Disaster at Shelter Cove Strikes 100 to 150 Dead
A midnight collision between the steamer Columbia and the lumber schooner San Pedro near Shelter Cove caused the loss of 100 to 150 lives, most of them women, as the Columbia sank within five minutes after the crash. Passengers and crew were awakened by the collision as the ship flooded, many trapped in cabins while boats remained scarce.
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San Francisco
California
Columbia
San Pedro
Shelter Cove
Eureka
Roanoke
Daisy Mitchell
Umbia
Thean Francisco and
Portland Steamship Company
Portland
Ore
Theolumbia
Rash
Fane
Captain Doran Goes Down with Columbia In Wreck
J S Flynn recalls a passenger on the Roanoke claiming four life boats and two rafts saved eighty eight men after the Columbia sank. Eighty eight male survivors escaped as Captain Doran acted calmly and went down with his ship. no women survivors. Nearby steamers Roanoke George W Elder and Daisy Mitchell aided, with Elder towing San Pedro which later arrived in Eureka. A body believed to be Edward Iler was found under a life raft. officials await fuller casualty details.
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J. S. Flynn
Roanoke
Doran
Columbia
Flynn
George W. Elder
Daisy Mitchell
Elder
Eureka
Edward Iler
Portsmouth
N. H
Merchants’ Exchange
Is City
Butler
England Still Has Davis Cup Fight After Five-Set Win
England advanced in the Davis Cup by defeating Australasia in a five set match at Wimbledon. A. W. Gore and H. Roper Barrett beat Norman E. Brookes and A. F. Wilding after a last set stretching to twenty four games, keeping hope alive for the British Isles.
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London
England
Wimbledon
A. W. Gore
H. Roper Barrett
British Isles
Norman E. Brookes
A. F. Wilding
Australasia
Hill Sued for 10 Million Dollar Profit Allegation
Clarence H. Venner of New York sues James J. Hill in St. Paul claiming Hill as Great Northern president profited over 10 million dollars in the Chicago Burlington and Quincy stock deal. Venner, owner of 300 Great Northern shares, seeks account and disgorgement for stockholders.
Mystery of the Corpse in Beech Grove Vault
The body in Beech Grove cemetery was identified as Mrs Inez Others, not Mrs Inez Ford, after a letter from Mrs Ford to her father. The mistake stemmed from Jack Morgan of Kansas City who misidentified the deceased. Mrs Ford is alive and requested the remains be sent to Muncie.
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Muncie
Ind
Kansas City
Inez Ford
Labor Boycotts Samuel Gompers in Indiana Visit
In Kokomo Indiana on July 23 union labor led a boycott to disrupt Samuel Gompers AFL president during his arrival at Chautauqua park. Fewer than 500 heard his speech. no labor leaders met him as planned. Gompers viewed the action as not personal. In Spring Valley Illinois a farmer Philip Haasler shot at his horse over a field dispute. a veterinarian removed 200 shot and Haasler pleaded guilty receiving a $50 fine.
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Samuel Gompers
Kokomo
Ind
American Federation of Labor
Chautauqua Park
Gompers
Spring Valley
Philip Haasler
Nash
Egypt Visitors at Camp Lincoln Illinois Aid Event
Visitors from southern Illinois spent a day at Camp Lincoln with Colonel Lang’s Fourth regiment engaging in a school of instruction run by regular battalion members. The afternoon and evening featured entertainment for Egyptian guests with Governor Deneen slated for a Thursday dinner.
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Egypt
Camp Lincoln
Springfield
Southern Illinois
F E. J. Lang
Deneen
Baseball Scores From Cities Across Leagues
Baseball scores from games in Philadelphia Boston New York St. Louis Chicago and other cities across major leagues and associations with results by league and division. Includes thirteen inning game in Boston and misc notes on train schedules and incomplete local lines.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Association
St. Paul
Columbus
Kansas City
Toledo
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Louisville
Western
Sioux City
Lincoln
Pitesaw
Thamenen
Chacbasenaed Ficken
Tunis Monorail Rapid Transit System
Howard H. Tunis of Baltimore has invented a monorail system attracting attention. A half mile short track at Jamestown expo operated by electric car demonstrates feasibility, prompting New York financiers to pursue a Newark to Jersey City line in New Jersey.
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Howard H. Tunis
Baltimore
Mr. Tunis
New York
Newark
Jersey City
N. J
Armenian Rug Importer Shot in Daylight Assault on Union Square
Hovhanes Tavshanjian, a wealthy rug importer and Persian commissioner to the 1898 Chicago fair, was gunned down on East Seventeenth Street near Union Square. The arrested shooter, Beros Hampartzoomian, claimed patriotism and said he acted to fund Armenian rebellion, wounding bystander Robert Brown before capture. Police pursue ties to Chicago. suspect previously lived there part time.
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New York
East Seventeenth Street
Union Square
Hovhanes Tavshanjian
Chicago
Beros Hampartzoomian
Archer Street
Robert Brown
United States
Armenia
Armenian revolutionary society letters cited in trial notes
Tavshanjian testified the merchant received letters from a secret Armenian revolutionary society demanding funds for a proposed revolution under death threat. He also stated the prisoner was seen several times in the past months talking with Tavshanjian at the store.
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Tavshanjian
Crops Boost Clergy Pay Across Delaware Peninsula
In Wilmington on July 23, uniform good crops across Delaware and Maryland peninsulas are lifting preacher salaries. Several clergymen have already received raises and the trend is expected to spread widely.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware and
Maryland Peninsula
Sicilians Rioting Over Ex Minister Nasi Arrest
Rioting erupted across Sicily after the arrest of Signor Nunzio Nasi former minister of public instruction on embezzlement charges. Mass protests topped by Trepani Palermo Cantania Messina left courts empty, one death in Palermo and troops deployed as the senate prepares extraordinary session and possible high court action.
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Rome
Sicily
Signor
Nunzio Nasi
Nasi
Trepani
Palermo
Cantania
Messina
Palmero
Senate
Signor Nasi
High Court of Justice
Lawyer speaks for Haywood in Idaho murder trial
FE F Richardson argued for William D D Haywood's life for four and a half hours pleading against the jury. He charged capitalistic influence, defended the Western Federation of Miners, claimed Orchard was caught red handed, and said Pinkerton confessions lacked corroboration.
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Boise, Ida
F. Richardson
William D.D. Haywood
Richardson
Steunenberg
Orchard
Coeur d Alenes
Hill property taxes and a destructive claim discussed
The report notes a $60 000 tax listing for a hill property and a $30 000 claim following its destruction. A witness defended the defendants, painted a grim scene of bell pen troops, and praised the sufferer for vengeance. Richard son continues today. Chicago Man S eales a Mountain. Ashford Washington July 238 university party ascends Mount Rattler led by Dr Henry R Cowles with New York participants. Weather ideal for ascent. Long Lost Ring To Found in Belding Michigan July 28. Ambrose Atwood’s ring lost for 30 years found by residents after ownership changes. Henrietta Andrews relates the recovery.
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Chicago
Ashford
Wash
University
Mount Rattler
Henry R. Cowles
University of Chicago
New York
Belding
Mich
Ambrose Atwood
Atwood
Henrietta Andrews
Preferred Death to Arrest
A. Lansing Baird, once assistant manager at a brokerage, shot himself in Central Park after missing for three months. He faced accusations of misappropriating several thousand dollars from his former firm and avoided arrest by suicide.
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New York
A. Lansing Baird
Central Park
Baird
Miners Strike Ordered in Hibbing Minnesota
The Western Federation of Miners has ordered all United States Steel Company miners in Hibbing to strike. Most workers are Austrian or Italian, and many are departing for Europe.
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Hibbing
Minn
Western Federation of Miners
United States Steel Company
Europe
Market summary: hogs cattle sheep in Chicago on July 23 1907
Market receipts show hogs 16 000 mixed packers 5 80 to 6 22 heavy shipping grades 5 45 to 6 12. Cattle 4 500 steady and cattle 4 70 to 7 35. cows and heifers 1 55 to 5 60. natives 3 80 to 6 00. stockers 2 85 to 5 00. westerns 4 90 to 5 90. Lambs 65 85 to 87 50 and western lambs 5 75 to 87 60. Official yesterday receipts 33 677 and shipments 5 802. estimated today 16 000 with leftovers 2 616. Market firms and strong on some classes.
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Texas
Chicago
Hall Is 10 Be Hanged In Karlsruhe Murder Trial
Karl Hon a young Washington law professor is condemned to death for murdering his wife's mother Frau Molitor in Baden Baden on November 6. The verdict sparked large street protests with crowds backing Hall and clashing with police as he was taken from the court. His counsel indicates intent to appeal.
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Karlsruhe
Karl Hon
Washington
Frau Molitor
Baden-Baden
Hall
Molitor
Court House
Han
Baden- Baden
Dietz
Surprised the Professor at Berlin Picnic for Harvard Chemist
The University of Berlin chemistry faculty and students held a picnic for Theodore W. Richards of Harvard University who lectured on physico chemical constants. A steamer trip to Muggellake followed a toast and Richards spoke. The students then delivered a practiced Harvard yell led by Dr Staeler with about two hundred participants.
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Berlin
Chemical Department
University of Berlin
Theodore W. Richards
Harvard University
Berlin University
Muggel Lake
Remembered for Degeneracy
Reports indicate Shang Draper a former New York underworld figure is near death at a health resort near Hot Springs Arkansas. He is remembered for ties to the Northampton and Manhattan bank robberies linked to Red Leary Jimmy Hope Jimmy Irving and others.
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New York
Shang” Draper
Hot Springs
Ark
Draper
Northampton
Manhattan
Red” Leary
Jimmy’ Hope
Jimmy” Irvink
Wolffe Opens Channel Swim Near St Dover Then Hays Donates
Jabez Wolffe begins the channel swim from South Foreland toward France in the summer sea season. He previously neared Cape Gris Nez last year before a tendon injury halted the attempt. In Warsaw Indiana Elijah Hays dies at age ninety after giving $100000 to a Methodist seminary in Mercedes Argentina years earlier.
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Wolffe
St. Dover
England
Jabez Wolffe
London
South Foreland
France
Cape Gris Nez
Warsaw
Ind
Elijah Hays
Methodist
Mercedes
Argentina
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Wilhelmina
Tunis
New York City
Tarshanjian
Merchant
Haywood
Boise
Grain Market
John A. Babcock
North American Commission Company
Chicago, Ill
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