Palmer 10 resignation follows Ricketts case at printery
Public Printer Frank W. Palmer is asked to resign and must surrender by September 16. President Roosevelt acts after protests from Oscar J. Ricketts and L. Hay, foremen in the Government Printing Office, while the Keep Commission plans an investigation into insubordination. Ricketts may remain as foreman for now as the White House moves to appoint a replacement.
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Frank W. Palmer
Government Printing Office
Oyster Hay
Palmer
Oscar J. Ricketts
L. Hay
Keep Commission
Ricketts
Wir
Republcan
Hay
Oyster Bay
White House
Mafi Bag
Heep
Vonuay
Ricket
Tray
Patmar
Fa Mer
Gaveniy
Lanston
Palmers
Pupiz
Flo
Manchester
New York
Jamesown
Jamestown
Dubuque Times
Coral House
Chicago Inter Ocean
President to Name Public Printer Within Ten Days
The government prints office faces a change as the President is expected to appoint a Public Printer within ten days. William B. Rossiter of the Census Office is a strong candidate. Civil Service Commissioner Cooley and Assistant Secretary Keep discuss plans, with potential witness testimony and continued Keep Commission investigation.
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Ricketts
Biig
William 8. Rossiter
Palmer
Hay
Keep
Civil Service
Cooley
Oyster Bay
Ricketts and
Keep Commission
Civil Service Commission
Messrs. Ricketts and
Trains Crash in Colorado Killings and Injuries Across Victims
Four killed and twenty one injured when a rear end collision between a passenger and freight train near Brush Colorado involving Lancaster Pennsylvania and Philadelphia capitalists en route to inspect mines. Names of the dead and many injured listed with home towns including Philadelphia Lancaster Chillicothe Denver and Decatur among others.
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Denver
Brush
Colo
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Lancaster
Albert Whittaker
Chillicothe
McCormick Chillicothe
E Leb Vaughn
Philadelphia
John Lindsay
A C McGrill
George Manning
A C Hentz
Marion
Hentz
Ill
Harry Roxle
Board of Trade
Eé Borcher
Decatur
E Borcher
Drowned Man Identified as Jer ome E Blanc Jr in Savannah
The man who leaped from the Berkshire on August 24 is identified as Jerome E Blanc Jr of Washington DC, a former Savannah boy. He was about 23, educated in Savannah and in Washington, where his father Dr Jerome E Blanc resided. Blanc lived previously at 33 Ninth Street NW before moving to Baltimore two months ago. A Savannah family connection at 128 Abercorn Street was noted.
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Jerome E. Blanc
Savannah
Washington Post
J. Wentworth
Berkshire
Abercorn Street
Blanc
Washington
Jerome E Blanc
Ninth Street
Baltimore
Ewing
Jefferson City
Henry W. Ewing
Cleveland
Mexico
Cockrell
Forida
California
Senator Cockrell
Auto Crash Kills Miss Hamill. Wolfe Dies on Bridge
Philadelphia report details a west Jersey bridge collision from Atlantic City to Philadelphia. Neill Wolfe, secretary of a local auto firm, and Miss Marie Hamill, daughter of a Germantown manufacturer, were thrown from a car driven by F G Plummer. Hamill died instantly. Wolfe died shortly after. Plummer was examined and discharged after stating the facts. Accident blamed on defective steering gear as the car neared Haven Bridge near Atica New Jersey.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Neill Wolfe
Marie Hamill
Buffalo
Martin
Mr. Wolfe
Misa Hamill
F. G. Plummer
Lloyd
Camden
N. J
Haven Bridge
Atica
Steamer Tosco Missing After Lake Superior Gale
Pequaming Mich Sept 5 The Tosco of Cleveland which had the Olive Jeanette in tow during last Saturdays storm will likely be added to ships lost on Lake Superior. Captain Orson Gongawand commanded a crew of nineteen. The Olive Jeanette is believed lost. The Lighthouse keeper on Huron Island saw the schooner go down four miles north of the light about four Sunday afternoon. The storm deaths total thirty five and may rise.
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Pequaming
Mich
Tosco
Cleveland
Lake Superior
Tesco
Orson Gongawand
Huron Island
Trolley car crash near Charlton claims life
In Charlton Massachusetts on September a Worcester and South Bridge Street Railway trolley left the rails a mile east of the village. Miss Grace Nelson of Springfield was killed. Three persons were seriously injured and nine others wounded requiring hospital care.
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Charlton
Mass
Grace Nelson
Springfield
Worcester and South Bridge
Tornado devastates Sapain in Panay island town
Guam reports Sapain in Capiz province Panay island severely damaged by a tornado August. The government house and many dwellings destroyed. Cocoanut groves injured. recovery expected to take two years. Sapain, a town of 4,860 in Capiz, is a key trade hub for manufactured fabrics rice and copra.
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Sapain
Panay
Guam
Capiz
Visayas
Niegeara Falls Excursion via Philadelphia Lehigh Valley
Public notice announces a $10.00 Niegeara Falls excursion offered by Baltimore and Ohio A. R. B. leaving Washington at 7 a.m. on September 15. Special train includes standard coaches and Pullman parlor cars via Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley. Tickets valid ten days with liberal stopovers returning. Final excursion of the season on this scenic route.
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Niagara Falls
Pennsylvania Railroad
Speecal
Washington
B. M. Newbold
Isth and Gats
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
Addicks accuses Alles in bid for Delaware Senate
Edward O Sullivan Addicks claims Frank Alles betrayed him to aid Lea's Senate bid. He says Alles and relatives siphon government salaries, and alleges Lea cooked a deal with Alles to remove him from Delaware politics. Addicks vows to win a U S Senate seat despite alleged smear campaign.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Delaware
Frank Alles
Edward O'Sullivan Addicks
Bellevue-Stratford
Frank Ailee
Dover
Mr. Addicks
Alice
Benedict Arnold
Lea
Allee
Addicks
United States
Senate
Washington
Frank Ace
Alles
Aliee
God
Mr. Addicka
Eixty
United States Senate
Judgment Against Addicks Ends With Personal Property Sale
United States Marshal advertises Addicks personal property on Lodge and Hanbey farms west of here to be sold September 18 to satisfy a federal judgment recently obtained by Charles F Hinchman in New Jersey. Also notes Chaffee meets War Minister in Paris and a train trip to see Luray Caverns.
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United States
Wilmington
Del
J. Winard Addicks
J. Frank Allee
Flinn
Addicks
Lodge
Hanbey Farms
West Here
Charles F. Hinchman
New Jersey
Death by own action of E. B. Ewing in Montana hospital
Ephraim Brevard Ewing, inter-state commerce official and brother of ex Senator Cockrell’s wife, shot himself in the head at Murray's Hospital in Butte Montana after a worthless check for 125 dollars at Senator Clark's bank. He had been ill and traveling, with a long family history and ties to Missouri and Washington.
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Senator Clark
Montana
Washington
Washington Post
Butte
Mont
Sept
H. B. Ewing
Cockrell
Missouri
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Murray's Hospital
Yellowstone Park
Ewing
Butte, Miont
Ephraim Brevard Ewing
Crocker Estate Divided With Templeton to Inherit Over Five Million
In San Francisco on September 6 Charles Templeton Crocker aged twenty one will receive a large share of the late Col Charles Fred Crockers estate. The original $8,000,000 is now valued so each heir may obtain between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000. The heirs include templetons sisters Mary Francia Burton Harrison of New York and Jennia who remains at school.
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Francis Burton Harrison
San Francisco
Charles Templeton Crocker
Charles Fred Crocker
Col. Crocker
Big Four
Central Pacific Railroad
Templeton
Mary
Francia Burton Harrison
New York
Jennia
ROOTS NEWS OF SECRETARY ROOT TRIP TO LABRADOR
Secretary Root and his two sons Hithu Root Jr and Edward W Root, along with Col William Cary Banger, arrived after a Labrador trip and headed to Clinton for a spell before Root's duties as Secretary of State. Col Sanger reports fishing at Nain while Root stayed reticent on politics.
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Washington Post
Utles
Hithu Root
Hithu, Jr
Edward W. Root
Wiliam Cary Banger
Labrador
Clinton
Roosevelt
Washington
Col. Banger
Sangerfield
Mr. Root
Montreal
Quebec
Nain
Col. Sanger
Root
Col Sanger
Boston
Albany
Fever Claims the Only Atlanta Case in Deaths
Fever updates show the lone Atlanta yellow fever case, J o Caruthers, died after arriving from Pensacola last Friday. The death comes amid ongoing alerts in Pensacola and Lake Providence with several new and suspicious cases reported in surrounding towns.
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Lake Providence
Tallulah
Atlanta
Pensacola
Fla
Boykin Jones
W. H Fisher
Fritz Househatter
Horace Rosique
Percy
Hagen
Penzacola Journal
New Orleans
Tullulah
State Board
Tichenor
Providence
Natches
Miss
Ardmore
Ind. T
R. R. Engish
Maysville
J. O. Caruthers
Pensacok
Lightning Kills One at Richfield Fair Horse Race
A bolt struck a crowd of about 1,200 during horse races at Richfield Fair Utah. Atlas Bean was killed and cousin Dwight Bean perhaps fatally injured while over 80 others were hurled to the ground and rendered senseless for several seconds.
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Richfield
Utah
Atlas Bean
Dwight Bean
Richfield Fair
Parker to Get Big Salary in Brooklyn Rapid Transit Move
Former Judge Alton B. Parker will become chief counsel for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company at an annual 100,000 salary, succeeding Prof. Collins who retires. The firm Collins & Sheehan becomes Sheehan & Parker with William F. Sheehan among Parker’s strong supporters in the recent presidential campaign. Real estate ads urge listings to speed rent and sale in multiple city sections.
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Rapid Liang Ac
New York
Sept
Alton B. Parker
Prof. Collins
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Collins & Sheehan
Sheehean & Parker
William F. Sheehan
Parker
Public Printer Resigns Amid Allee Trial Charges
In Denver the Grand Army hosts events as the nation contends with postwar treaties. Major items include Ambassadors and peace terms, delays in beef trust cases, miners' demands, and local notices from Alexandria. Notable society notes include Marshall Field's marriage and a fiftieth anniversary, with urban briefs and hotel lobby chatter.
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Addicks
Allee
Grand Army
Denver
Pearre
Kaiser
Old Virginia
Alexandria
Marquis de Fontenoy
Marshall Field
U—News of the Railway World
Russians Hold Multilingual Thanksgiving Service in Portsmouth
A two hour solemn service at Christ Episcopal Church featured English and Rusalam languages for the first time in an Anglican church, with about two thousand people outside. Gov. John McLane and H H D Peirce attended, along with a Russian suite of nineteen including M Witte and Baron de Rosen escorted to seats near the choir rail.
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Portsmouth
N. B
Christ Episcopal Church
John McLane
New Hampshire
H. H. D. Peirce
M. Witte
Baron de Rosen
Naval Veterans Day parade at Grand Army encampment
In Denver on September 6 a naval veterans parade accompanied by Fort Logan troops opened the thirty-ninth Grand Army of the Republic encampment. Shiloh survivors organized a national society, and Mexican War veterans rode in carriages. Gen Henry White of Pennsylvania was hurt but continued in the parade. Thousands watched cow boy exhibitions Indian dances and concerts as officers were elected and the Dalzell pension bill endorsed for ex Union prisoners.
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Denver
Colo
Fort Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Shiloh
Henry White
Pennsylvania
National Association of the Union
Veterans’ Organization
National Association of Union Ex- Prisoners of War
Col J. D. Walker
Pittsburg
John Kissane
John T Parker
Lynn
Mass
John & Ferguson
Keokuk
Iowa
Gen. Henry White
Indianapolis
W. C. McKeivy
Dalzell
Tabernacle
Maj
S. K. Hooper
H. French
E. H. Cooper
Chicago
Col
W. P. Davis
Washington
O. N. Barnes
Broadway Park
Guv McDonald
Spear
King
Woman's Relief Corps
Woman's Auxiliary of the Union
Ensign Wade III Undergoes Appendectomy After Bennington Blast
Ensign Charles T. Wade of the cruiser Bennington was operated on for appendicitis at the naval hospital after being summoned to appear before a court martial related to the recent Bennington explosion. The operation was successful and Wade's condition is reported as favorable.
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Vallejo
Cal
Charles T. Wade
Bennington
Naval Hospital
Wade
Treaty ends great war with Portsmouth signing ceremony
Four envoys signed the Portsmouth peace treaty in a formal ceremony at the port yard amid naval salutes and champagne to mark the end of the great war. Assistant Secretary Peirce hurried the news to Oyster Bay as reporters and photographers watched a dignified scene unfold.
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Navy Yard
Peirce
Oyster Bay
Washington Post
Portsmouth
N. H
Pearce
Russia
Japan
Concord Minutemen
Treaty of Portsmouth
State Department
Washington
Bose
White House
William McKinley
Jules Campbon
M. Witte
Wentworth Hotel
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Misa Marie Hamill
Joscoff
Lake Storm
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Niegeara Falls
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Chaffee
Paris
Adna R. Chaffee
Ministry of War
Luray
Ohie R. R
Sam
Wilson & Mayors
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E. B. Ewing
Wisconsin
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Oakland
St Louis
Florida
Charles B. Ewing
United States Army
Ephraim B. Ewing
Crocker
Fussell
Root Home
Bolt
Collins
Brooklyn
Gees
A Vane
N.Y. Ave
Naval Veterans’ Day
National Association of ex-Prisoners
Battle of Shiloh
Ensign Wade III
Marine
Portamouth Navy Yard
Peace Building
Portsmouth Navy Yard
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F. J. Moses
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