Outlaws Rule Forces Urged to Restore Law and Order
The Indian office reports a lawless Indian Territory with gangs controlling areas. Highwaymen strike in daylight and express services refuse to transport funds. Three bands of desperadoes terrorize towns, prompting calls for federal action and possible martial law, though officials seek nonmilitary solutions first.
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Wasnsotox
Indian Office
Indian Territory
United States
Ibis
Smith
Indias
Armstrong
Co Est
Iron Hall Matters First Step in Winding Up the Order
The Grat general report on James A. Farley as permanent receiver of the Iron Hall was filed in the Superior Court. Commissioners will report on accounting methods and security. Judge Winters says winding up will proceed, with two phases remaining: life division and unpaid matured certificates. About 300000 will be held to meet claims, while roughly 450000 remains to protect imperfect claims among about 1100 claimants.
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Sypraxaponia
Ind
James A. Farley
Order of the Iron Hall
Superior Court
Sayres
Judge Winters
Imperial Czar Aches to Resolve Succession Crisis
Report from Oct 23 on czar’s health and throne amid Europe watchers. Physicians say the czar slept five hours, appetite down, strength unchanged. News cites settlements of succession, betrothal rumors, and oath rituals as imperial maneuvers amid rising doubt.
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London
A&a
St. Peters Grispath
St. Petersburi
Windistock
Rome
Buenes
Cologne
Imperial Council
George
Michael
Berliner Tageblatt
Livana
Crerewitch
Alix
Romanos
Minhed
Murder and suicide rock Hannibal Missouri
Sanford Baldwin murdered his wife and killed himself with a double barreled shotgun in Hannibal Missouri Oct 2. He was 50, she 85. They had married last August amid quarrels over a child. Police note the couple’s troubled history and family disputes preceding the tragedy.
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Hannibal
HassmBar
Sanford Baldwin
Ely
Baldwin
Reinhbor
George Gould Plans Visit After Wacks in Nebraska trip
George Gould, the ap noea magnate, and Superintendents Clark and Brownlee of the Missouri Pacific, with William F. Cody, the scout, went out on Branch last evening and will visit Buffalo Bill’s ranch in Nebraska after several days of hunting.
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George Gould
Wacks
Torrénsos City
Apnoea
Clark and Brownlee
Missouri Pacific Gretens
William F. Cody
Gould
Buffalo ‘Bill
Nebraska
Stevenson in Missouri amid large Missouri crowds
Vice President Stevenson completed a day of speeches along Missouri’s northern border after a station reception with 10,000 cheering Missourians. He and aides traveled by train to Macon and Union, then spoke at Crawford opera house with Judge Spencer presiding. A 3,000 strong procession greeted them and overflow meetings were held for 20,000 outside.
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St. Josefs
Missouri
Stevenson
Macon
Wnion
Fourth Regiment
Davis
Efferson Club
Dlad « Flambeau Club
Crawford Opera House
Fudge O. M. Spencer
D. D. Barnes
Platte Purchase
Spencer
Fred W. Lehmann
St. Louis
A. M. Dockery
J. W. Alexander
Silas Waddson
W. H. Hatch
Walker
Democratic State Central Committee
J. G. Maffitt
Democratic Party
Itad
Pred W. Lehman
Union Station
Joplin
Burlington
Dee Wolf Hopper Questions Washington Burial in Funny School Scene
About 850 Columbia students attended the Dr. Syntax performance in New York on Oct. 23. In a schoolroom moment Hopper asks why George Washington was buried at Mount Vernon, provoking a student to beat time on a seat while the crowd sings a chant. Hopper then corrects them with a punchline about truth and a fulbecks orchard.
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Dee Wolf Hopper
George Washington
Mt. Vernon
New Yoak
Dr. Syntax
Hopper
Mount Vernon
Hooper
Carl Browne Freed on 300 Bond for Wall Street Parade
New York Oct 23 Carl Browne released from jail on a 300 bond for parading in Wall Street without a permit. He stood with Washington's status on the sub-treasury steps addressing brokers clerks and boys as detectives moved in. The hoboes reacted violently and Browne likened his arrest to Coxey's Washington incarceration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carl Browne
Wall Street
Browne
Sub-Treasury
Washington
Thor
Political Prayer and Politics at St Denis Hotel
The Rev De Robert MacArthur of Calvary Baptist delivers a political prayer at a Methodist Social gathering in New York praising strong leadership and advocating for a strong candidate in the coming election. He quips about not supporting partisan lines and references Briggs or Strong as potential leaders. A remark about Grant's candidacy and later remarks follow. A separate item notes an escaped prisoner near Centertown Missouri and a reunion of Civil War veterans in Emporia Kansas.
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Ua Briggs
Col Strong Forteaver
Partiaun
Grant
Dr. MacArthur
Sherit
Ex Governor Abbott says he is not senate candidate
Briefs report ex governor Leon Abbott of Camden New Jersey writes he will not run for United States senate to replace Senator McPherson. Census work to be finished in four months under a new act requiring a March 4 deadline and questions of feasibility are noted. A telegraph operator's joke allegedly sparked a lynching report near Orangeburg and Lexington.
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Brackindge
Stomp
Lesixnetes
Octchester
Breckinridge
Winchester
Tenth
William Huckmer
Jos Kendall
United States
Martinsburg
Breckinnridge
New Youk
Harrison
Cct
Hackett
Morton
Senator Hill
Yonkers
Brooklyn
New York
New York City
Democratic
Congress
Assembly
County Democracy
Tammany Coronal
Shepard
Coombs
Shepardites
Brooklyne
Leon Abbott
Camden
N. J
Beeneing
United States Senate
McPherson
Orangeburg
Charleston
Citizens' Building and Loan Association
Mre G& F
Southern Pacific
Oakland
Cal
United States Supreme Court
Chauncey Wheaton
East Lee
Emperor Williams
Balloon escape over 230 miles to Bosnian frontier
A balloon named Hapover rose rapidly after a ballastless officer was carried aloft in a car. Cords were released as telegraph lines broke the pull. The crew freed themselves with injuries, and after thirteen hours the officer landed safely near the Bosnian and Slavonian frontier about 230 miles from Pelixdorf.
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Falladort
Austers
Mield
Hanover
Lisle
Pelixdorf
Pie and Piety The Latter Satisfies Despite Yankee Ties
A humorous piece compares pie to piety in a chatty discussion among two physicians and a ragged listener who defines pie as food in paste baked with something inside. The essay lauds pie as an English institution thriving in America, with references to Bacon and the history of pies. A brief comic note attacks a Chinese semi opera in Sydney, describing its sparse stage and eclectic orchestra with colorful caricature.
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Paets
Bacon
Semle Opera
Sydney
Water Power gun and tapestry painting notes
A patent describes a water powered machine gun with circumferential barrels and a water driven feed belt, capable of automatic fire or manual operation if water fails, potentially rivaling the Maxim gun. Separate notes discuss tapestry painting from perforated paper stencils, pigment layering, and delicate outlining techniques. Also mentions Japanese burial customs preferring a northward head orientation and a compass diagram in sleeping rooms for guests.
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Japan
Guesia
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Iron Hall Matters
Dr. Price
AL Kayes Crrr
Switchmen’s Usions
Kansas City
Switchmen’s Protective Association
Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association
K of P. Ball
Fourteenth
Penn Streets
DD Sweeney
Jersey
EB Colline
Ban
Fort Surry
Ark
Lawson
Jackson
Fort Gibson
John Vaon
Coretta Rate
California
Great Lakes
Pacific
Ottawa
Kan
John Luchér
Davenport Lathrop Dry Geeds Company
Sinls
Ifty
Sete
Minn
Pabst Brewing Company
Gothele
Gurumin
M. Johnson
John Henderson
Henderson
Johnson
Nenderson Wall
St. Joe
Tdison
Rauce
Eudora Creamery
West Eighth Street
Jarvenson City
Sherif James Holman
Ray County
Centertown
Missouri Pacific
Ryus
Ryos
Emporia Eporta
Knn
Court House
Campbell
Cunningham
Belle
G. A. Ht
Helief Corps
Mialarial Poiso
Aiminpher
SWIFT
Hiram Horse
Elmwood
Willow Ave
Fotwin Place
Topeks, Kansas
Matos
Dave
Jatamanner Telephone
Heeeee Topexa Transfer Company
Kanhas Aye
Tele
F. P. Bacon
Leseeestesetesee
Arthur Massayt
West Fifth Street
Elauor
Ean
Avo
J.K. Jones
National Stables
Ecreens
Gilchrist
Strate
St. Josep ST. Louis
Omaha
Peoria
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Atlantic Coast
Bert Lien
Philadelphi
Boston
B. Washington
Forum
D. O. Ives
Lewis
Birney
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