Cannon Collapses in Kansas Heat on Chautauqua Platform
Joseph Cannon Speaker of the House collapsed from heat on the Winfield Kansas chautauqua stage after a long speech. He recovered with aid and insisted on continuing to Arkansas City with Congressman Campbell. Doctors urged rest and stopping the tour, but he pressed to complete a heavy schedule across Kansas, citing heat and fatigue.
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Joseph A. Cannon
National House of Representatives
J. T. Rafferty
Arkansas City
Philip Campbell
Cannon
Campbell
Two Gaming Raids Net Eight Alleged Handbook Men
Washington police led by Capt Hollinberger arrest eight men in raids on Roche saloon and McMillan’s saloon on a hot midsummer afternoon. Accused face charges of making books on races under District code section 869. substantial sums found on each, with Roche allegedly betting slips. Six others are named from First precinct blotter and await police court.
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McMillan’s Place
Washington
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St. Asaph
Alexandria County
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Charles W. Downing
F Street
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John M. Hill
Alexandria
Charles Scott
New Jersey Avenue
Patrick Malone
Fifth Street
Pater Shaw
John C. Martin
Tenth Street
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Lohman
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Washington Post
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Pear D Street
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Cole
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Empire City
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Tey
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Crippen Clew Letter Delivered at Fugitive's Office
London reports say Crippen still at large with Scotland Yard pursuing him. The case centers on a registered letter delivered at Crippen's Craven Street office and a tragedy dated January 31 to February 1 at Hill Drop Crescent. Police fear the dismembered remains are Belle Elmore, Crippen's wife, though legal proof remains uncertain.
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Birmingham
Kppen
Crippen
Crydon
Craven
Hill Drop Crescent
Crippens
Vaudeville Artists’ Guild
Bella Elmore
Belle Elimore
America
Scotland Yard
Dr. Crip“pen
Hill Drop
Bella
Belle Ei‘more
Leneve
Girl
Fuller Estate In Trust The Chief Justice's Will
Chicago July 16 The will of Chief Justice Melville W Fuller of the United States Supreme Court directs that the property be held in trust until the death of the last of his children with net revenues paid to them or their heirs as the trustees decide The two probate petitions were filed yesterday He died owning about 950000 in property His wife Mary E B Fuller died in 1904 leaving an estate valued at 115000 Hearing on the will set for September 15 The late Chief Justice personal estate is traced at 150000 with real estate at 800000
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Chicago
Melville W. Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Mary EB. Fuller
Strikers Stop Train Aboard Wreck Scene in Albany
An Italian armed standoff halted a wreck-clearing train near Mechanicsville after a freight derailment on the joint Boston and Maine Delaware and Hudson lines. Deputies sworn in as the sheriff seeks protection, with trains rerouted via Troy while strikers oppose Boston and Maine crews.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
Mechanicsville
Ushers
Meehanicaville
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Crescent
Boston and Maine and
Delaware and Hudson Companies
Boston and Maine
Delaware and Hudson Company
Tyler
Boston and Maine Company
Saratoga County
Troy
Minnetonka Passenger Questioned Over Fugitive Description
On the steamship Minnetonka bound for New York, no one on board fully matched the fugitives' description. A passenger on the Meride resembled the doctor and had baggage sent to a Thirty-eighth Street address once tied to Dr Crippen, but he was ultimately identified and let go.
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New York
Meride
Thirty-eighth Street
Crippen
Association of Noses That Suffer Forms Paris Society
Special Cable from Paris reports the "Association of Noses That Suffer" formed to combat bad odors. Members pledge to scent handkerchiefs with white rose and to urge women to do likewise, protesting smells from tanneries trains cars and August Paris street heat. Viscount Montesquiou-Fezensac leads honorary roster.
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Washington Post
Paris
Ans
Ananias
League of Nice
Robert de Montesqiou- Fezensac
Restrepo Elected President of Colombia
Bogota reports Carlos E. Restrepo, vice president of the house of representatives, elected president yesterday. He succeeds Gen. Ramon Gonzales Valencia, who filled the Reyes term. Gonzales Valencia named first presidential substitute and Jose Vicente Concha second. Restrepo hails from Antioquia.
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Bogota
Colombia
Carlos E. Restrepo
House of Representatives
Republic of Colombia
Ramon Gonzales-Valencia
Rafael Reyes
Gonzales-Valencia
Jose Vicente Concha
France
Department
Antioquia
Wreck film shown sparks railway protest in Ohio
In Hamilton Ohio on July 16 a city motion picture manager drew fire from the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railway after exhibiting films of the Middletown wreck from July 4. Officials call the pictures distressing and seek suppression while the mayor investigates the matter.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Cincinnati
Dayton
Middletown
Tettrova
Game Warden Fatally Shot During Family Meal
Springfield July 16 Deputy Game Warden John OConor died at St John’s Hospital from a bullet wound fired through the dining room window while he and his family ate supper. A man named Frank Stout, who had threatened him days earlier, was arrested though he denied the shooting.
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Springfield
John O'Connor
St. John's Hospital
O’conner
Frank Stout
Stout
Three Drown in Esopus Creek Near Saugerties
Kingston reports three men from Jersey City William Kelson William Copkin and James Gordon drowned in Esopus Creek near Saugerties while camping after leaving Saugerties at midnight. Thomas Hopkins, found unconscious on shore, remains dazed and unable to recount the events. It is believed their boat upset during the return to camp.
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Kingston
William Kelson
William Copkin
James Gordon
Jersey City
Esopus Creek
Saugerties
Thomas Hopkins
Hopkins
Insurance Official Guilty in Perjury Case
Syracuse jury finds Willard H Peck former secretary of the Peoples Mutual Life Insurance Association and League guilty of perjury. He swore contracts as valuable to the Insurance Department, failing to include founder contracts in a sworn report during an examiner’s inquiry into the company sale to John Tevis. Peck received 391 500 for the contracts.
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N. Y
Willard É H Peck
People's Mutual Life Insurance Association
League
Insurance Department
John Tevis
Dick on another circuit in Salem barber chair
Special to The Washington Post Beverly Massachusetts July 16 Senator Charles Dick of Ohio enters a Cabot Street barbershop. He removes his Panama and sits in a chair while the barber jokes about the show in Salem. The senator quips that he is “playing the Ohio circuit” at the moment.
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Washington
Beverly
Mass
Charles Dick
Ohio
Cabot Street
Salem
Wrecked Regulus Reaches Port For Repairs
Philadelphia July 16 The British steamship Regulus which collided with Karema on Wednesday lies at anchor off the lower harbor with its bow twisted and holds full of water. After discharging its iron ore cargo at a wharf a survey will be made and the ship towed to a shipyard for repairs.
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Philadelphia
Regulus
Low H Round Crip Antes To Pacific Coast Route
Crip ante transport via Washington Sunset route with berth at Poston G A 75 15th 5 F sta. Baltimore and Return railroad service every Saturday and Sunday. All trains run both days except Royal Lim ite.
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Washington-Sunset
Berth, Co
Poston
G. A
Baltimore and Return
Baltimore and Ohie Railroad
Pier Fire Destroys Hoboken Pier and Dimock Blaze
Four hundred thousand spectators watched a massive pier fire at Pier 14 Hoboken, with the freight steamer H F Dimock and barges burned and crew jumping into the water to escape. Two Dimock crewmen are missing and presumed drowned. Harvard and other vessels suffered damage as fireboats battled flames for hours.
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Metropolitan Steamships Line
Hudson River
Fulton Street
H. F. Dimock
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Metropolitan Line
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Fultonstrea
Dimock
Croker
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Old Market
American Line
Lackawanna Ferry
Barclay Street
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Pier 16
3-Cent Fares Cause Loss For Cleveland Street Ry
The Cleveland Street Railway Company reports a deficit of 78828 after four months under 3-cent fares. June shows a 48927 deficit, prompting a plan to borrow 250000 to meet obligations. The system exited receivership March 1 and operated on the reduced fare, with initial month profits followed by growing losses.
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Cleveland Railway Company
Cleveland
Cleveland Street Railway Company
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