Riot in Kansas City Leaves Five Dead in Police Clash
Kansas City riots near City Hall involve religious fanatics led by John Sharp also known as Adam God. A. O. Dalbow and thir teen year old Lela Pratt die, Patrolman Mullane and Sergeant Clark among injured. Woman barricades on boat, Pratt dies after shot. Sharp ally Louis Pratt arrested. Oklahoma City notes trace Sharp’s Holy Roller movement from 1905 through Colonie and Nevada.
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Kansas City
City Hall
A. O. Dalbow
Lela Pratt
Joan Sharp
Adam God
Michael Mullane
Patrick Clark
Harry E. Stece
George M. Holt
Bleck Holt
John Sharp
Sharp
Holt
Weman
Adam Goa
Clark
Harry E. Siece
Sharpites
Dalbox
Stege
Mullane
Louis Pratt
Pratt
Missouri River
Irish land bill pushed for rapid second reading in Commons
London December report notes that the House of Commons shifted to favor a speedy second reading of the Irish land bill. Augustine Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, indicated the government’s intent to press the measure promptly at the next sitting, signaling a swift parliamentary path.
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London
House of Commons
Augustine Birrell
Trelara
Beeston
Death in France Debate Leaves Chamber Split
Fragmentary notes show a chamber vote of four to continue a death in France, with references to Estavrant and Park Row blog. Readers see unclear names and locations as context for a disputed decision.
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Ted
Chamber of Denuties
France
President Reports Panama Canal Payment Facts
Solicitor General Hoyt states the President’s letter to Mr. Foulke is accurate. The money for the Panama Canal was paid at the Bank of France to liquidator M Gautron under a Seine court decree. The funds were apportioned between the new and old companies as the decree dictates.
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Washington
Hoyt
Foulke
Panama Canal
Bank of France
M. Gautron
Civil Tribunal of the Seine
Civil Tribunal of the
Seine
Roosevelt to lead scientific African expedition
Professor Carl E Akeley of the Field Columbian Museum says President Roosevelt will undertake a scientific expedition to Africa. He notes plans to return with a premier zoological collection and confirms the trip’s secrecy, denying the idea it is for mere fun. The Smithsonian will benefit from the expedition.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Carl E. Akeley
Field Columbian Museum
Roosevelt
Africa
Wastinston
Profesor Akeley
Smithsonian Institute
White House shows wolf hunts in East Room
Washington December 8 moving pictures of wolf hunts were shown in the White House East Room before about one hundred guests. John Abernathy United States Marshal for Oklahoma acted as stage manager and privately wowed the President who praised the exhibition as one of the finest sports while hoping for more next year. The guest list included the Italian Ambassador Baroness Mayor des Plancides Justice Moody the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Newberry and other dignitaries.
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Washington
White House
John Abernathy
United States
Oklahoma
Mayor Des Plancides
Justice Moody
Secretary of the Navy
Newberry
Longworth
Young
Ferrero
Carnegie
Herbert Knox Smith
Elmer Murphy
Lambert
George Shiras
Leither
Johnson
Glover
Sims
Broker Norblett Charged Over Bankbooks Heist
Edward A. Norblett broker and treasurer of the Standard Debenture Company was arraigned and discharged after a brief hearing in Jefferson Market court. Charles Murphy said he gave Norblett two bankbooks as security and later demanded their return, with a $435 bank deposit and a $146 check found on Murphy. Detectives recall Norblett in similar schemes.
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Charles Murphy
West 116Th Street
Edward A. Norblett
Standard Debenture Company
Fifth Avenue
Jefferson Market Court
Norblett
Murphy
Standard Company
Mutual Alliance Trust Company
Lieutenant Gottlieb Declared Deserter After Trial
Lieutenant Edward Gottlieb coast artillery officer who vanished during his court martial in Boston has been declared a deserter. He faced charges of defrauding the government and diverting funds meant to perfect an improved searchlight. He was arrested at Governor's Island, then brought to Boston, and last seen visiting friends before fleeing. The government has offered the usual reward for his capture.
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Edward Gottlieb
Coast Artillery
Boston
Army
Gottlieb
Governor's Island
Albert Cohn
Ver Wiebe Returns Purse of Gold
Harvard fullback Ernest I Ver Wiebe returns the $50 purse given for the Yale game to the Somerville Young Men's Christian Association to preserve his amateur status. President Roosevelt had congratulated him for the snare in the Yale victory. Ver Wiebe’s action prevents potential professional status and ineligibility in college sports.
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Tribune
Ruston
Dec
Ernest I. Ver Wiebe
Harvard
Roosevelt
Yale
Somerville Young Men's Christian Association
Ver Wiebe
Darward
Principal recommendations in president's message
President's message outlines broad reform agenda including currency fixes, Sherman act amendment for railroads, ICC expansion over rail and interstate telecoms, oversight of corporate affairs, employers' liability, justice administration reform, progressive inheritance tax, natural resource conservation, navy general staff and battleships, merit in promotion, statehood for New Mexico and Arizona, postal savings and parcels post in rural areas, and citizenship for Porto Ricans.
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Bureau
Navy
Army
New Mexico
Arizona
Democrats Ready to Attack Administration Over Notes
The Tribune reports Democratic Senators plan a hostile attack citing secret diplomatic notes between Secretary Root and the Japanese Ambassador. Senators Bacon Culberson Rayner are named. Republicans say notes are precedent and not binding. A treaty framing immigration limits is expected to follow for Senate ratification.
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Washington
Senate
Bacon
Culberson
Rayner
The
Tribune
Japan
China
Hay
Honduras
Georgia
Madison
Roosevelt
Secretary Root
Tug Anthracite sinks after Maryland collision near Battery
At the Battery area harbor collision between the ferry Maryland and the tug Anthracite left two men dead and five survivors. Edward Hallenbach and Edward Garven drowned as the tug sank after the Maryland rammed it. Fireman August Peterson survived, pulled through the ventilator by Captain Gibbs, while other crew members were rescued by nearby boats. Survivors received care at Pier A and Hudson Street Hospital.
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Edward Hallenbach
Edward Garven
Maryland
New Haven
Mott Haven
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Battery Wall
Battery Park
Robert W. Morrell
George M. Morrell
August Peterson
Young Morrell
George B. Gibbs
Edward Roach
John Belby
Roach
Belby
J. R. Reynolds
Comport
Reynolds
Pier A
Hudson Street Hospital
Battery
Colonial Express
North River
George Tunnard
Peterson
New Yorker
John Gorman
Ellis Island
Stricken Greek Pedder Struck Blind While Playing Violin
Anastasio Salachianan a Greek pedler living with his brother Demetrius at 308 Slasi 70th street was suddenly stricken blind yesterday while sitting in his room playing his violin for an audience. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital with little chance of recovery.
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Anastasio Salachianan
Demetrius
Slasi 70Th Street
Pedler
Presbyterian Hospital
Anastasio
Lawlor
East 67Th Street
Milton Anniversary Marked by Angl an American Flags and Milton Tribute
The Burlington Gardens theatre hosted a sober yet festive 300th birth anniversary for Milton featuring an oration by Dr Ward on Milton's literary mastery, a robust George Meredith poem praising liberty, and a humorous Comus performance by Sir Frederick Bridge with original masque music. An American flag and British colors framed the event with portraits and a newly found Milton portrait from Passmore Edwards's collection. Additional celebrations and a future production of Samson Agonistes were planned.
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French Cabie
The
Tribune
Tribune Association
London
Milton
Burlington Gardens
Passmore Edwards
Ward
Peterhouse
George Meredith
Academy
Frederick Bridge
Westminster Abbey
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Two NH Students Drowned During Canoeing Trip
Newmarket New Hampshire State College students Charles Chase of Webster and John W. Davis of Concord were believed drowned after a canoeing trip on Great Bay. A large search by students and professors followed when they failed to return as planned. an overturned canoe and Davis companion coat were found.
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N. H
Great Bay
New Hampshire State College
Charles Chase
Webster
John W. Davis
Concord
Davis
Managers Expel Fiske from Theatrical Producing Group
Harrison Grey Fiske is expelled by a 5 to 4 vote of the Association of Theatrical Producing Managers board. Belasco resigns along with Benjamin Roeder after the expulsion. Savage says the vote was unanimous. Fiske allegedly admitted making false statements about his plans for The Devil.
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Harrison Grey Fiske
Association of Theatrical Producing Managers
Fiske
Savage
the Devil
Belasco
Association
Benjamin Roeder
Mr. Fiske
No Death Chair Test Mentioned in Prison Warning
In Trenton New Jersey on December 3 George O Osborne head keeper of the state prison declares he will permit no experiments on the body of the next death row subject to revive him He says he will not inform County Physician Scannell until after the next execution has been buried claiming it will be too late to experiment A man arrives tonight with a machine he says can revive the dead with electricity
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Trenton
N. J
George O. Osborne
Osborne
Scannell
Riots at Paris Theatre During Mirbeau Satire
In Paris at the Comédie Francaise, a violent demonstration erupted during Octave Mirbeau's Le Foyer. Police ejected rioters after a long clash in which a policeman and several spectators were injured. twelve people were arrested.
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Paris
Comédie Frangaise
Octave Mirbeau
le Foyer
TRY RINEHART ON 15TH INDICTMENT
Pittsburg reports district attorney announced plans to try J B F Rinehart on indictment No 13 first rather than No 6 as expected, provoking protests from his counsel. Judge Holt denied a continuance, stating counsel had been informed trials would proceed on all indictments and they should be prepared.
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Pittsburg
H. ©. Staggers
J. B. F. Rinehart
Farmers and Drovers’ National Bank
Rinehart
Holt
Diplomatic crash injures Central American ministers in Washington
Senior Don Juan Barrios Guatemala's foreign minister and Dr Luis Herrarte Guatemala minister to the United States sustained severe injuries when their touring car overturned after swerving to avoid a buggy near the Potomac. General John Drummond, a Central American coffee planter, and driver George Starling were also hurt. Barrios remained unconscious and critically ill.
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Washington
Don Juan Barrios
Guatemala
Don Luis Toledo Herrarte
United States
John Drummond
Central America
Virginia
George Starling
Sefior Barrios
Herrarte
Highlands
Drummond
Mount Vernon
Estrada Cabrera
Potomac
Herratte
Sefior Francisco Sanchez Latour
Alabama
Woman is arrested for shoplifting at Sixth Avenue store
A woman in furs and jewelry was detained by house detectives Rose McAuley and Daniel Kash as she exited a Sixth Avenue department store for shoplifting merchandise valued at 1698 dollars. She claimed to be Mrs. Louisa Schloss of the Hotel Marseille and was bailed by Louis Schloss, owner of Schloss Brothers & Co. The case was adjourned until Friday morning after a doctor’s certificate cited the defendant as nervous and unfit for court.
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Sixth Avenue
House
Mercer Street
Louis Schloss
Schloss Brothers & Co
Broadway
Baltimore
Marseille
Schloss
Sophie
Schioss
Duel Ends Fatally as River Separates Combatants
Dee Mounts and Samuel Carter fired rifles from opposite riverbanks of Tug River, Carter shot through the body and fatally wounded. Mounts crossed into Kentucky afterward and escaped. Trouble followed over Carter’s wife and local dispute.
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Dee
Tug River
West Virginia
Kentucky
Dee Mounts
Samuel Carter
Carter
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