Presentation of Officers to the Mikado in Tokyo
The emperor of Japan received Rear Admiral Sperry and U S Navy officers at the imperial palace in Tokyo. A cordial audience followed by a grand luncheon featured by a silver vase gift to Sperry. Ambassador O'Brien presented Roosevelt's message of friendship to the mikado.
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Tokyo
Ambassador O'Brien
Sperry
Roosevelt
Japan
United States
Yokohama
Peror
Adtral Sperry
Admiral Sperry
Forest fires threaten towns across Pennsylvania
From the mountains to the Pocono and eastern divides, drought and dry leaves feed rapidly spreading forest and brush fires. Hunters after rabbit season began Oct. 15 are blamed for many blazes. Villages such as Leetonin Trout Run Mordaunt and areas near Williamsport and Daugherty Dean and Dysart face dangerous outbreaks with water shortages hampering efforts. Smoke casts a pall over miles as flames surge in Allegheny ridges and wooded regions.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Leetonin
Tioga County
Trout Run
Nortin Lycoming
Er Mordaunt
Ullvan County
Allegheny Mountains
Pocono Mountains
Lemes
Ichustown
Daugherty
Dean
Dysart
Ohio
Toledo
Williama
Sandusky
Fremont
Thaw to Remain in New York Asylum
Pittsburg October 21 United States Judge James W Young dismissed the writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum against New York state hospital superintendent, ruling no need to bring Harry K Thaw to Scranton for testimony. Depositions can be taken if necessary, and the petition is quashed with costs. Ex Governor Stone, Thaw’s attorney, would decide next steps.
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Pittsburg
United States
Archibald
Scranton
Lamb
New York State Hospital
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
James W. Young
Thaw
Young
W. A. Stone
Russia weighs premature Persia intervention plan
St Peterburg reports the foreign affairs ministry views a Russia Persia intervention proposal as premature. The government may guard Russian subjects and trade by reinforcing consulate guards in Northern Persia and sending 100 infantry to Tabriz.
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St. Peterzburg
Russia
Persia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Peralta
Tabriz
Four Die As Steam Pipe Bursts On Steamer Near Kenosha
Four men died aboard the Magele Marshall after a steam pipe burst in the engine room thirty miles east of Kenosha Wisconsin. Three crewmen who reached shore swam a north wind mile to land while others escaped by climbing to safety. Chief Engineer John Peterson of Manitowoc and two assistants perished, with the remaining crew of thirteen making a last trip before the vessel anchored. The ship was on its final trip of the season and distress bells rang as the hull flooded and hatches were sealed.
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Kenosha
Wis
Oet
N. C. Thompson
Otto Prank
Alex Forsstran
John Peterson
Manfrtee
Six Die In UP Train Wreck Near Lone Tree Creek
Six laborers are dead and many injured after an unprecedented Union Pacific accident at Lone Tree Creek, thirty miles west of Cheyenne. A gate swung loose from a work train caboose, tearing free and tumbling 30 feet, crushing section crews and scattering wreckage. twenty-five to thirty workers were hurt, many seriously.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Lone Tree Creek
Tornado and Cloudburst Kill Four in Clayton Area
Four persons died near Clayton New Mexico when a tornado and cloudburst struck. About twenty others were injured with feared additional deaths. The Cimarron river rose near flood stage at Folaom last August, triggering panic as residents fled to hills.
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Clayton
N. M
Folaom
Cimarron
Demur to Indictments in New York Murder Case
Captain Peter C Hains Jr and brother T Jenkins Hains faced arraignment in Flushing L I on first degree murder charges linked to deaths of William B Annis and John F McIntyre. Prosecutors argued improper grand jury drawing and a contested juror. defense sought access to minutes before pleading. Nearby, a Chicago and Erie train No 9 narrowly avoided disaster near Wilders Laporte county as a bridge burned and a river drop threat loomed.
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New York
Peter C. Hains, Jr
T. Jenkins Hains
Supreme Court
Garretson
Flushing
L. L
William B. Annis
John F. McIntyre
Annis
McIntyre
Grant
Laporte
Ind
Chicago and Erie
Wilders
Laporte County
Kankakee
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Imperial Palace
Belgrade
Servia
Keticz
Montanesh
Nuwitiea
Agram
Ftinje
Salinas
Cal
Camphora
Soledad
Manila
Lewis Connor
Amber
Fire Department
Emperor OF Japan
Pierce
Texas
Washington
H. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
St. Louis
Creecy
Supreme Court of the United States
Midlake
Haina Brothers
Ppenheimer
Kuppenheimer
Stein Bloch
SAM Appel & CO
Huron, South Dakota
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