Secretary Knox Dismisses Hister Crane in China Affair
Secretary of State Knox accepted Charles R. Crane's resignation as minister to China after a probe into U S China and Japan policies in Manchuria. President Taft and Crane were notified as Knox released a statement detailing the inquiry and the reasons for the abrupt change.
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Knox
Charles R. Crane
China
Crane
Taft
State Department
Japan
Sanchuria
Cina
Department
Se ‘Ieras
Stans
Act
Gave
Greementz
Hank
San Francisco
Man shoots officer in revenge for brother’s death in Iowa
Rapids Iowa October 14 police say Lawrence confessed the motive for shooting Detective Baumgarner at Union Station after spotting an arrival train. He admits the act was revenge for King Finlay’s brother killed in Vinton. Vinton city marshal Rune Panes is jailed as an accessory before the crime.
City Devastated by Gulf Storm Strikes Key West
Key West reports heavy property damage estimated at two million dollars with no city deaths but potential high toll along the peninsula. Many vessels wrecked and looters captured as martial law is proclaimed and guards patrol. hundreds homeless being sheltered and fed.
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Key West
Fila
Gulf
West Indian hurricane passes coast danger abates
Washington reports the West Indian hurricane that wrecked Key West and crossed Florida has moved out to sea toward Bermuda. The storm’s center was 200 to 300 miles off Jacksonville this morning as warnings are discontinued. Key West reports wind and rain but no Miami reports are on file.
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Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Key West
Florida
Weather Bureau
Florida Peninsula
Miami
Gulf Stream
Bermudas
Jacksonville
Fla
Gulf
Norfolk
North Atlantic
Florida coast dodges full force of gulf hurricane
Tapa Florida October 14 news indicates the west coast escaped the hurricane that swept up from the gulf yesterday though shipping remained in doubt. Storm warnings extended along the coast and no news came on Mallory line steamer Lampassas or P&O steamer Olivette, believed to have sought Punta Rassa harbor.
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Tapa
Fla
Florida Peninsula
Gulf
Mallory Line
Lampassas
Olivette
Pelleven
Puntarda
Taft Ready to See Ambassador White Leave
Washington reports indicate Ambassador Henry White at Paris is recalled to make way for Robert Bacon. Officials deny recall but believe the shake up in the diplomatic service begins with Knox's action and the president aims to act in November. Taft reportedly has no strong attachment to White.
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Washington
State Department
Henry White
Paris
Robert Bacon
White
Taft
Knox
Steamer Reported Lost Near White Fish Point
An unidentified steamer sank off White Fish Point in Lake Superior during yesterday’s gale, with the vessel’s identity not yet established.
Labor Will Honor Samuel Gompers In Washington Parade
Labor leaders greet Samuel Gompers upon return as AFL president. A parade with over 25,000 from Washington and other cities will be reviewed by Gompers, followed by a mass meeting at Convention Hall with speakers including West, Franklin K. Lane, and John Mitchell. He will discuss lessons from Europe and labor conditions.
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Washington
United States
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Convention Hall
West
Franklin K. Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
John Mitchell
Miners’ Union
Europe
Corn Grand Prize Winners at Vermillion Clay County Fair
Elk Point residents dominated the Vermillion fair with E. Sorenson winning first prize and sweepstakes for 10 ears of yellow corn and L. C. Nelson taking second prizes and second sweepstakes. John P. Thompson earned the first Barton prize for Reed's yellow dent corn. All winners hail from Union county.
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Union Farmers
Elk Point
S._D
Clay County
Vermillion
E. Sorenson
L. C. Nelson
John P. Thompson
Union County
Morse 15 Years in Federal Prison Upheld by Court
United States circuit court of appeals upheld the 15 year sentence for Charles W. Morse, former National Bank of North America president, for misusing bank funds. The court overruled 43 counts, granted a 40 day stay, and Morse prepared to seek certiorari. Morse surrendered to marshal. his son Harry accompanied him to the Tombs as crowds watched.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
National Bank of North America
Morse
United States Supreme Court
Washington
United States Marshal’s Office
Ice Trust
Federal
Ice’ Securities Company
Tombs Union
United States
Arshal Henkel
Harry
Federal Building
Russia to Build Many New Railways in 1910 Budget
St Petersburg Oct 13 The extraordinary budget of the minister of railways was submitted to the duma. It calls for 31 million dollars for new construction in 1910. All but 163 thousand dollars will be spent in Siberia and on the Amur railroad. Eleven and a half million is allotted to the Baikal lake line and twelve and a half million to double tracking the Trans Siberian.
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St. Petersburg
Duma
Siberia
Amur
Lake Baikal
Blacksmith Killed by Train Near Lyons
Charles Haney, a Walthill blacksmith, was fatally struck by a Northwestern freight train in Lyons after traveling from Uehling to visit his father. The accident occurred Saturday night with Haney dying instantly.
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Walthill
Lyons
Neb
Northwestern
Charles Haney
Haney
Uehling
Complaints Across Rail Lines Over Car Shortage
Des Moines residents and several firms file complaints with railroad commissioners over a car shortage. The Akron Grain Co. presses Milwaukee shipments. Farmers' Elevator at Remsen cites overcharges and missing doors on grain cars and misforwarded loads. Storm Lake seeks improved service on the Mizcapolis and St. Louis line.
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Des Moines, Sr
Akron Grain Company
Milwaukee
Farmers’ Elevator
Remsen
Illinois Central
Storm Lake
Mizcapolis & St. Loula
Bank Looted For Many Thousands, Its Doors Close
Washington reports the First National Bank of Mineral Point Wisconsin was closed after alleged forgeries and defalcations estimated around 210000. John W Schofield of the comptroller of the currency was named receiver as arrests were anticipated following a Mineral Point conference. president S Calvert Spensley claimed he could raise 100000 in six days but failed to secure funds.
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Washington
First National Bank
Mineral Point
Wis
John W. Schofield
Comptroller of
Wisconsin
Treasury Department
National Bank
Richard W. Goodhart
S. Calvert Spensley
Bank Examiner
Examiner Goodhart
Telegraph
St. Louis Officials Attack Federal Meat Inspection
St. Louis health department charges reopen East St. Louis meat inspection probe. Dr. G A Jordan says four beef carcasses with melanosis were stamped in East St. Louis and shipped to St. Louis where seized September 29. Similar accusations involve decayed pork sausage stamped by inspectors at Alton and sent here September 11.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
Health Department
G. A. Jordan
Alton
Ill
Plea For Editors Made By Counsel In Panama Libel Case
Indianapolis Oct 14 Counsel for the New York World in the Panama libel cases argues section 1014 does not let removal of defendants to another district unless they are fugitives Judge Anderson doubts if Indianapolis News publishers committed criminal libel and whether trial should be in the publishing district or where circulated Government evidence ends with claims that several notable figures were tied to a $28 million profit from Panama canal securities dealings France to the United States.
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Indianapolis
John D. Lindsay
New York
New York World
Panama
A. B. Anderson
United States Court
Lindsay
Delavan A. Smith
Charles, R. Williams
Indianapolis News
District of Columbia
Panama Canal
United States
The
District Court of
Grand
Anderson
McNamara
Panama Canal Zone
Mesars
Smith and Williams
Roosevelt
Taft
William Nelson Cromwell
Douglas Robinson
Charles P. Taft
France
Despondent worker slays self with harness knife
Roy Blaci, 40, a collar maker at the Oskaloosa saddlery factory in Iowa, cut his throat with a harness knife. He had shown despondency for several days and left a wife and family in Knoxville.
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Oskaloosa, Ia
Roy Blaci
Oskaloosa
Knoxville
Woman killed in streetcar collision near Kewanee
In Kewanee Illinois on October 14 Mrs J H Himagate 60 of La Harpe was killed and Mrs Hooke sustained serious injuries when a touring car collided with a street car.
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Kewanee
Ill
J. H. Himagate
la Harpe
State Treasurer Reports Big Hunter Fees Under Iowa Law
Des Moines Iowa October 14 State Treasurer Morrow said residents have paid 33389 in hunters fees so far under Iowa's new fish and game law indicating strong early compliance and revenue for the program.
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Des Moines
Morrow
Iowa
Harahan Elected Director of Ocean Steamship Co
Savannah report states J. T. Harahan president of Illinois Central Railroad was yesterday elected a director of the Ocean Steamship Company, owned by the Central of Georgia railroad.
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Savannah
J. T. Harahan
Illinois Central Railroad
Ocean Steamship Company
Central of Georgia Railroad
Veteran of the War Beaten by Negroes
General J Floyd King a 67-year-old Confederate veteran and former Louisiana congressman says he was attacked by three African Americans on Saturday night. He used a pocket knife to defend his life and was arrested but later released on bonds. One assailant remains hospitalized. warrants exist for the others. Police know where two non-hospitalized suspects can be found.
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Washington
J. Floyd King
Congress
Louisiana
Georgia
King
General King
Van Buren Bust At White House With Broken Neck
A marble bust of Martin Van Buren in the White House is described as having a broken neck. The piece recalls 1830s debates among Whigs about decapitating the Van Buren statue and notes a revived placement near the stairway from the eastern entrance to the main floor.
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van Buren
White House
Washington
United States
Martin van Buren
Roosevelt
Milady
Charivari participant crushed by bell in Lyon s Nebraska
Lyons Neb Oct 18 Art Lenig of this county while loudly ringing the old dinner bell in a charivari for Rowena Garvis and bride pulled the bell from its fastenings. It fell on him striking him to the ground where he lay in an ingensible condition. A physician was called to aid him.
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Lyons, Neb
Art Lenig
Rowena Garvis
Bride
Supreme Court convenes with seven justices present
Washington. Oct 13. The Supreme Court opened with seven justices, Justice Peckham and Justice Moody ill. The cotton leak cases, involving alleged conspiracy to prematurely publish cotton statistics, were reset for December 13.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Peckham
Moody
Soldiers Leave Fort Omaha After Carnival Display
Five thousand regular soldiers from Fort Omaha, who performed daily drills during Omaha’s carnival, broke camp and dispersed to stations nationwide. Units head to Fort Crook Fort Leavenworth Fort Russell Fort Des Moines Fort Meade Fort Riley. weather soured on the return journey with mud and rain.
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Omaha
Neb
Fort Omaha
Post
Fort Crook
Thirteenth Infantry
Fifteenth Cavalry
Fort Leavenworth
Hospital Corps
Fort Russell
Second Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
Fort Meade
Seventh Cavalry
Sixth Field Artillery
Fort Riley
Bits of News for Busy Readers
World snippets report a duck hunting accident in Bryant where Glen Crow lost an arm, a railway agent’s assault in Mobridge, a Kentucky teacher jailed for counterfeiting in Cincinnati, retirement of General d Amade in Paris, and Samuel Gompers’s return to New York with a plan for an internal trades league.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
William B. Pettus
Carter County
Kentucky
Sater
Leavenworth
Kan
Pettus
Paris
A. G. L. d’Amade
France
Spain
Morocco
Brun
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Europe
Gompers
Storms Ravage South Coast Area Havana
Havana reports five members of a single family killed as a roof collapsed in a storm. Communication with nearby districts is down. Regla residents say 40 to 50 small craft were driven ashore or sunk. A steamer may be ashore east of Moro Castle. Tobacco seed beds damaged, but replanting is possible.
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Havana
Regla
Moro Castle
Great hurricane bears down on Florida and coast
Washington reports a major hurricane touching southern Florida and moving up the coast threatening life and property. Professor Willis L. Moore orders extensive warnings to sea islands and inland areas as Key West records a 28.84 barometer and 68 mph winds. The Sand Key observer took refuge in a lighthouse as authorities safeguard communications.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Willis L. Moore
Florida
Weather Bureau
Moore
Jupiter Inlet
Tampa
Jacksonville
Thomasville
Key West
Florida Peninsula
Appalachicola River
Sand Key
West Indian hurricane nears Cuba with 30 mph winds
Advices to the weather bureau indicate the hurricane is central west of Cuba. Key West reports winds of 30 miles per hour and five inches of rain in the past 24 hours.
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Louisville
Weather Bureau
Cuba
Key West
Blizzard Hits Duluth As First Snow Arrives
Duluth and surrounding areas wake to the season’s first blizzard after a 60 mile northeaster and severe precipitation. Lake Superior runs high delaying shipping while snowfall continues. elsewhere sleet and light snow are reported in St Joseph and Omaha with a general fall in temperatures reaching around 45 degrees in Kansas and Missouri.
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Duluth
Mizan
Lake Superior
Omaha
Kansas City
Neb
St. Joseph
Kansas
Missouri
Snow Falls in Sioux City Sets 20 Year Record
Snow covered Sioux City today with significant fall across Colorado to the Mississippi. Temperature dropped to 39 this morning and 32 expected tonight. Forecaster D Reed notes more frosty days likely before winter arrives in the region.
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Sioux City
Mercury
D. Reed
Siouxity
Colorado
Mississippi River
Wyoming
Montana
Swift Current
Mont
Je Mensen Urged as Arbitrator for Pole Controversy
The National Geographic Society joins the American Geographic Society and the American Museum of Natural History to ask Dr. Ira Remsen to appoint a commission. The panel would review Peary and Ook Oslo arctic records and data to resolve questions about pole records.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Peary Arctic Club
American Geographic Society
American Museum of National History
Ira Remsen
National Academy of Sciences
Robert E. Peary
Frederick A. Ook
Wealthy Boone Resident Attempts Suicide After Fire
Des Moines Iowa October 18 George W Wall a wealthy Boone resident attempted suicide by cutting his throat and gashing his wrists after his new residence was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. He will live.
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Des Moines
George W.wall
Boone
LeBeau Division to Link Railhead with Natural Gas
The LeBeau division headquarters will connect a railroad roundhouse to a natural gas line. Piping work will bring gas from a well in the district to power the facility.
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Beee
Headquar Railroad
LeBeau
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Taftit
Cal
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Gulf Ports
Ambassador White
American Federation
Unson
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Russia
Federal Meat Inspection
Peckham and Moody
Supreme Bench
St. Joseph, Mo
Jemsen
Pole
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