Vanderbilt Cup Death Toll Marks Harsh 300 Mile Race
George Heath won the Vanderbilt Cup after a 300 mile race in 326 minutes near New York. Albert Clement followed one minute and twenty eight seconds behind. A spectator and a driver died, with another injured, as crashes and tire failures marked the tumultuous event.
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New York
Minola
Hempstead
Garden City
Lord Island
Greater New York
George Heath
Automobile Clubh
France
Albert Clement
Game Club
Carl Menusel
George Arents
Meuse
Caugh
Tihres
Tee
Thyintyen
Gabriel
Penn
Berlin Cable Claims Bid for Change at White House Is False
A Berlin dispatch quotes a high official denying any German government wish to replace the U.S. president. The official says such an idea is a misconception and notes long standing cordial relations despite talk in some U.S. circles about tariff cuts and imperial moves.
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Berlin
White House
United States
Roosevelt
Speculation on Roosevelts potential second term appointments
Republicans discuss possible moves if Roosevelt wins again. They consider Parker as a potential Supreme Court appointee should a vacancy arise, with keen interest in how the rival Parker would be treated in a Roosevelt victory scenario.
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New York
Roosevesus
White House
Jiaellee Parker
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Parker
Secret Societies Reported Stirring in Interior Regions
Reports from the interior describe activity by secret societies causing widespread unease. Officials are anxious and are tightening arms procurement to equip saldiery for potential unrest.
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Shanghai
Fatally Injured on Pigmy Railroad at World’s Fair
Bert Fankborer of Marion Indiana chief engineer for the US Geological Survey coal testing plant at the World’s Fair suffered fatal injuries on the Pigmy Railroad. He fell from a car and was dragged more than one hundred feet, his right leg severed.
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St. Louis
Bert Fankborer
Marion
Ind
United States Geological Survey
Fankborer
Italy Ready for Trouble With Grand Reserves Called
Rome reports the cabinet plans to mobilize 70 900 additional reserves and Giolitti aims to deploy a strong troop contingent across Italy to quell possible disorder by extreme parties during the general election.
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Rome
Giolitti
Italy
Tragic Gas Toll in St Clair Tunnel S A Port Huron
Six Grand Trunk employees suffocated by coal gas in the St Clair tunnel under the St Clair River between Port Huron and Sarnia. An engineer died trying to rescue stalled coal cars, while three rescuers perished attempting to reach them.
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Port Huron
Mich
Grand Trunk
St. Clair
St. Clair River
Port Floron
Sarnia
Coleman
Washaden
Beer
John Haley
Blakeman Menrth
Switchman Blake
Simpson
Tinsley
Gillis
Nebraska Christened as Battleship at Moran Yard
In Seattle Washington a crowd witnessed the launching of the battleship Nebraska named for the state. The ceremony featured a daughter of the state governor as godmother and the Moran Brothers Company built the vessel. The launch occurred at 2 o'clock Friday marking a large scale naval addition.
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Seattle
Wash
Uncle Sam
Nebraska
Moran Bros
Good News for Boarders from Pacific Prune Estimates
Advices from the Pacific indicate the 1904 prune crop will be large. California yield revised from 165,000,000 pounds to about 90,000,000 pounds.
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Chicago
Sal
Pacific
California
Prince Bishop of Mm Seeks Return of Stolen Cathedral Cope
The prince bishop of Mm wrote to J Pierpont Morgan asking for the 1892 cathedral cope stolen from Ascoli and later purchased by Morgan. He now appeals to Pope Pius to use his influence to obtain its return.
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Cable
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ascoli
Mr. Morgan
Pope Pius
Mystery figure Dutch Fischer electrocuted for bartender murder
Albert Fischer known as Dutch Fischer died in the Ohio Penitentiary chair at 12 03 PM on Friday. Warden Gould oversaw the execution with Chief Deputy Woods operating the lever. Fischer claimed Walter Crosby was innocent and spent his last hours singing and taunting the priest.
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Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Fischer
Gould
Walter Crosby
Woods
Annex
Marie
Old Town
Father Kelly
Cuyahoga County
Albert Fischer
Toledo
William Marshall
Flatrock Fire Destroys Canning Factory
A major fire at 11:20 p m Friday damaged Flatrock with the canning factory owned by F F Wiley burned. Loss set at 55000 with insurance. The blaze posed a threat to the village but was contained.
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Flatrock
F. F. Wiley
German Day Celebrated at St Louis World’s Fair
One of the largest demonstrations at the fair drew thousands to the plaza as the German population of St Louis attended along with German citizens from across the United States, creating a notable celebration on German Day.
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St. Louis
Plaza
United States
Railroad fatalities surge past ten thousand in 1904 report
The Interstate Commerce Commission released its annual bulletin noting 9,984 deaths on U S railways in 1904 and 78,247 injuries. The figures exceed losses from the Spanish-American War and set a new high for fatalities and injuries on rail lines.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Spain
Death Toll From Civil War Veterans Rising
Washington Special notes veterans of the Civil War are dying at about 100 each day while pension applications run around 700 daily. Commissioner Ware says mortality pushes more widows and minors to apply, and a quick decline in pension numbers is not expected.
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Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Ware
Assists Widows of Soldiers in Philadelphia Arsenal Work
President Roosevelt ordered that widows and orphans continue making clothing for soldiers at the Schuylkill arsenal by women workers instead of contracting the work to other firms. The change preserves the traditional employment for local needy families.
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Washington
Schuylkill Arsenal
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
War Department
Peter Sells Dead Showman of Forepaugh Sells Circus
Peter Sells a well known showman and one of the four owners of the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Consolidated Show died at his Columbus home. He was 55 and had suffered a fatal apoplexy, struck six weeks ago.
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Columbus, O
Peter Sells
Ohio
Adam Forepaugh
Sells Brothers
Okuma Warns of Prolonged War Costs for Japan
Count Okuma leader of the Progressive party told Tokyo clearing houses that Japan could face a two year war costing one billion dollars with a per capita share of twenty dollars. He also said Russia would spend two billion dollars and warned loans and taxes could not cover the burden.
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Tokyo
United Clearing Houses of
Count Okuma
Progressive Party
Japan
Okuma
Russia
Fortunes of a St Louis idler at race wire tapping
Henry Haaker claimed he and confederates earned about $50,000 by relaying race results to Philadelphia via long distance telephone to beat the track. He was fined 100 for idling after being caught calling results during a race, with investigators suspecting wire tapping. The scheme relied on near real time signals and telephoned tips rather than legal tapping.
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St. Louis
Henry Haaker
City Hall
Hanker
Philadelphia
Clemens Avenue
Haaker
Pelee in Full Blast Shocks Martinique Viewers
The captain of the British steamer Sibun reports Mont Pelee erupting in full force as the Sibun passed Martinique on September 30. Black clouds and balls of fire shot from the volcano, dust clouds seen across the Windward Islands, confirming a spectacular eruption.
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Kingstown
St. Vincent
Martinique
Mont Pelee
Sibun
Windward Islands
Armies on the Move Stir Mukden Panic
Reports from Mukden claim Russian troops rush to the front while Japanese forces advance along the line. Chinese merchants arriving from Mukden say the native population fears being crushed between the two armies as tensions mount.
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Mukden
Seventeen Lost From Ship London Cable
The Greeker Kelmentink bound from the Baltic to Antwerp foundered twenty three miles northwest of Us hant. Seventeen crew members including the captain and officers were drowned. Eight survivors reached Portugal.
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Kelmentink
Antwerp
Ushant
Dre
Lertugal
Notable New York Club Men Sue for Slander
Frank de Peyster Hall sues Alfred H. Bond president of the Calumet Club and George A. Carmack secretary of the New York Yacht Club for $50,000 each. The action claims slander over scandalous talk reported in the New York Special.
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New York
Frank de Peyster Hall
Alfred H. Bond
Calumet Club
George A. Carmack
New York Yacht Club
Archduke Ludwig Victor Placed in Sanitarium
Emperor Francis Joseph decides to commit Archduke Ludwig Victor to a sanitarium in Vienna after concerns over his mental state. The archduke has recently caused multiple sensational episodes in the Austrian capital.
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Ludwig
Berlin
Francis Joseph
Archduke Ludwig Victor
Archduke
Vienna
Russian Advance Sparks Wild Enthusiasm At Mukden
In the Mukden area Russian forces under Kuropatkin began a forward move after his order to advance was read to troops. Enthusiasm erupted as officers and soldiers, gathered around Kuropatkin, heard the St. George cross distributed and the march announced, spreading quickly through camps and bivouacs.
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Mukden
Taitse
Sandiapu
Hun River
Liao Yang
Chandrapatz
Bentsiaputze
Bensihu
Kuroki
Nemirovich-Danchenko
Kuropatkin
Skeleton on steeple shocks Rome churchgoers
In Rome New York on Sunday morning a human skeleton was found suspended from the steeple of the Presbyterian Church 175 feet high. Police investigated after a report of the sighting and learned the skeleton had been stolen from the Rome Free Academy lecture room where it was used for instruction.
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Rome
N. Y
Presbyterian Church
Rome Free Academy
Freeland Bank Looting After Early Morning Dynamite Explosion
An explosion in Freeland at about 2 00 a m blew out a bank wall while a storm raged. The burglars looted the large corner safe containing thousands of dollars, and dawn revealed the extent of the damage as authorities began investigations with limited leads.
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Fowler
Ind
Freeland
Quaker Manufacturer Refuses Navy Material Over War Stance
Officials of the Navy Department were surprised to receive a letter from a prominent Philadelphia Quaker leather manufacturer who declines to furnish material for navy belts due to opposition to war and all related matters.
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Philadelphia
Married on a pyramid in a den of big cats
Arthur Anderson and Hattie Ball, both of Downs, were wed in Bloomington Ul in a ceremony held atop a pyramid inside a den housing lions panthers and hyenas.
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Bloomington
Arthur Anderson
Hattie Ball
Downs
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