Malta Ship Disaster Kills Over 190 On Sardinia Fire
The British steamer Sardinia, chartered from Liverpool to Alexandria, caught fire at Valetta Island Malta on November 25. Captain Charles Little perished at the helm. 74 rescued, 50+ bodies recovered, many Arabs burned or drowned amid a panic aboard. Survivors recount the chaos as naval and shore aid struggled against tides.
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Charles Little
Sardinia
Frank Watson
Seagraves
Hislop
Necil
Grant
Asgheton
Curzon-Howe
Admiral Fisher
Captain Little
Anarchy in Haiti Reported From Port au Prince
Private cable dispatches from Port au Prince describe a reign of terror in Haiti with wholesale executions by both government forces and revolutionists. Suspects of government sympathy are being shot, as insurgents under General Simon control the south. St Thomas residents favor US intervention to protect life and property.
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New Orleans
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Nord Alexis
Revolutionista
Republic
Simon
St. Thomas
United States
Lfe
Halt
Wrecked by cyclone hits Stevens Point Wisconsin
A cyclone plowed through Stevens Point killing one man and leaving 26 families homeless. It damaged the Polish Brewing Company plant, Cage Furniture, and Joerns Manufacturing, unroofed over 25 houses, and leveled nearly 40 barns. Estimated damage stood at 50,000 as the storm traced a 175 foot path along the Wisconsin river after a warm day and intermittent rain. The event followed unsettled atmospheric conditions causing community unease.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Polish Brewing Company
Cage Furniture Manufacturing Company
Joerns Manufacturing Company
Wisconsin
Bank Robbers Seize $3000 After Towanda Vault Heist
In El Dodaro Kansas robbers blew the vault of the State Bank of Towanda, a town near here, and secured $3000. They fled on a hand car toward Wichita as posses pursue the fugitives.
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el -Dodaro
Kan
State Bank of
Towanda
Wichita
Washington Argentina leak action sparks Brazil relations crisis
Officials in Washington warn that a leak action against Argentina could trigger a crisis in relations with Brazil. The Senate has passed a bill appropriating 55 million dollars for armament during a tense period.
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Washington
Argentina
State Department
T Hat Reublic
Brazil
Senate
Mine Explosion Kills Hundreds at Marianna Mine
In Washington county Pennsylvania the Marianna mine of the Pittsburgh Buffalo Company suffered a massive blast at 10 55 Saturday as two 500 foot shafts were nearly connected. A gag pocket and broken ventilation caused the collapse trapping hundreds with only one survivor by midnight Sunday 148 bodies located.
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Monongahela
Marianna
Pittsbure Buffalo Company
Washington County
Nations agree to work together for Pacific stability
Washington reports a five article accord between the United States and Japan. It pledges mutual respect for territorial possessions in the Pacific, upholds China’s independence and equal opportunity, and commits the two powers to consult and act together to defend the status quo by peaceful means.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Japan
Pacific
China
The
Mutualy
Ake
100 Crown When Ship Hits Rock
Manila. The coasting steamer Ponting carrying laborers from Naryacen to Pangasinan struck a rock and sank in a storm off San Fernando Union province. About 100 passengers and crew are feared drowned. The steamer Viscaya rescued 55. A constabulary patrol recovered 15 bodies and many more were arriving ashore. It is unclear if any Americans or Europeans were aboard.
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Manila
Ponting
Naryacen
Pangasinan
San Fernando
Union
Viscaya
Immigration Fund Short in Congress Deficit
Congress faces a deficit in the immigration fund due to extraordinary expenditures by the immigration commission under an indefinite appropriation. The fund is overdrawn by about $160,000, hampering commissioners at principal ports in carrying out regular station business.
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Washington
Congress
Immigration Commission
United States
Lamphere Guilty Of Arson In Gunness Case
Ray Lamphere was found guilty of arson in La Porte Indiana for the Belle Gunness house fire on April 28. The jury reached the verdict after 24 hours of deliberation. Lamphere will be sent to Michigan City State Penitentiary for an indeterminate term of two to 21 years.
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Richter
Hill
Lamphere
Worden
Indiana Supreme Court
Belle Gunness
Four Lives Lost In Fog Sinking Off Sandy Hook
Fogbound seas near Sandy Hook claim four lives aboard the Panama Railroad steamer Finance bound for Colon. Engineer William Todd died after leaping overboard to escape fumes. Three passengers are missing including Irene Campbell of Colon Henry Mullner of the Panama Railroad and Canal Zone Policeman Rhineland.
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New York
Panama Railroad
Finance
Colon
White Star
Georgie
Sandy Hook
William Todd
Irene Campbell
Henry Mullner
Panama
Policeman Rhineland
Canal Zone
Victim of Black Hand Murder in Chestnut Hill
Salvatore Baldona, a wealthy Italian grocer, was found murdered on a Chestnut Hill sidewalk. He had head injuries and two gunshots. Police report threats from a Black Hand extortion plot and several arrests have been made. Baldona was attacked while returning from his mother’s visit, believed followed from the city for refusing the letters’ demands.
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Salvatore Baldona
Chestnut Hill
Baldona
Gayley Resignation Accepted at United States Steel
The board of United States Steel Corporation accepted James Gayley’s resignation as vice president and director. Al Fred Clifford of St. Louis was elected as director to succeed Mr. Gayley.
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Gayley
New York
James Gayley
United States Steel Corporation
Corporation
Alfred Clifford
St. Louis
Fatal Woodland Mills Fire Kills Richardson Family
A residence at Woodland Mills near Hartzelle burned overnight killing Tom Richardson’s wife, his mother, and three children. The home, located 17 miles east of Hartzelle, was consumed by the blaze with all occupants perishing.
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Hartzelle
Ala
Tom Richardson
Woodland Mills
Here
Richardson
No Treaty Signed Between United States and Japan
Secretary Root denies a treaty with Japan over Chinese independence and immigration. He states no such treaty was contemplated and reports of a signing are baseless. The current understanding with Japan on immigration is working to reduce Japanese immigration.
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Washington
Root
United States
Japan
Hawaii
Cummins Elected U S Senator for Iowa in 109 85 Vote
Des Moines reports Governor Albert B Cummins won the United States Senate seat by a 109 to 85 tally to succeed the late William B Allison. The Democratic minority supported Claude Porter. Cummins then resigned the governorship, and Lt Governor Garst became governor for the remainder of the term ending January 15, 1909.
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Des Moines
Albert B. Cummins
United States
William B. Allison
Claude Porter
Cummins
Senate
Garst
Stole for Seventeen Years in Chicago Letter Thief Sentenced
Robert Palmer, president of the City Letter Carriers' Association of Illinois and Joliet Sunday school superintendent, admitted he stole from letters for 17 years. He pleaded guilty and received a harsh federal sentence of three and one half years in the house of correction, despite pleas for leniency from a banker and state senators.
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Chicago
Robert IF. Palmer
Palmer
Metchnikoff Aims To Promote Longevity To 160 Years
Paris reports Prof Metchnikoff, Pasteur Institute sub-director and Nobel laureate in medico physiological research, will donate his 191000 prize to longevity studies. He argues humans should live at least 150 years under ideal conditions, pending germ resistance breakthroughs.
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Paris
Metchnikoff
Pasteur Institue
Uncle Joe and the Tariff in Sixty First Congress
Speaker Cannon arrived from Illinois for the approaching session and told reporters there will be an honest tariff revision. He said there is no need to fret about selecting a speaker and that the public will get the tariff revision they voted for.
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Uncle Joe
Washington
Cannon
Illinois
Catholics Demand Liberty in London House Vote
The House of Commons approved a first reading by 255 to 48 for William Redmonds bill to remove Catholic disabilities including street processions and to abolish the anti Catholic oath clause for the sovereign. The measure has little chance for further progress this session.
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London
House of Commons
William Redmond
Shah retracts constitution proclamation in Tehran
The Shah of Persia has repented of his earlier move to revive the constitution and ordered withdrawal and destruction of all copies. The reversal is attributed to strong representations by the British and Russian legations in Tehran.
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Teheran
Persila
Bones of mound builders found in East St. Louis dig
Workmen unearth human bones in East St. Louis thought to be remains of 16 mound builders. Despite attempts to preserve them, most bones were carried off by locals. In the chief's tomb lay five pottery bowls, two flint arrowheads and a stone hatchet.
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East St. Louis
Til
Hearby
Cannon Favors Revision in Tariff Talk in Chicago
Joseph G. Cannon, speaker of the House, while traveling to Washington, endorsed a tariff revision aligned with the Republican platform. In Berlin, German chambers of commerce urge the Imperial Post Secretary to set a 2-cent postal rate for trade with the United States.
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Chicago
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Washington
Berlin
Germany
Imperial Secretary of Posts
United States
Two Colored Men Meet Swift Justice in Tennessee Lynching
Report from Tiptonville near Reelfoot Lake describes the lynching of Marshall, Edward, and James Stineback after a rushed mock trial. Officials sought legal delay while Governor Patterson ordered militia, but troops arrived too late to stop the execution near Motonville.
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Union City
Tenn
Tiptonville
Reelfoot Lake
Richard Burruss
John Hall
Marshall
Edward
James Stineback
Burruss
Hall
Motonville
J. L. Burnette
Burnette
Taylor Hall
J. Caldwell
Haynes
Lee Davis
Davis
Patterson
Flood Drowns Many in Costa Rica Reports Engineer
Mining engineer c C Smith returning from South America describes a flood in Costa Rica of terrible scale. The storm lasted 30 days with continuous rain washing out railroads and destroying thousands of native houses. Many natives are reported killed and mining operations suspended across the interior.
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Costa Rica
San Francisco
Cal
C.c. Smith
South America
Smith
Missouri clergymen seek tariff on zine in prayer
In Webb City and Joplin Missouri clergy led Union Thanksgiving services urging a tariff on zine. Rev. Dean C. Duton and Rev. G. M. Davenport petitioned Almighty to sway Ways and Means Committee members and mining interests in Washington. Other regional ministers joined the prayer.
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Missouri
Joplin
Dean C. Dutton
Webb City
GC. M. Davenport
Ways and Means
Washington
New River-Grown Boat Service Ships Whisky From Cincinnati
The gasoline boat Kitty Southgate has been chartered to run between Cincinnati and Rome on the Ohio river in Adams county. The vessel carries whisky and beer and offers drinks aboard for passengers along the route.
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Nipley
Ohio River
Kitty Southgate
Cincinnati
Rome
Adams County
Bryan balks at jaguar hunt in Mexican mountains
Monterey Mexico announces William J. Bryan has balked on a planned jaguar hunt and will instead pursue duck shooting while in Mexico. Berlin reports an official census shows 40 124 unemployed persons in the city and suburbs.
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Monterey
Mex
William J. Bryan
Mexico
Berlin
New Counterfeits Found In Circulation
Washington secret service chief Wilkie reports detection of a new counterfeit five dollar silver certificate featuring an Indian head. First seen in Providence Rhode Island the note claims 1899 series with plate numbers and a cross eyed chief. A counterfeit six dollar note with Jackson portrait and altered back also circulated, described as a straight photograph with color touch ups and painted back.
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Washington
Wilkie
Secret Service
Providence
R. I
Onepapa
United States
Jackson
How Congress Stands Indicates Shifts in Representation
Republicans in the House will lose 10 votes on full roll call next term, dropping from 57 to 47. The total will rise to 391 with 219 Republicans and 172 Democrats, a net GOP loss of four and Democratic gain of six. Democrats gained 17 districts to Republicans 12. Indiana and Colorado show large party shifts, with gains for Democrats in Indiana and Colorado’s delegation turning entirely Democratic. North Carolina and Oklahoma also record notable Republican gains or shifts.
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Congress
Indiana
Colorado
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Democratic National Committee Raises Funds for Campaign
The Democratic National Committee reports total receipts of 620544.77 and expenditures of 619410.06 in the recent Presidential campaign leaving a balance of 1234.71. The itemized statement will be filed with the New York Secretary of State per the Lincoln Nebraska July resolution.
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Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Soa
Secretary of State
New York
National Committee
Lincoln
Neb
Rockefeller Deflects Credit For Standard Oil Founding
In a federal suit to dissolve Standard Oil, John D. Rockefeller credited two men Henry Flagler and Samuel C. Todd with creating the company, saying he did not have the ability for such progress. He defended rebates only noting one Pennsylvania railroad deal as an equalizing factor. He could not recall other rebates, though he suspected he might have heard of them then.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
John D. Rockefeller
Standard
Henry M. Flagler
Samuel C. T. Todd
Rockefeller
Pennsylvania Railroad
Woman Identified in Bond Blackmail Case Linked to Chicago Mystery
The woman who used the name Alice Cheney Brown and forged a hotel register entry at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago to extort Mrs. Genevieve Phipps is identified as Mrs. Allen F. Read. She obtained $20,000 in bonds from a brokerage firm in Chicago on November 2, traveling through Chicago Denver and Cal via a photographic and handwriting exhibit.
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Chicago
Denver
Cal
Auditorium
Allen F. Read
Genevieve Phipps
Alice Cheney Brown
Post Office Deficit Reaches Record Level in 1908 Report
Postmaster General Meyer reports total receipts of 191,478,633 against expenditures of 208,351,386 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908, yielding a deficit of 16,578,222.74 with added losses from fire and burglary. The 1909 deficit is forecast to exceed 16,000,000.
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Post Office
Washington
Meyer
Mass meeting denounces Austria as embassies stormed
About 20 000 people gathered in Rome for a mass meeting to condemn Austrian policy. Three deputies spoke with fiery denunciations. Rioters tried to storm the Austrian embassy but were repelled by troops guarding the area.
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Rome
Austria
Balloon United States Lands Near Ehrensberg Arizona
The balloon United States rose from Los Angeles for coastal air currents and landed safely the next day in Ehrensberg Arizona about 250 miles from its origin, after six hours aloft.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Ehrensberg
Ariz
Tennessee Results Show Republican Gains in Vote Totals
Tennessee official election returns list President candidates with Bryan at 135,630 votes, Taft 118,287, Watson 1,081, Debs 1,378, Hisgen 332, and Chafin 260. The report notes Republicans gain in Nashville and statewide.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Bryan
Taft
Watson
Debs
Hisgen
Chafin
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