Roosevelt Targets Delavan Smith In Panama Canal Row
President Roosevelt adds Delavan Smith of the Indianapolis News to his list of critics in a dispute over the Panama Canal sale to American interests. The exchange involves Taft relatives and other editors, with Roosevelt delivering strong rebukes and the Sun’s William R. Laffan also targeted.
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Hot Springs
Roosevelt
Annanias Club
Delavan Smith
Indianapolis News
Fairbanks
United States
Mr. Taft
French Canal Company
Douglas Robinson
Charles P. Taft
Wiliam Dudley Foulke
Indiana
Civil Service Commission
Himorianus
The
New York San
Sun
Magazine Attacks Speaker Cannon in Vitriolic Piece
Boston writer attacks Speaker Joseph Cannon in a magazine essay claiming his actions caused the deaths of soldiers in the Spanish American War and Philippine insurrection. Governor Curtis Guild is quoted alleging unnecessary deaths due to inaction on arms funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Joe
Curtis Guild
Congress
Evans Refuses Gift House for Los Angeles
Lois Angeles says Admiral Bob Evans, retired, declines a proposed Los Angeles residence gift from Harbor Company directors who had elected him chairman. Evans notes locals who know him understand he would not accept a house or any other present.
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Lois Angeles
Bob’ Evans
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Harbor
Qompany
Evans
Los Anglese
Champ Clark Elected Minority Leader in House Caucus
Washington special representative Champ Clark of Missouri was named minority leader by unanimous vote at a caucus of the House members. His selection followed the suggestion of retiring minority leader Senator elect John Sharp Williams of Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Champ Clark
Missouri
House
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Sea Claims Fifty Dead Off Upper North Atlantic
Halifax report says more than fifty seamen died in a storm of unprecedented severity off the upper North Atlantic coast in recent days and the toll may be higher.
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Halifax
N. S
North Atlantic
Airship Contest Planned by German Aeronautical League
The Sixth German Aeronautical League announces international contests to be held in 1909 in Berlin and Cologne. The events will welcome various flying machines from international entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfor-on-the-Main
Cable
German Aeronautical League
Berlin
Cologne
Gates to Run Largest Independent Circus Yet
John W. Gates plans a tented circus claiming it will be the biggest show outside the combine and fully independent. The deal includes the Bostock Animal Shows and Rhoda Royal stable horses. Gates cites his New York Hippodrome background and says the venture will reach nearly 2 million dollars in investment.
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Galveston
John W. Gates
Combine
Bostock
Rhoda Royal
Gates
New York Hippodrome
Beveridge Plans GOP Reorganization After Goodrich Exit
Indianapolis reports that James P. Goodrich resigns from the Republican State Central Committee signaling a party reorganization urged by Senator Beveridge. The move is seen as the first step in nationwide GOP restructuring.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James P. Goodrich
Republican State Central Committee
Beveridge
Sea Fighter Coghlan, A Navy Leader, Dies at 64
Rear Admiral Joseph Bullock Coghlan, longtime U.S. Navy officer and Manila Bay veteran, died suddenly at 64 in New Rochelle after an apoplexy. Born in Kentucky, he served from 1868 to 1906, commanding ships and yards, and his recital of the poem Hoch der Kaiser sparked diplomatic fuss years earlier.
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New York
Joseph Bullock Coghlan
LU. S. N
New Rochelle
Coohran
Charles Chamberlain
Sutton Manor
Coghlan
Frankfort
Navy
United States Naval Academy
Anila Bay
Raleigh
Mareleland Navy Yard
League Island Navy Yard
Puget Sound Naval Station
Naval War College
New York Navy Yard
Kaiser
Gott
Manila
Navy Department
Harry Thaw a Writer in Prison Tale
Harry K Thaw wrote A Beginner in the Alps while in prison and published in an Eastern publication. The piece is republished here at the request of Thaw's mother and sister to show that one who was insane could scarcely write sensible matter. Friends report Mrs William Thaw and her daughter vow to keep seeking his release from the asylum.
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Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
Alps
Thaw
William Thaw
Harry
Panic at Funeral as Floor Collapses in Wabash Crowd
At the funeral of Mrs. Deila Dunfee in Wabash Indiana the floor gave way under mourners weighing 500 pounds in total causing a panic but no injuries occurred and the casket was removed unharmed.
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Wabash, Ind
Deila Dunfee
Wabash County
District order requires equal service in DC hotels and eateries
Washington DC’s Corporation Counsel Thomas announces that hotels restaurants cafes ice cream saloons soda water shops and barber shops in the district must serve colored persons in the same room and at the same price as white customers. The ruling marks a push for integrated service across public businesses.
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Washington, D. C
Thomas
District of Columbia
Dance to Raise Divorce Cash in Lynn Mayor's Scheme
Lynn Massachusetts reports Mayor Breed a banker organizes a subscription dance to fund his divorce suit against his wife. Tickets cost five dollars each and are selling quickly as Breed, a well known figure, aims to sell a thousand tickets.
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Lynn
Mass
Breed
Stephenson Spent 106000 in Senate Renomination Bid
The statement filed by United States Senator Stephenson shows he spent 106000 to win renomination at the primaries in Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Milwaukee
Special
United States
Stephenson
Woman Slayer Acquitted in Chicago Portrait Case Verdict Sparks Mixed Reactions
A coroner's jury clears Miss Estelle Stout of murder in the Hornberger slaying amid demonstrations at the Chicago hearing. Spectators cheer as Mrs Hornberger denounces the verdict while Miss Stout and her sister recount a struggle before the fatal shot occurred in the home.
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Chicago
Estelle Stout
Henry H. Hornberger
Miss Stout
Hornberger
West Adams Street
Mrs. Hornberger
Chicago Woman Kills Man in Self Defense Case
In Chicago a woman and her sister Miss Estelle Stout faced a shooting incident. Hornberger, an agent for a picture enlarging concern, was struck and died from a heart wound after a quarrel over an enlarged photograph. Stout admitted firing, claiming she aimed to save her sister. Both women surrendered to police. Stout grew hysterical upon learning of the death.
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Chicago
Estelle Stout
Hornbereer
A. Ee Bitters
Mises Stout
Aes Liter
Hornberger
Miss Stout
Ade Loses Prize at Indiana Livestock Show
Chicago writer Farmer George Ade failed to win at a Kentland Ind livestock show. His two horses Bar on Best and Baron's Heir flopped while ribbons went to rival Alexander Galbraith of DeKalb Ind with Baron's Voucher the Clydesdale champion and Ladylike the champion mare.
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Chicago
George Ade
Kentland
Ind
Oval
Baron Best
Baron
Alexander Galbraith
DeKalb
Bachelors Worse Than Booze Angers Temperance Rally
Miss Teonor a Lake of St. Louis, famed temperance lecturer, spoke at a Lynn Mass rally before 2,000 reformers. She announced she had changed her view on drink as the nation's worst evil and denounced bachelors as worse than liquor men who run drink dives.
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Lynn
Mass
Teonora Lake
St. Louis
Temperancg
Race From New York To Seattle Promised Trophy
Yukon and Pacific directors request M. Robert Guggenheim use influence as American Automobile Club director to promote a cross continent auto race from New York to Seattle with a trophy for the winner.
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Seattle
Wash
Afa
Ska
Yukon
Pacific
M. Robert Guggenheim
American Automobile Club
New York
Taft Offers Treasury Portfolio to Theodore Burton
President elect Taft offers the treasury secretary portfolio to Theodore Burton of Cleveland. Burton has the offer under consideration while remaining in Washington.
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Burton
Washington, D. C
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Taft
The
Treasury
Arkansas Diamond Co. forms after Pike county find
Beating AP dispatch from Little Rock reports the Arkansas Diamond Company filed articles of incorporation following a Pike county diamond field acquisition. A report by John T. Fuller notes 540 diamonds found in the Arkansas field, partly surface and partly wash, surpassing African mine yields for a comparable period. The rock is peridotite, found in a pipe similar to South Africa's, and closely resembles its diamond-bearing formation.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Diamond Company
Pike County
Arkansas
John T. Fuller
DeBeers Company
South Africa
Turkish General Ismail Mahir Pasha Assassinated in Constantinople
Gen Ismail Mahir Pasha a former aide to the sultan and suspected spy of the old regime was killed in the Stamboul district of Constantinople after investigating revolutionary movements in the army last May.
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Constantinople
Ismail Mahir Pasha
Romance Sparks at U S Indian School Elopement
In Carlisle Pennsylvania a Cherokee named Joseph Twin and Winnebago woman Lystia Wahoo allegedly eloped from the U S Indian school. Twin, a former student and baseball player, and Lystia, both in their twenties, reportedly left by auto around 1 am to begin their possible marriage. The incident marks the school’s first elopement.
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Carlisle
States
Joseph Twin
Wahoo
Win
Twain
Itvas
Twin
Friedman
Lystia
Joseph
Thies van
Roosevelt Narrowly Escapes Carriage Collision
Special President Roosevelt escaped serious injury when his carriage nearly collided with a speeding hose wagon. Lieut. J. B. Lyons of the local fire department leaped into action, halting the horses and saving the chief executive. The hose wagon, responding to a fire alarm at Representative Frank O. Lowden's home, was damaged slightly.
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Slington
Roosevelt
J. B. Lyons
Frank O. Lowden
Minois
Reading Disciple Predicts Harsh Winter and Enormous Crop
A Reading, Pennsylvania report notes a disciple of the late Prof. Elias A. Hartz predicts winter will begin December 15 with cold and stormy weather to February 1, followed by a milder period into spring. The forecast warns of possible railroad disruption from snow and prolonged subfreezing spells amid a large crop yield.
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Reading
Elias A. Hartz
Congress Sets Noisy Yet Retrenching 1910 Session Scene
Washington reports a new three month session likely to spend money yet seek restraint. Senator Akers pushes re enlistment for Brownsville troops while debates over rivers and harbors funding and the 1910 census loom. Arizona and New Mexico statehood aims gain White House support as tariff talk resurfaces and forest reserves are urged.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senator Foraker
Senate
Arizona
New Mexico
Ways and Means
House
Appalachians
White Mountains
Moonshine Bet Leads to Cabin Still Discovery
In Asheville North Carolina Mrs Phoebe Christopher wife of a moonshiner was tricked by a US revenue man into betting she could reveal where a moonshine plant was hidden. She paid the bet to save her husband and a still was found at the Christopher cabin by deputy collectors and posse members.
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Asheville
N. C
United States Revenue
Phoebe Christopher
United States
Will Roberts
Posse
Christopher
Posseman Moody
Daily Prayer Established For Albany Benefactor
Albany notice states a daily mass prayer will be said for the soul of Peter Cagger who left 5000 to Bishop T M A Burke. The prayer called the Elizabethan will be recited at least once daily forever in the diocese of Albany for his repose.
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Albany
N. Y
Peter Cagger
Cagger
T. M. A. Burke
Diocese of
Peter Dagger
Steamer N. M. Clemson Believed Lost on Lake Superior
Duluth authorities report all hope for the N. M. Clemson crew of twenty two is gone after the steamer went over a week overdue and is now presumed sunk in Lake Superior.
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Duluth
Minn
N. M. Clemson
Lake Superior
Four Young Skaters Drown Near Lake Koshkonong
Four children from Edgerton Wisconsin Violet Bliven Fannie Bliven Harvey Richardson and Earle Cooper drowned after skating into an air hole in mid lake Their bodies were recovered two hours later near Lake Koshkonong Special report notes their families lived close to the lake authorities caution on thin ice and water hazards during winter skating efforts ongoing to locate any other injured or missing individuals
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Edgerton
Wis
Violet Bliven
Fannie Bliven
Harvey Richardson
Earle Cooper
Lake Koshkonong
Big Price for Bible at Hackney Library Sale
London reports J Pierpont Morgan bought the King Charles I Cambridge Bible at Lord Amherst of Hackney’s library dispersal sale. The sale Thursday fetched five thousand dollars.
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London
J. Pierpont Morga
Lord Amherst
Hackney
Bees in Chadron and Skunks Spoil Honey Harvest
In Chadron Ohio special report locals claim skunks imitate buzz to lure bees from hives and eat them. Charles Hall reports several valuable swarms lost this fall to the pests. Also noted is Miss Hattie Bogert's wedding journey leaving Plefontaine to Missoula to marry Oscar Talmage, her old schoolmate, marking her first train ride.
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Chadron
Ohio
Charles Hall
Plefontaine
Hattie Bogert
Missoula
Mont
Oscar Talmage
Infant King Pu Yi Crowned Emperor of China at Age Three
Pekin reports Pu-Yi the son of Prince Chun ascended the throne as the youngest emperor in China’s history. The coronation in the Forbidden City featured brief mourning, high officials, and humble coolies as witnesses, with drums bells and firecrackers marking the ceremony.
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Pekin
Pu-Yi
Prince Chun
China
Hsuan Tang
Kuang-Hsu
Forbidden City
Lfe
Nonswearing Knights of America gains rapid traction
Grand Forks North Dakota reports the Nonswearing Knights of America growing fast after a Great Northern conductor conceived the idea. In a few days the society claims more than 7,000 members with R G Wynn of Sherwood as founder secretary and treasurer. Applications urge swearing off as a violation of God and state law, asking for 5 cents to join and cards to be sent to Wynn.
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N. D
Knights of America
R. G. Wynn
Sherwood
Wynn
R. C. Wynn
Kaiser Diary Planned as Leather Bound Volume
Berlin reports astonishment over the announcement of the Kaiser's diary published as Twenty Years' Rule. The 800 page volume will cover from accession to the present day and is to be bound in leather.
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Berlin
Indictments Total 125 in Reelfoot Lake Raids Case
Twenty four additional indictments have been returned by the grand jury investigating the night riders of Reelfoot Lake in Union City Tennessee. The total indictments now stand at 125 with most charges being felonies and the contents kept secret.
Typhoon Claims 350 Japanese Fishermen
A typhoon wrecked 35 fishing boats off Hatsu island Kawatsu bay. Report says 350 Japanese fishermen were lost at sea in the disaster.
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Tokio
Hatsu Island
Kawatsu Bay
Revolution Breaks Out in Salvador Led by Alfaro
Reports say a revolution has begun in Salvador under former Vice President Prudencio Alfaro with Ahcauhapan Usutulan and Santana captured by the insurgents.
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Managua
Nicaraugua
Salvador
Prudencio Alfaro
Ahcauhapan
Usutulan
Santana
Pope’s Health Worries Rome Doctors Express Anxiety
In Rome officials report the Pope’s doctors say a common cold is running its course but fear grows over his weakness and overall condition as he continues to suffer.
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Rome
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