Ships Parade At Cowes Opens British Regatta Week
Great Britain's home fleet of 200 warships paraded before King Edward and Queen Alexandra on the Solent as Cowes regatta week began. The armada stretched eleven miles, included six flagships and the Dreadnought, and drew 35 000 sailors and officers. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert led the royal tour, while Britannia hosted the monarchs with guests including Anthony Drexel and Sir Thomas Lipton. Ashore, crowds filled a busy waterfront for an unusually public display of naval strength and pageantry.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Great Britain
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Solent
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Hampshire
Aspem
Queen
Government
Admiralty
Dread-nought
Francis
B. Bridgeman
Royal Yacht Squadron
Edward
Britannia
Anthony Drexel
Thomas Lipton
Inspecting Vessels by Naval Board Returns to Washington
Commander John M. Bowyer, head of a naval board testing militia ships for repairs and Congress estimates, arrives in Washington after surveying Isla de Cuba in Baltimore Elfrida in New Haven and Inca at Nahant Massachusetts. The ships are in fair condition with minor repairs needed. A final board meeting will prepare the report. Other members: Commander De Witt Regrave and Frank B. Zahm.
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Washington
John M. Bowyer
Congress
Isla de Cuba
Baltimore
New Haven
Nahant
Mass
Commander de Witt
Regrave
Frank B. Zahm
Naval Constructor
Williams May Not Win Mississippi Senate Race
New Orleans August 3 unofficial returns from the Mississippi senatorial primary show Governor Vardaman leading John Sharp Williams by 58 votes. The counts cover 78 counties and official majorities in five cities plus estimates in six counties. a final result may require another day.
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Williams
New Orleans
Mississippi
John Sharp Williams
Jones Vardaman
Vardaman
Tangier Reports of Mountain Tribes defeat and turmoil
Reports from Tangier claim mountain tribes defeated government forces led by General Bag the chief of the Sultan's army. Reinforcements dispatched. Bank Casablanca reportedly pillaged. Uncredited tale claims Brit consular aid ordered by Dirbala tribe. Also mentions sculling championship races with Webb and Towne, and August St Gaudens injury news.
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Tangier
Bere
Teban
Bag
Raiull
Itagant
Casablanca
Ageet
Elkear
Dirbala Tribeemen
Standard Oil Indiana Fined Max Over Rebating Case
Judge Landis in US district court will name the fine for Standard Oil Co of Indiana for receiving railroad rebates on oil from Whiting to East St Louis. The maximum is 29,240,000 and the minimum 1,462,000. the trial began March 4 and concluded April 13 with a guilty verdict on 1,462 counts. The case arose under the Elkin law of 1908, alleging rebating against Chicago & Alton Railway tariffs. Rockefeller and others were subpoenaed. the court imposed the maximum fine and urged a special grand jury to pursue other involved parties.
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Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
Standard Oil Co of
Indiana
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Whiting
Ind
East St Louis
Standard Off Co
New Jersey
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Indiana Corporation
New Jersey Corporation
Chicago & Alton Railway Company
Interestate Commerce Commission
Til
Chappell, Lil
St Louis
Missouri
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Fireman Nickolas saves woman and baby in daring ride
New York Aug 3 One of the finest feats of heroism in the fire department history was by John Nickolas a ladder man who saved a woman and her four months old babe from death. He leaped across feet to seize a frightened horse as a fire truck rushed to a blaze. Nickolas hung on for blocks his uniform torn and legs bruised as the horse was brought to a stop.
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New York
John Nickolas
Nickolas
Emma Leonard
Three Bullets In Him Boston Chinatown Shootout
Seven Chinamen fired on Boston Chinatown, killing three men. Four wounded victims at emergency hospital recovering except Lee Kai with bullet wounds. Char Me Yiek in critical condition at relief station. Police captured five suspects tied to Hop Sing Tong. further arrests sought as total assailants estimated at ten to fifteen.
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Boston
Aus
Chinatown
Lee Kai
Char- Me Yiek
New York
Philadelphia
Doctor sues Express Company for lost Harvard diploma
Dr George H Whiteside of Omaha filed in district court a $20,000 suit against Adams Express Co for loss of his Harvard university diploma. He alleges the diploma cannot be duplicated. He submitted the diploma to the state board in August 1903 at Lincoln, and it was sent back but lost in transit.
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Sues Express Company
Omaha
Neb
George H. Whiteside
Adams Express Co
Harvard University
Whiteside
State Board of Medical Examiners
Lincoln
Bonaparte Opinion on Submarine Boat Purchases Authorized
Attorney General Bonaparte released an official opinion stating that the secretary of the navy may divide the submarine boat contract to buy vessels of both the Octopus and Lake types. The decision was made public today at the Department of Justice in Washington.
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Bonaparte
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Department of Justice
Italian towns rocked by anti clerical violence
In northwestern Italy unrest rises as government threats court national law if violence ends. Mantua saw church lootings and a priest wounded near Turri. Savona witnessed clerical clashes and prison guards reinforced for Salesian prisoners. Spezia church fire extinguished by sailors. Salesians accused in newspapers prompt a government inquiry.
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Rome
Italy
Mantua
Tury
Savona
Salesian Fathers
Verazze
St Anthony's Church
Speegia
Free Masons
The
Salesians
Prominent Athletes Compete at Elm City Games
At Savin Rock New Haven today under the Hibernian Athletic club many top figures competed including Martin J Sheridan the all around champion Matthew McGrath the hammer thrower Dennis Horgan weight events John J Daly three mile champion and John J Flannagan among others Many of the best state and New England athletes entered in the fourteen events.
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A. 0. H. Sports
Elm City
New Haven
Hibernian Athletic Club
Savin Rock
Martin J. Sheridan
Matthew McGrath
Dennis Horgan
John J. Daly
John J. Flannagan
New England
Exiled Belfast Police Members Sent Away
In Belfast on August 3 a hundred troubled police members were exiled to remote parts of Ireland. An additional one hundred fifty are slated for transfer next Monday as part of a broader security or disciplinary action.
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Belfast
Ireland
Fragmented OCR historical note on a US president
An unreadable OCR fragment references a twenty birth president born in New York City who pursued ranching in the west before a colonelcy and governorship. It notes a vice presidency two years later, and a presidential death by assassination on September 14, with an oath taken in Buffalo New York, mentioning a Republican candidate and author Rogerypitlie.
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United States
New York City
Republices
New York
McKinney
Eles
Bofale
N.Y
Republicts
Ts Ias
Rogerypltie
Mystery grows in Katie Tietschler murder case
New York police detain four more people and search for a man known as Jake who allegedly knew Katie Tietschler and gave her candy before she vanished. Coroner and detectives quiz the Esposito brothers who run a street fruit stand near the cellar where the body was found as investigators pursue a theory that the killer was a known local figure familiar with neighborhood habits.
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York
Katie Tietschler
East Side
Jake
Tietschler
Thomas
Louis
Giovanni
James Esposito
First Avenue
Espositos
Esposito
Harburger
Esposito Brothers
Anna Messner
Rippolone
Bonfanza
Karl Tietschier
Katie
France to Send Police to Eight Moroccan Ports
Paris reports active cabinet talks with Madrid over steps after the Capablance massacre. France plans energetic action under the Algeciras spirit, including police in eight ports, a naval show along the coast, and occupation of Casablanca with Spain if needed. Six French ships await at Toulon.
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France
Paris
Madrid
Morocco
Algeciras
Spain
Casablanca
Toulon
Madanin Pasha
Great Britain
Egypt
Jam of 25,000,000 feet logs blocks upper Kennebec
Skowhegan Maine August 3 Transportation on the upper Kennebec River is halted for two weeks by a vast jam of about 25 million feet of logs at a point. A cloud burst raised the river seven feet and swept many logs into booms forming the mass. Men work to break the jam and expect relief within a few days.
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Skowhegan
Kennebec River
Two Fatalities From Accidents Reported Today
Two incidents ended or threatened to end in death. Christine Johnson six of 124 Dikeman street drank carbolic acid. He father carried her to Dr Sally’s office where doctors battled to save her. Edward Poluski drowned in the Naugatuck river near Waterville while swimming with companions who could not save him. Medical Examiner Crane knew little about Poluski’s residence or case by press time.
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Christine Johnson
Dikeman Street
Sally
North Main Street
Edward Poluski
Naugatuck
American Pin Company
Waterville
Poluski
Crane
Parade at Boston and Madrid news from August
In Boston a militia parade and six soldiers in line marked the last day of Old Home Week with Gov Guild inspecting units and a wheelmen reunion. Brighton celebrated a centennial with water sports while an electrical parade was planned. Madrid reports some newspapers oppose sending troops to Casablanca and favor reparations for Spanish subjects' deaths.
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Boston
Gov Guild
Brighton
Madrid
Spain
Casablanca
Imparcial
France
Great Britain
Germany
el Liberal
End of big fight likely as railroad agrees to two cent rate
Governor Swanson and Commissioners Prentice and Stewart gave an ultimatum to the railroad counsel this afternoon. The railroad will submit to the decision and begin the two cent rate within thirty days. Also a report from August about the Teutonia wreck near Madrak Arabia notes sixteen crew feared lost after the ship sailed from Buss lare Asiatic Turkey bound for Hamburg.
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Richmond
Swanson
Prentice
Stewart
Busslare
Asiatic
Turkey
Hamburg
Madrak
Arabia
Vnce
Head of Several Mills. Norwich Aug 3 death in Easton Point
William M Black stone died at his home at Easton Point while traveling to Morocco Algiers on Aug 3 Two batteries artillery Cutting Dows His Lead. Jackson Mississippi Aug 2 With one county to be heard from Jonm Sharpe Williams lies a lead of oly Body identified New York Aug 3 The body of the woman found strangled in an area has been identified as Helen Farrell a trained nurse.
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Bangor
Aroostook County
Aroostook
Norwich
William M. Blackstone
Easton Point
Cutting Dows
Jackson
Misatesippi
Jonm Sharpe Williams
Oly
New York
Helen Farrell
Burned the Auto Near Deerfield After Fatal Accident
Mob of farmers in Deerfield say a touring car that ran over a child was set ablaze by local residents. Prominent figures were allegedly removed from the vehicle and forced to watch the blaze before walking two miles to reach a driver. Occupants named include Louis F. Swift, son of a millionaire, and S B Chapin with Mrs Chapin, amid guarded accident details.
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Chicago
Deerfield
Highland Park
Louis F. Swift
Packer
8. B. Chapin
8. B. Chapin & Co
New York
Chapin Jana
JAPS STILL SPYING ON CAMP WELLS ACTIVITIES
Cleveland reports Battery A returned from annual target practice at Camp Wells where Captain J A Blasine said two Japanese observers watched the gun work from cover among trees. Battery A is among the few units with the latest field pieces.
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Cleveland, O
Battery A
Camp Wells
J.A. Blasine
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