Russian War Minister Sakharoff Assassinated by Woman
St Petersburg reports Lieutenant General Sakharoff former minister of war was shot and killed by a woman from the so called flying column at the governor’s Saratoff house. The act unsettles authorities amid rioting and fears of revolutionary influence as telegraph wires fail and officials assign the task of informing Madame Sakharoff to Count Witte.
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St. Petersburg
Daily Telegraph
Sydtkuhnen
Sakharoff
Sakharof
Saratof
Revolutionary Movement
Saratoff
Count Witte
Rudiger
Count White
Lis
Gahon
Paris
May Fight On Carter Tate Rumors Rise In Senate
Special dispatch reports talk among Senate Republicans opposing Carter Tate's district attorney appointment because he is a Democrat. They fear the president is building a personal party by naming three Democrats, including Franklin Lane for Interstate Commerce Commission and Joseph Alexander for Amerons district attorney. Opposition to Lane is seen as serious, though Tate and Alexander seem unlikely to be defeated.
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Byron
Old Washington
Senate
Carter Yate
Yate
Franklin Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Claifornia
Iim
Benjamin the Wheeler
Lane
Joseph Alexander
Amerons
Tate
Alexander
Brown House Hotel Damaged by Blaze in Macon Georgia
A stubborn blaze at the Brown House in Macon, Georgia, caused extensive damage with the front roof buried and severe water and smoke harm. Firemen battled the fire for hours, arriving around 5:30 and fearing the structure might not be saved.
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Macon
Dovereber
Depew Out and Oblivion Awaits Call
The report says Chauncey Depew resigns as a director of Equitable Life. John A. McCall denies resigning from New York Life. Claflin offered presidency but refused. Legislative panel probes Security Mutual Life Insurance dealings, including a $125,000 agency payment and a $26,000 velvet payment to Charles Hughes.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
John A. McCall
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
Equitable Life Assurance ‘Society
Paul Morton
Equitable Society
New York Life
Claflin Mey
McCall
New Yar Life Insurance Company
John Claflin
H. B. Claflin Company
Claflin
Security Mutual Life Insurance Company
Binghamton
Charles M. Turner
Agency and Investment Company
Torney
Security Mutual Life
Charles , Hughes
Senator Bacon Named Regent of Smithsonian Institution
Washington December 6 Special. Chief Justice Fuller head of the Smithsonian proposes Senator Bacon as a regent to replace ex Senator Cockrell. Senate representation on the board follows law. Senator Lodge expected to be appointed regent for late Senator Platt of Connecticut.
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Washington
Fuller
Smithsonian Institution
Fairbanka
Senator Bacon
Senate
Board of Regents
Bacon
Cockrell
Lodge
Platt
Connecticut
Win
Immigration figures spark debate at Civic Federation meeting
At New York session on December 6 the National Civic Federation debated U S immigration policy. Frank Sargent reported 1 026 491 arrivals last year with New York receiving 315 611 and six northeastern to midwestern states also high. Gompers urged restriction, arguing large foreign influx harms American workers.
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New York
United States
National Civic Federation
August Belmont
Archbishop Ireland
St. Paul
Alfred Mosely
London
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
J. W. Jenks
Cornell University
Frank P. Sargent
Sargent
Unite States
New’ York
Pannsylvania
Massachusetts
Illinois
New Jersey
Ohio
Maryland
West Virginia
Georgia
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Yales
Atlanta Public Building Bills Pushed in Congress
Senator Clay introduces bills for new public buildings in Atlanta Marietta Albany Americus and Griffin with 50 000 each plus related measures from House members for La Grange Newnan Carrollton Martella and Dalton. Secretary Shaw warns Atlanta post office needs about 500 000 for proper facilities, urging separate post office from court house and custom house.
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Washington
Clay
Atlanta
Marietta
Albany
Americus
Griffin
Bacon
Gainesville
Valdosta
Adamson
la Grange
Newnan
Carrollton
Fort McPherson
Waco
Lee
Martella
Dalton
George
Shaw
Farmers Union of America to Form National Organization
Lexarkena Decembers story notes the Farmers Union of America convention voting by a clear majority to establish a national organization. The brief item records a decisive step toward unity within the association and signals broader cooperative aims.
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Lexarkena
Farmers’ Union of America Today
le Prey Sci
Negro hero John Hill in line for Carnegie Medal
Atlanta, December 2 1905 petitioners urge Carnegie Hero Fund to award a medal to John Hill colored coachman who saved a nurse and child from a runaway barouche on Peachtree Street. He leaped a fence, confronted two horses, restrained them, and ensured the occupants’ safety despite severe injuries from a prior operation.
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John
Georgia
Atlante
Varnegie Hero Fund
John Hill
Peachtree
J. E. Hunnicutt
New ‘York
Hero's Caedal
Johun Halk
Ee “Atlante, Ga
Carnegie
New York
Hil
Bill
Joseph "M. Terrell
James J. Woodward
Atlanta
Robert I. Maddox
C. E. Currier
W. English
Fran Hawkins
H. H.ttornton
Clark Howell
M. Juman
Joseph N. Moody
Robert J. Lowry
David Woodward
James R. Gray
George M. Brown
John Temple Graves
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Sarah Bernhardt Egged by Enraged Canadians
Rotten eggs were thrown at Madame Sarah Bernhardt after a performance in UEBBED Canada. The act followed an uncomplimentary interview she gave to Canadian newspaper men in L Evenment. About 200 men blocked doors and egged the carriage as she left the Auditorium and station.
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Uebbed
Sarah Bernhardt
L'Evenment
Sig
Max
Mme. Bernhardt
Northwest Passage and North Magnetic Pole Found
Hattub Wash December 6 news reports Captain Amundsen aboard the Gjoa sending a message to Nansen’s party about a dog team journey from Herschel Island to Eagle City Alaska. The message claims the expedition is safe with the ship Gjoa wintering at King Point while the American whaling fleet is trapped by ice. one vessel wrecked after Amundsen departed Herschel Island October 24.
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Gjoa
King Point
Amundsen
Herschel Island
Jce
Herschel
Hagle’ City
Mackenzie River
Peel River
Fort Egbert
North Magnetic Pole
Bay Rosa
Ross
Commission Criticised For Incomplete Reports
Washington December 6 The House devoted four and three quarter hours to debate on the Panama Canal bill of 16 400 000 with Republicans and Democrats faulting the canal commission for incomplete expenditures and estimates while Hepburn led defending details read by Cockran criticizing the press agent and salary of 10 000 a year as proper inquiry. Senate session brief but busy with numerous bills and resolutions and disputes over railroad regulation subsidies and political funding.
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Washington
Panama Canal
House
Canal Commission
Hepburn
de Theislinesg
Bourke Cockrau
New York
Sepburn
Senate
National Corporation
Foraker
Gal- Inger
Lodge
Culberson
Newlands
Interstate Commerce Commission
Spooner
Tinman
Atlanta plans first Industrial Exposition committee
A 25 member committee appointed by President Sam D. Jones and Robert F. Maddox will organize Atlanta’s 1910 Industrial Exposition. Governor J. M. Terrell heads the group with leaders like Clark Howell and E. T. Inman among members. The first meeting is set for Friday afternoon as the drive to showcase Southern development begins.
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Atlanta
Sam D. Jones
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Robert F. Maddox
Association of Atlanta Businessmen
Joseph M. ‘Terrell
J. M. Terrell
B. Thompson Bam
D. Jones
J. W. English
Clark Howell
E. B. DuBose
E. T.inmanm
Spalding
Davia Woodward
J. BR. Gray
F. J. Paxon
W. A. Peel
A.G. Candler
Forrest Adair
Frank Hawkins
John W. Grant
Joel Hurt
K. Orr
B. M. Atkinson
Joseph Hirson
John Tt. Graves
Arkwright
W. G. Cooper
Robert F. Mada
Ac‘ Janta ‘Chamber, of Commerce
South
Weather Forecast For Georgia Florida and Mississippi
Washington forecast for Thursday and Friday calls for fair and warmer conditions in Georgia and eastern Florida with light to fresh northeast winds. Western Florida Alabama and Mississippi see partly cloudy to fair weather with warmer temperatures and northeast to east winds. Local data show temperatures and precipitation with 7.89 inches excess since month start.
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Washington
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
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Smithsonian Institute
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Civic Federation
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ASK Carnegie Medal
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