Pu Yi writes a letter commending China's handling of crisis
Prince Ching forwards a personal letter from Pu Yi to President Roosevelt and similar notes to other powers praising the government. Diplomats express surprise and gratification at the calm, orderly response after the empress dowager’s death. Provinces remain quiet as the government continues to operate under strain.
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Pekin
Prince Ching
Board of Foreign Affairs
Roosevelt
Pu Yi
China
Cannon Ball Wrecked Kills Engineer In Rail Disaster
New Orleans forty miles from the city the Texas and Pacific passenger train called the cannon ball derailed. Engineer Smith died when the engine and baggage car left the track. No passengers were hurt. The cause cited is spreading of axles. Sneezes Himself to Death in Paterson. Andrew M. Taylor, after snuff was scattered, suffocated by a hemorrhage from a broken blood vessel and died at forty. In Philadelphia probate shows a will of George D. Wolf giving fifty cents to his son-in-law Charles Wenzell to buy a rope for hanging himself. Ardmore robbery sees P L Jones postmaster of Provence, along with his chef, forced to surrender $200 at home under pistols.
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Smith
New Orleans
Texas and Pacific
Paterson
N.J
Andrew M. Taylor
Taylor
Philadelphia
George D. Wolf
Summerdale
Charles W. Wenzell
Huntington
Ardmore
P. L. Jones
Provence
Man Should Live Forever Says Longevity Study
New York reports that Charles Brodie Patterson told the Medico Legal Society at the Waldorf Astoria that life could be extended by cultivating proper spirit life. He cited authenticated cases of extreme longevity and suggested life spans could be increased twenty to thirty years or more, while another speaker cited a 130 year Englishman.
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New York
Charles Brodie Patterson
Waldorf-Astoria
Medico-Legal Society
England
Maxson Testifies In Gunness Case At Lamphere Trial
Law and testimony focus on Ray Lamphere’s alleged arson and murder links in the Bella Gunnness case. Hired man Joseph Maxson confirms he did not drug Mrs Gunness, while Sheriff Smutzer details Lamphere’s statements about Helgelein and the fire scene. The trial records Lamphere’s complicity with Mrs Gunness and the Aberdeen murder link amid broader Gunness mystery notes.
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Gunness Farm
Laporte
Ray Lamphere
Bella Gunnness
Weir
Gunnness
Maxson
Smutzer
Lamphere
Helgelein
Chicago
Mrs. Gunness
Anstiss
Railroader Kills Self in Virginia Railroad Clerk
Petersburg Virginia November 19 Charles Thomas a railroad clerk shot himself in the head. Police report he had been despondent over work and personal troubles. No other persons were harmed in the incident.
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Self. Petersburg
Charles Thomas
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Memphis
Constantinople
Teheran
Persia
Party
Berlin
Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Joliet
Ill
Peter van Viessingen
van Viessingen
G. S. Parker
A. W. Wilkerson
J. W. English
E. H. Astin
J. K. Parker
J. N. Cole
ST. Andrew’s Guild
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