Empress Dowager’s Birthday Fete Welcomes American Fleet
Amoy China November 4 Three thousand sailors ashore as fourteen warships of the Atlantic Fleet celebrate the dowager empress birthday with a national salute at noon. Wisconsin team defeats the ship nine 14 to 4 in baseball, races and jumps claim top placings. Prince Yu Lang delivers congratulations as Emory extends greetings from the American squadron.
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Amoay
China
Prince Yu Lang
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Culgoa
Kentucky
Ohio
Virginia
Missouri
Emory
Peking
Foreign Board
Legation
Amoy
U Lang
One Death as Schools Close in Gas Fuel Shortage
St. Joseph Missouri faced a fatal gas incident after a main rupture near Leavenworth Kansas caused a fuel outage. One man, Joseph Chartrand, died as the household gas reignited and fumes escaped when supply resumed.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Leavenworth
Kan
St. Joseph
Joseph Chartrand
Navy parade to boast 8000 to 10000 sailors in two events
Washington expects 8000 to 10000 enlisted men in a parade on the Jamestown grounds to accompany the president’s annual battleship fleet review. An inaugural parade in Washington on March 4 aims for 10000 blue jackets. In New York a 20 year old man, Nicholas D Offutt, is jailed awaiting extradition over a murder charge. Aurora Daily News changes hands as L C Wolf and Senator Hopkins buy the paper.
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Washington
Navy Department
Jamestown Exposition
New York
Nicholas
D. Offutt
Maryland
Frank Krotzmer
Rockville
Aurora Daily News
Aurora,Ill
L. C. Wolf
Aurora, Ilgin & Chicago Traction Company
Albert J. Hopkins
Aurora, Daily News
Wireless from Warship San Diego Report
In California on November 4 a wireless station near San Diego reported communications with a Pacific fleet unit within 100 miles of the bay. The awkward clipping notes a naval context and implies ship-to-shore or ship-to-ship messaging during wartime activity.
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Warship
San Diego
Cal
Shocking Detroit Murder Confession Plea Entered
John Kurka and Mrs. Anthony Schultz pleaded guilty to the murder of Schultz's husband after confessing to police. The crime stemmed from an illicit affair. the body was dumped in a wagon then hidden under straw on a western suburb lane. The pleas forego a justice court examination and move to Wayne County circuit court.
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Detroit
Mich
John Kurka
Anthony Schultz
Justice of the Peace
Gerhard
Hamtranck Township
Schultz
Kurka
Annie
Justice Court
Circuit Court
Wayne County
Carnival of Aeronauts At Morris Park
Aviators from across the United States gathered at Morris Park on Tuesday for a series of contests under the Aeronautic Society. The main event was a flying machine competition judged on scientific construction advances, with other events including gliders launched from a catapult, a wind wagon race, Montgolfier balloon ascents, and weather bureau kite meteorology demonstrations.
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New York
Morris Park
United States
Aeronautic Society
United States Weather Bureau
Riverbank collapses endanger Pine Bluff landmarks
In Pine Bluff Arkansas on November 4 two brick cotton warehouses owned by R M Knox and D S Bluthenthal collapsed into the Arkansas River as bank caving threatens Hotel Jefferson and the Jefferson county courthouse. The river erodes the business district while cottages and Gov. J S Reane's historic home vanish downstream. Citizens plan to seek $100,000 from Congress to fortify two miles of riverfront.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
R. M. Knox
D. S. Bluthenthal
Arkansas
Jefferson
Jefferson County
Gov. J. 8
Reane
Congress
Woman Returns $20,000 Plunder After Arrest
Chicago on November 4 a woman identified as Alice Cheney Brown surrendered $20,000 in securities taken from Babcock Rushton and Louderback bond dealers in the Rookery building. She was arrested at Union Station while bound for Denver Colorado.
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Chicago
Babcock, Rushton & Louderback
Rookery Building
Alice Cheney Brown
Union Depot
Denver
Col
Britt Beats Summers In England In Ten Rounds
California fighter Jimmy Britt defeats Johnny Summers of England in Wonderland London in the tenth round of a ten round bout held at 123 pounds. The match ends with Britt the clear winner under the sanctioned terms.
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Jimmy Britt
England
London
Jimmy” Britt
California
Johnny Summers
Collision on Potomac River Misses City of Washington
A Norfolk and Washington steamer collided with the Washington and Alexandria ferry Lackawanna three miles below Washington. One man, Samuel Belanker, 40, drowned. several passengers were injured. The Lackawanna was wrecked and the City of Washington slightly damaged. Immigration of signals and low ferrywater cited.
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Washington
Norfolk & Washington
City of
Lackawanna
Emma F. Swann
Richard
Fanny B. Smith
New York
Jamaica Bay
Jacob Smith
Brooklyn
Mergus
Smith
Summerside
P. EB. L
Calabria
Campbellton
N. B
Boston
St. John
Quebec
Can
Mercer
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Madsen
Night Riding Topic Highlighted At Cotton Conference
Atlanta on November 4 reports complete arrangements for the Southern Cotton association meeting to be held November 10 and 11 in Memphis. Gov. M R Patterson of Tennessee and J A Taylor of the National Gunners association lead a speaker list discussing night riding in the South, with other names including Gov. Noel of Mississippi and W P G Harding of Birmingham First National Bank.
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Atlanta
Southern Cotton Association
Harvie Jordan
Memphis
M. R. Patterson
Tennessee
J. A. Taylor
National Gunners’ Association
Gov. Noel
Mississippi
B. D. Smith
Florence
8. C
Walter, Clarke
Jackson, Miss
W. P. G. Harding
First National Bank of
Birmingham
Savannah Fire Destroys Village in Wayne County
The village of Savannah in Wayne County near Syracuse was nearly wiped out by a Tuesday fire that spread through the business district. Twenty two buildings were consumed, including two hotels, the opera house, post office, two telephone offices, fourteen stores, a warehouse and three homes, with losses around 150000 dollars.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Savannah
Yere
Wayne County
Eda May Keep the Auto in Bankruptcy Case
Judge Holt denied a motion directing actress Hona Wallace Happer to surrender to Charles B Littlefield the automobile and life insurance policies Albert O Brown presented to his fiancé before the A O Brown & Co collapse. Two Are Fatally Hurt in Duluth Derby Accident. In Duluth Minnesota four men were injured two fatally as a derrick mast slipped and workers fell from the fifth to the first floor of the new courthouse project.
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Eda
New York
Holt
United States District Court
Hona Wallace Happer
Charles B Littlefield
A. O. Brown & Co
Albert O. Brown
Duluth
Minn
Charles‘Nichols
Fred ‘Mooney
Atkins Minn School Superintendent Dies by Poison
King, superintendent of schools in Atkins Minnesota for six years, died by his own hand after taking poison. He was reported to be in poor health and overworked. He was 42.
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Atkins
Minn
King
President Roosevelt to journey to Africa after inauguration
The New York Times reports President Roosevelt plans to depart March 18 from New York aboard the Koenig Albert for Naples then to Africa via Gibraltar. He will travel with his son Kermit a Smithsonian professor and a navy official on a 34 day sea voyage, later moving by land and river to Uganda province. Roosevelt will not enter the Congo territory and may hunt on private Ugandan estates. He votes as private citizen.
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New York
the Times
New York Times
Roosevelt
Koenig Albert
Naples
Gibraltar
Kermit
Africa
Smithsonian Institution
Navy Department
Naples Mr. Roosevelt
Mombassa
Suez Canal
Aden
Uganda
Port Florence
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Entebbe
Central Africa
Mr. McMillan
James McMillan
Detroit
Nairobi
London
Colonial Office
Washington
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Little Village
Republican Party
William H. Taft
William Loeb, Jr
White House
Oyster Bay
Serious Floods In Formosa Reported After Typhoon
Formosa Victoria British Columbia Nov 4 rivers near Keelung Cham and Tanko overflowed wrecking 40 junks. News wall aboard steamer Antilochus notes heavy floods and large losses. Also in Littis Rock Arkansas 26 men held for night riding to appear before grand jury. special November 9 court session set to try cases.
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Formosa
Victoria
Antilochus
Tifé
Keelung
Cham
Tanko
Littis Rock
Ark
Craighead County
Wight
Big Philadelphia Fire Destroys Lumber Yards in Northwest
A spectacular blaze in Philadelphia on November 4 destroyed the A&N Williams lumber yards at Glenwood Sedgley Cumberland and Twenty second streets near the Pennsylvania rails. Loss estimated at 750000. Firefighter Harry Wilkinson narrowly escaped with serious burns after driving chemical engine 45 into the yard as fire consumed the big lumber piles. The fire forced hours of train delays and warped a Rapid Transit bridge. Officials suspect incendiary origin.
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Philadelphia
A&n, Williams
Glenwood
Sedgley Avenues
Cumberland
York
Twenty-second
Pennsylvania Railroad
Southern and Western
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Glenwood Avenue
Harry Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Wilkin’ Gon
Wright Rejects Cross Country Flights as Dangerous
Paris, Nov 4 Wilbur Wright the American aeroplanist said he will not imitate Farman and Bleriot in cross country flights. He praised their courage but warned they may face a fatal gust despite skill. Wright favors careful practice on a prescribed course for safer aviation progress. The National Aerial league plans a monument at the spot Henry Farman landed in Rheims after his Mourmelon flight.
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Paris
Wilbur Wright
Farman
Bleriot
Wright
National Aerial League
Henry Farman
Val Rheims
Mourmelon
JUMPS OVER NIAGARA FALLS IN BUFFALO EXECUTION
Charles A. Hengerer former vice president of the William Hengerer Company and son of its founder died by suicide Monday in Niagara Falls after jumping into the river. He had been employed by Willis K. Morgan Company Buffalo furniture and draperies store and appeared normal that morning. No motive for death is known.
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Niagara. Falls
Charles A. Hengerer
William” Hengerer
William Hengerer
Buffalo
Yengerer
Willis K. Morgan Company
William Hangover Company
Formerly Interne Hospital State Uni versity of Iowa
Formerly interne hospital state university of Iowa contact details mention a house phone and office and an address line referring to Atlanta with incomplete OCR text.
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Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Atlante
WANTS CASE IN FEDERAL COURT NOW FILED IN OMAHA
Omate Nebraska November 4 A petition signed by William R Hearst before a notary in New York asks that the $600000 libel suit by Governor Haskell of Oklahoma against Mgr Hearst in Nebraska be transferred to the federal court J W Battin Hearst local attorney filed the petition Tuesday arguing the parties reside outside Nebraska and the case cannot be tried in a state court The petition raises the question whether transfer to federal court is allowed
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Omate
Neb
William R. Hearst
New York
Gov. Haskell
Oklahoma
Mgr. Hearst
State Court of
Nebraska
Omaha
Federal
J. W.,battin
Hearst
Pees
Body found in barn near New Iberia under odd circumstances
Children discovering a well dressed man’s mutilated body in a barn near New Iberia La on November 4. He appears about 30 and shows marks from an iron bar. Authorities suspect airship propeller use in the fatal injury. In Kansas City a Call Airship worker died when a large propeller struck him during tests.
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New Iberia
New Ipeila
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Joseph Ternock
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Josephine Cock-Finley
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