Thaw Bankruptcy Sparks Fight Over Fees and Claims
Harry K Thaw seeks bankruptcy in Pittsburgh after mounting bills from lawyers and alienists. The petition lists assets at 125000 and liabilities of 53160.43 while alleging inflated claims and urging a receiver be appointed to protect his property from creditors. Thaw contends his bankruptcy aims to prevent injustices from inflated fees and ensure equal treatment of all creditors.
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Prsoner
Pittsburg
Charles Morschauser
New York
Harry K Thaw
Th Cis
Dutchess County
Nojah
Roger Mara
Jamess Piatt
Mara
Fishhill
Harry
John P Wilson
Thaw
Charles Morsenauser
Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie N Y
Harry K Thew
M Jal Teamgat
Youth Killed by Accidental Pistol Shot Near Tazewell
A 15 year old, Robey Pruett, son of Archibald Pruett, was killed yesterday eight miles west of Tazewell, Virginia when a pistol found in a room he and his mother were clearing for mice reportedly discharged as he asked if it was loaded. The accident follows the family losing three sons in two years to violence or misfortune. The notice also advertises weekend trips to Atlantic City via Pennsylvania Railroad with several beach destinations.
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Washington Post
Tazewell Va
Here
Whch
Robey Pruett
Archibald Pruett
California
Pruett
Mr Pruett
Lowry will diverts estate to charity and relatives
Philadelphia aug 7 half a million from an estate of six hundred thousand left by the late Mrs Annie I Lowry is bequeathed to charity. The will protested provides 5000 to be invested for Violet Peark a cousin for the gate of parrots that belonged to Mrs Lowry. The parrots share income and after their deaths the trust reverts to other heirs. Three servants receive 10000 5000 and 3000.
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Philadelphia
Annie I. Lowry
Violet Peark
Lowry
Price of newspaper up as NY strike advances rates
Watertown New York August announcement from the International Paper Company says newspaper price rises from 2.25 to 235 per 100 pounds. Strike situation remains unchanged.
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Mulls
New York
Watertown
International Paper Company
Fleet In Rough Seas Near Auckland For Arrival Of American Fleet
New Zealand parliament adjourns for a week to host American warships arriving in Auckland. Culgoa from Honolulu reports heavy seas and a forecast to reach schedule time. Fleet will anchor in two lines abreast of the city with ceremonies led by Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward and officials.
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Auckland
Culgoa
Honolulu
Hampton Roads
Aucklang
Flaga
Joseph Ward
Powerful
Encounter
Pioneer
Queen Street
Viitors
Dominion
Roosev It
Admiral Sperry
Duke of York
Singapore
Steerage Rates To Go Low At International Conference
A special conference of 40 delegates from major shipping firms opened at the Grand Hotel in this city to curb steerage rate wars. Heinrich Wiegand of North German Lloyd presided as committees were formed to study rate competition across the Mediterranean, America, and England. The meeting aims to temper aggressive pricing, with sessions planned for several days.
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Amerca
England
Grand Hotel
Heinrich Wiegand
Lloyd Steamship Company
$100,000 for 60 mile per hour boat bid
Ottawa Aug 7 The Pittsburgh millionaire R Peacock offering 100000 dollars to the firm building a scooter boat achieving 50 miles an hour. Brockville Ontario inquiry notes Herreshoff considering the proposal.
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Washington Post
Ottawa
Ontario
R. Peacock
Pittsbuy
Brockville
Herreshoff
Hazing Penalty Debate Reaches Sagamore Hill
Secretary Wright and Col Hugh L Scott talked with President Roosevelt on eight West Point cadets suspended for hazing. The outcome remains undecided as further inquiry proceeds. Wright and Scott offered divergent views while Hitchcock discussed national and state politics briefly.
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Col Scott
Hitchcock
H. L. Higginson
Boston
John Perkins
Gerrit
Forbes
Frank ™. Chapman
Mr. Chapman
Sagamore Hill
Scott
Oyster Bay
Hugh L
West
Point Miliary Academy
Roosevelt
Washington Post
West Point
Military Academy
William Loeber
Luke E Wright
Hugh L Scott
Sagamora Hill
Atain
Eadets
Washneton
Republican National Committee
Wight
Hill
New York State
Rumor of Dover Resignation Shocks Republican Headquarters
Chicago dispatches report Elmer E Dover, secretary of the Republican National Committee, may have resigned amid heated chatter. Hitchcock denies any resignation and says the party plans keep moving, with a Chicago-based vice chairman to oversee the campaign. Dover says no resignation and will meet Hitchcock to discuss future steps.
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Chicago
Elmer H Dover
National Committee
Dover
New York
Europe
Chicago Dispatch
Ant
Hitchcock
Blitch Ceck
Elmer Dover
Daily News Today
Elmer E. Dover
Fred W Upham
Iinola
Daily News
Art
East
FIRST OUT FOR HUGHES IN 15TH DISTRICT RALLY
New York August 7 Republicans of the Fifteenth assembly district are first to back Gov Hughes renomination. A convention resolution deems Hughes the strongest candidate for the Republican State convention and urges a Saratoga delegation favoring his renomination. William H Douglas declines to have his home used as a candidate base.
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New York
Frank H Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Oyster Bay
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
Hughes I
Hithcod Ia
Hughes
Fifteenth Assembly
Hughesa
Saratoga
Cardinal Gibbons Rebounds. Seeks Vatican Visit Schedule
Rome Aug. 7 Cardinal Gibbons recovered from an intestinal ailment and rose today. He plans to go to the Vatican to present the basilica canons to Pope Pius and will pontificate on August 15. A dinner postponed due to illness will now be held next Wednesday with Cardinals Satolis Vincenzo Vannutelli and Martinelli among guests.
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Trastevere
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Satolis
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Martinelli
Johnson to Run Again in Minnesota Campaign
Special report from Minneapolis notes Johnson will seek renomination. William Tenmmings Bryan aims to win Johnson’s support, with Bryan speaking at the state fair. The Minnesota State central committee will lead the national effort, and Johnson’s name may be presented at the August 19 convention.
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Bryan
Johnson
Tucker Will Challenge Meredith to Joint Debate
Danville Virginia August 7 Harry St George Tucker Democratic candidate for Governor passes through en route to Boynton where he spoke at the unveiling of a Confederate monument He says he will challenge W R Meredith retiring president of the Virginia Bay Association to a joint debate on the party issues Meredith recently announced support for Taft and has not yet responded to the challenge
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Bryan
Washington Post
Danville
Harry St. George Tucker
Bovarnor
Boynton
Tucker
W. R Meredith
Virginia Bay Association
Bar Association
Hot Springs
Pary
Taft
Mereau Wall
Robbers assault two men near Front Royal after calling on girls
Gibson Warthen and Thomas Johnston report an armed holdup about a mile from Front Royal while returning from Riverton after visiting girls. Six assailants ordered them from the buggy, with Warthen released and Johnston bound to a locust tree. Johnston freed himself and returned home as searchers failed to locate the attackers.
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Washington Far Front Royal
Gibson Warthen
Thomas Johnston
Riverton
Youngs
Warthen
Johnston
Allisons Body In State As Trains Rush To Dubuque
In Dubuque Iowa the body of Senator Allison lies in state this afternoon allowing friends and townspeople to view the features. A funeral service is planned for tomorrow with about 87 members of the congressional delegation and an equal number of state officials attending. Governor Cummins will lead Des Moines officials aboard a special car tonight for Dubuque.
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Iowa
Allison
Ransdell
United States Genete
Gov Cummins
Des ‘Moines -Pailwearers
J. ‘l. Adams
A. ” Bradley
W. H.torbert
Onaid
Herman Tarnes
Maurice
8. Morgan
L. G. Hu
Foraker Bypassed as Taft Campaign Orator Invitee
Senator Joseph Foraker is not listed as a speaker at the September 6 Youngstown Republican campaign opening. He will receive a special invitation to attend, but his voice will be silent, while Senators Beveridge and Pick and Governors Hughes Harris anchor the event.
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Washington
Sandusky
Ohio
Joseph Benson Foraker
Youngstown
Republican State Executive Committee
Weet House
Sanducky
Lst
Oraters
Henry A. Willams
Charles Jr. Pick
Arthur I Vorys
Senator Foraker
Taft
Foraker
Patty
Ccapitol
Ghlo
Admirals to Attend War Veterans Encampment in Boston
Admiral George Dewey and Rear Admirals W S Sectley, Joseph B Goghlin, Nehemiah Dyer, French Chadwick are invited guests for the fifth annual encampment of the United States War Veterans and the tenth anniversary of the Spanish American War to be held in Boston September 42 and 2. Lieutenant General Nelson A Moses USA Retired has also promised to attend.
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Santiaigo
Manila
Spain
I City
George Pewey
W. S Sectley
Joseph B Goghlin
Nehemiah Mr. Dyer
French Chadwick
Lieat
Nelson A. Moses
USA
Lavino Funeral Held For London Times Paris Correspondent
Paris Aug 7 Funeral services for William Lavino London Times Paris correspondent were conducted at the British embassy chapel in Paris. Attending were Henry White American ambassador Sir Francis Bertie British ambassador and numerous French government officials.
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London Times
Paris
William Lavino
Paria
Henry White
Francis Bertie
Five Siblings Die In Fire As Mother Vacates Home
In Minneapolis on August 7 a mother, Mrs Frank Lindberg, left her house to shop and locked in three children aged one, two, and four. The home caught fire and neighbors heard cries, but rescue was impossible. The tragedy stands as a fatal accident amid a fatal blaze.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Frank Lindberg
Death and injuries in reader near Williams town rail crash
A Philadelphia and Reading passenger train left the track near Willams town Pennsylvania today after spreading radia caused the engine and baggage car to derail over an embankment. Fireman Charles Ausbach of Tremont died under the engine and Engineer Jacob Schraeder of Tremont was fatally scalded. Three coaches with six passengers remained on the rails. no other injuries reported.
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Philadelphia
Reading
Charles Ausbach
Tramont
Jacob Schraeder
Tremont
Kern Talks Victory as Lloyd Predicts Democratic House Win
Democratic vice presidential candidate John W Kern said prospects for victory were brighter than ever as he visited the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Chicago. James A L Lloyd, Missouri, head of the Democratic Congressional Committee, outlined plans for a continued campaign and potential gains west of the Alleghenies and in the Mississippi valley.
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Chicago
John W Kern
Democratic National Committee
Auditorium
Norman O ' Mack
Mack
Kern
Charles City
Iowa
National Committee
John W .Tomlinson
National Bureau of Democratic Clubs
Indiana
Thomas R Marshall
Jagud
House of Representatives
Mississippi Valley
Alleghenies
Atlantic Seaboard
Rockefeller Gift Ties String for Harris Memorial
Special to The Washington Journal reports John D. Rockefeller pledged 1000 dollars to a Joel Chandler Harris memorial fund in Atlanta but attached a condition. The gift may be refused if Atlanta does not raise additional funds, with 4000 dollars becoming available only after 449.00 more is raised and a 20000 dollar cap hinted.
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Washington
Atlanta
John D . Rockefeller
Joel Chandler Harris
Joy
Rockefeller
Forestry Bureau Revived in Ohio After White House Talks
Columbus, Aug 7. As a result of White House talks on natural resources, Ohio resumes the State forestry bureau. Gov. appoints Prof. W. R. Lazenby of Ohio State University, Belcher of Willoughby, former congressman, and Dr Banter ia of Hamilton as members for terms of two, four, and six years respectively.
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Columbus
Ohio
White House
Gey Harris
Old State Forestry Bureau
R Lazenby
Uni ‘Versity
Washington Forts Foil Imaginary Navy Attack
District militia at Forts Washington and Hunt repelled an imagined naval assault aimed at Washington. A staged storm and gunfire sank two battleships and a flotilla, while cadets and officers hosted a dinner for militia officers after two weeks of encampment. Soldiers prepare to return home tomorrow.
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Washington
Forts
Hunt
Cushing
Oneida
The
Signal Corps
Forts Hunt
Cot
W H Coffin
Mra Coffin
M Emmet Urell
John EB. Brooks
Emil G Schafer
Robert Cook
Francis J Woodman
George F Dudley
Charles Hourand
Harry Coope
Clarence Weaver
Wn W Cookson
William Mitchell
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Chiles
Eleventh Infantry
Fort Hunt
Fort Washington
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