American Battle Fleet Arrives in Rio Janeiro Harbor
The American fleet of sixteen battleships led by the Connecticut under Rear Admiral Evans entered Rio Janeiro at 3 pm after a 3000 mile Atlantic passage from Port of Spain Trinidad. Crowds lined streets and quays as the ships passed Cape Frio and anchored, with 15 000 to 20 000 people on boats and over 50 600 on shore celebrating the arrival.
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Rio Janeiro
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Cape Frio
Connecticut
Evans
Hich
Bremen
Admiral Alencor
G. E. Anderson
World Exposition Opens in Tokio in 1912
The Nippon Dai Hakuran Kwai Great Exposition of Japan will open in Tokio on April 1 1912 and run to October 31. It will be the first international expo in the far East, larger than most, inviting governments and peoples to participate. It aims to widen Japanese knowledge of foreign industry and showcase Japan’s industrial condition to the world.
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Washington
Japan
Tokio
Far East
Chicago
St. Louis
Paris
No Warrant for Goldfield Troops Emphasized
Washington Special reports President Roosevelt endorses the special committee finding that no warrant existed to call federal troops and no insurrection against state power. In a January 4 letter to Nevada Governor Sparks, Roosevelt states intent to withdraw troops from Goldfield after the Legislature opens its special session Tuesday.
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Washington
Special Investigation Committee
Roosevelt
Sparks
Nevada
Goldfield
Defended the Heroine Protest Sparks Stage Clash in Lynn
Lynn Mass Special reports a man named George Munroe leapt on stage during a local theater performance angry at how the villain treated the heroine. He restrained the actor, threatened to defend her, grabbed a fire ax, and resisted stage hands until six policemen overpowered him.
Firemen Perish in Gotham Fire at Parker Building
Four firemen died responding to a blaze that destroyed the Parker building a twelve story business block between East Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets on Fourth avenue. Losses top five million dollars as Manhattan fire crews battled flames that could not be controlled and spread despite apparatus halting nearby traffic.
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New York
Parker
Eighteenth
Nineteenth Streets
Fourth Avenue
Manhattan
Leaders in Japan anxious over American exclusion act signal
Tokyo leaders from all political spectrums fear incoming cablegrams show strong American support for exclusion of Japanese. They insist Americans do not want discrimination and would judge the Japanese government by its stance to avoid embarrassment and protect Japan's honor.
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America
Rooster Attacks Woman During Hen Killing in Jersey City
Mrs. George Wahleben was seriously injured when a game rooster attacked her as she tried to kill a hen for supper in Jersey City New Jersey. The fowl struck her arm multiple times before her husband chased it away with a decisive kick. The rooster recovered quickly and crowed afterward.
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Jersey City
N. J
George Wahleben
Motive Said Behind Choctaw County Triple Killing
Arbello Duboz, jailed in Mobile, claims he killed J. H. Hodges and two others in Choctaw County Alabama. He describes a shooting near Hodges, the slaying of a mulatto woman and her daughter, and the house burning he denies involvement in. Officials portray the crime as deliberate and not the act of a deranged person.
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Mobile
Ala
Arbello Duboz
Choctaw County
Alabama
Duboz
J. H. Hodges
Sally Thompson
Choctaw
Mt. Sterling
Mr. Hodges
Clinton man claims longest given name in the United States
Clinton, Ja., reports Mr. Lindloff bears the name T. T. A. T. W. S. ELT. K. O. H. Lindloff in baptism. The translation reads Through Trials and Tribulations We Shall Enter the Kingdom of Heaven. He believes he holds the nation’s longest given name.
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Clinton
K. O
Sixteen Die in Barnsley Theater Panic Tragedy
A stampede at the Harvey Institute in Barnsley York during a theatre performance killed sixteen people, many of them children, and left scores wounded. Authorities cited no fire or danger, blaming only crowd panic and blocked exits.
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Barnsley
York
Cable
Harvey Institute
Jury Deadlocks in Sandford Dynamite Trial
Terre Haute Indiana special: After twenty nine hours fifteen minutes the jury in the Henry F McDonald dynamiting case against two stores and a Methodist church at Sandford was dismissed by Special Judge Crane. The vote stood eleven to one for conviction after multiple ballots, but one juror remained for acquittal.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Henry F. McDonald
Sandford
Crane
Deficit Is Wiped Out in New York Clearinghouse
The New York clearing house last week posted a surplus of 6,084,050 above the 25 percent legal requirement, wiping out the heavy bank reserve deficit noted since October. Banks and brokers greeted the report with cheers on Wall Street.
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New York
Wall Street
Judgment Set Aside in Schmitz Ruef Cases but Other Charges Remain
San Francisco district court voids verdicts in the Schmitz extortion case and absolves Abe Ruef for acts not illegal under state law. Ruef had pleaded guilty to extorting from French restaurants, divided fees with the mayor. Both men may be released on bail pending related indictments on bribery from corporations. bail at $10,090 per case could become sizable due to many charges.
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San Francisco
District Court of Ee
Eugene L. Schmitz
Abe Ruef
Ruef
Thaw's Mother in Poor Health Amid Trial Strain
A Pittsburg dispatch reports Mrs. Wm. Thaw, elderly mother of Harry K. Thaw, is gravely ill with rheumatism and threatened pneumonia. The stress from her son's Stanford White murder case and the Countess of Yarmouth divorce suit has worsened her condition, likely keeping her from Thaw trial sessions.
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New York
Pittsburg
The
Times
Wm. Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Count Zeppelin Plans 100 Passenger Airship
Berlin Cable reports Zeppelin anticipates building an airship to carry 100 passengers. His prior craft stretched 137 yards in length and 13 yards wide, carrying 11 passengers and 3,300 pounds of ballast. The new design would add 26 yards in length and 3 yards in diameter to meet the 100 person capacity.
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Berlin
Count Zeppelin
Fire in Canton Kills 300 In Restaurant Blaze
A Canton restaurant fire in South China claimed about 300 lives as crowds gathered for a cinema exhibition. The building collapsed after panic as the cinema film ignited the blaze. A visitor from California had shown moving pictures in the crowded restaurant.
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Victoria
B. C
South China
Canton
California
Noblemen Must Whack Up
The Hotel Goth am in New York imposes a new rule for foreign noblemen arriving in the city. Clerks will say rooms are occupied unless the nobleman has baggage to cover his bill or carries a letter of introduction from his country’s diplomatic representative in America.
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New York
Gotham
America
Illinois Labor Press Plans Unite Against Uncle Joe
The Illinois State Labor Press Association meets in Peoria to organize a joint slate of candidates friendly to organized labor and to oppose Uncle Joe Cannon’s presidential ambitions. The editors press a united labor bloc across the state.
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Peoria
Illinois State Labor Press Association
Joe Cannon
Oklahoma endorses Bryan for presidency with February convention
Guthrie Oklahoma Democratic State central committee unanimously endorsed William Jennings Bryan as its candidate for the presidency and scheduled a state convention to pick fourteen delegates to the national convention on February 22.
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Oklahoma
Bryan
Guthrie
Okla
Democratic State Central Committee
W. J. Bryan
Hughes Boom Launched at Twenty-Ninth District Dinner
The candidacy of Governor Charles E. Hughes for the Republican presidential nomination was launched at a Hughes dollar dinner held by the enrolled Republicans of the Twenty-ninth Assembly district at Terrace Garden.
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Hughes
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Twenty-ninth Assembly District
Terrace Garden
Posse Captures Suspected Murderers in Georgia
In Hawkinsville Georgia a posse captured two Black farm workers believed to have killed Mr and Mrs Martin Livingstone at their Goldsboro home. They were struck by a passing motorist as they were taken into custody.
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Hawkinsville
Martin Livingstone
Goldsboro
Day Before Wedding in Englewood
Albert Jackson and Minnie Burton discovered on the eve of their marriage that they are siblings. They traveled to northern Minnesota to search for their mother, having not seen her since childhood. Both had false names within their adoptive histories.
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Englewood
S. D
Albert Jackson
Minnie Burton
Minnesota
Jackson
Black Hills
Burton
Worthington
Wiped on by Natives Red Sea Fleet Sent to Somaliland Coast
Rome reports rising hostilities in Italian Somaliland on the east Africa coast with Abyssinian incursions near Lugh. Italy orders its Red Sea squadron to defend coastal towns as Abyssinian losses mount. Dispatches describe sieges and killings, while Italy argues the status quo is violated.
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Rome
Africa
Lugh
Red Sea
Somaliland
Menelik
Italy
Eruitrea
Adis Abeba
Mareb
Belesa
Muna
Abyssinia
Immigration of Jews Through Ellis Island
New York Special Commissioner of Immigration Watchorn reported last year’s figures show 106,968 Jews passing through Ellis Island chiefly from Russia and Austria. Of these, 48,601 were men, 34,655 women, and 23,712 children. 73,456 headed to New York City, while the rest went to other large cities.
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New York
Watchorn
Russia
Austria
Ellis Island
Woman Kills Two In Shopville Post Office Altercation
In Shopville Kentucky an altercation between Postmaster Harvey McHargue and Claude Price left McHargue shot and fatally killed and Price fatally stabbed. Authorities say the dispute arose when McHargue ordered Price to stop calling on a young woman in his home.
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Shopville
Harvey MecHargue
Claude Price
McHargue
Price
London May Be Lost in Marquesas Voyage
Friends of Jack London grow anxious as his launch the Snark remains overdue for a month. Mrs London, a few friends, and a small crew are aboard the vessel bound for the Marquesas Islands with December arrival hoped for.
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San Francisco
Jack London
Marquesas Islands
Snark
Kansas University football captain dies by suicide
Lawrence Kansas special report describes Urban Agney twenty two captain of last year's KU football team who killed himself by jumping from Fraser Hall dome on university grounds. He was believed despondent.
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Lawrence, Kan
Urban Agney
Kansas University
Fraser Hall
University Grounds
Last Year’s Cotton Crop Figures Released by Census Bureau
The census bulletin reports 1907 U S cotton ginned by January 1 at 9,955,427 bales, down from 11,741,039 bales in the same period last year and 9,275,476 bales two years ago.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Pepper wager may prove fatal in Wilmington
Irving H. Wheatly, a noted Galestown Md. resident, risks death after consuming two ounces of black pepper on a wager in Wilmington Delaware. Local doctors monitor his condition amid concern over potential complications.
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Wilmington
Del
Irving H. Wheatly
Galestown
Thaw Trial Opens as Defense Seeks Insanity Link
In New York Justice Dowling's court, state attorney Garvan presents the murder case against Harry K. Thaw for killing Stanford White. Defense attorney Littleton outlines Thaw's mental instability, aiming to show Evelyn Nesbit's influence and European affidavits as proof that Thaw was driven to kill but sane after the act.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Dowling
Garvan
Stanford White
Mr. Littleton
Thaw
Europe
Evelyn Nesbit
White
Evelyn
Littleton
Panama Canal Costs Seen Surging by 100 Million
The Panama Canal is expected to require at least 100 million dollars more than prior estimates. Senate Inter Oceanic Canal Commission data indicate current appropriations total 70.606 million dollars to date, fueling concerns over the final bill.
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Washington
Senate Interoceanic Canal Commission
Senate Committee
Disappointed Burglars Start Fire in Butterfly Grocery
In Muncie Indiana burglars who broke into the Butterfly grocery in the business district set multiple fires after failing to find money. They saturated the interior with kerosene and the blaze spread as firemen fought flames from several starting points.
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Muncie
Ind
Butterfly
Republicans of Seventh district back Fairbanks and Taylor
The Republicans of the Seventh district re elected Oliver P. Ensley district chairman by acclamation. They adopted resolutions endorsing Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks for the presidential nomination and endorsed William L. Taylor for the gubernatorial nomination.
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Indorse Fairbanks
Taylor
Indianapolis
Ind
Oliver P. Ensley
Charles W. Fairbanks
William L. Taylor
Auto makers plan Madison Square Garden show in January
New York report notes nearly eight million dollars were spent in 1907 for motor cars, per the licensed automobile manufacturers association. The group votes to hold its next show at Madison Square Garden in January rather than November.
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New York
United States
Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers
Madison Square Garden
Largest Fresh-Water Pearl Found Near Parksville
Thomas Cook and George Sleary, who started a pearl fishing station near Parksville, report discovering the largest pearl in the country. The pearl is about the size of a pigeon's egg and valued at over $3,000.
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Parksville
I. T
Thomas Cook
George Sleary
Twain's Money Tied Up in Knickerbocker Trust
A letter reveals Mark Twain has eighty two thousand? no, actually 51 199 dollars tied up in the suspended Knickerbocker Trust Company as plans for its reorganization develop in New York. The humorist's funds remain unsettled amid the financial crisis.
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New York
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Mark Twain
Father Shoots Blind Son Then Kills Self in Ravenna Cemetery
Edwin Collier Sr. led his eight year old blind son Edwin to the grave of his wife in Ravenna Cemetery and fatally shot the boy before turning the gun on himself near the heart.
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Ravenna, O
Edwin Collier, Sr
Edwin
Ravenna Cemetery
Fleet May Visit Puget Sound Says Navy Department
Washington Special reports Admiral Evans' fleet of sixteen battleships may visit Puget Sound after leaving San Francisco in early summer. The statement came from the Navy Department as part of official disclosures.
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Washington
Admiral Evans
Puget Sound
San Francisco
Navy Department
Tragedy on the rails near Richmond kills conductor
Indianapolis man John Ullery, a Pennsylvania freight conductor, died instantly when struck by a second freight train as his brother William Ullery, the engineer, operated that train. The accident occurred in Richmond Indiana, with both men identified as brothers.
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Richmond
Ind
John Ultery
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
William Ullery
Wolves raid across European Russia amid severe winter
The wolves have killed at least 245 men women and children in the last week across European Russia as cold pushes packs from wilderness into populated areas. The cold season drives packs toward roads and town outskirts, threatening villages and towns.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Becomes Mother of Four in Morrison Region
Mrs Albert Bush of Morrison area gave birth to four girls. only one survives. The report notes the birth occurred at a local residence with Albert Bush as the husband. No other names or locations are provided.
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Morrison
Albert
Bush
Copper King Heinze Indicted on Banking Violations
New York special reports F Augustus Heinze, once a copper magnate, jailed in 50000 bail on charges of violating banking laws as Mercantile National Bank president. Indictments allege fifteen checks totaling about 400 900 certified for Otto C Heinze Co on October 14 despite insufficient funds, plus corresponding misapplication of bank funds.
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New York
F. Augustus Heinze
Financia
United States
Ing
Mercantile National Bank
Heinze
Otto C. Heinze & Co
State Board of Agriculture Holds Annual Meeting
Indianapolis scene as the State Board of Agriculture convened on Tuesday. John C. Haines Mason J. Niblack Vincent B. Tuell Corydon Newton Aasene Franklin Co B. Benjamin Crown Point James F E McDonald Ligonier reelected. President Conger Secretary Downing and Treasurer Lagrange reported. Expenditures for permanent improvements totaled 119869.09 dollars. gate receipts reached 63345.50 dollars, up nearly 1000 from 1905. Conger urged a five acre machinery building.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Agriculture
John C. Haines
Mason
Conger
Roosevelt May Dedicate Statue
President Roosevelt may deliver the dedicatory address for a monument to General Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis. An official invitation will be extended soon. Vice President Fairbanks has been chosen to speak for the Harrison Monument Commission expressing the commission wishes that he deliver the dedicatory oration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Harrison Monument Commission
Outflow of Wealth From U S Tops One Hundred Ten Million
New York special reports that more than 110 million dollars left the United States last year as emigrants returned to Europe. The figure comes from the North German Lloyd based on data from steamship agents money changers and other informed sources.
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New York
Panama Canal
United States
Europe
Lloyd
Curtain Falls on Greene and Gaynor
Benjamin Green and John F. Gaynor were sent to Atlanta to begin four year sentences for embezzling government funds tied to Savannah harbor work. They have been jailed in Macon for eighteen months awaiting a U S Supreme Court appeal decision.
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Greene
Gaynor
Macon
Benjamin Green
John F. Gaynor
Atlanta
Federal
Savannah Harbor
Supreme Court of the United States
Priest to Officiate His Son's New Brunswick Marriage
In New Brunswick an unusual wedding will take place at St John’s rectory with Rev Father Joseph Keuper officiating for his son Joseph Keuper and Miss Anna Cook both of Trenton. Father Keuper pursued priesthood after his wife’s death in 1882 and was ordained in 1892 in Pittsburgh.
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Trenton
N. J
St. John’s
Powers Appeals to Public for Pardon Petition
Caleb Powers issues a public statement urging citizens to sign a petition to Governor Willson seeking his pardon. He claims unfair trials with ten jurors seeking acquittal at the last trial. A seven member committee of four Democrats and three Republicans leads the drive.
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Lexington
Caleb Powers
Willson
Idle in Gotham Report on New York Unemployment
The Central Federated Union committee reports 160000 men unemployed in New York City amid layoffs by national state and city authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotham
New York
The
Central Federated Union
New York City
Radium Baths Proposed in Joachimstal Bohemia
Vienna Cable reports a government decision to establish a radium bathing institution at Joachimstal in Bohemia to use the radium water for therapeutic purposes.
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Vienna
Joachimstal
Bohemia
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