Dressmakers Foiled Lacing Scheme at Havre Seizures
A large contraband haul from Havre reveals thirty trunks packed with undeclared lace and dressmaking materials worth up to forty thousand dollars. Inspectors, aided by new labeling rules, stopped sleepers intent on slipping past gate checks as the La Savile docked with cargo delayed by repairs and passengers including Dutch cellist Willem Wittke.
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la Savale
Havred
Angina
John Bigelum Willem Wittke
Kentgen
Prosecution Dropped Over Destruction of Books
Jerome states no criminal proceedings will be texan by big offs over the destruction of books at the Metropolitana net Talltay Company. The District Attorney says the matter is barred by statute of limitations. Remarks indicate the action or cause was handled by public service board authorities and related parties, with no further legal steps expected.
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Jerome
New York
Jarone Wuld
Metropolitanet Talltay Company
Public Service Board
Acton Or Cais
Bertary
American Sailors Escape Mob Attack in Hakodate
Sailors from the US cruiser Chattanooga faced a hostile mob in Hakodate after a sailor struck a Japanese shopkeeper over prices. Four sailors fled or were rescued by police. investigation cleared the Japanese and affirmed the sailors’ unprovoked assault claim, with no further incidents reported during Yokohama visits.
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Chattanooga
Washington Post
Tokyo
United States
Hakodate
Vladivostok
Japaneas
Chattanoogs
Yokohama
Soldiers storm prison at Junction City in Kansas
Fort Riley soldiers from the furriers' school tried to free a comrade at the county jail in Junction City Kansas. They fired on the jail from nearby windows before being dispersed. Fort Riley guards and city police aided the manhunt for those responsible. no deaths reported.
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Fort Riley
Junction City
Kans
Furriers' School
Ars
Lusitania Leads Rage in Faster Atlantic Crossing
Wireless reports from Queenstown indicate the Lusitania averaged near twenty five knots, overtook the Lucania after dawn, and was expected to reach New York Friday. Passengers praised the ship’s comfort while Cunard officials, engineers, and architects discussed voyage prospects aboard.
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Cunard
Liverpool
Queenstown
Lucania
Eust
Ous
Lusitania
Irish Channel
Imachinery
Irish Educator Lenox appointed chair at Catholic University
Dr P J Lenox, professor of modern literature at Royal University of Ireland, is named professor of English literature at the Catholic University in Washington. He succeeds Dr Munche F Eman who has just become American Minister to Denmark. The Dublin education figure will take Seat 8 in Wallington duties.
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Catholic University
Washington
Dublin
P. J. Lenox
Royal University of Ireland
Waallorton
Munche F Eman
Denmark
Wood alcohol claim leaves four dead in Quebec incident
In Quebec on September 30 a marine agent received a report from a schooner captain in the Lower St. Lawrence that workers at a Cape Bauld lighthouse drank wood alcohol. Three were reported dying, with unclear details and names obscured in the damaged text.
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Quebec
Gregory
Marine and
Fanemen
Lower St. Lawrence
Cape Bauld
Taft foe Harris in Ohio unity talk at Jamestown visit
Gov Andrew L Harris predicts a united Republican party in Ohio at a Washington reception. He praises Foraker and Burton, forecasts a solid delegation at the national convention, and travels with a large Ohio party to Jamestown for the exposition. The Harris entourage includes Gen John C Speaks and other officials, with Mrs Harris and staff.
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Hare
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Onio
Wim
Taft
Republican Party
Andrew L Harris
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Exposition
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Congressional Library
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Ohio Republican Association
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Congress
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Old Point Comfort
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George H. Wood
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Harry Moulton
Ben Chamberlain
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Irs
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Wirt
Mra
Duval
W. H. Kehnadt
J. 4. Snyder
School Commissioners Office
Walter Harrie
Hairia
Aamistent
W H. Miller
Longworth on Third Term Says President Won’t Run Without Demand
Special cable dispatch reports Ohio figures split over presidential succession. Governor Harris and Secretary Taft ally with Foraker rivals. Longworth predicts factional unity if party is left alone, while Roosevelt reportedly will not seek renomination unless urged by the nation. The trip includes Cincinnati dinners and a night at Haleakala crater amid Alaska trip anecdotes.
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Katssky Longworth
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Cus Courne
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Cineinnati
Ehavalt
Understanding Report Reported Between William and Roosevelt
The Slovo editorial from St Petersburg says an understanding between Emperor William and President Roosevelt regarding protection of the Atlantic coast during a Pacific fleet crisis is probable though sensational at first glance. It claims Germany seeks US goodwill and would morally back Japan’s restraint in Atlantic war possibilities.
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St. Petersburg
Slovo
Wiliam
Roonevelt
United States
Japan
Germany
Atlantic
America
Heroic Track Walker Dies Saving Train
Fran cenca Levit, a Pennsylvania Railroad track walker, died in Irwin after shielding a fast train from wreckage at a rail joint. He was reattaching spikes when a train soon due to pass would have derailed. His sacrifice saved about 300 passengers from a high embankment.
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Pitsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Francenca Levit
Levita
Irwin
Leopold Surrenders Congo Domain to Joint Stock Company
King Leopold transfers the Congo Free State’s domain to a nine member joint stock company in which he is allegedly interested. The sale would cede Belgium the most profitable region, reducing the state’s extent and altering control of vast resources in the Congo.
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Brussels
Sept
Congo
Longa Free State
Belgium
Deaf mute boy missing after Charlotte Observer fire
A fire at the four story Observer Company plant in Charlotte Charette North Carolina caused $15000 in damages. A deaf mute boy named Georgy Wilson aged about fourteen slept in the premises and is believed burned to death after the blaze was discovered around 1:00 am and controlled by 2:30 am.
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Charlotte Observer
Charette
N.C
Pire
Observer Company
Georgy Wilson
Aftzeu
Root Leaves Muldoon’s After Nervous Breakdown Recovery
Secretary Root, previously a patient at Willam Muldoon’s health institute, departed completely cured from a nervous breakdown caused by overwork. He gained twelve pounds during treatment and plans to meet the President in Oyster Bay regarding American policy, traveling with his son and nephew Orin Root of the New York City Railway Company.
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Oyster Bay
Foot
Muldoon
Mr. Muldoon
Former officer found helpless in streets of Colorado Springs
William H McDonald, a former naval officer and son of Major McDonald of the Twenty-ninth Infantry, was found suffering from brain pressure and a fractured skull linked to the Bennington disaster more than two years past. He lay in critical condition at St. Francis Hospital in Cala, Colorado.
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Cala
United States
Bennington
Bat Diego
Cal
William H McDonald
Newport News
Maj. McDonald
Twenty-ninth
United States Infantry
Philippines
St. Francie Hospital
Bolt Wrecks Cannons Barn In Indiana Storm
During a Southern Indiana electrical storm a barn on the Spencer County farm damaged by lightning was practically destroyed. The barn is owned jointly by United States Senator James Hemenway and Speaker Joseph G Cannon. The loss is reported as about 000 in Evansville Indiana.
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Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Unis
Spencer Coventy
United States
James Hemenway
House of Representatives
Joseph G Cannon
Man Who Shot Friend Then Jumped Before Express Train
In Kittanning Pennsylvania Howard Riley shot his companion Robert Hamedy Jr during a drunken lark at a farm. Riley then attempted suicide by stepping in front of an Allegheny railroad express near Gram early today. Ramsey survived his injuries, Riley died on the track.
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Robert Hamedy, Jr
Howard Riley
Allegheny Division
Fennsylvania Railroad
Gram
Ramsey
Riley
Rey
Nia
Ramey
Romney
Huttilo
Tramacyy
Duchess May Not Return to England From Holidays in America
Mer Grace of Marlborough is expected to stay in New York during the holidays, with Olver H Belmont saying she may not return to England. The Duchess has been linked to charities and to Queen Alexandra in recent reports, and she would reside in New York to be near her mother, Mrs Belmont.
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Mer Grace of Marlborough
America
Aegula
The
Washington Post
New York
Duchess of Marlborough
Olver H. P Belmont
Belcourt
Newport
England
Tig
Duke
Alejandra
Belmont
Fire threatens fashionably housed Brooklyn hotel
Special to The Washington Post reports the Allington apartment hotel in Brooklyn nearly burned out early today. Twenty five families live there with many miraculous escapes and several daring rescues. A large blaze left the hostelry heavily damaged while residents fled to safety. The incident disrupted the fashionable residence district as firefighters battled the flames.
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Brooklyn
New York
Dept
Allington
Man shoots wife in crowded room then kills himself
Wellington Baron Herbert, 20s, fired five shots at his wife during a visit at 1121 Third Street SE, wounding her sister and others. He then shot himself, left in critical condition. wife and children narrowly escaped as police and an ambulance arrived. she recounts years of abuse and prior legal actions including non-support fines.
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Wellington Baron Herbert
If Street
Providence
Mra
Herbert
Newport police detain wife of Mayor over sanity concerns
A woman unnamed, said to be Mayor McClellan of New York's wife, was picked up by Newport police late Saturday night for a sanity examination. She arrived in Newport, ordered residents from Joe McClellan's home claiming the house belonged to her, and insisted she would settle her estate.
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Fietala
Hayra
Uncle Sam
Hla
Washington
Rooi
Sept
McClellan
Newport
Joe McClellan
Separated Actress Mrs Batonyi Refuses Statement at Farm
Newport society follows the separation of Mrs Aurel Batonyi from her husband. Her father Frank Work disowned her after her second marriage but declined to cut off her sons' inheritance. Batonyi remains at her farm near Newport refusing to comment as creditors and relatives debate custody and estate issues.
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Abe 4
Ake
Batons
Middletown
Four Die in River Outing at Mount Winans
A body washed ashore at Neraska Beach near Mount Winans identified as Muss Gertrude Rhaunessi, part of a Friday night river outing with another woman and two men. The boat was found waterlogged, suggesting a quadruple tragedy with the other trio missing. Names Tentative: Willan O’Leary and Georges Frissel identified, with a second young woman unnamed. An earlier larger party had planned a second excursion.
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Mount Winans
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Esoping
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Alsister
Bren
Builder Slays Wife Then Kills Himself in Mineola
Martin J Smith, a well known contractor, shot his wife at their Jackson Avenue home and then killed himself after a quarrel over money. Mrs Smith had complained of not receiving enough money and alleged beatings. Neighbors witnessed the screams as the couple’s two children witnessed the distress. The coroner took charge of Smith's body and he was removed to Nassau Hospital.
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Poller
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Violet
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Mia Herbert
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Hersett
Tle
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Hollinberger
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Harria
Ohio
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Campana Fund
Roosevelt
Burton
Louisana
Chanler
Miniater Deen Caney
Elopare
Rockville
News of
Mineola
L. 1
Martin J Smith
Jackson Avenue
Heia
Ge Naseau Hospital
Smith
Sneven
Plans Telegraph Company Forming in Chicago
L K Davis, in the First National Bank Building, announces the American Union Telegraph Company with 85 000 000 capital and 25 000 capital. The plan seeks to lease telephone wires and add telegraph links, with operations to begin January 1. J P Hornaday of 27 Wall Street New York is linked to the enterprise.
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Chicago
L. K Davis
First National Bank
New American Union Telegraph Company
Davis
WIIL
J. P. Hornaday
Walle Am Street
New Fork
Woman killed in burial along with injuries reported
In Tringewater Nova Scotia on September 3 Mrs Nutting wife of a retired U S Army colonel died in a burial accident. Her daughter Pauline Moore was among those injured. The report notes a grim scene with additional injuries and unclear details.
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Nova Scota
T Nutting
New Yok
United States
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Moore
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