Sailors Rescue Men After Shipwreck on Bleak Island
The Priasia wreck story aboard a coal ship from Norfolk to San Francisco ends with six sailors landed at Staten Island Terra del Fuego. Four perished and three died or were hospitalised as others built a raft from wreckage and sought assistance across the perilous island. Rescue reached Punta Arenas after peril and delay.
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New York
Staten Ieland
Terra del Fuego
Montevideo
Pontas Arenas
Prussia Wos
San Francisco
Norfolk
Johnson
Prothin
Joseph Hmonsteth
Hoxteth
Shell Two
John Hunter
Carpenter Car) Stark
Seaman Heine
New York's Island
del Gado
Iehe
Staten Island
Punta Arenas
Government's side of Borah timber land fraud case
Boise reports the government presents the Borah timber land fraud case with no charges yet filed. Judge M C Burch opened prosecution outlining alleged conspiracy involving Frank Steunenberg, Barber Lumber, and land transfers to the Wisconsin plant's interests.
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Boise
Idaho
United States
Borah
M. C. Burch
Detroit
Mich
Frank Steunenberg
Barber Lumber Company
Wisconali Corporation
Bureh
Senator Borah
Stounenberg
Wuniny
Tristeck
Harber Company
Minnesota fights for state rights in rate regulation case
Attorney General Young secured a writ of mandamus from the county court directed at the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to enforce the commodity rate law. Judge Lochren enjoined the prior order and rail officials may seek contempt against Young. A writ of habeas corpus could send the case to the U S Supreme Court for a final ruling on state power to regulate rates.
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St. Paul
Young
Henriet
Puelic
Lochren
United States Court
Rall Reid
Laehren
Insane Mother's Crime Stuns Buffalo Family Tragedy
Mrs Hertha Mund 27 strangled her three children Christopher , Helen 2 and Freda months at Clinton Street home. She told husband Frederick Mund at the Pennsylvania railroad yards, was arrested. Authorities say she has been ill with nervous trouble and is insane.
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Buffalo
Mra
Hertha Mund
Christopher
Helen
Freda
Clinton Street
Ahe
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frederick Mund
Acton
Mund
Priest Slain as Boxer Rebellion Violence Surges
Reports from Shanghai recount another Boxer outbreak hitting Kanehown province. A French priest died while missionaries and families, including Americans, are said to be safe as troops bolster protection. Local mission stations, residences, and schools suffered damage. several named families and supporters are noted.
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Shanghai
Kanchown
Mikelon
Kanehown
Mer
W. MM
Torne
Hamilton
George Marshall
Chengo
Hall
Bineland
Porteous
Howe
England
China
Philadelphia
Hepburn Urges U S Rail Stock Control Steps
Washington representative Hepburn, in remarks before the House Inter State and Foreign Commerce Committee, outlined a pattern similar to England for regulating stock and bond issues by railroads. He predicted forthcoming legislation and criticized treasury practices that pumped money to New York speculators, arguing against year round crop movement and asserting strong investor concern over American railroad securities.
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Washington
Hepburn
Hariman
Treasury
New York
Two Ex-Officers Die in Belgrade Prison Uprising
In Belgrade a prison riot left two former army officers dead after a struggle for control in a corridor. Guards wounded during the fight, and conflicting official accounts report either self-inflicted deaths or execution by guards as the prisoners fired on the street.
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Belgrade
Servia
McKinley Mausoleum Dedication At Canton Ohio
The McKinley Mausoleum in Canton Ohio was dedicated with hundreds of dignitaries from the United States and abroad. President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks attended along with cabinet members and governors as speeches were delivered by Roosevelt Day and Harris. The tomb cost over 600000 and over a million Americans donated to the memory of William McKinley.
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Canton
Ohio
McKiniey
United States
Fairbanks
Roosevelt
William Jt. Day
McKinley
Harris
America
Horteman
Cleveland
William McKinley
Cuban Revolution Plot Claims Ground in New York Ties
Havana reports reveal secret police arrested General Maso Para and others including General Tran Ducasse and General Sara Miret on charges of conspiring against public order. The plot, said to be funded by an American source in New York, aimed to spark a Cuban revolt with hired professional revolutionaries. Caverno Magoon reportedly has 6,000 American soldiers and 5,000 rural guards ready to crush any movement.
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Havana
Maso Para
Tran Ducasse
Sara Miret
General Para
Cuba
New York
Para
Huavana
United States
Caverno Magoon
Mysterious Cablegram Warns of Cuban Uprising Plot
An unsigned 182 word cable claims Havana merchants planned to alert the world about Cuban affairs and foretell a general uprising Thursday and Friday. It warns of credit loss, property danger, and anarchist demonstrations to provoke Washington, with revolutionary leaders said to have arms not yet under provisional government.
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New York
Cubin
Mangoon
Hiaweun
Havana
Washington
United States
Dark deed of dynamiters shocks Baker City
An explosion intended to kill former Sheriff Harvey K Brown at his Baker City Oregon home left him in critical condition. A lodge and an arm were badly damaged and internal injuries from the blast were severe. The attack mirrors the Caldwell Idaho murder of former Governor Frank Steunenbore.
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Baker City
Ore
Harvey K. Brown
Thine City
Brown
Frank Stewbenbore
Caldwell
Ide
Sebastopol Incident Denied By Hove Staff
The Hove staff chief denies a singing incident on board the Runentan Neet at Sebastopol. He notes the Sebastopol barracks drama with three disguised terrorists and ongoing revolutionary propaganda among warship crews raised tensions.
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Lise
Rioting at Cooper Union disrupts Italian Society meeting
In New York on Sunday night alleged socialists staged a riot to break up a Federation of Italian Societies meeting protesting Italian government actions against the clergy. Police were held at bay for 25 minutes before reinforcements restored order. nine men were arrested and about a hundred others beaten and ejected.
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New York
Cooper Union
Federation of Italian Societies
Merry del Val
Lieutenant Powers
Rumored rail pact links Moffat Clark to Burlington route
Boston reports agreements among James J. Hill D. H. Moffat and Senator Clark to use the Moffat and Clark line with the Burlington in a through route to the Pacific. The alliance with Rock Island would place Denver on the shortest Chicago to coast line, challenging the Harriman system.
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Boston
Mase
James J. Him
Burlington
D. H. Moffat
Rocklea
Salt Lake
Senator Clark
Moffat
Miss May Scipp Murdered at Moran Kansas
In Moran Kansas Miss May Scipp 25 daughter of farmer John W Scipp was found murdered in the family yard after dinner Saturday night Her throat was cut with a razor found nearby A footprint was not found and Mia Seipp heard the scream then saw her daughter in a pool of blood near the house
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Joln, Kan
May Scipp
John W. Scipp
Scipp
Moran
Mins Seipp
Mia
Seipp
Wood sues Platt for absolute divorce in New York
May Catherine Wood, a former government clerk and long time plaintiff, filed for absolute divorce from United States Senator Thomas C. Platt in the New York Supreme Court. She alleges they were married at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in 1901. J D Lee represents Wood and explains the motion aims to frame an issue.
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New York
Catherine Wood
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Fifth Avenue
J. D. Lee
Platt
Plate
Grand jury to probe lumber trust in Minneapolis area
A federal grand jury in St. Paul will begin an investigation into the lumber trust headquartered in Minneapolis. Fifty witnesses have been summoned to testify, with the government collecting evidence to show the trust has been using the mails to promote and drive independent companies toward exhaustion.
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St. Paul, Mio
Federal
Lumber Trust
Minneapolis
Une
Longshoremen Strike Ties Up New Orleans Riverfront
About five hundred longshoremen and stevedores walked off the river front Monday as crews of the Lelan and Austro American steamers began loading cotton. The strike followed failed efforts to reach an agreement with ship agents. Other union workers along the river are drawn in with an estimated eighty workers likely to be affected across nearly all labor classes.
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New Orleans
Wagon Struck by Street Car in San Francisco Tragedy
A wagon carrying prisoners was hit by a street car on Polk Street, overturning and injuring two policemen. Prisoner George Bourdeau died from a skull fracture after surgery, five prisoners escaped, and officers John Morgan and AR G. Skain incurred non fatal injuries.
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Patero
San Francisco
Polk Street
George Bourdeau
John Morgan
AR. G. Skain
Bourdeau
Four Eg Cruisers Welcome in Frisco Bay
The first division of the Pacific fleet led by the West Virginia arrives in San Francisco Bay after a 26 000 mile cruise from Newport Rhode Island. Admiral James H Dayton and Rear Admiral Swinburne greet officials and the public as crowds cheer from water front and hills. Senator Perkins delivers a welcome address aboard the West Virginia.
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San Franetces
Pacific Coast
Golden Gate
West Virginia
James H. Dayton
Colorado
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Newport
Dayton
Virginia
Swinburne
Charleston
St. Louis
Magdalena Bay
J. B. Milton
San Franccisco
Admiral Dayton
United States
Perkins
Bakery Pastry Prices to Rise in New York
Wholesale pastry firms announce price hikes due to higher material costs and flour and fruit expenses. A Bakery Employers' association meeting will decide on increases notably for 6 and 14 cent pies by one cent, while 18 cent pies stay unchanged.
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New York
Bakery Employers’ Association
Imperial script blocks service of legal process on American vessels
A proclaimed imperial order forbids colonial authorities from serving any legal process on American vessels concerning fishery rights and suspends statutes authorizing such actions. It is expected to thwart Premier Bond’s plan to enforce colonial fishery laws.
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St. Johns
N. F
Bond
Roosevelt signals OkMama constitution approval stance
President Roosevelt said he would approve the OkMama constitution after review with Attorney General Bonaparte. He emphasized decisions should follow the terms of the pending act, not his personal view, which he termed not fit for publication.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Ilis
Vanaphinggly
Williamson Arrested on Indictment in Standard Oil Juror Case
Findlay Ohio reports Williamson arrested on an indictment alleging he approached juror Mrs Chas Thompson to persuade her husband to hang the jury in the State of Ohio vs Standard Oil tried last June. The jurors voted 8 to 4 for conviction and Williamson reportedly admitted proposing the plan to Mrs Thompson.
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Findlay
O.S
Williamson
Zion City leader Voliva abandons fight and plans New Mexico colony
Chicago report says Wilbur Glenn Voliva, who led Zion City after John Alexander Dowie, announced to about 1000 followers that he quits the power struggle. He said he lent land options to New Mexico to establish a new colony while purchasing nearby property to build a community there.
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Chicago
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion Chu
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
New Mexico
Zion City
Shipyard debate on battleship construction in the era
Henry T. Scott, former president of Union Iron Works in San Francisco, predicts the Pacific fleet will largely come from eastern yards due to worsening Western labor conditions. He notes western labor trends threaten economical battleship building.
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New York
Iilenry T. Scott
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Oregon
United States
Sald
Scott
Navy ships face extra repairs before Pacific voyage
Washington reports Admiral Evans orders require the battleships to stay in navy yards for further repairs. The work aims to fit the fleet for the Pacific voyage, with an extra fly days expected but not delaying the December 15 departure date.
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Washington
Evans’ Foot
Xual
Pacific
Navy Yards
Mrs Root Backs Army Canteen Return in St. Louis
Mrs Root told Congress Joan Henry Caulfelt of St. Louis to support the army canteen reestablishment and urged voting for it despite possible protests from constituents’ wives. Secretary Root and Mrs Root with daughter paused in town last week.
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St. Louis
Root
Congress
Joan Henry
Caulfelt
Flood Devastates Fukuchiyama Town in Japan Disaster
Advices report terrible floods on the Otonashigawa river in Fukuchiyama near Kyoto Japan killing over 600 residents and destroying half the town. Troops from the Twentieth regiment and Tenth engineers battalion aided rescue efforts as authorities recovered bodies and assessed the extensive damage.
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Twentieth Regiment
Tenth Engineers Battalion
Suake
Kuroki
Omori
Kyoto
Indicted Rail and Shipping Firms for Rate Cutting
A federal grand jury charged Southern Pacific and Pacific Mail Steamship with five indictments totaling 124 counts for violating Interstate Commerce laws. The cases allege secret rate cuts from 1.25 to 1 for malt shipments from Kobe to San Francisco and onward within the United States, risking fines from 1,000 to 20,000 per count.
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San Francisco
Cal
Erand
Southern Pacific Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Kobe
Japan
United States
Ferry Boat Capsizes on Tombigbee River Near Jackson
A ferry crossing the Tombigbee River at the government works at McGreweboals near Jackson capsized. One white boy and thirteen African American individuals drowned. The boy, Leslie Vernuille, 16, from Oaksdale, was among the victims. The site has long been known by navigators as dangerous due to fast current and rocky shoals.
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Mobile
Ala
Government Works
McGreweboals
Jackson
Leslie Vernuille
Oaksdale
Venezuela Stands Pat Over Orinoco Award Dispute
Venezuela rejects U S demands to revise arbitral awards and states no payment will count toward the Orinoco Steamship Co. award. The exchange follows Septembers notes from the American legation and Sept 21 Venezuelan reply asserting no revision and no concern with deposits already made or to come.
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Curuens
Venezuela
Ameorican Regation Howe
Forelen
Russell
Mixed Commission
Orinoco Steamship Con Miny
Venexuela
Disastrous Fire Destroys Homes and Boat at Wu Chow
A large fire in Wu Chow, China, destroyed hundreds of houses and a mating boat on Friday. Officials fear heavy loss of life. Fire suspected to be arson tied to a newly established interior customs station. Residents oppose extra taxation.
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Hongkong
Wu Chow
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