The article recounts significant events reported by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on May 8 throughout different years. In 1876, Mayor Schroeder announced his traveling to the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The 1886 report covered a thrilling horse race at Kempton Park, where the colt Vatican won against the odds. In 1910, a legal case involving President Taft and others regarding the Panama Canal purchase reached the Supreme Court. A poignant mention in 1915 detailed the aftermath of the Lusitania sinking, noting 645 survivors and nearly 1,200 presumed dead, marking a tragic moment in maritime history.
The case of the United States versus the Press Publishing Company was docketed in the Supreme Court today, alleging libel involving critical figures during the Panama Canal purchase.
A cable from Consul Frost reports that the total survivors of the Lusitania disaster stands at 645, with nearly 1,200 bodies still unaccounted for, presumed dead.
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