Science and industry mingle in a breezy miscellany
A Chicago doctor kills a burglar not his patient. Wilbur Wright nets prizes while Orville gains wall. Russia conquers cholera. Peary plots a aurora view. Office timber short in New York sparks conservation. King Edward sees postage cut for letters. Two medical grads serve as ship physicians on Mediterranean liners. A French promoter orders 50 Wright airships. 151?00 stenographers in New York. A British steamer barber arrested for smuggling in Philadelphia.
Airship progress and new school reforms in brief
The piece notes rapid advances in airship work inspiring Walter Wellman toward polar flight. New York plans a school to train office boys, with a humorous remark about avoiding poplar ragtime music in the curriculum. It also mentions Berlin women’s expanding academic roles, Astor family gifts to privileged youths, and speculation on future merit awards.
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New York
Precaution Against Coal Dust Explosions Warned
Prof William Galloway advised that in a mine roadway coal dust mixed with water rich fluids or with dusts of clay slate lignite stone chalk or other substances would become as harmless as damped dust. The suggestion aims to reduce explosion risk by altering dust composition.
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William Galloway
Two Jameses of Kentucky Differ Vastly in Roles
Ollie M. James, a Democrat, is a large, outspoken lawyer while Addison James, a Republican, is a quiet, unassuming doctor. The contrast highlights their distinct temperaments and careers in Kentucky politics.
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Jameses
Kentucky
Ollie M. James
Addison James
Ollie
Addison
Representative James
Remarkable 19th Century Pubs With Lighted Ink And Edible Paper
A curious paper named Liu minaura from Madrid used phosphorous ink to glow in the dark. Another novelty, the Regal, was printed on edible dough shoots. Le Bien etre promised subscribers a 40 year pension and free burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
le Bien Etre
New York Officials Call City Largely Fireproof
City officials declare much of New York practically fireproof though practical proof arrives only when a fire strikes a building and tests its resistance.
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New York
Moths Devour Saxony Forests Amid Broad Destruction
Regional forests in Saxony face widespread moth damage as nightfall fires and other blazes add to the destruction. Experts warn that natural forces threaten timber stands, urging coordinated human actions to protect and restore forestry.
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Saxony
Venue Change Sought in Ruef Bribery Trial After Heney Shooting
Abraham Ruef moved for a change of venue as crowds and mass meetings swelled San Francisco following the shooting of Attorney Francis J. Heney and the self-inflicted death of his assailant Morris Haas. The court adjourned to Monday for counter affidavits detailing public unrest and threats to the defense. Haas’s bullet wound was treated. Heney rested and showed no complications.
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San Francisco
Francis J. Heney
Morris Haas
Abraham Ruef
Ruef
Judge Lawlor
Carpenters’ Hall
Fulton Street
Ex-Cashier Accused in Madison County Embezzlement Case
Edwardsville Nov 17 C W Burton former cashier of the Tri City State Bank of Madison Ill gave bond of 1000 to answer an indictment charging embezzlement. The grand jury lists 3384 61 as the amount involved in the alleged defalcation.
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Edwardsville
C. W. Burton
Tri- City Site Bank of
Madison, Ill
Madison County
Five killed and ten wounded in Okmulgee gun battle
In Okmulgee Oklahoma on Sunday afternoon Jim Deckard a negro desperado fought law officers at the Louis and San Francisco station. Sheriff Edgar Robinson and Assistant Chief Henry Klaber were killed. Deputy officers and negro deputies were wounded as Deckard shot at the posse and a mob set fire to his house. Deckard died in the blaze after firing until his ammunition exploded.
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Okumulgee
Okla
Jim Deckard
Edgar Robinson
Okmulgee County
Henry Kiaber
Okmulgee
Chapman
Steve Grayson
Vic Warr
És. Louis
San Francisco
Grayson
Po Hneeman Klaber
Deckard
Klaber
Robinson
Widow of Chick Stahl Found Dead in Boston
The body of Julia Stahl, 32, widow of Chick Stahl the Boston baseball captain, was identified in Boston. She had vanished jewelry valued at 2000 dollars, with all but a comb and wedding ring missing. Police suspect robbery as a motive in the death previously thought to be heart disease.
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Boston
Julia Stahl
Chick” Stahl
West Baden
Ind
Stahl
Harmon
Root Responds to New York Senate Call
Secretary Root stated he is not seeking the senate seat but would accept if the New York legislature and people deem he can render useful service. He said he will respond to the call if the body wishes his service in the senate.
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Astor
Washington
Root
New York
Senate
Government sues sugar refiner for $3.6 million in duties
The United States files six suits against the American Sugar Refining Company to recover forfeitures and duties totaling 3,624,121 for sugar shipped to Slavemeyer and Elder refineries in Brooklyn over six years. Government alleges fraud in weighing the shipments.
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New York
United States
American Sugar Refining Company
Slavemeyer & Elder
Brooklyn
Battle in Wetumku Leaves Two Dead
In Wetumku Oklahoma on November 17 Ben Smith was killed in a street clash and town marshal John Tabner was fatally wounded after Tabner killed Ben Smith. Jeff Smith, brother of the slain man, is linked to the fatal shooting of the marshal.
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Wetumku
Okla
Ben Smith
John Tabner
Tmarshal
Jeff Smith
Tragedy in Frankfort: Mother and two children slain
In Frankfort Kentucky on November 17 neighbors found Mrs Agnes Lidner and her two children aged five and three lying in pools of blood with throats cut from ear to ear in their home.
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Frankfort
Agnes Lidner
Fire destroys two Cairo factories in week start blaze
A Monday fire in Cairo Illinois damaged two manufacturing plants and heavily damaged a third, with total losses estimated around 160000 dollars. Early reports indicate about 10000 dollars of property was not recovered.
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Cairo
First American Catholic Congress Opens in Chicago
Arch bishop Diomede Falconio leads the inaugural day at the First Regiment armory with Archbishop Quigley chairing. Papal colors and flags fill the hall as bishops and monsignors sit in honor. The day features addresses by Falconio Quigley and lay speaker Hynes, with opening prayers and college choir.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
First American Catholic Congress
First Regiment Armory
Diomede Falconio
James Edward Quigley
Quigley
Sebastian G. Messmer
D.D
Milwaukee
James H. Blenk
New Orleans
Alexander Christie
Portland
Ore
Henry Moeller
Cincinnati
the Knights of Columbus
Pope Pius X
Falconio
William J Hynes
Cathedral College
Hynes
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
the Holy Childhood
John Willms C. 8
Pittsburg
Association of the Holy Childhood
Mission Colleges
A. BE. Burke
Catholic Church Extension Society of Canada
J. J. Hennessey
Wichita
Kan
Francis C. Kelley
Catholic Church Extension Society of the
William H Ketcham
Bureau of Indian Missions
Washington, D. C
John &. Burke
New York
Bureau
Richard Gannon
St. Vincent de Paul Conference
Congress Annex
Catholic Women's League
Chicago Ladies’ Auxiliary
Evidence Pack Brightens Gunness Case in Court
In Laporte Indiana on November 17 prosecutors piled up letters from Belle Gunness to A K Helgelein about his brother disappearance. They also presented documents identifying her signature and rings found on the dead woman. Helgelein's brother Andrew K Helgelein testified about his brother's disappearance.
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Helgelein
Laporte
Ind
Gunness
Ray Lamphere
Smith
William Flynn
Mrs. Gunness
Flynn
Lamphere
Clyde H. Martin
Elizabeth Smith
Warwick Place
McClung Road
Gunness House
Asie K. Helgelein
Aberdeen
Andrew K. Helgelein
Bodies of three lawmen found after White Lake search
Whitehall Michigan, November 17. The bodies of Deputy State Game Warden Julius Salmonson, his brother Martin Salmonson, and Deputy Sheriff J C Hazletine were recovered Monday near the spot where their overturned boat had been located while they were searching White Lake for illegally set nets.
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Whitehall
Mich
Julius Salmonson
Martin Salmonson
J. C. Hazletine
White Lake
Servia and Austria Face Potential Tensions
Vienna November 17 reports the Austro-Hungarian government may take decisive steps if Servian provocations continue. The note notes the risk of renewed friction between Austria-Hungary and Servia remains unresolved as officials warn of possible further action.
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Vienne
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Dowager Empress Dies as China Minds Succession
Peking reports the death of Tsze Hei An the dowager empress and the emperor Kuang Hsu with Pu Yi named heir. Edicts assign Pu Yi as heir and the foreign legations are informed. Troops stationed around Beijing as authorities brace for possible disturbances after both deaths.
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Peking
Tsze Hei An
China
Kuang-Hsu
Prince Pu-Yi
Prince Chun
Pu-Yi
Foreign Board
Prince Pu-Yio
Elkins Denial Surprises Italy Over Betrothal Report
Turin reports surprise at Senator Stephen B. Elkins denying any engagement between his daughter and the duke of the Abruzzi. The betrothal had been widely discussed without a formal denial, and the duke’s courtship was presumed advanced. Attempts to interview the duke on the subject have failed.
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Turin
Stephen B. Elkins
Abruzzi
AFL begins second week of 28th convention in Denver
The American Federation of Labor resumes its twenty-eighth annual convention in Denver after a week of committee work. Committee reports take the lead with jurisdictional fights consuming time and officer elections postponed to later in the week.
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Denver
Cal
American Federation of Labor
Pope a Priest 50 Years Ceremony in St Peter's Rome
The pope celebrated a pontifical mass at St Peter's on the fiftieth anniversary of his priesthood. The ceremony drew not less than 70,000 faithful from around the world and was the most imposing seen in Rome since the pontiff's coronation.
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Rome
St. Peter's
Port Townsend clash involves police chief and 60 recruits
Port Townsend Washington November 17 A confrontation occurred between Chief of Police A R Barkley and four citizens and about 60 recruits from the Thirtieth and Sixty second Infantry units at Fort Worden opposite Port Townsend. A provost guard of 60 soldiers paroled the streets after the fight.
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Port Townsend
Wash
A. R. Barkley
Fort Worden
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Wilbur Wright
Orville
Wall
Russia
Peary
Edward
Wes Menard
Prussian Academy of Science
Philadelphia
Walter Wellman
North Pole
University of Berlin
Henry
Hans Elois
Dozier
Negro Desperado
Sheriff
Slai
Toga
Trail Great Sugar Company
Firm
Archbishop Diomede Falconio
Austria
Elkins
Italy
Duke of the
Federation of Labor
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