Envoy Witte Reaches Home Amid Cheers in St Petersburg
M Witte senior Russian peace plenipotentiary returned to St Petersburg this morning greeted by cheering crowds. He credited Emperor Nicholas President Roosevelt and Emperor William of Germany for support and honored the Washington home stead as a token between nations. He said he followed his majesty instructions and noted the world weary of war. Armistice talks with Japan and Russia in Korea failed to reach agreement and were postponed awaiting further orders.
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St. Petersburg
M. Witte
Wecome
Portsmouth
Emperor Nichols
Roosevelt
William
Germany
Washington Homestead
Mount Vernon
Korea
Seoul
Oba
Cossanaffski
North Korea
Lineviteh
Theft of securities reported on Wall Street
New York sept 28 A theft of securities totaling 350000 is announced on Wall Street. The securities were stolen from a wall street office yesterday but the firm or victims are not named. The transfer of the securities has been stopped. Vault wrecked by burglars and money taken Cairo ill Sept 28 Burglars damaged the private bank of C B Burnett Sons El Dorado Illinois and fled with between 8000 and 10000 in currency and gold.
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New York
Wall Street
Cairo
C. B. Burnett & Sons
el Dorado
Illinois
Eldsens
Baku
Caucasia
Payment for stolen boy demanded of father
New York on September 28 reports Antonio Mareaneina six year old son of Brooklyn contractor Frank Mareaneina missing since last Sunday. The father suspects kidnapping for ransom by blackmail methods and has received letters offering to return the boy for 500 dollars, threatening to return him in a box if the ransom is not paid.
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New York
Antonio Mareaneina
Frank Mareaneina
Brooklyn
Union printers strike hits Buffalo eight hour day
Buffalo on September 28 saw two hundred union job compositors walk out for an eight hour day. Palmyra New York also held its ninth annual exhibition under the Palmyra Union Agricultural Society marking the golden anniversary with enhanced premiums and more entries than prior years.
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Buffalo
Palmyra
N. Y
Palmyra Union Agricultural Society
Vsnal
Ther
Casna's Assassin Still At Large
Gallup New Mexico September 28 The talk of this town is the apparent cold blooded assassination of Andrew Casna and the cowardly shooting of Mrs Casna which may yet result in her death The coroner s jury at the inquest this morning returned a verdict that the deceased died from a gunshot wound inflicted by unknown parties Mrs Casna s condition remains serious and may end in death Sheriff Coddington is pursuing leads with deputies and Navajo trackers The murderer or murderers had twelve hours start with no arrests yet The community is divided over whether robbery or revenge sparked the crime The sheriff is confident clues will yield an arrest later today St Louis Wool St Louis Mo September 8 Wool market steady unchanged
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Gallup
N. M
Andrew Casna
Casna
Hut
Sheri Coddington
Hubbell Ordered To Vacate Sheriff Office By Morning
Sheriff Armijo arrives at Bernalillo county courthouse to serve Hubbell with a notice giving until 10 AM tomorrow to turn over the sheriff’s records and office. Armijo plans occupancy regardless of Hubbell’s compliance, while Hubbell seeks counsel guidance. No violence anticipated.
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Perfecto Armijo
Court House
Bernalillo County
Thomas S. Hubbell
Sherif
Shin House
Armijo
Hughes Fights Insurance Financiers in New York Inquisition
Charles Evans Hughes, lawyer and chief inquisitor for a legislative committee, dominates New York's life insurance probe. In a packed aldermanic chamber, his poised, imposing presence entrances crowds as he drills McCall, McGurdy, and Perkins for details on policyholder money. The piece highlights his calm dominance, method, and background from Glens Falls to Brown University.
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New York
Charles Evang Hughes
Legislative Committee
Hughes
Aldermante Chamber
Roosevelt
Nogris
Yaniel Websters
Henry James
McCall
Charles Evans Hughes
Wall Street
Ihs
David C. Hughes
Young Hughes
Glens Falls
N. Y
Brown University
Cornell
Columbia
Life insurance probes stir as Perkins objects to books
New York officials probing life insurance dealings heard George W. Perkins of New York Life refuse to bring Morgan bank ledgers into court while offering to share entries. Perry Greaves and Harry Rogers Winthrop of Equitable Life testified on trustee accounts connected to the navigation syndicate, noting missing checks and unsettled authorizations amid ongoing inquiries into related syndicate finances.
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New York
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Legislars
J. P. Morgan Company
New York Life Company
Hughes
Perkins
Greaves
Winthrop
Perry Greaves
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Geo. H. Squire
Squire
Thepatin Finance Committee
Mercantile Trust Company
Harry Rogers Winthrop
Equitable Society
Joan
Ag & Joan
Equitable Trust Company
M. L. Bailey
Whithrop
Navigation Syndicate
Celebrating Silver Anniversary of Episcopal Auxiliary
Rochester scene marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the Woman's Auxiliary in the western New York diocese. Hundreds meet at St Luke's to observe the affair and hold the auxiliary's annual session. President Ms Philip Nichols of Geneva opens the meeting with remarks. Bishop Walker attends and plans an address. A reception and banquet are scheduled for tomorrow evening. Open Golf Tournament underway at Nassau Country Club with many top players entered.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York
St Luke's Church
Philip Nichols
Geneva
Chile
Hua
Thomas
Barry
Charles Potter
van de Bees
Allan Holloway
Bishop Walker
Nassau Country Club
Oregon Land Thieves Guilty in Conspiracy Case
A Portland jury found three defendants guilty after less than six hours of deliberation. They were accused of conspiring to commit perjury by inducing locators to fraudulently obtain government land and financing efforts to transfer title to Williamson and Gesser once patents were issued. Judge Bennett asked for a new trial. appeals are planned.
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Potland
Gre
Tulenu
John H. Williamson
van Geseper
Williamson
Marion KR. Kiggs
United States
Priceville
Ore
Gessner
A. =. Bennett
Hunt
Diferse
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Ship blown up in Suez Canal
Port Said September 28. The wreck of the steamer Chatham sunk to prevent dynamite explosion was blown up to clear the canal. Ninety tons of dynamite and blasting gelatine were detonated by mines inside the hull. No serious canal damage. passage expected to be cleared in four days. Also Temperance Women’s Annual in Scranton marks Frances Willard birth anniversary with district W O T U convention and speeches.
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Port Said
Chatham
Huil
Temperance Women’s
Scranton
Frances Willard
Kim Parks Methodist Church
Martha M. DeGraw
Frances Raub
A. von Worter
George A. Peck
Clara Crecey
Wm. Swallow
P. J. Taft Tuttle
Mes
H.W. Palmer
Wilkesharre
Mera
J. K. Barney
Mountain Splits and Kamchatka Tragedy Across World
Old world disturbances and natural disasters fill this dispatch. An Italian mountain near Ajeilo split in two after an earthquake threatening the town. In Kamchatka thirty Japanese fishermen were murdered with ten escaping to a nearby vessel. France and Germany reach a Moroccan conference accord. Russian General Stoesel suffers a paralytic stroke.
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Italy
Kamshatca
Rome
Ajeilo
Pietra Poland
Spapania
Caserta
Y M C A Railroad Branch Conference Opens in Detroit
Delegates from railways in Russia Germany England France Italy and Japan attend the biennial session of the Railroad Branch of the Y M C A in Detroit. The opening included mayoral welcome and plans for noonday meetings and sermons as delegates address shop workers and rail officials from around the world.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Russia
Germany
England
France
Italy
Japan
Codd
United States
Detroit
Panama Canal Commission Sails for Colon City
The Panama Canal Commission and board of consulting engineers left New York aboard the Hayate of the Panama Railroad Steamship Line for Colon. They will base at the harbor and conduct daily investigations with a Panama Railroad special train aiding access to Varama and other line areas. The quarterly meeting is planned for October in the Governor’s office, per Roosevelt directives.
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New York
Panama Canal Commission
Board of Consulting Engineers
Washington
Panama
Panama Railroad
Wraf
Colon
Klnowra
Varama
Isthmian Canal Commisxion
Roosevelt
Confederate Veterans Organize Statewide Tennessee Convention
Nashville hosts a convention with about one hundred delegates from numerous camps and bivouacs to form a Tennessee Confederate veterans state organization. Previously no state body existed. the plan was proposed in April and gained broad support, with N. S. Forrest Camp No 4 of Nashville initiating the call. Delegates are enthusiastic and aim to complete organization before adjournment.
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Nashville
Tenn. Se
Confederate Veterans of Tennessee
Confederate Veterans
Forrest Camp No. 4
Prohibitionists Meet in Long Beach Conference
Prohibition workers from across the United States gather in Long Beach California for several days of talks on working methods publicity and coordination among local state and national groups. The program covers Venango plan personal work book keeping public meetings and handling speakers with evening meetings and symposia on literature and cooperation. The event includes speeches by prominent figures and a focus on improving temperance campaign tactics.
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Long Beach
Cal
United States
Old Constitution Must Not Leave Old Charleston
Boston Sept 28 Local members of the Daughters of the American Revolution Daughters of 1812 and other patriotic groups vow to oppose any move to relocate the old frigate Constitution from the Charlestown navy yard They argue moving the ship would be inappropriate since it was built in Boston and could be stripped of its status as a national relic A meeting is planned to decide on methods to preserve the vessel without removing it from its current quarters
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San Francisco
Upliiea
Kamshatka Peninsula
N. Castle
Boston
Mase
Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of 1812
Charlestown Navy Yard
Btooklyn
Brooklyn
Ciy
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Hatchell
Beri
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Hugues
Herrman
Morgan & Co
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
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Suez Canal
Morocco
General Stossel
Paris
Rouyier
Prince von Radoiln
Acord
Stoessel
Moscow
Arthur
Young Men’s Christian Association
Mich
Prime Mercantile
Constitution
Old Charleston
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