Notable Dignitaries and Figures Pass in Brief Reports
Rear Admiral McCalla dies in Santa Barbara California from apoplexy. Rev Alexander McLaren, famed Manchester preacher, dies in Edinburgh. Jay Gould engagement with Beatrice Van Brunner expected to be announced soon in Paris. Shackleton lectures in Chicago and receives Helen Culver gold medal from Geographic Society of Chicago. Princess Nobuko Yumi-no-Miya marries Prince Asuka. Senator McCumber recovers from a second operation in Washington. Thomas H Croft, Pasadena founder, committed to Patton state insane asylum after paralysis stroke. Mary Harriman announces engagement to sculptor Charles Cary Rumsey in New York. James A McClurg dies in Denver of pneumonia. linked to David H Moffat family. Prof Frederick L Paxson accepts UW chair of American history. resigning from University of Michigan planned.
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McCalla
Santa Barbara
Cal
Alexander McLaren
Manchester
England
Edinburgh
Paris
Jay Gould
Beatrice Godfrey van Brunner
Ernest H. Shackleton
R. N
Chicago
Helen Culver
Geographic Society of Chicago
Nobuko Yumi-no-Miya
Japan
Prince Asuka
McCumber
North Dakota
Washington
Thomas H. Croft
Pasadena
California
Patton
New York
Mary Harriman
B. H. Harriman
Charles Cary Rumsey
Lawrence D. Rumsey
Buffalo
James A. McClurg
West
Denver
Col
McClurg
David H. Moffat
Frederick L. Paxson
University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin
Rockefeller abandons push for national foundation charter
Washington dispatch reports John D. Rockefeller dropped plans for a national charter for his foundation. Starr J Murphy for Standard Oil refutes any link to the Economic and General Foundation seeking a New York charter for an aged man of wealth. Edward VII is dead. George V ascends the throne.
Five Acre Farm Offered for Word-Making Challenge
Missouri through the immigration board offers a five acre farm to the person in the United States who yields the greatest number of words from the letters in Wiscuri Homes. Theodore Roosevelt leaves Stockholm for Berlin amid cheers as King Edward survives illness and a new king is proclaimed in Britain. Cartago, Costa Rica is devastated by a four second earthquake killing and injuring hundreds as the city is leveled. George V is proclaimed king of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India in St James Palace. Thomas Byrnes dies at sixty after chronic illness. A Kansas City trial involves a disputed deposition delaying the Swope case. The Erie wage talks end without agreement and workers vote on a strike. Normandy sinks near St John’s with all crew safe. Farm rally in St Louis discusses money and crops. Hearst sues Watterson and the Courier Journal for 100000 dollars. Fire in Deimling, Michigan kills two. King Edward ill with bronchitis. Palos Alabama mine entombs forty five whites and ninety blacks. all presumed dead. New Jersey bankers condemn chartering new banks pending investigation. Reardon, a Pittsburg detective, shot. Sellers killed and Church injured near Sterling, Illinois.
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Missouri
Immigration Board
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Stockholm
Berlin
Edward
Sweden
Cartago
Costa Rica
American Peace Court
Andrew Carnegie
George V
Great Britain and Ireland
India
St. James’ Palace
Privy Council
Earl of Crewe
Thomas F. Byrnes
New York
Swope
Kansas City
Erie Railroad Company
St. Johns
N. F
St. Louis
William Jennings Bryan
William Randolph Hearst
Henry Watterson
Courier-Journal
Mr. Watterson
Mr. Hearst
Gaynor
Deimling
Mich
Matt Servis
Buckingham Palace
Palos
Ala
New Jersey State Bankers’ Association
John Reardon
Pittsburg
la Belle Ironworks
Steubenville
Iron Concern
John Sellers
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Waldro Church
Northwestern
Sterling
Hyde on Stand in Swope Murder Trial
Dr B C Hyde testified in his defense regarding the death of Col Thomas H Swope claiming apoplexy caused the death and denying talking about the will. He described medical treatments and denied plans against his wife’s inheritance while his wife testified with emotional but clear testimony.
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Kansas City
B. C. Hyde
Col
Thomas H. Swope
Colonel Swope
Stella
Mrs. Hyde
Doctor Hyde
Swope
Roosevelt Arrives in Berlin for Berlin Visit
Theodore Roosevelt and family reached Berlin on Tuesday amid a warm reception. He and his party, after meeting German officials, will attend a lunch at the embassy, a lecture at the university, and dinners with the chancellor and other leaders as plans unfold for the coming days. The emperor did not meet them at the station.
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Berlin
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Potsdam
Ambassador Hill
Mr. Roosevelt
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Griscom Hurt in Park Avenue Car Collision
Friends worry over Lloyd C. Griscom condition after a Sunday motor car accident in Park Avenue. Griscom driving with Mrs. Griscom and John Boyle Jr. when his auto struck a trolley car on Fiftieth Street. Fragments of broken glass cut Griscom's leg severely.
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Griscom
New York
Lloyd C. Griscom
Italy
Park Avenue
John Boyle, Jr
Republican County Committee
Shawnee Development Seeks Investors for Rapid City Growth
Shawnee Oklahoma emerging as a city of 25 000 in 14 years with a meat packing plant employing 1500 and a cotton fabric mill employing 600. State universities will enroll 1000 students. The prospectus promises rapid price increases and opportunities for investors of all means.
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Great Southwest
Shawnee
Shawnee Development Company
Oklahoma
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General News
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Starr J. Murphy
Rockefeller
Standard Oily
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Economic and General Foundation
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Ireland
Prince of Wales
Michael S. Link
Charles A. White
J. Beckmeyer
William Lortner
Lee O'Neil Browne
Southern
St.ouis
Robert E. Wilson
Chiago
DR. Hyde
Col. Swope
Woman
Millionaire
Moss Hunton
CGL
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Plautus
Allen
Droggista
Olmsted
le Roy
Drew County
Arkansas
Home Developing Co
Monticello
Ark
Idaho
Wilson- Smith Realty Co
Main St
Boise, Idaho
Bitter Root Valley
Logan & Tran
Stevensville
Montana
Rnto Star Ranch & Land Co
Neeleyville
Minnesota
Emmons Mercantile Co
Emmons, Mann
Louisiana
E. J. Hamley & Son
Lake Providence
W.X. Martin
Sedan, Pops Co
Alabastine Company
New York City
N.Y
Grand Rapids
Carter
Western
Canada
Peor
Manitoba
Shewan
Alberta
Sup’t of
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Broughton
erchantsLoan& Trust
W.H. Rogers
THE
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Cascarets
J.p.allen
Paul,Minn
Fitegerald & Co
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