Oklahoma Governor Haskell Quits National Campaign Post
Chicago Sept 28 Gov Charles N Haskell of Oklahoma resigns as treasurer of the Democratic national committee to avoid clouding the campaign over charges tying him to Standard Oil and opposing labor. He threatens to prosecute Roosevelt Hearst and others and departs amid accusations of bribery and corrupt dealings with Prairie Oil and Gas and other entities.
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Haskell
Roosevelt
W. R. Hearst
Oklahoma
Chicago
New York
Bryan
Towa
Mr. Bryan
Frank S. Monnell
Ohio
Messrs. Monnett
West
Standard Oil
Frank S. Monnett
Rockefeller Corporation
Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Standard
Wall Street
Detroit
Lima Northern
Funeral of Lient Selfridge at Arlington National Cemetery
The funeral of Lient Selfridge, killed in the Wright aeroplane fall at Fort Myer, was held at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday. The Episcopal burial rite was observed at the grave and troops fired a salute. honorary pallbearers included Alexander Graham Bell Maj G O Squier Octave Chanute Glenn Curtiss Capt F W Baldwin Percy Bradford and J A D McCurdy.
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Lient
Selfridge
Washington
Wright
Fort Myer
Arlington National Cemetery
Honary
Alexander Graham Bell
Maj
G.O. Squier
Lignal Corps
Octave Chanute
Glenn Curtiss
F. W. Baldwin
Percy Bradford
A. D. McCurdy
Vancouver timber deal seals $2 million investment
W H White of Boyne City Michigan, head of White Bros and a millionaire sawmill owner, heads a Chicago funded syndicate that has completed investing $2,000,000 in timber properties on Vancouver Island. The report from Vancouver British Columbia notes the Sept 28 date and the Vancouver Island holdings.
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Vancouver Timber
Bellingham
Wash
W. H. White
Boyne City
Mich
White Bros
Vancouver
B. C
Vancouver Island
Rain Ends Sioux City Dry Spell with First Fall in 26 Days
It rains in Sioux City on September 28 breaking a 26 day driest spell. A heavy rainfall occurred Saturday marking the end of the dry period with visible wet streets and renewed soil dampness across the town.
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Sioux City
Widow of Gen Bragg Dies in New Orleans
New Orleans reports the death of Mrs. Liz a Brege widow of Major General Jonathan Bragg of the Confederate Army. She passed away late Friday afternoon in this city leaving behind relatives and a notable Civil War connection.
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Gen. Bragg
New Orleans
Liza Brege
Joraxtan Bragg
Taft on Foraker Defies Roosevelt Statement
Across several cities on Sept 28 taft and crowd scenes color a busy campaign. Taft refrains from comment on the Foraker statement while Bryan begins his reply to Roosevelt’s charges in Wisconsin and other stops. Chafin of the Prohibition party speaks in St Louis opposing both major parties liquor records.
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St. Paul
Min
Taft
Senator Foraker
Cedar Rapids
Madison
Wis
Roosevelt
Gov. Haskell
William J. Bryan
Chicago
Thetiaskell
Mack
Woodstock
Beloit
Kansas City
Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence Party
Wichita
William M. Howard
Lexington
Iie
Turner Hall
St. Louis
Eugene W. Chafin
Compton Heights
Fire Devastates Fond du Lac Churches and Homes
A Saturday blaze in Fond du Lac Wisconsin caused about 250000 in damage to three principal churches an automobile garage seven cars and the residence of former mayor Mayham. Principal losses totaled 100000 for St Josephs church and parsonage 75000 for Congregational church 35000 for Crescent garage and seven cars 7000 for St Peters Lutheran steeple 10000 for Grant public school and 10000 for Mayhams residence. Fire started from an explosion at Baseline in the Crescent garage with a high wind helping spread the flames to nearby roofs. Wire brands from the fires blackened ten blocks.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Mayham
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Congregational Church
Crescent
St. Peter's Lutheran
Grant Public
Crescet
Misplaced Signal Kills 14 on Berlin Elevated
Berlin reports14 dead and many injured after two Berlin elevated trains collided on a Saturday afternoon caused by a misplaced signal. One crowded car fell 40 feet to the street, shattering. Police arrived quickly to aid extraction as ambulances ferried the injured to hospitals.
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Berlin
Pole Seeker Hits an Iceberg
New York dispatches report Commander Robert Peary in a July departure from the Roosevelt attempting the North Pole. The Erik collided with an iceberg causing serious damage as the Roosevelt skirted the coast after leaving Utah on August 17 with prospects noted as good. A second item notes the American Federation of Labor calling its twenty eighth annual convention to meet in Denver on a Monday morning in November with delegates chosen weeks ahead and forwarded to Secretary Morrison in Washington.
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New York
Peary Arctic Club
Robert ©. Peary
Here
Roosevelt
North Pole
Erik
Barkett
Peary
Etih
Htah
Federation of Labor
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Morrison
Farmers form group to contest Union Pacific right of way
Silver Creek Neb Sept 28 A hundred farmers adjoining the Union Pacific right of way in the county organize to resist the road's claim to a 400 foot width under the government land grant. The move reflects local opposition to the railroad's asserted widening of the right of way.
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Union Pacific
Silver Creek
Neb
General DuPont Off Committeee Criticism Prompts Action
New York Sept 28 Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican national committee announced that Gen T Coleman Du Pont of Delaware head of the bureau of campaign speakers and a member of the executive committee had resigned His resignation was accepted Du Pont cited government suit against his company BE I DuPont de Nemours as motive and pledged loyalty to the party Sheldon Not to Quit Hitchcock denied any other resignations including Treasurer George R Sheldon
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New York
Washington
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
T. Coleman du Pont
Delaware
National Committee
Gen. DuPont
DuPont
Frank H. Hitchcock
New York City
Mr. Hitchcock
Speakers’ Bureau
BE. I. DuPont de Nemours Powder Company
Republican Party
Executive Committee
T. C. DuPont
Sheldon
George R. Sheldon
One Dies Two Slay Selves in Brooklyn Apt
In Brooklyn at 258 Greene Avenue the bodies of Bila Foden Edwin Foden and their mother Mary Woden were found after Ella Foden died likely from natural causes. The scene showed a white dressed Ella in a burial pose, blood in a pool, and the others on a bed with bedclothes drawn over their heads. A strong chloroform odor lingered while a revolver found suggested potential gunshot but the weapon was fully loaded and reports indicated Ella bled from a lung hemorrhage.
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New York
Bila
Edwin Foden
Mary Woden
Greene Avenue
Brooklyn
Ella Foden
Wireless Station Sited at White Shed Point Alaska
Word from Mare Island Navy Yard states the wireless telegraph expedition has chosen White Shed point, seven miles from Cordova, Alaska, as the site for a new station after a month abroad.
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Mare Island Navy Yard
Cal
Navy Yard
Alaska
White Shed Point
Cordova
Divers Till Yankee Patch At Spindle Rock
A detachment of 80 seamen gunners with diving outfits and 70 naval apprentices from the Newport torpedo station rushed to the stranded cruiser Yankee at Spindle Rock on Saturday and began patching the vessel at once.
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Newport
R. L
Newport Torpedo Station
Yankee
Spindle Rock
Frank Robinson Dead In Cleveland Notice
Frank De Haas Robinson, owner of the St. Louis National League baseball team, street car promoter, and capitalist, died suddenly at his Cleveland home on Friday night.
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Frank Robinson
Cleveland
Frank de Haas Robinson
St. Louis
Thaw Plea Denied Jerome Quits Case For Now
In White Plains Justice Mills denied Harry K Thaws bid for a jury trial on his sanity but promised a hearing later with dates to be set. District Attorney Jerome withdrew citing his office finances and ability to pay for a trial in another county.
Five Thousand Troops Desert Camp After Military Tournament
In Joseph, Missouri, 5000 troops who participated in the United States military tournament at Camp Pentady deserted on Sunday after the event wrapped up on Saturday night.
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Joseph, Mo
United States
Camp Pentady
Crash in Fog Sinks Steamer Volund Near Race Rock
The steamers Commonwealth and Volund collided in dense fog off Race Rock near Long Island Sound. The Volund sank after its boilers exploded. the captain's wife and crew were rescued, one crew member injured. The Commonwealth sustained non serious damage and assisted in rescue with naval cutters.
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New York
Commonwealth
Volund
Race Rock
Long Island Sound
Fall River
Voland
Newport
Washington
Quartermaster Webber
Ohio Fight On Kern Talks at Mansfield Rally
Ohio State campaign opens with a monster mass meeting in Mansfield. Democrats from across the state hear Judson Harmon John H Newman Timothy S Hogan William W Burban and David Creamer for state offices. Kern Campbell address Fort Madison centennial and other regional events noted.
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Mansfield
Ohio State
Judson Harmon
John H. Newman
Timothy S. Hogan
William W. Burban
David §. Creamer
John W. Kern
James E. Campbell
United States
AskS For Hele Declares Home Furnishings Stolen
Laura Hull Morris wife of Dr Minor Morris reports being penniless and deserted by friends after a White House expulsion in 1896. She says powerful enemies stripped her Washington home from cellar to garret and plans to sue her son for redress. She cites prior incarcerations and recent escape from a Missouri asylum.
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Washington
D. C
Laura Hull Morris
Minor Morris
White House
Morris
Missouri Asylum
Albany
Ridder Succeeds Haskell as Democratic National Committee Treasurer
Harman Ridder editor of the New York Staatsh Zeitung and vice chairman of the publicity bureau of the Democratic National Committee was appointed by National Chairman Mack to replace Gov. Charles N. Haskell of Oklahoma, who resigned. Ridder said he accepted to support tariff reform and help Bryan and the party win to relieve people from high tariff extortion.
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Democratic National Committee Treasury
New York
Harman Riider
Staaty- Zietung
Democratic National Committee
Mack
National Committee
Charles N. Waskell
Oklahoma
Ridder
Bryan
Democratic Party
Independence Party Likely to Field Ticket in Des Moines
Time understood among politicians that the independence party will have a full ticket in the election field this fall. Petitions are circulating to secure nominations and it is expected that by next Saturday the last day for long nomination papers the independence party management will file nomination papers as an electoral and state ticket.
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Independence Party
Des Moines
Ulft
Responsible for Wreck Verdict Blames Northern Pacific Crew
Hillings Mont Sept 2 The jury investigating Saturday's wreck returned a verdict blaming the crew of the Northern Pacific freight train that collided with the Hurting ton passenger. The jury found the freight crew was on the time of the passenger train and prosecutions will follow. Thaw Can't Have a Jury White Plains Sept 28 Justice Mills denied YW K Thaw's bid for a jury trial to decide if Thaw is sane but will hear the matter himself later. Maxine Elliott to Fight Reno Sept 25 Maxine Elliott wife of Nat Goodwin will contest his divorce suit filed here Monday last through her attorneys in the district court.
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Peabody
A. Russell Peabody
Thaw
Morschanser
Supreme Court
Mills
Col
Franklin Bartlett
New York
Col. Bartlett
Morschauser
Jerome
New York County
Mattewan Asylum
Hillings
Mont
Northern Pacific
White Plains
Justine Mills
YW. K. Thaw
Rane
Justice Mills
Maxine Elliott
Reno
Nat. Goodwin
Gas Town Booming at Collinsville
Sept 28 Collinsville gas belt yields new wells with 10 000 000 and 12 000 010 producers. Gas supply attracts enterprises. Collinsville Vitrified Brick company to build plant employing 100 men. City voters approve 25 000 bond for a new school. Election called for bonds to fund street improvements.
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Collinsville
Ohia
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Hearst and Roostvelt
Charles N. Haskell
Norman E. Mack
Standard Oil Company
Foraker
Paul, Minn
Wisconsin City
General Dupont
Republican Bureau OF Speakers
Gotham
Ryg Lous Oran
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Condi
T. Jerome
Grew
Kern
Buckeye
Iowa Town
Fort Madison
Alpha Kingsley
Fifty-Fourth Regiment
C. H. Minch
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
West Union
Walter Whitbeck
Arlon Whitbeck
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
House
Hele
Iowa
OWA
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