Cossacks Fire on Odessa Mob as Crisis Grows in Russia
London dispatch reports two deadly clashes in Odessa with twenty seven killed and ninety wounded as Cossacks fire on workers and students barricading streets. In St Petersburg strikes, mutinies, and government paralysis unfold while telegraph offices halt service and imperial authority wavers amid a widening political crisis.
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London
Odessa
St Petersburg
Butt
N. Notte
Russian capital cut off by telegraph cable strike
The Russian capital remains linked to the world only by a single undersea cable through Nystadt and Sweden, with officials unsure how long connections will last. Foreign embassies monitor events as the State Department considers a relief vessel for Americans. Loan talks stall, and elite institutions close as troops surround universities and medical staff organize district first aid for civil clashes.
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Nystadt
Sweden
Russia
Admiral Durnovo
State Department
Washington
Pierpont Morgan, Jr
George W. Perkins
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Hearst Predictions Tilt McClellan Victory in New York
Washington Post correspondent reports betting odds favor McClellan amid rival Hearst demonstrations in Upper New York. Paraders at Hearst rally shown as a ragged protest group, while editors comment on polling, newspaper bias, and Tammany Hall’s lingering confidence in organization ahead of the mayoral race.
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New York
Hearst
Hly McClellan
Washington Post
New
McClellan
iClellan
Carnegie Hall
Rourke Cochran
Washington
Cockran
Tne
Murphy
J. Pierpont Morgan
Jerome
Roosevelt
New York State
Herald
Mr. Hearst
Tammany
Tammany Hall
Braves
Yesetrday
Train Kills Kenyon Student During Fraternity Initiation
Stuart L. Pierson, a Kenyon College freshman, was killed at a railroad bridge in Garbie Ohio while awaiting initiation into Delta Kappa Epsilon. No witness or blame assigned to the fraternity. Pierson's body moved to Cincinnati for burial. his father L N Pierson, a Cincinnati businessman, attended the initiation.
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Delta Kappa Epsilon Committee
Stuart L. Pierson
Bridge
Garbier
Ohio
Kenyon College
Cleveland
Akron
Columbus
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Pierson
Cincinnati
L. N. Pierson
College Til
Pierce
Pierson, Jr
Rogers Well Guarded. Oil magnate blocks Ottawa editor's interview
Special to The Washington Post reports H. H. Rogers refused access to Ottawa Herald editor H. J. Allen during a Standard Oil magnate's train stop in Topeka Kansas. A blue suited man barred Allen from approaching Rogers and warned reporters to stay away.
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Washington Post
Topeka
Kans
H. J. Allen
Ottawa Herald
H. H Rogers
Standard Oil
Jes
Mistah Rogers
Avery Mistah Rogers
Korean labor for Hawaii raises immigration questions
Honolulu reports a possible plan to ship Korean laborers to sugar plantations. J F Yun of the Korean foreign office, visiting with Planters' Association head F M Swansey, toured Maui and other islands to assess conditions and may be returning to arrange Korean coolie workers for Hawaii. Also noted Father Gapon leaving Christiania for the continent. Train special ads list round trip fares to Cumberland, Berkeley Springs, Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg from Baltimore and Washington, with scenic route promised for Sunday, November 6.
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Washington Post
Honolulu
San Francisco
Hawaii
K Yun
Korean Foreign Office
Mexico
F M Swansey
Planters’ Association
Swansey
Maui
Kana
Atkinson
Orient
Hawai
Cumberland
Berkeley Springs
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R. Station
Washington
Tammany’s rebound could decide McClellan’s re election
A private remark suggests Tammany may revive in time to challenge the Hearst movement, with Wednesday as a possible turning point. The outcome hinges on Tammany's organizational strength and Mayor McClellan’s re election depends largely on it, according to J J Dickinson.
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Tammany
Hearst
McClellan
Tammany Organization
J. J. Dickinson
Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elections Formed
Seth Low heads a new New York group aimed at preventing corrupt practices at elections. The Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elections will include members from both major parties. It plans to question legislative candidates this election and push a model bill in January after studying other states.
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Seth Low
Nonpartisan Society
New York
Washington Post
Low
President Roosevelt’s Stormy Sea Voyage Reaches Record Pace
President Roosevelt travels toward Norfolk at near 200 miles from Cape Hatteras amid strong winds and rough seas. The West Virginia reports 18 knot speed. Admiral Brownson hosts a banquet for officers and a Saturday concert aboard. Messages of congratulations flood in from governors and officials as the fleet presses north. A Kansas City wireless interception reveals signals from the President’s ship and a kite-based experiment by Fort Leavenworth officers.
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Washington Post
Norfolk, Va
Roosevelt
Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
Cape Hatteras
West Virginia
St. Augustine
Fla
Anastia Island
Savannah
Mayor Boyce
Kansas
Kansas City
Signal Corps
Fort Leavenworth
George O. Squier
William Mitchell
Atlantic
Army men test kite receiver for wireless messages at navy yard
A power plant site on Twenty sixth street and Broadway hosts experiments where Mr. Halleman credits army men for the signal success due to the kite carried receiver. They plan further trials to catch messages from the President’s ship, with Friday’s notes including Key West and a Concho steamer message. The West Virginia cruiser sent a wireless to Cape Hatteras as it neared Savannah while its squadron completed a record trip from Jupiter.
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Halleman
Key West
Concho
Mallory Line
Gulf of Mexico
Mamie Fisher
Houston
Tex
Galveston
Navy Yard
West Virginia
Cape Hatteras
Savannah
Jupiter
Albany to Celebrate Halloween Carnival Weekend Spectacle
Albany New York prepares for a two day Halloween carnival with five parades including a business parade ghost parade coronation parade auto parade and costume parade. The city is lit with electric lights banners and festive colors as visitors arrive for the event.
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Washington Post
Albany
New Orleans
President's Son injured in Harvard freshman game
Theodore Roosevelt Jr sustained a chest injury in the second half of Harvard freshmen versus Worcester Academy in Worcester Massachusetts. He left the field but accompanied the squad back to Cambridge and expected to be with the team for practice the next day. Roosevelt made his first appearance on the gridiron in yesterday’s contest.
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Washington Post
Worcester
Mass
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Harvard
Worcester Academy
Jones
Academy
Roosevelt
Cambridge
Labor for the South Imports North Workers to Replace Negroes
Mobile reports a plan to bring over 200 Northern German and Swede laborers to Alabama and Mississippi sawmills within days. This second batch will add about 60 workers in the next month, paid 1.50 dollars daily. Mills substitute Italian labor but find it unsuccessful, while Negro labor remains scarce and unreliable.
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Washington Post
Mobile
Ala
South
Chattanooga
Alabama
Mississippi
A. M. Turner
Cleveland Party Returns After Morton Monument Event
Former President Grover Cleveland and his party arrived in Chicago after a trip to Morton Park Nebraska City where a maple tree was planted in honor of J. Sterling Morton. The ceremony featured Hil ary A. Herbert, Adlai A. Stevenson, and other guests before Cleveland continued to Princeton New Jersey.
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Nebraska City
Nebr
Grover Cleveland
J. Sterling Morton
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago
Arbor Lodge
Mortons
Cleveland
Hilary A. Herbert
Adlai A. Stevenson
Princeton, NJ
Fraud of Millions in Plot With Officials in Philadelphia
Philadelphia report details massive overpayments in city filtration and two boulevards. It names Israel W. Durham and other political and firm leaders tied to inflated costs, with estimates showing $6.33 million extra charged beyond legitimate contractor profits.
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Israel W. Durham
Public Works
Haddock and Costello
Hill
Philadelphia
Board of Investigating Engineers
Weaver
Cassius B. Gillette
United States Engineer Corps
Savannah Harbor
John Donald MacLennon
Washington, D.C
Ilegal
D. J. McNichol & Co
James J. Ryan
John A Kelley
Vare Brothers
McNichol
J. P. McNichol
Daniel
Vare
George A. Vare
Edwin H. Vare
William 8. Vare
Recorder of Deeds
William C. Haddock
Ashbridge
Peter E. Costello
John W. Hil
Bureau of Flitration
D. J. McNichol
Ryan & Kelley
Ware Brothers
Shor
Chicago Water Main Burst Destroys Property and Kills Three
A three foot water main broke at Eighteenth and Clark streets flooding blocks in Chicago. Three people died including Michael and Patrick Barry from gas in Ulmers tunnel and Mrs Lottie Hamlin from shock. Dozens injured as homes and businesses flooded and railroad tracks undermined.
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New York
Chicago and St. Louis
Eighteenth and
Clark Streets
Michael Barry
Patrick Barry
Ulmers
Eighteenth Street
Armour Avenue
Lottie Hamlin
Clark and
Imsalle Streets
Sixteenth Street
Twentieth Street
Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railway
Seventeenth
Eighteenth Streets
Seventeenth Street
Death of Edgar Harding Boston Merchant and Yachtman
Edgar Harding of Harding Whitman Co dry goods, Boston, died suddenly of heart disease at his Beem Street home. He was sixty, prominent in the textile trade and social clubs, survived by three sons and two daughters. Estate valued at $7,000. Also advertises 100 ft of good lumber for $1.75 by Libbey & Co. on Sixth Street and New York Avenue.
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Boston
Oston
Edgar Harding
Harding, Whitman & Co
Beem Street
Five Officials Die in Hazelkirk Mine Explosion
Pittsburg Pa Oct 29 Five minor officials of the Pittsburg and Westmoreland Coal Company perished when they entered Hazelkirk mine No 1 to check for lingering fire from a two week old blast They tore down a bulkhead and were killed when a later explosion ripped through the shaft Andrew Hoder escaped badly burned and alerted rescuers The mine remains burning with no miners buried and the community mourns the loss of well known leaders in the local coal industry.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg and Westmoreland Coal Company
Hazelkirk Mine
Hazelkirk
Joan Hornical
Daniel Griffith
Joseph Hunter
John Lavys
Henry Clayborne
Andrew Hoder
John Wornicai
Monongahela
Washington County
Westmoreland Coal Company
Hazel Kirk
Hannat Interests
Vieveland
Trickster Philanthropist Trapped by Forged Check
Harry St Clair Qubridge, an English ex-convict with three forgery terms, was arrested in San Francisco after cashing a $5 forged check at George Montgomery's hotel. Montgomery, a noted philanthropist aiding reforming convicts, grew suspicious and alerted his firm before Qubridge could spend the money. He faces about twenty years. alias Lord Cyril Athol, he is described as a skilled confidence man.
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Washington
San Francisco
Harry St. Clair Qubridge
George Montgomery
Oubridge
Folsom
Montgomery
Lord Cyril Athol
Murderer Lynched Near Bainbridge Georgia Riverbank
In Bainbridge Georgia an alleged murderer was seized from the county jail by about fifty men and executed by hanging near the town at the riverbank. The suspect had shot a deputy while resisting arrest for the earlier murder of a colored woman. A special train carried a physician to the scene but the man did not recover.
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Bainbridge
Gus Giedman
Burcher
Goodman
Stier Stegall
Stegall
Thomasville
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