Silveira on the Run and a Cuban Treasure Ship Tale
Senor Manuel Silveira, a Cuban banker and promoter, is pursued by detectives as reports claim he controls a wealth possibly worth millions and the ship Carmel Ima, an argosy said to carry Cuban soldiers’ warrants payments. Extradition risks loom as Cuban authorities, banks, and lawyers press for arrest and recovery.
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Washington Post
New York
Senor Manuel Sileira
J. M. Ceballos & Co
Sui
Seven Seas
Sover
Senora S Iveira
Sibeira
Carmel Ima
Pizarro
Cortez
Senor
Silveira
Ceballos & Co
Viavana
Wallliam Solomons'& Co
Mexico
Belgium
Spain
England
United States
Senor Zayas
Republic of Cuba
Senor Manuel
ABC
Itenhea
Titi
Cromwell
Silvera
John 3 Fiske
Luvella
Venenaca
Admiralty
Sileura
Thur Janver
Gor Taft
Cuba
Financial turmoil abroad reveals warrants and sums tied to Silveira firm
In Havana reports center on Riveira Co as Havana agents for warrants and remittances tied to Manuel Silveira. Claims were paid in order of proof with high numbered warrants maturing this year. Ceballos & Co once held up to 5 million face value and 8.5 million in warrants. Supposed 200,000 found in Manuel's safe. 600,000 said to be with Silveira aboard his treasure ship. The extent of losses remains uncertain as the affair unfolds.
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Spain
Republic
Solliers
Senor Siliveira
Ceballos & Co
New York House
Riveira & Co
Princia
Havana
Bamond
Silveira & Co
Ceballos
Senor Manuel
Silvetra
Silveira
Manuel Silveira
Russia Factor in Land Reforms Raises Peasant Purchases
St Petersburg reports cabinet permission to break up entailed estates may be sold only to neighboring peasants. Proceeds to be deposited in state banks as capital. Peasants' Bank has bought 5,352,000 acres for distribution, with prices affordable. Government plans another internal loan around December 1 of about 25 million dollars, to be absorbed by savings banks. London notes opposition to a Russian Douma visit. English deputation considers asking Petersburg committee to abandon demonstrations.
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St Petersburg
Peasants’ Bank
London
Parlament
Strachey
The
Spectator
Douma
Trussia
Stead
Russia
St. Petersburg
Fairbanks Son Elopes and Weds in Steubenville
Announcement from Steubenville Ohio says Frederick Cole Fairbanks son of Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks eloped with Miss Neille Stott of Pittsburg and married there. He is Princeton Class of 1913 graduate and former private secretary to his father. He has recent cross country auto trips. last August he paid a $10 fine in Salem Massachusetts for speeding.
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Washington Fost Steubenville
Ohio
Frederick Cole Fairbanks
Charles W. Fairbanks
Misa Neille Stott
Pittsburg
Princeton
Salem
Mass
Denies Killing Husband in West Virginia Court Case
Special to The Washington Post. Mrs. Charles Smith widow of Brooklyn Mayor Charles Smith was brought in on a stretcher to testify in a murder case against her. She denies shooting her husband and claims neighbor Mrs. Fibet Medley killed him in a jealousy driven plot. Action will be taken tomorrow while she remains in hospital confinement.
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Washington Post
Hinton
W. Va
Charles Smith
Brooklyn
Fibert Medley
Medley
Warfield declines action in steamboat captains strike
Maryland Governor Warfield after discussions with the attorney general and the board of statistics and information said there was no action he could take regarding the steamboat tie-up. In Bridgeport, George Westonell confessed to stealing $19,000 in bonds from Mrs Fohang Lumpkin and was sentenced to two to ten years. The report notes transit details and unrelated chatter about travel and politics.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Attorney General of
Board of Statistics and Information Today
Warfield
Bridgeport
Conn
George W Sternell
Fohang Lumpkin
Elopement of Fairbanks Heir Shocks Pittsburg Family
Frederick Cole Fairbanks son of Vice President Charles W Fairbanks marries Helen E Scott in Steubenville Ohio after eloping from Pittsburg. The romance faced parental opposition from Nellie Scotts family and the Scotts. The couple met a year ago in Indianapolis and may tour Europe after the wedding.
Vice President Fairbanks Unfazed by Steubenville Wedding
Indianapolis dispatch reports Vice President Fairbanks not surprised by his son Frederick Fairbanks wedding to Miss Scott in Steubenville. He thought son too young for marriage but had learned of the July engagement and aided plans to wed away from home. Miss Scott, a Washington school friend of Miss Stout, visited Fairbanks era. The couple’s aim was a quiet ceremony, with consent from Scott’s parents. The piece mentions Fairbanks family marriages and past relationships.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg
Frederick Cole Fairbanks
Springfield
Ohio
Charles W. Fairbanks
Helen E. Scott
James Scott
Granton Avenue
Steubenville
Brodie
Svarlal
Indianapolis
Ind
Fairbanks
Scott
Miss Stout
Josephine Stout
George W. Stout
Miss Scott
Frederick Fairbanks
Muss Scott
Ensign Timmons
United States Navy
Washington
Warren
Marrie
Chicago
Indianapolis Frog and Switch Company
Ous F “Se Barks
Magoon to Remain in Cuba Delays Philippine Appointment
Havana dispatch reports Gov Magoon will extend his Cuba assignment into the summer delaying the Philippine vice governor appointment. Taft hoped Magoon would depart soon, but elections and disarming Cuban rebels require longer supervision, with June as possible new election time and continued American administration in Cuba.
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Havana
Associated Press
Philippine Islands
Charles BE. Magoon
Taft
Cuba
Magoon
Philippines
Mr. Taft
Washington
Roosevelt
Philippine Native Assembly
Lav. Magoon
Gov. Magoon
Native General Assembly
Orient
Smith
Philippe
Bull Causes Stampede at Madison Square County Fair
A white Holstein bull belonging to Mount Vernon Mayor Brosh triggered a stampede during the farmer boys and ladies procession at Madison Square. The animal bolted after a cage incident, injuring Anna Post of Passaic. Detective Henry restrained the bull with a rope, ending the danger to spectators.
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Washington Post
New York
Mayor Brosh
Mount Vernon
Madison Square
Gerden
Sulton
Mme. Delila
Mrrs
Anna Post
Passaic
Martin Kelly
Henry
Ex Wife Seeks Alimony as Coolidge Is Arrested
Nellie Louise Coolidge pursues $16,868 in alimony and interest from William Hawiey Coolidge, a Jersey City broker, who was arrested on bail by a New York Supreme Court commissioner for failing to pay. He has a divorce history dating to 1873 and a residence at Hudson boulevard and Belmont avenue.
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Washington
Jersey City
N. Y
Ont-il
Coolidge
New York Court
Hudson Boulevard
Belmont Avenue
Forty-second Street
Cornelius Doremus
Broadway
New Jersey Supreme Court
Louise Hawley
Sullivan County
Pearl Street
New York
Harry Bishop Alive in Wheeling After Body Found
Wheeling October 01 Harry Bishop the Wheeling youth whose body was identified as a murder victim last week is alive. The coroner's verdict had declared him dead, but he appeared tonight in a Wheeling notice at a nearby Ohio city and is returning to the city. The case remains deeply puzzling with incomplete details and shifting conclusions.
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Sreslal
Wheeling
W. Va
Hoerry Bishop
Harry
Ohio
Recall Gauses Talk Discuss Deserting Incident in Cuba
Speculation surrounds Gen. Funston's removal from command of the first expeditionary brigade in Cuba and reassignment to California. Reports claim enemies in Cuba fuelled the change, citing Funston as a deserting insurgent in 1898. Secretary Taft and President Roosevelt asked Gen. Bell to go to Cuba, with aims to avoid handicaps in reconciliation work.
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Cuba
War Départment
Funston
Department of California
Taft
Fengton
Guba
Bell
Gen. Bell
Havana
Gen. Funston
Funsten
Winston
Tampa
Fumaton
Cubs
Sleeper Calls On Root For Cuba Update At State Dept
Jacob Sleeper, late American chargé d affaires in Havana, arrived in Washington and met Secretary Root to report conditions in Cuba at his departure. He has been reassigned to Caracas as secretary of legation and will proceed to his new post soon. The plan includes delegating duties to his successor in Havana.
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Jacob Steeper
Havana
Washington
Root
State Department
Cuba
Sleeper
Caracas
Legation
Fravana
Pister Morga
Mayor Weaver Ousts Hicks Over City Party Rift
Philadelphia officials report Thomas L. Hicks resigns as director of Public Works at Mayor Weaver's request amid a City Party convention dispute. Hicks contends the mayor's accusations of favoring reformers and the City Party are unwarranted, defending his attitude and integrity in a sharp reply.
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Philadelphia
Oct
Weaver
Thomas L. Hicks
Department of Public Works
D. Clarence Gibboney
City Party
All Reformers
San Francisco title dispute over Fillmore street wharf lands
J P Engel letters City Attorney Burke and Mayor Schmitz claiming city owns undisputed title to twenty seven and a half acres around the Fillmore street wharf. Engel, head of a local lumber firm since 1862, asserts data will prove city ownership despite Mrs Theresa Oelrichs challenge.
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San Francisco
Oct. W
Fillmore Street
Theresa Oelrichs
Herman Oelichs
J. P. Engel
Burke
Schmitz
Southern Pacific Railway
Emmons Charged With Embezzlement in Panama Case
Benjamin Emmons of a St. Charles, Missouri family was arraigned before U S Commissioner Rigze on embezzlement charges. He was remanded to a St Louis postal inspector and to be taken there for trial. Emmons, a former Ancon Panama Canal Zone money order clerk, allegedly shorted accounts by about $1 000 in St Charles.
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New York
Benjamin Emmons
Jesala
St. Charles, Mo
United States
Rigze
St. Lewi
St. Louis
Emmons
Ancon
Panama Canal Zone
St. Charles
Himmons
Foot Caught Girl Killed In Train Crossing Tragedy
Seven year old Mamie Hunt was killed when her foot became caught in a cattle guard at the Indian Hill crossing in La Crosse Wisconsin. Her six year old companion Dagna Senstad ran to warn the engineer but his train could not stop. The father John Hunt, a brakeman on the train, sat on a brake wheel unaware of the fatal accident as it occurred while the girls were returning from school.
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Dagna Senstad
Trapped in Death Tube Rescue Fails in Tunnel Fire
In a Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel near East Avenue shaft in Long Island City fifty feet below ground a blast and smoke trapped three men who died of suffocation while four were badly burned. George Chapman and peers, both of Long Island City, and Michael Daly of Long Island City perished. One rescuer described the scene as black hell as others escaped and tried to aid trapped colleagues. The accident occurred about 4:80 am after a phone booth fire caused an explosion and rapid spread of flames through the shaft, with air pressure around twenty pounds.
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Washington Post
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
East Avenue
Long Taland City
George Chapman
Long Island City
J Peers
Michael Daly
Frn
James Chapman
Walsh’s Spitter Supreme Seals Rally in Cubs Win
Three on bases and two out as a smash by Walsh’s spitter ends a tense play. Big Fellow fans twelve Cubs, only one reaches third, Hahn is struck by a pitch while attempting to advance. The accident, ruled a sacrifice, brings in a run. Jones and Isbell outs would have retired Americans without a run. Nationals as babes before Walsh.
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Hahn
Jones
Isbell
Nationals
Babes
Walsh
Steintelat
Tinker
Jlvers
Eiux
Tieister
Fotals
Preister
Nationata
Amerienna
Schulte
Donohue
Roche
Saerksee
Sulivan
Staten
Hohs
Pfeteter
Wild Nitch
Mersis
Johnstone
O'Loughlin
Peer
Walsh Dominates Cubs as White Sox Win Third Series Battle
In a crowd larger than previous games, the White Sox defeated the Cubs 3rd series contest. Ed Walsh spun a masterful pitching performance striking out 12 as George Roche delivered a clutch first- inning blast to clear the bases, pacing Chicago’s fall. Lee Tannehill and Hohe contributed timely hits, while the Cubs were held to four baserunners all game.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Oct
White Sox
Frank Chance
Cubs
Ed Walsh
George Roche
Bingle
Roche
Tattle
Jack Pfeister
Harry Steinfeldt
Sheckard
Sox
Donohue
Rohe
Lee Tannehill
Cincinnati
Redland
Big Bryan
Nick Altrock
George Hohe
EX Reulbach
Walsh
Hofman
Schulte
Jimmy Sheckard
Chance
Steinfeldt
Jones
O'Neil
Hahn
Billy Sullivan
Sigger
Len
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