New York Tammany Leaders Sweep City In Primary Victory
In a sweeping primary result Charles F. Murphy leads Tammany Hall as the Croker faction dominates at least thirty districts. William Devery wins in the tenth district by over 250 votes, while Carroll forces suffer major setbacks. Sullivan and Murphy claim broad control of the organization and delegate slate for Saratoga. Devery's parade circulates through the district amid cheers, with crowds greeting him warmly.
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New York
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Wiliam
Devery
Trumvir Murphy
Carrol-Sheehan
Joseph Mulqueen
Carroll
Murphy
Daniel F. McMahon
Croker
Tammany
Percival FB. Nagle
August Moebus
Dana T B. Finn
Commission of Police
Michael C. Murphy
Sullivan
Greater
John C. Sheehan
Sullivan-Murphy
Brooklyn
Walter B. Atterbury
Woodruff
Atterbury
Goodwin
Sheehan
Dig
Blind man wins steel patent royalties case in Pittsburgh
John Brislin, a blind former roller, helped invent a table for handling hot steel ingots. Judge Buffington ruled against Carnegie Steel, potentially enabling Brislin to claim up to 5 million dollars in royalties for patent infringements. Brislin, once a Bakewell Building janitor, lost his sight and his job, but remains hopeful as his lawsuit proceeds.
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John Brislin
Antonio Vinnac
Brisiin
Tyro
Slin
Brislin
United States Steel Corporation
Bakewell
Tennessee Democrats Decline Nomination for Burrow
Roanoke Va September 16 Robert Burrow of Johnson City Tenn who was last week nominated for congress by the democrats of the first Tennessee district at .2 con ville has written to chairman declining to accept the nomination.
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Burrow
Roanoke
Robert Burrow
Johnson City
Tenn
Tennessee
Conville
Soldiers mob Frisco bar riot at Presidio
San Francisco September 16 riot at the Presidio as 500 soldiers angry over an assault on Adolph Redfield’s saloon gather and smash windows. Redfield leaves with his wife. soldiers break in drink stock and seize cigars before troops and mounted police restore order.
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San Francisco
Presidio
Adolph Redfield
Redfield
Five Hurt As Elevated Trains Crash In Chicago
Five persons badly hurt in a collision of three South Elda elevated trains at Sixty third street and Madison avenue. A ruptured air tank on the lead car disabled brakes, sending the lead train rolling backward into the second and the second into the third, scattering passengers and creating panic.
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Chicago
South Elda
Sixtythird Street
Madison Avenue
Sixty-third Street
Howell Speaks in the Seventh Ward Campaign Kickoff
Captain Evan P. Howell launched his mayoral bid with a strong speech at Caldwell's hall in West End. Speakers Rosser Shropshire Nelms Adair Booth praised Howell, who recounted his entry into the race amid street railway disputes and city improvements, then hinted at future remarks on the Peters Street viaduct.
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Evan P. Howell
Caldwell
West End
Captain Howell
Luther Z. Rosser
W. BR. Shropshire
John W. Nelms
Forrest Adair
W. K. Booth
Howell
W. K.booth
Booth
John A. Caldwell
Fruer
Polecat
Atlanta
Peters Street
Longino
Hil
New York
Cahantss
Harvey John
Decayed Meat Sold by Trust in Beef Inquiry
In St Louis and other major cities, partly decomposed meat and sausages with potatoes and flour were sold between August 21, 1899, and May 1, 1902 by members of the packers trust. Testimony by Thomas L O Sullivan meat and livestock inspector cited in the beef trust inquiry.
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St. Louis
Packers’ Trust
Thomas L. O'Sullivan
O’sullivan
Crow
Supreme Court
I. N. Kerney
Beef Trust
Missionaries in Mexico Threatened by Natives
The U S State Department has asked the Mexican embassy to protect Mr and Mrs Everett Morgan and Miss Sarah Linley residents of Plainfield Indiana and missionaries in Cotovol Mexico threatened with death if they do not leave by tomorrow. The party has been in Cotovol about a year sent by the board of foreign missions and the Mexican authorities have been asked to intervene.
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Washington
Department of State
Everett Morgan
Sarah Linley
Plainfield
Ind
Cotovol
Mexico
Board
Act Means A Crisis In Republican Party
Chicago correspondents report a Republican crisis as Speaker Henderson withdraws amid tariff disputes. Iowa and Illinois leaders discuss consequences, with Cummins and Lacy expressing mixed views. Democratic planners in Chicago aim to defeat Henderson in his district, while Republicans in Dubuque and Des Moines react with shock and paralysis.
Shot Aunt Before Mirror in Roanoke
Roanoke Virginia September 16 Mabel Carroll 16 shot and killed her aunt Mrs William Emerick at the Emerick home while she dressed at a bureau The bullet struck the left temple and Mrs Emerick died instantly A coroner s jury tonight exonerated Miss Carroll of all blame
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Roanoke
Mabel Carrol
William Emerick
Emerick
Senator Bard in Critical Condition in Los Angeles
The California senator, Thomas R. Bard, is critically ill with pneumonia in Los Angeles. His temperature and pulse are perilous, oxygen given, and doctors warn survival beyond forty-eight hours if the pulse cannot be reduced. He had hosted colleagues including Quarles, Beveridge, and Fairbanks as a committee meeting nears.
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California
Los Angeles
Cal
Senator Bard
Senator Quarles
Wisconsin
Senate Committee On Territories
Senator Beveridge
Senator Fairbanks
Beveridge
San Francisco
Fairbanks
United States
Thomas R. Bard
Death of banker Nicholas Fish in saloon brawl shocks New York
In New York a banker and former Belgian court envoy Nicholas Fish died after a quarrel in Ehrhardt's saloon at Eighth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street. Private detective Thomas J. Sharkey is jailed for homicide with two women, Mrs Philli ps and Mrs Casey, arrested as witnesses. Police traced the trio to their home. inquests set for Friday. Fish's funeral planned for St. Mark's Church, burial at Garrison.
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New York
Nicholas Fish
Thomas J. Sharkey
Fish
United States
Belgium
Roosevelt Hospital
Ehrerhardt
Eighth Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Mr. Fish
Phillips
Casey
Jackson
Sharkey
Trojan
Jerome
N. Y
Ehrhardt
Sharlkey
Bis
Mra. Casey
Henderson Declines Republican Nomination for Congress
Dubuque Iowa September 16 Speaker Henderson of the house declines to accept re nomination for congress citing tariff differences with Iowa Republicans He says free trade would hurt American trusts and industries and withdraws after a lengthy meeting with party leaders He notes he will publish detailed views later in a public address.
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David B. Henderson
Dubuque
Iowa
Henderson
House of Representatives
Congress
C. E. Avbrook
el Dorado
Bir
Eople
Republican Party
United States
D. B. Henderson
Glasser
Congressional Committee
Joday
Albrook
Waterloo
Weather and civic items mix in regional update
Fair Wednesday and Thursday with clouds and possible rain. Warmer in the extreme northwest with fresh east winds. Temperatures ranged from 52 to 63 as readings note mean, high, and low values and a modest deficiency since January. Local officials feature mayoral campaign kickoff by Captain Evan P Howell and a push by Carpenters and Joiners of America to raise 10000 for striking miners. Western Union officials visit Atlanta while council considers a new electric light franchise. Georgia reports Macon council action on streetcar consolidation and a fifty year franchise. Empry college anticipates strong attendance. Savannah cotton exchange alleges freight-rate discrimination. Southern States Rifle Association aims to hold annual shoots at Avondale range. In the South, minority stockholders force appointive receiver for Bucomuga cotton mills in Greensboro NC. Colone W C P Breckinridge to address the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in Chattanooga. Mississippi delta cotton remains tight. Good Roads Association forms in Sanford NC planning 150 miles of gravel roads as obstructions are removed.
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Evan P. Howell
Seventh Ward
Carpenters and Joiners of America
Western Union Telegraph Company
Atlanta
Electric Light
Georgia Macon Council
Empry College
Savannah Cotton Exchange
Southern States’ Rifle Association
Savannah
Avondale Range
Southern
Bucomuga
Greensboro
N. C
W. C. PB
Breckinridge
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Chattanooga
Mississippi Delta
Good Roads Association
Sanford
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Cummins
Des Moines
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Lacy
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