Yale College Bicentennial Celebrated With Religious Ceremonies
Yale University marked the 200th anniversary with Bicentennial services at Battell Chapel and in city churches. President Hadley and Rev Twichell led a solemn program featuring hymns, sermons, and a sermon by Rev Joseph Twichell. Yale colors and crowds filled streets as dignitaries and graduates attended ceremonies and related lectures on church and theology.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Yale College
Institution of Learning
Yale
Roosevelt
Gay
Battell Chapel
Arthur Twining Hadley
Joseph Twichell
D.D
Hartford
Thomas G. Bennett
Yale Corporation
Twichell
Timothy Dwight
Henry Howland
New York
Charles Ray Palmer
University Corporation
Academy
Hadley
Joseph Hopkins Twichell
Corporation
University
Newman Smyth
Center Church
Joseph Anderson
Waterbury
United Church
Walton Wesley Battershall
Albany
Trinity Church
Walton W. Battershall
Leaders Confer Eve of the Political Fray in Ohio
At Republican State headquarters in Columbus a flurry of planning unfolds as Dick and General Grosvenor finalize tactics for a two week onslaught of stump speeches. Senator Hanna, Governor Nash, and Foraker set touring routes through Kenton Youngstown Alliance Dayton Toledo and other towns with a large speaker contingent.
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Columbus
Commercial Tribune
Charles H. Grosvenor
Walter D. Guilbert
C. D. Firestone
Findlay
Nash
Bas
Foraker
Kenton
Youngstown
Alliance
Dayton
Toledo
Hanna
Lancaster
Waverly
New Lexington
Newark
Cincinnati
Wilmington
Cleveland
Clyde
Norwalk
Oberlin
Medina
Conneaut
Grosvenor
Burrows
Michigan
Mason
Illinois
Gear
Oregon
Shaw
Iowa
Patterson
M. D. Ratchford
Murray City
David Kemper Watson
Yellow Springs
J. K. Richards
Zimmerman in England as Duke of Manchester heirs loom
Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati arrives at Bray near Windsor to await a potential heir to the Manchester dukedom. If a boy is born, the child would receive the courtesy title Viscount Manderville and a large settlement could restore the dukedom's solvency, with lawyers and nurses in attendance and the King’s physician to consult.
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Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati
England
Kown Place
Bray
Windsor
Viscount Mandeville
The
Manchester
Britain Annexes Ocean Island in Pacific
A Sydney despatch reports the British cruiser Pylades has annexed Ocean Island west of the Gilbert Islands. The island, formerly a British protectorate, is noted for its phosphate riches.
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London
Pylades
Daily Mail
Sydney
Ocean Island
Gilbert Islands
Autopsy Finds George Wing Had Giant Heart
An autopsy in Zanesville shows George Wing who died from injuries in Wheeling had a heart five times normal size, the largest on medical record, with the enlarged heart crowding the left lung and extending across the breastbone. Wing was a famed steeple climber active across major eastern cities.
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Commercial Tribune
Zanesville
George Wing
Wheeling
Wing
Boy Tries to Save Sister as House Fire Kills 6-Year-Old
Fire at a home near Wawasee Lake Goshen Indiana last night destroys the Gordy residence. A nine year old boy awakens to a blazing house and makes a valiant but doomed effort to save his six year old sister. He sustains serious burns but escapes. The cause of the blaze is unknown.
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Commercial Tribune
Goshen
Ind
Joseph Gordy
Wawasee Lake
Simpliciasimus Cartoon Offensively Targeted Emperor
Berlin reports the Breslau police confiscated the current Simpliciasimus issue yesterday for an offensive cartoon attacking Emperor William. The confiscation highlights censorship actions taken against provocative satire in a wartime climate.
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Berlin
Simpliciasimus
Breslau
Wiliam
Venezuela defaults on 8000 payment to U S claims
From Willemstad Curacao Oct 20 via Haytien Cable. The United States says 8000 is due this month from Venezuela on mixed American claims arising from the 1892 damages. Venezuela has not paid, despite agreed annual 32000 payments with interest. Military activity continues on Tachira frontier and Guajira, with Nationalist uprisings and repression intensifying.
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Wilemstad
Curacao
United States
Venezuela
Tachira
Uribe-Uribe
Guajira
Castro
Explosion and Fire at Pattin Brothers Plant Kills Owner
In Marietta Ohio on October 20 a massive explosion followed by fire tore through the Pattin Brothers & Co. plant and the Marietta Transfer and Storage Company building. D. P. Pattin died in the blast while Chief A D Alderman recovered his burned body. Loss estimated at 20000 dollars with 12000 dollars insured.
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Marietta, O
Pattin Brothers & Co
Second Street
Marietta Transfer and Storage Company
Pattin
D. P. Pattin
A. D. Alderman
Chicago labor rally vows to fight judge's injunction
The Chicago Federation of Labor backed Allis-Chalmers strikers and pledged to fight Kohlsaat's injunction in court. It aimed to hire able lawyers, crusade against federal judges, and seek petitions to Congress to curb judicial power, with Roosevelt asked to include the move in his message.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Allis-Chalmers
Kohisaat
Federation
Illinois
Congress
Roosevelt
Railway Ends Two Week Strike In Indianapolis Region
Chicago & Southern Railway resumes full operations after a two week tie up. October 20 report states trains run on regular schedule at Muncie end, offices and trackmen back to work, line back in complete operation in every department.
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Muncie
Ind
Chicago & Southern Railway
Eleven Danes Expelled for Pro-Denmark Propaganda
Kiel reports eleven residents from Kiebenhand near the Danish frontier have been expelled for publicly advocating Schleswig reunification with Denmark. The action underscores rising tensions over border loyalties.
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Kiel
Kieler Zeitung
Kiebenhand
Schleswig
Denmark
Dual tragedy in Chicago nurse and dentist lovers die
Charlotte Nichol and Dr. Orville Burnette attempted suicide at the Marlborough Hotel after a secret affair. Nichol died, Burnette survived with injuries. Burnette claims she took morphine first. note from Nichol cites love and inability to be separated. Police report Nichol’s husband away. children aged 8 and 4 alone at Minerva avenue home.
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Chicago
Orville Burnette
Charlotte Nichol
W. L. Nichol
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad
Marlborough
Burnette
Charlotte
Nichol
Nashville
Tenn
Tired of Husband She Flees with Another in Greensburg
In Greensburg Indiana a couple identified as Mr and Mrs MacFarland stayed in town for about a week before William Parker of Indianapolis rushed them to arrest claiming the woman is his wife and she fled with the man McCain The woman admitted marriage to Parker but said she was tired of living with him and did not want to return to Indianapolis An attorney was called as authorities tried to settle the matter with the jailhouse interview revealing her uneasy stance and remark about missing a dance last night.
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Commercial Tribune
Greensburg
Ind
McCain
Parker
Indianapolis
G A R Commander Names Appointments for National Encampment
The G A R commander in chief announces officers and executive committee picks. Henry M. Duffield is Judge Advocate General, A Noel Blakeman Chief of Staff. Executive members include Armstrong Richmond Allen Sample Jones Collins Scott and Skerret, who will set time and place for the next National Encampment.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Torrance
Henry M. Duffield
Detroit
A. Noel Blakeman
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
National Council of Administration
William H. Armstrong
Indianapolis
Edgar Allen
Richmond
Thomas G. Sample
Allegheny
8. C. Jones
Centerville
Loren W. Collins
St. Cloud
Minne
Thos. W. Scott
Fairfield
Ill
Frank M. Skerret
St. Louis
Confederate Congressman Dies in Raleigh North Carolina
Judge Thomas C. Fuller aged 70 native of North Carolina died in Raleigh. He served as Associate Justice of the United States Court of Private Land Claims appointed by President Harrison in 1890 and was a former member of the Confederate Congress. He was elected to the U.S. House after the Civil War but was not seated. He fell ill over a year ago.
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Raleigh
WN. C
Thomas C. Fuller
North Carolina
United States Court of Private Land Claims
Harrison
Confederate Congress
United States
House of Representatives
Woman Stabs Brother-In-Law To Death In Quarrel
In Cleveland Ohio on October 20 Mrs. Mary Lowe fatally stabbed her brother in law Thomas B Lowe with a butcher knife following a quarrel.
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Cleveland, CO
Mary Lowe
Thomas B. Lowe
Lowe
Social Secretary’s Early Life and Family Fortune
The passage describes a woman with Ties to the president’s wife as a social secretary in Washington. She inherited about $100,000 from her mother who died in infancy, but speculative losses depleted her fortune. Her father became an invalid, leaving her to support herself and her two brothers.
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Ing
Washington
Marquis Ito Arrives in Washington for U S Visit
Marquis Ito the Japanese statesman arrives in Washington escorted by the Japanese Legation staff. He is to visit the State Department and President Roosevelt, then proceed to New Haven to receive Yale Universitys LL D degree before departing for England.
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Washington
Marquis Ito
United States
Takihra
Legation
Arlington Hotel
Mages Nearen
Légation
K. Tsudzuki
Tokioka
Margulis Ito
Tsudzuki
Japan
China
Marquis
State Department
Roosevelt
New York
New Haven
Yale University
England
Missionaries Fail to Locate Ellen Stone Abductors
The United States Legation in Constantinople reports no definite news from Rev. H C Haskell or Rev. J W Baird of the Samakov Congregational mission. They have been seeking contact with the brigands holding missionary Ellen M Stone and Mme Tsilka to arrange ransom terms. Baird, at Djumabalo, returned to Samakov after failing to reach the Turkish side. All efforts shift to Bulgaria.
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Constantinople
H. C. Haskell
J. W. Baird
Samakov
Bulgaria
Ellen M. Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Mr. Baird
Djumabalo
Sternberg guest at McKinley home in Canton visit
Surgeon General Sternberg of Washington left tonight for Columbus on official business and was a guest at the McKinley home. He reportedly called on Mrs. McKinley as an old friend, with no new medical indication requiring his consultation.
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Canton
Sternberg
Washington, D. C
Columbus
McKinley
McKinleys
King Alexander Opens Servian Skupshtina With Pledge
Belgrade, Oct 0 King Alexander opened the new Servian Skupshtina. The throne speech pledged to uphold the constitution and praised relations with foreign states while reaffirming Ser via's policy of friendship and confidence with Russia.
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Belgrade
Alexander
Servia
Russia
Double murder at a country dance in Marion
In Upland Indiana a quarrel at a country dance ended in a double shooting. Arzie Deeren, age 22, shot Harley Marshall and Lee Larkins after objecting to a young woman’s attention. Larkins was mortally wounded, Marshall wounded, Deeren later confessed and was jailed.
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Commercial Tribune
Marion
Ind
Upland
Arzie Dereen
Harley Marshall
Lee Larkins
Marshall
Deeren
Larkins
Two Men Arrested in Middlesboro Coal Company Hold-Up
George Gray and George Eaton were arrested in Middlesboro as principal and accomplice in the robbery of P. T. Colgan, paymaster of the Virginia Coal and Coke Company, who was robbed of 2100 dollars on his way from the Manufacturers Bank. Eaton confessed partially, implicating three more men and a woman who reportedly fled with the money to Harlan County.
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Cumberland Gap
Tenn
George Gray
George Eaton
P. T. Colgan
Virginia Coal and Coke Company
Middlesboro
Colgan
Manufacturers’ Bank
Haton
Harlan County
Woman to Receive $2000 Legacy Found in Chicago
Springfield police report locating Miss Clara Darst, formerly of this city, who had been left a $2000 legacy. She now resides in Chicago after marriage. authorities say the money awaits her and she has been notified.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
R. E H. O’brien
Toledo
Clara Darst
Cook County Democrats Plan Regional Expositions Tour
The Cook County Democratic Marching Club abandoned a Louisville campaign trip and will visit Charleston South Carolina and West Indian Exposition venues starting December 1 with stops in Cincinnati Richmond New Orleans and Louisville as part of a regional itinerary.
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Chicago
Louisville
Cook County
Death of General James A. Walker in Wytheville Va
Richmond dispatch reports General James A. Walker former congressman for the Ninth Virginia District and brigadier general in the Confederate army died at his Wytheville home this morning. He once led Stonewall Jacksons old brigade.
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Richmond
James A. Walker
Congress
Virginia
Stonewall Jackson
Wytheville
Massacre Plot Foiled on Samar Island By Insurgents
Manila dispatch reports Lieutenant Baines of the Ninth Infantry uncovered a plan to slaughter American troops at Carbiga jail in Samar. A priest and presidente among the instigators were arrested, with further plots foiled at Pambujan. Re-enforcements to Samar are ordered as U.S. forces tighten the crackdown.
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Manila
Thomas M. Baines, Jr
Ninth United States Infantry
Baines
Carbiga
Samar
Pambujan
Mancil C. Goodrell
United States
New York
Twelfth Infantry
Negroes Attend White Church Service in Louisville
At Broadway Baptist in Louisville two Negro women attended morning services with the white congregation. The event, described as the first such attendance, drew mixed reactions from ushers and parishioners while Rev. Carter Helm Jones leads the church. Some oppose the move. others see no objection if the attendees behave properly.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Broadway Baptist
Broadway
Carter Helm Jones
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Baptist Church
Big Passenger Boat Sinks No Lives Lost
The passenger steamer City of Cleveland of the D. and C. Line struck a rock in heavy fog near Ballard's Reef at dawn, taking on water and settling on her side with the main deck above water. All forty passengers slept through the incident and were landed in Detroit by 10 am. damage estimate unavailable.
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Detroit
City of Cleveland
Ballard’s Reef
Herottom
Newsboy
Anti-Duel Congress Sets Up Committee in Leipzig
The Anti-Duel Congress in Leipzig formed a committee including Prince Carl Lowenstein Count Stolberg Erbach and Baron Oelsnitz to advance anti dueling efforts. A hope was voiced that Emperor William would support the movement.
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Leipzig
Carl Lowenstein
Count Stolberg-Erbach
Baron Oelsnitz
William
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