Vanderbilt Heiress Weds Hungarian Nobleman in New York
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt's fortune, marries Count Laszlo Szechenyi at Fifth Avenue's Vanderbilt mansion. The ceremony features a $75,000 trousseau and $1,000,000 in gifts. The couple departs for Newport before sailing to Europe on February 4.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-seventh Street
Gladys
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Duchess of Marlborough
Laszlo Jena Maria Henrik Simon Szechenyi
Vanderbilt
Laszlo
Count Laszlo Jena Maria Henrik Simon Szechenyi
Hungary
Ninth
Hussars
Franz Josef
Trousseau
Paris
Lavelle
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly
Dorothy Whitney
Anton Sigraw
Dionys
Paul Esterhazy
Newport
Rockefeller Aids Unemployed In New York Region
John D. Rockefeller directs Pocantico Hills superintendent to lay off foreign workers and hire native residents to aid unemployed in Tarrytown. He also authorizes needy families to collect wood from his woods for home heating.
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New York
Tarrytown
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Rockefeller
Ouida the novelist dies in Italy at age near Florence
Louise de la Ramee known as Ouida dies at her home near Florence. Report says death caused by age and prior hardships with heart disease. She remained devoted to her dogs and shared meals with them until the end.
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Rome
Louisville Aero Club Plans Balloon Flight to Indianapolis
The Louisville Aero Club forms with twenty five charter members and intends a preliminary balloon flight to Indianapolis as a trial of skill.
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Louisville
Louisville Aero Club
Indianapolis
Cain Abel and Eve Visit Barber Shop in Vineland
Adam Craig a barber with biblical humor tends Cain and Abel who arrive together for shaves. Eve Jackson, an elderly colored woman, enters for tobacco for her husband, bringing the first family scene all present in the shop.
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Vineland
N. J
Adam Craig
George Cain
Edgar Abel
Adam
Cain
Abel
Eve Jackson
New Haven Lightkeeper Ends Life On Breakwater
Nils Nielson, light tender at the New Haven breakwater lighthouse, killed himself by cutting his throat after prior suicide attempts thwarted by assistants. A famed rescuer who saved several lives in storms on Long Island Sound, he earned a Congressional heroism medal two years ago. Authorities suspect loneliness at the lighthouse contributed to his mental decline.
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New Haven, Conn
Nils Nielson
New Haven
Long Ages Sound
Congress
Lfe
Maggie's Picture Enchants Burglar Thefts
In Pittsburg a burglar fled with Maggie McDade's bathing suit photo after abandoning the jewels. Police inspector Robert Gray has the note left by the thief and is using handwriting to trace the thief, described as a Raffles style Chesterfield figure.
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Pittsburg
Maggie McDade
Maggie
Raffles
Robert Gray
Taft Boosts Island Policy Amid Independence Timing Debate
Washington reports nine years after Manila Bay Taft optimism about the Philippine archipelago. President Roosevelt praises McKinley era policy while Taft’s long report cites peace progress, administration standards, and a $3.09 million annual outlay. He urges free duty Philippine products, mining rights, an agricultural bank, and exemption from coastwise laws.
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Washington
Manila Bay
Taft
Archipelago
Congress
Roosevelt
Philippines
William McKinley
United States
Ag Pvan
Benguet
Attack on Speaker Cannon Sparks House Debate
In the House of Representatives Mr. Shackelford of Missouri attacks Speaker Cannon during the urgent deficiency appropriation bill debate. He calls Cannon the "ablest and Soldest champion of autocracy," claiming he exerts greater despotism than any European monarchy.
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Washington, Special
House of Representatives
Shackelford
Missouri
Cannon
Europe
Servant Now an Heiress in Western Iowa Tale
Helen R. Martin contrasts her hero in His Courtship with Nellie Ingham a Western Iowa woman raised near Sioux City by a farmer's family. Brought by her father over twenty two years ago she believes she is heiress to a million dollar English estate.
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Webster City
Iowa
Helen R. Martin
Nellie Ingham
Sioux City
Women barred from smoking in New York public places
The New York Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance banning women from smoking in restaurants and other public venues. The measure settles the issue for now and enforces restrictions on female smoking in public spaces.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
Get-Away Tragedy Ties Rail Death to Suburban Station
Comrades of a local workman in Raku Transcaucasia attacked the locomotive engineer who struck the worker. In the ensuing escape the engineer was run down and killed six more people, affecting the suburban station and railway service.
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Transcaucasia
Cable
Death verdict: Mrs. Dukes dies by own action in Indiana
Coroner G W Brown in Frankfort Indiana rules Mrs Samuel Dukes death by own action after she was found with a bullet through her heart a week ago. The ruling confirms suicide as the cause in this case.
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Duke
Frankfort
Ind
G. W. Brown
Samuel Dukes
Grace on the Go Climax in Chicago Riot Ends Vain Hoboes Parade
Dr. Ben L. Reitman once a respected scientist led a “parade of the unemployed” in Chicago, was struck by a policeman’s club, and after a violent riot quit his reform efforts. He vowed to return to his medical work and abandon hoboes advocacy.
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Chicago
Brotherhood Welfare Association
Ben L. Reitman
Keitman
Dr. Reitman
Polyclinic Post-Graduate College
Chicago College of Dental Surgery
Chicago Veterinary College
Pacific
Atlantic
Reitman
Bekins
Gale
Heaven on Earth? Elkins proposes a village Utopia
Prof W B Elkins of Missouri and Chicago Press outline a community of interest plan in the American Journal of Sociology. A village doctor and lawyer provide free services, shared dining, rail fare cut to four cents a mile, and elimination of servants and day laborers as part of a healthier, wiser, more equal future.
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Chicago
W. B. Elkins
Elkins
University of Missouri
American Journal of Sociology
University of Chicago
King Alfonso Escapes Boar Attack During Hunt
King Alfonso of Madrid narrowly escaped death when a wild boar charged during a hunt. He fired at the animal and believed it killed, but the boar leaped up again until a companion shot the creature in the head. The king was unharmed.
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Alfonso
Madrid
Woman Shoots Man in Macy's Cafe then Kills Self
In New York a stylish woman in a Macy's eighth floor cafe shoots Frank Brady a newspaper ad solicitor, then kills herself after firing five rounds. The couple had been intimate. Brady dies at the scene. the woman dies in hospital about a half hour later.
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New York
Macy’s Department Store
Frank Brady
Rebel Plot Frustrated in Lisbon Plot to Overthrow Monarchy Foiled
In Lisbon a conspiracy by about 40 Republicans aimed to assassinate Premier Franco and trigger a street revolt during celebrations was crushed by police. Ringleaders including Joao Chagras and Franca Berger were captured. bombs and revolvers were found. Officer suspicions and a planned January 31 revolt are noted.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Franco
Villa Vicosa
Abruzzi
Army
Navy
Joao Chagras
Franca Berger
O Munda
Grendelin
Diario Illustrado
Oporto
Diario Popular
Scientific American Defends U S Navy Against Reuterdahl Critique
The Scientific American answers Henry Reuterdahl’s attack on U S naval strength, arguing guns at low elevation and armor placement issues are unfounded. It cites own and government documents and asserts U S ships rank second to none in general efficiency despite critics.
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New York
Scientific American
Henry Reuterdahl
Reuterdahl
Three Fire Tragedy Strikes Baltimore Firefighters
A major blaze in Baltimore on Thursday kills three firefighters and injures many, including George Horton the fire department chief. Damages are estimated between 409000 and 500000 dollars, marking the worst fire since the 1904 calamity that earned the city global notoriety.
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Baltimore
Tmmore
George Horton
Agent Added To Seean Code Bill To Stop Crop Tips
A Washington special report states an agent has been added to the seean code bill in the House making it a crime for any government officer or employee to disclose advance crop statistics legally prepared.
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Washington
Got What Was Coming
Eufaula Alabama police report a prominent local businessman William L. Jones shot dead while attempting to enter the room of Callla McLaughlin a noted local woman.
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Eufaula
Ala
William L. Jones
Callla McLaughlin
Hidden Silver Ties Behind Bryan Campaign Finances
The New York World reports David H. Moffat and Western mining interests funded Bryan's 1896 run, claiming 90 percent of Democratic funds came from silver magnates led by Marcus Daly. The St Louis Post-Dispatch also cites a list showing major contributors and attacks Bryan, arguing for full campaign finance disclosure.
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New York
New York World
David H. Moffat
First National Bank of
Denver
Colo
Moffat
Bryan
Democratic National Committee
James K. Jones
National Committee
St. Louis
the Post Dispatch
William Jennings Bryan
Silver Trust
Marcus Daly
Democratic Committee
Post-Dispatch
Confession Tells How Bank Robbers Exploited Sleepwalking Cashier
James Harper and W. T. Smith say National Bank of Hattiesburg cashier A. F. Thompson robbed the bank in his sleep after watching him for nights. The two robbers asserts Thompson gave them the safe combination while under an electric light with closed eyes, and they looted the vault after entering.
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Thompson
Millionaires in the U S Chicago Special
Edward A. Ross of the University of Wisconsin states there are 5000 U S millionaires, 2000 in New York. Their combined wealth exceeds Europe’s total millionaire wealth, with three or four American money kings valued at about 300 million dollars.
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Chicago
United States
New York
Edward A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Europe
Pearl Bryan Mystery Returns to Chicago Lake Scene
A headless unclad woman's body was found floating in Lake Michigan off Jackson Park. Police face a new crime mystery as the young woman is described as likely of high social standing.
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Pearl Bryan
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Jackson Park
Catholic Directory Lists 13 877 426 US Catholics
Milwaukee reports advance sheets of the 1908 Wiltzius Catholic directory show 13 877 426 Roman Catholics in the United States. The tally appears in the city publication outlining church population nationwide.
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Milwaukee
United States
Haitian Revolution Ends Suppressed Leader Captured and Executed
In Port au Prince the revolution is crushed. Jean Jumeau, leader of the movement, was captured at Dessalines near Gonaives and immediately shot by government troops. Gonaives is occupied by the government forces.
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Port Au Prince
Jean Jumeau
Dessalines
Gonaives
Spanish Queen Expected to Deliver in July
Semi official notice from Madrid states that the Queen is encreante and that accouchement is expected in July weighing on the crown and public interest. Government and palace sources decline further comment.
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Madrid
Spain
Oil Wells Fail In Indiana Decline In 1906 Output
A government bulletin reports Indiana produced 1 673 477 barrels of petroleum in 1906, down from 3 290 770 barrels in 1905 by 30 percent. Despite drilling nearly 1 200 new wells delivering about 15 000 barrels daily, many wells were abandoned due to saltwater encroachment with new developments mainly in Delaware Grant and Jay counties.
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Washington
Indiana
Delaware
Grant
Jay Counties
Bryan's Nomination Expected by All Sides
Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier Journal predicts Bryan will be the Democratic standard bearer at the Denver convention next July and believes he would win if unrest continues. He says Governor Hughes is the Republicans’ only contender who could defeat Bryan under normal conditions.
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Washington
Bryan
Democratic Party
Denver
Hughes
Republican Party
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Louisville Courier-Journal
Watterson
Russia and US discuss joint action against Japan
Paris dispatch reports Russia and the United States negotiating potential joint action against Japan. Washington allegedly asks Russia to deploy 59,000 troops on the far eastern frontier and to grant a naval base site on the Siberian coast. In return the United States would guarantee a new Russian loan issued in a lump.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Russia
United States
Japan
Washington
Siberian
Betrothed Couple Drown Near Worcester
The bodies of Peter Caplett and Annie Marrier were found drowned after skating on a Worcester pond in darkness. They were clasped in each other’s arms and had planned to marry in a fortnight.
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Worcester
Mass
Peter Caplett
Annie Marrier
Baltimore & Ohio imposes strict no intoxication rule
The Baltimore and Ohio rail announces a new policy prohibiting any drinking of intoxicants by staff at all times, during or outside duty, and states that violators will not be employed.
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Baltimore, Special
Baltimore & Ohio Rail
Send Him Back to Britain Star-Spangled Banner Association Protest
A young Englishman employed by a major life insurer allegedly trampled an American flag in the company offices. The Star-Spangled Banner Association has formally demanded the man be discharged and residents in New York reacted angrily to the incident.
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New York
Star-Spangled Barner Association
Bootblacking Privilege Leased at McAdoo Terminal Buildings
The bootblacking privilege in the new twin McAdoo Terminal Buildings on Cortlandt Street has been leased for twelve years at a total rental of 124000 dollars. The annual rate equals 10333 dollars and 33 1 3 cents per year.
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New York
McAdoo Terminal
Cortlandt Street
Wealthiest Indian Is Dead in Osage Nation
James Big Heart ex chief of the Osage Indians and reputedly the richest Indian in the United States died of paralysis at his home near Big Heart Oklahoma in the Osage nation.
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Guthrie, Okla
James Bigheart
United States
Big Heart
New Chinese Mines Near Anton North of Tsuantsiu
A Chinese company plans iron and coal mines near Anton, about 55 miles northwest of Tsuantsiu. The venture is capitalized at 2 million dollars.
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Amoy
China
Anton
Tsuantsiu
Will Be Hanged Second Time
Franklin, a Black man captured by a mob and tortured to a tree, is in custody of legal authorities in Dothan Alabama. He faces formal hanging under law, with a likely execution to follow the investigation and trial.
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Dothan
Ala
Franklin
Gain
Noted Composer Edward MacDowell Dies in New York
Edward Alexander MacDowell, regarded as America's foremost composer, died Thursday night at Westminster Hospital in New York. He was 46.
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New York
Edward Alexander MacDowell
America
Diegparly
Westminster Hospital
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