Roosevelt Wrath and Tread by Pittsburg Steamers
The narrative recounts Cap Clarence L Nicholls suspension mystery and a clash aboard the Fred Hartweg with Pittsburgh boosters hailing Teddy Roosevelt. The Mississippi voyage from Cairo to Philadelphia draws protests as Pittsburgers sail close to the President’s steamer, signaling public tension over authority and maritime protocol. The clash escalates with jeers, megaphone protests, and naval observers witnessing the disturbance.
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Calra
Mississippi
Roosevell
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Bey
Teddy
Polles
Fred ‘Hermwes
Dick Fowler
Cairo
van Dueser
Navy
Contuvna
Mrs McCreery to Wed Granddaughter of Pierre Lorillard
Special cable from The Washington Post London reports the betrothal of Mrs Haith K. McCreery to the Hon Henry Coventry third son of the Earl of Coventry. The couple list Miss Edith Kip McCreary as a granddaughter of Pierre Lorillard and daughter of Col Lawrence Kip Sheenan. Mrs McCreery was previously married in 1894 to Richard McCreery of San Francisco at Grace Church New York, with alimony set at $1000 a year in 1906 amid accusations of infidelity. She later wed Lady Grey-Bryton in 190? and separated in 1904 after a divorce.
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Washington Pot
London
Haith K. McCreery
Col Kip
Pierre Lorillard
Henry ‘Thomas Coventry
Earl of Coventry
New York
Edith Kip McCreary
Pierre Lovillard
Lawrence Kip Sheenan
Richard McCreery
Andrew McCreery
San Francisco
Grace Church
Doctor Charged with Arson in Springfield Home Case
Doctor W Hotchkiss, a well known local physician, was arrested at his home in Springfield on suspicion of arson. He allegedly set fire to his house and contents to collect a $42,300 insurance payout. he did not own the building.
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W Hotchkiss
Cavsky
Feat Springfield
Hotchkiss
Cromwell
Yen Ana Noes
Sven
Fish
Promes
Fontanet Disaster Blamed on Hot Box at Powder Mills
Fontanet Indiana October 1 thirty electives snuffed out 690 injured and 2 killed as a blast from the Fontanet powder mills devastates the town. Sparks from a hot box transmitted to explosive powder, causing a catastrophic explosion. Martial law imposed as State troops encamp in the town. Coroner reports only about thirty workers were present. deaths feared to rise with the blast’s reach.
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de Font
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Fred Nevins
Mae Ousley
John Gray
Ousley
Ousley Sparks
Lyom & Workman
Icarnee
Willem Sherrow
Anoinm Company
Sitete Mulitia
Indiananols
Vote Delay Echoes at Illinois Central Stockholders Meeting
Chicago October meeting of Illinois Central stockholders opens with Fish faction supporters and Harriman opposing adjournment. Proxies and credentials debate stalls proceedings as Cromwell and Patten clash over postponement until the next morning and Fish seeks control of perpetual proxies.
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iMinofa Central
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Ball
F S Conway
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Harahan
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Mr Fish
Karman
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Harshin
Mr Hatelman
Cromwell
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Stuyvesant Fish
Hartman
Flsh
Quiness Central
Harriman
Roosevelt Near Bear Slaying In Mississippi Brakes
A veteran hunting party reports a bear nearly reached President Roosevelt near Bear Lake during a hunt. Brutus Jackson recalls four dogs trailed the bear all day but the animal escaped toward the northwest while the hunter party pressed. An ex police captain sues for $25,000 in relation to the incident.
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Bear Lake
Newd
Brutus Jackson
Amay
New York Police Commissioner Bingham Arrested on Assault Charge
Theodore Bingham was arrested after a legal complaint filed by former Police Captain James Reynolds alleging assault at police headquarters. Reynolds, seeking reinstatement after retirement, claims Bingham struck him with a bed cane amid a heated confrontation and was ejected from the building.
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New York
Theodore Bingham
Pollee
James G Reynolds
Coximiasional
Busher
Robert B Lawrence
Hansen
Reynolds
Bingham
Gen Bingham
Ghostly dispute ends in fatal fall in Reedville
Annis Osgood and Clara Osgood argued about ghosts in Reedville. Annis wrapped a sheet around Clara and pushed her from a second story window, killing the woman who boasted no apparition would scare her. Clara fell to the ground, neck broken, as Annis watched in grief and fear.
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Ashland
Clara Osgoui
Reedville
Clara
Annis Osgoods
Gref
Secretary Root Receives Vase From Mexicans in San Antonio
Secretary of State Billy Root arrived in San Antonio aboard a private car. A committee from the International Club welcomed him and presented hundreds of gifts from Mexico including a two foot high pottery vase inscribed To Hon Theodors Roosevelt President of the United States Remembrance from Cuernavaca 1907. Root paid duty on all at Laredo this morning.
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San Antonio Tex
Billy Root
San Antonio
Maries
Intentional Club
Root
Mexico
Roosevelt
Theodors Roosevelt
United States
Cuermavace
Laredo
Young Lappe Exiled After Hartje Letters Sale
Pittsburg reporter notes Howard Lanne dragged from Atlantic City to Pittsburgh and placed on a farm in Fayette Township as his money is seized. He awaits potential testimony in a murder case while also bound to testify in the Hartje divorce proceeding involving Ida Scott Hartie and Mary Scott Hartie.
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Howard Lanne
Ida Scott
Augustus Hartie Apellant
Atlantic City
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Poloemon
Morn
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Howard
Bia
Slater
Mary Scott Hartie
PET MAGILL MURDER TRIAL NEARS END AS NOTES ARE PROBED
The defense in the Frederick Magill and Faye Graham Magill murder trial closed after Rosa Graham testified about the accused pair and about letters allegedly written by the dead Wirz Pete Magill s daughter Marguerite identified writings as her mother s The state prepared to present rebuttal with expert scrutiny of the notes and handwriting while the jury ponders the case ahead of a verdict expected by Friday.
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Frederick ‘Magill
Faye Graham Magill
Wirz
Pete Magill
Magill
Mercy Faye Graham
Rosa Graham
Mra Faye
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Faye
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Marguerite
Magis
Bayes Curn
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Fred Magill
Jaya Graham
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Taulet
Papa
Jaye
Honey Y
Xan
Man's Eyeball Stitched in Delicate New York Hospital Operation
An ironworker identified as Frank Past underwent a four hour delicate operation at Gregorya Hospital in New York to sew five stitches into his eyeball. The procedure used tiny silk and linen threads guided under an eighty candlepower electric light and a large microscope, with instruments so fine they could not be handled by finger.
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New York Hospital
New York
Gregory A Hospital
Frank Past
Chinese merchant shot amid Chicago war over protection league
A Chinese merchant was fired upon by another Chinese man walking on Clark Street. Several bullets struck the target and a bystander, Michael Capezinsk, was wounded in the leg. Police arrested twenty men after a raid on a basement store, as Chicago Chinese merchants form a protection league against Highbinders.
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Chicago
Clark Street
Wat
Michael Capezinsk
Aged Couple Murdered by Burglars at Franklin Street
An elderly couple, Mr and Mrs Charles Selfred, were killed last night in their home near Franklin Street Mary Pariah. Burglars broke in and butchered them with an ax. No clue to the murderers’ identities. The report notes uncertainty and mentions misleading substitutes.
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Morgan
Franklin St Mary Pariah
Charles Selfred
Noble Footpad Freed After Seven Years in San Quentin
Austrian noble Simon Munekros von Vetsero, a feared footpad, is released from San Quentin after seven years. Superior Judge Thomas J Lennon granted a writ of habeas corpus due to faulty records and mislisted offenses. Vetsera faced three assault with intent to rob charges, with excessive sentencing noted as too severe.
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San Quentin
Simon Munekros von Vetsero
San Francisco
Thomas J Lennon
Marin County
Churchman 18 Embezzler Found Guilty in Chicago Trial
Leonard, former treasurer of Evans Snider Buell Company and a churchman, was found guilty of embezzlement in Judge Chetlain's court. The verdict carries imprisonment in the penitentiary from one to ten years. Evidence showed a total defalcation of about $65,000, tied to speculative losses in the banking sector and Union Trust deposits. Contains a partially garbled line urging readers to find particulars in next Sunday's Post.
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Ocean
News
Leonard
Evans Snider Buell Company
Wag
Chetlains Court
Swan
Bryan Not In Fight Ahead of New York Visit
Special to The Wachinnen Post reports William J Bryan will visit New York City next Monday with Democratic national committeemen. No campaign significance expected for his future in the party. Efforts to sway Bryan toward Tammany or Paysar Hearst tickets are said to fail. Bryan is said to fear a third term would doom the party, and he has written of considering reentering the race.
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Wachinnen Post
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William J Bryan
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Astor Promises 850000 Gift to Oxford on First 500000 Subscribed
Lord Curnon chancellor announces at Oxford University meeting that W Astor Jeno will add 850000 once the initial 500000 is subscribed. Astor had already contributed 600 toward the appeal and pledged an equivalent sum upon securing the first milestone.
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London
Lord Curnon
Oxford University
Wo W Astor Jeno
Court for Nation Vote Cast Is Unanimous The Smaller States Insist
A terse report notes a unanimous court decision on a nation vote while smaller states push for equality. Mexco protests exclusion from a regional project and six Latin American countries abstain from a plan to defer debt enforcement until arbitration. fans adopt.
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Statue Theft Denied as International Court Debate Continues
An Oct 18 plenary session approved a proposal to establish a permanent international high court, with sixty committees abstaining or reserved. Amid voting tensions, delegates from Mexico and Brazil pressed for juridical equality, while officials noted a suppression of Article 1 and warned against shifting negotiations.
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Perment International High Court of Na
James Scott
Mastake
Barbosa
Denmark
Greece
Roumania
Switzerland
Trugu
Mexico
Brazil
Colomala Salander
Persia
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Hartt
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China
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Yaquis Massacre Claims Seven Victims in Texan Ambush
A report states four men and three women were killed by Mencan Indians between San Jose de Hyla and La Colorads in El Baro Texas. The victims included government mail officials. An American mining party later found the king and aided the escort of Mexican soldiers.
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Corfice
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la Colorads
Enarch Hermositlo
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