Great Lakes Storm Claims Twenty Nine Lives Across Six States
Chicago reports a deadly Great Lakes storm with twenty nine drownings across Ohio Ontario Michigan and Wisconsin. Three boats sunk and many vessels crippled or ashore. Drownings listed in Sandusky Toronto Holland Muskegon Mariett Midlake and Midlake Erie with several missing.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Sandusky
Ohio
Toronto
Holland
Mich
Muskegon
Mariiett
Kriegsmarine liner Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse collision
Cherbourg reports the liner Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse arrived after a collision at sea. twelve passengers died in the crash, details to be confirmed.
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Cherbourg
Kaiser ship Kaiser damaged in collision with Orinoco
Royal mail steamer Orinoco damaged and the Kaiser badly hurt in a collision. Passengers from the Kaiser will be forwarded on Saturday. Reports say twelve Kaiser passengers killed, but German Lloyd officials deny the figure, citing four steerage deaths and eight injuries. Orinoco expected to press on to the Antilles.
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Lloyd Line
Antilles
Sensational duel ends in double death in Atlanta
In Atlanta on November 22 a fatal duel between Charles Gardner and an unknown Black man left both dead. They exchanged revolvers at close range with Gardner firing into the other man’s heart and dying an hour later from the result of the other man’s single shot.
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Atlanta
Charles Gardner
Gardner
Chamberlain Voiceless and Almost a Paralytic
London reports Joseph Chamberlain is a wreck with hopeless condition. The weekly review John Bull says he is almost voiceless and almost paralytic. The original seizure occurred four months ago and he is wheeled twice weekly to his orchid house with great difficulty. An effort has been made to keep his condition secret.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Weekly Review
John Bull
Chamberlain
Shooting to Kill at Five Dollars a Shot
Wilmington man William T. Henderson was fined 20 dollars after pleading unwritten law for shooting Nathaniel Hutchinson four times. Hutchinson allegedly boasted of relations with Hendersons wife. The bullets cost about five dollars each.
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Wilmington
Del
William T. Henderson
Nathaniel Hutchinson
Colhrane
Hutchinson
Henderson
Thanksgiving Meat Specials At Brisentine and Hatcher
Prepare for Sunday with choice home killed beef pork mutton pork sausage cas and butter available Saturday. Place orders for turkeys for Thanksgiving at Brisentine and Hatcher next to Belmont Cafe Stewart Avenue. Phone 263. 11 23 21.
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Brisentine & Hatcher
Belmont Cafe
Stewart Avenue
Government moves to curb opposition in Russian elections
St Petersburg Nov 22. The government aims to control the new duma by scaring the country into backing reactionary candidates. A campaign of arrests and executions is under way. Several districts are under martial law and Liberal club meetings are forbidden. The election date is not fixed and will be announced on short notice to prevent organized opposition.
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St. Petersburg
Duma
Roosevelt May Travel to Philippines for Assembly
Secretary Taft announced he will be at Manila when the Philippine assembly meets. He indicated President Roosevelt may accompany him, as the secretary desires his presence. Philippine assembly members are to be elected next July and will convene three months later.
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Washington
Taft
Manila
Philippine Assembly
Rosevelt
Popular Assembly of the Philippines
Two Homeless Waifs Who Became Governors
Kansas City reports that two former governors Brady of Alaska and Burke of North Dakota, once Randalls Islands waifs in 1857 and sent west in 1859, have risen to education wealth and political power by becoming governors.
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Kansas City
Brady
Alaska
Burke
North Dakota
Randalls Islands
New York
Shaw and Bryan Address Trans-Mississippi Congress
Kansas City Missouri November 22. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw spoke on The American Merchant Marine for most of the afternoon at the Trans Misssissippi congress. In the evening William Jennings Bryan addressed the gathering on Trusts with extemporaneous remarks that drew great enthusiasm.
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Kansas City, Mo
Spanish Troops Ready for Service in Morocco
Spanish garrisons near Gibraltar were ordered to hold themselves in readiness for service in Morocco. International tensions and strained relations with the sultanate have alarmed Spanish officials who fear war may be near.
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Morocco
Gibraltar
Spain
Lady Curzon Estate Allocated to Children
Arrangements provide for Lord Curzon of Kedleston to receive income during his life from $583,000 of the estate left by Lady Curzon. The remaining $1,750,000 goes to their three daughters Mary Irene and Alexandria Curzon.
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Chicago
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Lady Curzon
Mary
Irene
Alexandria
Lord
Dismissals Ahead After Brownsville Riot
Report states Brownsville riot resulted in mass discharge of men at twenty five per day. All will be mustered out by Monday. Nine absent members are to be retained in service as directed by the secretary.
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Dered
Brownsville
New Move by Attoreys for Albert T Patrick
Patrick's counsel withdraws appeal to the US Supreme Court on constitutional grounds. Gov Higgins may commute the death sentence for the Sing Sing inmate after years of appeals and postponements. Doctors petitioned for a commission on chloroform's role in Rice's death, while Patrick hopes for leniency before Higgins retires.
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Albert T. Patrick
New York
Alpert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
United States Supreme Court
William R. Day
William Lindsay
A. C Shenstone
Patrick
Sing Sing
Messrs. Kalish and Palmer
District Attorney's Office
Gov. Higgins
Daughter of James J. Hill Weds Attorney
Miss Gertrude Hill youngest daughter of James J Hill married Michael Gavin a young attorney from New York in St Marys Church St Paul Minn in a ceremony attended by relatives and friends The report notes Thanksgiving arrangements at The White Pharmacy.
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St. Paul, Minn
Gertrude Hill
James J. Hill
Michael Gavin
New York
St. Mary’s Church
Popular Actress Georgia Cayvan Buried Beside Sister
Boston officials report the remains of popular actress Georgia Cayvan who died in Flushing New York were buried today in Newton Cemetery beside her sister.
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Boston
Georgia Cayvan
Flushing
Newton
Colored Troops Being Mustered Out At 25 A Day
Secretary Taft received a dispatch from Major Penrose commanding the first battalion of colored infantry announcing their muster out at twenty five dollars per day. The message from Washington dated November twenty second details the plan and authority for discharging troops.
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Washington
Taft
Penrose
Colored Infantry
San Francisco Mayor Indicted Awaiting Extradition
New York reports Mayor Schmits of San Francisco, indicted for graft and relief-fund mismanagement, aboard the steamship Patricia off Sandy Hook. California officials plan no arrest if he lands and returns home, unless he stays in New York. Friends expect him to deny the blackmail charges and await his forthcoming statement amid relief-fund questions.
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New York
Patricia
Schmits
San Francisco
Sandy Hook
California
Canadian Parliament Opens With Usual Ceremonies
Ottawa Ont Nov 22 Parliament opened with the usual ceremonies. The main agenda is tariff revision and the throne speech is expected to be adopted after a week of debate leaving about three weeks before Christmas adjournment. In January discussions will move to estimates as departmental reports arrive delayed by recess. Proration hoped by mid April.
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Ottawa
Ont
Southern education leaders meet in Charlottesville conference
Prominent readers of education in the south gather in Charlottesville for a three day conference invited by University of Virginia President Alderman. The aim is to devise plans for establishing and improving high schools across Georgia Louisiana North Carolina Tennessee Alabama and Virginia.
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Charlottesville
South
Universities of
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Virginia
Alderman
University of
Oklahoma Constitutional Convention Invites Notables
Guthrie Okla Nov 22 Unanimous invitations were extended to President Roosevelt Senator La Follette Senator Tillman and Congressman John Sharp Williams and William Jennings Bryan to address the Oklahoma constitutional convention. The decision to invite Henry Watterson and Senator Bailey was carried by a small majority. Other prominent men were invited.
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Guthrie
Okla
Roosevelt
Labollette
Tillman
John Sharp Williams
Willian Jennings Bryan
Henry Watterson
Bailey
Court of Appeals Bars Integrated School Attendance
In Lexington on November 22 the court of appeals overruled Berea College’s rehearing in a case involving racial admission. The ruling holds that whites and negroes cannot attend the same school, public or private, and Berea College loses thousands of dollars in endowment funds from northern donors.
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Lexington
Court of Appeals
Berea College
Special Term of Court to Try Peonage Cases in Blount County
A special term of the United States court convened in Knoxville to try seven men on peonage charges at the railway camp of R. B. Oliver known as camp No. 5 in Blount county. Defendants include R. B. Oliver James Condon Martin Condon Carl Bur.
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Knoxville
Tenn
United States
Blount County
R. B. Oliver
James
Martin Condon
Carl Bur
Notable Federal Trial in Tennessee Expected to Draw Large Interest
Witnesses for the prosecution include James Holland Gor G 8 Nighbert and Gordon Harrison. About thirty five alleged negatives held in peonage at the camp are cited among the witnesses. The forthcoming trial is anticipated as highly significant in Tennessee federal courts.
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James Holland
Nighbert
Gordon Harrison
Supreme Court disbands investigating committee after adjournment
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals nullifies the senate investigating committee appointed to probe malfeasance against former Governor White. Caldwell and Blizzard are released from sheriff custody as the court rules a committee created by one legislative branch lacks authority after adjournment. The case drew wide attention for its failed witness testimony efforts.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court of Appeals
Senate
White
Caldwell
Reese Blizzard
Blizzard
Carter
Wood County
Oil Workers Lose Hands but Save Their Lives
New Martinsville West Virginia November 22 George Wilson and Arthur Steepleton oil workers narrowly escaped death after a 4,000 pound cap fell onto their hands during a well cap installation. Oil and gas vented danger of asphyxiation. Steepleton tore free three fingers and both men collapsed from pain and fumes. Both will recover but require amputation of severely crushed hands.
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W. Va
George Wilson
Arthur Steepleton
Steepleton
Wilson
Fairview Addition on Pike property South Cinefield offered
Twenty five thousand population in five years promises growth as Pike property in South Cinefield marketed as the Fairview Addition One block from electric car line center of built up residence section near East River Mountain city improvements such as walks lights water and telephone wide avenues large lots limited sale current builders have started erecting houses Cal at the office or call for carriage to view with A S Booker and Co and authorized agents D B Baldwin W R Crenshaw J A Donahue Henry G Pike.
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East River
Fairview
Cal
A. S. Booker & CO
Mount Vernon Flour Notice Offers Sand Purchases
Mount Vernon Flour advertises sand sales via French Land Co. Narrows Virginia with reasonable prices, guaranteed quality and prompt shipments. Contact Mt. Vernon Flour in the notice dated 7 21 h.
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French Land Co
Narrows
Father and Son Feared Drowned in Wolf River Flood
Germantown Tenn Nov 22 Dr T H Williams and his son searched the Wolf River bottoms for J B Robinson and his eight year old boy who were in a tree when the storm began Friday night. The river ran several miles wide and ten feet deep at the spot. It is believed they fell in from exhaustion and were drowned. No rescue information arrived from nearby towns via telephone messages.
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Germantown
Tenn
T. H. Williams
Robinson
Wolf River
Death of Judge Oliver P. Mears Dims North Carolina Legal Scene
Judge Oliver Pendleton Mears dies at his Wilmington home at age seventy nine after twenty five years on the criminal court bench. He also served as lieutenant colonel of the Eighteenth North Carolina Regiment in the Confederate Army.
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Wilmington
N. C
Oliver Pendleton Mears
North Carolina
Do Not Bank on Past Real Estate Profits
The column warns against overvaluing land gains from a hot market. It argues car travel creates price leveling, making cheaper lots east of Hale farm competitive. It notes buyers move to quicker, cheaper options and cites rising mass retail as fueling broader demand.
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West Bluefield
Mid- Bluefield
Hale Farm
Telegraph Want Ad for Baggage Transfer to Station
Call 76 to arrange baggage transfer to the station with The Blue Field Transfer and Cab Co. Try a Telegraph want ad.
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Bluefield Transfer and Cab Co
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