Rockefeller Defends Standard Oil in Autobiographic Reminiscences
New York Special reports John D Rockefeller defends Standard Oil in a series of World’s Work articles. He asserts the company has not crushed rivals, notes past antagonism from growth, and argues industrial combinations are a necessity. He urges public-interest legislation and cautions against attacking all corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Iran
Carnegie funds hero fund for London to aid widows and orphans
Andrew Carnegie plans a London hero fund after success of his American venture. He will donate 1 250 000 dollars to trustees of the Carnegie Dunfermline Fund, which he previously endowed with over 2 600 000. The administration will aid widows and children of heroes and doctors who volunteer in epidemics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
America
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Carnegie Dunfermline Fund
Dunfermline
Thirty Years For Slaying His Aunt In New Jersey
Special: August Eberhardt, resident of Tackensack, New Jersey, changed his plea to guilty for the murder of his aunt Mrs Ortillie Eberhardt and was sentenced to thirty years in state prison. He lured his aunt and cousin from Austria to America, gained control of the aunt’s money, enticed them to a rail yard in New York, and shot the aunt. The cousin survived the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tackensack
N. J
August Eberhardt
Tal Bere
Ortillie Eberhardt
Eberhardt
Austia
America
New York
Minsterial Calling Leads Carnegie Official to Resign
George L. Grant superintendent of the 119 inch mill at Carnegie Steel in Homestead has resigned his $10,000 yearly post to enter the ministry. He has been admitted to Western Theological Seminary and begun his studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
George L. Grant
Carnegie Steel Company
Homestead
Western Theological Seminary
Lady Cook Sets Sail to Back Bryan Campaign
Lady Francis Cook, formerly Tennie C. Claflin, sails from Liverpool aboard the Cedric to campaign in the United States for William Jennings Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Cook
Bryan
London
Lady Francis Cook
Tennie C. Claflin
Liverpool
Cedric
United States
Prohibition Party Adopts Camel as Water Wagon Mascot
Chicago special reports the Prohibition party selecting the camel as its ballot emblem replacing fountain and rising sun. Alonzo Wilson state chairman says the camel is the original water wagon can seek water further than any quadreped travels faster than elephant or donkey and bears no need to grow a hump.
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Chicago
Alonzo Wilson
Prohibition Party
Roosevelt Stump Tour Believed to Boost Taft Efforts
Chicago dispatch reports strong belief that President Roosevelt will tour the West to aid the Republican ticket. National committee leaders, including Taft aides, acknowledge talks but avoid confirmation. Western correspondents urge Roosevelt to speak, hoping a stump campaign would deliver a landslide for Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roosevelt
West
Taft
Hitchcock
Hayward
Republican National Committee
Mississippi Valley
Mr. Taft
Roosevelt Answers Bryan in Oil Connection Dispute
President Roosevelt telegraphs W. J. Bryan to prove Governor Haskell’s links to Standard Oil. He cites court records showing Haskell halted Prairie Oil and Gas actions and argues Standard Oil owns most of the stake. The president also attacks the Democratic treasurer and contrasts Taft with Bryan’s shifting positions, warning of danger if Bryan’s plans are adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
W. J. Bryan
Haskell
Standard Oil Company
W. R. Hearst
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Democratic National Committee
Taft
Mr. Bryan
May Be Bride of Prince in Paris Rumor
Rumors in Paris link operatic star Mary Garden with Prince Mavrocordato a Russian resident with about 5 000 000 dollars in wealth The Hammerstein star neither confirms nor denies engagement and attention from the prince is noted
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Paris
Cable
Mary Garden
Prince Mavrocordato
Demand Label Sought for The Commoner
Southend Indiana unions forward resolutions to W J Bryan demanding the union label be placed on his publication The Commoner. The move reflects labor backing for the Democratic presidential nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southend
Ind
Indiana
W. J. Bryan
Divorce Granted for Elsie French Vanderbilt
In New York Special Justice Verard in the Supreme Court signed the final decree of absolute divorce in favor of Elsie French Vanderbilt from Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt on the recommendation of Referee David McClure.
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Vanderbilt
New York
Verard
Supreme Court
Elsie French Vanderbilt
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
David McClure
Temperance Local Option Becomes Law in Indiana
The county local option bill passed the House 55 to 45 and Gov. Hanly signed it at 4 36 PM. The law becomes effective on publication in 10 days to two weeks. The session featured dramatic votes amid alleged bribery claims and ended with House approval of a constitutional amendment for statewide prohibition 71 to 28.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
Kinsely
Dekalb County
House
Benjamin Harrison
Fred Gemmer
Pierson
Jay
Owen
Morgan Net $6,000 Shave Tallies in Lenox Visit
In Lenox Massachusetts J Pierpont Morgan guest of Charles Lanier paid six thousand dollars for a shave after waiting about 30 minutes Edwin V Morgan American minister to Cuba and another guest joined the more than two barbers within the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Mass
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Charles Lanier
Mr. Lanier
Edwin V. Morgan
Cuba
Edwin Morgan
Ring of stamp fakers busted in Moscow and Warsaw
Detective police in Moscow uncover an organized gang that cleaned used postage stamps for reuse. The operation allegedly spread 6 million falsified stamps in the last two months, with suspected links to Warsaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Moscow
Varsovia
Roosevelt Jr joins Hartford Carpet Works in Thompsontville
Theodore Roosevelt Jr expected to begin service at Hartford Carpet Works in Thompsontownville with duties likely in the operating departments. He toured the plant recently, guided by General Manager Higgins, as officials evaluate his role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford, Conn
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Hartford Carpet Works
Thompsonville
Roosevelt
Higgins
Willyge
Duke of Abruzzi to Wed Miss Elkins in November
The Duke of Abruzzi will marry Katherine Elkins in November in the United States. After the ceremony, on returning to Italy, the couple will be escorted home by several warships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
United States
Katherine Elkins
Italy
Wood Chopper Edward Moot Tops State Woodcutting Feat
In Windsor Vermont Edward Moot of Weatherfield proved Maxwell Evarts by chopping and stacking five cords of wood in under the time limit. Moot completed the task with an extra eighth of a cord in his pile and an extra half cord chopped on the ground. The feat occurred in woods north of Windsor, following Evarts’ boast at a Washington dinner last winter.
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Windsor
Maxwell Evarts
Washington
Green Mountain State
Edward Moot
Weatherafield
Trains Crash in Snowstorm Near Young's Point
In Livingston Montana a freight and a passenger train collided in a blinding snowstorm near Young's Point on the Northern Pacific. Twenty five persons were killed or injured as the passenger struck the freight engine side on, telescoping cars and trapping travelers. The wreck was aided by heavy wet snow that prevented fire and limited the death toll.
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Livingston
Mont
Young’s Point
Northern Pacific Railroad
Hickey
Cholera Crisis in Russia Spurs Official Action
Reports from St Petersburg indicate 15 683 cholera cases and 7 102 deaths in Russia since the epidemic began with 4 931 cases and 1 875 deaths in the city since September 8. Officials, led by Premier Stolypin, pushed municipal action improving sanitation and lowering new cases to 208 and 143 deaths in the latest 24 hours, while death rate remains 30 to 35 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Stolypin
Haskell Steps Down From National Treasurer Post
Chiscago Illinois reports Governor Charles N. Haskell of Oklahoma resigned as Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. He cited avoiding embarrassment to the party. Democrats and Republicans agreed he should no longer be a campaign figure. Reports say Mr Bryan has been besieged with telegrams to remove Haskell.
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Chiscago
Ill
Charles N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Democratic National Committee
William Randolph Hearst
Independence Party
Roosevelt
Standard Oil Company
Democratic Party
Haskell
National Committee
Union
Bryan
Ridder Succeeds Haskell as National Committee Treasurer
Herman Ridder editor of the New York Staats Zeitung and vice chairman of the publicity bureau of the Democratic national committee is named treasurer by national chairman Mack to replace Governor Charles N. Haskell of Oklahoma who has resigned.
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New York
Herman Ridder
New York Staats Zeitung
Democratic National Committee
Mack
National Committee
Charles N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Young New Carlisle man jailed on lunacy charge
Springfield report states Guy Barringer, a young man from New Carlisle, is in jail on a lunacy charge. He believes he is a partner of the Holy Ghost and sometimes imagines a string of cobwebs which he continually reaches for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Ghost
Springfield
Ohio
Guy Barringer
New Carlisle
Canada Wheat Output and Export Forecast
Western Canada will produce 120 million bushels of wheat this year with 95.08 million bushels slated for export, per Arthur Hawkes of the Canadian Northern Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Canada
Arthur Hawkes
Canadian Northern Railwy
Bucyrus Girls Form Club To Adopt Sheath Gowns
A group of 12 Bucyrus young ladies forms a club to adopt the new sheath gown. The gowns are the original pattern rather than a modified version.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucyrus
Ohio
Kansas Snow Stuns Nation as Miner Perishes in Des Moines Cold
A historic September snow hits Kansas for the first time in 19 years amid a West heat snap. Des Moines coal miner Joseph Lencer is found frozen to death after midnight quarrel with companions. he slept roadside near the mining camp with near freezing temperatures and a northwest gale.
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Chicago
Ill
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Des Moines
Joseph Lencer
Mercury
Devils Lake
N. D
Huron
Minnedosa
St. Paul
Omaha
Peoria
Springfield
Winnipeg
Foraker Defends Self Against Roosevelt Taft Charge
Senator Foraker rebuts President and Hearst charges over Brownsville incident remarks and Taft letter to Roosevelt. He accuses the President of snap judgment and asserts he did not accept improper fees from Standard Oil since 1899, while addressing concerns about conators and colored race implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
W. H. Taft
Senator Foraker
W. R. Hearst
Hearst
Mr. Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
Brownsville
Standard Oil Company
Bar Millionaire Chinaman Denied Land Entry
Robert H. Bosman, a Hong Kong landholder and polygamist with five wives, arrived on the Korea and is barred from landing in San Francisco. He openly admitted his polygamy to immigration inspectors and will face a special Board of Inquiry. Bosman, born to a British father and Chinese mother, intends pressure on the government and employs many servants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Hongkong
Robert H. Bosman
Korea
Bosman
China
Champion rat killer of the United States named
Special Past Assistant Surgeon George W. McCoy of the Marine Hospital and Public Health Service wins the title after destroying 40 000 rats in San Francisco. He targeted plague afflicted rodents and found 58 infected rats among the total.
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San Francisco
Cal
George W. McCoy
The
Marine Hospital and Public Health Service
United States
Adirondack Fires Run Beyond Control
Adirondack forest fires fanned by strong winds are beyond control of hundreds of firefighters. Reports indicate large areas are swept by flames and several small villages and camps are being wiped out.
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Utica
N. Y
Adirondacks
Aged Woman Burned to Death in Terre Haute
Mrs. Terry Beecher aged 55 with asthma fell asleep in a chair near a lit lamp she toppled it. The lamp ignited her clothing and she burned to death.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Sneetal
Terry Beecher
Feudist Cockrill Killed in Louisville Train Accident
The body identified as Thomas Cockrill, a noted Breathitt county feudist and brother of former Jackson marshal Jim Cockrill, was killed after being struck by a train. Cockrill had reportedly participated in multiple feud battles and was believed to have killed a member of the Hargis faction.
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Louisville
Thomas Cockrill
Breathitt
Cockrill
Jim Cockrill
Jackson
Tom Cockrill
Hargis Fac‘tion
Lost to sacrifice folly in him
A terse line notes a belief that sacrifice has already failed or been deemed foolish in relation to a specific subject, implying loss or abandonment without context.
Broad daylight suspenders mishap shocks Mt Carmel crowd
In Mt Carmel Ill a young society man riding with a young woman broke his belt while exiting a carriage causing his loose trousers to fall to his feet. He recovered quickly, hopped back into the vehicle and sped away amid a crowd’s relieved laughter and embarrassed whispers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
Mt. Carmel
Ill
Explosion kills whole gun crew on French cruiser La Touche Treville
In Toulon during a gunnery drill on the French armored cruiser La Touche Treville the after turret exploded killing all thirteen crew members and injuring several others. The blast mirrors a previous incident aboard the gunnery school ship Couronne off Hyeres on August 12.
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Toulon
France
Cable
Courronne
Les Salins d'Hyeres
Wrights Break World Flight Record in Sarthe
In Sarthe at a public event with officials of the French Aero Club the American ambassador Henry White Gen Hautre and a crowd of 10 000 Wilbur Wright captured the world flight record from Orville with a 1 hour 31 minutes 51 seconds trip covering 98 kilometers or about 61 miles
Girl Baseball Pitcher Alta Weiss Enrolls at Wooster
Alta Weiss, a girl baseball pitcher, has earned enough money from her diamond play to take a college course and has enrolled at Wooster University. Though young, she toured Ohio and pitched against and with semi professional teams.
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Wooster
Alta Weiss
Wooster University
Storm tragedy hits Wrangel Alaska cannery ship Star of Bengal
A storm drove the Star of Bengal ashore at Coronation island drowning 110 of 137 aboard. The tug Hattie Gage rescued 27 survivors, many of them Japanese, as reports reach port.
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Wrangel
Alaska
Star of Bengal
Coronation Island
Hattie Gage
Drowns in Milk Bucket near Springfield
The ten months old daughter of R O Middlemas, a farmer near Springfield, fell head first into a milk bucket and drowned before her parents could rescue her.
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Springfield
R. O. Middlemas
Twenty Die in Berlin Elevated Railway Collision
Twenty persons were killed and nineteen seriously injured in a collision on the Elevated Railway in central Berlin. Nine of the injured are believed to be in a hopeless condition.
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Berlin
Girl Slays Monster Rattler in Local Feat
Rene Dickinson a 12 year old girl killed a rattlesnake that measured forty inches with five rattles and a button. The event drew attention in the community and highlighted young bravery against wildlife.
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Big Muddy
Rene Dickinson
Pasig Nearly Destroyed by Fire Near Manila
A large portion of Pasig near Manila has been destroyed by a major fire. The blaze caused extensive damage to buildings and displaced residents.
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Pasig
Manila
Cable
Reverend Riley's Wife Geared for Opera Stage Role
In Philadelphia Dr Riley of Green Hill Presbyterian Church notes his wife Margaret Harrison Riley will appear as a show girl with the Fritz Scheff opera company while rehearsing this winter. The arrangement gives the pastor worry from time to time as doors to heaven are earth's lowest places. Lena.
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Philadelphia
Riley
Green Hill Presbyterian Church
Margaret Harrison Riley
Fritai Scheff Opera Company
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Morgan
Roosevelt, Jr
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Democratic
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Tember
Foraker
Adirondack
Mt. Carmil
Wright
Monster Rattler
Heaven
Lena
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