Choluteca Falls as Nicaraguan, Honduran forces win
Central American war nears end as Choluteca city falls to Nicaraguan and Honduran revolutionists. President Bonilla reportedly flees toward Salvador. Nicaraguan ministers and officials urge US and Mexican mediation to enforce neutrality and stop further hostilities.
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Washington Post
Managua
Nicaragua
Choluteca
Honduras
Bonilla
Santos Ramirez
Bontle
Gholuteca
Chotuteca
Gulf of Fonseca
Vasquez
San Lorenzo
Tegucigalpa
Ramirez
Salle
Corea
Salvador
Jig
United States
Mexico
Guatamala
Root
Cree
Dey
Amapala
Tiger Island
Pacite Mall
Amapaia
Zelaya
Guatemala
Cress
State Department
Central America
Navy
Filibuster Arrested Aboard Olympia Warship Transformation
The Mexican steamer Olympia commanded by Capt Joaquin Lires was halted at Vera Cruz on a filibustering charge. Honduran forces under Gen Quiros boarded at Puerto Cortez, seized arms and troops, and converted the ship into a war vessel amid tensions with Nicaragua and Honduras.
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Compania Colonizatora de Yucatan
Mexico
Central America
Belize
Puerto Cortez
Quiros
Nicaragua
Honduras
Gen. Quiros
Olympia
Ceiba
Lires
Trujillo
Celba
Gallardo
la Lumbia
Rio Estaban
Cozumel
Yucatan
Sparrow Has Whole Car For Nest On Pere Marquette Box Car
Special to The Washington Post from Muskegon Michigan reports a sparrow built a nest inside a box car undergoing repairs at the north yards. The car stands idle on a Saginaw side track as four young sparrows grow. Five conductors on the line petitioned division headquarters at Saginaw to keep the car sidetracked until the brood departs.
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Washington Post
Muskegon, Mich
Mar
Muskegon
North Yards
Saginaw
Stark
Sparrow
Fremont
Mother Sparrow
Division
Noted Race Horses Burn at Sheepshead Bay Track
Special to The Washington Post reports a morning fire at Sheepshead Bay destroyed 2% of Thomas L. Watts string. Eleven horses died including Fine Cloth, winner of the Twin City Handicap, plus Lady Prudence Sir William Johnson and Star of the Ocean. Loss cited at 70000 dollars. Fine Cloth valued for breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Sheepshead Bay
Thomas L. Watts
Mr. Watts
Lady Prudence
Sir William Johnson
Watts
Cannon Can't Land as Cannon Visit Blocked in Colon
The Bluecher carrying Speaker Cannon and Congress members arrived in Colon but was kept afloat from landing due to quarantine rules. Health Chief Stevens and Maj. Gorgas refused the landing, though Cannon offered no exception, + officials discussed possible administration response to the incident.
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Colon
Mar
Speaker Cannon
United States Congress
Venezuela
Pierce
Maj
Gorgas
Taft Party at Charleston Visits Magnolia Gardens
Secretary of War Taft, with engineers and lawmakers from Boston New York Providence Sioux Falls Ohio Missouri and Isthmian Canal Commission counsel arrived in Charleston at 7 am. A breakfast at the Charleston Hotel followed by an auto trip to Magnolia Gardens. They returned for luncheon aboard the Mayflower which sailed at 4 pm toward Colon. Taft jokes about a possible presidential run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston, Sr
Wiliam Taft
Frederick P. Stearns
Boston
Mass
Alfred Noble
New York City
John R. Freeman
Providence
R. L
Alfred B. Kittredge
Sioux Falls
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
David A. DeArmond
Missouri
Richard Reid Rogers
Isthmian Canal Commission
Wendel W. Mischler
Secretary of War
Charleston
Rhett
At & O'Cllack
Navy
Magnolia Gardens
Ashley River
Taft
Isthmus
Colon
Tatt
Movements of Ocean Steamers Arrivals and Departures
Movements of ocean steamers show arrivals from Genoa Naples and Liverpool to New York and voyages from New York to London Havre and Queenstown. Ships include aRRIVew Citta di Torino Etraria and Cambrinan arrivals from Europe and Liverpool. Sailed vessels include Minnehaha La Grecogne and Licania bound for London Havre and New York.
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New York
Citta di Torino
Genoa
Nanies
Etraris
Liverpool
Cambriman
Antwerp
Liverpen
Carmania
Southampton
Minnehaha
London
la Grecogne
Havre
Queenstown
Licania
Glen Echo Marshal Fires At Car In Speed Stop Incident
A Glen Echo party including the Misses Shonts triggered a chase when Town Marshal Collins attempted to halt their auto on a speed violation. The marshal jumped aside as the car sped by, then fired a single shot into the air. Mayor Garrett witnessed the event and supported the marshal. The case sparked a long local dispute over village speed laws and eventually reached appeals with plans for a Supreme Court review.
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Glen Echo
Read
Shonis
Theodore P. Bhonts
Isthmian Canel Commission
Charles P. Collins
Collins
Garrett
Marshal
Cabin John Bridge
Marshal Collins
Washington Police
Hitler
Misses Shonta
Washington
Ped
United States Supreme Court
Tragic Santa Fe Crash Kills Four. 17 Hurt City Limits
A special Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe passenger train and an outbound limited collided head on in Los Angeles city limits. Four killed including USC student G Franklin and Occidental student A H Edwards. Seventeen injured, engineer Kelly blamed for alleged disobedience.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Sarement
Franklin
University of Southern California
A. H. Edwards
Gall
Fred Hodgson
Occidental Colege
Fred Walker
Hi. H. Beal
Greasmen
Philadelphia
C. Stuart
Claremont
Clarence Jones
J. Smith
E. F. Smith
Eugene Estoppey
F. H. Cutting
B. Warley
Lloyd Worrell
R. W. Wileon
L. N. Morrell
Mies Hux Lane
Charles Parsons
Guy Goodwin
Edward McCellan
Pomonx
Cat
Moat
Eren
Banta Fe
Pet Cat Causes Fatal Gas Asphyxiation in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn, Mrs Dora Greenberg aged 63 and her nephew Harry W Greenberg 25 were found dead from gas asphyxiation in their apartment. A pet cat was found dead in the kitchen and had disconnected a rubber tube leading to the gas stove, apparently in play.
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New York
Dora Greenberg
Harry W. Greenberg
Brooklyn
Wife shoots husband in duel of passion amid cancer fear
In Cleveland a 35 year old wife Mrs Charles Avery shot her husband twice at their home on Superior avenue. Wounded he forgave her saying their bond had long been a single life. She, ill with cancer, faced likely death and sought relief in an act she later regretted. She recovered her senses an hour after the incident.
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Cleveland
Mar
Charles Avery
Superior Avenue
Avery
Averys
New York
Lipton Tea Company
Lakeside Hospital
Avérys
Charlie
Mrrs
Mra Avery
Divorce appalls Philadelphia society artist and wife Emma Story
Philadelphia reports a divorce suit filed by Emma Eames Story against artist Julian Story. The couple, married in 1893 after Mme Eames's Covent Garden season, have grown distant with no stated co respondents. Story travels to New York amid public reaction as Mrs Story pursues absolute divorce on grounds of infidelity.
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Mme. Eames
Mme Eames
Mr. Story
Out for Allison seat Gen Dodge as U S Senate candidate
Gen Granville M Dodge of New York arrives in Iowa to establish residency in Council Bluffs and pursue the United States Senate seat, succeeding Senator Allison who plans not to seek re election in 1908. Friends note Allison’s health and strain influenced his Washington return. Dodge’s move appears part of a coordinated campaign by Allison and Colliver supporters.
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Granville M. Dodge
Iowa
Wachingtom Post
Des Moines
New York
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Allison
Dodge
United States
Washington
Congress
Alison
Gen
Colliver
Tragedy at Memphis Saloon Ends in Self Inflicted Death
Charles Wallace a Memphis saloonist shot his brother in law J E Rousip after discovering him. Wallace then shot himself in the head. Rousip states he found Wallace armed and confronted him before the fatal discharge. Wallace had been ill and mentally unbalanced in recent weeks.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mar
Charles Wallace
J E. Rousip
Rousip
Wallace
Imm
London Cotton Broker Predicts City Saw Impending Slump
James B. Patry, president of the London Cotton Brokers Association, aboard the Etruria, said London has mostly shifted to Indian cotton and ceased to be a large market. He noted whispers in London before the crash advised avoiding American stocks, yet denied clear awareness of the panic’s mechanics.
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London
Metropolis
Sreelal
Washington Post
New York
Mar
James B. Patry
London Cotton Brokers’ Association
Etruria
Patry
Liverpool
Mr. Patry
Hotel Imperial
Well Street
Wall Street
Prima donna quits in rage over costume and song rights
Lina Abartewell, prima donna of the comedy The White Chrysanthemum, quits after manager Thomas W. Ryley refuses to let her sing a German song in a Japanese costume and deny a duet with Van Rensselaer Wheeler. Corate Blythe understudies the lead as the opera house show is delayed and runs past midnight. Blythe receives a warm reception when the situation is explained.
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Opera Company
Washington Post
Wilmington
del. Mar
Thomas W. Ryley
van Rensselaer Wheeler
Lina Abartewell
Opera House
New York
Corate Blythe
Miss Blythe
Taft Road Rough Ohio Probed as Factions Stir
Ohio political factions brace for a bitter contest over the Taft War Secretary boom. Senators Dick and Foraker plan to checkmate Taft supporters, hold a war council, and push a statewide canvass as they prepare to contact lieutenants and mobilize in every Ohio county.
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Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Oto
Polliians
Dick and Foraker
Ohio
Foraker
Brownsville
Dick Foraker
Vorys
T. B. Burton
Cleveland
Panama
Taft
La Follette Support Bolsters SD Gop After Roosevelt Exit
In Pierre South Dakota John L Erickson private secretary to Governor Crawford declared La Follette the choice of the state administration with a large audience present The move follows Roosevelt declining to run and underscores the party line shift toward La Follette while noting regional leadership in the press dispatches from London and Lead portions of the story reference the death of Cecil Foljambe Fort of Livers as a separate obituary item.
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Roosevelt
South Dakota
Washington Post
Pierre
S. D
Senator la Follette
United States
John L. Erickson
Gov
Crawford
Brickson
Duke of Liverpool
London
Cecil
George Savile Foljambe
Fort of Livers
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Colon Harbor
Stevens
Bushy Saga
Florence
Ala
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Ben F. Rice
Political Planchette Board
Fra Peels, Remedy Co
Haverstraw
Angelo
Guatave Kowes
Anonke
College Boys
Headon
Office of
Ublication
Morocco
Paris
Clemenceau
Pichon
Picquart
Office of Publication
Taft Road
Decidne
Arthur I Vorys
Charles P Teft
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