Frenzied Finish in 1908 Campaign
New York reporters describe a frenzied final week of the 1908 campaign with Taft, Bryan, and other leaders barnstorming New York. Bryan makes a wild Paterson dash to keep a speech, while Taft's east campaign includes New Haven rolling engagements and Brooklyn dinners. Kern resumes southern Indiana tour. Eight injured in Lockport wreck.
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New York
William H. Taft
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Taft
New Haven
New York State
Mr. Bryan
Paterson
N. J
Erie
Jersey City
White House
William Hughes
Congress
Brooklyn
East
Montauk Club
Timothy L. Woodruff
Straus
Mr. Taft
Union League Club
Lockport
N. Y
Rochester
Buffalo, Lockport & Rochester
City Hospital
Raiders to Be Shot After Torreon Trial
After trial at Torreon Mexico Lugo and Nabledo leaders of the Mexican revolutionists who raided Viescas in June have been sentenced to be shot and 12 accomplices each sentenced to 1h years in the penitentiary.
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el Paso
Tex
Torreon
Mexico
Lugo
Nabledo
Viescas
Death of Benjamin F. Russell in St Louis
Benjamin F. Russell deputy internal revenue collector and sergeant at arms of the House during McKinley era died suddenly at his home in St Louis on October 27. He served two years in that role and was a noted federal official.
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Ben Russell
St. Louis
Benjamin F. Russell
Internal Revenue
National House of Representatives
McKinley
Suspected of Six Murders In California
William Hatfield, suspected of being Charles Dunham, arrived in San Jose from Sherman Texas and faced intensive identification attempts by a dozen people daily. Hatfield protests harsh treatment, says if imprisoned he will summon his wife and settle in California rather than return to Sherman.
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San Jose
Cal
Charles Dunham
William Hatfield
Sherman
Tex
Dunham
Hatfield
James Crill
Middle West
Drill
Crill
Cri
McGlincey
California
Signature forgery claim shocks New York will case
In New York on October 27 a handwriting expert testified that Ambrose Burbank’s signature on a will disposing of about 1 million dollars is a forgery The testator died in 1904 The suit targets Caleb H Burbank a nephew and executor who would inherit 600 000 plus residuary legatee The expert noted Burbank used both hands and concluded the signature did not come from him after a month of study.
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New York
Ambrose Burbank
Albert H. Hamilton
Auburn
N. Y
Caleb H. Burbank
United States
Night Rider Jury Convenes In Obion County
Nashville dispatch reports a special term of the Obion County Circuit Court in Union City to present evidence to the grand jury on night rider outrages in the lake region. Gov. Patterson attended as authorities pursue suspects near Samburg with scouting parties continuing. Over 50 arrests have been made so far.
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Nashville
Tenn
Union City
Samberg
Reelfoot Lake
Obion County
Grand Jury
Lake Country
Patterson
Samburg
Rankin
Forest fires threaten Dubois county in Indiana
Fires burned through Dubois county near Jasper for about a day damaging two sawmills the McCord mill in Patoka bottoms destroyed and another damaged while farmers saved homes by furrowing fields. A rain is hoped to end the flames. Oklahoma bank robbed of 3600 cash and gold at Fallis First State Bank Lincoln county sheriff reports arrest of bookkeeper George Schmake on suspicion.
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Jasper
Ind
Dubois County
McCord
Patoka
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Fallis
Lincoln County
George Schmake
Union Strike Fines Barred by Massachusetts Court
Massachusetts supreme judicial court makes permanent an injunction against several labor unions ruling that unions cannot impose fines on members to force strikes. Also noted is the death of William Henry Rogers, 71, president of Nassau Bank of New York, in Brooklyn.
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Boston
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
New York
William Henry Rogers
Nassau Bank
Brooklyn
Gompers and Chief in a Wordy Combat
Washington reports a heated exchange as Samuel Gompers condemns President Roosevelt over injunction policy in labor disputes. He accuses a shift from friendship to antagonism and blasts demagogism while defending workers rights and court safeguards. Loeb counters by citing George W. Alger's magazine critique of Gompers' stance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Knox
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
United States
Ossian Guthrie Dies at 82 Father of Chicago Drainage
Ossian Guthrie, one of Chicago’s oldest settlers, died Sunday after a 15 week illness. He was 82. He earned the title father of Chicago’s drainage system and was renowned as an enthusiastic geologist and engineer in the Middle West.
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Ossian Guthrie
Chicago
Guthrie
Middle West
Trial of Brooklyn Motorman Opens in Jersey City
The second trial of Theodore Whitmore began in Jersey City as jurors were selected to try the Brooklyn motorman charged with murdering his wife and dumping her body in Lampblack swamp at Harrison on Christmas Eve last year.
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New York
Theodore Whitmore
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Whitmore
Lampblack
Harrison
Murdered by Highway Robbers Near Camp HIM
Pittsburg Oct 27 Hugh Mc Guire a well known Camp HIM resident was killed by highway robbers between Camp HIM and Carnegie. He was rendered unconscious by a blow to the head and then thrown into the creek where he drowned.
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Pittsburg
Hugh McGuire
Camp Him
Carnegie
China Readies Reception as American Fleet Arrives at Nippon
Amoy reports rapid post typhoon organization at reception grounds for the American battleship fleet visit. Schools and major institutions close. officials fear a widening revolution plot aimed at Chinese officials during the reception. Tokyo notes the fleet’s departure was a celebrated event with synchronized maneuvers and cheers. Roosevelt’s message to the emperor is expected to be gracious, as Japanese admiration for the sailors grows. Loomis Skiff Millett and O Laughlin Newcomb among dignitaries slated for imperial decorations.
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Amoy
Tokyo
Connecticut
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Count Komura
Japan
Sperry
United States Commission
Tokyo Exposition
Francis B. Loomis
Frederick V. Skiff
Francis D. Millett
John C. O’laughlin
W. A. Newcomb
Well Known Actress Weds in Philadelphia
Jethel Hart Jackson Zimmerman of New York, a well known actress and singer, married Monday afternoon to Benoni Lockwood Jr of New York. The ceremony took place in Philadelphia with coverage noting the couple's prominent social standing and artistic careers.
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Philadelphia
Jethel Hart Jackson Zimmerman
New York
Benoni Lockwood, Jr
Receiver Sought for Municipal Traction in Cleveland Suit
In Cleveland on October 27 a federal court petition filed Monday afternoon asks for a temporary receiver for the Municipal Traction Company. The filing is by Fred L. Taft attorney for Ingersoll Rand Company.
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Car Company
Cleveland, O
Municipal Traction Company
Federal
Fred L. Taft
Ingersoll Rand Company
Ex-Gashier Found Guilty in Embezzlement Case
Pittsburg Pa October 27 Former Allegheny National Bank cashier William Montgomery was found guilty by a jury on charges of embezzling and abstracting 469000 as part of the bank’s collapse. He faced a concurrent trial on a 144000 misapplication charge with expectations for rapid completion.
Hains Defense Goes Temporary Insanity in Lake Case
In Flushing Supreme Court Judge Garretson overruled Jenkins Hains defense demurrer and accepted plea of not guilty for Capt. Peter C. Hains. The defense argues insanity at the time of the August Bay Side Yacht club killing of William E. Annis. trial date to be set for November term.
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New York
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William E. Annis
Bay Side Yacht Club
Supreme Court
Flushing
L. I
Garretson
T. Jenkins Hains
Jenkins Hains
John F McIntyre
Capt. Hains
Annis
Hains
Darrin
Garres Gon
Debs Eulogizes Lincoln in Springfield on Tomb Visit
Eugene Debs and the Red Special arrived in Springfield to honor Abraham Lincoln. Debs stood by Lincoln's sarcophagus with socialist state candidates nearby and delivered a eulogy. In Detroit a Fort Wayne court martial began for Col. Daniel Coruman and Capt. Charles G. French over alleged forage distribution with Gen. Fred D. Grant presiding.
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Debs
Lincoln
Springfield
Eugene Debs
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Wayne
Detroit
Mich
Daniel Coruman
Charles G. French
Seventh Infantry
Fred D. Grant
Swiss Radicals in Power in National Council Election
In Berne on October 27 voters chose new national council members, preserving the body's current balance. The purshal left wing maintains a large majority, keeping the established political complexion intact.
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Berne
Switzerland
National Council
Purshal
Cotton Census Report Shows 6288780 Bales Ginned
Washington October 27 census report indicates 6,288,780 bales of cotton ginned from 1908 growth through October 18 and 25,440 active ginneries.
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Washington
Brennan Decision Cripples Primary in Iowa Nomination Process
District Judge Hugh Brennan ruled Iowa’s primary law is not exclusive and that central committees or conventions may nominate candidates if no nominations are made by the primary or party convention. The decision, raising fears of nullifying the primary, could force names onto ballots in cases of vacancies nationwide.
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Des Moines
Hugh Brennan
Polk County
Yeaterday
Summitisen
State Legal Department
Frank A. Wilson
Central Committee
George M. Pratt
Adair-Madison
Brennan
Mr. Pratt
Secretary of State
Hayward
Fremont
Iowa
Fremont County
State Election Board
British Denies Balkan Rupture Talks With Austria Turkey
London reports that Britain denies any rupture between Austria-Hungary and Turkey. The government says direct negotiations were not caused by British intervention and that any direct agreement satisfactory to Turkey would ease a general settlement.
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Austria
Turkey
London
Austria-Hungary
Great Britain
Lriuigh
Roosevelt at Fifty minimal celebration planned by wife
Washington October 27 Roosevelt marks his fiftieth birthday but will not take a day off. He will work as usual in the White House, with no public celebrations planned. A possible surprise dinner party from Mrs Roosevelt is hinted at.
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Washington, D. C
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Bank Cashier Guilty in Embezzlement Case at Pittsburgh
William Montgomery former cashier of the Allegheny National Bank faced two indictments accusing embezzlement and abstracton of 469000. A jury in the United States first district court found him guilty on the two counts. A third indictment charged misappropriation of bonds valued at 140,000. Prosecutors described Montgomery as linked to the bank's collapse and earlier shortfalls totaling 87,900,000. Montgomery now faces sentencing proceedings.
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Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Thea
United States District Court
Montgomery
United States
Dunkle
First Viet Cour
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