Caruso Bail Battle and Opera Comeback Hint
New York judge signs order allowing appeal from a magistrate ruling in Enrico Caruso’s case over alleged misconduct in Central Park. Caruso remains on nominal bail. a date for trial is not set. Caruso to sing in La Bohème Wednesday unless illness or protests intervene.
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New York
O'Sullivan
Court of General Sessions
Enrico Caruso
Philly
Central Park
Jerome
Dittendoerfer
Caruso
Herr Conried
Rudolfo
Mme. Sembrich
Mimi
Central Park Monkey House
Chorus Singers’ Union
Seven Hurt At Auto Race At Point Breeze
Seven spectators were injured, two seriously, when steering gear failed in a 50 mile race at Point Breeze. The car crashed through the rail as spectators fell. In Detroit, Charles F. Tonstead of Oxford, Michigan, a noted manufacturer, died after being crushed in an automobile accident Saturday night.
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Detroit
Philadelphia
Point Breeze
Charles F. Tonstead
Oxford
Mich
Red Cross Elects Officers Annual Illinois Meeting
The Illinois Red Cross annual meeting was held at the Chicago Historical Society building with Governor Deneen presiding. All officers were re elected: President Charles I. Denesa. Vice Presidents Archbishop James E. Quigley Lambert Tree Robert T. Lincoln Dr Frank W Gunsaulus Judge J Otis Humphrey and President Edmund J. James Dr BE Hirsch. Treasurer Orson Smith Secretary Honore Palmer Acting Secretary C H Rayell.
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Illinois Society
Historical
Chicago
Illinois Red Cross
Chicago Historical Society
Deneen
Charles I. Denesa
James E. Quigley
Lambert Tree
Robert T. Lincoln
Frank W. Gunsaulus
J. Otis Humphrey
Edmund J. James
BE. G. Hirsch
Orson Smith
Honore Palmer
C. H. Rayell
Government investigation debated over Niagara water diversion
Washington November 26 Secretary Taft interrupted arguments by J Horace Mc Farland opposing Niagara river water diversion for power noting no reflections on Army Engineers. The proceedings followed criticisms of Captain Kunz reports for the war department. In Herkimer New York a murder trial heard Dr O A Douglas testify Grace Brown died from injuries before her body entered Big Moose Lake. Douglas described bruises and lung conditions while cross examining. The tennis racket evidence was discussed and a blood clot found on the brain noted as causing death by concussion or shock.
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Washington
Taft
Corps of Army Engineers
J. Horace McFarland
American Civic Association of Philadelphia
Niagara River
Canada
United States
Pound
McFarland
Charles W. Kunz
Corps of Engineers
War Department
Herkimer
N. Y
O. A. Douglas
Gillette
Grace Brown
Big Moose Lake
Douglas
Cambridge
Nagle
H. D. Blakemore
Rock Island County
Josephine Collett
Carl Brady
Blakemore
Robber Truehart ID in Glasgow train hold up
A California man named Truehart robbed an Alton train near Glasgow Missouri, getting about $2,000 and watches. Passengers recovered the goods and the engineer identified him as the man from an earlier Rock Island train holdup near Glasgow. He says his brother committed the earlier crime.
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Kansas
City
Alton
Glasgow
Truehart
California
Rock Island
Higgins Denies Interference In Patrick Case
Governor Higgins refutes rumors of promising or intimating a commutation for Albert T. Patrick. Patrick’s lengthy legal battle ends with life imprisonment likely, as his fate appears to be decided by the federal judiciary and potential final action before Higgins leaves office.
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Higgins
Albert T. Patrick
Albany
N. Y
United States Supreme Court
New York
Outlaw Band Detained as Cubans Nab Eight Americans
Secretary Taft received a Havana dispatch noting eight men from Ceinfuegos were captured by rural guards under Captain Landa and brought to Cienfuegos after disarming. Governor Magoon reported the band’s arrest and that disorder on the island has largely disappeared with stable conditions across Cuba.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Magoon
Havanna
Landa
Cienfuegos
Havana
Cienfugzos
Ruis
Cuba
Canvass shows Illinois vote totals and state officers
Illinois official canvass released today lists State treasurer results with Smulski winning the Republican 1544 vote, Democrat 984, Allin 88 for Prohibition, MacDermitt 42 Socialist, Francis 3 Social Labor 3,757. Also noted is news that King George of Greece will visit the Pope this afternoon after trampling reports. the king and his daughter travel from Italy, escorted to the Vatican and greeted by the papal court in a brief audience lasting about thirty minutes.
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Springfield
Illinois
Smulski
Republic
Emocrat
Allin
MacDermitt
Francis Social Labor
Rome
Navy
George
Greece
Italy
Vatican
Berkshire Cotton mill orders 5 percent wage rise
Adams Massachusetts November 26 2500 employees of the Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company will receive a five percent increase in their wages announced today the raise affecting a large portion of the plant workers and signaling improved labor conditions in the region.
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Adams
Mass
Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company
Coal supply safe for millennia say scientists
Washington officials of the geological survey state the United States has ample coal remaining for 4,900 to 5,000 years, with production through 1905 totaling about 5.97 billion short tons. They caution against alarm over future fuel needs while noting rising past output and consumption.
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Washington, NoNy
Geological Survey
United States
Washington Burns Out On Visit To Capital Route
President Roosevelt aboard the battleship Louwna as it neared Cape Henry at 9 this morning. The cruiser Washington was reported disabled but later said to be advancing. Louisiana and Tennessee moved up Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads respectively. A dispatch from Captain Adams said the Washington’s starboard engine was stopped due to brass issues but no serious damage occurred. The president expected to reach Washington this evening.
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Cape Henry
Louwna
Roosevelt
Capes
Tennessee
Washington
Louisiana
Chesapeake Bay
Hampton Roads
Navy de
Miner Siege After Card Game Shooting Ends in Mine Standoff
In Linton Indiana Louis Shulley fatally wounded William Watson during a card game and then holed up with a shotgun and ammunition in the Tower Hill coal mine. By noon today 300 miners could not report for work and authorities feared further violence. Officials hoped to starve Shulley into surrender.
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Linton
Ind
Louis Shulley
William Watson
Tower Hill
Shulley
Chinese threaten American mission at Canton incident
Advices from Canton report renewed anti missionary feeling at Lienchow where property has been pillaged. The American consul has asked the viceroy to enforce protection for missionaries and property.
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Lienchow
Hongkong
Canton
Carnegie Gift for 20 Enoch Pratt Library Branches in Baltimore
Baltimore accepts a $500,000 gift via General James A. Gary to fund twenty new branches of the Enoch Pratt free library. The city must provide sites and sustain free libraries with annual costs not less than ten percent of construction expenses.
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Baltimore
James A. Gary
Andrew Carnegie
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Credit Men Feast at Davenport Outing Club
The Tri-City Credit Men's Association held its fifth annual banquet at the Davenport Outing Club with a business session and President Noth addressing attendees. J W Welch of the city spoke as toasts were given. In St Louis a marriage occurred next to Lord Barrington’s confinement as Lieutenant Ellis Miller and Wilhelmina Grace Cochrane wed after license.
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Tri-City Association
Davenport
Tri-City Credit Men's Association
Noth
J. W. Welch
City
Barrington
St. Louis
Ellis Miller
United States Marine Corps
Iowa Falls
Iowa
Wilhelmina Grace Cochrane
F. Seymour Barrington
Clayton
James P. McCann
Blakemore on Stand Faces Limits as Evidence Fails
H D Blakemore testifies to contrast in stories but evidence is barred, prompting debate over narrative differences. In other section, a warship has suffered a burn, drawing attention to maritime incident details and potential investigations.
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H. D. Blakemore
Desertion Rates Rise in U S Army and Naval Threats
Cambridge report notes Nagle case near verdict while Algeciras burns with 500 aboard. three presumed dead. Desertion in U S Army climbs to 6 258 in year ending June 30, 1906, highest in field artillery. whites higher than blacks. leniency urged by General Ainsworth.
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Rew
Ainsworth
Interurban Car Test Runs Into Galva Amid Incomplete Line
Galva hosted its first interurban car Saturday on a test run from Kewanee. The line is not finished within Galva limits and the feed wire remains unstrung. Several details must be completed before opening, but work is being rushed with all possible speed.
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Galva
Kewanee
College Girl Is Guilty Pleads to Forgery at Monmouth
Elsie Jacobs, formerly a college girl, pleaded guilty in Knox County Circuit Court at Galesburg to forging a $5,000 bank note in Monmouth. She plans to submit a full confession for the board of pardons, possibly yielding a lighter sentence.
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Elsie Jacobs
Monmouth
Circuit Court of
Knox County
Galesburg
Board of Pardons
Davidson Smashes Record With 4 Feet High Jump
J F Davidson, reigning world high jump record holder at 3 feet 10 inches, cleared 4 feet at the roller skating rink Saturday night. A large crowd watched his exhibition including a broad jump over eight chairs. He plans a mile relay race against three men this evening.
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J. F. Davidson
Son Kills Father After a Robbery near Glasford
Peoria Illinois November 26 Deputy Ford and a posse trail Ed Clifford after he fatally shot his father Isaac Clifford on a cabin boat near Glasford twenty miles south of Peoria. Two farmers heard the shot and saw the son flee into the woods. Robbery of four Mapleton houses yielded more than $500 in money watches and jewelry. Mud tracks point to the Clifords and a quarrel over the division of the wealth sparked the fatal act.
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Peoria
Ford
Ed Clifford
Isaac Clifford
Glasford
Illinois River
Mapleton
Phi Delta Theta Meets at White House Visit
The Phi Delta Theta fraternity opens its national convention in Washington Nev with a banquet smoker theater party and Mount Vernon trip planned. President Roosevelt will receive the fraternity at the White House on Saturday. Crater walls collapse at Mount Vesuvius near Pompeii in Naples with cinders and smoke. no eruption danger per Professor Matteiucci.
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White House
Washington
Nev
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Mount Vernon
Roosevelt
Naples
Mount Vesuviis
Pompeii
Matteucci
Royal Observatory
Mount Vesuvius
Postage stamps to bear names of presidential postoffices
Washington Nov 26 Postage stamps of the 1907 issue will show the state and city of the postoffice on the face. Officials say the change will aid in preventing postoffice robberies and aid in tracing criminals, citing a Chicago theft where $100000 in small denomination stamps vanished and a $5000 mail order proved hard to trace.
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Washingtonm
Postoffice Department
Chicago
United States
Illustrated Rome lecture by Rev Marquis at Broadway Church
Rev W S Marquis will present an illustrated lecture titled An Evening In Rome at Broadway Presbyterian Church next Friday evening. Miss E Leona RePine will precede with a musical program including selections from oratorio and opera and songs in a lyrical recital.
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W. S. Marquis
Broadway Church
Miss RePine
Rome
Broadway Presbyterian Church
E. Leona RePine
M RePine
Miss Perry
School of
Galesburg
Jubal
Joshua
Buey
Barowski Gebet der
Elizabeth
Chadwick
Mulder
Express firm workers get ten percent wage advance
Local employees of the Adams Express company have been informed of a 10 percent wage increase effective December 1. Other express firms are said to have followed suit, but workers here have not yet seen tangible proof of similar actions.
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Adams Express
Adams Express Company
German Drama Is a Given at Davenport Theater
The Davenport German Theatrical company presented Der Weisse Rabe by Leon Trefow last evening at Turner hall and the house was well filled. Buffalo Prairie couple wed in Muscatine Rev W P Stoddard officiating T M Mahaffey and Anna G Barton will reside at Buffalo Prairie. New jury reports filed in circuit court Judge Gest spent most of the afternoon addressing excuses and the panel was dismissed for the day.
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Davenport Company
Leon Trefow
Turner Hall
Davenport German Theatrical Company
Buffalo Prairie
T. M. Mahaffey
Anna G. Barton
Muscatine
W. P. Stoddard
Circuit Court
Gest
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Baker
Monkey House
Dittenhoefer
RED Cross
Secretary of War
Herkimer, N. Y
Civic Assn
Niagara
Cross
Kansas City
Outlaw Band
Pope
Piotrowski
Indiana
Carnegie
William Nagle
U. S. Army
Adair Pleasants
H. A. Weld
Toulon
Algeciras
Owe
Patrie
la Hire
Kewanee Line
PHI Delta Theta
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