Americans Celebrate Dowager Empress Birthday in Amoy
Amoy China November 4. The seventy fourth anniversary of the birth of the dowager empress of China was celebrated with a naval reception aboard the Chinese cruiser Bai Chi and a shore reception at Nan Pu Tou Miao temple. A national salute in honor of the empress greeted fourteen warships while Rear Admiral Emory sent congratulations to the Chinese government and Prince Yu Lang.
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Worted
China
Amoy
Emory
Bai Chi
Nan Pu Tou Miao
Prince Yu Lang
Peking
Foreign Board
Admiairal
Bond Issue Imminent in Panama Canal Debt Plan
In New York dispatch it is reported the government will offer 60 million dollars in Panama canal two percent bonds. The issue funds replace canal construction costs and redeems 14.09 million dollars of one year bonds due November 20 as part of last year’s relief measures.
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New York
Financial District
Result of quarrel leaves Ardmore in shock
In Ardmore Oklahoma on East Main Street constable D B Cook and farmer J A Simes were killed by John Brazier after a drinking quarrel. James Biggs was wounded. Brazier was arrested. The incident followed heavy drinking and a quarrel among four men. In a separate brief, Canadian reports state Albert Mattson and T Person died at a Grand Trunk Pacific railway camp in Kenora Ontario when dynamite in a powder house exploded.
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Ardmore
Okla
D. B. Cook
Imulkey
J. A. Simes
Provence
Winnipeg
Man
Navy
Kenora
Ont
Albert ‘Mattson
T. Person
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Person
Mattson
Hearst Prefers Federal Court Transfer for Oklahoma Libel Case
J J Battin Hearst local attorney filed a petition signed by William R Hearst before a New York notary public asking to move the $606 000 libel suit filed by Governor Haske l of Oklahoma against Hearst from Nebraska to federal court The action stems from a New York hotel dispute and seeks venue change in the face of state court proceedings.
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Hearst
Robert Lissauer
Parkvenue
Confession in Hains murder case read in New York court
Mrs Claudia L Hains confesses to a court clerk that she made advances to Willam Annis after Captain Hains left Fort Hamilton. The document lists visits to East Sixteenth Street Manhattan twelve times and an evening meeting at the Percy Mills apartment. The confession is used in the ongoing legal proceedings delaying the trial of T Jenkins Hains.
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New York
Claudia L. Hains
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Willam EB. Annis
J. F. McIntyre
Contsel
Hanna Brothers
T. Jenkins Hains
Annis
Percy Mills
American professors address Berlin audience in inaugural talks
Dr. Felix Adler of Columbia and William Martis Davis of Harvard lectured in Berlin as exchange professors. In the grand hall at the university Prince Estel Frederick and Baron von der Bussche attended with Ambassadors and American officials. Adler read a Roosevelt letter expressing respect for Germany and encouragement to strengthen U S German ties.
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Berlin
Felix Adler
Columbia University
William Martis Davis
Harvard University
Prince Estel Frederick
Emperor William
Baron von der Bussche
Foreign Office
Hil
Thackorn
Adler
Roosevelt
Germany
United States
Collision on Potomac Claims One Life
A collision on the Potomac River three miles below Washington between the steamer City of Washington and the ferry Lackawanna killed Samuel Belanka, a merchant of Alexandria. The wreck stemmed from signal confusion and low water hindering the Lackawanna crew in maneuvering. The Lackawanna was beached and the City of Washington sustained a slight bow damage with the Lackawanna’s starboard side torn away.
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Washington
City of
City of Washington
Lackawanna
IOWA PASTOR A HERO AT BURNED CHURCH
In Waterloo Iowa Nov 4 the Christian church at Walker exploded trapping five youths at a Christian Endeavor meeting. Pastor Rev Charles I Fisher organized window exits and battled flames to save them. The church burned with no fatalities.
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Waterloo
Christian Church
Walker
Christian Endeavor
Charles I. Fisher
Savannah fire destroys twenty two buildings near Savannah
Savannah New York November 4 An enormous fire swept the village twenty miles west of here nearly wiping it out. Twenty two buildings were destroyed with a loss of about 160000. The blaze engulfed two hotels the opera house the post office two telephone offices fourteen stores and a warehouse.
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Savannah
Syracuse
N. Y
Here
Youth Saves Family in Early Morning Fire Alarm
Eleven year-old Robert Slawaon woke to smoke in Janesville Wisconsin on November 4 and guided his father mother and baby sister from the burning home in a dazed state. He then ran to the corner in his nightgown and turned in an alarm, preventing a serious blaze.
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Janesville
Wis
Robert Slawaon
Hoe
Double Tragedy Shocks Greenfield Boarding House
Benjamin E. Gainer aged 39 and Harriet Mabel Wing were found fatally shot at Miss Wing’s boarding house. Police believe Gainer killed Wing and then shot himself. motive remains unknown.
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Greenfield
Mais
Benjamin E. Gainer
Harriet Mabel Wing
Roosevelt planned Africa safari voyage to Uganda and Nile region
New York reports President Roosevelt plans a March departure for Naples and Mombasa, with Kermit Roosevelt and a Smithsonian professor. The party sails via Suez and Aden, travels seventeen days to Uganda province, aims to spend six months between the coast and Port Florence, with stops at Lake Victoria Nyanza and Entebbe. Roosevelt will not enter Congo territory.
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New York
Timea
Roosevelt
Lloydner Koenig Albert
Naples
Qubraltar
Kermit
Africa
Smithsonian Institute
Navy Department
Mombasse
Suez Canal
Aden
Uganda
Port Florence
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Entebbe
Central Africa
Congo
McMion
James McMillan
Netrolt
Netrolit
Roosevelt declines special privileges in shooting preserves
London reports the colonial office offered President Roosevelt freedom of government shooting preserves in Africa, but he replied that he wished to be treated only as a private citizen and did not desire special privileges.
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London
Colonial Office
Roosevelt
New Trial Denied in Conspiracy Case Over Inaderenta
Justice Staf ford of the supreme court of the District of Columbia overruled motions for new trial by Frederick A. Hyde and Joost H. Schneider who were convicted last spring of conspiracy to defraud the United States in securing Inaderenta in Oregon and Washington. The arrest of judgment was not decided, delaying sentence. The defendants claimed jury coercion and sought juror interrogation.
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Washington
Stafford
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Frederick A. Hyde
Joost H. Schneider
United States
Oregon
Servia Declares No Hostile Designs on Austria
Belgrade November 4 Servia on powers advice repudiates any hostile designs on Austria Hungary and says it awaits the outcome of the international congress hoping friendly powers will plead its cause Crown Prince George returns from St. Petersburg
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Servia
Austria-Hungary
Belgrade
George A
St. Petersburg
Servian
V Asue
International Congress
Four Hurt in Duluth Courthouse Crane Collapse
Four men injured when a derrick mast shot from its socket at the new Duluth courthouse. Foreman Charles Nichols is dying and ironworker Fred Mooney cannot survive. Workers fell from the fifth to the first floor.
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Duluth
Charles Nichols
Fred Mooney
Night riding arrests in Craighead County
Twenty six men in Craighead County are held for the grand jury in bonds of 800 dollars each after a special court session. The grand jury will convene on November 9 to try the cases and prosecute the accused.
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Little Rock
Ark
Craighead County
White Returns Home From Europe Voyage
New York reports Henry White American ambassador to France aboard the Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm after calls in Bremen Southampton and Cherbourg. He will stay in the United States for several weeks and voiced optimism that Balkan tensions will be settled peacefully, noting war is taken seriously by all nations.
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New York
Henry White
France
Bremen
Southampton
Cherbourg
White
River Erosion Threatens Pine Bluff Businesses
In Pine Bluff Arkansas on November 4 a caving Arkansas River threatens two brick cotton warehouses owned by R M Knox and D S Bluthenthal. The Hotel Jefferson and Jefferson County courthouse are endangered as the river erodes the downtown area. Several cottages vanish downstream and a large plantation on the north bank is disappearing. Governor Roane’s historic home on the north bank has caved into the river.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
R. NM. Knox
D. S. Bluthenthal
Arkansas
Jefferson
Jefferson County
J. 8. Roane
Steam Heat Unhealthy Warns Chicago Health Dept
Chicago health authorities warn steam heated apartments raise dry air levels and increase disease risk. A department bulletin cites humidity at 23 percent in steam flats versus 70 percent in non steam spaces, urging residents to humidify air to protect nasal and throat mucous membranes.
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Chicago
Department of Health
Health Department
Doura
Death by Asphyxiation After Gas Supply Break
In St. Joseph Missouri a natural gas disruption near Leavenworth Kansas caused school closures and cold meals as fuel ran short for about a day. Joseph Chartrand was found dead in his room, likely from a fire dying and fumes when gas resumed.
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Bt. Joseph, Mo
Leavenworth
Kan
St. Joseph
Joseph Chartrand
Violent Deaths Among Chicago Schoolboys Reported
Chicago reports nineteen school boys died violently last month. Two were shot, one stabbed, and two were killed by cars as well as other violent incidents.
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Chicago
No Warlike Move Indicated in Venezuela Dispute
Willemstad reports show Dutch warships signaling restraint and no immediate action against Venezuela. Rumors persist that Britain and Italy may assist the Netherlands, with Lange Curacao awaiting events as Gelderland returns from Havana and relays orders via wireless.
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Venezuela
Willemactad
Great Britain
Italy
Netherlands
Willemetad
Curacao
Fe Mare
Toe
Itaion
Itlsk
Death by own action at Niagara Falls
Charles Hengerer, former vice president of the Willam Wengerer company, committed death by own action at Niagara Falls by jumping into the river and going over the fall. He had connections with Wille KX Morgan company, a Buffalo furniture and draperies stereo. No cause is known. He retired from the William Hengerer company after his father’s death.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Charles Hengerer
Willam Hesterer
Willam Wengerer Company
Buffalo
Hengerer
Wille Kx, Morgan Company
William Hengerer
Pioneer Farmers Killed by Train in Minnesota Polls Trip
In Buffalo Minnesota on November 4 Herman Krause and William Wandersee both about sixty were struck and killed by a Soo Line freight train while en route to vote. Krause’s son Hinr Krause was seriously injured. a fourth man escaped by jumping.
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Buffalo
Minn
Herman Krause
Wiliam Wandersee
Wright County
Soo Hue
Hmit Krause
Spends Last Cent for Violets and Ends His Life
Herbert Wells of New Orleans killed himself in a Market Street hotel after a long search for work and despair. A single inch of violets lay with him in the room purchased with his last pennies. In Minnesota, F Q Gng, a school superintendent in Aitker, took poison and died, citing poor health and overwork. he was forty two.
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Philadelphia
Herbert Wells
New Or Teanga
Market Street
Aitker
Minn
F. QO. F'ng
Fourth Man Implicated in Ruef Bribery Case
In San Francisco on October 31 a fourth name joins the trio accused in the Ruef bribery plot. The newly named co conspirator is Martis Stevens an attorney who allegedly received a $10,000 note for Ruef to secure jury bribery. Blake claimed he was offered 100 per month for his wife and $10,000 to keep silent.
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San Francisco
Blake
Biake
Langdon
Martis Stevens
Abraham Ruef
Stevens
John
Kelley
Night Rider Warrants Target 104 Suspects in City
Justice R Polk plans 200 state warrants arresting 100 alleged night riders in Union City Teun Nouv Boon. Deacon Caytein Rankin Hillsman Taylor and J C Curdiet linked. Warrants include first degree murder and assault with intent to murder. punishments reach up to twenty one years.
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Union City
Teun
Nouv
Deacon
Caytein Quinten Rankin
Hillsman Taylor
R. Z. Taylor
J. C. Curdiet
Sambary
Justice R. Polk
Assarte
Now long overdue fears for safety of Whang Ho junk
Old Chinese war junk Whang Ho, sailing from San Francisco for New York via Tahiti, has been overdue 124 days since March. After a steering failure it left Papeete for Galveston with new crew, but no word has come since. The mystery echoes maritime tragedies on the blue waters.
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San Francisco
Nev
Papeete
Galveston
New York
Aince
Mile a Minute in the Air Made by Henry Farman
Henry Farman demonstrated practical long distance flight from Mourmelon to Rheims covering about twenty miles. He launched at dusk and telegraphed a safe arrival at Rheims within an hour. Farman planned to spend the night there and return to Mourmelon by air plane, reaching heights around 120 to 150 feet.
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Henry Farman
Mourmelon
France
Frst
Tire
Rheltas
Farman
Rheims
Moras
Starr's Auditorium Fire Claims Several Lives in Newark
Newark firemen rescue many tenants after Starr's Auditorium on Fifteenth Street and Morris Avenue is destroyed by fire. David Ollngwood suffocated in the blaze, while 32 families including women and children were saved from adjoining tenements. One man was injured leaping from a second story window.
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Newark
N. J
David Ollngwood
Starr
Fifteenth Street
Morris Avenue
Ollewood
Actress Ordered to Return Brown Brokerage Gifts
Judge Holt in New York Federal Court denies a motion directing Edna Wallace Hopper to surrender life and auto insurance policies and other gifts given to her by Albert O. Brown head of the bankruptcy firm A 0 Brown & Co through ex Congressman Charley F. Littlefield who is receiver for the collapsed brokerage house.
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New York
Holt
United States District Court
Edna Wallace Hopper
Charley F. Littlefield
A. 0. Brown & Co
Albert O. Brown
Flarcee
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International Harvester Company
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