Weather maps expand to cover northern hemisphere
Beginning November 1 the U S weather map will extend to include northern hemisphere coverage with reports from Irkutsk Tomsk Ekaterinburg and the Icelandic low. Cable and wireless reports will provide daily conditions aiding farmers forecasters and event planners.
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Washington
United States
Hemisphere
Irkutsk
Tomsk
Ekaterinburg
Siberia
North Atlantic
Cab
Ireland
Weather Bureau
Europe
London
Paris
Hamburg
Great Britain
Azores
South Atlantic
Lisbon
Bering Sea
Lon
West Indies
Aleutian
Alaska
Pacific
Nome
American
Far
Northwest
Canned Meats Woes Hit U S Exports
Washington reports show canned meats in decline as meat inspection controversy lingers. Despite overall meat export gains for nine months ending September, canned beef exports fell from 52.5 million to 31 million pounds due to foreign doubts and inspection delays. Domestic consumption also weakened amid the controversy.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Statistics
Japan
United States
Agricultural Department
Grain blockade ends as railroads lift export tie up
In New York on November 1 a special committee of grain traders convinced presidents and traffic officers of the trunk lines to raise the blockade that had halted export business. Relief came before contract deliveries reached danger points for several grain firms.
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New York
Lawrence University suspends 115 students over $27 damages
In Appleton Wisconsin on November 1 authorities suspended 115 Lawrence University students after they refused to pay $27 damages from recent class scraps. President Plantz says none will be allowed to return until payment is received.
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Plantz
Lawrence University
Appleton, Wis
Oys
Tragedy in Cathedral Stirs Lincoln Family
Miss Nettie Brown aged 19 to 25, daughter of D Brown of Lincoln Nebraska, died by self harm on the steps of a Kansas City Catholic cathedral altar. Her family says she came to Lincoln two weeks ago then left for Kansas City, after seeking a job and difficulties with paying hotel costs. The story details her background, family, and uncertain motives.
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Rausas
Nettie Brown
D © Brown
Lincoln
Neb
Miss Nettle Brown
Kansas City
D. C. Brown
BE. I. Bohhanan
Oil House Fire Destroys Fremont Supply Unit
A Fremont Nebraska oil supply house owned by Northwestern burned last night, causing about 500 dollars in damage. Dense smoke blanketed the city as a large crowd gathered to watch the blaze.
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Fremont
Neb
Northwestern
Victory Over Doane Gives Nebraska New Lease on Life
Lincoln Neb Nov 1 Nebraska defeated Doane easily Saturday and showed improved obedience to prearranged tactics. The win raises hope that Nebraska can slow Minnesota in next Saturday’s game and possibly win the honors if luck stays with them.
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Doane
Nebraska University
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Ames
Minnesota
Nebraskans
Gophers
Short November Term Set in Dodge County Court
Fremont Neb November 1 Judge Hol l enbeck called the docket for the November term Only six cases were set for trial and attorneys predict hearing will take less than a week This marks the shortest court term in a decade for Dodge county Eight cases were stricken from the docket as they were settled since the May term
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Fremont
Neb
Hollenbeck
Dodge County
Hicks Award Settled in Lincoln Neb Case
Lexington Nebraska November 1. W L Hicks of Farnam was struck by a Union Pacific locomotive at Gothenburg over two years ago and has just received 1000 dollars from the railroad. He sued for nearly twice that amount but the attorneys chose a settlement to avoid trial.
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Lexington
Neb
W. L. Hicks
Farnam
Union Pacific
Gothenburg
Roberts of Big Four dies in Indiana at 62
George M. Roberts former Omaha mayor and attorney for the Big Four railroad died in Lawrenceburg Indiana from neuralgia of the heart. He was 62 years old yesterday.
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Quincy, Ill
George M. Roberts
Omaha
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Insane prisoner hangs self in Fremont jail
Fremont Nebraska November 1 George Nicholson an insane prisoner tore a sheet into strips and hanged himself to the door of his cell within the Fremont jail authorities reported the inmate’s death describing it as an apparent suicide or self inflicted death in custody
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Fremont, Neb
George Nicholson
Italian landowner in his own home serves decade in prison
Raimondo Pace, a wealthy landowner in Foggia, was sentenced in default in 1898 to ten years for murdering a servant. He reportedly hid in a basement cell built in his house for eight years, receiving bread and water daily. He cannot legally award himself a pardon and must serve the ten years in state imprisonment.
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Rome
Raimondo Pace
Foggia
Pace
Bracelets Drive Rush in New York Jewelry Trade
Jewelry manufacturers in New York face unprecedented demand for bracelets as orders flood in from South America, Cuba, and the Philippines. Factories struggle to meet holiday delivery deadlines, with some shops delaying other items to boost bracelet output.
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New York
South America
Cuba
Philippines
Zion City Schools Face Closure Over Funds
Zion City faces abrupt school closures as capital shortfall risks shutting doors within a week. A circulated appeal says 1.1H thousand students would be halted from continuing classes unless residents raise several hundred dollars in the coming days.
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Mary
Chicago
Zion City
Zion
Oil Trust Fined Five Thousand for Restraint of Trade
Findlay Ohio November 2 A fine of five thousand dollars was imposed on the Standard Oil company after conviction for restraint of trade conspiracy. The defense was granted forty days to file exceptions and the sentence was suspended sixty days to permit petition in error. John D Rockefeller was allowed to retire from the suit pending adjudication. The judge could have doubled the fine for each day of the offense if he chose.
Hampson Buried After Fatal Hotel Griffon Shooting
Louis C. Hampson, assistant secretary of United States Trust, killed Victoria Tackaw at the Hotel Griffon on Friday night then shot himself. He was buried late yesterday in Trinity Churchyard, beneath a brick vault south of the clock tower, as hundreds of workers passed by.
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New York
Louis C. Hampson
United States Trust Company
Victoria Tackaw
Griffon
Trinity Churchyard
No Immortality for the Loveless
Chicago reports that psychologist Professor Laupher and occult instructor of the new thought movement deny immortality for bachelors and old maids. He favors schools of love as the sole diploma, arguing public schools teach only animal instinct. Dr Pratt says new thought harmony would banish sickness and even grief over death.
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Chicago
Laupher
New Thought
Hartje divorce case perjury verdict against Booe
Pittsburg reports Clifford Booe a former Hartje coachman found guilty of perjury for testifying Mrs Hartje had criminal relations with him. Attorneys expect possible appeal as Hartje divorce case drama continues with further prosecutions unfolding in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Clifford Booe
August Hartje
Hartje
Hooe
Clifford Hooe
Hartje affair testimony and perjury arrest report
The article notes a negro coachman of the Hartjes accusing Mrs. Hartje of consorting with him and frequent meetings with Hope at a tailor shop. William De Costa is arrested for perjury. Carrie Hooe, mother of the coachman, testifies she had seen Mrs. Hartje. Two negro ministers later testify that Mrs. Hooe claimed she had never seen the millionaire's wife.
Captain Kraft Seethes Over Federal Paper
In Pittsburg on Nov 1 Captain Henry R Kraft reacted to a federal court appearance by declaring he would go to jail for an hour. Judge Nathan Clewing presided as Kraft of the steamer Gessie Smith was brought in for service of a paper, the sentence being served between 1 and 2 o'clock yesterday.
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Pittsburg
Henry R. Kraft
Nathan Clewing
Gessie Smith
Kraft
Walter Lewis wins Aaron Stalker prize for temperance oration
Oskaloosa Iowa November 1 Walter Lewis of Oskaloosa won the Aaron Stalker prize of 50 dollars for the best Penn college student oration on temperance. San Francisco report claimed President Ide Wheeler urged hanging to rid the city of desperate characters but he stated he did not recommend illegal procedures.
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Oskaloosa
Walter Lewis
Aaron Stalker
Penn College
San Francisco
Ide Wheeler
University of California
Mrs Eddy Appears Answers Three Questions
Concord New Hampshire November interview with Mrs Maury Huber G Eddy head of the Christian Science church. She declares no physician but God and asserts her health remains good with her everlasting arms around her. The interview ends after three questions as she prepares for her afternoon drive.
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Concord
N. H
Associated Press
Maury Huber G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Pleasant View
H. Cornell Wilson
Christian Science Publishing Committee
Herman S. Herring
Edward M. Pearson
New Hampshire
Calvin A. Frye
Mrs. Eddy
Frye
Stensland Returns to Chicago for Hering Trial
Paul O. Stensland former president of the Milwaukee Avenue Savings Bank now in Joliet penitentiary returned to Chicago under guard to testify in the trial of Henry W. Hering former cashier of the bank whose trial began today.
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Chicago
Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue Savings Bank
Joliet
Henry W. Hering
Barge and crew feared lost near Thunder Bay island
Alpena Michigan reports a tow barge named Thomas H Cahoon owned in Saginaw may be lost with seven crewmen after breaking loose from the steamer Jromer Warren during a gale and drifting into Lake Huron. The Warren and remaining barges survived the storm.
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Alpena
Mich
Thomas H. Cahoon
Saginaw
Cahoon
Jromer Warren
Thunder Bay Island
Lake Huron
Warren
Five Victims Unaccounted After Seashore Railroad Disaster
Atlantic City authorities and railroad officials say sixty is the maximum death toll from Sunday’s drawbridge disaster on the West Jersey Seashore Electric line. Fifty two bodies have been claimed, two of the claimed dead are among the missing, and five remain unaccounted for.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Drawbridge
West Jersey Seashore Electric Railroad
Woman Bites Coin Trickster In Montmarte
In Montmarte a lawyer paid for dinner when a woman claiming to be a fetichist asked to bite a coin for luck. She swallowed the louis instead and was arrested. Four louis later exposed after emetic treatment. Police say she has run the game widely.
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Paris
Montmarte
Louis
Minister seeks divorce over alleged wife cruelty and ejection
Rev Edwin E Hatfield a Methodist minister files for divorce in Lincoln Nebraska alleging his wife cruel and immoral conduct and that his sister Mrs Robinson of Denver was ejected into the street by the wife. The petition names cruelty and immorality as grounds.
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Lincoln, Neb
Robinson
Denver
Edwin E. Hatfield
Celebrate Mitchell Day Declared in Mahoney City
In Mahoney City workers at every colliery statewide are idle today for Mitchell Day, marking the holiday with widespread stoppage. The notice cites Mitchell Day as the reason for the all-plant shutdown and calls for local observances.
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Mahoney City
Sedan
Congress Plans Philippine Assembly Election
President Taft will direct the Philippine commission to call a general election for delegates to a Philippine assembly, two years from the March 27 1906 census, to take over legislative powers not in Moro or non Christian areas as the Philippines moves toward a new representative government.
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Taft
Congress
Philippine Commission
Philippine Assembly
Ide Returns Home for Daughter Marjorie Ide Cochran Wedding
Henry Clay Ide former governor general of the Philippines arrives in San Francisco with his daughter Marjorie to attend her marriage to Hourke Cochran at the Ide home in St Johnsbury Vermont. Ide says the Philippines are now in better condition than under past rule and cites the tariff as a continuing issue while noting relative peace aside from tribal conflicts in Leyte and Samar.
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San Francisco
Henry Clay Ide
Philippine Islands
Hong Kong
Leyte
Samar
Philippines
Eight Executed in Russia Bank Robbery Case
Eight men arrested over the Cashier Hermann robbery of 188,826 rubles were tried by court martial and executed today in St. Petersburg. The city marked the imperial manifesto anniversary with te deums amid tight security and no major unrest, while reports describe police containment and a fire incident in Schulsselsburg. Warsaw reports the city remained quiet with troops patrolling.
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St. Petersburg
Hermann
Custom House
Russia
Kazan
Woman in Ottawa Cleared After Horsewhipping Case
Mrs. Fanny Atkinson was discharged in Ottawa Kansas police court after being accused by her husband James Atkinson of horsewhipping him on a public street. The judge halted proceedings saying the defendant acted within her rights as her husband had abandoned her for nine months and no substantial harm was done.
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Ottawa
Kas
Fanny Atkinson
James Atkinson
Felton Testifies in Illinois Freight Rate Case
President Samuel M Felton of the Chicago and Alton railroad testifies in a Springfield suit by Zambrok & Sons alleging discrimination in freight rates. Plaintiffs claim equal charges for hauling the same class of freight between Louis and Springfield and East St. Louis to Peoria. The case, part of about 29 similar suits, adjourned after his brief testimony due to his unfamiliarity with rate specifics.
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Chicago
Samuel M Felton
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Zambrok & Sons
Springeld
Alton
Louis
Springfield
East St. Louis
Peoria
Felton
Roosevelt to spend week hunting at Pine Knot Virginia
President Roosevelt plans to leave Washington for Pine Knot in Albemarle County Virginia where he will spend the remainder of the week hunting. Mrs. Roosevelt will accompany him and join in the trip.
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Washington
D. C
Roosevelt
Pine Knot
Albemarle County
Telegraphic Briefs Across Cities Report Diverse Local News
Short dispatches note deaths and political events from Washington to Naples. Highlights include a 42 year old death, strife updates in the machinists’ labor dispute, a Rome address by Martin Gorky, census officials to Germany, Carnegie praising reform spelling, Raisull’s stronghold raid, a Grant Sartoris wedding in New York, Paderewski postponement, McKinley assassination rioters jailed, Indianola bank receiver appointment, At rato laborer shipment, and a mob hanging in Tennessee after a craps game incident.
Berlin insurers reverse stance on San Francisco fire losses
Berlin-Insurance companies plan to pay San Francisco fire losses after reconsideration. Action taken by Berlin Fire Insurance Company and Prussian National Fire Insurance Company signals eventual settlement. Washington DC reports the General Land Office annual totals: receipts $7,585,524 for year to June 30, up $567,713. land disposed 19,431,187 acres, up 2,374,565 acres.
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Berlin—Insurance Companies
Germany
San Francisco
Berlin Fire Insurance Company
Prussian National Fire Insuranece Company
Washington, D. C
Commissioner of the General Land Office
Ibsens Peer Gynt Shines in English Opening at Grand Opera
New York review notes Richard Mansfield staged the first English rendering of Peer Gynt at the Grand Opera to a packed, enthusiastic audience. The piece marked a debut of the work in English on the New York stage.
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New York
Henrik Ibsen
Richard Mansfield
Grand Opera
Peer Gynt
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