Anarchist and Suffragists Rally at Prosperity Congress
New York Aug 14 rival groups disrupted the Travelers Interstate Prosperity Congress with an anarchist “army” demanding work and suffragists pressing for reform. George Fred Williams clashed with Henry Clews over unemployment, banking, and government employment schemes as the session touted rising prosperity and urged stronger railroad controls and emergency currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mon Garriers
Congress
Interstate Congress
New York
L Iterary Bureau For the Propagation of
America
Fleet sails to Sydney as crowd cheers Americans
The American Atlantic fleet departed from Auckland for Sydney at 8 15 this morning. Crowds ashore and afloat bid farewell while shore batteries saluted and ships dipped flags. The Kentucky and Connecticut led a magnificent departure as Sir Joseph Ward and Admiral Sperry offered cordial goodbyes. A later incident saw a patrol threaten bystanders, with police restoring order. Louisiana crew wins Battenberg cup in the harbor race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Louisiana
Auckland
Sydney
Connecticut
Sir Joseph Ward
Joseph
Kentucky
Inc
Sper
Joseph Ward
United States
Dominion
Sperry
Pacific
Feec
Admi Sperry
Lord Flunkitt
Baldwin Ship Wins Last Test for Speed of 20 MPH
The Baldwin airship, built by Curtiss, completed two speed tests at Fort Myer with an official average around 20 mph, meeting contract terms but failing to reach the 24 mph design speed. Army officers praised the craft as a valuable asset though engine bucking limited performance. A final endurance flight of two hours and a Washington Monument circle was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtiss
Washington Monument
United States
Capt. Baldwin
Board of Army
War Department
Baldwin Waa
Glen H. Curtis
Fort Myer
Arlington and
Falls Church
Cherrydale
Army Board
Baldwin
Maj. Squier
Board of Army Experts
Maj
Squier
Board of Experts
Army
Canada May End Strike On Canadian Pacific Railway
Winnipeg Aug 14 The Dominion government via the railway commission may intervene to settle the strike in all mechanical trades on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Prospects are fair for an amicable settlement of differences between the company and the men within the next 48 hours. Weekend trips to the seashore advertised on the Delaware River Bridge Route via Pennsylvania Railroad include Atlantic Gate and Cape May departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Dominion
Railway Commission
Canadian Pacific Railway
Atlantic Gate
Cape, May
Whawood
Ocean Gi
Sea-Tsia City
Peyiveia Railroad
Delaware River Bridge
Inet
Airship Sails Over Berlin in 2 Hour Flight
Berlin reports the Parseval dirigible balloon built on the flexible system completed a two hour four minute flight over and around the city. It rose to 600 to 1,000 feet performing maneuvers against a moderate wind and returning to its starting point with excellent stability and easy control by the pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engineer Curtiss
Baldwin
Handy
Aero Club
Squier
Andy
Lieut
Selfridge
Berlin
Tere
Balloon Explosion Kills Six at London Exposition
An explosion at the Franco British exposition grounds in London killed two and injured six during preparations for a balloon ascent owned by Capt. Lovelace of the New York Aero Club. Miss Hill, 18, secretary to Lovelace, was among the dead, burned to ashes. the other victim and the injured were Lovelace staff.
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London
Lovelace
New York Aero Club
Miss Hill
Played Cards on a Tomb in Riverview Cemetery
Five men from the neighborhood were arrested by police after gambling on a tombstone at Riverview Cemetery in Trenton New Jersey as night crowds used a quiet graveyard to gamble. They were detained at the station awaiting grand jury action. The men claimed the incident was caused by the eighteenth of the month.
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Washington Roar
Trenton
N. J
Riverview Cemetery
Atkinson
Pope Commends Mission as Gibbons Sees Farewell
Cardinal Gibbons met Pope in private library at Rome on August 14, thanking the pontiff for church favors and promising to advance American Catholic efforts. The Pope affirmed unwavering support for the church in America and spoke of a forthcoming letter on the Washington apostolic mission house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Gibbons II
Holy Father
America
Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Rand
apostolic_mission house
Washington
Merry -del Val
Castel Gamiglio
Skeletons of Jesuit explorers found near Lake of the Woods
Winnipeg reports priests from St Boniface located the skeletons of Jean Baptiste de Verandrye and Father Av Ireneau and skulls of nineteen French Canadian explorers killed by Sioux Indians in June 1796 on a northwest island by Lake of the Woods. The site of Fort St Charles was also located, linked to Sieur de la Verendrye. Boniface College sits by the Red River opposite Winnipeg. John Greenleaf Whittier referenced the bells of St Boniface in a poem.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Jean Bapetiste de Te Verandrye
Av Ieneeu
Dingle
Lake of the Woods
St. Bonifacé
Celleze
Winnineg
Prodhomme
Boniface
Fort St. Charles
Sieur de la Verandrye
Boniface College
Rediver
John Greenleaf Whittier
St Boniface
Holy Roman Mission
Detroit Brokers Owe as Receiver Publishes Assets and Liabilities
In Wayne circuit court receiver F G Austin for Cameron Currie Co submits the first statement of assets and liabilities. Total liabilities reach 3 840 584 while assets on their face balance this amount. Accounts receivable are 1 112 294 with disputed value. Amounts due customers total 1 498 734. At failure time securities in vaults totaled 27 780 and cash on hand plus bank deposits slightly exceed 2 000.
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Detroit
Micn
F. G. Austin
Cameron, Currie & Co
Wayne
Okuma Denies Threat of Alliance with United States
Tokyo dispatches quote Okuma as a doctrinaire leader whose remarks on the American navy and Roosevelt policy sparked anti Japanese sentiment in the United States. Wu Ting-fang denies giving any interview on an American Chinese alliance and asserts he was sent to conduct diplomacy, not express outside opinions. The report notes American-Chinese alignment fears and Japan’s efforts to maintain cordial relations while wary of naval buildup rhetoric.
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Japan
Preas
United States
Tokyo
New York
London
Okuma
America
Ting-fang
Count
Count Okuma
Roosevelt
Representative Hobson
Presiden Roosevelt
Pacific
Hecht
United’ States
Count Obuma
Wu Ting-fang
Courag
Mystery of Motor Rich Man's Regret in Chicago
Chicago police pursue a baffling automobile case. Auditor J Li Pittman, of Pennsylvania Railroad, vanished after visiting cousin Hana Staley. A letter from an elderly writer said Pittman was being cared for at the writer’s home and that wealth and science would help. Police suspect a wealthy owner abducted Pittman to conceal the accident.
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Chicago
Chicago Police Department
J. Li Pittman
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
North Clark Street
Misa Hana Staley
Dunning Street
Miss Staley
Twenty-second Street
Indiana Avenue
Pittman
Atlante
Wes
Migs Tiley
Miss Stilley
Virginia
Virgina
Mias Suilley
Chafin Notification Speakers Named for Chicago Event
In Chicago on August 18 Prohibition party will hear Charles Scanlon of Pittsburg deliver the notification speech, Dugene W. Chafin will speak briefly, with Clinton N. Howard of Rochester as chief orator. Other speakers include Samuel Dickle of Albion College and Felix T. McWhirter of Indianapolis at Music Hall.
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Chicago
Prohibition Party
Charles R. Jones
National Committee
Charles Scanlon
Pittsburg
Dugene W. Chafin
Clinton N. Howard
Rochester
Samuel Dickle
Albion College
Albion, Mich
Felix T. McWhirter
Indianapolis
Gould Party Tours Mining Districts in the West
Special to The Washington Post Kingdon Gould and his party arrived in Pueblo Colorado in his private car after touring Utah Nevada and California mining districts They report conditions in the state rapidly returning to normal One aim for Gould is to become a top notch mining engineer A Columbia University professor accompanied the party and they plan to visit Old Mexico before Gould returns to resume studies in Colombia
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Washington Post
Pueblo
Cale
Kingdon Gould
Utah
Nevada
California
Republic
Young Gould
Columbia
Missing publisher seen in Knoxville shock
Knoxville August 14 Georga Caldwell reported that George Henry Smith the New York publisher jumped from a Southern Railway train Wednesday morning and was found at the Waldwell home near here yesterday Smith said to be without clothes shoes and requested supplies He claimed to be Christ and deliver religious discourses Alexander M Winans offered a large reward for Smiths apprehension Edward Goschen to succeed Lancells as British ambassador at Berlin and a sale of household and office furniture begins at 10 am today
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Knoxville
Tenn
Georga Caldwell
Gorge Henry Smith
New York
Southern Railway
Waldwely
Caldwell
Smith
Christ
Alexander M. Winan
Obituary of Henrietta Evans of Washington at 41
Mrs Henrietta Evans of Washington died this morning in Harpers Ferry at age 41. Born February 17 1827 in Fayetteville North Carolina she moved to Oberlin Ohio where her family supported abolition. Her husband aided in the fugitive slave rescue of 1857 and Levis Sheridan Leary was killed at Harpers Ferry. Her nephew John Copeland was hanged in Charles Town after John Brown raid. She leaves fifteen children including Dr Wilson Bruce Evans Mrs Daniel Murray in this city and Mrs Mary P Wilson of Barton.
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Washington Post
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Henrietta, Evans
Washington
Fayettevilles
N. C
Oberlin
Ohio
John Price
Negro, From His Owner. This Was In 1857,'“Levis
Sheridan Leary
John’ Brown
John Copeland
Charles
John Brown
Drafts new fishery laws reach Winnipeg officials
Winnipeg will host members of the International Fisheries Commission including Prof. David Starr Jordan and H. M. Story to discuss unified boundary water fishery laws. The group aims to prevent depletion of fish stocks and harmonize regulations between Canada and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford
B. W. Evermston
Bureau of Fisheries
Washington
H. M.story
International Fisheries Commission
T. Bastedo
Ian
Canada
United States
Democratic Clubs Urged to Aid Bryan Campaign Nationwide
Chicago reports the Democratic national committee calls for organizing Democratic clubs in every voting precinct to support William Jennings Bryan. The plan urges precinct committees to form campaign clubs by September 15 and establish local committees. John W. Tomlinson and Thomas Taggart comment on party unity and optimism in Indiana and Ohio, while John H. Atwood coordinates a large volunteer speakers bureau with many senators offering to travel and cover their own expenses.
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Indiana
Bryan
Ohio
Chicago
United States
Democratic National Committee
Mack
John W. Tomlinson
Committee
Call For Clip
Democratic State Committee
Leemats
Thomas Taggart
Democratic
Taggart
Alan
New York
John H. Atwood
Mr. Atwood
National Committee
Alton B. Parker
Gov Guild in Hospital After Appendicitis Surgery
Boston August 14 Gov Curtis Guild Jr underwent an appendectomy at Charlesgate Hospital after recovering from a serious earlier illness. Surgeons pronounced the operation successful and the governor’s condition satisfactory. he had been at a camp on Sebago Lake Maine and returned to Boston for treatment.
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Boston
Curtis Guild, Jr
Charlesgate Hospital
Sebago Lake
Hatrouibis
Typographical Union Debates Endorsing Democrats at Convention
Boston August 14 delegates at the fifty fourth annual convention of the International Typographical Union debated a resolution to endorse the Democratic national platform and candidates. President Lynch withdrew the measure to avoid a defeat that might brand the union as throwing down Bryan. Several delegates argued for Democratic support while Socialist Victor Berger questioned party differences. The resolution was dropped, a political principles declaration adopted, and a proposed severance from AFL and Canadian trades congress defeated. Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot urged conservation as the session opened and the convention was to close the next day.
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International Typographical Union
Bryan
Boston
International ‘Typographical Union
Henry West
Birmingham
Lynch
Berry
Chicago
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Estey
Paterson
N. J
Samuel Gompers
Independence Party
West
American Federation of Labor
Canadian Trades and Labor Congress
Forester
Gifford Pinchot
Alfonso Nose Injury Check and Victoria Arrives Incognito
King Alfonso of Spain reached Bordeaux from San Sebastian and was examined by surgeon Prof. Moore who reported a good prognosis for his nose. In Paris Queen Victoria of Spain arrived incognito from San Sebastian and planned a visit to the Isle of Wight to see Princess Beatrice of Battenberg, then traveled to London via Rafa du Boulogne.
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Bordeaux
Alfonso
Spain
San Sebastian
Moure
Moore
Paris
Victoria
Isle of Wight
Beatrice of Battenberg
Youth shoots his bride in jealousy then dies
In Cleveland on August 14, Stephen Petrik age 22 fatally shot his wife Mary Petrik age 18 at their home amid jealousy and quarrels, then killed himself with a revolver after she pleaded on her knees. He had long been jealous and the couple argued that morning.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Stephen Petrik
Mary Petrik
Petrik Long
Bank Clerk Embezzlement Arrest In Wilkes-Barre
Norman Fogel, a former First National Bank clerk in Wilkes-Barre, was jailed after being charged with embezzling 7.40 dollars. Bail set at 8000 dollars, with two thousand repaid and the balance due. A bank officer detected the shortage by noting erased figures in the ledger. Extravagant living blamed for the downfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Norman Fogel
First National Bank
Sect Dent
Fogel
Miing
Mrs Teal Enters Plea On Grand Jury Indictments
New York August 14 not guilty pleas were entered to grand jury indictments against Mrs Benjamin Teal Harry S Mousley and Mrs Julia Fleming for alleged attempts to induce Mabel MacCauslan to offer false evidence in a divorce suit against Frank J Gould. They were granted time to enter their plea by next Thursday. Baltimore and Ohio Excursion to Frederick Keedysville Hagerstown with trains leaving Union Station at 8 am August 16.
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New York
Benjamin Teal
Harry
Mousley
Julia Fleming
Court of General Sessions
Mabel MacCauslan
Frank J. Gould
Helen Kelly Gould
Teal
Sirs, Fleming
Moussey
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Henry Crews
Interstate Prosperity Congress
Allewander Berkman
H. Co
Missionaire
Kehman
Aninetess
Alieis
Kerkauin
Prosperity Congress
Pls
Mergiovers
Berkman
Comse
Mayey Metjowin
Herman A. Matz
New York City
WL Rice
Joan Harwood
Richmond
J. S. Reynolds
Augusta
Rigmund Mirsh
Henry Clews
Yors
George Fred Wiliams
Massachusetts
Issae
Clews
Williams
Willams
E. C. Simmons
Louis
National Prosperity Association
A. H. Eastmond
Niewera Peprhehive
FLEET
Baltimore
Sunda
Aeronaut
Capti-Lovellce
House
Beltiete-aba Etarn
Toniorra
DR. WU
Baltimore and
Scetarn
Fonnsylvapia Railroad
Mystery OF
Fernisylvania Railroad
Chafin
Tennessee Homie
Edward
Edward Goschén
Great Britain
Vienna
Bir
Frederick C) Lancells
Sloan
Henrietta Evans
International Commission Meats
GOV. Guild IN Hospital
Typos
Rap Bryan
Union
Cratic
Stade
King
Gould
Galtimore
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Hagerstown
Regirts
Union Station
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