Taft Welcomed in Manila with Water Parade
War Secretary Taft arrived in Manila from Hong Kong at 4:30 p m. and received an enthusiastic reception. A water parade led by Governor General Smith and General Leonard Wood welcomed him before he toured the city and promised a future policy outline after the Philippine assembly meeting. He will inspect schools and exhibits and visit Olongapo and Caguilo, with liquor served at palace functions reportedly barred on his order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Taft
Hong Kong
Smith
Leonard Wood
Aiivision
Philippine Islands
Hemphill
United States
Philippine Assembly
Magoon
Havana
Philippines
General Smith
Olongapo
Cagulo
Aged Kaiser’s Condition in Vienna Unchanged
Vienna reports Emperor Francis Joseph shows no improvement with fever returning to a moderate level. He remains in good spirits and desires physical exercise. Heat is prepared in two Schoenbrunn galleries for walks, and a bedroom hammock will allow rest during fatigue. The illness continues to cause headaches, with semi official notes calling his state stationary.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Schoenbrunn Palace
Detroit heir weds Anne Russell at hospital then falls ill
James Thayer McMillan of Detroit and grandson of the late Senator McMillan married Miss Anne Davenport Russell of Detroit at Massachusetts General Hospital with only the parents of the bride as witnesses. McMillan contracted typhoid fever the day after the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
James Thayer McMillan
Detroit
Senator McMillan
Anne Davenport Russell
Henry Russell
Michigan Central Railroad
McMillan
French Cabinet Sets Priority for Parliament Session
Paris Oct 16 The French cabinet names three main bills for the coming session. A devolution of church property to communes. Military court martial reform. An income tax measure. The ministry seeks immediate appropriation of 1 200 000 to aid flood relief across several regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Disputed Provisions in Nelson Morris Will Stir Probate News
Gossip in Chicago probate circles links inconsistencies in the Nelson Morris will to its breakdown by the widow and three children. The will may lock the estate for decades, potentially valuing the packer’s fortune at 50 million dollars and elevating Edward Morris to management.
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Chicago
Nelson Morris
Packer
Sarah Morris
Maurice TL. Rothschild
Henry C. Schwab
Ira Nelson Morris
Edward Morris
Cook's Dast for the Pole Near Etah Harbor
The schooner John R. Bradley carrying Dr. Frederick A. Cook sits at anchor in Goncester harbor. Captain Moses Barnett says Cook joined owner John E. Bradley on a hunting trip and planned a late race for the pole using canvas boats, Esquimax, and dogs with staged depots along a Peary like route.
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Goncester
Mass
John R. Bradley
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Etah
Moses Barnett
Peary
Cook
John E. Bradley
Etab
Bradley
Rudolph Franketon
Utah
Bartlett
Dr.ook
Wealthy U S Citizen Targeted by Paris Pickpockets
In Paris on Rue de la Paix a visiting American man chatted with two young women posing as dressmakers. He handed them his pocketbook to write addresses and offered Milan picture cards. The bell sent them back inside, taking the book and $1200. Police say the women were not linked to any local shop, and the victim’s identity remains withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Rue de la Paix
Milan
Multiple Global Incidents Tied to 1906 Newswire Facts
A diverse set of reports covers a military surgeons meeting in Jamestown fair, floods drowning five and displacing 30 000 near Barcelona, Fairbanks to speak in Sioux City on October 18, a Standard Oil inquisition noting competitor awareness, a $50 000 fire loss in St Paul Five and Ten store area, Mulai Hafid marching on French Casablanc a, Lowmoor Indiana fire wipes town, a deadly Shrewsbury train wreck with nineteen dead and forty wounded, Pettibone to stand trial for murder in Idaho, cholera rising in Kiev Chernihiv and Ekaterinoslav, nine Western Union telegraph operators seek reinstatement, Toledo freight workers seek wage hikes, and the Master Horseshoers convention in Peoria expanding apprentices.
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Association of Military Surgeons of the
United States
Barcelona
Spain
Fairbanks
Sioux City
Standard Oil
New York
Standard
St. Paul
East Seventh Street
Paris
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Casablanca
Lowmoor
Shrewsbury
G. B
George A. Pettibone
Steunenberg
Idaho
Kiev
Chernigov
Ekaterinoslav
Russia
Western Union
Washington
Toledo
Peoria
Ill
Fontanet Powder Plant Blows Up Wrecking Town
Fontanet Indiana suffered total ruin after seven Dupont powder mills exploded at 9 15 am destroying every building. 40 000 kegs of powder stored in the magazine caused a shock felt 200 miles away. 20 to 50 people died and over 600 were injured as soldiers and Governor Harney supervised aid.
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Fontanet
Ind
Dupont Powder Company
Passengers Injured by Flying Glass After Disaster
A disaster left several injured as glass shattered during the incident. Identified dead include A B Monahan general superintendent, Mrs A B Monahan and her sister, George Justice, John Bobo, George Bobo, William Sherrill, Henry Harrington, Sylvester Dial, '&d Webster, Sammy Nevins, Yates, Will Dalton, W E B Griff, Earl Wood, L J Carroll, George Hodge, John Grey, Don Dial, Frank Dial, James Biggs, Pred Cress, John Nevens, Edward Nevens, Samuel Ingalls, Frank Ingalls, Miss Susie Bishop, Willie Hodge aged 7, and three unidentified men.
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A. B. Monahan
Monahan
George Justice
John Bobo
George Bobo
Willian Sherrill
Henry Harrington
Sylvester Dial
D Webster
Sammy Nevins
Yates
Will Dalton
W. E B. Griff
Earl Wood
L. J. Carroll
George Hodge
John Grey
Don Dial
Frank Dial
James Biggs
Pred Cress
John Nevens
Edward Nevens
Samuel Ingalls
Frank Ingalls
Susie Bishop
Willie Hodge
Incomplete Injury List From Local Disaster
An incomplete roster records numerous injured individuals including Albert Webster with a broken leg Grace Brannon with eye and scalp injuries Elmer Bright and William Hodges both severely burned or crushed bodies General Walker severely burned and internally injured Mrs Wasteller fatally injured Miss Susan Bishop and Miss Grace Brannon among others listed as injured or cannot recover in a local powder mill calamity with multiple named workers and bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Webster
W. P. McCoy
W. M. Shearrond
Charles Nash
Willard Carroll
Elmer Bright
J. R. Shoptaugh
Fontanet School
George Stewart
Susan Bishop
Coal Bluff
Wasteller
John Gray
Employe
Alex, Biddle
Alvie Edwards
Fred Cross
Edward Cross
Harvey Kelso
L. J. Harris
Carl Hamerick
Mr. Walker
William Walker
Jas Thompson
H. M. Edwards
Mrs. Blias Brannon
Mary Brannon
Harvey Chandler
Explosion at Dinding mill devastates town killing plant superintendent
The blast from 40 000 kegs of powder leveled the town destroying churches schools and a railway station. Superintendent Mona han was killed in his office while his wife and sister in law died at home. Rescue workers suffered injuries as the town lay in ruins with aid teams and Indiana National Guard dispatched to shelter and protect the displaced.
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Monahan
Chas. Wells
Fontanet
Coal Bhuity
Terre Haute
Brazil
Hanley
Indianapolis
Indiana National Guard
American Airship and Balloon Corp Formed in New York
The American Airship and Balloon Corporation is incorporated under New York law with a $200,000 capital to build airships and balloons. Vice president Israel Saidilow, director of aeronautics at Jamestown, presides alongside president Charles A. Stobel, an airship owner, and treasurer William H. Hodge, a Virginia shoe dealer.
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New York
American Airship and Balloon Corporation
Israel Saidilow
Jamestown
Charles A. Stobel
William H. Hodge
Virginia
HOGS AND CATTLE MARKET REPORTS FROM CHICAGO OCT 16 1907
Furnished by J. W. Culver & Co Washington Iowa the Chicago market report lists hogs cattle and sheep with estimated receipts and price ranges for today and tomorrow. Prices span light mixed heavy rough packers and shipper grades with regional variations and notes receipts 24 000 to 25 000 for cattle hogs and sheep.
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Texas
J. W. Culver & Co
Washington
Iowa
Chicago
Four Explosions Hit Mills Causing Mass Burned Casualties
A town near Terre Haute endured four mill explosions with a later catastrophic blast at the magazine. Eighteen bodies were recovered and many injured sent to hospital as residents aided workers and protected the ruins. The mills lay about a mile south of town, workers fled as further shocks raged.
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Terre Haute
Drowning Theory Sparks Medical Debate in Chicago
Chicago scholars debate Dr. H K Whitford s claim that drowning can be reversed hours after breathing stops. Emma Berringer from Elgin cites as a restored patient after six hours submerged, with hot water immersion and forced respiration cited as key steps.
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Chicago
H. K. Whitfor
Elgin
Ir. Whitford
Emma Berringer
West Side
Chicago Street
National Art Bridge
Thesician
Belme tunnel tubes completed and ready for traffic
New York reports completion of the East River Belme tunnel tubes after months of effort. The south tube tracks and overhead electric rail will be installed within a week, and an experimental car has run in the completed tube. Ground breaking occurred in 1905 and work has continued around the clock.
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New York
East River
Comple
Baby Roasted to Death in Oven Accident
In Muncie Indiana on October 16 a months old child fell from a rocky chair into a hot oven while the mother was away calling a neighbor. The infant was fatally roasted.
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Muncie
Ind
Will McKinley
Camm
Shonts Seen As Warsaw Manufacturing Leader
In Warsaw Indiana on October 16 a record notes Theodore VP Shonts former official and president of the Lesh Manufacturing Company. The message hints at mismanagement concerns surrounding his tenure and leadership.
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Shonts
Lts
Warsaw
Ind
Lesh Manof Turing Company
Theodore VP
Ig Hadi
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Abdul Aziz
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John A. Babcock
Is Wits
The
North American Commission Company
Sjall
Fata
Lagae
Belmont
E River
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