Canvass Reports Optimistic Recovery in US Industries
A National Association survey of 3 000 manufacturers finds industrial conditions improving across sectors. In iron and steel 70 percent report good conditions, 78 percent show higher business, and 5 percent foresee immediate improvement. Machinery shows 68 percent good, 76 percent with gains, and 62 percent expect continued rise. Agricultural implements, food products, leather, lumber, tools, drugs, paper, and textiles follow in order of prosperity with vehicles last.
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New York
American Industries
National Association of Manufacturers
FAV Awa
Association
Nmachinery
Taft Forecast Sees 298 Electoral Votes
In New York a Success Magazine forecast predicts Taft will win 298 electoral votes, 56 above the 242 needed. Bryan is pegged at 161 votes with 24 more in doubt, based on 15,000 auxiliary subscribers reports on local political conditions.
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New York
Bryan
Success Magazine
Board of Life
Taft
Ryan
King Gives Consent to Duke of the Abruzzi Marriage
In court circles it was announced that the King has given consent for the marriage of the Duke of the Abruzzi to Miss Katherine Elkins, with wedding preparations already under way.
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Rome
Warned Not to Gin Cotton in Walker Louisiana
Special dispatch reports every cotton ginner in Livingston parish warned by alleged night riders not to gin any more cotton until the price reaches 15 cents.
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Walker
Livingston Parish
Blind veteran J George Spangenberg drops dead during flag salute
In Carlisle Pennsylvania Special J George Spangenberg a totally blind retired merchant died from heart disease while flying the Stars and Stripes from his residence window during a reunion of Grand Army veterans of Southern Pennsylvania.
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Carlisle
J. George Spangenberg
Grand Army Veterans of
Pennsylvania
Typhoon Claims Over 300 in Amoy China
Reports from Chang Chow indicate more than 300 people died in Amoy as a result of Thursday’s typhoon. The storm damaged the city and disrupted communications, with authorities rushing relief to affected neighborhoods.
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Amoy
China
Cable
Chang Chow
Slew His Paramour Ends in Double Tragedy
Omaha special reports Sewell Sleuman a prominent Nebraska grain dealer and Eva Hart found dead with a gun in Sleuman s hand and a bullet in both their temples. Sleuman feared violence as Hart planned to leave him. Sleuman’s wife and three children live in Hastings Nebraska.
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Omaha
Neb
Sewell Sleuman
Sleuman
Eva Hart
West
Nebraska
Iowa
Chicago Board of Trade
Miss Hart
Hastings
Admiral Promises Unbroken American Japanese Friendship
Admiral Sperry reiterates that the long friendship between the United States and Japan remains unbroken. In Yokohama a grand welcome for the American fleet included school children singing, official visits, and a lantern parade. The cruise aims to foster peaceful purposes and the crews received warm hospitality from Japanese officials and citizens.
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Yokohama
Cable
American Asiatic Association
Connecticut
Mikasa
St. Gero Ijuin
uMdmirail
Sperry
M. Mato
Admiral Sperry
Sufu
Managawa
America
Japan
Quite a Fishy Tale
A steamship Cleopatra arrives from the North Sea bringing fish for Billingsgate market. Among the cargo lies a monster fish over a ton in weight, 16 feet long with a 7 foot girth, likely a shark.
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London
Cable
North Sea
Billingsgate Market
Massive Jackrabbit Drive Nets 10000 Killed in California
In Los Angeles Special Ranchers of Southern California joined a large jackrabbit drive. Within fifty seven minutes more than 10 000 animals were killed. The rabbits had devastated crops recently in the area.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Azambuja riot leaves dozens dead in election clashes
In Azambuja a riot between monarchists and republicans during municipal election primaries results in twenty three killed or mortally wounded and forty seriously hurt. Lisbon reports the violent confrontation as authorities brace for further unrest.
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Lisbon
Azambuja
Names Of Democratic Contributors To National Campaign Fund
The Democrat National Committee released last week the names of contributors of $100 or more up to October 9. Total raised was $248,567.55 with $225,962.68 spent and $22,604.07 on hand. Major donors include Norman E. Mack and Herman Ridder, while Tammany Hall’s $10,000 after October 9 is not listed.
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New York
Democratc National Committee
Norman E. Mack
Herman Ridder
Tammany Hall
Mack
Ridder
Denver
Bryan
the Commoner
Thomas F. Ryan
August Belmont
David B. Hill
Alton B. Parker
Henry Gassaway Davis
Haskell
Oklahoma
United States
R. L. Owen
Archibald McNeill
Connecticut
Art D. Cary
David R. F Bosted
B.pears
Thomas
Charles Ghes
Colorado
Lindsay
Denver Tramways
Hughes
United States Senate
George R. Sheldon
Cubs World’s Champions Triumph Over Detroit 2–0 in Series
Chicago defeats Detroit 2 to 0 to repeat as world champions in a five game series. Attendance totaled 62,232 with receipts of $94,976. Payouts: Chicago players $27,669 Detroit $18,446. owners each $19,681 and the national commission $9,497.
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Detroit
Mich
Chicago
Pfiester
National Commission
Perry Heath's Sister Perishes in Gasoline Explosion
A report from Albuquerque says Mrs. Louise Chamberlain, sister of Perry S Heath, ex assistant postmaster general, burned to death in her home when gasoline exploded. She had been married six years. Also notes on Emperor William's new hub and brake for rail and road vehicles promising strong safety guarantees.
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Perry Heath
Muncie
Ind
Albuquerque
N. M
Louise Chamberlain
Perry 5S
Heath
Gambling rings at Austrian resorts linked to highborn officials
A police report accuses elite Austrians of running fashionable clubs in Carlsbad and Marienbad to siphon foreigners gambling losses. Military and social leaders are named as participants with government moves to curb investigations. Instances of crooked play and forced restitution are noted.
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Vienna
Carlsbad
Marienbad
Dame Defends New York Society Against West Claims
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish defends Gotham social circles against Mrs. Cornwallis West accusations. She says New York society is sane, dignified, and increasingly inclusive while money alone not a measure. Fish argues Americans, not foreigners, shape the city’s social life and notes “400” talk is outdated.
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Garrison-on-the-Hudson
N. Y
Stuyvesant Fish
Cornwallis West
New York
Mrs. Fish
Mrs. West
Sport Society
King Edward
Roosevelt
Ward McAllister
England
Persian Parliament Member Calls for Shah's Fatal Hurt
Iftikhan Al Atebba of Tabriz Parliament says Persians will not gain a constitution unless the Shah is fatally harmed and the national party wins. The interview is reported from Odessa Cable.
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Shah
Odessa
Iftikhan-Al-Atebba
Tabriz
National Party
Kennedy Gifts Million to Presbyterian Hospital
New York banker James S Kennedy on his golden wedding anniversary donated 1 000 000 dollars to Presbyterian Hospital where he serves as president. The funds will support construction of new hospital buildings.
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New York
James S. Kennedy
Presbyterian Hospital
Thorne's Advice Causes Trouble
A writ was issued against William James Thorne, Social Democratic MP, for inciting breach of the peace by urging the unemployed to rush baker shops instead of starving. The speech sparked legal action in London.
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London
William James Thorne
Thaw Hearing Is Dismissed In White Plains
The sanity hearing of Harry Thaw before Justice Mills in the New York Supreme Court was dismissed and Thaw was remanded to the Matteawan State Hospital.
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Thaw
White Plains
N. Y
Harry Thaw
Mills
Supreme Court
Matteawan Triane Asylum
Fifteen Die as Northern Michigan Forest Fires Rage
A train carrying Metz refugees derailed in a wall of flames in Metz township Presque Isle county. Fifteen burned to death, eight of them children or women, amid forests burning across the copper district. Dozens missing, towns wiped out, and property losses amounting to millions.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Metz Township
Presque Isle County
Metz
Foster
John Konieczny
R. S. Richards
Bay City
Upper Peninsula
Sudden Car Jump Lands Packard on Poorhouse Porch
A. R. Proal Jr. of New York City sped along the Connecticut turnpike when steering gear failed. The Packard plunged across a brook and over a stone wall, finishing by landing on the poorhouse front porch in South Norfolk, Connecticut.
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Norfolk
Conn
A. R. Proal, Jr
New York City
Norwalk
Connecticut Turnpike
Who ll Take This Policy Chicago Special
Sigmund Silberman of Silberman Bros dealers in raw wool offers a premium of 10000 for a 100000 policy against Bryan election. The firm is among the west s largest wool concerns handling about 25900000 pounds annually. Stock carried over the election totals about 10000000 pounds.
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Chicago
Sigmund Silberman
Silberman Bros
Bryan
West
Two Die in Shirley Fire
Victor C. Pryor aged 20 and his wife aged 30 perished in a Shirley Indiana blaze that wrecked part of the business section. Rescuers found their bones among the ruins. Twenty seven business houses were destroyed with an estimated loss of 65000 dollars.
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Shirley, Ind
Victor C. Pryor
Shirley
Roosevelt to visit London in early 1910
The Times reports President Roosevelt plans a London visit after his African trip. He will give the Romanes lecture at Oxford and receive the honorary degree of D C L to mark the university’s anniversary, a distinction already given to Emperor William.
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London
the Times
Roosevelt
England
Oxford
William
Topsy Actress Mrs. George C. Howard Dies in Cambridge
Caroline E. Fox born 1829 in Boston, once famed as the original Topsy in Uncle Tom's Cabin, died at her Cambridge home. She was widely known as Mrs. George C. Howard.
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Topsy
Boston
George C. Howard
Cambridge
Caroline E. Fox
Attempted assassination at Chicago church target
An attacker tried to kill Rev. J. K. Fielding, pastor of Corpus Christi Church, firing twice in the Sunday school hall. After knocking down several children, the would be slayer fled into the street and escaped.
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Chicago
J. K. Fielding
Corpus Christi
Final Swing Begine
Lincoln Neb. Special W J Bryan's final swing around the country began Sunday as he left for St. Louis and the east for campaign events.
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Lincoln, Neb
W. J. Bryan
St. Louis
East
Roosevelt commissions survey on farmer life and rural conditions
A six member commission under President Roosevelt seeks data on whether farmers and neighbors are satisfied with life, schools, earnings, transportation, postal and telecommunication services, organization, and farm labor supply across rural areas.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Commission On Country Life
United States Postal Service
Abruzzi Proposed As Albanian King
An Albanian leader in Rome suggests offering the Albanian crown to the Duke of the Abruzzi if the question of independence from Turkey comes before the powers conference. The proposal follows his noted exploits as an explorer and naval commander and his rumored engagement to Miss Katherine Elkins. Albania, described as tribal and lawless, could benefit from a unifying monarch.
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Rome
Turkey
Albania
Duke of the
Abruzzi
Katherine Elkins
Europe
America
Balkans
New Daily Paper Promises Wholesome News
An anonymous group calling itself the Society of a new known as the Chris’ itor announces a Christian daily. The editors pledge real news, no sensational methods, and no exploitation of illustrations, aiming for a paper welcomed in homes that value purity and refinement.
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Cpston
Thciety
London Balloonist predicts cheap future aeroplanes
Frank Hedges Butler, the English balloonist, returns from Le Mans where he rode Wilbur Wright’s aircraft. He forecasts that in less than ten years an aeroplane will cost no more than $500.
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London
Frank Hedges Butler
le Mans
Wilbur Wright
Duke of Abruzzi to Visit United States
The duke of the Abruzzi will shortly leave for the United States, a fact confirmed though his household remains reserved. He has purchased a number of costly jewelry items in anticipation of the trip.
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Turin
Abruzzi
United States
Ends Career With Bullet
Antoine Jules Cesar Wenceslas Ermanigilde Muzzar elli a noted French educator author journalist war hero and Gambetta colleague shot himself in the right temple while seated in his library in New York The comment notes a church grinding mill metaphor.
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New York
Antoine Jules Cesar Wenceslas Ermanigilde Muzzarelli
France
Gambetta
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Abbruzzi
Christian Sciea
Indianapolis
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