Turmoil in Russia Reported Amid Mutinies and Strikes
Late foreign dispatches detail battles at Sebastopol with thousands dead, the sinking and destruction of ships, and street fighting in Kiev. Telegraph workers strike isolates cities as czar’s guards face disloyalty, while Poland’s martial law ends and Cossacks mobilize. Polish Americans urge Roosevelt to intervene.
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Sebastopol
St. Petersburg
Sevastopol
Kieff
Black Hundred
Europe
Russian
Poland
Disastrous Great Lakes storms claim ships and lives
The season saw 149 lives lost and 70 ships wrecked on the Great Lakes with nearly seven million dollars in losses. The Ira H. Owen sank in Lake Superior, taking 19 crewmen to their deaths, amid broader disaster summaries and other national incidents.
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Lakes
Chicago
Ira H. Owen
Lake Superior
Joseph G. Cannon
John Sharp Williams
Wyoming
Brick Trust
McLeod
Boston
Meriwether
Roosevelt
Washington
Webb Hayes
Harry Williams
Jack Shur
Carbon
Ind
Takahira
New York
United States
Hughes urges extra sessions for legislature inquiry
Charles E Hughes proposes additional legislature sessions in New York to extend the inquiry by the investigation committee. The NY probe disclosed stock deals by former Equitable officials buying and selling with the society.
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Charles E. Hughes
Legislature Insurance
New York
Equitable
St. Louis
Internal Revenue Bureau
Roosevelt
Congress
Depew
Senate
Canada
United States
Will. Make
Dominion
Guanajuato
Mex
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West
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St. Petersburg
Washington
Oregon
New York Central Railroad
Lorimer
Illinois
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Valdosta
J. G. Rawlings
Milton
Jesse
Alf Moore
Carter
Arcadia
Fla
Queen Alexandra
Great Britain
Charles F. Douglass
Weston
W. Va
J. Clint Smith
East Meadowbrook
L. I
Harry Eldridge
Folsom
Cal
William Cotter
A. R. Meyer
Kansas City
Leadville
Col
Chicago University
Michigan
Marshall
Newton C. Dougherty
Peoria
Ill
Joliet
Middle River
Texas
Alabama
Notable 19th Century Dispatches From American and World News
A collage of 19th century items reports on horse racing movements with Director General selling for 12 500 to W B Janvier of New York, Miss Florence Carpenter dies after a riding accident in Missouri, and a Chicago coroner cites Marshall Field Jr. death by accidental gunshot. Also covered are Cuba election landslides, taxes and rail laws, and Roosevelt era diplomacy.
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W. BR. Janvier
New York
Florence Carpenter
Chicago
Excelsior Springs
Independence
Cuba
Moderate
Palma
Marshall Field, Jr
E. G. Lewis
People’s Bank of St. Louis
Roosevelt
Congress
New Mexico
Arizona
Hearst
Loubet
France
Omaha
Cal
Stillings
Henry Anson
Marshalltown
Iowa
Kan
Philippine Islands
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Washington
Virginia
Gov. Herrick
Ohio
Jefferson Shanks
Miami County
Congress Begins Work in Fifty-ninth Session
Washington reports the fifty ninth congress opening with Vice President Fairbanks presiding in the senate and Clerk McDowell in the house. Oaths were administered to Senators Aldrich Knox Warner and Frazier with adjournment for Senator Platt and Mr Marsh. The house elected Speaker Cannon and adopted rules while committees prepared to notify President Roosevelt. A notable bill by Mr Williams forbids federal corporations from soliciting campaign contributions with fines ranging from 500 to 10000 dollars and double the value on violations.
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Fairbanks
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House
McDowell
Allison
Morgan
Congress
Aldrich
R. I
Knox
Warner
Frazier
Tenn
Platt
Conncticut
Joseph G. Cannon
Roosevelt
Rules Committee
Connecticut
Marsh
Illinois
Williams
Changes in the Navy Exposes Reform and Expansion Plan
Secretary Bonaparte reports to President Roosevelt proposing to drop nearly 300 officers to speed youth to command. He asks Congress to add 13 warships at 23.3 million and 3,000 enlisted plus 1,500 marine corps in the coming fiscal year. He denounces fist fighting while endorsing boxing aboard ships and enforces the Annapolis Meriwether affair law.
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Roosevelt
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Marine Corps
Department
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Railroads Put In Receiver's Hands In Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton and the Pere Marquette railroads were placed in receivership by United States Circuit Judge Henry Lorton. Judson Harmon, former United States attorney general, was appointed receiver with bond totaling $200,000. The move, requested by Lawrence Maxwell Jr. for creditor Walter B. Horn, was agreed to by the railroads after admitting insolvency.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton
Moody urges rate reform and strong antitrust case slate
Attorney General William H. Moody in his annual report highlights four core targets for national reform. He calls for rate reform citing Chicago beef trust cases, public office misconduct shown by the cotton leak scandal, strict anti-trust enforcement against Standard Oil and United States Steel, and a revision of government criminal laws amid DOJ impotency concerns.
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Washington
William H. Moody
Chicago Beef Trust
Standard Oil
United States Steel Corporation
Department of Justice
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Aids Tumor Recovery
A testimonial from Bradford Pennsylvania reports a tumor on the uterus disappearing after five bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The writer claims menstruation resumed and a physician found no tumor upon exam. The ad also notes free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Fannie D. Foz
Lydia
Pinkham
Fannie D. Fox
Chestnut Street
Bradford
Bright Bits by Wits
A collection of pithy aphorisms on character wealth and self deception. It contrasts appearances with real virtue and cautions that reputation cannot substitute genuine generosity or wisdom.
Man Swears By Dr Williams Pink Pills For Pale People
Dubuque Iowa resident J G Menkel describes severe rheumatism fixed after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. He credits the remedy with removing joint swelling pain and restoring strength in three months. He urges others to try the pills and cites family endorsement. The ad claims broad blood benefits and availability from druggists or the medicine company.
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Robert Yates
Klauer Manufacturing Co
Dubuque
Dr. Williams
Mr. Menkel
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
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