Big World Events and Naval Game At Princeton
London reports severed telegraph link to St Petersburg amid unrest in Poland. Tsarist guard arrests rising. Cossacks deployed. In the U. S. President Roosevelt attends Army vs Navy game. Navy trails Army 6 to 0 after Beavers scores. Roosevelt greets crowds and travels to Princeton.
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President Roosevelt
Princeton
London
St. Petersburg
Great Northern Telegraph Company
Washington
Roosevelt
Root
Taft
Newberry
Army
Yates to Enter Conference of His Henchmen in Illinois
Announcement from Springfield states former Gov. Richard Yates will seek the United States Senate seat now held by Shelby M. Cullom. A conference of central and southern Illinois party leaders will be held daily next week, with about 60 attendees each day, to report county conditions and opinions on chances to carry the district.
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Springfield
Richard Yates
Shelby M. Cullom
United States Senate
Friends of Yates
Central
Southern Illinois
Cullom
Dr Perry McLeod Acquitted In Jewelry Case
Boston December 2 Dr Percy D Mc Leod was found not guilty in the Susanna Geary case. He was discharged as William B Hunt and Louis W Crawford pleaded guilty to being accessories after the fact to an illegal operation and were sentenced to not less than six nor more than seven years. Wealthy Henry Farmer Dead Near Geneseo Thomas Lauderbaugh a retired farmer living near Geneseo died Thursday at Hammond hospital after stomach trouble and appendicitis. he was worth 100000 dollars.
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Percy D. McLeod
Susanna Geary
William B. Hunt
Louis W. Crawford
Henry Farmer
Thomas Lauderbaugh
Geneseo
Hammond Hospital
Greensboro
K. B. Mathews
Hight Mathews
Turner
Geneseo News Sold to Des Moines Publisher
W S Goodell of Des Moines purchased Geneseo News, formerly the Arena, the Henry county town's only daily. Retiring owner C W Daly, ex Davenport man, will exit. The paper’s politics shift from independent to Republican.
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Henry County
W. S. Goodell
Des Moines
Geneseo News
The
Arena
C. W. Daly
Davenport
Sharp Rejoinder Files In Missouri Insurance Fight
Jefferson City December 2. DD Vandiver state superintendent of insurance filed in federal court his reply to New York Life Insurance Company's petition in injunction proceedings to overthrow his order revoking its Missouri license. Vandiver accuses President McCall of debauching morals corrupting legislation looting policyholders and reckless speculation. The answer attacks McCall Vice President Perkins and other NY Life officers.
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Jefferson City
W DD. Vandiver
New York Life Insurance Company
Missouri
de Cunes
McCall
Vandiver
George W. Perkins
New York
Depew Resignation Rumor Denied by Governor
Albany dispatch reports Gov. Higgins stating he has not received any resignation from Chauncey M. Depew as U S senator and has no indication Depew intends to resign. The rumor had circulated amid December chatter about Depew stepping down.
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Albany
Dee
Chauncey M. Depew
United States
Higgins
Depew
Indians Go On The Warpath In Yucatan Skirmish
Report from Meridia Yucatan describes a clash between rebel Maya Indians and Quintana Roo Development Company troops. Seven Indian rebels died and many wounded while three soldiers were killed and several others injured in the fight near Quintana Roo territory.
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Yucatan
Meridia
Dee
Quintana Roo Development Company
Quintana Roo
Folk Denies Plagiarism In Jefferson City Funeral Address
Gov Folk defends his funeral oration for prison guard John Clay, killed during an escape attempt, alleging he quoted William Jennings Bryan and that the quotations were lost in transmission.
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W. J. Bryan
St. Louis
Folk
John Clay
Jefferson City
Quiet Cuban election reshapes Congress balance
In Havana the Liberal withdrawal left a landslide for moderates and Palma allies. Governors and provincial councils across Cuba elected with 14 moderates and nine liberals in the Senate, while the House tilts toward moderates as only holdovers remain for Liberals.
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Havana
Libfee
Palma Party
Havapy
Palma
Congress
Senate
Nunez Fol
Powers Ready to Press Naval Move in Turkish Waters
Paris dispatch says after reviewing the sultan's latest counter proposals the powers will reject them and resume naval demonstrations in Turkish waters on Monday with the likely seizure of Lemnos and Imbros. They refuse to halt the Dardanelles passage due to risk to international commerce.
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Paris
Associated Press
Lemnos
Imbros
DarjJanelles
Explosion at Diamondville mine kills many workers
Reported explosion at Diamondville mine, Windy shot blamed for a blast, 18 to 25 miners killed, most English workers. By telephonic update, five bodies recovered by 11 am, mine awaiting next steps and potential shipping of output in days.
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Salt Lake City
Diamondville
Wyoming
England
Pure Food Law Struck Down by South Dakota Court
The South Dakota supreme court sustained a circuit court ruling declaring unconstitutional the Pure Food Law provision that requires the manufacturer's name on labels for provisions groceries and similar goods. Jewett Bros. & Jewett of Sioux Falls challenged the section arguing brand names offer comparable public protection and that enforcing the label would burden legitimate wholesale merchants.
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Pierre
South Dakota Supreme Court
Jones
Sioux Falls
Jewett Bros
Jewett
Strikes Construction Crew Fatal Train Dash Near Jersey City
A fast express on the Erie railroad plowed into a construction crew in a tunnel near Jersey City early today. One man was killed, four were dying, and two others seriously hurt as the accident sent debris and chaos along the work site.
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Erie
New York
Erie Railroad
Jersey City
November Temperatures Show Mild, Clear Days
Observer Shelter reports November averaged 40 degrees, about 1 degree warmer than the 30 year norm. The 30 year record shows a high of 62 on the 28th and a low of on the 30th with a daily range up to 35 on the 13th. Rainfall totaled 2 inches, 23 inches above average, with 15 clear days 6 partly cloudy and % cloudy.
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Observer Shelter
Leeds Improves After Paralysis Attack
New York December 2 Daniel G Reid chairman of the board of directors of the Chicago Rock Island Pacific railway reported the condition of William B Leeds former president of the railroad who recently suffered an attack of paralysis is improving. He said Leeds may go out of doors Sunday.
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Rock Island Road
New York
Daniel G. Reid
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
William B. Leeds
Fsrty
Reid
Leeds
McCall Doubts He Will Succeed In Inducing Hamilton
Joan C. McCall secretary of New York Life sailed on the Lucania to Paris to persuade Andrew Hamilton to return to testify before the insurance investigating committee. He doubts Hamilton will come back but hopes to obtain the statement Hamilton is preparing for John A. McCall, NY Life president.
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New York
Joan C. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Lucania
Paris
Andrew Hamilton
New York Life
Hamilton
United States
John A. McCall
Secretary in for $36,000 Peculation at Building and Loan
In Bucyrus Ohio D W Locke longtime secretary of the Bucyrus Building and Loan association resigned amid discovery of long standing financial irregularities. Authorities say shortages date back ten to twelve years and total about $36000 with Locke and associates providing security for full amount.
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Building & Loan Company
Bueyrus
Ohio
D. W. Locke
Bueyrus Building & Loan Association
Nominated Leader E G Lewis Indicted In Fraud Case In St Louis
St Louis December 2 E G Lewis a prominent financier is indicted by a federal grand jury on fraud and conspiracy charges related to his bank and magazine ventures Three collaborators F J Cavot and William E Miller are named The case covers bank promises and magazine oversales with allegations of conspiratorial fraud and government bond investment schemes It follows a federal fraud order against his bank and its receivership Fire Also Tops Chicago Rooming House Killing A blaze in a Wabash Avenue rooming house kills Mrs Mary Grigsby and injures others as residents jump from windows and fire crews swarm the scene
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Empire
St. Louis
E. G. Lewis
Federal Grand Jury
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People’s United States Bank
United States
Hass
Lew
F. J. Cavot
William E. Miller
Woman's Farm Journal
Woman's Magazine
Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Mary Grigsby
Democrats Nominate John Sharpe Williams for Speaker
Washington Dex reports the Democrats in the House unanimously nominate John Sharpe Williams of Mississippi for speaker. Williams urges harmonious party action and outlines policy opposing ship subsidies while supporting insurance and railroad rate legislation. He notes cooperative principles with a Republican president on railway rates does not justify abandoning Democratic aims.
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Washington
Dex
Democrats
House
John Sharpe Williams
Mississippi
Williams
Thief Claims Hunger Motive in English Lord Son Claim
Raciov December 2 James Leslie a law student was sentenced to a year in prison for stealing an overcoat and gloves. He said hunger drove him to theft and he may be the son of an English lord. Sacramento December 2 Harry Eldridge, prison breakout leader from Folsom who murdered Guard William Cotter, died on the gallows yesterday.
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Raciov
James Leslie
Tuday
Lestie
Sacramento
Cal
Dee
Harry Eldridge
Folsom
William Cotter
Prinow
Total dead in Lake Superior storms reaches 116 for year
The steel steam Ira H Owen is added to the lost list in Lake Superior. Its 19 crew members are believed dead. The year’s three storms bring total sailor fatalities to 116, with value for steel ships at 3,245,000 dollars and wooden ships at 322,000 dollars. Ashland, Wis reports wreckage near Michigan Island and Outer Island as the Owen disappeared after distress signals. The vessel, built in Cleveland in 1887, was insured for 10000.
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Chicago
Dee
Ira Ho Owen
Lake Superior
Great Lake
Ashland
Owen
Wis
MK. Chamberlain
William Siemens
Chamberlain
Michigan Island
Ira H. Owen
Outer Island
Apostle Group
H. Bo Nye
Nye
Cleveland
Made Agreement at Point of Bayonet
Private letters from Korea report the Korean emperor was forced by the Japanese into signing documents at the point of the bayonet. The emperor’s seal was affixed by others causing panic in the palace and several officials died by self harm. Increased Japanese surveillance has surrounded the palace for two weeks.
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Chefoo
Korea
Peking
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