Narrow escape as fire hits Sandringham Bed Chambers
A Thursday fire at Sandringham damaged two royal bedrooms after an electric wire ignited a beam between Miss Charlotte Knollys's room and the Queen's chamber. Queen Alexandra and Miss Knollys escaped in dressing gowns as water damage surpassed the fire. Sir Dighton Probyn led the response. King Edward stayed at Elveden.
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London
Sandringham
Queen Alexandra
Miss Knollys
King Edward
Lord Iveagh
Elveden
Suffolk
Charlotte Knollys
Her Majesty
Household Fire Brigade
Sir Dighton MacNaghten Probyn
Just Like Solomon: Pittsburg Magistrate Rules In Child Dispute
In a river boat case, Special Magistrate Vich enstain sought a Solomon precedent to decide which woman was the mother of a disputed infant. Angelina Williams claimed she left the child with Catherine Moore who refused to return it. The magistrate proposed splitting the child, but Williams stopped the plan and an accord favored her.
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Pittsburg
Vichenstain
King Solomon
Angelina Williams
Catherine Moore
Williams
Republicans pick Chicago for next national convention
Washington special says the Republican National Committee chose Chicago as the site for the next convention. The vote totals were Chicago 43, Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 1, with the meeting set for June 21 at noon.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
President names W S Buchanan minister to Panama
The President selects W. S. Buchanan of New York as the first United States minister to Panama. The State Department reports final steps completed for a permanent republican government in Panama.
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Washington
W. S. Buchanan
New York
United States
Panama
State Department
Dowie's First Suit Stirs Zion City Case in Lake County
John Alexander Dowie of Zion City files the first suit in Lake County circuit court against Frank Foster. The trespass action concerns telephone matters and details of the dispute are not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan, Il
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Lake County
Illinois
Frank Foster
Falls Church Man Ends Life in D C Hotel Mirror
Joseph Harrie Thidabeau aged 61 of Falls Church Virginia shot himself in the forehead in a Washington hotel. He stood before a mirror to fortify his belief that he was the victim of a conspiracy.
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Washington, D. C
Joseph Harrie Thidabeau
Falls Church
Thidabeau
Arsenic Mine in Operation Near Roanoke Virginia
A new arsenic mine began operation near Roanoke after the furnace at United States Arsenic Mines Company blasted into action. The company is capitalized at 1 million dollars and marks a significant development in the local mining industry.
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Roanoke
Are
United States
Brinton Fears Bloodshed If Closed Shop Persists
W B Brinton president of Peru Plow Company warned at the Illinois Manufacturers Association banquet that continuing the closed shop would bring bloodshed beyond the French Revolution era. He called the closed shop un-American and a death blow to individualism, arguing employers must hire freely or the United States’ commercial supremacy will end.
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Chicago
W. B. Brinton
Peru Plow Company
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Brinton
United States
Open switch disaster injures many rail passengers
At New Cumberland Junction a west bound Panhandle flyer crashes into a freight engine after an operator fails to throw a switch. Frank A. La Salle, an Indianapolis oil stock salesman, is killed. fifteen others injured, four from Indiana. The wreck, caused by the switch fault, destroys two mail cars and several cars. rescuers free victims after axes are used. La Salle's body taken to the Steubenville morgue.
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Steubenville
Frank A. LaSalle
Indianapolis
Indiana
New Cumberland Junction
LaSalle
Marion
G. J. Slater
la Salle
Salt Lake Flyman Joins Silence on Stage
James Mc Gregor aged 29 a master flyman at the Salt Lake Theater hanged himself from the fly gallery thirty feet above the stage as the J P Stoddard company prepared to begin a performance. The leading lady fainted and others reacted with panic.
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Salt Lake, Utah
James McGregor
Salt Lake Theater
J. P. Stoddard
McGregor
A Traveling School of Courtship in Indiana
Mrs. Julia E. Work plans a traveling school of courtship to pair orphan girls raised in her Plymouth institution with husbands. She has outlined her home-making system and expresses confidence in its success for next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Plymouth
Julia E. Work
Work
Mrs Soffel Is Freed From Western Penitentiary
Mrs Katherine Soffel wife of the Allegheny county jail warden who aided in the Biddle brothers jailbreak is liberated from the Western Penitentiary after twenty months served for her role in the sensational escape.
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Soffel
Liberty
Pittsburg
Katherine Soffel
Allegheny County
Biddle Brothers
Western Penitentiary
Spain Will Not Exhibit at St Louis Exposition
Madrid cab inet council decided Spain would not participate in the St Louis exposition due to insufficient time to complete preparations.
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Madrid
Spain
Bowen helps Venezuela Colombia move toward renewed diplomacy
Through the efforts of Herbert W. Bowen the American minister to Venezuela Venezuela and Colombia approach a diplomatic agreement renewing relations.
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Washington
Herbert W. Bowen
Venezuela
Colombia
Nordica Seeks Divorce From Hungarian Tenor Husband
Lillian Nordica the renowned soprano has filed suit for divorce from Zoltain Dome, her husband, a young Hungarian tenor. The case, filed in New York, highlights a high profile separation involving a world famous artist and her private spouse.
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New York
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Zoltain Dome
Petticoat Makers Form New York Union Demanding Higher Wages
In New York a group of about two thousand women employed as petticoat makers formed a union and pressed for a general wage increase. The move reflects growing labor organization among garment workers.
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New York
Disastrous Sunday Wrecks Kill Five In Iowa
Ottumwa special reports five killed and ten injured when a westbound passenger train derailed near Albia on the Chicago Burlington & Quincy line. A child perished burned on a bridge girder as cars and bridge caught fire after the derailment and crash.
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Ottumwa
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Albia Ia
Cedar Creek
Mildred Mitchen
W. E. Mitchen
Kitchell
Des Moines
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Adel Fa
Forceps Reported In Old Surgical Case Death in Indiana
Dr I B Washburn of Rensselaer Indiana died in a private Valparaiso hospital after a recent operation by Dr Loring of the Kankakee Valley Medical Association. A seven inch rusted forceps was found embedded near the liver from a two year old surgery. Washburns son a physician claims the instrument caused the death and notes his fathers service in the 1872 Indiana Legislature.
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Hammond
Ind
I. B. Washburn
Rensselaer
Valparaiso
Washburn
Loring
Kankakee Valley Medical Association
Indiana
Cincinnati Boss George Cox Returns From Washington
George Cox, Cincinnati's leading Republican, returned from Washington claiming Senator Hanna said he was not a presidential candidate and would not accept the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee.
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Cincinnati
George Cox
Washington
Hanna
Republican National Committee
Rear Admiral Gherardi Dies in Stratford Residence
Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi retired and long time Stratford resident died Thursday after a period of nephritis following diabetes. He had lived in Stratford since his 1894 retirement from active service.
Forty six tons let go in Manila quarry blast
A blast at an Atlantic and Pacific Company quarry near Manila Bay killed three Americans and seven natives. Among the dead were Joseph Law, the superintendent, and Thomas Strader, the engineer.
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Manila
Atlantic & Pacific Company
Marvbeles
Manila Bay
Joseph Law
Thomas Strader
Shortage of baptisms in Milwaukee church almanac shows decline
The Living Church Annual reports a 50 percent drop in infant baptisms over fourteen years while communicants rise, signaling a troubling trend in Milwaukee churches.
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Milwaukee
Living Church
Concealed Sex to Work as Teamster in Des Moines
Des Moines special report states Mrs Lydia Whitaker of Cedar Falls confessed Thursday to disguising her sex and identity. She wore men s clothing to support her aged parents and worked as a teamster.
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Des Moines
Lydia Whitaker
Cedar Falls
Senate takes steps in Smoot case in Washington
Senate privileges and elections committee outlined a policy on Reed Smoot of Utah amid protests over his seat. Smoot will be asked to answer charges before further action. The polygamist claim is by John T. Leilich and 18 Utah citizens, evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, signed the other charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Smoot
Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Reed Smoot
Utah
John T. Leilich
Yale Forestry School building gutted by fire loss
A fire gutted the Yale University Forestry School building in New Haven Connecticut early Friday morning causing about 10000 dollars in damage to the structure and destroying many irreplaceable plant and tree specimens.
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New Haven, Conn
Yale University
Forestry School
Cabinet Has No Intention to Augment Forces at Isthmus
Washington report states the administration does not plan to send troops to the Panama Isthmus now. General Bell was chosen to lead but neither Roosevelt nor Hay approved. Moody advises ships and marines there can protect U S interests. Panama elections set for January 15. Bunau Varilla visits diplomats.
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Washington
Panama
Franklin Bell
Roosevelt
Hay
Moody
United States
War Department
Colombia
Bell
M. Bunanarilla
Associated Press
New Republic
M. Bunau-Varilla
Cassini
Adrift on an Ice Cake Tragedy on Lake Aldawampsett
Harry Haskins aged 22 and Frank Allen aged 26 were swept more than half a mile from shore on a broken ice cake on Lake Aldawampsett in Middleboro Massachusetts. S A Lewis rowed out to rescue them but the boat swamped in a squall and both men drowned while Lewis survived by clinging to the craft.
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Middleboro
Mass
Aldawampsett
Harry Haskins
Frank Allen
S. A. Lewis
Lewis
Ambitious Ohio Youth Trips Up Bank Robber in Hoboken
A 19 year old youth from Youngstown Ohio attempted a bold daylight robbery at the First National Bank of Hoboken. He fled into the Hudson River but was captured when a tugboatman cast a lasso around his neck and hauled him aboard.
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New York
First National Bank of
Guantanamo Occupied as US Naval Station
Four hundred United States marines and 300 bluejackets landed at Guantanamo Bay on Thursday to establish a U S naval station. The station ship was installed and both Cuban and American flags were saluted with twenty one guns.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
United States Naval Station
Italy Aims High for Regenerated Nation and Middle Class
The treasury minister closed his report by stating the government seeks a regenerated Italy and a contented middle class from rural proprietors to form a powerful bulwark against the rising tide of socialist collectivism.
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Rome
Treasury
Italy
Whiskey Raid Seizes Tillman Farm Still in South Carolina
A force of dispensary constables led by Chief Cureton raided a blockade distillery Sunday in Greenwood county. The still was found on Piney Woods place, a plantation owned by United States Senator B. H. Tillman in Tillman’s Farm, Columbia.
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Columbia
S. C
Chief Cureton
Greenwood County
Piney Woods Place
United States
B. H. Tillman
Hold-Up Tragedy in Chicago Saloon on Princeton Avenue
Anton Nieseler was shot dead and John Tempel was badly wounded during a Sunday night holdup at Tempel's saloon at 2331 Princeton avenue. Two highwaymen attempted the robbery following a struggle, with one escaping. Police investigations underway.
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Chicago
Anton Nieseler
John Tempel
Princeton Avenue
Rothschild Heir Focus After Baron Arthur’s Death
Baron Arthur de Rothschild dies of heart disease in Monte Carlo. Baron Henri de Rothschild arrives Sunday morning and is believed principal heir to an estate estimated at 16 million dollars.
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Rothschild
Monte Carlo
Arthur de Rothschild
Baron Henri de Rothschild
Congress Adapts To Holiday Recess Amid Fast-Track Work
Washington report states the majority party plans a holiday adjournment Saturday or Monday with the recess likely through January 4 or 5. A special session earlier advanced House business by four weeks, though leaders anticipated more bills before recess. The pensions appropriation bill advances. other major measures face continued delay.
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Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
House
Murdered Woman Elizabeth Gillespie Laid To Rest
Elizabeth Gillespie was buried in Rising Sun Indiana after a funeral attended by hundreds from the surrounding area. Her family’s absence drew comment while authorities push the murder case with a grand jury sharing expectations of indictments in coming days.
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Rising Sun
Ind
James Gillespie
Byron Barbour
Elizabeth Gillespie
Moros End Slavery Proposal in Moroland
Major General Leonard Wood announces an anti slavery law in Moroland, passed by the Moro provinces legislative council last October. He proposes settling Moros on lands assigned by the sultan and dattos with rentals funding the dattos, and urges Governor Taft to implement the plan.
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Manila
Leonard Wood
Moroland
Legislative Council
Dattos
Wood
Taft
Haskett Slashes Throat to Flee Capture in Aroma
Elwood Indiana report says John Haskett a 27 year old fugitive from horse stealing cut his throat from ear to ear at his brother William Haskett’s Aroma home at 6 am Saturday. Officers reached the scene five minutes too late finding him dying, death instant.
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Elwood
Ind
John Haskett
William Haskett
Race to bring incubator for world’s smallest baby in Pueblo
In Pueblo Colorado a race of 2006 miles among express companies is mounted to save the life of an infant believed to be the smallest in the world. Doctors say the child’s fate hinges on delivering an incubator by Saturday, with funds raised by public subscription.
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Pueblo
Colo
Bryan Sees the Pope in Private Audience
William Jennings Bryan and his son met the Pope in a private audience on Sunday. The Pope spoke with interest about Catholics in the United States and Bryan praised the Pontiff's kind bearing after the visit.
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Rome
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Bryan
Warships Paint Black in Chinese Waters
A Daily Telegraph dispatch reports Russian and Japanese warships now in Chinese waters have been painted black as their war color. The correspondent notes this common signaling practice amid tensions in the region.
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London
A_ dispatch
Daily Telegraph
Far East
Russia
Japan
Beet Sugar Deal at Lamar Colorado Factory to Cost Million
Henry E. Oxnard for the American Beet Sugar Company accepted Lamar Beet Sugar Company acreage and signed contracts with over 400 growers to plant more than 6,000 acres of beets for five years. The Lamar factory will be the largest in Colorado, with an estimated cost of $1,000,000.
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Lamar, Colo
Henry E. Oxnard
American Beet Sugar Company
Lamar Beet Sugar Company
Lamar
Colorado
Merger of Telephone Companies In Illinois and Midwest
Final arrangements were made Thursday to form the Interstate Telephone Association into a single company. The amalgamation covers over 4,000 independent firms across Illinois Wisconsin Kentucky Missouri Iowa Indiana Pennsylvania Nebraska Minnesota Ohio and Michigan with property valued at more than 200 million dollars.
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Chicago
Interstate Telephone Association
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Missouri
Iowa
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Minnesota
Ohio
Michigan
Army Chief Says Col Jones Misrepresents Views on Germany War
Honolua cable reports Col Jones of the Hawaiian militia quoted Maj Gen MacArthur predicting a US Germany war with key Pacific theater. MacArthur denies the remarks, arguing German interests grow in the Americas, Monroe Doctrine pressures rise, and Hawaii’s islands must be secured before any Pacific coast attack. He urges federal strength to deter any invasion.
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Honolua
Jones
Garter
Territory of
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
MacArthur
United States Army
United States
Germany
Pacific Ocean
Honolulu
Spain
South America
Pacific States
Pacific
South American
England
Czech Deputy Klofach to Visit U S for Nazi Propaganda
Vienna reports that the radical Czech deputy Klofach plans a trip to the United States to propagate National Socialist ideas. The move signals continued influence efforts abroad amid growing tensions over fascist networks.
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Vienna
Klofach
United States
Local Gasoline Prices Across Towns Noted
Report lists station prices in several towns with varied per gallon rates. Tjona and Petrolea show higher figures while Ragland and North Lima hover near sixty to seventy cents in the compilation.
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Tjona
Pennsylvania
Newcastle
Corning
Whitehouse
Petrolea
North Lima
South Lima
Indiana
Somerset
S. Neadosha
N. Neadosha
Corsicana
Ragland
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