Lind Back in Mexico City for Answer
United States moves to deploy 200 of 300 Marines to the south from Portsmouth while the Chester sails from Philadelphia to Vera Cruz with wireless gear and supplies. John Lind arrives in Mexico City from Vera Cruz and plans to reside at the U.S. embassy as Huerta’s reply to U.S. demands is readied. Diaz wounds not serious after an attack in Havana. Diaz arrested for shooting a Mexican journalist. Porfirio Diaz’s wife. cabinet meets in Washington amid tensions.
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Blanquet rises after long military service in Mexico
General Aureliano Blanquet, minister of war, seen as certain to become vice president on the Huerta Blanquet ticket, rose from sergeant at 17 to commanding the firing squad that executed Maximilian. He arrested Madero and is praised for valor and integrity as Huerta respects him. Intervention looms amid a tragic Mexican crisis. Germany hints at possible allied support if Washington approves.
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Blasted Nine From Cannons in Kabul Recalling Mughal Brutality
In Kabul nine men were strapped to cannon mouths and blown apart as punishment for plotting against the Afghan ameer Habibullah Khan. The event revived memories of Mughal and British era cruelties, with Sir Hector Munro earlier using the method after Patna 1761 where mutineers were executed by cannon. The article notes British rulers in Allahabad learned of the act and that the technique had long been discarded.
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Women Split Over Liquor Issue at Illinois Suffrage Meeting
At Peoria Illinois Equal Suffrage Association a key fight looms over a new constitution and leadership. Grace Wilbur Trout is expected to be renominated for president as factions from dry to wet clash with third party figures Booth Funk and a minority report debated ahead of Saturday’s convention. London talks seek liberal compromise on suffrage with anti militant stance. Donahoe Stelfe conspiracy trial in Chicago concludes testimony.
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Wilson to Name Pindell Monday in Senate Ask
Washington reports President Wilson will send the Pindell appointment from Peoria to the Senate for confirmation Monday after Senator Lewis said the Russian reply on suitability has been expedited. Officials note the delay stemmed from the Russian exarch's absence. secretary of state and the president have yet to review the nomination. William Brown Jr may become port of Chicago appraiser instead of admiral, as the post requires a lawyer and Secretary Bryan supports the change. A St Louis drive seeks to end segregated vice districts, while Cuba witnesses the drowning of John Coats and Lloyd Gardner when a gun discharged through a hole in their boat.
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Weather forecast for Rock Island area
Unsettled and colder weather tonight with showers or snow flurries. Saturday, generally fair and colder. Tonight's low near freezing. winds moderate to brisk from southwest to northwest. 7 am temperature 57, yesterday high 62, last night low 55. Relative humidity 54 at 7 pm and 80 at 7 am. The Pleiades visible with the naked eye, a telescope reveals about 2000 suns in the cluster.
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Miss Williams Weds M Combs in London Ceremony
William F. McCombs, Democratic National Committee chairman, married Miss Dorothy Williams in Westminster at St Peter and St Edward chapel. The ceremony was by Father Bernard Vaughan with Charles Woodruff Halsey as best man. A distinguished gathering attended including Ambassador and Mrs. Page, Myron Herrick, Earl and Countess Craven, Earl and Countess Suffolk, and Earl Curzon.
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Rescue Servant Bound Near Fire in Chicago Basement
Gertrude Hanson, 16, a servant in Otto Johnson’s home, was found bound and gagged in the basement amid rubbish. She was unconscious, kerosene-soaked clothing, nearby papers set fire, neighbors rescued her as smoke alarmed. Detectives call it an attack by a criminal using arson to conceal the crime.
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Senate banking panel narrows regional banks plan
Washington D C Nov 7 A new lineup of the senate banking committee with a majority behind the administration appeared when by a 7 to 5 vote the committee reconsidered its action reducing the number of regional reserve banks to four. Whether the lineup would hold through the vote on the resolution for seven regional banks remained in doubt.
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Noted New York Surgeon Charles McBurney Dies
Stockbridge Mass November 7 Dr Charles McBurney a New York surgeon died suddenly of heart disease in Brookline Mass at 68 after 40 years in practice in New York He retired in 1907 He gained fame for his work on Operative Interference and the now famous McBurneys point He aided in the McKinley assassination case in Buffalo and published on disease of the Vermiform Appendix Alfred Russell Wallace dies at 91 in Londonworld scientist known for Darwinian evolution theory
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Trains Held Up By Lone Bandit In Omaha
Police pursue a former resident suspected of holding up a Burling ton train car in Omaha. The robber took 2300 and six watches from three passengers and three trainmen, and is believed to have traveled on the same train from Council Bluffs for the past three nights. Flagman Angele confronted him on the Pullman platform. when he resisted he was knocked to the car floor.
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Four Die in Auto Collision Near Los Angeles
Four people died in a two-car crash near Los Angeles early today. Ervin Chapman Miss Viide Elmore W. R. Sanders and Harry Curtis were killed and seven others injured in the wreck.
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Hold Troops Back as Strike Nears Resolution
Indianapolis braces for a citywide street car strike as Governor Ralston pursues arbitration to avoid martial law. The state militia, over 2,000 troops, are stationed around Indianapolis awaiting orders, while talks with the union and Amalgamated Association continue. Women from the Garment Workers' union pressure for forced arbitration as Richmond, Indiana, sees a related walkout.
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