Peace treaty with Russia ratified by Japan finally reaches world news
News from Tokio and St. Petersburg reports Japan the emperor ratified the Russo Japanese peace treaty on Saturday and the news reached Washington first. President Roosevelt was notified by the Russian government and French officials were informed as other powers acknowledged the accord. Officials say prisoners of war exchange date is not yet fixed.
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St. Petersburg
Spencer E. Eddy
Foreign Office
Japan
Tokio
Nicholas
Portsmouth
Roosevelt
Peterhof
Lamsdorf
Count Lamsdorf
Russia
Washington
Navy
Thomas Smith
Moscow
Medvid
Henry Irving
Westminster Abbey
England
Datto Ali
Mindanao
Martin Pauls Grove
Mary
Newman
Andrews County
Navy Seizes American Steamer Centennial at Soya Strait
The United States reports the seizure of the iron schooner Centennial, 2075 tons, Oct. 10 in Soya strait. Owned by Charles Nelson Co of San Francisco, she sailed from San Francisco Sept. 18 bound for Vladivostok.
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Tokio
Navy Department
Soya Strait
Charles Nelson Company
San Francisco
Vladivostok
Japan Moves to Withdraw Troops From Manchuria
Tokyo reports the government has ordered Manchurian headquarters to begin evacuating Japanese troops today with a full withdrawal anticipated within six months.
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Tokio
Japan
Elk donor sues for skin grafting damages
Spokane reports George A. Lovejoy an Elk sued C. P. Thomas for 10000 claiming fifty inches of skin was peeled from his legs under chloroform to treat Mrs. Fred B. Searles burned in Lewiston. The operation left Lovejoy unable to walk for days and though grafting saved the donor, the patient died after long illness.
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Spokane
Wash
George A. Lovejoy
C. P. Thomas
Fred B. Searles
Lewiston
Idaho
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lovejoy
Suit Won't Hold Against Platt and Express Co
Judge Day in Omaha district court dismissed Mae C Wood's suit for 25000 against United States Senator Thomas C Platt and the United States Express company. Wood sought services rendered and a garnishment against the senator. The court ruled Platt had no money in the express companys possession.
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Omaha
Neb
A Warning to Others Congressmen Sentenced in Land Frauds Case
Portland Oregon October 16 Congressman John Newton Williamson representing the Second Oregon district was sentenced in U S court to ten months in prison and a $500 fine for land frauds in a federal case. Marion R Biggs ex United States commissioner received the same penalty and reprimand. Dr VanGesner another conspirator saw imprisonment cut in half and fines doubled due to age and weakness.
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Portland
Ore
John Newton Williamson
Oregon
United States
Marion R. Biggs
VanGesner
More Land Swindlers Convicted in Oregon Case
In Portland on October 16 a U S court jury found Williard N Jones a former Oregon state representative and Thaddeus Potter a local attorney guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States of its public domain. Ira Wade was acquitted. The indictment charged them with securing others to locate land in the Siletz Indian Reservation and to falsely swear occupancy to benefit the defendants.
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Portland
Ore
United States
Williard N. Jones
Thaddeus Potter
Ira Wade
Jones
Potter
Wade
Siletz
Oregon
Paris Aeronautic Contest for Calabrian Earthquake Sufferers
Aeronauts from France Belgium Spain Russia Italy and England launched from the Tuilleries in a Sunday afternoon endurance contest. Fifteen balloons started toward the German frontier as winds remained high. The aim is to beat a 514 mile distance record with prizes for staying aloft forty eight hours without refilling gas.
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Paris
France
Belgium
Spain
Russia
Italy
England
Tuilleries Gardens
Calabria
Togo Worship at Temple Shocks Tokio
Tokio reports Vice Admiral Togo worshiped at a temple, a move seen as a lasting example for national religious education. Ancestral worship may receive renewed emphasis, especially in the army and navy, in line with his reported belief that Japan’s victory owed to spirits of imperial ancestors.
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Tokio
Togo
Conditions at New Orleans
Yellow fever report to 6 p m Sunday shows 9 new cases bringing total to 3314 with 3 deaths today and 431 overall. Two new foci are noted with 143 under treatment and 2740 discharged.
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New Orleans
Ex Governor Hogg Critically Ill in Fort Worth
Ex governor James S. Hogg is reported critically ill in Fort Worth Texas. The dispatches note other world and national items including Belgium king abdication rumors and a Norweigian minister appointment in Washington.
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James S. Hogg
Fort Worth
Tex
Leopold
Belgium
Tragic double-header freight wreck near Oskaloosa kills five
Five trainmen died when a east-bound double-header freight on the Iowa Central struck a lying cow at Sea ton Illinois. The wreck involved two locomotives and eleven grain and lumber cars, leaving three workers dead at once and two others dying hours later.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Seaton
Ill
Iowa Central Railroad
George A. Caffal
Harry Summers
Harry Barret
L. H. Briley
P. T. Morgan
Briley
Monmouth
Morgan
Summers
Croghan Family in Runaway Tragedy at Plymouth
H. H. Croghan a Plymouth resident was killed when a horse frightened by a passing train sent the buggy crashing. Mrs Croghan and two children were injured five year old daughter concussion of the brain likely to recover and a young son with a broken leg. Mrs Croghan sustained only slight bruises.
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Plmouth
Wis
H. H. Croghan
Mystery Deepens in Olney Tragedy Disappearance
Middletown New York October 16 Efforts to locate the man missing since the Olney tragedy and suspected of the crime have yielded no results The condition of Mrs Ingerick who was found unconscious in the Olney barn has improved and doctors hope her restored mind will identify her assailant
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Middletown
N. Y
Olney
Irish American ace set world discus record at Celtic Park
Martin J. Sheridan of the Irish American Athletic club broke all records by throwing the discus 138 feet 3 inches at the Celtic Park games in Long Island City. The feat established a new world mark for the event.
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New York
Martin J. Sherdan
Irish American Athletic Club
America
Celtic Park
Long Island City
Five Firefighters Hurt as Chicago Blaze Destroys Lake Street Building
A Sunday blaze in Chicago damaged a five story brick building at 75 and 77 Lake Street, home to Podrasnik Klapperich and Co. paint and wallpaper wholesalers. Five firemen were injured but survived. Property losses reached $130,000.
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Chicago
Lake Street
Podrasnik, Klapperich & Co
Wholegale
Fatal Party Fight Leaves Man Dead in Kennet Square
In Kennet Square Pa a party at Morris Boyd home ended in a fatal blow when William Barkley was struck with a corncutter. His skull fracture led to death hours later in hospital and the assailant remains unidentified.
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Kennet Square
Morris Boyd
Here
William Barkley
Red Flag Demonstrations in Nevsky Prospect Suppressed
In St Petersburg on Sunday afternoon crowds gathered in Nevsky Prospect to watch red flag demonstrations. A squadron of gendarmes and cossacks dispersed the demonstrators without resorting to force.
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St. ‘Petersburg
the Nevsky
Life Insurance Inquiry counsel Hughes profiled
Charles E. Hughes, eminent investigator of New York legislative inquiries, is described as counsel for the life insurance inquiry. Born in Glens Falls and raised in New York City, he is Brown and Columbia Law educated, taught at Cornell, and noted for calm poise and deep investigative skill. He chairs at Hughes Rounds & Schurman and belongs to Baptist Social Union.
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Charles E. Hughes
New York
New York City
Mr. Hughes
Glens Falls
Brown University
Columbia Law School
Cornell University
Cornell
New York Law School
Hughes
Hughes, Rounds & Schurman
Baptist Social Union
Authoress Alice Hogan Rice enters banking in Louisville
Mrs Alice Hogan Rice famed author of Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch launches a new national bank in Louisville with $250000 capital. She and her husband Cale Young Rice along with W O Head and L M Rice organize the venture. Rice is said to be the leading stockholder and may hold a senior post.
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Alice Hogan Rice
Kentucky
Ex Auditor Sherrick Loss Rumors Stir Rail Help Plans
In Indianapolis on October 14 rumors cited alleged losses by former state auditor Sherrick at French Lick, pegged near 10000 though a friend said checks to Al Brown did not exceed 1000. Railroads, with Cockrum the Lake Erie & Western attorney, offered small aid. others promised a few thousand, but not half the shortage.
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Indianapolis
Sherrick
French Lick
al Brown
John B. Cockrum
Albert Gall Former Indiana Treasurer Dies at 60s
Albert Gall longtime Indianapolis merchant and former state treasurer died suddenly at his home on North Illinois street after two weeks of illness. Born in Green Bay Wisconsin he lived in Indianapolis nearly 50 years and his carpet house on Washington street was a local landmark. Gall was twice elected state treasurer as a Democrat and recently began serving as a 33d degree Mason.
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Indianapolis
Albert Gall
North Illinois Street
Lagrippe
Gall
Green Bay
Wis
Washington Street
Captain James Mitchell Returns After Forty Years
Winamac Indiana Oct 14 Captain James Mitchell of Company H Forty sixth Indiana Volunteers returned home after forty years away caused by a failed love affair in 1866 He left after bidding his mother farewell and over four decades his whereabouts were unknown His mother died and her property passed to strangers.
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Winamac
Ind
James Mitchell
Company H
Indiana Volunteers
Plainfield Theft Suspect Captured After Escape
Arthur Jackson a young negro who stole a horse and buggy from a hitch rack in Plainfield Ind after escaping from the Indiana boys school was arrested in Terre Haute. The boy and the horse and buggy will be returned to Plainfield.
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Plainfield
Ind
Arthur Jackson
Indiana Boys’ School
Terre. Haute
Plainfald
Building the Capitol Office Block and Hidden Vault Details
Special correspondence describes rapid progress on the House of Representatives office building with brickwork rising over a large square and a completed tunnel under the corner. It also details treasury vaults where gold and silver are counted by weight, bags weighing 5000 dollars, shifting compartments, and coins used to check wear, with daily handling of sixty to eighty tons.
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House of Representatives
Congress
W. Howard Gibson
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ESS
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