Pardon Covers All Connected With Cuban Uprising
President Taft issues orders to General Funston limiting marine involvement in Cuba. Marines to aid only in life safety and property protection while preventing friction among Cuban factions. An amnesty pardons all involved in the Villuendas murder and Guanabacoa killings, with troops to remain as support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Taft
Cuba
United States
Funston
Army
Marine Corps
Taft
Villuendas
Cienfuegos
Guanabacoa
Odessa rally calls for exterm ination of rebels and Jews
President Dubrovin addressed 300 armed union members in Odessa, blessing the crowd and urging death to rebels and Jews. The mob paraded the streets shouting anti Jewish slogans, causing panic among the Jewish population until prefectural measures stopped further disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubrovin
Union of Russian People
Odessa
Russia
Union
Kiev
Floods in Jalisco and Colima Cause Large Loss of Life
Dispatch from Mexico City reports floods in southern Jalisco and Colima destroy property and floodlines. The Manzanillo extension line records 123 drownings while landslides topple soil and rocks. a 26 ton steam shovel is swept away and a steel railway bridge below Tuxpan is lost as water rises sixty feet in one area.
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Jalisco
Mexico
Mexico City
Colima
Manzanillo
Mexican Central Railway
Tuxpan
Murder Mystery Surrounds Burke Death Near Florence
Herbert C. Burke, 20, was found dead face down in a cinder embankment near the river by a pumping station in Florence Nebraska, with a broken neck and facial bruises. Doctors say a blunt blow likely caused the neck fracture and coroner calls it murder. An inquest will be held as Burke, son of a late livestock man, was to enter the state university. He disappeared after leaving the Burke Commission office in South Omaha Saturday.
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Omaha
Herbert C. Burke
Florence
Neb
D. A. Foote
W. K. Foote
Brailey
Burke
George Burke
South Omaha Livestock Commission
Herbert
J. W. Burke
Lincoln
The
State University
Young Burke
Burke Commission Company
South
Boric Acid Found in Hams Prompt Warrants
Warrants issued in Philadelphia by Dr. B H Warren dairy and food commissioner for Armour & Co Philadelphia managers. Samples from Armour branch show hams allegedly adulterated with boracic acid from one quarter to one half of one percent. Subpoenas to Armour heads in Chicago planned to locate where doctored meat occurred.
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Philadelphia
B. H. Warren
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Philadelphia Managers of Armour & Co
Beef Trust
Armour & Co
L. A. Hall
Chicago
President Delays Supreme Court Vacancy Decision
The president has told callers that filling the Supreme Court bench remains under consideration and no decision will be made until Secretary Taft returns from Cuba. Names including Judge Horace H. Lurton and Attorney General Moody have been suggested if Taft declines the position.
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United States Supreme Court
Taft
Cuba
Horace H. Lurton
Sixth Judicial Circuit Court
Moody
Federal
Change in the Nonpareil sells interest to Victor Bender
Ernest E. Hart of Council Bluffs republican national committeeman for Iowa sells his entire interest in the Nonpareil publishers of the Daily Nonpareil to Victor F. Bender. Bender has twelve years as secretary and manager and is a principal stockholder. the company has an authorized capital of 100000 dollars and prints the morning and evening editions as the only edition.
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Ernest E. Hart
Council Bluffs
Iowa
New Nonpareil Company
Victor F. Bender
Paris Bakeries Closed Amid Weekly Rest Day Strike
Paris bakers strike over enforcement of the weekly rest day rule causing most bakeries to close. Despite closures there remains sufficient bread supply for locals as markets adjust to the disruption.
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Paris
France
Murder at Omaha Leaves Woman Dead After Assault
Miss Josephine Rummelhart died at Omaha General Hospital from wounds after an attempted assault as she walked home from a visit. Police have no clue to the perpetrator or motive. She lived at the Scandinavian home near 26th and Capital and worked as a shirt maker for Thomas S. Kelley. A heavy club lay near the body, but no identification or decisive weapon was found.
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Josephine Rummelhart
Omaha General Hospital
Twenty-sixth
Capital Avenue
Thomas S. Kelley
Sixteenth
Chicago
Lynching of H Blackburn follows Arkansas racial killings
An Argenta mob hanged H Blackburn at 10 pm on Sixth and Main after a chain of racial violence centered on the Colum family. The crime spree began September 15 with the shooting of Wiley Shelby and escalated to murders, wounds, and ambushes involving police and residents. Blackburn’s suspected involvement remains unclear.
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Argenta
Ark
H. Blackburn
J. Lindsay
Milton Lindsay
Garrett Colum
Charles Colum
R. R. McDonald
Wiley Shelby
Colums
Robert Colum
Ed. Lindsay
John Lindsay
Colum
Charles
Colum Brothers
Blackburn
Pratt
Kav
Five Killed as Boston & Maine Collision Injures Dozens
A rear end collision at Lansingburg New York involved a regular passenger train and a military special from Fort Ethan Allen to Newport News. Five passengers died and twenty-one were hospitalized with serious injuries. Soldiers aided in rescues as wrecking crews cleared debris. Engineer Holloran was taken into custody pending investigation.
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Boston & Maine
Bear
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lansingburg
N. Y
F. L. Block
Peoria
Wallace E. Shaw
Bath
Stevens
Boston
Mass
J. W. Dacey
Arlington
H. S. Poole
Concord
N. H
W. van Fassett
Frank Belcher
Medford
George D. Stevens
Winchester
Ill
Troy
Fourteenth United States Cavalry
Fort Ethan Allen
Newport News
Cuba
Holloran
Secretary Keeps Penalties for Segregation of Passengers
Secretary Metcalf of the department of commerce and labor refused to remit fines under the 1882 passenger act. The British ship Onafa arrived at Port Townsend with 78 steerage passengers, 74 Japanese men and 4 Japanese women 8 years and older, all in one compartment. The decision upheld a $5 penalty per passenger and warned masters that segregation violations will be enforced.
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Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Onafa
Port Townsend
Wash
Yokohama
Quench Fire On Transport Thomas Holds Within Limits
Cablegram from Manila confirms the fire on the transport Thomas is under control and damage will be minor. Captain Humphrey reports the beached Sheridan at Pearl Harbor will not be abandoned and plans to list to starboard, raise leaks, and tow to Honolulu for repairs.
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Manila
Humphrey
Patton
Thomas
Sheridan
Agra
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Honolulu
Crazed Motorman On Car Overpowered After Struggle
A New York street car ran at high speed with terrified passengers as motorman Leo Schwartz attacked bystanders with a heavy controller bar. He was subdued after a desperate struggle with six policemen and street railway workers, several passengers leaping off and suffering bruises. One rescuer was severely injured.
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New York
Leo Schwartz
Gas explosion kills eight in Market Street subway
An early morning gas main leak ignited in the Philadelphia Market Street subway at Sixth, causing an explosion, a collapsed street, and extensive damage. Eight men died and about forty were injured as fires raged and authorities opened an investigation into the accident.
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Market Street
Sixth Street
Philadelphia
John Lawless
Frank Leans
United Gas Improvement, Company
Gato Benigo
Pittsburg
John Scott
Frank Beidleman
Frank Croller
R. Capero
John Pacy
Beidelman
Leans
Benigo
Croller
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Sixth
Market Streets
Fifteen Entombed in Blessburg Mine Blast
Fifteen men believed trapped after an explosion wrecked the Dutchman mine tunnel at Blessburg New Mexico. Rescue teams have recovered four bodies, including Jans Janiski, and identify most workers as Austrian aside from one American. Fire damp hampers efforts. no fire reported. Mine owned by the St. Louis Rocky Mountain and Pacific company. cause of blast unknown.
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Blessburg
N. M
Jans Janiski
St. Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pacific Company
Newspapers Free to Print Libelous News, Denver Judge Rules
Judge John L. Mullins dissolves a temporary restraining order against the Daily Mining Record holding newspapers cannot be restrained from publishing alleged libelous matter. The only remedy for damages is a law suit, he says, allowing publication while permitting a damages action. G. G. Rice of Goldfield, Nev., had sought the restraint.
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John L. Mullins
Denver District Court
Daily Mining Record
G. G. Rice
Nev
Mullins
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Virtuendas
General Funston
Supreme Court
Hart
Philadelphia, PA
Biessburg, N. M
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