Bartlett Denounces Commercial Democracy In South, Roosevelt Tells Visitors
President Roosevelt, amid cabinet discussions, says he will hear loyal supporters and appoint the best men to public office. Rep Bartlett, after Saratoga and New York visits, rejects the so called commercial democracy, defining it as trading principles for money or federal patronage. He notes South Carolina race and McLaurin reelection prospects.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Griggs
Robert J Lowry
Atlanta
Georgia
South
Congress
Bartlett
Saratoga
Greater New York
W.W. C. Whitney
German
New York City
Seth Low
South Carolina
McLaurin
Senate
New York
New
Atlanta girl a defaulter accused of embezzlement
Helen or Nellie Boyer a bookkeeper for the Federal Telephone Company of Atlanta was arrested in Boston on a charge of embezzling nearly $3,000. Manager Freelich found irregularities, she audited accounts, and vanished after withdrawing 300 dollars. Detectives had tracked her since.
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Federal Telephone Company
Pittsburg
Helen Or
Nellie Boyer
Atelanta
Georgia
Boston
Freelich
Telephone Company
Miss Hoyer
Company to Control McKinley Mines Organized in Buffalo
Buffalo records show a new corporation formed to control the McKinley mines in White Pine County Nevada with a capital of 1,000,000 dollars. The company will be incorporated in New Jersey, with Mrs. McKinley owning stock valued at 59,000 dollars. Directors include Barber of Canton and J A Yarrington of Carson City, Nevada, with C Barber as president and F E Fitch as vice president.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Mines P
McKinley Mines
Whitepine County
Nevada
New Jersey
McKinley
Admiral Sampson Denied as Party in Court of Inquiry
Washington dispatches from the Schley court of inquiry report Admiral Sampson seeking counsel, but the court declines party status. Lt. John Hood and Capt. Bowman H. McCalla testified on dispatches and conversations with Schley about orders and the flying squadron’s movements toward Santiago and Cienfuegos.
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Washington
Schley Court Ofy
Samp~son
John Hod
Bowman H. McCalla
Marblehead
Admiral Sampson
Schley
Wise
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Spencer S. Wood
Dupont
Raynor
Captain Harbor
Hania
Enfuegos
Flest
Department
John Hood
Hawk
Admiral Schrey
Admiral Schiey
Mr. Hood
Sampson
Thirteen Men Die in Alaminto Canyon Flood
In Presidio county near the Alaminto Creek a cloudburst unleashed a 20 foot flood that drowned thirteen men as they slept in two camps. Six bodies recovered, seven feared swept into the Rio Grande. Names include William Bolis George Holton Henry Carted and others.
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William Bolis
George Holton
Henry Carted
Heanandez Costello
Alaminto
Rio Grande
Omaha Storm Leaves City in Downpour and Damage
Omaha Nebraska September 27 a severe storm struck with lightning hail and rain blowing down telephones and electric poles streetcars blocked in areas two men shocked by live wires two horses killed and downtown streets flooded as trees stripped of foliage. In Council Bluffs the Northwestern yards swamped with two feet of water and downtown cellars flooded.
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Omaha
Nebr
Sergeente Dempsey
Weisenbure
Council Bluffs
Passenger Train Wreck Near Council Bluffs
A Wabash passenger train from St Louis to Omaha wrecked seven miles from Council Bluffs. The entire train plunged 18 feet down an embankment, flipping bottom side up. Three people likely fatally injured, sixteen seriously hurt, numerous minor bruises. Conductor Arthur F Wilson and Mrs George Rue of Silver City Iowa plus the infant daughter of A H Wilson of Tekamah Nebraska among the severely injured.
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Omaha
Nebr
St. Louis
Council Bluffs
Arthur F. Wilson
George Rue
Silver City
Iowa
A. H. Wilson
Tekemah
Mebr
Veterans to be degraded for rejoicing over McKinley shooting
In Marion Indiana on September 23 three veterans from the Soldiers Home Jerry Kutler Peter Locke and James Spears have been confined for celebrating the assassination of President McKinley. They face further penalties as authorities consider disgraceful punishment for their actions at the guard house following the shooting.
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Czolgosz
Marion
Ind
Jerry Kutler
Peter Locke
James Spears
McKinley
Mindk
McKinley will and probate hearing in Canton Ohio
Newspaper reports detail President McKinley's will dated October 22, 1897, and the probate court hearing set for 9 am Monday to appoint William R. Day and George Cortelyou as executors with the will annexed. The estate is valued around 225000 to 250000 including life insurance and Canton real estate.
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Canton
Ohio
McKinley
McKinsey
Washington, D. C
Helen McKinley
Washington
D. C
William McKinley
G. B. Cortelyou
Charles Lonffler
Cortelygu
Judge Day
Fire Rips Through Arch Street Building in Philadelphia
A major blaze damaged the rear section of a seven story building on Arch Street extending to Cherry Street. Owned by Paxson Comfort Co with Oxford hook bindery and others as tenants, the loss is pegged at about 175000 dollars and will be covered by insurance.
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Philadelphia
Arch Street
Cherry Street
Paxson, Comfort & Co
Oxford Hook Bindery
Joseph Potter & Son
Arrow Goods
F. W. Mauerer & Sons
Horses Killed After Plymouth Car Crash in Fort Erie Route
A Plymouth, Michigan, cargo train en route from Fort Erie to Cincinnati derailed on a Pere Marquette siding. Two valuable horses, including Toluca once tied to a 61 1 2 furlongs record, were killed. three others died after injuries. eight men and women, two girls, and two boys were aboard with several injured. Whitney had paid 12 000 for Toluca. Other cars damaged. remaining horses injured.
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Whitney
Plymouth
Mich
Palace
Cincinnati
Fort Erie
Pere Marquette Road
Flasher
Toluca
W. C. Whitney
Municipal lighting plant fund backed by council vote
Council members, in interviews for The Constitution, broadly back Mayor Mims’s plan for municipal ownership of a city lighting plant. A city executive committee was chosen for October 17, while residents urged the finance committee to probe asphalt pricing on Washington Street.
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Mims
Washington Street
Atlantic Compress Company
Savarnnah
Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
Weather Bureau Promises Wind a Plent y for Columbia and Shamrock Today
The Weather Bureau forecasts a fresh to brisk easterly wind for Saturday off Sandy Hook, shifting to northeast in the afternoon, enabling the first adequate test of the America's Cup yachts Shamrock and Columbia. Sir Thomas Lipton expresses renewed confidence as crews prepare for competition after Thursday’s calm and fluky conditions.
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Columbia
Shamrock
Thomas Lipton
President McKinley
McKinley
Schley Court of Inquiry
Admiral Sampson
Bowman McCalla
Roosevelt
Griggs
RB. JI. Lowry
South
Texas
Aire
New York
Sandy Hook
America
Britain
Lipton
Sycamore
Watson
Ratsey
Mr. Jameson
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