Mystery surrounds death of wealthy New York widow
Coroners probe foul play after Mrs Margaret Todd, widow, is found dead on Reading Railroad tracks near Philadelphia. A threatening unsigned letter claimed murder in Philadelphia and a decoy acted in the crime. Investigations focus on movements after departure from her New York home and possible poisoning or other foul play.
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New York
Margaretta Todd
Scholer
Dugan
Philote
Philedel
Iemer
Ian
Todd
Gta Fun Shu
Fairmount
Riigo
Philha
Vtur
Sholer
Lagan
Philadelphia
Bam
Porte
Old Lily Road
Tom
Smething
Miss Knight
Wey Ford
Severi
Miles
Mr Todd
Lewser
Fadda Cody
Ligersoll
Larkwood
Tate
Wis
Frank Douywis
Publiher
Lockwood
Takwoul
Hells
Tousey
von Hoffman
Odd
Pewit
Ertrra
Chol R
Mrs Tolds
Klalshia
Mdi
Mre
Margaret
Farrat Pak
Peter Pp Laborer
Coron
Yening
Knapp
Philadeland
R&llway
Dougherty Remains in Jail as Bail Is Cut
Peoria judge reduces the bail for former Superintendent of Schools N C Dougherty by 12 700 to 13 200 but the defendant cannot post the amount. Dougherty appeared in court for the first time since incarceration on an indictment charging him with looting school funds. He was returned to prison immediately.
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Peoria
Worthington
N C
Dougherty
Whaling Fleet Icebound Doom for Crews in North Arctic
Eleven whaling vessels from San Francisco were trapped in the Arctic Ocean and face a winter there. Crews totaling about 440 men must endure until next July or August, with only the William Baisla and the Monterey escaping under Capt H Hr Bodlfish. Ship names include Alexander, Geluga, Bonanza, Bowhead, Charles Hanson, Herman, Jeanette, Karluck, Narwhal, Olga, and Friarsher, under various captains.
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San Francisco
Arctic Ocean
Alexander
James A Tilton
Geluga
J. Cumisky
Bonanza
Willam Mogg
Bowhead
John
Cook
Charles Hanson
Jahes McKenna
Herman
Evernum
Jeanette
T. W Newth
Karluck
A. Ho Memexor
Narwhal
George B Leavitt
Olga
Americans Leave Seoul Guard After Eleven Months
Marines who protected the American Legation depart Chemulpo aboard the cruiser Glenatd after eleven months in Seoul. Captain Broatch and twenty six guards hand over responsibility for maintaining order to the Japanese government. Before departure the Korean Emperor presented souvenirs to Captain Broatch and offered beer and tobacco to the marines.
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Legation
Onder
Seoul Korea
Broateli
Army Orders With Leaves and Shipments Amid Pacific Station Movements
Military notices list leaves of absence for Foret Lieut John B Murphy and Majs John H Haseon and Frederick W Sibley, plus multiple promotions and transfers. Transportation of personnel includes Vancouver Washington postings and ships: transport Log an arrives at San Francisco with Ninth Infantry detachment and various officers. Movements of naval vessels report arrivals at Naples and Rockland and routes from Sewalls Point to Apapulla and Portsmouth for San Juan.
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John B Murphy
Logan
San Francisco
Manila
Ninth Infantry
Peking
China
Brewster
Lieut
McIlroy
Gideon
General Staff
Frederick
Sbeks
Kennon
Pillow
Seventh Cavalry
Terry
Roberts
Twenty-second Infantry
Stenar Corps
Army
Minnaspolis
Naples
Nina
Rockland Sallet
Hopling Worden Truxtun
Macdonough
Sewalls Poimt
Anpapulla Osceola
Pesayfort
Quantasamo
Bugle
Portamouth
San Juan
Anglo Cuban treaty favored by Agrarian League report
Havana November 1 The Agrarian League urges ratification of the Anglo Cuban friendship treaty, arguing it strengthens ties with Great Britain and the United States while preserving Cuba’s access to other markets. The report, written by Rafael Fernandes de Castro, warns against preferential treatment for any single nation and condemns how Senate rejection could damage Cuba’s diplomatic standing.
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Havana
Agrarian League
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
League
Rafael Fernandes de Castro
Secrtaryship of Agriculture
Senor de Castro
Organization
Cuba
England
Spain
Great Britain
Cube
Brussels
Senate
Musical Institute Opens With Loeb Endowment
The Institute of Musical Art opens in Lenox Mansion with a $0000 Loeb endowment. Frank Damrosch directs, joined by Woodrow Wilson, Felix Adler, and Damrosch in a ceremony praising broad music education over pure professional training. The school aims to train well rounded musicians and expand support for students.
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Jacob Loeb
New York
Institute of Musical Art
Frank Damrosch
Lenox Mansion
Twelfth Street
Fifth Avenue
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Felix Adler
Ethical Culture Society
Damrosch
Ephis
Wilson
America
New York City
Loeb
Institute
Built Philippine road major Kennon returns after costly project
Maj Kennon arrived in San Francisco after completing a wagon road from Manila to Baguio in Benguet. The route reportedly cost the government between 1.5 and 2 million dollars, with about 75 thousand dollars spent per mile in the final ascent where forests were cleared and rock removed. The thoroughfare is ready for possible rail laying if a steel highway is approved.
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Maj
Kennon
San Francisco
WY Kennon
Manila
Baguio
Benguet
Logon
Philippines
May Kennon
Fire in Pensacola destroys seven major stores
Fire swept the principal Palafox Street block in Pensacola early today, destroying seven large stores and the Osceola Club quarters. A powder and ammunition explosion blew out most of the front of the block, causing about 200000 dollars in losses.
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Pensacola
Fia
Palafox
Gandner and
Romana
Osceola Club
Alores
Big Rise in Chicago Wholesale Trade and Manufacturing
Chicago reports a 20 percent rise in wholesale trade and manufacturing volume for the year ending October 31, compared to the prior year, and a doubling versus ten years ago. Clothing and boots and shoes show sharper gains. the long teamsters strike over the summer is said to have trimmed the yearly increase by about six percent.
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Chicago
Chicago Commercial
Murray Inspects B and C Progress of 2 Million Project
Baltimore Nov 1 President Oscar G Murray of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail road reports a satisfactory inspection of the system west of Baltimore. The $2,000,000 project at Wheeling includes freight yards, a new passenger depot, and track rearrangement to eliminate grade crossings. Progress on the Chicago division seeks a double track from Chicago to Philadelphia.
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Baltimore
Oscar ‘G ' Murray
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Murrey
Wheeling
W Va
Pittsburg
Chicago
Philadelphia
James J Hill warns against foreign rail rivalries
New York May 1 James J Hill president of the Great Northern Railway says there is no quarrel with Harriman and no cause for rupture. He warns that talk of competitive railroad building is rubbish and that the Northwest and western states are growing fast with abundant resources. He notes monetary conditions in the West are largely satisfactory despite limited lending to the East.
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New York
James J Hill
Great Northern Railway Company
Himelf
HH Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Mmlroads
Warriman
Japan
Hil
Harriman
Wall Street
Northwest
United States
Red River
Pacific Coast
Basls
Mr Hil
Flint Talks on Russia Resume Likely in Two Weeks
Paris November 1 Charles R Flint of New York arrived from St Petersburg and said Russia leans toward evolution not revolution. Authorities feel they can restrain radicals. Negotiations for a new loan were halted by the government until internal disturbances ease. A large government gold reserve permits delay and postponement of industrial contracts. Resumption of commercial and financial talks may come in about two weeks.
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Paris
Charles R. Flint
New York
St Petersburg
Russa
Nicholas
Iint
Jurisdiction Expanded Over Erie Lines and Key Appointments
Officials in New York announced the Erie Railroad Jurisdiction of the Time vice president extended over Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton lines with George F Brownell heading legal and real estate. Other executives named include H B Chamberlain traffic engineering and construction heads, Russell Harding maintenance, G A Richardson finance and coal interests, M P Blauvelt comptroller, and J L Cramer assistant comptroller. Tennessee Central elected Jeasen Overton as president to succeed J C Van Blarcom, with the line remaining Tennessee Central until December 1 when It will assume Central and Southern. The Pennsylvania Railroad board declared a 3 percent semi annual dividend payable November 29 to stockholders of record November.
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New York
Erie Ball' Head
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Pere Marquette
George F Brownell
H B Chamberlain
Joseph Graham
Russell Harding
G A Richardson
M P
Tennessee Central
Nashville, Tenn
The
Jeasen Overton
Nashvile
J C van Blarcom
Ilneis Central
Southern
Philadelphia
Tne
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sante Fe Officials Re-elected at Rail Board Meeting
Chicago Nova-Directors of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad held their first meeting since the annual stockholders meeting. All old officers were re-elected. Government receipts show national bank notes redeemed at $736.99, internal revenue $46,736, customs $143,333, miscellaneous $115,985, and expenditures totaling $2,310,000.
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Chicago
Nova
Atchison, Topeka and Sante We
National Bank
Industries of St Louis Tobacco Leads mm Importance
The Census Bureau bulletin details St Louis manufacturing in 1904 listing 2,480 establishments. Output valued at 267,029,314 with capital 265,891,387 and 82,570 wage earners costing materials 137,577,144. Leading products include tobacco 29,659,317 and malt liquors 20,930,462, plus boots and shoes 19,101,186 and meat packing 17,485,393.
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St Louis
Weather drives uneven corn harvests across regions
The Weather Bureau notes October was milder east of the Mississippi and colder in the Missouri Valley to the Pacific. Heavy rains hit the Lower Ohio Central Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys causing mold and decay in southern and western corn belts, while drought stressed areas along the South Atlantic and West Gulf coasts. Overall, corn gathering advanced where weather allowed and plowing progressed with good stands in central valleys, Lake region, and Middle Atlantic states. Cotton picking neared completion in Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Arkansas, and Northwestern Mississippi with strong harvest activity elsewhere.
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Mississippi River
Fyort
Missouri Valley
Pacific Coast
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Central
West Gulf States
Atlantic Coast
Misoni
Central Valleys Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
Oklahoma
Indian Territories
Arkansas
Police accuse brothers in Dragoo murder near Hazleton
Philadelphia police allege Dominick Dragoo was shot and killed last Sunday night. Louis Rich, 19, was jailed to await the coroner's verdict as detectives nabbed brothers Dominick and Nicholas Riehne after a pursuit ending in a McAdoo woodpile hideout. A third brother was arrested on a mountain road, and all were brought back to the city.
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Philadelphia
Dominick Dragoogla
Lewis Rich
Dominick
Nicholas Riehne
McAdoo
Hazleton
Louis
Priggners
Alty
Congress of Republics to consider third congress in Buenos Aires
The executive council of the Bureau of American Republics met at the State Department to plan a special session next Wednesday. They will discuss inviting American Republics to a third congress and set a theme and venue, with Buenos Aires a possible host after earlier meetings in Washington and Mexico.
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Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Bureau of American Republics
Central
South
North America
State Department
Speell
Washington
Mexico
South Smote
Arger Ting
Railroad Shares Lost Reported Missing Worth 68912
Nine hundred and forty four Pennsylv ania Railroad shares valued at 6012 are missing since September 26. The 15 certificates include two for 100 shares and others for smaller lots. Pinkerton circular offered a $4 reward for return. the Pinkerton office did not disclose how the loss occurred.
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Pennsylvania
Washington Post
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad Atéck
Lota
Pinkertown
Pinkerton
Nitro Gang Bank Robbers Foiled In Willard Fight
A posse of wary citizens halted the Nitro Gang during a Willard Bank raid near Hagerstown Indiana. Four robbers were captured or mortally wounded, two jailed, two fled while bloodhounds tracked the others. Dynamite used on vaults, several shots fired, and a tense street battle ended the gang’s run in the Ohio River Valley.
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Ome
Posse-Gang
Cho VaHey
Hagerstown
Ind
Washington Post
Riverton
Navy
Willard
Here
Nitro Gange
Ohio River Valley
Ridgeville
Nanal Bank
Willard Bank
Willard & Willard
Willard Carter County
Eastern Kentucky Railroad
Returns to face charges over Louisville in embezzlement case
W B Smith indicted president of Oi Western National Bank arrived in Louisville and posted a 5000 bond in Federal Court to answer charges of embezzlement false entries and misappropriating bank funds He denied any offense and said he would prove his innocence adding he travelled from Louisville to Porto Rico with his wife and father before leaving he had indicated his intent not to react to the indictment in New York.
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Louisville
W B Smith
Oi Western National Bank
Breaker Boys Displaced by Slate Picker at Black Diamond
Delaware and Hudson Coal Company begins use of mechanical slate pickers at the Black Diamond colliery in Wilkes-Barre replacing 300 breaker boys. Twelve workers operate the system, with plans to install similar pickers in other collieries and potentially reduce the region's 24000 breaker boy workforce.
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Coal Company
Washington Fost Wilkesbarre Pa
Delaware and Hudson Coal Company
Black Diamond
Chicago suits dismissed over Iroquois Theater fire
Judge Jessa Holdem dismissed seventeen damage suits brought against the city of Chicago in connection with the Iroquois Theater fire. The city is relieved of further responsibility but suits remain against the Iroquois Theater Company and the Klaw and Erlanger Amusement Company. Dismissals were due to failure to file a declaration within the required time. The George A Fuller Construction Company, an original defendant, was also dismissed for the same reason.
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Holdem
Policeman Shot Tire In Evanston Stop Draws No Bill
Evanston policeman Arthur Johnson who halted a speeding car by firing at its tire faced a grand jury review. The jury returned no bill against him, prompting criticism from Justice Cochrane over the shooting and finding no indictable offense.
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Chicago
Arthur Johnson
Evanston
Rains Halt Work at Culebra Cut Panama Canal Scene
Heavy rains filled the Culebra Cut at the Curaracha end stopping steam shovels. Chief Engineer Stevens plans to shift to a double force of men as trains run longer on the Panama Railroad main line to regain lost time. W W Clarge named chief engineer of the municipal division after E Davis resigned.
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Cucaracha
Panama Canal
Panama
Culebra
Curaracha
Stevens
Nena
Canal Commission
Clarge
E Davis
Consul Lee Says Yellow Fever Stampede Ends Isthmus Reminder
Back from the Isthmus Consul Lee reports yellow fever stamped out and isthmus conduct satisfactory. Lee, late consul general to Panama and new minister to Ecuador, paid respects to Secretary Root and will depart for Quito to succeed Minister Sampson. Nov 1 Panama observes Wesleyan missions anniversary with Magoon presiding and addresses by prominent figures.
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Lee
Joseph W . Lee
Panama
Ecuador
Root
Rockville
Quito
Sampson
Sues Union for Damages in $80,000 Suit
Chicago November 1 The Oscar Daniels Iron Work Company sues the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers and Frank M Ryan for damages alleging a sympathetic strike damaged contracts. The firm lists Middle West projects including Milwaukee Allis-Chalmers works. Attorney H C Rumery says the case seeks to end sympathetic strikes if the union is found liable.
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Chicago
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Frank M Ryan
Oscar Daniels Iron Work Company
American Bridge Company
Daniels
Middle West
Allis Chambers Company
Milwaukee
Wis
H C Rumery
Almce
Pice
Pocunion Mechhaniecs
Rumery Decares
Paralyzed Devlin, Kansas Finance King, Dies in Chicago
Charles J Devlin, once a leading Kansas coal magnate with holdings across Missouri Illinois and several states, died in Chicago after a summer collapse and bankruptcy amid a banking crisis. His receivers reported liabilities near 6.68 million with Topeka bank failures triggering broader financial fallout. The death ends a tumultuous chapter in a fortune built on coal and mercantile ventures.
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Miiago
Charles J Devin
St Elizabeth Hospital
Kansas City No
Charles J Deviln
Chicago
Kansas
Mizaouri
Ilinois
Devlin
South ‘West
Marceline Vo
Rhnots
Kansas City
First Nations! Bank Au Topeka
Kars
State of Kansas
Topeka
Kansan City
First National Bank of
Europe
Aia Health
New York
Toneka
Vopeks
Kang
Tj Bradley
First National Bank
J Devin
Death Ends Long Watch for Missing Son in Omaha
Mrs Naom Welles endured hunger to light a lamp for her son who vanished eight years ago after leaving home to seek his fortune. She kept a front window lamp burning nightly, hoping for his return, supported by neighbors as poverty pressed on her.
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Omaha
Naom Welles
Gripf
Elis
J Jerkson Col K A R Leader Dies After Train Accident
Col T J Jackson of Newton Kansas, chief of staff to the Kansas G A R, died at Agnew Hospital after being struck by a moving train at Union depot. He fell, lost his right arm, clothes were entangled in tracks, and both legs were severed below the knee. The veteran bid farewell to his son Cooper Jackson shortly before the crash.
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Grand Army Leeder
Kenses City
Kansas City
T J Jackson
Newton Kapa
Kansas G A. R
Agnew Hospital
Union Depot
Jackson
Col Jackson
Kanazas
Col. Jackson
Cooper Jackson
Washington
Mexican Herald
Five Firemen Hurt As Warehouse Burns In Philadelphia
Five firemen were injured three seriously when a blaze destroyed the J M Fenton Storage Company warehouse at GIS761 Kershaw Avenue West Philadelphia. The three most seriously hurt are John Farley William Drake and James Mc Laughlin. The incident occurred as a hatch gave way and dropped them into the cellar while directing water. A gasoline stove explosion is suspected. Loss is about 22000 dollars with partial insurance coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
J M Fenton Storage Company
Theresa
New York arrests bank watchman in pension check theft
In New York on November 1, William T Johnson, an elderly bank watchman, was arrested and arraigned before a U S commissioner on charges of cashing fifteen stolen pension checks. The fifteen checks valued at 31,000 were taken from the Soldiers Home at Beth NY and cashed in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Soldiery
Beth
New York City
William T Johnson
United States
Soldiers
Gifts From Orient Arrive For Miss Roosevelt In Washington
Boxes labeled Miss Roosevelt and other travelers gifts from the Orient arrived at Georgetown customs in Washington awaiting appraisal. Officials estimate a possible 20 000 appraisement based on foreign values while noting many pieces are intricate and valuable. Treasures include Japanese tableware and jewelry with Empress of Japan gifts among the items, while some boxes remain locked in a wareroom awaiting duty decisions.
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Miss Roosevelt
Georgetown Custom House
Washington
Alice Trousevelts
Orient
H S Kyman
Harriman
San Francisco
New York
Roosevelt
Pacific
Tra
Raiload
Well Fargo Express Company
America
Mrs Roosevelt
Bose
Executive Mansion
Treasury Department
Georgetown
Taft Party
China
Japan
Mise Roosevelt
Mina Roosevelt
Miss McMilan
Miss Boardman
Mrs. Roosevelt Bathechil
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Flint Tales OF
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