Daughter Saves Postmaster in Close Range Shooting
New York postmaster Edward M. Morgan is wounded in the abdomen as an eccentric English stenographer, BE H. Mackay, fires four shots near Broadway. Morgan’s 14 year old daughter Dorothy deflects the bullet with her hand, likely saving his life. Mackay dies by suicide at the scene. investigators note a prior asylum record and a motive of a grievous grievance against the post office.
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New York
Edward M. Morgan
New York City
BE. H. B. Mackay
Forty-sixth
Mr. Morgan
Mackay
Worcester
Mase
Broadway
Dorothy
One Hundred and Forty-sixth Street
Postmaster Morgan
Mackay Escaped Madman Linked to Cambridge Literary Work
Boston reports Eric H. B. Mackay, son of H. W. B. Mackay of Cambridge, who shot Postmaster E. M. Morgan in New York then killed himself. He previously served time for a 1898 shooting, deemed insane, and escaped Worcester asylum in 1904.
Morse Bankrupt on His Debts Says He Has No Money Left
Charles W. Morse testified in the United States circuit court of appeals that he has no money or securities to pay his debts. He faces a fifteen year hard labor sentence in Atlanta. bail motion was argued before Judges Laccombe Ward and Coxe with Wallace MacFarlane for Morse. The court reserved decision.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Morse
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Atlanta
Tombs
Bim
Lacombe
Ward
Coxe
Wallace MacFarlane
Hough
Kaiser to Ascend in Zeppelin Airship Flight
Friedrichshafen November 10 reports Emperor William is expected to make an ascent this afternoon with Count Zeppelin on the airship. A telegram indicates the war ministry has decided to buy the Zeppelin airship following advice from a commission of experts.
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Emperor William
Count Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
War Ministry
Commission of
Elima Root Named as Likely U S Senator Candidate
Washington reports a White House conference among President Roosevelt James Wadsworth Jr and William L Ward with Elihu Root as the favored choice to succeed Thomas C Platt. Root said he has made no announcement and could not discuss the matter after leaving the president’s office.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
James Wadsworth, Jr
New York State
William L. Ward
Clinton
N. Y
United States
Root
Ward
Wadsworth
Foils Thief With Dynamite and Bank Attempt
Denver report details Mrs Genevieve Chandler Phipps forced to drive to a bank by a woman posing as Mrs H Cones seeking twenty thousand dollars. The assailant threatened to blow them to pieces with dynamite but was overpowered by social officers at the bank. In Hazleton a man named Labarre fell under a train and died while attempting to board a Lehigh Valley service. He was 28 and a clerk for D L&W in Scranton.
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Mra. Phipps
Denver
Colo
Mra. H
Cones
Genevieve Chandler Phipps
Lawrence Phipps
Hazleton
Lehigh Valley
I Labarre
Scranton
Labarre
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Lackawanna
Sixteen Injured In Trolley Crash In Philadelphia
Sixteen persons were hurt in a trolley collision on the Pine Street division of the Darby line in western Philadelphia. A runaway car struck a standing car on a switch at the foot of a grade, ripping off a roof and injuring passengers. two seriously, six severely, and others less so.
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Philadelphia
Pine Street
Darby
Pas Senctr
Carmack Shot Dead in Pistol Duel in Nashville
Former U.S. Senator Edward Ward Carmack editor of the Tennessean was killed in Seventh Avenue Union Street Nashville as Robin Cooper fired three shots. Carmack died instantly. Cooper was wounded in the right shoulder.
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Robin Cooper
Carmack Feil
Cooper
United States
Washington
Nashville
Tenn
Edward Ward Carmack
The
Tennessean
Seventh Avenue
Duncan C. Cooper
Carmack
Union Street
Senator Carmack
Ftag
Roblin
Mr. Carmack
Carmack Slain in Nashville Street Attack After Editorial Feud
The Tennessean editor Joseph W. Carmack was shot dead on Seventh Avenue Nashville after a dispute linked to his critical editorials about Colonel Cooper and the Democratic machine. Robin and Colonel Duncan Cooper were involved. Carmack’s pistol and a cigar stump were found near his body.
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Carmack
Tennessean
Democratic Machine
Colonel Cooper
Senator Carmack
Duncan Cooper
Robin Cooper
Seventh Avenue
R. G. Fort
Robin
Brakeman Saved Man by Pushing Him Off Tracks
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania a brakeman named William Flannery shoved Charles Marshall of Carbonate off the tracks as a locomotive backed toward them at the Delaware and Hudson station in Carbondale. The impact broke Flannery’s ribs but Marshall survived and was hospitalized grateful for the life saved by the quick action.
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Mike
William Flannery
Flannery
Marshall
Nfe
Campaign Literature From Government Printer Tops Records
The government printing office estimates 14 carloads of speeches produced for campaign use since Congress adjourned. About 7.5 million copies printed, 3 million more than prior records, with roughly 220.9 billion words in total.
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Washington
Government Printing Office
Iagt
Congress
Two Men and Boy Held as Firebugs in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on November 9 John Clark his fifteen year old son John and his son in law William P Carroll were detained after an attempted arson at Alexander Crow’s knitting mill in the northern city. Carroll allegedly obtained oil from a factory and set fire to warp sticks while the boy and Carroll fled. Police linked two fires to the suspects as witnesses named them and investigators note four lumber yards burned over two weeks. The elder Clark and the boy are held as witnesses.
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Philadelphia
John Clark
John
Inlaw
William P. Carroll
Alexander Crow
Young Clark
Carroll
Crow's Mill
Hurnfox
Clark
Kern Out For U. S. Senate
Defeated Democratic vice presidential candidate John W. Kern announces his candidacy for the United States Senate to succeed James A. Hemenway. Other potential candidates listed include John B. Lamb Taggart Slack Shively and Hoff man.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Kern
United States
James A. Hemenway
John B. Lamb
Terre Haute
Chicago
Thomas ‘Taggart
Slack
Benjamin BE. Shively
Edward Hoffman
Fort Wayne
Canadian officials suspended for graft in Quebec
Twenty eight Canadian marine officials face suspension in Quebec amid graft accusations. The report notes disruptive fallout as other political and military figures encounter changes and tense decisions across North America and the Philippines.
Victorien Sardou Dies Amid Fame and Regret
Paris reports the death of Victorien Sardou at seventy five from pulmonary congestion. The dean of French dramatists, a French Academy member born Sept 7 1801, rose from early failure to European renown writing for Sarah Bernhardt and others. His career included hits like Torca Fedora Theodora Gismoda and Mme Sans Gene.
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Vietorien Sardou
French Academy
America
France
Vietoulen Sardou
Paria
Hia
Miles Dejazet
M. Sardoun
M. Bardou
Sardou
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Torca
Fedora
Theodora
Gismonda
Mme Sans Gene
Reffane
Marshal Lefevre
Henry Irving
Mias Killen Terry
Lyceum
Lumberman Kills Black Bear With Club in Black Forest
George Smith, a Williamsport lumber jobber operating in the Black Forest, killed a black bear with a club after encountering it while foraging for cheatnuts. The brain weighed 125 pounds. Five bears have been killed in the Black Forest within a week.
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Williamsport
George Smith
Black Forest
Smith
Brain
Infantile eczema claimed cured by wintergreen oil remedy
The letter from Rev. Lewis Steeley notes his baby’s severe eczema clearing after using a compound of oil of wintergreen thymol glycerine and other ingredients. It claims rapid relief and urges parents to try the remedy for their children despite prior physician challenges.
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Lewis Steeley
Weatherly
Quotations Furnished by Frederick County Farmers Exchange
Commodity price list with feed grains and seeds including yellow corn white corn oats timothy hay and mixed feeds. Prices shown per bushel per ton per pound with ranges and typical figures for barley wheat rye and cottonseed meal. Local supplier Frederick County Farmers Exchange provides market quotes for farming staples and livestock feed.
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Frederick County Farmers’ Exchange
Noyrsteen
Rteamer
Timothy
Glover
Mit Fraey— Dalry
Rere Timothy
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