Roosevelt home voyage sparks praise of navy and canals
President Roosevelt returned to Washington after a Panama trip, praising the U S navy and the isthmian canal project. He hinted a special message on Panama and Porto Rico while recounting the voyage and welcoming crowd. An accident on the Potomac claimed Melvin Cleveland's life, marine details noted.
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United States Navy
Panama
Porto Rico
Isthmian
Washington
Isthmus
Roosevelt
Potomac
Louisiana
Pineypoint
Navy Yard
Ethel Roosevelt
Hagner
White House
Panama Canal
Oneida
District of Columbia Naval Militia
Piney Point
Melvin T. Cleveland
Desertion Rates Rise in U S Army Says Report
Washington reports the annual military secretary's findings show 6 258 desertions in the year ended June 30 amounting to 7 4 per 100 soldiers. White soldiers average 8 4 percent desertion while Negro soldiers average 2 3 percent. Of 1906 deserters 813 were apprehended and 240 surrendered to authorities.
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Washington
United States Army
Ainsworth
Band of Cienfuegos Disarmed by Rural Guards
Governor Magoon reports in Havana that a band of eight men from Cienfuegos was overhauled by a rural guard detachment led by Captain Landa. The group was taken into custody, disarmed with difficulty, and is being brought to Cienfuegos. Secretary Taft relayed the dispatch.
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Washington
Taft
Magoon
Havana
Cienfuegos
Landa
Physicians Testify Grace Brown Died From Blows
Two doctors who performed the Grace Brown autopsy testified at the Gillette murder trial that she received fatal blows before entering Big Moose Lake and were not drowned. They stated the lungs showed insufficient water for drowning and the blows likely caused death or unconsciousness prior to disposal.
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Mills
Gillette
A. O. Douglas
Grace Brown
Big Moose Lake
Herkimer
N. Y
B. H. Douglas
Little Falls
Swept Over Horseshoe Falls in Small Boat at Niagara
An unknown man was swept over Niagara Falls Horseshoe in a small boat after would be rescuers attempted to reach him. Ontario Power Company employee spotted the craft and two rescuer boats followed toward the mouth of the Chippewa River but a strong current carried the man over the falls. The rescuers faced danger but reached shore safely.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Horseshoe Falls
Ontario Power Company
Chippewa River
Niagara
Goat Island
Webb City Foot Race Case Upheld on Appeal
Judge Hook in the United States circuit court of appeals sustains the circuit court ruling in favor of Exchange bank of Webb City and J P Stewart versus S E Moss and Jonathan Davis. Plaintiffs alleged a fraudulent foot race defrauding them of a large sum. circuit court had ruled for the plaintiffs.
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St. Paul
Hook
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
The
Exchange Bank of
Webb City
J. P. Stewart
S. E. Moss
Jonathan Davis
United States Circuit Court
Mine Building Wrecked by Slide Near Telluride
A snowslide at Mastodon gulch four miles from Animal Forks, Telluride Colorado, destroyed the Mountain Green mine bunk house blacksmith shop boarding house engine and compressor house and its machinery. Estimated damage reaches fifty thousand dollars as wreckage was carried a half mile.
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Telluride
Colo
Mountain Green
Animal Forks
Mastodon Gulch
Explosion at Wilburton Mine Claims Many Lives
In Wilburton Indian Territory on November 27 a Deganen and McConnel coal mine No 19 exploded after days of fire. Nineteen deaths were recorded the past year but six men in the shaft escaped. It is uncertain how many lives were lost in the blast.
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Wilburton
I. T
Deganen & McConnel
Multiple terse telegraph items span naval transfer to Louisiana militia and other 1900s notices
The Alvardo gunboat, captured from Spain, moved to Louisiana naval militia. The Richard Hanlon Millinery Co plans liquidation. Mrs Checkley and two children die in Providence gas tragedy. A New Haven railyard collision kills three workers and injures five. In Jacksonville Illinois, two officials face indictment over school purchases. A Tonopah boxing bout for the lightweight title with a $20,000 purse is planned with Gans Herman and Casino Athletic Club involvement.
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Alvardo
Spain
Louisiana
Richard Hanlon Millinery Company
St. Louis
New York
Paris
Joe Gans
Kid Herman
Casino Athletic Club
Tonopah
Nev
Missionaries in Danger in Lienchow Reports
Advices from Canton indicate a resurgence of anti missionary sentiment at Lienchow where property has been pillaged. The American consul has urged the native vice roy to provide protection for missionaries and their property.
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Lienchow
Hong Kong
Canton
Eight Jurors Secured in Mutual Case in New York
Eight jurors were secured in the criminal branch of the supreme court for the trial of George Burnham Jr. Frederick A. Burnham and George D. Eldredge of the Mutual Reserve Insurance company. They were indicted for grand larceny.
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Mutual Case
New York
Supreme Court
George Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Insurance Company
Frederick A. Burnham
George D. Eldredge
Bank Robber Confesses After Missouri Train Hold Up
Marshall Mo November 27 a bandit who robbed the Chicago and Alton train between Glasgow and Slater sought a plea to burglary through the prosecuting attorney, offering to confess if charged as burglary. Claude Randall twenty years old from St Louis admitted his role and described movements and loot including watches and about $1500.
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St. Louis
Mexico
Wabash
Slater
Chicago and Alton
Golden State Limited
St. Louis Republic
Glasgow
Grant City
Taft Defends Engineers In Niagara River Power Dispute
President Taft cut short remarks by J Horace McFarland of the American Civic Association in Philadelphia as they debated the Niagara river water diversion. McFarland criticized statements cited from Captain Charles W Kunz of the army engineers who studied permit applications for power diversion.
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Washington
Taft
Corps of Army Engineers
J. Horace McFarland
American Civic Association
Philadelphia
Niagara River
Canada
United States
McFarland
Charles W. Kunz
Corps of Engineers
War Department
Mrs Emma Kaufmann Arraigned in Murder Case in South Dakota
Mrs Emma Kaufmann wife of Moses Kaufmann pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Judge Jones in a state circuit court in Sioux Falls South Dakota. The charge is murdering 16 year old domestic Miss Agnes Poirers who worked for Mrs Kaufmann. A continuance was requested to a later term of court and the proceedings were described as lacking sensational features.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Emma Kaufmann
Moses Kaufmann
Jones
State Circuit
Agnes Poirers
Caruso Appeals Conviction For Annoying Women At Central Park
Judge O Sullivan grants a right to appeal from a police magistrate ruling in the case of Enrico Caruso the Italian opera singer found guilty in municipal court of annoying women in the monkey house at Central Park fined 10 dollars. Caruso did not appear in court and his lawyers filed the appeal sworn to by Caruso detailing the arrest and conviction.
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New York
O’sullivan
Court of General Sessions
Enrico Caruso
Central Park
Caruso
O'Sullivan
Baker
Shaw Has Strenuous Day as Pittsburg Postoffice Site Visit
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw inspected proposed post office sites in Pittsburg and met with business leaders. He traveled the center of the city and faced heated protests, including an incident where he snapped fingers at H. D. W. English. Condemnation proceedings were underway for the chosen site.
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Pittsburg
Treasury
Shaw
Washington
H. D. W. English
Chamber of Commerce
League outlines Iowa municipal bills for next session
Council Bluffs Iowa November 27 The League of Iowa Municipalities via its legislative committee has a report ready for legislators. Among a dozen proposed measures are forcing telephone companies to make reasonable connections and publicizing public service affairs. The package also seeks regular reports on receipts expenditures and earnings and reform in state census taking.
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Council Bluffs
League of Iowa Municipalities
Iowa
League
San Francisco Mayor Ruef Indicted. Paris Minister Shot
Eugene B. Schmitz denies graft charges as political enemies plot against him on the way home. The San Francisco mayor proclaims innocence before Union Station, blaming politics. In Paris, M Merlou, cabinet minister to Peru, is wounded by a woman amid vengeance claims.
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Omaha
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Peru
Boulevard Des Italienes
Allemagne
M. Merlou
Woman Shoots French Minister
Paris reports a dramatic incident as Pierre Merlou, serving as minister of finance under the Rouvier government, was shot. The event occurred amid ongoing political tensions in early November.
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Paris
Pierre Merlou
Grand Island Hunter Killed by Accidental Shot
Henry Habig was shot and killed while hunting along the Platte river in Grand Island Nebraska. His son in law Arnold Fehrenkamp fired the gun unintentionally after it discharged as they stood ten steps apart. The body was taken to the city by hack while Habig Chauncey Habig and Fehrenkamp traveled by handcar.
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Grand Island
Neb
Henry Habig
Platte River
Arnold Fehrenkamp
Habig
Arnold
Fehrenkamp
Chauncey Habig
St. Joseph
Tobacco Chewing Ban Enforced at State University
Lincoln November 27 reports Dean Pound says Chancellor Andrews orders expulsion for students who chew tobacco. The rule follows a prior campus smoking ban. chewers will be expelled and smokers already restricted now move south of Eleventh Street.
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Lincoln
The
State University
Pond
Law School
Andrews
Pound
Eleventh Street
Alleged Parricide Arrested in Peoria Claim
Edward Clifford, accused of shooting his father, is in Sheriff Potter’s custody awaiting grand jury action. Investigators say a money dispute sparked the fatal quarrel. he is held without bail and silent. Birdie Appel, a Denver auto driver, faces manslaughter charge in O’Haver death.
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Parricide
Peoria
Edward Clifford
Potter
Denver
Howard O’haver
Mercy Hospital
Birdie Appel
H.S. Appel
Appel
O’haver
Miss Appel
Hudson
Wreck on Missouri Pacific Near Ottawa
Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 2 derailed two miles west of Ottawa when rails spread. Tender slid off, coaches derailed, sleeper stayed on tracks. Several passengers bruised but none seriously hurt.
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Missouri Pacific
Ottawa
Kan
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Charles G. Checkley
Providence
New Haven
Conn
C. G. Ruttledge
J. A. Obermeyer
Board of Education
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Iraw
Gonfesses
Missouri
Monkey House
Mrs. Kaufmann
O’sulvan
Secretary of Treasury
Pittsburg Postoffice
Union National Bank
W. M. Greely
Ames
Henry Wilson
E. W. Stanton
T. A. Dodds
Bankers National Bank
Chicago
National City Bank
Valley National Bank and
Citizen's Natioal Bank
Des Moines
Forthun & Holmes
the Emporium OF Music
W. G. Stockwell
Iowa State College
Kelley
Inland Construction Co
I Aera SS
J. C. Williams
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