Life of Czar's Mother Reported Threatened in Terror Era
Riots and assassinations sweep Russia as Kishenev police chief and district officials are attacked or killed amid calls for reform. An extraordinary Council of the Empire is summoned after the assassination of Grand Duke Sergius. Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch is restored to military rank and will attend Sergius's Moscow funeral, signaling imperial concessions amid threats to the throne.
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Kishenef
Russia
Tiflis
Transcaucasia
Gnoutof
Igdyr
Vagarshapad
Council of Empire
St. Petersbu
Council of the Empire
Graml
Sergius
Viettm
Ot! & Zemsky Sobor
Russ
Novost
Novesti
Lves
Edlitarmis
Paul
Paul Alexandrovitch
Moscow
Grand Duke
Pauli
Mme
Olga Pistolkoos
Emperor Allows Paul to Return and Rejoin Imperial Mourners
The doors of Russia open to Grand Duke Paul after restrictions are eased, with Grand Duke Sergius and Grand Duchess Sergius sheltering his children from his first marriage. The Emperor now permits Paul to return and take his rightful place among the imperial mourners.
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Russia
Sergius
Paul
Bomb Halts Paris Scene At Mexican Legation
A man named Garcia, a Spaniard born in 1882, exploded a dynamite bomb in front of the Mexican Legation in Paris including witnesses and anarchist pamphlets found at his lodgings. He claimed revenge against the Mexican government after ruin, was wounded, and is under police questioning. Prompt officers prevented lynching as the legation walls suffered minor damage.
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Paris
Champs Etycees
Garcia
Santander
Legation
American Professor Killed in Moscow Shooting
A Moscow student shot dead an American professor named MacLeanland at the Commercial Academy for political reasons. Sisow then committed suicide. The event was reported from Moscow via Vienna with a World cable dated February 18.
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New York
the World Tomorrow
Moscow
Vienna
MacLeanland
Commercial Academy
Academy
Sisow
Gunboat Mine Disaster Kills Five at Pottsville Coal Pit
Five men were killed and thirteen injured when a gunboat carrying eighteen miners down the No 2 slope of No 1 colliery at Lynne operation in Pottsville Pa. toppled timbers and a rock fall trapped workers. The dead include Henry H B Moore Daniel Deegan Sylvester Pellock Peter Mostofsky and George Kuttler. Rescue teams fought hours to reach the scene as substantial rock collapsed around the car bearing the workers. Michael Deegan survived severely injured, recounting his brother Daniel died after minutes of effort and weight.
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Pottsville
Lynie
Henry HB. Moore
Daniel Deegan
Sylvester Pellock
Peter Mostofsky
George Kuttler
Pottsville Hospital
Kennedy
Finn
Brennan
Michael Deegan
Daniel
Poison for Mrs Stanford in California mansion
San Francisco February 18 The Bulletin reports an attempt to murder Mrs Jane L Stanford by poisoning mineral water at her California street home. She drank three glasses before the dose acted as an emetic. A chemist found enough poison to kill a dozen people if used with any precision. Mrs Branford has left for Japan, detectives pursue the case, and several servants are closely watched.
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San Francisco
The
Bulletin Today
Jane L. Stanford
California Street
Gov Higgins guests at Amen Corner dinner in New York
Gov Frank W. Higgins was the guest of honor at the annual Amen Corner dinner at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. About four hundred prominent political and business figures attended. Speeches were given by Higgins, Senator Platt, and D. Cady Herrick who joined the group that night.
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Gov. Higgins
New York
Frank W. Higgins
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Oyster Bay
San Juan
Albany
Washington
Peekskill
Senator Platt
D. Cady Herrick
Herrick
Hoke Smith Denies Osage Oil Charge in 1886 Lease
Former Interior Secretary Hoke Smith arrives in Washington to review Osage oil and gas lease records from 1886 and refute Secretary Hitchcock's charge of a public scandal. He asserts careful consideration, notes royalties to Osage Nation, and defends his predecessor.
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Hitchcock
Hoke Smith
Smith
Indian Office
Interior Department
Texas
Kansas
Osage
E. B. Foster
Osage National Council
Col. Freeman
United States Army
Indian Commissioner
Larrabee
Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Interior
Reynolds
Congress
Pennsylvania
Blair
Freeman
Loeser elected trustee in Chadwick bankruptcy case
Cleveland Feb 18 Nathan Loeser named trustee by creditors in the Chadwick bankruptcy after a contested vote with attorney W T Dunmore as rival. Mrs Chadwick wept on the verdict and sat through further claim examinations as Referee Remington set a continuance.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Nathan Loeser
Chadwick
Loeser
Wt.dunmore
Thomas Quigley
Dunmore
Herbert
Newton
Brookline
Mass
Remington
H. D. Newton
Citizens’ National Bank of Oberlin
Carnegie
Adrien Deleveau
Paris
Jacates Krakauer
New York
Governors Speak On Railroads And Competition at Banquet
Chicago Feb 18 Gov John A Johnson of Minnesota and Gov A B Cummins of Town headlined a Merchants Club banquet Johnson defending Roosevelt on railroad policy Cummins urged federal rate supervision and warned rebates overcapitalization threaten competition saying government controls or new laws will regulate prices and rates
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Chicago
Merchants’ Club
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
A. BE. Cummings
Johnson
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Cummins
The
Republic
MISSOURI DEADLOCK EXPECTS ADJOURNMENT WITHOUT ELECTION
Former Missouri governor A. M. Dockery arrived and cautioned the Missouri legislature faces a deadlock likely to end in adjournment without selecting a governor. He noted Kerens and Niedringhaus factions met with the President, but no clear decision emerged and he doubted a dark horse would gain Wiedelhaupt backing. Republican votes for Cockrell were deemed unlikely.
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Dockery
A. M. Dockery
Missouri
Eerens
Niedringhaus
Kerens
Niedringhause
Wiedelehas
Liicely
Niledringhaus
Cockrell
Bold Hold-Up in New York Brings $5,000 Diamond Snatch
In the Bronx early today a highwayman grabbed a $5,000 diamond brooch from Mrs. Cornish, firing twice at her husband as they argued. He fled after a gunfight with a pursuing policeman. description is scant and capture unlikely. The couple, returning from a theater outing, wore lavish diamonds that drew the attack.
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New York
Bronx
John W. Cornish
Cornish
First Wife Divorced as Second Wife Proves Papers
Cincinnati, Feb 18. The double marriage claim surrounding Samuel Barriett ends with a certified divorce decree from New York 1898 shown by the second wife’s attorney. Georgia Barriett believed herself the lawful widow, Mamie Barriett argued for a second marriage license and child rights, while both sides meet with lawyers to protect their children's interests.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Samuel Lawrence Barriett
Dayton
Barriett
Georgia Barriett
Supreme Court
New York
Miller
Attorrey
William L. Dickson
Mamie Barriett
Georgia Barrilett
Dr Harper Faces Surgery Death Sentence From Cancer
Dr William R Harper president of the University of Chicago told friends he believes he will not survive the operation planned for next Wednesday. He said he did not expect to resume the presidency and that relatives have been notified. The Seaboard Florida Limited runs daily from Washington at 6 25 p m to St Augustine arriving 2 10 p m next day with connections to Pinehurst Southern Pines Camden and other resorts. Office 1421 Pa ave.
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Chicago University
Chicago
William R. Harper
University of Chicago
Seaboard Florida Limited
Washington
St. Augustine
Pinehurst
Southern Pines
Camden
Southern Resorts
Paave
Russia's Reign of Terror and Hitchcock Attacks
A compact index page listing today’s issue parts and articles. It notes topics including Russia, Hoke Smith versus Hitchcock, canal fees, inaugurations, legal matters, social events, and various notices across four parts.
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Russia
Hoke Smith
Hitchcock
Columbia
Sergius
Virginia
Senate
Quay
House
W—Snow
Washington
Richmond
Berlin
Milwaukee
John L. Sullivan
Argentina
Gould
Gyster
Abe Cronkite
Quintus Oakes
Mystery surrounds 258000 securities theft case in Boston
A Boston law firm announced the disappearance of securities valued at 258000 with 50000 negotiable items missing since January 17. The owner remains unnamed. notes and bonds including a 6000 note due February 21 are among the lost items. A Massachusetts resident, Henry Whitcomb, is cited in connection with funds, while Whitcomb and family deny ownership of the missing assets.
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Boston
Y Henry Whitcomb
American Loan and Trust Company
Whitcomb
Warner
Hyde
Massachusetts
Henry Whitcomb
Worcester
Mass
G Henry Whitcomb
Jeff
Seattle
Wash
Harry Whitcomb
Citvy
Five Die in Maine Plantation House Fire
Five people burned to death in a Howe Brook plantation dwelling on February 18 near Island Falls Maine. Bodies lay in a heap inside the locked front door, an apparent attempted escape. Victims: Mrs John Shorey 30 of Oakiela daughter 5. Mrs Samuel Antworth 24 Howe Brook. daughters aged 1 and 2. Mrs Shorey mother in law of the latter was rescued by neighbors.
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Maine Plantation
Island Falls
Howe Brook Plantation
Here
John Shorey
Oakiela
Shorey
Samuel Antworth
Howe Brook
Antworth
Arnsworth Home
Missing girl case shocks Chicago theater crowd
Chicago on February 18 milder arrest of Robert Miller follows accusation by Mrs Esther Fisher that he abducted her sister Sebia Brown sixteen visiting from Philadelphia and holding her for ransom. Miss Brown last seen after accompanying Miller to a theater and has not been heard from since. Miller admits returning the girl to the Fisher residence door but refuses to disclose her whereabouts.
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Chicago
Robert Miller
Esther Fisher
Sebia Brown
Miss Brown
C. L. Brown
Philadelphia
Fisher
Panama Canal Fees Debate Reveals Commission Payments
Admiral Walker testifies that Panama Canal Commission members accepted fees for serving as Panama Railroad directors with expenses paid and stock dividends turned to the Treasury. He says the arrangement was approved by President Roosevelt and that all commissions held the stock in trust for the government. The House committee prepared to summon members for a fuller probe into fees and expenses amid graft concerns.
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Canal Commission
United States
Treasury
Admiral Walker
Panama Canal Commission
Roosevelt
Panama Railroad Company
Walker
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the Home
New York City
Commission
New York
Stork
Taft
Admiral Nenny
Nua
Ets
Secretary of the Treasury
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Mann Jas
Mourge Committee
Tsthmian Canal Commission
Hepburn
Harrod and Grunsky
Patt
Priams Railroad Company
Te Commission
Grunsky
Drake
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Grand Ducal
Zemsky Sobor
St. Petersburg
Plehve
Prines Sviatopolk-Mirsky
Mrs, Stanford
California
Baltimore
Nat Smith
Pho
Loesers
Oberlin
Baltimore and Return
Royal Limited
Lampeell
Clobitz
Govs. Johnson
Footpad
Husband
Andrew Griscom Missing
Andrew Griscom
William M. Griscom
Andrew
Mr. Griscom
Young Griscom
Princeton
Cornell
University of Pennsylvania
Clement Griscom
Mardi Gras
Southern Ry
New
Orlears
Mobile
Pensacola
Part
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk &Washington Steamboat Co
7Th St
Moses
Panama
Lena
F. T. Rawlings
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