Germany Quietly Pursues St Thomas Island Purchase
United States officials report possible negotiations between Germany and Denmark over the island of St Thomas in the West Indies. Washington has sent agents to verify the rumor and would oppose any sale to another power if true. The U S notes a prior treaty framework supporting U S purchase rights.
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Germany
Isle of St. Thomas
Washington
United States
Nfect
Denmark
Island of
St. Thomas
West Indies
State Department
Danish West Indies
Court Martial Sentences Second Lieut MacLane in Manila Incident
President approves findings and sentence in the case of Second Lieut Paul P. MacLane of the Thirteenth Cavalry. Convicted of embezzling about 700 dollars in subsistence funds as commissary of the Maraquina river expedition. Dismissed and sentenced to one year in prison. Prison term likely to be served at Bilidid prison, Manila.
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Paul P. MacLane
Thirteenth Cavalry
MacLane
Manila
Maraquina
Bilidid
Traction Car 2004 Wrecks on Monastery Hill
Pittsburg special traction car No 2004 on the Knoxville and Mount Olive line ran beyond the motorman control while descending Monastery hill. It collided with two wagons, jumped rails, and wrecked at the hill foot. Conductor Howard Steddlinger Motorman Nicholas Jacobs and four passengers seriously injured eight others slightly hurt. All will recover. Slippery rails caused the accident.
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Pittsburg
Knoxville and
Mount Olive
Monastery Hill
Howard Steddlinger
Nicholas Jacobs
Finrt
Wreck of Lake Shore Limited Kills Three Near Ashtabula
The fast bound Lake Shore Limited No. 22 was wrecked two miles west of Ashtabula Ohio in heavy snow. Two engines were hauling the train due to the storm when an open switch caused the crash. Three people died and several were injured. Passengers were sent eastward on a replacement train.
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Lake Shore Road
Ashtabula
Ohio
Train wreck near Newville leaves one dead and fourteen injured
A Cumberland Valley passenger train struck an open switch near Newville Pennsylvania ejecting coaches from the tracks. The rear coach overturned an embankment injuring fourteen passengers with one death and four more believed fatally hurt. Telegrams report naval movements in Santo Domingo with no new political details.
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Cumberland Valley Railroad
Newville
Russia and Japan Near Settlement Talks Amid Tense Standoff
St Petersburg dispatch notes Russia may reject Japan's precise proposals while Foreign Minister Lamsdorff and Japanese minister Kurino continue talks. Officials signal aim for an amicable settlement despite unofficial reports of a serious situation.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Lamsdorff
M. Kurino
American Asiatic Squadron Ordered to Manila in Haste
Cablegram reports the large American Asiatic squadron ordered to Manila with all possible haste amid feared trouble in the orient. Admiral Bob Evans is in command.
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Manila
Orient
Bob Evans
Fire destroys two blocks in Ansonia Connecticut
Two business blocks in Ansonia Connecticut were destroyed by fire with an estimated loss of seventy five thousand dollars. An elderly woman living in one of the blocks is believed to have perished in the blaze. Chinese Cruisers for Active Service Shanghai special: Chinese cruisers here are preparing for active service. They are taking on board ammunition and supplies. They will remain here for orders. 25 000 Increase in Pensions in 1903 A New Year's greeting issued by E F Ware commissioner of pensions shows that 150 828 pension certificates were issued for the calendar year 1908 which is 25 000 more than were issued in 1902 and nearly 50 000 more than were issued in 1201. Mr Ware expresses hope that the bureau will be brought up to date before the close of the fiscal year. Capt Frederick Pabst Dead Capt Frederick Pabst president of the Pabst Brewing company died at his residence in Milwaukee Wis
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Ansonia
Conn
Shanghai Special
Amunition Arid Supples
Tey
E. F. Ware
Commissioner of Pensions
Mr. Ware
Frederick Pabst
The
Pabst Brewing Company
Milwaukee, Wis
Chicago
Ilarrison
Ihe
Chicague
Will J. Davis
Harry J. Powers
Trequois Theater
George Williams
Arthur I. Hull
Mgr. Blue Beard” Company
the Tribune
William McMullen
McMullen
Oneill
Perel
Academy of Maisie
LEO Allumbra
LQGS
Chicago Opera
Clark Street Museum
Thirty-first Street
Criterion
Oivenbaunus
Ghiektas
Traymarket
Sam Ty
Jack's
OSI
London Musee
Marlowe
Milwaukee Ave
Olympic
Williams
Harrison
City Electrician
Ellicott
Night mob held at bay in Council Bluffs jail
Twenty five members of the Dodge Light Guards kept watch all night to protect Zimmerman and Burke, two black men charged with holding up and robbing Mrs. Mary Sparks and her daughter near Christmas. The mob’s attempt to lynch them failed. two leaders were jailed nearby.
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Council Bluffs
Dodge Light Guards
Zimmerman
Burke
Ilena
Mary Sparks
Sanders
Negro Grave Robber Fatally Struck After 21 Years
Frank McNamee, former head of a tomb theft syndicate that stole over sixty black corpses from Lebanon Cemetery in Philadelphia, was found unconscious with a fractured skull at Fifth and Walnut and died hours later. He had served a two year sentence and was stalked by Black men seeking vengeance.
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Frank McNamee
Lebanon Cemetery
Philadelphia
Tifth
Walnut Streets
McNamee
Minnesota Farmer Named as Serb Throne Pretender
A London writer in the St James Gazette lists several pretenders to the Servian throne and highlights a Minnesota farmer, John Boyne Vonuhazer, as the most notable. The piece notes he may be backed by Milosh Obiliel and connected to a recent Servian ruler, but readiness to accept royalty remains unclear.
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Minnesota
St. James’ Gaszette
London
John Boyne Vonuhazer
Milosh Ob
Drama In Place Of Sermon At Baltimore Lutheran Church
A parish in Baltimore presented a drama written staged and produced by the church minister replacing the Sunday sermon. The Geri language play was deeply religious and drew wide church interest. Admission fees from the overflow crowd aided the poor.
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Baltimore
Trinity German Lutheran Clareli
Cupid Hurts Omaha Schools Epidemic of Weddings Among Women Teachers
Omaha public schools face teacher shortages as many women marry, prompting the board to dismiss classes and merge others. Superintendent Pearse notes Christmas vacations brought further changes. Also, George T. Smith sues the Christian Missionary Society for 35000 claiming breach of contract over life salary and expenses. A Pittsburg warehouse fire causes extensive damage worth up to 700000, impacting the Carnegie Museum Fossil collection stored there.
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Omaha Public Schools
Board of Education
Pearse
George T. Smith
Kansas City
Christian Missionary Society
Manufacturer Ends His Life in Cincinnati Hotel
W. O. Brewster of Bolser & Brewster, underwear makers at 256 Church Street New York, hanged himself in a Cincinnati hotel after two days of nervousness thought to have caused temporary insanity.
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W. O. Brewster
Bolser & Brewster
Church Street
New York
Cincinnati
Tragic Suicide Before Planned Knoxville Wedding
J L Householder, 20, killed himself with carbolic acid in Miss Susie Gillam’s home in Knoxsville Tennessee just after sending the fiancée from the room for water. He died in agony before her eyes.
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Self
Francee
Susie Gillam
Knoxville
Tenn
J. Ll. Householder
Millions Leaving Ireland Warned At Richmond Dinner
Sir Horace Plunkett, Ireland's commissioner of agriculture, told a Richmond Virginia audience that Ireland is losing millions of its young men. He warned the agricultural districts would be depopulated unless the emigration tide is checked.
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Ireland
Sir Horace Plunkett
Richmond
Red Cross Probing Internal Differences
A committee appointed by Richard Olney to investigate controversies within the National American Red Cross will meet in Washington in January. The panel includes Senator Redfield Proctor, John G. Carlisle, and Representative William Alden Smith. They will examine management and disputes among society incorporators led by Clara Barton.
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National American Red Cross
Washington
Richard Olney
Massachusetts
Olney
John W. Foster
Hilary A. Herbert
Navy
National Red Cross
Clara Barton
United States
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
John G. Carlisle
Kentucky
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Mysterious Woman Linked to Poisoned Candy Case
Two children, Albert aged 10 and Blanche aged 13, are hospitalized after eating candy laced with paris green. Ithaca police suspect an attempted murder by a mysterious woman in black. their father is Michael Case, a retired wealthy widower.
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Ithica
Albert
Blanche
Michael Case
Fire destroys Pineapple jail after lynching of Arthur Stuart
A mob beat Arthur Stuart to death in the Pineapple Alabama jail after accusing him of participating in a killing. The crowd poured kerosene on the body, set it alight, and fled as the jail burned and burned out.
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Arthur Stuart
Pineapple
Ala
Spivey Sentenced to 25 Years for Oxford Wounding
Joseph Spivey, who wounded four people at Oxford Ohio on October 1 during resistance to arrest and narrowly escaped lynching, was sentenced to twenty five years in prison.
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Joseph Spivey
Oxford
Ohio
Japan Orders Flour From Minneapolis Mills for Export
Minneapolis mills have booked nearly 100000 barrels of flour for export to Japan in the past days with further inquiries reported. Prosperous Year Bradstreet's 1904 review predicts a satisfactory conservative business year after 1903 strains.
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Japan
Minneapolis Mills
Bradstreet
Man Surrenders in Toledo for Chicago Robbery
William Wintz, fearing pursuit by Chicago police, turned himself in Toledo confessing a robbery of 430 in Chicago recently. Myra Jane Williams jailed for life for murder of her child Lilly in Brainard Minnesota. Annie Schenk and Clara Seibell badly burned by steam pipe burst in Henry Schenk’s Elkhart greenhouse.
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Chicago
William Wintz
Toledo
Ohio
Myra Jane Williams
Stillwater
McClenahan
Brainerd
Minn
Lilly
Annie Schenk
Garland
Clara Seibell
Polk
Henry Schenk
Elkhart
Ind
Gunboat Reported Sunk in Gulf Battle
The American warship was reported Friday to have sunk the Colombian gunboat General Pinzon in a naval engagement in the Gulf of Darién.
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General Pinzon
Gulf of Dariev
Tonto Basin War Erupts as Sheepmen Kill Two Cowboys
Two sheep herders are killed in reprisal amid rising clashes between Arizona cattlemen and sheepmen in the Tonto Basin. Last year a Mexican sheep herder murdered Eugene Packard, a key cattleman, and recently cowboys killed Berry and a Mexican youth in the same feud. Officials at Payson pursue suspects, with two deputies headed to Pleasant Valley to arrest them.
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Tonto Basin
Arizona
Phoenix
Eugene Packard
Berry
Paysol
Pleasant Valley
Collision on Pennsylvania near Larwill kills three crew
An Indianapolis News report from the Pennsylvania line west of Larwill Indiana says a head on crash between no 5 Pennsylvania limited and freight no 76 killed Baggageman Snyder and Engineer Ebert plus a Fort Wayne fireman. Eight or more passengers were seriously hurt as cars piled high and traffic halted. The freight crew fled the scene while the engineers escaped serious harm.
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Larwill
Ind
Indianapolis
Snyder
Ebert
Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania Limited
Larwell
tuberculos is curable says eminent pathologist
Eminent English pathologist Prof German Sims Woodhead declares tuberculosis is highly curable when caught early and treated properly. Speaking at Witherspoon Hall in Philadelphia under the Phipps Institute, he blamed medical pessimism for hindering progress against TB and other diseases.
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German Sims Woodhead
Cambridge University
Woodhead
Witherspoon Hall
Philadelphia
Phipps Institute
Percy's Secret Identity Unmasked in Montana
A Helena Mont story reveals Alice Milcher alias Percy Pilcher, daughter of a Louisville organ manufacturer, posed as a western rover for three years. A heavy cold during a ride with a young woman led to the discovery he is a masquerade by a young woman trying to ward off consumption.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Percy” Pilcher
Organ Imauufacturer
Louisville
Alice Milcher
Engineer Warns East Bound Limited by Crossing Burning Bridge
Engineer Greenhough braved fire on a collapsing bridge near Crookston Minnesota to warn an east bound limited train. The loco crew’s gamble saved lives as the bridge burned to ruin before the cars crossed.
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Limited
Greenhough
Mouse River
Crookston
Minn
Wealthy Widow Found Dead in Gas Fueled Room
Mrs William Wallace a wealthy widow of St Paul was found dead in her room lying on the floor beneath a bed her night robe in place and the room filled with escaping gas authorities indicate death by her own hand with the body hidden under a bed as the scene is described
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William Wallace
St. Paul
Eler
Tragic Bal linger Fire Claims Four Lives
A Bal linger Texas fire killed J. B. McBeth, his wife, their 5 year old daughter, and Bert West. The blaze started in the McBeth home causing about $35 000 in damages to property.
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Ballinger
Texas
J. BR. McBeth
Bert West
Fire Tragedy Strikes Iroquois Theater in Chicago
A catastrophic blaze at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago results in 600 deaths among men women and children. The fire follows an explosion of a calcium light causing panic and deadly stampede through the theater interiors.
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Iroquois
Chicago
Theaters Warned as Cities Promise Strict Enforcement
Theater managers in New York and St Louis are told city ordinances will be enforced strictly in the future. Day's Weekly Review of Trade notes businessmen express confidence in the future, with optimism strongest in the South and West.
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New York
St. Louis
Day
Chicago Livery Strike Ends as Drivers Reinstated
Chicago livery services reopen after employers agree to reinstate striking drivers, ending the dispute and restoring operations citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Theaters Closed After Iroquois Disaster
Chicago, in mourning after the Iroquois Theater tragedy, arrests were made for manslaughter including Will J. Davis Harry J. Powers and city building inspector George Williams. Eighteen theaters were ordered closed until safety upgrades are completed and curtains installed.
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Chicago
Yawning and Muscles Rest Remedy, Medical Viewa
Medical men declare yawning signals overstrained muscles in need of rest. They insist yawning is natures demand for rest and stretching aids relaxation. Do not suppress yawns, perform full stretch and allow the mouth to open wide for quick relief.
Victor Herbert to Lead New York Orchestra Under His Name
Victor Herbert announces plans to organize a New York orchestra bearing his own name. He intends to oversee the ensemble and conduct performances as principal organizer and conductor.
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Victor’ Herbert
New York
Remarkable Kidney Cure Reported in Minnesota
William E. Gentry of Lakefield Minnesota, aged 77, credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with a complete cure after 45 years of kidney and back pain. He claims the remedy ended long standing urinary issues and back misery and leaves him feeling better than in decades.
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Lakefield, Minn
William E. Gentry
Jackson County
Gentry
Mr. Gentry
Dodd
Not Easily Collected
A brief philosophical exchange between a young man and an elder as a judge remarks on fortune and debt, contrasting entitlement with being a preferred creditor. The dialogue echoes themes of fairness, responsibility, and social status in financial obligations.
10000 Plants for 16 Cents from Salter Seed Co
The John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offers a big plant and seed catalogue plus seed to grow 1000 cabbages 2000 carrots 29000 celery 2000 lettuce 1000 onions 1000 radishes and 1000 flowers for 16 cents postpaid. Send 20 cents more postage to receive a Berliner Cauliflower package.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Doctor Credits Postum For Healing Heart Troubles
A physician recalls using coffee for years until a severe heart episode convinced him to quit both tea and coffee. Since switching to Postum and adjusting brewing, he reports no heart palpitations except rare irritation from small coffee amounts. He advises friends and patients to abandon coffee for Postum.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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