Witte Promised Support for Convocation Plan Amid Opposition
Count Witte is reported ready to back a constituent assembly when the Duma meets if a single representative raises the issue. He faces stiff opposition from the dogma and allies with Zemstvoists while insisting the matter lies with the Duma itself. The liberal press warns against backing social democracy while urging unity for Russia’s political future.
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St. Petersburg
Count Witte
Flo
Amfoscow Vemstvo
Eame
Douma
Christ
Gen
Trepoff
Party of Order
Social Democratic Party
Russia
Attempt to Wreck Train Aboard Southern Pacific
A dynamite device was placed on the northbound Southern Pacific No 9 at the Los Alamos bridge near Surf California and Santa Mambara. The engine hit the charge causing a massive explosion blowing the pilot and wheels off yet the locomotive stayed on track. No injuries were reported and officials suspect an attempted wreck and robbery.
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Southern Pacific
Los Alamos Bridge
Surf
Cal
Santa Mambara
Nearer to Prison Ohio Court Denies Chadwick New Trial
United States circuit court of appeals at Cleveland denied Cassie Chadwick a rehearing. If the Supreme Court does not grant a rehearing she faces ten years in the Ohio penitentiary for conspiring to defraud under the national banking law tied to the Citizens National Bank wreck at Oberlin. The court found no error in the lower court. Also, an inquest on 15 year old Winona Charlotte Newton’s body in Kansas City was postponed to week’s end at the request of Police Chief Hayes. her sweetheart Austin Franks remains in custody.
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Ohio
Chadwick
United States Circuit Court of Appnels
Cleveland
Cassie Chadwick
Supreme Court of the United States
Ohio Penitentiary
Citizens National Bank F
Oberlin
Hayes
Kansas City
Ecoroner
Winona
Charlotte Newton
Austin
Four Trainmen Killed In Liverpool Collision
Sioux City stock market mentions butcher steers at 8.50 5.00 and top hogs at 4.90. A passenger train on the Rome Western road collided with a freight near Liverpool Tuesday. Four trainmen died. one was seriously injured. None of the passengers was hurt.
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Sioux City
Rome, Westertown
Ogdensburg Road
Liverpool
Autonomy Movement in Poland Revived in Poland
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports a renewed drive for autonomy in Poland following the success of the national movement. The revival signals intensified political activity and renewed hopes for Poland's self-government within the larger imperial framework.
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Poland
St. Petersburg
Murderer Milton Andrews dies after killing companion
Milton Franklin Andrews murdered Bessie Bouton on Cutler's Mountain near Colorado Springs ten months earlier and assaulted William Elis in Berkeley. In a San Francisco upper flat he shot his companion Naida Olivia then killed himself. Police, who had closed in, found $150 in gold and a Spanish sovereign on Andrews, plus jewelry and a posthumous rambling note denying the Colorado Springs murder.
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Bessie Bonton
San Francisco
Cal
Milton Franklin Andrews
Pessie Bonton
Cutler
Colorado Springs
Colo
William Elis
Berkeley
Naida
Olivia
Andrews
Nalda Olivia
T48
MacAlister Street
Wis
Bessie Bouton
Saloons Shut Sunday as Minneapolis Enforces Law
Minneapolis, Minn. reports the first Sunday closure of licensed saloons since 1885 as Mayor Jones ordered arrest for any saloon or hotel bar open on the Sabbath. Hundreds of residents traveled to suburbs and St Paul seeking drinks, amid enforcement action.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Jones
St. Paul
Shot by a Maniac Near Helena Injures Telegraphers
A man supposedly insane shot two telegraphers, A IX Arpin of Salt Lake City and J C Doliver of Orlando Florida, near Helena Montana as they walked in the hills. They were brought to town with serious but not mortal wounds. Authorities have been hunting an insane suspect reported in the hills nearby.
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Billa
Helena
A. IX. Arpin
Salt Lake City
J.C. Doliver
Orlando
Fla
Mont
Mun
Three Burned to Death in Ohio Cottage Fire
A fire eight miles north of Dayton Ohio cremated father Jacob Haugh, mother, and son Jesse. Son Oliver Haugh survived with serious burns and is hospitalized. The coroner investigates origin amid survivor accounts of attempted rescues and kerosene started blaze. Nearby Monticello Kentucky fire killed Mrs. Arthur Massengill and injured others. a note cites a fatal stove kerosene incident. Ontario farmer Philander Burkholder killed wife and six week old baby then himself after a supposed mutual agreement relief note.
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Ohio
Jacob Haugh
Jesse
Dayton
Oliver Haugh
Monticello
Arthur Massengil
Massengill
Philander Burkholder
Stony Creek
Ont
Hardware Merchant Kills Daughter Misidentifies Burglary
Hayden R. Craft of Uniontown Pennsylvania shot and killed his daughter Mrs Elizabeth Caddington at their home above the West Main Street hardware store believing he was firing at a burglar. The tragedy occurred Sunday.
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Hayden R. Craft
Uniontown
Elizabeth Caddington
West Main Street
Murderer Darwin Hangs Self in Cleveland Jail
Albert II Darwin, a county jail prisoner held for the murder of Joliet woman Mrs. Anna Gray, committed suicide by hanging in his cell on Monday. The case notes Darwin fled Joliet with Gray months earlier, seeking escape from justice. Also reported is the death of Clarence Von Bokelen, a Santa Clara high school student, from a crushed skull suffered during a football game at a focal sanitarium.
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Cleveland
Albert II
Darwin
Anna Gray
Joliet, II
Clarence von Bokelen
Santa Clara, Cal
Explosion Means Tragic Loss at Michigan Bank
A blast at Miners' National Bank in Ishpeming Michigan kills three children aged 10 to 12 and injures thirteen, one fatally. Gas leaked from the basement and a match ignited the jet as two steam fitters entered to check the furnace, destroying the bank and scattering papers for blocks.
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Michigan
Ishpeming
Mich
National Bank
Steven Godman
Alice McGee
Edwin McGrath
James F. Mullen
Bank
Gus
Mass
Anderson & Peterson
James Millen
Another Girl Murdered in Tenderloin District
The body of Gussie Leitcher, a Tenderloin frequenter, was found in her West Twenty eighth Street room with a crushed skull from an iron bar blow. Police suspect a quarrel with a man she lived with over earnings. a well dressed man fled after a quarrel heard by a house resident.
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New York
Tenderloin
Gussie Leitcher
West Twenty-eighth Street
Leitcher
Burrows Signals Willingness to Hear Smoot Case
In Washington Senator Burrows of Michigan, chair of the privileges and elections committee, arrived for the new session and said the Reed Smoot case could be disposed of before the term ends. He added the panel will hear further testimony if desired and will take up the matter after senate committee reorganizations and the Maryland vacancy filing.
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Burrows
Washington, D. C
Michigan
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Washington
Congress
Reed Smoot
Utah
Senate
McComas
Maryland
Head of Susan Geary Recovered From Boston Harbor
A severed head believed to be Susan Geary, the suitcase victim, was recovered from the bottom of Boston Harbor in a feather basin on a Sunday. It was raised near the surface close to the spot where Louis Crawford and William Howard confessed to discarding the dismembered body from an East Boston ferryboat. The trunk was found September 21 and the limbs on October 27.
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Boston
Susan Geary
Mass
Louis W. Crawford
William Howard
Tornado Kills Seven in Mountain View Oklahoma
A tornado struck Mountain View Oklahoma at 430 PM Saturday and killed seven people. The business district remained largely intact with only a few windows blown in.
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Mountain View
Okla
Fireproof Floors Collapse in Omaha Building
Four fireproof floors of a new six story building at Sixteenth and Douglas Streets in Omaha Nebraska collapsed Monday killing Albert Lumpkin and James McNamara.
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Sixteenth and
Douglas Streets
Omaha
Neb
Albert Lumpkin
James McNamara
No New Fever Cases in New Orleans Yellow Fever War
The fifteenth week of the fight against yellow fever in New Orleans ends with no new cases and the disease showing signs of ending. The marine hospital service reports continued progress and may close out efforts if trends hold.
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New Orleans
Marine Hoy
Pital Service
Battle in the Mountains Feud Clash Near Middlesboro
A Middlesboro Kentucky telegram reports a fight in the mountains between state troops and about forty feudists. The clash involved approximately 150 shots fired and no further details available.
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Middlesboro
Tammany Given a Shock District Attorney Jerome Elected by Plurality
New York City returns show Jerome independent wins district attorney by about 3,500 over McClellan and Hearst leads in mayoral race. late counts note Jerome victory despite party opposition and possible contest. Cincinnati and Philadelphia results hint at broader Democratic gains with irregularities alleged.
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New York
New York County
Jerome
Osborne
Shearn
Flanmer
Law Committee
Municipal Ownership League
New York City
Hearst
Phanumer
Oshorme
Shear
Gos
Greater
McClellan
Ivins
George B. McClellan
William Randolph Hearst
William Travers Jerome
James W. Osborne
Tammany Organization
Hig
Democratic
Willian R. Hearst
the Tribune
Mearst
Bund
Ohio voters choose governor as results trickle in
The State Journal reports early county returns showing a net plurality for Flervick in the race for governor. Republican surpluses noted as GLOTO while Democratic gains total around 30,000 with 63 of the SS counties counted. Voters in Ohio advance to final results Tuesday.
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Herrick
Dattison
Pattison
Cincinaid
Hamilton County
Geo. Ww. Cox
Cuyahoga County
Cincinnati
Cuyahoga City
Columbus
Cleveland
Toledo
Laylin
Ohio
the State Journal
Flervick
Maryland Ballot Voters Defeat Constitutional Amendment
Maryland voters statewide reject a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at disfranchising Black voters by a large margin. In Baltimore, Republican Jullough is favored for state comptroller over Democrat Atkinson, several city offices flip to Republicans, and Chief Justice Harlan is reelected Democrat. Legislative control remains unsettled pending final counts.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Supreme Court
Jullough
Atkinson
Harlan
Massachusetts election yields Guild governor win by wide margin
Lieut Gov Curtis Guild of Boston, Republican, was elected Massachusetts governor Tuesday by a 29,485 vote lead over Democrat Charles W Bartlett. Eben Draper won the second ticket spot over Democrat Henry M Whitney by 8,042. Total votes show Republican majorities for governor and lieutenant governor and a strong GOP legislature.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Mass
Curtis Guild, Eh
Charles W. Bartlett
Eben
Draper
Hopedale
Henry M. Whitney
Brookline
Guild
Bartlett
Whitney
Aso
Executive Counscil
Tig Legishiture
O Lending
Still Solvent and the Dockside Departure Tale
An American departing at Liverpool declares, If there's a single person in the British Isles or Europe who hasn't paid a fee, let me know. The Washington Post reports a clerk who paid his Will at a Florida hotel and showed a debt claim of one hundred twenty dollars. He stayed only a few days, the sum seemed high, but he offered a massive roll of bills to the cashier, claiming he had more money.
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Liverpool
British Isles
Europe
Washington Post
Dleman
Wplorida Hotel
Guesa
The Profits Behind Women’s Clothing Shops
A merchant explains that retailers venturing into women’s wear often switch from their original line as profits rise. He notes stores with menswear expanding into women’s branches tend to thrive, driven by higher returns from garments for women and steady demand in dress.
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Weaver
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Willch
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Ciition
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Ber
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Turrisburg
Berry
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