France Weighs Return of Guillotine After Soleilland Case
Paris faces a public rush to reestablish the guillotine as President Fallieres weighs clemency in the Soleilland murder of a girl. The case revives a national debate on capital punishment with police officials keeping plans secret while authorities delay any decision.
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Paris
League
Fallieres
Soleilland
Martha Kiberding
Court of Appeals
M. Lepine
M. Hamard
France
Actor Mansfield Dead After Months of Illness
Richard Mansfield died yesterday forenoon at Seven Oaks in Ocean Grove Avenue New London Conn aged 50. He left a wife Beat rice Cameron, a son Gibbs and brother Felix at his bedside. Born Heligoland May 1857 he began his stage career in England. He married Beat rice Cameron in 1892 and they had one son.
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Chicago
Richard Mansfield
Seven Oaks
Ocean
Dividends in September Rise Across Major Corporations
New York Aug 31 total interest and dividends payable by leading corporations in September equal 76 097 351 with 44 847 351 in dividend disbursements up 7 396 206 from a year ago. Heavier interest payments come from new bond issues and notes. Industrial dividends lead with 28 277 047. steam railroads 15 989 695. street railways 629 700.
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New York
Roosevelt Hosts Pardon Plea for Land Fraud Convict
President Roosevelt hosted lunch with Secretary Garfield and Senators Foster and J. McEnery and Judge Amidon. The Louisiana senators sought a pardon for Bradford, a 70 year old land fraud convict, who faced two years in prison and a heavy fine. Garfield presented the government's position.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Garfield
Foster
J.cEnery
Lousiana
United States
Charles F. Amidon
North Dakota
Louisiana
Bradford
Secretary Metcalf's Son Elopes in San Rafael
William Howard Metcalf, youngest son of Secretary Victor H. Metcalf, eloped to San Rafael on August 20 and married Vida Beyans, a widow and mother of a 5 year old girl, in an Oakland bank cler k social circle.
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Metcalf
San
San Francisco
William Howard Metcalf
Navy
Victor H. Metcalf
Oakland
San Rafael
Vida Beyans
Fire destroys Farrin & Kron planing mill in Cincinnati
Fire swept Farrin & Kron Lumber company facilities on Winton place in Cincinnati damaging the planing mill and lumber sheds. Loss is estimated at $100,000 for the ligns and hundreds of thousands of feet of lumber.
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Planing Mill
Cincinnati
Farrin & Kron Lumber Company
Winton Place
Worries Over Land Deal Drive Man to Suicide
The coroner’s inquiry in Columbus Indiana found Isaac Rogers hanged himself after fearing he would lose $100 in a land deal with neighbor Daily Chambers. The two men had agreed to deposit $100 each to bind the sale at $125 an acre, with a forfeiture if the deal failed.
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Columbus
Ind
Isaac Rogers
Rogers
Daily Chambers
Chambers
Herod O'Neal
Charged with Stealing His Wife in Indiana Case
Princeton Indiana August 31 Charles FE Hensley surrendered to authorities and was released on 500 bail. He is accused by the girl's father of abducting his 15 year old daughter and taking her to Mount Carmel IL where they were reportedly married. This appears to be a pioneering case of its kind.
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Princeton
Ind
Charles Fe, Hensley
Hensley
Mount Carmel
Attempted assassination in Litchfield targets Eli Andersons
An unknown assailant fired three shots at Mr and Mrs Eli Anderson as they prepared for bed in Litchfield Newfoundland Aug 31 The bullets hit the wall near their heads and one passed through a chair where Anderson had been sitting An investigation could not identify the attacker
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Litchfield
Eli Anderson
Anderson
Eleven rescued men from Glenwood mine cave-in in Mayfield
Eleven men trapped by the Glenwood mine cave-in at Mayfield were rescued unharmed after being held behind the fall. Rescuers opened a drift from a separate gangway and guided them to the surface. The incident followed the death of Joseph Krasehta and injuries to George Donegan.
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Scranton
Glenwood
Mayfield
Joseph Krasehta
George Donegan
Scores on the Diamonds
Baseball scores from leagues and associations across cities on August 31. Pittsburg and Chicago split. Brooklyn beat Philadelphia. Boston shutout New York in rain shortened play. American League saw Boston defeat Washington in extra innings and New York win over Philadelphia. Minor leagues reported Minneapolis loss to St Paul and Milwaukee drops to Kansas City in two games. Des Moines swept Sioux City in a doubleheader with second game comeback by Sioux City.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Boston
New York
Washington
Minneapolis — St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Shackleton leads Endurance south with polar expedition
British expedition under Lieutenant E H Shackleton sails from London aboard the Endurance to Antarctica for a two year wintering camp for twelve men. A south pole dash is planned for 1908 with motor sledge travel and the Endurance will rendezvous with returnees in January 1900.
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E. H. Shackleton
London
Edward VII
Land
South Pole
Shackleton
Endurance
Rupert England
Interurban Disaster Kills Fifteen on Illinois Line
A head on collision on the Mattoon Charleston electric line near Charleston Illinois leaves fifteen dead and about fifty injured. A misrouted telephone order is blamed for the crash on the single track.
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Mattoon, LL
Mattoon
Charleston
Cxrs
Thirty-One Seriously Hurt Line Has One Track
A telephone run line suffers severe injuries with thirty-one reported hurt as authorities identify the incident and list names of those affected.
Seventy Nine Dead In Quebec Bridge Disaster
The Quebec bridge collapse over the St Lawrence leaves seventy nine workers dead or missing. Fifteen bodies are in the morgue as a coroner's inquest begins. Sixteen American mechanics from the Phoenix Bridge company are among the dead or missing, including B A Yenser and John L Worley.
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Quebec
Que
St. Lawrence
Levis Hospital
United States
Phoenix Bridge Company
Phoenixville
United State
B. A. Yenser
Lehighton
John L. Worley
Mauch Chunk
A. H. Birks
J. W. Atternelt
P. C. Reynolds
George Cook
Phi
Bridge disaster recoveries reveal multiple fatalities
Workers identified as Thomas Callahan and others searched the wreck of a bridge. Some bodies lay wedged under steel beneath the water surface, unreachable. Only one body was recovered in two parts while others remained trapped, one found headless near an anchor pier.
Electrification Study Sought for Sacramento Division Line
Southern Pacific VP Kruttschnitt asks Frank J. Sprague and A. H. Babbock to study electrifying the Rocklin to Sparks segment. They will draft a traction plan for a board review. The line climbs Sierra Nevada to 7000 feet, with single track, sharp grades, snow sheds, and many tunnels.
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New York
Southern Pacific Company
Kruttschnitt
Harriman Lines
Frank J. Sprague
A. H. Babcock
Sacramento
Southern Pacific System
Rocklin
Sparks
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Courier-Journal Loss: Fire Ruins Plant. $200,000 Estimated
The Courier-Journal plant in Louisville was destroyed by fire with water damage. Estimate places loss at 200000. Bruce Haldeman says no business interruption is expected as other city papers offer plant use. Editorial staff endured rapid evacuation, escaping via ladders as fire consumed the building.
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Louisville
Courier-Journal
Bruce Haldeman
Courier-Journal Company
Courier Journal
the Times
Herald
Market Notice Delayed by Western Union Strike
Late market reports delayed as strike affects telegraph offices. The Journal will publish updated cattle hogs and sheep prices once the disruption is resolved. Chicago August 20 1907 hogs receipts 13000 prices from 85 70 to 86 45 for light to mixed packers to heavy shipping 6 20, cattle receipts 15000 steady with beef 4 15 to 7 60, stockers 2 60 to 6 10, sheep receipts 8000 market weak natives 3 00 to 5 50 yearlings 5 50 to 6 30 lambs 5 00 to 7 30. Chicago August 30 1907
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Western Union Telegraph
Journal
Chicago
Texas
John A Babcock Witt North American Commission Chicago
John A Babcock represented by Witt in Chicago Illinois as part of the North American Commission Company seeks timely action and assurance of a standard equaggideal arrangement for ongoing dealings with their partners.
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The
North American Commission Company
Bribe Offer Involves Ex Governor Tied to Taylor Case
A letter from Kentucky State's Attorney promised immunity to ex governor W S Taylor if he testified in the Powers case. Durbin recalls attempts to bribe him with 93000 in cash to surrender Taylor to Kentucky authorities. Senator Binkley reported Kentuckians offered full pay from a 100000 appropriation to Indiana to transfer Taylor.
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Indianapolis
W. S. Taylor
Kentucky
Franklin
Taylor
Robert B. Franklin
Durbin
W. T. Durbin
William A. Taylor
Goebel
Enat
Cincinnati
Binkley
Cincinnatti
Indiana
Ohio River
St Pauls Cathedral Sinking Prompts Urgent Repairs
London experts report St Pauls cathedral is not in immediate danger but requires elaborate precautions. They urge periodic records of subsoil and water level, careful monitoring of nearby construction, and immediate undertaking of extensive structural repairs to prevent serious harm.
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Great London Cathedral
London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Roosevelt administration ends push for joint statehood in Arizona and New Mexico
Secretary James R. Garfield announced that no further moves will be made in Congress to seek joint statehood for Arizona and New Mexico. The president will accept the recent territorial verdict as final.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt Jame R. Garfield
Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
Garfield
Death of Rear Admiral Windsor at New York home
Retired Rear Admiral William Augustus Windsor died suddenly at his New York residence. A separate disaster in Portugal caused ten deaths and about 1530 injuries when a platform collapsed at Operto, with many victims in serious condition.
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William Augustus Windsor
New York
Operto
Portugal
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