Old Orchard Ablaze Leaves Vast Half Million Loss
Fire at Old Orchard Me on August 16 consumed fifty acres of beach and fifty hotels including the Hotel Fiske and Hotel Emerson along with numerous cottages. Officials attributed the blaze to an upset lamp as hoses hampered by couplings delayed suppression. no lives reported lost.
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Old Orchard
Fiske
Emerson
Alberta
Aldine
Portland
Biddeford
Saco
Olympia Hotel
Ruef Influenced Lonergan Bribery Trial Testimony
Ex-Supervisor Thomas Lonergan testifies about accepting 11 750 in bribes for votes on corporation franchises in the Louis Glass bribery case. He recounts meeting Abe Ruef who warned him after a payment from G M Roy and urged against repeating the act. Delphin M Delmas leads the cross examination in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Thomas K. Lonergan
Delphin M. Delmas
Louis Glass
Lonergan
Abe Ruef
Delmas
G. M. Roy
Ruef
Gallagher
Roy
Tom
Danish official Olsen Missing. Accounts Short in Nebraska
Theodore Olsen former Danish vice consul at Omaha and former city comptroller is missing. It is alleged his accounts with the Danish government are short about 13 000 dollars tied to Nebraska estates he held as trustee for the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Theodore Olsen
Nebraska
Olsen
House-Cleaning Costs Her $1,300 Loss
Miss Elizabeth M. Gregory of Jackson Michigan mourns the loss of 1300 in two certificates of deposit damaged when a cleaner burned papers in the yard. The act stemmed from a house cleaning where a helper destroyed the certificates.
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Jackson
Mich
Elizabeth M. Gregory
War on unmuzzled dogs in Vermilion County
Bloomington Illinois August 16 Vermilion County waging war against unmuzzled dogs two people have died from hydrophobia Mrs Susan Moulton the second victim was bitten three weeks ago on the left arm orders issued to the police to kill every unmuzzled dog and the canines are being disposed of by the hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Milion County
Susan Moulton
Japan Faces Heavy War Costs in New Budget
Washington reports detail Japan's budget for the year ending March 31 totaling 616 million yen with 204 million yen in extraordinary expenditures. War pensions, navy rehabilitation, and army maintenance drive the rise, while retrenchment aims to limit taxes and fund railways, telephone expansion, and a large steel foundry to reduce foreign reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
New Man on the Job of Washington Canal Commission Purchas
Major Harry F. Hodges has begun duties as purchasing agent for the Isthmian Canal Commission with headquarters in Washington. He succeeds David W. Ross who held the post for about two years. Roosevelt Taft reform moves work to the Isthmus and creates on site offices for examiner of accounts and disbursing, with additional assistants, shifting administration from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry F. Hodges
Army
Isthmian Canal Commission
David W. Ross
Roosevelt
Taft
Canal Commission
Commission
Bronze tablet unveiled in Gloucester memorializing first Massachusetts Bay settlement
Thousands gathered at Stage Fort park Gloucester to unveil a sixty five foot bronze tablet on a granite frame. Senator Lodge delivered the oration as dignitaries from Russia Italy Belgium and Siam attended the ceremony marking the historic settlement site overlooking Gloucester harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Mass
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Stage Fort Park
Gloucester Harbor
United States
Senator Lodge
Russia
Italy
Belgium
Siam
Stolen Pigeon Returns Home in Warsaw
Winona an English homing pigeon owned by Harry Lathrop of Warsaw Indiana was stolen from the Adams Express office in Randolph Texas while en route to Abilene Texas a year ago. The bird has now reappeared at the Lathrop home after covering about 800 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ind
Winona
Harry Lathrop
Adams Express
Randolph
Tex
Abilene
Lathrop
German American Press Association Convention Planned for Peoria
The second annual convention of the German American Press Association of the Northwest and the German American Press Association of Illinois will meet in Peoria for three days starting September 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
German-American Press Association of the
Northwest
German-American Press Association of Illinois
Burglars Take $2,200 From New Folden Bank Safe
In Crookston Minnesota on August 16 robbers blew open the Farmers' State bank at New Folden and stole $2,200 before escaping. Local authorities hunt for suspects.
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Crookston
Minn
Farmers’ State Bank
New Folden
Here
Baseball Scores From Various Leagues Across Cities
Scores from multiple circuits include Chicago 5 Philadelphia 1 in the National League at Philadelphia, St Louis 2 Boston 1, Brooklyn 0 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati 2 New York 4. American: Detroit 1 New York 2, Cleveland 8 Philadelphia 2, Chicago 3 Boston 1 in seven innings. Association results: St Paul 5 Columbus 2, Kansas City 2 Indianapolis 3, Milwaukee 1 Louisville 2, Minneapolis 2 Toledo 11. Western: Omaha 4 Denver 3, Des Moines 2 Lincoln 2, Des Moines 0.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
New York
Cincinnati
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Paul
Columbus
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Louisville
Minneapolis
Toledo
Western
Omaha
Denver
Des Moiines
Lincoln
Des Moines
Statue of Col Roebling Gifted by Trenton Citizens
Sculptor William Cooper of New York completes a statue honoring Colonel John A. Roebling set for a public square in Trenton New Jersey. Roebling planned the Brooklyn Bridge and died after an 1860 accident that halted his work. Washington A. Roebling finished the bridge while the elder built Niagara and Cincinnati spans. The Trenton public subscribed the statue funds.
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William Cooper
New York
John A. Roebling
Trenton
N. J
Colonel Roebling
Brooklyn Bridge
Washington A. Roebling
Roebling
Niagara
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Union Leaders Meet in Chicago Over Telegraph Wages
President Small of the telegraphers union and Samuel Gompers with Quick head of the railway telegraphers plus a cigarmakers’ representative held talks in Chicago on August 16. The Associated Press wires saw improved service as the transcontinental circuit from San Francisco to New York began operating. Telegraph activity resumed on the Board of Trade floor while Western Union and Postal Telegraph expect more workers daily. Gompers left Chicago for a Federation of Labor meeting in Washington and remained offended by telegraphers’ strike stance against arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Small
Telegraphers’ Union
Samuel Gompers
Quick
Railway Telegraphers’ Union
Cigarmakers’ Union
Associated Press
San Francisco
New York
Denver
Board of Trade
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Floor
Gompers
Executive Council
Federation of Labor
Washington
National Executive Committee
Monon
Sec
Strike wave sweeps telegraph workers and allies
One hundred check girls quit Western Union main offices in sympathy with striking operators. Lunchroom waiters on the eleventh floor followed, refusing service to non union staff. A thousand union telegraph operators gathered at Union Station led by S J Small to call a general strike across the United States and Canada pending arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Telegraphers’ Union
Western Union
Telegraph Company
Grand Pacific Hotel
Union Station
Union Pacific Overland Limited
S. J. Small
Commerceial Telegraphers’ Union of America
San Francisco
Small
United States
Canada
Clark Thread Company Grants Factorywide Vacation
The Clark N J T Thread Co informs workers the Newark mill closes Aug 24 to Sept 3 and the Kearny mill closes Aug 24 to Sept 10. The firm says vacation demand is so high that granting all requests would empty the plants, so all hands will rest simultaneously.
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New York
Clark
N. T. Thread Company
Passaic River
Newark
Kearny
Lightning Sets Fire to Packing Plant in St. Joseph
A storage plant of the National Packing company in South St. Joseph was struck by lightning and partly destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at 60,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph, Mo
National Packing Company
South St. Joseph
Wall Paper of Cancelled Checks at Stol ler Commission Offices
In Kansas City at the stock yards exchange the Stol ler Commission company offices display wall paper built from cancelled checks totaling an outlay of five million dollars. Each wall check is at least one thousand dollars, with the largest item shown as thirty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Stoller Commission Company
Stockyards Exchange
Indignant Hoosiers Protest Name Law for Babies
In Indiana, parents face a new law requiring babies be named at birth and filed with the county health board with birth registration. If parents fail, the attending physician must supply a name, with weekly reports to the state board. three such failures are already recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Hoosierdam
Board of Health
Couple in Belleville Wed in Dayton After Divorce
George K. Thomas ex county clerk and Angeline Reichert, ex wife of August Barthel, obtained a marriage license in Dayton Ohio. Reichert left Belleville after divorcing Barthel five years earlier and told him she planned to remarry, later serving as his housekeeper for five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
George K. Thomas
Angeline Reichert
August Barthel
Dayton
O. Thomas
Mise Reichert
Barthol
Ignored orders trigger derailment at Ludington
Seven people injured when a Ludington and Northern passenger train collides with a freight train for the Michigan National Guard encampment. The slowdown allegedly followed orders to wait at Epworth. Among the injured are J Danner of Chicago and 10 year old George Cogswell of Ludington with serious and multiple injuries. Three Detroit residents sustain lesser injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludington, Mich
Ludington and Northern Railroad
Michigan National Guards
Epworth
J. ©. Danner
Chicago
George Cogswell
Ludington
Danver
Varling
Clara IL. Belle Ormisby
Milwaukee
Detroit
Frostespotato damage in Escanaba reported at 42 degrees
Frost at forty two degrees is blamed for major damage to the potato crop in the Escanaba Michigan area. The International Typographical Union, meeting at Hot Springs Arkansas, chooses Boston for next year’s session. The widow of Stanford White plans a London marriage to Charles McKim next month. Russia and Japan sign a treaty of amity. Standard Oil declares a six dollar dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escanaba
Mich
International Typographical Union
Hot Springs
Ark
Boston
Stanford White
New York
Harry Thaw
London
Charles McKim
Russia
Japan
John A. Babcock Notice
A fragment references John A. Babcock with a terse note about timing and a squatter deal. Details are unreadable but imply a housing or occupancy matter involving the name. Further context is unavailable in the legible text.
Edward's Austrian Visit Greeted Warmly by Francis Joseph
King Edward arrives in Ischl on a visit to Emperor Francis Joseph. They discuss Macedonia and Morocco with cordial exchanges. The breakfast at the imperial villa precedes talks with Baron von Aerenthal and Sir Charles Harding. Britain to adhere to the Algeciras convention on Morocco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ischl
Austria
Faward
Francis Joseph
Gmunden
Ise JM
Edward
Imperial Villa
Baron von Aerrnthal
Charles Harding
Foreign Office
Macedonia
Morocco
Charles
Great Britain
Wilhelmshohe meeting signals easing European tensions
French observers view the Wilhemshohe encounter between King Edward and Emperor William as a step toward calming German sensibilities amid Britain’s treaties. They see it as a possible genuine reconciliation, while noting it does not alter Britain Germany antagonisms or power alignments.
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Paris
Edward
William
Wilhhelmshohe
Francis Joseph
Iseht
Germany
Great Britain
Europe
Kronberg
Wilhelmshohe
France
Spain
Algeciras
Belfast crisis settled by Dublin Castle aid
Belfast labor troubles ended after intervention by Dublin Castle authorities. A fire at a South Orange New Jersey grain elevator and a livery stable caused 150000 dollars in losses. The Alton railway immunity bath will be discussed by the national attorney general at a Washington conference next Monday. Joseph Joachim, famed violinist and conductor of the Royal Academy of Music in Berlin, is dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Ireland
Dublin Castle
South Orange
N. J
Alton Railway
Washington
Joseph Joachim
Vi Najat
Royal Academy of Music
Berlin
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Orator
Cooper
Perkins
The
Retary Russell
Grain Market
John A. Babcock
WiTt
North Americana Commission Company
KINGS
England
Francis Joseph of
Kaiser
Edward VII
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