True to Her He Says Rumor of Recompensation
Wooster Ohio August 12 The Taggart divorce case neared its end as Capt. Taggart swore he had always been a faithful husband and never drank alone. He described farewell with his wife before his Philippines departure and recounted cadet days with common drinking but remained temperate. Legal tensions continue with Mrs. Taggart’s counsel pressing questions on shared excesses.
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Tas
Smyser
Taggart
New York
Camp Highwood
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Symser
Wooster
Cobb Woman Posts 7000 Bail in Manslaughter Case
Royston Ga August 12 Mrs W H A Cobb arrested under fore vers warrant charged with voluntary manslaughter in killing her husband whom she allegedly mistook for a burglar quickly posted the seven thousand dollar bond required by Justice Jordan The court to which this is returnable will be held the fourth Tuesday in September Paul and Florence Cobb children of Mr and Mrs Cobb say in an interview they were surprised by sensational reports of family differences between their parents Paul said the domestic relations between his father and mother were the most pleasant and the reports are absolutely untrue.
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Royston
W. HA. Cobb
Forevers
Jordan
Paul
Florence Cobb
Cobb
Bailey's Fling at Cullom in Senate Rift
Special to The Washington Post reports Senator Bailey of Texas criticized Northern Senators including the Illinois senior senator and asked who would replace Stephen Douglas. Culom, angered, declined to retaliate, saying he would not stoop to personal exchanges.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Cullom
Bailey
Texas
United States Senate
McGregor
Tex
Confederate Veterans
Illinois
Alderminan
University of Virginia
Mason and Dixon
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Ailey
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Baley
Shelby
Sullivan to resign seek state senate seat
Congressman Timothy D. Sullivan of New York sails for New York on the Campania and plans to resign his House seat to run for the State senate. His reported weekly expenditures on presents and touches topped 30000. Secretary Shaw visits Brackett in Saratoga. A trolley collision near Orrenton injures about a dozen, Albert Hand seriously hurt from Fennington. Wilson to sue railroads under twenty eight hour law faces up to 800000 in fines. suits to sue Southern Pacific Santa Fe Union Pacific and others brought by Secretary of Agriculture.
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Washington
Londons
Timothy D. Sullivan
New York
Campania
Congress
State Senate
Deézen
Trofley
Orrenton
N. J
Pennington
Trentoh Street Railway Company
Albert Hand
Fennington
Wilson
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Astriculture
Paterson police pursue Mary Hall case linked to Violet Johnson
Reports from Paterson and Syracuse detail a gun attack near Riverside Drive and 110th Street. The injured woman, calling herself Violet Johnson, is identified by police as Mary Hall, with Elinira native Dela W. Lyttel suspected of aiding her escape. Letters to saloon keeper Kiki McCoy were intercepted, and Ella Graham of Syracuse claims the victim may be his daughter, Ella. The patient is expected to recover.
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Washington
New York
Paterson
N. J
Mary Hall
Gyracuse
Riverside
110Th Street
Delta W. Lyttel
Elinira
Violet Johnson
Syracuse
Kiki McCoy
Broadway
McCoy
N. Y
Frank Graham
Ollce
Riverside Park
Ella
Fills
Explosion Blows Laborer to Death in Vesey Street Hole
John Hartigan, a laborer, was killed and several workers burned when a steam pipe exploded in a ten-foot pit on Vesey Street. The blast sent steam and debris five stories high, sent Hartigan flying, and injured two fellow workers, who helped rescue him before he died at the hospital.
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New York
John Hartigan
Vesey Street
Hartigan
Je&k
Thomas O'Mara
Max Engel
Bread Strike Ends After Victory for Strikers in East Side
The August 2 Washington Post report notes the East Side bread strike ending with master bakers yielding on most demands. Strikers gain higher wages, a ten hour day with no overtime, no Sunday work, union labeling, and no nonunion labor. Leaders Barondess and Robinson represented strikers. Bock represented employers. settlement reached at Educational Alliance, Jefferson Street.
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Washington Post
New York
Allance
Jefferson Street
East Broadway
Joseph Barondess
Herman Robinson
American Federation of Labor
Jacob Bock
Dalers
Priike
Liddell Convict Death At Sugar Hil Camp Sparks Probe
Atlanta Aug 12 The convict Liddell at Sugar Hil Camp Bartow County operated by Joel Hurt was whipped to death prompting suspension of deputy warden J W Tierce and a swift visit by State Warden Jake Moore. Coroner’s verdict cited by Bartow County officials led to an official inquiry and possible prosecution.
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Atlanta
Liddell
Sugar Hil Camp
Bartow County
Joel Hurt
J. W. Tierce
Jake Moore
Goodloe Yancey
Prison Commission
Child Mother Dead: Helen Elster's Baby Boy Doing Well
New York reports Helen Elster a 12 year old girl died at Post-graduate Hospital after giving birth to a boy described as Caesar. The infant is reported healthy in the hospital and the girl's mother Mrs Henry Cubenz and stepfather Dubeng discuss potential responsibility without intent to pursue legal action.
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Helen Elster
Washington Pont
New York
Caesar
Henry Cubenz
Aleagsant Avenue
Helen
Dubeng
Bryan's Account Protested in Probate Court
Notice filed in New Haven on August 12 shows heirs of Philo S Bennett protesting executor William J Bryan's account. Grace Bennett and others appeal to Superior Court over fees to appraiser, counsel, and Bryan, plus estate taxes paid in New York. Chinaman slain in Tong feud in Manhattan. police suspect renewed conflict between On Leong Tong and Hip Sing Tong during attack on a washer in East Eleventh Street. Read City Bulletin last page for details.
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Philo S. Bennett
New Haven
Conn
William J. Bryan
Philo
Bennett
Grace Imogene Bennett
Othe Reaiquary
Bryan
New York
Doyers Street
East Eleventh Street
Missing Navy Check Triggers Bond Firm Bid For Prompt Aid
An enterprising temporary clerk at the Navy Pay Office learned of a $6,000 missing check to O'Brien Houlihan & Co of Syracuse and, via a bonding company contact, prompted an unsolicited offer to secure a duplicate. The firm awaits payment as the matter risks Congressional relief for a replacement. The incident ends with the clerk’s regret and a pending $6,000 claim.
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Navy
Uncle Sam
Frailey
O'Brien, Houlihan & Co
Syracuse
O’brien
Fralley
Navy Pay Office
Kerr
Wralley
Congress
Bond
O'Brien
O'Brien Houlihan & Co
Girl Heroic Rescue Attempt In Halifax Tragedy
Marjorie Gordon of Hamilton Ohio, eighteen, risked her life to save Halifax merchant Harry W. Cox who drowned in the Northwest Arm. Cox sank during cramps after pulling Gordon under. Mrs Cox and Gordon’s mother assisted as Wille McDonald aided from shore. Cox died. Gordon and Mrs Gordon were revived after thirty minutes.
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Halifax
N. S
Marjorie Gordon
Hamilton
Ohio
Harry W. Cox
Northwest Arm
Miss Gordon
Cox
Mrs. Cox
Mrs. Gordon
Cure for leprosy claimed by Manila surgeons
American surgeons with the Manila board of health report a positive leprosy cure after treating twenty five cases. Six are absolutely cured and several patients with extensive tissue loss have recovered. All cases have at least six months of observation with no germ traces in blood. The method employed uses X rays. Names of the surgeons are withheld and they decline reward offers from governments.
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Manila
Board of Health of
Tracewell Hurt In Runaway Near Alexandria Bay
Washington reports Comptroller of the Treasury Robert J. Tracewell and Col. Staples were injured when their buggy horse ran away at Alexandria Bay. Tracewell suffered a broken rib, his home on Sixteenth Street is closed, and he had recently undergone nasal bone removal prior to the trip. All health updates noted he had recovered from the operation and was in good health before departure.
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Washington
Kien
Robert J. Tracewell
the Treasury
Thousand Islands
Col
Oo. G. Staples
Riggs House
Alexandria Bay
Tracewell
Col. Staples
Sixteenth Street
Narraganset Pier
Walter A. Wells
Wells
Policeman A A A Roper Found Guilty on Charges
A. A. A. Roper faced two specifications alleging threats to arrest a debtor and larceny. one charge was dismissed, the other guilty with a $25 fine. A separate count of gross neglect for sleeping on duty led to dismissal recommendation after trial board review. the board and Commissioners approved his dismissal due to extenuating circumstances deemed insufficient.
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Jpoliceman A. A
Riper
Brecinat
Areit Ae
Roper
Dlamisved
Willard Wye
Will ‘Nem H. Chambers
R Street
J. Francis Smith
John A.swindells
Lieut
H. Eliott
Five Dollars for His Wife in Missing Person Case
A missing wife, Minnie Kare Xander, described as a 39 year old white woman, 5 feet tall, 175 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair, left her home at 103 Hi Street Northwest yesterday. Her husband Henry Xander, a bar owner, offers an $8 reward and seeks her return for the sake of their two children. Police circulated her description district wide.
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Minnie Kare ‘Dor
Hi Street
Detective Bureau
District of Columbia
Xander
Henry Xander
Post
Kander
Duplicates Ship Plants Plan for Atlantic Coast
Charles M Schwab sails to Europe for three months to study continental ship building and proposes identical plants along the Atlantic coast so a vessel can be repaired at any yard with standard machinery. The study aims to aid Bethlehem Steel Company.
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New York
Charles M. Schwabig
Europe
Atlantic
Man Drowns After Wife's Urged Deed in Leake Lake
Joseph Garron returned home intoxicated and followed his wife's instruction to drown himself in Leake Lake. He survived the swim but died two hours after being brought to hospital. A coroner's note records his wife Maggie Garron urged him to leave the lake and kill himself. Mrs. Garron cried out in hysterics and later claimed the remark was a joke.
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Garron
Joseph Garron
Maggie
Keron
Death of Rev Robert F Sample DPAD financial secretary
New York August 12 Rev Robert RH Sample D D died at Presbyterian Hospital. Born in 1828 at Corning Ohio he was Jefferson College graduate then attended Western Theological Seminary Pittsburgh. He pastored Westminster Church Minneapolis twenty one years and Westminster Church New York City eighteen years. He served as financial secretary of Lincoln University Oxford Pa and was moderator of the Presbyterian general assembly.
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New York
Robert RH. Sample
Presbyterian Hospital
Corning
WW. O
Jefferson College
Pennsylvania
Send
Fever Case on Isthmus Reported by Isthmian Canal Commission
The Isthmian Canal Commission received a cable reporting Jacob Kramer a German nonemploye at Colon is ill with yellow fever and Rafaelo Badolato also sick. The note, though garbled, mentions warnings directed at women and advertises a tonic at Atfeck's Drug Store with unauthenticated health claims.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Gev. Magton
Jacob Kramer
Colon
Rafaelo Badolato
Jacev
Russian Reply to Japanese Terms At Envoy Conference
The Russian answer to Japan’s terms was delivered by Mr. Witte to Baron Komiya and discussed by envoys. Russia declines talk on indefinite or cession of Sakhalin while accepting some points conditionally. The official statement says Russia is not vanquished and seeks honorable peace, not war for its own sake. The next session will proceed after Japanese plenipotentiaries study the reply, with a 3 PM start planned.
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Witte
Baron Komiat
Sakhalin
Russie
Russia
Japan
Usala
Mr. Sato
Trussia
Korostcsey
Plent. Potentiaries
Plent Potentiaries
Nation's guests complain at Portsmouth hotel accommodations
Report from Portsmouth details widespread dissatisfaction among plenipotentiaries and staff over hotel conditions. Foreign delegates including Russians and Japanese face late hours, lack of tea, no smoking, crowded dining, rooms without baths, heat and mosquitoes, with lights turned off early and inadequate comfort noted by Mr Witte and others.
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Portsmouth
Takanira
Witte
Democrats Protest As Navalny? No, Capt Stuart Changes
Special to The Washington Newport News reports Capt J E B Stuart, customs collector, says week changes affect six Democrats only. Four Democratic inspectors lost their posts and plan to leave by Tuesday. Citizens petition Roosevelt and Treasury over actions. Eubank and Morecock praised, claim civil service rules violated by rank reductions and Republican replacements.
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Washington
Newport News
J. E. B. Stuart
Custom-House
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Stuart
Eubank
Morecock
Woman Likely Drowned After Bathhouse Clothing Found
A woman’s clothes were found in an Atlantic City bathhouse and officials search for the owner. The garb was discovered after closing time, around six o’clock, with no identifying items on the garments.
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Atlantic City
N. d
Dog Running Amuck Is Shot on Ninth Street
A dog running amuck in a large Saturday night crowd along Ninth street near D street northwest was caught and shot by Policeman Samson of the First precinct at about 9 30 last night.
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Ninth Street
D Street
Samson
Fatal fall fractures neck of Bitt Anderson
Bitt Anderson, 36, a resident of the Douglass flats, fell on stone steps near Lors Jones court northwest last night and died from a broken neck. Homer Hoch, an employee of the Post Office Department and son of the Kansas governor, is ill after a trip with his wife and remains in his Washington room under a physician's care.
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Bitt Anderson
Douglass Flats
Lors Jones Court
Homer Hoch
Post Office Department
Kansas
Washington
Peruna Testimonials Run Aground In Fraud Claim
A decade of ads tout Peruna cures is challenged by a notice claiming phony testimonials. A $10,000 deposit in Market Exchange Bank Columbus Ohio backs a guarantee that all letters cited are authentic and verbatim, with a stern denial of any counterfeit endorsements.
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Peruna
Billous Eolic
Market Exchange Bank
Columbis
Ohto
Weather Bureau Report Foresees Showers Across Regions
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau bulletin from Washington on Saturday Aug 12 1998 forecasts unsettled conditions east of the Rockies with showers and thunderstorms nearly district wide while the southern districts west of the Rockies remain fair. Temperatures vary widely with cooler readings in the Lower Missouri Valley and rising heat in the far west. showers expected in New England and parts of the Middle Atlantic and Gulf states Sunday into Monday. winds vary regionally with coastal southwest to west and northern lake winds.
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U. d
Missouri Valley
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Florida
Gulf States
Ohio
Mississipnk
Missouri
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Colorado
Mississinpi Valley
Atlantic
Atlantis
Gulf Cagetaught
Freehead
Lower
Affeck
P. m
Cotton Leak Investigation Moves Toward Grand Jury Indictment
District Attorney Beach continued the cotton report leak probe involving a Department of Agriculture employee. After several days of examination, Beach believes there is sufficient evidence to present to the grand jury for an indictment.
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Beach
Department of Agriculture
Grand Jury
It's a Derby for Men Hat Ad August 21 Price
It's a Derby for Men. Not made to fit the price but to fit the most critical ideas of man relative to Hat perfection. It's the ideal Derby Hat, Fall styles ready. August 21. $3.
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