Witte Under Fire in Struggle Over Russia’s Future
The report outlines Witte’s perceived row with liberals and reactionaries as Durnovo gains influence. It notes ministers planning to tighten control ahead of elections, armed workers discuss terror tribunals, and Black Sea littoral districts under martial law.
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Black Sea Littoral
St Petersburg
Count Witte
Nasha
Shisa
M Durnovo
Camaruia
Atera
Anvarcht
M Dursovo
Dursovo
Reds
Slovan
Baltic
Caucasus
Council of Work Men
Offernls
Preobrajensky Guard
Mog
South Russia
Black Sea
Crimea
Bachwan
Colda
Grippe
Martial law extends through major coal regions and cities
Mut in White Russia and surrounding districts including Berdicheff Dyinsk Kherson Odessa Kremenchug and the Moscow Nizhni Novgorod rail belt placed under martial law today amid a violent Samara revolt suppressed with bloodshed. Washington dispatch notes Taggart victory claims amid Democratic county conventions and contested credentials potentially swinging state committee control.
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White Russia
Berdicheff
Dyinsk
Kherson
Odessa
Kremenchug
Alexandrevsky
Moscow
Nizhni Novgorod
Samara
Calle Pesaire PS
Kentucky race dynamics shift as Beckham weighs entry
Washington Post special reports Kentucky politics as Lt Gov Thorne may resign to aid Beckham entry. Paynter Blackburn and Haldeman hold power balance with unfolding caucus math, Beckham’s potential entry could reshape coalition votes and the final nomination outlook. McCreary leans toward Blackburn. James sought as compromise candidate by Western legislators.
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Thorne
Haldeman
Washington Post
Frankfort
United States Senate
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State Administration
Thomas H Paynter
Genito
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Lester
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Judge Paynters
Fan
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Rickburns
Louisville
Sursiders
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Beckham
McCreary
Congresman
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Indiana Fight Over State Chairmanship Intensifies in 1908 Tilt
Indiana Republicans wage a sharp struggle over control of the state committee and the chairman post as Fairbanks and Beveridge factions clash in Indianapolis. Reports say Dawes directs Fairbanks booster efforts from Washington while Woods’s defection could tilt the balance, signaling a fierce battle shaping the party’s 1908 strategy.
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Washington Post
Indianapolis
Almont
Gret
Taggart
State Central Committee
Indiana
Wahington
Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Fairbanks
Timais
Middle West
Mr Dawes
Washington
Senate
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Dawes
James P Goodrich
Winchester
Congress
Fred Landis Shidier
Beveridge
Floyd A Woods
Sindler
Eeadieg
Beveridge I. Goodrich
Hemenway
Fiesholder
Woods
Judge Woods
Vice Presiddent
Persian Religious Party Demands Constitution Amid Rising Unrest
Dispatches from Batoum report a Persian religious party uprising calling for a constitution. Martial law is in Teheran as ministers warn their governments. Agitators push anti foreign sentiment and demand expulsion of all foreign merchants and officials.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
Batoum
Persia
Teheran
Murder of Former Idaho Governor Steunenberg in Caldwell
A dynamite wire triggered blast killed ex governor Frank Steunenberg at his Caldwell home as he closed the rear gate. Police suspect a single assailant tied to miners strike riots at Coeur d Alene in 1899. Shoshone County offers a $10,900 reward. one man is in custody with several others under suspicion. The attack shattered windows and left Steunenberg severely wounded as bystanders aided him before his death.
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Shoshone County
Steunenberg
Hore
Boise Idaho
Caldwell
Frank Steunenperg
Coeur 'd Alene
Gray
Daylght
Brank Tabby & Co
Coeur - Alene
Boise
Capitol Building
Idaho
Steunerberg
New York
Hearst to Enter Protest Ahead of New City Government
Hearst plans to file a protest when the new city government takes office tomorrow. Hearst chief counsel Mr Shearn says a formal move to begin quo warrantee proceedings requires attorney general consent. A legislative inquiry into the election will be introduced at Albany Wednesday with related Hearst measures including a ballot box opening bill.
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Washington Post
New York
Bec
Hearst
Morrow
PS Gheuem Hearst
Shearn Sai
Board of Aldermen
Myr Ghearn
Wadsworth in line for speaker amid Albany maneuver
In Albany on December 1 1907 Republican state leaders eyed Assembly Speaker hopes as Wadsworth and Wainwright emerge in a power struggle. Odell Jr arrives planning to stay to back the nomination while Merritt and local factions maneuver to influence the caucus outcome.
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Washington Post
Albany
Benjamin B Odell Jr
Republican State Committee
Odell
Wadsworth
Merritt
Assembly
Odellites
New York
State Assembly
Municipal Ownership League
J Mayhew Wainwright
New York State Assembly
Independnce League
Gilsey House
Wainright
Arey
Wainwright
Guv Higgins
Ad Assembly
Man Merritt
Storm Toll From Vineyard Sound Ship Disaster
A storm drove a massive five masted schooner Henry O Barrett from Newport News toward Boston. A giant wave swept Capt Joshua Norton of Rockland Maine and Mate James Conley of St John New Brunswick overboard and to their deaths near Woods Hole Massachusetts. The ship continued to Brock Island then anchored off town as the sea flooded the deck and wrecked the poop deck. Norton aged 57, Conley 58, both experienced seafarers, leave widows.
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Henry C. Barrett
Newport Newa
Boston
Woods Hole Mass
Vineyard Sound
Henry O Barrett
Joshua Norton
Rockland
James Conley
St John
N. B
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Mare Conley
Barnett
Newport News
Brock Island
Gay Head
Barrett
Quicks Hole
Norton
Conley
Nate
Insist she died of poison in Stanford death case
Honolulu officials and physicians dispute a Denver statement by Dr. Jordan alleging a poisoning plot. They plan a scientific post mortem reply signed by attending and autopsy doctors and chemists, asserting prior verdict of strychnine poisoning. Pickering College burnt. Quaker institution in Ontario destroyed, 20 students unharmed. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Honolulu
Stanford
Jane Lathrop Stanford
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Denver
Col
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Pickering College
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Witte May Be Forced to Resign Sparks Indiana Dominican News
Index to ten day issue lists items on Witte facing possible resignation and a heated Indiana Dominican treaty fight. It covers Steunenberg murder, Santo Domingo chaos, a presidential return to the White House, and a review of stock market week. The directory introduces new names and a variety of society items.
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Witte
Kentucky
Indiana
Steunenbeiaz
Santo Domingo
Senate
White House
New Kear
Congress
Moscow
Lerhess
Sistehus Murda
Washington
Wall Street
Duel on tenement roof ends in fatal shot in New York
Police say a prearranged rooftop duel between Italians occurred on a six story tenement at 174 Prince Street. Antoni Mazza was shot in the head and died. Antonio Valero, alleged foe, remains at large with no trace found.
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New York
Betygpenimo Italans
Prince Streat
Antoni Mazza
Antonio Valero
War Talk in Frank Morocco The Danger Fount
Conservative and socialist journals weigh Franco-German relations amid inquietude as Morocco talks trigger fear of European catastrophe. Belgian staff officer note and frontiers’ strength cited. Marcel Prevost argues the mood signals national awakening, not war, urging readiness and renewed military policy without belligerent aims.
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Belgium
Jaures
Humanite
France
Germany
Morocco
Europe
Marcel Prevost
M Prevost
Secrets of the Tiffany diamond theft exposed
Ohio penitentiary prisoner Prentice Tiller, famed for twenty five years of crime, is near a confession to Pinkerton detectives about a New York Tiffany jewel robbery. Three diamonds valued at over three times the reward were reported missing from the cutting department last May. Tiller plans to hand over about $3,000 in money and diamonds to Tiffany representatives for partial restitution.
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Prsoner
Ohio
Washington Post
Dayton
Prentice Tiller
Pinkerton
Tiffany S
New York City
Tiller
Police Department of
New York
Insday
Tillers
Tiffany
Bomb Wrecks Factory in Scranton City Center
A dynamite bomb exploded early this morning at the Giovanni Fary macaron factory on Franklin Avenue. The front of the building and half the storeroom were wrecked, and an adjoining hotel was badly damaged. An elderly Italian man named Faza received threats via three letters signed The Iron Heal demanding $100. No one reported injury after he ignored the letters. The blast occurred in the city’s heart.
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Scranton
Giovanni Fary
Maccaron
Franklin Avenue
Faza
Netober
Santo Domingo crisis linked to U S backed modus vivendi
A chaotic Santo Domingo governance saga questions U S support and autocratic powers under Morales. Dominicans accuse Washington tied arrangements of fostering terror and ending constitutional checks while sugar interests, led by New York planters, gain tax relief and control. Americans and European interests face pressure and limited legal protections as diplomats debate intervention.
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Morales
Jumis Tre Cain
Congress
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Winstro Dawson
Washington
United States Navy
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Guy Jane
Roosevelt Wistpo
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