Crippen and Leneve Await Transfer to England
In Quebec the Crippen and Miss Leneve murder case advances toward their return to England. Detec tive Dew says Ottawa order may arrive soon. Superintendent Froest expects arrival in about three weeks. officials note formalities may delay until Canadian authorities complete steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guild
Freest
Quebec
Dr Crippen
Leneve
Eingland
Dominion
Ottawa
Canada
Dew
Royal Edward
London
Great Mitchell
Rippen
Thay
Fis Gane Fanta
Thomas
Sorener
Oracdor
Helle Elmore
Schroeder
Arthur Newton
Cilppen
Ity
Beha
Crippen
J HY Mioutte
Misa Leneve
Belle Elmore
Belinda May
Music Hail Ladies' Guild
Fellerlaore
Amera Crippen
Froest
Scotland Yard
Cippen
Miss Leneve
Enxil
Pastor Resigns Over Pulpit Politics at Omre Wis
The Rev Dan te Moodward a Methodist pastor at Omre Wis resigns after district superintendent S Fr Anderson orders him to stop political talk from the pulpit or leave. Moodward claims he was told he could take a leave of absence and return. Anderson denies a pastor can both preach and publicly speak on politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rf Andersen
Fas
Submarines Leave Annapolis for Torpedo Practice
The submarine squadron headed by Cuttlefish and Viperial Tarantula, commanded by Thut Foo McNair, departed Annapolis for Solomons Island for torpedo practice. They were accompanied by Yeung Stmneish and the torpedo boat Pagtes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Annapols
Foula
Thut fFoo McNair
Annapolis
Solomons Island
Rugige
Yeung
Pagtes
Death notice for Ida Virginia Sefarf at 1348 Budld Street
Ida Virginia Sefarf died Monday August 16 1910 at 7 at her residence 1348 Budld Street Fortiwest. Funeral services for Frank Speare Fundral will be held at her late residence on Wednesday August 7 at 2 pm. Interment private. Notices mention cross‑paper insertions across several newspapers.
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Sefarf
Budld Street
Fortiwest
IDA Virginia
Frank Speare
Prnate
Local funeral directors and embalmers advertise services
A fragmented OCR listing many funeral homes and embalming services with addresses and phone numbers. It notes on site livery in connection, modern chapels, and affordable terms across multiple firms including Harvey's Sons, Frank Geier's Sons, Speare, Costello, and Zurhorst among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Wright CC Co
Embalmers
Harvey's Sons
Ry AL
Sersie
Us Chapel
WM H.sardo&co
Funfeal
Thos. S Sergeon
RS Cain
Thos A. Costello
Conte
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh St
Modern Chapel
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank A Speare Mer
Geo. P. Zurhorst
East Capitol
J William Lee
Pennsyniania
Victor in Battle With Fierce Dog
A man named Wedderburn reported a dog attacking him and a bystander at a residence. The carcass was turned to the bureau of animal industry for examination with results pending. If rabies is confirmed, Wedderburn and Miss Barbour will undergo Pasteur treatment at the public health laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry
Cat bites 3-year-old boy during street play
Frank Baker, a three-year-old white boy, was bitten on the wrist by a stray cat in front of his home at 503 G Street Southwest yesterday afternoon. Dr W F Walter treated him and ordered the cat killed for rabies testing at the Bureau of Animal Industry laboratory.
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G Street Southwest
Frank Baker
W. F. Walter
H Street Southwest
Walter
Bacteriological Laboratory
Bureau of Animal Industry
Slave Girl Gains Freedom From Captors in Chinatown
San Francisco August 15 Li So a Chinese slave girl escapes her captors fleeing through Chinatown alleys. She seeks police protection after being pursued by several men including Fung Bing King an interpreter for the Hop Sing Tong who is seized on accusations she was held in an alley house against her will Li So requests return to China as officials search for her.
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San Francisco
Li So
Sho
Chinatown
Fung Bing King
Hop Sing Tong
China
Forest fires drive millions in loss across Pacific Northwest
Drought eases briefly as dynamite rains fall in Oregon area with rain starting in Idaho after explosions aimed at prompting rain. Fires threaten Coeur d Alene region and Wenaha, Colville, and Wallowa districts. Montana reports fires in Flathead and Bitterroot. militia mobilized and troops ordered to Glacier park after Interior requested aid.
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Spokane
Wash
Wallace
Idaho
Pacific Northwest
Coeur - Alene
Wenahar
Yacol
Vancouver
Washington
Colville
Oregon
Wallowa
Butte
Mont
Montana
Bunker
Flathead National Forest
Gary
Paola
Crazy Mountain
Absaroka Forest
Interior Department
Leonard Wood
Army
Second Infantry
American Lake Maneuvers
New Park
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Trolley Smash Injures Seven Near Wilmington On Sunday
Seven persons were injured when two trolley cars on the People's railway collided at Elsmere while returning excursionists from Brandywine Springs. Motorman Spahn tried to brake from the rear but the cars crashed with great force. Spahn was pinned in debris. All victims are expected to recover.
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Cara
Wilmington
Washington Post
Deb
Brandywine Springs
People’s Railway
Elsmere
Spahn
Noahs Ark in Port Lands Largest Animal Shipment
Special to The Washington Past New York Aug 15 steamship Minnetonka arrives from London with 118 hooten animals 3 dogs 3 crates of reptiles 4 crates of cranes 4 crates of other birds and larger animals including cows and horses This is one of the largest domestic animal consignments carried across the Atlantic on one voyage Attendants busy feeding hay and grain none of the animals reportedly lost any sea legs and all seemed content between the docks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Minnetonka
London
Atlantic
Hotel fire in Tyrol drives guests to camp outside
The Karersen Hotel on Lake Stareer Tyrol burned today. About five hundred European and American guests escaped unharmed but were forced to pitch tents outside awaiting transport to the nearest town, hours away by road. English diplomat for Mexico Herbert G Dering named first secretary to the British legation in Mexico City will sail August 17 for New York en route to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Lake 'Stareer
Tyrol
Mexico
London
Herbert G. "Dering
Mexico City
New York
Dering
Washington
Woman Lives as Man in Five-Year Masquerade in New York
Elena Smith, a slender New York woman, lived as Albert Martinez for nearly five years, working as a bookkeeper and salesman in eight firms while mingling with men. A Boston wager spurred the ruse, aided by a wife posing as Martinez, and the duo maintained the disguise through theaters, dinners, and social outings until Elena returned to presenting as a woman.
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New York
Alberto Martinez
Elena B. Smith
South America
Mia Smith
Albert Martines
Manhattan
Bronx
Elena B Smith
Nothme
Boston
Hdna Torgersen
New York City
Murray Hall
Mye Dae
Millionaires' Taxes Low in Nassau County Assessments
Nassau County assessments set by the board of assessors spark protests as residents claim key properties are undervalued. Payne Whitney owns 61 acres at Manhasset with $101,000 real and $25,000 personal, while William K Vanderbilt Jr holds 350 acres at Lakeville with $80,000 real and $100,000 personal. W Gould Brokaw’s 283 acres at Sands Point is listed at $150,000 real plus $100,000 personal. Mrs Vanderbilt Jr and Mrs Clarence Mackay also figure in the listed sums amid wide discontent over property values.
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New York
Hi Fg
Nassau County
Asgeasora
Manhassett
Long Island
Payne Whitney
Manhasset
Willam K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Lakeville
William K Vanderbilt, Jr
Clarence Mackay
Rostyn
W. Gould Brokaw
Great_Neck
Howard Gould
Sands Point
Port
Washington
Louise Sherry
School of 50 Whales Sighted Off Portland Maine
In Maine waters Captain GB L Lewis on the schooner Mary Smith sighted a school of fifty whales near Boom Island as they moved toward the Bay of Fundy. Several large whales approached the vessel, prompting captains of larger ships to seek the whales. It marked the largest Maine water sighting in years.
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Portland
GB L. Lewis
Mary Smith
Boom Island
Lewis
Bay of Fundy
Maine
Clew to Rice Murderer Reignsited in Madison
Cleveland dispatch reports a Madison resident recalls a stranger who asked to see a Cleveland paper from the day after William L. Rice's murder. The note revived leads as detectives seek the unknown visitor while the inquest resumes with no new facts disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Ohio
Cleveland
William L. Rice
Nellie Davitt
FOUR KILLED AS RIVER DAM ABUTMENT CRUMBS
Watertown New York August fifteenth a gang of Italian laborers working to excavate a raceway in Grass River bed beneath the eastern abutment of a 300 foot dam suddenly collapsed the huge concrete structure four men were killed two bodies recovered three or four more injured and others may be buried beneath filled river concrete and fallen walls
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Watertown
N. Y
Grass River
Massena
St Lawrence Power Company
Wrecked Cutter Perry Blown Up After Rock Clash in Fog
In heavy fog off St Paul Island in the Bering Sea, the U S revenue cutter Perry struck a rock, flooded, and could not be freed. Crews evacuated to a native salt house as rescue ships Tahoma and Manning stood by. Captain Foley ordered the Perry blown up after assessment of a torn bottom. Crew found shelter five miles inland with a sealing company agent's home.
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Valdez
Alaska
United States Revenue-Cutter Rush
United States Revenue-Cutter Ferry
St Paul Island
Bering Sea
Perry
Tonkie Point
Haake
Foley
Aristocratic French bulldog travels Pullman to Alameda
Radium the aristocratic French bulldog arrives in Alameda in a dedicated Pullman car, cost to owner Mr Frank Drew of $2,000 for the continental journey. The dog, purchased at a Paris prize show, is presented to Mrs Drew and understands only French.
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Drew
Alameda
Cal
Frank
Paris
Adventists Patron Dead in Apoplexy Victim of Charity
Mrs. Sarah E Gleason of Chicago, a philanthropist supporting Adventists and their missions, died in Utica at 34 from apoplexy while visiting. She spent a large income on religious works. The death occurred during a visit to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Gleason
Utica
Sarah E Gleason
Chicago
Great Flood in Japan Leaves Over a Thousand Dead
Tokyo reports 12 dead and hundreds missing after floods last week inundated many districts. More than 3,953 houses washed away, with thousands left homeless and reliant on public relief as two major Tokyo yards were submerged.
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Tokyo
Japan
Attempted wreck blocks Paris bound track near Bayeux
Aug 13 an attempt to wreck the special trans Atlantic train near Bayeux was made while returning empty from Cherbourg. The engineer of a freight train saw the Paris bound track blocked with iron bars and flagged Senator Root in Paris. Roots arrival follows Hague fisheries case participation before the international arbitration tribunal, hosted by Ambassador Bacon.
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Pars
Bayeux
Cherbourg
Enator Root
Paris
United States
Elihu Root
Hague
International Arbitration Tribunal
Bacon
Nebraska Political Row Prompts Postmaster Removal Petition
Insurgent Franklin A Shotwell files twelve charges with Postmaster General Hitchcock accusing Omaha Postmaster B F Thomas of acting as campaign manager for Senator Elmer J Burkett. Charges include undue political meddling and delegation activity since his appointment. Shotwell, National League of Republican Clubs state organizer, led Nebraska Taft club and seeks State Senate nomination in Douglas County.
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B. F. Thomas
Omaha
Nebra
United States
Elmer J. Burkett
Nebraska
Frankin A Shotwell
Douglas County
Nebr
Burkett
Hitchcock
Thomas
Shotwell
National League of Republican Clubs
John Hays Hammond
Washington
Frst
Taft Club
Shanklin Under Knife At Wesleyan University
President W A Shanklin of Wesleyan University Middletown Conn is a patient at St Luke s Hospital after an appendicitis operation begun today from his Oak Bluffs summer home The hospital said the operation was successful. Fleeing Convict Shot to Death Asheville NC August 15 Edwin Nicholson a negro serving six months for robbing a cash drawer tried to escape from convicts near Raleigh and was shot dead by a guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan University
New Bedford
Mass
W. A. Shanklin
Middletown
Beath
Asheville
N. C
Edwin Nicholson
Reeds
Raleigh
Too Hot for Dividends Standard Oil Directors Absent
Hot weather drove Standard Oil directors from New York for cooler locations causing no quorum at the quarterly dividend meeting. The September payout of 36,000,000 dollars was delayed due to the lack of a formal vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
New York
Standard Oil Company
Drownings Near Lesser Slave Lake Mission
Aug 15 in Winnipeg Manitoba Father August Welch and Joseph Nicholas, attached to the Lesser Slave Lake Catholic mission, drowned in the Smoky River while returning from visiting members of the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Fathera August Welch
Joseph Nicholas
Lesser Slave Lake
Smoky River
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Stump
Inrat
Pnantrver
Pittsburg
Providence Journal
Herald
St Louis Republc
New York Times
St Paul
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Ston
Gude
Boy
Animal Bureau
Chinaman
Kentucky Railroad
Mana
Lexington
Ernest A Hornbrook
City Water Company
James F Cox
Rod Lucinda
Sykes
Chesterfieln
Res
Health Office Record
Wibber R and
Rosie S Payne
Bey Joan Wand Sadley Rynex
Claude
Ella Petrone
Jesse
Mary Proctor
Robert
Marsy Aahton
Elisha H Cole
Samuel D Shuster
John E McLeran
Thomas B McCarthy
Bladensburg Road
Edward Cissel
St .Anns Orphan Asylum
James Franklin
Children's Hospital
Louis and
Minole Diebap
Hill
Amelia Winston
Elagod
Burton Washington Asylum Hospital
Arthur Murray Price
Va Ave. Nw
Florence Young
K St. Nw
Raymond Scott
Brantley Eo Crampton
16Th St Ne
Pearl Lee
Alice Poe
Limerick Alley
Kalon Wine Co
F St. N.w
Elena Smith
Albert C. Martinez
World
Posesj
New York Hospital
Long Islanders
School OF 50 Whales
Rice
Wall
Kuppenheimer
Grosner
House OF Kuppenheimer
Penna. Ave
The
Pullman
Chattanooga
Tenn
W A. Wasmund
Michigan
D. Barnes
Wasmund
Hom
R. Harris & Co
Seventh’ ‘and
D Streets
Shanklin
Wilhelmins
Seventh St. LW
Holmes
Berne
Pallieres
Vasit
Switzerland
M. Falsieres
M Pichon
M. Millerand
Comtesse
Federal Palace
Canadian Mission Crown
North Coast Limited
Rail
Cem
St. Paul
Imsmanie
Seattle
Tacoma
Sac
Rockies
Dadane
St Ja
Pailadelphia Ofice
Chestnut St
Pemmill
Northern Pacific Ry
Sima
Henry
Straus, Gunst & Co. Distillers and Distributere
Richmond, VA
House of Quality
4S-Light CO
Tenth Street
Randle Highlands
Capitol
Dupont Circle
Sta
U. & Realty Company
Ave
A. Muddiman & Co
12Th St
Health Movement
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