King Oscar II of Sweden Dead as Gustave V Becomes King
Stockholm reports King Oscar II died at 9 10 am in the royal palace with Queen Sophia and the crown prince nearby. Swedes mourn a monarch admired as a scholar and statesman who Arbiter Samoan claims in 1902 and who valued democracy. Gustave V succeeds, taking the oath as king under the banner With the People for the Fatherland.
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Oscar II
Sweden
Sophia
Oscar Gustave
Oscar
Vittoria
Baden-Baden
Prince Gustave
Margaret Victoria
Connaught
Hbba Munck
Fulkila
Gustave V
Oscar Gustave Adolphe
Duke of
Vermland
Council of State
Oscar I
Josephine
Prince Eugene of
Leuchtenberg
Marshal Bernadotte
Carl XV
Duke William of Nassau
Gustave
King
Prince Oscar Bernadotte
Prince Carl, Orn
Prince Eugene
Mechanical traction replaces horses on Ladoga canal
The Ladoga canal in Russia shifted to mechanical traction and faced peasant resistance as 2,000 workers seized the engineers and halted traffic, prompting military intervention. The Youth's Companion notes similar England riots a century ago over power sawmills and argues Russia lags about a century behind.
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Ladoga Canal
Russia
England
Saus
Will provides $5 million for girls orphanage modeled on Girard
A Philadelphia man who died suddenly last week leaves five million dollars to establish and maintain an orphan girls institution modeled after Girard College. The will argues such a school can do for girls what Girard has done for boys by preparing youths for life.
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Girard College
Edison House At One Thousand Dollars A New Building Method
The article discusses an Edison designed monolithic house claiming a cost of 1,000 and eleven rooms with a fifteen day construction time. It notes other concrete houses being built without the iron mold and questions whether Edison can assure the $1,000 price given current building trends.
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Mr. Edison
Earthquake Unlocatable Quake Reveals Fatal Mountain Collapse
A weeks old earthquake with no location allegedly caused a massive mountain fall burying hundreds and erasing a population. The disaster is said to rival the San Francisco catastrophe in scale and shows nature’s power beyond human foresight or prevention.
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San Francisco
The fearless steeple jack risks a high pole fall
A fearless steeple jack climbs to paint the flagpole ball and faces danger only near the ground when his descent becomes perilous.
Dennis Morgan Hit By Blow From Shovel In Street Incident
Champion shot putter Dennis Morgan suffered a skull fracture after a blow from a shovel wielded by an Italian fruit vendor who is not an athlete. The incident highlights a sudden violent act affecting a prominent sport figure.
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Dennis Morgan
United States
Preacher Proposes Punishment Through Drinking
A preacher asks what to do with a man who asks a woman to drink. He suggests the punishment be to make him drink all the strange mixed drinks she orders.
Young Queen of Spain Sees Bull Fights with Disfavor
The queen dislikes bull battles and equates professional boxing in England with the same harsh view. Both bullfighters and ring fighters are described as brutal, reflecting her stance on violent sports.
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Spain
England
Taft Heads Home Aboard President Grant
The steamer President Grant carries Secretary Taft and his party from Cuxhaven to New York. The voyage includes calls at Noulogne and Plymouth on the return route.
Tennessee Governor Patterson Marries Mamie Gardner
Nashville Tenn Gov Patterson wed Saturday in Union City Tenn to Miss Mamie Gardner sister of R A Gardner of St Louis The wedding ties the Tennessee executive to a St Louis family connection.
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Tenn
Patterson
Tennessee
Mamie Gardner
Union City
Gardner
R. A. Gardner
St. Louis
Jockey McKnight Dies at 31 in Kansas City
Kansas City memorial notes Jockey McKnight formerly led western tracks died Sunday at age 31 from consumption. Three winters ago McKnight served as starter at Hot Springs Oakland track.
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McKnight
Kansas City
Morris
Hot Springs
Oakland
Four Men Indicted for Perjury in New Mexico Landfraud Case
Globe Arizona report states a federal grand jury investigating land frauds in New Mexico returned indictments against R. B. Hobart N. S. Dornay Edward W. T. Stewart and Robert B. Riell for alleged perjury.
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Globe, Ariz
New Mexco
R. B. Hobart
N. S. Dornay
Edward W. T. Stewart
Robert B. Riell
Indictments Against 201 Theatrical Workers
Kansas City grand jury indicted 201 managers and players for working on Sunday at local theaters. The action targets violations of the Sunday work prohibition under state law.
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Kansas City
State Bank Commissioner Recommends Receiver for Trust Co
The California Safe Deposit and Trust company is targeted for a state action after the bank commissioner advised the attorney general to appoint a receiver. The move aims to stabilize the institution and protect depositors.
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San Francisco
State Bank
Attorney General
The
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Lusitania Beats Storms for Five Day Transatlantic Run
The Lusitania reached New York harbor Sunday after a rough voyage from Liverpool marred by heavy storms. The ship took five days, 22 hours, and 25 minutes to complete the passage.
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Lusitania
New York
Liverpool
Ships Collide Off Folkestone Two Vessels in Storm
Heavy gales in the channel caused a collision off Folkestone between the Dutch steamer Scheldestroom and the British bark Forfarshire. Seven men of the Dutch crew were drowned.
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London
Folkestone
Scheldestroom
Forfarshire
Crisis in Goldfield seven troops stand watch over mine reopenings
Captain Cox cited Mine Owners' Association plans to reopen Goldfield mines with non union workers as an impending weeklong effort. Col. Reynolds oversees federal troops encamped near the mill while Under Sheriff Knight says union fears are unfounded and asserts officials can handle any crisis.
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Goldfield, Nev
William Cox
Sparks
Goldfield
Mine Owners’ Association
Alfred Reynolds
Western Federation of Miners
Uncle Sam
Monterey
Combination Hill
Goldfield Consolidation Company
San Francisco
Sheriff Ingalls
Esmeralda County
Bert Knight
Secretary Cortelyou Cuts Panama Canal Bond Issue
Secretary Cortelyou halves the Panama canal bond issue to 25 million dollars and allocates 12 to 15 million in certificates. Offers will range between 102 and 106 percent, with a strong focus on reducing the nation's interest bearing debt and lowering annual interest costs by over one million dollars.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Panama
Henry O Havemeyer Dies. Sugar Refining Leader Passes Away
Henry Osborne Havemeyer president of American Sugar Refining Co died at his Merrivale Stock Farm home in Commack Long Island from heart failure after indigestion. At bedside were his wife son Horace daughter Electra and Dr L C Frisbell. Born 1847 in New York he helped form American Sugar Refining in 1887 succeeding his brother Theodore A Havemeyer as president.
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New York
Henry Osborne Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Merrivale Stock Farm
Commack
L. I
Havemeyer
Horace
Electra
L. C. Frisbell
Mr. Havemeyer
Frederick Christian Havemeyer
Havemeyer & Co
Havemeyer & Elder
Theodore A. Havemeyer
H. O. Havemeyer
Mrs Bradley Acquitted of Utah Senator's Murder
Washington reports the jury found Mrs Annie M Bradley not guilty of the murder of ex Senator Arthur Brown of Utah at a local hotel on December 8. The verdict was announced at 10:08 and met with applause. The jury thanked the court and counsel and was discharged with Mrs Bradley released.
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Washington
Annie M. Bradley
Arthur Brown
Utah
Bradley
Tragic double shootings in Tennessee and Ohio
In Nashville Frank Click 25 shot his wife Ruth Click three times ending her life then killed himself afterward. He died of his self inflicted wound at city hospital. The crime occurred at Bible avenue in a home shared with a black resident. In Lisbon Harry Weber 21 shot his wife in head then killed himself. The wife survived and the couple had wed about a month with jealousy suspected as the motive.
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Nashville
Tenn
Frank Click
Ruth Click
City Hospital
Bible Avenue
Click
Lisbon
Harry Weber
Night Riders Burning Tobacco Houses In Hopkinsville
State Fire Marshal Matt Ayres investigates three tobacco houses set ablaze in Hopkinsville Kentucky early Saturday morning. Fire crews may have clues to identify mob members as Company D of the Third Kentucky Regiment is stationed to guard the city.
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Hopkinsville
Matt Ayres
Third Kentucky Regiment
Taft Speeds Home From Berlin Trip
Berlin dispatch reports Secretary of War Taft and his party arriving Friday from Russia. After a reception they left for Hamburg and Cuxhaven to board the President Grant for New York. Mrs. Taft sails separately for Paris. Ambassador Tower and Lieut. Col. Wisser greeted the group at the station.
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Berlin
Taft
Russia
Hamburg
Cuxhaven
President Grant
New York
Paris
Ambassador Tower
John P. Wisser
German and Foreign Newspaper Correspondents Joined Mr. Taft
Chelsea Savings Bank Closed To Prevent Run
Michigan banking officials announced Chelsea Savings Bank will remain closed on Tuesday to prevent a run and ensure equal treatment of depositors and creditors. State Treasurer Frank P. Glazier, bank president, has about $684,000 of state funds on deposit. Attorney General said state protection is provided by the state treasurer’s bond of $150,000.
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Detroit
Mich
Zimmerman
Chelsea Savings Bank
Frank P. Glazier
Michigan
Bird
D L Perry of Utah Dies in Los Angeles
Salt Lake City financier and Democratic national committeeman D H Perry died at the Lanker Shim Hotel in Los Angeles after several weeks with Brights disease.
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D. L. Perry
Utah
Los Angeles
Cal
D. H. Perry
Salt Lake City
Lankershim Hotel
Bright
Food Cheap for Canal Workers on Panama Isthmus
Washington reports canal workers on the Panama Isthmus pay less for food than in New York, according to the Canal Record. The note highlights subsidized supplies and lower living costs for employees building the canal.
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Washington
Panama
New York
Canal Record
New York Man Receives Five Year Wife Beating Sentence
John Nahan was sentenced by Justice Dowling to five years in prison and a $1000 fine for wife beating. The punishment is the maximum under the law and was handed down Thursday.
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New York
John Nahan
Justice Dowling
Four Children Die in Quebec House Fire
In Three Rivers Quebec the home of Mrs Dupont burned during her husband’s absence at a school commissioners meeting. Four of the six children perished in the blaze with two escaping uninjured.
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Three Rivers
Que
Dupont
Murdered Restaurateur in Iola by Partner
William Stewart owner of a restaurant in East Iola and member of a Yates Center family was killed near his business early Sunday. His partner W H Creviston was arrested and has confessed after Stewart’s skull was fractured in four places and the jugular vein severed.
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Iola
Kan
William Stewart
East Iola
Yates Center
W. H. Creviston
Stewart
Creviston
Former Mayor Fined in Malfeasance Case
St. Cloud Minnesota State Senator J C Robinson was fined 100 dollars Wednesday for malfeasance in office when he served as mayor over a year ago. The prosecution cited his failure to enforce the Sunday closing law. The fine was paid.
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St. Cloud
Minn
J. C. Robinson
Robinson
Mexico to Have Labor Federation
Mexico City reports a convention of delegates from various labor branches planned for early January to organize a nationwide union modeled after the American Federation of Labor. Currently railway workers and cotton mill operatives are the only organized groups in the republic.
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Mexico
Labor Federation
Mexico City
American Federation of Labor
United States
Republic
Three Burn to Death in Boston Fire at La Grange Street
A Sunday fire at 24 La Grange street in Boston killed Mrs. Mary Joubert and two of her children, Charles and Emille Joubert, ages nine and five. A fourth person was injured in the blaze.
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Boston
la Grange Street
Mary Joubert
Charles Joubert
Emille Joubert
Man Dies From Self Inflicted Gunshot Wound In St Joseph
In response to a telephone tip from E V Moorehouse, Dr J Koch of Maryville went to the Moorehouse home and found 30 year old Mr Moorehouse dead with two gunshot wounds one in the temple one near the heart. Authorities report no known motive for suicide. He was the son of former Governor A P Moorehouse who killed himself in Maryville on September 31 1891.
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St. Joseph
E. V. Moorehouse
J. Koch
Maryville
Moorehouse
Mr. Moorehouse
A. P. Moorehouse
Recover Child from Gypsies in St Louis
Antonio Thompson and his wife of Los Angeles California used a writ of habeas corpus from the Clayton county Circuit court to recover their 16 year old daughter Marie from a band of gypsies camped on the western outskirts of St Louis. They say the girl was stolen a year ago and they have traveled thousands of miles and spent nearly all their money in the search.
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St. Louis
Clayton County
Antonio Thompson
Los Angeles
Cal
Marie
Fire devastates New Berlin banks in Sunday blaze
A fire struck New Berlin ill near Jacksonville early Sunday morning causing about 75000 dollars in damage. The First National Bank and the Warren and Boyton Bank were burned in the blaze.
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New Berlin
Ill
Jacksonville
First National Bank
Warren & Boyton Bank
Wreck on Louisville & Nashville near Montgomery injures crew
A fast passenger train on the Louisville and Nashville railroad derailed near Montgomery on Sunday morning. Several people were hurt with the fireman badly injured and possibly fatally.
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Montgomery
Ala
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
He Knew Her and the Platonic Friend
A fragmentary conversation shows Mrs. Highflyer recounting how she pressured George over alimony money by writing a letter. The exchange suggests personal relationship tension and threats of changing living arrangements as leverage.
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