Proclamation in St. Petersburg Urges Calm as Tense City Warned
The Grrottinger Times reports a Saturday proclamation in St. Petersburg forbidding ill assembled demonstrations to protect public assets. Authorities promise firm action against rioting while offering concessions to workers in a bid to avert a broader upheaval amid a city dark from power cuts and mass demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Police
Tle
Tsarkoe Selo
Nicholas
Tsarkoe Selohing
Wisconsin caucus called to nominate Lafollette successor
A special in Madison says a Republican caucus will meet Monday night to name a candidate to replace Senator Quarles. Forty six of Governor La Follette’s supporters have pledged to vote in caucus until a nomination is made, preventing adjournment without one. This move favors Lafollette’s faction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Madixon
Wis
Senator Quarles
Gov. .LaFoLette
Lafollette
Jury in Koch Case Discharged After Case Ends in Deadlock
In New Ulm Minnesota on November 1 Dr George BR Koch faced trial for the murder of rival dentist Dr L A Gebhardt. After nearly forty hours of deliberation the jury failed to agree and was discharged by Judge Webber. The final ballot stood nine for acquittal and three for conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koch
George BR. Koch
L. A. Gebhardt
New Ulm
Minn
Webber
Circus performer John Speyer guilty of first degree murder
John Martin Speyer a circus performer formerly of New Orleans was tried in Kansas City Missouri for killing his young son during a show two years ago and was found guilty of murder in the first degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Martin Speyer
New Orleans
Kansas City
Wreck of the Sunrise Express Injures Several
A number of persons were injured in the wrecking of the Sunrise express on the Boston and Maine Railroad in Durham New Mexico on Friday. Four are seriously hurt. No deaths reported. The accident was caused by a broken rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston and Maine Railroad
Durham
N. M
Sioux City Stock Market Snapshot
Windy’s quotations from the Sioux City market show Kutcher steering and Ton hogs trading at $4.55 with F.3C LTH noted in the listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloux City
Windiy
Sioux City
Kutcher
Labor Trouble Report Blames State Leader and Unions
The Labor Commissioner Carroll D. Wright report on Colorado labor troubles will be sent to Congress soon. It places blame on the state government led by Gov Peabody and on the labor unions, reflecting a dispute over responsibility for unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Peabody
Carroll D. Wright
Colorado
Congress
Gov. Peabody
Fatally Shot Incident Reported At Maine Street Area
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a fatal shooting after a general quarrel in an urban street area. No clear names, dates, or responding agencies are legible. details remain uncertain from this partial text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maneatis Aml
Mystery surrounds attempted hit on czar during blessing of waters
A St Petersburg report describes an extraordinary security incident during the Neva blessing ceremony. An accidental misfire from a royal artillery gun fired grape shot toward the Winter Palace, breaking four windows and wounding a policeman, with the imperial family unhurt and public inquiry ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Tris
Neve
Winter Palace
Iniquiry
Shot While He Slept Near Richmond Missouri
Dr Emmet Perdue head physician of North American Copper Company Encampment Wyoming was shot and killed at the home of I M Leakey his father in law twenty miles west of Richmond Missouri Mrs Perdue held temporarily but remained at her father s home after six years of marriage she and her husband reconciled and last week went to her parents home near Richmond they planned to leave for Wyoming together Mrs Perdue refused to testify before the coroner s jury and family members offered no definite testimony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet Perdue
The
North American Copper Company
Encampment
Wyo
I. M. Leakey
Richmond
Wyoming
Yankton Bridge Bill Extends Time for Construction
In Washington the House fixed February 17 next for ceremonies in statue hall presenting Francis T. Willard statue by Illinois. Bills also extend extradition laws to the Philippines and grant one more year to finish the Missouri River bridge at Yankton South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woshington
Francis T. Willard
Illinois
United States
Philippine Islands
Missouri River
Yankton
Michigan Rep Wings Bill Seeks Lash Punishment for Wife Beaters
Representative Wing introduces a Michigan bill to punish wife beaters with the lash on the bare back after a second conviction. The sheriff would wield the cat o nine tails in the presence of a physician, with the procedure carried out publicly in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wing
Michigan
Duke Not Insane Publicly Challenged by Court
Brodie J. Duke half brother of the American Tobacco Company president was confined in a sanitarium after marrying Alice Webb. He appeared in the Brooklyn N C Supreme Court and was discharged from custody in a dispute over his mental state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke
Brodie J. Duke
American Tobacco Company
Wall
Alice Webb
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
N. C
Loubet Accepts Resignations From Combes Cabinet
The Combes ministry submitted its resignations to President Loubet in Paris on Wednesday morning and the president accepted them while asking ministers to continue in post until a new cabinet is formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loubet
Combes
Paris
Close Call for Students at Bighton Stammerers School Fire
Vorty students escaped a deadly blaze that wiped out the Dodge and Clark school for stammerers at Bighton Al on a Wednesday. One pupil suffered severe burns while others fled the inferno amid smoke and chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge and Clark
Bighton
Tragedy in an Asylum at Concord New York
Mrs Mignonette Seavey of Barrington a patient at the state insane asylum at Concord New York killed two inmates and seriously injured another on Thursday while also injuring a purse or bag in the melee authorities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. Y
Mignonette Seavey
Barrington
Atate
British ship Oakley seized in Fukushima straits
Japanese dispatch states the British steamer Oakley laden with coal for Vodivo stok was captured in Fukushima straits on a Wednesday afternoon and brought to Sasebo. Thousands of idle textile workers facing six months of strike returned to work on Thursday after severe hardship. A rescue followed a failed attempt to reopen the Big Lumber Company railroad from Humboldt to Hirado, with one man frozen to death and another driven insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukio
Oakley
Vodivostok
Fushima Straits
Sasebo
Maas
Hhursday
Uumberton
Hirado
Cole
Acquittal Hope Looms as German Man Faces Jury
Jury retires in New Ulm Minnesota after days of dramatic testimony in the case of George B. Roeh accused of the murder of Dr. G. A. Gebhardt. Attys Brown and Lee delivered closing arguments as speculation grows that Koech may be acquitted though a hung jury remains possible. The sensational trial drew crowds to the terrace courtroom overlooking the Minnesota River bottoms where the defendant, once seen as a beloved local youth, may face a verdict that reshapes the town’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ubn
Minn
George BR. Roeh
Jnda
A. Gebhardt
Brown
Koeh
Ufis
Lee
da Koch
Och
Dr. Stoeh
Businexsa Vival
G. A. Gebhardt
Minnesota River
U Minnesota
New Ulm
Big Strike Ends In Boston Settlement
The Fall River cotton strike, one of the fiercest labor battles in Wall River history, ends after a Boston conference urged by Gov. Douglas. Twenty five thousand workers were involved. the strike began July 25 with a 12 percent wage cut and now the operatives return to work at the reduced rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Wall River
Boston
Gov. Douglas
Daring Chicago Robber Fails in Mail Heist Attempt
A robber leaped from a wagon near the Masonic temple in downtown Chicago and seized mail from a carrier. John Lougenan, superintendent of mails, chased the suspect as he fled in an express wagon but the thief escaped on foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Chicago
John Lougenan
Emails
Trainmen Prepare Strike Over Pennsylvania Firing Rule
W C Lee announces 95 percent of about 12 000 Brotherhood of Trainmen members voted to authorize a strike if the railroad does not repeal its rule forcing brakemen firing. The main grievance centers on the firing requirement. Also on trial: John W Fleming and Henry Dundberg, ex US inspectors of steamboats, charged with fraud related to the General Slocum inquiry after the New York steamer fire that killed over 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
W. C. Lee
The
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Slocum
General Slocum
New York
John W. Fleming
Henry Dundberg
Office
United States
Fedseriul
Opposition to Niedringham Develops in Jefferson City
In Jefferson City Alabama special session representatives Bittinger Branch Cook Whitcomb Grage and others bolted the caucus nominee Thomas J Niedringhu ls for senator to succeed Cockrell on the first ballot of the house, resulting in no election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niedringham
Jefferson City
Ala
Bittinger
Branch
Cook
Wmiott
Grage
Thomas J. Niedringhiuls
Cockrell
House
Peabody Breaks Down and Bank Link Closed
The report states George Iester Peabody of New York, banker and Democratic treasurer, has broken down physically and is at his farm in northern New York. The Comptroller of the Currency in Washington was advised that officers of the American National Bank of Abilene Texas closed the link, and a receiver was appointed. Italy abolishes slavery in colonies. influenza deaths rise in Chicago with twenty more deaths last week. A St Petersburg dispatch notes London circulation of a report denied by a general arriving in St Petersburg.
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Pesboday
George Iester Peabody
New York
Democratic National Committee
Washington
American National Bank of
Chicago
Health Department
Secretary Hay Secures Assurances on Chinese Territory
Secretary Hay in Washington secures positive assurances from powers that there shall be no attempt to alter the integrity of Chinese territory.
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Hay
Washington
Y M C A Progress Report From State Secreta ry Magee
State Secretary Magee of the Y M C A releases a progress statement detailing gifts and building projects across Iowa in 1904. Highlights include a George La Seeley estate donation for a Pleasant building, a $2,500 annual grant, a $60,000 City project, and $40,000 pledged by Friends of Marsentine. The Muscatine convention is set for February 12 1905 with plans to feature leading association workers and speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
Wol Magee
AL CL Ua
Yowa
YMC
Tawi Hwa
Bulldimga
Lewa
Trogrees
Towa
Magee
George la Seeley
MG Pleasant
Buxton
Colored Miners’ Association
City
Marshalltown
Mus
Found Guilty Of Arson In Carroll Case
The Viarvey arson trial in Carroll ended with Melvin Harvey and Mrs. Harvey convicted of arson linked to the Glidden fire last August that killed the Hobbs brothers and damaged property. About fifty witnesses testified as the lengthy trial drew to a close. Prosecutors fear potential murder charges may await the couple before the next grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harveys
Carroll
Viarvey
Go'dork
Mel
Co YW
Harvey
Glidden
Hobbs Brothers
Girl Finds Another Groom At Des Moines Ceremony
Miss Olive Osborne, jilted at the altar by Frank E Brooksy in Des Moines, married Alexander Withers three weeks later. She told the assembled guests there were others, as the ceremony occurred beneath an arch reading All’s well that is well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Osborne
Frank E. Brooksy
Des Moines
Olive
Alexander Withers
Ems Weil
JOKE COSTS A LIFE IN ACCIDENT AT HW HARDWARE
Hoffman died at 6 20 am from an accidental revolver discharge in Bowers hands. Bowers entered town with a neighbor carrying a 22 caliber pistol made from a rifle. In Walker and Sfwut hardware store Bowers jokily asked onlookers to hold up their hands and the gun fired into Hoffman's right eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman
SV. 1
Bowers
Walker & Sfuut
Hoffmian
Sioux City School Board Okayed Wendory School Sale Plan
At a special election in Sioux City on Wednesday, the board of education was authorized to sell the Wendory school at Third and Prospect Streets under plans by the Great Northern Railway Company. The firm aims to use the property for its Sioux City terminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Board of Education
Third
Prospect
Great Northern Railway Company
Sioux
Dine White Dies at Chessboard in Sudden Collapse
Levi Taylor, an elderly jeweler from Gieccula, died Wednesday night at 10 o clock while playing chess. He had been seated for about two hours opposite J A Youet when his head fell forward and he exclaimed Day painting before passing away in about five minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dine White
Levi Taylor
Gieccula
J. A. Youet
Pardoned Hero Frink Shereliffe Honored by Railroad
Sherman Morris known as Frink Shereliffe receives a letter of thanks from Chicago Great Western for saving Ute during a wreck on the Melbourne line amid a blizzard. The event highlights his brave actions and public recognition.
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Sherman Morris
Frink Shereliffe
Diamond
Chicago Great Western
Hin Tor
Ute
Melbourne
Blizeard
WIM Wuild a New Armory by Iowa National Guard unit
Company M fifty fourth infantry Iowa National Guard ranked first among forty nine companies in the organization and is planning the creation of a new armory with the aim of improving facilities and readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim Wuild
Conmpany M
Witty-fourds Infantry
Iowa National Guard
Creston Advertiser-Gazette Sold to Paul Junkin
Paul Junkin of Corning has purchased the Creston Advertiser-Gazette and assumed control. He bought the plant from the Skirvings, who have been identified with it since its establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Junkin
Creston
Paul
Junkin
Corning
Chariton Patriot Manager Injured in Snowfall Incident
Evan Lewin business manager of the Chariton Patriot fell on the frozen snow Wednesday evening and broke his left shoulder. He was bruised about the body and will be off duty for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan Lewin
The
Chariton Patriot
Wires Cut Across Rail Lines Near Marengo
Railroad trouble grows as a wire cutter targets the Chicago Rock Island Pace and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul tracks around Marengo. patches say he climbs poles or banks to sever lines, walking twelve miles one night to strike multiple points, leaving officials puzzled and on alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rock Talalant
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Maretyge
Marengo
Banka
Ettts
Perjury charge sparks arrest warrant in Marshalltown
A warrant issued by Marshalltown authorities targets H W Curtis, western agent of Nickel Mate, with Onin HQ. A. Lt. Weiss swore the warrant alleging Curtis perjured himself in securing a divorce, amid accusations of a Russian detective entrapment scheme involving a hotel room and Mrs Weiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsahatltown
H. W
Curtis
Weiss
Minneapolis
Des Moines Man Kills Himself in Front of Wife
Newto F Ferguson died early Wednesday morning in Des Moines after his wife tried to halt his self destruction. He slashed his throat with a big jugular injury, neighbors rushing in as he collapsed. Ferguson, a laborer, had been ill for weeks and supported the family of five children by washing. Despondency over their condition led to the suicide attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Newto F Ferguson
Brown
Ferguson
Exoneration of Mrs Gallaugher in Murder Case
Following the acquittal of Hen Gallaugher widow of James Gallaugher, reports say Mrs Gallaugher had nothing to do with the murder plot. Lig wife and her lover Charles Uolida were linked to the crime, Uolida serving a due sentence for the murder. Gallaugher has steadfastly proclaimed her innocence despite trials for murder and perjury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holada
Tax Cigarette Case Ruling Upheld By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court finding in the tobacco tax case. It held small cigar boxes were not original packages and that state tax actions did not violate the plaintiffs rights. In Ames, Ralph Collett, a senior at Iowa State College, was badly injured when run over by a motor bus near the campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Jowna Court
Supreme Court
Ames
Ralph Collett
Iowa State College
Collett
Agricultural
Boy Dies in Gun Accident Near Town City
Joseph Ranshaw aged 35, son of William Anshaw near Town City, is dead from an accidental gun discharge by a comrade, a boy from Cedury Rapids. He died from loss of blood and exposure. The father does not know the shooter’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ranshaw
William Anshaw
Town City
Ceduy Rapids
Railroad deal ties to expanding to Minneapolis and St Paul
In the Missouri area a major railroad arrangement links leasing the Des Moines Town Falls and Northern line with ambitions to extend to Minneapolis and St Paul and operate it in conjunction with a projected Mordaunt electric line between St Joseph and Des Moines. In a separate incident, Herman Grostick, a painter, was instantly killed Monday afternoon after falling from the Dubuque Malting Company brewhouse, a distance of feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Padifhe Riatlroudia
Es Moines
Town Falls
Herman Grostick
Dubuque
Cudaby Packing Plans Upgrades at Sioux City Plant
The Cudaby Packing Company is laying plans to expand the Sioux City plant. The superintendent said improvements have been planned that would increase capacity significantly, giving the plant a much greater throughput once completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cudaby Packing Company
Lay
Jog
Diag Ca
Sioux City
Golden Wedding Celebrated by Nicholis Meyer Duo
Mr and Mrs Nicholis Meyer of Dubuque celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a Jubilee service at Sacred Heart church. Grandchildren attended as part of the family celebration in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Nicholis Meyer
Sacred Heart Churats
One Hundred Years Ago Aims and Alliances
One hundred years ago Mieligan C arr Hory was formed on nod of Sadho by net of Congress Great Britain ordered that no med fra vessels should be wolested during the war with Spat The Beltish frigate Ports was fast on Dimondruck Quiberon the crew AUS SUVORT he third coalition against France composed of Mustvia England Russlie and Sweden was formed Joseph Andersen of Lendessea was appointed president pro tempore of the Senate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mieligan
Sadho
Congress
Great
Britain
Spat
Dimondruck
Quiberon
Suvort
France
Mustvia
England
Russlie
Sweden
Joseph Andersen
Lendessea
Senate
Seventy Five Years Ago War and Finance Headlines
Seventy five years ago reports mention the Joan of $9,000,000 francs in rentes tt per cent advertised by the Prance government. Work began on the Rouen Paris canal. Extreme cold and severe weather hit New England. The Myeneh prepared for an attack on Ali gters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prenel
Rouen
Paris
New England
Aligters
Fifty Years Ago in Europe and America
A fragmentary ledger notes Vierre Soule meeting the Queen of Spain and taking leave, the Sonora County Treasurer’s murder and likely lynching of Ed ward Gitth, a Tondoan commission on sett adjustments, a presidential push to deploy troops to quell frontier hostilities, and Massachusetts military orders disbanding units largely Irish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vierre Soule
Spain
Sonora
Cal
Edward Gitth
Tondoan
Congress
Massachisatt Deys
Snedat Genera
Suv 'Ny
miliGay
Austin
Edward Everett Dies At Home In Boston
Edward Everett died at his Boston home. Plans for Wilson Stockyards and Transit Company of Chicago were being perfected. The Senate voted to agrogate the reciprocity treaty. Reports mention overtures between Presidents Lincoln and Davis. Governor Ailesby of Timnoly urged organizing ten new regiments for service in the South. The War Department announced the capture of Tort Misher with 72 gas and 2000 prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Everett
Boston
Wilson Stockyards
Transit Company
Chicago
United States Senate
Lincoln
Davis
Ailesby
Timnoly
Ware Department
Liberal leader Cladstone retires amid political shift
A cryptic report notes Cladstone’s formal retirement as Liberal leader to Par Hitmen. President Grant calls a special message to Congress on the Louisiana conflict. Kalakoun, ruler of the Sandwich Islands, visited Chileago. A Russian secret service disclosure concerns a 3200-person incident. Mail package transport protests affect business, and a German chancellor request targets American potato imports. Fair River mills in Massachusetts face an imminent strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cladstone
Grant
Spechal
Congress
Louisiana
Kalakoun
Sandwich Islands
Fair River
Mass
Descriptive Fragments From Patchy 19th Century Report
Fragmentary OCR records mention Olver Broa. & Phipa assigned at Pittshire with $5,000,000 habilities. Seventeen patients burned in a cottage fire at Wiankakee NL Deane Hospital. Schuyler Colfax dies at a railway station. Snow and cold disrupt Northwest rail service. Barnwn offers $100,000 to exhibit Den Grant medals Vanderbilt gave to Mrs Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olver Broa
Phipa
Pittshire
T He Wiankakee
Deane Hospital
Schuyler Colfax
Mankinto
Minn
Barnwn
den. Grant
Vanderbilt
Grant
Ten Years Ago in VWrench Republic and Butte Blast
Ten years ago Wellx Francois Titre was elected president of the VWrench Republic after Vertor resigned. The French Cabinet and President Caxi milr Perler also resigned. A dynamite explosion in a burning Butte Montana building killed one and injured over 100.
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Wellx Francois Titre
Vwrench Republic
Caximilr Perler
Butte
Mont
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