Spain forms new government after cabinet resignation
Madrid reports the resignation of the Spanish cabinet over the Ferrer crisis. King Alfonso accepts, and Premier Maura steps down after talks with the king. A new ministry is formed with Prendergast as premier and interior minister, and ministers named for foreign affairs finance war marine public works education justice.
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Madrid
Spain
Ferrer
Alfonso
Maura
Francisco Ferrer
Europe
Barceloran
Beccelona
Prenderegest
Interior
Maor Ar Prendergast
Perez Cabiallero
Finance
Senor Albarane
Theut
Gen. de Tare
Coners
Senor
Fire Destroys Dayton Factory Complex in Massive Blaze
A Dayton blaze caused over 4.9 million dollars in damage as three blocks of the large factory complex burned after starting in the paint department of the Dayton Computing Scales plant. The fire then spread to adjacent units including Cooper Medicine and Pasteur-Chamberlain Relier companies before being brought under control as wind shifted.
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Ohio
Dayton Computing Series Company
Dayton Computing Scales Company
Cooper Medicine Company
Pasteur-Chamberlain Relter Company
Hubbard Matron Dies After Street Car Collision
Mrs. Gardner C. Hubbard, 84, of Washington, was thrown from her car when struck by a street car. She suffered a fractured shiri and was a prominent Washington social figure with connections to the Bell family and Charles J. Bell of the Washington Loan and Trust Co.
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Gardner G. Hubbard
Washington, D. C
Gardner C. Hubbard
Patterson, Marshall News founder, dies boarding train
John C. Patterson, president of the Democrat News Printing Co. in Marshall Missouri, collapsed and died of heart disease while trying to board a Missouri Pacific train at Boonville. He founded the Marshall News in 1876. The paper later consolidated with the Democrat.
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Marshall
Missouri
John C. Patterson
Democrat- News Printing Company
Missouri Pacific
Boonville
Patterson
The
Marshall News
Lpemocrat
Death of Maj. Gen. Elwell Otis in Rochester NY
Major General Elwell Stephen Otis retired and living in Rochester died at his home from senile debilux. He was born in Frederick Maryland and served in the Civil War and the Spanish American War. He commanded the Philippine forces from August 1895 to March 1890, and was retired in 1902.
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E. S. Otis
Rochester
New York
Elwell Stephen Otis
Senile Debilux
Otis
Bos
Frederick
Western Union Officers Re-elected
New York City board directors re elected the present officers and reappointed the executive committee without changes in personnel.
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Western Union
New York City
The
Western Union Telegraph Company
Prince George Resigns Navy Commission
Prince George has resigned his commission as admiral of the navy. In Athens the chamber of deputies adopted two more installments of reform bills proposed by the government, entirely without discussion.
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Prince George
Athens
Greece
Chamber of Deputies
Alfonso in Lisbon Feels Pressured by Ferrer Fallout
Alarming reports from Lisbon say King Alfonso is suffering illness, sleeplessness, and loss of appetite amid the Ferrer execution and ministerial clash with Premier Maura. Threatening letters reach the palace as Senor Moret pushes for a crisis in the Cortes. Madrid and Barcelona tense, calm before the storm, say observers.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Alfonso
Francisco Ferrer
Maura
Senor Moret
Cortes
Legislative Assembly
Madrid
Barcelona
Doctor shot by wife in Minnesota office quarrel
Dr George A V Doran was shot in the abdomen during a quarrel with his wife in his St Paul office and taken to St Josephs hospital with grave injuries. Mrs Doran was detained at Central police station then jailed as investigators probe self defense claims.
Ferrer is Avenced Rumor Reports Prosecutor Attack
The Petit Parisien cites an Ithercelona rumor that Ferrer’s prosecutor, who sought the death penalty, was shot while walking on the Rambla de Canaletas Friday night. The attacker fled. the prosecutor reportedly died at 3:00 Sunday morning.
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Ferrer
Paris
Petit Arisien
Ithercelona
Rembla de Canaletas
Hime
Foreman Shot in Kentucky Near Heidelboro
Charles Willems foreman for the Louisville and Nashville line was shot near Heidelboro Lee County Kentucky by unknown assailants. He was found on the ground and believed dead though speculation suggests possible recovery if treatment succeeds.
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Kentuck
Lexington
Charles Willems
Louisville & Nashville
Penns
Kentucky
Jere
Heidelboro
Lee County
Willigmis
Williams
Convicted of Blackmailing Scheme in Missouri Court
In Jefferson City Judge Philips of the U S district court sentenced Sammel R Payne of award Gonity to one year in Leavenworth federal prison. Payne was found guilty by a jury of instigating a blackmailing scheme by sending letters demanding $500 to GG HH Wile hite cashier Bank of Roche port.
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Jefferson City
Philips
United States District Court
Sammel R. Payne
Award Gonity
Leavenworth
Payne
Montgomery Fair Profits Reported After Meeting
Secretary A B Lash and the New Montgomerys Fair and Agricultural association report a net near 1300 after premiums and debts. About 6000 dollars of stock has been sold and the association's future looks assured.
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Montgomery Fair
Montgomery
A. B. Lash
New
Montgomerys Fair and Agricultural Association
Arkansas Property Assessments Rise by 18.6 Million
State tax records from 31 county clerks show a total $18.6 million rise in property assessments this year in those counties. Authorities expect the statewide assessment increase to reach at least $45 million.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
State Tax Commission
Engineer Buried Under Train Killed in Illinois Wreck
Engineer Lou Burgis of Terre Haute died in Effingham Illinois after the fast passenger train No 44 on the Pennsylvania line crashed into an open switch. He was buried beneath his engine and died at St Anthony's hospital.
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Effiingham
Ill
Lou Burgis
Terre Haute
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Ely
United Daughters of the Confederacy Convene in Houston
Two hundred delegates from 32 states attend the sixteenth annual national convention in Houston Texas for the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Houston
Texas
of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Washington census seeks better data on women and child labor
Director Du rand of the census bureau will push for more accurate information on women and child employment in U S manufacturing. The labor bureau has long collected child labor statistics with $150,000 appropriated two years ago, but those results remain unpublished and use a different method from the upcoming thirteenth census.
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Washington, D. C
Durand
Census Bureau
Bureau of Labor
Family Dead or Dying in Mojave Desert Tragedy
In San Bernardino California a family of five is found in the Mojave desert with the fate unknown. Rancher T H Kelloge discovers tracks leading to a camp wagon and a dying horse as the group seeks water. The caravan includes a man a woman and three children whose exact names and destination remain unclear.
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San Bernardino
California
Mojave Desert
T. H. Kelloge
Carisso Creek
Zelaya's Army Repulsed in Bluefields Nicaragua Battles
News from Greytown reports General Chamorro's forces defeated Zelaya troops near Boca San Carlos on the San Juan river. About 100 government troops were killed and 300 wounded while Chamorro's losses were light. Rebels seized two Krupp siege guns and 400 rifles. They also captured Cape Gracias a Dios, gaining control of the Atlantic coast.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Colon
Glanca
Greytown
Yulu
Emery Company
Cape Gracias A Dios
Atlantic
Schedule on workers by age sex trimmed for efficiency
Director Durand notes the proposed census asks for men women and children counts across payrolls. The revised schedule records only a weekly headcount with total employments and approximate gender age mix, citing cost and delay as limits on fuller data. The report ends with a tangential account of Wellegs revealing a discovery after a dying child case.
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Durand
Lathams Plane Crash At Blackpool Injures Aviator
Herbert Latham, the aviator, crashed his aeroplane at Blackpool aviation field before a large crowd. He was severely bruised but extricated himself and waved to spectators. The incident recalls a Juvisy France accident that wounded several people.
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Blackpool
England
Herbert Latham
Juvisy
France
Chicago Politician Do cherty Dies at 43
Abbasi J. Do cherty longtime Chicago streets superintendent since 1897 and active in Democratic politics died suddenly at his home of apoplexy. He was 43.
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Chicago
Winois
Troops Enforce Order After Lynching in Greenville Texas
In Greenville Texas a mob attacked the jail demanding two Black suspects for assault on a woman. Gov. Campbell sent out Company A of the Fourth Regiment and two more militia units. The mob overpowered soldiers and hanged the two men outside the city. authorities later dispersed the mob.
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Greenville
Texas
Frank Williams
William Lloyd
Eight wounded in brawl over woman in Chicago
A free for all fight erupted over a woman in South Chicago leaving one man dying at a hospital, another seriously injured and seven others with wounds. Joseph Sass, 29, suffered two knife wounds near the spine and a fractured skull, cannot recover. Steven Vovutovich, 29, had an eye gouge injury. The others endured cuts and bruises.
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Chicago, Ilinois
South Chicago
Joseph Sass
Steven Vovutovich
Burglars Blow Open Safe in Eldorado Coal Office
In Eldorado at E L Bramlett’s coal office the safe was blown open Thursday night. A small sum of money and several valuable papers were stolen. The safe had been left unlocked before the explosion.
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Eldorado
E. L. Bramlett
Girl Nags Purse Snatcher in Chicago
Miss Alma Rockwood pursued and held Grover Carey after he tried to snatch a pocketbook containing 11.45 near Westterian until a policeman arrived.
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Chicago
Grover Carey
Westterian
Alma Rockwood
Former Mayor of New York Dead in City
Former New York City mayor Thomas Connan died at his home from pneumonia. A leading figure in city politics about 40 years ago, Connan served as mayor in 1868 and was widely noted in local affairs.
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New York
New York City
Thomas Connan
Conan
Quake Jolts Sterling Illinois With Two Felt Vibrations
A pair of tremors rocked Sterling Illinois on Friday afternoon at 4 30. The first quake lasted about four seconds and the second about ten. No damage or injuries were reported as windows rattled.
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Sterling
Illinois
New York Woman’s Murder Probe Ties To Colorado Swindle
Police say Anne Luether Mueller was slain for 375 dollars she carried in gold. The search for her missing husband Otto Mueller spans the United States and Germany. Authorities note letters from Trinidad, Colorado, and reports of Mueller’s possible professional marriage swindle. Coroner and identifiable jewelry link the victim to Newark relatives who identified Anna’s corsets and gold money once concealed in a pocket.
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New York City
Anne Luether
Mueller
Islip
L. I
Otto Mueler
Hamburg
Colorado
Herman Luether
Waldo
Saxony
Trinidad
Col
United States
Germany
Gottlieb Schweikert
Newark
Mrs. Schweikert
Savage
Stewart Named Active Thirty Third Degree Reider
A. G. Stewart of St. Louis was chosen by the supreme council of Scottish Rite Masons to be one of 24 active thirty third degree reiders in the country, succeeding Martin Collins in Missouri. Missouri honorees include E F Bescon, Flow Krenning, G L Alauthews, G W Neinman, J W Goltman, C H Acularius, C Schifferdecker, and YT Herron. The council session drew record attendance and the class size was enlarged.
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Washington
D. C
A. C. Stewart
St. Louis
Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite Aiasons
United States
Martin Collins
Missouri
EF. H. Bescon
Flow. Krenning
G. L. Alauthews
G. W. Nieman
Stone Falls Tragedy Claims Two Workmen
In Chicago Illinois two workmen died when a large stone lifted to a third window ledge on a new building slipped from its sling and crushed them. The victims were Carl R Mueller 42 a contractor and John Zaicu 30 a hod carrier.
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Chicago
Illinois
Carl R. Mueller
John Zaicu
Croker to Come for Election On Mauretania
Richard Croker former Tammany Hall leader has booked passage on the Mauretania to sail from Liverpool for New York today, according to a cablegram received here.
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Croker
New York City
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Liverpool
Six Trainmen Killed in Ohio Collision
Six trainmen died when Pennsylvania railroad passenger train No. 10 collided with a freight on an open siding near Collinsville Ohio on the Panhandle division. The crash halted service and prompted an investigation by railroad officials.
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Collinsville
Ohio
Panhandle
Pennsylvania Airway
Traps Father's Slayer After 23 Years in Pursuit
Reese Patton, who hunted Alex McFarland for 23 years, fulfilled a boyhood oath by aiding in the arrest of McFarland in Kanawha County West Virginia near the Kentucky line.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Ex County Treasurer Indicted in Muskingum County
Zanesville Ohio October 1950 ex county treasurer F M Rutledge who retired six months ago has been indicted on four counts for an alleged shortage of 10600 dollars in his accounts as Muskingum county treasurer.
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Zanesville
Ohio
F., M. Rutledge
Muskingum County
Eskimo support for Cook polar claim confirmed
The Godthaab reports two Eskimos who accompanied Dr. Frederick A. Cook on his Arctic voyage will back his claim to reaching the North Pole. Capt. Schoubye says natives fled when Rasmussen’s boat approached, fearing Peary’s. Cook’s supporters renew confidence amid pole controversy.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Frederick A. Cook
Godthaab
Dr. Cook
North Pole
Cook
Tey
Peary
Greenland Administration
Uppernavik
Fgeaminde
Hans Egede
Schoubyve
Godbank
Knude Rasmussen
Pole
Rasmussen
North Star Bay
Schoube
Rasmussens Shmp
Pearys
Schoubye
Magnates to the Rescue After New York Express Wreck
New York Central figures William H. Vanderbilt W C Brown and William H Newman aided ten injured after the New York Express derailed near Rhin Cliff Station. One man died as the smoking car overturned. Brown sent a special train for the injured and engineer Wright rescued a woman and five children. Fireman Schelmeyer flagged the Midnight Express to avert further disaster.
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New York City
Wiliam Kh. Vanderbilt
New York Central
W. C. Brown
Road
Willian H. Newman
New York Express
Rhin Cliff
Brown
Laem
New York
Mioses Wright
Fough
Schelmeyer
Midnight Express
Magcon to Pekin Post as Envoy for Cuba Aide
Washington reports Charles Alagnon former provisional Cuban governor will likely replace Charles Crane as head of the Pekin diplomatic post after Crane’s removal. Alagnon denies a capital conference and plans a Mexico trip starting November 1 while awaiting possible talks with the president.
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Washington
D. C
Charles
Alagnon
Cuba
Europe
Charles BR. Crane
Pekin
Crane
Mageon
Mexico
Ambassador Thompson
Caribbean hurricane heads toward San Domingo
The weather department reports a hurricane in the Caribbean Sea near San Domingo moving rapidly toward the island. Latest advisories say Cuba will be spared by the storm.
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Washington, D
United States Weather Department
Caribbean Sea
San Domingo
Cuba
Weather Bureau
Vandalia Dark After Lightning Damages City Power Plant
Vandalia loses electric light for several days as lightning damage burns out a dynamo, destroys the light plant smokestack and damages the building. City crews work to restore service and assess the extent of outages.
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Vandalia
Wil
Tacoma Adopts Commission Form of Government
Tacoma voters approve a commission government by four to one vote. The charter calls for a mayor four councilmen and a controller to be elected under the new system.
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Tacoma
Washington
Wisconsin Millionaire W W Cargill Dies at 65 in LaCrosse
Multimillionaire W W Cargill died in LaCrosse Wisconsin at age 65. He owned the Cargill Car Company the Cargill Elevator Company and the Sawyer and Hustin Lumber Company located at Pine Bluff Arkansas.
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LaCrosse
Wisconsin
W. W. Cargill
Cargill Car Co
Cargill Elevator Co
Sawyer and Hustin Lumber Co
Pine Blud
Ark
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King
Morocco
Dayton
LHL Labor Probe
President Zelaya
Zelaya
Managua
Chamorro
Wellegs
Latham
Otto Mueller
A. G Stewart
Supreme Council
Eokimus
GOK
Brooklyn
Saysce
Lieut
Vanderbilt
Magcon
Caribbean
Commission
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