Taft Arrives at Vicksburg Aboard Oleander in 1909 Tour
President Taft reaches Vicksburg Mississippi aboard the lighthouse tender Oleander after a river voyage with the fleet from St Louis. A joyous welcome fronts officials governors and a large crowd while river speed plans falter and escort torpedo boats lag behind due to rising water.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Vicksburg
Miss
Taft
St. Louis
Erastus Wells
Illinois
St. Paul
United States
Quincy
Speaker Cannon
Greenville
Natchez
Noel
Mississippi
Sanders
Louisiana
Confederacy
Elks’ Club
Missouri
Hickman
Memphis
Peck Refuses To Talk About The Taxation Speech
The dispatch describes a Mason county incident where a slender girl fired a shotgun at night riders who broke into her father’s home. It also notes a political meeting at Walnut Hills auditorium about Independent votes of hilltop residents, reporting a large but not full crowd and continued coverage on later pages.
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Peck
Associated’ Press Dispatch
Lexington
Mason County
George Kreitz
Walnut Hills
Auditorium
Gilbert
Yale Avenues
Taft Flotilla Splits Up Toreach New Orleans
The St Louis waterways fleet slows to individual speeds with Oleander leading. Taft sails with Mississippi Governor Noel and Louisiana Governor Sanders aboard. The president dines aboard the Quincy with senators and representatives as talks on waterways progress.
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St. Paul
New Orleans
sJower
Sherman
Shafroth
Colorado
Fernald
Maine
Hadley
Missouri
Warner
Michigan
Gilchrist
Florida
Ansel
South Carolina
Stubbs
Kansas
Vesey
South Dakota
Carrol
Louisiana
Brooks
Wyoming
Davidson
Wisconsin
Donaghey
Arkansas
Quinby
New Hampshire
Prouty
Vermont
Weeks
Connecticut
Shallenberger
Nebraska
Hay
Washington
Noel
Mississippi
Blanchard
Dineen
Illinois
Taft
St. Louis
Sanders
Quincy
Cannon Ag
California Quake Shakes Redding and Humboldt County
A violent quake struck Redding at 10 46 p m lasting about ten seconds longer than 1906 event. It was felt as far north as Grant's Pass Oregon and caused no reported damage by midnight. Eureka and Humboldt County then reported windows chimneys shattering with total damage not exceeding 3000 dollars.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Redding
Cal
San Francisco
Chico
Grant's Pass
Ore
Eureka
Associated Press
Humboldt County
Ohio Leads Pension List with Pennsylvania Next
Ohio heads the nation with 92 507 pensioners on war and naval pensions followed by Pennsylvania with 92 066. Together the two states account for about 20 percent of all American pensioners.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Washington
Associated Press
Man Named by Child in Assault Case Held on Bond
John Eagle faced a preliminary hearing at the county jail after Blanche Wise 11 testified that he was the assailant. The girl and her companions identified him and Eagle was held on a 5000 dollar bond which he could not post.
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Washington
Ind
Associated Press
John Eagle
Blanche Wise
Wise
Eagle
Diaz Sends Reyes Abroad Until After the Election
Mexico City Oct 28 General Reyes will go to Europe on a military mission after talks with President Diaz at Chapultepec. He leaves Monterey within eight days with Mrs Reyes and their two children Miss Otiia and Alejandro and will spend five or six days in New York City. He plans to return shortly after next year’s presidential election.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
Reyes
Diaz
Chapultepec
Europe
Monterey
Otiia
Alejandro
New York City
Mexico
Accused Banker Blames Clerks On Bank Scandal
David J. Richardson former cashier of the Cosmopolitan National Bank testifies at his trial in Pittsburgh charged with false reports and entries. He declares his innocence and shifts blame to clerks who testified against him regarding altered comptroller of the currency reports.
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Pittsburg
Associated Press
David J. Richardson
Cosmopolitan National Bank
United States District Court
Cho Yo divorce bid cites jiu jitsu cruelty
Mrs. Creta A. Cho Yo seeks divorce from Kazan Cho Yo alleging cruelty by jiu jitsu methods. She testified she suffered injuries during two years of marriage begun in 19 percent year, forcing her to leave and abandon musical studies.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Kazan Cho-Yo
University of Tokyo
Creta A. Cho-Yo
Cho-Yo
Fisherman Hooks Skull While Fishing Near Parkersburg
Parkersburg West Virginia October 28 Associated Press. While fishing in the Ohio River near here today William Johnson a Black man hooked a woman's skull on his line Johnson turned the skull over to the police who are investigating the incident.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Associated. Press
Ohio’ River
William Johnson
Iowa suffragists push militant tactics at Des Moines meet
The Iowa Equal Suffrage Association approves militant methods inspired by English suffragettes replacing the word militant with obstructive. Leaders Rev Eleanor Gordon and Mrs Julia Hallam advocate jail for the cause with a plan to mobilize 500 women to storm the Iowa legislature if needed, arguing patience has worn thin.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
England
Eleanor Gordon
Julia Clark Haslam
Sioux City
Gordon
Hallam
Mrs Pankhurst Not Displeased At News Of Bermondsey Event
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst said she would watch the Bermondsey by election developments with pleasure after suffragette Mrs Chapin threw acid at ballots. She declined to say the means justified the end but implied women might act as men in protest.
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New Haven
Conn
Associated , Press
Bermondsey
England
Pair Arrested on Fraud Charge Claim Royalty
Paris police arrested a man and woman who claimed to be the Count and Countess Gubata on charges of defrauding for jewels worth 4300 dollars. The woman is American, previously linked to an American husband Beck who died and left her with a wealthy uncle in New York. The pair claimed Austrian royal lineage, which the Austrian embassy denies.
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Paris
Associated Press
Gubata
Beck
Fifth Avenue
New York
Archduke Othon of
Austria
Unionists win Bermondsey bye election amid suffrage unrest
London dispatch reports John Dumphreys winning the Bermondsey by election in a three cornered race. Dumphreys led Liberal S L Hughes and Socialist D A Salter as militants harassed poll workers. A suffragette slashed at a ballot box with acid but ballots remained undamaged.
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London
Bermondsey
Southwark
John Dumphreys
Dumphreys
S. L. Hughes
D. A. Salter
Royalty Up in Balloon Prussian Prince Ascends
Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia ascended this morning in an ordinary balloon piloted by Prof Hergesell. They landed at 3 p m this afternoon between Heidelberg and Wuerzburg.
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Strassburg
Germany
Associated Press
Prince
Princess Henry of
Prussia
Hergesell
Heidelberg
Wuerzburg
Croker to Arrive in New York Before Election
Richard Croker former Tammany leader will land in New York aboard the Mauritania. He is not believed to influence the campaign and will stay through the election before wintering in Palm Beach.
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New York
Associated Press
Richard Croker
Tammany
Maurétania
Palm Beach
Crooks Executed for Brutal Dayton Wife Murder
Special Dispatch reports Harry E Crooks was electrocuted at Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus for the murder of his wife Amelia Crooks. The convicted man, who protested his memory of the crime, died at 12 15 p m after the switch was pulled by Deputy Warden Charles Resch. He left a farewell message to his enemies and expressed no ill will toward Governor Harmon.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Harry HB. Crooks
Dayton
Ohio Penitentiary
Crooks
Harmon
Tom Sessions
Warden Jones
Charles Resch
Harry E. Crooks
Amelia Crooks
Shaw Avenue
Ben-Hur Society
Richards
Fry
R. E. Jones
John Crooks
Mé&N
Sessions
Lewis
Lancaster
John O'Brien
Jones
Resch
Veracity of Mount McKinley Guides Backed in Hamilton Meeting
In Hamilton Montana a stormy town meeting endorsed the veracity of guides Edward Barrill and Frederick Printz who vouched for Dr. Frederick A. Cook’s Mount McKinley ascent. Cook attacked opponents’ motives, challenged affidavits, and an onstage affidavit confirmed his climb amid heated exchanges and calls for fair play.
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Guides
Cook
Crutchfield
Montana
Cisco
Joseph M. Dixon
Dr. Cook
Edward N. Barrill
Mount McKinley
Barrill
Wagner
Hamilton
Ravello County
Edward Barrill
Frederick Printz
North Pole
Commonwealth
Cook Charges Corruption In Mount McKinley Claim Fight
Dr. Frederick A. Cook spoke in Hamilton Montana alleging opponents used corrupt tactics to undermine his Mount McKinley ascent claim. He argued affidavits against him were procured illegally and vowed to prove his achievement again while appealing to Montanans for justice.
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