Chinese Emperor Death Rumors and Regency Moves
Peking dispatches report two imperial edicts naming Prince Chun regent and Fu Wei heir presumptive amid ongoing uncertainty over the emperor's death. Reports say the dowager empress is gravely ill, with delays in official confirmation as news circulates from Peking to Washington. Concurrently, labor convention coverage notes figures seeking federation and mine posts, and women activists outlining roles in labor movements and consumer advocacy.
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Pekin
Prince Chun
Fu Wei
Peking
China
Gompers Vows Fight Sherman Law Change At Labor Meet
Denver reports at the American Federation of Labor convention show President Samuel Gompers thanking speakers and warning that Congress may attempt to amend the Sherman antitrust law to harm labor. He pledged to oppose any such move in Washington. John Mitchell signals he will seek reelection as UMWA president, replacing Thomas Lewis after Lewis announced his plans.
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Denver
Col
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Congress
Gompers
Home Missions Up Before Methodists
Topeka Kansas bishops and laymen at the United States Method Episcopal church annual Home Missions meeting considered a $900,110 appropriation for Amesea mission work with a request for $1.5 million for the church. Funds would target frontier posts and city slums.
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Topeka
Kan
Navy
United States
Method Episcopal Church
Home Missions Society
Amesea
Certiorari Wait to Be Asked of High Court
Washington reports prolonged conferences at the department of justice over the Chicago circuit court of appeals refusal to reshear the Standard Oil case. It was decided to apply to the US Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari when it reconvenes on Monday, November 20, to review the appeals court action. The move follows changes in the appellate opinion and a separate concurring view by Judge Baker. The necessary papers will be prepared without delay.
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Washington
Department of Justices
Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Standard Oil
Jadge Landis
United States
Suparer Court
Biparte
Hoyl
Sims
J. J. Wilkerson
Supreme Court
Mulcted in $1,000. Judge Fines Street Mashing Suspect
In St Louis Judge Daniel O'Connell Tracey fined Harry C. Wood of Seymour Indiana $1,000 for accosting a woman and a 14 year old girl with insulting language near their homes. The judge says he is determined to rid the city of mashers. Also, New York reports Lincoln centenary committee asks school superintendents nationwide to have Lincoln's Gettysburg Address read to students at noon February 12, the 100th anniversary of his birth.
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Tracey
St. Louis
Daniel O'Connell
Harry C. Wood
Seymour
Ind
C. Ty Schroeder
Gertie Purcelli
Wood
Lincoln
New York
United States
Zeppelin plans airship pole voyage from Sweden
Zurich reports the Zeppelin Air ship company led by Count Zeppelin plans a polar trip by dirigible. An airship will be built for the voyage with a start from northern Sweden. Details are not yet worked out but the team is enthusiastic about overcoming obstacles. In another note, Liverpool reports about 2000 sailors refitting the Mauretania hull and propellers for the rest of the year.
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Zurich
Zeppelin Airship Company
Count Zeppelin
North Pole
Sweden
Liverpool
Mauretania
Meeting of German leaders over future policy declared
Berlin reports indicate Chancellor von Buelow will meet Emperor William at Kiel next Monday to align on future policies and ensure the chancellor can remain in office. The emperor accepts the tone of the Reichstag declarations urging restraint in utterances to avoid political disruption.
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Berlin
von Buelow
Emperor William
Kiel
Reichstag
Buelow
Mrs Allen F Read Is Seriously Ill
Denver reports Mrs Allen F Read, who threatened another woman with dynamite, remains critically ill after a recent escalation. Her husband and her physician corroborate the grave condition as authorities note potential prison or mental hospital implications.
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Allen F. Read
Denver
Col
Genevieve Chandler Phipps
Armstrong
Fire destroys Alliance dairy homestead. four children killed
Pittsburg dispatch reports early today a blaze gutted the home of J. H. Wampfler, a dairyman at East Alliance Ohio. Four children perished in the fire and Wampfler was badly burned.
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East Alliance
Ohio
Burns
Pittsburg
J. H.wampfier
Wamipfler
Austrian Officials Son Found After Six Years
Los Angeles reports reveal the long lost son of Dr. Joseph Loewy privy councilor to Emperor Franz Joseph as Austrian. An advertisement in San Francisco papers prompted a response. He left home over six years ago at a venturesome age disliking home life and later army. after London he drifted to California where trace was lost.
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California
Los Angeles
Joseph Loewy
Franz Joseph
Oa Cal
Sancisco
Loewy
London
America
Merchants Ordered to Remove Goods From Custom Houses
In Caracas and La Guaira the colonial authorities demand immediate removal of all merchandise from customs and payment of duties as the Netherlands government revokes Castro's transshipment decree. Trade stagnation follows in the Venezuelan port region amid mounting defense preparations and feared crisis.
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Caracas
la Guaira
Holland
Venezuela
Castro
Ucas
Europe
Appointment of Colonel Torney as surgeon general
Washington November 13 The secretary of war announced the appointment of Colonel George N Torney as surgeon general of the army to succeed Surgeon General R M O Reilly. Torney currently heads the general hospital in San Francisco and the vacancy will occur January 14.
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R. M. O'Reilly
Army
Washington
George N. Torney
R. M. O’reilly
Torney
General Hospital
San Francisco
Hindu uprising influences diplomacy and colonial stance
Dispatches from aris report Hindu unrest in India shaping British and French diplomacy. War ministry notes Indian outbreak scope is unclear as authorities assess the revolutionary effect and possible implications for colonial governance and foreign policy.
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England
Aris
India
China
War Office
Chicago Woman Plots Matricide For Estate Gain
Chicago police reveal Miss Mae L Otis plotted to murder her mother for about 7080 dollars in assets. She paid 100 cash and signed a 2400 note to hire killers, and visited a private detective head to confirm her mother's estate. Detectives posed as conspirators, and the plot aimed at securing the life insurance, mortgages, and cash assets.
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Chicago
Mae Otis
O’brien
Miss Otis
Sarah Otis
Manston
Wis
Smith
Walnut Street
Kline Optical Company
State Street
Vinit
Keystone Detective Agency
LaSalle Street
Robert C. Stolman
Mr. Stoltman
Coroner’s Report Presented to Lampheer Jury
An Associated Press style note claims the coroner’s report was shown to the Lampheer jury and that authentic reports describe widespread Hindu agitation across the country with bloodshed. It asserts England tries to suppress news to prevent unrest in Turkey.
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Adian
Nuch
Dng
England
Turkey
Lamphere murder trial opens with coroner report admitted
LaPorte Indiana November 13 1907 the Lamphere trial began with the coroner Mack testifying about finding four bodies two adults and three children in the ruins of Belle Gunness house. The jury heard the coroner describe bone fragments a jaw and a burned cloth while cross examination raised questions about weight and cause of injuries. State's Attorney Smith opened detailing expected proofs and denied motives of malice or spleen. Continued on Page Four.
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LaPorte, Ind
Lamphere
Richter
Mack
LaPorte
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Berle Gunness
Smith
Belle Gunness
Mine Disaster At Radbod Mine Claims More Lives
Hamm Westphalia November 13. Rescue operations to reach the men buried in the Radbod mine after yesterday’s fire damp explosion have not been renewed. Authorities estimate 860 miners remain below ground with little hope of rescue as shafts and galleries are walled to choke the fire. Thirty more bodies were recovered this morning.
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Hamm
Westphalia
Sherman and Taft Plan Golf Wary Exchange in Virginia
In Hot Springs Virginia November 13 President-elect Taft and Vice President-elect Sherman met on the veranda of the Homestead hotel. Sherman said he came to rest and play for a week. Sherman played golf with William L Ward while Taft did not yet arrange a round. Both men expressed a desire to play the other.
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Hot Springs
Taft
Sherman
Virginia
Mr. Taft
Homestead Hotel
Mr. Sherman
William L. Ward
New York
Receivers Appointed for Municipal Traction and Cleveland Railway
Federal Judge Taylor appointed F. A. Scott and Warren A. Bickner receivers for the Municipal Traction company and the Cleveland Railway company in Cleveland. Each must post a $100,000 bond. The receivers promise the lowest possible rate with good service, with Taylor to resolve all pending questions.
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Cleveland
Taylor
F. A. Scott
Warren A. Bickner
Municipal Traction Company
Cleveland Railway Company
Fire follows departure at Park Theater in Brooklyn
A fire broke out less than an hour after a large audience left the Park theater in Brooklyn. The historic playhouse burned to ruins within an hour, with Mrs. Mary Spooner and several company members inside but uninjured. Loss estimated at 125000 dollars.
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Brooklyn
New York
Park Theater
Brooklyn Playhouse
Mary Spooner
Spooner Stock Company
Army to test machine gun company in regular units
Washington reports Secretary Wright proposes creating a machine gun company for infantry and cavalry as an experiment if Congress approves. Six guns per company to be manned by women, expanding army by about 2,500 enlisted personnel and 130 to 135 officers. In St Louis, General Granville M. Dodge was reelected president of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee.
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Congress
Washington
Wright
Dodge
St. Louis
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Granville M. Dodge
Cornelius Cable
A. H. Vandyke
MISSING WEATHER BUREAU CHIEF FOUND IN ASYLUM
Professor Mark W Harrington former chief of the United States Weather Bureau who vanished near Washington on November 3 has been found In an asylum at Morris Plains New Jersey. George S Terry has been appointed to succeed him as assistant treasurer of the United States and Harrington is now identified as a hopeless mental wreck.
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New York
Mark W. Harrington
George S. Terry
Hamilton United States Weather Bureau
Washington
Jerse
United Sey Asylum For the
Morris States
Plains
Hamilton Fish
Veteran Missouri Judge Dead
Kansas City reports the death of Jackson J L Smith aged 71 who served sixteen years as a judge on the Missouri court of appeals dying at his home this morning.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Jackson JL. Smith
Missouri Court of Appeals
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John Mitchell
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Liman
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