War Pushes Peace Policy At Chicago Hamilton Club Banquet
Secretary of War Jacob Dickinson urged war department aims to conserve peace and promote international arbitration and future disarmament at the Hamilton Club Day banquet in Chicago. The gathering honored Union and Confederate ties with Gen. Grant and his staff, and featured speakers including President Marquis Exton and Senator Borah.
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Chicago
War Department
Hamilton Club
Auditorium Annex
Jacob MM. Dickinson
Dickinson
Prince of
Marquis Exton
Frederick Dent Grant
Grant
Eaton
Dixie
Iinois
Kentucky
Appomattox
Borah
Idaho
Mine Explosion Kills Seven In Berwin White Coal Mine
Seven men died in a dynamite blast at Berwin White Coal Mine No 387 near Windber nine miles from Johnstown. Four more workers are entombed and likely dead or fatally injured as rescuers led by General Superintendent W R Calverly race to reach them.
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Johnstown
Berwin White Coal Mining Company
Windbar
W. R. Calverly
Former Congressmen Reeves Dies at Home
Sreator Reeves former congressman died of heart failure at his home Friday night He worked at his law office until five o'clock Reeves served three terms representing the Streator district in Congress
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Sreator
Iil
Wlater Reeves
Ile
Mr. Reeves
Congress
Streator
Diamond trade revival sparks March import surge in New York
In March diamond dealers on Maiden Lane imported stones valued at 3,353,407.97 dollars, a jump of 800 percent from March 1908. After the panic of 1907 import activity for precious stones fell to almost nil in subsequent months.
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New York
Oklahoma Indictment Leads to No Trial for 7 Officials
Governor Charles N. Tinskell and six other prominent Oklahomans indicted by a federal grand jury on fraud charges over Muskogee town lots will not face trial. The decision affects Oklahoma’s first chief executive and other officials.
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Tulsa
Okla
Charles N. Tinskell
Oklahoma
Wilhelmina's Condition Worsens in The Hague
Rumors spread Saturday that Queen Wilhelmina's health has suddenly deteriorated as physicians hold long consultations. Officials insist the situation remains under control, but city anxieties grow amid reports of a possible heir and ongoing medical care.
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Hague
Wilhelmina
Holland
Mrs Sampson Trial Nears Verdict in Meccedon Murder Case
Mrs Geor gia E Sampson of Mecedon is on trial in Lyons New York charged with murdering her husband Harry Sampson nephew of Rear Admiral William T Sampson. Prosecution hinges on circumstantial evidence including alleged trips to Rochester and a long quarrel. Defense argues suicide. jurors include local farmers. key witnesses include Dr Hamilton and Mrs Allyn.
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Joseph Gilbert
Wayne County
Gilbert
Harry Sampson
Dr. Hamilton
Sampson
Express Coup Sprung In Express Co Stock Purchase
New York City reports that 10000 shares of United States Express Co stock owned by American Express Co and 10000 shares held by Adams Co were bought by Frank H. Platt for par value. Opponents warn that if Treasury funds were used the Hart and Bannister majority stockholders may seek cancellation of the shares.
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New York City
Platt
United States Express Co
Senate Judiciary Committee
American Express Co
Adams Company
Frank H. Platt
F. H. Platt
Treasury of the United States Co
Hart and Bannister Company
No Pomp For Cervera Burial In Madrid
Admiral Cervera was buried with simple rites in Madrid Spain. The body lay in a plain black coffin carried by soldiers and sailors. A 31 gun salute was fired and there were no flowers as requested. Newspapers recall American praise from Santiago.
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Madrid
Spain
Cervera
Santiago
Automobile crash kills chauffeur in Tarrytown race incident
In Tarrytown New York Sunday a car raced at about forty miles an hour crashed into a tree. Charles Lindow a chauffeur died and John D Marquis sustained serious injuries according to eye witnesses.
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Tarrytown
New York
Charles Lindow
John D. Marquis
Mayfield shooting after insult ends in self inflicted wound
In Mayfield Kentucky 35 year old George Wilson entered a clothing store and after asking the manager if he would like to see a man fall dead he shot himself. The wounded man may die from his self inflicted injury.
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Boone, la
George Valdeman
Grace Chambers
Grace
Harvey Dorman
Mayfield
Kentucky
George Wilson
Benjamin Lang Boston Organist Passes Away
Noted Boston musician Benjamin Lang renowned organist and former leader of the Handel and Hayden Choral Society has died in Boston. Lang was a friend of Richard Wagner and pupil of Franz Liszt, shaping local musical life for decades.
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Benjamin Lang
Boston
Massachusets
Handel and Hayden Choral Society
Richard Wagner
Franz Liszt
Four Training Stations For Miners Rescue Work Established
Four stations for training miners in rescue work have been set up by major coal companies following demonstrations by the United States Geological Survey at its Pittsburg station and its Urbana Ohio substation.
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United States Geological Survey
Pittsburg
Urbana
Unseasonable Wind Storm Ravages East After Warm Wave
A Cleveland report notes a 70 mph wind storm sweeping the country, causing extensive loss of life and property across eastern states. The weather pattern began the week with unseasonable warmth and ended as it moved into the Atlantic Ocean amid a cold snap.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Atlantic Ocean
England bars Castro from landing in Trinidad
Cipriano Castro former Venezuelan president returns to the West Indies from Europe seeking to reclaim the presidency. Britain refuses landing at Trinidad after Washington urged action while Castro plans to disembark with uncertain West Indies landing site.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
State Department
Washington
London Foreign Office
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
West Indies
Europe
France
Guadeloupe
la Guaira
Caracas
Castro
Ice Blankets Niagara River As Great Flood Surges
Niagara Falls sees a massive ice pack surge down the river after a harsh gale. Windsor to Lewiston tracks flood and power house windows spill water as flood levels reach record highs. damage estimated at about 1 million dollars.
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Uable
Ontario Power Company
Great George
Lewiston
Storm Toll Activated Across Regions From Great Lakes to Mississippi
The report details storm damage across Mississippi and Michigan with ten dead and twenty injured in the state. Wind-caused fatalities and ship retentions at Lake Erie are noted while a London Ontario bridge collapse injures six, including one fatality. New York tremors at 60 miles per hour disrupt suburbs and force harbor precautions.
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Mississippi
Atlantic
Michigan
Lake Erie
London
Ont
Aberdeen
New York
Bathing Suit Bill Aims Cloaks At Albany Resorts
Senator Alvah W Burlingame and Assemblyman Chas Murphy join Parisian dress makers in proposing a New York bill. It requires women bathers to wear a long cloak over their bathing suit while traveling from hotel to the beach.
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Albany
New York
Alvah W. Burlingame
Chas. P. Murphy
Former Des Moines detective sentenced to three years
Des Moines, Iowa. Eli Hardin, once chief of detectives, must serve three years in the penitentiary after the supreme court upheld a lower court verdict finding him a conspirator in preventing witnesses from testifying.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Eli Hardin
Supreme Court
Great Lakes Navigation Tied Up as 10000 Maritime Workers Strike
Ten thousand marine engineers firemen oilers water tenders and deck hands walked out crippling Great Lakes shipping and threatening one of the most complete tie ups in the region. The strike blocks navigation and port activity across key ports and waterways.
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Chicago
Iinois
Great Lakes
Auto Strikes Ambulance in Philadelphia Injuring Couple
Craig Lippincott and his wife, leaders of Philadelphia's 4200, were badly injured when their car crashed into a hospital ambulance early Saturday. Mrs. Lippincott endured a nervous shock and was under physician care.
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Philadelphia
Craig Lippincott
Bandits Rob Gambling House In Ogden Hold Up
Five unmasked men robbed the White Elephant gambling house in Ogden Utah early Thursday escaping with about 2500 in cash from patrons without firing a shot.
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Ogden
Utah
Venezuelan Leader Gomez Considered Resigning
News from Caracas indicates Juan Vicente Gomez may resign in favor of a vice president. Factions oppose Castro, with Francisco Alcantara, a wealthy West Point graduate and prominent Venezuelan, favored by some as a potential successor. Alcantara was sent to Bolivar as provincial president before Castro’s Europe trip.
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Gomez
Caracas
Juan Vicente Gomez
Venezuela
Castro
Francisco Alcantara
West Point
Alcantara
Republic
Bolivar
Europe
Radium Trial Nears Result In Paris Cancer Case
In Paris a radium treatment for cancer, led by Dr. Roux at the Pasteur Institute, involved sewing a $5,000 radium speck in the patient’s stomach. A tiny glass tube held the pinhead sized radium, with 48 hours of observation. If no mortification or inflammation remains in a month, officials expect the cancer may have disappeared.
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Pasteur Institute
Roux
Fire Drives 600 Guests From Revere House in Chicago
A fire at the Revere house on Michigan and North Clark streets in Chicago sent six hundred guests fleeing their rooms early Tuesday. Many women fainted in the exits as a rush to safety left guests descending fire escapes in night attire.
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Chicago
Illinois
Revere House
Michigan
Clark Streets
Benzine Explosion Wrecks West Side House. Five Hurt
Five people were injured early today, four seriously, when a benzine explosion destroyed a West Side house. A woman reportedly poured benzine on a fire. Victims include two men a woman and two young girls.
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Chicago
Easter Lily Shipment Aboard Bermuda Liner Prince George
The Prince George arrived in New York 14 hours late after a tempestuous voyage. It brought 100000 Easter lilies and a number of newlyweds among its passengers.
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New York
Bermuda
Prince George
Taft Sees First Draft of Aldrich Tariff Bill
President Taft viewed the first draft of the Senate tariff bill at the White House. Senator Aldrich described a lower schedule than the Payne bill with reclassified items favoring poorer classes. Notable changes include free tea and coffee, lower duties on essentials, and higher duties on luxuries and certain goods. A lumber duty fight is hinted amid cross party talks.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
White House
Senate
Aldrich
Senate Committee On Finance
House
Dingley
Saad
Payne
Payne tariff bill clears House and heads to Senate
The Payne tariff bill passed the House 217 to 161 after long sessions. The plan moves to the Senate for edits as lawmakers trim schedules, remove tea and coffee duties, add seedlings to the free list, and strike the patent clause amid debates on duty levels and free trade. The bill’s passage prompts quick Senate referral to the finance committee.
Zinc interests push for duty hearing in Congress
In Washington the Republican finance committee met to hear Missouri zinc concerns. Senator Warner and zinc stakeholders planned a hearing. Elias S. Gatch of Granby Mining and Smelting outlined the case, arguing the zinc ore duty is correctly set in the House bill.
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Washington, D. C
Missouri
Warner
Finance Committee
Elias S. Gatch
Granby Mining and Smelting Company
Gatch
St. Louis
Citizenship Revocation in Emma Goldman Circle
United States Judge Hazel issued an order annulling the citizenship papers of Jacob Kersner, husband of Emma Goldman. The couple wed in Rochester in 1889.
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Buffalo
New York
United States
Hazel
Jacob Kersner
Emma Goldman
Kersner
Rochester
Sterling, Ill Faces Sunday Blue Law Push
Sterling Illinois moves to enforce blue laws after all local theatres closed last Sunday, aiming to shutter all places of business on Sundays.
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Sterling
Ill
Heavy Mail for Willie Whitla in Sharon Pa Home
After a ten days' stay in Atlantic City attorney James P. Whitla and family returned home to find more than 2900 pieces of mail awaiting Willie Whitla. He is slowly dying at the home of Commander W. S. Sims, his son-in-law, with no indication of rallying.
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Willie Whitla
Sharon
Atlantic City
James P. Whitla
W. S. Sims
Modjeska Still Unconscious in California
Los Angeles reports Mme Modjeska remains unconscious as Dr. Boyd of Santa Ana, her attending physician, says she probably will never regain consciousness.
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Modjeska
Los Angeles
California
Mme. Modjeska
Boyd
Santa Ana
Mother hurls children from window in Johnstown tragedy
Mrs. William Roberts, 30, threw her four children aged 4 months to 6 years from a second story window then jumped. None of the children suffered serious injuries while Roberts sustained internal injuries likely to be fatal.
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Johnstown
William Roberts
Anothher
Springfield Me Slayer Acquitted
A Missouri jury acquitted Gus Rainey, a wealthy Springfield youth from an influential family, of second degree murder for shooting Charles Sheppard of Fort Scott, ruling the act was self defense on November 14.
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Springfield
Gus Rainey
Charles Sheppard
Fort Scott
Rainey
Justice ruling redefines hold up as robbery test
In San Antonio Texas Judge Fiske ruled that a street hold up with a gun is not a robbery unless money is taken. Two men arrested for a street hold up were released after questioning.
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San Antonio
Tex
Fiske
Archbishop Messmer Ill in Milwaukee Hospital
Archbishop Sebastian G. Messmer of Milwaukee is seriously ill in a local hospital with jaundice after several weeks of illness. No alarm is felt over his condition.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Sebastian G. Messmer
Nevada Divorce Colony Shocked by Residency ruling
Reno Nevada residents protest after Justice Orr rules that both parties in a divorce action must be bonafide residents of the state. The decision unsettles the Nevada divorce colony and raises questions about eligibility and enforcement.
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Nevada
Reno
Justice Orr
Michigan capitalists propose Brackenridge line to Brownwood
Brownwood Texas officials report a definite proposition from Michigan capitalists to build a railroad from Brackenridge through Hastland to Brownwood with intermediate points.
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Brownwood
Tex
Michigan
Brackenridge
Hastland
Forty Drowned In Gale Berlin Baltic
A gale in the Baltic sinks ten fishing vessels on Wednesday, drowning forty crewmen. The storm is the year’s hardest, with casualties rising as reports come in. In Ohio, Toledo suffers a hurricane’s toll with hundreds jobless, thousands in damage, and many slight injuries.
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Berlin
Baltic
Toldo
Ohio
Toledo
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