Family Row in the Czars Palace
St Peters burg cable account describes a confrontation among the czar and Grand Dukes Boris Vladimir and Michael over Bloody Sunday fallout. Tensions rose when Boris attacked, Michael intervened, and Boris was ordered out of Russia after accusations of grand dukes’ malfeasance and ruined fortunes.
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Chicago
St. Petersburg
Daily News
Boris
Grand Duke
Vladimir
Vladimirs
Father Gapons
Michael
Nicholas
Russia
15 000 Jews Killed In Three Days Reported
Boston dispatch reports Leon Jacob Siroutin, an Odessa born Jew, claims 15 000 Jews were killed in three days with brutal mutilation. Cossacks and police allegedly aided mobs, with men women and children among victims. New York item notes John H Page seeks to make restitution for 1895 robberies in Sonoma County California. sheriff says victims not yet found.
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Boston
Leon Jacob Siroitin
Odessa
Russia
New York
India
John H. Page
Williamsburg
Frank P. Grace
Sonoma County
California
Page
Panic at Moscow Bourse Amid Nationwide Disturbances
A violent panic grips Moscow as provincial business collapses and nobles houses are burned. Strikers clash with Cossacks near Gorodisteht while Moscow workmen reject a general strike. Officials flee Riga amid terror and foreign merchants wind down operations.
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Moscow
Shakhovyskoi
Gorodisteht
St. Petersburg
Kursk
Riga
Medals to be Presented for County Exhibit at Fair
Elmer E. Johnstone, executive commissioner of the Washington fruit exhibit at the Lewis and Clark exhibition, will arrive within a week to personally present the gold medals and other premiums awarded to the county exhibit at the fair.
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Elmer E. Johnstone
Assassin in Woman's Clothes Named in Sakharoff Case
Vienna dispatch reports Czernowitz sources claim Gavely Woroshinoff a locksmith apprentice from Ekaterinodar dressed as a woman and posed as deaf to reach General Sakharoff at Saratoff before killing him. He was seized and later released by revolutionists and fled to Austria Poland border.
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Vienna
Neue Freie Presse Today
Czernowitz
Austria
Kieff
Sakharoff
Nicholas
Saratoff
Gavely Woroschinoff
Ekaterinadodair
Sakarhoff
Worosshinkoff
Poland
Explosion at Dupont Powder works kills five workers
A mixing house at the Dupont Powder Company near Sayles eight miles north of Birmingham exploded today, instantly killing five workmen. The blast was felt for miles around. The victims were blown to atoms.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dupont Powder Company
Sayles
Hoch Says Oil Trust Robs Kansans at Low Prices
Gov W E Hoch told a Republican gathering in Ottawa Kansas that the Kansas oil field yields about 60000 barrels daily and that Standard Oil pays less than one third of last year’s price. He said the company could pay $1 more per barrel and still profit, calling the cut a theft of 360000 a day or 22000000 yearly. He argued the loss could fund homes or education.
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Kansas
Standard Oil Company
Peace Conference Postponed for Now
The state department reports efforts to set a date for The Hague conference are suspended for the time being. It is now thought impossible for the second conference to meet early next year as once expected.
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Washington, D
State Department
Bill to Abolish Isthmian Canal Commission Introduced
Washington December 14 Representative Mans of Illinois introduced a bill to abolish the Isthmian Canal Commission. The measure would allow the president to place canal construction under any executive department and permit operating the Panama railroad through the same means.
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Washington, D.C
Isthmian Canal Commission
Representative Mans
Illinois
Chicago Grand Jury Indicts Rebaters
Chicago December 4 grand jury indicts John H. Fairhorn president of the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railway Company and Fred A Wann vice president of Pere Marquette and Chicago and Alton for paying rebates totaling about 20000 on shipments over the Alton. Wann was general manager of the road and rebates allegedly went to Schwarzchild and Sulzberger Kansas City packers. Beth S Casey traffic manager pleaded guilty to receiving rebates and was fined 5000. Indictments returned on Cusey testimony.
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Chicago
Federal
John H. Fairhorn
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railway Company
Fred A. Wann
Pere Marquetts
Chicago and Alton
Alton
Wann
Schwarzchild
Sulzberger
Kansas City
Beth S. Casey
Cusey
Baby found abandoned at Paul Morton's gate in New York
A six week old girl was left at the delivery entrance of Paul Morton’s home at 33 Park Avenue. An employee carried the infant in a basket inside and notified Mrs. Morton. The baby was taken to Bellevue foundling ward. The Morton house is owned by Elihu Root.
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New York
Paul Morton
Park Avenue
Amiploye
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