American Aeronaut 5 Victor Triumph Amid Poland Flight
Edgar W. Mix, an American, won the Gordon Bennett Cup by landing near Warsaw after a 35 hour, 695 mile flight. He reported fog, heavy rain, and ballast exhaustion, and said he was detained by Russian authorities as news reached the American embassy.
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Ostrolenka
Warsaw
Prague
Mix
Swike
Alps
Méssper
Swiles
Messner
LeBlac
Carpathian Mountains
Ruyrsia
Eee
Zurich
Switcerre
Great American Balloon Race Ends With Record Flight
In Walk on Minnesota on October 6 Balloon &. Lewis Nova landed after 41 hours 35 minutes and 580 miles, claiming distance and endurance records unless Centennial surpassed 580 miles. New York’s August Pout reported reaching 24 000 feet altitude and 40 below zero temperature, maintaining 48 ½ hours in the air.
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Minn
St. Louis
Livingston
Alabama
Louis
Minfi
Pout
New York
Taft Rusticating Amid Big Trees In California
President Taft rests in El Portal near Yosemite with brief travel to see the Mariposa giant sequoias. He travels by stage and foot for three days, seeking a quiet sightseeing trip away from crowds and ceremonial appearances.
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el Portal
Cal
Taft
Yosemite Valley
Mariposa Big Tree
Indian Confesses Murder of 15-Year-Old Violet Gilmer
Wilbur Benjamin an Indian youth confessed to choking Violet Gilmer 15 near Rumsey California after she rejected his advances. He was arrested near Woodland as threats of lynching were made and extra jail guards were ordered. Benjamin is 22 and described as fairly well educated.
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Woodland
Cal
Wilbur Benjamin
Violet Gilmer
Rumsey
Benjamin
Miners Die In Extension Mine Disaster At Ladysmith
Twenty three bodies recovered with thirty two miners believed dead after a fire damp explosion at the Extension mine of the Wellington Colliery company near Ladysmith British Columbia. Rescue efforts and grim waits for families followed as officials described the peril and efforts to reach trapped workers.
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Ladysmith
B. C
Wellington Colliery Company
Hil
Jsmaster
Alex Mo Ilellan
Robert White
Fred Ingham
William Steeje
Alexander Shaw
Thomas Bishop
Weather forecast and temperatures for Washington
Forecast shows warmer from Wyoming to Portland with cooler conditions Thursday and fair weather Friday. Local data for 24 hours to 6 p.m. Oct 6 records maximum 71 degrees minimum 45 with trace precipitation. Palmer, Section Director, provides the figures.
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Wyoming
Trace
W. & .Palmer
Woman once wife of earls brother aids wounded second husband
In New York Mrs. Mundy formerly Miss Inez, once married to Mundy, the brother of the Earl of Craven, watches her husband after he was wounded by thieves in Bellevue Hospital. She says she was divorced from Hon. Rupert Cecil Craven in 1908 and the couple arrived in the U S on the Teutonic recently.
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Earls Brother
New York Hospital
New York
Talbot. Mundy
Earl of Craven
Bellevue
Rupert Cecil Craven
Earl'a Bi
Mundy
America
Teutonic
Misa Inez
Stamps Worth Thousands Recovered After Wyoming Train Robbery
Denver inspectors recover over 16 000 postage stamps from a west bound mail pouch robbery on a train through Wyoming. Emigrant Wid Anderson found the stash washed into the Green River drainage after heavy rains. Value estimated at 95 000. investigators hold stamped papers for months as they pursue suspects and await possible later links to the case.
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Colo
Yobvbers
Wyoming
Washington, D. C
California
Wid” Anderson
Green River Country
Green River
Irea
Core Akresty
Washington
Anderson
Polar letter boosts Cook stock amid Arctic discovery claims
New York, Oct. 7. A letter said to be written by Dr. Cook last May praising a North Pole discovery and accusing Commander Peary has surged Cook support among New Yorkers previously skeptical, amid controversy over Captain Bernier of the ArcLa government ship.
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Bernier
Arcla
Cook
North Pole
Peary
Brooklyn
Sand
Hearst Nominated for Mayor by Admirers
New York Oct 6 Hearst was nominated at a mass meeting by his admirers despite his stated unwillingness to run The 4000 plus crowd heard William M Ivins denounce Justice Gaynor as a Tammany tool Ivins praised Hearst as a city friend and Hearst signaled support for Gaynor over the Republican nominee The report also says Jerome may withdraw as district attorney candidate
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New York
William R. Hearst
Mses
Hearst
Tammany
William M. Ivins
McClellan
Justice Gaynor
Iving
Gaynor
Jerome
New Tactics in Fight for Thaw
Former Governor Black appeared in the court of appeals challenging the constitutionality of Thaw’s recommitment to Mattewan and of the law detaining him. He argued that on the second trial Thaw was free and innocent when the verdict was returned.
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Albany
N.Y
Black
Court of Appeals
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Mattewan
Harvard's Head For Specialists Inauguration at Harvard University
Abbott Lawrence of Lowell was inaugurated as president of Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts. He proclaimed policies distributing university gifts to men of letters from around the world and outlined a focus on mastering one thing well and pursuing something of everything. He supported intercollegiate sports.
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Cambridge
Mass
Abbott Lawrence of
Lowell
Harvard University
King Ed Seeks to Prevent Crisis in Budget Row
London dispatch reports the king with unofficial advisers actively intervening to avert a crisis sparked by the budget proposals. Leaders of both parties stay away from compromise, the rank and file demand no surrender, and a cabinet member says the Lords will pass the bill as it leaves the Commons.
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London
House of Command
Partida
Commons
Nebraska Wheat Yield and ETS Record
Nebraska reports total wheat production this year at 50 270 000 bushels. Winter wheat output reached 46 500 000 bushels with 20 13 bushels per acre, while spring wheat yielded 2 870 000 bushels at 14 00 bushels per acre. The record year was 2003 with 60 000 000 bushels.
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Linco
Nebraska
Buro
Murderous convict slain by sheriff's posse at Gunnison
In Colorado a fugitive prisoner believed to have killed crippled mail carrier Tabor was tracked to a cabin near Sargeant. After a siege Sheriff Hanlon’s team fired, killing Baggs. Baggs, 24, had escaped from Canon City prison on September 2 and sought revenge on Tabor. Tabor was shot twice but recovering in Salida.
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Gunnison
Colo
Patrick Hanlon
State Penitentiary
Charlies Tabor
Tomichi Creek
Sargeant
Canon City
Hanlon
Baggs
B. Bares
Tabor
Ruge
Salida
Rages
Lineman's Fall From Pole Endangers Life
L C Baird, lineman for Newberry Electric Company, fell from a 100 foot pole while installing a new power plant. Belt parted and he hit the wagon wheel and ground, suffering a broken shoulder and possible internal injuries. He is in the post hospital under army surgeons as the condition is uncertain. Another lineman, Joy Carter, was injured by a live wire weeks earlier.
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L. C. Baird
Emerley
Newberry Ejectrical Company
Art Russell
Hittine
Post
Baird
Rey Thay
Howe Bight
Huind Waa
J Joy Carter
Tie
Bia
Carter
Tim
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