American Liner Philadelphia Sets Fast Atlantic Run
The American liner Philadelphia, rebuilt from the Paris and placed in service this year, arrived off Sandy Hook after a swift voyage from Cherbourg and Southampton. Officials expect the trip to surpass the ship’s own record by about an hour. The current record stands at six days thirteen hours and five minutes.
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New York
Hiladelphia
Southampton
Cherbourg
Sandy Hook
Paris
Charleston man shot by homeowner in Oklahoma City death
Guthrie dispatch reports J M McMorris aged Charleston resident mistaken as burglar in J F Shaffer home in Oklahoma City. McMorris died from wounds after Shaffer fired. McMorris allegedly entered the house believing his daughter Mrs Front Troutman had a grandchild to cradle. Dying statement exonerates Shaffer.
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Guthrie
Okla
J. M. McMorris
Charleston
J. F. Shaffer
Oklahoma Cit
Shafter
McMoerris
Front Troutman
Shaffer
McMorris
Treasury countermand on Chinese laborers transfer order
In San Francisco a Washington state report says the Treasury Department countermanded the order allowing 300 Chinese laborers to stand at the wharf. They are to be transferred to the Keera. The Collector of the 7th District is ordered to conduct a full inquiry into the matter and the Treasury will review the case upon receipt of the report.
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San Francisco
Washington State
Treasury Department
Kentucky penitentiary mutiny ends with burial of Wallace Bishop
The Kentucky penitentiary mutiny incident closed Saturday with the burial of Wallace Bishop, leader of the desperadoes, in the Prison graveyard at Korn Hill. Warden Littlard received a letter from Mrs. C. E. Bishop of Hangond Indiana, mourning her son and demanding burial.
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Kentucky Penitentiary
Wallace Bishop
Korn Hill
Littlard
C. E. Bishop
Hang Ond
Ind
Kentucky
Mount Pelee Eruption Darkens Sea Voyage Near Martinique
Dispatch from Castries St Lucia reports steamer Dahome crew describing a violent Mount Pelee eruption on Martinique. Darkness covered five miles as ash and dust fell on deck. twenty minutes later light returned forcing the vessel to alter course to avoid volcanic fallout.
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Castries
Island of
St. Lucia
Mount Pelee
Martinque
Court-martial records on Captain Ryain Fifteerth Cavalry
War Department receives papers in the general court martial of Captain James A. Ryain Fifteerth Cavalry. Charge alleged administering the water cure. defense denied necessity to testits results. Court reportedly acquits.
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James A. Ryain
War Department
Fatean
Fins
General Porras name as chief marshal for veterans encampment parade
Gen Ed Porras commander in chief of the G A EL fas appoints A Nuel Blakeman chief of staff to lead the parade at the encampment on the national holiday. The choice follows precedent that the commander in chief's chief of staff commands the march.
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Ed Porras
G. A. EL
Fas
Wleoh A. Nuel Blakeman
Torreneu
Cedre giant ice steamer launched at Harland and Wolff
The White Stour Cedre, an ice steamer of 21,000 tons and the largest liner afloat, was branched at Harland and Wolff yards in Heifaat Ireland. She measures 70 feet in length with a beam of 7s feet and a draft of 4939 feet. Capacity is 18,401 tons and accommodation for 3,000 passengers.
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Cedre
Harland & Wolff
Heifaat
Ireland
Lier
Leopold Sehenk
Schwanberg
Styria
Yucatan
London
St. Petersburg
Exchange Telegraph Company of London
Simla
British India
Amur
Pashkova
Babshoyo
Los Rios
Ecuador
Guayaquil
Babahoyo
Torishima
West Kootenay
Ymir
Wasson
Manchuria
Siberia
Blagovestchensk
Port Arthur
Ariadne
A. L. Douglas
Montreal
Cape Race
White Star Line
Cedric
Belfast
Cape Town
Highlands
Smith
New York
East
Brutus
Dadachie
Table Bay
Bourke
the Highlands
Berlin navy chief resigns. Vice Admiral Baechel takes post
Admiral Von Diedrichs resigns as chief of staff of the navy and is succeeded by Vice Admiral Baechel. Von Diedrichs previously commanded the German squadron in Manila Bay.
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Berlin
von Diedrichs
Navy
Baechel
Manila Bay
Race Riot Report From Tupelo Miss Mentioned
A Tupelo Mississippi dispatch to the New Orleans Time-Democrat reports a race clash with four white and eight to ten black people killed or wounded. No further details were provided.
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Tupelo
Miss
New Orleans
Knouse shoots wife amid separation in Harlan Iowa
In Harlan Iowa C W Knouse reported to have been drinking heavily shot his separated wife. Both victims likely to die. A divorce case was pending.
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Harlan
Iowa
C. W. Knouse
Venezuela tensions ease as two warships offered
The State Department reports a cable from Minister Boxyen at Car mens stating two war vessels in Venezuelan waters could be spared. This indicates perceived improvement in Venezuela and reduced danger to American interests.
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State Department
Boxyen
Carmens
Venezuelan
Venezuela
Taft Arrives in Manila Amid Warm Welcome
Governor Taft lands in Manila aboard the United States gunboat General Alava from Singanors. He is greeted with an enthusiastic demonstration by locals and officials.
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Taft
Manila
United States
General Alava
Singanors
Notable Deaths and Disasters Across Early 20th Century News
A collage of obituary notes and accidents from New York to New Jersey. Gen Franz Sigel dies in New York after saving Missouri for the Union. Multiple drownings, robberies, suicides, and a fatal factory incident in Delaware and New Jersey are reported alongside political matchups and autopsies.
Wrecker Frank C Andrews Sentenced in Tretraigluan
A report notes Frank C Andrews of Tretraigluan received fifteen years with hard labor after a wrecking case. The item also mentions deaths, church appointments, and various incidents from multiple states. The scattered text includes shipwrecks, fires, and a bank president’s wife held up in Columbus.
Multiple sensational deaths and disasters across the nation
A flood of brief notices reports sudden deaths from suicide and gunfire, rail and train wrecks, fires and wrecks in towns from Kansas City to Rolla and Aberdeen. Notable items include the Cart enrich restaurant owner found dead in Chicago, police officer Frank L. Stone mortally wounded in Kansas, and a Harvester of Lost Cabin gold mine rediscovery prompting prospectors to rush northeast of Douglas Wyoming.
Historic Texas fire ravages Hondo business district
A blaze in Hondo Texas destroyed about twenty businesses in the main commercial area. Separate reports recount a Mexican sheep herder struck by a meteor fragment near Ellis and other violent incidents including a deadly quarrel in Anderson West Virginia. A body found near Paducah Kentucky identified as Sailor Jack. Fire in Winston-Salem North Carolina caused seventy thousand dollar loss to a furniture stock firm and harness stock.
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Hondo
Texas
Skkamon Cruise
Ellis
Anderson
W. Va
William Douglass
B. J. Johnson
John McNeal
Paducah
Pittsburg
Mississippi
Sailor Jack
Winston-Salem
N. C
Hunley, Hit'& Stockton
Fire and Disaster Notes Across the World
Reports from Yucatan to Manchuria describe petroleum finds, volcanic eruptions, fires in Ecuador and West Kootenay, and cholera spread in Manchuria and Siberia. Naval rescue off Cape Race accompanies steamship dangers, while liners and ships face wrecks and drownings in the Atlantic and Table Bay.
Gen Franz Sigel Dies At 77 In New York Home
Gen Franz Sigel a Civil War hero born in Baden Germany 1824 died in Mott Haven New York aged 77 from old age infirmities. He led Union troops after arriving in the United States in 1852 and held commands including the district of Lehigh and the West Virginia department. He fought at Newmarket and defended Maryland Heights aiding Grant and Wallace. He was a Democrat with a widow three sons and a daughter surviving him. Franz Sigel Jr a Chicago lawyer is among the survivors.
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Franz Sigel
Missouri
New York
Patrick Botkin
Michael ‘Dunning
William D. Ray
Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Erie
Edward
Richard Sutton
Coles Creek
Merchantville
N. J
Washington
William P. Frye
Maine
Senate
Ellen
May
Portland
Robert Remincton
Newport
R. I
Sarah Mackey
Porterfield
Charles L. Downes
Anna
West Thirty-first Street
Mott Haven
Baden
Germany
United States
St. Louis
Sigel
McClellan
Burnside
Lehigh
Department of West Virginia
Newmarket
Hunter
Potomac
Early
Maryland Heights
Lew Wallace
Mopocacy
Grant
Grant P. Robinson
Mi Sigel
Prospects Brighten as Trade Review Shows Mixed Signals
The Steel and iron markets face strain from coal shortages and freight blockades while overall demand remains strong. Bradstreet notes good western money circulation and bank health but warns against reckless speculation. wheat and corn exports rise with firmer grain markets despite weather and yield concerns.
Various World and Domestic Notes Include Resignations and Discoveries
Resignation of Senor Emilio Terry as secretary of agriculture in Cuba. Lieut Berthoff reports a new fur seal rookery in the Aleutians. Associate Justice Shiras plans retirement next year. Turkish failure to honor American claims strains ties with the United States. Lee H. Smith captured in western Chi huahua after allegedly aiding a $53,000 Mexican Central robbery. Erskine Andrews drowns in Lake Nipigon. son survives. Hayti unrest widens with revolution spreading. Mexico to import corn and wheat from the United States next winter. some Mexican states report good corn but poor overall. Harvard reports planet Eros rediscovered after disappearing in 1901. World trade 1991 totals tallied. Britain and colonies lead, Germany second, U.S. third. Baltimore and Potomac Railroad merges with PB&W. new stock controlled by Pennsylvanian and Northern Central. Longshoremen strike in Havana over unloading rates. U.S. State Department seeks surrender of Arnold Kroeger for embezzlement in Essen. 20,000 marks. Doubtful any action on the proposed $25,000,000 loan. President Pakma opposes revolutionaries seeking Cuban army payments.
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Turkey
United States
Lee H. Smith
Chihuahua
Erskine Andrews
Chicaro
Lake Nipigon
Ont
Kingston
Hayti
Mexico
Pickering
Harvard
Arequipa
Peru
Great Britain
Ler
Germany
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Pennnsylvania
Northern Central
Havana
Cuba
State Department
Arnold Kroeger
Post Office
Essen
San Francisco
Pakma
Matricide Verdict in Bartholin Murder Case Near Chicago
Coroner's jury finds William Bartholin principal in the murder of Mrs Annie Bartholin with Oscar Thompson alias Oscar Isberg and Edward A Counselman named as accessories. They recommend grand jury action and apprehension of Bartholin now at large. Old Dad Claffey not mentioned. police had tied him to earlier inquiries.
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Bartholin
Chicago
William Barthalin
Annie Barthalin
Oscar Thompson
Edward A. Counselman
Annie Bartholin
State Street
Calumet Avenue
William Bartholi
Oscar Isberg
William Bartholin
Dad
Claffey
Minnie Mitchell
American Syndicate Starts 40 000 Acre Canadian Wheat Farm
A U S led by T B Tiard of Nebraska plans the first bonanza wheat farm in Canada between Craik and Davidson on the Prince Albert line. Forty thousand acres bought for 200000 with another 100000 for improvements, steam plows and modern machinery to be used. syndicate includes F J Waddell and financiers from Iowa and Illinois. elevators to be built at Garvin and operated along the line.
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Canada
T. B. Tiard
Nebraska
Craik
Davidson
Prince Albert
North Dakota
F. J. Waddell
Aurora
Neb
Iowa
Hiinoixs
Hioard
Garvin
Eastern Kentucky May Gain North South Railroad
Telegraphic brief notes indicate Eastern Kentucky could see a railroad running north and south. John Little of Tallahassee Mississippi shot and killed Attie Allison. Cullen Gates killed Homer Bennett and wounded James Crawley in Pearl County Mississippi. England probes Italy in Tripoli while the Turkish Sultan shows strong interest. City National Bank to be established at South McAlester IT with $50,000 capitalization.
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Kentucky
John Little
Tallahassee
Miss
Attie Allison
Cullen Gates
Homer Bennett
James Crawley
Pearl County
Mississippi
England
Italy
Tripoli
City National Bank
South McAlester
Market price snapshot across cities for multiple commodities
Regional commodity quotes show cattle hogs and sheep values in Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo New York Buffalo with wheat corn oats rye and butter and eggs price ranges. Notable figures include Chicago hogs 4.00 to 7.75 per cwt and New York cattle 4.00 to 7.50 while butter creamery 18 to 20 cents and oats around 28 to 36 cents.
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Indianapolis
St Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Ste
Toledo
New York
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the Record Pus "Publishing Co
Silver Lake, Indiana
TnolFr
Tshot
Jdesaperado
Mont Pelee
Will
Great Liner
Bierce
Eagie
Joseph Shirk
East Earl Township
Lancaster
Mutual Building and Loan Association of
Passaic
N. Z
Wiliam Malcolm
Robert Roy Remington
May van Alen
Pravid Po Gilmore
Paterson
Ned
Gilmore
Brishi
Kriegnor Wuatlack
Lester Windlack
Lester Wallack
Moston Muses
Boston
Delaware
Jessup & Moore Paper Company
Christina River
Wilmington
Del
A. A. Webster &Co
Broooklyn
Belmar
Central of New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York and Long Branch
Western
Laws
William Botier
Dorothea
David Flreavitt
Emscopa
Marietta, Ohio
Lor Sa
NGL
Wiliam Holabird
Evanston
Binffton
Ohi
Parsons Conlege
Fairfield
Town
Wiliam Francisco
Edward Mortagne
G. Hoathin
Gramen
Burlington
Holdrege
Neb. Rey
Edward J. Benson
Newyon College
Tiambier
Olio
Alminni
Frederick W. Prentiss
Hayden-Clinton National Bank
Columbus
Ohio
Mayens
Lafayette
Obadiah
Nends- Butter Corporation
Ata Bartholin
Enrich
Henrici
Frank L. Stone
Kansas City
Riverview
Kansas
Stone
Peter Nugent
Joseph Anderson
Salata
Kanjinva
James Mlc ‘Ottingham
Benton
Mangas City
Central
Rolla
N. D
Lost Cabin
Black Lis
Douglas
Wyo
Péter Anderson
Park City
Utah
Calvin
Potter
Salt Lake City
Michigan
Erie
Hammond
Monon
Missouri Railroad Commissioners
St. Louis and
Northwest
Aberdeen
St. Croix
Grannam
Tie
Gering
Aire
C. N. McComsey
J. M. Shaffer
Oklahoma City
Dixon
Fred Truutman
Shaffler
Aken
Jefferson
Gite Tenn
Isham
Watkin
Frankfort
State Penitentiary
Lafayette’ Brooks
T. Mulligan
Bishop
Mulligan
R. G. Dun & Co
Cornellsville
Bradstreet’s
West
Middle West
Senor Emilio Terry
Agriculture
Lieut
Berthoff
Revenue Cutter Service
Aleutian Islands
Shiras
United States Supreme Court
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