Too Many in the Boat Ends Yachting Trip Tragedy
Eight people die when a tender from the yacht Gilda capsizes near Bear Deer mouth as the party seeks shore. Survivor William H. Verity recounts the overloading disaster. coroner cites overloading as the cause. Victims include Dito, O Reilly, Neetareach A Mowry, Artel, Chad, Charles Hesse, and others, with links to Nasonville and local residents.
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N.S
Aus
Bear @deer
Neetareach
Artel Chad Charles Hesse Et
Dieby
Wiliam H. Verity
Dorsey
Deadly Life Preservers in Ship Disaster
A wrecked steamship Slocum is reported with life preserver failures after a thorough U.S. inquiry. Descriptions note the cork life belts and sewn canvass units, with weight estimates and flotation figures indicating inadequate safety gear for passengers aboard.
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New York
Rueral
Kickerbocker Tecumoat
United States
Petie Heers
Psraralatead
Cork
Fort Totten lands plan brings many to register
In North Dakota and Minnesota reports two items: about Fort Totten reservation lands drawing large registration plans with 75,000 expected to register, and Rosebud hopefuls seeking new reserve farms amid government land offers. Also noted is a Boston widow robbed of diamonds worth 55000 at her summer home The Briars in Center Harbor New Hampshire.
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St. Paul
Minn
Aus
Fort Totten
Granda Forks
N.D
Tethen Linds
Center Harbor
John D. Bates
Boston
Colonial Beach
Washington
Atlantic City
T. V. Arrowsmith
Randall's Batit Houses
Colonial Tearh Hotel Favillon
Harry Randall
Arrowsmith
River View Wharf
Alexandria
Calontal Beach
Spen, Bea
Ocean City
Atlantic
Resolutions on Death of Rear Admiral H C Taylor
The General Board of the Navy chaired by Admiral Dewey adjourned to honor Rear Admiral H C Taylor Chief of Bureau of Navigation and originator of the board. Navy War College officers at Newport RI adopted resolutions praising his industry loyalty breadth of view and administrative ability and extending sympathy to his family.
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General Board
War College
General Board of the Navy
Dewey
H. C. Taylor
Bureau of Navigation
Navy
Naval War College
Newport
R. 1
Henry ©. Taylor
Navy of
The
United States
Thas
Recruiting Parties Recalled From Naval Recruiting Duties
Navy recalls three recruiting parties traveling in Central New York Texas and Kansas to secure sailors. Officers are not entitled to traveling expenses beyond mileage, which does not cover actual costs due to frequent stops. The suspension is temporary and recruitment will resume soon.
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Navy Department
Navy
Treasafficers
Ihe Aoere
New York
Texas
Kansas
Bridge Hearing Resumes Over Union Railway Elevation
Secretary Taft presided at a resumed War Department hearing on rethinking the Union Railway bridge elevation at Pittsburg where river interests opposed reopening. A large delegation of railroad and river interests attended as Secretary Tutt suspended the order pending full review of Allegheny bridges.
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Taft
Stout
Union Railway
Allegheny
Monongahela
Pittsburg
War Department
Hettinger
Cincinnati
Tutt
Union Bridge
Allegheny Bridges
Navy Personnel Changes and Vessel Movements Report
The bulletin lists seven days of station and duty changes for Public Health and Marine Hospital personnel, including promotions and leaves for Assistant Surgeons and Sanitary Inspectors, assignments to quarantine duties, and departures for Havana. It also notes fleet movements and ships assigned or sailing, with Des Moines slated for the European Station and Iowa departing Palermo for Gibraltar, plus several naval officers assigned to Annapolis and other stations.
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Public Health and Marine Hospital
Ige
George Purviance
Jane
TB. Banks
J. K. Sprague
G. W. Stoner
Immigration Depot
New York
Navy personnel transfers across ships and stations noted
Inson named paymaster clerk in the 0.8. XII. for duty Chicago. A cable from Rear Admiral Stirling of the United States Asiatic Fleet on August 4, 194. Lieut. H. I. Cone moves to Monadnock hospital Yokohama Japan, Lieut. G. W. Laws to San Francisco, Midshipman E. O. Fitch to Oregon, Midshipman C. A. Richter to Helena, Midshipmen J. B. Otterson and P. P. Bassett to Wisconsin, Ensigns J. G. Church and E. B. Scranton move Mohican to Rainbow.
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Inson
Chicago
Stirling
United States Asiatic Fleet
H. I. Cone
Yokohama
Japan
Monadnock
G. W. Laws
San Francisco
E. 0. Fitch
Oregon
C. A. Richter
Helena
J. B. Otterson
P. P. Bassett
Wisconsin
J. G. Church
EB. B. Scranton
Mohican
Rainbow
Cup from Naval Officers Honors Telegraph President
Rear Admiral Glass and the U S squadron, after cruising in South American waters, presented a cup to James A. Scrymser, president of the Central and South American Telegraph Company, as thanks for courtesies shown in Panama and Peruvian waters. A letter from Glass accompanies the gift commending the kindness and hospitality to officers and their families.
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of Telegraph Company
New York
Glasar
United States Squadron
South American
James A. Scrymser
Central and South American Telegraph Company
Panama
Peruvian
Admral Glass
Army Officers Ordered to Duties and Assignments During August
Orders authorize extensions and transfers for multiple officers. Capt. Frank A. Wilcox receives a ten day leave extension from the Thirtieth Infantry Missouri. Capt. Thales L. Ames heads to Sandy Hook proving ground for Ordnance Dept. First Lieut. Wilson B. Burtt becomes professor at Kentucky A M College. Capt. William K. Naylor acts as umpire for Ohio National Guard maneuvers in Athens County. Capt. Tracy Dickson to Morgan Engineering in Alliance, Ohio. Capt. David M. King to Fort Stevens Oregon Fort Columbia Washington Fort Flagler and others for armament inspection. Capt. Colden L H Ruggles travels Watertown Arsenal to Schenectady for material inspection. After Ohio maneuvers, officers move to Gainesville Manassas or Thoroughfare for duty: Col. Arthur L. Wagner, Lt Col Alfred C. Sharpe, Maj. Fran Swift, Capt. Charles D. Rhodes, Capt. Frank H. Whitman.
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Frank A. Wilcox
Benicia Arsenal
Bentert
Cal
Fort Stevens
Orey
Fort Columbia
Vancouver Barracks
Fort
European Visitors Trip to Industrial Centers via St Louis
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M Shaw outlined a tour plan for the Interparliamentary Union's U S visit to showcase American industry. The itinerary may include Pittsburgh steel plants, St Louis World’s Fair activities, Omaha stockyards, Chicago packing, Minnesota flour mills, Ashtabula coal handling, and Niagara Falls power generation before Washington. The convention shifts to St Louis for the sessions with Roosevelt to greet the visitors.
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Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Congress
Washington
Vienna
United States
Shaw
New York
Pittsburg
America
St. Louis
Omaha
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Chicteo
Minnesota
Ashtabula
Ohio
Niagara Palle
Roosevelt
Ruskin on Sainte Beuve in Atlantic letter to Norton
A curt reading of Sainte Beuve's Virgil shared with Charles E Norton. The writer defends Beuve's style as admirable yet shallow and calls for a comparison of translations of Homer. He praises Virgil's depth despite a courtly, derivative style and notes missed mythic nuance in a rival rendering.
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Charles E Ot Norton
Atlantic
Ste. Beuve
Virgil
Botus
Virgen
King Edwards Clocks A Glimpse Of Royal Timepieces
From the London Mirror, a history of royal clocks in Windsor Buckingham Palace and Hampton Court. Henry VIII era pieces, Anne Boleyn gifts, Victoria purchases, and famed astronomical clocks with dials, moons, earth globe, and zodiac.
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Henry VIII
Anne of Denmark
London Mirror
Edward VII
Windsor Castle
Buckingham Palace
St. James’ Palace
Palace of Westminster
Anne Boleyn
H. A
Victoria
Horace Walpole
Strawberry Hill
Mika
Clock Court
John Walker
Henry VII
Catherine Throward
James I
Nicholas Cracker
Germany
William Iis
Daniel Quare
Windsor
Vulliamy
St. Martin's-le-Grand
Tootman
Pitt
King's Room
George IV
Breguet
Paris
Thormire
Apollo
Lepine
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N. W. Ky
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Ninth Strat
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Mount Vernon
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Gen'l Avent
15Th St. Nw
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U12
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Genoa
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Hamburg
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Virginia Ave
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Rio Grande
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Questy
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San Marcos
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Sterling
Varnum
A. Mantel & CO
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Een
Orean
Tooms
Kulp
Shelburne
Particuara
John C. Goshler
Colwyn
Aionlong Ave
Hama
Yarburton
Kent Uel Ave
Frontenac
Aard& T
Caline
W. A. Armstrong
Shoreham
Ala Ave
Congress Cottage
Paine Ana
Brady House
Oyear Beach
Park Garden
Qeean View
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SYP
Reel
Ocean End
New York Ave
Mi Reach
Margarft Walsh
River Travel
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co
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Monroe
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York
Merchants & Miners
7Th St
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H. Callahan
Ocean Grove
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Llewellyn
M. Downing
IVY House
Malmave
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Eliant
T.th
Philadelphia
Cevan Ait
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U. A. Cox
Carrollton
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Shepard
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Nog
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Melrose Inn
Virginia Resorts
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WM. W. Danenhower
Fredunta
Washington, D
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Calonial
Val
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Calonial Beach
River Front
Sherman
Workingman’s Exchange
Teach
Harpe
Brunswick Inn
Eshora
Bowlia
D&s
the Central
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Logan
Lles
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Colton’s
Potomac River
W. Love
Palmer P. O
Marys Co
Deer Park
Fairview Cottage
Fairview
Belvidere
Chesape Trach
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Sihroon
Nys
Massapequa
Peace Peda
Golta
Thomas H. Fraser
Hulett’s
Lake George
Bavkiet
H.W. Huckell
Hulett
Pennsylvania
Blue Mountains
Dolbling Gap
Newville
Cumberland Ca
Washington, D. C
George Albert Freyer
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