Mexican Revolution Sparks Puebla Riots And Siege
Rioting in Puebla leaves over a hundred dead including the police chief as federal troops assault a rebel stronghold. Madero advocates revolution, warning of a planned uprising for November 20. Reports from San Antonio and Mexico City note continued unrest and international concern.
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Mexico City
Puebla
Trons
Luis Valle
Eduardo Cauz
Francisco Madero
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Hidalgo
Coahuila
San Tals
Priest vows to guard life at altar with pistol
In Baltimore on November 18 Rev. Father Joseph Lietuvnikas, pastor of St. John Lithuanian Catholic Church, told Justice Loden he fears for his life after a Denver priest was killed at an altar. He prosecuted Joan Antonaitis for demanding 2000 under threat of death. Antonaitis admitted the threat, saying he would become rich and live in Lithuania if paid. Bond set at 1400 dollars. he could not post and was jailed pending police inquiry.
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Washington
Baltimore
Denver
Joseph A. Lietuvnikas
Lietuynikas
Antonaitis
Lfe
Justine Loden
Tve High
Lithuania
Justice Loden
Loden
Antenaitis
American Sailors Fight Ends in Injuries and Drowning
A clash between white and colored bluejackets of the American squadron in Cherbourg injures two sailors, one fatally, with revolvers and knives used. Two Louisiana crewmen die, and a Weidlich from Louisiana drowns in Cherbourg harbor. French authorities plan stricter patrols as two hundred disorderly visitors are expelled. In Brest, a fire started by sailors on the waterfront is extinguished to prevent explosion risk. Hugh J. Weidlich, 21, from Altoona, Pa., died after serving three years aboard the Louisiana.
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Louisiana
Cherbourg
Vree
Hugh J. Weidlich
Navy Department
Naval Service
Altoona
Trunk murder case linked to waiter Lewis unfolds
New York papers report a trunk body found in a tenement cellar examined by Coroners and experts who conclude the victim was placed alive into a zinc receptacle within the trunk. The description matches William Lewis, a waiter linked by associates to the trunk, with investigators awaiting more evidence to confirm his status. Details include the zinc box crafted by an expert tinsmith, a dated placement of April 1902, and a leather tag on the trunk handle under dust.
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Washington Post
New York
Lehane
John McAllister
Wiliam Lewis
Phi Aeanner
Lewis
Meagher
Hfe
Knott and Rubin
David Carvalho
Hoyt in grave condition amid stomach ulcer complications
Henry M. Hoyt, counsellor of the State Department, is seriously ill in this city from a perforating ulcer of the stomach causing peritonitis. Doctors Finney of Johns Hopkins and Morgan of Washington conferred with Dr. Robert W. Baker, the attending physician. Hoyt, returning Monday from Canada, represented the United States in reciprocity negotiations.
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State Department
Henry M. Hoy
Hoyt
J. M. T. Finney
Johns Hopkins University
William Gerry Morgan
Washington
Robert W. Baker
Canada
United States
Olney as Senate Hope in Massachusetts Rift
Boston dispatch reports sentiment swinging toward Richard Olney for United States Senator to replace Henry Cabot Lodge. Democrats and progressive Republicans may unite to defeat Lodge, citing Olney’s strong record as Attorney General and Secretary of State and his Massachusetts residency as strengths in the Legislature.
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Washington
Boston
Richard Olney
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Ludge
Lodge
Olney
Trunk Found Containing Plaster Leads to Police Probe
In July 1905 Lewis announced a waiter job at Manhattan Beach and vanished. His trunk, marked W. Lewis, lay in Meagher’s cellar until last week when Meagher opened it and found plaster inside. An ax revealed a hidden body, prompting police to investigate. Mrs. Meagher described a likeness to the doctors’ account of the trunk victim.
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Lewis
Meagher
Rubin
Lews
Roscera
Tipperary
Ireland
New York
West Forty Seventh Street
Meaghers
Fifty-fourth Street
Thirty-third Street
124Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Manhattan Beach
W. Lewis
Famous horse loses Lord Baltimore at New York show
Lord Baltimore the brown gelding owned by CW Watson of Baltimore and the Vairmont Farms was ordered off the tanbark after being found lame. The strong field saw tumbles and near-misses as judges, drivers, and riders faced a day of thrills with notable bets and a shaken crowd.
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New York
Lord Baltimore
CW. Watson
Baltimore
Vairmont Farms
West Virginia
Maryland
Watson
William Grant
Pant Sorg
Charles Wilson
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Former President Skips Campaign Events in Dual Speeches
In two speeches the former president does not reference recent campaign events. He hints at dangers and experiences along African game trails, retold in a lecture where he presents himself as a scientist.
$100000 Offered to Vote Against Antirace Track Betting
Eugene M. Travis testified before a graft committee that he was offered $100000 to vote against the antirace track betting bill in 1908. He described a mysterious lobbyist for former Senator Frank J. Gardner and named other senators allegedly approached. Investigators seek James R. Keene and Harry Payne Whitney but have found no trace at the Velmonico's conference or the aviation meet.
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Eugene M. Travis
Harry Payne Whitney
James R. Keene
New York
Brooklyn
Senate
Frank J. Gardner
Gardner
Otta G. Foelker
Foelker
Travis
Bruce
Starry Payne Whitney
Servera
Whitney
Jailed Farmers Used Auto To Reach Kingston Court
Finn P. Davis and Elmer F. Dayte, Olive township farmers in Ulster County, were jailed after grand jury action. Each faced charges of larceny and receiving stolen goods amid a case built on a 2200-pound gasoline engine and pump missing from an Ashokan camp. The engine and pump were recovered on the Davis farm and in a pond nearby.
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Washington
Kingston
N. Y
Finn P. Davis
Elmer F. Dayte
Olive Township
Ulster County
Ashokan
Davis
Roosevelt in Washington Tells Africa Study At National Geographic
Former President Theodore Roosevelt visited Washington for the first time since March and spoke at the National Geographic Society on Wild Man and Wild Beast in Africa. He attended a press club gathering, dined with his daughter Mrs Nickolay Longworth, and hinted at no comments on political matters while releasing pointed lines about a judge fossilized and a titled bureaucrat rule under pressure.
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Washington
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
National Geographic Society
Convention Hall
President Fast
United States Supreme Court
Africa
Ife
National Press Club
Hurflet
Press Cub
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Longworth
Starvey's
New York
Geographic Society of the Press Club
Hindewers
Team 07
Ins
Roosevelt
Baldwin
Connecticut
Interior Department
Bureau of Forestry
Roosevelt arrives in Washington amid gasps and cheers
Special to The Washington Post describes Col Roosevelt arriving in Washington to address scientists. A taxi collision timeline unfolds with a car blowing into a tree, a chauffeur injured, and crowds lining sidewalks near Convention Hall. The piece notes his serious condition and a Smithsonian tied expedition. Transportation details mention Pennsylvania Railroad fares and schedules for Baltimore returns.
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Washington
Washington Post
Cpn
Mass
the Union
Thoma Gip
Siltker
National Press Club
Convention Hall
Smithsonian Institution
Convention
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