Eight Die on the Rails in Wyoming and New Orleans
Nine men die in a Union Pacific freight wreck near Borie Wyoming as a collision and fire trap wreckage. Six others are seriously injured, with some bodies still unrecovered. In New Orleans area a rear end collision kills six and injures many on the New Orleans & Northwestern and Northeastern trains, with wreckage burning but quickly extinguished.
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Wyoming
New Orleans
Cheyenne
Wyo
Boco
Union Pacific
Borle Wyo
Union Pacific Road
Borie
Celey
South
New Orleans & Northwestern
Little Woods
New Orleans & Great Northeastern
Mississippi River
Wave of crime over Calcutta creates terror
Calcutta faces a surge of political crime. An assassination attempt on Lieutenant Governor Sir Andrew H. L. Fraser followed by a detective’s murder on a crowded street shows the city’s fear and police power doubts. A native who killed a man named Gossans last summer was hanged today as authorities deploy police reserves to curb unrest.
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Calcutta
Andrew H. L. Fraser
Bengal
Gossans
Alipur
Crop production up about three percent this year
The department of agriculture released a preliminary U S crop report showing corn wheat oats and eight other crops making up about 70 percent of farm crop value, totaling roughly three percent more than last year and .4 percent above the five year average. The Republic Iron and Steel Co said its Birmingham Alabama furnaces will resume operations to full capacity.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Pittsburg
The
Republic Iron & Steel Co
Birmingham
Alabama
Jurist D. H. G. Fuller Dies After Lingering Illness
Pierre November 11 Judge How ard G. Fuller of the state supreme court died today after a lingering illness. He had served on the supreme bench since 1889.
Labor Men Indignant Over Roosevelt Dinner Invitations
Denver November 11 The News reports that AFL leaders John Mitchell Daniel Keefe and James Duncan will decline President Roosevelts invitations to a White House legislative dinner. They assert labor matters should be handled through the AFL as the organized parent body.
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Keefe
Duncan
A. F. O. L. Executive Council
White House
Roosevelt
Gompers
John Mitchell
Daniel J. Keefe
James Duncan
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Explosion on Wells and Kinsie Wrecks Four Story Building
In Chicago on November 11 a blast at the Wells and Kinsie corner destroyed a four story building, injuring Jake Salem head of Salem Brick and Lumber Co. and killing C. B. Lowry of Chicago and Mr. Martin of Slidell. Police say leaking gas caused the explosion but the owner suspects harm from rivals. Overnight fear gripped residents as firemen contained the blaze and prevented total collapse.
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Chicago, Ill
Wells and
Kinsie
I. Ettleston
Chicago
Jake Salem
Salem Brick and Lumber Co
Slidell
Mr. Martin
C. B. Lowry
Honeymooners win big on stock profits in New York
Joseph P Golden of Seattle and his bride Miss Marjorie Pressler of San Francisco on a wedding tour cleaned up 17 500 in stocks. Mrs Golden wears a 6 000 diamond pendant linked to William J Bryan. Golden notes they arrived in New York three days before the election and believed Taft would win.
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New York
Joseph P. Golden
Seattle
Marjorie Pressler
San Francisco
Mrs. Golden
Mr. Golden
Richard C. Golden
Col. W. C. Greene
Copper Fame
Spinsters Past 30 Criticized By Boston Doctor
Boston speaker Dr Colin A Scott of the Boston normal school told a lecture audience that spinster teachers over thirty are likely to lead a disappointed life and cannot perform as well as when they were hopeful single women. He warned that pupils may view unmarried teachers as lacking a rounded life and prestige.
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Boston
Colin A. Scott
Boston Normal School
Scott
Debating Kaiser's Private Interference Sparks Reichstag
Berlin November 11 The Reichstag again crowded as debate resumes over interview with Emperor William published in The London Daily Telegraph on October 28 The question of the constitutionality of the Kaiser s private interposition in foreign affairs is examined with Chancellor von Buelow and ministers in attendance amid crowded diplomatic galleries.
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Berlin
Reichstag
William
London Daily Telegraph
von Buelow
Baron von Kiderlen-Waechter
Bryan as an Evangelist in Nebraska Letter Urges Bryan
Burlington reports Rev. French B writes a letter urging William Jennings Bryan to become an evangelist and predicts he would become an equal of the Apostle Paul in religious leadership.
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Burlington
French_ B
Wm. J. Bryan
Apostle Paul
Cotton Prices Up At Farmers Union Convention
In New Orleans the Farmers Educational and Co operative Union opens its national convention with a rallying slogan that cotton prices must rise. Between 1,200 and 1,500 delegates, representing about two million southern cotton planters, fill the Coliseum as the battle cry spreads through speeches placards and minutes.
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Cational and Co-Operative Union
New Orleans
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union
New Orleans Coliseum
South
Disturbances in China Predicted by Missionary
Philadelphia on November 11 1900s era report quotes Rev William Christie missionary of the Christian and Missionary Alliance predicting large upheaval in China with a younger reformist faction poised to overthrow the dynasty and a contemplated war with Japan.
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Celestial Empire
China
Japan
Philadelphia
Wm. Christie
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Dying statements captured by phonographs in Chicago
Coroner Hoffman introduces phonograph records to take dying statements amid stenographer limits. The innovation has already played a role in the Mrs. Fannie Thompson murder case on Michigan Avenue, with the Lyman Mann investigation now filed in the coroner's records.
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Chicago
Hoffman
Fannie Thompson
Michigan Avenue
Lyman Mann
Denounces Philippine Rule by Prof Starr in Chicago
Prof Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago denounces the US occupation of the Philippine Islands in a public address. He says Filipinos may not adopt English, criticizes American teachers as inferior, and claims improvements there were paid for by Filipinos who are heavily taxed.
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Chicago
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Philippine Islands
United States
Starr
Merchant farmer Elmer Trogler dies of hydrophobia in Baltimore
Elmer Trogler a wealthy farmer from Mercersburg Pennsylvania died at Baltimore city hospital from hydrophobia. He was bitten on the right cheek by a stray dog about six weeks earlier and brought to Baltimore yesterday for treatment in the final stages of the disease.
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Baltimore
Elmer Trogler
Mercersburg
City Hospital
Trogler
Alfred H. Harding Elected Bishop of Washington
In Washington on November 11 Rev Dr Alfred H Harding rector of St Pauls Episcopal Church was chosen bishop of Washington to follow the late Henry Y Satterlee. After four ballots Rev Randolph H McKin led early but Harding gained strength at the final ballot and was elected at the diocese convention in this city.
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Alfred H. Harding
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Henry Y. Satterlee
Chas. H. Brent
Philippines
Dr. Mann
Trinity
Church
Boston
Randolph H. McKin
Epiphany Church
Harding
Former Michigan solon dies by self strangulation in New York
Edward Bostwick a 68 year old former Michigan state senator killed himself with a silk scarf at his sister Mia Clark's home in Syracuse New York. Officials say insanity from worry over his wife's illness triggered the act. Bostwick formerly lived in Union Springs Michigan.
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N. Y
Edward Bostwick
Michigan
Mia
Benjamin Clark
Bostwick
Tome
Union Springa Michigan
Garst to Serve Iowa Governor for Six Weeks
Des Moines nov 11 Warren Garst of Coon Rapids will govern Iowa for six weeks after Governor Cummins resigns to join the US Senate. The legislature will install B F Carroll as governor while Garst drafts the biennial message, as the five weeks of political reshuffling unfold. Detroit convention opens with 3 days of sessions under the motto It is the whole business of the church to give the gospel to the world.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Warren Garst
Coon Rapids
Cummins
United States Senate
William B. Alison
Garst
B. F. Carroll
Detroit
Mich
Tennessee Excitement Over Carmack Shooting Fades
Nashville reports the Carmack shooting dominates talk in political circles state wide. Colonel Cooper, jailed without bail on murder charges for the killing, with his son hospitalized under guard for a wounded arm. The son’s condition is improving and a preliminary murder trial will proceed when able.
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Nashville
Tenn
United States
Carmack
Cooper
Young Cooper
Kern Plans Senate Bid After VP Loss
Indiana laboring for U S Senate seat after James A. Heemenway’s term ends. John W Kern, defeated Democratic vice presidential nominee, declares candidacy with Indiana legislature leaning Democratic on joint ballot by twelve. Other names floated include John E Lamb of Terre Haute and former national chair Thomas Taggart.
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Evis
John W. Kern
United States
James A. Hemenway
John E. Lamb
Terre Haute
Chicago
Thomas Taggart
Accused Bankers Lose in Supreme Court Affirmation
Washington November 11. The Supreme Court affirmed the New Jersey court of appeals verdict convicting President Albert C. Twining and Secretary David C. Carnell of the Monmouth Trust and Safe Deposit Co. of deceiving a state bank examiner about the bank’s condition. Justice Harlan filed a dissent.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States Today
New Jersey Court of Appeals
Albert C. Twining
David C. Carnell
Monmouth Trust & Safe Deposit Company
Harlan
Leper Isolated With Family in Washington
Washington officials confirmed the strict isolation of John R Bearly, a North Carolina leper, will continue with him living with his family. He cannot be deported to the Hawaiian leper colony and will stay in the District of Columbia under separation measures. He will reside in a small house near quarantine grounds and will be kept apart from family members under ongoing supervision at $72 a month.
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Washington
John R. Bearly
North Carolina
Dynamiter Woman to Face Court Over Blackmail Attempt
Mrs. Allen F. Reed of Denver, who tried to extort 20000 from Mrs. Genevieve Chanler Phipps, the Pittsburg millionaire’s ex wife, will be defended in Denver as police pursue a case. Lawrence C. Phipps urges arrest anew to probe the act, amid Mrs. Phipps declaring she will press charges.
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Pittsburg
Denver
Phipps
Col
Allen F. Reed
Genevieve Chanler Phipps
Helen
Buffalo Park
Pittsfield
Mass
Plan to cut Florida in two outlined at Gulf Coast meeting
Columbus Ga November 11 the Gulf Coast Inland Waterways association heard Senator-elect D A Fletcher of Florida outline a plan to split the peninsula with an east west ship canal linking the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico He said the project would cost about 50 million dollars and could handle around 60 million tons of traffic annually including shipments from Mexico and Central America.
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Columbus
Peninsula of Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of México
Gulf Coast Inland Waterways Association
D.A. Fletcher
Florida
Mexico
Bryan's Girl Spurns Divorce
Denver dispatch reports Ruth Bryan Leavitt declares divorce courts are a horror to her and her family. She will never live with her husband again, remaining his wife in name while he stays away, having spent years writing plays and short stories.
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Denver
Cor
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
Mra Leavitt
Dr Walter R Gillette Dead After Illness and Trial
Dr Walter R Gillette former vice president of Mutual Life and McCurdy family physician died at Roosevelt hospital from intestinal cancer. He gained prominence during the Insurance investigation as custodian of the yellow dog fund. district attorney Jerome had him indicted and convicted, later reversed. Health had been poor since. Also noted, steamship Alvina reached New York from the Mediterranean after a three day storm with the captain unaware of Sandy Hook light minutes before sighting.
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New York
Walter R. Gillette
The
Mutual Life Insurance Co
McCurdy
Roosevelt Hospital
Gillette
Yellow Dog” Fund
Jerome
Appellate Division
Rear Admiral Miller Dead in Philadelphia
Rear Admiral James M. Miller governor of the U S naval home in Philadelphia died at the institution after a brief illness. He was 61 years old and had been appointed to the navy from Missouri in 1863.
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Philadelphia
James M. Miller
U. S. Naval Home
Miller
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