Thears t Speaks on the Trusts in Madison Square Garden
Democratic rally in New York features Adlai Stevenson, ex Senator Hill, Senator Jones, Congressman Griggs, and W R Hearst among speakers. Hearst labels trusts a campaign issue, while Jones and Coler urge unity to defeat Republicans. Several officials and candidates press state reforms and expose alleged machine control.
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New York
Awass
Madison
Atare Garden
Adlai I. Stevenson
Hill
Republican Party
Jones
Adiat E. Stevenson
Griggs
Addai EB. Stevnson
Coler
Senator Carmack
Tennessee
Budd
California
John D. McMahon
Rome
Schmitz
San Francisco
Odell
Tariff Revision the Issue, Says Ex President Cleveland
Former President Cleveland says he will not actively participate in the upcoming political fight. He notes his reluctance to speak or campaign, despite discussions encouraging him to aid the Democrats. He emphasizes his desire for retirement and home life, while acknowledging the tariff as the central issue in American politics.
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Cleveland
New York
The
Herald
Trenton
N. J
Morristown
Fire interrupts Bryan talk in Durango meeting
Mr. Bryan spoke for an hour and a quarter in Durango Colorado when an alarm sounded and the hall building proved to be on fire. The audience evacuated safely and the fire department saved the structure.
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Mr. Bryan
Durango
Colo
Bryan
Hames
Trial Brief for Neigenfiend in Nebraska Murder Case
Gottlieb Neigenfiend was arraigned in Pierce circuit court for the murder of his ex wife Anna Breyer and her father Albert Breyer. Judge J. S. Boyd presided as the jury panel was prepared with a 48 juror venire while prosecutors questioned potential jurors. Neigenfiend appeared nonchalant, no longer showing a limp or fear, amid attention from the packed courtroom.
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Neigenflend
Briber Norbeck Sentenced to Three Years in State Penitentiary
Minneapolis October 2. Christopher Norbeck former member of the detective force was sentenced today to three years in the penitentiary for bribery. The sentence was light in view of the fact that Norbeck was merely a pawn in the hands of his superiors.
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Christopher Norbeck
Minneapolis
Norbeck
Prominent Plainville Farmer Arrested in Larimore Killing
Miller Fillmore Lester, a wealthy Plainville farmer, was jailed on murder charges after Frederick Larimore was found dead near his home last Thursday. Authorities say the suspect warned Larimore to stop pursuing the farmer’s daughter.
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Frederick Larimore
Quincy
Tfl
Millard Fillmore Lester
Plainville
Ciarg
Lester
Larimore
Rockefeller and Stillman Back Beef Trust Financing
John D. Rockefeller and James Stillman will finance the $100 million beef trust merger. Reports disagree on underwriting, with Standard All-National Bank and Armour & Co. figures prominent. Firms have already spent over $30 million absorbing rivals. by Jan 1 the trust will begin operations. Rockefeller was not at his Wall Street office when questioned.
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Ohn D. Rockafeller
James Stillman
Syndicate
New York
Onl
John B. Rockefeller
Natonal City Bank
Prat
Cuba
Loeb & Co
Deall
J. Pierront Morgan
Chicago
Rockefeller Standard
All-National Bank
Mr. Rockefeller
Navy seeks 13 million budget for ships and new guns
Washington October 28 Admiral O Neill chief of the naval bureau releases his annual report pleading 13 193 000 for next year with 10 million for armament and new ships. He notes armor production regressed in quality while projectiles and guns show gains and describes a new 23 inch 60 caliber gun and a tracer shell aiding night aiming. He warns speed must balance with armament and urges stronger gunnery training. three North Atlantic battleships spent 250 000 on target practice in twelve months.
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Washington
Admiral O'Neil
Naval Bureau
O'Neil
North Atlantic
Wilson Installed as Princeton's 38th President in 1902
Professor Woodrow Wilson was installed as Princeton University's 38th president after taking the oath and receiving the charter. Francis L. Patton delivered the trustees address, Grover Cleveland spoke for the board, and Wilson gave his inaugural address at a morning ceremony followed by luncheon. He had taught law and politics at Princeton and previously at Bryn Mawr and Wesleyan.
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Princeton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Francis Linney Patton
Board of Trustees
Grover Cleveland
Wilson
Johns Hopking Univerty
Bryn Mawr College
Wesleyan University
Patton
Devet Says Botha and Delarey May Visit America
London October 28 General Devet told the Associated Press that South Africa would sail November 1 and that Botha and Delarey still intend visiting America.
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Botha
Delarey
America
London
General Devet
Associated Press
Healls
South Africa
Not Entirely Ignorant Missionary Ridicule Sparks Debate
A fragmentary dialogue shows a missionary figure mocked for his views on Chinese people and race. The exchange hints at tensions over cultural misunderstanding and religious instruction in a public setting.
Climbing Club Gossip Sparks Society Talk in Baltimore
In a Baltimore society saloon talk, climbers discuss local families dubbed plutocrats. The exchange ponders the Buggouses entering society and jokes about wealth, two tons of cogs, and bald gash as signifiers of social ambition.
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Baltimore News
Sumner to lead Mindanao expedition amid gloomy Philippine outlook
General Sumner completed a survey of the Iligan to Lake Lanao road project and will return to Zamboanga then Camp Vickers to organize an expedition against the sultan of Bacolod. Locusts and rinderpest worsen agriculture while cholera spreads in Mindanao. 100,000 cases reported to date. Foreign vessels may ease interisland freight, aiding rice supply and prices.
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Manila
Sumner
Iligan
Lake Lanal
Mindanao
Zamboanga
San Francisco
Philippines
Coilo
Pansy
Stowaways Escape From Detention In New York
Three Swedes named Johnson Jensen and Hansen landed in New York after stowing aboard the Oscar II. Despite emigrant officials intent on deportation they hid in the stoke hole and Johnson even concealed a dead steerage passenger in a coffin to slip ashore. They evaded the deportation pen at Ellis Island and reached the immigrant booth.
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New York
Johnson
Jensen
Hansen
Norway
Sweden
Chris Hanna
Stoke Hole
Ellis Island
Booth
Generals Return Arrival in New York on Steamship Philadelphia
Major Generals Corbin and Young return from abroad where they attended German army maneuvers at Emperor William's invitation. They were seen today aboard the steamship Philadelphia in New York on October 28.
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Corbin
Young
Philadelphia
New York
Emperor William
Wright Named to Coal Arbitration Commission Post
President Roosevelt designated Commissioner of Labor Wright as an additional member of the coal arbitration commission. Wright will remain recorder of the commission, appointment made at the request of other members and with assent of both operators and miners.
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Washington
Get
Roosevelt
Wright
Coal Arbitration Commission
Chicago Press Club arrives for Press Building dedication
Ninety members of the Chicago Press club arrived in St. Louis this morning aboard the Alton to attend the dedication of the Press Building at the Louisiana Purchase exposition. They were met at Union Station by local newspaper men and World’s Fair officials and escorted through the business streets to the fair grounds.
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St. Louis
Chicago Press Club
Alton
Union Station
Lolita Armour Walks Again After Surgeon’s Hopeful Report
Chicago October 27. Lolita Armour five year old daughter of J Ogden Armour has been taken out for a drive for the first time since her operation by Dr Adolph Loreng the Vienna surgeon He says a perfect cure will require his treatment A shoe with an extra heavy sole is prepared for the right foot and will be worn tomorrow or Monday After six months the plaster cast will be removed and the leg bones and ligaments will resume normal proportions and she will wear thicker soles and walk The prognosis is hopeful though lengthy recovery persists
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Armour
Chicago
Lolita Armour
J. Ogden Armour
Adolph Loreng
Vienna
Loreng
Death List of Congress Twelve Members Die in 50th Congress
Washington reports the death of Representative Russell of Massachusetts marking the twelfth loss among members elected to the fifty-seventh congress. Nine vacancies exist in the House with several successors already chosen or to be elected in November 1901. Moody’s successor in Massachusetts’s sixth district will be chosen after his resignation to become secretary of the navy.
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Washington
Representative Russell
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Messrs
Brastag
Pennsylvania
Crump
Michigan
Burke
Texas
Stokes
South Carolina
Shaw
New York
Congress
Polk
Cummings
Otey
Virginia
Solomon
New Jersey
DeGraffenried
Sheppard
Moody
Navy
Boy Swallows Whistle After Street Accident
New York news reports Mrs Jennie Kilgan rushing her year old Herbert to Gellevgue hospital after he swallowed a whistle blown by a street accident. The boy coughed as the whistle parts triggered, doctors consider possible operation if coughing fails to relieve. The child had been playing outside and swallowed the whistle when a wagon passed, prompting the emergency.
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New York
Jennie Kilgan
Gellevgue Hospital
Herbert
A Unique Society Promotes Citizenship in Georgia
In Savannah near Dublin a 46-member black society disciplines members via flogging for offenses against good citizenship. At a recent meeting several coordinators were reported to have lapsed, with punishment meted out for neglecting to provide for wives and children.
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Georgia
Savannah
Dublin
Rostand Drops Plan For Verse Admission Speech
Rostand author of Cyrano de Bergerac abandons plans to deliver his admission speech to the French Academy in verse. He drafted lines, then rejected the scheme as too revolutionary for the Forty Immortals. The speech, to be delivered next spring, may end with an ode to his predecessor Henri de Borni er.
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Paris
Edmund Rostland
Rostand
Henri de Bornier
Keene Optimistic on Bull Movement After Elections
New York Oct 28 James R Keene says he was misjudged as a bear and foresees a healthy bull movement after election. He cites persistent prosperity, rising railroad earnings, abundant crops, and general happiness, but critiques the financial system for lack of currency flexibility and treasuries needing sufficient circulation to meet growing business.
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New York
James R. Keene
Keene
United States
Cireula
FIRES HIS CONFESSOR Alfonso XI11 Won't Stand for Discipline
Madrid Oct 28 King Alfonso III reportedly dismissed without stated cause Father Coloma the Jesuit confessor since birth. Official circles say the priest was relieved for declining to absolve the young monarch from confessed love intrigues without severe penance. Father Coloma authored novels describing Spanish aristocracy and has long lived among them.
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Alfonso
Madrid
Father Coloma
Cleveland to Speak at Morristown Democratic Rally
Ex President Cleveland will address a Democratic rally in Morristown New Jersey on the evening of October 30. He will urge voters to back the party and aid DeWitt C Flanagan the Fifth district nominee in Morris County.
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Morristown
N. J
New York
Qct
White House
Cleveland
Morris County
DeWitt C Flanagan
Steventon Will Speak at Madison Square Garden
New York October 27 Adlai E Stevenson ex vice president will be the principal speaker at a Democratic mass meeting to be held in Madison Square Garden.
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Steventon
New York
Adlai B. Stevenson
United States
Madison Square Garden
War of Titans in Wall Street
New York Oct 28 Financial reports describe a rising power shift in Wall Street as the Rockefeller group led by John D Rockefeller and William Rockefeller challenges J J Morgan & Co. The "City bank crowd" controls vast wealth and influence, with four men alone totaling about 200 million dollars in common stock and personal income around 100 million annually. The article details the growing leverage of the Rockefeller circle, their impact on gold imports, treasury bond purchases, and outside loans, plus the perceived supremacy of the new group over traditional bankers and the effect on the money market and exchange rates.
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New York
Wall Street
J, J., Morgan & Co
Morgan
Rockefeller
City Bank
Rockefeller Group
John D
Lttle
National City Bank
John D. Rockefeller
Willam Rockefelter
James Stillman
H. H. Rogers
Tolal
Shaw
Exchange
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Groun
William
William Rockefeller
Chicago
Court of Money
United States
Europe
United States Time No Risk in Panama Canal Property
Washington October 28 Attorney General Knox's opinion concludes that if the United States accepts the new Panama Canal Company proposal for 40 million dollars, it would gain valid unencumbered title to the canal property through the parties in interest. The decision follows thorough Paris investigations by Charles W. Russell and by the attorney general with 250 pages of supporting exhibits.
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United States
Washington
Gefiral Knox
Panama Canal Company
Mrs. Stanton Dead in New York Home
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, famed suffragist, died of old age at her New York City residence on October 27. She was conscious until the end. Survived by children Mrs. M. F. Lawrence, Mrs. Stanton Blatch, Henry, Robert L., Theodore, and G. Smith. Funeral planned for Wednesday with interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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New York
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
West Ninety-fourth Street
Miss Anthony Mourns Stanton Death in Rochester
Elizabeth Cady Stanton has died, crushing Susan B. Anthony who planned to join New York celebrations on November 12 for Stanton’s 87th birthday. Anthony recalled Stanton as a corriegous leader, writer, and stateswoman who shaped early movements and state legislatures.
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Rochester
N. Y
Elizabeth Cady Stantonel
Susan
Anthony
New York
Miss Anthony
Mrs. Stanton
Accomplice Arrested in Plot Against Dowager Empress
Police capture an accomplice in a reported plot against Dowager Empress Marie Dagmar of Russia, unearthed in Copenhagen. Dispatch from Copenhagen dated October 4 said the empress, daughter of King Christian of Denmark, faced strict surveillance as Italian anarchists were believed en route to Denmark to attempt her assassination.
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St. Petersburg
Empess Marie Dagmar
Russia
Copenhagen
Christian
Denmark
Trolley Collision Harms Twenty-Two in Yonkers Near Greystone
A trolley accident near Greystone, Yonkers, injured twenty-two passengers, none fatally. An automobile with a driver and two women, plus the chauffeur, escaped harm as the trolley rear–ended the car on a downhill grade, sending the auto off the tracks toward Greystone and nearly over a precipice.
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Yonkers, N. Y
New York
Pasengers
Esterday
Greystone
Samuel Tilden
Yonkers
Dtal
Jong
Aaterman
New York Central
Sudden Death Ends Staunton Football Era
Staunton Illinois Oct 28 Edward Schmidt a Staunton local football player died within ten minutes after a tackle caused head pain in a game against a St. Louis team. The coroner held an inquest and after the death the Staunton team discarded their goal posts and burned their football uniforms declaring no more football games at Staunton.
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Illinois
Staunton
Edward Schmidt
Footall
St. Louis
Schmidt
Jed
Staunctan
Big Power Plant Opens in Sault Ste. Marie
Water was turned into the new power house of the Consolidated Lake Bu yerioy Company today and the wheels in the big plant started. A civic and military parade marched through streets that exceeded anything seen in upper Michigan. About 10,000 people were in attendance.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Consolidated Lake Buyerioy Company
Upper Michigan
Owen
Declines Transfer Henry L Wilson to Remain Chilean Minister
Washington Oct 2 Henry L Wilson declines a proposed transfer from Santiago to Greece and will continue as minister to Chile. John Jackson, currently secretary at Passy near Berlin, will instead head Greece mission.
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Henry L. Wilson
Chile
Washington
Nister Henry, Wilson
Santiago de Chile
Greece
John Ae Jackeson
Passy al
Berlin
Fonda Ser $E Sreece
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Standard Oil
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