Provisional American Governor Takes Cuba Charge
Taft proclaims himself provisional governor of Cuba as American forces assume control. Palma, relieved but hopeful, and Taft meet at the palace in a quiet turnover. Weather, public mood, and business leaders reflect cautious optimism about a brief protectorate and restored sovereignty.
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Havana
Cuba
Taft
William H. Taft
United States
Bacon
McCoy
Palma
Senor Palma
Republic
Roosevelt
Projectuner
Provincetown
Mass
Mrchants
Mr. Taft
Bell
Oil Explosion Shatters Cleveland Building
A major oil blast rocked a Cleveland building causing wall erosion and debris to fall. Three women were rushed to area hospitals in serious but non fatal condition, with authorities treating the incident as under investigation.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ambermore
Afong Dies in China Former Hawaii Chinese Merchant
Authentic news confirms Afong a renowned Chinese capitalist formerly of Hawaii died in China on Friday. He came to Honolulu in 1860 and built great wealth as a silk and Chinese curios dealer. He married a Kanaka woman with English Portuguese blood. they had a son. Wing Afong was a leading Canton Hong Kong merchant, reputedly worth several million dollars.
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Honolulu
Afong
Hawaii
China
Wng Afong
Brewster
New York
Melanie Afong
Wing Afong
Canton
Hong Kong
Telephones are Poisonous Vienna Health Ordinance Ask
Physicians urge the Vienna Board of Health to require telephone companies to install devices that remove dangerous content from phones. The push follows a case where Telephone Inspector Rickert, who tested a phone at Herr Kolker’s home, contracted a mouth lining disease after Kolker had used the instrument earlier. Rickert pressed the mouthpiece to hear and later fell ill.
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Vienna
Austria
Board of Health
Rickert
Herr Kolker
Kolker
Rear End Collision Kills Two in Pa Train Crash
Two killed and twenty nine injured in a rear end collision on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Eddington Pa nineteen miles north of Philadelphia. Long Branch express bound for Philadelphia stopped to cool a hot journal as an express from New York hit the rear car after allegedly disregarding signals. Most fatalities and injuries occurred in a Pullman on the Long Branch train. The impact split the rear of the Long Branch train and crushed the two preceding coaches.
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Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eddington
Long Branch
Platt Seeks Return of Franks on Express Lines
Senator T C Platt president of United States Express Company writes Nebraska congressmen and state officials asking that franks be returned to the express service. It notes reticence among officials and pass holders, with a hint that relatives of Congressman Henshaw and Hinshaw used the franks for shipments from Washington to Nebraska.
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Lincoln
Neb
T. C. Platt
United States Express Company
Nebraska
United States Express
Platt
Henshaw
Washington
Frank
Hinshaw
Funston Arrives at Havana Amid Cuba Intervention Questions
Havana reports Brig. Gen. Funston arrived aboard the Olivette and declined to discuss his Cuba mission or any intervention plans. He was greeted by the secretary of the American delegation and stayed on the steamer for the day. Biloxi advices confirm heavy shipping damage at Horn and Ship Islands with Ocean Springs noting possible losses around 125,000.
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Funston
Havana
Olivette
Cuba
Legation
Biloxi
Horn
Ship Islands
Roosevelt Visits North Atlantic Fleet Off Cape Cod
President Roosevelt toured the North Atlantic Fleet near Cape Cod and lauded the officers and crews of the battleship Missouri. He spent the day aboard the ship and departed at 1:30 pm after the crew received an honor no other unit in the navy has ever earned.
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Barsatble
Mass
Roosevelt
Cape Cod
Missouri
Thamaéves
Justice to Prosecute Standard Oil for Dissolution
Government plans a major push this fall to destroy the oil octopus and force Standard Oil to dissolve. Attorney General Moody and Assistant Purdy return as Special Assistants Kellogg and Morrison prepare the case. Roosevelt endorses Sherman Act action with potential fines over 100 million dollars. The aim is to recreate competition from thirty years ago as the government fights for the supreme effort against trusts.
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Department of Justice
Standard Oil Company
Moody
Milton D. Purdy
B. Kellogg
St. Paul
B. Morrison
Chicago
Washington
Roosevelt
Petroleum Corporation
Pure Food Law Enforcement Plans and Funding Issues
The commission outlines that enforcement relies on state aid and special agents until Congress provides funds. Law matures January 1 and aims to fix defects via expert collaboration and existing standard enforcement. Hearings in New York yielded data on coloring, preservatives, and misleading labels. Draft regulations await approval by treasury commerce and agriculture secretaries before publication.
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Congress
New York
Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of Commerce
Secretary of Agriculture
Committee of Congress
Countess loses suit against Gen Brooke appealed to US Supreme Court
The Spanish Countess of Buena Vista has appealed an adverse General District Court ruling in a damage suit against Maj. Gen. Joan B. Brooke. The case arose from Brooke’s 1899 action as Cuba’s governor general to bar slaughter of Havana cattle. The appeal argues the New York court erred in holding Brooke not liable.
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Buena Vista
Joan B. Brooke
General District Court of
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Cuba
Gen. Brooke
Gen
Brooke
Havana
West Point alumni face officer exams after hazing case
Two former West Point cadets Litton and Bowley are set for second lieutenants exams in the U S Army. War Department explains dismissal places them in civilian status when taking Fort Leavenworth tests on December 3. Captain Arthur M Edwards moves from Fort Leavenworth to New Orleans. Attorney General Moody vows vigorous steps against Standard Oil Company.
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Military Academy
West Point
United States Army
Litton and
Bowley
War Department
Fort Leavenworth
Arthur M. Edwards
New Orleans
Bertrem Tayien
Moody
Stangard Oil Company
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Europe
New England
Julius Wolf
German University of
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Mare Power
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Civil Service Commission
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W. H. Barnes
Brandon
Brandon Bank
M. E. Wainwright
Jackson
W. C. Anderson
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Dalton Marble Works
Vermont
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Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph CO
Indiana
Olinois
Kentucky
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Missi
E. Galdwell
Presidenst
Leland Hume
Geo'y & Ass
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W. W. Kersh
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Bee King
Eugene Palmer
Pelahatchie, Mias, Jackson
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