Roosevelt Beyond Danger Point in Chicago Campaign
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt remains in Mercy hospital in Chicago beyond the danger zone after a gunshot wound. He dictating a political statement urging opponents to continue the fight and signaling a return to campaigning. Reports say Hiram Johnson will deliver speeches here and Roosevelt may leave for Oyster Bay next Tuesday.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Mercy Hospital
Woodrow Wilson
Bryan
Coloné
Bose
Roosevelt
Hiram W. Johnson
Johnson
Oyster Bay
Alexander Lambert
Ethel Roosevelt
Mr Kumelik
Prairie Avenue
Mrs. Roosevelt
Man Killed While Trying to Break Into County Jail
Edward Fromme 35, reportedly prone to breaking into others homes when drunk, was shot and killed by Sheriff Fred Nelson in Muskegon Michigan as he attempted to enter the county jail through the kitchen window.
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Michigan
Muskegon
Muskegon, Mich
Edward Fromme
Fred Nelson
Two Bodies Found in Fire Ruins in Duquain
In Duquain Wisconsin on October 18 searchers found the bodies of William Copeland forty five and his grandson Robert Holl five after the home of August Boll burned.
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Duquain
August Boll
Boll
William Copeland
Robert Holl
Miners Threaten Strike Over Unsubmitted Yardage Claims
About 2,000 Crow's Nest Mining workers in Calgary Alberta threaten a strike after failing to submit yardage claims to arbitration. The move follows unresolved wage and settlement disputes among miners and company management.
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Calgary
Alberta
Crow’s Nest Mining Company
Munsey Testifies on 1904 Campaign Contributions
Frank A. Munsey testified before the Clapp committee that his total 1904 contributions to Colonel Roosevelt were 118 000 dollars. The National Committee bank records showed a 240 000 dollar deposit in late October tied to the Harriman fund. Cortelyou denied knowledge of such large outside contributions and said the money went to the New York state committee.
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Washington
Frank A. Munsey
Clapp Committee
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
Fourth National Bank of New York
Harriman Fund
Clapp
George B. Cortelyou
Alred “Harriman
New York State Committee
B. B. Odell, Jr
Gary Newsboy Dying After Selfless Leg Sacrifice
Wille Rugh a Gary newsboy who gave his leg to graft skin for Miss Ethel Smith after a motorcycle burn lies dying of pneumonia in Gary General Hospital. Doctors say recovery is unlikely as pneumonia worsens his congested lungs and fever rises. The youth’s sacrifice followed an incident with his fiancée Ray Roberts.
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Gary
Ind
Wille Rugh
Gary Newsie
Ethel Smith
Ray Roberts
J. A. Craig
Rugh
Gary General Hospital
Greek strikers killed amid mill clashes at McGill
Ely Nevada October 18 two Greek strikers were killed during union attempts to close the Steptoe mill causing disorder. Governor Oddie ordered mobilization of Nevada state police to restore order. Arlington Confederate monument corner stone to be laid November 5 under United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Ely
Nev
McGill
Steptoe Mill
Amelier
Oddie
Nevada
Washington
Arlington Confederate Monument
Arlington National Cemetery
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Twenty two miners missing at North Mount Lyell
Hobart Tasmania October 15 report twenty two miners are missing at the North Mount Lyell mine after a disastrous fire that began Saturday. There is little chance any of the miners are alive.
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Hobart
Tasmania
North Mount Lyell
No More Exiles Go to Siberia
Report from St. Petersburg says the Russian government plans to end banishment to Siberia. A bill is to abolish penal servitude there and replace it with confinement in European Russia's penitentiaries.
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Siberia
New York
Russia
Crfir
St. Petersburg
European
Chicago widow gives $10,000 for Union Seminary endowment
Mrs. Cyrus W. McCormick of Chicago donated 10000 dollars toward Union Theological Seminary centennial endowment in Richmond in memory of her husband Cyrus W. McCormick. The Presbyterian institution is based in the city.
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Richmond
Cyrus W. McCormick
Chicago
Union Theological Seminary
Widow Emma Chance Claims One-Eighth of Winnerman Estate
Mrs. Emma Chance of Kewanee has been notified as an heir of millionaire ranchman Jacob Winnerman who died in Kansas City. She stands to receive one-eighth of the estate, about $200,000.
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Kewanee
Emma Chance
Jacob Winnerman
Kansas City
American Consul William Kitchen Dies by Own Action in Teneriffe
William Whitney Kitchen United States consul at Laguna Teneriffe shot himself after a long illness of chronic heart disease. Canadian born naturalized in 1908 at Hullalo appointed March 2 last year. Arrest of George R Law and wife in Little Falls New York for addressing textile mill workers.
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Teneriffe
Canary Islands
William Whitney Kitchen
United States
Laguna
Mr. Kitchen
Hullalo
Wits
Little Falls
N. Y
George R. Law
Schenectady
Bank Safe Dynamited Near Dallas Exceeding $1000 Loot
Dallas Oct 18 robbers dynamited the Citizens bank of Hutchins ten miles south of Dallas they seized about 1000 dollars and escaped on a hand car authorities pursue leads but no arrests reported the incident disrupted local banking hours.
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Dallas
Tex
Citizens’ Bank of Hutchin
Marconi Loses Eye After Automobile Injury
William Marconi, the wireless inventor, had his right eye removed at Spezia Naval Hospital after severe contusions from a September 25 automobile crash near Borghetto. Surgeons reported the optic nerve damage left vision in the left eye at risk, leading to the removal during a hospital consultation.
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Rome
William Marconi
Bayardi
Turin
Naval Department
Spezia
Marconi
Borghetto
Feud Explodes Homes Injuring Three On Pleasant Valley
Pittsburg October 18 Peter Messing a carpenter dynamited the homes of William Jackson and William Bigger at Pleasant Valley injuring three people and wounding Messing. County detectives arrived to prevent a mob attack. Mrs. Molly Scott Mrs. Sarah Jackson and James Martin were hospitalized along with Messing who was said to be severely hurt. The police attributed the outbreak to a long running feud.
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Pittsburg
Peter Messing
Willian Jackson
William Bigger
Pleasant Valley
Messing
Molly Scott
Sarah Jackson
James Martin
Mrs Hutt Wins Decree in Reno Divorce Case
Edna G. Hutt wife of artist Henry Hutt received an absolute divorce from Judge French in Reno. She described being choked and her home stripped after a night of intoxication. The judge granted the decree forthwith.
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Reno
Nev
Edna G. Hutt
Henry Hutt
Venus de Milo
Aviator Dies After Wing Breaks In Flight
Chalons France October 18 Lieutenant IMano perished in a monoplane accident over the untrenched camp when a wing fractured and he was hurled from about 1200 feet.
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Chalons
France
Imano
Taft Reaches Summer Home in Beverly
President Taft arrived from Worcester and drove to the summer White House in Beverly where he reviewed a mass of correspondence accumulated during nearly two weeks away.
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Taft
Beverly
Maso
Worcester
White House
Rebel Leader Wins 4 Towns In Mexican Uprising
Rebels led by Diaz seize Jalapa Cordoba Matamoras and Temautipas while a Vera Cruz battle looms. US warships move to protect 1500 Americans as Aubert commanded forces prepare to recapture Vera Cruz. Ambassadors report Diaz support in Mexico City amid cabinet resignation talk.
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Mexico City
Jalapa
Cordoba
Matamoras
Temautipas
Vera Cruz
Bravo
Morelos
Tampico
Washington
Vera Cruz City
Mexico
Felix Diaz
Kent Diaz
Navy Department
Navy
Beekman Winthrop
Madero
U. S
Des M
Progresso
Des Moines
Hughes
State Department
Aubert
Diaz
Grozzeo
Zapata
Aguilar
Wilson
Chamber of Deputies
John T. Cameron
el Paso
Editor Killed and Four Hurt in Hinsdale Car Crash
A car plunged from a hill near Hinsdale, killing editor C. W. Prior of the Commercial Chronicle and injuring his wife Mrs. C. W. Prior, Mrs. Allee Walker, and two children. Helen Prior and Jane Walker suffered scratches and bruises.
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Chicago
Fullersburg
Hinsdale
C. W. Prior
Commercial Chronicle
Allee Walker
Helen Prior
Moreland Suit On File
Baltimore court records reveal Marjorie Moreland the stage star known as Nat s leading lady filed for absolute divorce Sept 14 after her husband sued actor for 34000 alleging alienation of affections. Dispatches note a suit in San Diego links Margaret Doughty to Marjorie Moreland.
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Baltimore
Marjorie Moreland
Nat
Hus
Sctor
Miss Moreland
Givn
Margaret Doughty
Margaret Parrott
San Diego
Cal
Doughty
Goodwin
Marjoria Moreland
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George Waldburg
Elizabeth of Austria
JSEP
Rosevelt
Cortelyou
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Ferdinand
Czar
Gary Newsboy
Willie Rugh
Nevada ‘Strikers
Gov
William W. Kitchen
Texas Bank
Elmer E. Brown
The
University of New York
Lake Mohonk
Self
Mrs. Hutt
Port City
Moreland
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