France Defends Patience as Government Upheld in Chamber
In Paris the radical socialist M Sembat interrogates the government over Franco Prussian tensions. Foreign Minister Delcasse defends patience exhausted by the Porte, cites Turkey’s failures to honor promises, and argues France must act to protect its projects and citizens in the Orient while advancing justice for Armenian concerns.
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Paris
M. Sembat
France
Porte
Turkey
Mme
Tubini
Lorando
Tha
Armenia
M. Delcasse
Jarvis Hall Destroyed by Fire Near Denver
Jarvis Hall at Monteclair, a Episcopal church linked boys military academy, burned to the ground with an estimated loss of 75000. Seventy five students lived there but all escaped unharmed. Origin of the fire unknown. A high wind and Denver fire department efforts failed to save the building. Insurance about 40000. Canon Rogers library partially destroyed.
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Denver
Cole
Jarvis Hall
Monteclair
Episcopal Church of the Diocensa of Colorado
Denver Fire Department
Canon Rogers
Academy
Burned at Stake in Perry County Miss
A Black man, unnamed, was burned at the stake in Perry county Mississippi on Saturday night. The attacker allegedly beat Mrs. Fortenberry, wife of a prominent local figure, into unconsciousness and she called for help as she recovered.
Roosevelt Appoints Collector for Indiana District
President appoints John R. Bonnell of Crawfordsville Indiana as collector of internal revenue for the seventh Indiana district. Bonnell assumes duties in Washington with responsibility for tax collection and enforcement in the district.
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Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
John R. Bonnell
Crawfordsville
Ind
Indiana
Funston Seeks US Leave for Rome Visit
General Frederick Funston plans to apply for leave from the Philippines and return to the United States for a visit, with a possible stop in Rome. The report places the action on November 6 and notes the forthcoming leave request.
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Funston
Rome
Kansas City
Frederick Funston
Philippines
United States
Believes Miss Stone Dead After Turkish Captivity
A Boston report cites a letter from Ivan Raduloff claiming Ellen M Stone is dead. The message notes mountain snow three feet deep and monasteries near the Bulgarian Turkish frontier as potential concealment sites, while Bulgarian officials did not search a monastery.
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Dent
New York
Miss Stone
Samokov
Bulgaria
St. Ivan of
Sila
United States
Nebraska Medal Honors at Pan American Exposition
The Pan American exposition awards highlight Nebraska medals in horticulture and agriculture. Nebraska State Horticultural Society earns gold for fruits. Youngers & Co. win gold for fruit displays. Theo Williams Benson receive gold for hybrid plums. Marshall Bros Arlington bronze for fruits. Frank Martin Omaha gets honorable mention for plums. In agriculture Nebraska takes gold for a collection of agricultural products, silver for cereals, gold for sugar beets and products, and silver for corn.
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Buffalo
WN. C
Nebraska
State Horticultural Society
Youngers & Co
Theo
Williams, Benson
Marshall Bros
Arlington
C. H. Barnard
Frank Martin
Omaha
Newbraska
Belgium and Netherlands to have telephonic links with London
Washington reports from Consul Roosevelt in Brussels that Belgium and the Netherlands will gain telegraphic contact with London and other English cities via a new submarine cable. The line will join Brussels to London with branches to Antwerp Liege Birmingham Manchester and Liverpool and connect near La Panne on the Belgian coast emerging at Ramsgate on the English coast.
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England
Holland
Washington, D. C
Belgium
Netherlands
London
State Department
United States
Roosevelt
Brussels
Antwerp
Liege
Birmingham
Manchester
Liverpool
Hel Bian
la Panne
Ramsgate
Coke shortage forces Pittsburg area blast furnace closings
Eighteen blast furnaces in the Pittsburg district and the Mahoning and Shenango valleys have or will close for want of coke. Rail traffic bottlenecks cause the shortage, halting over 5,000 tons of pig iron daily and leaving about 1,500 workers idle. Further closures are likely, harming steel mills.
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Pittsburg
Mahoning
Shenango
Taft to be on sick list after operation
Secretary Root received a telegram from Governor Taft noting a recent operation will incapacitate him for about three weeks. The message said the operation was successful and convalescence is progressing satisfactorily. During his absence Judge Wright, named vice governor, will administer Philippine government affairs.
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Tate
Washington
Root
Taft
Wright
Delegation Seeks 5-Cent Coffee Duty for Porto Rico
A Porto Rican chamber of commerce delegation led by Antonio Baranquida asked the president to impose a 5 cent per pound duty on coffee from outside Porto Rico to protect and grow the island’s coffee industry. The group has toured the United States gathering data.
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Washington
Porto Rican Chamber of Commerce
Antonio Baranquida
Porto Rico
United States
Southwestern Iowa Teachers association holds record meeting
Council Bluffs Nov 6 The Southern Iowa Teachers association declared its closing session the most successful yet with an all star program. Officers elected for the year include President F E Palmer Villisca Vice President Lizzie Haas Boone Recording Secretary George H Colbert Clarinda Railroad Secretary O H Klingerman Afton and Executive Committee W N Clifford Council Bluffs The meeting left next year’s site to the executive committee and honored the board of education for venue support.
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Council Bluffs
Southwestern Iowa Teachers’ Association
Iowa
Southwestern Iowa
A. H. Winship
Boston
Otitor
The
Educational Review
Arnold Tompkins
Chicago
F. E. Palmer
Villisca
Lizzie Haas
Boone
George H. Colbert
Clarinda
O. H. Klingerman
Afton
W.N. Clifford
Council Bluéts
Board of Education
R. ©. Barrett
Des Moines
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Man son Girl Kills Herself In Des Moines Area
Millie Q Cooper, a postmistress at Manson Iowa, shot herself with a 22 caliber rifle on Moore's farm near Manson after guardians failed to prevent the act. Her family history shows hereditary insanity, with a father and sister in asylums and a mother who killed herself while mentally unbalanced. She previously leapt from a bridge over the Des Moines at Fort Dodge but survived with minor injuries.
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Millie Q Cooper
Fort Dodge
Millis Cooper
Manson
Moore’s Farm
Miss Cooper
Des Moines
Cooper
Rucker Administrator Sues Road for Damages
In Fort Dodge Iowa on November 5 papers were filed seeking 10000 damages against the Mason City and Fort Dodge railway. Plaintiff Henry M. Rucker administrator of Oliver Rucker’s estate alleges negligence after his relative was run over and mangled by a freight train on the road. The suit claims the roadbed was used by consent as a footpath.
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Rucker
Fort Dodge
Mason City & Fort Dodge Railway
Henry M. Rucker
Oliver Rucker
Hunters Begin Iowa Quail Season In One Month Rush
Des Moines reports the open season for quail in Iowa has begun and will last one month with hunters hitting the fields in large numbers. Sportsmen say quail in river brush is more plentiful this year than last.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wual
Deported to South Africa article notes horse shipment
Dr. I. Hinkley, V. S., sails today for South Africa after securing a post with the British government to accompany a shipload of horses and mules from New Orleans.
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South
Odebolt
I. Hinkley
V. S
South Africa
New Orleans
Fish Planting Nearly Completed in Iowa Rivers
DES MOINES Nov. 6 State Fish Commissioner Lincoln has nearly completed the annual fall distribution of fish to interior Iowa streams. Carload lots of fish drawn from the Mississippi bayous have been released into Ottumwa Perry Corning Wall Lake Storm Lake Clear Lake and Elkader rivers. The stock is mostly young fish with many several years old ready to survive on their own.
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Des Moines
Lincoln
Lowa
Mississippi
Ottumwa
Perry
Corning
Wall Lake
Storm Lake
Clear Lake
Eilkader
American Schools and Anarchy by McLean at Teachers Meet
At the Southwest Iowa Teachers association meeting in Council Bluffs President MacLean of the State University warned that lawlessness is tolerated by the state and that schools lacking authority struggle with discipline. He urged unification of Iowa's school system and teaching civil government with historical context to contrast anarchy and its effects.
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McLean
Teachers’ ‘Association
Bluifs
Annsual
Southwest Iowa ‘Teachers’ Association
MacLean
State’ ‘University
Iowa
United States
Y M C A Plans Circles for Iowa towns Mount Vernon meeting
Des Moines state committee outlines proposed work for the Young Men's Christian association to organize local circles in small towns, seek constitutional changes for affiliation, and request annual contributions of 7 cents per member and 5 cents per capita for World’s Work. A $1,500 annual budget is asked. Mount Vernon will host the eighteenth annual convention with a strong program. In Des Moines a separate item reports two robbers blew the Arispe Bank safe with nitro glycerine, taking $450 plus other notes and mortgages missing, leaving $1,500 total loss amid a rainstorm.
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Des Moines
Young Men's Christian Association
Mount Vernon
General Association
Young Women’s Christian Association
National
Amputation After Hunting Accident Near Honey Creek
Al Kittle, a farm hand near Honey Creek, suffered the amputation of his left arm after a shooting accident at a lake while duck hunting. He was unloading the gun when it discharged, shattering the arm midway between shoulder and elbow. Secretary Coburn will not attend the Iowa department meeting in Des Moines in December to read a paper as planned.
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Council Bluffs
al Kittle
Honey Creek
Kittle
Ma Bogey
Des Moines
Coburn
Kansas Department of Agriculture
van Houten
Iowa Department
Sheriff Climm Suspended in Appanoose County
OTTUMWA I A Nov 4 Sheriff G H Climmis of Appanoose county was suspended from office by Judge Roberts of Ottumwa The action followed part of the regent indictment charging malfeasance in office Acting sheriff FR B Vermilia of Unionville was appointed to serve during the suspension by Judge Roberts
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Climm
Ottumwa
G. H. Climmis
Appanoose County
Roberts
Regent
Climmie
Grand Jury
B. Vermilia
Unionville
Appanopas County
Woman Defuses Drinking Husband Threat at Home
Mrs Hirsch faced a drunken threat when her husband drew a revolver and vowed to kill. She spoke calmly, reminding him of possible confinement. he hesitated, then left for Bellevue’s insane department. The wife remained shaken but recovered.
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Hiradhis
Bellevue Hospital
Champion Wing Shot Capt Bogardus Comes Out Unhurt
Captain A H Bogardus famed wing shot of the world spent the summer in Ferris Wheel Park Chicago giving rifle exhibitions. He recalls a near fatal kidney disease case in Dlk hart Tl that progressed to Bright's Disease before recovery after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He credits the medicine for his restored health.
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Bogardus
Ferris Wheel Park
Chicago
A. H. Bogardus
Dlkhart
Bright
Dodd
Oldest Tortoises Spark Debate in Bronx Park Exhibit
Report notes a Galapagos giant in Bronx Zoo may be about 400 years old, possibly alive during Columbus’s death. Dr. Hornaday of the New York Zoological Society cites Walter Rothschild of London, who claims an even older tortoise based on his special studies and reveres Rothschild as an expert on tortoises.
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Bronx Park
New York City
Columbus
Hornaday
New York Zoological Society
Walter Rothschild
London
Rothschild
Largest in the World Walter Baker & Co gold medals
The Walter Baker & Co. plant in Dorchester Massachusetts is touted as the largest cocoa and chocolate maker globally, having earned a Paris Exposition gold medal last year and three gold medals at Buffalo's Pan-American Exposition this year, with praise for purity and excellence. A New York City real estate fragment notes the smallest parcel for sale at 6 by 14 inches at Third Avenue and East 149th Street, listed for $1,000 after a bid of $200.
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Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Buffalo
New York City
Third Avenue
N. W. Samoun
Ocean Grove
N. J
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