Tegucigalpa Captured as Honduran City Sacked
Dispatch from Managua reports Tegucigalpa seized by Nicaraguan forces. San Marcos and Camaygua uprisings described with looting of women and defenseless citizens. Banana trade disrupted as American interests suffer losses. Marietta gunboat patrolling Trujillo. Honduran resistance remains active with columns entering Nicaragua and a major battle near Masnamasivue.
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Honduras Interoceanis
Honduras
Interior
Seaboard
Despcrate
Resdifel
Puerto Cortez
Marietta
Trujillo
Fullam
Clock Backward Happenstance Sparks Town Turmoil
Special to The Wahington Poat reports at Georgetown Kentucky that the town clock began running backward from the courthouse tower after noon. Citizens panicked fearing calamity and prayed while others watched the clock reverse then speed forward. A clockkeeper confessed he was testing the mechanism, prompting the disturbance. past incidents in the courthouse include dropped scales and swords and a clock collapse three weeks prior causing no injuries.
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Georgetown
Mar
Tfashinea
Caleb Powers
Diamond Theft At West 72nd Street Hotel Hargrave
Mrs Gustav J Pleischmann reported a $6000 diamond theft from her apartment in the Hotel Hargrave on West Seventy second Street. Entry appeared gained by a pass key, with the incident occurring between Saturday and today.
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New York
Mar
Gustav J. Pleischmann
Hargrave
West Seventy-second Street
Roosevelt Boys Learn Hurdling From German Ambassador
A White House field party including Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Kermit Roosevelt with Baron Speck von Sternburg held a hurdle lesson. The President attempted a five foot jump but was unable to clear it, while Theodore Jr and Kermit cleared four and a half feet. The group returned to the White House amid laughter as Kermit left for Groton, Massachusetts that night.
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Theodore, Jr
Kermit
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Rock-Cross Park
Beran Speck von Sternburg
Germany
United States
Rock Creek
Fitzhugh Lee
Seventh Cavalry
Theodore and
Bergt
Cornelius McDermott
White House
Tinek Creek
Baron Sternburg
Roogevelt
Roosevelt
Wilte House
Seiond
Shaw
Rosswelt
Audrey
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Seth Bullock
Deadwood
Dak
Gray Dawn
Ana
Theodore
Erica Baron
Sternburg
Roswell
Kermit Rovgevelt
Groton
Mass
Solo
Funeral by Telephone in Auburn Maine
Mr and Mrs P W Sturtevant of Auburn held their two year old son Warren's funeral by telephone due to diphtheria. A little girl also sickened, delaying fumigation and house removal. Rev J Marsh of Court Street Free Baptist Church conducted the service by telephone, offering prayers and consoling remarks to the bereaved parents.
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Washington
Auburn
Rev. J.marsh
Court Street Free Baptist Church
VORYS 15 FOR TAFT SAYS STATE IS WITH HIM
Ohio official Arthur L Vorys publicly pledges allegiance to Taft for the Republican presidential nomination. After meeting Gov Harris he says Ohio will back Taft solidly, with no other Ohioans seeking the nomination and plans to mobilize broad support nationwide.
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Ansurance
Harris
Teaves
Washington
Columbus
Ohio
Arthur L Vérge
William H. Taft
Varga
Andrew L. Harris
William H Taft
Roosevelt
Taft
Hig
Mr. Vorys
Anti-Roosevelt Republicans See Taft Help From Roosevelt
A Washington dispatch in the Evening Telegram reports anti-Roosevelt Republicans believe the President’s activity backing the Taft movement is aiding their side. They argue his influence could affect the 1908 convention while noting steadily increasing income from funds on deposit in the Union Trust Co banking department.
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Taft
Washington Post
New York
Washington
Evening Telegram
Dent
Dept. of Union Trust Co
Roosevelts push to steer nomination faces party resistance
The President seeks a candidate aligned with his policies and urges rivals to forgo personal ambitions. Figures like Hughes Knox Deneen Cummings Hanly Beveridge La Follette are considered potential successors, with Roosevelt pressing them to not only shape the platform but name the candidate in a bid for cohesive progressive control at the convention.
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Roose
Yestian
Roosevelt
Hughes
Fot
New York
Knox
Pennsylvania
Deneen
Illinois
Cumming
Iowa
Hanly
Beveridge
Indiana
la Follette
Wisconsin
Burglars Terrorize Waterbury After Bank Opens Sat Nights
Waterbury Connecticut a special Washington Post report says merchants fear to hold Saturday sales proceeds in shop safes. Manufacturers National Bank will stay open Saturday nights as a depository with other banks expected to join. Police with a twenty five man night patrol are powerless against burglars who last Saturday dynamited the safe at Miller and Peck Co department store and escaped with about 1000 dollars in cash and several checks before fleeing before the second vault could be opened.
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Washington Post
Waterbury
Conn
Manufacturers’ National Bank
Miller & Peck Co
Physician shot by woman in Union clinic
Dr W I Linder a Union South Carolina physician was seriously wounded by a negro woman in his office. The motive remains unknown as the assailant, a forty three year old mulatto, fired a pistol but was grappled and disarmed by the doctor. The woman was arrested.
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Washington Post
Columbia
8. C
W. I. Linder
Union
S. C
Lost Rich Man Vanishes at Sea Aboard Comus
Wealthy Bangor merchant Eden C Webster disappears from the Morgan Line steamship Comus between New Orleans and New York. Captain reports he was last seen in a deck chair reading at 12:30 pm. a thorough search found no trace. Police in Bangor and New York investigating. companion William J McNulty deeply affected. Webster, about 50, had been in New York clubs. later noted as treasurer of Kekenegar Paper Company and son of Eben Webster.
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Washington Post
New York
Mar
Morgan Line
Comus
New Orleans
O. Webster
Bangor
Himberman
A¢ Bou
Wiliam J. McNulty
Mr. Webster
Mr. McNulty
Post
Hot Springs
McNulty
Jdld
Aldin P. Webster
Eben O. Webster
Orono
Eben ‘O. Webster
Col
Eben’ Webster
Tmber
Kekenegar Paper’ Company
Orona
Wree
Yacht Found Bottom Up Near Maurice River Cove
The Star, missing since Sunday after leaving Anglesea in New Jersey, was recovered bottom up at Dead Man's Shoals in Maurice River Cove. Three men aboard John Chessman, George Garrison, and Bufus Garton are feared drowned as the gales and reefed sails were noted on recovery. Authorities reported the incident as a fatal yacht mishap with rescue efforts ongoing.
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Millville
Mary
Star
Ansieses
N. I
Maurice River Cove
Anglesea
Fies
Gails
John Chessman
George Garrison
Bufus
Garton
Railway Strike Looms Over Western Railroads
Mass vote by 60,000 Western railroad workers favors strike if wage demands and nine hour day are not met. General managers offer 10 percent raise but reject nine hour day. Ballots counted to midnight show 98 percent in favor of striking across 40 railroads covering 95,000 miles with 220 million payroll. Organizations include Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors.
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West
Chicago
Acriess
Western ‘Railroads
Brotherhood of
Meteor Over New York Seen Across the City
Special to The Washington Post reports a bright meteor seen by many at 6:58 PM over northern New York City with a greenish glow and a steep descent. William Eddy of Bayonne New Jersey observed it, noting entry near West Point or Newburgh about 1.5 miles above the earth.
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Washington Post
New York
Mar
William Eddy
Bayonne
N. J
West Point
Newburgh
Explosion at Bijou Theater injures twenty four in Greenfield
A natural gas explosion at the Bijou Theater in Greenfield Indiana injures twenty four as audience members rush for exits. Victims suffer a variety of injuries from cuts to broken bones while debris fills the crowded second floor venue and fears grow about the cause.
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Washington
Greenfield
Ind
Vank
Ner
Teg
Elijah Gillingham
Arthur Hoon
Hank Tucker
Ankde
Fozehall Keene Arrested For Speeding In New York
Foxhall Keene banker and horseman was arrested on the charge of driving an automobile at the rate of a mile in three minutes. Police timed him from Sixteenth Street to Fourteenth Street. He appeared in Jefferson Market Court and requested an examination, which the magistrate denied. He was paroled to appear tomorrow.
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Washington
New’ York
Mar
Foxhall Keene
Jefferson Market Court
Lemigon
Board of Managers
Mr. Keeney
Fire Wrecks 61 Homes Sparking 325 Homeless in Spartanburg
A morning blaze in Spartanburg South Carolina destroyed 61 houses and left about 325 people homeless with an estimated $76,000 in damage. Most destroyed properties belonged to Spartan Mill and P L Shipp. no deaths but several injuries from bricks. Insurance coverage reported around $250,000 by Mutual Factory Insurance Co. The fire began in a house on Forest Street linked to J O M Carver, with investigators examining origins.
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Spartansburg
Spartanburg
Spartan Mill
P. L. Shipp
Mutual ‘Factory
J.o M. Carver
Forest Street
Detetive Ave
France to occupy Oudja over Morocco crisis
Paris reports cabinet unanimity to send troops to occupy Oudja Morocco until France’s demands are met. Key points include punishing Dr Mauchamp’s murderer, granting indemnity, funding a charitable foundation, and pushing for Fez to authorize reparations as Algeria mobilizes forces. Debates loom in the Chamber of Deputies with interpellations from Saone et Loire allies.
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Paris
Mar
Oudja
Morocco
France
Mauchamp
Fez
Tlemsen
Algeria
Oran
Chamber of Deputies
Saone Et
Loire
M. Fernand Duibier
Cares 1 Honduran Capital Captured and More Headlines
Index to todays issue lists Cares 1 Honduran capital captured and other items including presidents sons top high hurdle Ohio leader out for tat Franca Wil invade Morocco Bat Masterson praises Roosevelt prices of stocks Banker Schip proposes conference Cartelyon relief of Wall Street warrant for Shouts chauffeur Thaw eager to show sane woman killed by moonshiners peasants ravage Roumania Bundey plea for girl poisoner Army cartridges sold at Brownsville Fairbanks and Roosevelt center May join Honduras in war Bryce guest union league club jury to probe Mrs Kilpatrick death opening night at theaters social and personal malacca wins benning handicap results on other tracks nationals win hard fought game financial trouble in venezuela portended social and personal Mme Eames suit for divorce cuts his throat on train troops guard allied murderer charged with murder of her sister bribery yell large subscription to G W fund boss ruef ready for trial many share EB R Mason estate balloon trip for army others labor resents police promotions
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President
Ohio
Franca
Morocco
Bat” Masterson
Roosevelt
Schip
Wall Street
Roumania
Bundey
Brownsville
Fairbanks
Roosevelt Center
Honduras
Bryce
Union League
Mme
Eames
Mitchell
G. Ww. OU
Ruef
R. Mason Estate
Army Oihers
Bat Masterson Predicts Theodore Roosevelt Will Be Re-elected
Deputy U S Marshal Bat Masterson lauds Theodore Roosevelt at the White House, calling him the greatest president and predicting his renomination. He praises the president’s honesty, Western spirit, and broad popular support across the country, comparing him favorably to Lincoln and Washington. He asserts the public backs Roosevelt and that Bryan would be defeated if nominated. Local option bill in Harrisburg shelves amid party vote.
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United States
Masterson Calle
White House
Washington
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Bat” Masterson
West
New York
Raleigh
Bat
Marsha Masterson
Ber Daniels
Theodore, Jr
Marshal Masterson
Arizona
Masterson
New ‘York City
Senate
Teddy
al “Bat
Bryan
Parker
Shelve
Harrisburg
House of Representatives
Amd
Extreme Stock Declines Hit Industrials in Wave of Liquidation
The Westingian Post reports a broad stock market selloff led by Selig pressure on the Industrials and key rail shares. The close shows the average of thirty railroads and industrials at 985-8, down 25-9 points, with heavy losses across steel, smelters, and other leaders. Bear activity and margin calls drove widespread declines, notably in United States Steel and related rail and metal stocks.
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Westingian Post
New York
Mar
United States Steel Corporation
Bis
Baltimore
Ohio
Erie
Great Northern
Interboro- Metropolitan
Interboro-Metropolitan
National
Northern Pacific
Northwestern
St. Paul
Car Foundry
American
Chesapeake and Monte
Great North
Big Loss in Steel and Rail Shares Ends Rally
The market saw heavy selling with steel and standard railway shares leading the decline. Analysts cited bear activity and general explanations, noting copper in London spurring a raid on industrials, while a late rally formed as shorts covered.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduran
San Marcos
Zelaya
Bonilla
Senor Corea
Nicaragua
Camaygua
Plata
San Pedro
Camiysca
Salvador
Chamorre
Totamalpa
Los Portillos de Namasivue
Central America
Mcaraguan
Nickraguan
Lee Christmas
Memphis
Tena
Christmas
Mau
Camden Station
Ford
Opera House
Office of Publication
Honda
G. J. Fleischmann
Roosevelts
Vorys
Ohie
STATE
Ashres
Voryn
Foraker
Leutenants
Columbia, S.C
Lumiberman
Eden C. Webster
Amvers
PPL Po
Hekimian & Co
Sloan's
Bexly
Fittcburg
New Jersey Ave
Pittsburg
Pinang Ar
Socwusta
Chamber
Energetleacon
Mau‘eharap
Picnart
Ballloud
Army ‘of the East
Alsace
Lorraine
Clemenceau
Malghit
Imjeer ‘Willian
Vagsal
Paul Deroulede
League of Patriots
Ani
Gay
Foreien Minnlster Pichon
Dr. Mauchamp
Jeanne ‘D'até Abd i
Tangier
Casa Blanca
Noth
Sri ‘tEie
Aggmig Exprése Co
Uda
Atchison
Drocklyn Rag
Chisapeakie
Chicago Northwastern
Delaware and Hudson
Joy Ua Grest
Loutevil and
Nash
St. L
Hang
Misouri Pacific
J. P. Soo
PB. Soo
New York Central
Pennsy
Reading
Puchia
Steel Premi
Wabash
Be See
Standard Railway
London
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