Wreck toll in Atlantic City two days after crash rises
After nearly twenty hours of searching submerged Atlantic City electric line cars, fifty three bodies are recovered with many identified. A coroner impanels a jury of prominent citizens to fix responsibility as crowds flood the morgue and to witness the removal of remains. Casualties include numerous Philadelphia residents and other listed names among the dead and injured.
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Bodies Dragged From Wrecked Cars After Night of Search
Divers labored through darkness along the Thoroughfare as wrecked cars submerged in the muddy channel were raised one by one. A dozen unaccounted victims were believed to remain, with crowds lining banks and families awaiting news at the Empire Theater while officials confiscated valuables and prepared a special train for the dead.
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Defeat for Liberals in Lords over Education Bill
Special Cable Dispatch reports a large Liberal defeat in the House of Lords on the education bill. The key issue was compulsory religious teaching in public elementary schools. An amendment requiring attendance during religious instruction was approved 266 to 51, backed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, bishops, and most of the opposition, signaling a protracted battle between chambers.
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British Naval Changes Command Chiefs in 1907
London reports impending naval promotions with Sir Day Hart Bosanquet to Portsmouth, Lord Charles Beresford moving to the Channel Fleet, Sir Charles J Drury to the Mediterranean, and Assheton Curzon Howe assuming the Channel Fleet post, marking high rank reassignments among the North American, West Indian, Mediterranean, and Channel commands.
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Atlante
Ohio Supreme Court Clerk Arrested for Disturbance
Laween Emerson, clerk of the Ohio Supreme Court, was arrested in Columbus on October 23 charged with disturbing the peace. His wife Emerson alleges he attacked her during a quarrel, then chased them to a neighbor’s home, threatening to break in with an axe. A divorce petition citing neglect and cruelty followed the arrest.
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Utes Defy as Army Delays in Powder River Camp
Sheridan Wyoming October 29 United States troops ready to move against the renegade Ute Indians encamped on Powder River, but delay persists awaiting Col Augur and the Sixth Cavalry en route from Crawford Nebraska. A private messenger reports white men joining the band and the Indians cursing the nearby camp while awaiting further orders.
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Oklahoma Sues Railways Over Wheat Rates With ICC
Oklahoma Attorney General W. Cromwell files a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington against fifteen Oklahoma trunk lines and Texas connections. The suit alleges unfair wheat rates on carload shipments from Oklahoma to Gulf points, noting higher per mile charges in Oklahoma than in other states and estimating rail costs at about 25 mills per ton per mile while charges reach 77 mills.
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William O Robson Dead Supreme Secretary of Royal Arcanum
William O Robson, longtime supreme secretary of the Royal Arcanum and Boston Post city editor, died at his Wellesley Hill home after a brief illness of pneumonia at age 62. Born near Rayal Gah Md, he was son of Thomas Robson, editor and proprietor of the Eastern Star, learned printing, worked in New Haven, Norwich, and Hartford, and led Royal Arcanum drafting during its early years.
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Rush for Gold Field At Walker Lake Draws Massive Stampede
At Thorne Nevada on October 29 hundreds of prospectors surged into the Walker Lake reservation at a signal fired from Grand Peak. Miners, explosions, and a chaotic race of launches, autos, and horses created injuries as claim-rich areas near Rick Dutchmans and Cottonwood were seized. Indian police were overwhelmed, with fifteen officers guarding seventy-five miles. Officials question opening legality and warn that reclamation workers briefly aided the rush in violation of the opening rules.
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United States
Negro murderer lynched by mob after gunfight in Tennessee
In Tennessee a mob overpowered a sheriff posse and hanged George Estes after he killed Deputy Sheriff Safely and wounded Constable Bowers during a raid on a craps game at Hale Point. Estes was in custody en route to Hipley when seized, despite sheriff Pennington's efforts to protect him. The incident follows a violent confrontation with lawmen and a deadly shooting.
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Kearns Denies Buying Senate Seat in Challenge to Smoot
Former U S Senator Thomas Kearns issues a public challenge to Senator Reed Smoot over charges tied to a debated Mormon Church figure and a claimed sale of a Senate seat. Kearns, 14, a leader in an anti Mormon group, defends his record and loyalty to Utah.
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Lorenzo Stow
Senate
Duke Faces New Suit From Ex Wife In New York
Brodie Duke, after a split two years ago, was served with two summonses by his ex wife Alice Webb. He seeks to set aside service claiming he was in court as a witness in Norden & Co suit. Justice McLean will rule on the motion to default.
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Supreme Court
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Spree
Duke
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A. Norden & Co
Hinder Irish Land Act Sparks Call for Compulsion
Irish leader John E. Redmond adjourned the House of Commons to protest landlord refusal to sell untenanted lands hindering land act operations. He urged compulsion as a remedy as landlords block reinstate tenants. Bryce noted government progress. Walter Long praised nationalist gains.
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Kaiser Has A Cold Forces Wilhelm To Cancel Visit
Berlin Oct 29 Emperor Wilhelm is suffering from a cold severe enough to cancel his planned visit today to Liebenberg for engagement with Prince Philipp zu Eulenburg. The court circular notes the illness as light. Marseilles Oct 9 letters from Saigon report two French doctors claim a thymol remedy cures sleeping sickness. One hundred fifty patients reportedly treated with this remedy, most recovering.
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Uncle Amos Boreum Dead Here on Oyster Bay
Special to The Washington Fest. Amos Boreum known as Uncle Amos to President Roosevelt and locals on Long Island died at age over eighty. He drove a stage before railroads and carried mail here for years. A favorite of Roosevelt since boyhood, he attended Christ Church when the President would be in town and commonly greeted him with a handshake. He mourned missing the depot departure when Roosevelt returned to Washington this fall.
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Boiler Tube Inquiry Reaches Grand Jury in Shelby Case
The United States grand jury began work in Speelat to The Weabington zoo and is expected to finish its regular business before delving into the Shelby Steel Tube Company case. About twenty five witnesses, mainly current and former employees, have been subpoenaed for the investigation into defective boiler tubes supplied to the government.
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Japanese calm after U S stance on San Francisco schools
Tokyo dispatches report no signs of anti American sentiment amid the San Francisco school crisis. Secretary Root and Ambassador Wright note the Japanese public and officials view the U S position as just, while cautions rise about potential pro war agitators in both nations. News from Saint Petersburg warns of growing anti Japanese sentiment threatening a broader clash.
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Japan rights alleged in San Francisco school case
Professor Theodore P fon of Boston University argues Japan has the stronger legal position in the dispute over segregated Japanese children in San Francisco schools. He asserts treaty guarantees grant residence and equal protection but not the right to entry into public institutions, and supports Japan’s right to retaliation or subjecting U S children to similar treatment in Japan.
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Student teacher found frozen to death near Parker
Castle Rock Oct 29 Misa Laura Scott a nineteen year old school teacher was found dead near Parker last night. A coroner's jury returned a verdict that she died of exposure as she headed for a call and became lost in the night.
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Hearst Gains Labor Backing as Campaign Backs Ferry
Labor support for Hearst grows with manufacturing centers showing strength. Murphy warns of lawsuits over cartoons. Court of Appeals to hear Independence League nominations tomorrow. Hearst and Hughes push final week as camps claim momentum in New York.
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