CALL FOR CONGRESS TO APPROVE ARMY EXPENSES
With U S forces occupying Cuba the president may convene Congress in a special session to authorize heavy expenditures for moving troops. Brigadier General Wint commands Missouri troops and will oversee embarkation from Newport News. President Roosevelt is in Washington with his family after a White House meeting with Cabinet members Root and Moody.
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United States
Cuba
Roosevelt
Congress
War Department
Theodore J. Wint
Omaha
Department of the Missouri
Newport News
Coast Artillery
Washington
State Root
Moody
White House
Quesada
Taft
Magoon Reaches New York After Panama Assignment
Charles E. Magoon arrives in New York aboard the Panama from Colon with Joseph W. J. Lee Thomas W. Cook and J. Gabriel Duque. He criticizes Chinese laborers as unreliable for canal work while praising conditions and progress in the canal zone. He declines to discuss his successor or a possible Philippines posting.
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Charles E. Magoon
Panama
Canal Zone
New York
Colon
Joseph W. J. Lee
Ecuador
Thomas W. Cook
J. Gabriel Duque
Nan
Magoon
Canal
Philippines
New ICC Rule Clarifies Interstate Rate Filing
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a general order on October 1 declaring that state rates forming part of an interstate rate must be filed with the commission. The ruling introduces a new feature and aims to interpret the law in advance to preempt complaints and reduce future workload.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Meat Stamp Deadline Hits Interstate Meat Trade
Beginning October 1 railroads will refuse meat in interstate commerce without the proper inspection stamp from the department of agriculture. Secretary Wilson reports rapid expansion of inspectors, with 1,000 now employed and hundreds more needed to meet demand.
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Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Peasants flogged to death by Russian Cossacks
Ninety seven peasants were tried at Keerson Russia on charges of devastation of the estate of M Krivoshien former minister of railroads. Sixty three sentenced to imprisonment thirty four acquitted. The court heard accounts of mass killings and mutilations after the district chief and Cossacks organized a four hour slaughter. Twenty three killed and 135 mutilated. Victims were innocent and the guilty escaped.
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Keerson
Russia
M. ‘Krivoshien
Aftermath of Storm Reports Loss of Life and Destruction
Telegraph dispatch from Mobile to Louisville reports about 120 deaths from the storm, with 39 at Sans Souci beach near Mobile and Pensacola losses over 30 deaths. Property damage totals exceed 8 million dollars in Mobile area and 5 million in Pensacola, with widespread destruction along the coast.
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Mobile
Louisville
Courier-Journal
Dispatch
Sans Souci Beach
Mobile Bay
Pensacola
Sheridan Grounded Near Oahu Beached After Floating
The United States army transport Sheridan ran aground at Barber's Point on Oahu's southwest coast. Floated October 1 with Buford assistance, she listed heavily and was beached at Pearl Harbor entrance. Tugs Manning and others stood by to aid, and lines to Buford parted as she drifted toward shore.
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United States Army
Sheridan
Barber’s Point
Oahu
Buford
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Barber's Point
Manning
Irrevocable Resignation to Congress Reported
The president declares an irrevocable resignation to Congress citing loss of authority since the uprising in Pinar del Rio and the presence of an American peace commission in Havana. He states he cannot accept the commission’s terms and asks Congress to accept his resignation, expressing gratitude to both legislative bodies.
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Congress
Pinar del Rio
Washington
Presidency of the Republic
Cuban President Palma Resigns Amid Congressional Standstill
Palma's resignation was announced as irrevocable on September 28 after Cuban congress recessed. American commissioners move to intervene as Cuban sovereignty fades, with Taft set to assume control. Marines landed to guard the treasury as occupation begins after a brief collapse of session efforts.
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Palma
Dolz
Senate
American Commission
Cuba
Taft
Roosevelt
Congress
Legation
Louisiana
Treasury Building
Taft Establishes Provisional Cuban Government
Taft announces a provisional Cuban government under U S authority to restore order and prepare elections. He meets with Palma and confirms continued Cuban institutions, while amnesty talks and arms disarmament plans proceed with Funston leading the disarmament effort.
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Cuba
Congress
Republic of Cuba
Palma
United States
Havana
Roosevelt
Alexandro Rodriguez
Carlos Roloff
William H. Taft
Taft
Jose Miguel Gomez
Moderates
Liberal Party
Frederick Funston
Finn
Cure For The Blues Medicine That Never Fails
A cheerful woman tipped into severe melancholy seeks help for the blues. The advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female troubles and nervous despair citing a Louisville patient’s testimonial and urging readers to write for advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Rosa Adams
12Th Street
Louisville
Roger Hanson
C.S.A
Mrs. Pinkham
Will Train Office Boys At Cleveland Y M C A
Cleon C. Shoff of Cleveland starts a class for training office boys in the city Y M C A boys department. He will teach proper department and office duties.
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Cleon C. Shoff
Cleveland
Cheap Excursions South From Big Four Routes
On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month the Big Four By will sell excursion tickets to most points in Virginia South Carolina Tennessee Alabama and Georgia at one fare plus two dollars with a return limit of thirty days. Liberal stopover privileges. Write I P Spining General Northern Agent Big Four Route 238 Clark St Chicago for further information.
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Big Four By
Virginia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
I. P. Spining
General Northern
Big Four
Clark St
Chicago
Viscomte and Bride Complete World Tour For $60,000 Bet
In Paris, Viscomte Jacques de Gruart and his bride celebrate after a ten year journey around the world. They financed their pilgrimage by earnings from the vicomte's painting, visiting Europe America Africa and Australia. The wager required no time limit and was won on return.
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Paris
Viscomte
Jacques de Gruart
Vicomte
America
Africa
Australia
Thunderstorm Wisdom From a Bayman On the Water
A bayman explains how to read lightning during storms at sea. He notes that motion of lightning to the sides signals the storm passing, while lightning striking in the same place and intensifying indicates the storm is coming straight toward you and you should head for shore.
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Bayman
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