Admiral Barry Retires After Naval Rumors and Scandal
Rear Admiral Edward Barry was relieved as commander of the Pacific fleet by Rear Admiral Chauncey Thomas and requested immediate retirement after rumors of disputes over his conduct. President Taft approved his retirement and transfer to the retired list, amid talk of possible charges against him and a controversial suggestion involving a loaded revolver.
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San Francisco
Edward B. Barry
Pacific
Navy Department
Washington
Chauncey M. Thomas
California
Santa Barbara
Barry
Admiral Barry
West Virginia
Taft
Nurse Relative Of Schenk In Poison Case Breaks Down
In Wheeling West Virginia on Monday cross examination of Misa Elinor Kline failed to erase her damning testimony that Mrs Laura Farneworth Schenk offered her 1000 to poison her husband John Schenk The nurse and distant relative of the Schenk family faced denials and sharp questioning by attorney Samuel C Boyce who labeled her mercenary and lying amid dramatic exchanges and confidences captured during the tense hearing
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Wheeling
W. Va
Misa Elinor Kline
Laura Farneworth Schenk
John ©. Schenk
Samuel C. Boyce
West Virginia
Miss Kline
Miss Kilne
Mra. Schenk
Sheehan Nominated for U S Senate by New York Democrats
Albany New York William F Sheehan was nominated Monday by the Democratic caucus of the New York legislature for United States Senator to succeed Chauncey M Depew.
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Sheehan
Albany
N. Y
William F. Sheehan
New York
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
Clubman Dies by Own Action After Arrest in San Francisco
Carl J. Cutting, a dealer in oriental goods prominent in club circles, was arrested on a government fraud charge for under-valuing imports and died by his own action Monday at his home in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Carl J. Cutting
Als
May Defeat Pension Bill as Senate Managers Growl
Washington reports furious senate managers over the House action that added 45 million dollars to pension roll calls. If the measure becomes law it will widen the deficit rapidly, despite President Taft's opposition. A senator warned the bill’s passage could erase prior savings and trigger large new costs.
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Washington
House
Rolla
Senate
Army
Navy
Treasury Departments
Congress
Taft
Vandal slashes Rembrandt masterpiece The Night Watch
Sigrist, a discharged naval cook, entered the Rijksmuseum in Rotterdam and slashed The Night Watch with a knife. He said the act was vengeance against the state for his navy discharge. Experts say the damage is serious but repairable. Rembrandt lived 1606 to 1669.
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Rotterdam
Sigrist
Rijksmuseum
Rembrandt
Sterner
Franz Banning Cocq
Kin of Haskell Slays Man in Oklahoma City
B D Updyke nephew of former Gov C N Haskell is sought for shooting A A Christensen and wounding T D Anderson. Nora Updyke wife of the suspect is held as accessory. Christensen recently arrived from Chicago as an electrical engineer. Argument with wife led to the shooting as Anderson intervened.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
B. D. Updyke
C. N. Haskell
A. A. Christensen
T. D. Anderson
Updyke
Nora Updyke
Christensen
Chicago
Anderson
Mra. Updyke
Erdman Dies Noted Labor Law Architect Constantine Erdman
Constantine J. Erdman of Allentown Pa author of the arbitration labor law died at his home after eight years of failing health and multiple strokes. He served two terms in Congress and his arbitration bill was a lasting test in labor disputes.
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Allentown
Constantine J. Erdman
Erdman
Congress
Troops Kill Eleven in Riot at Bombay Outbreak
Troops called to quell the riot fired volleys into the crowd, killing 11 and wounding 14. The disturbance occurred during Muharram, the Mohammedan new year, with tensions between the Sunpires and Shiahs. A procession had been prohibited.
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Bombay
Senator Aldrich Leaves Washington for Southern Rest
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island, ill for two weeks, began a southern journey Monday to recover from a severe cold. He will keep his address secret to avoid interruption of his business.
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Washington
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
South
Prof James 8 Edwards Dies at Notre Dame
Prof James Edwards of Notre Dame University died Sunday in South Bend Indiana after illness from paralysis and Brights disease.
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James
Edwards
South Bend
Ind
Edwards of Notre Daise University
Bright
Mob Storms Jail Seizing Three Negroes Hangs Two in Kentucky
In Shelbyville Kentucky twenty masked men stormed the county jail and dragged three Black men into the streets. Wade Patterson and James West were hanged on a railroad bridge and shot after the rope broke. Eugene Marshall was found dead on the bridge. An investigation is planned but no arrests are expected.
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Shelbyville
Eugene Marshall
Wade Patterson
Elizabeth Rubel
James West
Patterson
West
Mershall
Roosevelt Denies Ames Statement In Lodge Fight
Former President Theodore Roosevelt entered the Massachusetts senatorial contest. He sent a telegram to Speaker Walker accusing Congressman Butler Ames of making a deliberate and outrageous falsehood regarding Senator Lodge’s candidacy opposition. The telegram originated from Oyster Bay.
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Boston
Theodore Roosevelt
Walker
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Senator Lodge
Butler Amen
Ames
Benator Lodge
Five Die in Wreck at Batavia Station
Five men died and eight others were seriously hurt when the Western Express and the Boston and Buffalo special collided at Batavia New York. The western express engine struck the rear sleeper of the Boston and Buffalo train causing heavy wreckage and fatalities. Initial counts listed two likely fatally injured. identification was difficult due to severe damage.
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Batavia
N. Y
Western Express
Boston and Buffalo
New York Central Railroad
New York
Chicago
Boston and
Buffalo Express
Garment Strike Near End as Hart Schaffner & Marx Reaches Agreement
Chicago garment workers strike nearly settled after Hart Schaffner & Marx and the joint conference and strike committees reach a pact. About 10 000 strikers are to return to work with no discrimination against United Garment Workers members. A three member arbitration committee will handle grievances.
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Chicago
Garment Workers
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothing Company
United Garment Workers
Arrested as a Spy in Guernsey
London reports Doctor Champlain of Kansas City Missouri proprietor of the Agricultural Journal was mistaken for a spy at Guernsey Monday and arrested. He was released shortly after and had visited Fort George carrying a camera.
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London
Doctor Champlain
Kansas City
Agricultural Journal
Guernsey
Fort George
Cherry relief report on Cherry mine disaster funds
Springfeld Illinois widows and children of miners killed in the Cherry mine disaster of November 18 1909 have received 54694 62 dollars from the Cherry relief fund according to a Chicago meeting report by secretary Duncan McDonald. The report notes six children died since and 11 beneficiaries went to Europe. Six of 142 Cherry widows remarried and 102 residents remain in the village. The commission still holds 214693 53 dollars to be paid to widows and children.
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Springfeld, Ia
Cherry
Cherry Relief
Duncan McDonald
Cherry Relief Fund Commission
Chicago
Detai
Europe
Corn Growers Convention Opens in Champaign at Illinois University
At the University of Illinois in Champaign the annual Corn Growers convention and Stockmen and the School for Housekeepers opened on Monday. Morning sessions covered farm mechanics with general work and the afternoon featured corn and stock judging milk testing and a lecture on goals and ensilage.
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Champaign
University of Ilinois
Lodge Renominated by Republican Caucus
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was renominated without opposition by the Republican legislative caucus. One hundred twenty five of one hundred sixty eight Republican members from both houses attended the meeting in Boston.
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Lodge
Boston
Henry Cabot Lodge
Death Ends Boy in Kansas City Coasting Accident
A boy was killed and four people injured when a bobsled or sleigh being used for coasting struck a moving automobile at a street crossing in Kansas City Missouri on Saturday. Two of the injured were believed fatally hurt.
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Aida
Kansas City
Iowa Central Roundhouse Burns in Fire
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the twenty two stall Iowa Central roundhouse at Marehallstown Iowa and twelve of seventeen engines it contained Loss placed at about 100000 dollars
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Iowa Central
Marehallstown
Iowa Central Railway
How Seward First Met Weed in a Muddy Stage Coach
The elder Thurlow Weed recalls meeting William H. Seward when a mud bound stage coach in Rochester delayed his arrival. A tall moment in 1820s politics led to a lifelong friendship between Weed and the future senator. Seward’s quick, sandy haired figure splashed with mud, then thanked Weed as they met for the first time.
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Say
Thurlow Weed
William H. Seward
New York
United States
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Lfe
Jamaica
Mr. Weed
Daily Telegraph
Albert H. Tracy
Rochester
Syracuse
Erie Canal
Ialeo
B. J. Edwarde
Trouble at the Museum sparks insults and indignation
A chaotic scene at the museum features a manager confronted by a living skeleton and an obese lady who name call the rubber neck and accuse him of a foul disturbance. The incident centers on the grotesque exhibit and heated reactions among attendees.
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Ameut
No Hurry. Birds and men in nests over eons
A whimsical Roaring Twenties era quip from Harpers Bazaar hints that women have long waited while men historically retained nests of their own, suggesting social commentary on gender roles and time.
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Harpers Bazaar
Pioneering Engineers Shaped Early Steam Locomotives
The article discusses Nat Stephenson and H Dudley in metal science for rail use and cites John Bull and the swivel truck. It notes Jervis as chief engineer for Albany and Schenectady and links his work to early locomotive development. Port Jervis honors him in its name.
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Pummon H. Dudley
England
Dr. Dudley
Newcastle on-Tyne
George Stephenson
Toto
Stephenson
United States
John B. Jervin
Albany & Schenectady
George Stephensom
John Bull
West Point
Albany & Scheeectady
Albany
Hudson River
New York
Rock Island
Alleghanies
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Port Jervia
N. J
EB. J. Reneal
Old Vanderbilt Rule Discarded After Commodore's Fame
Senator Chauncey M. Depew recalls the Commodore Vanderbilt as a cautious adviser who refused to push investments on friends. The rule against recommending railroad stocks endured through three generations, though Alfred Vanderbilt of the fourth generation is investing millions in a hotel project in New York.
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Commodore Vanderbilt
Chauncey M. Depew
Vanderbilt
Commodore
Ile
Sonny
Senator Depew
New York
Alfred
BE. J. Edwards
Mrs Newcome Teaches Norah Kitchen Basics After Injury
Mrs Newcome reassures Norah who fell ill, then outlines a simple dinner plan of sausages, baked potatoes, lettuce, ice cream and cake. She asks two practical cooking questions on frying butter or lard and washing lettuce with soap.
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Mra. Newcome
Norah
Inference About Mignies Visiting and Bread Sharing
An old man declines an invitation to dine with Mignies and mentions his wife bakes her own bread. The fragment hints at a social exchange and domestic routines, with characters Wigglese and the unnamed speaker.
Theatrical Chorus Complains Of Dull Show
"Oh Wad" and "It was a rotten show" echo in a heated exchange about a theater performance. Willis and Gillsa lament the dried up humor while Gille mentions "The Sunday Frassle" as a point of interest.
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Willis
Gillsa
Gille
Willisa
Puck
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Schenk
Haskell
Aldrich
Atte
Wellesiey College
Gol. Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Gutler Ames
Corn Growers’ Convention
University of Il Lnole
Newt
Seward
Weed
Nat Stephenson
John
Jervis
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