Washington Notes From The Standard News Summary
Frank A. Leach resigns as director of the mint bureau to lead a new post. Algernon Sartoris of the District of Columbia to be Secretary of Legation at Montevideo, grandson of President Grant. First National Bank of Dresden Ohio fails due to loans to woolen manufacturers. Civil service exam changes for forest supervisors to Nov 15. Thomas Wyn to retire. Frank Pierce to succeed. John Hoydal, Detroit paint maker, dies at 55. Rear Admiral Mellville marries Estella Sila. A son born to J Austen Chamberlain. Morris Loewey dies in Pueblo. Caruso to sing in Vienna at $2,500 per show. King Edward meets the czar in Copenhagen. Portugal delays municipal elections. New naphtha fields found near Sakhalinskaya Bay. Russian terrorism stats for September. Nathan Straus offers Dublin a pasteurizing plant. Rome relic: Temple of Victory on Palatine hill dated to pre-Era Rome.
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Washington
Frank A. Leach
George Ef. Roberts
State Department
Algernon Sartoris
District of Columbra
Montevideo
Sartoris
Grant
First National Bank
Dresden
Ohio
Civil Service
Forest Service
Thomas Wyn
Frank Pierce
Salt Lake
Ryan
Lis Ofee
Signor Caruso
Imperial Opera House
Vienna
Edward
Copenhagen
Berlin
The
Politikens
Charles
Portugal
Sakhalian
Nabilskaya Bay
St. Petersburg
Richard Croker
Nathan Straus
New York
Theity of
Dublin
Ireland
Rome
Palatine Hill
Palatine
Fires destroy multiple downtown blocks and firms
A five story Stanage building in Cincinnati burned, loss about 75000, wiping out Lowmoor Iowa business section. Hopkins block in Lexington Virginia burned with five firms destroyed and loss around 60000. A Wakefield Michigan child died after accidental poisoning. two Michigan women shot in Menominee, injury uncertain.
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W. W. Stanage & Co
Cincinnati
Lowmoor
Iowa
Hopkins
Lexington
John Dahl
Wakefield
Mich
Katie Lewis
Ella Scheck
Menominee, Mich
Anton Scheck
Scheck
Multiple disasters claim lives across North America
A sprawling OCR slice reports numerous tragedies: a collision near Greensboro leaves six dead and fifteen injured. Ernst Neidert dies after a fast train strike at State Center Iowa. Chicago streetcar crashes injure many. Arthur Onweller dies in a Morenci Michigan auto accident. workers suffer severe burns in Watertown and a Petroleos refinery blast near Petrolea Ontario injures several. a Cincinnati streetcar derailment injures twenty five. a Buffalo and Lake Erie rail collision enables wide escape.
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Joan Klinhart
Malbon
Tows
Southern Railway
Budd
N G
Greensboro
Ernst Neidert
Chris Neidert
State Center
Towa
State and
van Koren Streets
Chieaga
Arthur Onweller
Morenci
Mich
Onweller
Medi
Medd
Petroles ‘Tors Pelo Company
Petrolea
Crimes and Criminals Across The Nation Summary
Whispers of crime include Bertha Lund’s commitment to a Buffalo hospital after abandoning five children, a bank looting spree in Wharton Ohio with four stores hit, and a deadly in front of Hall’s Creek Alabama where Matt Gandy died and O D Grady was wounded. Other items mention a murder charge reduced to manslaughter in Vin ton Iowa, a pistol duel in Peoria Illinois, a burglary spree at Dollar Bay Michigan with the Donlin hotel broken into, and a New York man Dettinger dying via dynamite suicide.
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Bertha Lund
Buffalo
N.Y
Government Hall
Hermosilla
Sonora
Wharton
Ohio
Matt Gandy
William Stout
Vinton
Iowa
Peoria
MD Barrett
Ford
Wilson
Miles City
Belle Fonteche
Jacob Dittinger
New York
Dettinger
Dollar Bay
Houghton
Donlin
Suffrageists align with Labor party in Des Moines talks
Domestic goal suffragists at the state convention in Des Moines signaled an alliance with the Labor party to push its cause. Dispatches from France report disastrous floods causing widespread destruction, rail traffic disruption, and a storm center moving seaward.
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Labor Party
Des Moines
William Marconi
Glace Bay
N. F
Marconi
Port Morien
Californian
E. BE. Calvin
Southern Pacific
PB. H. Harriman
Inter-California Railway
Calexico
Paradones
Helen Gould
Young Men's Christian Association
Eugenie and
Tom Streets
St. Louis
Gould
Miss Gould
France
Market slides as copper slump drags stocks down
Market follows copper lower as fears mount over banks and railroads. New York trading closes with declines in copper and related stocks after rumors fail to relieve market stress. Mercantile National Bank sees management shakeup and forced resignations, while several railroads and allied shares retreat, with a late rally late day.
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New York
Mack Briday
Mercantile National
Wetarday
Rockefeller Tells of Standard Surplus Loans in Wall Street
William G Rockefeller testified at a government dissolution hearing that the Standard Oil Company of New York loaned its surplus funds in Wall Street at prevailing rates. He cited $2,000,000 loaned in 1904 to interests other than the Star of H and $000,200 loaned to P S Trainor by Southern Pipe Tamne Co. The adjournment was set to December 22 to allow examination of the evidence.
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Ickefeller
Standard
New York
William G. Rockefeller
Standard of Company of New Jersey
Wall Street
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of New York
Star of H
P. S. Trainor
Southern Pipe Tamne Company
Cansel
LONG VOYAGE IN THE AIR FOR Lahm Cup
The United States signal corps balloon No. 10 piloted by J McCoy and Capt. Charles de F Chan completed a roughly 500 mile flight from Illinois through Indiana and Ohio to near Point Pleasant West Virginia. Traveling about twenty two miles per hour, the journey earned the Lahm cup for the aeronauts.
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Signal Corps
St. Louis
United States Signal
J. ©. McCoy
Charles de F. Chan
Tlinois
Indiana
Ohio
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Timothy hay hits record price in Chicago market
In Chicago on Oct 20, No. 1 timothy hay sold at 21 dollars per ton, the highest price paid in the city for this week. Choice timothy traded about two dollars higher per ton than No 1, signaling strong demand.
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Minnesota
Chicago
Timothy
Fire destroys barn and contents in Holmburg incident
Holmburg North Dakota October 20 S H Steinerson reports a lantern explosion started by an employee caused a blaze that consumed a barn and all its contents. Loss estimated at 2500 dollars.
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Holmburg
N. D
S. H. Steinerson
Peace Conference Adjourns In The Hague Hall of Knights
The Hague closing session drew cabinet ministers diplomats and statesmen with their wives to a crowded Hall of Knights. President Neldoff praised the accord and long deliberations while thanking collaborators and proposing a telegram of thanks to Queen Wilhelmina. Delegates supported continuing peace conferences and furthering world harmony under Roosevelt’s leadership.
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Hague
Hall of Knights
M. Neldoff
Rus
M. Nelidoff
Wilhelmina
Roosevelt
Negroes Start Fatal Riot In Orleans Police Killings
A mob of Negro residents barricaded a downtown house and opened fire with pistols and shotguns. One officer was killed and several wounded, including Sergeant Wieptley, Patrolman Wepkan, and Corporal J. W. Dunn. After an eight hour siege, police burned the house to end the riot, mortally wounding one assailant and arresting five others.
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Orleans
Tebrans
Germany
Mois
Wieptley
Wepok Anid
J. W. Dunn
Alfred Erlandsen Wreck Off Scotland Claims Crew of Twenty
The Danish steamer Alfred Erlandsen wrecked on rocks off Castle Point near St Abb's Head Scotland during a gale. Twenty sailors drowned as the vessel broke up. A lifeboat searching for survivors faced heavy seas and near misses before the vessel sank.
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Scotland
London
Alfred Erlandsen
Castle Point
St. Abb’s Head
Libau
Grangemouth
Roosevelt Kills A Bear In Louisiana Canebrakes
A telegram from Bear Lake to John Marker in New Orleans reports President Roosevelt killed a large black bear near Bear Lake Louisiana during a hunting trip. Leo Shields signed the telegram noting the president entered the thicket after the bear.
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Bear Lake
J. M. Parker
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Canebrakes
John Marker
Mr. Parker
Leo Shields
Theological student shoots classmate in Peoria area
Louis M. Wilson, a theology student at Eureka College in Illinois, shot John Walsh during class assembly in Peoria area. Walsh was wounded in the neck near the jugular vein and is in serious condition after Wilson challenged him to a fight Thursday afternoon and fired point blank.
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Peoria
Louis M. Wilson
Eureka College Theological Seminary
Eureka
John Walsh
Wilson
Walsh
Sawmill Owner Killed at Work Near Glenwood
Glenwood Wis Oct 20 John Nathison a sawmill owner aged 35 was instantly killed while at work in the mill five miles south of town. He died at the scene, authorities said.
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Glenwood
Wis
Here
John Nathison
Man Fatally Hurt In Milwaukee Road Accident
Prairie du Chien Wis Oct 20 Philip Welch a Milwaukee Road brakeman was killed at Bridgeport when he fell in front of an engine and his body was cut in two.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Philip Welch
Milwaukee Road
Bridgeport
Three Die in Rail Wreck at Rudd North Carolina
Washington dispatch reports three killed and thirty seven injured in a collision between a Southern Railway passenger train and a freight train at Rudd North Carolina. One of the injured is believed fatally hurt.
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Washington
Rudd
N. C
Southern Rail Way
Americans Put In Russian Prison Entry
Americans placed in a Russian prison and reported as under arrest with claims of confinement. The terse note flags detainment and referenced authorities without specific names or dates.
Wealthy Socialist Walling Arrested Over Finnish Links
Indianapolis Oct 22 wealthy socialist William English Walling and his sister-in-law Miss Rose Transgy were arrested with Finns linked to Finnish Progressive policy. Books seized at Hotel Frantve after gendarmes searched Walling rooms. Embassy representative sought help but no clarity on charges. A secret service source cited ongoing scrutiny. Uncle of Walling, Capt William E B English, received a cable from St Petersburg seeking US government pressure for embassy assistance.
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Shure
Indianapolid
Miss Rose
Se ¥Berg
Americ
Tosis
May Walling
Setulae Ile
William MM. Englid
Hancock
Wallin
Russia
Waltlings
He Frantve
Vinns
Mr. Walling
Secret Service
James M. James
New York
Uncle Sam
Indianapolis
William * EB. English
Wiliam English Walling
St. Peterburg
St. Petersburg
Passbooks Show Large Deposits Alleged by Mrs Chadwick
In Pittsburgh officials deny any account for Mrs Cassie L Chadwick despite passbooks showing deposits up to 400000 in June 1902 at the Second National Bank of Pittsburg. Nathan A Loeser says six passbooks from Cleveland and other cities suggest the funds were never checked out and may be worthless.
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Pittsburs
Thomas W. Welsh, Jr
Second Wional Bank of
Pittsby
C. Chad Wick
Chadwick
Second National Bank
Cleveland
Nathan A. Loeser
Cassie L. Chadwick
Second National Bank of
Pittsburg
Loeser
Bubonic Plague Updates From San Francisco
Check Bubonic Plague, San Francisco, Oct. 22. No additional cases have been reported since Oct. 16, and more patients have been discharged as cured since the 14th.
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San Francisco
Auto accident kills man in Pontiac
In Pontiac Michigan yesterday Harry Wood aged forty was killed in a automobile accident. Karl E Smith employed by a local factory sustained a broken right arm while testing an automobile.
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Pontiac
Mich
Harry Wood
Karl E. Smith
Conductor Kills Passenger on Polk Street Car
In San Francisco on October 22 Charles Moss was shot and killed after a barrel rolled onto a transfer slip on a Polk street car. Two other passengers were wounded by the conductor in the ensuing incident.
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San Francisco
Q Barrel
Polk
Charles Moss
New Head for Heinze Bank In New York
The clearing house committee reports elimination of Heinze Morse and Thomas interests from New York banking. It pledges support to any bank under suspicion and notes Mercantile National and Nations Bank of North America appoint new presidents to meet potential crises. William N Havemeyer becomes president of Nations Bank of North America. Mercantile National shows reorganized leadership with Milliken and Allison named to top posts.
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New York
Associated Press
Clearing House Committee
Heinze-Morse and Thomas
Banking Organization of
New York City
Clearing House Association
William N. Havemeyer
The
Nations Bank of North America
Alfred H. Curtis
Mercantié National Bank
Mercantile
Clearing House
Mercantile National Bank
United Copper
Milliken
Mercantile Naional
Otay
Thomas
Solidated National Bank
Roosevelt Hunting Report Brings Bear Species Count On Record
President Roosevelt recounted his Bayou Tensas and Bean Lake deer and bear hunt. He said they took three bears six deer one wild turkey one possum and one wildcat with good appetite and stamina despite rain. He arrived at Lea Shields’ camp to dine amid guests and praised the hunting in a lengthy camp life recap.
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Roosevelt
Bayou Tensas
Bean Lake
Lea Shields
Giest
Sam
Ibis
Tam
Metcalf Brothers
Pon
Met
Shields
Mr. Shields
Swedish Baptist College Dedication in St Paul
The Bethel academy was dedicated yesterday by Rev. Magnus Larson of the First Swedish Baptist church of St. Paul. The new Swedish Baptist college has been instituted by the Swedish Baptists of America.
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Open Swedish Baptist College
St. Paul
New Swedish Baptist College
Bethel Academy
Magnus Larson
First Swedish Baptist Church of
Brunswick grocer shoots wife then kills self in jealousy
In Brunswick Georgia late last night William Rai ney a young local grocer fired a pistol at his wife and wounded her mortally. He then turned the gun on himself and died instantly.
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Self
Brunswick
William Rainey
Violent hurricane hits Finmark shores trapping fishing crews
A violent hurricane lashing Finmark since Thursday has swept through the province, causing many fishing boats to go missing and reporting seven Hives lost as of today.
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Trondhjem
Norway
Finmark
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C. C. Knappen
Sisseton, South Dakota
John Hoydal
Detroit
G. W. Mellville
U. N
Estella Sila
Philadelphia
J. Austen Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Ivy M. Dundas
Dachet
Buckinghamshire
Morris Loewey
Paria Observatory
Ministry of Public Instruction
Nations Board of French Observatories
George H. Kuhn
National Racing Associaton
United States
Pueblo
Colo
Mercantile Bank
BY Metals and Affiliated
Stork
Union Pacific
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Reading
Ariona
Wia
PR Augustus Heinze
William B. Ridgeley
Russ Prisok
William English Walling
Mrs. Chadwick
Heinze Bank
M. Milliken
Possum
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