Roosevelt Draws Tremendous Crowd in Covington Speech
Theodore Roosevelt drew about ten thousand to Government Square Covington for a rally on Kentucky issues. The crowd packed Court Street Park Place and cheered as he defended civil liberty, voting rights, and his anti trust stance while police kept order. Roosevelt met Republican leaders after the event and reminded Democrats and Republicans alike to stand for American citizenship and the right to a free ballot.
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Kentucky
Court Street
Park Place
Roosevelt
Pugh
Scott Street
Bryan
Aguinaldo
R. P. Ernst
Covington
Cincinnati
Grand Hotel
Stamina League
Suspension Bridge
San Juan
W. McD. Shaw
Congress
New York
Croker
van Wyck
Ice Trust
New York City
Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Lincoln
The
Democracy
Jones
Bryan Democracy
Cotton Bale Trust
Sugar Trust
Standard Oil Trust
Steel Trust
Whisky Trust
Ohio
Detroit
Ferrell Murder Trial Opens in Marysville
Rosslyn H Ferrell stands trial for the murder of Express Messenger Charles Lane as jury selection begins in Marysville Ohio Judge Charles M Melhorn presides with a large crowd present including women witnesses Ferrell remains composed as jurors are chosen and the case draws family of the murdered man and Lane witnesses from Cuba New York arrive for testimony.
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Commercial Tribune
Marysville
Rosslyn H. Ferrell
Express
Charles Lane
Chas. M. Melhorn
W. G. McAllister
Ferrell
T. J. McAdow
Lafayette Mullen
Thomas Martin
Tobias, Ferrell
Charles T. Lane
Express Messenger
Lane
Cuba
N. Y
Robbery Suspected in Aged Woman’s Fatal Shot
Special dispatch from Charleston, West Virginia reports Mrs. Lucy Ann Boggs, 75, was shot through a window at her Big Otter area home Thursday night and died instantly. Police suspect robbery as the motive. the widow of J. R. Boggs was known to be well-to-do and is feared to be lynched if the killer is caught. Detlections are narrowing on suspects.
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Commercial Tribune
Charleston
W. Va
Clay County
Lucy Ann Boggs
Big Otter
J. R. Boggs
Judge Harmon Hurt While Golfing on Crutches
Judge Judson Harmon left the Grandin road golf links on crutches Sunday after rupturing a tendon in a leg during a fancy shot. At first thought to have been struck by a ball, the true cause was found to be the leg injury. though painful, doctors say it will not be serious.
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Judson Harmon
Links
Judge Harmon
Grandin Road
Lost Diamond Sunburst In Paris Hotel Heist
Mrs. Daniel Manning misplaced a diamond sunburst valued at 2500 dollars after leaving a Paris hotel on Saturday night. A coincidence noted that both Lady Commissioners at the Paris Exposition reported jewel losses.
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Paris
Daniel Manning
United States
Roosevelt Denies Telegraphed Libels on Democrats
Telegraph correspondence released by the Republican National Committee denies quotes attributed to Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt claims the statements are false slander, noting he never spoke such lines in Chicago Auditorium or Cooper Institute. Heath defends the wires as baseless lies and urges criminal libel action if proven by responsible parties.
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Chicago
Heath
National Republican Committee
Roosevelt
Republican National
Elizabethtown
Chicago Auditorium
Cooper Institute
Kansas City
Theodore Roosevelt
Mission Society Session Highlights From Kansas City Meeting
Reports and addresses filled the American Missionary Society gathering in Kansas City on November 11. W. K. Homan of Texas presided and delivered the annual address on Greater America and the new century. Cincinnati figures Jabez Hall and C. C. Smith spoke on education and evangelization. Additional talks covered Puerto Rico and other topics.
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Sas City
Kansas City
American Chic Missionary Society
W. HK. Homan
Texas
Jabez Hall
Indianapolis
Benjamin L. Smith
Cincinnati
Reformers Take Town in China Upset Spreads
Sun Yat Sen reportedly seized Kiu Shan on the Hast River and advances on Hui Chou as imperial troops from Canton are defeated with about two hundred killed. Canton reported mobilization of troops to troubled districts.
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Hong Kong
Sun Yat Sen
Canton
Kiu Shan
Hui Chou
Uprising in South China Sparks British Frontier Alarm
The dispatch reports a 3000 strong rebel column north of the British frontier at Kowloon and the pursuit by Admiral Ho's forces. Chinese and imperial troops move toward the rebels while leaders Kang Yu Wei Sun Yat Sen and triads seek to end Manchu rule. A French launch was seized by pirates near Mong-Chow with 32000 in specie.
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Hong Kong
Kowloon
Admiral Ho
Canton
Kwang- Tung
Kwang-Si
Kang- Yu-Wei
Sun-Yat-Sen
China
Chicago widow files bankruptcy in New York court
Effie Hankins of Chicago petitions in the U S District Court seeking relief with liabilities of 698 118 and assets listed as none The creditors include Charles L Hutchinson James C Hutchins Northern Trust Company Noble B Judah and others all residents of Chicago where debts were contracted The filing says promissory notes were endorsed for her husband George W Hankins and secured by mortgages and deeds the petitioner cannot describe the property used as security.
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George G. Newberry
John G. Brown
Chicago
George W. Hawkins
Defense in Ellis Glenn Case Delays Trial
In Parkerburg West Virginia Ellis Glenn the male impersonator remained not ready for trial and received another postponement. Judge Jackson condemned the delaying tactics as bulldozing the court and ordered the defense to be ready by October 22.
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Ellis Glenn
Jackson
Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Teen daughter found dead in Cadiz woodhouse
Pearl Lyle sixteen daughter of farmer Wm Lyle of Athens Township was found hanging in her father’s woodhouse. Authorities believe her trouble over an association with a neighboring young man led to suicide.
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Commercial Tribune
Cadiz
Pearl Lyle
Wm. Lyle
Athens Township
Flies From Her Life of Luxury in New York
Mrs. Anna Hart, linked to missing clerk William Schreiber’s money, fled in disguise from Alma Templeton’s flat in West Fifty-first Street in the early hours. Templeton says Hart headed to the Tennessee mountains to recover before possibly visiting a Bristol Connecticut grandfather.
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New, York
Anna Hart
William Schreiber
Elizabethport Banking Company
Alma Templeton
West Fifty-first Street
Princeton to Honor John Hay with Doctor of Laws
President Patton announced that John Hay Secretary of State will receive a Doctor of Laws degree at the commemoratio day exercises in Princeton. Hay will arrive Friday and attend a dinner hosted by the Pattons. Bishop Satterlee of Washington will deliver an address on Morals and American Civilization.
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Princeton
N. J
Patton
John Hay
Hay
Bishop, Satterlee
Washington
Rescue of Captain Shields and 48 U S Volunteers From Insurgents
War Department report from Manila states Captain Shields and forty-eight men of Company F and two corporals of Companies F and A of the Twenty-ninth United States Volunteer Infantry, plus one American civilian, were delivered to General Luther R. Hare after being held by Filipino insurgents on Marinduque. More details, including names of those killed or wounded, will follow.
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Washington
Marinduque
Duke of Marlborough Denies Vanderbilt Donation Claim
London Oct 15 The Duke of Marlborough issued a denial of reports in English papers that William K Vanderbilt gave sums of 100000 or 500000 pounds to the Duchess as a bank offering for the Duke's safe return from the war. The couple have faced amused and serious congratulations in their mail.
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London
Duke of Marlborough
England
W. K. Vanderbilt
Marlborough
Nightshirt Parade Prompts Student Suspensions at Wooster
Wooster University faculty suspend forty eight students and expel one for taking part in a nightshirt parade and annoying women at Hoover College. Indignation meeting called to press faculty to reinstate the suspended students.
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Commercial Tribune
Wooster
Wooster University
Hoover College
Kissing Bug Causes Fatal Blood Poisoning
Mrs. Mary Zimmerman of Columbus Ohio lies dying from blood poisoning, physicians at St. Anthony Hospital report, believed caused by a kissing bug that stung her lip two nights earlier. Her husband saw a large peculiarly shaped bug fly from the window.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Mary Zimmerman
St. Anthony Hospital
Mark Twain Arrives in New York with Clemens Party
The steamship Minnehaha brings author Mark Twain and his wife and daughters to New York, arriving on October 15 with B. L. Clemens and family among the passengers.
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New York
Minnehaha
L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Clemens
King Leopold Visits Loubet at the Elysee Palace
King Leopold of Belgium visited President Loubet at the Elysee Palace in Paris this afternoon. He was received with military honors and Loubet later returned the call.
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Paris
Leopold
Belgium
President Loubet
Hlysee Palace
Loubet
King Oscar III Confined by Bronchial Catarrh
Stockholm Oct 15 King Oscar III is confined to bed with bronchial catarrh. The illness is complicated by an agglutination of phlegm in the right lung, according to dispatches from royal doctors.
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King Oscar
Stockholm
Oscar
Labor Riot Feared at Indiana Glass Plants
Hartford City Indiana reports rising tension as Bauer Glass Factory at Eaton prepares to start with breakaway workers. L A 300 unionists from Muncie Matthews and Dunkirk expected to converge. A Hartford City leader bought six revolvers. manager Bauer says they are ready. Also a barn fire at George Turner caused $2000 loss with a horse killed.
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Indiana
Commercial Tribune
Hartfort City
Ind
Bauer Glass
Eaton
Here
L. A
American Window Glass Company
Muncie
Matthews
Dunkirk
Bauer
Hartford City
George Turner
Body Found in Woods Believed Robbery Murder Case
In Flemingburg Kentucky this morning two miles south of Ringos Mills the body of Saunders Rawlings 62 was found in a lonely spot. He was last seen a week ago and is believed robbed and murdered with signs of a head blow. An inquest returned death at unknown hands.
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Saunders Rawlings
Commercial Tribune
Flemingsburg
Ringo’s Mills
Rawlings
Bert Emmons
Carlist agitation revived by arms depot seizure in Lerida
Spanish government complains of renewed Carlist agitation after authorities seize a locksmith shop in Lerida Catalonia containing 615 Remington rifles 400 bayonets and tools for arms making Four arrests including a man calling himself Chief of Carlist Administration The Heraldo Madrid notes Carlists plan a campaign end of year and Catalonia discontent fuels their propaganda
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Sparis
Madria
Lerida
Catalonia
Nimbo
Heraldo
Madrid
Burned in a wreck claims Vincennes merchant
In Vincennes Indiana the charred body of Robert B Jerusalem a Vincennes merchant was found among debris from the E and 7 H freight wreck eight miles south of town. The wreck included nine coal oil cars two gasolene and one whisky causing a night long blaze. The deceased leaves a $40000 estate. His wife is in New York City and he has a brother in Indianapolis. Three tramp bodies reportedly lie in the debris.
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Commercial Tribune
Vincennes
Ind
Robert B. Jerusalem
New York City
Indianapolis
Farmer Mistakes Son for Rabbit in Fatal Shot
In Tipton Indiana John Mankey a farmer out hunting shot his twelve year old son Frank who wore a gray cap and lay hidden in weeds. He fired aimed at a rabbit and struck the boy in the brain killing him instantly. The father, realizing his error, collapsed beside his dead son and lay unconscious until a family member found him.
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Commercial Tribune
Tipton
Ind
John Mankey
Frank
Goebel Testifies Against Youtsey in Kentucky Trial
Arthur Goebel described in court his visit with Henry Youtsey in the Frankfort jail and recounted talks involving Dick Combs, Taylor, and others about the shooting plan. The testimony included details of promises and immunity claims as defense argues legality of statements. The prisoner moaned, and witnesses like Anna Scott testified as the trial continued.
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Commercial Tribune
Georgetown
Henry Youtsey
Petit Jary
Arthur Goebel
Youtsey
Goebel
Frankfort
T. C. Campbell
Goebels
Youtesey
Campbell
Justus
Mr. Goebel
Dick Combs
Powers
Taylor
Sarah
Wharton Golden
John L. Powers
Caleb Powers
W. H. Culton
Dr. Johnson
Dowieites Clash With Crestline Police Over Bicycle Route
Elder Edward Williams of Benton Harbor Mich arrives in Crestline with a bicycle to scout Zion localities. He is detained and ordered to depart after resisting. A. S. Lee of Chicago is arrested at a Bauer family home and deported on a westbound train amid church faction tensions.
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Edward Williams
Mansfield
Commercial Tribune
Field, CO
Benton Harbor
Mich
Crestline
Piper
Chicago
Brunswick Hotel
Zion
Dowie
A. S. Lee
Bauer
Zion Church
Dochelles
Pennsylvania
Lee
Bider Kessler
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Schreiber
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