Suffering After Sea Collision Leaves Ten Survivors
Ten survivors remain from the Mannasseta after a gale collision sank the Louise Creary and Frank Palmer. Of twenty five aboard across both schooners, ten drowned and five died of exposure. The Palmer crew saved eight others before drifting in a lifeboat. Weather caused extreme cold and several men jumped overboard. two died in the boat and were cast into the sea. The rescue boat drifted until Sunday and more may die.
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Scripp-McRae Press Assn
Boston
Mass
Mannasseta
Louise Creary
Frank Palmer
Retirement of Secretary Root Seen Likely
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Root will retire in a few months. Rumors say President will appoint Governor Taft as successor after Cuban independence peace in the Philippines and army reforms have progressed.
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Scripps-McRae Press
Ssn
Washington
Root
Taft
Philippines
Mass Train Crash in Martinez Claims Twenty Three Dead
At least twenty three people died after the Stockton train rear ended the Owl train on the Southern Pacific near Martinez. Several more are in critical condition, and an official inquiry into brake failure has begun. The unidentified dead include a sailor, two Chinese individuals, and a Japanese woman with child.
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Scripp-McRae Press Assn
Martinez
Cal
Stockton
Owl
Southern Pacific
Members to Dance at Ritchie Tent Christmas Night
Ritchie Tent No. 152 of the Knights of the Maccabees will host an entertainment and dance at the Assembly hall on Christmas night for its members and friends.
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Ritchie
Assembly Hall
Rear Admiral Wilds Ordered Home After Medical Survey
Washington December 22 The Navy Department reports Rear Admiral Wilds second in command of the Asiatic Squadron has been condemned by a medical survey and ordered home.
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Scripps-McRae Press Assn
Washington
Navy Department
Wilds
Vanderbilt Heir Improves. Recovery Seen Today
Physicians attending Cornelius Vanderbilt report he is very much improved and has better recovery chances than at any time during the past week. The news comes from Scripps-Mi cRae Press Association in New York dated December 22.
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Vanderbilt
Scripps-McRae Press Assn
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Roosevelt and family arrive in Washington from Rapidan
President Roosevelt and his family reached Washington today after a weekend at Rapidan Virginia where they spent Sunday.
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Sv Scripps-MecRae Press Assn
Washington
Roosevelt
Rappidan
Italy to Join Venezuelan Blockade Also Germany Notice
Washington dispatch reports the State Department received formal notice that Italy will participate in the Venezuelan blockade. A separate notice from Germany concerns the eastern Venezuelan coast blockade.
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Scripps-McRae Press Assn
Washington
State Department
Italy
Germany
Missing Reed Feared Dead After Horse Found In Creek Near Otterville
Edgar Reed, a Chicago Portrait Co salesman, is believed drowned after a horse matching his drove was found in Flat Creek south of Otterville Missouri. His father Baxter Reed of Lamonte was notified and Sedalia residents recall Reed as a widely known 24 year old who recently lived near Sedalia.
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Lamonte
Edgar Reed
Flat Creek
Otterville
Rue
Reed
Chicago Portrait Company
Chicago
Prayer Ser
Baxter Reed
Mr. Reed
Sedalia
State Department delaying Venezuelan mediation reply
Washington said the foreign allies formal reply to the administration's proposal has not arrived. Until that comes the president's formal reply to the suggestion that he act as arbitrator will be withheld. All exchanges to date have been formal.
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Washington
State Department
Roosevelt
Missouri Pacific Colorado Flyer Wreck Near Ramoul
The Missouri Pacific Colorado flyer derailed in a corn field near Ramoul last night. The engine and all coaches except one left the track. several passengers were slightly hurt. The mail car burned and spreading rails are blamed for the accident.
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Publishers’ Press Assn
Paola
Kas
Missouri Pacific
Colorado Flyer
Ramoul
Fire destroys Knoxville business district killing two
A morning blaze at the Knoxville Pants company building caused $325000 damage in the core business district. Two men are reported dead and still buried in the ruins. The blaze also destroyed The Brown Wholesale Hardware The David Commission House Cates Wholesale Liquor Broyle Mc Clelland Lackey Farm Implement firms and several smaller concerns.
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Scripp-McRae Press Assn
Knoxville
Tenn
Knoxville Pants Company
Brown Wholesale Hardware Company
David Commission House
Cates Wholesale Liquor Company
Broyle, McClelland
Carpenter Kills Wife In Drunken Fury In Akron
Bartsour a carpenter shot and killed his wife after driving her from home and beating his son when she attempted to reenter. The incident occurred last night in Akron Ohio as police investigated the deadly domestic case.
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Sv Scripps-McRae Press Assn
Akron
Ohio
Bartsour
Fate of Senator Teller in Colorado House race
Denver, Dec 22. The state election canvassing boards adjourned until later to decide contesting seats in the lower house. The outcome will determine whether Senator Teller is elected to succeed himself in the U S Senate with Republicans needing two seat gains to secure a 50 50 or Republican majority and oust thirteen Democrats on fraud charges.
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Scripps-McRae Press Assn
Denver
Teller
United States Senate
House
Finland famine drives massive distress in four parishes
Four hundred thousand people in Finland face destitution after crop failures. The Anglo American Church at St Petersburg has undertaken to feed and clothe school children of four Finnish parishes. Pastor Francis appeals for aid, saying conditions are worse than in 1867 when 100,000 died.
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Finland
St. Petersburg
Francis
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