Promotions Made Among Japanese Honored At China Visit
Mail advices from Japan report numerous officials and military leaders were named peers for service this year. Marquis Ito Yamaga ta and Oyama are peer recipients while Generals Kuroki Oku Nogi and Admirals Yamamoto Togo become counts. 102 officials honored. Rudyard Kipling urged Canada to aid immigration of Briton stock at a luncheon.
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Ito
Togo
Victoria
B. C
Japan
Marquis Ito
Yamagata
Oyama
Kuroki
Oku
Nogi
Yamamoto
Rudyard Kipling
British Columbia
Marquia Ito
Canada
Oklahoma Lumber Company sues over rail rate change
Gentry Hills Lumber of Pond Creek Oklahoma files with the Interstate Commerce Commission accusing the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and others of unreasonable and unjust local rate increases effective October 1 between Ashland and Oklahoma points. The complaint seeks restoration of reasonable rates and alleges the cancellation of former rates aimed to force Oklahoma dealers to buy supplies for competing timber lands via the Santa Fe line.
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Oklahoma Lumber Company
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gentry-Hills Lumber Company
Pond Creek
Okla
Ashland
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Oklahoma
Santa Fe Railway
Doctor Gets Judgment Against McVicar Estate for 100000
Chicago Oct 10 A jury awarded Dr L C Zigler one hundred thousand dollars against the estate of the late Mrs Harriet G McVicar widow of James H McVicar well known theatrical manager and owner of McVicar's theater Zigler claimed a contract that would give him exclusive attention for life and that the will would leave him the sum The case arose from services and alleged promises made during Mrs McVicar’s lifetime and her death in California several years ago
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Chicago
Harriet G. McVicar
L. C. Zigler
Autopsy Finds Man’s Brain Unusually Small
In New York on Oct 10 autopsy of Daniel Lyons a 46 year old Pennsylvania railway watchman showed his brain weighed 22 ounces. Dr John Larkin of the College of Physicians and Surgeons noted no smaller adult brain in his 5,000 autopsies except Gambetta whose brain weighed 25 ounces.
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New York
Daniel Lyons
John Larkin
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Gambetta
Austrian steamer Giulia escapes fire at sea amid storm
The Austrian steamer Giulia arrived from Trieste with 763 passengers and faced a fierce fire in mid ocean on October 3. Crew battled flames all day before extinguishment as panicked passengers prayed for assistance. Meanwhile Millerburg Female College in Kentucky was destroyed by fire, with 70 girls’ clothing lost and about 25,000 dollars in damages.
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New York
Trieste
Lexington
Millerburg Female College
Millerburg
Wheat Prices Hit New High on Chicago Exchange
Chicago wheat on the local exchange rose to a new season high on Wednesday with May delivery reaching 1.01 3 4 dollars, signaling strong demand and market momentum.
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Chicago
Slight Improvement of Emperor Joseph in Vienna
Vienna reports Emperor Francis Joseph shows slight improvement after illness. Official bulletin notes gradual recovery and stable condition for the monarch. Regents and court circle monitor progress at the Hofburg as medical staff outline continued care.
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Vienna
Francis
Joseph
Heroic Watchman Fights Off Bank Robbers in Century Building
Richard F. Gray, 60, a watchman on the nineteenth floor of 74 Broad Way, battled two attackers who tried to force him to reveal key locations. After a singlehanded struggle he was knocked unconscious and chloroformed, yet he described the assailants to police before being hospitalized.
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Ceeten
Manhattan Bank
Richard F. Gray
Century
Broad Way
Financial District
Gray
Cash Oil Well Near Gusher in Texas Depth 1175 Feet
In Greenville Texas on October 10, oil drillers at Cash have reached 1175 feet and struck rock two feet deep. They prepare to cap a potential gusher once the rock is drilled through. Civil engineer L W Wells manages the capping tools after telephoning in from Midland. Water flows from the top of the well.
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Greenville
Tex
Cash
Tomberlin
L W. Wells
The
Midland
Cash Oil Company
Wells
Terrell
New Petrolia Oil Well Delivers Early Hope
A shallow 400 foot well brought in at Petrolia by Keeham and Patterson may yield about eight barrels. Drilling resumes on Clayco Oil company well after strong gas flow, with expectations of an oil gusher. Many new leases and activity reported. several wells being sunk at Byers, five miles northwest of Petrolia.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Petrolia
Keeham & Patterson
Clayco Oil Company
Byers
Woman's Slain Body Found In Chicago River
Unidentified woman about 35 and well dressed was found in the Chicago River near the Halsted Street bridge. Police believe she was murdered and her body dumped in the water. Head and face cut, neck and shoulders slit, watch with initials S. J. and two gold rings found on her body. No robbery motive evident.
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Chicago River
Chicago
Flalsted Street
S. J
Samson Dispensary Town Burned Amid Prohibition Fever
Alabama reporter from Montgomery recalls Samson near here where a dispensary town burned Wednesday as a suspected incendiary act. Loss tallies to $2,500 as anti whisky sentiment grows into near frenzy in parts of the state.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Samson
State suits against Lawrence Haley set for Nov 4 trial
Counsel for both sides agree to try the state lands case on November 4. Haley is sued for removing posts from school land and failing to comply with settlement provisions of school land laws. Wichita Falls report notes oil worker H G Williams injured in Petrolia accident.
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Austin
Lawrence Haley
State Lands
Haley
Wichita Falls
Tex
H. G. Williams
Petrolia
Southern Educator Edward Patten Dies in Washington
Edward Ll. Patten former president of West Tennessee College at Jackson Tennessee and professor of dead languages at the University of South Carolina died in Washington. Beaumont selected San Antonio October 10 grand chapter of Eastern Star meets next year at Beaumont.
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Washington
Edward Ll. Patten
West Tennessee College
Jackson, Tenn
University of South Carolina
Beaumont
San Antonio
Grand Chapter of
Eastern Star
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Dallas
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Texas
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Bryani
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Robertson Counties
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Roger Boyle
Main Street
Price
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Sandy Point Road
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