Taft at Vladivostok Saluted by Forts and Navy
Secretary Taft arrived in Vladivostok aboard the Rainbow at noon with escorts from the Chattanooga and Galveston. Salutes echoed as the Rainbow entered the harbor and a Russian destroyer wreck from the mutiny was observed. Taft will proceed to St Petersburg via Trans Siberian Rail on Nov 19 and sail back to New York Dec 7 aboard the President Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Galveston
Vladivostok
St. Petersburg
Mr. Taft
Taft
Hamburg
New York
President Grant
Teft
the Rainbow
Montgomery Schuyler, Jr
Schuyler
M. d'Iswolsky
Baron Fredericks
Imperial House
Taft declines visit to Kaiser and Paris honors
Berlin dispatch reports Secretary Taft has decided not to meet Emperor William and will travel directly to America. Ambassador Tower urged reconsideration but Taft reaffirmed his plan. Paris notes the French government grieved he would not tour France on the return journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Taft
Emperor William
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
England
Tower
America
Paris
France
Bryan Will Run Worse Says Senator Warren
Telegraph dispatch from Washington reports Senator Warren of Wyoming assessing Bryan’s presidential bid. He says Bryan would win fewer states than in 1896 due to Democratic opposition to Bryan policies and satisfaction with the present administration. Warren doubts any Republican nominee can be easily beaten if backed by strong Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Washington
Warren
Wyoming
Bryan
Professor Underwood Tries to Slay Family Then Ends Life
In Redding Connecticut on November 16 Professor Lucian Underwood of Columbia University attacked his wife by stabbing her in the neck and then turned on his daughter Helen before killing himself. Insanity marred his judgment as he brooded over supposed financial troubles. Mrs Underwood’s condition remains serious but shows some improvement after the shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redding, Conn
Lucian Underwood
Columbia University
Helen
Underwood
Electrician kills two alleged chicken thieves at Broadway farm
Lyman F. King, 22, an electrician and boarder at 5700 Broadway, chased two men near a chicken coop and fatally shot both as they fled with bags. One died at Fordham Hospital later, the other at Van Cortlandt station. King was held on $5000 bail after coroner examination. victim identification tied one man to Yonkers address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Lyman F. King
van Cortlandt
Bruno Peddullo
Palisade Avenue
Fordham Hospital
Fordham
Nicholas Larosa
Albany Avenue
Kingsbridge
Macdonald
Bronx
King
Benjamin van Tassel
No. 5700
New York Telephone Company
van Tassel
May
Dwyer
Bryce and poets trigger confusion in Cleveland visit
Ambassador Bryce of Great Britain, touring Cleveland, denies asking in error where are your poets. He says he was misunderstood and has faced embarrassment from being quoted on the remark. He plans to return to Washington after an auto ride through the city. The issue arose amid a flood of poetry sent to him from states claiming American poets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Cleveland
Bryce
Great Britain
Washington
Union
America
Women Fight the Days in Mobile Petition Against Prohibition
Nearly one thousand Mobile women led by Augusta Evans Wilson signed a petition to the State Senate urging that no statutory prohibition be passed. Business leaders and teachers also petitioned the Board of Education for holidays on Tuesday and Wednesday to travel to Montgomery and plead against the bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Augusta Evans Wilson
State Senate
Board of Education
Montgomery
New turbine vessel Old Colony sets speed record on river
Lewes Delaware November 17 The new steamer Old Colony the first turbine vessel built on the Delaware River completed preliminary standardization runs reaching a maximum speed of 21 knots two percent above contracted speed The mile course off the Delaware Capes was used The Old Colony built by William Cramp Ship and Engine Building Company for the Fall River Line is 400 feet long 52 feet beam and 14 percent feet draught The vessel will depart for New York tomorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewes
Del
Old Colony
Delaware River
Delaware Capes
William Cramp Ship and Engine Building Company
Fall River
New York
Wife pockets lead to divorce in Lawrence court
Lawrence Massachusetts November 17 David Walker wins a divorce after his wife continued to search his pockets at night despite his remonstrances. Judge Sanborn notes persistent intrusion into personal affairs constitutes cruelty and grants the decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Lawrence
Mass
David Walker
Sanborn
Grant
European gold crisis shadows Paris and Berlin markets
Paris bankers debate direct gold shipments to New York as Franco American tariff talks loom. Journal des Debats warns against further American gold drains while Temps calls for a central European bank. In Berlin, rising demand for London checks, anticipated higher Bank of England discount rate strain Reichsbank gold stocks amid Panama bond flotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
J. P. Morgan & Co
Bank of France
New York
America
Washington
Europe
Des Débats
Journal Des Débats
Bank of England
Temps
United States
Central European
Berlin
London
Russian Imperial Bank
Reichsbank
A Sugar War Feared in Russia Over Sugar Convention
In St. Petersburg a meeting between Foreign Minister d Isvolsky and sugar producing country ambassadors discussed Russia’s adherence to the Brussels sugar convention. Russia will accept the regulations only for major concessions as it races to cash its large sugar stock amid high private discounts. Diplomats fear failure could doom the Brussels agreement and roil world markets. Rumors of Russian gold exports were denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
M. d’Iswolsky
Russia
Brussels
Great Britain
America
Governors Invited to Meet Roosevelt on Conservation
President Roosevelt invites governors and members of Congress to a White House conference on May 13 to 15 to discuss conserving the nation’s natural resources. He urges rapid inventory and planning to safeguard mineral land and water resources for future prosperity, with Inland Waterways Commission input and a few authorities to brief the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Houses of Congress
Inland Waterways Commission
United States
East
Theodore Roosevelt
Boy Killed in Football Game in Pittsburg
John Boylan a fifteen year old youth from Pittsburg died at Mercy Hospital from injuries sustained in a neighborhood football game. He was kicked in the groin during the match played yesterday. The incident occurred as the local boys’ team competed in a neighborhood contest. Boylan died last night from his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pittsburg
John Boylan
Mercy Hospital
Locomotive Speed Test To Fire Five Men In Boxes
Lima Ohio November 17 five men will be shot through space at cannonball speed in a test by the Pennsylvania on the Fort Wayne Crestline division. Men will ride in special boxes on locomotive pilots to observe engine performance while at top speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Lima
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Fort Wayne-Crestline
Mexico Leases Harbor Grant of Coal Station
Mexico City reports that Magdalena Bay in Lower California is leased to the United States for use as a coaling station for three years, with reciprocal concessions to Mexico. The arrangement follows talks between Secretary Root and President Diaz and was later confirmed by Assistant Secretary Adee in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magdalena Bay
Lower
California
United States
Mexico
Mexico City
United States Navy
State Department
Root
Diaz
Senate
Washington
A. A. Adee
Mauretania’s Maiden Atlantic Voyage to United States
Queenstown reports the Mauretania’s maiden voyage leaving at 11 am and covering 265 miles in eleven hours, progressing 207 miles west of Fastnet by 10 pm. Captain Pritchard praised the ship’s steadiness as crowds watch the Cunarder pass Roche’s Point and Daunt’s Rock on the first day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
United States
Fastnet
Liverpool
Pritchard
Roche's Point
Daunt’s Rock
Submarine Torpedo Boat Contracts Signed
Secretary Metcalf signed contracts totaling 2,270,000 with Electric Boat Co for seven submarine torpedo boats at Fore River Yard Quincy Massachusetts. A Lake Submarine Torpedo Boat Co offer to build a boat at its own expense is to be considered, with a 30 day decision period, under a 3,000,000 appropriation and AG opinion allowing division of contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Metcalf
Electric Boat Company of
New York
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
Lake Submarine Torpedo Boat Company
Congress
Stone for ambassador struck in St. Petersburg car
The Austrian ambassador to Russia Count Berchold was struck but not seriously hurt by a stone thrown through a dining car window on a fast express train returning to St. Petersburg from vacation. Stoning of aristocrats’ trains is a daily occurrence and has caused several serious accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Count Berchold
Seven Sovereigns Meet at Windsor Castle Luncheon
A historic Windsor luncheon gathered three kings five queens and sixteen princes and princesses. Attending were the King and Queen of England, the Emperor and Empress of Germany, the King and Queen of Spain, the Queen of Portugal, and the Queen of Norway. Crowds watched the royal procession and photographs captured the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
England
Windsor Castle
Germany
Spain
Portugal
Norway
Royal
Panama Bond Plan Aimed to Ease Money Stringency
The Roosevelt administration proposes issuing Panama bonds totaling 50 million dollars and 100 million in 3 percent government certificates to unlock currency, back bank note circulation, and move crops. The plan, approved by Secretary Cortelyou, emphasizes sound banks, urges public confidence, and forecasts rapid deployment to the West and South. Treasury notes and bonds would bolster liquidity without depleting gold reserves, with formal details issued by the Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Root
Myer
Panama
Treasury
Cortelyou
White House
Mr. Cortelyou
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
George B. Cortelyou
Treasury Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vforts
Kaiser
Usher
MR. Bryce
Finance IN Europe
L. W. Fogg
United States Steel Corporation
Mauretania
Lake Company
Stone
Poland
Park & Til Ont Acker
Merrall & Condit Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!