Syracuse Hosts Taft and Bryan in Double Campaign Stop
In Syracuse on October 2, Taft and Bryan drew crowds at multiple venues, with standing room only signs and lively applause. Each candidate attended a dinner, met local leaders, and spoke at halls including Alhambra, Turn, city hall, and opera venues, while Bryan was joined by Parker and Dunne.
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L Specia
Syracuse
N. Y
W. H. Taft
Bryan
Taft
Mr. Bryan
Alhambra
Alton B. Parker
I. J. Dunne
City Hall
Welling Opera House
Empire Hall
Woodmen of America
Mr. Taft
Order of Mystique Krewe
Kanoono En
Judge Refuses to Enjoin Texans from Voting
Houston Texas October 29 Judge Kit trell of the sixty first district court denied an injunction to stop 1560 Webb county voters from voting in Tuesday's election. Plaintiffs claim right of appeal and allege the preliminary injunction was irregular in form and should stand pending appeal.
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Houston
Tex
Kittrell
Sixty-First District Court
Webb County
Reform and
Independent Clubs
Sirgular
Bryan Wraps Up New York Campaign Push
Senatorial candidate William Jennings Bryan spoke to crowds in New York outlining Democratic platform planks on campaign finance, direct senatorial election, and labor representation in cabinet. He challenged supporters and journalists to report that Sherman’s home does not endorse the GOP convention.
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Bryan
New York
Oversiow
Sherman
Parade plans in New York spark criticism from Rome
A Rome column rails at the New York parade buildup with plans for red fire illuminations and grandstands while noting 500 men sleep on park benches, lacking lodging money. The writer questions why funds aren’t directed to provide housing as the Republican party is blamed.
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Rome
New York City
New York
Broadway
Republican Party
Party of Prosperity
Portland Maine Child Recovers After Vinol Treatment
A six year old in Portland Maine suffered severe measles pneumonia leading to extreme weakness and emaciation. After Vinol was introduced the child regained appetite strength and health earlier than expected, per guardian J W Finge. The doctor endorsed Vinol as a fine remedy.
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Portland
Maine
J. W. Finge
Bryan in Overflow Crowd Defends Democratic Justice
W. J Bryan closed his opera house talk by denouncing Republican limits and pledging bold reform. Rev Dr Peabody of First Baptist introduced him as the audience packed to capacity. The Democrat urged a larger hope of justice in government and spoke briefly outdoors after the hall filled beyond capacity.
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W. O. Bryan
Opera House
Bryan
Dr. Peabody
First Baptist Church
Republicans Confident of Victory in State Canvass
Chairman Woodruff of the Republican state committee forecasts Taft leading by about 125000 and Hughes exceeding 75000 in the up state results. He predicts Hughes will also poll a larger vote in Greater New York than some expect.
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Nebraska
Woodruff
Republican State Committee
Taft
Hughes
New York
Taft Triumph Prompts End Of Hard Times Debate
Continued discussion questions whether Taft and the Republican party will end hard times with government employment growth and federal supervision of railroads and securities, and enforcement of existing laws without bias.
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Taft
Mr. Taft
Republican Party
Party of Experience
Charlemagne Tower Praises Admeanispilvelon Meeting
Charlemagne Tower former United States ambassador to Germany spoke at a Norriston meeting praising national progress since 1897 under McKinley and Roosevelt. He defended the protective tariff and argued that domestic business mood was not caused by politics, noting worse conditions abroad.
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Norriston
Charlemagne Tower
United States
Germany
McKinley
Roosevelt
Tower
Eliot Mild Advocate of Total Abstinence
Boston October 8 1898 President Charles W Eliot of Harvard told the Massachusetts No License league that he had been a moderate drinker for much of his life and that his views had changed He cited biblical praise for wine but said psychology and medicine now suggest even moderate drinking is inexpedient.
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Boston
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Massachusetts No License League
Eliot
Workmen Die in Fire In Duane Street Cellar
In a Duane street basement fire four workers at Stillman and Eige celluloid goods firm were trapped as flames and fumes overtook Henry Jones and David Mahoney who died. William Bettgast was seriously injured and likely to die. Frank Stillman and four female employees escaped. Loss set at $5,000.
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New York
Duane Street
Henry Jones
David Mahoney
William Bettgast
Stillman and Eige
Jones and Mahoney
Frank Stillman
Botkin Murder Case Upheld By Court Of Appeals
The district court of appeals affirmed the lower court verdict in the Cordelia Botkin first degree murder case. Botkin, convicted in 1904 for poisoning Mrs J P Dunning of Dover Delaware with poisoned candy mailed from San Francisco, remains sentenced to life imprisonment.
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San Francisco
District Court of Appeals
Cordelia Botkin
Navy Admiral Cowden to retire on 62nd birthday
Rear Admiral Alfred M Reynolds Cowden will be placed on the retired list tomorrow on his sixty second birthday. He is likely to remain president of the special board of ordnance of the navy. He has held numerous commands in American and foreign waters and as chief of the Indian Head proving grounds contributed to developing high powered naval arms.
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Washington
Alfred M. Reynolds Cowden
Navy
Special Board of Ordnance of
the Navy
Indian Head Proving Grounds
Naval Sun
Three Defendants Convicted in Los Angeles Land Fraud Case
In Portland Oregon on March 28 Dr J O Hedderly William H Smith and Richard D Hynes were convicted by a jury in the U S district court in the sea called Los Angeles land fraud case. Lee Meyer and Jeremiah Huntley were acquitted.
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Portland
Ore
J. O. Hedderly
William H. Smith
Richard D. Hynes
Los Angeles
United States District Court
Lee Meyer
Jeremiah Huntley
Night Rider Confession Details Emerge in Tennessee
Union City Tenn Oct 29 Team Burton a Night Rider from Reelfoot Lake told Attorney General Caldwell and aides in Union City that the band was split into squads with separate headquarters at north and south ends of the lake He said the confession mirrors previous statements and that Camp Nemo prisoners who confessed will be brought before the grand jury next week A copy of the night riders by laws was obtained
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Morning Journal
Union City
Tenn
Burton
Night Rider
Reelfoot Lake
Tiptonville
Caldwell
Camp Nemo
Grand
Night Riders’ Organization
Work of gathering en suspecs boat completed
Camp Nemo at Reelfoot Lake Tenn reports no military detachments out in search of night under suspects and witnesses. One prisoner was brought in by civil authorities. Governor Patterson questioned suspects including Frank Frainer who confessed. Thirty five prisoners with satisfactory accounts were released.
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Camp Nemo
Reelfoot Lake
Tenn
Patterson
Frank Frrriner
Testimony Waived in Defense to Speed Up Case
The defense waived the privilege to submit testimony to hasten a ruling. The case will be called up for final hearing before Justice Wright of the district supreme court tomorrow.
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Justice Wright
District Supreme Court
Attempt to Establish Alibi Hits Setback in Whitmore Trial
In Jersey City on Oct 29 the defense’s alibi for Theodore Whitmore, charged with murdering his wife last Christmas, faltered as Interborough Railway train sheets were admitted to refute Train Dispatcher Pulver’s testimony that Whitmore was seen in New York at 11:30 p.m. Other witnesses cast doubt on Pulver’s uncertain recollection of exact times. The case continues tomorrow.
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Theodore Whitmore
Interborough Railway Company of New York
Whitmore
New York
Pulver
National Child Labor Committee Holds Annual Meeting
The National Child Labor Committee met in New York on October 29. Trustees endorsed the plan for the National Children's Bureau under a Washington department and discussed action in thirty eighth states. Mrs. Philip N. Moore of St. Louis was elected ex officio a member. Reports showed progress in Virginia Missouri Louisiana Kentucky New York Ohio with compulsory education laws passing in West Virginia and Oklahoma.
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New York
National Child Labor Committee
National Children’s Bureau
Washington
Philip N. Moore
St. Louis
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
Virginia
Missouri
Louisiana
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Much Wanted Swindler Captured in Chicago
Chicago police report the man believed to be Richard F. Parker, linked to a $30 000 Worcester Trust Co fraud in Boston, was arrested in Chicago. He is said to be part of a trio promoting bond schemes in St Louis Grand Rapids and elsewhere, passing worthless drafts on a Boston bank.
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Chicago
Richard F. Parker
Boston
Worcester Trust Company
A. B. Turner
St. Louis
Grand Rapids
Mich
Massachusetts Banking and Mortgage Company
Parker
Edward Devine
Temperance voters blamed for disloyalty
Chicago February 29 That if every voter believing in prohibition should or per ve his faith at the polls next Tuesday the prohibition party would get the electoral vote of every state in the union says Eugene W Chafin the prohibition presidential candidate In a letter to Charles M Jones chairman of the prohibition national committee he declares that if their candidates are not elected and they cannot carry out their platform they will not be defeated by the votes of bad men not in the majority in any state and that continued liquor traffic will depend on Christian Republicans and Democrats who share prohibitions aims but stay in their parties to vote their principles on November third
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Chicago
Prohibition Party
Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition
Charles M. Jones
Prohibition National
United States
Coal dust shown explosive at Pittsburg tests
Ohio mining commission members arrived in Pittsburg to conduct experiments at a federal station. Twenty coal dust samples from Ohio mines were tested to demonstrate their explosive potential, a claim scientists support but some practical miners dispute.
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Pittsburg
Ohio Mining Commission
United States
Ohio
Fifty Lives Lost in Mexican Oil Fields
A Picayune cable from Mexico City reports that over fifty people died in Tampico oil field fires from poisonous gases released by a gaping underground hole. A further tally notes about thirty men perished after another group entered the field following earlier deaths. The Fashion cafe offers dinner daily from 5:20 to 8:00 for 35 cents.
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Morning Journal
New Orleans
Picayune
Mexico City
Tampico
Hydrophobia Fatal to Well Known Dentist
A cablegram from Shanghai reports the death of Dr J Ward Hall a renowned dentist in the Orient from hydrophobia He was a brother of Dr Willie Hall and son of Dr William Hall of Piqua Ohio Hall often served Chinese mandarins and native rulers as well as the royal family of Siam including King Chulalongkorn.
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St. Louis
Shanghai
China
J. Ward Hall
Orient
Hall
Willie Hall
Williamerry Hall
Piqua
Ohio
Siam
Chulalongkorn
Court Martial Deliberations in Cap tain French Forage Case
Detroit Oct 29 Captain Charles G French faced a court martial at Fort Wayne on charges ofappropriating forage for non government use. After closing arguments the twelve jurors retired for secret deliberation and the verdict will be sent to the War Department in Washington for approval before disclosure.
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Detroit
Charles G. Fprench
Fort Wayne
War Department
Washington
Mutilated Murder Victim Found Near Detroit
The nearly nude body of an unknown man, estimated thirty five to forty, was found in a rope bound sack in Lapham's Lane Springwells township near Michigan avenue. He had throat cut ear to ear a bullet hole in a temple and a crushed occiput with suspected three weeks since death. Straw hid the corpse and authorities expect an inquiry into charges against United States Attorney Breckons with Special Assistant William Ki Harr arriving to investigate.
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Detroit
Lapham’s Lane
Springwell’s
Michigan Avenue
Mets
Honolulu
William Ki. Harr
Department of Justice
Washington
United States
Breckons
Bulgarian Government Promises No Fresh Mobilization
Oct 29 the Bulgarian government replies to the allied note asking for assurances of abstaining from mobilization pending the international conference. It undertakes not to call out fresh reserves or take measures that might disturb the peace.
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Sefia
England
Hussia
France
Bulgaria
Gompers Boycott Hearing Concluded in Contempt Case
Washington ran tense session ending the Gompers boycott hearing before an examiner. Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the AFL faced alleged contempt of court over an injunction suit brought by Buck Bros and Range Co of St Louis as testimony wrapped up.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Buck Brove and Range Company
St. Louis
Secretary Metenif Confined by Liver Disorder
Secretary Metenif remains bedridden with a disordered liver and has cancelled all political and social engagements. Medical treatment is helping.
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Washington, Ootze
Metenif
Wreck of the Charles S Hirsch near Cape Henry
The schooner Charles S Hirsch from Brunswick bound for Baltimore wrecked near Paul Amict life saving station in North Carolina. Captain Frank Hunter and five sailors were rescued by breeches buoy but the cook and one sailor drowned. Vessel declared a total loss.
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Baltimore
Maritime Exchange
Cape Henry
Charles S. Hirsch
Brunswick
Paul Amict
North Carolina
Frank Hunter
Cook
Cyelon Thompen Triumphs Over Rudolph Anbols In Fight Drawn Bout
In San Francisco on October 29 Cyelon Thompen defeated Rudolph Anbols in the eleventh round as Tew Powell and Johnny Murphy fought twenty rounds to a draw. Thompen floored Anbols twice in the eleventh with a right hook, a third knockdown followed, and Anhols' seconds claimed a broken right hand.
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Boer Cabols
San Francisco
Cyelon Thompen
Rudolph Anbols
Tew Powell
Johnny Murphy
Thompeen
Anholz
Anhols
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