Siedlce Picture Exaggerated Says Report
Telegraphic updates from St Petersburg dispute early casualty totals in Siedlce and describe extensive property loss and Jewish deaths amid mob violence and bombardment. Excesses attributed to unrest spurred by officials deaths, with weak local governance cited. Separately revolutionists in Kaiyshin raid trains. post office theft value rises. Cabinet approves reimbursements and loans to fund hospitals and soup kitchens.
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St. Petersburg
Siedlce
Bialystok
Warsaw
Novoe Vremya
Engelke
Kaiyshin
Saratov
Jankov
Zemstvo
Anti Jewish agitation spreads in Odessa and region
Report from Odessa dated September 15 describes widespread anti Jewish propaganda by a group calling itself the union of Russian people urging violent actions against Jews. Fears rise among Jews and Christians as a nearby town named Koppin in Kamenetz district is said to have been burned by peasants with many killed or dying in the flames.
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Odessa
Union of Russian People
Koppin
Kamenetz
Min’s Assassin Executed in St Petersburg Court Martial
Zenaide Konopoeiantkovo, the girl who killed General Min, was hanged after a court martial in St Petersburg. Her last words proclaimed support for land reform and liberty, she refused a priest, and she expressed on a photograph to her sister that her life was all she had to give.
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St. Petersburg
Zenaide Konopoeiantkovo
Min
Moscow Flight Group Infiltration Leads to Arrest
Moscow authorities report the secret police seized Vladimir Mazury, leader of the Moscow unit of the flying group. Ten more members detained eight in Moscow and two in southern Russia, connected to the March bank robbery by Belenzoff and alleged involvement in the Polish killings of policemen.
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Moscow
Vladimir Mazury
Flying Group
Russia
Belenzoff
Poland
Drumhead Courts Martial Extend Across City Officials Attacks
Mitau reports at least five drumhead courts martial set up by the governor to try robbers and attackers on officials. Revolutionists warn Riga district successor about events. Pastor Zimmerman and his wife were found murdered at Lenner warden on September 1.
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Mitau
Pastor Zimmerman
Riga
Zimmerman
Lenner
Rare Heroism in Study of Leprosy
Eugene H. Plumacher American consul at Maracaibo Venezuela reports leprosy is not contagious but hereditary to a high degree. He details observations of lepers, work on the Tua Tua plant, and the need for nutritious food to improve cure prospects alongside dangers faced in visiting patients and advocating humane treatment.
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Washington
Eugene H. Plumacher
Maracaibo
Venezuela
State Department
Plumacher
United States
Europe
Leprosy Institution
Zulia
Bryan Explains Public Railways Ownership View in Louisville
William J. Bryan clarified his stance on government ownership of railways in Louisville as part of a southern tour. He argued ownership should occur only after regulation fails, while stressing he does not seek to bind the Democratic platform to his personal views. He noted strong turnout and praised party figures including Watterson Carmack and Stone.
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Louisville
William J. Bryan
Bryan
South
Madison Square Garden
Democratic Party
Mr. Bryan
Armory
Kentucky
Henry Watterson
Carmack
Tennessee
Stone
Missouri
Watterson
Senator Carmack
New York
Puublic
St. Louis
Philippines
Mr. Watterson
Theodore Roosevelt
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Republican Party
Atlanta
New Orleans
Little Rock
White and Dorsey Plan Western Trip to Wyoming
J. B. White and A. B. Dorsey will depart next week on a western trip lasting several weeks. The two gentlemen intend to visit Wyoming as part of their travel plans.
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J. B. White
A. B. Dorsey
Wyoming
James B. White
Demented Woman Found Near Poe Taken Into Custody
Margaret Bichler aged about 74, resident of Cincinnati, was found wandering near Poe and held in the county jail hospital ward after deputies moved her there. She says she left Cincinnati to visit a daughter in Pierceton, but cannot explain how she ended up at Poe. Relatives are being sought as messages go to Cincinnati and Pierceton.
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Margaret Bichler
Cincinnati
Huguenard and
Hartle
Poe
Thomas Batche
Pierceton
Charles Brown
Biechler
Geyger Oil Tank Incorporation Formed in Adams County
The Geyger Oil Tank company filed its articles of incorporation with a capital stock of 50 000 dollars. Directors listed are Augustus Bower, Henry A. Wiese and Charles S. Fair. Record price for Adams county farm land reached on Tuesday with twenty five acres owned by Mrs. Fred.
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Geyger Oil Tank Company
Augustus Bowser
Henry A. Wiese
Charles Ss. Fair
Adams County
Fred the
Buried in Mud at Bottom of Well
Walter Jerrell of Princeton Indiana quarreled with his wife then tried to shoot himself. His wife wrested the gun, he went to a well and plunged to his death, his body found with mud filling the head and a note reading I am not afraid to die.
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Princeton
Ind
Walter Jerrell
Jerrell
Jerrett
Indianians Attend Prison Congress in Albany
About thirty Indiana residents depart for the National Prison Association meeting in Albany, New York, joining officials such as W. Butler general secretary and a contingent including W. H. Hart, Demarchus C. Brown, Mrs. Carrie Goodwin Rexford, Miss Laura Greely, Miss Emily E. B. Rhoaddes, Judge Thomas E. Whaldon, Robert E. Metzger, Frank M. Stephenson, John McGregor, Alexander Johnson, and James Pritchard.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National Prison Association
Albany
N. Y
W. Butler
W. H. Hart
The
Indiana Reformatory
W. C. van Arsdel
Indiana Boys’ School
Demarchus C. Brown
Carrie Goodwin Rexford
Board of State Charities
Laura Greely
Emily EB. Rhoaddes
Industrial School For Girls and Women's Prison
Thomas E. Whaldon
Robert E. Metzger
Frank M. Stephenson
John McGregor
Board of County Commissioners
Alexander Johnson
National Conference of Charities
James Pritchard
Record of Indiana Soldiers' Home admissions surge
Lafayette Indiana September 13 before adjournment the state soldiers home board voted on 127 admission applications the largest batch in the institution history sixty seven approved thirty five rejected and twenty five continued for further investigation the crowded home may prompt the legislature to fund new buildings as applications rise monthly
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana State Soldiers’ Home
State Fair Near End at Indiana Expo
Indianapolis September 13 The Indiana State fair closes tomorrow with exhibitors and herdsmen still on the grounds until late tomorrow afternoon Attendance today was among the largest in the state fair history.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Grounds
Mystery Death Under Belt Railroad Trestle
A well dressed man about 28 to 30 was found dead beneath the Belt railroad trestle on Barth Avenue in Indianapolis. Detectives investigated noting the trestle over a small creek about fifty feet long with few nearby houses. It appeared he fell thirty feet to the creek bed, but the cause of death remains a mystery.
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Indianapolis
Barth Avenue
Post Office Burglars Loot Indiana Town
In Gosport Indiana burglars robbed the night post office, broke the safe knob, picked the lock and carried away $75 in cash stamps and a few registered letters. Postmaster D P Burton is named.
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Gosport
Ind
D. P. Burton
Covington Fire Destroys Water Plant in Morning Blaze
Covington Indiana September 13 The Covington Light and Water company plant was destroyed by fire early today with an estimated loss of twenty thousand dollars.
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Covington
Ind
Covington Light and Water Company
Leo to Have New Church Cornerstone Laying
A small brick church costing about 3000 dollars will be built by the new Reformed church congregation at Leo. The cornerstone will be laid Sunday afternoon September 23 at 3 o'clock, with Rev. A K Zartman delivering the sermon. Rev. C A Row leads the congregation of about forty with prospects for growth. The Leo area already has a Methodist Episcopal church building nearby.
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Leo
A. K. Zartman
C. A. Row
Row
Schoo
Cullen's Death Attributed To Poison In Park
Coroner J E Stults returns verdict that William Cullen died from antimonious oxide poisoning in Swinney park last Friday. He swallowed potash and antimony as an emetic after a heavy spree. intent to self harm is considered but not decisive. Evidence includes a powder at a park fountain, drugs in his pocket, and prior drinking history.
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J. E. Stults
William Cullen
Swinney Park
Cullen
Stults
Grant Rollins in critical condition after stroke at Larwill
Northern Indiana report notes Grant Rollins aged 56 is critically ill from an apoplectic stroke at his home in Larwill. Other items include a Helmer heart failure death of Mrs Henry Wright, Prof C O Merica possibly to head Cincinnati Refuge, and Warren endowment plans for an orphan home. Eleven more subjects cover a Auburn street fair crowd, wagon load of 182 persons, and twenty liquor law indictments in Kosciusko circuit court.
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Grant Rollins
Larwill
Henry Wright
Helmer
Steuben County
C. O. Merica
Warsaw
Cincinnati
Chopson
Warren
Indiana
M. E. Church
John Spears
Auburn Street
Lake Wawasee
Kosciuska
Sloane
Christian McMahon
Jacob N. Cruthers
Charles Grosscup
Wolf Party Returns From Europe Tour
Paul E. Wolf and daughter Louise Wolf arrived in the city after a months long tour of Europe. It was Wolf's first visit in almost forty years and the trip marked a significant personal milestone with extensive travel experience.
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Paul. E. Wolf
Retira
Paul E. Wolf
Daughte Louise Wolf
Europe
Wolf
Fea
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