Stamps Stolen in Bold Post Office Vault Heist
Thieves tunneled into a Chicago wholesale stamp vault, stealing about 68 thousand dollars in stamps and leaving the cashier’s vault untouched. The break in yielded little public clue, with a dry battery and wagon tracks as the only apparent traces. Postmaster Fred E. Coyne awaits congressional action as investigators pursue the robbers.
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Chicago
Waich
FE. C. Spalding
Wholesale Stamp Department
Tia
Postolice
Stuart
Che Ont
Hecht
Fred E. Coyne
Washington
Congress
Time runs out for Czolgosz execution details near
Albany prisoners and state officials finalize the plan for Leon Czolgosz's electrocution. Warder Meade and Superintendent Cornelius Collins review 1 200 requests for invitations. 26 witnesses allowed. Autopsy to be led by Dr. Carlos F. Macdonald with other physicians. Final date targeted is October 28 with jury names kept sealed until morning.
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Albany
N. J
Warderl Meade
Cornelius WY. Collins
Leon Czolgosz
McKinley
Carlos F. Macdonald
State Commission
Collins
Erie County
Brent Rectecys
Mathine
Orte
Massacre Averted In Samar Insurrection Plot
Manila reports an insurgent plot to slaughter American troops in Samar was foiled by Lt. Thomas M. Baines Jr. and guards. Prisoners were found reentering a jail cell through a wall hole at Carbiga, exposing plans by a priest and the presidente to trap the garrison. Reinforcements were ordered as marines and infantry head to Samar amid ongoing arrests and disputed immunity deals with General Lacuna.
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Samar
Manila
Thomas M. Baines, Jr
Ninth United States Infantry
Baines
Carbiga
Presidente
Pambujan
Hancil
Goodsell
United States
New York
Twelfth Infantry
Brignnate Ala
Eral Tlacuna
Frederick Funston
Lacuna
Funston
Laciuna
Admiral Melville urges separate naval engineer corps
Admiral George Melville reports retrogression in naval engineering over the past two years and urges establishing a separate engineer corps. He proposes commissioned status for warrant officers, expanded training at navy yards and Annapolis, new facilities, and a $15.40 million experimental program testing liquid fuel steam turbines and electricity as prime movers. He cites German progress via the Charlottenberg station.
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Ehielville
Washington, D. C
Admiran George Melville
Navy
Roosevelt
Atron
Melville
Navy Yards
Nnapolis
Germany
Charlottenberg
Perry S Heath Buys a Paper in Salt Lake City
Perry S Heath, ex assistant postmaster general and current secretary of the Republican National Committee, appears as publisher and general manager of the Salt Lake Tribune. Patrick H Lannan and Judge C C Goodwin retire from active roles as the new owners plan an evening edition while keeping the paper Republican.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Salt Lake Tribune
Perry S. Heath
First Asant
Republican National Committee
Heath
Tribune
Patrick H. Lannan
The
C. C. Goodwin
Mr. Lannan
Manors
Chicago Typographical union member fined for injunction violation
Edward E. Bossette of Chicago Typographical union No. 16 was fined 250 dollars plus costs in U S court in Indianapolis for violating a Judge Baker injunction against rioters of the W B Conkey company in Hammond. The bond was not accepted. Baker ruled Bossette acted as a co conspirator with strikers in the injunction breach.
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Chicago
Modern Fable of the Notables at the Football Game
A father visits his son at college and witnesses a gridiron game. Characters include Beefy Hutts the tackle Fatty Finkle the center, Slippery Slin the runner, and the Head Coach. The piece lampoons campus hierarchies and ends with a moral about ticket access.
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Guvnor
Harry
Fatty Finkle
Modern Fable of the Rapid Changes Down on the Farm
A farm lad leaves for the city and returns years later to find technology has transformed farming. A salesman mocks the farmer's progress as irrigation, threshing, and harvesting devices replace manual labor. A moral cites how department store life and tech reshape rural work. The tale ends with a caution about family portraits predicting futures.
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Jed
The Modern Fable of the Wonderful Thinkograph
A satirical tale describes a self registering device that records a dinner guest’s criticisms, leading the inventor to destroy the machine to prevent scandal and warning readers to avoid mental reservations.
Modern Fable of One Man’s Social Shuffle
A narrator laments a man who shuns the crowd by adopting fads from tennis to golf to yachting. Each shift draws followers and ridicule, ending with a sheriff aboard his yacht. The tale ends with a moral about price and perceived luxury.
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White Elephant
Defective British Armor Shocks Naval Experts
The London Telegraph reports drills easily piercing the Krupp armored plates on the cruiser Essex and Drake’s armor, challenging claims of inevitable hardness. Tests at Pembroke dockyard show varying resistance, prompting scrutiny by Admiralty overseer Wells and potential policy updates.
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Essex
London Telegraph
Pembroke Dock Yard
Admiralty
Wells
Sheffield
Pembroke Yard
General Corbin Warns on Philippine Army Reforms
Major General Henry Corbin, adjutant general, reviews army needs in the Philippines. He advocates slower enlistment reductions, emphasizes recruiting and training reforms, improved transport and cable links, better quarters and stores, uniform changes, and faster recognition of volunteer officers and men.
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Washington
Henry Corbin
Army
Corbin
Philippines
Theine Register
West Pytary Academy
Fort
Ty Army
War College
Congress
United States
Pacific
Europe
Asi
China
Japan
Waseton
Manila
War Department
Shange
Chaffee
Gener
Generbin
Parl McKinley
Pines
W. Phas S
Spein
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Lon
George Ade
Leclair
Tibbetts
Iowa
Jess
Daimsel
Mamma
Eclair
Aney
Stu Per
Tov
Ughty
Uncle Hi
Hyah
Jim
Mistah Debbi
Scribner’s
Kennard
Lucie
Lucie Kennard
Mr. Kennard
Philadelphia
Gen. Corbin
Foree
Critieson
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