Terrific storm wrecks vessels across Atlantic coast
News from Halifax reports multiple ships driven ashore or grounded by a violent gale across Nova Scotia Cape Breton New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. The Norwegian bark Adeena with twelve crew overwhelmed by cold and seas, a Windsor schooner Omega and the Turret Bell steamer among those damaged or lost. Telegraphs were down until today.
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Nova Scotia
Cape Breton
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Turret Bell
Northumberland Strait
Adeena
Sexton
N. B
North Reef
Alexander
Omega
Charlottetown
Fox Point
Campbell's Cove
Cable Head
Maritime Provinces
Roosevelt Aims for Safe House Majority and New York Stakes
Official Washington awaits results from forty two states as President Roosevelt seeks a safe Republican majority in the next House and watches New York closely. Republicans concede some Democratic gains but dispute that they are all they claim. Local clerks vote despite lack of suffrage while the Democratic committee maintains Washington headquarters for wind indicators.
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Root
Congress
Washington
Democratic Congressional Committee
Newfoundland Storm Disrupts Coast Shipping and Rail
A furious hurricane battered Newfoundland for two days causing extensive damage to shipping and fishing. Rail and steamboat services are suspended. Mail boats Carthaginian and Louisburg are detained in Port for 36 hours, with fears of numerous vessel losses along the coast.
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Carthaginian
Allan Line
Louisburg
Diamond Line
Five Norwegians drown after Adeona wreck off Richibucto
Five crewmen of the Norwegian bark Adeona drown while trying to reach shore after the ship wrecked on a reef at Richibucto Bar during a northeast gale. The Norwegians were unnamed. three bodies washed ashore as the hull remained on a sand bar. The Adeona, built in 1893 at Arendal with 615 tons, was bound for Preston England.
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Richibucto
N. B
Richibucto Bar
Jansen
Arendal
Norway
Alexander
Herbert
Armed Gueans Seek Annexation At Sancti Spiritus
A band of ninety men encamped near Sancti Spiritus in Santa Clara Province displays the Stars and Stripes and declares support for annexation by the United States. The marine commander at Sancti Spiritus has likely ordered the men to disperse and return home.
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Havana
Sancti Spiritus
Santa Clara
Sanchez
Jiminez
United States
Denied New Trial Doctor Matthe ws Kills Himself
Dr. J Baxter Matthews of Greensboro North Carolina, convicted March 9 1906 of poisoning his wife, killed himself in a cheap Baltimore lodging house within hours after a denied appeal for a new trial. Relatives and bondsmen had been searching for him.
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Baltimore
J. Baxter Matthews
Greensboro
N. C
Thought First Of His Wife After Car And Engine Accident
Charles Horst suffered a crushed right side when cars and a switch engine collided yesterday near Cincinnati. He rode a street car home and declined hospital aid to avoid alarming his wife. Patrol officers ferried him from the courthouse area to a homebound car on Court and Main streets.
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Cincinnati
Charles Horst
toeCourt
Main Streets
Roosevelt Votes Then Heads to Panama
President Roosevelt left Washington at midnight to vote in Oyster Bay tomorrow. He rode the private car Sig net attached to the first midnight train to New York. After voting he will return to Washington and then sail to Panama aboard the yacht Mayflower.
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Panama
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Oyster Bay
Pennsylvania
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Long Island Railroad
Long Island City
Troops Ready as Williamson Riot Risks Election Day
West Virginia National Guard companies G H and I mobilize in Huntington amid rioting fears in Williamson. Deputies and police clash with Democratic and Republican factions over arrest of a U S marshal and a suspect in voting irregularities. Officials bail out as calm returns for now.
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Commercial Tribune
Huntington
W. Va
H and I
West Virginia National Guard
Williamson
Mingo County
W. H. Lyons
Pinson
Chaffin
Four Men Burned in Sunday Creek Mine Explosion
Four men were badly burned at Sunday Creek mine when a motor struck a keg of powder dropped at the entrance. The Gloucester Colorado report notes the accident occurred on November 5.
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Sunday Creek
Commercial Tribune
Gloucester, CO
No Sentiment in Forestry at Vanderbilt Meeting
The Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club heard Dr. Charles A. Schenck defend a profit driven forestry view. He warned deforestation will continue as land yields more for farming and cities, predicting U.S. timber supply from Northern Canada and citing fire as a major obstacle.
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Charles. A. Schenck
Business Men’s Club
W. A. Bénnétt
Moffett
M. B. Farrin
Bennett
Dr. Schenck
Germany
Vanderbilts
Biltmore
Canada
United States
Schenck
Leck
American Forestry Association
Cincinnati
Virginia Monroe Collision Report Details of Suction Collision
The Navy Department received Captain Seaton Schroeder's report on the Hampton Roads collision between the battleship Virginia and the Monroe of the Old Dominion line. The Monroe was drawn into the Virginia by the ship’s screws suction. damage to the Virginia was minor, affecting a three inch gun, boat davits, bunks, and paint. Schroeder will appoint a board of officers to inspect and report further.
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Commercial
Tribune
Washington
Seaton Schroeder
Virginia
Monroe
Old Dominion Line
Hampton Roads
Navy Department
Schroeder
Two Die in Wiggins Race Riot After Jail Attack
In Wiggins Mississippi a race riot left two dead and over 500 shots fired. William Smith a black man fought authorities injuring Marshal Quarrels and Deputy Mitchell who died. Smith barricaded his home and was later captured and jailed where a mob dynamited the jail and firepower continued. D. M. Clarke a white man was fatally shot.
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Commercial Tribune
Hattiesburg
Miss
Wiggins
Here
William Smith
Marshal Quarrels
Mitchell
Smith
Cashier Vandervoort Dies in Lake Andes Shooting
Lake Andes South Dakota November 6. Cashier Vandervoort of the Lake Side Bank at Lake Andes died by his own hand. Reports say his affairs were troubled and he left a pistol wound. Local authorities say the act appears to be suicide.
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Commercial Tribune
Sstoux Falls
Vandervoort
Lake ‘Side
Andes
France Accepts Invite to Jamestown Exposition Warships
Paris reports France has accepted the invitation to send a squadron of warships to the opening of the Jamestown Exposition on April 26, 1907. The announcement confirms France will participate in the event.
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France
Paris
Robbers Loot Illinois Bank Near Ladd for 20000
In La Salle County two masked men robbed Farmers and Miners Bank of Ladd. They bound Assistant Cashier J. J. Hurley, fled with about $20,000 mostly in currency, and a running gun battle followed as they escaped toward La Salle after hiring a Peru livery rig. Local police pursued but nothing resolved.
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Commercial Tribune
LA Salle
Ill
Farmers and Miners’ Bank
Ladd
J. J. Hurley
Denny
Peru
English Sailors Refuse to Kneel Riot at Portsmouth Barracks
A mutinous outbreak among 500 to 600 sailors in Portsmouth led to instant mobilization of the naval garrison. Sailors resisted a kneeling order, rioted in the gym, wrecked the canteen, and attacked officers and premises, with several arrests and injuries among police and guards.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Naval Barracks
Democrats’ bid for Thompson blocked by Antisaloon League
In Columbus on November 5 Wayne B Wheeler, chief of the Antisaloon League, rejected a report that liquor interests backed Thompson for Secretary of State. He affirmed Thompson’s temperance record and opposition to local option, keeping temperance forces aligned with Thompson and not inviting liquor support for Hoskins.
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League
Mr. Thompson
Thompson
Fog Over Cincinnati Prompts Election Defeat Omen
A dense Cincinnati fog described as a genuine, heavy Duncker-like spell settles over the city hindering transit and dampening spirits as officials note low wind and soot buildup while forecasters dismiss weather significance and hint at a political defeat at the polls today.
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Cincinnati
Dichter Nebel
Dichter
London
Richards
Weather Bureau
Metcalf Pursues Investigation In San Francisco Visit
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor H. Metcalf with Consul Vinsen visited the Japanese quarter and the Orient School in San Francisco to probe the exclusion of Japanese pupils from white schools. He luncheoned with the Consul and heard restaurant keepers complain of alleged boycotts at the Japanese Consulate.
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San Francisco
Commerce
Labor
Victor H. Metcalf
Vinsen
Japan
Orient
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