Roosevelt declines Bryan letter attack talk on campaign
Washington Oct 1 President Roosevelt will not reply to William J Bryan's Rock Island letter. Secretary Loeb says the president sees no reason to answer an attack on him personally and has no immediate plan to tour for Taft. Bryan, in Muscatine, denounces abuses and warns of trusts and tariff. Taft continues campaign in Lincoln with multiple Lincoln engagements.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William J. Bryan
Rock Island
Loeb
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Ill
Gov
Haskell
Muscatine
Lincoln
Taft
Neb
William H. Taft
North
West
Ohioan
Burlington
State University
Sheldon
Capitol Grounds
Nick
Sherman
Champaign
University of Mimols
Urbana
James S. Sherman
Sunny Jim
National Irrigation Congress Opens Sessions in Albuquerque
Albuquerque N M Oct 1 The sixteenth National Irrigation congress enters its second day with committee appointments by President Goudy and active resolutions work. Delegations caucused, resolutions from across the country flood the committee, and groups including the National Association of Manufacturers submit supportive resolutions.
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Albuquerque
N. M
National Irrigation Congress
Goudy
National Association of Manufacturers
Reclamation Service
Forestry Bureau
Trans-Mississippi Dry Farming Congress
Trans-Mississippi Congress Executive Board
John Barrett
International Bureau of American Republics
Pan- America
W. H. Wiley
Colorado
D. C. Beaman
Denver
National Forests
Forest Service
Men of War at Gibraltar Arrival of American Battleships
American battleships Alabama and Maine arrived at Gibraltar at 2:30 PM from Naples and saluted Rear Admiral Goodrich and the British garrison. They will coal there before sailing for the Azores. Manila reports the fleet’s progress along Basilian channel with wireless outages delaying exact location updates.
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Gibraltar
Alabama
Maine
Naples
Goodrish
Borta
Azore Islands
Manila
Basilian Channel
Bandits Terrorize a Town in Iowa Heist Case
Des Moines police arrest George Neal a Milwaukee native who admitted joining a gang that seized Slater Iowa residents, blew open the post office safe, and stole 300 in cash and 300 in stamps. The crew also robbed a Milwaukee road work train of 150 and burglarized several homes. Neal declined to name accomplices who dispersed to various Iowa cities.
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Des Moines
George Neal
Milwaukee
Slater
Milwaukee Road
Neal
Iowa
Polygamist to Go Back
San Francisco Oct. 1 Henry T Bosman Hongkong millionaire and a legislative member of the British colony has practically decided to abandon the idea of appealing to the department of commerce and labor to reverse the deportation order issued after he arrived with two wives.
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San Francisco
Henry T. Bosman
Hongkong
Department of Commerce and Labor
Freak Henry Johnson, “Human Freak,” Found Dead
Henry J. Johnson known as the “Human Freak” and famed strong man was found dead in Kansas City. Police report his body bore numerous holes and scars from decades of stunts including pin sticking and swallowing tacks, broken glass, and poisons.
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Kansas City
Henry J. Johnson
Strong Man
Fire Fatal in Dallas Heats City District
A blaze in Dallas on October 1 killed hose company No. 2 driver J. H. Partin and seriously injured other firefighters. The six hour fire caused about $200,000 in property damage in the business district before the city fire department gained control.
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Dallas
Tex
J. H. Partin
Weiller Orders 60 Wright Aeroplanes for $100000
Lazare Weiller the French aeroplane promoter announced an order to Wilbur Wright for 60 Wright aeroplanes at a contract value of $100,000. Weiller believes Wright can fulfill the order.
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Wright
le Mans
Lazare Weiller
Wilbur Wright
M. Weiller
Bride and Groom Crown Drowned Near Chaplin Kentucky
Telephone messages report the Rev F M Hill once of Lexington and his wife, recently married, drowned near Chaplin in Nelson County Kentucky. Hill was a leader in the Kentucky Methodist church.
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Lexington
F. M. Hill
Chaplin
Nelson County
Kentucky
Hill
Letters Stolen and Questioned Letters in Oil Probe
Hearst releases new phase of Standard Oil letters theft case. Archbold details letters stolen from his files and McLaurin defends his past correspondence with Archbold. McLaurin cites his political battles and support from Carnegie and Rockefeller money amid the controversy.
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New York
Standard Oil
William R. Hearst
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Associated Press
United States
John Lowndes McLaurin
South Carolina
Mr. Archbold
McLaurin
Senator McLaurin
Archbold
South
Congress
Mr. Carnegie
Rockefeller
Two Women Die in Martinsville Farmhouse Fire
In Rockland Maine on Oct 1 two women burned to death in a Martinsville farmhouse. Victims were Mrs George Cook 45 of St George and Mrs Kate Floyd 47 sister of Mrs Cook from Natick Massachusetts. The tragedy occurred Wednesday in the St George area.
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Rockland
Martinsville
St. George
George Cook
Kate Floyd
Cook
Natick
Mass
Fever Quarantine Lifted on Havana Reports
Washington reports indicate yellow fever not present in Havana Cuba, prompting the public health and marine hospital service to remove the quarantine against the city that had been in place for several weeks.
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Washington
Havana
Cuba
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Bandits Try to Rob Bank in St Joseph Bank Heist
In St Joseph Missouri on October 1 an unsuccessful attempt to rob the Farmers and Merchants bank ended when criminals abandoned the break in after police arrived. They had tampered with the vault combination and fled the scene.
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St. Joseph
Girl Killed by Motor Car in Kansas City Suburbs
One person, Pearl Guinard, ten, was killed and several others injured when a motor car carrying passengers collided with and demolished a light road wagon at Hunter Avenue and Broadway in the Kansas City suburbs on Tuesday night.
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Kansas City
Pearl Guinard
Hunter Avenue
Broadway
Dr Koch Praises Tuberculosis War At Big Congress
Dr Robert Koch praised New York City health authorities under Dr Herman H Biggs for their tuberculosis control methods. He highlighted compulsory notification and forcible removal of dangerous patients as key measures and urged Germany to adopt similar policies. The Washington congress hall was crowded as seven sections debated disease prevention with over 100 speakers.
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Washington
Robert Koch
New York City
Herman H. Biggs
Department of Health
Koch
Biggs
National Museum
Dr. Koch
Health Board
New York Board of Health
New York
Germany
Comet tail sighted over Butte Montana
A distant object appearing to be the tail of a comet was seen in the night sky over Butte Montana. Clouds soon hid the rest of the observation.
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Butte
Mont. Butte
Mont
Hioki Named Japanese Minister to Chile
Hioki former Berlin embassy counselor is appointed Japanese minister to Chile with Tokyo confirming the posting on October 1. He succeeds previous envoy and will represent Japan in Santiago while overseeing bilateral ties and regional diplomacy.
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Dap
Chile
Tokyo
KE. Hioki
Berlin
Bankers Oppose Guarantee Plan at Denver Meeting
Denver Oct 1 The American Bankers association opened in Denver with bankers denouncing bank deposit guarantees and postal savings banks as dangerous to national prosperity. Col J D Powers called the guarantee a dangerous fallacy as officers were elected, including A A Jackson as president and officials from Philadelphia Cleveland and New York to the executive committee.
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Denver
Col
American Bankers’ Association
Savings Bank
Clearing House
Trust Company
Col. J. D. Powers
Association
A. A. Jackson
Girard Trust Company of
Philadelphia
H. P. MclIntosh
the Guardian Savings Trust Company of
Cleveland
A. L. Abrams
F. H. Fries
Winston Salem
Howard Bayne
New York
John Stites
Louisville
BE. J. Parker
Quincy
Mayors Hold A Big Session In Omaha Convention Opens
The annual League of American Municipalities convention began in Omaha with record attendance as mayors and officials travel in large delegations. Mayor Mahool of Baltimore, the president, was greeted by Mayor Dahlman while cities decorate for the fall carnival and a bright Welcome arch shines at the city hall.
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Omaha
Neb
League of American Municipalities
Mahool
Baltimore
Dahlman
L. of A. M
Southern Pacific Loses Bid to Block Lumber Rates
United States circuit court judges Boags Morrow and Gilbert ruled against the Southern Pacific Company in seeking an injunction to bar the Interstate Commerce Commission from enforcing a reduced rate on rough lumber shipments to San Francisco from the northwest.
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Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Boags
Morrow
Gilbert
United States Circuit Court
Southern Pacific Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwest
Young Carter to Contest Will in Chicago Heirship
Leslie Dudley Carter son of actress Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne announced in New York on October 1 that he will contest the will of his father the late Leslie Carter of Chicago which leaves him nothing.
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Young Carter
New York
Leslie Dudley Carter
Leslie Carter Payne
Tarrytown
Leslie Carter
Chicago
Rye straw washes ashore in Lake Michigan storm
Thousands of bales of rye straw are washed ashore along the Lake Michigan coast from Pentwater to Little Point Sauble. It is believed a boat has been lost in the three day heavy storm.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Lake Michigan
Pentwater
Little Point Sauble
Tragedy in Central City: treasurer kills girl then suicides
Cristo pher Crezige, treasurer of Gilpin county, shot and mortally wounded eight year old daughter of Mrs Addie Hicks at her home in Central City on Wednesday before taking his own life.
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Central City
Col
Cristopher Crezige
Gilpin County
Addie Hicks
Shackles Cut By Friend In Mysterious Escape Case
In Council Bluffs a freed prisoner may be Frank Shercliffe alias Morris, famed highwayman who leaped from a Colorado sheriff's wagon en route to a twenty five year term. An unknown man borrowed a hacksaw, aided the escape, and shackles were found sawed open in the coal yards near Ninth Street and Broadway.
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Council Bluffs
Council,Bluffs Coal and Ice Company
Frank Shercliffe
Morris
Shercliffe
Lovett & Co
North Main Street
Israel Lovett & Co
New ‘City
Hyderabad Flood Tragedy Claims Thousands in India
The Hyderabad flood disaster reports thousands dead as rains overflowed the lake and Musi river. A sixty foot high wall of water swept the city, crushing homes and burying natives beneath ruins. A vast mud plain and deadly stench marked the devastated district.
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Hyderabad
India
Mizam
Forest fires cause vast daily losses across the U S
Washington reports a daily loss of one million dollars during peak fire months, per W J McGee of the Agriculture Department. In New York’s Adirondacks the fires resume after rain, threatening Mount Baker with renewed danger. Official estimates show about 44,935 acres burned and 94 structures destroyed.
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Washington, D. C
United States
W. J. McGee
Department of Agriculture
Saranac Bay
N. Y
Adirondacks
Mount Baker
Leprosy Cure Reported By Honolulu Doctors
Doctors W P Brinkerhoff and J T Wayson of Honolulu announce probable success with a Nassin treatment for leprosy. The method uses a preparation developed by Deyke Pasha of Constantinople and Reschaud Bey of the same institute. Details of composition and treatment method are not released.
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Honolulu
W. P Brinkerhoff
J. T. Wayson
City Heart Board
Deyke Pasha
Constantin Ple
Reschaud Bey
Cholera Toll Climbs in St Petersburg Hospital Report
For twenty four hours ending yesterday the municipal hospital reported 223 new cholera cases and 93 deaths. The prior twenty nine hours showed 222 cases and 99 deaths. Recoveries reached 127 with 187 previous. Total cases since outbreak began reach 5 655.
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St. Petersburg
Paper Dividend Cut Further
New York October 1 There was a further cut in the dividend of a preferred stock of International Paper company when the directors declared one half of one per cent A dividend of last July was one cent that of April 14 per cent.
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New York
Internation Paper Company
New Canadian Town Destroyed in Major Fire
A dispatch from Fernie reports a new Canadian town Michél was destroyed by a big fire. The town was nearly wiped out as flames ravaged the settlement and left extensive damage in Winnipeg and surrounding areas.
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Winnipeg
Man
Fernie
Michél
Suly
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Saginaw
John W.kern
Hughes
West Virginia
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W. Va
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J. D. Archbold
Hearst
Indianapolis News
Bankers
Postal Savings Bank Idea
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