Taft Campaign Pushes Through Indiana States
Indiana becomes battleground as Taft plans sixty speeches across towns from Lawrenceburg to Evansville. He defends records, blasts Bryan as prophesying business harm, and warns that Bryan’s election could threaten prosperity while Bryan counters in West Virginia with fresh attacks on Taft’s policies. John W. Kern’s campaign halt in Indianapolis follows his son’s illness, with a tentative return planned after further family care.
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Evansville
Ind
Indiana
William H. Taft
Lawrenceburg
Aurora
Osgood
North Vernon
Seymour
Brownstown
Mitchell
Bedford
Bloomington
Linton
Terre Haute
Sullivan
Vincennes
Princeton
Taft
Mr. Taft
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Huntington
W. Va
William J. Bryan
West Virginia
Kern
Indianapolis
John W. Kern
New York
Ohio
Syracuse
John W. Kern, Jr
Tokyo hosts six-figure welcome for American fleet
Tokyo crowds 60,000 greet American battleship officers in five days of luncheons dinners balls and garden parties. A torchlight procession of over 50,000 winds through the city with flags bands and illuminated designs. At the American embassy cheers rise for admirals and Ambassador O'Brien. Mrs O'Brien appears to acclaim.
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Tokyo
Yokohama Harbor
O’brien
Count Komura
Nebraska blue laws upheld in Sunday business ban
Lincoln, Oct 23 The Nebraska supreme court sustained the legality of the Sunday business prohibition. It upheld the denial of habeas corpus for John Ryan an Omaha cigar dealer and Jacob Caldwell an Omaha barber, arrest under a state statute, making the ruling statewide.
Murderer to Hang in Springfield Case
Springfield Illinois October 23 jury returns a guilty verdict against Frank Bryant for the murder of Thomas Brady on August 3. Brady crushed by a hand ax. Bryant confessed to Chicago officers after arrest.
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Springfield
Ill
Frank Bryant
Thomas Brady
Brady
Bryant
Chicago
Jilted lover shoots girl then kills himself in Grand Rapids
In Grand Rapids on October 23, August Sauererein, 23, killed Nellie Diemeyer, 19, after their engagement was canceled. He shot her twice then fatally wounded himself. Diemeyer was gravely injured with a slim chance of recovery.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Nellie Diemeyer
August Sauererein
Sauererein
Reid Unveils Tablet in Bath for Edmund Burke
Whitelaw Reid the American ambassador unveiled a tablet in Bath Maine on October 23 honoring English statesman Edmund Burke. The inscription was placed on the house where Burke once lived in Bath.
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Reid
Bath
Whitelaw Reid
Edmund Burke
Burke
Bank Robbed of 4400 Dollars in Virgil, South Dakota
The State bank at Virgil South Dakota was robbed of four thousand four hundred dollars on Tuesday. The bank is protected by burglar insurance.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Virgil
Patterson flees night rider violence amid militia at Samburg
Gov M R Patterson arrives in Samburg after traveling from Dyersburg to see Col R Z Taylor amid lynching reports by night riders. A state militia encamps to keep order while armed escorts accompany the governor. A large crowd attended the funeral of Capt Quentin Rankin at Walnut Log in nearby Trenton.
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Samburg
Tenn
M. R. Patterson
Reelfoot Lake
Quentin Rankin
Col
R. Z. Taylor
Dyersburg
Tiptonville
Col. Taylor
Trenton
Walnut Log
Floods Roaring Through Central Oklahoma Cause Severe Damage
Heavy rainfall across central and northern Oklahoma has persisted for three days, swelling the Canadian and Arkansas rivers. Reports of flood deaths remain unconfirmed, but widespread farm land damage, railroad washouts, and threats to small towns are reported as rivers overflow their banks.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Suffragists Sent to Prison in Bow Street Court
Seventeen women arrested October 18 during the storming of the house of commons were sentenced Thursday in Bow Street police court to imprisonment from three weeks to three months for disorderly conduct.
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London
House of Commons
Bow Street
Boy Convicted of Murder in Norfolk Case
Benjamin I Gilbert, 18, was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing his sweetheart Miss Amanda Morse on Campostella bridge July 23 after she rejected his suit. Trial concluded in Norfolk West Virginia on October 23.
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Norfolk
W. Va
Benjamin I
Gilbert
Amanda Morse
Campostella Bridge
Peace Talks Break Off Over Bosnia Annexation
Constantinople dispatch reports Austria-Hungary and Turkey have definitively ended negotiations as Ankara refused to accept Bosnia and Herzegovina’s annexation as settled.
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Paris
Constantinople
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Carnegie Hero Fund awards honors to 48 act of heroism
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in Pittsburgh recognized 48 individuals for acts of heroism across Illinois Indiana Iowa Ohio Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin and other states. awards include silver and bronze medals with education mortgage and home purchase aid and monthly support to families and dependents.
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Illnois
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Carnegie
Frederick Goebel
Keith A. Catto
Decatur
Erwin J. Roller
Manchester
Mich
Edward A. Biber
Lansing
William A. Schneider
Colwelin
Willam A. Cross
Grand Forks
N. D
Judson H. Lamb
Cleveland
George S. Mason
Toledo
Charles R. Leonard
Elyria, CO
Edwin A. Crolins
Chicago
Frank F. Berg
Peoria
Ill
Jens W. Jensen
Oak Hill
Walter S. Slear
Tecumseh
August H. G Hansen
Owatonna
Minn
Walter H. Cotter
John F. Carroll
Adolph LaCroix
William H. Baker
Olaf A. Young
Viola
Jacob C. Caster
Cassville
N. J
William N. Williams
Alpharetta
William Walsh
Sewickley
Samuel H. Jamaison
William J. Rheinfrank
Milwaukee
John W. Frain
South Bend
Ind
Hershal E. Jeaglebarger
Henry F. Eaglebarger
Marion R. Lux
Lincoln
Neb
Philo G. Plummer
Helen L. Stapp
Indianapolis
Franklin H. Holdridge
Neponset
Ward W. Bennett
Glen Haven
Joseph C. Barr
Joplin
Earl A. Ames
Olathe
Kan
Thomas A. Herrman
Blue Mound
J. P. M. Herrman
Rollo W. Eastman
Harper
C. W. Eastman
Minne L. Meyers
Riverton
Wash
Marie V. 3
Langdon
Tellma
Frederick Hiser
Hessel
Rachel E. Lyon
Howard Lake
Tennessee Lyon
Rachel
Patrick McAleer
St. Louis
Mary McAleer
Thomas Kaczmarek
Dudley
Mass
Katherine Kaczmarek
David Pittsley
Rossiter
Charles H. Cosgrove
Center Point
Max Suess
North Mankato
Eleanora Suess
Daniel P. Greeley
Sparrows Point
Elbert W. Gibson
Riverdale
August Schultz
Brainerd
Americans Heroism Saves 100 From Death In Philippine Flood
Manila Oct 23 report details typhoon devastation in the Cagayan valley with an estimated 500 deaths. Lieuts Robert Clark and Tredway and Postmaster Foss, aided by a Filipino volunteer, rescued about 100 natives from a submerged fishing village near Aparri, swimming from house to house through breakers. About 50 bodies were recovered. six residents were swept away despite the rescuers' efforts. The flood likely damaged the tobacco crop in two Cagayan plants, with further condition reports pending from other areas.
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Manila
P. I
Cagayan Valley
Lfe
Aparri
Robert Clark
Tredway
Foss
Clark
Tagan
Cagayan
Abruzzi Arrives in Naples for Secret Conference
The Duke of Abruzzi landed in Naples on Thursday and moved secretly to Capodimonte. He traveled incognito by public cab and met with his brother, the Duke of Aosta, at the Royal palace for a private conference.
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Naples
Duke of the
Big Ginnery Destroyed Near Evergreen Alabama
A special from Evergreen says the large cotton ginnery of B. R. Smith, five miles east of Evergreen, was destroyed by fire. Twenty seven bales of cotton burned. There is every indication of incendiarism.
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Montgomery
Ala
Evergreen
B. R. Smith
Three Die From Ptomaine Poisoning In Schenectady Family
Schenectady N Y Oct 23 Three Hackett children have died from ptomaine poisoning and the father is critically ill. One son and three other daughters are less seriously affected in the same case.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Frank Hackett
Thirty Quakes Shock Saxony Towns in October Tremors
Thirty earthquake shocks were felt in the Zwickau region, Saxony, on October 23 accompanied by thunderlike reverberations. The people were greatly alarmed and another severe shock occurred later.
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Saxony
Plauen
Zwickau
German Princess Marries Prince August William in Berlin
Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig Holstein wed Prince August William of Prussia in a state ceremony at the imperial palace. A civil rite preceded the church service as 2,000 guests attended, with the empress placing the crown and a reception and gala to follow in the White Hall. Honeymoon will be at Hubertstock.
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Berlin
Germany
Alexandra Victoria
Schleswig-Holstein
Frederick
Duke
Imperial Palace
August William
Prussia
William
Empire
Prince von Bulow
Hill
Dryander
White Hall
Prince August
Hubertstock
Pacific Fleet Sails for Coast and Target Practice
The Pacific cruiser fleet under Rear Admiral Swinburne sailed Thursday with torpedo-boat destroyers toward Magdalena bay for target practice. Their voyage includes a planned visit along the west coast of South America after exercises.
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Pacific Fleet
Honolulu
Pacific Cruiser Fleet
Swinburne
Pacific Coast
Magdalena Bay
South America
Fire Fatal to Four in Howell Farmhouse Blaze
In Howell Michigan on October 23 a fire at the Riel farmhouse near Oak Grove left two children dead and the mother and another child dying. The victims are Alveria Riel two months old and Donna Riel aged 214 years.
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Howell, Mich
Riel Farmhouse
Oak Grove
Here
Alveria Riel
Donna Riel
Girl 11 Ends Life After Runaway Return
Chicago October 23 Elsie Lenhart an 11 year old who ran away from 10 Gault court after scolding returned Wednesday locked herself in a room and died by gas action.
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Chicago
Elsie Lenhart
Gault Court
Assassination of Naval Stores Operator in Blitchton
Savannah, Oct 23. Zents Warnell, a well known naval stores operator and member of Z Warnell and Bro, was assassinated Thursday at Blitchton Ga by Brunswick McRae a negro who escaped.
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Savannah
Zents Warnell
Z. Warnell & Bro
Blitchton
Brunswick McRae
Murderer Creighton Dies in Ontario Jail
Owen Sound Ontario October 23 James Farish Creighton condemned for the murder of his wife and stepdaughter died in the jail Wednesday ending a long death sentence in a case that shocked the community.
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Owen Sound
Ont
James Farish Creighton
Supreme Court Rules and Oklahoma Floods Threaten Regions
Civil authorities report the Nebraska Black Hand group in the headlines while a three day rainstorm floods central and northern Oklahoma. Life loss reports surface but many are unconfirmed and likely unfounded as the weather continues.
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Supreme Court
Nebraska
Bomb Explodes in East Side Tenement District
A weak bomb detonated in the hallway of a Wast Eleventh Street tenement home housing eighteen families. Pasquale Discardi, who has faced blackmail warnings for a year, owns the building. The blast shattered windows and blew stairs from first to second floor, waking the block as police had guarded the area for weeks.
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New York
East Aide
Wast Eleventh Street
Pasquale Discardi
Iceland Rejects Danish-Iceland Home Rule Proposals
Copenhagen reports Iceland holds strong opposition to the Danish-Iceland commission plan for constitutional settlement. In the recent election the issue dominated, about four-fifths of representatives repudiating the proposals. The conservative victory signals a renewed fight for greater home rule and minister Hafstein resigned.
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Copenhagen
Danish- Iceland Commission
Iceland
Herr Hafstein
Nebraska blue laws upheld by supreme court
Lincoln Neb Oct 23 The Nebraska supreme court sustained the legality of the blue laws forbidding most Sunday business. It upheld the district court of Douglas countys denial of habeas corpus for John Bryan an Omaha cigar dealer and Joseph Caldwell an Omaha barber arrested under a state statute, making the prohibition statewide.
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Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
Nebraska
District Court of
Douglas County
John Ryan
Omaha
Jacob Caldwell
District Court
John Bryan
Joseph Caldwell
President Cannot Mediate With Austria Over Bosnia Action
Washington Oct 23 The United States not a signatory to the 1878 Berlin treaty cannot intercede with Austria on behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina. President Roosevelt declined a San Francisco Serb mass meeting request asking him to approach Austria. The state department will issue a normal reply stating the U S attitude.
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Washington, D. C
Austria
Bosnia and
Nerzegovina
Roosevelt
San Francisco
State Department
United States
Death of Lieut Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson
London reports Lieut Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson, king's messenger since 1901 and queen's messenger since 1895, died yesterday. He led a detachment in the Emin Pasha relief expedition under Henry M. Stanley in 1857 90 and married Miss Anna Head of San Francisco in 1904.
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London
Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson
Jephson
Emin
Tucker Case In Abeyance In Chicago Court
State Attorney Healy said no action would be taken against Colonel William F. Tucker in court while a matter relates to Mrs William F. Tucker remains unresolved. Haynes R. Pearsf1, her attorney, stated the present illness affects proceedings and a conference followed.
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Tucker
Chicago
Healy
Haynes R. Pearsf1
William F. Tucker
Rainey to Introduce Probe of Panama Canal Purchase
Chicago Oct 23 Representative Henry T Rainey Illinois announced on the opening day of Congress in December he will introduce a resolution calling for a congressional investigation of the Panama canal purchase.
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Chicago
Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
Congress
Parama Canal
Chester Makes 23 Knots in Final Acceptance Trial
Chester, the scout cruiser rated the fastest naval vessel above 1500 tons, completed its final acceptance trial. Navy officials report the guns and machinery satisfactory, and the ship rode a rough sea well, maintaining 23 knots for twelve hours and 26.10 knots for four hours.
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Chester
Washington, D. C
Metcalf
McLean
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