Family Massacre and Suicide Shocks Newport Area
In Cooke county Chalbern Mantooth, 50, a prominent farmer, murdered his wife and four children and fatally injured two more before cutting his throat from ear to ear. An axe was used to kill the family. two surviving children, with crushed skulls, lived briefly. Officials say insanity may explain the rash acts.
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Knoxville
Sentinel
Newport
Tenn
Cooke County
Chalbern Mantooth
Mantooth
Hearing Enquist: Inquiry Into Sea of Japan Withdrawal
The inquiry into Russian naval conduct in the Sea of Japan has taken up Rear Admiral Enquist case. Enquist commander of the light cruiser squadron will be heard in justification of his ships withdrawal during the battle after escaping to Manila.
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Awist
St Petersburg
Reaer
Enquist
Manila
Railway clerks on strike across SP route
Houston dispatch reports Southern Pacific clerks from El Paso to New Orleans walked out on Saturday seeking union recognition and shorter hours. About seventy five went on strike in Houston while officials refused to grant their demands.
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Houston
Southern Pacific
el Paso
New Orleans
Hearst Accepts Democratic Nomination for Governor
Elmira October 13 Hon W R Hearst formally accepts the Democratic nomination for governor in a letter to Chairman Connors he calls for open primaries direct nomination laws and government under the people He backs eight hour law wage standards and denounces a Chinese labor menace in Panama as an attack on American welfare and morals.
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Elmira
N. Y
W. R. Hearst
Connors
Hearst
Jefferson
Jackson
Panama
Moran Accepts Nomination for Governor
Boston district attorney John B. Moran formally accepts the Democratic state convention nomination for governor. He notes doubt about his candidacy earlier and clarifies he has not endorsed the Bryan Hearst faction, asserting Bryanism and Hearstism must be eliminated from the contest.
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Boston
John B. Moran
Moran
William Jennings Bryan
Two Awful Deaths In New Orleans Tragedy
A man hid beside street car tracks and dove under a trolley car, dying instantly. A woman identified as Mrs. David Beck of Port Gibson Mississippi drank carbolic acid on a street corner and died.
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New Orleans
David Beck
Port Gibson
Miss
Foster's Weather Bulletin Forecasts Period of Cold and Storm
Washington reports a sequence of disturbances crossing the continent from the 14th to 28th with warming and cooling waves. Frosts 18 to 20 threaten crops, and a lengthy cool spell plus above average disturbance may follow. experts discuss sunspots earthquakes and planetary alignments as potential weather indicators.
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Washington, D. C
Continent
Pacific Coast
Rockies Country
Great Central Valleys
Eastern States
Rockies
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Albatros
Bryan
Wsurang
Pends
GEO. A. Adams
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
TAMES
S. H. Franklin
Terre Haute
Ind
Novella
Guatemala
Foster
Weather Bulletin
W. T. Foster
Science Notes
America
Dr. Veeder
Lyons
U. S
First National Bank
Bryan, Texas
H. C. Boatwright
J. W. Howell
Guy M. Bryan, JR
L. L. McInnis
F. M. Law
Grand Opera House
Beggar Prince
Priges
Richelieu Pure Foods
E. J. Fountain
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