Helen Keller Admitted to Radcliffe College
Special Despatch reports Helen Keller the blind girl has entered Radcliffe College Cambridge with high marks in Latin and Greek. Her Braille papers and typewritten work impress tutors as she studies French German and history under notable instructors. Keller, aided by Miss Sullivan, is described as popular, social, and adept at chess.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Helen Keller
Radcliffe College, Cambridge
Pericles
Cicero
Keller
Radcliffe
Harvard
la Fontaine
Corneille
Racine
Moliere
Victor Hugo
George Sand
Alfred DeMusset
Taine
Helen
Miss Sullivan
Church Leader Denounces Press in Lawrene Deitmeier Row
Rev. A M Harvuot denounces the Commercial Tribune for its coverage of the Lawrence Deitmeier case, saying the publicity worsens the suffering of those involved. He insists the church will handle its affairs privately and urges editors and the public to let the matter rest.
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Church
Commercial Tribune
Oma
Mrs. Lawrence
Impeachment Talk Opens Liberal Society Season
John R. Charlesworth of Dallas cites the Lawrence-Deitmeier case as he denounces clergy in a speech before the Ohio Liberal Society. He questions responses to a minister who allegedly misused Scripture. Next Sunday speaker is J Clegg Wright of Amelia Ohio. meeting moved to College Hall.
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Liberal Society
Lawrence-Deitmeier
John R. Charlesworth
Dallas
Tex
Ohio Liberal Society
Lawrence
Cincinnati
J. Clegg Wright
Amelia O
College Hall
Strike at West Point Waiters Win $5 Monthly Increase
Twenty two cadet mess waiters at West Point halted work demanding a raise of five dollars per month. Major Hall, treasurer of the commissary department, granted the increase. A strike also looms in two other departments as increased cadet numbers raise workload. The old scale was twenty dollars per month with rations.
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Cadet
West Point
N. Y
Major Hall
Mess Hall
Fog Envelops New York Bay Forcing Major Liners Afloat
Dense fog stalls dozen trans Atlantic liners in lower New York Bay overnight. Early today ships including Campania Pennsylvania Ethiopia and Ems resume passage with caution. In a fogbound collision the Hamilton struck and sank the coal laden schooner A A Shaw three miles from Northeast End Lightship. seven crew members rescued.
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New York
Campania
Pennsylvania
Ethiopia
Ems
Lower Bay
Old Dominion Line
Hamilton
Norfolk
Philadelphia
A. A. Shaw
Providence
Northeast End
Smith
Shaw
Heavy Floods Hit Mexico Raging Rivers Cause Destruction
Telegraphic reports from Tampico say the Panuco and Tames rivers are at historic highs. In San Luis Potosi and surrounding areas floods have inundated villages, swept away crops, and caused numerous deaths by drowning. Tens of thousands face loss as rivers breach banks and riverside communities are destroyed.
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Tampico
Mexico
Panuco
Tames
Gulf
Chila Station
Mexican Central Railroad
San Luis Potosi
McKinley Stays Indoors Amid Weather Delays in Canton
Rainy dismal weather keeps President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley indoors in Canton. B F McKinley and daughter arrive yesterday and visit until afternoon. Two family friends Judge DeFord and Judge Arral call. The party now plans to depart for Washington on a special car attached to the eastbound train at 12 45 with fewer stops.
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Canton
Washington
Danville Rolling Mill Workers Accept 25 Percent Wage Cut
Danville Pennsylvania October 7 employees of the Danville Rolling Mill voted to accept the 25 percent wage reduction after a week long strike. Puddlers will be paid 3 dollars per ton instead of 4 with similar cuts in other departments. The reductions affect several hundred men and fires were started today with work to resume tomorrow.
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Pennsylvania
Danville
Wyandot County Farmer Pleads Guilty To Adulterated Milk Charge
Peter Althouse prominent Wyandot County farmer appeared before H. H. Newell and pled guilty to selling adulterated milk. He was fined fifty dollars plus costs.
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Commercial Tribune
Upper Sandusky
Peter Althouse
Wyandot County
H. H. Newell
Actor McCaully Shot After Theater Escapade in Huntington
William J. McCaully, star of A Woman in the Case, was shot and killed in Huntington W Va after an altercation with Pearl Newman a longshoreman chasing him from a resort. Newman fled toward the Ohio River as police pursued, McCaully believed to be about 30 unmarried with home in Philadelphia.
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Commercial Tribune
Siuntington
W. Va
William J. McCaully
Pearl Newman
McCaully
Newman
Ohio River
Ohio
McCaulty
Philadelphia
Illegal voting in New York City sparks police action call
John McCullagh state superintendent of elections warns Chief Devery of October registration dates and cites alleged illegal voting networks tied to East Side saloons and "tenderloin" venues. He lists over 200 suspected resorts and threatens state aid if local authorities fail to act.
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New York
John McCullagh
Devery
McCullagh
Sara
City of
Fourteenth Street
Tenderloin
Miners Face Sheriff Demand to Quit Marches in Hazleton
In Hazleton Pa authorities deploy extra deputies after talks with United Mine Workers President John Mitchell. Sheriff Harvey warns marches must stay within law or face consequences amid recent clashes at Lattimer. Mitchell contends marching orders did not come from headquarters and plans peace efforts.
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Associated Press
Harvey
Galvin, Pardee & Co
Lattimer
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Wilkesbarre
Mahanoy City
Centralia
Lost Creek
Mitchell
United Mines
Coal and Iron
W.J
Billett
Mifer
Burglary and murder shock Harrodsburg neighborhood
In Harrodsburg Kentucky Eliza Mosby awoke to a burglar attack and died from blunt force and strangling. Neighbors heard a scuffle, the intruder fled through a window, and the coroner's jury returned a verdict of murder against unknown parties as thirty homes were burglarized in the past month.
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Commercial Tribune
Harrodsburg
Eliza Mosby
Destruction and Looting Reported Across Chinese Campaign
A letter from an American officer in Tien Tsin claims widespread looting of temples and homes from Tien Tsin to Peking, with 700 Boxers shot as Chinese forces fled. Desolate towns near the front are described as emptied, with evidence of brutal acts attributed mainly to Russians.
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Chicago
China
Tien Tsin
Peking
Lambert Tree
Taku
Pien Tsin
Nineveh
Babylon
President Mitchell Plans Miner Convention
Philadelphia October 7 general belief that President Mitchell of the miners union will call a convention. The note appears to continue on the second page.
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Mitchell
Philadelphia
Dowie Elders Run Blockade in Mansfield
Two Dowie elders A. S. Lee and Homer Kessler from Chicago slipped into Mansfield on the Baltimore & Ohio at 6 a.m. and reached Brunswick before being arrested by a special policeman. They were deported west on the Erie at 9 a.m. A crowd gathered at the station expecting their return.
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Tribune
Mansfield
A. S. Lee
Homer Kessler
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
Brunswick
Dowie Opens Zionist Campaign in London Town Hall
John Alexander Dowie of Chicago arrived in England to promote Zionist aims and held a campaign kickoff yesterday in St. Martin's Town Hall London where he was met with a hostile reception from some attendees.
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London
John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
England
St. Martin’s Town Hall
Plague Report Indicates Bubonic Outbreak in Britain
In Newcastle a Seaman Garnet who arrived September 23 from Rio de la Plata and died in Llandaff Wales last Thursday is confirmed to have bubonic plague. In Glasgow a man brought from Govan near Glasgow died at the city hospital on September 20 from bubonic plague.
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London
Garnet
Newcastle
Rio de la Plata
Llandaff
Wales
Philadelphia Helps Texas Flood Sufferers Reaches $100000
Philadelphia citizens have contributed over 100000 to the Texas flood relief fund. Most funds sent to Governor Sayers, with additional shipments of provisions clothing drugs and other relief items arriving in response to the Texas appeal.
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Veston
Philadelphia
Texas
Sayers
Dr J L Goodknight Named Lincoln College President
Morgantown reports Dr J L Goodknight former West Virginia University president has been elected president of Lincoln College Lincoln Tennessee succeeding A E Turner. He recently completed a postgraduate course at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
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Commercial Tribune
Morgantown
W. Va
J. L. Goodknight
The
West
Virginia University
Lincoln College
Lincoln, T
A. E. Turner
Henkel Dies in Frisco After Skeleton in Closet Unveiled
Cincinnati businessman Herman Henkel, long known in wholesale circles, dies of pneumonia in San Francisco. Reports allege an entanglement with a woman named Mrs. Voght, prompting family disputes over marriage and estate, with sisters denying wedlock and letters cited as context. Rev. Edward Voss heads to California to settle affairs as police pick up the case. The telegram trail begins October 5 1900 and continues with later messages.
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Edward Voss
California
Herman Henkel
Globe Trotter
San Francisco
Cal
Anna. Ellerman
Bremen Street
Cincinnati
Ida
Herman
C. H. Henkel
Ida Henkel
Ellerman
Klondike Return Photo Frames Cincinnati Man
From a photograph taken soon after his return from the Klondike the subject, C. Herman Henkel, is remembered by Cincinnati friends for wearing only a mustache.
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C. Herman Henkel
Klondike
Cincinnati
San Francisco arrest urged in Henkel mystery claims
Engelke Saddlery’s F. J. Engelke and kin allege Mrs. C. H. Henkel is actually Mrs. William Voght, once Ida Punk, with links to Herman Henkel. They say Voght pursued Henkel through Crescent Springs and San Francisco, warn of a prearranged plot, and urge San Francisco police to arrest the signer of the telegram and recover the body.
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F. J. Engelke
Engelke Saddlery Company
C. H. Henkel
William Voght
Bremen Street
New York
Walnut Street
Water
Herman
Crescent Springs
California
Sixth Street
Henkel
Bryan's Paroxysm About a Standing Army Disposed Of
Washington dispatch reports Adjutant General Corbin refuting Bryan's fear of a large standing army. A government table shows 534 officers and 16 151 enlisted, with most troops abroad in Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and China, arguing against a menace to labor. The piece notes few troops on duty in Pennsylvania amid miners' strikes.
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Republican Party
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