China's Great Army Shows Stunning Training
Foreign observers measure China's 40 000 strong force as highly efficient and disciplined likened to European troops. Troops shown steady under dust storm, with front lines, artillery, cavalry, and engineers cited as well handled despite some weapon and support critiques. Yuan Shikai hosted observers as they noted Japanese influence in uniforms and training.
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Peking
China
Chilel
Shantung
Hunyang
Peace Society Cheers War During Chicago Peace Service
In Chicago on October 2 at Centenary Methodist Church the Chicago Peace Society held a service. Mrs W H Thomas praised the Russian revolution, calling for its victory while the Japanese consul Mr Shimzu spoke on the international peace movement. Dr Thomas proposed an international peace congress with a supreme court to settle disputes and enforce its orders.
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Chicago
Chicago Peace Society
Centenary Methodist
W H Thomas
Peace Society
Shimzu
International Peace Movement
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas
Inter- National Peace Congress
Supreme Court
First Snow Hits Central Midwest Cities
Snow and sleet began in Des Moines and central Iowa early today as the first fall of the season extends across Nebraska Missouri and Iowa. Reports from Omaha St Joseph Kansas City note snow varying in intensity with ground cover and expected heavier precipitation later.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Des Moines
Omaha
St Joseph. Mo
Kansas City Mo
Easto Dus
Appleyard notes salvage $262000 at auction in Jamestown sale
Arthur B E Appleyard notes securites valued at $262 01 were offered at auction from the defunct German Bank of this city and sold for $52 401 to Adams Co of London. No bids were received for $313000 Kenton and Southern Railroad bonds which will be held by the receiver. Jamestown details report burglars blowing the safe at Slocum and Dickman bank in Sagertown Pa, with $6000 inside but access blocked by vandalized telephone lines.
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Pitfalo
Nyy
Arthur BE
Appleyard
Geman Bank
Adams & Co
Lies
Kenton and Southern
Mos
Jamestown
N. Y
Slocum and Dickman Private Bank
Sagerstoun
Will Lead To Revolution Injunction Spurred Labor Woes
Chicago October 30 Government by injunction if unchecked will lead to a national revolution declares Typographical Union No 16 after a meeting. The union denounces liberal use of court writs in labor troubles and seeks legal advice on filing a bill to restrain Chicago firms tied to the Chicago Typothetae from conspiring with the ITU and No 16. The preamble urges shorter hours to curb overproduction and aid the unemployed, warning of a coming low mood and financial hardship. Peaceful, persuasive methods are urged as the unions’ sole policy.
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Chicago
Typographical Union No. 16
International Typographical Union and Local Union No
Dougherty Seeks Liberty in Defalcation Case
Newton C Dougherty former superintendent of schools seeks reduced bail of 25000 or 20000 to allow furnishing. He claims excessive bail 101000 and cites legal and financial entanglements including securities and bank deposits tied to a 200000 loan. The habeas writ was granted but no hearing date set as state prosecutors review the petition.
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Peoria
Tl. Oet
Worthington
Chambers
Newton C. Dougherty
F. J. Quinn
J. A. Weil
Dougherty
O. J. Baley
First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Disbarment Petition Seeks Bar on Chicago Firm
Chicago firms seek to bar Newman Northrup Levinson Becker from federal practice over a bankruptcy petition against E. I. Rosenfeld of Western Life Indemnity Company. Judge Bethea delayed action until motions to dismiss Rosenfeld’s case are heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E. I. Rosenfeld
Western Iife Indemnity Company
Rosenfeld
Bethea
Newman, Northrup, Levinson & Becker
United States District Court
Jacob Newman
Praise of Donor Immoral in Sermon at Sinai Temple
In Chicago on October 29 Dr. Emil G Hirsch argued that multi millionaires should endow churches hospitals and schools but praising tainted money is wrong. He said gifts are restitution yet donor control over beneficiaries harms the cause and noted excess homage mirrors idolatry of wealth.
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Chicago
Sinal Temple
Emil G. Hirsch
Dr. Hirsch
Wood carver completes chest before death
Roberto B. Rascovich, a water color artist and wood carver, vowed not to die until finishing a bridal chest. He began the ornate piece months earlier, suffered an apoplectic stroke, but continued carving until the chest neared completion. He died shortly after laying down his tools, the work proving his last effort.
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Eage
Roberto B. Rascovich
Hochs Double Death Links to Secret Chicago Marriage
Chicago reports a sensational tale as Coroner stops William Feller funeral, later deeming no investigation necessary. Bluebeard Hoch parallels surface features with Mrs Hoch's arsenic murder case. Feller's secret marriage to housekeeper Fredericka Schaeffer raises insurance questions and ties to Foresters policy transfers.
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William Feller
Chicago
Marig Welcker Hoch
Ohann Hoch
Feller
Chicago Avenue
Mra Fredericka Schaeffer
Independent
Order of Foresters
Foresters
Hoch
Johann Hoch
Peller
Fort Dodge
Iown
Illinois
American shot by guide on Sonora mining trip
Passengers aboard the steamer City of Topeka report the death of American mining engineer John O'Dea. He was murdered near Hermosillo while traveling from the Sonora capital toward interior mines. O'Dea, who had recently left Hermosillo with a native guide, was shot in the back six miles from the city. his body was found by travelers and brought to Hermosillo.
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San Francisco
Topeka
John O'Dea
Hermosilo
Sonora
Dea
Minthis State
Guaymas
O'Dea
New York Population Totals From 1906 Census
Albany reports state population 8 066 672 and Greater New York 4 014 304 for June 1 1906. State rise since 1900 is 787 778 or 11 percent while city growth from 1900 to 1906 reaches 577 192 or 16 8 percent. Manhattan 2 112 697 and Brooklyn 1 358 391.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
State Enumeration Bureau
Greater
New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Despondent eighty five year old banker ends life
Indianapolis Oct 30 Capt James G Wright eighty five a former banker and steamboat captain shot himself in the head. He had served on Ohio and Mississippi river boats and had held banker roles in Madison Indiana and Fort Worth Texas.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James G. Wright
Wright
Ohio
Mississippi
Madison
Fort Worth
Tex
Cold and Hungry Towns Hit by Gas Outage
Elmira New York and nearby Corning along with about fifteen smaller communities lost natural gas after a main separation between Elmira and Coudersport. Hundreds faced no heat or breakfast as lamps replaced lights and offices closed. Bell Telephone sent most workers home awaiting repair with the break unfound at noon.
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Elmira
Couderspot
Corning
Pennsylvania
Bell Telephone Company
Kennedy sentenced for perjury in naturalization fraud case
Joseph Kennedy, linked to fraudulent naturalization schemes in Chicago, was given an indeterminate penitentiary term after a confession of perjury. His testimony spurred renewed efforts to expose frauds and led to a probe targeting four suspected accomplices and the illegal introduction of hundreds of Italians. Antonio Chapperino faces trial next Wednesday with Kennedy slated as a witness for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph Kennedy
Kennedy
Antonio Chapperino
Meant to Rob Bank in Chenoa Murder Plot
William Leduc, after killing Mayor Nickel and Hugh B. Jones, planned a bank raid in Bloomington with escape as his aim. He visited his mother to bid farewell, discussed leaving the country, and confessed a failed settlement of 3400 dollars with his wife. A crowd blocked him, he fled to the vault, burned 1600 in paper money, and left silver.
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Bloomington
William Leduc
Nickel
Hugh B. Jones
Chenoa
Leduc
Coal Takes a Jump in Pittsburg Coal Price
Pittsburg Coal Company announces a 20 cent per ton price increase on run of mine and screened coal effective next month. This brings total increases to 45 cents per ton in under three months due to rising industrial demand and a car shortage.
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Pittsburg Company
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Coal Company
Reprieve Granted for Murderer in Hartford Case
Frank Sherrie, condemned to death for the murder of Mrs. Ludwika Kulas in Somersville, was granted a reprieve by Gov. Henry Roberts until January 19, 1906. The action followed a capitol meeting including Russian consular figures and officials, with the reprieve seen as courtesy toward Russian representatives. The case will be reviewed by the board of pardons in December.
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Hartford
Conn
Frank Sherrie
Henry Roberts
Sherrie
Ludwika Kulas
Somersville
Hughes Not to Prosecute In Insurance Probe Statement
Charles E Hughes, counsel for the legislative insurance investigating committee, says he will not pursue criminal prosecutions from the inquiry. He emphasizes his aim is to uncover facts and abuses, elicit truth impartially, and safeguard the insurance business, not to indict individuals. He rejects any notion that the inquiry is a step toward criminal trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
Jerome
Hughes
Old World ChitChat On German Colonial Ambitions
Theodore von Holleben, former German Ambassador in Washington, now leads the Deutsche Colonial Gesellschaft under government auspices. The congress in the Reichstag building urged immediate colonial expansion, citing emigrant losses to the United States and other nations. The piece notes support from merchants, financiers, and church leaders, and mentions key figures and experts. It also references policy shifts in South Africa, a humane approach vs. harsh measures, and a sensational Vienna note on a vivisection subject.
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Theodore von Holleben
Washington
Deutsche Colonial Gesellschaft
Johann Albrecht
Mecklenburg
Reichstag
Dr. von Holleben
United States
Germany
Dr. von Braunschweig
Wiley to test cold storage foods with juried dinners
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley of the Bureau of Chemistry plans a series of cold-storage experiments to settle questions about how long meats fish eggs and produce can be kept without deterioration. He will invite a panel of epicures to dine on fresh and cold-storage foods to judge nutritive and gustatory differences and may form two squads for extended feeding trials on fresh versus cold-storage diets.
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Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Department
Carmody Must Remain Refuses to Accept Resignation
A Prince George County and Eastern District Citizens Association meeting refuses Frances S. Carmody's resignation as president. The group delays new officers, discusses Rollins avenue repairs, and plans a crossing at District line station with Chesapeake Beach Railway. They seek party views on road laws and elect new members Oden Bowie, Smallwood, and John Trent. Moon named general superintendent of Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. Dr Kings New Discovery advertised.
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Citizens’ Association
Prince George County
District of Columbia
Frances
Carmody
Republican Party
Richard Brown
Association
Rollins Avenue
Chrisman
Chesapeake Beach
District Line
Carter P. Catts
Howard Chrisman
Wall John Gregory
Francis 8. Carmody
Chisapeake
Sixty-first Street
Gregory
House of Delegates
State Senate
Oden Bowie
William R. Smallwood
John Trent
Social favorite in jail shocks Pittsburg society
George McKee once a dapper social figure in Pittsburg and Wilmerding has been jailed on charges of being a gentleman thief. Police report he befriended fashionable homes to inspect interiors for valuables and was found leaving a Knoxville residence with plunder. He previously worked for Westinghouse, later moved to New York and Pittsburg offices, and separated from a society wife after years of status before his alleged crimes.
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Pittsburg
George McCombs McKee
McKee
Knoxville
Westinghouse Company
Wilmerding
New York
Fall River Textile Wage Pact Averts Major Strike
Amicable talks between cotton manufacturers and the textile council in Fall River Mass end with a compromise on wages. A direct and indirect wage increase totaling about 9 percent will be applied from October 23, with unions to vote Wednesday. Dividends to operatives lowered from 76 to 2146 cents and weaving price per forty five yards raised to 18 cents. The Manufacturing Association has endorsed the agreement and a broader strike of 200000 operatives is seen as averted.
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Fall River
Mass
Textile Council
Prized Jersey Cow Killed by Manila Cook in Transit Mixup
A Manila report reveals a fatal error aboard the interisland transport Famulus where a prized Jersey cow valued over $1,000 was mistaken for an ordinary animal. The cook killed the prize animal for fresh meat, while the ordinary cow survived.
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Cook
Philippines
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Manila
Zamboanga
Belford Property Sold to Collins Guerry Co in DC
The Belford at 621 Thirteenth Street NW near G Street was sold to Collins Guerry Company for about 98,500. Deed filed yesterday shows the four story brick building and lot, formerly owned by Mrs A B Stoughton and son Augustua B Stoughton Jr. Improvements of 5000 are planned to convert it into an office building. basement enlargement and interior updates are underway.
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Belford
Thirteenth Street
G Street
Colins-Guerry Company
A. B. Stoughton
P Street
Augustua B. Stoughton, Jr
Philadelphia
Riley
Messia. Collins & Guerry
Collins
Run on Illinois bank prompts strong assurances in Bloomington
A run on the Corn Bell Bank savings department in Bloomington began today but all demands are being met in full. President W. E. Howell states the bank’s condition is excellent, large sums have been ordered from Chicago, and local banks will aid in meeting obligations. Depositors are being paid without sixty days’ notice. The bank is run by prominent county wealthiers. A separate note reports Rio Grande City residents poisoned after consuming a shipment of preserved oysters from Houston with many seriously ill, including ministers and officials.
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Bloomington
Ill
Corn Bell Bank
W. E. Howell
Chicago
Houston
Tex
Rio Grande City
Triumph for Bloom Beautiful Color and Form at Show
The annual chrysanthemum and carnation show opened in new greenhouses at B and Fourteenth Streets Southwest. Miss Alice Roosevelt chrysanthemum and reflexed pink Misa Alice Roosevelt drew crowds, lauded as the year's finest yellow incurved bloom. Carnations, rivaling Lawson, impressed judges and visitors, while displays included pineapples, crotons, and tropical trees, showing diverse plants cultivated by the Department of Agriculture for flower lovers and growers.
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Alice Roosevelt
Lawson Pink
Claes
Department of Agriculture
Atrecta
Oliver
Washington
Mia Roosevelt
Lawson
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Chrysanthemum Show Opens at Public Buildings Grounds
Announcement by Col. Charles Bromwell says the annual chrysanthemum show will open in the greenhouses beside the Bureau of Engraving and Printing tomorrow at 8 o'clock. The exhibit runs through the week and closes Sunday evening with over seventy varieties and about two thousand plants on display. George B. Brown and his landscape staff report unusual success and higher numbers of varieties than last year.
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Charles Bromwell
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
George B. Brown
Letter Held Nineteen Years In Transit From Rochester
A letter mailed in May 1886 in Rochester New York addressed to a Hongkong steamship company manager was misdirected and ended in the Chinese dead letter office. It was later moved to the United States and sent to the local undeliverable mail office. The sender's name is inside. officials will try to locate him and return the message.
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China
Rochester
Hongkong
United States
Consul Miller Sets Sail for Auckland Post
United States Consul J Martin Miller, once assigned to Aix la Chapelle, is to depart after receiving final instructions for his Auckland New Zealand post. Germany opposed his original selection, prompting a transfer, with Frank Dillingham moving to the initially intended assignment. Miller bids Washington friends farewell and will soon begin his distant duty abroad.
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Auckland
United States
J Martin Miller
Aix la Chappelle
Germany
Miller
N Z
Frank Dillingham
California
Mr Miller
Consul Miller
Washington
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