Peary Reaches Record North Latitude Near Pole
Commander Robert E. Peary, US Navy, neared the pole with the Roosevelt reaching 87 degrees 6 minutes north amid drifting ice and open water. The expedition faced severe conditions from Grant Land to northeast Greenland with no deaths or illness, and reported by Herbert L. Bridgeman of the Peary Arctic Club.
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New York
United States
Robert E. Peary
United States Navy
North Pole
Roosevelt
Pole
Duke of
North
Herbert L. Bridgeman
Peary Arctic Club
Hopedale
Labrador
Twillingate
N. F
Grant Land
Alert
Heckla
Columbia
Cale
Greenland
100Th Meridian
Peary
Perry
Hoffenthal
Newfoundland
Bridgeman
Chicago grain elevator firms accused of illegal conspiracy
Evidence suggesting a conspiracy among leading Chicago grain elevator companies to control the grain warehouse trade has been submitted to State's Attorney Healy for possible presentation to the next grand jury.
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Chicago
Healy
Secretary Opens HQ to Discuss Separate Japanese School
San Francisco November 2 Secretary Metcalf of the department of commerce and labor has opened headquarters there He has met with President Altman of the board of education to report on actions toward establishing a separate Japanese school.
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San Francisco
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Jie
Altman
Board of Education
Fire victims in Chamber of Commerce blaze total sixteen
Kansas City Kansas reports the body count from the Chamber of Commerce building fire, the search ending with sixteen dead. Identified victims include local residents and workers. investigation continues into cause and circumstances of the blaze.
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Kansas City
Kan
Chamber of Commerce
Shortage Probe Ends at St. Louis Sub-Treasury
The count of funds at the St. Louis sub-treasury and audit of books to verify the $61,200 shortage concluded. Inspector Bantz has departed for Washington and refused to comment.
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Sub-Treasury
St. Louis
Bantz
Washington
William Reynolds Dies in San Francisco
William Reynolds a noted composer and musical director died at Lane Hospital after a brief illness. He authored popular songs including The Sweetest Story Ever Told and Nan cy Brown.
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San Francisco
William Reynolds
the Lane Hospital
Nancy Brown
Decree Fires Most Cuban Senate House Staff
Governor Magoon issues order dismissing nearly all senate and house employees, keeping ten per chamber. The move targets cost savings amounting to about $100,000 annually in Havana.
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Havana
Magoon
Senate
House of Representatives
Roosevelt to voyage to Panama and Puerto Rico aboard Louisiana
President Roosevelt will vote in Oyster Bay then sail to Panama aboard the Mayflower to join the Louisiana for a trip to Porto Rico and Panama. He will inspect the Culebra cut with Shonts and Stevens, meet at sea via wireless, and return to Washington around November 27.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Wolf Trap Light
Louisiana
Porto Rico
Panama
Colon
Canal Zone
San Juan
Tennessee
Navy Department
Culebra
Shonts
Stevens
Unrest Reported in Cuban Provinces
Army headquarters in Havana Santiago de Cuba and Santa Clara report ongoing unrest with no actual violence cited. Sancti Spiritus marines say nearby country is unsafe due to outlaws the rural guard cannot suppress while similar conditions exist near La Grane Guantanamo but lack political significance.
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Havana
Santiago
Santa Clara
Sancti Spiritus
Largua la Grane
Guantanamo
Death of Judge Gary
Judge Joseph F. Gary of the superior court died suddenly at his Chicago home from heart muscle degeneration. He served on the Cook County bench for forty three years and was the oldest judge by service and age.
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Chicago
Joseph F. Gary
Superior Court
Gary
Cook County
Captain Kraft Jailed for Dissing President in Pittsburgh
Judge Nathaniel Ewing in the U S district court sentenced Captain Henry R. Kraft of the steamer Bessie Smith to one hour in jail for saying To hell with the president of the United States. The incident followed a month earlier when U S Marshal Stone boarded Kraft’s boat to serve a legal paper and Kraft threatened to throw him overboard.
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Pittsburg
Nathaniel Ewing
United States District Court
Henry R. Kraft
Bessie Smith
United States
Stone
Kraft
Verdict Blames Mill Owners in MacLaren Riots Deaths
Ottawa November 1 coroner's jury finds millionaire lumbermen Albert and Alexander Maclaren responsible for strikers deaths by bringing detectives who fired the fatal shots. Criminal prosecution recommended.
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Ottawa
Ont
MacLaren’s
Albert
Alexander Maclaren
Severe famine described in northern Klanssu province
Missionaries report a severe famine in northern Klanssu, central China. About 10 million people face starvation as local magistrates block exits and fail to provide food. Violent disorder is feared.
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Shanghai
Klanssu
China
Loose Rail Blamed for Pennsylvanian Railroad Disaster
Atlantic City Nov 5 Corner Gaskill says experts find a loose rail caused the Pennsylvania railroad accident that cost more than fifty lives last Sunday.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Gaskill
Pennsylvania
Rioter Pleads Guilty in Atlanta Riots
T. F. Clements, white, pleaded guilty to assault and battery linked to recent riots in Atlanta. Judge Roan of the superior court fined him 300 dollars or six months in jail.
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Atlanta
T. F. Clements
Roan
Superior Court
Russian Soldier Executed in Plot Against Cronstadt Court Martial
The soldier Vlasott and eight associates behind the plan to blow up the building hosting the Cronstadt mutineers court martial were executed in St. Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg
Vlasott
Eight men executed after cash robbery court martial
Eight persons arrested in St. Petersburg for the theft of 188 826 dollars from the customs house cashier Hermann were tried by court martial and executed last Saturday.
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St. Petersburg
Hermann
Customs House
Trial Continued In Standard Oil Case In Findlay
In Findlay Ohio Judge Banker upheld a $5,000 fine plus costs in the Standard Oil case and allowed forty days to file a bill of exceptions. The sentence was suspended for sixty days to permit an error petition, with criminal info against John D Rockefeller Buckeye Pipe Line and Manhattan Oil continued to the next term. The per day offenses could raise aggregate fines beyond six million dollars.
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8. H. Tolles
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Manhattan Oil Company
Banker
Intersecting Commerce Bulletin on Rail Casualties
The interstate commerce commission report covers the three months to June showing 16 N37 total passenger and employee casualties on duty, 184 passenger and employee deaths in train accidents, 3 1903 collisions and derailments with 173 collisions and 158 derailments affecting passenger trains, and total damages of 2 373 924 dollars. For year end June 30 there were 546 more employee deaths and 10 098 more injuries, with 119 fewer passenger deaths and 1 145 more injuries than last year.
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Washington
Interstate Commercce Commission
Enormous Registration Frauds Reported in Los Angeles
Brief dispatches note alleged large scale registration frauds developing in Los Angeles. The Milwaukee Episcopal bishop Isaac Lea Nicholson is reported dead. Government building totals show 451 completed and occupied nationwide. Three Wisconsin battleship sailors died in Seattle from bay rum intoxication. two more seriously ill. Fiscal year results record 46 new public buildings and five extensions occupied. Russia grants religious freedom to the Old Believers per a ukase, a vast sect numbering in the millions.
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Los Angeles
Isaac Lea Nicholson
Milwaukee Episcopal Diocese
Wisconsin
Seattle
Nicholas
Russia
Hague Peace Conference Set For Next Year
It 18 announced that the second Hague peace conference will be convoked next year. Emma Goldman and nine other persons were arrested at an anarchistic meeting in New York. The Supreme Court has not adopted the presidents simplified spelling system. The steamer Jessica foundered in the Gulf of Bothnia with the captain and thirty men drowned. Major Eugene F. Ladd reports Cuban bond liabilities at 48051000. Railroad unions of the East join Western men for wage and hour readjustment.
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Emma Goldman
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Jessica
Gulf of Bothnia
Eugene F. Ladd
The
Republic
East
Manchuria unrest and Atlantic fire headline sweep
The week reports violence in Manchuria with Chinese bandits and Japanese migration, President Roosevelt on a Pine Knot hunting trip, a major fire in Leipsic Ohio destroying an opera house block with losses listed at 100 900, Newfoundland fisheries debate, Wales mining strike, and a sugar house boiler disaster near Vacherie Louisiana leaving five dead.
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Manchuria
Roosevelt
Pine Knot
Virginia
Leipsic
Ohio
Newfoundland
Civil war on rails brings 3 cent Cleveland fare
The long heralded 3 cent streetcar fare becomes a reality in Cleveland Ohio as city transit moves to implement the reduced rate. The announcement affects daily commuters and local businesses, promising cheaper urban travel and potential shifts in ridership patterns.
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Cleveland
Indiana State News Specials On Hoosier Happenings
Columbus Indiana November 5 Patrick Flannigan of Sweet Ireland has gathered twenty eight bushels of acorns from Wayne township and sent them to Clark county for the state board of forestry. He says Wayne township oaks are the finest trees in the state and he was paid eighty dollars for the acorns.
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Columbus
Ind
Patrick Flannigan
Sweet Ireland
Wayne Township
Clark County
State Board of Forestry
Flannigan
Courtroom clash maims leading Clay lawyer in Brazil
In Brazil Indiana yesterday afternoon George A Knight a veteran Clay County lawyer was knocked down by ex Judge S M McGregor during a circuit court trial. Knight suffered a back fracture and unconsciousness and physicians fear he will not recover. No arrest. Both men are prominent and wealthy practitioners.
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Brazil
Ind
George A. Knight
Clay County
S. M. McGorecor
Charler Ward
Chlettes Teo
Crisietro
Ward
Mec
McSearcy
MeGregor
McGregor
Knright
Knight
Remarkable case of a 12 year sleep in Kentucky
Merchall Grider, 63, of near Rowena in Russell county, fell asleep twelve years ago and has remained unconscious since. He receives liquid nourishment twice daily and shows normal pulse with unusually supple muscles. Physicians are puzzled by the mysterious condition.
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Columbia, Ky
Medical Science
Ught
Russell County
Merchall Grider
Rowena
Rosemary Sartoris Weds George H. Woolston in New York
Miss Rosemary Sartoris granddaughter of General A S Grant wed George H Woolston of Hibernia Florida in New York yesterday. The couple recently returned from Europe with Mrs Sartoris and her daughter. Woolston owns a large Florida plantation.
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Rosemary Sartoris
New York
A.S. Grant
George H. Woolston
Hibernia
Fla
Murderer Jesse Coe Believed Located in Kentucky Hills
Indianapolis reports indicate Jesse Coe, the suspected killer of Police Officer Russell, may be hiding in the hills of Monroe county Kentucky near Martinsburg. Two ex policemen located him but could not capture him. Sheriff Sourbier declined further pursuit citing prior costs. It remains for Indianapolis police to act.
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Indianapolis
Jesse Coe
Martinsburg
Monroe County
Kentucky
Coe
Russell
Petticord
George Williams
Williams
Sourbier
Storms Hit Italy Causing Floods Across Peninsular
Heavy storms sweep Italy with floods reported in multiple regions. In labor news the Southern Railway machinists strike ends with a return to work. Peary’s expedition reaches 87 6 north while Japan starts building a battleship larger than the Dreadnought by 3000 tons. Pennsylvania railroad wages rise affecting nearly 150000 workers.
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Southern Railway
Markets Across Cities Report Grain and Livestock Prices
Indianapolis Wheat 72c No 2 red 74 44c Corn 48%4c Oats 34%4c Hay prices rise Clover 16 to 17.50 Timothy 17 to 19 Millet 10 to 11 Cattle 2.50 to 6.50 Hogs 4.50 to 6.55 Sheep 2.50 to 4.75 Lambs 4 to 7.25 Cincinnati Wheat 76c Corn 48%4c Oats 35%4c Cattle 4.50 to 5.35 Hogs 5.25 to 6.40 Sheep 2.25 to 4.50 Lamb 4 to 7.40 Chicago Wheat 65c Corn 46c Oats 38%4c Cattle 4.00 to 7.30 Hogs 6.0 to 6.45 Sheep 4 to 5.75 Lambs 6 to 7.75 New York Cattle 3.80 to 5.85 Hogs 6.60 to 6.75 Sheep 3 to 5 Lambs 6 to 7.50 East Buffalo Cattle 4.00 to 6.45 Hogs 6.80 to 6.60 Sheep 4.50 to 6.00 Lambs 6 to 7.25 Toledo wheat May 81.50 Dec 77% cash 76%.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
East Buffalo
Shortage Found at St Louis Subtreasury
A deficit of 61500 is reported in the St Louis subtreasury. J T Harahan, second vice president of the Illinois Central railroad, is a candidate for the railroad presidency. The French parliament reassembled after adjourning on Oct 25 due to ministerial declaration gaps. A bull gored Charles D Bailey near Gallipolis Ohio. Henry Hughes, an ex convict, fatally shot James Murrell Hughes in Henderson Kentucky. France’s 1907 budget estimates revenue at 3657000000 francs and expenditures at 3832000000 francs.
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St. Louis
J. T. Harahan
IlHnoia Central Railroad
Charles D. Bailey
Gallipolis
Henderson
Henry Hughes
James Murrell Hughes
Prisoner Fears Mob Violence in Goshen Jail
Louis Fuller, accused of killing his wife in Goshen Indiana, shows signs of mental distress in jail. He paces the cage and fears execution while authorities hope for a full confession.
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Goshen
Ind
Louis Fuller
Mayor Frank's Home Damaged In Stone Vandalism
Unknown assailants wrecked a four foot plate glass window pane at the home of Charles Frank mayor of Mishawaka. The interior room was damaged by stones. Authorities believe the attack stems from enforcement of local liquor laws.
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Mishawaka, Inn
Charles Frank
Frank
Fatal Hunting Accident Shocks Petersburg Youth
TLouvis Robling, sixteen, fell from a fence while hunting in Petersburg Indiana on October 21. The discharged gun tore away his left arm and buried itself in his neck and face, injuring the brain and causing severe wounds. He died from the injuries.
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Petersburg
Ind
Tlouvis Robling
Farmer kills daughter during hog butchering near Morristown
Morristown Indiana October 20 Charles Alyea a farmer six miles west of town while butchering hogs shot and instantly killed his five year old daughter. His hand wavered when he took aim at the hogs and the child standing nearby was struck by a bullet.
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Morristown
Ind
Charles Alyea
Here
Ullet
Old Story Revived in Alleged Tobacco Trust Corruption
Boston announces that District Attorney Moran says Collier’s Weekly may hold original documents and codes suggesting nationwide legislative corruption by the tobacco trust. Moran cites A. D. Hughes claiming he found letters and a Marion Indiana factory desk revealing American Tobacco Company dealings and failed attempts to interest Roosevelt and Indiana Governor Hanly.
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Boston
John S. Moran
William T. Jerome
New York
A. D. Hughes
Michigan
Collier’s Weekly
Tobacco Trust
Coller’s Weekly
Moran
Hughes
Marion
Ind
A. O. Baker
American Tobacco Company
Roosevelt
Hanly
Indiana
Collier’s
Indiana Wheat Leads State Crop Report But Oats And Corn Fall
Indiana crop report shows wheat total over 40 million bushels, up 16 million from last year as acreage rises and yield per acre increases. Corn and oats shrink. corn about 165 million bushels, oats about 49.7 million with lower yields and acreage.
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Indianapolis
Joseph H. Stubbs
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Indiana
Burglars Flee After Post Office Break In
In Brownsville Indiana on October 21 the town post office was entered by burglars for the fourth time. John Heim spotted them and alerted night operator Riter. After shots were exchanged the burglars fled, leaving tools behind. No injuries reported as bloodhounds are being used to track them.
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Brownsville
Ind
John Heim
Riter
Paralytic Woman Cremated in Fire From Lighting Match
Bluffton Indiana November 1 Mrs Richard Hunter a paralytic fifty eight years old was roasted alive by a fire started from a match she used to light her pipe She could not help herself and before aid arrived she cried out and received fatal burns She sat in a chair as the match lit under her cushion flames rose above her head when her mother found her
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Bluffton
Ind
Richard Hunter
Coes Defy Law as Pursuers Track Them in Kentucky
Clouds Landing Kentucky October 31. Jesse Coe a man said to be responsible for killing a policeman in Indianapolis is in southern part of this county where he once lived. He and others of the Coe family are armed with Winchesters and vow to die before arrest. The Coe clan is described as a desperate gang long feuding with the Taylors with many killed.
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Clouds Landing
Jesse Coe
Indianapolis
Jesse
Bank cashier dies by suicide in vault
Charles B. Williams acting cashier of the Citizens Bank shot himself in the bank vault in Salem Indiana. Officials say he acted in temporary insanity due to business troubles. The bank’s funds are reported as all right.
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Salem
Ind
Charles B. Williams
Citizens’ Bank
James D Yeomans Dies in Washington at 61
James D Yeomans, former member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, died in Washington today at age sixty one after a complication of diseases.
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Washington
James D. Yeomans
Interstate Commerce Commission
Farmer Edward Worsham Dies by Hanging in Connersville
Connersville Indiana November 3 Edward T Worsham a well known 41 year old farmer in the county died by self inflicted hanging. The inquest is slated with MNhealth noted as the cause.
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Connersville
Ind
Edward T. Worsham
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