Secrets of Success Infinite Patience and Courage
Rockefeller says time reveals truth about him in a Cleveland interview. He discusses self denial, trust in others, and his life at Forest Hill. He recalls a 16 year test in canal boat bills and explains how patience, courage, and integrity built his success. He notes Cleveland's evolving opportunities for youths today.
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Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeler
Forest Hill
Painted Money Debate Divides Chicago Ministers
Special to The Washington Post Chicago September 11 reports a rift as Congregational ministers refuse to endorse a telegram driven resolution. Dr Bartlett pushes for indorsement of a message to General Assembly while opponents argue against mixing church with missionary funding and politics. Meanwhile New York coverage details an Insurance Society convention where Morton outlines policy shifts and removal of insurance from political entanglements.
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Chicago
Washington Post
Congregational Church
Chies Welliam A Bertlett
First Comerezationyil
Ms Idea
Bartlett
General Assembly
Efe
Aseemis
Equitable
Thy Wollington Post
New York
Faia Te Tafe Insurance Society
Marriatt
Morton
Philadelphia round trip fare with extensions for rail travel
Fare offer from Philadelphia for FP. at Philadelphia. Five dollars round trip via Pennsylvania Route. Valid September 15 to 17 with return allowed until September 25. Extension to October 6 possible for one additional dollar paid to joint agent in Philadelphia. Check tickets for side trips to seashore and Baltimore layovers.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Loubet Hosts Americans at French Army Maneuvers Banquet
President Loubet greeted Gen Adna Chaffee and the American military mission at Chateau Brienne. War Minister Berteaux and Gen Brugere accompanied the president as the maneuvers concluded with a brilliant banquet.
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Chateau Brienne
Department of the Aube
France
Loubet
Berteaux
Brugere
Ville-Hardouin
Adna R. Chaffee
J. Franklin Bell
William Croaler
M. Loubet
Chaffee
America
Chagfeo
Fournier
Washington
M Casimir-Perier
Republic
Gen. Chaffee
Jus
Dertaux
Hagron
Dessirier
Bell
Crozier
Seut Gen
United States
Ne Pamerican Mission
Arts
Arms for the Finns and a sinking steamer
In Helsingfors customs seized 660 carbine rifles with bayonets and 120000 cartridges on a barren Gulf island near Kerni. A near Kalfskaer rock steamer loaded with rifles fled toward port, exploded, sank, crew fled in lifeboats, John Bashaton barely visible. flags of the United States and Germany found aboard. A fisherman saw a curiously moved steamer off Kerni. St. Petersburg reports this as a serious disclosure aiding revolutionary movements in Russia. Bomb was thrown at Tavastehius governor but did not explode. Valuable estates suffer from mismanagement, Union Trust Co claims efficiency.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
Kernt
Customs Service
Kalfskaer Rock
Jakobstad
Isla
John Bashaton
Kerni
St. Petersburg
Russia
Poland
Baltic
Crisis in Hungary Ends Peace Hope in Diet
Vienna reports that peace between the Crown and the united opposition in the Hungarian Diet appears lost. Emperor Francis Joseph, pressured by Austrian ministers, seems set to reject universal suffrage urged by the Hungarian cabinet. Fejervary’s cabinet likely to resign after further talks with the Emperor.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Austria
Fejervary
Machinists Convention Promotes Open Shop Debate
Several hundred delegates from the United States Canada Newfoundland and Mexico attend the International Association of Machinists eleventh biennial convention in Washington D C. President James O Connell urges avoiding unnecessary strikes and defends union shop while calling for organized apprentices in larger centers. The grand lodge reports 876117 in strike benefits and over 100000 members in 300 lodges. Controversy over seating Daniel W. Roderick of Chicago Lodge 764 ends with his admission by a near unanimous vote.
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Boston
United States
Canada
Newfoundland
Mexico
Thia City
International Association of Machiners
Farnell Hall
James O’connell
Washington, D. C
O’connell
Employers’ Association
Trades Union
Grand Lodge
Daniel W. Roderick
Lodge No. 764
Chicago
Committee On Credentials
Roderick
Passenger Trains Collide in Canada Express Crash
The Soo express and the Imperial Limited collided near Hammond Ontario on September 11 injuring five seriously. Among the injured are D H Cardwell of Washington DC with a fractured skull Mrs Harriet Keene of Whitman Massachusetts Mrs James F Fagan of San Francisco John Gaffney the engineer with fractured ribs and D Cole of Detroit with severe internal injuries. The Imperial Unit separated a mile from Hammond and the Soo express ran into the cars before a flagman could warn.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Imperial Limited
Canadian Pacific
Hammond
D H_ Cardwell
Porter
Washington
D. C
Harriet Keene
Whitman
Mase
James F. Fagan
San Francisco
John Gaffney
D. Cole
Detroit
Imperial
Soo Exress
Elevated NY train crash leaves twelve dead in city
Special to The Washington Post reports an elevated railroad train derailed at Fifty third street and Ninth avenue in New York. One car fell to the street, killing eight instantly and injuring many, with twelve dead by nightfall. The motor man Kelly and switchman Jackson face responsibility questions as rescue crews work amid chaos.
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Ninth Avenue
Smithman
Motorman
Washington Post
New York
Roosevelt Hospital
Jacob W. Amspach
Thomas Daciy
Central Park Station
JAM@S COOPER
Oolsored
Solomon Neugrass
Ernest Scheible
Alert Wilster
Henry Aitkena
William Butler
Martin Fitzgerald
James Creer
Patrick J Gillian
John Gensel
Bridget McMahon
John T. McKinne
Witten T. Niebuher
Henrietta Onterlin
Seymour Rowe
Thomas Swan
Fred Wister
Paul Kelly
C. K. Jackson
West Side
Sixth Avenue
Jackson
Fifty Third Street
Kelly
Evell
Johnson
Van Riper on the Stand in Bankruptcy Case
Special to The Washington Fest New York Sept 11 Lewis C Van Riper cotton broker who aided revelations to the department of agriculture bureau testified in the bankruptcy proceedings against Co W Stansell Co a Consolidated Exchange member Creditors allege he was a silent partner but Van Riper refused to answer Referee Townsend gave him time to consult his lawyers The case mentions 173000 in Davize entries a 100000 check and a 10000 loan with Mexican Central stock as collateral The questioning ended when asked if he shared in profits.
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New York
Lewis C. van Riper
Statistical Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Co. W. Stansell & Co
Consolidated Exchange
Townsend
van Riper
Roosevelt hosts consulting engineers at Sagamore Hill
An important conference occurred at Sagamore Hill as President Roosevelt welcomed the Panama Canal consulting board. The group, aboard the naval yacht Sylph, discussed canal plans and potential inspections in Panama while outlining policy for the construction effort.
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Oyster Bay
S. 1
Segamore Hill
Roosevelt
Board of Consulting Engineers
Panama Canal
Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Pansa~ma
Sylph
New York
George W. Davis
Alfred Noble
William Barclay Parsons
William H. Burr
Henry L. Abbott
Frederic P. Stearns
Joseph Ripley
Ishal Randolph
W. Henry Hunter
Great Britain
Eugene Tincauser
Germany
Adolph Guerarad
France
E. Queilennec
J. W. Welcker
Holland
Capt
J. C. Oakes
Ambassador Meyer Leaves St. Petersburg for Leave
Ambassador George von L. Meyer, stationed in St. Petersburg, has obtained a leave of absence and departs today for Berlin and Paris, planning to return to the United States at the end of September. He may deliver personal communications from the Czar to President Roosevelt upon his return. The Czar has acknowledged Roosevelt’s role in peace negotiations, and further notes may accompany Meyer's visit.
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Meyer
Berlin
Paris
George von L. Meyer
State Department
Russia
Mr. Meyer
Roosevelt
Baku Riots Grow Worse as Troops Fire on Workmen
Rushed dispatches from Baku report escalating violence with incendiaries attacking oil districts and workers fired on by soldiers, seventeen dead in one crowd. Prince Tsitsianoff killed near Tiflis as Tartars resist with artillery. Oil-field losses cited among major companies. fires mostly exhausted but patrols crackdown in Black Town.
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Tiflis
St. Petersburg
Baku
Caucasus Oil Company
Bibfebat
Volshkin
Black Town
Caucasus
Society of Baku
Nobel Company
Caspian Company
Inclune
Rothschild, Mantascheff
Shere Kaileff
Sobaloff
Tifa
Gorl
Tifiis
Mussulman
Boy Bank Robber Leonard Parks Arrested in Niles
Seven year old Leonard Parks was arrested in Niles Ohio after attempting to pick the lock at Dollar Savings Bank with a skeleton key. He was taken to the station while authorities consider next steps. Earlier, Clyde Lenny aged six helped loot First National Bank in Niles by crawling through the basement and stuffing 700 dollars into pockets. half the money was recovered as pedestrians chased the youths.
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Washington Post
Sharon
Leonard Parks
Niles
Ohio
Dollar Savings Bank
Bruder
Young Parks
Parks
Clyde Lenny
First National Bank
Former Alabama man returns from Africa voyage
William Hilburn, a Mobile resident, arrived home after three years with sixteen companions in Africa where they worked on a Cape to Cairo Railroad project. He is the sole survivor among the group, detailing harsh jungles and a desolate camp after leaving Pensacola in August 1902.
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Moblie
Ala
William Hilburn
Africa
Cairo
Hilburn
Pensacola
Wla
Zambesi River
Transvaal
Rockefeller Talks of His Life and World Issues
Rockefeller discusses life and presidency, canal problems, and unrest including renewed rioting at Baku. Fever reports surface as grave concerns persist. High school inquiry resumes amid Bakers' Convention in town.
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Rockefeller
Baku
Bakers
Japan
Alexandria
Virginia
Maryland
Potomac Water Purer
ATTORNEY SCORES TAGGART IN WOOSTER TRIAL
In Wooster Ohio on September 11 Congressman Smyser spoke for Mrs Taggart at the Taggart trial audience fills the courthouse. Mrs Taggart attends while Maj Taggart is absent and represented by Sterling Smyser. Smyser denounces charges against his client and cites jealous correspondence between Taggart and Mrs Taggart. If charges are true he says Taggart should face military tribunals.
Tramp hanged for 1877 murder in Youngstown Ohio case
Reports from Ohio and Pennsylvania recount the Lizzie Grombacher murder near Youngstown in 1874. Charles Sterling, a claimed tramp, was hanged in 1877 after two trials for a crime officials say he committed, though supporters insist he was innocent. A letter found near Hiddenwood claims another killer, signed Charities Her gig, naming Charles Sterling as guilty.
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Minot
N. T
Catherine Herzig
Girard
Ohno
Frank Byer
Hiddenwood
Frank
Hergig
Mr. Byer
Charles Sterling
Lizzie Grombacher
Youngstown
Mahenine Courty
Olio
Charles
Sterling
Pittsburg
David Jonas
Grombacher
Ohio
Younsestown
Poland
Ted Treaiy
Canada
Robbers torture elderly farmers in Elgin home
In Elgin Illinois on September 11 three armed bandits battered in a door and bound Andrew and John Fohren. They beat and burned the soles of their feet with hot paper seeking a treasure said to be hidden in the house. John fainted and Andrew staggered to a cheese factory to raise help. Both men were found in serious condition.
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Elgin
Andrew
John Fohren
Spring Lake
John
Panic at cattle show injures crowd in Salamanca
At Salamanca Spain on September 11 a cattle show crowd panic left about 120 people injured some seriously as frightened animals charged into spectators. The chaotic scene followed a surge of fear among attendees and responders worked to aid the injured. Moses' September Furniture Sale advertised household furnishings under price.
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Salamanca
Spain
Fever 19 Stubborn in Pensacola and Louisiana Health Worries
Pensacola reports new yellow fever cases and one death causing officials to warn residents against false security. Norwegian vice consul dies after five days of illness. The outbreak prompts state health action in New Orleans and surrounding towns.
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Pennsacola
Fla
Pensacola
Board of Health
Wooteterg
Norway
Wits
Nackestrom & Posiuer
Dalland
Providence
Btats Board of Health
Lg Dort
Pirsuid No Tallulah
Taft at Nagasaki amid Pacific voyage plans
Taft's party arrived at Nagasaki as the Pacific Mail and War Bureau note sent a cable confirming Taft will sail at noon for Kobe, then Yokohama, with a plan to reach San Francisco by the 27th. The Secretary says he must take the shortest route to Washington due to requests for expeditions.
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Bureau of Insular AM
Taft
Tome
Kobe
Yoko
San Francisco
de Cisco
Washington
WITZHOFF IN ENGLAND DISPUTEDLY IDENTIFIED
A Daily Mail report says a prosperous dentist once living in Manchester’s Struc Wass district vanished. A portrait in the Weekly Dispatch linked him to Jews and a New York visitor, a Jewess with a dowry, who traveled to Germany in September to fulfill a marriage promise. The dentist is described as educated, affable, and well dressed.
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Post
London
Daily Mail
Struc Wass
Manchester
Witzhoff
Weekly Dispatch
New York
Miurchester
Germany
Cholera Under Control in Berlin Report
Berlin reports thirty one fresh cholera cases up to noon, an improvement over the prior forty eight hours, raising confidence the infection is under control though continued vigilance and action will be needed. A German cruiser Seeadler refloated near Singapore after minor damage.
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Berlin
Ministry of Health
Singapore
Straits Settlement
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