New Era for China Manchu Officials Ousted
Peking reports a new imperial edict granting an immediate constitution with a cabinet excluding nobles. It pardons political offenders from revolutions and names Li Chia-chu as successor to Shih Hao, with officials shuffled and fortifications around the legations, as Yuan Shi Kai negotiates with rebels and awaits premier appointment.
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Yuan Shi-Kai
Peking
National Assembly
Hanan-Tung
Shih Hao
Li Chia-chu
Kuei-chur
Chao Ping-chun
Yuan Shi Kai
Tientsin
Shuh Yen Fang
Revolutionary Committee
Acén
Edict by Hsuan-tung Calls for Constitutional Reform in China
The Chinese emperor admits past missteps in governance and promises to reform. He laments misuse of funds, embezzlement by officials, and unheeded laws. He seeks to unite Manchus and Chinese, abolish unsuitable laws, and establish a constitutional government with the support of soldiers and the people.
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China
Hsuan-tung
National Assembly
Army League
Rebels Recede After Fierce Afternoon Clash in Shanghai
Rebels pressed the fight as reinforcements arrived with field guns and Maxim. Loyalist troops raked them with rapid-fire rifles. The rebels withdrew after holding ground, saving their guns and carrying wounded away. A visit to Siaoken showed loyalist losses rising and three carloads of dead observed. A wireless from Hankow reports imperialists burning Hankow as government forces advance with brutality.
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Hankow
China
Wuhu
Wuchang
Hanyang
Sah Chen Ping
A. H. Kepler
Hehue
Kilometer Ten
Sab
Loysilata
Siaoken
Shanghai
Hankon
Vaccination Plan Aims to Shield Dept of Agriculture
A War on typhoid fever follows a departmental recommendation approved by Secretary Wilson to vaccinate about 13 500 USDA employees including many who travel. The plan, born from typhoid data in cities and field-worker cases, seeks rapid serum-based vaccination though participation is voluntary.
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Department of Agricuture
Wilson
Wrson
Census Department
Washington
Wqeon
War Department
Cah
Sgriveté Physitians
Downfall due to flies ends evangelist’s six years at Port Chester
Greenwich, Conn. Oct 3 Special to The Washington Post Eugene Dickerman, an evangelist and mission conductor, is in Greenwich lockup charged with throwing his wife out of doors and stones at his sons. He blames his decline on shoeing bobtailed horses for millionaires during fly season. He leased a blacksmith shop on King Street last spring and says his patience broke under pressure from wealthy clients. His wife, hospitalized, has returned to the Institution.
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Washington Post
Greenwich
Conn
Eugene Dickermann
Port Chester
Dickerman
King Street
Priest A Hero At Fire In Pittsburgh
Special to The Washington Post. In Pittsburgh on October 3, Father Thomas J. Glynn rector of St. Malachi’s Catholic Church ran into a burning home to rescue Mrs. Catherine O'Malley on the second floor. He emerged badly burned as she died later at a hospital, while spectators cheered.
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Washington Post
Pittsburgh
Thomas J. Glynn
St. Malachi
Catherine O'Malley
Father Glynn
Mrs. O'Malley
Ruslam Seeks Change Of Name After Harassment Over 'Rusele lamb'
Kenry J Ruslam, 27, a Pittsburgh clerk, petitioned the common pleas court to change his name after newspapers linked him to the term Rusele lamb and friends repeatedly taunted him. He says the taunts forced him to quit his job and caused embarrassment to his fiancée, Anatahie, who now refuses to marry him.
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Pittsburgh
Buzzielamb
Washington Post
Kenry J Ruslam
Common Pleas Court
Ruslam
Ruselelamb
Griswold
New York
Ruzsielamb
Anatahie Haa
Trapped Virginian Dies After Rock Fall Near Bridgeport
J D Miller formerly of Harrisonburg Virginia was trapped by a rock fall twelve miles north of Bridgeport California and died from exposure. His body was found today and a diary on the back of an assay certificate showed entries from October and ending with No hope dated October 12.
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Perighesia
California
Bridgeport
Cal
Here
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Harrisonburg
Miller
Supreme Court expands federal control over interstate rail traffic
The Supreme Court declares that the Federal Safety Appliance Act applies to all equipment on highways of interstate commerce, giving the Interstate Commerce Commission authority over both interstate and intrastate railroad movements. The ruling sidelines state commissions, prompting jubilation among federal regulators and casting doubt on state rate regulation battles.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Federal Commission
Franklin K. Lane
van Bevanter
Alabama
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Supreme Court
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van Devanter
Wien
Minnesota
Kentucky
Lane
Government of
Railway lines clash over territory and pricing fears
Mr Kane welcomed the Supreme Court ruling as promoting safer, more economical railway operation, while critics warn that a new line could divert traffic from an existing system, raise rates, and hurt shippers by increasing competition in the territory.
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Kane
Supreme Court
Deacon Faces Arson Charge in New Brunswick
Ellis W Appleby, a wealthy Oldbridge deacon and former storekeeper, is arrested in New Brunswick on arson charges for allegedly burning the Slover Stonaker general store last August. The case stems from an insurance company investigation. Appleby’s brother is Asbury Park mayor, and his accuser is a Clemens detective agency nephew.
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Ellis W Appleby
New Brunswick
N. J
N.J
Allis W. Appleby
Oldbridge
Baptist Church
Slover &Stonaker
Appleby
Asbury Park
Wiliam M. Clemens
Samuel L. Clemens
McRee on Trial for Garland Murder in Opelousas Court
Zea Range McRee, accused of killing Allan Garland at her home on September 21, testified about events leading to the tragedy. She said she shot to defend her honor and due to fear of bodily harm, denying an improper relationship with Garland as spectators crowded the courtroom. She described the confrontation, the gun reach, and the aftermath, including how the bullets struck Garland in the back as he advanced, while cross examination pressed on motive and sequence.
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Opelousas
Zea Range McRee
Allan Garland
Garland
Plage
Allan
Witness Battle Over Horstmann at Excise Board Hearing
Verbal clash erupts as attorney Hogan demands the reappearance of F Oden Horstmann in the Kolbius excise board investigation. Gatley rebuts and adjournment follows with commissioners weighing separate excise and assessors boards amid testimony from Alexander Bell and William Richards.
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Bennet
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F. Oden Horstmann
Samuel T. Kolbius
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Horstmann
Gatley
Board of Commissioners
Samuel T. Kalbfus
George T. Harper
District of Columee
Excise
Il T. Kelbfus
Richards
New Era for China and War on Typhoid
Government's war on typhoid and federal rail regulation headline the issue alongside notes on Taft party concerns. Other items include Italian Duke in battle and an excise hearing incident.
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Lars Hei
Katte
Duke Siain
Taft
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Milano
Bad Boy
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Cotto Statistics
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the Batty
Underwood Not Candidate for President, Says Voters Jewish Guests
Special to The Washington Pool. Oscar Underwood, House leader, welcomed many Jewish visitors at his Birmingham home on October 3. He stated there was no change in the political situation and that he is not a presidential candidate, adding he has no opinion on whether his supporters should pursue a state delegation via primary or convention.
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Rudolph
Alexander Bell
Washington Bar Association
Washington
Birmingham
Ala
Oscar Underwood
House
Duke Riccardo Graziei Lante della Rovere Killed in Action
Milan reports growing belief that Italian losses at Tripoli are greater than admitted with potential 100000 military reserves called. Descriptions of Arab executions and bombardment at Benghazi reveal severe civilian toll. Tripoli fears massacre as Arabs mass near the oasis between Tripoli and outposts. London dispatch notes Turkish capture of outer entrenchments and Arab regrouping toward Tripoli.
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Tripoli
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Zahre
Ell
Taft Delivers Wide Talk on Party Future in Chicago
President Taft told a Harriton Club luncheon crowd he hopes for the party's success in the 1019 election but will support a new government if the people demand change. He warned against untried theories, pledged loyalty to a potential new regime, and urged unity amidst a fragile party crisis.
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Louis de la Barra
Taft
Harriton Club
Pittsburgh
Republican Party
Wilson Predicts Victory for Progressive Democrat
Special to The Washington Post Gov Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey predicts the next president will be a progressive Democrat He says urgency in Republican states and progressiveness in Democratic states ensure a progressive candidate should win He spoke in Madison Wisconsin and Dallas Texas during his travel from Dallas to Trenton
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Washington Post
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New Jersey
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Dallas
Trenton
Guv Wilson
Madison
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Tex
Wilson
Mayer to Fight Meat Trust in Indianapolis Market
Indianapolis October 3 Meyer Shank plans a campaign against the meat trust starting with pork sales by inviting nearby farmers to open the market. He aims to move seven carloads of potatoes and a cargo of apples to test price relief, asserting local pork prices are too high and that new sales will help residents.
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Meat Trust
Washington Post
Indianapoliia
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Eet Pike
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