Riots mark Douma opening in St Petersburg
March 5 reports describe a massive demonstration by workers and students as the Douma opened. Police and gendarmes clashed with crowds of thousands, red banners and revolutionary chants, police charges, and a heavy military presence to disperse protesters. Premier Stolypin reportedly sheltered inside the Tallin or Tall-Tide Palace as troops maintained order.
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Father Gepon
Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
General Drecheffski
Tauride
Fourchtadt
Secret Police
Chevalier Guards
Neva
Stolypin
Nicholas Michaelovitch
Michael
Antonius
M. Goluboff
Council of the Empire
Orel
M. Teslinke
Constitutional Democrat
Moscow
A Day of Heavy Trading Sends Market to Near Low Levels
Yesterday's late trading saw a sharp, broad decline with about 1,745,000 shares changing hands. Major losses hit Southern Pacific and Union Pacific, while Great Northern and Northern Pacific rebounded slightly. Pennsylvania steadied on a strong annual report. Rumors swirled of pool liquidation and operator losses, but no clear cause or imminent failures emerged.
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Hill Stocks
Reading
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Hill
Harriman
J. P. Morgan & Co
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Louisville & Nashville
Canadian Pacific
Southern Steel Group
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Republic Iron and Steel Common
Sloss-Sheffield
United States Steel Preferred
Canada Southern
New York
New Haven & Hartford
United States
Wells-Fargo Express
Shorts
Wall Street
Public Utilities bill reshapes transit oversight in New York
Albany dispatch reports Governor Hughes backed Public Utilities Commission bill to replace Rail Road Gas and Electric and Rapid Transit bodies with two new public service commissions for Greater New York and the rest of the state. It sets five member panels, salaries, and terms, expands authority over railroads streetcar lines gas and electric firms and prohibits more than 10 percent stock transfer to avoid holding companies.
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The
Tribune
Albany
Public Utilities Commission
Hughes
Senator Page
Merritt
Greater
New York
Railroad Commission
Lighting Commission
Rapid Transit Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shanahan
Dean Huffcut
New York City
Pate
Gas and Electricity Commission
Kings
Queens
Richmond
Commission of the First District
Second District
Commission
First District
Beyie
Thaw Trial Echoes With Courtroom Tension and Alienist Testimony
The Jerome Fitz Gerald clash in the Thaw trial unfolds during Dr. Charles Wagner's cross examination. Thaw recalls walking toward Stanford White before the shooting while memories of events after the arrest fade. The session probes memory, admissibility of prison conversations, and the judge's decorum as both sides contend with credibility and restraint.
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Fitz- Gerald
Jerome
Charles G. Wagner
Thaw
Stanford White
Wagner
William Thaw
O'Reilly
White
Jerome's Contention on Insanity Presumption
The court questions the defendant's mental state during homicide. The District Attorney says the law presumes insanity given the facts, while Jerome and counsel seek evidence from doctors. Justice FitzGerald directs the trial to focus on whether insanity at the time of the offense is the relevant issue for the indictment.
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Mr. Jerome
Mr. Delmas
Justice FitzGerald
Honor
Doherty estate to be sold at auction in New York
A major real estate auction will occur on Tuesday March 26 featuring the Doherty estate valued around 1.5 million dollars with assets across Eighth Avenue West 40th to 56th streets plus Broadway and Ogden Summit areas. The sale is to be absolute with mortgage options for three years at 5 percent.
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Joseph P. Day
Doherty
Charles W. Ross
George Flint Warren, Jr
Joseph H. Fargis
Bronx
New York
Eighth Avenue
40Th Street
43D Street
44Th Street
47Th
48Th Streets
Broadway
Ninth Avenue
West Mh. Street
Tenth Avenue
West 36Th Street
West Ith Street
West 37Th Street
56Th Street
Third Avenue
East 43d
Ogden Avenue
Summit Avenue
East 1621 Street
Patrick Doherty
Charles W. Doherty
James J. Doherty
Walter Roche
Elien T. Gavin
Shanley
Woman claims rich Gold King mine ownership
Mrs. Sarah St Justin Beate, promoter of the Excelsior School and Club Association, asserts heirship to the Gold King mine valued at 20 million dollars. She says she found her murdered brother’s body near Silverton with papers proving her claim, and that he discovered the mine.
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the Tribune
Denver
Sarah St. Justin Beate
Excelsior School and Club Association
Gold King
Silverton
Cannon Leads Congressmen on West Indies Cruise
Speaker Cannon sails with a group of Representatives aboard the Hamburg America liner Blucher for a West Indies voyage with a stop at Colon to inspect Panama Canal work. The party includes Curtis Olcott Sherman Tawney Loudenslager McKinley Eversman Hough and Busbey. A floral horseshoe gift celebrates higher carrier salaries.
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Speaker Cannon
West Indies
Colon
Panama Canal
William B. McKinley
Ilinois
Cannon
McKinley
Mr. Cannon
Letter Carriers’ Association of
Letter Carriers’ Association
Charles Curtis
Kansas
J. van Vechten Olcott
James S. Sherman
New York
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
Henry C. Loudenslager
New Jersey
William K. McKinley
Illinois
John C. Eversman
C. F. Hough
L. White Busbey
Remarkable electrical storm strikes Pittsburg after sun spot forecast
A sudden storm swept Pittsburg on March 5 after Professor Brashear predicted sun spot activity. Winds reached 48 mph, snow fell thickly, and a lightning flash followed by thunder occurred. Temperatures plunged from 40 to 26 as buildings were toppled and communications disrupted. Miss Sarah Stuart of Allegheny died after being blown against a house during the gale.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Professor Brashear
Sarah Stuart
Allegheny
Train Hits Trolley in Paterson Collision
Twenty trolley passengers were injured when a Newark and Paterson car was struck by an eastbound Erie train at Main street crossing. Four were seriously hurt, rear hood and vestibule smashed, windows broken, and victims tossed about. William Adams was found unconscious and taken to St. Joseph's Hospital along with three women.
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Paterson
N. J
Newark
Main Street
Erie
William Adams
Sussex Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ocean Way to Florida travel note
A terse OCR fragment notes a journey from Ocean Way to Florida mentioning two days of travel and unclear phrase peeeat. The readable items indicate a travel segment with minimal context.
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Florida
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Actcovnt
Usher
U. P
Low Point
Baltimore & Ohio
Atchison
T. Siveses
Union "Pacific
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Canadien Pacific
Liltlantic Coast Line
Souleville & Nashville
Phoene
BAM
Missouri Pacific S
Delaware & Adson
Erteenenen Es
Eas Do Ist
Rock Island
Brooklyn Rapid Trans
American Smelting
Brooklyn
Great North
Public Service
Washington
Iin
Seale
Wagner Tet
William M. Calder
van Vechten Olcott
Curtis
Underwood
Doherty Land
Horlick
Isthmus
Great Bear
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