Diaz In Doubt Starts Questioning Mexico City Vote
Mexico City reports Abraham Diaz may delay arrival and Diaz supporters doubt if he will enter the capital before the presidential election. Jose Luis Requena claims Diaz leads and cites arrests in Vera Cruz as intimidation. Huerta vows to decline if elected and explains dissolution of Congress. The Ward Line steamer Mor Castle is released after protests by the American consul.
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Mexico City
Felix Diaz
Querido Modeno
Diaz
Senor Requena
Vera Cruz
Ictoriano Huerta
Blan
Vera
Cruz
Jener Requena
Mexico
Republic
Huerta
WrRich
Bers
Diplomatic Corps
Invita
Congress
Ward Line
Mor‘Castle
Havana
New York
Lind
Presti Wilson
Rebels Press Monterey Bid As Huerta Support Fades
Mexico City dispatch reports rebels near Monterey driving back Huerta loyalists. By Oct 24 rebels held a railroad yard near the city and bombarded forts while rail bridges and fuel shortages hindered federal reinforcements. A 4200-strong rebel column reportedly moved east from Lodregon as federal commander Tracy Aubert concentrated forces at Ramos Arixpe.
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Mexico City
Monterey
City
National Railway
Rubio Navarrette
Lam
Mon
Lodregon
Tracy Aubert
Hipolito
Ramos Arixpe
Four Questions on Machines Election Day in Bridgeport
Bridgeport voters will decide on four questions at the election. They include bonds for Bridge improvement up to 500000, Almshouse bonds up to 175000, funds for a proposed North Main street park, and the construction of an ice and cold storage plant. Mayor Wilson supports adding the ice plant question to the voting machines. Two park purchase resolutions are tied to Hairslot and Parrott estate tracts in North End.
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Bridgeport
Common Council
General Assembly
North Main Street
Wilson
Pullman
Or Bate
Main Street
North Washington Avenue
Catherine Street
North End
P. H. Brady
Hairslot
Parrott
North Avenue
Mrs Jeremiah Reilly Dies After Sudden Apoplexy
Mary E. Reilly wife of Jeremiah Reilly Jr a prominent local plumber died suddenly at home 319 Park Avenue from an apoplexy after a prior illness. She was in her 55th year and survived by her husband four sons John J Edward T William S Frederick J and two daughters Mrs John J Hartnett and Miss Mary Reilly. She was a devout Sacred Heart church parishioner.
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Mary E
Jeremiah Reilly, Jr
Park Avenue
Henry G. Blodgett
Reilly
Sacred Heart Church
John J
Edward T
William S
Frederick J
John J. Hartnett
Mary
Mary ®. Reilly
New Haven Stock Down After Dividend Hint
Weak market for New York New Haven Hartford stock with a drop to 118 following Elliott’s suggestion of a 4 percent dividend cut. Convertible bonds also slid to 104 314 as large blocks traded, while a separate incident at Barnum Avenue involved a candy delivery horse being driven away but not stolen.
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New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Eiliott
Jacob Huber
Trolley Line Revenues Show Strong Yearly Returns
The Connecticut Company reports total operating revenue of 8.45 million with 7.90 million from passenger traffic for the year ending June 30. Net income 1.61 million, dividends 1.50 million, surplus 109,021. Rhode Island Company posts net surplus 83,920 from 670,050 net income and 5,322,646 operating revenue.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Rhode Island Company
New Haven Road
National Council endorces temperance amendment
In Kansas City a national church body voted 517 to 14 in favor of temperance. The motion opposed by Governor Simeon E. Baldwin urged a constitutional amendment to prohibit manufacture, sale, importation and exportation of intoxicating beverages nationwide.
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Kansas City
National Council of Congational Churches
Simeon E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Temperance Committee
United States
Woman on Trial for Manslaughter Weeps in Court
Norwich Oct 24 Mrs Lillian Perkins on trial for manslaughter in the death of her son in law Thomas Coatchally weeps as his bloodstained clothing is shown to the jury Undertaker C A Gazer Jr testified the body was cared for The trial will likely resume Tuesday with several witnesses called including neighbor Andrew Racie who recounted a remark by Mrs Perkins about shooting Coatchally if he came to the house
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Norwich
Thomas Coatchally
Lillian Perkins
Coatchally
C. A. Gazer, Jr
Andrew Racie
Mrs. PerkKims
Canny speeches for the people in New York rally
Mayor Wilson delivered two graphophone recorded speeches in New York on bonding and his administration. The clues suggest attendees at the Republican rally in the Second district last night heard canned remarks and found them quite canny.
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Wilson
New York
Decrees of Divorce Granted To Several Unhappy Swains
Judge Bennett in the Superior court granted four divorces. Jennie M. Barnes, nee Ruggles, of this city, was granted from Howard E. Barnes. Lena Farrington Burns of Greenwich received a decree from Erastus Burns. Sherman W. Freeman, of New Haven, testified about a hotel registration in 1912. Samuel Morrow of Norwalk separated from Mary Morrow, nee Walker. Elizabeth Cooke, nee Van Nash, of Greenwich, was granted from William A. Cooke for desertion.
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Bennett
Jennie M. Barnes
Ruggles
Howard E. Barnes
Sherman W. Freeman
Hotel
Freeman
New Haven
Barnes
Samuel Morrow
Norwalk
Mary Morrow
Walker
Elizabeth Cooke
van Nash
Greenwich
William A. Cooke
Two Helmeted Rescuers Lost in New Mexico Mine Disaster
In Dawson New Mexico on October 24 two helmeted rescuers from Stag Canon Mine No 2 were lost and presumed dead after an explosion. About 220 miners remained entombed as 23 were rescued and 38 bodies recovered with rescuers unable to determine cause or location of the trapped workers.
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Dawson
N. M
Stag-Canon
Noil 2
Pennsylvania Railroad Considers General Mortgage Financing
Philadelphia Oct 24 President Rea confirms Penn Railroad study of a general mortgage to finance future operations. He says the plan contemplates issuing bonds in such amounts as required over time.
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Philadelphia
Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Horse ambulance on the way for Bridgeport
Connecticut Humane Society agent Alexander Howell says a horse ambulance will be placed in Bridgeport before cold weather. A prominent liveryman offers free storage, addressing humane work needs as icy conditions increase horse injuries.
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Alexander Howell
Connecticut Humane Society
Bridgeport
Howell
Wild Holiday Ends in Rhode Island Fight
Winfred Courchaine of Pascoag Rhode Island traveled to Boston for a holiday and after drinking heavily was restrained by about ten men during an alcoholic convulsion at a Housatonic avenue saloon. An ambulance and police aided his transport to Lakeview Home where he remains under bromide treatment and calmer conditions.
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Winfred Courchaine
Pascoag
R. I
Boston
Lakeview
New York
Rhode Island
Bridgeport
Housatonic Avenue
Grand Street
Winfred
J. H. Finnegan
A. E. Burlison
Langham
C. Campana
Friends of Dumb Animals Meet in Bridgeport
A meeting of supporters plans to organize a Dumb Animals home in Bridgeport modeled after Bide-a-Wee in New York. The gathering is at 8 o clock tonight at Mrs Sarah Breretons 2532 North Avenue to discuss establishing the facility before cold weather arrives.
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Bridgeport
New York
Sarah Brereton
North Avenue
Unknown man found dead in Sound near Greens Farms
The body of a man about 40, dressed in underclothing and stockings, was found floating in the Sound by the tugboat Success off Greens Farms. A bullet hole in the left temple suggests murder or suicide, autopsy to be conducted at Cullinan and Mullins' morgue by Dr. W H Donaldson.
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Greens Farms
Cullinan & Mullins
W. H. Donaldson
Fairfield
Westport Harbor
Donaldson
Bridgeport
Wilson Era Tension Deepens Over Mexican Policy
Washington reports show a grave shift in US Mexico relations with absolute official silence and a pending Bryan Moore statement. The Ward Liner Motro Castel release ends a delicate standoff as the US vows to oppose European interference in Mexican waters and to recognize only constitutional governments. Separately, Mary Lawrine, 16, is missing. her mother suspects she ran away with Christopher Testa, 25, from 149 Oak Street and 242 Catherine Street respectively.
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Washington
United States
Mexico v
Wilson
Motro Castel
Bryan
John Bassett Moore
White House
Mexico
Mexican
Mobile
Ala
Rose Lawrine
Oak Street
Mary
Boy Hurt In Fall On Sidewalk Near Home
Four year old Henry Crowder of 136 High Street fell on the sidewalk near his home last night and suffered a scalp laceration requiring one stitch at the emergency hospital. Burton R. Nichols of East Hartford a locomotive engineer with 25 years service for the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad was killed when he thrust his head through the cab window as the train passed a stanchion.
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Henry Crowder
High Street
Burton R. Nichols
East Hartford
N. Y
Donnelly backs Mullins for mayor in strong party pledge
Sheriff John M. Donnelly declares loyalty to Mullins ticket and urges voters to support the entire Democratic slate. He criticizes the Republican administration over street and police departments, notes failures on Fairfield avenue, and argues Mullins will act independently with honest judgment.
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Donnelly
Wilson
John M. Donnelly
Frederick C. Mullins
Mullins
Fairfield Avenue
Main Street
Connecticut Company
Ash Creek
Arrests of 189 Striking Miners in Copper Country
Calumet Mich Oct 24 militia arrested 189 striking copper miners in Allouez and Mohawk districts for violations of the injunction against picketing. Prisoners were transported to Houghton in special trolley cars.
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Calumet
Mich
Copper City
Allouez
Mohawk District
Houghton
City Seeks Conservator for Mary C Slattery
A probate court hearing before Judge BE Hallen on November 7 reviews the Board of Charities petition to appoint a conservator for Mary C Slattery who allegedly wastes property and risks becoming a public charge. A marriage license was issued to Conrad Winters of Brooklyn and Lizzete Stockman of Bridgeport.
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BE. F. Hallen
Board of Charities
Mary C. Slattery
Thomas Today
Conrad Winters
Brooklyn
Lizzete Stockman
Bridgeport
Democrats Have First Lever On Voting Machines
The Democrats will hold the Stat lever on the voting machines this year due to winning last year’s election. Republicans rank second, Progressives third, Socialist fourth, with Prohibitionists and Socialist Labor candidates following. Demonstrators will train new voters in City Hall before election day to learn how to operate the device. Nicholas Larkin of Shelton becomes Huntington road inspector. The comptroller of currency requests a statement on condition of all national banks as of October 21.
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Progressives
Socialiste
Socialist Labor Party
Laa
Comptroller of Currency
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Jeremiah Reilly
Huser
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Chris
Nicholas Larkin
Shelton
Huntington
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