Tale of Heroism on the High Seas Saves Captain at Sea
Providence, R I December 11 A tale of heroism occurred when a lone Greek seaman Bruso volunteered to rescue the drowning captain and a seaman from the foundering Buena Ventura. Bruso rowed through a northeast gale to the wreck, saved Captain Dalley first, then freed Seaman Martin, as three others perished.
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Providence
R.I
Walter A. Lickenbach
Ventura
Mitchell
B.bruso
John Dalley
Bruso
Die Owatsond
Bruse
Charles Martin
B. Peteraos
John Mallett
Jack
Fall River
Mass
United States Navy
Spain
Nashville
Norfolk
Dalley
Montauk
Owarsond
Bite
Salton Sink flood risks prompt rebuild plan
The Colorado River breached Hind dam and flowed into Salton Sink threatening the Southern Pacific main line. A 25 million dollar estimate hinges on stopping the flood and protecting homes in the Salton basin.
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Yuma
Ariz
Colorado River
Hind Dam
Salton Sink
Southern Pacific
Salton Basin
Massive San Francisco storm wrecks city structures
A severe storm in Frisco caused extensive damage across San Francisco. Buildings on Van Ness Avenue collapsed or were ruined including the California Nation & Toy company and the Mann Trunk company, with total losses estimated near 200000. The Durant school, flats at Valencia and Sixteenth, and the Poodle Dog restaurant also suffered partial collapses. Overhead trolley wires failed as car service halted for days, and strong winds at Point Reyes and Mare Island raised concerns for coastal shipping.
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San Francisco
van Ness
Mann Trunk Company
Hahnemann Pharmacy
Meisel vArt” Company
California Nation & Toy Company
Post
Joest Brothers
Valencia
Sixteenth Streets
Twenty-fourth Street
St. Peter's
Church, Sixth
Alabana
Durant “School
Buck
Buchanan
Guerrero Street
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Streets
Church and Market
Waller
Church
Fourteenth Streets
Point Reuss
Mare Island Navy Yard
Nobel Prize For President Receives Nobel Peace Gift
Norway's storthing awards the Nobel Peace Prize to President Roosevelt. A Nobel committee official confirms the honor and outlines a planned use of the prize money to fund a Washington conference on industrial peace. Trustees will include the Chief Justice, agriculture secretary, commerce and labor secretary, and representatives of labor and capital.
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Washington
Dec
White House
Congress
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Labor
Mother and Babe Fatally Burned in Mason County
A Mason county dispatch reports Mrs. Ja Goodman and her three year old child died from burns at their home. The child, playing near an open fire, ignited clothing and the mother, attempting to help, caught fire herself.
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Lexington
Mason County
Ja Goodman
Nts
Cleveland Slightly Better Despite Illness Update
Grover Cleveland, ill for over a week with acute indigestion and a bad cold, showed slight improvement at his Princeton home. He dined with his family on Sunday but returned to bed afterward.
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Cleveland
New York
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Fire damages cement plant in Elizabeth and two warehouses
Pittsburg December 8 fire damages the International Portland Cement company plant at Elizabeth Pennsylvania for about 200000 dollars. Two three story buildings 200 by 80 feet each were destroyed in the blaze.
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Pittsburg
International Portland Cement Company
Elizabeth
Roosevelt Breaks Silence On Storer Letters
President Roosevelt issued a long letter defending his position in the Bellamy Storer case. He accuses Storer of ungentlemanly conduct and asserts no truth in Storer’s claims about a papal message. The president cites cabinet and Congress refusals to conceal private correspondence.
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Roosevelt
Secretary Root
Bellamy Storer
Vienna
Storer
Lim
Ireland
Leddars
Stovers
Cortelyou
Pius
Ambassador Storer
Vatican
Cabinet
Senate
House
Wisconsin Insurance Inquiry Recommends Broad Legislation
Madison Wis Dec 11 a legislative committee report on life insurance firms in Wisconsin recounts testimony and urges many bills to reform insurance laws in favor of policy holders The three companies studied Wisconsin Life Milwaukee Northwestern Mutual Life Union Central Life face critique over loans on policies rebates and political payments while officials incompetence and mismanagement are noted The panel calls for repealing retaliatory laws and argues premiums are too high
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Wis
Wisconsin
Simmer
Wisconsin Life
Northwestern Mutual Life
Milwaukee
Union _ Central Life
Cincinnati
Northwestern Mutual
Union Central
Crazy Miner Runs Amuck In Jackson Ohio
Elmer McNeal, a demented coal miner armed with two pistols, opened fire on a crowded trolley car leaving Jackson for Wellston. He killed Harry White of TD T I car shops, mortally wounded J D Van Atta of Newark and severely wounded J Kionsson, superintendent of Jackson schools. He was fatally shot by pursuing officers after being driven through a car window.
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Daughter shoots father in Philadelphia home
Miss Mary McAtee shot her father Rev. John Quincy McAtee at their Philadelphia home after a quarrel involving his wife. Two bullets struck the minister in the head, one penetrating the brain, likely fatally injuring him.
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Philadelphia
Mary McAtee
John Quincy McAtee
Fights over Bonaparte and trust law mark Senate debate
Washington reports show contention over William Moody nomination and Bonaparte's prior stance on trusts. Congress also discusses simplified spelling, convict labor regulation, and partisan reactions as Henry M. Hunt’s bill advances. Wreck news, royal exile, and the death of Dahomey’s former king close the item.
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Charles. J. Donatarte
William 4. Moody
Supreme “Court of the United States
Senate
Bonaparte
Chicago
Moody
Culberson
Knox
House
Clark
Missouri
Gillette
Massachusetts
Livingston
Georgia
Myer
St. Petersburg
John W. Riddle
Roumania
Servia
Penrose
Texas
Littlefield
Humphrey
Wash
Mann
Middle West
Sheriey
North Atlantic
Railway wreck kills, injures many in Danville
A Danville Virginia railway wreck leaves two dead and several injured as trains collided on Market Street. Fire damages Chicago property. Krepp aims to boost capital and build. Alaskan exhibit funds eyed. various trials and legal actions reported. Pope in Rome addresses religious conflict. Oklahoma lumbermen indicted for price fixing.
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Lasoo
Frank W. Chamberlin
Towa
Dr Rois
Augista
Bolivia
Market Street
Chicago
Great
Bend
Kan
Hyatander
Peter Lemay
Spalding
Mich
Séymour
Sprinefield
Episcopal Church
St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral
Springield
John J. Kinneally
New York
Long Island Sound
Oak Point
Krupp Company
Teave
Krupp
W. Behm
Chicago Health Hi
C. Goodloe Edgar
Edwin Earl
William
F. Edgar
Lone
Detroit
Seattle
Wash
B. T. Beckwith
New London
Cong
Northwestern
Alma, Roberts
Butt
Theodore Roosevelt Pell
Edwin
Cramp
Philadelphia
Harry H. Koenigsberg
Illinois Central
Farley
Iowa
Rock Island
Hon
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