Death of Pulitzer Ends Unexpectedly Aboard His Yacht
The longtime editor Joseph Pulitzer died of heart failure aboard his private yacht the Liberty in Charleston harbor. Surrounded by wife and younger son, he had been in poor health for years, after a Civil War service and a fortune estimated around 9 to 20 million. Funeral plans include a New York burial at Woodlawn Cemetery as Ralph and Herbert Pulitzer travel to join family.
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Stricken With Blindness Ends Pulitzer's Long Rise to Power
Joseph Pulitzer, 42 at the time of his yacht voyage, gradually went blind yet remained a powerful newspaper magnate. Born in Budapest, he built the St Louis Dispatch and Evening Post, bought the New York World, funded Columbia's journalism school, and left a legacy of vast wealth and charitable works for the blind.
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Zee Runge McRee in jail after fatal shooting case
In St Landry parish Louisiana Mrs Zee Runge McRee, held in a third floor jail cell since September 21 for the shooting death of Allan Garland, spent a quiet Sunday with her husband and four children. The defense opens tomorrow at 9 with the trial heading toward a jury likely by midweek.
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Yankee stock in danger race death by action
Boston notes a census warning from Prof Robert J Sprague of Massachusetts Agricultural College Amherst. He cites what he calls race extinction due to declining birth rates blamed on rugs and automobiles. He criticizes social norms that keep women indoors and warn of social standing loss for exercising in public.
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Come Causes Her Death In Buffalo Incident
Special to The Washington Post Miss Emma Worth of Hornell died after leaving a Buffalo drug store when she slipped on a cement step and fell backward. Her skull was fractured and a comb in her hair penetrated her brain. She died almost immediately.
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Montreal youth banker flees to Canada jail with detective
George Hope Ross a 19 year old Montreal resident and cashier for Jefferies Manufacturing Co at its Montreal branch confessed he diverted 6000 to 35000 dollars of firm funds into bucket shops and bookmakers. He fled to avoid arrest but was captured in Washington and agreed to return to Canada without extradition papers. Detective McLaughlin accompanied him to police headquarters as Ross explained his long downfall in stock betting and horse racing.
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Girl Kills Her Sweetheart in Malian Firehouse Row
New York dispatch reports Nicholine Lenarl a Malian woman, after stabbing Frank Minaco to death with a fishknife, confessed at a police station. She led officers to the home, showed the body, and said Minaco jilted her for another woman. Four stab wounds in the heart and two in the neck were inflicted as he bent over a safe for receipts.
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Hardware dealer killed in store hold up in New York
Charles Barnett a hardware dealer was shot and killed today in his store by a man who walked in and is believed to have demanded money. Passersby heard five revolver shots and rushing in found Barnett dying. The stranger fled. No body was recovered.
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Woman Dead in Canals Near Seneca Falls
The body of a young woman, probably Mrs. Margaret Boland of Rochester wife of James Boland, was found in the canal near Seneca Falls. She left Rochester October 17 claiming she would go to Auburn and was sent home by boat to her husband.
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Baltimore railroad man kills in-law then commits suicide
Carroll James a Baltimore and Ohio conductor killed William Pritchard his father in law fatally wounded Mrs Jennie Pritchard and shot his wife before killing himself in Pennsboro West Virginia at 2 am He tried to reload and then fired into his head The tragedy followed a divorce dispute and alleged infidelity involving James and his wife Mrs James The Pritchard family and neighbors witnessed the aftermath and a coroner's inquest ruled murder and death by suicide
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Mob Too Drunk To Lynch After Rope Placed
In Washington Georgia on October 29 a mob captured A B Walker after he confessed to murdering C B Hollenshead a wealthy merchant. A rope was placed around Walkers neck but the drunken mob toppled and released him as he escaped into the night while posses hunted him. Local sheriff later arrested Walker and took him to jail amid the uproar.
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Swift Ride for Taft Policemen Keep Way Clear
President Taft’s quiet Chicago Sunday included a 55 mile wind driven automobile ride through city parks with a motorcycle patrol clearing the path. He spoke at Quinn Chapel to thousands of Black residents and later addressed Chicago business leaders endorsing Taft policies including tariff reform arbitration and the Panama Canal project.
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Panicky turmoil as Manchus flee Peking amid revolt
Reports from Hankow and Peking describe a growing panic among Manchu forces and officials. A wounded American, A H Kepler, is tallied, six thousand Twentieth division troops refuse Hankow departure seeking a constitution, while legation guards fortify with sandbags. Artillery exchanges occur, foreign vessels prepare to evacuate, and rumor of drastic political upheaval spreads through Amoy and Nanking.
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Earthquakes Reveal Rich Gold Veins in Alaska
In southwestern Alaska earthquakes in September and October exposed new quartz ledges along Prince William Sound near Port Wells and Valdez. Quartz samples test as high as 24 000 dollars per ton in gold, with some assays around 15 000 dollars per ton, sparking a Klondike style rush mood in Valdez Cordova and nearby towns.
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Persian force routed near Bender-Gesre by Tyrcomans and Russians
Teheran dispatches report the former shah's Tyrcomans aided by Russian troops and gunboat fire defeated a Persian government force near Bender-Gesre. The deposed ruler's camp now near Gunesh Tepe where he first landed to reclaim the throne. He ordered 5,000 rifles and 10 baapias from Europe.
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Baldwin named for Democratic convention in 1912
The Wallington Post reports Governor Simeon E. Baldwin of Connecticut will be presented to the Democratic national convention as a presidential candidate. Supporters note Baldwin might accept a vice presidential slot, while he says he will not actively seek the nomination and remains in New Haven ready if the party looks for him. E. Thomas confirms the delegation will present Baldwin as its choice for the ticket head.
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Niagara River motorboat voyage ends safely at Lewiston
Captain Klaus Larsen of Detroit completes a five mile Niagara River run from Maid of the Mist dock to Lewiston in nineteen minutes. The craft, Niagara, a 16 foot boat with 4 horsepower engine, endures heavy rapids and a cross current near the whirlpool before passing the Lewiston suspension bridge at 2 14. Larsen plans Atlantic crossing next year despite the near capsize and fierce conditions.
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Government to answer tobacco trust reorganization plan
Attorney General Wickersham will file in the Southern district of New York the government’s answer to the American Tobacco Company plan for reorganization and dissolution of the tobacco trust. Hearings will start as directed by the Supreme Court, with protests from New York Attorney General Carmody and several states and associations to be heard by the court.
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Impersonating Army Officer Arrest in Allentown Case
Dustin Waelchh of Allentown Pennsylvania alias Lieut W L Norton USA was arrested in a town by Secret Service agent John M. Bowen on a charge of impersonating an officer to defraud. He planned to lecture titled Army and News when detained. He admitted his identity and claimed experience as an actor and lecturer with appearances in New York and Boston playhouses.
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American cardinals honor marks Vatican gesture to US church
Rome notes three American prelates elevated to the cardinalate, with New York and Boston archbishops cited for conspicuous service. Pope Pius X signals broad American representation, while Cardinal Falconio’s naturalization adds to the lineup and a consistory slated for early 1912.
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