Civil War Threat Seen in Caucasus as District Struggles
Dispatch from St. Petersburg reports the government plans a large field force to invade the Caucasus, treat the unrest as civil war, and launch a campaign to restore order. In Ohio, George A. Cooke of Marietta, a former newspaper owner, is missing after a note hints at suicide amid his wife’s ill health. A hat in the Muskingum river is linked to him.
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St. Petersburg
Ohio
Mion
George AL. Cooke
Marietta
Marietta Daily Leader
Bis
Citizens Rally To Save Edwardsville From Fire
Citizens formed a bucket line to contain a rapidly spreading blaze started in a livery stable by a gasoline stove. Wind carried flames, taxing the fire department. total loss estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Edwardsville
Railroad Postal Clerk Killed Between Indianapolis and Pittsburg
Perry De Mundrum of Dublin Indiana, a railroad postal clerk, was instantly killed near St Paris Ohio when he attempted to use a no mail crane and it struck his head after contact with a sidetrack freight car.
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Perry de Mundrum
Dublin
Ind
Indianapolis
Pittsburg
St. Paris
Ohio
de Mundrum
Boy Seven Charged With Sister's Death in Jail
Leon Crambeau aged seven was jailed in Mariavetts Wisconsin after a coroner's jury ruled he started a fire in his baby sister's cradle burning her to death. The boy had prior arson attempts. Vandals attacked Catholic cemeteries striking Romain and St Joseph sites, damaging more than 200 monuments and estimating losses at 400 dollars.
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Leon Crambeau
Thetrs Old
Mariavetts
Wis
Ccoroner
Ocanto Falls
Pestlige
Birel
St. Joseph's
St. Anne's
Escanaba
Miah
Tragic Indiana Husband Kills Family Then Sets House Ablaze
George Ford of York township near Vevay, Indiana, killed his wife and three children and burned their bodies in a house fire. He had been demented for a year and had threatened death by suicide and harming his family. In another item, the Santa Fe California Flyer wreck at Walton Kansas injures five. no fatalities. Fred Kempnick of Chicago, a dining car cook, was among the injured.
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Indiana
George Ford
York Township
Vevay
Ind
Ford
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Walton
Kan
Fred Kempnick
Chicago
Epidemic at Annapolis Hits Naval Academy Class
More than 200 midshipmen at the Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland face a diphtheria outbreak with ten cases reported in the fourth class. Doctors, puzzled by the cause, anticipate no deaths. In Belleville a bandstand collapses at a carnival injuring three seriously and wounding nearly 200 others.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy At
Belleville
Packers Pay Fines in Elkins Act Beef Case
Four Schwarzschild and Silsberger Packing Company officials in Chicago pleaded guilty in federal court to accepting railroad rebates in a conspiracy to violate the Elkins Act. They were fined a total of 25000 and released after paying the certified check. The case marked the government’s first victory against the beef trust inquiries.
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Chicago
Schwarzschild & Silsberger Packing Company
J. Otis Humphrey
Beef Trust
United States
Congress
Sam
Odd
Skipworth
Casey
Comeern
Teilcotd
Fone
Cheneral
Washington
Tris
Elkins Nct
Boyesen
Urenselves
Dng Techndeadities
Tie
Dig
Emperor Nicholas Invites Nations to Second Peace Conference
The Russian government announces a push for a second peace conference at The Hague after the Russo Japanese War. Emperor Nicholas backs universal peace and signals invitations to foreign powers while negotiations proceed in St. Petersburg. President Roosevelt is noted as supporting the move.
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Nicholas
Roosevelt
Hague
St. Petersburg
THE BURGLARS HARVEST AND RISE IN CRIMINAL TRENDS
An article surveys a surge in burglaries in New York with rising ins urance losses. It cites 30 Harlem burglaries in ten days and five break ins in a single night on the East Side. It notes vast bank and dwelling losses, evolving tools, stronger alarms, and expanding burglary insurance payouts.
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New York
Bradford
Fulton Streets
Arlington
Miller Avenues
Harlem
Otis
Miny
Jossen
Roosevelt and Russia eye second world peace conference
The text claims a secret Russo American plan for a second world peace conference with President Roosevelt open to leading the talks. It outlines topics such as balloon explosives bans, Red Cross liberty, treatment of the sick and wounded, floating mines, submarine activity, limits on military operations, and postwar issues from the Russian Japanese war.
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United States
Missi
Russia
Roosevelt
Nicholas
Washington
Red Cross Society
Osler Quip on Gout Cure Draws Gentlemen’s Laughs
The physician William Osler is noted for a humorous cure for gout recited in a quipping tone. The mock method involves a handkerchief from a spinster, washed in a miller’s pond, dried on a hedge, sent to a physician who never killed, marked with a lawyer who never cheated, and applied hot to the affected area for a speedy result.
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William Osler
Trend in Executions and Murders Sparks Capital Punishment Debate
The article notes a steady drop in executions since 1804 alongside rising murders and homicides, with eminent lawyers attributing the decline to anti capital punishment sentiment and legal technicalities used to save defendants. It cites Taft on judges compelling merits and details historic death causes and lynching figures, highlighting fluctuations and a recent low.
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Taft
Yale
TSA
Rain-in-the-Face Sioux Chief Dies at Standing Rock
Rain-in-the-Face, a reputed shooter in the Custer battle and longtime foe of whites, died at Standing Rock reservation. A pure-blood Sioux, he was 62 at death and had joined Sitting Bull in the 1876 Little Big Horn uprising, often claiming he fired the fatal shot.
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E Xpires
Gov. Custer
Standing Rock
Boregun County
S. 2
United States
Rain-in-the-Face
Sitting Bull
Little Big Horn River
Custer
Hte
Tain-in
Philadelphia vote debacle and telegraph official dies at 59
Reformers allege a bogus 080,000 vote in Philadelphia favored ring politicians with more than one third of ballots cast by dead men. William B. Gill, former Western Union Telegraph Company district superintendent, dies at his Cheltenham home aged 59. Texas oil output drops from July to August by over 4 million barrels across all fields.
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Sparks
Wirce
Philadelphia
William B. Gill
Western Union Palegraph Company
Cheltenham
Texas
Roosevelt urges speedy Panama canal plan with expert advisers
President Roosevelt asks a board of engineers to advise on Panama canal design prioritizing fastest possible construction and feasibility. He weighs sea level versus high level locks, seeks ability to convert to sea level later, and stresses minimizing risk while delivering a functional waterway for navy and commerce.
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Troosevelt
Panama Canal
Board of Engineers
Isthmian Canal Commission
Davis
Rata
Panama
Atlantic
Pacific
Ringling Circus Tent Collapse Slaughters in Missouri
A Ringling Bros circus tent collapsed in Maryville Missouri during a Monday performance. About 6000 spectators were present when strong winds blew down the canvas. Three people died and many were hurt as poles seats and cage enclosures toppled, with wild animals adding to the chaos. Rescue efforts were hampered by debris and fear.
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Ringling Bros
Maryville
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
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