Brilliant Address by Senator Gore in Wyoming
Senator Gore praised as a brilliant campaign orator entertained with humor while delivering a two hour and quarter address in Cheyenne Wyoming before a packed house. He contrasted Democratic and Republican principles, attacked Cannon and the Sherman era, and argued for voters to support Democratic reforms including direct election of senators and opposition to centralized power.
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Gore
C.L. Rigdon
Wheatland
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Great West
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Chase
Trumbull
Sumner
Greeley
Ian Schura
Democratic Party
United States
Denver
Hegd
Executive Department
Congress
Joe Cannon
Republic
Cannon
Calcus
Ramases
Roosevelt
God
Clark
Warren
Harriman
Taft
Canadian tragedy hints suicide to save Inouye
Immigrant passengers aboard the Iye Maru report that Fukumura Takeho sacrificed herself in Victoria on October 2, believing her act would prolong Marquis Inouye’s life after a stabbing at Otaka. The account describes her fatal self harm aboard the steamer.
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Victoria
B. C
Marquis Toeuye
Ying
Wight
Fukumura Takeho
Ae Alsearald Felch
Otaka
Mévices
Tragic Postal Message Sent Before Her Death in Yokohama
A girl in Yokohama sent a bloodstained postcard to Marquis Inouye before ending her life. The note claimed intent to “eternal sleep” and mentioned the Marquis and his relatives in a somber, unclear plea.
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Yokohama
Inouye
India Floods Ravage Hyderabad and Kill Thousands
A Cheyenne Gazette report from Bombay dated Oct 2 describes Hyderabad as a vast grave after floods. Death toll unofficially estimated at 50 000 with 600 corpses pulled from mud at one site and funeral pyres burning continuously. Damage pegged at 200 million rupees as relief efforts struggle to reach affected areas.
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Bombay
Hyderabad
Theodore Roosevelt Jr Starts Wool Room Work at Hartford Plant
In Thomasville Conn on October 2 Theodore Roosevelt Jr began carpet making tasks by entering the Hartford Carpet plant woolroom and taking his place at a wool washing machine. He opted for hands on labor over office duties as planned.
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Thomasville
Conn
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Hartford Carpet Corporation
Foraker Calls for Legal Trial Over Charges
Cincinnati October 2 United States Senator Foraker says the law should be invoked if he erred and reviews the charges against him while outlining the legal ethics of serving different clients in a statement to the Associated Press.
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Inator Foraker
Cincinnati
United States
Foraker
Associated Press
Couple wed in jail as deserter tale unfolds
Pueblo Colorado reports Jack Hall a prisoner at the city jail married Pearl Pitcher in the jail Monday evening and then separated. The authorities claim Hall is a deserter who left to return to the girl and may face trouble while Pitcher goes to her home in Canada awaiting his outcome.
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Pueblo
Colo
Jack Hall
Pearl Pitcher
Canada
Hall
Kern Denounces Vile Campaign Practice In Taft Endorsement
John W. Kern condemned campaign managers for circulating a document claiming Grover Cleveland’s authorship that endorsed Taft. He spoke at Jefferson Theater in Birmingham about the alleged forgery, likening it to the Morrey letter incident and calling it an infamous attack on a great departed statesman.
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Birmingham
Ala
Grover Cléveland
Weiee
Taft
John W. Kern
Jefferson Theater
Taft Addresses Denver Audience Against Bryan
In Denver, Taft spoke to a large crowd at the auditorium and Union station arrival, denouncing Bryan and Democrats. He argued for beet sugar policy as an example of Democratic trust-busting, asserting proposed free market measures would harm farmers and innocents.
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William Howard Taft
William Jennings
Cheyenne
Capitol Avenue
Mr. Taft
Burdick
Bryan
Taft
Denver
Calg
Denver Auditorium
W. J. Bryan
William H. Taft
Union Station
Leader's Great Contest Warming Up in Cheyenne
The Leader launches a statewide voting contest to nominate popular ladies with prizes including a 1500 dollar touring car. Nominees gain 1000 starting votes, earn more via subscriptions, and top districts receive pianos while runners up get a diamond watch.
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Cheyenne
Murdered Student Cremated in City Dump Fire
Lexington Kentucky report that Kentucky State University freshman W. E. Smith disappeared after leaving a boarding house for a college meeting. Authorities and campus community suspect murder and cremation of the body in a city dump fire that erupted from an unknown cause. The faculty, students, and city detectives work to locate witnesses and determine the fate of Smith.
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Lexington
Kentucky State Wolveraity
W. EB. Smith
Clase
Smith
Brisk Fire Threatens Rio Grande in Mobile Harbor
Fire discovered in the hold of the Mallory steamer Rio Grande from New York while at her pier in Mobile Alabama on Oct 2. Fire was brought under control after a hard fight by the crew and harbor fleet.
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Mobile
Ala
Mallory
New York
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