Taft Charged in Canal Deal Sparking Paris Outrage
Paris financiers mobilize against Charles P Taft Wilson Nelson Cromwell and others over the sale of old Panama canal properties to the U S government. Reports allege American syndicate control and profit while French stockholders received little and bids to sell stalled until after control shifted.
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Panama Canal Company
United States
Charles P. Taft
Wilson Nelson Cromwell
Canal Company
Merican
M. Huntim
Taft
M. Huntin
P. Taft
Canal
Panama
Senateau
Colonel Bason
Panama Canal
William Nelson Cromwell
J. Pierpont Morgan
Thaw Fate To Be Decided Monday In Sanity Hearing
White Plains N Y October 7 District Attorney Jerome withdrew from the Thaw case after Justice Mills refused to move the hearing on Thaws sanity from Westchester to New York County He said two experts would be named to examine Thaw and report by Monday as to his sanity and his fate.
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White Plains
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Jerome
Mills
Thaw
Westchester County
New York County
Twenty five crown captain. Is maniac St. Pierre
Twenty five men were crowned as the result of the foundering of the French fishing schooner Juanita on the Grand Banks last week. The sole survivor, the captain, was brought here today after clinging to planks for hours. He has lost his reason. The disaster occurred during a heavy gale.
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Mich
Roosevelt Deems Stump Speech Not Necessary
President Roosevelt told Senator Hemenway he did not need to make speeches in support of Taft. He said he received many requests to go on the stump but decided not to accede.
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Hemenway
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Bryan's Wit Draws Big Laughs On Taft Evidence
Woodward Iowa October 7 William J Bryan delivers a three minute speech from the rear platform of his train drawing a large crowd. He ridicules Taft and the Republican party arguing they have produced no laws boosting crops or weather outcomes. He notes shifts in farming prices and accuses the party of political rhetoric over facts.
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Woodward
Iowa
William J. Bryan
Taft
Republican Party
Sete Etnach Hich Corp
Woman leaped to death at Niagara Falls Prospect Point
A tall veiled woman in black jumped from Prospect Point bridge into the American Falls around 8 AM. Her body had not been recovered at report time.
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Falls
Niagara Falls
Prospect Point
American Falls
The Cleveland Letter Forgery Exposed
The New York Times published a forged letter attributed to ex president Cleveland. Investigations show the forgery aimed to aid Taft campaign, with Mrs. Cleveland and the estate executor denouncing the misrepresentation. Josephus Dantfels notes the letter appeared in New York papers before exposure.
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Cleveland
New York
Taft
Campaige Agers
Times
Josephus Dantfels
New York Herald
New York World
Chicago and New York Race For Pennant In Tie Game
New York reports the pennant showdown as Chicago travels on the Twentieth Century Limited while Boston fears a triple tie. Mathewson is expected to start for New York in tomorrow’s Polo Grounds decisive game. Chicago leaves with 16 players and President Murphy for the city.
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Chicago
Sonc
Tomorow
Polo Grounds
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Murphy
Union of Greece and Crete Announced
In Canea Crete on Oct 7 a decree announced the union of Crete with Greece. A 2 PM demonstration on the military grounds drew more than 100000 people. A special government journal issued at 6 PM carried the decree and directed officials to operate in the name of Greece.
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Island of Crete
Crete
Greece
Attorney Settles In New Location at Newcastle
Alfred H. Beach formerly of Cheyenne reports securing offices in Newcastle and settling comfortably for the practice of his profession.
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Alfred H. Beach
Cheyenne
Newcastle
Jamboree of College Girls at Woman's College
Baltimore event shows freshmen blin dfolded welcomed with bathing suits and baby caps then led to a pool for roll call. A vaudeville style show features trained dogs, acrobats, a minstrel segment and impromptu speeches with refreshments and street-band music.
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Woman’s College
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Bennett Hall
Deep Waterways Convention Envisions Great Lakes to Gulf Route
Chicago hosts the third annual Lakes to the Gulf Waterway Association meeting with speeches by William Howard Taft and other leaders. Wm Kavanaugh delivers the president’s address as delegates tour the drainage canal. Tomorrow W. J. Bryan is slated to speak.
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Central States
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Waterway Association
Wm. H. Taft
Wm. Kavanaugh
Roosevelt not to speak for Taft denies stump tour
Washington reports say President Roosevelt will not campaign for Taft as a Republican nominee. White House officials initially denied the talks, then offered cautious denials stating the president's present intention is not to take the stump.
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Washington
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Taft
White House
Canadian Pacific Strike Ended After Return to Work
Withipes October 7 reports General Manager Bury of the Canadian Pacific Railway agreed to the strikebreaker plan. The company shipped all strike breakers back to one and south and all the strikers resumed work this afternoon.
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Withipes
Bury
Canadian-Pacific Railway
Robbers massacre at Jewish home in Russia incident
In Miraspole Russia on October 7 robbers attacked the house of a Jewish man named Cohen in Blobodse district. They killed residents while attempting to steal a small amount of loot and were later arrested.
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Miraspole
Russia
Judge Dundy's U P injunction order featured in 1894 case
Quotations from a certified copy of Judge Elmer Dundy's injunction against Union Pacific employers reveal that prior wage rules did not bind receivers and that as property passed to the receivers employment shifted to the court. Receivers were empowered to set fair compensation and may be petitioned to modify rules seen as unjust.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Elmer &. Dundy
United States Court At
Omaha
Union Pacific
United States
Evans faction ticket rejection clarifies Denver ballots
In Denver on October 7 Secretary of State OConnor rejected all Evans faction Republican tickets for Denver County after party hearings. The Evins plan to appeal to the Supreme Court. Judge Allen ordered OConnor to appear with case documents and show cause why anti Guggenheim and Business Men's tickets should not appear on the ballot. OConnor later ruled El Paso and Teller independent tickets were regular and would appear on the county ballots.
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Teller
Civil Service Examinations Announced for Federal Posts
The Civil Service Commission lists dates for exams in Cheyenne for positions including public document cataloguer at the Government Printing Office with a $900 salary and Indian service. Other openings include Lanston operator, chemical bacteriologist with $1200 annual pay, and related posts with age limits mainly 20 years or older on exam day.
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Civil Service Commission
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Herder
Indian Service
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Bureau of the
Baseball Standings and Football Scoring From Princeton and Allies
A garbled score row lists Princeton 21 Stevens C Pennsylvania 11 Villanova and Naval Academy 22 St John’s 0 Harvard 18 with Balgs C. The fragmentary text suggests a mixed report on college football and baseball standings including Harvard and St John’s with unclear context.
Wyoming Forecast Braces For Fall Weather
Weather report for the 24 hours ending at p m October 7 lists a maximum of 60 degrees and a minimum of 33 with no precipitation. Action Director Palmer in Washington reports forecast for Wyoming calling for fall conditions on Thursday and Friday with warmer weather on Thursday.
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Washington
Wyoming
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