End of Romanoff Rule Signals Witte Government in Russia
In St Petersburg on October 31 observers report the autocracy fell as Emperor Nicholas II abdicated and Count Witte accepted a imperial mandate to form a cabinet with wide suffrage and civil liberties. The manifesto promises a National Assembly with legislative power and habeas corpus, while Witte advocates a British style cabinet. The U S State Department offers asylum to Americans if needed. Meanwhile Finnish railroad workers strike near the city, demanding a constitution and political liberty, food for workers, and troop removal from waterworks.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Nicholas
Count Witte
Peterhof
Comnte Witte
National Assembly
Pemier
Douma
State Department
Eddy
Canine
Lamsdorff
Leaf Tobacco Growers Meeting Calls Members to Election
Texas Leaf Tobacco Growers Association president calls officers and members to a November 14, 1905 meeting at 10:30 a m in the Business League rooms under the Rice Hotel to elect officers and address business including a possible duty free Philippine tobacco import. All interested in tobacco growing and manufacturing invited with railroads offering cheap rates.
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Philippine Islands
United States
J. A. Blohm
Blakeslee
Gibson Trial Set for November in San Antonio
The case of Monk Gibson accused of murdering the Conditt family near Edna Jackson county was set by Judge Dwyer for November 20. A special venire of 200 men is summoned. State is represented by DAs Pope and Baker. Defense by L W Greenlay who claims the defendant’s innocence and seeks acquittal.
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San Antonio
Texas
Monk Gibson
Conditt
Edna
Jackson County
Dwyer
Pope
Baker
Bexar County
L. W. Greenlay
Gibson
Greenlay
Blowout in Humble Well Shatters Texas Oil Field
In Humble Texas the Simms well blew out at 700 feet creating a gasser that quickly formed a 100 foot wide mud and water lake. The derrick and rig collapsed as the well erupted like a volcano with slush and smoke and earth around the site shaking, drawing hundreds of oil men and spectators by auto from nearby areas.
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Humble
Texas
Simms
Train fired on near Livingston Texas station
An unknown shooter fired on a northbound passenger train near Livingston Texas a quarter mile from the station Friday night. No injuries reported though a window shattered near a local resident Mr Garvey. Sheriff Chapman used bloodhounds next morning but could not follow the trail as it was cold. Nebraska reports the season's first snow in the eastern part of the state.
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Livingston
Texas
Garvey
Chapman
Miss Sutton Quietly Confident In Cincinnati Mixed Doubles
A tennis player recalls Miss May Sutton staying calm amid a tough Cincinnati mixed doubles match. He notes her backhand save and polite restraint as he praised her play, while she coolly urged teamwork to clinch victory.
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May Sutton
Cincinnati
Bank Patron Seeks Glass of Beer in Lynn Institution
An intoxicated man entered a Lynn National Bank in Massachusetts and leaned along a marble desk counter, rolling to the teller window. He handed a nickel and asked for a glass of beer, then apologized and staggered away after being told the desk was not a saloon.
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Lynn
National Bank
Mass
Vast Magnesite Deposits Found Near Malelane and Kaapmuiden
In the Malelane Kaapmuiden area near Lourenço Marques South Africa large magnesite deposits are reported. Veins exceed 10 feet thick with a central Salt Creek hill showing a 2000 by 200 by 300 foot body. A consulting engineer estimates over a million tons with low-cost quarrying due to favorable topography.
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Malelane
Kaapmuiden
Lourenco Marquis
South Africa
Salt Creek
President at Sea Wireless Message Reports Pleasant Voyage
A wireless message from the president at sea reports a pleasant voyage with no incidents. The carrier ship maintains steady course as officials monitor progress and safety protocols aboard.
Wireless Message Reports Roosevelts Voyage Progress
The wireless station at Anastasia Island links with the West Virginia off Savannah as the President travels at sea. Weather remains fair, then rough near Savannah. Admiral Brownson hosts a banquet and the St Augustine station relays congratulatory messages to the President aboard. Roosevelt thanks New Orleans for hospitality.
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St. Augustine
Mia
Anastasia Island
West Virginia
Savannah
Brownson
Rts
Acer
Majore
St. Justine
Ins
West Virgin
New Orleans
Behrman
Preside Roosevelt
Berpian
Theodore Roosevelt
Wireless Message From West Virginia Reaches Cape Hatteras
Navy yard wireless station picked up a message from the cruiser West Virginia bound for Cape Hatteras where the President travels. The West Virginia was off Savannah, Georgia as the squadron including the West Virginia set a record breaking trip from Jupiter Inlet.
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Washington
Navy Yard
West Virginia
Cape Hatteras
Savannah
West Viginia
Jupiter Inlet
Bank of Arcadia Safe Blown Open in Early Hour
Detectives hunt for suspects after a safe at the Bank of Arcadia was blown open and about $400 in current money taken. The bank building sustained damage from the blast. Police pursue leads across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Arcadia
Wis Ok
Snowstorm Hits St Paul and Minneapolis Areas Hard
A heavy snowstorm sweeps St Paul and Minneapolis with about eight inches fallen. The storm lacks blizzard characteristics and brings general statewide snowfall in Western Wisconsin. Train service is disrupted with widespread delays across lines due to the snow.
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St. Paulinn
St. Paul
Minneaps
Weder
Wisconsin
Pulsus Bought as Top Trotting Horse in Alabama
Pul sus, regarded as the best trotting horse in Alabama, was purchased in Birmingham from Fies and Son for 3500 dollars. Ed Geers rode Pulsus on the Birmingham circuit where the horse had been the favorite.
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Well Kn Turfman
Pulsus
Alabia
Fies & Son
Birmingham
Np Ala
Ed Geers
Telegraphers seize General Office in St Priburg
At 1 oclock yesterday morning an extra detachment of milly telegraphers took possession of a general telegraph office and the safe was partially resumed.
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St. Priburg
Municipal Ownership Debate Heats Up In New York
On the eve of the last week of the mayoral race New York City campaigns intensify. Tammany mobilizes with posters attacking Hearst while municipal ownership becomes a key issue. Republicans rally 1000 speakers to back Ivins as Hearst supporters claim favorable winds.
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New York
New York City
Tammany
William R. Hearst
McKinley
Jerome
Tracey
Republican County Committee
Ivins
Hearst
Ude
J.B. Strom
Greenville
Pennsylvania
Odessa Cossacks Fire on Crowds Killing Students and Workers
In Odessa Cossacks began firing on crowds of workers and students who barricaded streets with telegraph poles and furniture. A volley killed a student, three workers, and a girl, with eighteen wounded. The governor warned that the first stone would trigger troop fire and sought martial law authority from St Petersburg. Streets and squares fill with Cossacks and police as citizens form a defense committee.
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Odessa
St. Petersburg
Woman Shot Through Eye as Infant Dies in Accidental Shooting
Memphis reports detail a tragic accident near Relathe s Tennessee nine miles east of the city. J H Harrison a gypsy from Raleigh discharged a revolver while loading it, tearing out his sister s eye and killing a baby she held. The woman wounded is not expected to live. Harrison is described as crazed by grief.
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Memphis
Tenn
Relatehs
J. H. Harrison
Raleigh
Harrison
Three Arrests Made in Wharton Grocery Burglary Case
Wharton Sheriff Koehl reports three arrests in the burglary of the Wharton Grocery Company store. Mitchell Richardson Ed Thomas and a woman known as Babe are jailed. In Lockhart the grand jury adjourned after a week with twenty six indictments including nineteen felonies and seven misdemeanors.
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Wharton
Texas
Koehl
Wharton Grocery Company
Mitchell Richardson
Ed Thomas
Babe
Lockhart
Five Hurt When Fall From Bridge Near Main Street
Five persons were injured Saturday night at a ravine on the St. Louis and San Francisco right of way when they fell from a bridge where Main Street crosses the railroad property. J. M. Harris of Neosho Missouri has a broken leg and R. A. Flippo has a broken arm.
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Tulsa
I. T
St. Louis
San Francisco
J. M. Harris
Neosho
R. A. Flippo
Texas race meets to have McFarlane as judge
Dallas based report states Bob Barker secretary of the Texas Thoroughbred Breeders Association has arranged to appoint M N McFarlane as judge at upcoming race meets in Houston and San Antonio.
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Dallas
Texas
Bob Barker
Texas Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association
M. N. McFarlane
Houston
San Antonio
Lincoln released on bond after county court case
Cameron Texas Sheriff R Todd returned from Athens where Lucius Lincoln was indicted this term for killing a young boy named Hughes in Cavilla about two years ago Lincoln formerly lived in the county and belongs to a prominent family His father is a Christian preacher and well known Lincoln bond was set at 3000 and he was released from custody.
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Cameron
Texas
R. Todd
Athens
Lucius Lincoln
Hughes
Cavilla
Lincoln
Intense Feels Echo Through Town After Gunfire
Local residents report a tense atmosphere as rifle and revolver shots ring through the town, keeping streets unsettled and prompting police to investigate suspected firearm activity.
Laborers Resume Work on Riazan Moscow and Ural Line
Workmen on the Riazan Moscow and Ural railroad have recommenced work after a pause. The resumed activity focuses on track maintenance and system repairs along the line, with crews organized under the railway administration.
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Riazan
Riazan, Moscow & Ural
Police Killings Shocks Gomel After Bomb Attack
In Gomel Russia a bomb was thrown at police yesterday. Two policemen were killed in the attack and other officers were wounded as investigators probe the incident.
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Gomel
Russia
The Snake Brain Says Free Press Quotation
James W. Washville asserts the serpent lacks brains and wisdom. He claims snakes learn little from experience and cannot resist enemies. He notes rattlers fear king snakes and hogs hunt snakes, while ants are the most implacable adversaries.
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James W. Washville
Milwaukee Free Press
Poets as Rock of Defence of Human Nature Says Wordsworth
A Wordsworth-inspired reflection presents poetry as the breath of knowledge and the finer spirit of science. It likens the poet to one who looks before and after and declares poetry as an upholder of human nature carrying relationship and love.
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Wordsworth
Postum A Vital Alternative To Coffee From The Doctor
A patient credits Postum with easing nervousness and heart trouble after quitting coffee. He reports rapid improvement, steady energy, and no weak aftereffects, noting benefits for his children as well. The testimonial cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and recommends reading The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
LAW URGED BY SELF SEEKERS IN PROHIBITION OF POISON LABELS
The Medical Exchange warns that bills to ban sales of any remedy labeled poison aim to profit for enforcers and suppress proprietary medicines. It argues many common drugs contain poisonous ingredients in small amounts yet are not poisonous as a whole and would force costly physician prescriptions.
Local Teacher Claims Diabetes Cure via Dodd's Kidney Pills
Hinton Kentucky October 30 Special. EB Thompson a teacher at Hinton school says he suffered two years with kidney trouble believed to be diabetes by two leading doctors. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he reports a complete recovery and credit to the pills. He asserts diabetes is a kidney disease and that Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure.
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Hinton
EB. J. Thompson
Hinton School
Thompson
Dodd
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