Roosevelt as engineer leading rapid White House action
A Commercial Tribune report portrays President Roosevelt as an energetic leader who uses modern communication, fast decision making, and relentless effort to shape the new administration. It emphasizes his drive, practical statesmanship, and preference for direct, forceful methods to push policies forward.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Kipling
McKinley
Author and Playwright to Weld Their Futures
Louisville Ky Oct 18 Miss Alice Caldwell Hegan author of Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch becomes engaged to Cale Young Rice playwright poet and lecturer The couple will marry in early winter The bride to be is known for fiction sketches and the Mrs Wiggs novel Rice is at work on a play titled David for E H Sothern He formerly taught English at Cumberland University Tennessee
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Alice Caldwell Hegan
Wiggs
Cale Young Rice
Samuel W. Hegan
Kentucky
Mr. Rice
David
E. H. Sothern
Cumberland University
Tennessee
Miners Arrive for Coal Strike Convention in Wilkes-Barre
Delegates to the anthracite mineworkers convention gather in Nesbitt Theater Wilkes-Barre Pa for a 10 o clock session to decide whether to accept President Roosevelt's arbitration plan to end the strike. Mitchell is likely to guide the vote with Wilson assisting.
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United States
Tion
Mitchell
Roosevelt
W. B. Wilson
Cedar Rapids Chief Chosen As Miner Strike Arbitrator
E E Clark Grand Chief of the Order of Railway Conductors from Cedar Rapids Iowa said in Scranton he has not yet received official notice of his selection as an arbitrator in the miners strike dispute but expects it on arrival home tomorrow He would accept to avoid delay if a commissioner declines and to prevent further complications.
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Scranton
E. E. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railway Conductors
Desperate Fires Plague Wheeling as Suspect Arrested
In Wheeling West Virginia on October 19 a dozen fires were started in rapid succession. Firefighters battled blazes for three hours, stopping two attempts to burn Morgan’s carriage works. James Ellsworth, 18, was arrested and found grease covered in the Wheeling & Lake Erie yards, linked to the incidents.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
James Ellsworth
Morgan
Young Ellsworth
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Stage held up near North Yamhill three masked robbers
Three masked men halted the Tillamook stage five miles from North Yamhill Ore last night. They forced passengers to leave the coach and surrender cash and valuables, netting about 200 dollars before fleeing.
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North Yamhill
Ore
Tillamook
Castro Retreat Details From La Victoria Unfold in Curacao
A Matos revolutionist in Curacao describes the La Victoria retreat as a calculated withdrawal after Castro refused to attack. He notes rebels and government losses, Castro at 3100 troops, Matos with 9000, and says rebels will move toward Caracas in a few days.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Matos
Venezuela
la Victoria
Castro
poittOn
Ehias
Caracas
Ramos
Mendosa
James Younger Ends Life After Parole and Love Obstacle
James Younger, once of the James gang, killed himself in Saint Paul after facing ill health and a thwarted romance. He left a note and a bundle of letters to a Boise woman he loved, whose family opposed the match and a pardon could not be secured. Younger had been paroled from the state peniten tiary last year and had led a troubled life marked by war service and injuries.
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Younger
State Penitentiary
Jim Younger
Lassie
State Board of Pardons
Boise
Idaho
Jim
Cole Younger
James Younger
Robert
Coleman
Jesse
Frank James
Jesse James
Quantrell
Missouri
Minnesota
Northfield
Rice County
First National Bank
J.L. Heywood
Adho
Ott Peradoes
Cl Zens
British forces in Somaliland halt Mullah advance
A despatch from Colonel Cobbs reports 100 rifles captured after an attack near Mudug. Casualties include Colonel Phillips Captain Angus and about 50 men killed with 100 wounded. Reinforcements requested as levies waver and the Mullah regroups toward the Webbe River.
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Cobbs
Erego
Mudug
Phillips
Angus
Howard
Everett
Rego
Karl
Inger
Webbe River
Swayne
Bohotle
Alger Named to McMillan Seat in Michigan Senate
Detroit Oct 18 Governor Bliss filled the McMillan vacancy by appointing General Russell A Alger to the unexpired term Alger is expected to win the Legislature election for a full term. The Republican State Convention has endorsed him and he is noted for his popular home state standing and charitable Acts.
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Commercial Tribune
Detroit
Mich
United States
James McMillan
Bliss
Russell. A. Alger
McMillan
General Alger
Senate
Eleven Killed in a Race Riot in Alabama Town
In Lit all town Birmingham Alabama a race riot leaves eleven dead three white men and eight negroes. A special train with Sheriff Burgin and ten deputies heads to the scene. Negroes attack a white woman sparking unrest as deputies fire back killing eight attackers. The town is reportedly under Negro control with fortifications and seizure of a coal company powder magazine.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lit
Andrew W. Burgin
Vast Rise in U S Pupil Totals and School Spending
The 1901 annual report of the Commissioner of Education shows 17,299,230 pupils enrolled in public and private schools nationwide for the year ending June 30, 1901, with total enrollment near 17.75 million including special institutions. Public school property value reaches 576.963 million dollars and expenditures total 226.043 million, per capita spending rising to 2.93.
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Washington
Commissioner of Education
United States
Death by Carbolic Acid Poisoning Claimed in Brockmann Case
Coroner Schwab stated Henry H. Brockmann of 525 Slack Street died from carbolic acid poisoning. Neighbors and family reported no bottle in the room. his wife was downtown when his condition worsened. Brockmann, once active in Republican politics, is survived by a widow and daughter with no stated suicide motive.
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Schwab
Henry H. Brockmann
Slack Street
Brockmans
McKee
Brockmarin
Brockmann
United States ‘Revenue Office
Water
Fusion Board
Emil Paetow Dies Sudden In Chicago
Word arrives of the sudden death in Chicago yesterday of Emil Paetow former publisher and editor of the Cincinnati Anzeiger. He led the paper from 1880 to 1891 before selling his stake and traveling to Europe. He had just returned and was stricken at 48 years old and single.
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Chicago
Emil Paetow
Angleger
Canal and
Walnut Streets
Paetow
Anzieger
Europe
Reverend Don Tullis Named Assistant Pastor at North Presbyterian
Yesterday a gala ceremony installed Don D. Tullis as assistant pastor to Rev. Lewis Earl Lee at North Presbyterian Church. Rev. A J Reynolds preached the sermon, with William Waldham of Portland as soloist, and Tullis presided over his first official platform meeting with seminary students aiding.
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North Presbyterian Church
Don. D. Tullis
Lewis Earl Lee
Norwood
All Fen Fans Expelled, Despatch Reports
A Tangier El Liberal dispatch reports that all Fen fans have been expelled, detailing the official action taken and the immediate impact on spectators at the event.
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Madrid
el Liberal
Tangier
Morocco
Fen
Murder on a Flying Train Rocks Ohio Coal Route
Baltimore Engineer P. J. Glancy of Newark was arrested at Bellaire on a coroner's order for murder after fireman John Schulty was found dead, crushed skull and body hanging across a bridge girder. Officials say Schulty was hit with a blunt instrument in the cab during the high speed run east of Zanesville, with evidence suggesting an altercation occurred.
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Gineer P. J. Glancy
Newark
Bellaire
Mathews
John Schulty
Schulty
Glancy
Zanesville
Andrews
Henry Williams
Licking River
Williams
Vatican Hopes for U.S. Diplomatic Ties Through Manila Talks
A Rome despatch to the Daily Telegraph reports the Vatican hopes progress in Manila between Governor Taft and Archbishop Guidi will establish diplomatic relations with the United States. If that fails, the Pope reportedly anticipates an envoy extraordinary to Rome to ratify the arrangements.
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London
Rome
Daily Telegraph
Vatican
Manila
Taft
Guidi
United States
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R. A. ‘Alger
R. AL Alger
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Henry Brockmann
Don Tullis
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