President finishes St Augustine stay and heads south
President spends quiet day in St Augustine attending church and bathing at Anastasia Island before a three day southern tour. He will visit Mobile Montgomery and Birmingham then Little Rock and New Orleans en route to Washington with praise from Rome’s Observatorio Romano noting his speech clarity and energy.
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Fla
Alabama
Mobile
Presbyterian Church
James Coffin Stout
Loeb
Geneva Rixey
John McKhenney
John Greenway
Fort Marion
Anastasia
Island
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Rome
Romano
Vatican
Tlboosey
Eatorial
Quarantine Restrictions Likely Easing in Gulf States
New Orleans reports no new yellow fever deaths. Mississippi to lift quarantines by Monday. Texas to allow Louisiana entrants with affidavits of no exposure for six days. Alabama expected to end restrictions soon. Vicksburg records one death and three new cases in 24 hours. Pensacola notes a jump to twelve cases with one death.
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New Orleans
State Health Office
Mississippi
der. Tabor
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
Vicksburg
Miss
P. m
Pensacola
Fla
Earthquake Jolts Vermont Shakes Newport Area
A severe earthquake struck Newport Vermont early today, described as the heaviest ever felt in the region. The quake rattled houses and ore storage, caused great excitement, and was followed by a brief aftershock and a distant ground shake.
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Newport
Vi. Vet
Mexico shifts to gold basis boosts economy amid wheat shortage
Mexico City reports a six month gold standard shift has stabilized exchange rates, boosted imports and manufacturing, and raised prosperity as wheat and corn prices climb. A duty abatement on American and Canadian wheat and corn is anticipated to aid the poor, while a large railway extension to Colima progresses with 36090 workers.
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Mexico City
Mex
Currency and Exchange Commission
Limantour
Mexico
Mexican Centrals
Colima
Mananillo
Parific
Mexican National Construction Company
Mexican Central
The
Central
Tuxpan
Jailsco
Mad Mullah Again Advances in Somaliland Threat to Italian Colony
Telegram from Aden reaches Rome reporting the Mad Mullah has renewed activities in Somaliland and threatens the Italian colony. Italian warships are speeding toward the Somaliland coast to protect interests and coasts. A Minnesota syndicate has secured 43 000 acres of Vancouver Island lumber lands for a new sawmill project.
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Paris
St. Paul, Minn
Vancouver Island
Triumphal Return of the Victor Ad Togo Enter Tokio After Sea of Japan Victory
Tokio observed a grand welcome as Admiral Togo returned from the Sea of Japan campaign. He arrived at Shimbashi at 10 30 am with his staff and met by ministers diplomats and crowds. The emperor received him at the palace and praised the service of his fleet and crew.
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Tokio
Japan
Togo
Shimbashi Station
Kataoka
Kamimura
Dowa
Inouye
Sakuma
Guards of Honor
Hibira Park
One More Victim Of The Lake Storm
Mereland Ohio October 22 A telegram arrives confirming the steamer Progress crewed by 15 and the captain reached the Soo late Saturday night Fox a wheels man from the steamer Sheldon perished when lost off Lorain Friday his body found 15 miles west of Lorain A life saving station in Cleveland reports no further disasters today
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Mereland
Corrigan
Progress
Soo
Fox
Sheldon
Lorain
Cleveland
Russian railroads crippled by major strike in Moscow
Moscow dispatch reports seven of nine trunk lines paralyzed by a sweeping railway strike crippling Russia’s commercial heart. Only the Nicolai line to St Petersburg and routes to Riga remain open. milk and meat shortages threaten civilians as factory walkouts loom.
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Moscow
Russia
Empire
St. Petersburg
Baltic
Nicolai
Windau
Rybinsk
Riga
Kazan
Yaroslav
Archangel
Rybinek
Brest Litovsk
Kieff
Dehormdaea
Cunliffe denies theft claims in Bridgeport raid interview
Pittsburg dispatch reports Edward G Cunliffe, accused robber, denying took $1000 extra to the $100,000 package and saying his aim in Bridgeport was to get work on poster boats. He claims $80,000 went to Bristol, disputes aiding a Bridgeport woman, and blasts Detective Eisenman and James Missett. He also cites cramps delaying capture and notes he has not smoked in twenty years due to jail rules.
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Pittsburg
Edward G. Cuntiffe
Express
Bridgeport
Tenderloin
Bristol
Express Company
Fates White
Cunliffe
James Missett
Pinkertown
Missett
Arnold
Eisenman
Allegheny County Jall
Order reshapes civil service as top officials gain firing power
The Oct 18 correspondence notes a White House order allowing department heads to discharge employees on the spot without prior notice or response, a move seen as modernizing government while triggering unease among Washington residents. It also covers Panama canal commission findings on yellow fever, route inspection, and Health measures, plus rumors of State Department personnel changes led by Secretary Root and possible replacement of the chief clerk with Mr Denby of Indiana.
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Correspondence Morning Journal
Washington
Panama Canal Commission
Colon
Panama
Isthmus
Bahia
Obispo
Gambon
Alhajuela
State Department
Denby
Indiana
United States
China
Lequist
Fall River Textile Council Rejects Wage Offer
The Fall River Textile council representing organized cotton mill operatives rejected last week’s 5 percent wage increase and profit sharing proposal. They seek restoration of a 12 percent cut effective July 26, with no immediate trouble anticipated and further negotiations expected next week. The action affects mills in Fall River and nearby northern New England towns.
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Fall River
Mass
New England
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Streetcar Battle Ends With Three Wounded In Feud
Three men fought on an Eighth Avenue streetcar in New York injuring all. Thomas O'Brien, Henry Prang and Thomas Sullivan were seized by police near Twenty-sixth Street after the car sped with gunfire. O'Brien neck wound, Prang neck wound, Sullivan leg and arm injuries. Police link clash to West Side gang feud.
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New York
Eighth Avenue
Thomas O'Brien
Thirty-first Street
Twenty-sixth Street
O'Brien
Henry Prang
Thomas Sullivan
O’brien
West Side
Bear Canyon
Julian Garcia
West Tijeras Road
Claude Eggleston
Garcia
Albuquerque
Cramer
Lucero
Fred B Heyn
Eggleston
Kggleston
Weir
Iberty
John F. Pearce
Eccleston
Megleston
Death in Santa Fe yards identified as Ivan Chavez
The body found in the Santa Fe yards yesterday morning was identified as Ivan Chavez of Bernalillo after repeated identifications by relatives and a coroner's inquest. Chavez had been in Albuquerque for several days and owned a small farm near Bernalillo.
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Santa Fe
Ivan Chavez
Bernalillo
Albuquerque
Pablo Diaz
Barelas
Diaz
San Marcial
George Craig
Justice of the Peace
County of
Hee G. L. Martin
W. BE. Rogers
M.D. Roach
Louis Goodman
Mr. Borders
Chavez
Acros
Kernalille
Pope Has A Slight Cold In Rome
Rome doctor Dr Lappeont for the Associated Press says the Pope only has a cold and would hardly be called indisposed. Since a gout attack in January His Holiness has had perfect health and today received over 200 visitors, with audiences continuing as normal.
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Rome
Lappeont
Simpson Suffers Repeated Hemorrhages in Wichita
Ex Congresssman Jerry Simpson suffered a severe hemorrhage early today with a lighter bleed later. Doctors fear he may not survive the night though he revived briefly and took nourishment, the third near-fatal episode in a week showing diminishing vitality.
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Wichita
Kan
Jerry Simpson
Woman killed in San Francisco auto crash on Van Ness
In San Francisco on October 22 Mrs Theodore Plana wife of a merchant was killed when she swerved to avoid four pedestrians, the car overturned. Her mother in law Mrs Henry Plana was badly hurt and Theodore Piling, her husband, and two nieces escaped injury.
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San Franchsco
Cal
Theodore Plana
Tattor
Sixteen Victims of Launches in Delaware River Collision
A Philadelphia bound launch with nine men collided with a barge near Beverly New Jersey on the Delaware River. Six boatmen drowned, three rescued by the tug Bristol under Captain Mott. Rescued: Captain John Winch, W F Russell, J Rutherford. Dead: William Winch, John Ellis, John Stevenson, Samuel Heron, Norman Eye, James Yonkeers. The accident occurred near Cruden on the Pennsylvania side as the launch crossed the tug’s stern.
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Beverly
N. J
Philadelephia
Delaware River
Bristol
John Winch
W. F. Russell
J. Rutherford
William Winch
John Ellis
John Stevenson
Samuel Heron
Norman Eye
James Yonkeers
Ring
Philadelphia
Winch
Croyden
Pennsylvania
Captain Mott
Bordentown
Mott
Philadelphia Law
Five Die As Cathboat Slams Tug On Hudson
Five men feared drowned after a cathboat collided with a tug off South Yonkers New York. The boat belonged to Edward Nelson and carried his party Edward Benson P Simpson and Cert Thompson all from South Yonkers. Benson’s body was recovered near the collision scene with no further trace of the others by nightfall.
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Hudson Yonkers
N. Y
South Yonkers
South Hudson Boat Club
Ries
Edward Nelson
Edward Benjamin Benson P. Simpson
Cert Thompson
Benson
Two Victims Of Deadly Grade Crossing
Indianapolis Oct 22 Two children were killed and eight injured in a grade crossing crash north of Southport when a car on the Indianapolis Columbus Southern traction line struck a wagon carrying picnickers returning from the country. Jennie Russell 10 Harvey James 14 among the victims, the wagon hidden by a sharp curve until the motorman could not stop.
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Indianapolis
Southport
Indianapolis, Columbus & Southern Traction Line
Jennie Russell
Harvey James
Emperor's illness delays St Petersburg departure
The emperor is indisposed at Peterhof and will not depart for St Petersburg until October 25.
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St. Petersburg
Peterhof
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Dean
New York City
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Ivory Station
Fred Phee
Edward Duffy, Jr
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Phee
Jefferson Barracks
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