Supreme Court resumes term and naval academy thaw noted
Washington reports the US Supreme Court returns to business after a four month recess. Twenty four naval academy midshipmen fail September exams and will be dropped. Currency Controller raises bank exam counts. Nordica dedicates Washington Masonic Temple auditorium. Moore cites patents and trademarks issued. Horace A. Taylor returns to Washington after worldwide tour. plans to reside there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Naval Academy
Murray
Free Masons of Washington
Mme
Nordica
Masonic Temple
Moore
Horace A. Taylor
the Treasury
Washington
Mr. Taylor
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Noted Figures Die Across The World In A Flurry Of Obits
Miss Carol H Beck longtime American portraitist dies in Philadelphia after a brief illness. James S Kennedy New York banker donates 1 000 000 to Presbyterian Hospital of New York where he presides. Dr Charles Franklin Rand renowned Union veteran and first medal of honor recipient dies in Washington aged 76. Rev J C Moynihan centenarian priest dies born 1808 in Ireland. S R Chase Iowa veteran dies at 99 in Muscatine once a Mexican war colonel and Civil War Greybeard. James Bigheart Osage ex chief dies in Pawhuska Oklahoma aged paralyzed. cattle rancher director of two banks. Sir Henry Drummond Wolff British ambassador to Spain 1892 1900 dies at Brighton. Alsoha mor Hungary church buys mortgaged land for 36 cents. About 6000 gifts for American sailors sent to Amoy China including eight punchbowls. French senate agricultural group opposes US slaughterhouses at Havre Bordeaux. Thirteen members of Ilchinhoi killed by gendarmes near Cholado. Paris anti tubercular serum shows promise with eleven patients. ten improved. Beets crops in Western Europe underwhelming due to insufficient rain. Maj Dreyfus influences Paris Patrie to print his replies. New safety motor car in Paris drives toward pedestrians and offers rides before returning them to pavement.
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Carol H. Beck
America
Philadelphia
James S. Kennedy
New York
Presbyterian Hospital of
Ireland
Father Moynihan
South
Illinois
Henry Drummond Wolff
Spain
Brighton
England
Alsohamor
Hungary
Amoy
China
Hongkong
French Senate
Havre
Bordeaux
Ilchinhoi
Organization
of Korea
Cholado
Lamelongue
University of Paris
London
Europe
Maj. Dreyfus
Paris Patrie
the Patrie
Court of Cassation
Paris
Straigh
Trains Wreck in New York Central Yards and Fires Hit Several Cities
Reports detail wrecks in New York Central yards near Black Rock with one fatality. Bonner Springs Kansas suffers a major fire destroying half the town’s business district and $100000 loss. Iowa brakeman Will Powers believed fatally injured in fall from a rail car on the Fort Dodge line. Deaths occur as high diver Ollie McKenzie dies at Decatur Texas fairgrounds. Stettler Alberta loses large town sections including Grand Union Hotel and bank. Other incidents include deaths from window falls in New York, fire safety saves in Oakland PA, shale pit cave-ins in Auburn IA, tetanus death in Belvidere NJ, and steam-driven injuries in Laporte IN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Black Rock
Bonner Springs
Kan
Kansas City
Will Powers
Boone
Iowa
Fort Dodge, Des Moines
Decatur
Tex
McKenzie
Stettler
Alberta
Grand Union
Merchants Bank
Leslie Miller
New York City
Chicago
Sins and Sinners and Various Crises Across Cities
A collection of crime and scandal notes: Henry Daniels Jr. faces a home intrusion charge in Winchester Illinois. Italian suspects questioned over Black Hand threats in an Erie rail plot thwarted near Pymatuning Pennsylvania. Fort Des Moines trooper William Tecoty dies by self-inflicted gunshot after liquor struggles. Sioux Carlisle alum Henry Standing Bear arraigned in New York for bigamy. a Prague beggar drowns after lottery joy. Vladimir Braslowski arrested in Chicago for passport fraud after posing as a Russian agent.
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Henry Daniels, Jr
Frank Gregory
Winchester
Ill
Peppino Giovinaggo
Frank Mauro
Chicago Express
Erie
Pymatuning
William Tecoty
Fort Des Moines
Henry Standing Bear
Carlisle Indian School
Carlisle Footfal
New York
Prague
Vladimir Braslowski
Baron Schlippenbach
Chicago
Russia
Chicago Voters List 410242 Registrations Mark Growth
Chicago voters report a total registration of 410 242, up about 5 000 from four years ago. The note accompanies other items including a Denver August 1909 Transmississippi congress meeting, the Grand Trunk adopting the new U S bill of lading, and a Mills building deed recording Ogden Mills and Elizabeth Reid. The period features historical society events, battlefield preservation efforts, Iowa corn sales, a Marshalltown damages suit, James and Hudson Bay Cree losses, Cornell student enrollment exceeding 5 000 for the first time in Ithaca with 4 100 regular, 850 summer, and 100 agriculture winter courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Transmississippi Commercial Congress
Congress
Denver
Grand Trunk Railway
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Mills
D. O. Mills
Ogden Mills
Elizabeth Mills Reid
Quincy
Ill
State Historical Society
Capt
Henry A. Castle
St. Paul
Col
Clarke Carr
Colorado
Cornell College
Ithaca
N. Y
Towns Burned with Heavy Loss of Lupe
Fifteen passengers flee a burning town as a relief train wrecks causing heavy loss. Cremation of victims reported amid fires that swept through Lupe and surrounding settlements. Authorities investigate causes and coordinate response.
Forest Fire Ravages Northern Michigan Towns
Alpena reports a growing death toll and widespread destruction as forest fires sweep Presque Isle Cheboygan and surrounding counties. Dozens of farms burned villages destroyed and a relief train wreck killed fifteen refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpena
Mich
Metz
Presque Isle
Cheboygan
Alpena County
la Roque
Rogers City
Cadillac
Traverse City
Upper Peninsula
Chippewa
Houghton
Detroit & Mackinaw
Here
Nowicki Siding
Letts Fletcher Co Pleads Guilty To Food Label Violations
In Marshalltown Iowa on October 18 the Letts Fletcher company pleaded guilty in justice court to four September charges by the State Food and Dairy Commission official H F Wright for selling improperly labeled flavoring extract. A fine of five dollars plus costs was paid in each case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa
Letts-Fletcher Company
Justice Court
State Food and Dairy
H. F. Wright
Jewel thief jailed after Chicago transfer
George Foster alias Foster George, a Black man, arrested Monday night with jewels valued at 25 000 dollars. He was moved to Chicago yesterday to face grand larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Louis
George Foster
Foster George
Chicago
Tragic Passenger Dies After Learning Wife Ill aboard Deutschland
Arrival of the Deutschland reports William Denzell of Philadelphia learning his wife is seriously ill. He collapsed and died on the ship's deck shortly after the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Denzell
Philadelphia
Fire wreck toll and refugee march from Metz disaster
Eyewitness recounts the first arrival at Posen of the wrecked train passengers and a burned refugee procession. Fire devastates Presque Isle Alpena and Montgomer y counties with dozens dead and hundreds homeless. Sixty families missing and Metz scenes show desperate relief as clothing and provisions arrive.
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Posen
Foster
Kinville
James White
John Nowicki
Albert Marcies
Metz
Alpena
Mich
Presque Isle
Pulawski
Krakow
Herman Erke
William D. Rose
Ocqueac
Lake Huron
Grand Lake
Hines
Rogers City
Grace Harbor
Here
Hagensville
Montgomery
Warships End World Tour Maine and Alabama Complete Trip
The battleship Maine docked at Portsmouth navy yard after completing a 309 day voyage around the world. The Alabama arrived in New York harbor as the two ships finished a 35 000 mile circumnavigation with Admiral Evans’ fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Alabama
Globe
Portsmouth
N. H
Portsmouth Navy Yard
New York Harbor
Hampton Roads
Admiral Evans
San Francisco
Azores
New York
Deer River Man Leaps From Train and Drowns
Don Kelly, 35, of Deer River, jumped from a Great Northern train crossing Ball Club lake bridge near Deer River. He struck his head on a pier and drowned. His body was sent to Grand Rapids for burial.
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Deer River
Duluth
Minn
Don Kelly
Great Northern
Ball Club Lake
Grand Rapids
Four Hunting Accidents Reported in Menominee County
Four hunting accidents were reported from Menominee County forests. William Kahle was shot in the shoulder by his son. Louis Erickson had his arm blown off by an accidental shotgun discharge. Westley Sweet was wounded in the throat by fine shot. Arthur Davis was shot in the leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menominee, Mich
William Kahle
Louis Erickson
Westley Sweet
Arthur Davis
Fifth Pair of Twins Born in Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Iowa October 18 Mr and Mrs Thomas Chamber welcome a fifth pair of twins a healthy boy and girl Four of the previous children have died but this pair appears strong and likely to thrive
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Thomas Chamber
Brother Shot by Accident Near Bruce Wisconsin
Ralph Jasker five year old son of John Jasker two miles north of Bruce Wisconsin was accidentally shot by his twelve year old brother yesterday afternoon and is not expected to live.
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Bruce, Wis
Ralph
John Jasker
Here
Night Rider Band Murders Lawyers in Tennessee
Union City report details the killing of Col. R. Z. Taylor and Capt. Quinton Rankin by masked night riders near Walnut Log. Rankin found dead. Taylor missing. Authorities form posses, consider a pitched battle, and a $10,000 reward is offered. Gov. Patterson contemplates sending troops. militia units ordered ready to move to Reel Foot lake.
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Union City
Tenn
R. Z. Taylor
Quinton Rankin
Trenton
Ward
Walnut Log
Eastwood
Obion County
Haynes
Lake County
Tiptonville
Capt. Rankin
Col. Taylor
Reel Foot Lake
Capt
Rankin
Memphis
Patterson
Judge Taylor
Taylor
Mercy Girls Reach for Grand Slam in Train Crash Tale
In Ishpeming Michigan on October 21 four school ma'ams traveling to an Upper Peninsula Educational association convention were playing bridge whist when a South Shore railroad collision occurred. A traveler reports one woman exclaimed a grand slam just before the crash and was thrown over seats to land on a traveling man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ishpeming
Mich
South Shore Railroad
Ma’ams
Upper Peninsula Educational Association
Copper Country
Fire fiend strikes Brookings county farms in run of blazes
In Watertown South Dakota on October 21 fires blaze across the east end of Brookings county. John Welsh loses his house barn and granary with contents. Henry Pottratt then suffers total loss to his buildings and stored goods. Multiple straw piles and haystacks are set ablaze as farmers grow alarmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Henry Kemps
Bolton
South Rogers
la Roque
Cathro
Alcona County
Hubbard Lake
Au Sable River
Watertown
S. D
Brookings County
John Welsh
Henry Pottratt
Forest fires threaten Sugar Island and surrounding towns
In Michigan district near Ste. Marie fires chase residents as a forty mile gale spreads the flames. Sugar Island with 1000 residents is ablaze nearly end to end while Detour area suffers extensive burn area. Metz receives relief supplies and new cabins are built as Detroit leaders and Michigan donors fund fire relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Common Council
Michigan
$2,000 Theft Stirs Grand Forks Auto Pursuit
Heavily armed posses chase robbers who entered Reynolds stores in Grand Forks North Carolina and took about $2,000 in goods. The loot included $1,500 in jewelry from Ben F Lavally and $500 in cash plus additional plunder from W H Hemmy's general store as both thieves and pursuers race through streets by automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
N. C
Reynolds
Ben F. Lavally
W. H. Hemmy
Smudge Manages Girl Torch in Chicken Coop Fire
In Sioux Falls South Dakota on October 21 Jesse Gass and his young daughter from Howard were badly burned when a lit hay wisp used to smoke out vermin flared. The child picked up the flaming wisp and her clothes ignited. the father quickly removed her clothing to save her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Jesse Gass
Howard
Four May Be Lost In Lake Michigan Search
Glen Haven Michigan October 21 Patrick Hury and his wife and Peter Swenson and son are missing since Monday evening after leaving North Manitou islands in a power launch to set fish nets. A high east wind pushed the craft into Lake Michigan with hopes they reached the Wisconsin shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Haven
Mich
Patrick Hury
Peter Swenson
North Manitou Islands
Lake Michigan
Wisconsin
Bank of Nebagamon Vault Blown. Robbers Escape
The Bank of Nebagamon vault at Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin, was blown at 2:30 a.m. yesterday and robbed of 1700 dollars. Three explosions shook the town but residents paid no attention as the robbers fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Nebagamon
Superior
Wis
Bank of
Three Charged With Farmhouse Break-In In Iowa
Three nineteen year old men were arrested in Charles City Iowa for breaking into the farm home of J M Smith. They gave names as Frank Sheppard and Furman and were held to the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Charles City
J. M. Smith
Frank
Sheppard
Furman
Logging Camps Delayed in Upper Michigan
Marquette Michigan October 21 timber operators in Upper Michigan will delay starting their season due to fear of forest fires until snow covers the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Mich
Upper Michigan
Servia Apologizes for Attack on Austrian Shops
London dispatch says Belgrade government apologized and paid indemnity at Austria's insistence for an attack on Austrian shop property in Belgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Servia
London
The
Times
Belgrade
Austria
Matches and Gasoline Blaze Sparks Burns in Wisconsin
Glenwood Wisconsin October 21 James O'Brien suffered severe facial and hand burns when a lighted match near an automobile reservoir ignited gasoline vapor, causing an explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Wis
James O’brien
Man Dies in Highway Wreck Near Stillwater
Nedore Lecuyer of Hugo was killed on the highway between St. Paul and White Bear when his wagon tipped over an embankment and crushed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Minn
Nedore Lecuyer
Hugo
St. Paul
White Bear
White girl assaulted near Concord by mob pursuit
Pearl Tucker, sixteen, was attacked by a Black man in woods near Concord. A 500 strong posse formed, capturing a suspect within an hour. Police Chief Poger moved the suspect by automobile as a mob of about 2000 pressed for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Pearl Tucke
Concord
Poger
Turks and Bulgarians Fight at Djumna Front
An Athens dispatch reports Turkish and Bulgarian troops clashing at Djumna on the frontier. The account says seventy Bulgarians and ten Turks were killed, but there is no confirmation from any other source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Athens
Djumna
Lost Two Lake Barges in Southeast Gale near Huron Islands
Capt. Mc Kenzie of the lumber steamer Edward L. Hines reports the loss of two consorts, Lizzie A. Law and Selvin Marvin, after a tow line broke during a southeast gale opposite Huron islands, near Houghton Michigan, October 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton, Mich
Capt. McKenzie
Edward L. Hines
Lizzie A. Law
Selvin Marvin
Huron Islands
Henning Store Burglarized In Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls Minnesota October 21 burglars robbed R J Lindberg store and Henning telephone office last night. The safe was blown and only 180 dollars taken. The intruders likely fled after missing a larger sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henning
Fergus Falls
Minn
R. J. Lindberg
Fire destroys big barn and feed store at Cass Lake
Cass Lake Minnesota October 21 fire last night completely destroyed the large barn and feed store owned by A F Frank The building valued at 4500 with 3000 of insurance reflects a substantial loss for local operations and livestock feed supplies
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass Lake
Minn
A. F. Frank
Ferry collision injures factory girls in fog
In Detroit on October 15 a ferry steamer Ariel colliding with the freighter Energy in fog injured several and spared about 100 girl factory workers aboard. Panic swept the vessel as the collision occurred between Walkerville Ont and Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Ariel
Walkerville
Ont
Americans Entertain Amid Royal Welcome in Tokyo Occupation
Tokyo reports describe the third day of American occupation with a royal audience and luncheon, garden parties, dinners, and theater as fleetsmen and Pacific coast visitors mingle with Japanese hosts. Perfect order prevails, crowds cheer the Americans, and 2,000 guests attend a garden party at Shinjuku imperial gardens hosted by Admiral Togo, with Premier Katsura hosting a dinner for officers and a grand ball to close the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Pacific Coast
Fleet
Keio University
Admiral Togo
Shinjuku Imperial Gardens
Katsura
TAPP ACCEPTS. Liberal Party Candidate Notified
Sidney C. Tapp, presidential nominee of the Liberal party, received formal notification at Hull House, Chicago, after his nomination at a Chattanooga convention. He said the campaign began too late for timely organization in many states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal Party
Chicago
Sidney C. Tapp
Hull House
Tapp
Chattanooga
Tenn
New Party
Thaw Scheme Declared Failure by Court
Pittsburg October 21 United States Judge J J Young dismissed the writ of habeas corpus against Supt Lamb of the New York state hospital for the criminal insane redirecting that Thaw the Stanford White slayer need not be brought to Pittsburg to testify in bankruptcy proceedings The decision ends the attempt to compel Thaw to appear in this city for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States
Archibald
Scranton
Supt
Lamb
New York State Hospital
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
J. J. Young
Thaw
Desperado Gabe Lavalle Captured After Two-Year Search
Winnipeg reports Gabe Lavalle a noted Western desperado wanted for cattle and horse theft in Southern Saskatchewan and Montana was seized by mounted police last night in a half-ruined shack after a fierce struggle. The two-year manhunt ended with his capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Gabe Lavalle
Saskatchewan
Montana
Mounted Police
Grand Stand Blown Down in Savannah Tragedy
A tornado struck Savannah Missouri yesterday afternoon causing the grand stand at the ball park to collapse while players sheltered inside. One football player was fatally injured and twenty two others were hurt, some seriously, in the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Tweny
Ossly
Ball Park
Diphtheria Closes City Schools Reopened in Montevideo
Diphtheria forced a two week school closure in Montevideo Minnesota. Public schools reopened Monday after a brief shutdown. Only three cases remained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Minn
Forger Goes to Pen
Marion Hayes pleaded guilty to forgery and will serve one year in the state penitentiary in Grand Forks North Dakota on October 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
N. D
Marion Hayes
State Penitentiary
Fire kills three in six story East Third Street tenement
A blaze in a six story tenement on East Third Street in New York City killed three residents and endangered about a hundred tenants. The fire broke out shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East Third Street
Editor pairs musicale with aesthetics column
The wife laments the editor reclassifying their musicale story beside Aesth notices, noting prominent guests and the editor seeking attention to inequality. The husband suggests the move highlights different fortunes.
Salvation Army Crafts Its Own Musical Instruments
Salvation Army groups create handmade instruments, showcasing community craft and volunteer effort. Local workshops assemble drums, tambourines, and simple wind instruments using recycled materials and donated supplies. This initiative supports music programs and raises funds for charitable services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Salvation Army
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A. A. Hadden
S. R. Chase
Muscatine
Mr. Chase
Greybeard Regiment
James Bigheart
Osage Tribe of Indians
Pawhuska
Oklo
Ninth Cavalry
John Dolan
Joseph Schaich
Oakland
Dolan
Auburn
Otto Willert
Arthur Walters
Belvidere
N. J
William E. Towers
Lake Shore Road
Laporte
Ind
Gettysburg Battlefield
Gettysburg National Park Commission
S. E. McGrath
Boone County
McBride & Will Drug Company
Enola Bennett Friend
James and Hudson Boys
Garrity
William Barrett
Warships
Night Rider
Girl
Cat Morcheon
Desperado
Canada
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