Marines in Eruption Mutiny at League Island Yard
Mutiny aboard the Lan caster at League Island Navy Yard left five marines in double irons and ten sailors under arrest. Two mutineers were badly injured after a fight that followed beer smuggling from a Gloucester boating trip. Sentences range from ten days to five years, with several officers commended.
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Philadelphia
Aug. C
Lancaster
League Island Navy Yard
Burnett
Kenzy
Haggerty
Alderson
Erbe
Nowland
Navy Yard
Gloucester
Governor Higgins vowed action over Saratoga gambling
In New York City Governor Higgins was questioned about his orders to suppress gambling at Saratoga. He was told gambling houses operated openly in Albany and New York City. He denied knowledge of the facts but pledged to stop any proven illicit gaming and warned of official consequences if closures are not carried out.
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New York
Higgins
Saratoga
Albany
New York City
Woman seeks divorce after years in "hell" with farmer husband
Mrs. Clara Butler files for divorce from John A Butler, a well to do farmer, claiming eleven years of "hell" and extreme abuse. She says she helped clear land and perform farm labor with no compensation other than abuse. She details caring for horses and farm chores amid alleged inhuman treatment.
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Hell
Marion
Clara Butler
John A.butler
Butler
Great Yield of Wheat in Illinois Raises Hope of Wheat as Staple
Elgin Illinois Aug 9 reports Far Garfield of St Charles grew 900 bushels of winter wheat on twenty acres a remarkable yield for the region. Local belief had wheat farming unprofitable in Illinois but this result suggests possible profitability.
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Elgin
Iinois
Garfield
St. Charles
Illinois
Labor Strikes Tie Up Jersey and New York Food Trade
A strike at the LA Tra dock hands union disrupts food shipments from Jersey City to New York, signaling potential shortages as the stoppage expands. Officials warn downstream markets could face delays and higher prices if the walkout continues.
Tugboat workers demand higher pay sparking potential rail strike
A several hundred strong strike among deck hands oilers and firemen on rail road tug boats disrupts freight from Jersey City terminals to New York. They demand five dollars more per month, with sympathy action spreading and risk of hundreds of car loads of food being tied up if the stoppage widens.
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New York
The
Evening Journal
Jersey City
Abductor Cleared After Promising Marriage to Mamie Warner
John Vincent, accused of abducting Mamie Warner, was arraigned in Flint Michigan as Mamie’s age was found to be over 16. The father urged Vincent to promise to marry Mamie after the army and to stay temperate, and Vincent agreed in the courtroom.
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Flint, Mich
John Vincent
Mamie Warner
Kalamazoo
Vincent
John
Mamie
Balloonists Julian P. Thomas and wife feted by New York crowds
Pr Julian P Thomas, a wealthy New York physician, and his wife are noted balloonists. They have ascended from New York and Pittsfield Massachusetts and recently faced danger when workers seized the balloon’s anchor rope near New York City risking ignition near a tall chimney.
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Julian P. Thomas
New York
Pittsfield
Mass
New York City
Seals Toppled by Japanese Raiders on St Paul Island
A U S dispatch notes July 16 17 raid by Japanese schooners on St Paul Island Alaska. Five raiders were killed twelve captured and up to 200 seals were killed as Chief Agent Lembkey and native guards repelled the assault with no local casualties. Dense fog aided the raiders but native forces mounted multiple repulses.
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Washington
St. Paul Island
Prybiloff
Alaska
Sims
Siska
Department of Commerce and Labor
Lembkey
Judge
Northeast Point
Seapand
Run Off With Her Child Ends With Girl Returned
In McAlester Oklahoma Territory on August 9, Attorney B B Blakely formerly of Shawnee had custody of a six year old girl. He boarded a passenger train with officers to take the child but Mrs Blakely locked herself and the child in a toilet room. A shot from inside ended the standoff and officers persuaded Mrs Blakely to surrender and return to Shawnee with the child.
Saloon Closing Power Shift in Superior
Superior Wisconsin reads an ordinance removing Sunday closing from local control and transferring it to state officials, while stripping the mayor of closure authority. The move follows a two week dry period in parts of the city backed by a ministerial crusade and the Civic League. Mayor Linley supports the measure but plans a veto.
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Superior
Wis
Common Council
East End
South Superior
Civic League
Linley
Japanese Schooners Spotted Near Islands At Sea
Reporters observe eight to ten schooners believed to be Japanese sailing in close proximity to the islands, remaining a short distance from shore.
Japan-U S Behring Sea incident calm. no retaliation planned
State Department officials say the shooting of Japanese poachers on St. Paul Island will not trigger an international incident. Acting Secretary Bacon notes no further advices and expresses regret at the loss of life, while foreign protection of Behring Sea seals remains governed by treaty among the U S Britain and Russia. In St Louis a New York salesman Ernest Steinhardt aged 57 shot himself after notes reveal he chose morphine to end his life rather than selling liquor.
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Miyaoka
State Department
Jacon
Bacon Miyaoka
Bacon
United States
St. Paul Island
Japan
Behring Sea
Great Britain
Russia
St. Louis
Ernest Steinhardt
West Seventy-eighth Street
New York City
Steinhardt
Man kills wife over coffee request then shoots self
Vincenzo Lupo admitted shooting his wife after she refused to make coffee, then killed himself in a postmortem statement reported from New York on August 9. He stated he realized the crime and then shot himself.
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New York
Vincenzo Lupo
Mysterious Jean Audley Demand for Release From County Asylum
Jean Audley, traveling with a pony and a revolver, accompanied by dogs, seeks release from the county poor asylum. The asylum superintendent asks for commitment to the hospital for the insane, but Audley argues she is sane and wishes to continue traveling, stating she has money to pay her own way. The clerk declines apprehension, and the superintendent says she may depart if not detained by further inquiry into her sanity.
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Tad
Jon Andrey
Poor Asylum
County Asylum
Woman Intercepts Suicide Attempt in Springfield Street Fight
Miss Chelsea Tobin stopped Charles Little from firing a revolver at his head during an altercation with his wife on a Springfield street. She wrested the weapon from his hand before he could carry out the threat.
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Springfield
Chelsea Tobin
Charles Little
Little
Miss Tobin
Pearl search urged near Am bre river by Charleston residents
Residents of Charleston Newfoundland and Labrador believe pearls lie in the Am bre river two miles east of the city. Reentry parties have found specimens in the musage shells along the river banks exposed at low water, prompting calls for an organized search.
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Charleston
Ambraw
Chicago Live Stock Market Report August 9 1906
Market mixed with hogs lower and cattle steady to strong. Official receipts total 30114 yesterday with 5454 shipped, today estimated at 27000 over yesterday 8131. Beeves 83 80 to 86 50 cows and heifers 100 to 85 30 natives 82 50 to 85 25 westerns 82 30 to 85 25 lambs 84 50 to 85 90.
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Senate
Sham battle thrills crowd on South Manitou Island
Preparations for a naval reserves sham battle began at 3 AM with the Yantic landing a Gatling gun and infantry to O line of rifle pits. About 150 troops from the Yantic and Gopher attacked under Commander Standish while observers watched from shore and ships fired blank ordnance in a staged coastal clash.
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Manitou Island
Mich
Gopher
Standish
Turdy
False flood alarm sparks scare in Fort Worth area
Aug 9 report from Fort Worth, Texas shows the earlier claim of twenty five deaths was a rumor. No lives were lost, but railways suffered washouts and business suspension with property damage around $200 000 in the flood district.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Corporal Tanner Leads G A R Chief to Minneapolis Reunion
Corporal Jas Tanner, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, departed from West Washington on August 9 for Minneapolis to attend the G A R reunion.
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Tanner
Washington
Jas ‘Tanner
Grand Army of the Republic
Minneapolis
Baseball Scores From August Games Across Leagues
Scores list from Aug 9 shows results in League American and Western play. Key outcomes include Pittsburg 2 Boston 0, New York 3 Chicago 2, Detroit 6 Washington 7 in extra game, Boston 3 Cleveland 1 in a second, St. Louis 2 Chicago 1 in ten innings, Indianapolis 3 Saint Paul 2, and Pueblo 4 Des Moines 3.
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Chicago
Boston
Pittsburg
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
St. Louis
Indianapolis
St Paul
Louisville
Minneapolis
Toledo
Columbus
Western
Denver
Sioux City
Pueblo
Des Moines
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Cain
Garrett
Hess
Miller
Wheazy
Naval
Chelsea
Ciarrett
Kibby
Shay
Trumpeter Hess
Uncle Sam
Jean Audley
Grain Market
Jackies
South Manitou Island
Hoye
Essex
Wolverine
Dorothea
Manitobaland
Morrell
McGurrin
Texas
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