Cuba under U.S. control as Taft proclaims provisional governor
In a formal proclamation William H. Taft declares the United States will provisionally govern Cuba after President Palma resigns. Cubans express relief and hope for a stable future while awaiting a constitutional republic and eventual restoration of sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ywavana
Cuba
William H. Taft
United States
Taft
Palma
Republic
Island OF
Troops Ordered to Cuba Under Taft Action
The president ordered about 652 troops with preparatory orders to sail for Cuba. Special trains were readied and departed from rail points to Newport News for embarkation. The Sumner will transport the first unit as total forces, including marines and blue jackets, near or above 10,000 men to garrison the island. General Bell authorized the move with patrols already in Cuban waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Taft
Cuba
Newport News
Sumner
United States
Cueban
Franklin Bell
Army
Island of Cuba News Reports Peaceful Transfer With Limited U.S. Troops
Reports from Havana describe a peaceful end to the Cuban crisis with a U S occupation limited to thirty Marines guarding the Treasury. The Cuban flag remains, no troops landed beyond the guard, and political prisoners released. A provisional government is to oversee arms surrender and camp locations for the first American expedition under General Funston and Secretary Taft.
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I Tx
Palma
Newark
First Republic
Taft
Camaguey
Puerto Principe
McCoy
Funston
Mr. Taft
Tunston
Cuba
United States
Fire damages carload ammunition on Union Pacific train
A carload of army ammunition en route to Newport News on a Union Pacific train caught fire from engine sparks and was cut out at Papillion Nebraska. For two hours citizens stood guard while bullets from exploding cartridges sprayed in all directions. San Francisco Relief Corporation reduced its running expenses for the camps by 63069 in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport, News
Union Pacific
Papillion, Neb
San Francisco
San Francisco Relief Corporation
Roosevelt
Ariz
Tacoma
Wash
Tacoma Eastern
James J. Lusk
United States Engineering Corps
Fort Hancock
Sandy Hook
Republic Rubber Company
Youngstown
Chicago
Paul C. Stensland
Henry A. Buchtel
Denver University
Philip B. Stewart
Colorado
Steubenville
Roy W. Talbott
Bradley Mines
Walsh
Rex
James ©. Smith
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Noted Cotton Statistician Henry M Nell Dies
Obituary notes Henry M Nell renowned cotton statistician has died. Also cited are medical updates on Dr Lappont Pope's physician with stomach cancer, and a California committee to greet Arctic explorer Roland Amundsen in San Francisco. Bisbop Coleman rests after annual cross country trek.
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Henry M. Nell
Lappont
San Francisco
Roland Amundsen
Bisbop Coleman
Wilmington
Del
Coantry
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Congress
Dunne
Chicago
Patrick W. Dunne
Independence League
Branley
Livingstone
George Grenfell
Africa
Royal Geographical Society
Hiller Named First Holder of Boston Newsboy Union Scholarship
Merer Hiller, a Boston newsboy, was named by President Eliot as the first holder of the Harvard University scholarship founded by the Boston Newsboy Union. Mrs Dowie sues for home in Muskegon County Circuit Court seeking recovery of a $25,600 summer residence at White Lake deeded to Dowie in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merer Hiller
Boston
Eliot
Harvard University
Boston Newsboy Union
Jane ,Dowie
John Alexander Dowie
Ien City
Muskegon
Miel
White Lake
Dowle
Woman killed after rejection leads to suicide in Bridgeport Ohio
William Shorts killed Miss Nannie Miller because she refused to marry him and then shot himself but was expected to recover. The report mentions horses and a Massachusetts air of public sale and notes Senator Beveridge speaking on Cuba policy. Mayor Dunne of Chicago was elected president of the League of American Municipalities at the convention in Chicago.
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William Shorts
Nannie Miller
Bridgeport
Ohio
Dunne
Chicago
League of American Municipalities
Rational
Chicace
Lizze Halliday
Hudson
Mohawk
Rafda
Sullivan County
Paul Halliday
McQuillans
Artemus Thewer
Halliday
George Smith
Brewer
Matteawan Asslum
Floyd Dingham
Corn Paige
Binghamton
N. Y
Paterson
Brigham
Aram Tashjian
New York City
Owens
Brooklyn
South Dakota
Pike's Peak
Colorado Springs
Antier's Park
Pike Monument
Henry B. Irving
Sir Henry Irving
Gizzie Halliday
Matteawan
State Hospital
Pitta‘burg Plate-Glass Company
Cleveland
Occupation of Cuba Begins With Ordered Transition
General Sharp orders immediate relief supplies including 15,000 emergency rations sent to Newport News from Kansas City. The War Department holds ample ammunition and the new Cuban garrison will be fed by local commissaries under field command as modern railways and improved roads enable orderly troop movements. The second occupation starts calmly with continuity of authority from prior evacuation.
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Newport News
Cuba
Funston
Havana
Taft
Theodore J.—Wint
Department of
Missouri
Omaha
General Wint
Coast Artillery
Fort Monroe
Fifth Infantry
Calvin D. Cowles
Plattsburg
D Barracks
N.Y
Eleventh Infantry
Albert L. Myer
Fort
D. A
William L. Pitcher
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Twenty
Owen J. Sweet
Fort Snelling
Minn
Eleventh Cavalry
Fort D. Thomas
Fort Des Moines
Java
Fifteenth Cavalry
William M. Wallace
Fort Ethan Allen
Battery Field Artillery
George G. Gauley
Mountain Artilery
George Len. Irwin
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
Battery Mountain Artillery
E. M. Blake
William C. Langfitt
Washington Barracks
D. C
Signal Corps
George §. Gibbs
Fort Omaha
Signal Company
Medical Department
Sharp
Kansas City
Bureau of Ordnance
The
War Department
Crozier
Santiago
Pinar del Rio
Elva
Presidents hurried return from Cuba crisis note
The article details President Roosevelt returning to Oyster Bay ahead of schedule from a fleet inspection as Cuban unrest pushes U S intervention. It describes Taft and Bacon traveling to Havana, the Platt amendment background, and the justification for U S intervention deemed necessary to restore order and protect life and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cuba
Congress
Palma
Washington
Taft
Bacon
Roosevelt
Gulf States Struck by Fierce hurricane damage tallied
A sweeping hurricane devastated Mobile Pensacola and surrounding areas, causing up to 50 million in losses across multiple states. Mobile and Pensacola reported extensive property damage and casualties, with ships wrecked, quaratine sites disrupted, and widespread infrastructure ruin. Grand Jury indicts Kansas City man for bribery in Central Traction case. former Denver official faces perjury charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pengieala
Robert M. Snyder
Kansas City
Central Traction Franchine Dut
Piedeplck G. Uuhatf
Denver
Minister Quesada Resigns From Cuban Government
Washington reports that Cuba's Minister Gonzalo de Quesada has submitted his resignation to the Provisional Government. He states the move is not a protest against President Roosevelt or U S policy.
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Washington, Db C
Bon Gonzalo de Quesada
Cuba
Senor Quesada
Roosevelt
British oarsmen Back American Cup Plan At Meet
The article notes British oars favoring the American University Cup plan. It mentions revised football trials at Cornell, strong punters and sure catchers in demand, and Roosevelt presenting a cup after a yacht event. It also references racing results and Harvard football expectations for a fast, kicking-focused open game this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Roosevelt
Francis
Kelmatt
Charley Neary
Nelson
Neary
Poean
Wiley
Grant
Westfall Wee
Brighton
England
Harvard
Cassie dL Chadwith seeks pardon after ten year sentence
Cassie dL Chadwith has decided to fight her case no further and the court in Columbus Ohio will consider a potential pardon after she serves ten years in prison.
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Cassie
Chadwith
Columbus
Ohio
Hearst Ratification Meeting At Madison Square Garden
A crowded ratification gathering at Madison Square Garden New York featured a principal speech by WR Heat amid the Hearst movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heart
Madison Square
S. Mathison Square Garden
New York
WR Heat
Notable Women and Achievements Across Nations
A survey of early 20th century milestones shows women in various roles. Newport socialites honor a horse at a birthday dinner while Miss Helen Gould pledges funds to build a railroad. Berlin’s Elise Tauwhe becomes the first female doctor at Humboldt University. A Japanese student, Todt Urita, attains a university honor. Maisy Elisabeth Bolt runs a Wakefield factory employing hundreds. San Francisco plans a monument to a disaster with a symbolic female figure.
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Chicago
Newport Belle
Mme Albank
Canada
Maton
Helen Gould
Y, Mo
Union Station
St Louis
Elise Tauwhe
Berlin
American Balloon Wins Bennett Cup From Paris to England
Lieutenant P. Lahm of the Sixth United States Cavalry won the James Gordon Bennett Cup in an international balloon contest. Fifteen balloons from seven countries started in Paris, with seven reaching England. Lahm descended near Deemene Farm, after a 23 hour flight from Caen, riding a 2000 cubic meter craft. Santos-Dumont suffered a balloon accident but recovered after treatment.
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Paris
AcroChiv Seniori Iy
P. Lahm
United States Cavalry
James Gordon
Norway
Lahn Descemded
Deemene Farm
Fisingdale
Caen
Rhannel
Chichester
Mabt
Lahm
West Point
Mo Santos-Dumont
Acro Club
Ameriea
Frank Lahm
United States
Parla
Santos-Dumont
Kym
Aero Club
Mobile Struck by Hurricane Brings Widespread Damage
The Gulf storm cut Mobile and nearby areas with eight million in losses. Telegraph, telephone, and railroad service must be restored before business returns to normal, while many coastal residents face months of rebuilding. the Louisville & Nashville bus bridge over Escambia Bay was demolished and trains halted eastward.
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Mainne
Ala
Mobile
Mobile Bay
Pensacola
Plau
Louisville & Nashville
Escambia Bay
Ovc
Three Women Die in Pennsy Train Collision Near Colton
A Pennsylvanian two train collision near Colton injured and killed travelers on a New York to Philadelphia express and stalled a Long Branch shore train. Three women died and twenty eight were hurt, with victims named including Mrs W H Connell and Mary Cronin among others. The crash prompted casualty reports and ongoing investigations.
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Colton Beaveen
Emsy Iwanha Trailgray
Tiddington
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. H. Connell
Philadelphia
Trenton
Mary Cronin
Darfenl Street
Mary \. O'Malley
Pittsburg Father Drowns Son After Bridge Throw
Patrick Coxne threw his three year old son from the Twenty second street bridge into the Monongahela River in Pittsburg and then tried to take his own life. The boy drowned while the father was rescued.
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Mis
Patrick Coxne
Twenty-second Street
Monongahela River
Pittsburg
Bind
Barber Cause Fatal Harm in Chicago Tragedy
Chicago barber Fred Eun cstadt deserts wife then returns and fatally slashes her throat before dying in personal crisis. Police report confirms fatal stabbing and suicide amid domestic dispute.
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Barber
Wite
Minisels
Fred Euncstadt
Chicago
NYC Bartenders Demand Higher Wages and Union Labels
Over 1000 New York City bartenders push for increased pay amid a landscape of diverse union labels and shop cards. Reports note labor tensions across industries from Baltimore to Wabash and Budapest, with global remittances to China reaching an estimated 50 million dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
California Labor Party
Laaps
Tasmania
United Garment Workers of America
Legum
Baltimore
China
Countrien
Master Builders’ Association of
Budapest
Austrad Hungary
Ate Eed
Hydney
News South
Us Gov
Mad murderer Halliday kills nurse at Matteawan hospital
The notorious Lizzie Halliday, confined at Matteawan Insane Asylum, stabbed nurse Nellie Wicks over 200 times after threatening to kill her for leaving. Halliday, infamous for a string of killings and crimes, shows no remorse and will be carefully guarded rather than punished.
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Matteawan
Nellie Wicks
Miss Wicks
Halliday
Iiate
Mrs
Miss Julia Winslow Tragedy Stuns Warren Area Family
In Warren IH area, Miss Julia Winslow of a prominent local family died by self-inflicted harm after saturating her clothes with Ieropene and taking her own life. She was the last of six sisters in the family to commit suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Winslow
Warren, IH
Jealous policeman shoots rival then dies in Penacook
Policeman Whitney D Barrett shot and killed Misa Juliat Chadwick in a Penacook trolley incident driven by jealousy. He then killed himself. Barrett was fifty and married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney D. Barrett
Penacook
N. H
Misa Juliat Chadwick
Plymouth Dam Break Causes Major Property Damage
About $20,000 in damage occurred in Plymouth Massachusetts when Town Brook overran its banks and breached a dam at an unnamed location. Local officials urged caution as floodwaters impacted several buildings and streets.
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Plymouth
Mood
Mass
Am Dam
Ily
Monty Mille
Mormon Leader Joseph Smith Charged With Five Wives
Joseph F. Smith president of the Mormon Church was arrested bound over to the district court on a charge of unlawful marriage to five wives. He waives preliminary hearing and is released on his own recognizance after arraignment. The case origins include anti Mormon sources and Smoot inquiry tensions in Salt Lake City Utah.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Joseph Fy. Smith
Mormon Church
Smith
Here
Europe
Senate Committee
Mob Seizes Town After Assault on 12 Year Old Girl
Mob violence erupts in Mobile Alabama after a 12 year old girl Ruth Sebsaman is assaulted by James Stobinson an 18 year old negro. Stobinson captured and identified by the girl. Sheriff Powers blocks mob from jail. A bystander Special Officer Roy Hoyle is fatally shot during the unrest.
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Mobile
Ala
Ruth Sebsaman
J. Blount Sepsaman
James Stobinson
Sheriff Powers
Jafl
Roy Hoyle
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Death of Albert J. Adams a.k.a. ALS Adams
New York City reported the death of Albert J. Adams known as ALS Adams the Polley King. He shot himself at the Ansonia apartments after discussing goodbye with his wife and a friend. Once a noted gambler and convicted financier, Adams had fallen on hard times and financial reverses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Albert J. Adams
Als Adams
Polley King
Ansonia
Adams
New York
Sing Sing
New Jersey Teachers Elect Five Trustees in Trenton
Over 200 members of the State Teachers Retirement Fund chose five trustees in Trenton. The elected are Dr. A B Poland Elizabeth Alefen Mrs Georgie B Crater Thomas M White and James Js Bryan. A report showed assets at 50421.01 and a bill revision was urged to address fund defects.
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State Teachers’ Retirement Fund
Trenton
A. B. Poland
Elizabeth
Elizabeth A. Ale Fen
Hoboken
Georgie B. Crater
Newark
Thomas ‘'M. White
James Js. Bryan
Camden
Misa Allen
Ranort
Charles J. Baxter
Lighthouses Swept into Sea During Hurricane
Four coastal lighthouses between the Mississippi River mouth and Mobile were destroyed by a hurricane. Lighthouse keepers perished as the structures were so badly damaged no lights could be shown. Inspector Sears of New Orleans has not yet estimated the total monetary loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United States
Sears
Missignippi
Mobile
Mar
Pensacola
Short weight packers fined in Chicago case
The Omaha Packing Company Armour and Co Libby, Men and Libby were found guilty of selling short weight lard and each fined 25 dollars by Justice Sheldon. They argued there was no violation as the lard and its packaging reflected the weight sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Omaha Packing Company
Armour & Co
Libby, Men & Libby
Sheldon
Newry Gleanings Mixed Global Snapshots
Fragmented notes report China to adopt a constitution on an 18th year milestone while Odessa plots face thwarted massacres. A New York payroll shows 60 048 city workers and a $57.00 weekly pay rate. a Savannah theatre fire ends a long era of local prominence.
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Newry
China
Pittshiars
Valparaisea
Odessa
Postuttiee
Exygrhaentol Collecting Union
Marconkiy Simiduns
Teland Dor Ieeulir
Miagoganeparty
Hree Pehoouls
New York
Ats
Savannah
Ruth
Isds
America
Nre
Jovaps Tetteat Arott
Fragments From A Rumored Baseball Outlook
The readable lines discuss players Lagolee Alizer and Washington shortstop Wagner and mention Cy Yoting, catcher Cilger, Morgin, and the Boston Americans. It notes Ainaay Thirrets signing with the Boston Americans, plus White Sox and New York mentions. The text hints at season prospects and athletic speed but is fragmented.
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Lagolee
Cleveland
Famor
Lagole
Alizer
Washington
Wagner
Waal
Cilger
Hoston Ameren
Ainaay Thirrets
Mos
Bustom Americas Pylistursy
White Sox
New York
Johnny Blingtow
Surplus Treasury release and varied early 20th century acts
The report notes Secretary Shaw ordering release of 26,000,000 dollars of Treasury surplus through depository banks in the United States. It covers plans for naval station buildings on Lake Michigan, mint silver purchases for Denver, army horse shortages, a proposed U S Supreme Court building, and other international and domestic events from typhoon destruction to political nominations and disasters.
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Washington
Shaw
Treasury
United States
Newberry
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Lake Bluff
Chicago
Mint
Denver
Quartermaster-General
Department of the Army
National Temple of Justice
U. S. Supreme Court
Eliott Woods
Capitol
New York
Congress
Bonaparte
Alabama
Comly
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Quitman
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Minneapolis
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Latt
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Ethel
Archie
Quentin
Jeff Sagamore Hill
White House
Great Britain
Germany
France
Gulf States
Tfe
Christ Church
St. Francis Street Baptist Church
Alert
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Wholenale
Royal Street
Frascati
Three Mile Creek
Louisville
Nashville
Fort Morgan
Dauphin Island
Mississippi
Gallman
Mies
Natehes Miss
Lotiniana
Vallats
Quesada
Patina
Cassie Clidwickh
Veminine News Notes
Lieut
F. P. Lahm
Santos Dumont Murt
W.d. Conners
Willian J. Conners
New York Democrate State Committee
Gil
Lizzie Halliday
Wanan
Wommn
Joseph Smith
Derending Negro
AL. Adams
New Jersey
Paul Arken
Proms
Eleanor Hood
Webster Grove
St. Louis
Benjamin Fawcett
Plainfield
Wilam F. Coppard
Evansville
Ind
Thenh
Fawcett
Coppard
Hood
Brethren
Dmciats
Atlantic City
resolu_tion
Stoy
Kloper
Flyer
Atlantic City Railroad
Affilim
Vineland
Dominick Fiasco
James Perna
Fiasco
Terry
Perth Amboy
Hills Two
Thomas Warren
James Kline
Washington Bridge
New Jersey Central Railroad
Kline
Wareren
Enos Creamer
Pounder Landis
Creamer
Wild
Landis Avenue
Blackwood
Williamstown
Cape May
George Carter
West Goshen
South Jersey
C. N. N. Bodine
Monroe Township
Gloucester County
Board of Education
Harry Crist
Salem County
Flemington
Ringoes
Bugun
Califon
John Neighbor
KP. G. George
HgAsons
Mess ‘Vanher
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Mina ‘Trafford
Samuel Anderson
Hammonton
South Jerny
Harry To
Thorns
Bys Baptist Church
Columbia
Sky
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North Brookfield
Daniel J. Mahoney
Iself
Ernest Thompson Setar
Gulf
Short Weight Packers
Magoon
Canal Zone
Island
Mt. Mckhiinley
Frederick A. Cook
Mount McKinley
eWeek
Cagayan Province
Vzous Po TY
Cavite
P. I. Snakay
Montalon
Devema
Villafuerte
Hawaii
Kalanianaole
Board of Trade
Salisbury
Eng
Zemstvo
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Nova Scotia
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Bengal
Levroff
T 19
Min
Russia
Hio
Diet of
Brunswick
von Bulow
Madagascar
Biarritz
Spasdelensk
Socialist Convention
Mannheim
Socialist Workingmen
Stuttgart
Jamaica
Kingston
Colon
Manila
Hongkong
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