Roosevelt Arrives in St Louis Amid Rain Welcome
President Theodore Roosevelt lands in St Louis at 9 47 am on the Mississippi river voyage to Memphis for the Lakes to Gulf Deep Waterways convention. Rain drenches the procession but he proceeds with remarks on canal building naval strength and national corporate control.
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St. Louis
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Iowa
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Eads Bridge
Illinois
Missouri
Olive Street
Jai Alai
United States Cavalry
Mayor Wells
Secret Service
Jefferson Barracks
Wells
Folk
President Roosevelt
Mississippi Valley
Pacific
Gulf
Atlantic
de Ter
National control of interstate railroads urged by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt urges national authority over interstate railroads and industrial corporations to curb abuses and ensure full supervision. He argues the Constitution grants power to regulate interstate commerce and that centralization is already a reality in modern commerce. Roosevelt cites Madison Pinkney Hamilton and Jay while noting local matters remain for local authorities. He concludes with Roosevelt leaving the Capitol and attending a luncheon at the Jefferson Hotel amid cheers.
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American Bar Association
Charles F. Amidon
North Dakota
Miller
Supreme Court
Marshall
Wiigon
Gachengene
Congress
Srey
Madison
Virginia
Pinkney
South Carolina
Andamilton
Jay
New York
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Jefferson Hotel
Message From Busse Delivered to President by Relay
A leather covered package containing Mayor Busse's message was sent from Chicago to Alton by relay motor boats in 33 hours 42 minutes and handed to the president's steamer Mississippi by the Kitty Sparks II just above Alton at 6 30 am.
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President
Relay
Chicago
St. Louis
Alton
Mississippi
Kitty Sparks, II
Mayor Busse
Mrs. Joseph Park of Murray Dies in Wells County
Mrs. Joseph Park, of Murray, Wells County, died at her home at 2 a.m. from tuberculosis. She leaves her husband and children Nellie Park a teacher in New Haven schools Della McChandles Allegheny Pa John Park New Concord Ohio Joseph Park Bluffton two brothers and sisters and several relatives. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. from United Presbyterian Church Murray with burial in Murray Cemetery.
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Bluffton
Ind
Joseph Park
Murray
Fort Wayne
Nellie Park
New’ Haven
Della McChandles
Allegheny
John Park
New Concord
Ohio
Amos
Lawrence
Clara Ayers
J. C
Fulton
Mattie B
Shenandoah
Town
Milton Ffion
Washburn
Ill
United Presbyterian Church
Murray Cemetery
Ohio teachers strike for higher pay in Syracuse
Columbus Ohio Oct 2 The Syracuse Meigs county board reports to State School Commissioner Jones that teachers are on strike after a failed pay raise. State law requires at least forty dollars monthly while the board can only fund twenty five dollars, yet teachers refuse to work for the reduced salary.
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Columbus
Ohio
Board of Education of
Syracuse
Meigs County
Jones
New York Board Forms Committee on Corporal Punishment
The president of the New York board of education announced a new committee to study corporal punishment in public schools. The committee will investigate the issue and report back to the board.
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New York
Board of Education
Nine Democratic nominees reject ticket in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Oct 2 nine of twenty one candidates named at the Democratic municipal convention refused to accept places on the ticket. Vice Mayor Pfaff Auditor Culkins and Treasurer Weller led the declinations citing autocratic delegate selection and boss rule at the convention.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Pfaff
Culkins
Weller
Council At
Board of Public Service
Mrs Lew Wallace Dies After Long Illness in Crawfordsville
Susan Elston Wallace, widow of General Lew Wallace, died after months of illness in Crawfordsville Indiana. She assisted her husband with his writings and would have turned 77 next Christmas. Funeral services will be held at the Wallace home on Friday and she will be buried at Oakhill Cemetery beside her husband.
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Panama Canal
Pacific
California
Oregon
Washington
New York
Maine
Louisiana
Texas
Atlantic
Army
Navy
United States
Crawfordsville
Ind
Susan BE. Wallace
Lew Wallace
Wallace
Oakhill
Warsaw lecture interrupted by rope cutting during anti saloon talk
In Warsaw Indiana Rev E B Shoemaker of Indianapolis state anti saloon league aill used a stereopticon lecture before about 1000 people when the canvas ropes securing the display were cut. Rev Shumaker repaired the rigging and Rev Hicks of South Bend predicted most Indiana townships will be dry within a year and condemned local saloonkeepers.
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Warsaw
Ind
Shoemaker
Indianapolis
Anti-Saloon League
Shumaker
Hicks
South Bend
Anti-Saloon
Fort Wayne Firm Wins Suit Against Cincinnati Rival
Horton Manufacturing of Fort Wayne wins infringement suit against Conrad Dietz doing business as Boss Washing Machine of Cincinnati. U S court at Cincinnati orders judgment. damages may reach twenty thousand dollars. Chapin and Denny represented Horton. Denny argued twice in Washington and once in Cincinnati and prepared a lengthy brief. He will seek accounting for damages after decree entry.
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Horton Manufacturing Company
Conrad Dietz
Boss Washing Machine Company
Cincinnati
Fort Wayne Company
United States
Chapin & Denny
Horton Company
W. P. Denny
Patent Attorneys
Washington
Fort Wayne
Denny
Huntington Man Wins Outer Guard in Knights of Pythias
William P. Hart, Huntington city schools superintendent, elected grand outer guard by Indiana grand lodge after four ballots. Opponent was John W. Gaither of New Albany. Hart 240 votes to 207 on the final ballot. Other officers elected or advanced included Frank L. Gass to grand chancellor and various grand officers for the Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William P. Hart
Huntington City
Grand Outer Guard
Indiana Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Indiana Grand Loge
Hart
John W Gaither
New Albany
Gaither
Outer Guard
E. H. Brubaker
New Castle
John W. Harris
Bedford
David C. Atkinson
Hammond
Louis H. Johnson
Crawfordsville
John W. Crook
Vincennes
Grand Lodge
Supreme Representative
George W. Powell
Frank J. Dunton
Lagrange
Charles A. Tindall
Shelbyville
Frank L. Gass
Muncie
Janee Monahan
Orleans
A. J. Lowe
Greensburg
Arla M. Brown
Lynn
Harry Wade
W. A. Morris
Frankfort
W. C. Converse
John F. Petri
Terre Haute
John F. Frank
Alexandria
Castle Hall
Elizabeth Kutch
Lena King
Redkey
Kutch
Cora. Hood
Ossian
Laura Morris
Laura Sinclair
Waterloo
Brown
Monahan
Crate Bowen
Grand Tribunal
United States
James A. Hemenway
Pythian Sisters
Harriett Fuller
Knox
Florence Burrell
Brownstown
Eva Rohbuck
Wabash
Brown Wins His Point In Indiana Knights of Pythias
Indianapolis October 2 Robert A Brown former clerk of the supreme court won a clash over a resolution to make the grand vice chancellor the grand instructor of the order The grand chancellor currently appoints the instructor whose duties include lodges and compensation in the grand body
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Indianapolis
Grand Lodge
Indiana
Knights of Pythias
Robert A. Brown
Supreme Court
Seven More Indicted in Pennsylvania Capitol Prosecution
Seven additional indictments were returned by the Dauphin county grand jury in Harrisburg as part of the capitol prosecutions. All named defendants are now indicted, with twelve cases still pending and Judge Kunkle to set trial dates after grand jury action.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
Dauphin County
Kunkle
Senator Mattingly previews temperance bill to curb saloons
Indianapolis October 2 Senator Ezra Mattingly representing Daviess and Pike counties outlined provisions of a forthcoming temperance bill. It would set a $1000 license, allot $800 to local coffers with remainder to the state school fund, limit one saloon per 1000 inhabitants, allow local option with four year bans, and bar two saloons within 500 feet of schools libraries or parks. He expects major drops in saloon numbers statewide and credits business leaders for anti saloon momentum.
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Indianapolis
Ezra Mattingly
Daviess
Pike
General Assembly
Mattingly
Mary Stubbs
Indiana
Fire destroys Evansville glass plant with heavy losses
A daytime blaze at the American Lamp Chimney Glass Company plant in Evansville Indiana caused about 100000 dollars in damage. The fire destroyed the factory buildings and equipment with extensive smoke and water damage reported. Fire crews battled the flames overnight and no injuries are listed.
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American Lamp
Evansville
Ind
Chimney Glass Company
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Wells County
Rowdy
Huntington
W. P. Hart New Grand Outer Guard
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E. J. Morley
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W. E. Peck
Remington
D. E. Craig
Young America
W. J. Dillingham
Charles Reed
Hartford City
W. H. Adams
Frank A. Files
Fowler
S. M. Best
Jamestown
Blaine H. Ball
S. B. Templin
Winchester
George A. Carr
Greenfield
Nichols
Lima
John Lewis
Seymour
Robert Miller
Bloomington
W. J. Buskirk
Paoli
Harry Strohm
Kentland
J. W. Cockrum
Oakland City
Henry D. Grahas
Logansport
Charles Geener
Peru
John Gaither
Harvey Thompson
Charles Smith
Anderson
A. L. Neal
Lebanon
Mike Kelly
Richmond
Robert Gates
John Snowbarger
Goshen
E. M. Wilhite
Dakville
O. P. Anderson
Joe Talor
Delphi
Charles Lancaster
Columbia City
W. B. Murray
Middlebury
John W. Warner
Lafayette
Charles T. Redding
Fred Swaim
E. S. Denbo
Bert Goshorn
Connersville
Enn Ston
Pennsylvania
Springfield
Su ‘Preme Court
Senator Mattingly
Temperance
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