Metcalf Objects To China Consul Circular Based On Law
Secretary Metcalf protests any change by the state department to the June circular directing U S consuls in China to personally verify Chinese certificate statements before indorsement The issue arose from the boycott on American goods and was discussed at a cabinet meeting Metcalf notes a July 1884 act requires consuls to examine truth before indorsement and says Congress should fund more consular staff if needed
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Congress
Washington
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
State Department
United States
China
Department
Haw
W. W. Rockhill
Peking
Jumped Overboard at Sea from Steamer Prinz Oskar
Charles Westhofer of Chicago, a first cabin passenger aged 42, jumped overboard near Palermo while the Prinz Oskar was near the harbor. Passengers and captain treated it as a joke until he disappeared after leaving dinner. The ship searched but found nothing.
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New York
Charles Westhofer
Chicago
Prinz Oskar
Palermo
Westhofer
Bugge
Wesshofer
Pring Oskar
German American National Alliance Holds Third Convention
One hundred delegates travel to Indianapolis from nearly every state for the third convention of the German American National Alliance. Russia agrees to the Japanese prisoner exchange and the Japanese privy council approves the Russo Japanese peace treaty. Advisory engineers board of the canal commission is reported.
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Indianapolis
Russia
Privy Council of Japan
Three Donnelly children die in Reid Avenue blaze Brooklyn
Three children Charles 9 Robert 5 and Katharine 12 died in a fire on Reid Avenue Brooklyn. Parents were brought to St Marys hospital in a dying condition. Five other tenants and two firemen were treated for burns.
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Reid Ave
Brooklyn
Charles Donnelly
School Chief N C Dougherty Arrested on Forgery Indictment
Peoria Illinois October 5 Special to The Evening Journal N C Dougherty a longtime city superintendent of schools and noted educator was arrested today after grand jury indicted him on forgery charges.
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Peoria, Ill
Evening Journal
N. C
Open Shop in a Preachers' Meeting
Freeport Illinois October 5 The sixty sixth annual Preachers conference opened with Bishop Wilson presiding Possible radical action on marriage and divorce. Dr Jennings head of a Chicago publishing house reported open shop and refusal to recognize union printers demands drawing murmurs of disapproval across the house.
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Freeport
Ill
Wilson
Jennings
Chicago
Kidnapping Suspect Brought to New York by Train
Vito Laduca arrested in Baltimore on a Brooklyn warrant for the kidnapping of Antonio Manineno after Black Hand ransom notes. Police Justice Grannan ordered him turned over to two New York detectives who transported him by train to the city for further proceedings.
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Baltimore
Vito Laduca
Brooklyn
Antonio Manineno
Grannan
New York
Pope's Envoy to Tokio Heads to Japan
Bishop William H. O'Connell of Maine travels from San Francisco as the pope's special envoy to the mikado. He carries greetings from Pius X. and commends Emperor Hirohito for his efforts to end the war.
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Tokio
San Francisco
William H. O'Connell
Diocess
Maine
Japan
Pius X
Tidal wave hits Campechuela Cuba. dozens of homes damaged
A tidal wave struck Campechuela near Manzanillo Cuba leaving fifty houses damaged with no fatalities. Separately disturbances flare between Germans and Czechs in Bruena Austria injuring many. Baltimore and Ohio train No 1 wrecked near Morgantown PA injuring fifteen. Morea colliery workers in Mahonoy City PA strike amid ousting claims. bank robbery accomplice doubt in New York. Portland Oregon fined $110000. Actress Kathryn Kidder marries Louis K Anspacher. Bardolph Illinois bank attempt thwarted. WCTU national meeting arrangements set for Los Angeles October 25.
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Campechuela
Manzanillo
Cuba
Bruena
Austria
Baltimore and Ohio
Morgantown
Morea Collery
Dodson Coal Company
Mahanoy City
New York
Harry Leonard
National City Bank
Portland
Ore
Kathryn Kidder
Henry M. Kidder
Evanston
Louis K. Anspacher
Columbia University
Bardolph
Ill
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Los Angeles
Cal
Moros Flood Legend Describes Transformation Tale
The Moros recount a flood lasting forty days and nights. Noah and his family enter a box with one pair of each animal. Those who refuse entry perish, while those fleeing transform into animals such as monkeys, fish, a hornbill, and a dugong.
The Lion's Share Myth and Lioness Role
The piece centers on the female lion as the decisive hunter while the male roars and feigns bravado. It notes the female often secures the kill and the male briefly feeds last, explaining the origin of the term lion's share with an observational tone.
McCall Testifies on Loans and Blackmail Bills in 1905 Inquiry
New York October 5. John RK Hegeman admitted borrowing 50000 from Metropolitan Life at 1 percent, while McCall loaned 875000 from Metropolitan at the same rate. McCall, a director but not a stockholder, testified abstaining from tax help, and described real estate profits and possible family tenancy. He criticized insurance bills as often blackmail, urging a secretary of state reporting rule.
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New York
John RK
McCall
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Hamilton
New York Life Insurance Company
State Comptroller’s Office
New York Life
Edward I. Devlin
Devlin
United States
Massachusetts
Texas
ISG
Culberson
Andrew Hamilton
McCall Makes Startling Claim On Insurance Legislation
McCall asserts that with the beginning of every year, a new phase in insurance legislation begins, suggesting ongoing changes and implications for policy and regulation.
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McCall
Knabenshue Airship Accident at Brockton Fair Grounds
A. Roy Knabenshue, aeronaut, escaped injury when his airship lost motor power during an ascent at the Brockton fair grounds. The craft rose about thirty yards, struck a flagpole, and halted before he safely descended with ropes from his ground crew.
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Brockton
Mass
Roy Knabenshue
Brockton Fair Grounds
Knabenshue
Open Air Show at Higin Elgin DL Oct 1
The rented village for the Larkin Children's Home benefit opened in Elgin DL and runs through Saturday night. The Elgin Women's club and most city lodges and societies support the event. A “millionaire’s supper” will be served by the club women. HH. F. Berryman is general manager.
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Higin
Elgin
Larkin
HH. F. Berryman
Italian steamer Citti di Palermo Run Ashore Near Cape Hatteras
The Italian steamer Citti di Palermo running from Norfolk to New Orleans in ballast stranded on Diamond shoals about a mile from Cape Hatteras life saving station during thick weather. Its crew of thirty were landed by Cape Hatteras and Creeds Hill life saving stations and are being cared for at those stations.
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Norfolk
New Orleans
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Cape Hatteras and
Creeds Hill
Davis Nephew of Senator Davis Missing From Homestead
Pittsburg Det detective say Oliver Ifall once worked a year at Carnegie Steel Homestead mill before identity revealed as Gasan Davis son of 7 H. Davis West Virginia and nephew of Senator Henry Gassaway Davis. He left boarding house Sept 26 for a shave and vanished.
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Pittsburg
Det
Homestead
Carnegie Steel Company
Oliver Ifall
Gasanway Davis
7. H. Davis
West Virginia
Henry Gassaway Davis
Davis
Transportation Department
Villa
Tenth Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Senate
Washington
Bishop Potter Goes East Sailings and Views on Suffrage
New York October 1 Bishop Henry C Potter of the New York Episcopal diocese and Mrs Potter sailed for Liverpool He denied frowning on a resolution at the diocesan convention over honesty in insurance investigations He said he simply smiled and awaited results He also argued that women are fit to vote and better trained than many men in handling ballots The article notes a chaotic scene in the Austrian lower house with a suspension and uproar.
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New York
Henry C. Potter
Episcopal Diocese of
Potter
Chicago Market Gains and Mixed Animal Totals October 5 1905
Chicago market reports show receipts estimated 15000 with mixed results across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle steady to 10 higher with westerns up to 10. hogs strong to 10 higher. sheep 5 to 10 higher. bulk trading in ranges from 84 to 85 for various grades.
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Chicago
Pat Crowe denies Cudahy kidnap plot and confession
In Omaha reports Pat Crowe admits a pistol fight in Omaha and says his sole aim in coming there was to surrender. Edward A. Cudahy disputes Crowe’s claimed confession and says his son was not involved, while Crowe offers to return $21,000 and reflects on past letters and legal decisions.
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Butte
Mont
Oet
Pat Crowe
Omaha
Nebraska
Young Cudahy
Cudahy
Tat Crowe
Eddie Cudahy
Crowe
Edward A. Cudahy
Edward A. Cuda
Associated Press
Taft Contradicts Bowen on President's Remarks
Secretary Taft reaffirms he attended the interview with Herbert W. Bowen and says Bowen misunderstood the president's remarks. Bowen had claimed the president endorsed his course of action, but Taft says the president disagreed and was relieved the issue became public.
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Washington
Taft
Herbert W. Bowen
Venezuela
Bowen
Rock Unearthed in Long Island City New Clubhouse
Workmen blasting for the cellar of the new Democratic club house in Long Island City uncovered a smooth rock that resisted drills. By night a six foot surface was exposed and a piece chipped off by contractor John Brady. Experts termed the stone a meteorite.
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New York
New Democratic Club
Long Island City
John Brady
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Bishop Potter
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