President Back At Work After Panama Porto Rico Trip
President Roosevelt returns to duty with a flurry of dispatches. He plans to send a Panama canal special message to Congress within a week and notes Porto Rico’s desire for American citizenship. Cabinet details focus on his trip, Panama project scale, and a sanitary issue for bachelor laborers, expected to be quickly resolved.
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Roosevelt
Panama
Porto Rico
Loeb
Aince
Panama Canal
Congress
Rio Janeiro
Europe
Bribery Scandal Hits Pittsburg City Hall
Pittsburg councilman W A Martin was charged with bribery in the Tube City Railroad franchise case. He and S Cameron, president of the Tube City Railroad, were arrested at home, jailed briefly, and released on $10,000 bail each. Detected officials face surveillance as probes unfold.
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Pittsburg
W. A. Martin
Tube City
Central Police Station
S. Cameron
Tube City Railroad Company
Senator Warren Denies Affidavit In Coal Lands Case
In Washington Senator Warren arrived Friday and dismissed Special Agent Myendorff affidavit from Salt Lake City charging Warren and Senator Clark with conspiring to halt investigations into Union Pacific coal land entries. Warren called the affidavit a pipe dream and said Clark never met or communicated with Myendorff.
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Senator Warren
City
Myendorff
General Land Office
Salt Lake City
Warren
Senator Clark
Union Pacific Railway Company
Ruef and Chief Dinan Indicted in San Francisco
Abraham Ruef and Chief of Police Jeremiah Dinan were indicted by the grand jury on conspiracy charges linked to alleged protection of a house of ill fame. Dinan faces a separate indictment for perjury in his testimony.
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Chief Dinan
San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Jeremiah Dinan
Man and Child Freeze to Death in North Dakota
Vincent Spilner his wife and two children from Eastern Wells county lost their way returning from a neighbor when Mr Spilner and one child froze to death. the tragedy occurred near New Rockford North Dakota as a cold snap gripped the region.
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N. D
Vincent Spilner
Wells County
Mr. Spilner
Iowa State News Highlights of Recent Events
Des Moines reports detail Grace McCoy a Bayard girl forging her father's name to a 400 dollar check to join a private in Cuba. She was tracked via New Orleans and Dallas Center then allowed to proceed to Cuba after her father settled the loss. Eleven other girls reportedly seek similar plans. McWilliams Insane ruling halts his execution for the brutal murder of his wife and five children near Independence, with court officials noting his violent behavior and desire to kill.
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Des Moines
Sue
Koontz
Troop L
Eleventh Cavalry
Cavalryivan
Grace McCoy
Bayard
McCoy
John, McCoy
Guthrie County
Guthrie Center Bank
Iowa National Bank of
Cbeck
Johnson
MckKircher
Chief McNutt
New Orleans
Dallas Center
Livy
Iowa National Bank
Forty hogs in well tragedy shocks Sac County
Sac County farmer John Patterson mourns the loss of forty hogs valued at over $500 after they wandered into an abandoned well near Sac City. The herd, chased through weeds, slipped through rotten boards covering a hidden shaft and drowned in the water below.
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Sac County
Sac City
John Patterson
Here
Patterson
Admit Murder of Larson by Clinton Men Pleads Guilty
Clinton painter Sigfred Larson was killed in October after a quarrel outside a North Fourth Street saloon. Zimmer and Phillips pleaded guilty to second degree murder, avoiding first degree charges and awaiting sentencing.
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Phillips
Clinton
Richard Zimmer
Wiliam Phillips
Sigfred Larson
Tha
Larson
North Fourth Street
Rockefeller Fund Gives Grinnell $100000 Endowment
Rockefeller foundation grants announced list 607,500 in total gifts since 1908. Grinnell College receives 100,000 while Lawrence Appleton 60,000 Springfield Missouri 50,000 Richmond Virginia 160,000 and Washington and Lee Lexington 5,000. Gifts are conditional and aim to raise endowment to 2,670,000.
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New York
General Board
John D. Rockefeller Foundation For Higher Education
Jons College
Grinnell
Lawrence University
Appleton
Wis
Poratry College
Springfeld
Richmond College
Richmond
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Rockefeller Foundation
Milled at Throttle Engineer Found Dead on Rock Island Train
Engineer O'Brien of Rock Island died after being found with a crushed skull aboard No. 62 westbound near West Liberty Iowa. Fireman stopped the train, doctor on board treated him but he died within a minute. It is believed he struck a projecting freight train or hit the catching apparatus at Atalissa. O'Brien was among the road's oldest engineers.
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Iowa City
Engineer O'Brien
Rock Island
West Liberty
O’brien
Atalissa
O'Brien
Officials Indicted in Lyon County forgery case
Rock Rapids reports the Lyon County grand jury found two indictments against board of supervisors members for forgery. The graft allegedly diverted about 3000 dollars from the road fund by raising receipts for road work and overpaying the supervisors. Names not positively known. board personnel listed as H. Renshaw M. McMullen Matt Priester John Whitney Conrad Krahling.
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Lyons
H. Renshaw M. McMullen
Matt Priester
John Whitney
Conrad Krahling
Wife Slayer Says Guilty In Sioux City Case
Myron Clark pleaded guilty to murder in Sioux City admitting he cut his wife’s throat from ear to ear. Prosecutors described the slaying as brutal and Clark faces sentencing in the county court.
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Sioux City
Myron Clark
Clark
Man almost killed at slaughter house in Ida Grove
W A Bane struck a steer during slaughter when a rope overhead snagged his blow. The second swing hit him on the head, creating a large airway hole. He was found unconscious but expected to recover. Local report notes the incident occurred at the slaughter house in Ida Grove.
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Ida Grove
W. A. Bane
Shirt Torn From Milwaukee Machinist By Running Lathe
Entringer of Milwaukee shops was pressed against a revolving rod at work when a rough end caught his shirt and pulled it from his back. He held the other machine to stop it, and though frightened, he suffered no serious injuries due to the rapid shutdown.
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Milwaukee
Entringer
Road's Head Killed Samuel Spencer and Six Others
Samuel Spencer president of the Southern Railway and six other guests were killed in a rear end collision near Lynchburg at 6 10 am. The crash involved the Jacksonville express and the Washington and Southwestern vestibule limited. Also killed were D W Davis Charles D Fisher Francis T Redwood Gen Philp Schuyler and two porters. Merrill, Spencer's secretary, survived badly injured. Blame fell on Rangoon operator C D Mattoux who has disappeared.
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Lynchburg
van Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway Company
Sawyer's
Philip Schuyler
New York
Spencer
5. A. Merrill
Samuel Spencer
Francis T. Redwood
Baltimore
Lownes & Redwood
Gen. Philp Schuyler
The
Southern Railway
New York Life Insurance Company
William Pollard
J. W. Shaw
Merrill
Mr. Spencer
C. D. Mattoux
Rangoon
Jacksonville Express
Washington & Southwestern Vestibule Limited
Davis
President Spencer
Mr. Fisher
Mr. Schuyler
Jacksonville
Southand
Virginia Midland
Jennie Yeamans Dies After Long Illness
New York reports the death of Jennie Yeamans a popular singer and actress from a long tuberculosis illness. For a week physicians had no hope of recovery. Yeamans lived with her mother Annie Yeamans at a hotel and both were familiar figures for years. Miss Yeamans was born in Australia and had theatrical lineage on both sides.
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New York
Jennie Yeamans
Oval
Gerard
Miss Yeamans
Annie Yeamans
Yeamans
Australia
Lady Elgin Survivor Edward Mellon Dies at 87
Edward Mellon, aged 87, one of the survivors of the ill fated Lady Elgin, who saved himself when the vessel sank with hundreds of excursionists aboard, died Friday in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Edward Mellon
Briday
Ten Prisoners Break Jail In Long Island City Escape
Ten of the most desperate prisoners in the county jail at Long Island City escaped Friday by sawing out the door of their cells and slipping away.
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New York
Long Island City
Three Banks Close Up Conducted by G V Chandler
Three McDonough county banks led by G V Chandler shut Friday after a books exam blamed lack of ready cash. Banks owed $700000 with over $400000 in unincumbered real estate. deposits in Colchester and Bardolph largely miners and local customers. Chandler, Macomb real estate investor and treasurer of Western Illinois State Normal School and city, stated no loss to school or city.
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McDonough County
G. V. Chandler
Macomb
Chandler
Bank of
Chandler & Ines Bank
Colchester
Chandler & Smith Bank
Bardolph
Run McDonough County Real Estate
Macomb Bank
City of
Ilinois
Fire Claims Six At Lighthouse Hotel In St Louis
The Lighthouse hotel at Ninth and Market in St Louis, used as Salvation Army barracks, burned in the early hours Wednesday. About 600 homeless men were housed inside. six died and up to 35 were injured, with four burned and two dying from jumps. Six jumpers remained unconscious at the city hospital.
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Lighthouse
Ninth and Market Streets
Salvation Army
Blaze in Girls' Academy in Jefferson Destroys Hall
Fire at St Catherine's Young Women's academy in Jefferson destroyed a hall and threatened the main building. About one hundred pupils in the main building escaped without injury.
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Girls’ Academy
Jefferson
3. D
St. Catherine's
Wrecked Bank Receives $100,000 Check
Butte Montana receiver Wilson of the wrecked Aetna bank announced receipt of a $100,000 check from Augustus Heinze, formerly the bank's president, signaling a contribution amid the bank's collapse proceedings.
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Ithe wWrecker Aetna Bank
Priday
Augustus Seinze
Heinze
Steamer Jones Sinks Off Cape Cocker With Dozens Lost
Wiarton Ont. The coasting steamer J. H. Jones owned by Crawford Tug company foundered off Cape Cocker Thursday afternoon. All on board are lost with estimates ranging from 26 to 60 dead. The Jones plied Owen Sound Wiarton and Manitoulin Island, was built in 1888, 107 feet long, 153 tons burden. Part of the cabin a lifeboat and two bodies have been found by Indians along the Christian Islands shore. Rescue boats from Owen Sound Penetanguishene and Parry Sound search for survivors and wreckage.
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J. H. Jones
Crawford Tug Company
Cape Cocker
Jones
Owen Sound
Manitoulin Island
Georgian Bay
Crawford
Otto Young Dies in Chicago Business Magnate
Otto Young, 63, leading Chicago capital and landowner, died Friday at his Lake Geneva country home after a five year tuberculosis illness. His fortune is put at 17 million dollars, with central Chicago holdings second only to Field and Lester. He had planned a 10 million dollar Michigan Avenue hotel and hoped to make it the finest in the world. a will provision may carry the plan forward.
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Chicago
Otto Young
Lake Geneva
Marshall Field
Young
Mr. Young
Marshal Field
Levi Z. Lester
Michigan Avenue
Bitter words by a negro at New York union service
At a Thanksgiving service in Mt Oliver Baptist Church four Negro churches joined in denouncing President Roosevelts dismissal of three Negro Army companies. Rev William M Brooks of St Mark's African Methodist Episcopal Church delivered a biting sermon critical of Roosevelt. A relief fund for the soldiers’ families was opened after the service.
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New York
Union
Roosa Yelt
United States Army
Mt. Oliver Bathint
W. ML. Brooks
St. Mark's African Methodet Mpiscopal Church
Roosevelt
Fatal Wreck on Wabash Near Ferguson, Missouri
A Wabash passenger train bound for Kansas City collided with a freight train near Ferguson twelve miles from there. The crash killed the freight train foreman and seriously injured the freight conductor.
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Wabash
St. Louis
Kansas City
Ferguson
Carnegie Gifts University Funds Boost Local Education
Friday announcement from President Ww. Shankiin of Uppertown states that Andrew Carnegie has given the university 30000 dollars with 80000 contingent upon matching funds. 120000 more is being raised to complete the program.
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University
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Ww. Shankiin
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Andrew Carnegie
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