Poland's ruler assassinated in a wave of violence
Reports from Petersburg detail multiple assassinations and mutinies across Russia, including Col Riman and Gen von Liaritarski, amid terror tied to Moscow purges. The Empress and Emperor attend Gen Wina’s funeral under tight security as investigators pursue the Still uncertain identity of the bomber linked to Stolypin’s assailant.
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Royal Palace
Min
Stolypin
Gen Win
Gen Min
Madame Win
M Solypins
Petrogloysk Fortress
Questons
Ging
Kengi Nikitin
Petroff
Gem Min
Concernec
Lusing
Peterhof
Lusina
Gen Vin
Polace
St Petersburg
Illinois steam er aground at Charlevoix on lake Michigan
The steam ship Illinois ran aground at Charlevoix Michigan while entering the harbor on Aug 2. About 800 passengers were rescued by life saving crews using a surf boat and breeches buoy. Tugs were ordered to assist, and the vessel, 225 feet long with two funnels, is owned by Northern Michigan Transportation Company.
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Charlevoix Mich
Illinois
Ife Savers
Chebos Gan
Treasury Department
Charleston
Charleston Life Saving
Frank Fountaine
Illnois
Northern Michigan Transportation Company
Steigs
Chicago
Valparaiso Earthquake Shakes City No Damage Reported
Aug 27 Valparaiso reports a heavy earthquake shock with no damage. In Santiago Aug 27 the war minister halts Talcahuano park enlargement and Monito advises reallocating funds for quake relief. Officials discuss migration aid to Magellanes and French lenders offer 10 million francs for reconstruction.
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Valparaiso
Santiago Chile
Talcahuano
Monit
Magellanes
Valparasso
Sisters of the Poor
Standard Oil Faces 20 Million Fine in Rebates Indictments
Chicago August 27 federal grand juries return ten indictments against Standard Oil in U S Circuit Court. with 6428 counts alleging rebates on tank car shipments from Whiting Ind to East St Louis and points beyond. Roads involved include Chicago Burlington and Quincy Chicago and Alton Chicago and Eastern Illinois Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Evansville and Terre Haute.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Bethea
United States Circuit Court
Noruhead
Whiting Ind
Murdered at his post on the line at Galienhich
South Bend Indiana August 27 Lloyd Gynes of Windsor Ontario night operator for the firgan Central Railroad at Galienhich was found dead at his post tonight by the conductor of a passing train. Gynes had apparently been murdered being shot through the eye and breath. The motive is not known. Seventeen dollars and a gold watch which were on Gynes person were not touched.
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Fersaw
Ave
von Liaritarski
von LiarHarsk
Col Fieman
Seminovska Guard Regiament
Luga
Warsaw
Skallon
Seminovsky Regiment
St. Patersburg
Min Fin
Moscow
Baron Stahl
Peterhof
Gen Trepoft
Gen Trepoff
Batte
Pantelelmon
Kniaz Potemkine
Berenzan Island
Ichaut
Schmitt
Sea Ten
Black Sea
Odessa
Sebastopol
Woden
Riga
South Bend
Ind
Lloyd Gynes
Windsor
Firgan Central Railroad
Mrs Myers Respite Granted to Allow Appeal to Supreme Court
Gov Folk postponed Agnes Myers and accomplice Frank Hottman’s executions to Oct 26 to allow appeals to the U S Supreme Court. Myers, jailed in Liberty, and Hottman, in Kansas City, were sentenced for the murder of Clarence Myers on May 1 1904 to permit the couple to marry. This is the second ninety day respite granted by Gov Folk.
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Gov. Folk
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Gov Folk
Jefferson
Agnes Myers
Liberty
Frank Hottman
Myers
Bath
United States Supreme Court
Hottman
Frank Nettmen
Clarence Myers
Gov Foik
Lawrence County Commissioner Fired On Waterloo Highway
County Commissioner T J White of Lawrence County Oma was fired on from ambush while riding along a public highway near Waterloo. A bullet pierced his neck and another passed through his leg and into the horse. Detectives from this city and Ironton are on the case.
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Specter
Washington
Huntingto
oVa
T J White
Lawrence County
Oma
Waterloo
White
Shooting kills Roy Jackson in Huntington street incident
In Huntington on August 27 Roy Jackson, a Black man, was shot and killed by Flossie Gatewood, also Black. Gatewood fired at Tom Whitfield, but Jackson was struck as he passed. Gatewood was arrested.
Monster devilfish drags harpoon boat eighteen miles near Aransas Pass
A sworn statement from Austin officials describes a desperate encounter with a huge devilfish off Aransas Pass Texas Two launches fought the creature for four hours killing it after it dragged a gasoline launch eighteen miles to sea The beast measured twenty six feet long eight feet across weighed about three thousand pounds and required thirty men to land it.
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Acedal
Washington Post
Austin
Tex
Goodall Wooteen
New Interstate Rate Law Takes Effect Amid Extensions
The new rate law for interstate transport is now effective nationwide. The Interstate Commerce Commission will organize and enforce the act, with possible extensions for compliance in urgent cases. Penalties for failure to publish rates under the law include fines from 1000 to 2900 dollars.
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Commission
Martin A Kneny
New York
Judson C Clements
Georgia
Charles A Prouts
Vermont
Francis M Cockrell
Missouri
Franklin E. Lane
California
Mother confesses to child murder at revival meeting
In Port Dickinson at a revival camp meeting a woman, Mrs John Coleman, confessed to murdering her two year old daughter nine years earlier in Towanda Pennsylvania. She had hidden the crime for years, wandered as an outcast, and was recently sent to penitentiary state mission by Recorder Roberts.
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Binghamton
John Coleman
Towanda
Recorder Roberts
Port Dickinson
Clark plans direct railroad link to San Francisco
Senator Clarice in Frisco notes Clark of Montana aims to connect Balt Lake and Los Angeles lines to a new 1197 mile branch from Las Vegas to Bull Frog Nevada with a Sugar Pine to Bull Frog segment of 150 miles. Bearto Clark seeks connection to the Pacific via the Bierra Railway owned route to Sugar Pine.
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Clarice
Sey Francisco
Wwoa Clark
Montana
San Frantisco
Balt Lake
Los Angeles
Las Végas
Nevada
Bull Frog
Bull Fog
Sugar Pine
Cal
Bierra Railway
Bevator Clark
Hartje Divorce Case Rumors of Settlement Surface
Rumors circulated in Fittsbtts Pa Aug 27 that an attempt was being made to settle the Hartje divorce case with Judge R S Frazier possibly delaying a decision. Sources say many settlement attempts failed during trial over custody of the two children, and no settlement basis has been reached.
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Hartje
R S$ Frazier
Prominent Baltimore Trustee Ends Life in Temple Suicide
Gilbert R. Walter a Del Prudential Insurance general agent and Obed Shalon Congregation member, was found dead in the trustees room of the temple basement with a pistol in hand. His wife had just undergone surgery, and authorities note no stated motive. Walter, 53, from a wealthy Jewish family, had a key to the door. his uncle previously killed himself similarly.
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Bprosal
Washington Post
Baltimore
Gilbert R .Walter
Prudential Insurance Company
Obeb Shalon
Walter
Board of Trustees
Waiter
Severe Defeat of Cuban Rebels and Amnesty Offer
Havana Aug 27 government forces inflicted a major blow on Cuban insurgents in Pinar del Rio while Palma offers amnesty to those who surrender. Rebels led by Guerra demand annulling the last presidential election. Government arrests a number of liberals in Santiago. An American presence and a new rapid fire battalion are noted. Arrests for smuggling Chinamen reported in Chicago.
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Guerra
Pinar del Rio
Havana
Guzman
Cienfuegos Col Valle
Voluntesia
Col Sanchez
Bejucal
Maj
Mansanilla
Santiago
Santago
Pelma
Montalvo
Activisy
Vavans
Metangae
Santa Clara
Faustino
Pino
Guerra de Meurgent
Lester
Pinar de Rigim
Cuba
Takig
Albert
Matanzas
Secret Service
Maron Delgado
Delgado
Quentin Bandera
Guanabacoa
Chicago
George L. Little
Buffalo
United States
Niagara Falls
Palma Against Compromise on Cuban Insurrection
Havana reports President Palma rejects any compromise with insurgents. He argues revolutions need a programme, calls current movement a local, irrational venture, vows to use arms to restore peace and defend Cuban institutions, citing his sacrifices and readiness to shed blood if needed.
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Havana
Palma
Spain
Ghail
Senor Palma
Junta
Bankhead and Johnson Choice of Alabamians
Unofficial returns show Bankhead and Johnson favored by Alabama voters as Cunningham leads for governor in parts of the state. Comer's strong statewide race, Gray ahead for lieutenant governor, and Weakley slight lead for chief justice highlight a tight election with slow returns across counties including Jefferson and Mobile.
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Cunningham
Morgan
Pettus—Gray
Weakley
Pamanes
Spental
Waahunsto Post
Brmingham
Ann
Comer
R M Cunningham
Jefferson
Alabama
Georgie Railroad Commission
Spine
Lauderdale
Macon
Lee
Barbour and Chilton
Hale
Madison County
Joseph F Johnston
Pettus
Bankhead
John B Knox
Anniston
John Bankhead
Jasper
Pettus and
Oscar W Underwood
W B Craig
Percy Clarke Weary
Gray
S D Weakley
Callen
Mobile County
Lifeboat Capsizes Rescue at Lake Ewe and Other Incidents
Four occupants were rescued after lifeboat trouble when a life boat crew from volunteers saved swimmers near Cleveland Ohio as the barge Agnes Potter burned and ran aground amid heavy seas. The schooner William Granby also ran ashore nearby, its crew launching a lifeboat that overturned with one woman among the rescued. The steamer H B Tuttle sank in Black River with crew saved before it went down, while the barge Fanny Nell rode out the storm. Also reported is Des Moines Iowa reporting a first frost in the lowlands not expected to endanger the corn crop.
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Lake Ewe
Cleveland
Ohio
Agnes Potter
Stemmer
Rhoda Stewart
William Granby
Lora
H B Tuttle
Black River
Tuttle
Des Moines
Iowa
Bryan declines Mellin's private car for Bryan arrival
Washington Post special from New Haven reports W J Bryan refused Mellin's offer of a New Haven railroad private car for his August 31 trip. Bryan said he would pay his fare and ride normally. The piece notes Miles to head Nebraska delegation and the New York welcome plans with flags urged by Acting Mayor McGowan.
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Nebraska
New York
Hearst
Bryan
McGowan
Mr. Bryan
Washington Post
New Haven Conn
Bryan Dew
New Haven
Mellin
New Haven Road
Gev Roberts
Adirondacks
Washington
Nelson A Miles
Mel Gowan
Mra Bryan
Victoris
Cav
Jim* Dahlman
Omaha
H . Daniels
Nebraska Democratic State Committee
Dahiman
William Randolph Hearst
Willie Jennings Bryan
Jim Ws
Bryar
Maysor ‘Sim
Hearat
Brian
W . Jennings
Floreida
Florida
D Fletcher
Jacksonville
Florida Democratic State Central Committee
Lomsvile
Louisvie
Louisvilles
Kentucky
W J Bryan
Europe
Louisville
Democratic National Committee
Nashville
Tenn
United States
Car. Mack
Frazier
Tennessee
Tavini
W J. Bryan
New Orleans
WN OG Blanchard
William Bryan
R F Broussard
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Poland
Gen. von Siarlarski
Col. Riman
Iife-savers
Standard Oil
District Attorney’s Office
Railroad
Marie Monster
Union Trust Co
Co's
6Th St
New Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Adams
Old Point Norfolk
Va Beach
Sun
Sor & Wash
Seead
Hartie
Gilbert R. Walter
Trustees
Washington-Sunset
A.J Poston
Cienfuegos
Col. Vaile
Lonider Trust
Libbey & Co
Nave
Bankhead and Johnson
Gar
Miles
Theos Sutas
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