Prince Henry Tours Zeppelin Craft Over Lake Constance
Prince Henry of Prussia flew with Count Zeppelin aboard a remodeled airship near Friedrichshafen, steering through complex maneuvers at 600 feet. He praised the craft in a telegram to the Emperor, extended the flight past 2 PM, and joined crowds above Constance before returning to moorings as dusk approached.
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Friedrichshafen
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Count Zeppelin
Prince Henry
Zeppelin
Mischke
Ueber- Hingen
Constance
Rhine
Lake Constance
Wies
Holland Awaits Castro Reply On Caracas Settlement
The Hague October 27 The text of President Castro s refusal to revoke the May 14 decree is expected next week A confidential envoy to Caracas for settlement will not be entertained until the note is received Venezuelan newspapers report the government party seeks Castro s re election in 1911 and districts urge Article 127 to permit him to continue in office
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The
Hague
Castro
Caracas
Willemstad
Government
Britain Defends Russia Move in Persia Debate
In the House of Commons Sir Edward Grey denied Russian troops crossed into Persia. He cited disturbances near the frontier and Britain’s right to act when lives are at risk, noting Russia acts in line with the convention. Sir Wyndham added the recall of Russian officers concerns only Russia and Persia.
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London
Persia
House of Commons
Edward Grey
Great Britain
Russia
Sir Wiward
Diaz Again A Candidate For 1910 Election
Mexico City reports say President Diaz will publish an open letter denying retirement rumors and stating the reports are premature. He characterizes the attributed statement as a personal desire and indicates he will again seek the presidency when his term ends in 1910.
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Mexico City
Diaz
Cuba Emigration Inquiry Diplomat Heads to Washington
Gonzalo de Quesada Cuban minister completes a three week study of emigration issues and reports broad goodwill toward Cuba from rulers in Europe. He praises U S attitude and hopes Cuba becomes a self governing republic. He was honored at a San Fernando dinner as the first Cuban official so treated in Spain.
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Paria
Gonzalo de Quesada
United States
Washington
Cbs
Cuba
Bericor Quesada
Santancer
Spain
Tschaikovsky Bail in Russia Arrives in St Petersburg
The English subscribed fund to bail Nicholas Tschaikovsky reached St Petersburg after delays and will be deposited in the Imperial Bank tomorrow. If no unforeseen complications arise, Tschaikovsky should be freed by nightfall.
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Tschaikovsky
Russia
Gt. Petersburg
England
Nicholas Techaikovsky
Imperial Bank
Douma Reopens With Agrarian Reform Agenda
St. Petersburg Oct 27 The Russian parliament will reopen tomorrow for the autumn session expected to be most fruitful since the Douma's founding. Key measures include agrarian reforms such as dissolving communes and transferring land to individuals, local peasant courts reform, university statute religious freedom and local self government laws. Budget discussion looms with ratification likely by March 1. Iswolsky to speak on the Balkans. Current leadership to be re elected unanimously. Party cooperation among Social Democrats and reactionists noted.
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St. Petersburg
M. Iswolsky
Balkan
M. Khomyakoff
Prince Volkonsky
Baron de Meyerdorf
Social Democrats
Records At The Guns In Navy Drill Break Scores
Mantin Oct 27 The Rainbow led the gun boat squadron in target and battle practice with best scores, surpassing Wilmington. Night firing saw Galveston and Chattanooga top the marks with several ships close behind. Admiral Harber congratulated the ordnance officers and captains after tabulating the results.
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Helena
Galveston
Rainbow
Denver
Chattanooga
Cleveland
Wilmington
Concord
Harber
Yankton Sails With Stragglers at Tokio
Tokio Oct 27 The cruiser Yankton sailed today to join the fleet after picking up the stragglers among the men. Only two sailors were left behind when the Yankton departed. Japanese newspapers praise the fleet and the men’s behavior and appearance. Amoy Oct 27 Invitations to Chinese for the American fleet reception are limited to four hundred to prevent disturbances. Foreigners of bad character are gathering, but may not enter without a consular pass. Foo-Chow students and naval cadets have had invitations withdrawn.
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Tokio
Japan
Amoy
Foo-Chow
Laurier Wins Ottawa Majority in Canadian Election
Sir Wilfrid Laurier is elected in Ottawa with a Liberal majority expected over fifty seats in the Commons. Returns show Liberals leading in most regions, with only a few ridings outstanding in Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta and Yukon. One minister, William Templeman, is reportedly not reelected. G. F. Root in Red Deer, Alberta, is defeated by Clark, Liberal.
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Ottawa
Wilfrid Laurier
William Templeman
Inland Revenue
Liberals
Sir Wilfrid
Quebec
British Columbia
Alberta
Yukon
Vancouver
New Westminster
West of the Great Lakes
G. F. Root
Red Deer
Clark
Root
Elihu Root
Use of forage an army custom at Fort Wayne court martial
Detroit October 27 At the court martial of Captain Charles G French quartermaster of the 7th Infantry at Fort Wayne Second Lieutenant Moore of the 7th Infantry admitted that Dr Burkert contract surgeon at the post had given him nominal title to a horse and that he had fed on government forage. He said he took the horse months before leaving for the Philippines and that the government profited from its use and it was not improper to feed it on forage. He said officers told him the custom was practiced Army wide and asked to be excused from naming those who spoke to him, a request granted after he testified they had spoken.
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Detroit
Charles G. French
7Th Infantry
Fort Wayne
Moore
Burkert
Philippines
Roosevelt Farmers' Uplift Commission Announces Itinerary
Ithaca N Y Oct 27 The itinerary for the first Roosevelt Farmers Uplift Commission trip was announced by Chairman Liberty Hyde Bailey. The tour starts November 6 with hearings at the Agricultural College of Maryland and continues through the South and West with stops in Washington Philadelphia Tennessee Texas Arizona and California. Final hearings are set for December 18 in Washington with a Ithaca session mid December. The party includes Dean Batley and will be joined by International Y M C A officials and various professionals. About six hundred thousand circular letters have been sent and two thousand replies daily. Roosevelt will appoint two more members to total seven and a manager stenographer and several experts will accompany the party.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Roosevelt
Farmers’ Uplift Commission
Liberty Hyde Bailey
Agricultural College of Maryland
Washington
Mississippi River
Dean Batley
Maryland
Philadelphia
American Academy of Political Science
Country Life Commission
State Granges
Farmers’ Institute Workers of
United States
Association of Colleges and Experiment Stations
Southwest
Tennessee
Texas
Arizona
California
Rocky Mountain
Middle West
Messrs. Boardman and McAlpine
International Young Men’s Christian Association
Bailey
Old Spanish Debt of $599000 Paid
Washington reports the Spanish debt of $599 550 to U S citizens under the 1838 treaty is finally liquidated per the Treasury Register. Spain has paid annual interest and this year sent $570 000 as liquidation of the principal. The debt has accrued substantial interest beyond the principal.
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Washington
Spain
Register of the Treasury
Will Gave Blackwell's Island Heirs Identified in 1779 Will
Vineland New Jersey October 27 Special The widow and four children of Charles Blackwell of Vineland are named heirs to Blackwell's Island New York City through the will of Colonel Jacob Blackwell who owned land in 1779 including parts of Astoria and Beckwell's Island The will was never probated Charles Blackwell died 1902 at age eighty two He claimed his ancestor leased the island to the government and the heirs could not regain control The survivors include Margaret A Emily T Charles L and Mary E A brother William died in 1992 and another brother Joseph died earlier A son of William Robert Blackwell works in a Brooklyn bank and two daughters survive.
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Vineland
N. J
Charles Blackwell
Blackwell
Jacob Blackwell
Mary Eigabeth McNally
Rochester
Margaret A
Emily T
Charles L
Mary E
William
Joseph
Robert Blackwell
Brooklyn
United States Battleships To Visit Marseilles
Maritime authorities announce that the battleships Connecticut Minnesota and Kansas will arrive in Marseilles on January 14 and stay for two weeks.
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Marseilles
United States
Connecticut
Minnesota
Kansas
Libel Judgment Won Against Northcliffe Newspapers
Edward Cook & Co soapmakers secured a libel judgment of 115 pounds against Lord Northcliffe owned papers for alleging a trust. MP William H Lever recently won 250000 dollars and costs against the same publications in a similar case, while Joseph Watson & Sons settled out of court for over 250 dollars. Other firms face pending suits.
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London
Edward Cook & Co
Lord Northcliffe
William H. Lever
Joseph Watson & Sons
Leeds
Mauretania Encounters Rough Weather at Queenstown
The Mauretania could not land passengers or mails due to heavy seas. The gangplank broke, damaging a large tender, forcing the tender to depart. A whaleboat carried off port officials and returned with eighteen crew members. Loss of life was narrowly avoided.
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Mauretania
Queenstown
Rurales Ordered to Spur Mexico Mining Camp Hunt
El Paso reports rurales dispatched to Inde in Durango after three murders including American miner Barney Towns, wealthy planter Francisco Arriola, and Senior Crug Candarilia. Authorities seek a noted bandit said to be active nearby.
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el Paso
Tex
Inde
London Mystery: New York Man's Death Sparks Remains Return
The body of John Ennis Searles of New York, who died suddenly in London, will be taken by his widow to America on the steamship St Louis, sailing October 21. Ottawa hosts the National Women's Council of Canada for its fifteenth annual meeting with Lady Edger greeting delegates. In Paris, J L Morgan of Marion NC pursues his daughter Fayette with W P Craig after their departure to England on October 15. Colon reports Panaman Minister Arango leaving for his post aboard the Trent with several consuls appointed by President Obaldia.
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London
John Ennis Searles
New York
America
St. Louis
Ottawa
National Women's Council of Canada
Lady Edger
Toronto
Paris
J. L. Morgan
Marion
N.C
Fayette Morgan
W. P. Craig
Florence
England
Colon
Ricards
Manuel Arango
Panaman Republic
Great Britain
Trent
Europe
Obaldia
Strikebreakers Arrive to Reopen Great Northern Mill
Forty three strike breakers with fifteen policemen arrived in Madison from Millinocket to resume operations at the Great Northern Paper Company mill, closed since August. Unionists expected the arrival but no hostile demonstrations occurred. workers are set to be put to work tomorrow.
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Madison
Great Northern Paper Company
No Hip Dresses Frights At Chicago Talk
Professor Edmund Buckley of the University of Chicago attacked the new gown styles at a Chicago Culture Club address. He called the no hip trend a fright and described an oval ideal figure with a head narrow, broad shoulders, wider hips, then tapering to the feet. Some audience members branded him mean.
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The
Tribune
Chicago
Chicago Culture Club
Edmund Buckley
University of Chicago
Bennett Sues 88 Night Riders for 127000 Damages
Henry B. Bennett, former Dycusburg merchant now in Jeffersonville, sues eighty eight alleged night riders of Western Kentucky in federal court for 127000 damages. He seeks 12000 for distillery loss 15000 for business injury and 100000 for bodily suffering and mental pain. The suit cites a February assault and a blood oath conspiracy among tobacco group members.
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Tribune
Louisville
Dycusburg
Jeffersonville
Ind
Western Kentucky
Night Riders
Bennett
Indiana
Judge Denies Parson Motion in Pouren Extradition Case
Judge Holt of the United States District Court denied Congressman Herbert Parsons’s bid to vacate the arrest order for Jan Janoff Pouren, wanted by Russia. The court ordered Commissioner Hitchcock to continue extradition proceedings, noting the Secretary of State’s prior dismissal does not require a new certificate. The hearing will resume within days per counsel for Baron Schuppenbach, Russian Consul General.
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Holt
United States District Court
Herbert Parsons
Jan Janoff Pouren
Hitchcock
John P. Murray
Baron Schuppenbach
Drink Worms In Water Warns Dr Sandblad
McKeesport Penn October 27 bright red worms about half an inch long and hair thick have entered the city water mains. Dr Victor Sandblad city bacteriologist spent twelve hours examining them and says they are harmless and drinkable with no after effects. Worms likely came from old mud forced out by new waterworks and will not live beyond six hours after light exposure.
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McKeesport
Penn
Will of John A Sammis Filed in Oyster Bay
Will of John A Bammis filed in the Surrogates office at Mineola reveals an estate valued around two hundred thousand dollars. He leaves Edgar F. Sammis ten dollars for services, a bequest void if contested, James H. Ludlum inherits the insurance business, and his wife receives ten dollars income and the Oyster Bay homestead during her life.
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Mineola
Long Island
John A. Bammis
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Edgar F. Sammis
James H. Ludlum
Witness Assassinated On Eve Of Contested Will Case
Norfolk Va October 27 T G Jones fifty a well known merchant of Holland Va was shot in his yard after returning from Suffolk and died from shotgun and revolver wounds. He was to testify in a contested will on November 5 bloodhounds failed to track the assailants and were withdrawn. Tension runs high against the unknown killers.
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Norfolk
T. G. Jones
Holland
Suffolk
Jones
Deposit slips tied to Quay and Montgomery in bank looting case
In Pittsburgh on October 27 during William Montgomery's trial for looting the Allegheny National Bank, deposit slips bearing the names of William Montgomery and Richard R. Quay were admitted as evidence. Quay's slip showed 5591.67 and Montgomery's 4408.33, totaling 10000 deposited May 9, 1898. A forged John C. Miller note for 10000 was also presented.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Richard R. Quay
M.S. Quay
Young
Quay
Montgomery
John C. Miller
Farmers’ National Bank
Beaver Falls
Salted almonds for men aloft on Everett C Griggs
In San Francisco on October 27, Simon Palmer the new steward of the six masted barkentine Everett C Griggs ordered provisions for eight months for eighteen crewmen. The list included four hundred fifty barrels beet two barrels pork one hundred quart bottles wine one pound pepper three hundred pounds salt and forty nine bags potatoes and salted almonds. The captain watched the almonds as a safety valve against apoplexy. Palmer said his knowledge came from a printed supply list for battleship fleets. The Griggs will sail with another steward and the order has been cancelled.
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San Francisco
Simon Palmer
Everett C. Griggs
Delano
Atlantic
Griggs
Keeps Bride He Wededed As Joke
Arthur B. Orr of Pittsburg, son of a wealthy railroad man, has again married Miss Eichelberger, the woman he joked into a marriage two weeks earlier in Selins Grove. Orr and Miss Eichelberger secured a license and married for keeps, ending the episode. The report omits the views of the intended groom.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Selins Grove
Northumberland County
Arthur B. Orr
Orr
Eichelberger
Bold Scheme Of Robber Tied Wealthy Man To Tree
Edward English, a wealthy lumberman, was abducted near Mount Vernon by a lone robber who forced him to write a ransom note for 6 dollars and to compose a letter to his wife pleading urgent aid. English freed himself, contacting his wife and Sheriff Harmon. a confederate is suspected.
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Mount Vernon
Wash
Edward English
English
Hannay
Henri Day
Harmon
Skagit County
Brooklyn Man Shot Upstate in Utica Station
John E. Ridley of Brooklyn was shot by New York Central detective George Rundell in Utica station yards early today. Ridley, wounded near the groin, is hospitalized and expected to recover after claiming he was returning home with family funds and rail fare concerns. Rundell says four men on the platform resisted orders. he fired in the air, then at the crowd, and was arrested.
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Utica
N. Y
John E. Ridley
18Th Street
Brooklyn
George Rundell
New York Central
Ridley
Mere
Rundell
Pointblank
Confidential clerk misappropriated funds in city case
Robert L. Ward a prominent yachtsman and fraternal member testified in Superior Court that he falsified accounts by 19 thousand dollars, with 19,085 lost by the Edwards and Angell legal firm where he served twelve years as confidential clerk, and Ward received a three year state prison sentence.
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Providence
Robert L. Ward
Edwards & Angell
Ward
Shot at alleged Black Hand house in Rochester
Mrs Rofanne Mandolini an Italian resident of 157 Hartford Street was shot this morning by an unknown assailant from an alley near what police call the Black Hand gang headquarters. She may die from injuries.
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Rochester
Rofanne Mandolini
Hartford Street
Indictment for Former Socialist Candidate in Nebraska
An indictment was returned by the federal grand jury against Theodore Kharas charging use of the mails for fraudulent purposes. He was released on bonds. The charges stem from Kharas exploitation of a streetcar advertising device. Eight years ago Kharas ran for Nebraska governor on the Socialist ticket.
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Omsha
Federal Grand Jury
Theodore Kharas
Kharas
Nebraska
Portsmouth bank shortage shocker in cashier case
Norfolk Va Oct 27 The report of Receiver Griffin of the People's Bank at Portsmouth shows a shortage in the cashier Alexander B Butts accounts amounting to 43.88 He is serving three years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to misapplying bank funds There are nineteen remaining indictments against him
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Norfolk
Griffin
People’s Bank
Portsmouth
Alexander B. Buth
Butt
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