Hurricane Hits Key West as Martial Law Declared
Key West reports a devastating hurricane with 100 mph winds causing $2,000,000 in damage. Martial law is proclaimed, guards patrol streets, and the U.S. government is urged to dispatch troops. Many homes wrecked or damaged, injuries reported, fires started, and key buildings including firehouses and the First National Bank damaged.
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Key Woat
Pla
Florida
Key
Key Went
First National Bank
Five Die as Havana Tornado Strikes City and Harbor
A severe Havana tornado caused extensive damage in the western inland area. Five people died including one by an electric wire, while twenty five were injured. Dozens of small boats in Havana harbor were sunk or beached, with total damages around one million dollars.
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Havana
Cuba
Storm Reveals Pirate Gold Washed From Lafitte Treasure
Merida Mexico October 12 severe storm along the Yucatan coast is believed to have uncovered Lafitte buried wealth on Puerto Colestan beach. Fishing crews recovered gold and silver coins of English and Spanish make bearing early 19th century dates scattered along the shore. Several thousand dollars have been collected.
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Lafitte
Merida
Mexico
Yucatan
Puerto Colestan
Four-Inch Gun Explodes Killing Two at Fort Riley
On the Fort Riley military reservation two men were killed and six injured when a four inch gun exploded during tests. Serjeant Smith and Private Daniels of battery A Sixth Field Artillery died. Lieutenant Ralph M. Pennell was badly hurt and five other sailors were slightly injured. The blast was blamed on a defect in the gun.
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Junction City
Kan
Fort Riley
Serjeant Smith
Daniels
Ralph M. Pennell
Legs Found in Suit Case Shocks New Bedford Area
Parts of a woman's body were found in a dress inside a suit case in bushes near New Bedford. The legs were wrapped in distance newspaper and are considered a key clue in a murder investigation led by local authorities. The incident is reported from Tiverton R I dated Oct 12.
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New Bedford
Tiverton
R. 1
Wright Sets New Record For Circle Flight
College Park Md Oct 12 Wilbur Wright conducted an early morning experimental flight to complete a circle in 1.735 seconds averaging about 35 miles per hour. The circle diameter measured roughly 250 feet.
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Wright
College Park
Wilbur Wright
Football Fatality Near Topeka City College Player Dies
In Topeka Kansas on October 11 Joseph M Waleh nineteen from Albuquerque died from injuries received in a recent football game at St Marys college.
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Topeka
Kan
Joseph M Waleh
Albuquerque
St Mary's College
Bank Finds $210,000 Shortage in Mineral Point
Mineral Point Wis Oct 12 The First National Bank of Mineral Point reports a shortage of 210000 dollars attributed to alleged forged notes as the cause.
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Mineral Point
Wis
First National Bank
Hudson Fulton fete ends in flame of display over Hudson River
New York observers mark the Hudson Fulton celebration with a torching finale from Staten Island to Albany. General Stuart Woodford acted for President Taft as beacon fires and a 1,000,000 candle power search light battery lit Riverside Drive. The Hudson Fulton commission used 36 peat cones, 30 feet high, burning six hours to send 60 foot flames aloft.
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New York
Staten
Albany
Stuart Woodford
Taft
Riverside Drive
Hudson River
Hudson Fulton Commission
Amundsen to Use Bears in Polar Expedition
Danish explorer Roald Amundsen plans a novel polar transport method using trained polar bears to haul sledges. He contracted with Carl Hagenbeck for twenty three year old bears after a month of training. Bears to be shipped to Christiania for voyage.
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Hamburg
Roald Amundsen
Amundsen
Carl Hagenbeck
Hagenbeck
Christiana
Packing Company Settles Oleo Tax Case in Leavenworth
The Cudahy Packing Company resolved a federal tax suit in Leavenworth Kansas by compromise. It paid a $5,000 fine plus back stamp taxes totaling $82,777.50 and a $10,000 special tax for agencies, amounting to 97,777.50 to the government.
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Packing Company
Oleo
Leavenworth
Kan
Cudahy Packing Company
Internal Revenue Laws
Plant to Produce Cholera Serum at Manhattan College
A new factory will be built at Manhattan Agricultural College in Topeka Kansas to manufacture hog cholera serum and sell it to farmers at cost. The plant is due to be ready in about six weeks with Dr. W B Niles of the government department installing it, aided by State Live Stock Commissioner Mercer and college experts. The serum is produced by a secret government process.
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Manhattan Agricultural College
Topeka
Kan
W. B. Niles
Government Agricultural Department
Mercer
Reid Torpedo Boat Destroyer Becomes Fastest American Vessel
Bath Maine October 11 the torpedo boat destroyer Reid reached 31.85 knots in a four hour test run for speed and fuel use securing its claim as the fastest American naval vessel. The achievement places Reid among the world’s swiftest naval craft.
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Bath
Reid
Train Derailment Fears Trigger Agent’s Death
Reports Wreck near Little Blue Missouri Pacific fast mail train derailment east of the city caused Isaac Davis station agent at Little Blue Mo to fear for traffic delays. Davis, already ill with heart trouble, collapsed after notifying division headquarters and died before a doctor arrived.
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Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Issac Davis
Little Blue
Davis
St Charles Opens Centennial Celebration in Missouri First Capital
St Charles Missouri begins its Centennial with an elaborate program of events. The state legislature will convene tomorrow in the historic building once used by lawmakers. Parades including bix parades are planned for visitors.
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St. Charles
Missouri
Desperado Earl Bullock Sought After Bank Robbery
Lawrence KansasOctober 12 Scores of armed citizens search for Earl Bullock an eighteen year old desperado who robbed the State bank at Eudora and may have fatally wounded Policeman Wilson Pringle who tried to arrest him at his mother home in Lawrence
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Lawrence, Kan
Earl Bullock
Desperado
Eudora
Wilson Pringle
Fer rer Is Sentenced to Death in Barcelona Trial
Francisco Ferrer, principal instigator of the revolutionary movement, was sentenced to death in Barcelona. He faces execution by shooting tomorrow night unless his sentence is countermanded.
Chinese trio executed for Tong war murder in Chinatown
Three Chinese men Min Sing Leong Gong and Sam Woon were electrocuted at Charlestown state prison for the August 2 1907 Chinatown Tong war murder of four compatriots.
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Boston
Min Sing
Leong Gong
Sam Woon
State Prison
Charlestown
Chinatown
Pirates Win 8-6 in World Series Thriller
Pittsburg defeats Detroit 8 to 6 in brutal weather as Wagner leads with four hits and four steals. Summers batted Summers, Bush and Delehanty starred for Detroit but Pittsburg builds early 6-0 lead then fends off seventh inning rally. Attendance 18,277 sets local record.
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Jennings
Pittsburg
Wagher
Hite
Bush
Delehanty
Detroit
Summera
Box
Summers
Maddox
Hans Wagner
Wagner
Willett
Works
Schmidt
Gibson
Crane Case Up To President
Washington message indicates Charles Crane may be asked to resign as minister to China or continue toward China after recall near his steamer. The full affair has been referred to President Taft with Knox briefing on material facts and views. Crane says nothing changed and he expects to sail for Korea and Peking on the 20th.
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Washington
Charles Crane
China
Knox
Taft
Crane
Cailing
Korea
Peking
Taft halts in Los Angeles on half completed trip
President Taft toured Pasadena and Riverside districts on a long Eastbound journey. He addressed school children urging patriotism and asked for the meaning of the flag and liberty as part of the day’s events before resuming the trip to the East.
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Los Angeles
Taft
Pasadena
Orange
Riverside
East
Cook Peary Controversy: Remsen to Name Commission
Washington Oct 12 The National Geographic Society agreed to join the American Geographical Society and the American Museum of Natural History in asking Dr Ira Remsen president of the National Academy of Sciences to appoint a commission to review a report on the Arctic record of observations and data by Commander Robert E Peary and Dr Frederick A Cook.
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Ira Remsen
Claima
Washington
National Geographic Society
Peary A Arctic Club
American Geographic Society
American Museum of Natural History
National Academy of Sciences
Arctic
Robert E. Peary
Frederick A. Cook
Tragic Death of Jilted Model at Knight Villa
Armaine Pisoni a seventeen year old model and servant at American painter Daniel Ridgeway Knight's villa in Mantes sur Seine France killed herself with a shotgun after being publicly jilted by her lover Gustav Fortune at a village ball.
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Mantes Sur Seine
France
Daniel Ridgeway Knight
Armaine Pisoni
Mr. Knight
Gustav Fortune
Thirty four Hurt in Two St Louis Street Car Crashes
Thirty four persons, mostly women, were injured in two street car collisions in St Louis as slippery tracks caused the accidents.
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St. Louis
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