Cummins Presses Insurgent Line At Knoxville Rally
In Knoxville Iowa on October 1 a large crowd greeted Senator Cummins amid a display of progressive sentiment. John P White spoke in the morning as a parade of fraternal orders highlighted the event. Cummins defended insurgents who backed changes to House rules and opposed Speaker Cannon, signaling a shift toward reform in the local political mood.
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Iowa
Senator Cummins
John P
Cummings
J. H. Applegate
Guthrie Centre
Court House
Joseph (. Cannon
House of Representatives
A. B. Cummins
Lawa
House
Joseph G. Cannon
Ben Murrow Under Arrest in Murrow Murder Case
Len J. Murrow brother of Charles E. Murrow is held in the county jail as coroner's jury links a swift weapon wound to the suspect. The 24 hour inquiry followed the Sept. 9 death at the Rising Sun road home and Sheriff Men Ness served the warrant as Murrow sat reading. He declared innocence after the verdict was read.
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Des Moines
Len J. Murrow
Charles FE. Murrow
Rising Sun Road
Otlock
Charles E. Murraw
Oll Murrow
Murrow
County Surveyor's Office
Men Ness
Murder at Tower Minn Ends in Double Tragedy
In Tower Minnesota William Coija fatally shot Jacob Leinoen during a quarrel over a financial matter at a Duluth area locale before killing himself. The incident occurred amid rising tensions between the two men.
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Duluth
Minn
William Coija
Jacol Leinoen
Tower
Smeltzer Faces Trial Fate in District Court
Des Moines reports John Smeltzer mayoral figure Detective Frank Delmege fights for life as trial opens in Judge Miller's division. Proceedings began yesterday with a verdict anticipated tomorrow.
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Smeltzer
Des Moines
John Smeltzer
Mayer
Frank Delmege
Hearst Nominated by Mass Meeting in New York
William Rane del Heart, nominated for mayor by a mass meeting at Cooper Union, organized by admirers without his authorization. The event occurred in New York on October 7.
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W. R. Hearst
New York
William Rane del Heart
Coorer Union
Mix Wing Air Race Grabs Gordon Bennett Cup
Edgar W. Mix of Columbus Ohio won the Gordon Bennett Cup, landing north of Warsaw in Russian Poland after a foggy, stormy crossing from Ostrolenka. He finished ahead of Alfred Le Blanc and others, narrowly avoiding trouble with Russian police despite a special passport guarantee.
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Messner
le Blanc
Carpathian Mountains
le Blanes
Col. Schaeck
St. Louis
Erbsloh
Count de la Vaulsx
Russia
Mix
Zurich
Switzerland
Wilbur Wright to Teach Signal Corps Aviators
Wilbur Wright arrives from New York to instruct officers of the signal corps in operating the aeroplane purchased by the government. The craft, housed at Fort Myer, has been moved to College Park for lessons. Lieut Lahm and Lieut Frederick H. Humphreys will receive instruction as flights may be opened to the public when conditions allow.
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Washington
Wilbur Wright
New York
Signal Corps
Fort Myer
College Park
Lahm
Frederick Jh. Humphreys
Engine Corps
Quarantine Placed On 4500 Sheep At Kansas City Yards
A flock of more than 4500 sheep and lambs at the Kansas City stock yards is quarantined by Inspector W B Adair citing the tip and leg disease. Tennessee Pass Colorado origin. Experienced sheepmen say the sheep suffer from sore mouth due to pasture change and will recover in a few days.
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Kansas City
W. B. Adair
Tennessee Pass
Dickinson Will Not Resign From Cabinet
Nashville Tenn Oct 7 Secretary of War J M Dickinson denied a report he planned to resign from the cabinet due to illness in his family and the recent death of his daughter in law. The report appeared in New York under a Washington date line.
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Dickinson
Nashville
Tenn
J. M. Dickinson
New York
Tragedy at Wellington Extension mine kills 32 in blast
In Ladysmith British Columbia thirty two miners die after a fire damp explosion at the Extension mine of the Wellington Colliery Company. Eighteen bodies recovered, fourteen still entombed. Thomas Hislop recalls the minutes of fear and a later rescue. Rescuers battle cave-ins as work resumes soon.
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Ladysmith
B. C
Wellington
Thomas Hislop
Hislop
Lee Shaw
Davidson
Caboose
Alexander Shaw
False Mine Explosion Report Suppressed In West Virginia
An Elm Grove coal mine death by electrocution led to a false blast story claiming 200 men entombed. Investigators found the report false and canceled relief expeditions that were nearly launched.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Elm Grove
Fish Distribution Figures Highlight Record Year
Washington reports the bureau of fisheries distributed an all time high amount of fish and fish eggs in the last fiscal year. The total distributed reached 107,301,535 dollars, surpassing the prior year’s 287,280 dollars.
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Washington
Bureau of Fisheries
Department of Commerce and Labor
Miner is Murdered in Front of North Frontenac Home
Harry Dougherty a well known miner was found murdered in front of another miner's home in North Frontenac. He suffered a fractured skull and three long knife wounds on his face. Local authorities reported the grim discovery as investigators began piecing together the incident.
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Pittsburg
Wan
Uc 7
Harry Dougherty
North Frontenac
Here
Plot Against Life of Czar Discovered in Palace
London reports from St. Petersburg that the czar's winter palace is being repaired for his return when a plot against the czar's life is found among palace workers. The eldest son of a court joiner, Michaeloff, has been arrested and related compromising documents are said to have been found. Doctors at Livadia say the czarina is relapsing and that her health causes anxiety.
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London
St. Petersburg
The
Standard
Winter Palace
Azar
Michaeloff
Livadia
Largest convention in history opens for life underwriters
Convention of risk men in Louisville marks the National Association of Life Underwriters’ largest gathering. President Charles Jerome Edwards of Brooklyn calls for order as readers in life insurance in America attend. Local officials Mayor James F. Grinstead Commissioner Charles W. Bell and James M. Johnson welcome the group. Afternoon talks by William C. Johnson of New York and John W. Whittington of Los Angeles precede social events and a theater party. The program includes a launch at the country club, a Churchill Downs race outing, and a grand banquet to close.
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National Association of Life Underwriters
Charles Jerome Edwards
Brooklyn
Life Insurance
America
James F. Grinstead
Charles W. Bell
James M. Johnson
Louisville Association
William C. Johnson
New York
John W. Whittington
Los Angeles
Country Club
Churchill Downs
Harvard House Opened at Stratford by U S Ambassador
Harvard house the sixteenth century home of Robert Harvard father of John Harvard founder of Harvard university has become property of Harvard university. Opened by Whitelaw Reid in a ceremony with many Americans present followed by lunch at Marie Corelli's house. Durum Bread Day proclaimed in North Dakota with state observers eating only durum wheat bread as Gov Burke prescribes. Theodore Rizzo indicted for murder after kidnapping two girls and a boy leaving one girl dead and others wounded.
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Stratford-on-the-Avon
England
Harvard
North Dakota
Fargo
N. D
John Burke
Utica
Gerang
Theodore Rizzo
Street Car Collision Wounds Three Passengers in Omaha
In Omaha on October 7 a collision occurred at Thirteenth and Harney Streets when a street car from Trenton struck a Harney line car amidships. The crash hurled the Harney car several feet and seriously injured three passengers, marking the era’s gravest accident since the street car company began using less experienced workers.
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Omaha
Neb
Street
Thirteenth
Harney Streets
Trenton
Harney Street
Peary Willing to Submit Records for Review by Geographic Society
Commander Peary informed the National Geographic Society he is willing and eager to submit his polar exploration data to a US scientific commission. Dr. Cook has not responded. Peary’s data may be considered if Cook fails to answer. A special commission may be formed at the society’s next board meeting.
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Washington
Commander Peary
National Georgraphic Society
Willis L. Moore
New York
National Geographic Society
Dr. Cook
United States
Moore
Cook
Special Commission
Thaw Fight To Free Thaw Reaches Court Of Appeals
Albany N Y Oct 7 Contending his commitment to a state hospital for the criminal insane was illegal Harry K Thaw who was charged with the Stanford White murder in 1906 and acquitted on insanity grounds had further appeal denied by the court of appeals The appellate division second department affirmed the order with Justice Gaynor dissenting Thaws counsel argued the commitment violated due process and that Thaw should be judged sane and free of a criminal charge.
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Albany
N. J
Matteawan State Hospital
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Court of Appeals
Mills
White Plains
Thaw
Second Department
Gaynor
Charles Morschauser
Miss Clemens Weds Pianist at Stormfield Home
Miss Clara L. Clemens daughter of Samuel L. Clemens married Ossip Gabrilowitsch the Russian pianist in the drawing room at Stormfield the Clemens country home. Rev Dr Joseph H Twitchell of Hartford officiated. Attendants included Miss Jean Clemens and guests Jervis Langdon Elmira N Y and Mrs Julia Loomis. Wedding breakfast followed with about forty New York guests.
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West Redding
Conn
Clara L. Clemens
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Stormfield
Clemens
Joseph H. Twitchell
Hartford
Jean Clemens
Jervis Langdon
Elmira
Julia Loomis
Howard Loomis
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Oxford University
New York City
Moors Surprise Spanish Camp at Melilla
Oct 7 Melilla reports a Moorish surprise attack on the Spanish camp under General Soto mayor. The enemy was repulsed after hours of shelling, with two Spaniards wounded. Madrid notes a Moroccan operations lull and broader war concerns.
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Melilla
Sotomayor
Madrid
Senor Costa
Correo Espanol
Alfonso
Africa
Senor Galdos
Spain
Grain Dealers Nation Convention Opens in Indianapolis
The thirteenth annual Grain Dealers National Association meeting began in Indianapolis on October 7 and will run to Friday with an expected 900 attendees. Senator Albert J. Beveridge will speak on Higher Ethics in Business. The group reports progress toward a uniform grading standard, noting adoption by many grain exchanges and anticipation that the Chicago Board of Trade and Illinois railroad and warehouse commission will soon implement it. The association opposes federal grain inspections, arguing veteran traders are more competent and federal oversight would dull their focus on quality.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Grain Dealers’ National Association
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
John F. Courcier
Chicago Board of Trade
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission of
Ilinois
Bowers Mystery Deepens In Missing Armour Manager
George H. Bowers general manager of the Omaha Armour Packing plant remains missing as relatives and friends search. His baggage traced to Fort Francis Ontario contradicts expected direction of travel. His fiancée Miss Rogers, whom he planned to marry next month, is prostrate while company investigators report Bowers' books are in order.
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Omaha
Neb
George H. Bowers
Armour Packing Company
Fort Francis
Ont
Mr. Bowers
Miss Rogers
Ideal Human Project Spurs Race Amalgamation Plan
Long Beach California October 7 5 Doctor M A Schultz aims to produce a perfect race by intermarrying selected orphans of diverse nationalities Mexican American Portuguese Japanese and Indian children and training them morally and physically to test his theory.
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Long Beach
Cal
M. A. Schultz
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