Cholera Epidemic Worsens in St Petersbug with Many Deaths
A frost aided by clear weather checked spread as 357 new cholera cases and 162 deaths were reported in twelve hours in St Petersbug. Hospital totals reached 4351 cases and 1579 deaths with burial crowds and shallow graves marking the crisis. In Manila cholera is waning with daily cases under thirty and a hope for end.
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ST. Petersburg
St. Petersburg University
Europe
Germany
Austria
Preodrajeck
Manila
Alfred McVeigh
Columbus
Ohio
Cholera Checks Tighten At German Frontiers
In Cologne on September 25 authorities at Franco Belgian rail frontier points intensified inspection of travelers from Germany due to cholera in Russia. Even the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Greece were recently subjected to these checks.
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Cologne
Germany
Russia
Princs
Greece
Contagion Cleared On Russian Steamer Korea
Health Officer Doty and staff found no trace of contagion aboard the Russian steamer Korea after arrival from Libau Thursday. The vessel was allowed to proceed to the city yesterday.
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Doty
Korea
Libau
Riots Renewed in Azores Over Plague Aid Delay
Rioting resumes in the Azores after ten days of unrest caused by authorities failing to curb bubonic plague fears. In Horta Fayal Island hunger and violence flare as Governor troops are met with weapons while a boatload of supplies is allowed to land. The plague worsens as misery grows.
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Lisbon
Azores
Horta
Fayal
Piso
Duchess of Aosta Visits U S Battleships in Naples
The Duchess of Aosta and her children visited the American battleships Alabama and Maine in Naples, staying three hours and dining with officers. Ambassador Griscom arrived, and Capt Veeder and Lieut Cock of the Alabama were guests of the Duke of Aosta. Brazilian cruiser Benjamin Constant officers also dined aboard the Alabama.
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Naples
Duchess of
Archbishop Farley Sails for New York
Archbishop Farley of New York and his suite sailed from Rome to Naples en route to the United States aboard the Prinzess Irene after attending the Pope's anniversary ceremonies. The trip marks the return from Rome following a fiftieth anniversary mass observance.
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Archbishop Farley
New York
Rome
Naples
United States
Castro Kind to England and Caracas Notes
President Castro receives a telegram from Sir Vincent Corbett British Minister to Venezuela indicating friendly ties. Foreign Minister Paul responds to the Netherlands note and awaits Holland's second note amid Venezuela Dutch tensions conveyed to Caracas via Germany.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Willemstad
Curacao
Castro
Vincent Corbett
Netherlands
Holland
Irish retal iate at polls in Newcastle by-election
Irish voters angered by Government actions and tariff reform backed a shock by election result in Newcastle upon Tyne. Unionist G Renwick won with 2143 over Liberal rival Shortt. Labour Socialist Hartley polled 2,971 votes.
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Newcastle-On-Tyne
G. Renwick
Shortt
Mr. Hartley
Typhoon Leaves Samar Romblon and Tacloban Towns Wrecked
Severe cyclone struck central Philippines reports say. Enbagan Samar was wiped out and Romblon damaged. Tacloban City with 5000 residents suffered serious injuries. Several vessels driven ashore with crews saved. Lieut Rowell of the Philippine constabulary drowned off Vigan.
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Manila
Enbagan
Samar
Romblon
Tac- Soban
Lieut
Rowell
Philippine Constabulary
Vigan
Luzon
International congress opens on moral education in London
The first international congress on moral education opened at the Imperial Institute with Prof. Michael Ernest Sadler presiding. Seventeen nations including the United States represented officially. Sadler emphasized the world’s debt to educational thought and experiments in the United States.
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London
Imperial Institute
Michael Ernest Sadler
Victoria University of Manchester
United States
Sadler
Lord Northcote Arrives in Manila En Route to China
Lord Northcote Governor General of Australia arrives in Manila with his party while en route from Sydney to China. Governor General Smith welcomes the visitors at luncheon in Malaca and the group tours Manila and suburbs. The Yankton tender offered for the tour could not be used.
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Lord Northcote
Manila
Commonwealth of Australia
Sydney
China
Smith
Malaca
Yankton
Lord Northecote
Portuguese minister assaulted during train attack in Cascaes
Senhor Magalhaca the Portuguese Minister of Public Works was attacked as his train passed through Cascaes. Stones were thrown at the coach breaking windows and injuring him with a head wound and a torn ear.
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Cascaes
Portugal
Senhor Magalhaca
Fire Destroys Pasig Town Near Manila
A large portion of Pasig town near Manila was destroyed by a major fire on September 25, with official reports noting extensive damage and ongoing containment efforts.
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Pasig
Manila
Knox and Mrs Knox sail for New York aboard Cedric
From Glasgow to New York Senator Philander C Knox and his wife left today on the White Star Line steamer Cedric. Across the Atlantic British shipbuilders failed to win Argentine warship bids, with German and Dutch firms underpricing them. The Moscow University case ends with declarations satisfactory to the Education Ministry and Sarasate's body lay in state at Pampola before funeral.
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Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
University of Moscow
Ministry of Education
Pamploma
Spain
Pablo de Sarasate
Biarritz
Wealthy Rhinebeck resident arrested in arson case
Rhinebeck magnate Herbert K. Clark was arrested in Poughkeepsie on charges of arson and burglary. District Attorney Mack and police said Clark aided in burning the Huntington home at Rhinebeck last February, valued at 75000, and in prior burglaries. Cooperating youths Roy Traver, Sterling Traver, and Able Bellsworth confessed. seized property and a stolen pistol were found at Clark’s estate.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Herbert RK. Chirk
Rhinebeck
Clark
Robert Stuntington
Roy Traver
Sterling Traver
Able Bellsworth
A. L. Clark
East Thirty-second Street
New York
Mack
McCabe
Clarke
Hyde
Chanler
Townsend
Sonny
Poughkeepsier
Automobile
Fireman Overboard Rescued From Graf Waldersee Near Fire Island
A Graf Waldersee crewman leaped from the Hamburg bound steamer off Fire Island as it neared port. The lifeboat rescued the fireman named Heer within twenty minutes, and passengers, noting the apparent suicide attempt, raised a purse for the crew but were advised by Captain Frohlich to distribute the funds among all firemen aboard.
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Graf Waldersee
Hamburg
Fire Island
Frohlich
Schneider
Leer
Heer
Extra Pennant to Honor Baseball Champs at Hippo Drome
The National League contenders will receive a streamer sized pennant listing nearly 600 Hippodrome contributors on the reverse side. Manager McGraw will umpire the stage game and the champions will be escorted to receive the pennant on stage. A special scene and the new song The Champion March accompany the presentation. The Giants watched The Man from Home at the Astor last night.
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Hippodrome
McGraw
Giants
Astor
Gompers Faces Contempt Claims Amid Bribery Inquiry
In Washington on September 25 1907 Samuel Gompers president of the Federation of Labor testified in contempt proceedings. Prosecutors pressed for details of alleged bribes and detective surveillance tied to a New York man Branden burg. Gompers recalled a 1907 offer of life annuity and described a pressure tactic to sign a self incriminating document. Van Cleave issued a denial of Gompers story last night.
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New York Times
Washington, D. C
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Harper
Davenport
van Gleave
Broughton Brandenburg
New York
Washington
New York City
Brandenburg
Eee
American Manufacturers’ Association
A. F. of L
Ralston
van Cleave
Death Bargain Revealed In Murder Case Hearings
Mrs. Rice testified in Omaha police court about four failed attempts to kill Dr. Frederick Rustin at his request, detailing Charles Edward Davis as the man she saw at Rustin's office on the murder night. She described plans to shoot Rustin in barns and Dr. Rustin’s threats to harm himself and her if she refused.
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Omaha
Rustin
Davis
Collision near Young's Point Claims 18 Lives
Special to The New York Times recounts a deadly crash when a Burlington through passenger train collided with an extra freight near Young's Point along the Yellowstone River during a snowstorm. Eighteen killed, about twenty injured. Spokane Irrigation Congress delegates aboard the passenger train escaped harm.
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New York Times
Helena
Mon
Young's Point
Burlington & Quincy
Northern Pacific
M. McKentick
Anaconda
J. Ryan
Cushing
Okla
Milo Holloway
Billings
Col. H. Hedson
Salt Lake
John Pawlas
L. A. Stewart
Dean
Robert Anderson
Hardin
H.C. Gamble
Dennison
Iowa
E. L. Dymack
Denver
George McKentick
Ora Babcock
S. T. Marchington
Charles E. Johnson
George Panterock
Yellowstone
State Railroad Commission
Spokane
National Irrigation Congress
Alburquerque
Judge Kittrell Oversees The South ern Play Nos Nightingales In Texas
Judge Norman G. Kittrell of Texas visits New York to observe rehearsals of The Southerner a play by Herbert Hall Winslow from his Ned-Nigger an’ Gent’man. He guides actors on dialect and stage business and praises the mockingbird over nightingales in a Southern setting. The Houston Amusement Company backs the production with Texas business leaders. The piece opens in Rochelle New Rochelle on Oct 15 and Houston on Oct 28, amid debate over its portrayal of race relations in the Reconstruction era.
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Norman. G. Kittrell
Sixty-first
Houston
Texas
New York
Suh
Herbert Hall Winslow
Ned —Nigger
Holy Cross Lyceum
West Forty-third Street
Jeanne
Lucy
Ned
Col. Marshall
Connecticut
Alston
Ganda
Kittrell
Theouthwest
South
Houston Amusement Company, Incorporated
Virginia
South Carolina
Heaven
Éarth
Nature
John Temple Graves
Judge Kittrell
Alabama
Bridge Keeps Name Blackwell’s Island Not Queensboro
The Bridges and Tunnels Committee heard calls to rename to Queensboro Bridge but recommended retaining the present title. Alderman Walsh said no case was made for change. Queens civic groups urged renaming while Irish societies opposed using Queens in the name.
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Blackwell's Island
Queensboro Bridge
Board of Aldermen
John F. Walsh
Queens
Bernard McLaughlin
Committee of Forty
Queens Borough
Montauk
Blackwell
Teo
Court orders wife to reconvey Manhattan properties
Supreme Court Justice Giegerich set Mrs. Patrick Gallagher to reconvey two Manhattan parcels at 315 East Twenty-sixth Street and 290 East Twenty-sixth Street within five days or face contempt charges. Gallagher had moved after Mrs. Gallagher failed to obey an injunction from August 18 to enable him to secure a building contract. She had transferred the properties to her to join on his bond and later refused to reconvey, citing his appeal.
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Supreme Court
Giegerich
Patrick Gallagher
Manhattan
Gallagher
East Twenty-sixth Street
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