Fire on Sardinia Steamer Near Malta Claims Captain and Crew
A British steamer Sardinia bound for Alexandria from Liverpool caught fire near Valetta Malta. More than a hundred died as ashore crews struggled against a strong tide. Captain Charles Littler, First Officer Frank Watson, and all three engineers perished at their posts. Fifty or more bodies recovered. about seventy rescued. numbers drowned or burned unknown.
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Valletta
Malta
Sardinia
Ellerman Line
Liverpool
Alexandria
Charles Littler
Frank Watson
Hislop
Neeil
Grant
Balloon lands after perilous 25 mile desert flight
Captain A E Mueller and J K Hutchison report their balloon United States drifts over cactus and rock for twenty five miles before landing on a desert plain. They climb into the rigging to escape gas leaks and suffer bruises as wind drags the carcass across sand and stones. Local Indians near the landing express trepidation at the strange craft. The Bendix rope failure near the Colorado river caused a rapid descent and the bag struck ground, leaving the basket and collapsed craft far from the route.
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Los Angeles
Ehrenberg
Ariz
A. E. Mueller
United States
J. K. Hutchison
Colorado River
Desert
Davis Murder Trial Opens in Omaha
In Omaha Nebraska the trial of Charles E Davis for the murder of Dr Fredrick Austin will begin next Monday. Defense counsel said they will not plead insanity. A brother of Davis said the defendant had been in sanitariums for temporary insanity, but attorney J W Woodrough asserted insanity will not be part of the defense.
Canada protests Montana over buffalo shipment to Canada
Winnipeg dispatch reports Canada will protest US Montana authorities over actions at Missoula opposing buffalo exports. Douglas, Canada's commissioner, claims 250 buffalo purchased by Canada escaped after being corralled for weeks, undermining shipment plans and causing a diplomatic row.
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Winnipeg
Man
Montana
Missoula
Mont
Canada
Howard Douglas
Relief Damaged by Typhoon Reaches Guam Delay
Manila reports Admiral Sperry received a telegram from the hospital ship Relief five days overdue at Guam. The vessel left Manila November 15 and, after encountering a typhoon on November 18, suffered engine failure and a fire. Fire was controlled and the crew demonstrated discipline.
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Manila
Admiral Sperry
Relief
Guam
Sorsorgen
Luzon
Paris Murder Case Sparks Political Scandal Rumors
Mme Steinheil confesses naming Alexandre Wolff as her husband’s killer but he proves an alibi and is freed. Mme Steinheil is jailed. sister mystery widens as Mme Japy’s relation is clarified and political figures face scrutiny amid calls for a full investigation.
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Paris
Steinheil
Chamber of Deputies
Mme
Alexandre Wolff
Wolff
Steinnheil
Mme. Steinheil
St Lazare
Mme Japy
Briand
M. Veydett
M. Seydett
Hamard
Couillaud
M. Hamard
France
Felix Faure
The
Republic
Madame Japy
Meissonier
Mme. Japy
Marriette
Cracksmen Barricaded After Bank Vault Blast
In Buchanan Georgia a gang of professional safe-blowers dynamited a bank vault and fled to cover two miles from Dallas where sheriff deputies and townspeople surround a house. The detainees opened fire and a gunfight erupted with a fusillade of bullets exchanged. More men reportedly head toward the scene.
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Dallas
Buchanan
Fremont Foundry Fire Ends Quickly in Neb
Fremont workers near a wooden partition caused hot moldings to ignite, lighting up the foundry just before quitting time. Firemen responded promptly, preventing serious damage. Loss estimated at about 50 dollars.
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Fremont
Fremont, Neb
Radical education bill moves to second reading in Commons
London reports the third attempt by the radical government to settle the教育 controversy as President Runciman introduces the bill in the House of Commons. He says the measure is a compromise after months of negotiation and mutual concessions and would not grant overall control of rate-paced schools.
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London
House of Commons
Runciman
Government petition in Standard Oil case to Supreme Court
The Justice Department argues in its certiorari petition for the 29 million dollar Standard Oil case that the Supreme Court often denies petitions unless constitutional questions are involved. It contends that certification from the lower court and direct certiorari from the higher court are both permissible routes to bring a case to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Department of Justice
Bonaparte
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Hastings Seeks Postseason Challenge To Resolve Football Title
Hastings claims Nebraska intercollegiate title but open to games with Bellevue or Doane to settle dispute. Bellevue beat Hastings 4 to 0 last season, Hastings beat Doane ten days earlier, Doane beat Bellevue. Hastings to face Nebraska second team on Thanksgiving eve.
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Hastings
Neb
Nebraska
Bellevue
Doane
Peru
Belevue
Manay
Onger Carne
University of Nebraska
State Loses in Kearney Fire
In Kearney Nebraska a fire at the state industrial school barn killed 24 horses and burned seven buggies. The $5,000 loss was not insured. The old frame building burned after doors were opened to rescue the animals and a draft fed the flames. Firefighters could not save the barn despite water and prompt response.
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Kearney
Neb
State Industrial School
Mount Desert and Admiral Dewey clash in dense fog collision
The Mount Desert with 450 aboard was struck by the fruit steamer Admiral Dewey near Coney Island as both ships navigated in fog. The Dewey kept moving, the Mount Desert took on board passengers, and both vessels moved to the east bank where the Dewey grounded. The Mount Desert returned to transfer remaining passengers and the two vessels remained aground.
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Washington
Mount Desert
Coney Island
Cakes and proposal spark between cook and grocer
A playful dialogue in a Chicago Daily News snippet shows a pretty cook and a grocer negotiating a job offer. He praises her cakes and hints at a full kitchen setup, while she weighs implications and time to decide, joking about years of consideration before agreeing.
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Evelina
Chicago Daily News
No Service This Afternoon and Other Brief Tales
A clergyman posts notice of no afternoon service while away fishing with another minister. A Kansas woman recalls Venice-like Europe with flooded streets and boats. A plasterer testifies in court about a cell whitewashing after imprisonment. A Chinese laundry story features Sam and John with a family interruption. A Scotland trial yields a talkative spinster saying she is fifty or sixty with humor about marriage, age, and palaver.
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New Jersey
Europe
Venice
Sam
John
Christian Gen
Scotland
Headon Collision Kills Two Train Engineers Near Red Cloud
In a fog affected headon wreck a mile west of Red Cloud Nebraska two Burlington freight trains collided this morning. Engineer George Bret holoma and Fireman Donald Snake of the east bound train were instantly killed. C Lichtenberg head brakeman suffered a broken leg while the west bound crew escaped injury by jumping.
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Red Cloud
Neb
Burlington
Here
George Bretholoma
Donald Snake
Tunnel Found Linking Prison To Street At Jefferson City
Officials at the Missouri state penitentiary uncovered a nearly completed tunnel from a sentinel tower to the street intended for a mass escape. The plan was to unleash hundreds of inmates during meals as they fled through the tunnel.
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Jefferson City
State Penitentiary
Runaway Team Injures Grand Island Mail Carrier
J. W. Davis, a veteran rural mail carrier from Grand Island, was seriously injured when a runaway team owned by Geer & Harrison contractors struck his rig near a street intersection. The horse collapsed on Davis, breaking his collarbone and causing chest injuries with feared internal damage.
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J. W. Davis
Grand Island
Geer & Harrison
Davis
Narrow Escape From Gunpowder At Lucknow Tomb
In William Forbes Mitchell's Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny a sergeant recounts a narrow escape at the tomb of the first king of Oudh. While seeking shelter he steps into loose gunpowder with twenty barrels and live fuzes nearby, extinguishing flames with his burned hand and alerting fellow troops.
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Henry Lawrence
Lucknow
William Forbes Mitchell
Mitchell
Upper
India
Oudh
Dawson
Ile
Collected miscellany from distant shores and industries
A parade of brief items notes Australian mines employing 120,000 workers, Mary B. Cheek as a rural mail carrier in Prescott Ontario, a vast coal port at Prescott, a British motorist expert, Congo wealth and waste, and large shipments of waste paper to Michigan. Also mentions gas loss in London, Lake Champlain drought, and humorous student remark on transparency.
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Mary BP. Cheek
Toboscoy
Prescott
Ont
J. M. Barrie
Great Britain
Congo
Antwerp
Michigan
Washington Stor
South Africa
London Correspondence
New York Evening Post
Count Zeppelin
Lake Champlain
New York Sun
Princeton University
Lippincott
Chicago
Hokkaido
Japan
Pacific
United ‘States
Muroran
The Tender-Hearted Tar Seaman Crashes Bank
A naval seaman fresh from a long battleship cruise visits a San Diego bank and offers a $30 check. He cheekily asks for $10 now and promises to take the rest at ten dollars a month, prompting a courteous, amused reply from the teller.
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Matey
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