Remarkable Hold Up by Social Revolutionaries in St Petersburg
Report from St Petersburg about the Novoe Vremya being raided by three editors of the Workmen's Gazette who entered the composing and press rooms with revolvers and forced 30 000 copies onto the street. The incident is linked to rising tensions and a claimed Cossack march toward the capital.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Workmen's Gazette
Workingmen's Council
Workmen
M. Souvetrine
Count Witte
Tashkend
Reservists Rebel Over Food in Gomel Mutiny
Private advices from Gomel report a 1,090 strong battalion of reservists mutinied after a demand for better food. In Vologoda rumors spread that serfdom may be reestablished as peasants talk of killing landowners. St Petersburg papers resumed publication for the first time in several days.
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St. Petersburg
Gomel
Vologoda
Russia
Four Men Die In Parlin Powder Lab Explosion
Four men were blown to pieces in a laboratory explosion at the International Smokeless Powder and Chemical company in Parlin New Jersey on November 22. Victims were John Pierce Frank Spratford John Applegate and J W Redpath the laboratory superintendent. The cause remains unknown as only the four men were inside the building. The one story frame structure was isolated from the rest of the plant except for a storehouse which burned in the fire.
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South River
N. J
International Smokeless Powder and Chemical Company
Parlin
John Pierce
Frank Spratford
John Applegate
J. W. Redpath
Seventy Dogs Hanged Drowned or Shot in Hackettstown
In three days seventy dogs, about two thirds of the town’s dogs, were killed by hanging drowning or shooting after a three year old girl Mary Harris was bitten by a dog on Oct 26 and diagnosed with hydrophobia fear of a rabies outbreak spurred the killings in Hackettstown New Jersey.
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Hackettstown
N. J
Mary Harris
Costly Kiss Worth Ten Thousand Dollars
Miss Alla Hamilton files suit in Des Moines district court demanding $10,000 in damages from Hayden Marquis claiming he stole a kiss. Marquis, son of reputed millionaire D. W. Marquis, faces trial at the January term.
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Miss Alla Hamilton
Des Moines
Hayden Marquis
Marquis
D. W. Marquis
Man Sentenced for Illegal Voting in New York
Edward Meade received a prison term at Sing Sing for voting twice on election day. The sentence is not less than two years nor more than three years and six months after he pled guilty to the crime. A separate Brooklyn report states Mrs Patrick J McDermott was shot and her husband is missing following a separation.
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Sing Sing
New York
Edward Meade
Patrick J. McDermott
Brooklyn
Salmons' Successor Named Chief of Animal Industry
Washington November 22 Secretary Wilson appoints Dr A D Melvin of Illinois as chief of the bureau of animal industry succeeding Dr Salmons in a direct U S government action.
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Salmons
Washington
Wilson
A. D. Melvin
Illinois
Bureau of Animal Industry
More Die in Battle Says Hoff Report
Colonel John Van R Hoff reports from Washington that in the war with Japan the U S Army tally shows 37 642 killed or died of wounds and 18 830 dead from disease excluding Port Arthur casualties. He notes the battle deaths outnumber disease by nearly two to one, a record he calls the best in any war to date.
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Washington
John van R. Hoff
Medical Department
United States Army
Manchuria
Japan
Hoff
Port Arthur
Italian Emigrants: Rossi Reports Roosevelt Talks on Migration
Rome reports Inspector Adolfo Rossi told President Roosevelt on November 9 that the administration will push to reduce congestion of Italian emigrants in big cities. The plan is to spread migrants to agricultural regions where they can aid both Italy and the United States. Chevalier Forni notes Texas as favorable ground for Italian emigration and urges government support.
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Rome
Adolfo Rossi
United States
Roosevelt
Chevalier Forni
New Orleans
Texas
AFL Adopts Recommendations on Immigration and Labor
Pittsburg Nov 22 The American Federation of Labor adopted President Gompers recommendations excluding Chinese Japanese and Korean labor from the country and its possessions. It calls for prohibiting child labor and assigns the executive council to pick a labor organization against which an injunction has been granted to hire capable lawyers to take the case to the Supreme Court to test injunction laws. It pledges support to striking printers and to organized labor.
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American Federation of Labor
Pittsburg
Gompers
Executive Council
United States Supreme Court
Equitable Official Submits Insurance Contracts Evidence
New York on November 22 Second Vice President Tarbell of Equitable Life Assurance society filed specimen contracts with agents and accompanying explanatory letters. Albany reports on November 22 note William S Manning of Albany previously mentioned as Depew’s cantankerous friend has been subpoenaed to appear before the insurance investigation commission.
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New York
Tarbell
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Albany
William S. Manning
Depew
Hughes
Insurance Commission
Money Goes. Pacific Mail China to Carry Large Coin Shipment
Nearly 2 million dollars in money will be taken out for the orient by the Pacific Mail liner China, sailing Saturday. Three fourths of this, about fifty tons of Mexican dollars valued at 1,500,000, is aboard the China under strong guard. Such a large coin shipment has not been sent by liner for months. Most of the silver goes to Shanghai. The China also carries full freight and many passengers.
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Feurium San Rrancisco
San Francisco
Orient
Pacific Mail
China
Shanghai
Girls' Narrow Escape From Fire at Parochial School
A fire at Me French parochial school in Lawrence Massachusetts on November 22 forced about 400 girls to flee. Twenty five dropped from third story windows but all were caught without injury.
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Lawrence
Mass
First Torpedo Flotilla Ordered to Canton
The first torpedo flotilla now at the Asiatic station has been ordered to Canton.
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Manila
Asiatic
Canton
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Stevenson Machine
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