Invitations to the Hague Conference Promoted by Emperor
The text reports Emperor Nicholas II inviting nations to a second Hague peace conference after the Russo-Japanese War. President Roosevelt is said sympathetic and may have given up convoking the meeting. Russia plans to issue an official program while other powers provide suggestions.
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Nicholas
The
Hague
St. Petersburg
Russia
Roosevelt
Japan
United States
Famine Grips Andalusia Spain With Widespread Suffering
Reports from Andalusia describe the worst famine in the kingdom causing widespread hunger. Troops are deployed to Osuna and Malaga while towns face emaciated crowds, looting, and crowded prisons. Authorities authorize a 20 million dollar credit for public works but relief lags.
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Spain
Andalusia
Osuna
Seville
Cordova
Ecija
Utrera
Carmona
Malaga
Ostna
Parker Attacks Campaign Fund Donor Link to Corporations
Judge Parker charged in his late campaign that great corporations funded the Republican coffers to corrupt the electorate. He cited New York Life Insurance and George Perkins as examples, accusing unlawful contributions and political manipulation.
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Alton B. Parker
Parker
New York
New York Life Insurance Company
George’ W
Perkins
McCall
Naval Court Martial Deliberates Bennington Explosion
The Young court martial sits at Mare Island California with Commander Young and Judge Gear. Six charges plead not guilty. West testified logs cover late 1904. hull books identified. Ensign Sahn states Young commanded Bennington from 1904 to 1905 with a Panama pause. boiler explosion July 2 caused damage near the bulkhead.
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Bennington
Young
Seasion
Mare Island
Cal
Gear
Ernest E. West
Washington, D. C
West
Lucien
Glass
Ensign Sahn
The
Panama
Hull
Packers Hope to Escape Indicted Beef Barons Discover
Attorneys for seventeen packers and others indicted on a federal conspiracy charge claim a technical loophole. They seek abatement by challenging jury impaneling and procedures in the northern Illinois case. The lengthy plea, filed in Chicago, cites irregular jury service and secrecy, arguing improper venue and record procedures.
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Grand ‘Jury
Simmons
John Murray
Illinois
Chicago
O. B. Morrison
Johns. Miller
Packers
Methodists Denounce Smoot and Back Roosevelt
The Wisconsin Methodist Episcopal Conference adopted resolutions urging the Senate to declare Reed Smoot’s seat vacant and to amend the constitution to bar polygamy. The body also commended Theodore Roosevelt for contributing to ending the Japanese war.
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Smoot
The
Methodist Episcopal. Conference of Wisconsin
United States Senate
Reed Smoot
Roosevelt
Fraud Charged In Lincoln Insurance Case In Chicago Court
Lincoln residents allege officers of Western Life Indemnity conspired against policyholders. The suit seeks receiver and accounting in U S circuit court, naming E I Rosenfeld W H Gray and others for misapplication of funds and fraudulent proxy voting. Gray supposedly drew contracts for $1 per $1000 in policies issued, with proxies to control directors.
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Chicago
Western Life Indemnity Company
Assessment Insurance Association
E. I. Rosenfield
W. H. Gray
United States Circuit Court
S. Levinson
Levinson
S.H. Bethea
Rosenfeld
Moulton
Gray
Allen
W. Field
Jesse B. Strode
Addison S. Tibbetts
Insurance Company
Rosenfeld and Gray
George. M. Moulton
John A. Crawford
L. M. Martin
C. T. Drake
D. D. Bramble
A. ‘B. Huston
E., D. Moore
A. N
Captain Deposed Over Failure to Aid Disabled Vessel
The United Fruit Company ship Oleri refused to assist the disabled Sylph off North Carolina on April 12. Captain W H Hotville lost his commission after steamboat inspection officers in Norfolk, Virginia revoked his license on September 2. Lieutenant Evans described the night’s distress, other vessels failing to respond, and the Eclid rescuing the crew at New Orleans.
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W.H. Hotville
United: Fruit Company
Oleri
U. S
Sylph
North Carolina
Steamboat ‘Inspection Service
Norfolk
Washington
Department of Ecommerce and Labor
Evans
Florida
Roosevelt
Morgan
Eclid
New Orleans
Chesapeake Bay
Roosevelt to Visit New Orleans October 24 Amid Fever Abatement
President Roosevelt intends to visit New Orleans on October 24 as yellow fever subsides. Mayor Behrman awaits word on whether the train can pass into Arkansas after leaving the city as quarantines ease. Local committees push ahead with ceremonies amid rising street activity and renewed freight movement. Dr White assures citizens the danger will be past by arrival.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
Behrman
Arkansas
White
Citizens’ Committee
Burkett Arrives in Washington as Nebraska Senator Moves In
Senator Elmer J. Burkett arrives in Washington with Mrs. Burkett and children. They begin setting up a new home at 1816 Nineteenth Street NW while he handles storage and errands. He cites railroad rate questions as Nebraska’s paramount issue, with tariff revision secondary, during campaign duties for Judge Letton.
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Elmer J. Burkett
Washington
United States
Nebraska
Judge Letton
Lincoln’s manufacturing rise surpasses state gains
Census bulletin shows Nebraska with 1,819 manufacturing establishments at year start, up from 1,707 in 1900. Capital employed reaches $80,235,810, with 3,192 officials and 20,241 wage earners. State products valued at $154,918,220, Lincoln leading growth at 89 percent while Omaha up 42 percent and South Omaha 3 percent. Slaughtering and meat packing remain top industry at $69,243,468, down from 1900. flour and grist second at $12,190,303.
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Washington
Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha
Omaha Was: 42 Per Cent. and In South
Simple Life Urged for Young Army Officers by Corbin
Major General Corbin of the Philippine division urges the simple life for young officers in his annual report. He cites frequent evidence of officers failing to meet financial obligations and calls for drastic discipline. He says officers should live simply and urges reform for those pursuing luxuries.
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Corbin
Pillsbury VITOS The Meat of the Wheat Advertised
Frenzied advertising touts Pillsbury VITOS as the best quality breakfast food. The Minneapolis company guarantees purity and economy, claiming a two pound package yields twelve pounds of white wheat food. Ask your grocer for Pillsbury VITOS in two pound air tight packages priced 15 cents.
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Pillsbury Company
Minneapolis
Pillsbury
Pillsbury's
A Child's Prayer and a Town's Rainfall
A devout child Helen prays for rain to ease drought. That afternoon a severe electric shower strikes her town, barns unroofed and damage caused. She wonders aloud what her prayer has wrought, noting the unexpected storm and its consequences.
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Helen
Allen's Foot-Ease Powder Advertisement Claim
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease powder. It rests the feet and cures swells sore hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrowing nails. Sold at all druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with sample malted free. Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York. Some people are so in love with themselves that they haven't room for any more.
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Allen
Allen S Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
Defiance Starch Ad Claims Big Value and Guarantee
An old advertisement touts Defiance Starch as the biggest and best value with a money back guarantee. It promises 16 ounces for 10 cents and urges immediate trial. The copy includes quirky lines about honesty and expectations.
De Laval Cream Separator Boosts Dairy Profits
Important facts for cow owners explain the De Laval separator as a vital home dairy and factory tool. It promises more cream and butter, water and time savings, and larger profits for dairying with broad farm and creamery usage, backed by a catalog from De Laval Separator Co.
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de Laval
de Laval Separator Co
Randolph & Canal Sts
Cortlandt Street
Chicago
New York
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