Roosevelt Africa trip outlined for expedition with Smithsonian backing
President Roosevelt plans a hunting expedition to Africa within two weeks of leaving office. The Smithsonian will outfit the party at his expense, aiming to collect natural history material for a new national museum. The route includes Mombassa Victoria Nyanga and the Nile to Khartoum with Kermit Roosevelt as photographer.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Walcott
Smithsonian
Africa
Smithsonian Institute
National Museum
Mombassa
Victoria Nyanga
Nile
Khartoum
Kermit
New York
Edgar Mearns
Medical Corps
United States Army
Edmund Heller
J. Alden Loring
R. G. Cunningham
United States
Kermit Roosevelt
Mining Men Propose New Legislation at National Convention
The eleventh national convention of the American Mining congress adjourned after four days of sessions in Pittsburg. Officers elected include J. H. Richards of Boise Idaho as president. Resolutions urged mine disaster prevention, miner injury compensation, scientific mine safety equipment, and a one percent tax on soft coal to fund miners widows and injured miners. Headquarters remain in Denver.
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Pittsburg
American Mining Congress
Offoers
J. H. Richards
Boise
Idaho
Denver
Austria Tells Servia to Slow on Borders
London reports an unconfirmed St Petersburg message saying Austria has issued an ultimatum to Servia to stop aggressiveness on the Austrian frontier under threat of war. Guerilla warfare has been ongoing on the Servian and Montenegrin borders for months with a tense Balkan outlook.
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London
St. Petersburg
Austria
Servia
Balkans
Mme Steinhell On Stand In Paris Trial
Judge Andre resumes Mme Steinhells examination as her statements show contradictions in several points. Yard foreman Frank Wagner dies in Sacramento after being struck by a passenger car and hurled into pig iron.
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Mme
Steinhell
Paris
Andre
Bacramento
Frank Wagner
Bouthert Pacific
Denver Upsets Cartisie Indians 8 to 4 on Snowy Field
In Denver, December 5, Denver University battled through a snow damaged field to hold Cartisie Indians to a narrow 8 to 4 victory. Denver's points came in the second half after a display of new and old football styles.
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Associated Press
Denver
Denver University
Cartisie Indians
Silver Markets Fall With Copper and Lead Dull Trade
In New York on December 5 silver traded around 48 38 with copper and lead both dull. Silver price quoted at 14.37 percent and 1450 in base units, while copper hovered near 4.37 and lead near 4.30. The Seeker reports a cautious session in precious metals trading.
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New York
Steamer Boo City Sunk After Collision
Halifax reports claim the steamer Boo City was sunk in a collision. Life raft remains bearing the name Stanley recovered from the wreckage amid the Boo City disaster.
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Associated Press
Halifax
Boo City
Stanley
Poison Death Shocks Marked Tree Family Tragedy
William McBroom is jailed in Marked Tree Arkansas after his two daughters Paith and Ola died from poison on Thursday night. He was arrested Friday as authorities and the community reel from the incident and heightened guards around the town.
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William McBroom
Paith
Ola
Pacific Coast Mine Laying Ordered by U S Officials
Washington reports that the government quietly transported submarine mines to key Pacific coast harbors and sent cargoes to the Philippines Guam and Hawaii. Brigadier General Arthur Murray oversees planting as defense plans for Puget Sound San Francisco San Diego and the Columbia River harbors proceed. Mine planters have been ordered to San Francisco and to the Philippines with Atlantic coast work reportedly completed.
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Washington
State Department
Diplomatic Corps
Pacific
Philippines
Guam
Hawaii
Arthur Murray
United States Coast Artillery
Puget Sound
San Francisco
San Diego
Columbian River
Fortress Monroe
Atlantic
Seaboard
Blizzard Strikes East Disrupts Telegraph Service
Winter's first eastern blast hits Chicago and Pittsburgh with wet snow and high winds. Linemen race to repair damaged lines as service slows. Cleveland reports a furious snowstorm early today with several inches on the ground delaying telegraph lines and trains.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Ohio
Standard Oil Prosecutions Nolle Pressed In Ohio County
Prosecutions against Standard Oil in this county were dropped today after Prosecuting Attorney Davidall cited that alleged illegal practices have been eliminated. He noted that related suits are now pursued by the U S attorney general and Ohio attorney general in federal court in Missouri.
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Standard Oil Company
Findlay
David
Nolle
Standard Company
United States Attorney General
Ohio
Minsouri
Hold Up Man At Large In Tonopah
An elderly prospector Miller, with a yellow dog and flowing whiskers, faced a holdup in Tonopah’s Barbary Coast district. The attacker demanded whisky and money, but took only one bottle of booze and Miller’s eight dollars before fleeing into the night.
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Miller
Gant
Biggest raid on imitation butter makers in Denver
Denver deputies of the internal revenue office raid makers of fake butter in the city. The largest seizure is 20 000 pounds for Star cream with over 2000 pounds confiscated at other locations. Overall oleomargarine labeled as butter may exceed 100 000 pounds in the city.
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Associated Press
Denver
Internal Revenue Office
Star
Fire Breaks Out at Springfield College Dormitory
About two hundred Springfield College students fled in night clothes when a dormitory fire started from spontaneous combustion in the coal bin. Edward Boydston, a one legged student, dragged his trunk from the building and returned for his crutches. No injuries were reported.
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Springfield
Springfield College
Edward Boydston
Dispatcher Exonerated in Olive Wreck Inquiry
Chief Dispatcher J H Keeley of the Northern Pacific was cleared of all blame in the Olive wreck last September by a coroner s jury last night. The disaster caused multiple fatalities and injuries among railroad workers and passengers.
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Wreck Plains
Mont
J. H. Keeley
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific
Olive
Markets Were Weak Saturday Riot of Stocks
Stocks swung on rumor fueled speculation with limited confirmation causing artificial movement and broad selling. Vienna reports on Balkan outlook depressed sentiment while bond trading remained irregular.
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Associated Press
New York
Vienna
Balkans
Fall of Bridge Kills Two Fort Sill Artillerymen
Deadly collapse of a Cache creek bridge in Lawton Oklahoma kills two U S artillerymen from Fort Sill and seriously wounds six others as eight horsemen fall with the structure. A storm in St Johns Newfoundland reports seventeen deaths and ten fishing vessels wrecked with widespread harbor damage.
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Associated Press
Lawton
Okla
United States
Fort Sill
Aather
Cache Creek
ST. Johns
New Foundland
Broker Bidlon Arrested in Forgery Case
New York December 5 Samuel M Bidlon broker arrested yesterday afternoon on forgery charges. He was imprisoned in the Tombs unable to raise $10,000 bail with a reported paper fortune of no more than $200,000,000.
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Axxoclated Press
New York
Samuel M. Bidlaon
Suffragettes disrupt Lloyd George address at Albert Hall
In London a suffragette demonstration at Albert Hall disrupted David Lloyd George’s suffrage talk before about 8000 attendees. Attendants broke free chains binding protesters, the speaker resumed after thirty minutes, pledging cabinet support for woman suffrage though bill timing remains tied to parliamentary dissolution.
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Associated Press
London
Albert Hall
David Lloyd-George
Women’s Liberal Association
Liberal Party
Varlament
Beckwith Pass Tunnel Completed After 27 Months
The final bore of the Spring Garden tunnel on the Western Pacific Gould extension to the Pacific coast has been completed. Fresh air now runs the full 7,806 feet length as the Beckwith pass tunnel opens after twenty seven months of boring. The route climbs the Sierras to 5,009 feet with a grade under one percent.
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Associated Prose
East Lake
Spring Garden
Western Pacific Railroad
Gould
Pacific Coast
Beckwith Pase
Sierras
Gambler Arrested At Casino In Town
A gambler known as Trinh Mike was arrested Saturday night at the Big Casino by Deputy Sheriff Vail Uittman. Authorities refused bond terms and would not disclose the alleged charge. District Attorney McCarran and Justice of the Peace Brison denied warrants. associates offered no details. The man, familiar to local gaming circles, has been in Tonopah for some time and worked for the Crsine for thirty five days. Paris battle report notes French losses of fourteen and natives three hundred as the conflict rages.
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Vail Uittman
Johnson
McCarran
Trinh Mike
Justice of the Peace
Brison
Mike
Tonopah
Champ Clark Elected Leader of House Minority
Washington December 6 Champ Clark of Missouri was chosen by the Democratic caucus as the House minority leader. The election was unanimous with Clark's name suggested by retiring minority leader Senator-elect John Sharp Williams. Clark urged unity and regular attendance to strengthen the party and the country.
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Associated Press
Washington
Champ Clark
Minsouri
House of Rep
Clark
John Sharp Williams
Mis
Alppi
Roosevelt says not in danger amid narrow escape reports
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt clarifying he is not in danger after stories of a narrow escape. New York buzzes with a Friday address honoring Grover Cleveland and the annual meeting of city insurance presidents.
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Taddy
Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Grover
Thn Insurance
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