Art Students' League Faces Comstock Seizure Clash
Sir Caspar Purdon Starke of the Metropolitan Museum joins critics of Anthony Comstock's seizure of Art Students' League magazines in New York. League officials vow to defend Miss Anna Robinson and challenge the raid as an assault on art education and nude figure studies. Public meetings condemn the action as an attack on art schools and free expression.
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Opposition Leaders Charge PM as Five Members Quit Chamber
London August 4 The trades dispute bill linked to the Taff Vale decision passed the committee stage in the House of Commons amid ministerial cheering. Debate showed narrow majorities defeating government amendments. After midnight Prime Minister Campbell Bannerman refused to report progress, prompting opposition leader Balfour to accuse him of breaking a pledge and some MPs to leave the chamber before the debate closed.
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Fire at Milan Exposition Causes $2.51 Million Damage
A morning blaze at Milan’s International Exposition gutted the Italian and Hungarian arts sections and the pavilion housing Italian and Hungarian architecture. Estimated damage is $2,509,000. The fire originated from an electric short circuit and spread through adjoining exhibits, with carbineers helping save the jewelry and fine arts sections. numerous guards and crowds gathered as authorities probe alleged misconduct by recently discharged night watchmen.
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Death by own action ends Herbert Compton career
London announces the death by suicide of Herbert Bastwick Compton, the novelist biographer and historian writer born in 1883. He traveled the world, spent twenty two years in India and produced numerous works including The Dead Man Gift The Master Mariner and The Ashanti War.
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India
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Hindustan
Charles Hodson Obituary and Letters Ending Life at London
Aug 3 Chicago dispatch notes death of Charles Hodson longtime chief clerk of the American Embassy in London. He aided ministers and the ambassadors, left Lowell books with inscribed notes, and had intense correspondence after leaving London. Also reported: Isaac D. George, first president of the International Typographical Union, dies at 89 in London. Sir Sidney Hedlay Waterlow, former London mayor 1872-3, born 1822, is dead.
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James Russell Jy
Lowell
Chicago
Isaac D. George
Iternational Typographical Union
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Sir Sidney Hedlay
Waterlow
Belgher ex-mayor Belcher gets 12 years for embezzlement
ex-Mayor Belcher, asserting he could implicate prominent Paterson figures, was sentenced by Judge Francis Scott to twelve years hard labor in the Trenton penitentiary. The judge contrasted Belcher's rise with his betrayal of trust and noted no restitution of embezzled funds.
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Passaic County
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William Barbour
Wiliam ‘Barbour
Freight wreck near Harmony claims three lives
News from multiple cities reports a Buffalo, Leicester and Pittburg Railroad freight wreck near Harmony on August 3. Three trainmen were killed when an open switch caused the crash.
Denial by Mrs Dixon in $200,000 breach suit
New York Aug 3 Senator McCarren's counsel Samuel Whitehouse said there would be no compromise in the $200,000 suit for breach of promise by Mrs Mary A Dixon. He claimed the husband is alive though Mrs Dixon says he has been dead seven years and denies political patronage claims. An order to show cause why default should not be opened is set for next Monday.
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Evelyn’ Nesbit
Beachman's Slayer Caught in Danville
Frank Bohan, a Negro believed to have shot Southern Railway foreman J. T. Beachman near Greensboro, N C, was arrested in Danville and jailed awaiting disposal. He admitted the shooting but said he did not know Beachman was dead. A $50 reward had been offered for his capture.
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Election Fight Leaves Victims After Polling Booth Incident
Memphis Tennessee August 3 W J Cooke who took part in a fight at the fifteenth district polling booth yesterday afternoon died today. W G Wellington killed had recently been indicted by the grand jury for running a disorderly house. B F Con a judge of elections who was shot in the heel is not seriously injured.
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Mystery surrounds Watson brothers civil service impersonation case
A warrant was issued for Charles Elmer Watson for allegedly impersonating his brother James to secure a government civil service exam. Henry Hesse, examiner, filed the affidavit before U S Commissioner Anson A Taylor. James Watson, of St Louis, is said to have worked for Uncle Sam. The case cites section 5540 of the Revised Statutes and highlights possible conspiratorial activity within the Civil Service Commission.
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Thaw Witnesses Absent as Case Remains in Hand
Washington dispatch notes missing witnesses in the Thaw case surrounding Stanford White’s shooting. DA knows where key testimonents are. Hartridge may hold new material. Edna Thomas, once Thaw’s accuser, is dead. others’ whereabouts and potential value to the defense are discussed amid courtroom strategizing.
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The Sunday Post Preview of Tomorrow’s Washington News
The Sunday Post outlines tomorrow’s coverage with top reporters and Associated Press news from the capital. It promises comprehensive national and local reporting, column features, and the Sun Bureau contributions, ensuring no major event goes unprinted.
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Features preview in The Post magazine section
The magazine and main sheet promise varied features including a wealthy 13 year old girl, three Creek maidens, the Deluge serial, and foreground pieces on electrical engineering clipping bureau patrons. Other items cover a $30,000,000 manufacturer, Japan’s diplomat, Bryan on Galilee, and Uncle Sam’s anti-derelict campaigns with Woman’s and Children’s Pages, Society Columns, resort news, and the Pink Section on sports. The Illustrated Section will showcase diverse pictures from Washington.
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