City hosts lavish Duquesne Club reception for visiting engineers
The Duquesne Club in Pittsburg welcomed 630 international visitors from the British Iron and Steel Institute, Verein Deutsche Eisenhüttenlute, and the American Institute of Mining Engineers. A grand reception, ball, and banquet followed, with elegant decorations, orchestral music, and an open dining hall.
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Itteburg
British Iron and Steel Institute
Verein Deutsche Eisenhuettenlute
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Republic
Pittsburg
Through the Heart and Gas Well Tour Murder in Allegheny
Tour party exposes gas wells and oil fields near Pittsburgh while a deadly confrontation ends with John Bothwell stabbed to death in a speakeasy. Billy Flynn, arrested hours later, is charged with the killing as investigators unravel a beer price dispute and a robbery-linked crime wave in Allegheny.
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John Bothwell
Love’s Picture Fueled War Bond in French Conflict Scandal
A fragment reports that a photograph titled His Love's Picture stirred controversy amid French wartime law. The item notes public reaction and possible legal actions, linking a personal image to political tensions and state control during the era.
Emperor and Krupp Oversee Secret Cannon Trial at Rummersdorf
A secret trial of the new heavy cannon took place at Rummersdorf under the direction of Messrs. Krupp. Later the Emperor returned to Potsdam after the proceedings.
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Rummersdorf
Messrs. Krupp
Potsdam
Witnesses Testify to Police Assault at Tipperary Court
The hearing on the summons against police for assaults at the Court House in Tipperary opened amid claims of heavy force outside and violent beatings inside. Mr. Timothy Healy led for Mr. Harrison, who was injured, detailing blows, threats, and chaotic conduct as mobs and officers clashed during the opening of the trial of Dillon and O'Brien.
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Timothy Healy
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House of Commons
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Sheehy
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Caddell
Ober
Iron and Steel Institute Dines at Pittsburgh Club
Oysters a la Duquesne and a long list of cold and hot dishes marked a formal banquet hosted for the Iron and Steel Institute and the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Floral immortelles bore gilded legends of the two organizations. Carriages departed as 10:30 pm approached and the club house emptied after a well arranged reception in Pittsburgh.
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Cooffee
Roderer
Pittsburg
300 English Visitors See Wildwood Oil Field Milestone
A 4,000 mile journey ends in Allegheny county as 300 European observers witness the drilling of a Wildwood natural gas well. A special train carried 50 expected guests but over 300 arrived, greeted by W. E. Griffiths and W. J. Forest Oil Co officials. The day’s excursion showcased a lush countryside and a promising field.
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Wildwood
Alleheny County
Pittsburg and Western Depot
J. J. Vandegrift
J. T. Buchanan
Charles Meyran
W. E. Griffiths
Columbus
W. J
Forest Oil Company
A Trip to the Dam Riverside Penitentiary Visit
Visitors toured Riverside Penitentiary mistaken for a noble man s castle. A manufacturer insisted on hospitality after dinner. Expo managers earned high praise for the Expo and its guides. Afterward many visitors drove to Machinery Hall for guided viewings. Many products shown were continued on Sixth Page.
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Riverside
A Lunatic's Crime: Two Shots Fire At Insane Asylum
New York dispatch reports Dr George W Lloyd assistant superintendent of Fidtbush Insane Asylum murdered at 5 30 pm by James D Dougherty Mary Anderson's lover who escaped the asylum two months ago with a false key He appeared on Broadway and Flatbush brandished a large revolver and shot Lloyd then fled before being arrested later by Dr Ford on the bridge to the city.
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Dispatch
New York
George W. Lieyd
Fidtbush Insane Asylum
James D. Dougherty
Mary Anderson
Dougherty
Flatbush
Fleming
Eotate
Lloyd
Thomas J. McGreal
Braggiss
Institution
Indian conference debates church role in Indian education
At Lake Monox, N. Y., the Indian conference discussed how churches should relate to the federal government in educating Indian races. Dr Abbott outlined a partnership via contract schools, while Dr James M. King urged ending appropriations to religious groups. General Armstrong defended aid to contract schools and Bishop Whipple praised the schools for uplifting government education.
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N. Y
Abbott
James M. King
New York
National League For the Protection of American Liberties
Armstrong
Whipple
Goat booked for burglary and resisting an officer
Special dispatch from Chicago reports Policeman Cronin heard a noise on Cottage Grove avenue. A large billy goat, attached to a rope, tried to butt down a barber shop door and struck Cronin with its horns. The goat was booked for burglary and resisting an officer, then calmed at the station. Later the owner, Fred Vogler, found the animal attempting to chew bars of its cell.
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Legham
Cronin
Cottage Grove Avenue
Prim
Fred Vogler
Shoot for Whisky Target Dr J F Martin in Muscotah
In Archssoy Kansas Dr J F Martin's drug store in Muscotah was the scene of a shooting by Mrs Plummer who claimed her husband had been sold whisky. She fired three shots, one bullet hit the doctor in the leg. He drew a revolver but was too excited to use it as a store clerk hurled paint and bricks at the assailant who fled uninjured.
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Flynn
Red Lion
Fanning
McAleese
O'Mara
Coulson
Fitzgerald
McTighe
Cullen
Big
Wolfe
Allegheny
Fulton
Sheffield
Mack Howard
Archssoy
Kan
J. F. Martin
Muscotah
Atchison County
Rope works closing after tariff cut hits Brooklyn mill
New York reports John Good rope machine works in Park Avenue, Brooklyn, employing over 300 workers, to shut in weeks as duty on binding twine falls from 35 to 0.7 percent. Owner says cannot compete with English makers and cancels orders totaling about 260,000 dollars, though Ravenswood cordage and binding twine factory will stay open.
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New York
John Good
Park Avenue
Brooklyn
Saye
Ravenswood
Count of Paris Arrives in Richmond by James River
The Count of Paris and party reached Richmond at five PM after a ten hour sail from Fortress Monroe. A large crowd welcomed them as Colonels Archie and Anderson and Captain Philip Harall greeted the visitors on behalf of General Fitsip an whe, who could not attend, and escorted them to awaiting cars.
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Stewart
Watres
J. T. Jones
Emery
Jones Delamater
Richmond
Count of
Paris
James River
Fortress Monroe
Archie and
Anderson
Philip Harall
Fitssip An Whe
Arta Aome
Romantic tragedy at Jamesville ends in double tragedy
Paris dispatch describes a farmhand Donley who courted Mile. Thevenon, stole her portrait, and triggered a fatal struggle. In the stable room a pistol duel ended with Mile. Thevenon gravely wounded and Donley dead, Mile. Thevenon believed to be mortally injured. Douley also dead from a self inflicted shot.
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Dunlap
Paris
Jamesville
Thevenon
Donley
Milo
Mile
Douley
Mile. Thevenon
Mlle. Thevenon
Scese
Theve
M. Thevgenon
Mille. Thevenon
Compromise Offered by Dunlap's Cable Company
Lowroons October 9. Labour disputes at the London docks cause the Grecian to be detained on its voyage to Montreal with cargo and many passengers, and the Tower Hill to delay its departure to New York. Even if settled, the company estimates a loss of 200 pounds per ship. Passengers fear delays while owners offer a 25 percent advance, workers demand 50 to 75 percent increases before returning to work.
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London Docks
Grecian
Montreal
Tower Hill
New York
Factory Owners Crack Down on Socialists in Sprotten
In Sprotten, Silesia, factory owners who halted Socialist agitation last Sunday unite to purge workers. They order all Socialists to quit within a month unless they renounce socialism. Twelve socialists are jailed on treason charges.
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Sprotten
Silesia
Salisbury a Smuggler in Premier Carriage Scandal
French officials seize contraband goods in the Marquis of Salisbury's carriage arriving from Dieppe. New Haven Custom House detains the vehicle and finds two gallons of brandy, sweetened spirits, and cigars with an estimated duty of about £14.
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Marquis of Salisbury
Dieppe
New Haven Custom House
Woman in the Case. Mrs Luscombe Wins Divorce Suit
In Lowdon October 9 report Mrs Luscombe wife of an English army officer and key figure in the Gibson Freake episode filed for divorce and won after counter-suit. The dispatch notes unsettled matters in the tariff and a secret trial of heavy cannon with the Kaiser and war ministers involved.
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Duslap
Lowdon
Mrs. Luscombe
Dunlap
Bern
Discharged Workman Tied to 113 Mine Deaths
The St Etienne tribunal adjourned its probe into the mine catastrophe. Investigations suggest a discharged worker planted dynamite cartridges in the pit to wreck galleries as vengeance. Survivors report two explosions. if proven, the act would indict the ex worker for murder of 113 comrades.
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Dunlap
St. Etienne
First Channel Route Survey Faces Unfavorable Bed
Falstone’s cable report from October 9 notes French engineers have completed soundings for the proposed channel bridge. Results are less favorable than hoped, with the bed near Varne and nearby areas not suitable. A new route is chosen between Cape Grisnez and Dover as a result.
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English Channel
Varne
Cape Grisneton
Mandy Coast
Dover
Pullman Company Wins $25 Million Patent Case
The Pullman Palace Car Company secured a decree in a U S court against the Wagner Palace Car Company and Boston and Albany Railroad, upholding a patent from May 1889 for the vestibule attachment in railroad cars. Judge Colt ruled the patent valid, countering claims of lack of novelty and noting significant national effort toward safe comfortable railway improvements.
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Pullman Palace Car Company
Boston and Albany Railroad Company
Wagner Palace Car Com
Colt
United States
Ted
George M. Pullmas
Pallmsn
Death of a Conservative Leader in Cuba
Havana reports the death of the Count of Casa More who led Cuba's Conservative party. The demise occurred on October 9 and ends his long leadership of the opposition in Cuban politics.
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Havana
Casa More
Cuba
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