President Roosevelt Attends Uncle James Gracie Funeral
President Roosevelt arrived in New York to attend the funeral of his uncle James K. Gracie. He was escorted by police and Secret Service as a man identified as Arthur Deming attempted to hand him a letter at the Church of the Holy Communion. Officials say the man seemed harmless and carried no danger.
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New York
Roosevelt
Jersey City
Twentythird Street
Douglas Robinson
James K. Gracie
J. B. Stokes
Cowles
Navy
Greene
Twenty-third Street
Madison Avenue
Robinson
Gracie
East Fifty Eighth Street
Church of the Holy Communion
Brock
Arthur Deming
United States
Twentieth Street
Deming
William
Germany
Detective Bureau
Bandits Trapped in Dugout Fight with Police Near Miller Station
Chicago reports say Harry Van Dyne and Peter Niedenmier were cornered in a dugout near Miller Station Indiana. Fifty officers surrounded the hideout as a fierce exchange of rifle fire wounded two Miller Station policemen. The bandits, linked to Gustave Merx, held the dugout under cover amid swampy terrain along Lake Michigan.
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Chicago
Harry van Dyne
Peter Niedenmier
Miller's Station
Ind
Schuettler
Sheehan
Miller
Gustave Merx
Lake Michigan
Ogden Lucian cut-off completed linking lines across Great Salt Lake
The Ogden Lucian cut-off totaling 102 miles was declared finished and joined to the Harriman railway system. The project cost the Southern Pacific many millions but is expected to save over 500000 yearly in operations and cut Ogden to the Pacific coast travel time by two hours. A ceremony featured 50 top railroad officials led by S H Harriman.
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Ogden
Utah
Ogden—Lucian
Great Salt Lake
Harrisman
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Pacific Coast
H. Harriman
Southern Pacific
Harriman
H. G. Burt
Union Pacific
J. Kruttschnitt
Preside 4
Earling
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
David Wilcox
Delaware and Hudson
J. M. Fairhorne
Chicago and Alton
I. T. Harahan
J. F. Wallace
Djinots Central
Union
Central Pacific
Laceon
Nev
Reno
Flood and Cold Hit St Petersburg in 1824 Scale
The St Petersburg flood, the worst since 1824, caused widespread ruin. 20,000 factory district residents fled into streets. many lost everything. Dozens of homes in cellars faced freezing hardship. some parents lost children. Coffins drifted from graves at a cemetery before reburial. The czar donated 500 dollars for flood relief.
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Cronstadt
Philanthropist Wyman Dies in Baltimore at 79
Baltimore November 27. William C. Wyman renowned philanthropist died in the city aged seventy nine. He was noted for his many charitable endowments and civic work.
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Gene
Baltimore
C. Wyman
Tragic Train Tragedy Ends Father and Two Children
Berlin reports a young tailor, Thomas Markiewicz, threw his two children aged three and five on the rails before a night train then jumped to his death. All three died. His wife had died earlier in the week, a likely factor in the catastrophe.
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Berlin
Thomas Markiewiecz
Markiewecz
OBrien Declines to Withdraw Cork City Seat
Doublin Nov. 27. William OBrien writes to John Redmond acknowledging Irish Party resolutions and United Irish League, but declines to withdraw his resignation as Cork city MP or to resume involvement in Irish politics.
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Doublin
William O'Brien
John Redmond
Irish Parlimentary Party
United Irish League
Cork City
Lord Mayor Honored for Royal Visit
London telegram reports King Edward knighted Lord Mayor Ritchie in recognition of his hosting the king and Queen Helena of Italy at the Guild Hall during their recent visit.
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London
Edward
Ritchie
Victor Emmanuel
Queen Helena
Italy
Guild Hall
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