Roosevelt Message Highlights Japan United States Friendship
The article reports a major tokyo palace event during the American fleet visit where Rear Admiral Sperry and sixteen battleship captains were presented to Emperor Meiji and Empress. Roosevelt’s message praised cordial US Japan relations and urged ongoing amity and collaboration between the two nations.
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Tokyo
Japan
Sperry
Roosevelt
Admiral Sperry
United States
United ‘States
Atlantic
America
Empire of Japan
Theodore Roosevelt
Latonla License Revoked by Kentucky Racing Commission
Lexington Kentucky October 21 The Kentucky racing commission on Tuesday afternoon revoked the Latonla Jockey Club license after finding violations of commission rules by the club.
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Latonla
Lexington
Kentucky Racing Commission
Latonla Jockey Club
Typhoon Death Toll Mounts Across Chang Chow Area
A typhoon devastates Chang Chow and surrounding areas with 3,000 houses destroyed and 1,100 killed in Chang Chow. nearby Lan Cheng reports 1,200 killed from 600 houses destroyed. Across the region, 400 killed in three villages. Admirals Sperry and Emery express condolences. Separate tornadoes cause deaths near Clayton and Sharon Springs. a Union Pacific caboose wreck near Sherman injuries. Colorado snowstorm yields six deaths.
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Sperry
Emery
Japan
Mark
Clayton
N. My
W. H. Haight
J. 3. Fox
Fox
Union County
Sharon Springs
Kan
Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Sherman
Here
Denver
Col
Colorado
Omar
Arkansas
Kansas City
Duke of Abruzzi Disappears in Turin Story
Turin reports the Duke of Abbruzzi has vanished from Turin and a search finds no trace. A Rome dispatch says he sailed for America under an assumed name. A London note adds Margherita the Dowager Queen has finally consented to his marriage to Miss Katherine Hikins with a diamond tiara worth 100000 dollars to be presented by King Victor Emmanuel.
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Turin
America
Manie
London
Rome
Margherita
Italy
Katherine Hikins
Victor Emmanuel
Blast on barge kills four in Racine voyage
A steam barge en route from Manistee to Chicago burst a steam pipe near Kenosha three miles north of the city, killing two engineers a fireman and a deck hand. Some crew members reached Kenosha life saving station seeking a tow to port as a boat they used capsized.
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Racine, Wis
Kenosha
Manistee
Mich
Chicago
Taft in 15 speeches across Indiana and West Virginia
Taft conducted a whirlwind campaign delivering fifteen speeches Tuesday mostly in West Virginia along the Baltimore and Ohio line with stops at Martinsburg Keyser Piedmont Terra Alta Rowlesburg and Parkersburg while Bryan drew large crowds in Indiana and spoke on labor and campaign finance reform from Hammond to Louisville with stops at Rensselaer Green Castle Gosport Bloomington Bedford Mitchell Orleans Salem New Albany and finally Louisville.
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Cumberland
Taft
West Virginia
Baltimore & Ohio
Martinsburg
Smith
Michigan
National Committee
Baltimore
Scott
George Wise
Representative Pearce
Maryland
Keyser
Piedmont
Terra Alta
Rowlesburg
Grafton
Clarksburg
Salem
West Union
Pennsboro
Cairo
Parkersburg
Judge Taft
Bryan
Indiana
Louisville
William J. Bryan
Hammond
Messrs
Sherman
White House
Rensselaer
Jim’ Cullen
Mr. Bryan
Monon
Brookston
Greencastle
Gosport
Bloomington
Bedford
Mitchell
Orleans
New Albany
Earthquakes Rattle Manila and Nearby Shacks
Earthquakes occurred in Manila from 10:40 AM to 6:30 PM with irregular shocks. Most effects were mild and detected by seismographs at the observatory. several shacks showed minor damage while instruments vibrated for hours. A separate report notes a bank robbery near Murphysboro with a $37,500 loss discovered late Tuesday.
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Manila
Murphysboro
Hurst
Smell
Here
Williamson County
Haskell libel suit seen invalid under Nebraska rules
Omaha Neb Oct 21 prominent attorneys examine Gov Haskell of Oklahoma libel suit against William Randolph Hearst and find it invalid under Nebraska law because punitive damages are not allowed in libel suits and the petition lacks an affidavit from the governor or his lawyers, a required filing. The action would have no standing in court until the affidavit is provided.
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Omaha
Neb
Gov. Haskell
Oklahoma
William Randolph Hearst
Nebraska
Liberal party notifies Tapp of presidential nomination
Sidney C. Tapp of Atlanta Ga, nominated for president at a Liberal party convention in Chattanooga Tenn, was informally notified at Hull House. Charles J. Moore chaired the notification speech. John Maddock spoke, outlining the party’s aim to lead in defending all classes and to foster peace, harmony, and a united economic system.
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Chicago
Hull House
Sidney C. Tapp
Atlanta
United States
Liberal Party
Chattanooga
Tenn
Charles J. Moore
John Maddock
New Party
Thaw to Stay in New York amid habeas corpus ruling
United States Judge James S. Young dismissed the habeas corpus ad testificandum against Harry K. Thaw, meaning Thaw will not be brought to New York City for bankruptcy testimony at present. Other items note a bridge fire peril on a train near Wilders Indiana and indictments against William Montgomery for embezzlement, plus a Druids auto crash fatality near Salinas and a Brooklyn section man murdered near Boutte Louisiana with no witnesses found.
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Pittsburg
United States
Archhbald
Scranton
Lamb
New York State Hospital
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
James S. Young
Chicago
New York, Chicago & Erie
Wilders
Ind
Kankakee River
Night Riders Murder Southern Lawyers at Walnut Log
In Union City Tenn on October 21 Col R M Taylor and Capt Quinten Rankin prominent Trenton lawyers were abducted from Ward's hotel by masked night riders. Rankin hanged and riddled at Reelfoot Lake while Taylor was taken to a second location and shot. Motive tied to fishing regulations. Sheriff Eastwood and posse seek arrests. Brig Gen John E Mulford, 89, former Civil War prisoner exchange agent, died at Montour Falls New York.
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Union City
Tenn
Taylor
Quinten Rankin
Trenton
Ward
Walnut Log
Rankin
Eastwood
Obion County
Umtom City
Capt
Col
Reelfoot Lake
Col. Taylor
Capt. Rankin
Myr. Ward
Sid Waddell
West Tennessee Land Company
West
Land Company
Mulford
New York
John Elmer Mulford
Montour Falls
N.Y
Cheyenne Storm Strikes Laramie Plains With Snow and Wind
One of the worst storms in years rages between Cheyenne and Rawlins with heavy snow and fierce winds. All trains into Cheyenne are six hours late.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Laramie Plains
Rawlins
Prehistoric Animal Remains Found Near Glasgow Mont
Great Falls Montana October 21 reports Barnum Brown of the American Museum of Natural History has unearthed the remains of a prehistoric animal about 40 feet long and 22 feet high in the bad lands south of Glasgow. The discovery links to ongoing paleontological work by Brown and his affiliated museum team.
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Great Falls
Mont
Glasgow
Barnum Brown
New York
American Museum of Natural History
Five Killed in Lehigh Valley Roundhouse Collapse
One man was killed and two others were seriously injured when the Lehigh Valley railroad roundhouse roof collapsed in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as rescuers searched for trapped workers amid debris and tangled timbers. The incident sent shock through local rail workers and prompted investigations into the cause of the structural failure.
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Salinas
Cal
Camphora
Soledad
Druids
Wilkesbarre
Lehigh Valley Railroad
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