Ohio Anti-Saloon League Builds Local Power
The Ohio Anti-Saloon League forms a new statewide effort to defeat Foraker and elect a pro local option legislature. Four Methodist conferences mobilize ministers and congregations, each pastor naming a three person committee to work with anti-saloon agents at polls. The league reports 90,000 pledges to back endorsed candidates.
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Columbus
Ohio Anti- Saloon League
Foraker
Pells
League
Akron Considers Curfew Ordinance After Grand Jury Findings
In Akron an official calls for a curfew ordinance following police reorganization and riot inquiry results. The observer notes many youths on streets at night and warns the public and parents would be alarmed if the facts were widely known.
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Akron
Bryan vetoes plan for two speeches in McKinley county
Columbus reports Col W J Bryan vetoed the Democratic state committee plan for two speeches in McKinley county at Canton and Alliance. He also canceled a speaking engagement at Niles, McKinley’s birthplace. Ex Senator Hill will visit Ohio October 20 and 22, with Cleveland and Cincinnati on the national committee agenda, possibly shifting to Columbus and Toledo due to Bourke Cochran’s later engagements.
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Columbus
W. J. Bryan
Democratic State Committee
McKinley
Canton
Alliance
Bryan
Niles
Hill
New York
Ohio
National Committee
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Bourke Cochran
Toledo
Cleveland Celebrates Home Week With Holiday Lights
Cleveland displays holiday spirit during home week as downtown buildings glow with flags bunting and electric lamps. The Noman columns on Superior Street and Euclid Avenue are wrapped in laurel with clusters of lamps and streams of lights zip between trolley poles.
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Cleveland
Superior Street
Euclid Avenue
Extradition Warrant Revoked in Norton Case
Gov Nash revoked the extradition warrant for Charles Norton of Lancaster who faced carbon trust charges in Noblesville Indiana for grand larceny. The trust claimed Norton took a few gauges valued at ten dollars each to benefit his own independent carbon factory.
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Columbus
Nash
Charles If. Norton
Lancaster
Carbon Trust
Noblesville
Ind
Norton
McKinley Leaves Canton for Washington
President and Mrs. McKinley departed Canton at 12 45 PM accompanied by the executive office force and household. A quiet farewell occurred with many locals at the station as the train pulled away the president bowing to friends and acquaintances on the platform
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Canton
McKinley
Washington
Executive Office
Pension Fund Proposal By Lake Shore Workers
Nearly 200 leading Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co employees met in Toledo with railroad union leaders to propose a mail vote on creating a pension fund. The plan would set aside one fourth of one percent of all wares, and the company has agreed to begin the fund with a generous appropriation.
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Toledo
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Diphtheria Cases Rise in Cleveland District
Fourteen new diphtheria cases were reported to the health department between Saturday and Monday. Over two percent of cases are in the Haliin settlement in the Fast End as the disease spreads. Health Officer Leick warned residents through priests to avoid rooms with the ill or face district quarantine.
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Cleveland
Health Department
Leick
Pleaded Guilty of Burglary in Akron Store Riot
Tienry Weckler pleaded guilty to burglary in police court admitting involvement with two others who broke a window at the Standard hardware store during the riot. Prisonkeeper Wesher arrested Weckler and secured the confession. The grand jury will act in the case.
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Akron
Tienry Weckler
Standard Hardware
Wesher
Heckler
Canton Curfew Law Declared Dead Letter
Canton officials say the curfew ordinance is unenforceable due to excessive enforcement red tape. Mayor Robertson and police explain the measure cannot be applied as written.
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Canton
Robertson
Stevenson Not Sick Campaign To Start In West Virginia
Coshocton Ohio October 9 Adair E Stevenson stated the report of his illness is unfounded. He is in excellent health and spirits and will begin his campaign in West Virginia today.
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Coshocton, O
Adlaire
Stevenson
West Virginia
Hee
Parable of the Great Supper and Pharisee Cant
Jesus replies to a Pharisee guest who praised those who eat in the kingdom. A man hosts a great supper. invitees refuse with worldly excuses. The master extends the invitation to the poor and the needy and then to all beyond the city, stressing that many who were invited may be cast out while outsiders may find welcome.
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H. C. Lenington
Jauke
Spém
Jesus
Asharisee
Heavenly Mansion
Figs and Thistles and a Call to Prudence
A fragmentary piece urging self restraint and charity with proverbs about helping others, bread as a daily need, and the discipline of prayer. It reflects on temptations and the need to align inner will with virtue to achieve real deliverance.
New Proposals to settle the Chinese Question debated by powers
London and Washington report rapid proposals from Germany France and Russia on punishing Chinese offenders arms interdiction indemnity and guarantees. The US favors a temporary arm embargo and cautious limits to future footholds while negotiating with Li Hung Chang and Pekin officials. Reports from Tien Tsin Pekin and Hong Kong note Boxers clashes and imperial decrees denouncing the movement.
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Washington
China
State Department
Germany
United States
Conger
Pekin
Taku
Sea
Legation
London
Tien Tsin
Li Hung Chang
the Times
Morrison
M. de Giers
Russia
Manchuria
Tai-Yuen-Fu
Huai Tapu
Kwang Su
Prince Tuan
Tsung li Yamen
Yung Lu
Hong Kong
Sai-Wan
San-Chun
Shanghai
Tai- Yuen-Fu
Shan-Li
Bryan campaign itinerary listed for Eastern tour
Senator Jones, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, released W. J. Bryan's eastern campaign schedule. The plan includes Madison Square Garden in New York City on October 16, multiple stops in New York state October 17 and 20, then West Virginia October 22, Maryland October 23, Delaware October 24, New Jersey October 25 and 26, and New York City October 27 where Bryan will address Bryan clubs of Atlantic coast states.
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Chicago
Jones
Democratic National Committee
W. J. Bryan
Madison Square Garden
New York City
New York State
West Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Bryan
Atlantic Coast
Insurgents Concentrate in Northern Luzon Tactics Rise
Contingents reinforce Gen. Young in northern Luzon as insurrectionists under Agli pay fortify mountain strongholds in Abra and North Ilocos. Generals Tind and Villeneuve gain activity as rain ends. Mabini freed from jail amid dwindling popularity. tariff revisions planned to aid American trade.
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Luzon
Youngs
Manila
Young
Yiécos
Aglipay
Tind
Villeneuve
Abra
Ilocos
Senor Mabini
Midnila
United States
Army Board
Fortunate Woman Claims $200000 From Hidden Deed
Mrs H E Butterfield of St Paul Minnesota says she will receive $200000 from a Honduras mining property quit claim deed. The late Thomas P Harkins deeded the claim to his affianced Belle Griffin before death. a syndicate increased its value and now Butterfield proves identity to claim the sum. Her husband works in a railroad freight office.
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St. Paul, Minn
Milwaukee
Pioneer Press
H. E. Butterfield
Butterfield
Belle Griffin
Minneapolis
Pacific Coast
Thomas P. Harkin
Boston
Detroit
Miss Griffin
Fire at Vigo Port Spurs Spanish Gunboat Clash
Madrid reports serious concern over Galician fisher rivalries that led to firing on the Spanish gunboat Vasco Nunez De Balboa as she left Vigo. The naval commandant sought refuge aboard a German warship amid crowds and required escort when ashore.
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Madrid
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Vigo
West Point Waiters Strike Over Pay Increase
Twenty two cadet mess waiters at West Point refused to work after a $4 monthly pay rise was promised. Major Hall, commissary treasurer, granted the raise. A strike threat also looms in two other departments due to more cadets and extra work. The old wage was 29 dollars monthly with rations.
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West Point
N. Y
Maj. Hall
Mess Hall
Quakers Reach Over 100000 for Texas Flood Relief
In Philadelphia on October 8 the city’s cash contributions to the Texas flood relief fund surpassed 100000 dollars. Most funds have been sent to Governor Sayers, while large quantities of provisions clothing drugs and other aid are already en route to Texas in response to the governor's appeal.
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Philadelphia
Texas
Sayers
Lipton Denies Pork Corner in Chicago Interview
Sir Thomas Lipton, in a Daily Express interview, denies any attempt to corner pork in Chicago. He says he aims to lower food prices and explains a large government order forced him to hold ample stock, with Chicago buyers purchasing heavily and leaving him with a larger reserve than usual.
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London
Sir Thomas Lipton
Daily Express
Chicago
New York Lawyer and Servant Arrested in Rice Forgery Case
Capt. McCluskey announced the arrests of Albert T. Patrick and his valet Jones on forgery charges connected to the William M. Rice case. Experts concluded signatures and an assignment were forged, with two wills in dispute and Patrick allegedly receiving most of the estate in a second will.
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New York
Ice
Texas Millonaire
McCluskey
Detective Bureau
Albert T. Patrick
Jones
William M
Rice
Mr. Hagen
Troy
N. Y
Patria
New-York Safe Deposit Co
American Coal Company Gains Ground in Foreign Markets
Washington reports that a bureau study from 415 ports shows American coal rapidly entering world markets and often outperforming British coal. Consul Halstead notes U S coal produced 16 900 feet of gas per ton versus 10 000 for English coal, with better coke and lower overall cost despite higher price.
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Corpnlar
Washington
Europe
Emery
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
State Department
United States
Bureau
Turin
Marseilles
Nantes
Great Britain
Netherlands
Austria
Algiers
Canary Islands
Gibraltar
Russia
Sierra Leone
Formosa
Prussia
Yukon
Halstead
Birmingham
England
South Metropolitan Gas Co
London
Rewards Its Friends Philippine Grant Widow Murdered Filipino
The Philippine commission allocates 257000 Mexican for September military expenses and 1500 Mexican to the widow of a loyal Filipino town leader of Santa Cruz murdered by insurgents. In Panay Lieut Wagner of the 26th Infantry is killed and a Forty fourth regiment detachment on Lohol Island clashes with rebels, killing 30. General MacArthur reports reinforcements to Marinduque.
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Philippine Commission
Manila
Santa Cruz
United States
Max Wagner
Pavia
Panay
Forty-fourth Regiment
Lohol Island
Washington
War Department
MacArthur
Marinduque
Hare
Anderson
Shields
Maxwell Long Sets Quarter Mile Record at Guttenberg
Maxwell W. Long of the New York Athletic Club ran a straightaway quarter mile in 47 seconds at Guttenberg race track New Jersey on Thursday beating all previous records for the distance. About 100 athletic clubmen witnessed the performance and affirm the record.
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New York
Maxwell W. Long
New York Athletic Club
Guttenberg
New Jersey
Wise Course of a 10 Percent Raise
The convention will meet in Scranton next Friday to discuss a ten percent wage increase.
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Scranton
Abolish Sliding Scales Near End of Mine Strike
In Hazleton and Shamokin Pennsylvania plans to end the great anthracite strike move forward as President Mitchell calls a joint conference to decide on the 10 percent wage increase offered by operators. The talks may delay a final settlement if proposals to end the sliding scale and enact fixed yearly contracts reach the convention.
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Hazleton
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Scranton
Shamokin
Afitchell
Fahey
Northumberland
Schuylkill
Columbia
Dauphin
Music Hall
United Mine Workers
St. Charles Hotel
All Will Soon be Working
Pittsburg Oct 9 The American Tin Plate Co will operate 20 of its 35 tin plate plants this week providing jobs for at least 25 000 workers. The company employs over 50 000 nationwide and expects all plants to be running soon. Monongahela mill Demmler plant and New Kensington plant started yesterday with remaining plants to follow. Many gas belt plants begin today and by week end 20 plants will run at full capacity.
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Pittsburg
American Tin Plate Co
Monongahela
Demmler
New Kensington
Gas Belt
Senator Gorman Denies Resigning from Democratic Committees
Washington Oct 9 Senator Gorman of Maryland issued an absolute denial of reports that he had resigned from the Democratic National Committee and other committees. He dismissed claims he told ex Go. Stone that Bryar had no chance and that he was tired of the campaign as fiction and untrue.
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Washington
Goreman
Maryland
Democratic National Committee
Ex Go. Stone
Missouri
Bryar
Gorman
Baltimore & Ohio Orders Freight Cars from Pullman
Chicago reports that Pullman completed an order for Baltimore & Ohio to supply 2,500 box cars and 500 flat cars at a total cost of 1 05 000 dollars. This follows a prior week deal for 6,900 steel cars costing 6 6 00 000 dollars, bringing the line to about 80 000 freight cars with the new acquisitions.
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Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pullman Company
Baltimore & Ohio
Oil Well Workers Union Holds Second Convention
Findlay October 9 The second annual convention of the International Oil Well Workers union opened here Monday. The association organized 18 months ago now counts a membership of 3000.
Boers Surround Explored as British Press Advance
Cape Town reports Boers hold Wepener Rouxville and Fickshburg in the Orange River colony while British forces press to encircle them. The move follows nearby operations and suggests a widening siege among Boer posts.
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Cape Town
Wepener
Rouxville and
Fickshburg
Orange River Colony
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the Sunday School
France
Uncle Sam
Lipton
American Coal
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