Burley tobacco pool could spark barn burnings warns
A Cincinnati dispatch reports Kentucky farmers fear that a failed Burley Society pool could trigger night-riding violence and burning of barns. Move to curb violence faces internal splits as Pendleton County factions clash over leadership and a reward plan is considered but dropped.
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Commercial Tribune
Winchester
Burley Society
Burley
Kentucky
Burley Tobacco Society
Pendleton County
C. F. Crecelius
Crecelius
Pendleton County Union
Society of Equity
Lexington
Hiram ‘Hedges
Nicholas County
George Graddy
Woodford
Princeton
Hopkinsville
Portrait of Dr Cook role in North Pole photos
Editorial controversy in The Brooklyn Standard Union accuses The New York Herald and Dr Cook of misrepresenting Arctic photographs from 1901 as images from his latest North Pole trip. Dr Cook confirms 1901 photographs were supplied for illustrative use and promised to produce the negatives.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Brooklyn Standard-Union
Dr. Cook
North Pole
New York Herald Company
The
Pole
Herbert
Herbert Berri
L C. Stone
Herald
Arctic
New York Herald
Taft Descends 1200 Feet in Montana Copper Mine
President Taft rode into the Leonard mine shaft at Butte in an iron cage and descended 1200 feet to watch miners at work. Though he sprained a tendon, he completed the visit and later spoke at a parade and an open air event before heading to Spokane.
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TAFT
Associated Press Dispatch
Helena
Mont
Old Leonard
Butte
Montana
Anaconda
Leonard Mine
Mr. Taft
State Fair Grounds
Spokane
Beverly
Amalgamated Copper Company
Chicago
Kidnapping and murder mystery finally solved
The Associated Press reports New York on September 27 that Theodore Rizzo confessed to kidnapping three Italian children and murdering two of them, detailing the attack on the girls and the shooting of a boy after they identified him to their fathers. The case centers on the Eagle street culvert killings.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Eagle Street
Theodore Rizzo
Rizzo
Six Survive Crew of Eighteen Steamer Incident
Six survivors from a crew of eighteen are aboard Winter Quarter lightship after twelve men perished. Captain Delano of the Porto Rico reported the loss. the Porto Rico arrived in Baltimore today from New York with the update.
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Baltimore
Associated Press
Winter Quarter
Delano
Porto Rico
New York
Indictments Handed in By Federal Grand Jury
Sev dictments were handed in at the federal circuit court today as the panel concluded a summer of inquiry into the United Copper company and rebating charges against ocean steamship lines and railroad companies. Bench warrants were issued at the request of Assistant United States Attorney Crim.
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New York
Associated Press
United States
Federal Grand Jury
United Copper Company
Ocean Steamship Lines
United States District Attorney
Crim
Hungarians flee flames from three story tenement
Panic-stricken residents of a three story brick tenement at 755 West Court Street escaped from flames that started in a closet under a hallway at 2 30 a m. Two Hungarian families climbed attic stairs to the roof and crossed to adjacent buildings. Firemen rescued them and returned them home after extinguishing the fire. Damage listed as $100 with no injuries. William Brandt occupies the first floor.
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West Court Street
William Brandt
Peary Reaches Bar Harbor After Portland Arrival
Commander Robert E. Peary arrived in Bar Harbor from Portland and soon met with General Thomas H. Hubbard, president of the Peary Arctic Society, in a conference.
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Bar Harbor
Associated Press
Robert E. Peary
Portland
Thomas* H. Hubbard
Peary
Arctic
Latham Leads Berlin Aeroplane Meet Flight Across City
Hubert Latham, the French aviator, flew from Templehof to Johannisthal as a crowd of about 100000 cheered. He climbed to 109 yards, then covered 11½ miles across Berlin and circled Johannisthal twice before landing. The speed event opened with Leblanc and Farman posting limited results.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Hubert Latham
Johannisthal
Templehof
Cheeng
Leblanc
Farman
Balloons from Paris Race Drift South Land on Mediterranean Shores
Thirty balloons started from Paris in the French Aero club long-distance race. The wind carried them southward and several reached the shores of the Mediterranean.
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Paris
Associated Press
French Aero Club
Mediterranean
Three Lost In Lake Erie Collision Sinks Schooner
In Lake Erie near Dunkirk the Canadian schooner Sir Voule Strandensteiner collided with the steamer City of Erie and sank. Captain De corson of Hamilton Ontario, Mate James McCallum of Toronto and an unidentified woman cook perished. Two sailors, Thomas Hollis and Thomas Garner, were rescued. No damage to the City of Erie was reported.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Associated Press
Lake Erie
Dunkirk
Sir Voule
Strandensteiner
City of Erie
de Corson
Hamilton
Ont
James McCallum
Toronto
Thomas Hollis
Thomas Garner
Evangelist Gypsy Smith to Visit Cincinnati at Music Hall
Cincinnati leaders from industry and clergy plan for Gypsy Smith arrival on November 6. He will speak at Music Hall for three weeks, drawing crowds from the city and surrounding areas as subcommittees finalize preparations and churches organize prayer efforts.
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Cincinnati
Gypsy Smith
Music Hall
Smith
Flags Sell Rapidly at New Union Trust Flag Day HQ
Officials of the Antituberculosis league report strong sales of flags starting Monday at 411 Walnut Street Union Trust building. Large orders of 100 or more were booked. Volunteers for flag day on October 16 are being enrolled at that address, with a goal of 2,000 assistants within two weeks.
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Walnut Street
Union Trust
League
Explosive blast injures dozens at Pittsburgh film exchange
An explosion at the Columbian Film Exchange in the Ferguson Building injures between fifty and seventy five people and causes extensive damage estimated over $200000. The south wall is blown out and many workers flee in panic while hospital crews tend the wounded.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Pittsburg
Columbian Film Exchange
Ferguson
Third Avenue
Envoys of Seven Nations Toast Hudson Fulton Guests
At the Metropolitan Opera house a reception hosted by the Hudson Fulton commission welcomed envoys of seven nations and other delegates. The stage included European, Asian, and South American dignitaries along with city and state officials and leading business figures. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic, was highlighted as a prominent woman attendee.
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Associated Press
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Julia Ward
Howe
Fourteen Pupils Crushed in Jersey City Parochial School
Panic at St. Anthony's after fireworks in the street trigger a deadly stampede. Fourteen children aged 7 to 10 were injured, one fatally Marianna Zelackshky as rumors of bombs fueled chaos near the three story brick school close to an Italian church. Police and bystanders worked to restore order amid the crowd and mistaken reports of eight deaths.
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Associated. Press’ Dispatch
New York
Jersey
Marianna Zelackshky
Alftare
Jersey City
A&a
St. Anthony’s School
Prober Reports Irregularities in Ohio State Fair Management
Columbus Sept 27 Expert Mc Kean of the state treasurer's office completed an examination of the accounts of the state board of agriculture submitted to Governor Harmon. The report cites discrepancies in payroll and receipts and exposes questioned handling of state property and funds. It notes losses from funds moved to noninterest banks and mentions specific individuals implicated in improper practices.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, O
McKean
State Treasurer’s Office
Harmon
James Ramesey
Ten Die As Chicago Train Crashes Caboose
Ten men died and six were seriously injured when the Cincinnati Special on the Pennsylvania railroad crashed into the caboose of a Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul stock train in the Chicago yards. Six bodies were recovered as a fire consumed the wreck. dozens more cattle perished. Conductor Charles Bond led the stockmen list found in his pocket. Peter Johnson of Minnesota died after removal. The engineer and fireman survived with minor injuries.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
State Examiners Cite Greene County School Funds Irregularities
State examiners report illegal payments totaling 1053.16 dollars in Greene county school funds and seek return of 130.62 dollars unlawfully drawn. They cite irregularities in other counties where officials bought supplies from firms they had interests in.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
State Bureau of Accounting
Greene County
Sullivan Secures Shelby County Endorsement for Secretary Run
John L Sullivan supervisor of public printing and Republican candidate for secretary of state received word that Shelby County central committee endorsed his candidacy today in Columbus Ohio on September 27.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
John L. Sullivan
Shelby County Central Committee
Armory Board Member Delays Expenses Payment
Auditor Fullington refuses to pay Colonel Byron L. Bargar of Columbus for armory board service citing statutory limits. Governor ex officio member is also named. report continues on page 4.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Fullington
Byron L. Bargar
State Armory
Lawaspelite
Colo
Earth tremors felt across several states
A slight earthquake was felt early today in Southeastern Missouri and parts of Illinois Indiana and Ohio with the tremor peaking around 3 47 am in St Louis. Reports came from Mobile & Ohio lines to Cairo and cities like Decatur Mattoon and Cincinnati where civil engineer B W Fenton reported a distinct shock on the second floor of his Hyde Park home.
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Golly
Leonafad
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
St Louis
Mobile & Ohio Railway
Cairo
Decatur
Mattoon
Cincinnati
B. W. Fenton
Shaw Avenue
Hyde Park
Fénston
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Latham
Latham, Lefebvre
E. Bunauvarilla
Lake
Antituberculosis League
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Wall Street
Firlm Company
John Jilletts
Jilletts
State Agricultural Department
State Board of Agriculture
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H. H. Potter
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