Wreck Kills Eleven Near New Orleans and Nine in Wyoming
Eleven people die and many are injured after a New Orleans and Northeastern train collision near Little Woods Louisiana. Relief runs arrive as survivors endure makeshift medical care and fires consume debris amidst chaotic rescue efforts. In Wyoming a separate Union Pacific freight collision at Borie claims nine lives with only three bodies recovered as wreckage burns.
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New Orleans
New Orleans & Northeastern
Little Woods
Slidell
New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad
Great Northern Railroad
Covington
Northeastern
Hattiesburg
Miss
Lake Ponchartrain
Henry Jarleton
Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Borie
Duncan
President Roosevelt not a candidate for New York senate
National Committeeman William L. Ward said Roosevelt decided six months ago he would not run for the U S Senate to succeed Thomas C Platt. When asked if Secretary Root would be the next senator Ward replied with a question would Mr Root be a candidate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Senate
Thomas C. Platt
National
William L. Ward
New York
White House
Root
Thirty Years for Assault in Spartanburg Case
Spartanburg South Carolina November 12 John Irby four Negro man was convicted of attempting a criminal assault on Miss Leila Dempsey and sentenced to thirty years in prison.
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Spartanburg
S. C
John Irby
Leila Dempsey
Bryan's Oklahoma Majority Leads With Bryan Preference
Guthrie Oklahoma November 12 The state election board tallies 70 of 75 counties showing Bryan with a 13 873 plurality as returns continue.
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Bryan
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
State Election Board
Son of Everett Hale Dead in New York
Herbert Dudley Hale, son of Rev. Edward Everett Hale and a well known New York architect, died at his home in the city on November 12.
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Everett Hale
New York
Herbert Dudley Hale
Edward Everett Hale
Carmack Laid To Rest in Columbia Funeral Honors
Memorial services for Senator Edward Ward Carmack were held in Columbia with widespread state attendance. Crepe-draped buildings, Masonic burial rites, and elaborate floral tributes highlighted the somber day as tributes from Elks, Winnie Davis Chapter, U D C and local officials marked the event.
Rev French E Oliver urges Bryan to become evangelist
Burlington Kan Nov 12 Rev French E Oliver now holding a revival writes an open letter to William J Bryan urging the Nebraskan to preach the gospel and rise as an evangelist He says Bryan could equal the Apostle Paul and that one ambassador of Christ of his caliber is worth more to the nation than ten thousand presidents.
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Burlington
Kan
French E. Oliver
William J. Bryan
Apostle Paul
Oliver
Bryan
Paul
Christ
Pole seeker Andree presumed dead on Labrador coast
Copenhagen reports strong evidence that Prof. gs. A. Andree the arctic balloon explorer from 1897 has been found dead on the Labrador coast. A letter from the Danish steamer Inga captain says Captain Chalker of the American schooner Pelop of Conception Bay spotted a cross with the name Andree and, beneath it, a body and a box of documents on northern Labrador shores.
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Copenhagen
Gs. A. Andree
North Pole
Labrador
Inga
Chalker
Conception Bay
Newfoundland
Andree
S. A. Andree
Pelops
Wealthy Pennsylvanian Ends Life in Rail Car
B Frank Hall of St Mary's Pennsylvania, brother of State Senator J K P Hall and Judge Harry Alvin Hall, shot and killed himself in a parlor car aboard the Buffalo express on the Pennsylvania railroad. The death occurred November 12 in Philadelphia, marking the end of a wealthy man's life.
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Philadelphia
B. Frank Hall
St. Mary's
State Senate
J. K. P. Hall
Harry Alvin Hall
Buffalo Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Road Foreman Murdered Near Blairstown NJ
Clarence Leid of Harrisburg Pennsylvania, a foreman on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad, was murdered at a camp about two miles from Blairstown New Jersey, on November 12.
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Phillipsburg
N. J
Clarence Leid
Harrisburg
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Blairstown
Life Sentence for Negro Boy in Savannah
In Savannah Georgia on November 12 Solomon Reilly a ten year old negro boy was convicted and given a life sentence for the murder of Mrs Wilbur Torrence at Pooler near the city The case reflects a grave outcome for a youth in this crime report from the era.
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Savannah
Solomon Reilly
Small
Marge
Wilbur Torrence
Pooler
First real snowstorm begins in New Richmond Wisconsin
New Richmond Wisconsin reports the season's first real snowstorm starting Tuesday, with snow accumulating across streets and yards as residents prepare for wintry weather.
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New Richmond
Wis
Clash Expected As Gunness Case Opens Trial
Laporte Ind Nov 12 The murder trial of Ray Lamphere over Mrs Belle Gunness promising a clash as the state seeks to introduce the coroner s report as direct evidence while defense objects deeming it ex par te. Judge Richter orders veniremen excluded to pace jury selection with ten jurors tentatively acceptable to both sides.
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Laporte
Ind
Ray [Amshere
Belle Gunness
Richter
Jury progress in Lamphere Gunness murder trial slows pace
Four veniremen failed to satisfy both sides in the Lamphere murder case as jury selection stretched to Wednesday afternoon. State's Attorney Smith and lawyers Weir and Worden hope to complete the panel so evidence can begin, as Lizzie Smith testifies later in the week regarding timing and alibi questions about the 1908 Gunness fire. The third special venire of 25 freeholders began, with ten jurors already near acceptance, and additional examinations likely to bring changes before the 12 sworn to try the case are seated.
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Smith
Weir and Worden
Lizzie Smith
Lamphere
Gunness
Mrs. Smith
New Treaty Talk Between United States and Japan
New York Nov 12 The Herald reports Tokyo dispatch claiming high finance circles near the Katsura ministry say Secretary Root and Baron Takashira are negotiating a new treaty between the United States and Japan.
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Japan
New York
the Herald
Tokyo
Katsura
Root
Baron Takashira
United States
Reichstag Intensifies Debate Over Emperor William Interview
Berlin November 12 The Reichstag crowded as debate resumed on the Telegraph interview with Emperor William. Conservatives and radicals criticized the emperor's advisers for failing to define constitutional duties while highlighting divergence in foreign policy and demanding stronger resistance to imperial excursions. The session adjourned without concluding the question.
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Reichstag
Emperor William
London Telegraph
William
von Buelow
Baron von Kiderlen-Waechter
Baron Gamp
Liebermann von Sconenberg
Bismarck
Carl.Schrader
Friedrichshafen
Oswald Zimmermann
Prince von Buelow
Oskar von Normann
Konrad Haussmann
Five Mining Men Indicted For Mail Fraud In Kansas City
Five men formerly connected with the Central Mining and Development Company were indicted by the federal grand jury on November 12 for using the mails with intent to defraud. The company is capitalized at ten million dollars.
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Kansas City
Central Mining and Development Company
Federal Grand
Taft to Visit Georgia for December Stay
Augusta Georgia November 12 Assurances via wire that President elect Taft will arrive here December 16 for a couple of months stay.
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Taft
Georgia
Augusta
3 000 Held In Slavery In Florida Railway Case
In a U S circuit court trial Tuesday Judge Hough heard the government’s case against Florida East Coast Railway Company officials for alleged peonage and enforced servitude. The indictment lists Francisco Sabbia Edward Triay David Harley and Frank Hough as defendants. Prosecutor Glenn Asted described a forced voyage from Jersey City to a Florida land terminal where men were guarded fed only stale bread and sausage and forced onto a steamer amid attempts to escape.
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New York
Florida
Hough
United States Circuit Court
Florida East Coast Railway Company
Francisco Sabbia
David E. Harley
Frank A.hough
Glenn E. Asted
Florida East Coast Company
South
Jersey City
Two-Cent Rate Case Is Heard in Missouri Federal Court
In Kansas City on November 12, the hearing to resume the Missouri railroad rate case focused on the two-cent passenger rate and the maximum freight rate. W. B. Doddridge, former Missouri Pacific general manager, testified as F. W. Lehmann pressed to refute his claim that railroads incur double costs to earn a dollar hauling state freight versus interstate traffic.
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Kansas City
Missouri Railroad
W. B Doddridge
Missouri Pacific Road
F. W. Lehmann
Doddridge
Rear Admiral Miller Dies at 61 in Philadelphia
Rear Admiral James M. Miller, governor of the U S Naval Home in Philadelphia, died after a brief illness. He was 61, appointed to the navy from Missouri in 1863, commanded the cruiser Columbia, later led the receiving ship Lancaster at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and had helm of the naval home for about 18 months.
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Philadelphia
James M. Miller
United States Naval Home
Miller
Missouri
Columbia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Lancaster
Fredericksburg Shaft Unveiled for Humphreys Troops
A commemorative monument was unveiled at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery in Fredericksburg Virginia on Wednesday honoring General Andrew Atkinson Humphreys and the Pennsylvania troops who fought on the battlefield in the 1860s.
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Fredericksburg
Andrew Atkinson Humphreys
Pennsylvania
Fredericksburg National Cemetery
Thirty Seven Years His Penalty in Pittsburg Trial
Pittsburg November 12 convict John Loar alleged leader of a band of negro highwaymen was sentenced to 38 years in the Western penitentiary after being found guilty on 11 burglary charges.
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Pittsburg
John Loar
Western’ Penitentiary
Sardou Buried in Paris After Dying November Eighth
Victorien Sardou the French author and dramatist died November 8 and was buried in Paris on Wednesday after his death.
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Sardou
Paris
Victorien Sardou
Watterson a Lawyer Falls to Death at Wall Street
Harvey W. Watterson, a Louisville born lawyer and son of Henry Watterson, editor of the Courier Journal, died after leaping or falling from the nineteenth floor of his Wall Street office. No witnesses. Officials deem accidental. his body was found on a roof ten stories below. He had discussed a case earlier and was last seen entering his locked private office. He had pursued law in New York after a stint with the Wing Russell & Watterson firm and a failed Assembly bid.
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New York
Harvey W.watterson
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Wall Street
Watterson
IF. R. Bagg
Bagg
Thomas E. Wing
Louisville
Columbia University Law School
Wing, Russell & Watterson Law
Assembly
Tammany Tick
Discovery of Andree’s Body Credited to Labrador Coast
The Arctic explorer S. A. Andree, who attempted a balloon voyage to reach the north pole in 1897, is believed found on Labrador’s coast. A Danish steamer report says Captain Chalker of the American schooner Pelops found a cross with the name Andree, a body beneath, and a box of documents nearby.
Tennessee Honors Carmack at Funeral in Columbia
Crowds gathered in Columbia Tennessee as residents paused all business to honor the memory of late Senator Howard W. Carmack. Draped crepe adorned buildings while public grief spread after his violent death on Nashville streets Monday afternoon.
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Columbia
Tenn
Tennessee
Howard W. Carmack
Nashville
Cooper Accused of Murder in Carmack Killing
Nashville Tenn November 12 A state warrant charging Robin Cooper with the murder of Senator Carmack was served at the hospital. He is under guard by three armed deputy sheriffs and will be moved to the county jail when his condition allows. This morning Davidson county judge begins the Carmack killing investigation.
Former Michigan senator commits suicide in Syracuse
Edward Bostwick, 63, a former Michigan state senator, killed himself in Syracuse yesterday. Police say insanity due to worry over his wife's illness prompted the act. the suicide occurred at his sister Mrs. Benjamin Clark’s home in the city, with his Union Springs, Michigan residence noted.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Edward Bostwick
Michigan
Benjamin Clark
Bostwick
Union Springs
Mich
Dublin Hall on Fire Destroys Historic Paintings
Dublin November 12 a fire swept the Dublin city hall chamber, threatening the building and destroying its paintings. The collection included historic works such as the famous portrait of Daniel O'Connell. The council chamber was ented by fire and narrowly escaped further damage.
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Dublin Hall
Dublin
Dublin City Hall
City Hall
Council Chamber
Daniel O’connel
Gas Explosion Destroys Chicago Building On Wells Kinzie
A Chicago blast at Wells and Kinzie streets wrecked eight four story structures and caused about 30000 dollars in loss to owner I Elden. Police say gas leak triggered the explosion but the owner suspects foul play. The blaze endangered a clothing store in the damaged block and woke residents in the early hours. Firefighters arrived quickly to prevent total collapse.
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Chicago
Wells and
Kinzie
I. Elden
Ai Clothing
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John Williamson
Maury County
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Bohemian Club
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Knoxville
Columbia Herald Staff
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King’s Daughters
Guinness Report
Laporte, Ind
Case
Smith Home
Judge FC Richier
Kaiser
United States’ Naval Home
Kentucky
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