Wild tales swirl around Kaulbars plot and Odessa massacre
A Times correspondent reports rumors in St Petersburg of a possible dictatorship plot involving General Count Alexis Ignatieff, while Odessa officials face arrests after Kaulbars, Odessa governor general, allegedly ordered killings of Jews. Reports detail 15,000 deaths, mob violence, and peasant uprisings across Livonia and Courland, with provisional government actions and secessionist moves cited from Riga to Livonia.
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Times
St. Petersburg
Alexis Ignatieff
Warsaw
Odessa
Kaulbars
Boston
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Russia
Riga
Plock
Livonia
Dvyina
Cour- Isnd
NO WONDER THEY REBELLED AMID RISING RURAL TERROR
Dispatches describe peasant misery in Baltic provinces with land rents and wood rights, expelling Russian officials amid killings in towns. The League of Leagues calls for armed struggle to win freedom. Reports say Count de Witte a failure and Prince Obolensky may replace Durnovo as interior minister.
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Gulf
Riga
League of Leagues
Nuasha Shisha
Tsarskoe-Selo
Count de Witte
John Obolensky
Finland
M. Durnovo
De Witte Trusts the Army in Interview
The Daily Telegraph reports Count de Witte stating the army would stay faithful and finances were sound. The premier said resignations were not his plan, that disloyalty was temporary, and revolutionary propaganda among troops and sailors was not successful due to fixed national character and traditions. The correspondent questioned a possible sudden republican coup.
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Count de Witte
Russia
Ain
London
Daily Telegraph
St. Petersburg
Perkins Out of Insurance Roles in New York
New York December 14. As legislative committee probes into Prudential and Metropolitan Life proceed George W Perkins resigns as first vice president and finance committee chairman of New York Life. Alexander J Orr and John Claflin named to fill roles. Mutual Life trustees elect Charles A Peabody to succeed Richard A McCurdy as president at fifty thousand dollars yearly, McCurdy’s salary had been one hundred fifty thousand. Peabody is a lawyer and Astor representative with banking and corporate connections.
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Metropolitan Life
George W. Perkins
New York Life
Alexander J. Orr
New York City Rapid Transit Commission
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H. B. Claflin Company
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Charles A. Peabody
Richard A. McCurdy
McCurdy
Peabody
United States
William Waldorf Astor
Four Men Fatally Hurt In Kentland Elevator Collapse
Four of nine fallers fatally injured when scaffolding gave way during elevator construction in Kentland Indiana on December 14. The injured include C A McKerson of Champaign Illinois with jaw and facial injuries likely fatal, Alfred Ward of Ogdensburg New York with broken ribs, John Graham of Sheldon Illinois with a broken arm and scalp wound, and Dan Melhinney of Champaign Illinois with a leg fracture and internal injuries. Other workers sustained varied injuries and one survivor clung to a wall.
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Shelkton
C. A. Mckerson
Champaign
Alfred Ward
Ogdensburg
N. Y
John Graham
Sheldon
Vrank Bhreutiziumer
Wolcott
Dan Melhinney
Lucien Yafave
Clenevaien
Humphreys Medicine Cures Broad Ailments Big Ad
An old advertisement lists numerous ailments from lameness to coughs and colic and claims Humphreys' Medicine Co offerings prevent miscarriage and treat skin diseases and digestive issues. The copy promotes a 4d price for drugs via mail order with free rooks.
Injury Report In Mount Vernon Incident
The head Frank Tierce from Mount Vernon suffered severe concussion and facial bruising after a collision. TJ received injuries to the head and was noted as being hands badly mashed and bruised.
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Frank Tierce
Mount Vernon
WON BY LONGWORTH
Formal announcement from President and Mrs Roosevelt confirms the engagement of their daughter Alice Roosevelt to Nicholas Longworth of Ohio. The wedding is slated for mid February likely at the White House, with preparations not yet finalized.
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Miss Roosevelt
The
Cincinnati Statesman
Washington
Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Congress
Ohio
Cincinnati
White House
G. A. R. to Hold 1900 National Encampment in Minneapolis
The G. A. R. conference votes to hold its national encampment in Minneapolis starting August 13, 1900. General Thomas S. Allen dies at Oshkosh at age 80, a Civil War veteran and former newspaperman. John KR Baird, San Francisco capitalist, crushed by a motor vehicle. John H. Page, a reformed thief, offers California restitution. Naval academy vacancies total 280 in the midshipmen corps at Annapolis for the next fourth class.
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Minneapolis
Thomas S. Allen
Oshkosh
New York Municipal Ownership League
Independence League
John KR. Baird
San Francisco
John H. Page
California
Corps of Midshipmen
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Markets in Chicago show mixed grain and livestock quotes
Chicago markets report mixed futures with wheat near 87 cents and corn around 44 cents, while oats and lard show varied quotes. Live stock in Chicago and East Buffalo reveal receipts, rangebound hogs from 4.60 to 5.05, cattle around 6.30 to 8.00 for calves, and sheep from 5.60 to 7.75, with dairy cases and hay prices listed.
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Chicago Board of Trade
E Tao F
Lght
East Buffalo
N.Y
Dee
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Y
Sutig Tau
Lest
Anthony Hope Switched From Law To Writing In Self Defense
British novelist and playwright Anthony Hope says he studied law but turned to literature as a form of self defense. He explains the contingency of his legal training and his decision to pursue writing as his career.
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Anthony Hope
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