Man Who Took Conkling Seat and Miller's Long Career
The article recalls Warner Miller of Herkimer facing serious illness while recounting the 1881 contest that brought Elbridge G. Lapham to succeed Conkling and Miller to succeed Platt. Miller, a paper manufacturer and canal promoter leader, was about 62 and remained politically ambitious, notably opposing Platt at the 1896 Republican convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Miller
Herkimer
Albany
Roscoe Conkling
Thomas C. Platt
New York
Elbridge G. Lapham
Conkling
Platt
Lapham
Miller
Senate
Charles J. Folger
Grover
Cleveland
Hanna
McKinley
Levi P. Morton
Nicaragua Canal
Arizona Statehood Drive Fires Up Territory Convention
A colonization era Arizona statehood campaign opened with a record crowd in Phoenix as delegates from every county and town endorsed reinstating the 1591 constitution and urging Congress to admit Arizona as a state. Governor Otero and Governor Murphy praised statehood while the Indian band played Stars and Stripes Forever to cap the rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
A. J. Doran
Prescott
Congress
Sousa
Otero
New Mexico
Murphy
Mark Smith
New Mexico Delegates Named for Washington Visit
A committee was chosen to go to Washington and present the territory's claims before Congress. Members include W C Greene I W Mix E B Gage Thomas Brock man John Lawler and W J Murphy. A finance committee was also named. A reception for Governor Otley and the New Mexico delegates was largely attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mittee
Washington
W. C. Greene
I. W. Mix
E. B. Gage
Thomas Brockman
John Lawler
W. J. Murphy
Otley
New Mexico
Drake estate partition trial tests heirs and will
In Watertown New York Oct 26 a Drake versus Drake partition suit proceeds over a will drafted on a deathbed and deeds to 1 000 acres of Leray and Philadelphia farms contested as to competency and undue influence. The case follows repeated appeals and a jury trial after an appellate reversal of a prior non suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
N. Y
Drake
David Drake
Evans Mills
Leray
Secarcely
Alonzo T. Drake
Andrews
Five Months a Blank In Jacob Jackson Mystery
Denver report recounts Jacob Jackson a farmer who suffered a severe injury from a breaking colt on December 16 1900. He was confined to bed until January and later vanished from his ranch near Denver owned by R H Malone with lingering memory gaps of six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Jacob Jackson
R. H. Malone
Amnesia Case From Colorado Ranch Man Fractures Remembered
In a dramatic medical case a Malone ranch foreman named Jackson suffered a leg fracture and complete memory loss after a colt incident on December 16. He later recalled nothing from the accident onward and believed he remained in Denver while later treated in a Nevada Missouri facility.
Dishwashers Rich Son Reunited After 30 Years
Mrs. Rosanna Paul, a Trenton dishwasher, traveled to Vancouver to find her son Franklin Graham, once in Company D of the 24th United States Infantry. After contacting the adjutant general and pension office, she learned he was alive, living in Canada, and employed in mining speculation. He sent a telegram of joy and wired funds after hearing the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Rosanna Paul
Vancouver
British Columbia
24Th Infantry
Pension Department
Washington
Franklin Graham
Company D
24Th
United States Infantry
Graham
Leopold Has a Double Reported Across Continents
Paris reports King Leopold delighted by a remarkable look alike who appears in two places at once. A small publisher is identified as the double, with papers noting him automobiling in Bordeaux while Temps records the king strolling in Brussels. Leopold revels in the confusion and plans to blame the double for items tied to his record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Leopold
Bordeaux
Debats
Temps
United States
Simon
Investigations into Gambling in Billings Continue
Assistant attorney general H. D. Moore spent the day in Billings examining gambling complaints. He found monthly fines paid in the city police court since July but no county actions. Moore plans to return to Helena and pursue prosecutions when evidence is sufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Billings
H. D. Moore
Helena
Pat Patterson Buys Wolf Hounds for Local Ranch Hunt
Fort Benton news reports state representative Joseph P. Patterson has purchased a fine pack of wolf hounds from Arthur Broadwater of Havre. The dogs, among the best bred in the country, originate from the 10th Cavalry pack once associated with the czar's kennels, and will be used to hunt wolves and coyotes near Patterson's ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Fort Benton
Joseph PF. Patterson
Arthur Broadwater
Havre
10Th Cavalry
Milner cautions on slow path to peaceful South Africa
Pieter Maritzburg, Natal, Oct 26. Lord Milner replies to a corporate address, expressing hope that his Natal visit may spark tentative steps toward a peaceful and prosperous South Africa under the British flag, but warns progress will not come in a hurry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pieter Maritzburg
Natal
Lord Milner
South Africa
Forest Fire Rages Near Rockies Destroying Timber
Kalispell Oct 26 A forest fire east of the Rockies summit has burned about 200 acres and continues to spread. About 100 railway laborers work nearby with no extinguishing effort yet. Forest Supervisor Haines will depart tonight to organize fighters and suppress the blaze. Valuable timber is being destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Kalispell
Rockies
Haines
Stomachs Sake Distribution Firms Named in Montana
A Montana notice lists liquor distributors including Montana Liquor Company in Butte J W Collins of Anaconda Montrum Briggs of Missoula Goodkind Ros of Helena and Silverman Wallenstein of Great Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Distributiers
Montana Liquor Company
Butte
Mont
J. W. Collins
Anaconda
Montrum-Briggs Company
Missoula
Goodkind Ros
Helena, Mont
Silverman-Wallenstein Company
Great Falls
McKinley Death Details Show Gruesome Wound Care In Navy Report
The navy medical report by Dr. Presley Rixey chronicles President McKinley's illness from Sept. 6 to his death on Sept. 14 1901. It logs minute by minute progress from the gunshot wound to gangrene of the stomach and pancreas, detailing medications and procedures, enemas, surgeries, and bulletins issued to the public, with autopsy results attached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKinley
Leon I. Czolgosz
Navy
Presley M. Rixey
Rixey
Mann
Milburn House
Rebels Are Victorious At Tumaco, Liberals Capture Morro
Consul Gudger in Panama reports to the state department that liberals have seized the Morro at Tumaco, guarding the city entrance and surrounding government troops. An attempt to relieve them failed, and capture of Tumaco, on the Ecuador coast island of Gorgonilla, is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gudger
Panama
State Department
Tumaco
Gorgonila
Ecuador
Booker Washington Dined with Roosevelt Sparks Southern Debate
A public row over Booker T. Washington dining with President Roosevelt fades as Southern luminaries defend him. Lawrence Washington, a Washington relative, argues the event honors Washington's industrial education efforts and the Tuskegee Institute, crediting his work for progress and social acknowledgment beyond mere race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker Washington
Roosevelt
South
Lawrence Washington
Washington
Tuskegee Institute
White House
Gypsy carousel leads to Carthage rescue of girl
Bell family from Mexico Missouri traced a lost daughter through Indiana Illinois Iowa to Carthage where officers halted a gypsy gang. The leader tried to shoot when confronted but was stopped. the girl ailing from coercive begging quarters reveals cruel treatment by the band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Bell
Indianapolis
Peoria
Keokuk
Iowa
Carthage
Brakeman Miller Saves Many Li ves On Runaway Freight Car
Brakeman Frank Miller clung to a runaway Lehigh Valley freight car near Lost Creek and shouted warnings to people along the track. The car traveled two miles to Girardville before the train hit an obstruction and wrecked. Miller escaped unharmed and is praised for saving many lives and horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girardville
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Frank Miller
Miller
Lost Creek
Seal in the Delaware Captured by Two Rowers
William Hill and Joseph Springard spotted a large seal near Cochran park on the Delaware river. After firing, they killed the creature which weighed about 210 pounds and measured six feet ten inches. River men could not explain the seal's appearance in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
William Hill
Joseph Springard
Delaware River
Cochran Park
Hill
Pennsylvania
Dr Humphreys Specifics Marketed for Cold Relief
An advertisement promises rapid cold relief by alternating remedies with Specific No One if 77 fails. It claims the remedies revive numb vitals, stimulate blood flow, relieve congestion, awaken the liver, aid system cleansing, and break up the cold. Sold at druggists for 2 cents or mailed, with free Doctor’s Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys
Humphreys’ Homeopathic Medicine Co
William and John Streets
New York
His Girl in a Gypsy Camp Finds Lost Daughter
Indiana man Peter Bell rescues his daughter after nine years of presumed disappearance. The 10 year old from St Marys Mercer county Ohio vanished nine years ago, believed drowned after a frozen canal, and was found in a gypsy camp last August when a gypsy revealed the abduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Peter Bell
St. Mary's
Mercer County
Ohio
Bell
Bell's Mill
Prince Ranji of Beluchistan sails to North America with 28-seat suite
London reports Prince Ranji of Beluchistan sails Oct 24 from Liverpool on the Lake Simcoe to Montreal and then New York, with a dusky suite of 28 including musicians and a dancing girl. An official says no such Indian chief exists, while Ranji claims to be a king and to live in oriental splendor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ranji
Beluchistan
Siam
Liverpool
Montreal
Lake Simcoe
New York
England
Indian Office
Canada
United States
Edward
Mining stock report from Western markets and Pacific rails
Regional market summary lists Nevada and Oregon wool and lamb prices along with mining stock notes. Rail and railroad stocks including Atchison and Union Pacific show minor gains while Pacific lines and housing staples move modestly.
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Munyon
Philadelphia
Jackson
Malone Ranch
Sharpley
Malone
Nevada
Adjutant General's Office
Belgium
Joseph Patterson
Africa
van Dyke
van Dykes Dy
Digitalis
Tie
Vort
Winagiter
Delaware
Tenagicus
San Francisco
Wael
Oregon
Valley Oregon
San Joaquin
Humbolst
Mendocino
Ely
Moston Mining
Fe Atch
Son
Atchison
Wits
Anedian Pacific
Northern
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Woley
Adventure
Bingham Mining
Vo. Oereewinar Amalgamated Copper Odes
Bebe
Eeene
Atlantic Sone
Calumete& Heela Beeree
Ennenen Centennial Restene
Ween Pranklin
Steven Humbolde
Bee
Parrot Sree
Utah Mining
Winona
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