Week's News in Brief from Western Union Service
Burrell Oates, a negro, hanged in Waxahachie for Sol Aronoff murder in Dallas. Armour & Co. provision house fire at Chicago Union Stock Yards causes $200000 loss. Rev. G W Adkins convicted of grave robbery in Poteau Oklahoma. Fletcher Preston arrested for offering to kill Alfred Sorenson for $200. Burns recounts McNamaras trial following Times explosion in Indianapolis. James Burke dies near Reno at eighty-two. first California gold finder with Marshall. Michigan suffrage amendment defeat by 594 votes. Sarah Bernhardt arrives New York for vaudeville tour. Utah Copper announces 20–25 cent wage rise while copper remains above 17c. Utah tuberculosis death rate claimed lowest in world. Mrs Leonore Niccoli dies. husband Silvio wounded in San Francisco shooting. Chicago detectives to pose as women to deter purse-snatching. Mrs Agnes Orner of El Paso testifies marriage to Thomas A. Logan in 1910 Los Angeles. annulled in Denver.
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Burrell Oates
Sol Aronoff
Dallas
Waxahatchie
Tex
Armour & Co
Union
Chicago
Agnes Orner
el Paso
Pecos
Lillie
Los Angeles
Thomas A. Logan
Denver
Washington at Thanksgiving amid Senate and court activity
Thanksgiving day observed in St. Patrick's church as Supreme Court cases loom. Senate reconvenes with deaths of Vice President Sherman and senators Rayner and Heyburn. Archbald trial summons 48 witnesses. Foreign connections seek fortune in Washington. Taft to appoint Edgar E. Clark to the Interstate Commerce Commission for seven years starting 1913.
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Western Hemisphere
St. Patrick’s
Washington
New York
United States Army
Senate
Sherman
Isidor Rayner
Heyburn
Robert W. Archbold
Commerce Court
Archbald
Taft
Edgar E. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Armistice in Sight Amid Global War News
Reports from Constantinople say a formal armistice for two weeks is near. Foreign observers at Pekin expect China and Russia to clash soon. Peace delegates meet near the Karasu bridge between Cha talja and Hademkeul.
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Constantinople
China
Russia
Pekin
River
Karasu
Chatalja
Hademkeul
Justin Masson
Montreal
Canada
Sasseno
Adriatic Sea
Avlona
Athens
Multiple sports events report from Jacksonville to New York
An aeronaut Richard Frayne died after a 3600 foot fall in Jacksonville. George Slosson defeated Kadiji Yamada in New York billiards. John B McLean was arrested in Cincinnati on a fraud charge and freed on bond. Navy beat Army 6 to 0 at Franklin Field. England won the Davis Cup title after a win over Australasian opponents. Wyoming Fort Russell fights exemption hints no state action. boxing carnivals to resume monthly through winter.
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Richard Frayne
Jacksonville
Fla
George F. Slosson
New York
Kadiji Yamada
Japan
Philadelphia
National Service
Navy
Franklin Field
Army
War Department
Fort Russell Military Reservation
Cheyenne
Wyo
Nine-Pound Boy Born To Mrs. Lucien Smith
Mrs. Lucien Phillip Smith of Huntington West Virginia, daughter of Congressman James A Hughes, became mother to a nine pound boy after her husband was lost on the Titanic. A North German Lloyd Neckar steamer avoided deer in the Delaware bay near Wilmington. A Pittsburg wedding made William C Carnegie and Miss Ada A Bell husband and wife. Professor W C Bagley of Illinois comments on environment shaping a man’s success. Presidents since Washington mostly faced bad weather on March 4. Registered mail valued at $10,000 disappeared en route to Alabama and Georgia. H W Parker, former Bank of Commerce cashier in Winnebago Minnesota, confessed to a $17,000 shortage and marriage in Georgia after fleeing.
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Lucien Phillip Smith
Huntington
W. Va
James A. Hughes
West Virginia
Neckar
Bremen
Philadelphia
Delaware Bay
Wilmington
Pittsburg
William C. Carnegie
Ada A. Bell
Mr. Carnegie
Thomas Morrison Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company
Andrew
H. W. Parker
Bank of Commerce
Winnebago, Minn
West Point
Minnesota
Georgia
Florence Bauer
Cleveland
Spark Sets Gilson Whiskers Ablaze in Fatal Fire
In Middletown New York a farmer identified as John E Gilson was smoking when a spark from his pipe ignited his long whiskers. The flames spread to his clothing and he died from the burns.
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Middletown
N. Y
John E. Gilson
Crop of Apples Reaches 465 Million Barrels
President R E Strahorn of the fruit growers association reports the U S apple crop fell from 70 million barrels in 1896 to 22 million in 1899 and is now rising. He estimates this year’s production at 465 million barrels in Spokane Washington.
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Spokane
Wash
R. E. Strahorn
Fruit Growers’ Association
United States
Servians Occupy Port of Durazzo in Balkan Tension
Servians seize the port of Durazzo defying Albanian independence, escalating tensions between Austria and Servia. The Austrian response remains uncertain as postwar settlement debates loom.
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Port of Durazzo
London
Durazzo
Austria
Servia
Wage Scale Shifts Across Colorado Trades Since 1901
The Colorado State Labor Bureau reports earnings changes over the past decade with most trades earning more than in 1901 02. Only bankers barbers boiler makers and cigar makers showed decreases. Statistician Croskey compiles the list of trades and wage movements.
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Denver
Colorado
State Labor Bureau
Croskey
Great Scenic Rails From Denver to San Francisco
The Royal Gorge Feather River Canyon Route offers continuous travel from Denver to San Francisco via Denver Salt Lake City and the Great Rockies to the Sierra Nevada. Passengers enjoy superb dining car service and panoramic views of the Rockies Great Salt Beds and Sierra scenery without extra side trips. Descriptive matter available from Frank A Wadleigh Geneva Passenger Agent Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Denver Colorado.
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Royal Gorge
Feather River
Denver
Salt Lake
City
San Francisco
Rockies
Utah
Sierras
Frank A. Wadleigh
Geneva
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Colo
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Larry”) McLean
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