Bold New Republic Plot Foiled in German South-West Africa
Berlin reports a conspiracy to overthrow German rule in South-West Africa led by Andrew DeWet nephew of General DeWet. Plans included surprising Windhoek, seizing the governor general, and massacring resistors to establish a republic with Boer support from the Witbois and Herreros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
South-west Africa
Cape Vuiey
Andrew DeWet
DeWet
Windhuk
Ceneral
Witbois
Herreros
Chetan
Ccc
Quarantine lifted hopes in Texas state
Surgeon White of the marine hospital service reports returning from near the Texas state line pleased with results. He predicts quarantine likely to be lifted across much of the state by early November with frost expected by Nov 1. Yellow fever tally shows 20 new cases, 3,072 total, 396 deaths, 56 new, 210 under treatment, 2,466 discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Texas
White
Marine Hospital Sarvice
Witte Offered Cabinet Post in Imperial Russia
Reports say Emperor offered Count Witte the chief position in a new ministerial cabinet. Witte has not confirmed the appointment but is reportedly staying to help draft the cabinet plan as the Solsky commission resumes work after his provinces trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Count Witte
Solsky Commission
Venezuela talks hinted after Root Jusserand meeting
Washington reports an exchange of memoranda between the state department and the French embassy on Venezuelan affairs. A joint conference with Secretary Root, Ambassador Jusserand, and the American commissioner may be arranged after Judge Calhoun's arrival from Caracas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Root
Jusserand
Caracas
Calhount
Alice Roosevelt recorded in good health on Japan trip
Toklo October 9 Miss Alice Roosevelt passed through the city Sunday morning en route to Nikko. She was met at the station by the city governor and the master of ceremonies and driven in an imperial car to Ueno where she caught the train for Nikko. She appeared to be in excellent health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Toklo
Alice Roosevelt
Nikko
Griven
Ugeno
Wreck Averted in Indiana Train Collision Near Jeffersonville
In Jeffersonville Indiana on October 9 a switch was thrown by Operator Williams to avert a collision between a Pennsylvania railroad train and a Big Four freight injuring engineer C. Brown and fireman J. Mayhall of Louisville.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Williams
C. 3. Brown
J. Mayhall
Louisville
Bankert Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Indiana Case
Rushville Indiana October 9 The jury in the Anna Bankert murder case against Norman Cosk failed to agree after twenty four and a half hours of deliberation and was discharged by Judge Sparks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankert
Rushville
Ind
Anna Bankert
Norman Cosk
Sparks
Brooklyn "Bluebeard" Sentenced for Bigamy
Frederick HE Carlton of Brooklyn nicknamed "Bluebeard" was sentenced by Judge Aspinwald in the supreme court to nineteen years in Sing Sing for bigamy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Bluebeard
New York
Frederick HE
Carlton
Aspinwald
Supreme Court
Sing Sing
Ratification of Portsmouth Treaty to Be Exchanged
Washington officials announce that Baron Rosen and Mr. Takahira will exchange ratifications once documents arrive from St Petersburg and Tokyo. The plenary powers will be identical, and Tokio has approved the treaty affecting the emperors signature forthcoming.
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Washington
Portsmouth
Baron Rosen
Takahira
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Privy Council
Taft to Visit Panama. Canal Stays Under War Dept
Secretary Taft will travel to Panama in November to inspect the Isthmian canal situation and inform himself of conditions in the canal zone. The decision to keep canal control in the War Department was made after a cabinet meeting. Taft plans to review finances and bond recommendations ahead of Congress convening.
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Washington
Oer T
Isthiman Canal
Taft
Panama
Canal Zone
War Department
Waryitama
Congress
Canal Administration
Pan
Massachusetts Republicans Back Tariff Revision At State Convention
Boston October 7 report Republicans in state convention unanimously endorse tariff revision. Eugene N Foss and followers push for wider reform though no substitute plank is offered. Curtis Guild Jr leads a full ticket for governor with Guild as the nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Eugene N. Foss
Tragedy in Saloon Ends in Fatal Shooting near Orleans
Alonzo Mead a horse trader of Orleans Indiana was shot five times by Lee Kinsey a farmer after a dispute in Kauffmans saloon. Mead died instantly Kinsey fled the scene following the confrontation amid longstanding bad feeling between the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
Ind
Alonzo Mead
Lee Kinsey
Kauffman
Mead
Kinsey
Typhoon Sinks Cantabenia Off Ticao Island
The inter-island steamer Cantabenia, 1 097 tons, was sunk in the recent typhoon off Ticao Island in the Visayan group. All aboard are believed lost. the ship carried five Americans, one Spaniard, eleven natives and Chinese passengers, and a crew of ninety seven. The island steamer Carmen is also reported lost.
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Manila
Ticao Island
Carmen
How the Books Stand for September Surplus and Deficit
The government reports September receipts of 60,251,159 dollars and expenditures of 41,309,676 dollars leaving a monthly surplus of 8,941,000 dollars. For the first quarter of the fiscal year the deficit totals 9,574,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yaquis Getting Busy Again in Sonora
A Sonora report says Yaqui Indians captured a freight train between Carbo and the Sultana mine. Seven teamsters were bound to wagon wheels and believed killed. A miner posse has moved to the area to investigate and aid survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Sonora
Mex
Carbo
Sultana Mine
Plenary Opposition Conference Passes Quietly in Budapest
Budapest reports that the opposition parties meeting as a national assembly defected from attendance by Liberal deputies. The coalitionists claimed no gains as the plenary conference passed off without turbulence or decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
National Assembly
Bail Reduced for Henry A Leonard in Bank Theft Case
New York October 6 Magistrate Pool reduced bail for Henry A Leonard the young man who stole 359000 in securities from National City Bank last week from 25000 to 10000 Leonard had difficulty securing the larger amount and awaits further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry A. Leonard
National City Bank
Magistrate Pool
Leonard
Nation Money Mad He Painted a Dark Picture
Governor J Frank Hanly of Indiana warned at the YWCA in Chicago about money mad society and graft. He said ten years of wealth bred corruption and urged a speedy return to saner ideas and honest methods to save free institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Perce
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
YW. M.C. AL Atditarrica
Hanly
United States
German chancellor sees Franco German accord deepening
Prince von Buelow tells Jenethy interview that Germany longs to improve ties with France and expects old hatreds to fade. He notes Russia and Germany friendship being favorable to France and signals confidence in better relations between the two neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Prince von Buelow
Baden Baden
France
Germany
Frances
Russia
Russia reports favorable replies to peace conference invites
The Russian government has received many favorable replies to peace conference invitations. None propose discussion topics. The program and meeting date will be announced once all replies arrive, and the time will be set promptly to allow delegates to reach The Hague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Hague
Townsend Aims to Bring Esch-Towns Bill Back Soon
President and Rep Townsend of Michigan held a long conference on railroad rate legislation. Townsend, co author of the Esch-Towns bill, said he planned to have the measure ready for introduction in the house when Congress reconvenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Townsend
Michigan
House of Representatives
House
Congress
Steamship brings Shanghai typhoon toll near ten thousand
Victoria B C October 9 reports the steamship Tartar arrived from the Orient with news from Shanghai that the Yangtse river mouth islands suffered tremendous loss of life from the September typhoon. North China Daily News says nearly 10 000 people have drowned on these islands.
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Victoria
B. C
Tartar
Orient
Shanghai
Yangtse
North China Daily News of
Market Report Indianapolis Grain and Livestock Snapshot
Indiana market values show wheat at 85 86 cents for No 2 red, corn 54 56 percent, oats 26 30 cents, hay prices across clover timothy millet ranging 6 to 11 dollars. Cattle and hogs trade between 2 and 7 dollars, lambs 4 7 dollars. Cincinnati and Chicago listings echo similar ranges with marginally different cents and dollars for each commodity and livestock class.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
President appoints Shanklin consul general at Panama
Brief dispatches report Arnold Shanklin of Missouri named consul general at Panama. Taft returns to Washington after over three months away. Nevada Supreme Court upholds eight hour law. Manila typhoon devastates Luzon crops. Public debt statement notes 996,578,009 dollars at Sept close after cash. Roosevelt may seek a central purchasing agency for government departments this winter.
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Arnold Shanklin
Missouri
Panama
Taft
Washington
Supreme Court of Nevada
Manila
Luzon
Island
Roosevelt
Congress
National Wholesale Druggists' Association In Session In New York
The National Wholesale Druggists' association convenes in New York City. The Moravia dispute between Czechs and Germans remains severe and unsettled. William R Hearst declines Municipal Ownership League mayoral nomination in New York. Nevada revokes New York Life Insurance license. District Attorney Jer ome gains nomination via 4000 signature petition. Berlin electrical workers strike widens with 38000 out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Wholesale Druggists’ Association
New York
Moravia
William R. Hearst
Municipal Ownership League
Nevada
New York Life Insurance Company
William T. Jerome
Berlin
Three Children Die in New York Apartment Fire
A blaze in a New York apartment house kills three children. The incident follows a string of similar urban fires and prompts safety concerns across the city.
Indiana Attorney General seeks payment over notes and oil firm
Indianapolis October 9 Attorney General Miller vows to file suit this week if notes from W S Wickard totaling 51000 and 14000 from Hoosier Oil Co are not paid He and John Reed receiver for Sherricks securities expect payment after promises and delays linger without action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Miller
Sherrick
W. S. Wickard
Hoosier Oil Company
John Reed
Treacherous Kiss Ends in Tragedy at Marion
James D. Gregg aged thirty five fatally wounds his wife Mrs. Gregg after she seeks divorce alleging cruelty. He then shoots her in the back and kills himself in Marion Indiana. Mrs. Gregg had left the home and earlier sought a divorce. The woman died from the wound while Gregg died by suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
James D. Gregg
Gregg
Bank Clerk Confesses Robbery. Gets Prison Sentence
Crawfordsville Indiana October 9 Harry Haas confessed to robbing the People's Banking company while employed as bookkeeper and was sentenced by Judge West to one to fourteen years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Harry Haas
People’s Banking Company
West
Plague Threats Reported Across Regions and NYC Seat Sale
A New York Stock Exchange seat sold for 85000 setting a high mark. George B. McClellan is renominated for New York mayor by Tammany. Plague threats loom in Transbaikal and bubonic outbreaks are reported in Chinde Portuguese East Africa. NY chamber recommends life insurance regulation. Stabbert elevated to major general by the Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias.
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New York Stock Exchange
George B. McClellan
New York
Tammany Organization
trans-Baikal
St. Petersburg
Chinde
Portuguese East Africa
Arthur Vy. Stabbert
St. Paul
Knights of Pythias
Carnahan
Boy Cremated in Barn Fire at Sherman Street
A barn owned by Wesley Lybergee on Sherman Street in Brazil Indiana burned when children playing with matches set it ablaze. All children escaped except the four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lybergee whose body was found in the ruins with all flesh burned from the bones. The sister, nineteen, heard him scream but could not reach him. The mother was away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
Wesley Lybergee
Sherman Street
Cracksmen Blow Safe Then Flee With Loot
Indianapolis, Oct. 7. Safe blowers entered John J. Harrisons department store at Clayton and used dynamite to blast the safe. They escaped with about 150 dollars. Stock damage will exceed the cash seized. The wreckers fled in a buggy and were reported headed for this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
John J. Harrison
Clayton
Ind
Suicide in Smoke-house Near Newcastle Home
Newcastle Ind Oct 9 John Sherry aged seventy five committed suicide by hanging in a smoke-house at the rear of his daughter Mrs George Armstrongs residence He had suffered from cancer for some time A cotton string was used to end his life He was a pioneer resident of the county
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Ind
John Sherry
George Armstrong
Army of the Tennessee Convention Closes in Cincinnati
The thirty fifth annual convention of the Army of the Tennessee has closed at Cincinnati arrangements are under discussion for a visit to England Admiral Togos fleet also noted. Business failures for the week 189 185 195 in 1904 lake week and internal revenue August 19 935 072 totals are reported.
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Army of the Tennessee
Cincinnati
England
Togo
Russian National Assembly
Seattle
Budapest
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue
Rival real estate men face warrants after knife duel
Warrants have been issued for the arrest of George Dowell and Charles Grishaw, rival real estate men who fought a street duel with knives in Kokomo Indiana this week. They cannot be served until they are awake and able to appear in court. Each man will be frightfully disfigured for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
George Dowell
Charles Grishaw
Japanese refloat Galdamak at Port Arthur amid war news
The Russian gunboat Galdamak sunk at Port Arthur has been refloated by Japanese forces. The sixth annual convention of the National Society of the Army of the Philippines meets in Chicago. The Commercial Cable Company completes its fifth transatlantic cable from Canso to Waterville. The Hamburg America liner Deutschland carried 2 650 000 dollars in gold from Dover to New York. John Summersgill 21 of Chester Pa dies from injuries in a football game. New York National League and Philadelphia American League clubs win 1905 championships.
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Galdamak
Port Arthur
National Society of the Army of the Philippines
Chicago
Commercial
Atlantic
Canso
Waterville
Ireland
Dover
New York
John S. Summersgill
Chester
Fire destroys Hopwood building in Amo total loss
A fire began shortly after midnight in the Hopwood building in Amo Indiana from an unknown origin. The blaze razed the structure housing the blacksmith shop post office town hall and Thomas Mendenhall's residence with about 8000 dollars in losses partly insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amo, Ind
Hopwood
Thomas Mendenhall
County Commissioners to be entertained in Vincennes
Arrangements are under way in Vincennes Indiana for the second meeting of the state association to be held October 30 and 31. The local board will assist in entertaining visiting county commissioners and will send delegates to the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Ind
State Association
Prosecution Complete in Bankert Murder Trial
In Rushville Indiana on October 3 the prosecution finished direct testimony in the Anna Bankert murder case of Norman Cook. The defense has begun its portion of the trial.
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Rushville
Anna Bankert
Norman Cook
Teapot Explosion Injures Indiana Farmer
Boonville Ind Oct 6 While cooking tea the pot exploded and John Casaway a farmer aged thirty five was perhaps fatally scalded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonville
Ind
John Casaway
Roosevelt to Probe Government Printing Office Costs
President Roosevelt discussed with Rep Charles Landis the congressionally authorized inquiry into the government printing office. The commission chaired by Senator Platt aims to cut annual expenses by at least one million dollars and will meet soon in New York with sessions likely there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Charles B. Landis
Indiana
Landis
House
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Platt
New York
Sweden Seeks Dissolution of Union With Norway After Riksdag Action
Stockholm October 3 Swedish government, after the king's throne speech, asks parliament to approve entering into the Karlstad agreement with Norway from a blank date. Once sanctioned by both houses the king will seek dissolution of the union and full power to recognize Norway as independent. the treaty would then become binding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Riksdag
Sweden
Norway
Soo
Karlstadt
Storthing
Karlstad
Freight Wreck Fatal at Terre Haute Crossing
Big Four freight No. 96 collided with a derailed rail at the Southern Indiana Belt line crossing in Terre Haute Indiana at 6:50 PM. The engineer was killed and three men were injured. The engine and ten cars were wrecked and track torn up for about 100 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Big Four
Pat Crowe Says He Duelled With Omaha Police
Pat Crowe admits being in Omaha six weeks ago and firing in a pistol duel with police when an officer was shot. He claims police fired sixteen shots first and he only returned fire to save his life seeking surrender to negotiate favorable terms with Nebraska authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Want
Pat Crowe
Omaha
Nebraska
Court Overruled Demurrer In Bedford Damages Suit
Bedford Indiana October 6 Judge Wilson overruled the demurrer to each paragraph of the amended complaint in the damage suit of S B Lowe former president of the Bedford school board against Colonel A C Voris Bedford banker seeking 10000 damages for alleged slander linking his name to Miss Eva Lowe the roommate of Sarah C Schafer the murdered Bedford high school Latin teacher in the Schafer murder case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford, Ind
S. B. Lowe
Bedford School Board
A. C. Voris
Bedford
Eva Lowe
Sarah C. Schafer
Bedford High School
Schafer
Wilson
Freshmen Locked Up After Banquet Incident at Rose Poly
Five freshmen were arrested by police in Terre Haute after they allegedly attacked three colored waiters as they crossed the street with trays en route to a Rose Polytechnic Institute sophomore banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Resigns as Consul General in China Over Local Life
George L. Dobson of Iowa former secretary of state resigns as consul general at Hankow China after a few weeks. He wrote friends here complaining of the Chinese mode of life which he cannot endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George L. Dobson
Iowa
Hanchow
China
Explosion Kills Two at Aetna Powder Works near Hammond
An explosion at the Aetna Powder and Nitroglycerin works near Hammond Indiana kills two men Frank Grimmer thirty five of Miller Station and L V Nicholson forty of Lake Station. The blast occurred early October 4 and leveled sections of the plant. Firemen battled the blaze as investigators arrived to determine the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Frank Grimmer
Miller Station
L. V. Nicholson
Lake Station
Aetna Powder and
Eleven Bandits Captured and Shot Near Hostotipaquillo
In Jalisco six miles west of Hostotipaquillo eleven bandits involved in the Buena Vista mines hold up were captured and executed by rurales. Manuel Parades the shipping foreman and his two assistants were harmed in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalajara
Mex
Manuel Parades
Buena Vista Mines
Hostotipaquillo
Jalisco
Mystery Man Identified After Trafalgar Saloon Killing
Franklin Indiana October 5 The death victim in the Trafalgar saloon shooting by John D. Miller remains unidentified and authorities say the body may be sent to a college for dissection purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Ind
John D. Miller
Trafalgar
Wa bash Railway Directors Oust Ramsey Navy Named Successor Delano
At a special meeting in New York on Oct 6 the Wa bash Railway directors removed President Joseph Ramsey Jr and named Geo Goulds candidate Delano as the new president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Wabash Railway Company
Joseph Ramsey Jr
Geo. Gould
Delano
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