Notable World Figures and Oddities Feature
The Express reports on Gen Lius Terrazas as a major Chihuahua landowner, cautions about bankers risking others money, notes New York East Side schools teaching girls to cook, and mentions a 40 foot Tugela river rise once. It covers naphtha losses in Baku, New Orleans sanitary lessons against Yellow Jack, and an Englishman Crabbes paper waistcoat designed to block chills.
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New York
Great East Side
New Orleans
Crescent City
Paris
Crabbe
Basel to North Sea Water Route Threatens Swiss Isolation
The text notes Switzerland’s historical isolation held by its mountains may be breached by plans for an all water route from Basel to the North Sea. This development could affect Switzerland’s security and separation from neighboring states.
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Switzerland
Basel
North Sea
Abolition of the dvornik system proposed in new Russian parliament
The new Russian parliament is expected to move quickly to abolish the dvornik system. This minatory arrangement forces every household to accept a dvornik who reports to the police on daily life, conversations, opinions, and movements.
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Russia
Consul Fisher Seeks Sugar Mills Catalogues From Formosa Inquirers
From Tamsui Formosa Consul Fisher reports that inquiries have asked for catalogues and prices of sugar mills and materials. He will distribute catalogues with full descriptions and prices to inquirers. He notes most sugar machinery in Formosa is German or English made.
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Fisher
Tamsui
Formosa
Life Insurance Costs and Practices Suggest Reforms
David Parks Fackter former president of the Actuarial Society argues that current life insurance costs are too high. He notes that major companies’ methods for obtaining business drive up prices and urges policyholders to consider alternatives and reforms.
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David Parks Fackter
Actuarial Society
Fackter
Sun’s shrinking by inches but sun safe for million years
Sir Robert Ball tells a Bishopsgate Institute audience that the sun grows 16 inches smaller each 24 hours yet faces no immediate danger of dimming. He notes the sun’s heat prodigality and jokes about its vast energy. The Irish astronomer assures listeners the sun will last for millions of years.
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Sir Robert Ball
Bishopgate Institute
Sir Robert
Right of habeas corpus reshapes Russian justice
The guarantee of habeas corpus and inviolability of the person ends secret arrest and deportation in Russia. It curbs police terror and allows free speech and union rights enabling political parties to form. The text notes no jury trial yet butJurists expect the new parliament to address trials soon.
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Russia
Young Telegraph Operator Leads Cedar Falls Office at 12
Fred Lansing, 12, heads the Western Union office in Cedar Falls Iowa a city of 7000. He copies intricate messages with ease and held pace during national political conventions. After work he goes home to study.
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Fred Lansing
America
Lansing
Western Union
Cedar Falls
Fred
Aluminum expands use across industries and goods
Aluminum is applied daily to new uses and is said to surpass tin foil in quality. It serves household and military utensils, textile spools, railway cars, locomotives, lithographic plates, letter boxes, patented explosives, acid carboys, and many other vessels highlighting its lighter weight and versatility.
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Jenses
Baron Henri de Rothschild Opens Free Paris Hospital
A grand Paris hospital is opened by Baron Henri de Rothschild offering free treatment, food, and lodging to all who cannot pay. The baron funds the charity fully, aiding Jews and non Jews alike regardless of race or color, reflecting a life devoted to philanthropy.
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Paris
Henri de Rothschild
Nancia Enterprises
Democrats sweep multiple states and cities in fall elections
Fall election returns show Democrats winning New York City mayoralty and state tickets in Pennsylvania Virginia and Ohio plus Louisville city ticket. Republicans sweep Massachusetts Chicago Cook County and several other states. Hearst contests New York mayoral result amid fraud claims. Ohio elects Pattison governor. Rhode Island and New Jersey shift, while Indiana and Maryland show mixed outcomes. Indictments issued for election law violations and fraud probes expand in New York.
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Washington
New York City
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Ohio
Louisville
Massachusetts
Chicago
Cook County
Iinois
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Nebraska
Maryland
McClellan
New York
Hearst
John M. Pattison
Myron T. Herrick
Philadelphia
Gerry
Guild
Draper
Providence
Swanson
Republcan
United States
Dryden
Kentucky
Blackburn
Senate
House
Robert R. McCormick
Board of Sanitary Trustees
Salt Lake City
American Party
Indianapolis
Charles A. Bookwalter
Holzman
Indiana
People’s and
Citizens’ Organizations
Julius M. Mayer
Law Committee
William R. Hearst
Superintendent of Elections
Morgan
Robert White
No. 156
Third Avenue
Cronstadt Mutiny Suppressed and Island Quiet Restored
Cronstadt ended upheaval as mutinous sailors submitted in numbers and hundreds were deported. Troops arrived by water with machine guns and field guns. fires from looting burned for most of Friday, many firemen joining the chaos. St. Petersburg reports general order returning except in Poland where unrest grows.
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Cronstadt
St. Petersburg
Pavloif Street
Kingdom of
Poland
Russia
Indictment Returned Against U S Senator Burton of Kansas
A federal grand jury in St Louis returned an indictment against United States Senator Burton of Kansas alleging he accepted funds from Rialto Grain & Securities of St Louis for post office department services. The new indictment revises wording but mirrors the prior charges and could block further reindictment if a demurrer succeeds due to statute of limitations.
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United States
Burton
St. Louis
Federal Grand Jury
Kansas
Rialto Grain & Securities Company
Post Office Department
Rialto Company
Mrs Chadwick Loses Bid for New Trial in U S Court
Cassie L Chadwick loses her bid for a new trial as the U S Court of Appeals rejects her application. Judge Lurton reads the lengthy opinion. Chadwick remains jailed in Cleveland serving a ten year sentence for conspiring to defraud under the national banking law tied to the Citizens’ National Bank wreck at Oberlin Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Citizens’ Naional Bank
Oberlin
Marriage Proofs Suppress Hidden Fitzherbert Papers
London reports, with King Edward’s permission, that a 70 year sealed packet from Mrs. Fitzherbert has been opened revealing George IV’s marriage to Maria Anne Smythe. The union in 1785 was invalid under English law though blessed by the Roman Catholic Church.
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London
Edward
The
Daily Chronicle
Court’s Bank
Fitzherbert
Maria Anne Smythe
George IV
Woman Dies After Burglar Struggle in Washington Home
Mrs. George Bowne, 60, was killed during a home burglary in Washington New Jersey on Friday. She confronted a burglar taking silver from her sideboard, was beaten, her daughter aided but also beaten, and the attacker fled as Mrs. Bowne died on the floor.
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Washington
N. J
George Bowne
Mrs. Bowne
Actor Horace Lewis Smith Dies in Brookline
Horace Lewis Smith known on stage as Horace Lewis died at his Brookline home at 51 from heart trouble. He had a 30 year acting career. Also reports from Sunk by Mines say the steamer Pleiades found several ships destroyed by floating mines in the China sea with the Hsieho struck near Weihaiwei and fifteen drowned.
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Brookline
Mass
Horace Lewis Smith
Horace Lewis
Victoria
B. C
Pleiades
Orient
China Sea
Hsieho
Weihaiwei
Courthouse Dedicated in Logan County
The new Logan county courthouse, completed after three years of construction, was dedicated Thursday with ceremonies attended by several hundred people. The structure cost $200,000.
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Lincoln
Logan County Court House
Tragic Beaville duel ends with multiple deaths in Kentucky river clash
In Naugatuck West Virginia a drunken Friday gathering over the election results sparked a fatal spree across Beaver Creek on the Kentucky side. Five men opened fire after taunts over Jeff Davis. three were killed and three wounded. Bentley and Morgan died, Prater and Estep were among the wounded, and a broader feud was ignited with an anticipated clash between factions.
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Naugatuck
W.va
Jeff Davis
Beaver Creek
Kentucky
Don Estep
C. Prater
Estep
Enoch Bentley
Bentley
Morgan
John Sadler
Prater
New York Life Loss of Missouri Authority Upheld
Missouri state superintendent Vandiver suspended New York Life Insurance Company from doing business after finding the firm paid over 1 million dollars for lobbying. In St Louis the company sought an injunction to stop enforcement of the order.
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New York Life Company
Jefferson City
W. D. Vandiver
New York Life Insurance Company
Vandiver
New York Legislative Investigation Committee
New York Life
McCall St. Louis
F. N. Judson
Crow
United States
Adams
Missour
Trainmen Blunder Kills Five in Delaware, Lackawanna Crash
Five railway workers died and ten were seriously hurt when a passenger train collided head on with a coal train near Hunlock Creek, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The impact hurled the passenger engine toward the baggage car. several passengers suffered minor injuries.
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Wilkesbarre
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Hunlick’s Creek
Peace Conference Set for May at The Hague
Practically all powers accept Emperor Nicholas invitation for the second peace conference. Russia prepares the programme for delegates at The Hague. The date is tentatively fixed for May next.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Russia
the Hague
Foreign Office
Dividend Advised For Citizens Savings Bank Creditors
Lorain Ohio November 11 defunct Citizens Savings Bank of Lorain owes creditors a 50 percent dividend after failure on March 31. Probate court orders payment and expects all claims settled within 18 months.
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Lorain, C
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Cardinal Likely for Westminster Archbishop Bourne
Rome reports strong probability that Most Rev Francis Bourne Archbishop of Westminster will be named a cardinal at the upcoming consistory. The Vatican indicates high regard for his leadership and service.
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Rome
Vatican
Francis Bourne
Westminster
Rooming house fire leaves one dead in Kansas City
A fire on Grand avenue in Kansas City destroyed a rooming house early Wednesday burning one person to death two others seriously burned and another critically burned.
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Kansas City
Grand Avenue
Fishermen Missing After Severe Kagosh Storm
More than 100 fishermen are reported missing off Kagosh Prefecture after a severe recent storm swept the area. Local authorities and rescue teams search coastal waters and harbors for survivors amid ongoing rough seas.
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Tokio
Kagosh
Malone elected mayor of Memphis on an independent ticket
Memphis Tennessee on Thursday James H Malone a renowned Tennessee lawyer won the mayorship on an independent democratic ticket defeating eight year incumbent J Williams The likely entire independent slate is expected to win The frontier dispute between French Guinea and Portuguese Guinea on the West African coast has been definitively settled in Washington
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Memphis
Tenn
James H. Malone
Tennessee
J. J. Williams
Washington
French Guinea
Portuguese Guinea
Insurance Inquiry Resumes With Testimony On Costs
New York November sessions of the legislative committee reopen to hear Emory Mc Clintock of Mutual Life and John R Hegeman of Metropolitan Life. Industrial insurance proves costlier than ordinary life with examples of $984 versus $1000 policies and higher annual charges. Metropolitan salaries in 1904 totaled about 1.94 million with 16 officers earning 303 thousand. Hegeman’s pay equals New York Life’s president at 100 thousand. other senior salaries shown.
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New York
Legislative Committee
Emory McClintock
Mutual Life Insurance Company
John R. Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Hegeman
Insurance Investigating Committee
John A. McCall
The
New York Life
Hereman
Haley Fiske
George H. Gaston
Frank C. Ayers
Rceives
Four Men Die in Powder Mill Explosion Near Phoenixville
Belleville Ill Nov 8 The Phoenix Powder works at Phoenixville exploded Tuesday afternoon killing four men Louis Hall William Humes George Humes and Walter Krobel Several others were injured The blast sent a dust cloud over the hills ten miles away and reduced the mill to kindling wood No nearby homes within a half mile of the hollow and the cause remains under investigation
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Belleville
Ill
Phoenix
Phoenixville
Louis Hall
Wiliam Humes
George Humes
Walter Krobel
Pat Crowe Trial Set for December 4 in Omaha
In Omaha Nebraska on November 3 authorities announced Pat Crowe will be tried December 4 on an assault with intent to kill charge against Officer Jackson who was wounded on South Sixteenth Street during a failed arrest Nearly a hundred witnesses are listed in the prosecution brief for the assault case and may also be needed if Crowe faces a later highway robbery indictment connected with the Cudahy kidnapping.
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Pat Crowe
Omaha
Neb
Jackson
South Sixteenth Street
Crowe
Cudahy
Ex-Governor Horace Austin Dies in Minneapolis
Horace Austin former governor of Minnesota died at his home in Minneapolis after an operation He served as governor from January 9 1870 to January 7 1874 The death occurred Monday night with funeral arrangements pending in the city.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Minn
Horace Austin
King Edward Celebrates Sixty Fourth Birthday in London
King Edward marked his sixty fourth birthday at Lanningham with celebratory salutes and telegrams from around the world. Autonomy for Poland reportedly affirmed in St. Petersburg as a concurrent note.
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London
Edward
Lanningham
Great Britain
Roosevelt backs single statehood for Oklahoma
President Roosevelt told Oklahoma delegates he will urge Congress in his forthcoming message to grant single statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory. The move unites the two lands into one state pending federal approval.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Congress
Indian Territory
Sanitarium Burned in West End of Los Angeles
Fire from the engine room destroyed the Bimin bath and sanitarium in Los Angeles west end incurring an estimated loss of 25000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for Women's Suffering
A period relief advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for painful and irregular menstruation. Letters from Nellie Holmes and Tillie Hart praise its effectiveness, urging women to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice and urging belief in the remedy's safety and benefits.
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Nellie Holmes
Davision Street
Buffalo
N. C
Pinkham
East
Lydia E
Tillie Hart
Larimore
N. D
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
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