Roosevelt Replies to Bryan on Trusts and Haskell Critique
President Roosevelt answers Bryan’s charge of an insufficient anti trust drive by detailing cases and actions against major corporations. The reply contrasts deeds with words, cites actions against Northern Securities, beef packers, Standard Oil, and more, and ridicules Haskell’s defense while condemning past handling under the prior administration.
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Guthrie
Okla
Corr
Haskell
Chicago
William Randolph
Mr. Bryan
Roosevelt
Gov. Hughes
Olney
Taft
Northern Securities Company
Beef
Federal Salt Company
General Paper Compan
Otis
American Tobacco Company
Powder Trust
Virginia- Carolina Chemical Company
Standard Oil Company
Hughes speech in Indianapolis favors Taft over Bryan
Gov. Charles Evans Hughes spoke in Indianapolis on a Tuesday crowd praised his vision and warned that electing Bryan would bring bank plan dangers while supporting Roosevelt era prosperity under Taft. He argued for honest enterprise, public welfare, and Republican progress before an ovation and departure to South Bend.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles 1. Lashes
New York
Ryan
Bryn
Uyenu
Bryan
Unul
Hughes
Taft
Roosevelt
United States
Gov. Hughes
South Bend
Michigan Towns Devastated By Forest Fires
Sept 29 reports from Michigan describe Homestead near Thompsonville destroyed by fires. Loss exceeds $60,000 with 20 families homeless. Women and children taken to Copemish. Fire near Traverse City threatened state timber land at Northern Michigan asylum. later subsided. Monroe Center saved by volunteer brigades. Bach station north of Caro wiped out. railway station and yards burned as flames spread to homes.
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Thompsonville
Mich
Homestead
Alex Immerman & Co
Copemish
Traverse City
Michigan Insane Asylum
Monroe Center
Vassar
Bach
Michigan Central Railroad
Caro
Swothern
Bankers In Sectional Session at Denver Meeting
The American Bankers Association sectional meetings began in Denver ahead of the 34th annual convention. The savings bank section led by Chicago president Jacks Peter met at the Brown Palace. August Blum of Chicago then opened the clearing house section with prayers and welcomes.
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Denver
Col
American Bankers’ Association
Savings Bank Section
Jacks Peter
Chicago
Brown Palace Hotel
August Blum
Brown Palace
Clearing House
Louis A. Banks
W. F. Ravenscroft
Savings Bank
Blue Law Enforced as Portland Merchants Arrested
Fifty store and shop keepers from nearly all business classes except saloons were arrested in Portland Oregon in an effort to enforce a blue law that has stood on the state statute books for about fifty years.
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Haskell
Mr. Haskell
Taft
Senator Foraker
Portland
Ore
Diver in battle with octopus aboard wrecked steamer Pomona
Martin Lund, a Coast Wrecking Company diver, fought for his life in the hold of the wrecked steamer Pomona, submerged 30 feet in Tort Ross cave off Mann County coast near San Francisco. He had traveled to the city after the incident on September 29.
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San Francisco
Martin Lund
Wrecking ‘Company
Pomona
Ross Cave
Mann County
Lund
Wisconsin Forest Fires Hit Marinette and Nearby Towns
Weather shifts sweep the Midwest and South as frost and rain alter daily life. Marinette county forest fires are quenched by rain after Goll and Kinsman towns are wiped out, while McAllister is saved. Two inches of snow fall at Wausau, and nearby states report killing frosts and drought relief from rain.
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Wisconsin
Kentucky
Chicago
Colorado
Kansas
Texas
Marinette
Wis
Marinette County
Goll and Kinsman
Wisconsin & Michigan
McAllister
Wausau
Joseph Stewart Promoted in Post Office Department
Joseph Stewart of Missouri, superintendent of the division of railway adjustment in the Post Office Department, was appointed Monday as second assistant postmaster general. He succeeds James T. McCleary of Minnesota, who resigned to run for Congress.
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New York
Joseph Stewart
Missouri
Post-Office Department
Monday
James T. McCleary
Minnesota
Congress
Caleb Powers Baptized in Jellico Baptist Church
Caleb Powers, the Kentucky man pardoned after involvement in the Goebel assassination case, was baptized at Jellico Baptist Church in Knoxville area. About 500 people attended the ceremony.
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Caleb Powers
Knoxville
Tenn
Kentucky
Goebel
Gov. Willson
Jellico
Aged Woman Dies by Own Action in Pittsfield Illinois
Rebecca Edom Wilson 75 long served as housekeeper and companion to Col. Henry Shaw founder of Shaw's Botanical Garden in St. Louis. She hanged herself in Pittsfield, Illinois, on September 2.
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Pittsfield
Ill
Rebecca Edom-Wilson
Col
Henry Shaw
Shaw's Botanical Garden
St. Louis
Des Moines Leader John Hauker Dies at 64
John Hauker of Des Moines, longtime secretary and treasurer of the United Commercial Travelers of America, died in Kansas City after an operation. He was 64.
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Kansas City
John, Hauker
Des Moines
United Commercial Travelers of America
Cholera Declines in Manila Amid New Cases
Manila reports a continuing cholera decline yet ten new cases emerged in a 12 hour period on Monday. Among the stricken is Mrs C A Carter, an American school teacher, as health officials track the outbreak's reach and impact in the city.
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Manila
C. A. Carter
Cortelyou Talks To Plague Session
Washington reports the opening of the international tuberculosis congress at the National Museum with Dr Robert Koch Secretary Cortelyou and Wu Ting Fang in attendance. Honorary presidents named include Koch Trudeau Sandonzo Williams. Cortelyou's welcome was greeted by applause and foreign representatives spoke on global anti tuberculosis efforts. General meeting set for October 3 with specialized sessions on pathology therapy surgery and municipal control.
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Washington
National Museum
International Tuberculosis Congress
Robert Koch
the Treasury
Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Wu Ting Fang
E. L. Trudeau
Saranac Lake
Louis Sandonzo
Paris
C. Theodore Williams
London
Certelyou
Dr. Koch
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
Henry G. Beyer
Cortetyou
Deel Gates
Museum
William H. Welsh
Baltimore
Vincent Y. Bowditch
Charles H. Mayo
Rochester
General Wyman
Abraham Jacobi
New York
Seon to Launch Battle Ship Plans to be Made Public
Seon reports that plans for launching the North Dakota, a 2000 ton air big gun battleship, will be made public in a few days. Invitations for the Fore River, Maas. event, planned within about four weeks, will be sent to guests.
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Seon
New York
North Dakota
United States
Fore River
Maas
Bailey to resign from Senate in Texas move
A Galveston dispatch reports Joseph W. Bailey intends to resign as United States senator and will no longer make his home in Texas. The note appears in several newspapers dated September 29 from New York.
Accused of Slaying Two in Kentucky Manhunt Pursued
A sheriff's posse chased John Hoffman in Lea county mountains after he was charged with the double murder of Simpson Gross and Bert Fienchum in Lexington Kentucky. Hoffman faced accusations for the killings and a manhunt intensified Monday.
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Lexington
John Hoffman
Lea County
Hoffman
Simpson Gross
Bert Fienchum
Simpson Ross
Bert Fletcham
Ross
Bryan and Taft Tour Midwest Rallys and Speeches
William J. Bryan arrives in Mitchell after travel from Minneapolis to Sioux Falls, greeting a large crowd and urging bank deposit guarantees, campaign finance disclosure, and tariff clarity. Taft returns to the road with multiple stops in Minnesota, including St Cloud, Fargo, and North Dakota, where rival senators seek to show unity at a large rally and barbecue.
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Mitchell
S. D
Sioux Falls
Wiliam J. Bryan
Minneapolis
Main Street
Mr. Bryan
Taft
Tam
Bryan
South Dakota
Sauk Center
Minn
Judge Taft
St. Cloud
North Dakota
Hansbrough
McCumber
Fargo
Five Shot At Church Near Anthras Tennessee
A bloodier East Tennessee incident unfolded near the Tennessee Kentuky line when drunken men at a blind tiger fired into a Baptist church just as services ended. Joh Bennett J W McKinney and Edward Thomas were killed at the door while Rev Kind and Gibson were shot. ten others injured in the attack and ensuing chaos. Separate report notes a trolley crash in St Louis injuring ten, with Martin Bhret seriously hurt.
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Jellico
Tenn
East Tennessee
Tennessee-Kentucky
Anthras
Joh Bennett
J. W. McKinney
Edward Thomas
Rev
Kind
Gibson
St. Louis
Jefferson and
la Fayette Avenues
Martin Bhret
Utah Street
Court Martial Postponed In Fort Wayne Assembly
Court martial slated to gather at Fort Wayne with Maj. Gen. Grant and four brigadiers postponed. In New York Twenty injured in a trolley collision in Flatbush with two possibly fatally hurt. In Winona Dr J B McGawthey prominent physician, age 66, found dead in his yard.
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Detroit
Mich
Fort Wayne
New York
Flatbush
Brooklyn
Winona, Minn
J. B. McGawthey
Winona
Cross examination in Omaha murder pretrial hearing continues
Attoshie Gurney, defending Charles B. Davis in the murder case against Dr. Frederick Rustin, presses Mrs. Abbie Rice for hours of testimony. She describes fleeing Des Moines for Omaha with her sister, a fragile relationship with Dr. Austin, and her intent to shoot herself after killing the physician to spare his wife and children.
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Omaha
Neb
Attoshie’ Gurney
Charled BD
Davis
Frederick ‘Rustin
Abbie Ri
Jud’ Crawford
Gurley
Ahl
Rice
Austin
Train Robbery in Russia Nets Up to $100,000
A band of thirty men robbed a train near Vilna with no definite booty announced but estimates place the haul between 50 000 and 100 000 dollars plus valuables and railroad receipts. Six robbers remained on the scene while guards were shot as the engine slowed. Passengers suffered injuries from gunfire during the attack.
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Vilna
St. Petersburg
New Move in Fight With Creamery Packing Company
D J Virtua pursues damages under Sherman act. suit seeks 481 714s in wipe damages against Creamery Packing Co alleging contract with creamery suppliers aims at absorbing rivals and forming a trade restraint. Posse pursues murderer in Kentucky mountains after double killing. Glass shops in Columbus resume operations at Winslow Glass Co with about 400 workers returning to work.
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Creamery Packing Company
Owatonna
Minn
D. J. Virtua
Chicago
Minneapolis
United States
Creamery Package Company
Columbus
Winslow Glass Company
Winslow Plant
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