Tokio Parade Dwarfs War Celebrations in Pro American Demonstration
In Tokyo on October 3 a massive torchlit procession honored American visitors, dwarfing past war celebrations. Lanterns lit streets as students, universities, and clubs joined, while Rear Admiral Sperry and U S fleet officers observed from a grandstand. The embassy grounds buzzed with cheers for the American envoy and bands played Yankee Doodle Dixie and John Brown.
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Sperry
Admiral Sperry
Korevra
O’brien
Tokio
Dixie
Padding charges cloud New York election era
William J. Connors, chairman of the Democratic state committee, claims upstate Republican registries contain 10 000 to 20 000 fraudulent names. A state law commission with ex Judge A B Parker will oversee election day as 500 attorneys and deputies ensure fair ballots. Connors vows no dead voters, no cross border fraud, and promises square dealing despite past Republican tactics.
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New York
William J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
Upstate
State Law Commission
A. B. Parker
Conners
State Committee
Pennsylvania
Canada
Tragedy as Chicago woman fatally shoots man in street
A large crowd watched Mrs Rose Alberti shoot Tito Frappanpine near Clinton and Polk streets. She then kissed his lips and pressed to his face while begging him to live. Frappanpine wounded and likely to die. motive linked to financial troubles.
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Chicago
Rose Alberti
Tito Frappanpine
Joseph Alberti
Clinton
Polk
Frappenpino
Frappanpino
Alberti Flone
Districts Martial Law Declared in Tennessee County
After state troops arrived and encamped on Reelfoot lake the union county district was proclaimed under martial law. Civil and military authorities pursue the night rider band accused in the death of Captain Quinten Rankin with a military base at Samburg. Governor Patterson leads the investigation with a 25 man posse. two arrests reported including John Cochran who was released and a man named Burton sought in Lake county.
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Union Cty. Tenn
Reelfoot Lake
Night Rider
Quinten Rankin
Samburg
Patterson
John Cochran
Burton
Lake
Stabbing at Matteawan Hospital Leaves One Dead
In Newburg New York on October 23 James Keeean of Brooklyn a patient at Matteawan state hospital for the criminal insane stabbed fellow patient James O'Brien during kitchen work. The weapon a carving knife. O Brien died within ten minutes from a six inch by two inch abdominal wound.
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Newburg
N. Y
James Keeean
Brooklyn
Matteawan State Hospital
James O'Brien
Keegan
O’brien
Necro Found Dead in a Car in Buffalo Freight Incident
The body of a man was found in a freight car opened in Buffalo New York on October 23. Death resulted from starvation and thirst. The car had been shipped from Pine Bluffs Arkansas on October 2 and refired from St John’s North Dakota but was not opened at that stop.
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Necro
Buffalo
N. Y
Pine Bluffs
Ark
St. Jonts. O
Tragic Farmhouse Fire Claims Three In Michigan
Oak Grove near Howell Michigan reports a deadly blaze at the Riel farmhouse. Mrs Edward Riel and two children died from burns while a third child lay mortally injured after the husband left the kitchen fire to tend the barn.
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Oak Grove
Mich
Howell, Mich
Edward Riel
Riel
Rell
Bulgarian Envoys Return as Sofia Hopes for Turkey Accord
London dispatch says Bulgarian envoys to Constantinople return to Sofia after a failed mission. The Bulgarian government remains hopeful of reaching an agreement with Turkey despite the setback.
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London
Sofia
The
Daily Mail
Constantinople
Turkey
Taft Defends Injunctions as Business Not Bribery
Taft argued in Evansville and Terre Haute that promises of employers to hire more workers are business practices, not bribes. He contrasted Republican and Democratic views on injunctions, praised labor audiences, and stressed that injunctions prevent repeated injuries rather than punish.
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Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Willam H. Taft
Bryan
Taft
Linton
Terre Haute
Debs
Dehe
Explosion at Cox boarding house kills three children
In Lincolnville Oklahoma on October 23 a fire destroyed the Cox boarding house. Faye Cox ten years old Eulah Cox six years old and Dora Knight ten years old died. Newton Cox father of the children was seriously burned. The blaze started after Cox poured kerosene into a stove to rekindle a fire.
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Lincolnville
Okla
Cox
Faye Cox
Eulah Cox
Dora Knight
Newton Cox
Porch burglars loot Harrington mansion in Park Avenue raid
In Minneapolis on October 23, porch climbers ransacked the mansion of C. M. Harrington, head of Van Dusen Harrington Grain, at 240 Park Avenue. They took diamonds, jewelry and fur coats totaling over 4900 dollars, with police deeming it the work of professionals as no clues were left and the entry method remained concealed.
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Minneapolis
C. M. Harrington
van Dusen-Harrington Grain Company
Park Avenue
Arrest of Dayton Man in Forged Cleveland Letter Case
Dayton, October 23. Broughton Brandenburg was arrested on grand larceny charges as he boarded a train to New York City. He allegedly sold a Cleveland death era letter to the New York Times claiming it foretold Taft's election, a forgery. Brandenburg awaits bail, denies guilt, and says he had authorities’ consent to sell the document. He plans habeas corpus if released. He provided statements claiming backing from Mrs. Cleveland and Mr Hastings, and cites political motive behind the arrest.
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Dayton
New York City
Broughton Brandenburg
Brandenburg
New York Times
Grover Cleveland
Taft
Cleveland
Astings
The
Times
United States
Jerome
No Improvement For Kern Jr In Illness
Indianapolis reports no improvement in John W. Kern Jr. eight year old son of Democratic vice presidential candidate suffering infantile paralysis with acute indigestion. His father returned from a speaking tour in New York and Ohio and stayed at the bedside amid campaign strain. Plans for the immediate future remain in abeyance as the child's condition is awaited.
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Indianapolis
John W. Kern, Jr
New York
Ohio
Kern
Trial Stopped in Morse Financier Case by Juror Illness
In New York on October 23, Charles W. Morse and A H Curtis face federal banking law charges as jurors remain at the Hotel Astor under guard. Juror Gordon Wendell fell ill and is improving, while scrutiny reveals the guard are sworn US secret service officers, not deputy marshals, serving to meet a federal statute.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
A. H. Custis
National Bank of North America
Gordon Wendell
Hotel Astor
Hough
United States
Henkel
United States Secret Service
Shields
Illinois drought drains towns supply. Alton warns of water cut
Alton Illinois reports over fifty days of drought affecting finland towns tributary to Alton. Five car trains haul water daily for cooking and drinking as officials fear Mississippi River decline may halt supply. Stage of the river lower than any time in twenty years.
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Alton
Ill
Finland
Illinois
Alton Water Company
Two Boys Wounded by Railroad Torpedo Explosion
In Brimfield, Lexington, Kentucky, Charles Hale aged six and Millard Hale aged nine were badly wounded after finding a railroad torpedo near the tracks and bringing it home to use as a target. The first throw caused a blast. their survival is uncertain.
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Lexington
Charles
Millard Hale
Brimfield
Record rainfall hits October peak in Lawrence Kansas
Heavy rainfall in Lawrence Kansas on October 23 measured 5.60 inches in one day. University of Kansas weather bureau reports this as the heaviest October precipitation in twenty two years.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas Weather Bureau
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