Roosevelt in New Orleans on presidential visit
President Roosevelt arrived in New Orleans after an overnight Memphis leg and toured the city aboard the steamship Comus amid large crowds. A parade featured Confederate veterans while security kept order as Wick picks and police managed the crush. The president later rode to the city hall and spoke from a bench as crowds cheered despite fever near by.
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Pilot Blamed After Emparta Accident Eludes Sober Timeline
A fragment notes that the Emparta accident was caused entirely by the pilot, while the survivor recalls the event from the cabin with vivid emphasis on the impact and enjoyment of the moment.
Prominent Seattle Financier Hubbell Found Dead After Apparent Suicide
Frank J. Hubbell, a leading city financier and New York immigrant, was found unconscious with a gas tube in his mouth in his hotel room after a suspected domestic dispute. The suicide attempt followed recent high profile city improvements attracting Eastern capital. His bride of three months discovered him. efforts to revive him failed. Hubbell was valued at about half a million dollars and had been instrumental in major public projects.
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Frank J. Hubbell
New York
Hubbrell
First Governor's Son a Bankrupt
First Governor's son Hie Hie Whiteaker, son of Honeet John Whiteaker the Brat governor of Oregon, began bankruptcy proceedings in the United States district court today as reported by the Fortiend Telegram. His liabilities are listed at 82595 with no assets beyond wearing apparel valued at 80). The piece recalls his past in Creswell and Lane county, his flight to Idaho with creditors, his wife’s divorce, and his later marriage to Ira Petty, a wealthy Alaska mining man. Whiteaker earlier served in the internal revenue service from 1885 to 1890 and ran a store in Creswell prior to his departure.
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Ira Petty
Alaska
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Expensive Utah Blaze Destroys Plants and Bridges
Sunnyside Utah October 27 A large fire destroyed three climbing plants two bridges and several buildings threatening the Utah Fuel Co property and mines. Authorities suspect Italian strikebreakers who had lingered around the camp for 18 months started the fire. Initial damage estimates reach into the tens of thousands with later reports noting the cokings plant loss risking up to 12 000 jobs as Utah fuel supplies dwindle with only seven days of coke on hand.
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Railroad Rate Convention Ends With Broad Proposals
Second day of the Chicago Ort rail road rate convention featured resolutions approving the president s recommendations and urging railroad legislation. Speeches by many denouncing railroads and trust magnates urged that transportation facilities be placed under public control.
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Greeks Sentenced for Glenbrook Riot in Roseburg
Judge Hamilton sentenced Tom Georges and Antone Mizes to ten years each and Peter Dewas to three years in the penitentiary for the Glenbrook riot. The incident, tied to Greek track workers, resulted in the death of Officer Petroeaim.
70000 Pound Hops Sale Reported at Silverton Oregon
Silverton Oregon October 27 Richard Harding has sold his entire crop of hops exceeding 70000 pounds to T A Livesley of Salem at a local price per pound He owns 40 acres of hop on bottom land along Silver Creek near Dearite mouth.
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Spanish Steamer Adelpha Wrecked Off Heligoland
The Adelpha, a Spanish steamer, wrecked off Heligoland this morning. The crew refused to enter boats and ten sailors drowned.
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Taft Heads to Panama on Columbia Cruiser
Norfolk Oct 28 Secretary Taft sailed early aboard the cruiser Columbia for Panama. He will pass the president off the South Carolina coast tomorrow.
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Panama
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Patrick Must Hang Albany Trial Denied by Court of Appeals
Albany Oct 27 The court of appeals denied Albert T Patrick a new trial in the murder case of millionaire William Ware Rice. Patrick, a lawyer, faces the death sentence for complicity in Rice's killing.
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Chemawa Seconds Defeated By Local Football Team
This morning Emys football team defeated the Chemawa Second team by a score of 40 to 4 in a decisive morning matchup.
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Russian Situation Serious In Saint Petersburg Turmoil
Reports from St. Petersburg describe a beleaguered city with martial law not yet in place. trains are military controlled, food runs low, strikes spread, and protests flare as Witte commands while soldiers resist guarding crowds.
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Panic rumors grip St Petersburg as students plan rally
In the afternoon wild rumors spread through St Petersburg. University students gathered amid a city panic, announcing a planned large meeting at night to resist the military in the Vaseilivetroy district, inviting workers of all social groups.
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Vaseilivetroy
Municipal Council in Moscow Calls for Fundamental Reform
St Petersburg reports Moscow city council telegraphs Minister Witte urging immediate establishment of lawful fundamental reform due to a deplorable situation. Telegraphic lines with Moscow are down, hindering communication as officials appeal to patriotism and decisive action by statemen directing affairs.
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Riots and Martial Law Dominate Eastern Cities
A series of violent clashes and government crackdowns spread from Fomek to Kharkov and Kayzoff. Rioters chant for a communal republic as troops disperse crowds and a railway strike follows. Martial law, blown bridges, and bombings signal escalating unrest across Kieff, Warsaw, and St. Petersburg reports.
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Fomek
Striking Textile Workers Fail To Agree On Next Step
In St Petersburg on October 2 the strike ranks showed dissension during a free time period as textile workers and mechanics could not agree on how to proceed. The split appears between the strikers and their rapporteurs over the course of action.
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Washington
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Memphis
Hoosevelt
Lancheon
Fomove
Strikers gain support from professional groups
The passage notes that despite hardship, workers refrain from quitting, with strikes persisting as they press economic demands. It mentions that members of professional associations will donate three days of earnings to aid the strikers, while some feel actions should target political movements first.
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Fragmentary St Petersburg note on imperial fate and dictatorship
A damaged text from St. Petersburg dated January 28 describes a dark city with rumors of imperial survival tied to a future leader. The fragment hints at ominous political change and the rise of a possible dictator, framed as a waiting question for decisive power.
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Cleveland lauds Morton in Nebraska visit
Grover Cleveland arrived in Nebraska City and praised J Sterling Morton as a tree planter and statesman. He urged reverence for Morton's memory and spoke to Morton's son about honorable success aligned with his father's spirit and resolve. In San Francisco a man named James Carroll was found dead in a Denver House room with a note and missing deposits in Portland.
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Grover Cleveland
J. Sterling Morton
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Jamee Carroll
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Washington extradition hearing on alleged crop leak fraud
In Washington, Morea Hane and Frederick A Poehkhamn, stokers, faced conspiracy to fraud the government through the tron crop leak. They were discharged this morning by Commissioner Iduay, who ruled the government must prove beyond a doubt that the offense occurred.
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Morea Hane
Frederick A Poehkhamn
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Stokers
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Iidu'ay
Cardinal Cieveros Flounders After Striking Rock
The Spanish warship Cardinal Cieveros struck a rock near Corunne and floundered this morning. All crew were saved.
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Cardinal Cieveros
Football in the East Scores Report
A snapshot of first half scores shows Pennsylvania leading Carlisle 6 to 0 while Columbia and Princeton are tied 0 0 Harvard dominates Brown 56 6 Michigan defeats Drake 24 0 Chicago shuts out Northwestern 16 0 Final results list Princeton 12 Columbia 0 Pennsylvania 6 Indians 0 Harvard 10 Brown 0 Yale 20 West Point 0 Swarthmore Navy 5.
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Deed on Mohawk Family Cemetery Becomes Monument
James Stafford of Mohawk has arranged a family cemetery deed to be cut into a large monument from W. W Martin. The structure serves as a lasting dedication to the Stafford lineage, preserving the grave site regardless of future farm sales.
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Youth federation officials to address Eugene groups
Field secretaries from the Y F C and Y P M C EB visit Eugene and will speak to several groups. They address U B Church at 11 p m Y M C A meeting at the U U at 3 p m union Y P S C EB session at the Christian church 6 p m and finally at the First Presbyterian church at 7 30 p m.
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George Berger Insane Pronounced by County Officials
George Berger, long sick, was examined by Dr. Prentice Dr. Paine and Acting Deputy District Attorney L. Be Bean before County Judge Chrisman afternoon and pronounced insane. He was ordered sent to the asylum.
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Vanderbilt heir in manslaughter case in Paris
Elliott F Sheppard American grandson of William F Vanderbilt was found guilty of manslaughter for a death of a 12 year old girl from an automobile incident on August 23. He received three months in prison a fine and a 20 000 franc settlement to the child’s parents to be paid by him and his employer.
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Elliott F. Sheppard
Wm. F. Vanderbilt
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Ci Trance
Coete
Automobile Company
Vessel collision leaves Aureus towed to dock
A maritime mishap halted the Aureus, which was towed to its dock while the Umatilla continued on its course. No injuries reported and the incident is under investigation by harbor authorities.
Across the World in Late October Headlines
A collage of brief dispatches reports a U S president commenting on term limits in Memphis Chicago er.New ex president Cleveland arrives in Chicago en route to Nebraska Adolph Perhos of Equitable Trust faces charges and leaps from a window A man hanged in Los Angeles Cannery fire buries four firefighters Prince Charles reportedly accepts Norwegian throne Naval officers hosted by Tokyo Emperor A freight engine wreck near Yuma kills engineer and injures crew Double Bowie knife killings near Fort La Vie Alaska A Moro insurgent leader Datto Ali killed Manila troops seize Moros Three allied deaths reported in Mindanao coastal fighting
Bank Safe Blown Opened by Ten Nighttime Robbers
Ten men blasted the First National Bank safe in Hagerstown before dawn and escaped with 24300. Operator Hattie Cheeseman alerted police after witnessing the explosion and the robbers. Police arrived before the inner safe could be breached. In Telluride, Carlo Delasso fatally shot his infant and wounded his wife before killing himself.
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Navy yard intercepts Roosevelt order for West Virginia off Sand Key
Washington report says a wireless station intercepted a message intended for the cruiser West Virginia. Admiral Browne directs the Colorado squadron to coal off Sand Key light at eighteen knots, a remarkable action noted by officials. The message was reportedly sent from the Colorado.
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