boxer indemnity refunds but aims to curb revolutionary societies in America and help recover Manchuria administration from Japan. The visit signals broader diplomatic goals beyond gratitude.
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San Francisco
Cal
Tenshaoyi
United States
America
Tenaid
Manchuria
Elopement Rumor Ties Chicago Socialite to Noted Families
Chicago society circles discuss the secret elopement of Mrs Hattie Bell Cook McReynolds once called the 38000 a year wife to George S McReynolds now in Joliet. She was divorced. Otis McGraw Howard, son of the late General Charles H Howard and nephew of General O O Howard, is involved.
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Chicago
Ill
Cincinnati
Hattie Bell-Cook McReynolds
Otis McGraw Howard
Gen.o. O. Howard
Automobile Train Collision Kills Two In Glenhead
Two dead and two seriously injured after a Monday night collision between a car and the Long Island railroad Millionaires Express. Victims include Leigh Townsend a New York social figure and Charles Smith the chauffeur.
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Glenhead
L.1
Long Island Railroad
Long Island
Leigh Townsend
New York
Charles Smith
Gasoline Launch Capsizes. Four Die In Pittsburgh Accident
A gasoline launch named The Merry Widow capsized in 20 feet of water after 6 pm Monday on the Monongahela River. It carried 20 workers from the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. plant to homes on Pittsburgh's South Side. Four lives are known to be lost amid waves from a pool coal boat.
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Pittsburg
Jones & Laughlin Steel Co
Monongahela River
Picked Up in Bugkeyedom Happenings of Importance
In nearly every city and town across the state readers will find brief notices of events. The column surveys happenings from multiple locales highlighting local concerns and notable occurrences.
Negro Burglar Wounds Man in Cleveland Fight
William Webb of 2509 Carnegie avenue was wounded during a struggle with a burglar early Monday. Webb woke to his wife’s warning and confronted the intruder in his home. The burglar, named as 33-year-old New York resident William Hartman, fled. Webb was treated at Charity hospital for stab wounds.
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Cleveland
William Webb
Carnegie Avenue
Webb
Wm.Hartman
New York
Charity Hospital
Woman found severely injured after fall in Cleveland yards
Mrs. Anna Shiner of Collinwood was found at the foot of East Sixty third street by detective George Schultz and Luke Shore. Her arm was cut off at the shoulder and she was badly cut and bruised about the head and body. She said she fell between two cars in the yards and was dragged several blocks before reaching St. Clair hospital in Abel's ambulance.
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Cleveland
Anna Shiner
Collinwood
East Sixty-third ‘Street
George Schultz
Luke
Shore
Schultz
East Fifty-fifth Steret
St. Clair Hospital
Abel
Principal George W Caldwell Drowned In Scioto River
The body of George W Caldwell principal of Waverly schools and Ohio University graduate was recovered Monday after drowning Saturday evening in the Scioto river during a bathing attempt. He reportedly was to be married next month and was with two companions when he exhausted and sank.
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Waverly, O
Scioto
George W. Caldwell
Junk dealer in Fremont charged after attack on picture agent
Fremont police say Dave Kemper attacked Ld Reeves with a club and hatchet, seriously wounding the picture agent who accompanied Kemper’s daughter home despite objections. Reeves in hospital, Kemper jailed awaiting outcome. skull fracture feared.
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Fremont
Dave Kemper
Ld Reeves
Reeves
Kemper
Mines to Be Made Safer by State Commission
State Mine Inspector George Harrison, chairman of the state mine commission, returned Monday from Tuscarawas County with the full commission to inspect coal mines. They will study conditions to advise legislation aimed at increasing safety for workers.
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Columbus
George Harrison
State Mine Commission
Alonday
Tuscarawas County
Annulment Sought Over Cleveland Elopement
Mrs. C. H. Munson of Findlay Ohio seeks annulment of the marriage of her daughter Mabel to Robert Taylor. The union, an elopement in Cleveland on March 13, occurred while both were under legal age.
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Findlay
Mabel
Robert Taylor
Cleveland
C. H. Munson
Fireman's Error Costly in Collision Fear
Columbus Ohio Frank R Morgs 35 of Genogan Pennsylvania fireman leaped from his engine fearing an imminent crash with another train. He sustained a fractured skull and died at Protestant hospital an hour later. The engine Morgs Moris saw was on an adjoining track.
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Columbus
Frank R. Morgs
Genogan
Pennsylvania
Moris
Robbers Loot Train on Nickel Plate at Collamer Avenue
In Cleveland on Monday, two wagons broke into three box cars on the Nickel Plate line at Collamer avenue Collinwood and stole goods valued at $1000. Police Chief McIlraith was alerted but arrived too late to apprehend the robbers.
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Cleveland, O
Nickel Plate Railroad
Collamer Avenue
Collinwood
MclIlrath
Exploding Lamp Triggers Fire On Neva Steamer
In Buffalo West Virginia the steamer Neva owned by Green Packet Co Cincinnati burned to the water line after an exploding lamp set the vessel ablaze. Captain Stadler and crew jumped overboard and swam to shore to survive.
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Gallipolis
Neva
Green Packet Co
Cincinnati
Buffalo
West Virginia
Stadler
Man killed in paint vat blast at metal plant
Alois Krollevitch, 36, was trapped in a sheet metal factory in Canton Ohio when a vat of paint exploded at the Northwest Metal Expanding Co. noon Monday. He died after his feet became caught and prevented escape through a window. Local authorities investigated the fatal accident.
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Canton
Hisk
Alois Krollevitch
The
Northwest
Rist
Hamilton County Inquiry Ends by Court Ruling
The Hamilton county legislative investigation into public offices and officials was halted by a circuit court ruling on Monday. Three judges joined in declaring the committee illegal.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Circuit Court
Alegal
Appeal Direct to Roosevelt Over Freight Rate Decree
Receivers and Shippers associations of Chisianat sent a public appeal to President Roosevelt asking if he will enforce a decades old decree against freight rate increases. They urge the attorney general be directed to file contempt proceedings against the Missouri Pacific and Chicago Rock Island & Pacific railroads, citing imminent rate hikes on August 10 and stressing urgency.
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Cincinnati
Chisianat
United States
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Missouri Pacific Railway
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Bride dies after alleged criminal operation in Ohio
Coroner Zaring says arrests will follow the death of Mrs Laura Newman formerly Miss Laura Hershey of near Orrville. The bride, ill, lay in bed after marriage to John O Newman on Sunday and died Tuesday night. Dr Sheldon of Marshallville says the woman told him and her aunt that her illness stemmed from a criminal operation performed in June. Six years earlier she was kidnapped and held for several days in an abandoned Canton area house.
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Canton
Inter-Lake Regatta at Put-in-Bay sees Otseketa lead 21-foot race
Otseketa, Hayseed, Sella II and Lucille win the 21-foot class with Cleveland second and Spray third. Cleveland claims the week's series by riding three seconds and one first. Hayseed of Lakewood takes the 18-footer for the fourth time, Boniino of Sandusky second. Sella II wins the 16-footer with Hoorah of Sandusky second.
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Put-in-Bay
Otseketa
Hayseed
Sella IT
Lucille -I
Cleveland
Spray
Chicago
Lakewood
Boniino
Sandusky
Hoorah
Arrest of Dan R. Hanna in Yéveland charges assault
Dan R. Hanna was arrested Friday after a two week old warrant charged him with assault and battery. He telephoned Central station promising to render, but did not appear. He was brought to Central station, released on a $100 bond, and charged with striking Claude M. Logan, auto salesman, with a whip during coaching on the boulevards.
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Yéveland
Dan R. Hanna
Hanna
Central Station
Claude M. Logan
Trolley Car Wrecks Building Front in Mansfield
A trolley car from the Ohio Central traction division of the Cleveland and Southwestern ran off a Main street hill track at a switch and crashed 200 feet onto the sidewalk, wrecking the brick building front. The motorman and concretor were inside awaiting orders. no passengers were aboard due to a defective air brake.
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Mansfield
Ohio Central Traction Division
Cleveland & Southwestern
Loss of Money Drives Man to Accusations in Cleveland
J.H. Jackson, jailed in Cleveland, claims three women robbed him of 2100 dollars and sinfully lured him to a resort. He reportedly raved about the loss in his county jail cell and is being held as a witness as investigators seek the truth of the alleged robbery.
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Cleveland, O
J.H. Jackson
Finddy
Jackson
Banks Must Have Certificates
Assistant Attorney General W H Miller issued an opinion to state bank superintendent B B Seymour stating no bank formed under the Thomas banking act may conduct any business without first obtaining a certificate from the superintendent authorizing it to operate.
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Columbus
W.H. Miller
B. B. Seymour
Thomas Banking Act
Martin Chosen Governor Candidate in Ohio Prohibition Party
At the Ohio Prohibition state executive meeting in Columbus on Friday night J B Martin of Cincinnati was chosen as governor candidate replacing A S Watkins of Ada who after nomination for governor was named as the partys candidate for vice president at the national convention.
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Martin
Watkins
Columbus
Ohio Prohibition ‘State Executive Committee
J. B. Martin
Cincinnati
A. 5. Watkins
Ada
Old Democratic party organizations named in Ohio elections
The Democratic state central committee Friday recognized old party organizations in Ottawa Clermont and Summit counties naming supervisors of elections. The move acknowledges established county party structures guiding electoral administration.
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Columbus
Democratic Party
Ottawa
Clermont
Summit
Democratic State Central Committee
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