Persia Rejects Shuster Dismissal Sparks Persian Russian Clash
Teheran rejects the demand to dismiss American treasurer general W Morgan Shuster, risking war with Russia. Russia orders troops toward Enzell as Persian leaders face internal strife and anti-Russian riots. British Foreign Secretary Grey is cited amid accusations of misinformed advice contributing to Persian humiliation and rising resentment.
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Teheran
Persia
Russia
W Morgan Shuster
Great Britain
National Council of Persia
Enzell
Caspian Sea
Shuster
Ala el Dowleh
Ala-E] Dowleh
Sir Edward Grey
England
Edward Grey
Standard Oil Trust Ends as Split Into 34 Firms
The Supreme Court ruling fragments Standard Oil into thirty four independent entities. Each firm will operate separately with distinct records and earnings. Several named successors occupy former subsidiaries within the new structure, while no physical fleet moves to 96 roadway.
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New York
Standass Oil
Supreme Court
Temple of Rockelfeller
Queen Mary Stricken by Seas on India Voyage
Reports from a royal voyage recount a rough Bay of Biscay crossing on the steamship Meconoa. Queen Mary faced a flooded cabin and moved to a swinging cot room while King George, an able sailor, remained in his naval cabin.
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London
King George
Queen Mary
Ourbar
Meconoa
Bay of Brecay
Queens Cabin
Embargo on Haitians Leaving Port au Prince to Kingston
Haitien government bars business people from Port au Prince to Kingston alleging they carry revolutionary messages to the new leader of the national progressive party. Hart accuses progressives of seeking President Leconte's downfall. Reno divorce joke provokes Nevada demand for stricter laws. Iowa editor Sam G. Sloane, former Charlies City Intelligencer chief, dies in Adel.
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Kingston
Jamaica
National Progressive Party
Hart
Leconte
Mason City
Tla
Sam G. Sloane
Charlies City Intelligencer
Purple Hill Taken as Woo-Sung Troops Drive From Nanking
In Nanking revolutionists capture the last Orops stronghold on Purple Hill after a bayonet assault by 3000 Woo Sung troops. Loyalist casualties reported, with rebels driving fighters into the city. Admiral Murdock says Pompeii and Quiros dispatched to Yangtze to join other ships. Pacific fleet ordered toward Shanghai as a safety measure.
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Nanking
Purple Hill
Shanghai
Woo Sung
Purple Mountain
Washington, D. C
Murdock
Asiatic Station
Navy Department
Pompeii
Quiros
Yangtse
San Fran
China
Mrs Patterson Freed in Denver Murder Case
Mrs Gertrude Gibson Patterson, accused of killing her Chicago husband Charles A Patterson on September 25 in Denver, was acquitted by a jury. The verdict came on the first ballot with six votes, two for conviction and ten for acquittal. Patterson smiled, shook hands with her attorney and jurors, and then prepared to pursue life anew, possibly in acting if given a start.
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Denver
Colo
Gertrude Gibson Patterson
Charles A Patterson
Chicago
Allen
Patterson
Wolgast Operated on in Los Angeles Safe, Improving
Boxer Ad Wolgast, Los Angeles lightweight champion, underwent surgery at Clara Barton hospital for appendicitis. A hospital bulletin reports he is resting quietly, general condition favorable, temperature nearly normal, and doctors foresee rapid recovery with no expected danger.
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Los Angeles
Ad Wolgast
Clara Barton Hospital
Wolgast
Wolgasts
Persecution Glory Quoted by Frederick Mistral
Fragmentary lines attribute a compact philosophy on virtue amid persecution. The garbled text hints at a misquoted or fractured quotation by Frederic Mistral, with phrases about virtue and rage and a literary flourish.
Banker Hears of Bargain Backing Roosevelt in 1904
Wharton Barker accused a prominent New York financier of saying financial interests would back Theodore Roosevelt for president in 1904 due to a purported bargain on the railroad bill. Barker described a Broadway meeting, claims of a deal, and a letter from Roosevelt that went unanswered. Roosevelt dismissed the testimony as nonsense. Separate brief notes: Anna and Isabelle Dorsey drowned after ice broke on a pond near Carthage, with six others escaping.
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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wharton Barker
Philadelphia
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr Barker
Broadway
Roosevelt
Parker
Bedlam
Keokuk
Anna Dorsey
Isabelle Dorsey
George Dorsey
Carthage
Ambassador Dudley Dies in Baltimore Hospital
United States envoy to Brazil Ambassador Dudley dies from heart disease at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. His wife, hospitalized there, has not yet been told. Dudley recently returned from Brazil on leave for health issues and had sought treatment in October for heart and lung troubles.
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United States
Brazil
Baltimore
Dudley
Evanston
Johns Tropkins Hospital
Finness
Hopkins
Milwaukee Alderman seeks impeachment of mayor clerk and attorney
Alderman files charges of malfeasance against Milwaukee Mayor Fmt Seldel Clerk Carl Thompson and City Attorney Daniel Wo Hoan. The impeachment action stems from years of review over the assessment mills with details presented at a common council session.
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Milwaukee City
Milwaukee
Fmt Seldel
Carl
Mulford Wins Vanderbilt Cup in Lozier Record Ride
Ralph K Mulford in a Lozier won the seventh Vanderbilt Cup race near Savannah Ga completing the 29 miles at an average speed of 74 63 miles per hour with a 236 minute time He beat Ralph de Palma in a Mercedes by 2 minutes 11 seconds Spencer Wishart finished third and Harry Grant fourth in Lozier E H Parker Fiat and Louis Iisbrow Pope Hummer followed as the field closed out The same day David L Bruce Brown set a new world record for automobile road races with an average of 74 66 miles per hour on the Grand Prize course over 2 average speed higher than last year.
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Savannah
Ralph K. Maulford
Lozier
Ralph de Palma
America
Mulford
Spencer Wishart
Harry Grant
E H Parker
Fiat
Louis Iisbrow
David L. Bruce Brown
Pope creates 17 cardinal princes in Rome ceremony
In a solemn papal ceremony in Rome the Pope elevated 17 eminent ecclesiastics to princes of the Catholic Church. Among them were three Americans: Archbishop John Farley of New York, Archbishop William O Connell of Boston, and Archbishop Diomede Falconi do, the apostolic delegate in the United States and a naturalized U.S. citizen.
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Rome
John Farley
New York
William O'Connell
Boston
Diomede Fnaicondo
United States
Country
Missouri 16 Hour Trainmen Law Nullified by Federal Action
Missouri Supreme Court in a Woodson opinion held the 16 hour railway trainmen law invalid because the federal 16 hour rule is practically the same. Originating in Audrain County, the Wabash railroad was fined for running a conductor more than 16 hours in a day.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Woodson
Audrian County
Wabash Railroad
Fugitive Harry Ross Returns to Indian Reformatory
Jeffersonville Indiana. A fugitive for five years Harry Ross returned voluntarily to the Indian reformatory to complete a sentence for larceny. Ross
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Harry Ross
Indian Reformatory
Ross
Licensing large corporations for interstate trade, says ex governor
W L Douglas former Massachusetts governor argues in the Boston Herald that big firms should face no limits to legitimate business while advocating a licensing plan for all manufacturers and interstate merchants. He calls for full capital payments, semi annual public statements certified by a public accountant and state boards to audit corporate records and directorates.
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W. L. Douglas
Massachusetts
The
Boston Herald
Washington
Doan's Kidney Pills Claim Relief From Painful Urination
Used hypodermics story from Thomas E West of Terre Haute Indiana describes severe urine control loss and pain during voiding. After three doctors and a necessary operation suggestion he began Doan's Kidney Pills and rapidly improved, passing gravel stones and ultimately cured. 50c at all stores Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Thomas E. West
Terre Haute
Ind
Doan
Doan’s
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Steath Guarded Jewels At Marlborough Duchess Hires Detectives
The duchess of Marlborough, troubled by insomnia over her jewels, hires six former Scotland Yard detectives to guard her Sunderland House estate in Mayfair. Three work by day and three by night, at an annual cost over six thousand dollars, after spending vast sums on alarms and safety gear. A mournful line notes a man with a great heart but no room for the memory of a wrong.
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Duchess of Marlborough
Scotland Yard
Sunderland House
Mayfair
Omerson
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