49 Missing at Sea as Steamer Sinks Off Shelter Cove
A fog bound collision between the steel steamer Columbia and the wooden San Pedro near Shelter Cove left the Columbia sunk with many passengers and crew unaccounted for. The San Pedro towed to port with survivors, while investigators study the crash details and exact toll.
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Columbia
Canferma
San Pedro
Frye
Ake
Portland
Eureka
Tose
George Winner
Sid
Tozer
Bilder
Burcky
Frya
Sloun
Paasenait
Bnats
Somcu
Uc San Pedro
Dean
Shelter Cove
Doran l
Whitey Sera
J K Byrnes
Roanoke
Humboldt Bay
Cova
Disaster at sea after Roanoke scene reports wrecks
Oakland July 2 passenger P C Walker aboard the Roanoke described the collision between San Pedro and Columbia, the wreckage strewn across the sea, and the grim scene as the George W Elder and two other steamers attempted to aid. Survivors, bodies, and a lone officer named Kavanaugh were identified among the wreckage, with life rafts and boats found adrift.
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San Pedro
Columbia
Oakland
Gal
P. C. Walker
Roanoke
Portland
N Ant
George W. Elder
Elder
Crown of the
Gilder
Niet
Kavanaugh
Broadway
Americ
£500 Tip For Waitress At Crosby Hall London
The Washington Post reports a waiter named Sage at Crosby Hall in London received 100 guineas from city men who regularly dined there. The gift totaled 500 pounds, surprising the waitress and described as a possible record tip in London.
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London
Washington Post
Crosby Hall
Sfiss Sage
Mias Sage Gaya
Labor union fights open shop in district meeting
The Central Labor Union adopted a resolution to convene one representative from each building trade in the district by August 1 to discuss concerted action against the open shop. Emmet I Adams urged sending a communication to the building trades conference as Elks’ new building work draws on nonunion aid. John T Springman and Sons, at 91 Seventh Street, after fifteen months of strike, signed with Carrings and Wagon Workers Union, and delegate Brinkman notes Springman will hire only union men.
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Central Labor Union
Inter Han
Emmet I. Adams
Elks
John T. Springmann
Seventh Street
Carrings and Wagon Workers
Brinkman
Messrs Springman
Commission men quit early in fruit and vegetable trade
Promptly at eight o clock yesterday afternoon thirteen commission merchants ceased selling any goods. Most signed an agreement to stop after eight p m, with a 55 forfeiture for breaches. Only three merchants remained off the list, and one reportedly ordered his salesmen not to sell after the hour. Receipts will continue after three though the sale period ends at eight.
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Setling
Court rules rate law unconstitutional in North Carolina
A North Carolina court declares part of the state rate law unconstitutional and signals that the appeal will go to the Supreme Court. Judge Pritchard says fines if imposed would equal the road's value and notes the president's pursuit of peace between state and federal courts.
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Supreme Court
United States
Ita
Rate ruling bars state rail charge penalties in federal clash
In Asheville on July 28 Judge Pritchard declared the penalty clause of North Carolina’s new rate law unconstitutional. Rail officials Wood and Wilson were discharged from habeas corpus after a state penalty order, while a peace-mission envoy from the Justice Department arrived to foster federal state court cooperation and seek an early Supreme Court hearing. The case centers on railroad passenger rates and the federal challenge to state law limits.
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Asheville
United States
Pritchard
James H Wood
Southern
Wilson
J. H. Merriman
Edward T. Sanford
Department of Justice
Stig
Roosevelt
Seaford
Supreme Court of the United States
Wil
United States of America
North Carolina
Girsult
Jas H. Wood
Petttomer
Pet Tomer
Jas H Wood
Buncombe County
North Caroina
Bancombe County
Circuit Court of the
Corporation Commissioners of
Nis
Fugitive Broker Lansing Baird Shoots Self in Central Park
Lansing Baird once an assistant manager at Brown Ryan Williams shot himself in Central Park. He had been missing for three months with warrants accusing him of misappropriating several thousand dollars and passing checks on New York banks. His body was found under a tree with a bullet wound in the temple.
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Gus
Portland
Taft
Roanoke
Fulton Iron Works
A. Lansing Baird
Shoota
Central Park
New York
Brokers
A Lansing Baird
Baird
Futda
Brown
Ryan Williams
Ice Cream Poisoning Hits Kentucky Family Gathering
Fourteen Kentuckians are in dangerous condition after eating ice cream at a family gathering near Mayfets. Among the gravely affected are Attorney E C Seay and Deputy Sheriff Merrite Seay. The tainted dessert is linked to ptomaine poisoning, raising fears of a broader outbreak in the community.
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Mayfets
Wa” Seay’s
Here
E. C Seay
Sherrit Merrite Seay
Vanderbilt heir missing on yacht Trivia near Jamestown Exposition
Farold 5, Van derbilt, brother of William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and Consuelo, sailed July 10 from New London toward Jamestown Exposition on the sloop Trivia. Weather has delayed progress on Chesapeake Bay with contrary winds and calm spells. Mrs. Belmont in Newport says she knows where Harald Vanderbilt is, but she will not comment. Capt Crowley arrived by steamer after the yacht’s communications were interrupted.
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Chesapeake Bay
Belmont
Newport
Norfolk
Farold
Vanderbilt
Wiliam K. Vanderbit, Jr
Consuelo
Duchess of Marlborough
New London
Conn
Trivia
Crowley
Vanderbitt
Hampton Roads
Vandertilt
Statehouse
Naval Academy
Balticore
Wich
Mra O HP Belmont
William SK. Vanderbilt
Harald & Vanderbilt
Boston Scientist Challenges Brain Theory of Thought
Special to The Wankirston Poet from Boston reports Dr Joseph Simms of New York City arriving from Europe with a bold claim that thinking involves the entire body. He argues the heart greatly influences thought and that the brain’s role is smaller than believed, citing examples of large brains with small hearts and vice versa. He asserts thought permeates the whole body and that activity like moving limbs engages thinking.
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Boston
Wankirston
Joseph Simms
New York
Cty
Europe
Himan
Lie
Simyos
Ten Men Drown as Foot Bridge Collapses in Lorain River
A bridge near the Mickel Plate Railroad in Lorain Ohio collapsed as workers from a shipyard crossed the river to report to their shift. The Pontoon bridge was open for a vessel, and when it began to close a crowd rushed forward sending about twenty men into the water. Faul Marulevski Walter Restkevitz Carroll Rominski died.
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Lorain
Ohio
Faul Marulevski
Walter ‘Restkevitz
Carroll Rominski
Mickel Plate
Fort Washington Repels Attack as Militia Holds Line
Fort Washington Md July 2 A hostile fleet of four cruisers and a flagship attacked the fort but was repelled by searchlights and heavy artillery. Militia companies A through D prepared for action while regulars and fort Hunt outposts reinforced the defense, signaling a broader simulated battle along the Potomac. The fort remained on alert as officers drilled troops and inspected armament for possible further engagements.
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Potomac
Fort Washington
Fort Hunt
Frame Star
Fort Washington, Md
Washington
Alon
Cushing
Anton Stephan
Holly
Santiago
Col O'Brien
Atermesa
Causes Fiancer's Death at Lak Winola Boat Trip
Elizabeth Hoffman, a trained nurse and daughter of Capt Thomas H Hoffman, drowned near Scranton during a lake outing with her fiancé Dr James Stein. The coroner of Lackawanna County, Stein, became ill and attempted to return to shore. He slipped, toppled the skiff, and Hoffman fell in. neither could swim and she died despite efforts to save her.
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Washington Fort
Setins Grove
Misa Elizabeth Hoffman
Thomas H Hoffman
Thirty-first Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Lak Winola
Scranton
James Stain
Lackawanna County
Stein
Miss Hoffman
Martian Double Canal Report Prompts Lowell Dispatch
Prof. Percival Lowell, director of the Lowell Observatory in Cambridge, reports to Harvard Observatory officials that a Martian double canal named Giton was photographed by Lampland and another observer, suggesting current planetary features.
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Lowell
Cambridge
Mass
Percival Lowell
Lowell Observatory
Harvard Observatory
Martian Double Canal
Giton
Lampland
Plot Against Throne: Minister Amid Korea Crisis
In Seoul July 2, a plot against Korea’s throne led to arrests of elder statesmen and Pak Yung Ho, with the former emperor's involvement questioned. Viscount Hayashi, Japan’s foreign minister, discusses abdication, Japanese aims, and the path to restoring order while awaiting stable conditions.
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Hayashi
Japan
Korea
Seoul
Pak Yung Ho
Ff Do Chal
Pak Yung Ho Ia
Pawer
Fiscount Hayashi
Viscount Hayashi
Marquis I
Viscount Hayasm
Tio
Sheriff Bennett of Starke County Commits Suicide
Special to The Wesingweeve Lake Butler Fla July 2 A sheriff named Joseph B Bennett of Starke County shoots himself at his home after legal duty changes preyed on his nerves He had adjusted a death trap for a murder convict two weeks earlier and could not bear the memory His wife witnessed the moment before dawn and Mrs Bennett woke to find him dead The dated items recount a sequence of legal cases and trials in Karlsruhe with Hau and Molitor figures and a dramatic court atmosphere with crowd unrest and police actions.
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Lake Butler
Fla
Joseph B. Bennett
Starke County
Bennett
Bennett Mwake
Frau Molitor
Hau
Washington
Cecil
London
Riot follows verdict in hall as crowd revolts
After a not guilty verdict in a high profile trial, a mob storms the room where the defendant was tried. Infantry and police storm the crowd, injuring many. Supporters hail the defendant as a hero while counsel for the defense announces an appeal.
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Posoner
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San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company
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