Prominent Figures Recap and Public Service Leaders
A compilation highlights past public figures including Henry Payne, once offered cabinet posts then guiding Roosevelt’s council. It notes Prince Sviatopolis-Mirski’s ascent through Russian interior posts, and mentions Senator Elkins and Henry Gassaway Davis amid political clashes. Also profiled are Associate Justice Henry Oley Phelps and Dr Norman Bridge with medical and civic roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Os ‘Payne
Bor
Payne
Roosevelt
Sam‘uel J. Eilden
Stephen B. Dibkins
West Virginia
Elkins
Henry Gassaway Davis
Commission Report Blames Slocum Disaster Officials
The national Slocum committee calls for immediate firings of top port inspectors and orders a full overhaul of New York port inspection staff. It faulted Captain Van Wyck and the pilot while praising Assistant Engineer Thamdaw and Chief Engineer Conklin. The report urges stronger enforcement powers and new rules from President Roosevelt through Secretary Metcalf to prevent a repeat of the tragedy.
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Commission On
National
Slocum Committee
United States
Rode
Albany
James A. Dumont
Thong HH. Barrett
New York
Port of
van “K
Ward's Island
Little Heil Gate
Meardows
Bronx
Meadows
Thandew
Conklin
van Wart
Inspection Service
Ann
Roosevelt
Victor H. Metcal
Department of Commerce
Anl Labor
Commission
Campaign Warming Up and Costs Shape Quiet Canvass
The piece notes campaign activity is subdued as costs rise for campaign gear from uniforms to lanterns. It contrasts modern logistics with 1860s Wide Awake attire, cites spending 4090 to 7000 dollars monthly, and observes calmer discourse and respectful deference despite absence of spectacle.
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Alge
Allen Globe
Cuthnesiasn
Sige
Nowise
Cal Co
Battle of the Schili river described in a long, detailed dispatch
The article recounts a major 19th century style engagement along a 55 to 60 mile front near the Schili river with heavy fighting. It notes Kuropatkin reinforcing to around 200 000 to 250 000 troops and predicts possible dismemberment of his forces as Japanese counterattacks intensify near Bent sisaputze and Yental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schili River
Kuropatkin
Russia
Lineyang
Sikthr
Don Cossack
Lisoyang
Mukden
Hnete
Europatkin
Europe
Bentsiaputze
Appalling Slaughter Sparks War End Demands
A Tokyo dispatch reports Field Marshal Oyama informing the Mikado about staggering battle losses exceeding 60,000 casualties. The harsh toll fuels public and political calls to seek an end to the war.
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Oyama
Bologna sausage workers threaten strike in Chicago
The 165 worst sausage shops agreed to strike for union recognition. Eleven hundred men skilled in separating sausages from their bark joined. They plan action against manufacturers who have an expired trade agreement. Employers intend to open shops. The union seeks to erase the shops from production. The worst is yet to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Noted Horse Sells for 70000 at Whitney Sale
A prize horse sold for 70000 at the Madison Square Garden sale of Wilham C Whitney’s former stable in New York. Harry Payne Whitney led the bidding for the famed stallion Elamburg as James RK Weene battled cash offers from stock operator Wintner.
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Harry Payne Whitney
Wilam C. Whitney
Madison Square Garden
New York
Lelamburg
James RK. Weene
Wintner
Vote Totals Forecast for November Presidential Election
The article projects a large rise in votes this year with estimates suggesting over a million more regre votes than four years ago and a record turnout in November. It notes a historic surge in voter participation and remains cautious about stay-at-home rates. It closes with a proverb about class bias affecting civic engagement.
Battle reports span Yentai and Mukden in long Sino-Japanese war
The article details heavy fighting around Yentai Liaoyang and Mukden with Japanese and Russian forces engaged along the Hun river and Talitse bend. It notes thousands killed or wounded, alerts on railway yards crowded with casualties, and comment on public sentiment in Japan and Russia amid the Ottoman impressions of a decisive Japanese victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yentai
Liaoyang
Sukwantun
Oyamao
Oyama
Get
Marth
Murden
Nodzu
Gku
Kuroki
Talitse
Yental
O&nis
Kuropatkin
Mirkdlen
Overdun
Sehy
Muore
Oku
Mukden
Yeotai
Harbin
Europatkin
Russia
Japan
Tokio
China
Oil Boom Lifts Indiana Farmers From Poverty to Fair Wealth
In Indiana counties Gil and others struck oil after years of hard toil, bringing new income to hard pressed families. Farmers near Parker City and Liberty Township report monthly checks from 100 to 300 dollars as wild oil speculation shifts to steady returns. The surge spares many from poverty, with small fortunes replacing misfortune in rural communities.
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Indiana Farmera. Oi
Indiana
Gil
Delaware
Madison
Grant
Jay
Randolph
Elijah Gof
Liberty Township
Delaware County
Shi
Gof
Tos
Awa
Samuel A. Winger
Parker City
Winger
Siice
Judge Denounces Mob Key to Maples Case Trial
Federal Judge Thomas G. Jones in Huntsville Alabama instructs the grand jury to indict mob participants in the Maples murder. He questions if a white man would have faced similar mob violence, urging true bills against those who murdered Maples due to race and crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Jones
United States District Court
Huntsville
Alt
Flontsville
Tha
Local and national notes from early news items
The report summarizes disparate events including a Piedmont plant fire with 790000 loss, Oakley and Tarenturn incidents, a monument unveiling in Pineville, a Nebraska governor's railroad pass admission, arrests in Pennsylvania and Florida linked to feuds, vandalism in Wichita, train crashes near Mumford, a Rochester conductor and fireman deaths, and Tennessee Kentucky farmers challenging regulations on divinities and tobacco sowing amid federal scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Charlotte
N. C
Oakley
Isan
James Knox Pork
United States
Pineville
S.C
Mickey
Nebraska
Henry Leslie
William Krepts
James Orris
Tarentum
Hilary Altman
Cheries Altman
Iver Hartley
Florida
Carrie Nation
Legti Boite
Lydia Mounts
Myra McHenry
Mahan Wholesale Supply Company
Wichita
Kan
Baffliy Rochester
Pittsburg
Mumford’s Station
Charles Tanner
Rochester
Thomas Trundon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sviatopolis-Mirski
You Plehve
Tenaga
Visarkoff
Chaterinoslav
Interior
AL ‘Siplaguine
Alexander II
Count Telstor
Henry Oley Phelps
Lee, Mass
Gurney
Judge Phelps
Lee
Henry C. Phelps
Ele
New England
L. Uf. Chandier
Moody
Orient
Aiikade
Norman Bridge
Chicago Medical Society
Windgor
University of Michigan
Chicago Medical College
DE. N. Bridge
Chicago Woman's Medical College
Rush Medical College
Quieman Kohnke
Lon ‘Orleans Board of Health
Texas
Fother W. Brooks
Hancock
N. H
Washington
George Frould
Prince Minsel
Danie
Nodau
Kaubeki
Benishu
Lim
Taltse
Port Arthur
Arthur
Stoessel
Steessel
Hin Bey
Ligoyd
Ffntal
Brieh
Imperial Japanese Relief Society
Port Bat
Wikade
Uleigen
Vredern
Beer of
Ran Ie Dart Aviigig
Rave Seed
Oras Fio. A. San Fer
Dar
Yen
Mark Ten
Sant Wield
Derersburg
Bainerar Willan
Tasagiwa
Forea
Keream
Kokorl
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