Fulton Honored at Jamestown Celebrations with Twain and Vanderbilts
Norfolk Virginia reports elaborate ceremonies marking Robert Fulton days at the Jamestown exposition. The event featured Mark Twain presiding, Cornelius Vanderbilt arriving by yacht, and Attorney Martin W. Betton of New York as orator. Navy Admiral P. F. Harrington headed the guest reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Mark Twain
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Association
Newark
North Star
Samuel Lt. Clemens
Kanawkha
P. F. Harrington
U. S
Spectacular Vessel Pageant Opens Hampton Roads Exposition
The celebration featured a marine parade of steam propelled craft gathered at Hampton Roads. Vessels of all sizes flew flags as guests reviewed them from visiting yachts. The day included cups donated by Roosevelt Edward VII Lipton winners in yacht classes. The program then moved to formal exercises at the Auditorium with Mark Twain as master of ceremonies.
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Robert Fulhave
Hampton Roads
Exposition
Presi
Nt Roosevelt
King Edward
Ir Thomas Lipton
Robert Fulton Cutting
Robert Fulton
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Robert Sulton Memorial Association
Markhwaln
Littleton
Old Point Comfort
Chesapeake Bay
Elizabeth River
Mark Twain
Tucker
Govern Ellyson
Virginia
Ad- 1 Harrington
Navy
Pyrotechule
Sun Stove firm files trust mortgage naming ex‑governor trustee
Detroit Sept 24 The Sun Stove company has filed a trust mortgage naming former Governor John T Rich as trustee and showing an indebtedness of 110 876 dollars with no assets listed indicated in the filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ooea
Detroit
Sun Stove Company
John T. Rich
Samuel Sloan Dies at 89 After Long Railroad Career
New York reports Samuel Sloan chairman of the board of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad and former president died at his Garrison on the Hudson summer home. He spent fifty years in railroad work and collaborated with Jay Gould Russell Sage and Commodore Vanderbilt among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Sloan
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
The
Road
Garrison on-the-Hudson
Sloan
Jay Gould
Russell Sage
Commondor Vanderbilt
Passenger Train Collision Near Greenville Michigan
Vere Marquette passenger train traveling at twenty five miles per hour struck two runaway box cars that had broken away from a freight train. The engine and baggage car were smashed but all passenger cars stayed on the tracks. Fireman John Emmond was bruised but not seriously hurt and Engineer Harry Dolan remained in his cab as the freight cars tumbled away. The runaway cars had broken couplings about a mile back and rolled downhill into the collision.
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Greenville
Mich
Captain Sandford Denies Goebel Murder Ties
Captain Cassius Marshall Sandford son of the late John Sandford of Covington Kentucky calls Mrs Clark's Goebel assassination statements false. He says he was in the Philippines on February 8 1900, later serving in the Philippine constabulary and now works in New York. He offers to appear in court to refute the allegations.
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New York
Cassius Marshall Sandford
John Sandford
Covington
Goebel
Philippines
Philippine Constabulary
What airship was this Elwood sees over city
Report from Elwood Indiana on September 24 describes two lights moving over the city at 11 PM attached to a barrel sized object several hundred feet above ground. A witness with a telescope claimed an airship with a man visible in the gear beneath the gas bag and papers released but lost in the wind as search failed.
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Elwood
Ind
Wade
Posse Pursues Man Suspected in Horse-Tongue Cutting
In St Joseph Michigan on September 24 a large posse led by Sheriff Lenant and all deputies pursues Max Minnie charged with cutting out the tongues of eight horses in what authorities call Michigan's greatest man hunt.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Lenant
Michigan
Max Minnie
Detroit real estate dealer to marry Pauline McGillis in October
John BR Hernan formerly of this city now a Detroit real estate dealer gave an ante nuptial dinner at Dryden for about fifty friends. The event at the Hotel Lan featured Willie Heston as toastmaster and announced the October 16 wedding date to Miss Pauline McGillis of Imlay City.
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Dryden
Mich
John BR. Hernan
Detroit
Pauline McGillis
Imlay City
Willie” Heston
Earle Affair Ties Artist to Multimillionaire Dispute
Ferdinand Pinney Earle, young artist of Monroe New York, caused his wife to return to France with their two year old son after declaring she was not his affinity. He announced he would wed American Julia Kuttner, calling her his soul affinity. Mrs Earle plans a divorce in France to allow the marriage. Earle, a Socialist reputedly worth $1,000,000, arranged funds so their son could inherit his fortune.
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Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Lves
Monroe
N. Y
France
Earle
Great Northern Rebates Upheld in Minnesota Case
United States circuit court affirms Minneapolis verdict finding the Great Northern railway guilty of rebates in oats and corn shipments to Seattle. The ruling impacts the Standard Oil fine and ongoing proceedings in the Eighth District related to rebates and section 10 Hepburn law interpretations.
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United States
Denver
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Hkighth Judicial Circuit
United States District Court of Minneapolis
Great Northern Railroad
St. Paul
Haupt
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern
McCaull & Densmore
Minneapolis
W. P. Devereaux Company
Seattle
Philippines
Standard O! Company
Court of Appeals
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Eighth District
Great Northern Company
Standard Oz Company
Minnesota
Tidewater Pipe Control Tied to Standard Oil Tangle
Testimony by Robert Benson in New York September 24 reveals how Tidewater Pipe Company of Pennsylvania came under virtual control of Standard Oil. Government suit details the sequence of agreements and corporate maneuvers shaping the oil combine’s reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tidewater Pipe Company
Pennsylvania
Standard Oil Company
Oil Combine
Tidewater Company
Robert Benson
Vresi
Lochren Ties Up State Commodity Rate Law
Judge Lochren of the U S court issued a sweeping injunction freezing the state commodity rate law pending a final decree or appeal. The order bars defendants and all others from taking actions or demanding rates under the act while in effect, signaling possible habeas corpus strategies to push the case to the U S Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Lochren
United States Court
Bar
St Louis Shoe Workers Strike In Standoff
St Louis September 24 Both sides hold firm in the shoemakers strike as Hl Sawyer president of the Shoe Manufacturers association cites eighteen factories closed by the walkout and says no settlement steps have been taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Hl. Sawyer
Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Lusitania Passes Sable Island After Thirteen-Hour Leg
Halifax reports the Cunard liner Lusitania cleared Cape Sable and Sable Island in about fourteen hours. Poor visibility and thick weather slowed the crossing, suggesting speeds under twenty knots for that stretch.
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Halifax
N. S
Cunard
Lusitania
Cape Sable
Sable Island
Nurses resign over superintendent's discharge ruling
Twenty five nurses from the training school at St. Paul City Hospital resign after Sr. Ancker, the superintendent, refuses to reinstate a nurse discharged recently for insubordination.
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St. Paul
Sr. Ancker
Horse collapses on Port Huron street. driver under arrest
Port Huron Michigan September 24 a horse owned by Copeland Gerry was driven until it dropped dead on the pavement. John Gilmartin is held under arrest charged with cruelty to animals.
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Port Huron
Mich
Copeland Gerry
John Gilmartin Fix
Romance Off for Good Ends Bride’s Worry Over Incident
Anderson Indiana September 24 Miss Nettie Stanley plans to end her grief over James Little not appearing at their wedding and will seek any exchanged letters. She is the sole heir to 150 acres in the county, as widow Mrs Rosetta Stanley notes. Little’s chance to claim the farm fades.
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Anderson
Ind
Nettle Stanley
James Little
Rosetta Stanley
Robbery Wound Secretary F R Ballen Escapes With Cash
Waterloo Louisiana September 24 P Frederick RB Ballen secretary treasurer of Haughan Manufacturing is shot in the face by robbers who demanded $1,000 he carried to the factory. He drove to the plant and escaped with the money. he will recover. The assailants fled.
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Waterloo
Frederick RB. Ballen
Haughan Manufacturing Company
Senator Borah Trial Opens in Boise for Land Fraud Charge
The Idaho senator borah's trial begins in Boise with jurors chosen. In New York the Hotel Ampersand at Saranac Lake burned down causing about 270000 dollars in losses. Stuyvesant Fish met with Secretary Lee in Oyster Bay, while the Black Hand targets Bishop McQuaid in Rochester. Michigan Governor Warner calls a special session for October 7.
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Borah
Idaho
Boise
Ampersand
Saranac Lake
N. Y
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Indianapolis
Stuyvesant Fish
Oyster Bay
Lee
Black Hand” Society
McQuaid
Rochester, N. Y
Thugs Society
Warner
Michigan
Market Totals and Hogs Receipts Report
Estimated hog receipts today 14000 with 2570 left over from yesterday. Estimated receipts for tomorrow 27000. Market described as slow and steady near yesterday's average. Top 660, bulk 595 to 635. Cattle 10000 slow and weak, sheep 2000 and 10 lower.
Moor War Ends as Three Moroccan Tribes Agree to Peace Terms
Paris reports that delegates from the Ouleseevan Zenata and Zuaida tribes accepted France’s peace overtures. Hostilities cease, arms are collected, and tribal indemnities and harbor contributions are set. hostages are to be given to ensure execution of the treaty.
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Aris
Morocco
Paris
Philibert
Drude
France
Casablanca
Zenata
Icelandic Volunteer Gave Skin To Save Stranger In Minnesota
Skapti Sigvaldson an Iceland immigrant living in Ivanhoe Minnesota lies in Bethseda Hospital after donating 25 square inches of his skin to save Gust Olson an elderly man he had never met Olson and his wife were burned in an alcohol can explosion four months earlier Mrs Olson died and Olson suffered extensive burns despite hospital attempts to regrow skin in the operating room
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St. Paul
Skapti Sigvaldson
Ivanhoe
Minn
Bethseda Hospital
Gust Olson
Olson
Cotton Seed Export Losses Warned At Inter State Meet
The Inter state Cotton Seed Crushers association, with south value near a billion dollars, met in New Orleans to discuss preventing export losses. Careless cargo handling and tariffs were blamed for annual losses around 3 million dollars. J. I. Benton from Monticello Ga gave the feature address on his investigations into cotton seed products abroad.
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New Orleans
Atlanta
J. I. Benton
Monticello
Department of Commerce and Labor
United
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Martin W.ttleton
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Samuel L. Clemens
New York State Building
Sandford
Posse
New York Trust
Tidewater
Wesley H. Tilford
Standard
John G. Milburn
Milburn
Colorado
Wtford
Pittsburg
Schofield, Schurmer & Teagle
Cleveland, C
People’s Gas Light and Coke Company
E. ¢. Benedict
Anthony N. Brady
Manhattan Oil Company
Standard Oil Inquiry
Grain Market
J. W. Culver & Co
Washington
Iowa
John A. Babcock
North American Commission Company
Iceland
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