Rumors of Russian Flight Fears Reach Europe
Dispatches from St Petersburg Kronstadt and Koenigsberg report German naval sightings and peasant uprisings in Livonia Courland and other regions. Claims of aristocracy attacks and a looming general insurrection unfold as rumor links the imperial family's possible escape to broader Baltic unrest.
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ST. Petersburg
Fychtkuhnen
East Prussia
Kronstadt
Baltic Sea
Koenigsberg
Ostpreissisch:zeitung
Kibau
Livonia
Courland
Baron Campenhausen
London
Daily Telegraph
Baltic
European Bourses Upend as Russian events shake markets
Panicky trading hits Paris and London as telegraph news to St Petersburg falters. French investors hold large Russian security holdings totaling about 2.0 to 2.2 billion francs with substantial losses reported on Russian stocks and bonds amid price drops and widespread selling.
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London
Stock’ Exchange
Russia
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Russian Empire
Germany
France
Ot. Petersburg
Tec
Pucsia
Bensis
Tso
Goveerniment
Ts Rey
Sosnavice
Briansk
Arrivals at all-of-Town users and page notices
Page index lists sections such as Amusements, Business, Financial News, Real Estate, Society, United Service and Weather. Mentions page numbers and partial references to fires and advertisements across the town’s newspaper.
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EAB Ae
Psire
Society
United Service
Mrs Corey to Seek Divorce in California Nevada Trip
Special to The New York Times reports Pittsburgh financier Corey plans divorce citing incompatibility. Mrs. Corey travels to California en route to Nevada with a sister and possibly Mr Corey's mother, aiming to establish residence. He reportedly offers $700000 contingent on separation and $300000 to son Allan.
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Pittsburg
Corey
United States
California
Nevada
Mrs. Corey
Braddock
Crey
Campbell
Campbells
Swissvale
Mr. Corey
Alfred Corey
North Braddock
Bisbee Group of Mines
Nopah Extension
Rockwell Named Fifth Railroad Commissioner in New York
Gov. Higgins announced Henry N. Rockwell of Yonkers as the fifth member of the State Board of Railroad Commissioners. Rockwell, a longtime conductor on the New York Central Hudson River line, is 54 and has served forty years in railroading. The post carries a five year term with a salary of 8 000 and expenses. Some railroad men opposed the choice, noting other indorsed candidates such as John D. Cameron, but Higgins cited broad support from railroad workers and citizens.
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Henry N.rockwell
Yonkiers
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Rockwell
New York , Central and
Higgins
Pir Gochavell
Yonkers
Barnard College
New York
Albany
Dec
Gov. Higgins
Railroad Commission
John D. Camieron
Harlem
New York Central
Rockwell Tale
Aldridge
Public Works Ranchot
Struck Land Fraud Witness Injured in Oregon Assault
Wilford J. Crain star witness in land fraud trials near Prineville Oregon is wounded at his home after an assault by Marshal Harrington and another man. Crain suffered a skull fracture and was bleeding as he sought safety. authorities say Crain was not intoxicated.
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New York Times
Portland
Ore
Wilford J. Crain
Williamson
Prineville
Robert J.marrington
Maysial
Prine Ville
Crain
Prinevillie
Harrington
Iflerj
Fleeihead
Jlarsnal
Hay
Receiver Named for Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroads
Judge Harmon appointed receiver for Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton and Pere Marquette railroads amid insolvency claims. Court records show debts exceeding 5 million with large payrolls and lease obligations. trustees aim to operate and sell within six months. Walter P. Horn, representing J Pierpont Morgan, filed the case in Cincinnati federal court.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Pére Marquette
Walter P. Horn
York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lorton
United States Circuit Court
Judson Harmon
Attorne
Cleveland
Per Marquette
Chicago
Cincinnati, Chicago San Louisville Railroad
Terminal and Railway Company
Judge Harmon
C. H
Harmon
Hor
Cincinnati, Setlion
Dayston
Pér Marquette
Chicago, Cincinnati and
Louisvill
Toledo Railway and Terminal Company
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayto
Frederick W. Stevens
Vic
Brownell
Hamilton ,and
Dalytor
Mery S. Ives
Calvin Brice
Eugen Zimmerman
Erie Railway
J. P Morgan
Erie
Effec
Horn
Death by self in Somers details of Beebe life
David Beebe, longtime Somers resident, died by his own hand last night after a period of poor health. The article notes he had early life ties to a circus and left behind a son and a daughter.
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Somers
David Beebe
Qa Circus
Beebe
Perkins to resign from New York Life and Morgan post
The Evening Post reports George W. Perkins of J. P. Morgan & Co will retire next April from the vice presidency of the New York Life Insurance Co and chairmanship of its Finance Committee. The move aligns with Mr Morgan’s wishes and avoids conflicts over dual roles.
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the Evening Post
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York Life Insurance Company
Morgan
Perkins
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Perkins
Morgan & Co
New York Life
The
Insurance
Post
Fatal double shooting at Lexington Avenue apartment
Frenchwoman Magda H de Beaulieu and a man, later identified as James Holmes, died after a midnight shooting on the top floor of 710 Lexington Avenue. Holmes killed himself after the attack, leaving a letter and a small money sum in his pocket. the motive remains unknown. The husband was away on a case. Flower Hospital pronounced De Beaulieu dead at 12:35 a.m. The incident was witnessed by Philibert Cambler and police were alerted by the Collins family.
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Magda H. de Beaulieu
Philibert Cambler
Combier
Mme. de Beaulieu
de Beaulieu
Collins
Boyle
East Fifty-first Street
Loizeaux
Flower Hospital
James Holmes
John Hall
Baltic Street
Brooklyn
Two More Steamers Lost Off Newfoundland Coast
A Swedish steamship Lagom bound Swansea to Tilt Cove sank after hitting a reef in a blizzard near Tilt Cove. crew saved. Four schooners driven off shore in the Wednesday storm remain missing. Halifax steamer Lunenburg grounded near Amherst Harbor. five crew landed, wreck likely. Ohio’s fate mourned after gales. R. J. Wilson wreckage found at Block Island. a 272-ton barge from Rondout, New York, identified.
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ST. Jotin's
N. F
Lagom
Swansea
Tilt Cove
Halifax
N. S
Lunenburg
Pictou
Magdalen Islands
Amherst Harbor
Amherst Island
Ohio
Grand Banks
North Sydney
Georgia Senator Bacon says colleague ill in Senate
Senator Bacon of Georgia announced an absent colleague due to illness, later learned to be dangerously ill with acute indigestion. The unnamed colleague, previously described as having a passing attack, is hospitalized and in serious condition.
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New York Times
Washington
Bacon
Georgia
Senate
Clay
Mitchell presides UMWA board meeting in Indianapolis
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America presided over the National Executive Board session at headquarters Indianapolis. Business transacted was routine. Mitchell has recovered from his sickness.
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Indianapolis
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
National Executive Board
Mitchell
Liberal Cabinet Reshuffle Under Campbell-Bannerman
London reports confirm the Liberal leadership will form a new government with Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman premier designate after the resignation of Balfour's cabinet. Morley likely to hold Indian portfolio and Asquith to become chancellor, with Grey or Righ Lord Vigo in Foreign Affairs, and home rule and Irish alignment dominating talks.
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London
al Four
Edward
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Sir Henry
Henry
Henryampbell-Bannerman
Lord Osebery
Morley
Earl of Aberdeen
Ireland
Herbert Gladstone
Home Department
Privy Council
Old Arlington
Crichel
Wimborne
Thomas Sanderson
Foreign
Ffairs
Stirling
James Keir Hardie
Liberal Leader Not an Idol
The Times notes the Unionist Party’s long rule ended and a needed change. It supports Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman forming a cabinet from available material and warns that public support will depend on broad appeal to fluctuating opinion. It emphasizes cautious optimism rather than enthusiasm for Bannerman.
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London Times
New York Times
London
Imes
the Times
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Mr. Balfour
Appointment of Franklin Lane to Interstate Commerce Commission
Senators Perkins and Flint of California urged the President to name Franklin Lane of San Francisco to the USDA vacancy on the Inter-State Commerce Commission. Lane, a Democrat who backed the President, will shift the commission from Republican to Democratic. Possible reorganization if railroad rate laws pass Congress.
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Washington
Perkins and Flint
California
Fifer
Illnois
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Franklin Lane
San Francisco
Lane
Imocrat
Congress
Inter-Stateommerce Commission
Powers occupy Lemnos amid Austrian demand standoff
London dispatch notes the Vienna report that an international fleet has occupied Lemnos. The Austrian Foreign Office expects the Porte to immediately acquiesce to the powers' demands.
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Lemnos
Porte
Roosevelt to Talk Tariff in Washington
Lewiston Maine December 4 Roosevelt summoned Frank L Dingley editor of The Lewiston Journal to Washington for tariff talks. Dingley is brother of the late Congressman Nelson Dingley chairman of the Ways and Means Committee after whom the tariff law is named.
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Dingley
Washington
Lewiston
Frank L. Dingley
Lewiston Journal
Roosevelt
Nelson Dingley
Ways and Means Committee
Manifesto Declares Republic And Atheism In Baltic Village
A village near Novargansk on the Baltic has formed the Republic of Novargansk and issued a manifesto abolishing the rule of both the Emperor and the Deity. The document has been read in churches and public halls, illustrating a curiously radical era parallel to the French Revolution.
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ST. Petersburg
Eydtkuhnen
East Prussia
Baltic
Novargansk
Explosion Halts Paterson Traffic at Edison Works
An explosion at the Edison Works in Paterson New Jersey killed David Crowley and injured several firemen. A steam pipe burst, throwing wall debris into the street and stopping city street car service as crews battled the blaze and secured the site. Crowley was nearby driving a wagon when the blast occurred.
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Paterson
N. J
David Crowley
Edison Works
Edison
Crowley
Woman Clings to Car in Desperate Stand
In Girard Kansas a mentally troubled woman has held a passenger car since Saturday, believed armed with two revolvers and ammunition. Spokane dispatch ties Ina Berry, a Kentuckian, to the case, noting her identification and past barricade incident.
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Girard
Kan
Ina. Ber
Spokane
Washington
Ina Berry
Sarah Berry
Libby
A. V. Brodrick
Cyclist Takes Strychnine After Madison Square Race
Teddy Billington of Newark suffered an apparent strychnine overdose during a three heat bicycle race at Madison Square Garden. He was rushed to Bellevue Hospital after collapsing from the effort, revived enough to request his name be withheld from his parents, and remained out of danger at a late hour.
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Teddy Billington
Newark
N. J
Madison Square Garden
J. B. Coffey
Boston
Bellevue Hospital
Caldwell
Billington
Gold heart gifted to President Roosevelt from Colorado
Representative Robert Bonynge of Denver presents a pure gold heart on behalf of Colorado people. The case bears a Rocky Mountain inscription thanking Theodore Roosevelt for peace in Japan and Russia on Thanksgiving Day 1915. The gift was funded by a popular subscription with many pennies donated.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Colorado
Robert Bonynge
Denver
Rocky Mountains
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Japan
Russia
A. D
Morrell introduces bills on insurance control in House
Representative Morrell of Pennsylvania proposes two measures to extend federal visitorial power over life insurance companies amid alleged abuses in New York. One bill seeks greater supervision to separate insurers from banking firms, while another aims to place insurance firms under Commerce and Labor. A third proposal by Representative Robinson calls for a joint House-Senate investigation to assess federal oversight needs.
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New York
Braddock
Penn
Corey
Mary Cookmarrie
Witneses
J. B. Corey
Apt. Jones
Braddock Steel Works
Big Steel Works
New York Times
Washington
Morrell
Pennsylvania
United States
Ani Bankin
Department of Commerce and Labor
Robinson
Dem. Ark
House
Senate
Dewey's Brut Champagne Ad for American Market
An advertisement by Dewey & Sons Co of New York promotes Brut champagne labeled as an American wine for Americans. It lists 138 Fulton Street as the address and targets U S consumers with an emphasis on domestic appeal.
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Dewey's
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Congress Opens Fifty-ninth Session As House Elects Officers
The Fifty-ninth Congress convened with a formal Senate adjournment and a lengthy House session. Republicans led by Speaker Cannon elected officers and prepared for committee vacancies, while Williams urged GOP lawmakers to resist old rules. Statehood legislation led the new bills, and floral tributes were barred as the President’s message awaited tomorrow.
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Senate
House
Platt
Connecticut
Cannon
Williams
Dele Gate McGuire
Oklahoma
Congress Rejects Red Carnation In Opened Session
Washington observers note a radical shift as the House convenes without the traditional Order of the Red Carnation. Speaker Cannon arrives without the flowers, prompting gallery alarm while Philadelphia lawmakers celebrate with carnations and ex-Speaker Keifer receives attention from older generations.
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Washington
Dec
Congress
Gen
Grosvenor
Serena Payne
Cannon
John Sharp Williams
Pennsylvania
Marcus Kline
Dalzell
House
New York
Fitzgerald
Sulzer
Ollie James
Keifer
Ohio
Blaine
Deacon
8. V. White
White
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Marine Register
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