Sweden mourns King Oscar II as Gustave V ascends
Stockholm reports the death of King Oscar II at 9:10 am after a long illness. Crown Prince Gustave Adolphe vows to continue his father's work, with Gustave V taking the oath at 1 pm. The nation gathers in grief as banners half mast and church bells toll in mourning.
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Sophia
Oscar Gustave
Oscar
Pulietin
Kine Oscar TI
Gustave V
Grand Gallery
Lindman
Princes of the Blood
Carl
Gustave
Palace
Victoria
Royal Opera
Sovreign
Oscar Gustave Adolphe
Duke of
Verm
Napoleon
Merradee
Orphan Asylum Fire Destroys House of Providence in Syracuse
A fire today destroyed the House of Providence orphan asylum near Syracuse, a Catholic home run by the Sisters of Charity. The 152 boys aged four to fourteen escaped unharmed and insurance covers part of the $125,000 loss, with building valued at about $90,000.
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Syracuse
House of Providence
Sisters of Charity
New York Sees Sunday Amusement Fight Across City
Amid Hammerstein case rulings many venues ignore bans on amusements. Moving picture theatres operate while operas and concerts shut. Harlem arrests punctuate quiet, Brill & Fox win injunctions, and a public push grows to loosen Sunday restrictions.
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Wouter van Tultier
New York
Judger Germen
Hammerstein
Manhattan
Metropolitan Opera
Carnegie Hall
Young Men's Christian Association Illustrated Lectures
Raines Law
Harlem
Manhattan Casino
155Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Tiger Social Club
West 152d Street
Long Island
Charles P. Thompson
Henry Tone
Charles Strubell
West 25Th Street
Inspector Thompson
Captain Walsh
East 126Th Street
Ethel Gordon
Henry Brant
Edward Cien
Brill & Fox
Brooklyn
S. E. Rogers
Marean
Moving Picture
Comedy Theatre
Walsh
Hanson
Gustavus A. Rogers
Rogers
Jefferson Market Court
Bronx
Broadway
Main Street
Hackensack
Bingham
Lusitania in Hurricane Delays Mark Storm-Tossed Atlantic Run
The Cunard liner Lusitania arrived after a brutal transatlantic voyage marked by fog, towering waves, and a hurricane. Captain Watt described the trip as the roughest he has known as the six liners docked with 7,467 passengers, including 1,818 in steerage, and crews lashed down booms and repaired dented plates after days of 600 mile daily runs and tempestuous seas.
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Liverpool
Watts
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Watt
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Southampton
Amerika
Mills
Philadelphia
Railroad pay strike threat unsettles eastern lines
About 75000 railroad workers on 65 lines from the Mississippi eastward and into Eastern Canada plan a January strike unless wages rise about 10 percent and uniform working rules are adopted. Ballots begun in Altoona by the Order of Railroad Conductors and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen run through December 29 to gauge sentiment before a possible general tie-up.
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Tribune
Altoona
Penn
Dec. S
Mississippi River
Canada
Raiilroad
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Pennsylvania
Delayed Carmania Sails for Liverpool After Grounding
The Cunard liner Carmania, aground on the Ambrose Channel southerly ledge since Saturday, floated late last night and will depart for Liverpool at daylight. It pumped 60 tons of water to fill 1,200 tons emptied, with officials reporting no damage. Captain Bradley ordered the ship moved from quarantine position yesterday.
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Carmania
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Liverpool
Vernon H. Brown
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Civer
Bradley
Anchorage
Calumet
Tafts Steamer Delayed By Weather At Boulogne
Boulogne December 8 The steamship President Grant carrying Secretary Taft and his party was delayed by heavy weather and could not sail as planned from this port today.
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Boulogne
President Grant
Taft
Woman killed in auto cab crash near Hastings on Hudson
Miss Carrie Clark of Cathedral Parkway was killed when a taxometer cab owned by the New York Transportation Company overturned in a ditch on Sawmill Road. The driver, William O Halloran, and chauffeur, Robert Burdick, were injured and detained for coroner’s examination.
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Cathedral Parkway
Sawmill Road
Hastings-on-the-Hudson
N. Y
New York Transportation Company
William O'Halloran
Robert Burdick
O'Halloran
Miss Clark
Burdick
S. R. Lyman
Hastings
Wiesendanger
Clark
McGown's Pass
Jerome Avenue
Frankfort
Yonkers
Putnam Branch
New York Central Railroad
Boyd & Mulcahy
169Th Street
Webster Avenue
Hughes Denies Chicago Headquarters for Next June
Albany December statement from Robert H. Fuller secretary to Governor Hughes denies any plan to open a Chicago headquarters or to send a message to reserve hotel rooms for the governor for the Republican National Convention next June. Fuller calls the dispatch a mistake or a joke and says no authorization existed.
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Albany
Dec
Hughes
Chicago
Robert H. Fuller
Associated Press
Mr. Fuller
Roused Dead Child Returns to Life in Trance
Mrs. Sarah Goldstein, mourning her six year old daughter Ida who died after scarlet fever, reportedly revived the child for two hours during a trance. Doctors remain puzzled as Ida again died with nourishment given by care.
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the Tribune
Cleveland
Dec
Sarah Goldstein
Ida
Mr. Goldstein
Seven Drowned After Scheldestroom Collision Off Folkestone
Heavy Channel gales disrupt cross-Channel traffic and cause a collision off Folkestone between the Dutch steamer Scheldestroom and the British bark Forfarshire. Scheldestroom beached after a hole opened in her hull. a rescue boat wrecked on rocks, drowning seven including the captain. Forfarshire continued to Newcastle.
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London
Folkestone
Scheldestroom
Forfarshire
Purdy
Callao
Newcastle
Three French Fishing Vessels Declared Lost
Three Newfoundland fishing boats the Angler Jacques and Croisade with 120 crewmen are reported missing since October 1 after departing Miquelon for Paimpol France. Officials say they have given up hope of recovery.
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Paimpol
France
Jacques
Miquelon
Upraising in Macedonia Stirs European Powers
The Russian government again asks Bulgaria to curb Bulgarian bands in Macedonia amid rising insurgent activity near Salonica. Consular reports put recent clash casualties at over a hundred, split between Christians and Muslims. Small mobile units, numbering 12 to 20 each, operate in villages around Salonica. Austria backs pressure on Sofia, fearing a broader spring insurrection.
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St. Petersburg
Dec. S
Sofia
Macedonia
Salonica
Austria
Marshal Brinson fatally shot by suspect in Midville
In Midville Georgia on December 8 Marshal Brinson was shot three times after rebuking a man for an offense and summoning him to court. The assailant fled to a swamp as a sheriff's train and bloodhounds pursue. Also announced is the engagement of Dr Linsly R Williams to Mrs Paul L Ford with no wedding date set.
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Brinson
Millen
Paul L. Ford
Linsly R. Williams
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