Roosevelt shooting rumors denied amid hunting season reports
Oyster Bay reports deny any attempt on President Roosevelt with Maj. Wadsworth recounting two shots heard during a ride and a nearby target practice scene. An arrested man, John Coughlin, was deemed insane. officials say the incident is not connected to an attempted shooting.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Long Island
Sagamore Hill
Loeb
Maj
Wadsworth
James W. Wadsworth
New York State Assembly
Cold Spring Harbor
W. Emlen Roosevelt
Jack Roosevelt
John Coughlin
Boston Yeggien
Coughlin
Taft Denounces Bryan and Roosevelts Policies in Sandusky
In Sandusky Ohio on September 9 President Taft delivered a near hour long speech pledging to press Congress to clinch Roosevelt policies if elected. He argued Bryan threatens national confidence and prosperity and urged restraint on interstate railroad stock and bond over-issuance. Taft and campaign party then proceed to Cincinnati.
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Willam H. Taft
Mar Bryan
Roosevelt
Congress
Mr. Taft
Herrick
Bryan
Taft
Cincinnati
Harriman Buys Pacific Ships for Express Service Plan
San Francisco Sept 5 Following a Monday visit by John D Spreckels to E H Harriman it is reported the Oceanic Steamship Co represented by Spreckels will sell to Pacific Mail Steamship Co tied to Harriman the vessels Ventura Sierra and Sonoma idle after being diverted from Honolulu and Australia A Harriman plan calls for an Ancon express service and coast bidders may gain in Panama Canal supply bids The industrialist says no major railroad improvements will start until finances improve and deplores voter apathy before the presidential election warning conservative turnout may fall.
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San Francisco
Cal
John D. Spreckels
E. H. Harriman
Oceanic Steamship Company
Spreckels
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Harriman Enterprises
Ventura
Sierra
Sonoma
Honolulu
Australia
Harriman
Ancon
Panama Canal
Oregon
John Spreckels
E. H. Ty Yiman
Armaed
Pacific Mail Stey Ship Company
Harrimian Enterprises
Hono
Negroes Buy Firearms In Kansas City After Killing
Following the fatal shooting of a white man by a negro last Saturday a race war fear spreading among local colored residents has led police to warn of firearm purchases. A pawnbroker on East Eighteenth Street says negroes have bought all shotguns rifles and revolvers and大量 ammunition. Robert Thomas a negro was arrested at a circus Sunday for carrying a revolver to defend his color. Robert Maupin another negro likely wounded himself while cleaning a revolver intended for protection. Police dispersed excited colored groups. no violence reported.
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Kansas City
East Eighteenth Street
Robert Thomas
Robert Maupin
Woman Burned To Death In Sleeper in Staples
In Staples Minnesota a Northern Pacific sleeping car caught fire in the yards early Tuesday. Mrs Joseph Pitts of Lisbon North Dakota perished in the blaze while all others escaped. The train had been assembled for Duluth but no crew was on board at the time. The cause remains unknown.
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Minn
Northern Pacific
Joseph Pitts
Lisbon
N. D
Duluth
American in Peru Ends Life in Lima Shooting
Lawrence Bartrand Davis, an American and Georgia native employed as a bookkeeper for Cerro de Pasco Mining Company, shot himself Monday evening in Lima. Motives remain unknown and no other persons were reported involved in the tragedy.
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Lima
Lawrence Bartrand Davis
Tle
Georgia
Cerro de Pasco Mining Company
Davis
Honduras Accord Reached Over Exequators Incident
Washington dispatch reports American Minister H Percival Dodge secured amicable settlement with Honduras over the revocation of exequators of Consul Linard and Vice-Consul Reynolds at Ceiba. Dodge telegraphed the state department that the matter is satisfactorily adjusted.
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Honduras
Washington
H. Percival Dodge
Tegucigalpa
Linard
Reynolds
Ceiba
State Department
Belmont hotel fire in Denver claims four lives
A three story Belmont hotel at 1733 Stout Street in Denver burned Tuesday morning. Four men died and about a score were injured, several seriously, as guests fled in night clothes jumping from windows and aided by firefighters and police. Patrick Treadwell, a Cripple Creek fireman staying there, saved at least ten people by guiding them to jump to a neighboring roof. Officials suspect an incendiary origin and a broader pattern of recent small fires in the city.
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Col
Belmoult
Stout Street
Moore
Edward
Philadelphia
Kane
John D
Colorado Springs
Bode
George
Middletown
Ott
Dodge City
Kune
Lewis
Willian V
Lanham
W. A
Bawden
Silverton
Klinger
O. E
Silverton Standard
Stewart
Charles F
Tett
Parker
Melvin
Hillsdale
Mich
Lydia
Kelsoe
Taylor
Thomas
Pipe Man Engine Company No. 5
Patrick Treadwell
Cripple Creek
Belmont
Fight Saloons to Close In Arkansas Move
In Little Rock General Missionary Abbott of the National Organization of Church Conferences says no saloons in Arkansas within six months under the three mile act. The policy aims to ban saloons within three miles of churches or schools where residents petition for removal, with a broader Arkansas-wide push.
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Little Rock
Ark
Abbott
National Organization of Church Conferences
North Minnesota Swept by Flames Threaten Settlers
News from Duluth reports forest fires scorching northern Minnesota from Grand Marais to Snowball. Hundreds flee to trains or Lake Superior as towns like Snowball and Hibbing face destruction. relief shipments and navy provisions move to aid evacuees amid wide spread losses and ongoing danger.
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Grand Marais
Lake Superior
America
United States
Gopher
Navy
North Shore
Minnesota
Mesaba Ranges
Buhl
Nashwauk
Wrenshall
Aurora
Mitchell
Chisholm
Hibbing
Snowball
Abruzzi Defies Queen In Abruzzi Marriage Plan
Paris reports the Turin count, brother of the duke of Abruzzi, visited Queen Margherita to oppose the marriage to Kathleen Elkins. The queen refused, yet the marriage is said to proceed before the duke departs for the United States to finalize arrangements by January 29, 1909.
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Paris
France
Matin
Turin
Margherita
Duke of
Katherine Elkins
United States
Tennessee Governorship Settlement Ends Nominee Split
In New York on September 9, Frank H. Hitchcock reported a Tennessee Republican settlement. Ty Asbury Wright of Rockwood withdraws from the governor race, leaving N. Tillman of Nashville as the nominee of the regular party. Wright becomes an elector at large. Brownlow faction gains equal state committee and electoral ticket representation.
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Tennessee
Ty Asbury Wright
Rockwood
Hitchcock
Chicago
Brownlow
Wright
Valuable package stolen in Portland Oregon
A package of notes and valuables over 30000 dollars entrusted to Wells Fargo Express by JT Albert of Capital National Bank, sent from Salem to the Portland hotel for Joseph Meyers, vanished after arriving on August 21. Detectives are at work and officials say the thief will be caught, details unclear. The parcel was not in the strong box due to a declared value of ten dollars.
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Ore
Wellsfargo Express Company
Salem
JT. R. Albert
Capital National Bank
Joseph M. Meyers
Southern Pacific
Beckwith
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Express
Albert
Express Company
Parker Appears For Labor At Contempt Hearing
Washington reports the Bucks Stove and Range Company versus the American Federation of Labor case may delay its contempt hearing against labor officials for alleged injunction violations. Justice Gould suggested postponement to the October term. Judge Parker, AF of L chief counsel, represents Gompers Mitchell Morrison and others in the suit.
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Pucks Stove & Range Company
Gould
District Supreme Court
Federation
Bucks Company
Parker
American Federation of Labor
the Bucks Stove and Range Company
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Train Hits Auto Near Boone Injuring Two Men
An interurban car on the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern line struck an automobile containing A Boone general chairman of the joint protective committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and his father in law James McIntosh. Both men were severely injured with McIntosh unlikely to recover.
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Boone, Ia
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway
A. Boone
Geneal
Joint Protective Committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
James McIntosh
McIntosh
Death Compact in Omaha Coroner Inquest
In Omaha this September 92 inquest into Frederick J. Rustin's death revealed sensational testimony. Mrs. Abbie Rice claimed Rustin sought death by his own hand to secure life insurance, arranging for her to shoot him then kill herself, a plan to avoid linking the murder to his family. Charles E. Davis testified he took drugs from Rustin to die but survived, saying he had no wish to live.
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Omaha
Neb
Frederick JL. Rustin
Abbie Rice
Womn
Rustin
Chas. “E. Davis
Davis
Harriman Buys Ocean Steamers for Panama Trade
San Francisco reports Oceanic Steamship Company vessels Ventura Sierra and Sonoma, idle since months, are to be sold to Pacific Mail Steamship linked to Harriman interests. The plan aims to run express service to Asia and Australia, boosting coast ship supply for the Panama Canal competition. An unrelated late news item notes tetanus antitoxin saved a Chicago woman after a rusty nail infection, with gradual recovery following 9,000 units injected.
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Chicago
South Side
Sophia
Chauncey W. Courtright
Hughes Test Shapes NY Primary Results Reveals Renomination Trend
Sept 9 report notes Hughes Test in New York and Kings County shows decisive majorities supporting renomination. Kings County voters favor the governor’s renomination by a wide margin while Labor counts indicate a strong turnout and political movement across the district.
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New York
Assembly
Kings Cour
Kings County East
Kings
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