Red Flag Demonstrations Quelled in St Petersburg Riots
Large scale demonstrations in St Petersburg over the Prince Troubetskoy funeral led to clashes with gendarmes and troops on Nevsky Prospect. Red flags marched through the city as sabers slashed at two men, a printers strike loomed, and police avoided deadly force. A pistol shot sparked panic though no serious injuries were confirmed.
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St. Petersburg
Printera
M Trepolf
Prince Troubetskoy
Nikola
Moscow
Nevsky Prospect
Empire
Nikolai Station
Nicholas
Reformer
Neveky
Yang
Autos Ignore Sheriffs on Vanderbilt Cup Course
Special to The Washington record reports numerous speeding autos on the Vanderbilt Cup course near Hempstead. Sheriffs struggled to halt machines as over fifty refused to stop. Five drivers were arrested and fined, with one man still at large. Lancia sold his race car for 15000 to a New York buyer after a collision. Earthquake shocks were felt in Santiago Cuba with ongoing tremors.
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Washington Reat Hempstead
Lancia
Christie
New York
Italy Shapes Peace Role in Moroccan Talks
Rome reports a semi official note stating Italy acted in Paris London and Berlin to back peace in Morocco. France accepted Germany proposed conference and Italy pressured for France Germany understanding. Tittoni told Barrere and Paris and Berlin to maintain friendly ties. France will send a naval squadron to Genoa for King Victor Emmanuel's harbor inauguration.
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M. Delegase
Italy
Paris
London
Berlin
France
Germany
Tittoni
M. Barrere
Rouvier
Genoa
Victor Emmanuel
Liberals Quit Campaign Over Alleged Frauds in Cuba
In Havana a Liberal party convention voted to withdraw from the upcoming presidential election declaring the Palma regime responsible for alleged registration frauds. Senor Zayas presided noting 12 000 registered voters vs about 8 000 actual in Ban Lazaro ward. The move reflects Liberal dissatisfaction with government pressure and party turmoil.
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Washington Post
Havana
Senor Zayas
Fmuda
Ban Lazaro
Congress
Sener Cisneros
Lucha
Liberala
Santa Clara
Gen. Gomez
M. Alverdt
United States
Gomes
Von Sternburg to Remain German Ambassador to U S
Berlin reports a formal denial of claims that Baron Speck von Sternburg will retire due to ill health. No ambassador change in Washington has been discussed. Sternburg is reported well and slated for audiences with Emperor William on October 17 and the Kaiser on October 26. Baroness von Sternburg recovers from an ankle operation on October 6 with an apparently successful outcome.
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Berlin
Baron Speck von Sternburg
United States
Washington
Baron von Sternburg
William
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Baroness von Sternburg
Royal Gifts For Church Mark 150th Baltimore Anniversary
The Zion Church in Baltimore celebrated its 150th anniversary with speakers including Dr. Ira Remsen of Johns Hopkins. A letter from the Emperor of Germany sent the Order of the Crown to Dr Julius Hermann, pastor, and a Württemberg king’s altar Bible was presented to the congregation. A promise of a pulpit Bible from the Prince of Hessen was noted for later delivery.
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Baltimore
Zion Church
Ira Remsen
Johns Hopkins University
Germany
Prussia
Julius Hermann
Wurttemberg
Land fraud convictions in Oregon case names Jones and Potter
A Portland jury found Willard B. Jones and Thaddeus Potter guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States by securing land locations in the Siletz Indian reservation and certifying occupancy. Ira Wade was acquitted. The verdict follows allegations they favored themselves over public lands in Western Oregon.
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Williard N. Jones
Thadeus Potter
Oregon
Portland
Oreg
United States Aginst
Willard B. Jones
Thaddeus Potter
Ira Wade
Jones
Potter
United States
Wade
Siletz
Sweer
Tax suit seeks $2.36 million from Union Central Life
Hamilton County Treasurer Hynicka sues Union Central Life Insurance in Common Pleas Court over omitted taxable property for 1902 1908 and 194 terms. Auditor says assets including credits and investments taxable. company argues some items exempt or not yet due. Court faces multi‑year dispute over taxability of policy obligations and reinsurance funds.
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Hamilton County
Ohio
Union Central Insurance Company
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Common Pleas Court
Hynicka
Union Central Life Insurance Company
John M. Pattison
Central Union Life
Lewis
Supreme Court
Compan
County Legal Avisers
A. N. Benedick
Moros on the Warpath in Mindanao
Manila reports Datto Ali and his followers in Mindanao have turned aggressive and killed Moros allied with the government. He warns dattos aiding the Federal troops that he plans to meet and kill them. Provisional government troops move to support a vigorous campaign aided by armed friendly dattos.
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Manila
Datto Ali
Mindanao
Dattos
Nansen Minister Here Arctic Explorer to Represent Government
Norways Politien reports Pridtjof Nansen the Arctic explorer will be made minister at Washington. The note mentions travel plans and rail rates for trips from Baltimore to Fredericks Fair at various dates, with special trains and stopovers, highlighting fall color routes and nearby locales.
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Christiania
The
Politien
H Learne
Pridtjof Nansen
Washington
Clansman Provokes Hisses in South Carolina Crowd
In Columbia on October 15 Thomas Dixon's play Clansman drew a large audience that hissed during the third act. Dixon faced jeers before the curtain and defended his portrayal of the South. A prominent African American educator warned the production could inflame race tensions and harm Southern prosperity, calling Dixon's profits blood money.
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Waneman
South Carolina
Washington Post
Columbia, & C
Piedmont
Thomas Dixon
Dixon
Dixon’s
Train Ditch Derailed After Cow Strike Near Seaton
Five trainmen were killed when a heavy doubleheader freight train eastbound on the Iowa Central Railroad struck cattle on the track at twenty miles an hour near Seaton Iowa. Two locomotives and eleven cars piled up, one cow lay between rails, wreckage caught fire, three other crew members died instantly while others were saved by nearby residents.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Seaton
Iowa Central Railroad
Georud A Cafpal
Harry Summers
Harry Barr
L H. Briley
Freman
Morgan
Brisley
Monnoath
Whisky For Y M C A Boys At Sewickley
Trouble rocks Sewickley Y M C A football ranks after tonic marked bottle used by players turns out to be whisky sold at bars. Injuries in games prompt tonic use and frisky players. Secretary, a young man, was injured and drank from the bottle shouting that it contained whisky. Prominent men threaten to pull sons from the eleven.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg
Sewickley Y M C. A
Association
Murder Suicide After Hotel Visit Shocks Sioux City
In Sioux City Iowa E H Darrow sixty killed his son s wife Lillian Darrow then shot himself dead in a carriage while en route to the railroad station. The back driver drove to a police station without stopping. Letters on the woman s body hinted at a broken romance and undying love. The motive remains unclear. The second item notes the Southern Pacific Railway deposit of 540000 to guarantee a Guaymas to Guadalajara link in Mexico and a San Francisco rail contract for steel rails.
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Iowa
E. H. Darrow
Lillian Darrow
EB. H. Darrow
Arcade Hotel
Sioux Falls
Chihuahua
Mexico
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Guaymas
Guadalajara
Henry Lund & Co
San Francisco
Yellow fever outbreak expands in Mississippi and nation
Natchez reports seven new yellow fever cases including Mary Chambesisin daughter of a prominent citizen and niece of Oregon Governor Chamberlain. Three new foci raise totals to sixty five. one hospital death marks first fatality at that institution. Mississippi totals, Pensacola and New Orleans updates follow with new cases and deaths as officials discuss quarantine measures and responses.
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Miss
Mary Chambesisin
Gov. Chamberlain
Oregon
Chamberlain
St. Mary's Cathedral
David Dunn
Jackson
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Netchez
Pensacola
Pla
New Orleans
White
Vardaman
Fulford Dies of Injuries in Canadian Senator's Auto Crash
Newton Massachusetts October 15 Senator George T Fulford Brockville Ontario died at Newton Hospital from injuries after an automobile collision with an electric car last Sunday A chauffeur Louis Zerlax Albany died three days later William Hanson Schenectady escaped injury Fulford aged 53 a Canadian senator since 1900 prominent patent medicine manufacturer yachtsman and club member survives wife Mary Wilder White Fort Atkinson Wisconsin married 1880
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Mass
George T. Fulford
Brockville
Ont
Canada
Newton Hospital
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William T. Hanson
Schenectady
Louis Zerlax
Albany
N. Y
Zerlax
Hanson
Senate of Canada
Mary Wilder White
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Lif e cheap in Mississippi weekly homicide record
Mobile report states twenty six homicides occurred in Mississippi during the past week, the worst weekly total in months and tied for the year’s peak. Sunflower County accounts for six killings within two days, with Hinds and Simpson counties also among the deadliest.
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Washington Post
Mobile
Ala
Mississippi
Sunflower County
Hinds County
Simpson County
Death mystery cleared proves Mrs White died in Tanana wilderness
Special to The Washington Post Tacoma Oct 1 After hard work Prof Hewett of Minnesota confirms the remains of Mrs White his sister who died three years ago on the upper Tanana River were found and purified by fishermen now living at Hagle Mrs White a dentist and physician and a celebrated Minnesota writer wandered into the upper Tanana wilderness alone to seek gold or material for a book Her diary hinted at this purpose Camps with her belongings were found and her diary described starvation and hope lost before rescue faded away
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Washington Poat
Tacoma
Wash
Profi Hewett
Minnesota
White
Wrecks of Girls Highlight Amherst Professor Speech
Prof John Tyler of Amherst College told the Connecticut Valley Head Masters Club that strict entrance rules at women’s colleges harm girls. He argued only one graduate per year may emerge while many drop out physically wrecked, blaming fading parental vigor and a vanished generation of men able to drink heavily.
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Washington Post
Pringfield
Mass
John Tyler
Biological Department
Amherst College
Connecticut Valley Head
Western Massachusetts Grammar Masters
Tyler
College Ife
Train Wreckers Foiled by Iron Bar Obstruction
Timely discovery of a wedged iron bar on the west bound New York New Haven and Hartford line foiled a planned wreck at Samford Connecticut. Tower operator George H Scofield found the bar embedded in stones near a curve about a half mile west of the station and reported to police, with a search of would be wreckers continuing late tonight.
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New York, New Haven
Q@okofield
Hancock Case Blood Evidence and Arrest Warrants Grow
In Hyattsville the Hancock murder case deepens with blood stained batting found at Snyder Park and a coroner's inquiry resuming. Warrant issued for Mrs Mackall Hancock's sister amid claims of impropriety and new testimony from Mary Cooke as investigators probe the death of Emma Smallwood.
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Hancock Estate
Hyattsville
Winfield Scott Hancock
Emma Smallwood
Hancock Place
Justice of the Peace
Arthur Carr
John Hancock
United States Pension Bureau
Snyder Park
Snyder
Washington
Hickey
J B. Williams
Hancock
Carr
Garrison
Amy
Post
Rioting in St. Petersburg and local incidents headline index
Today’s issue highlights rioting in St. Petersburg, an insurance company sued for taxes, Hyattsville tragedy crews, and a motion for payment for skin. Other items include candidate Ivins platform, a peace treaty in force, death of John C. Poor, and visits by Louis. Also notes on nearby states, editorials, sports gossip, and health notices.
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Hyattsville
Ivins
John C. Poor
Ponce Louis
Prince Henry
Munich
Washington
Wall Street Weekly
Hibernians
Stafford
Union Mission
Street Car Jumps Track Injuring Thirteen in Detroit
Thirteen people were injured when a Fort Street street car jumped the track after hitting a brick on the rails. The car skidded a hundred feet along the pavement before crashing into a tree. Patrolman L. W. Plies and passenger James Mc Namara were among the seriously hurt.
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Detroit
Mich
Fort Street
L. W. Plies
James McNamara
Congressmen to seek State Department view on 1818 treaty
Gloucester fishery story of Gardner and Smith sailing to Washington to obtain an official interpretation of the 1818 treaty guaranteeing American fishing rights off Newfoundland. They plan to press Secretary Root for clarity as Gloucester vessels ready a test case if interference occurs.
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Gardner
Smith
Boston
State Department
New England
Gloucester
Mass
Augustus P Gardner
Benjamin A. Smith
Tonmight
Washington
Clchu Rogt
William Jordan
Board of Trade
Mr. Smith
Messrs. Gardner
Department of State
Root
Subpoenas Issued for National Packing Officials
Federal authorities issued subpoenas for former officials of consolidated packing firms and the National Packing Company. The government seeks records to show contracts or knowledge of non compete agreements limiting business after sales. Named subpoenas include Thomas E. Wells, Benjamin Wells, Fred Cowing, B R Robpine, and T W Taliaferro.
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National Packing Company
Tefmge
Thomas E. Wells
Continental Packing Company
Benjamin S
Fred Cowing
Anglo- American Provision Company
B R. Robpine
Omaha Packing Company
T. W. Taliaferro
Barge Captain in Custody After Deckhand Vanishes
Providence Oct 15 Captain Robert W Lanier of the coal barge Hamilton Fish of New York is held by police as they probe the disappearance of John Ross a Cape De Vere deck hand who after a dispute with the captain jumped from the barge anchored mid Providence River. He was last seen swimming vigorously but no trace found by evening.
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Kh.t
Robert W. Lanier
Hamilton Fish
New York
John Ross
Cape de Vere
Pensor
Elks volunteer grafting cuts skin for burn victim
George A L Lovejoy sues Dr P Thomas for 20000 claiming fifty inches of cuticle were peeled from his legs under chloroform while aiding Mrs Fred B Searles burned in Lewiston Idaho. He says two to three strips were promised and hospital stay was ten days. The graft saved the patient but she died from weakness after long illness.
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Spokane
Wash
George AL Lovejoy
Eli
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P. Thomas
Lovejoy
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Lewiston
Idaho
St. Luke's Hospital
The Shubert Belasco Fiske Theater Syndicate Plan
Congressman Joseph Rhinock of Kentucky returns from Washington after confirming a theatre syndicate plan led by Shubert Belasco and Fiske to build a string of houses in Cincinnati Louisville Minneapolis Indianapolis St Paul Toronto and other cities. George B Cox Republican leader of southern Ohio will help book shows in Cincinnati. Shubert denies any shared ownership with Cox Rhinock or Anderson. only independent attractions will be housed.
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Washington Post
New York
Joseph Rhinock
Kentucky
Shubert-Belasco- Fiske
Tt Theatrical
Rhinock
Cincinnati
Lee Shubert
George B Cox
Ohio
Shubert
Heucks
George B. Cox
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Indianapolis
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Toronto
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Max Anderson
Columbia Theater
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Harlin
Notre Dame Professor Held for Postal Defamations
Robert L. Greene, a Notre Dame professor, was held to appear before the federal grand jury in Indianapolis on November 14 on charges of sending scurrilous matter through the mails. He pleaded not guilty, posted a $200 bond, and was released to return to South Bend after a hearing before U S Commissioner Berkey.
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Goshen
Ind
Robert L. Greene
Notre Dame University
Federal Grand Jury
Indianapolis
United States
Greene
South Bend
Berkey
H. H. Peck
Winsor
Mary Rogers
American Steamer Centennial Seized Near Yokohama
Tokyo reports the ministry of marine announces the American iron schooner Centennial captured October 12 while voyage from San Francisco to Vladiostok. Centennial, 2075 tons, owned by Charles Nelson Co, sailed September 13. crew sent to Yokohama. San Francisco confirms vessel details and origin.
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Tyie
Washington Post
Tokyo
Ministry of Marines
Centennial
Francisco
Vishivostok
Yokohama
Charles Nelson Company
Vladivostok
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