China’s Great Army Shows Notable Training Effort
Foreign observers praised China’s 40 000 strong force for discipline and control in recent maneuvers at Peking. Critics noted artillery support was lacking but overall efficiency matched European standards. observers observed perfect order under dust storm conditions and noted Japanese influence in equipment, command and training.
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Peking
China
Cers
Chilel
Shantung
Hunyang
Peace Society Cheer War At Chicago Peace Service
The Chicago Peace Society held a service at Centenary Methodist Church with Mrs W H Thomas praising the Russian Revolution and hoping for its success. Japanese consul Shimzu spoke on the International peace movement and Dr Thomas proposed an international peace congress with a supreme court to settle disputes and enforce orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Fall of Snow Hits Central Midwest States
Snow and sleet begin in central Iowa and eastern Nebraska as the season opens. Des Moines reports early precipitation with ground cover and potential heavier amounts later. St Joseph and Kansas City also note light to heavy snowfall impacting western Missouri and eastern areas.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Des Moines
Omaha
St Joseph. Mo
Kansas City Mo
Easto Dus
Appleyard notes auction raises 262 000 in assets
Arthur B E Appleyard notes that loans from the defunct German Bank of Jamestown were sold at auction for 52 401 to Adams Co of London, with no bids on 313 000 Kenton and Southern Railway bonds. In another scene burglars opened the Slocum and Dickman bank safe at Sagersville, Pa, but failed to access funds after cutting village telephone wires.
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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 Labor Union warns of injunctions
Chicago Oct 30 Government by injunction if unchecked will lead to a national revolution say Typographical Union No. 16 after a meeting passed resolutions denouncing liberal court writs in labor troubles. Officials sought legal advice on a bill to restrain Chicago firms tied to the Chicago Typothetae from conspiring to insure the credit of the International Typographical Union and local union No. 16. The preamble says reducing hours is the sane method to prevent overproduction and provide work for the unemployed, noting warnings of a coming low mood and financial difficulty. It adds that peaceful and persuasive methods are the only ones unions understand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Typographical Union No. 16
International Typographical Union and Local Union No
Dougherty Seeks Liberty in Bail Reduction Case
Newton C. Dougherty former school superintendent seeks bail reduced from 101000 to 25000 or 20000 arguing he can furnish the amount. He claims pending indictments are duplicative and that confinement harms his private financial interests while he cooperates with court and school board securities.
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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 Filed Against Chicago Firm
Chicago firm Newton Northrup Levinson Becker faces a disbarment petition over a bankruptcy filing for E. I. Rosenfeld of Western Life Indemnity Co. Judge Bethea delayed action pending Motions to dismiss Rosenfeld proceedings and hearing.
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 Sinal Temple
Dr Emil G Hirsch argues in Chicago that multi millionaire endowments to churches hospitals and schools are proper restitution yet praising donors is immoral He warns that donations become harmful if givers seek control over beneficiary beliefs and condemns the era of wealth worship.
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Chicago
Sinal Temple
Emil G. Hirsch
Dr. Hirsch
Endes Work Then Dies Wood Carver Finishes Chest
Water color artist and wood carver Roberto B. Rascovich promised not to die until finishing a bridal chest. After a stroke he persisted, completing the ornate piece before laying down his tools and passing away shortly afterward. He died of apoplexy as the chest neared completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eage
Roberto B. Rascovich
Hoch's Secret Marriage and Bluebeard Parallel Unfold in Chicago
Coroner halts William Feller funeral after autopsy shows congested liver and lungs, mirroring Mrs Hoch's arsenic linked death. Feller, a Chicago police court bailiff, had secretly married housekeeper Frederica Schaeffer to gain a fortune and insurance policies worth $5,000. Inspector Shippy says no further investigation is needed.
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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 Mexican Journey
Passengers aboard the City of Topeka report the death of John O'Dea, an American mining engineer, who was murdered near Hermosillo while traveling with a native guide toward interior Sonora mines. O'Dea had sailed from Hermosillo for Guaymas weeks earlier. The guide shot him in the back about six miles from Hermosillo. the body was later found and moved to Hermosillo.
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San Francisco
Topeka
John O'Dea
Hermosilo
Sonora
Dea
Minthis State
Guaymas
O'Dea
New York Population Figures From State Census
Albany reports New York State population at 8,066,672 with 4,014,304 living in Greater New York as of June 1. City totals show Manhattan 2,112,697 and Brooklyn 1,358,391, marking notable increases since 1900 and 1890. The state cites 11 percent growth over five years, while Greater New York rises 16.8 percent since 1900.
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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 years old shot himself in the head amid belief he had outlived his usefulness. Wright once banker at Madison Indiana and Fort Worth Texas and had been a steamboat captain on Ohio and Mississippi river boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
James G. Wright
Wright
Ohio
Mississippi
Madison
Fort Worth
Tex
Cold and Hungry Towns in Gas Outage
Elmira New York and Corning plus about fifteen nearby towns faced a natural gas service interruption after a main separation between Elmira and Coudersport. Hundreds of households lacked heat and fuel, some huddled in hotels, while lighting shifted to oil lamps, with offices closed and many factories idled as officials searched for the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira
Couderspot
Corning
Pennsylvania
Bell Telephone Company
Kennedy Sentenced in Naturalization Fraud Case
Joseph Kennedy, linked to months of fraudulent naturalization schemes in Chicago, received an indeterminate penitentiary term after a perjury confession that spurred renewed fraud probes. He named accomplices, leading to a search for four more men aiding illegal Italian citizenship introductions. Antonio Chapperino faces trial next Wednesday with Kennedy expected to testify.
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Chicago
Joseph Kennedy
Kennedy
Antonio Chapperino
Meant to Rob Bank in Bloomington Tragedy
William Leduc planned a bank raid after killing Mayor Nickel and Hugh B. Jones in Chenoa. He visited his mother, bade farewell, and hinted at leaving the country to escape. Financial ruin from a $3400 settlement with his wife reportedly fueled the plan, which failed when crowds gathered and he fled to the vault, burning 1600 dollars in paper money while leaving silver intact.
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Bloomington
William Leduc
Nickel
Hugh B. Jones
Chenoa
Leduc
Coal Takes a Jump Twenty Cents a Ton Advance by Pittsburg Company
Pittsburg coal firm announces a 20 cent per ton price rise for run of mine and screened coal. The latest hike, totaling 45 cents per ton in under three months, reflects strong industrial demand and a car shortage. The increase takes effect at the start of next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Company
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Coal Company
Reprieve for Murderer in Hartford Case
Hartford Oct 30 Frank Sherrie Russian immigrant condemned to death for the Somerville murder of boardinghouse keeper Mrs Ludwika Kulas has been granted a reprieve by Gov Henry Roberts until January 19 1906. The decision came after a capitol meeting with Russian consul general Nicholas Lodygensky attorney general William A King and Russian clergy. The reprieve may reflect courtesy to Russian officials and 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 for Insurance Inquiry Purpose
Charles E Hughes, counsel for the legislative insurance investigating committee in New York, says he has no plan to pursue criminal prosecutions arising from the inquiry. He states his aim is to uncover facts and abuses to safeguard the insurance business, not to indict individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
Jerome
Hughes
Old World Chit Chat on German Colonial Drive
Theodore von Holleben, ex German Ambassador, leads the Deutsche Colonial Gesellschaft urging immediate colonial expansion. At the Reichstag Congress Duke Johann Albrecht presided while von Holleben dominated, with unions and institutes represented and merchants, financiers, church leaders backing emigration and empire-building. The piece contrasts renewed colonial zeal with costs in Africa and shifting policies, noting South Africa reforms and a Vienna death linked to vivisection experiments.
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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 Pioneers Cold Storage Food Tests For Health
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley of the Bureau of Chemistry outlines a plan to test nutritive and gustatory properties of cold storage foods. He will invite connoisseurs to dinner to judge fresh versus preserved meats eggs milk and produce, and may create two squads one on fresh and one on cold storage foods to compare health gains and declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Department
Carmody Must Remain Colum bia Citizens' Association votes to keep president
A Prince George County and Eastern District of Columbia Citizens' Association meeting refused Frances S Carmody's resignation as president, deeming the nonpolitical group should stay out of politics. Officers to be elected at the next regular meeting, and road repair topics discussed. New members Oden Bowie William R Smallwood John Trent elected. A note about railroad crossing at District line station and requests to candidates on road laws. D C Moon named general superintendent of Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. A p romotional note for Dr King s New Discovery ends.
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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 in Pittsburg Society Shock
George McKee once a fit social figure in Pittsburgh has been jailed on charges of being a gentleman burglar and thief. Women from fashionable districts identified him as the well dressed man who visited homes to view interiors for possible purchases then stole money or jewelry. A Knoxville residence yielded plunder and more was found at his rooms. Former Westinghouse executive, he later moved to New York and Pittsburgh offices, and quarrels at home reportedly led to his decline.
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Pittsburg
George McCombs McKee
McKee
Knoxville
Westinghouse Company
Wilmerding
New York
AVERT FALL RIVER STRIKE WITH 9 PERCENT WAGE GAIN
In Fall River Massachusetts on October 30 a protracted conference between cotton mill owners and the textile council produced a compromise on wages. It avoids a 200000 worker strike and sets a total wage advance just under 9 percent from October 23. The plan cuts the minimum dividend margin to 2146 cents and increases weaving price per forty five yards to 18 cents. Unions will vote Wednesday night to approve the agreement.
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Fall River
Mass
Textile Council
Prize Jersey cow killed by cook on Manila to Zamboanga voyage
Report from Manila to the War Department recounts how a prized Jersey cow valued over $1,000, kept at Manila, was to be sent to a stock farm in Zamboanga. On slaughter day the cook chose the wrong animal, killing the prize cow while the ordinary cow survived.
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Cook
Philippines
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Manila
Zamboanga
Belford Building Sold for Office Conversion in Washington
The Belford at 621 Thirteenth Street NW, a four story brick residence long run as Mrs. Riley’s boarding house, has been sold to Collins-Guerry Co. for about 98500. The deed records yesterday. Improvements worth 5000 will convert the property into an office building with basement enlargement and interior refitting.
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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
Bloom Triumph at Washington Chrysanthemum Show
The annual chrysanthemum and carnation exhibition opens in new greenhouses at B and Fourteenth streets southwest. Mrs Alice Roosevelt and a reflexed pink Miss Alice Roosevelt draw crowds as Oliver guides visitors. Judges hail Mrs Roosevelt as a top chrysanthemum triumph with intense yellow and incurved forms. The show features diverse plants including pineapples, crotons, rubber trees, fruit trees, and exotic blooms, with attention to disease control and tropical house culture.
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Alice Roosevelt
Lawson Pink
Claes
Department of Agriculture
Atrecta
Oliver
Washington
Mia Roosevelt
Lawson
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Department
Chrysanthemum Show To Open At 8 A M Tomorrow
Announcement by Col Charles Bromwell superintendent of public buildings and grounds that the annual chrysanthemum show will open in the greenhouses beside the Bureau of Engraving and Printing tomorrow at eight o'clock. The display runs through the week ending Sunday evening with more than seventy varieties and about two thousand plants. George B Brown landscape gardener and his assistants report unusual success this year boosting the quality and variety over last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bromwell
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
George B. Brown
Letter Held Nineteen Years From China Mail
A letter mailed in Rochester New York in May 1886 to a Hong Kong steamship manager was found in the dead letter office of the Chinese government and later sent to the United States. Officials will try to locate the sender and return the message mailed nineteen years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Rochester
Hongkong
United States
Consul Miller Set to Depart for Auckland Post
United States Consul J Martin Miller, once appointed to Aix la Chapelle, faced disfavor over sentiments in newspaper letters and has been reassigned to Auckland New Zealand. He receives final instructions in Washington and will soon depart for his distant post while bidding Washington friends farewell.
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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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