Steamer President Grant Narrowly Escapes Dover Strait Disaster
Passengers aboard the President Grant faced peril in the English Channel as the Holland tender broke free in heavy seas. Mrs Taft and Mrs Wheeler among those protected in a captain’s cabin that withstood debris, while repairs were quickly arranged and the steamer returned safely to harbor.
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President
English Channel
London
Jan. C
Taft
Boulogne
George Post
Tokio
President Grant
Ender
Wheeler
Helland
Nobel Prizes Awarded In Oslo Split Between Nations
At a Nobel institute meeting in Christiania the Nobel peace prize was to be divided between Teodore Moneta of Italy and Renault of France. Physics went to Albert A. Michelson, medicine to Laveman of Paris, and chemistry to Ed Buchner of Jin. Each recipient receives diplomas and medals along with prize money totaling $38,000.
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Christiania
Nobel Institute
J. G.land
Belen Teodore Moneta
Italy
Renault
France
King
Sweden
Kers
M. Renault
M. Moneta
Uni
Milan
Ber
Albert A. Michelson
University of Chicago
Laveman
Paris
Ed Buchner
University of Jin
State's Attorney to Enforce Chicago Sunday Law
Chicago December 11 State's Attorney John J Healy announced he will enforce the Sunday law at all saloons in Chicago Following twenty nine warrants against hotel proprietors for Sunday violations Healy said the law is plain and will be enforced with vigor He warned saloonkeepers their opposition could lead to shutdowns of disorderly places tied to vice and crime.
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Chicago
Jhn J. Healy
En’s Club
St. Peter’s Episcopal Rch
Retirement of Lt Blonel Elijah W Halford at statutory age
Washington reports Lieutenant blonel Elijah W Halford has been retired upon reaching the statutory age. Colonel Halford, formerly secretary to the late President from 1889 to 1893, is one of the most widely known officers in the army corps.
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Washington
Blonel
Elijah W. Halford
Halford
Army
Heavy Rains Flood Lackawanna Valley Mines Suspend Work
Rain over thirty hours washed snow from Lackawanna mountains, sent a flood down the Lackawanna river, halting operations in multiple mines and forcing workers from Glenwood and other collieries. Rail lines north of Carbondale abandoned due to washed tracks and two new iron bridges damaged. Hazleton reports high water in Lehigh fields with mines stopping. Jeanesville reservoir breaks flood town.
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Scranton
Lackawanna Valley
Lackawanna River
Carbondale
Erie
Delaware and Hudson
Mayfield
Glenwood
Hazleton
Lehigh
Jeanesville
Senate Finance Probe Sought Into Government Bond Issue
Washington December 11 Senator Culberson proposes a Senate Finance Committee inquiry into the recent government bond issue. The measure was sent to the Finance Committee after Mr Aldrich stated the panel would meet soon and report a comprehensive resolution. Senator Clay seeks information on 250 million dollars in deposits in national banks and urged investigation and condemnation of the system.
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Washington
Culberson
Senate Committee On Finance
Senate
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Clay
Committee On Finance
Goldfield Nevada unrest calm with mine tensions noted
Washington reports Colonel Reynolds says Goldfield district remains orderly with only nonoperational mines showing issues. No disturbances beyond potential trouble if operators push to reopen mines this week. Samuel Baum's Vermillion Street home partially wrecked by an explosion. Baum family shocked.
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Washington
Feneral
Goldfield
Nev
Reynolds
Pauveno
Samuel Baum
Vermillion Street
Mr. Baum
Industrial education to join Chicago public schools soon
Industrial education is set to become a formal part of Chicago public schools. A wage conference between the Amalgamated Window Glass Workers of America and window glass manufacturers ends with a 12 percent wage reduction from last year’s rate.
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Chicago
Amalgamated
Window Glass Workers of America
Window Glass Manufacturers
Buried Dead Recovered In Monongah Mine Disaster
Rescue work at Monongah West Virginia continues after a fatal mine explosion. About 141 bodies have been brought to the surface as pumps remove water and fires are starved of air. Teams probe the mine while officials order immediate burial for many victims and seek safe clearance within twenty four hours.
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Monongah
W. Va
Mont Coal Company
County Board of Wed
Sion
T& Cuers
Pittsburg
Roosevelt Letters Warn Cabinet Against Third Term Move
Washington issued a memo after a cabinet session informing officers to stop promoting Roosevelt for a third term. The letter notes any official advocacy or acceptance of renomination would violate propriety and be acted on.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Pettibone Case Outlined as Trial Reopens
James H. Cleary states the prosecution’s theory in the Pettibone obstruction case as Senator Borah sits at the state table. Hawley recounts the Steunenberg killing tied to the dynamite explosion at Caldwell on December 30, 1905, and explains Idaho conspiracy law to the jury while the Carmania runs aground near Ambrose Channel New York December 9.
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Boise
Ida
James H
George A. Pettibone
Senator Borah
M& Hawley
Steunenberg
Indictments Return Against Local Theater Workers
Kansas City reports the county grand jury issued indictments against 201 theatrical managers and players now at local theaters for violation of the Sunday work ban.
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Kansas City
Bank Officials Arrested in Embezzlement Case in California
California Safe Deposit and Trust officials including J Dalzell Brown and Walter J Bartnett face felony embezzlement charges after a depositor committee exposed funds loaned to stockholders and self interests. David F Walker was later arrested in Santa Barbara while eluding authorities.
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San Francisco
David F. Walker
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Southern Pacific
San Mateo
Santa Barbara
Francis J. Heney
Brown and
Bartnett
Walker
Heney
Fillmore Street
Colton
J. Dalzell Brown
Walter J. Bartnett
W. J. Bartnett
Marion County
Brown
New York Sees Quiet Sunday as Doors Close Early
The city shut down for a fully blue Sunday with parks and theaters closed by Justice O Gorman ruling. Broadway streets emptied and box offices closed while venues posted notices of closure and interrupted week sales. Governor Patterson wed Mamie Gardner in Union City Tennessee. Gardner is Russell Gardner’s sister. Indian dancing criticized by National Indian association urging Congress action. Amalgamated Copper votes to continue curtailing mine output to align with consumption.
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New York
Broadway
Malcolm R. Patterson
Tennessee
Mamie Gardner
Union City
Tenn
Miss Gardner
Russell A. Gardner
St. Louis
National Indian Association
Congress
Amalgamated Copper Company
Night Riders Rampage Hits Hopkinsville Tobacco Warehouses
Five hundred masked riders attacked Hopkinsville Kentucky at 2 am. Four large tobacco warehouses were burned and windows shot out across Main Street. Two men were injured as the mob terrorized the town, including a tobacco buyer and a brakeman. The raid marks a new phase in the tobacco wars.
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Hopkinsville
Night Riders
Lindsay Mitchell
Imperial
American Snuff Company
Court rebukes jury over embezzlement case in Iowa
Fort Dodge reports Judge Evans condemns the jury for failing to convict Georges MacKoon in a 1900 embezzlement charge against Northwestern Felt Shoe Co. MacKoon was arrested in California and returned to Webster City where he disappeared after the verdict, and he nearly fainted when told of acquittal in his cell.
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Fort Dodge
Evans
Georges Macown
Northwestern Felt Shoe Com
MacKoon
California
Weber City
Youth saves six lives in Jamaica L I hero Edward Barlow
Fifteen year old Edward Barlow kept express train from striking a carriage with W H Spaulding his wife and a friend and their three children who were halted on railroad tracks. He steadied the horses and backed them away as the engine bore down tearing his trousers.
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New York
Edward Barlow
Jamaica
L. I
W. H. Spaulding
Spauldings
Spaulding
Barlow
Trial of Senator Borah Reaches Interesting Pont
Boise Idaho September 2 The government begins testimony in a case claiming United States Senator William E Borah conspired with twelve others to defraud the United States by misappropriating title to 108 timber tracts of 160 acres in Central Idaho. Much testimony will be documentary and some will come from men who will confess to perjuring themselves in timber claims.
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Boise
Ida
United States
William E. Borah
Idaho
Governor appeals for troops over Goldfield violence threat
Washington reports a Nevada crisis in Goldfield Esmeralda County with domestic violence and armed conspiracies. Governor Sparks requests federal troops to restore order as local authorities cannot protect citizens or enforce laws.
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Washington
Goldfield
Nev
Sparks
California
Carson City
Esmeralda County
State of Nevada
Nevada
United States
State of
Duel ends in death in Deadwood over a woman
Bernard Prentice a cowboy is dead after a duel in Deadwood South Dakota. Dick Moran a Kansas City born cook is likely to die from a breast wound. Five shots narrowly miss Benny Fowler and Belle Haskell during a dozen shots exchanged. Prentice died instantly from a head wound. Moran was shot in the chest.
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Deadwood
S. D
Bernard Prentice
Dick Moran
Kansas City
Benny Fowler
Belle Haskell
Prentice
Moran
Miss Fowler
Tishomingo Savings Bank Fails in Corinth
Corinth Mississippi December 11 The Tishomingo Savings Bank owned by J W Taylor failed to open its doors with branches in Iuka Boone and Ripley. Deposits totaled 850000 and officers say depositors will be paid in full.
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Corinth
Miss
Tishomingo Savings Bank
J. W. Taylor
Iuka
Boone
Ripley
Hesener Presses Third Term Question Before Roosevelt
Washington reports Charley G. Hesener Democratic national committeeman from Wisconsin met President Roosevelt and urged support for a third term. Hesener, a Bryan supporter, did not hide his views during brief exchanges with the president. Roosevelt indicated growing anxiety beyond the Democratic camp on the issue. In Terre Haute, W. D. Van Henin of the United Mine Workers says John Mitchell expects to leave Streator hospital late this week.
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Washington
Charley G. Hesener
Was
Roosevelt
Humphrey
Hesener
Bryan
Terre Haute
Ind
W. D. van Henin
United Mine Workers of America
John Mitchell
Streator
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Cunard Line
Carmania
New Ambrose Channel
Romer Beacon
Frisco Tipany
Frain
Kentucky
Borah
Mississippi Bank
Jallies
Mitchell
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