President Roosevelts Bid For Taft Backing In Hearst Fray
President Roosevelt defends Taft in a public statement reacting to Hearst and Senator Foraker amid the 1908 Republican split. He says defeat of Taft pleases only anti Taft forces and cites Foraker and Brownsville issues as examples of party interference by moneyed interests. Foraker outlines his approach to selecting a successor and campaigning for reelection.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Loeb
William R. Hearst
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Hearst
Standard Oil Company
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio State Central
Foraker
Senate
Brownsville
Beator Foraker
Hearst Charges At Columbus Meeting Opposes Trusts
Thomas L Hisgen and William R Hearst spoke at Memorial Hall under the local party banner. Hearst read letters said to be from John D Archbold to Senator Foraker about pending congress legislation and two enclosures of 15000 and 14500 dollars while denouncing Republicans as trust allies and Democrats as sharing their infamy.
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Columbus
Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence
William R
Memoral Hall
Mr. Hearst
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
J. B. Foraker
Ohio
Congress
Republican Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Rockefeller
Foraker Withdraws From Campaign Schedule
United States Senator Joseph B. Foraker has canceled all campaign speaking engagements. He asked National Chairman Hitchcock to relieve him from bureau arranged appearances and notified State Chairman Wil of the change.
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Cincinnati
United States
Joseph B.foraker
Hitchcock
National Speakers’ Bureau
Wil
Cassidy Gray Commission Assigns In Quincey
The Cassidy Gray Commission Company, based in Quincey with offices in Algoria and forty-two other cities across Illinois and Iowa, issued an assignment on September 22.
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Quincey
Cassidy « Gray Commission Company
Algeoria
Illinois
Iowa
Star of Bengal sinks off Coronation Island with 110 lost
Advices from Alaska report 110 men perished in the wreck of the American bark Star of Bengal near Coronation Island west of the Prince of Wales archipelago. Twenty seven aboard were saved. the ship carried 45 000 cases of salmon for the Alaska Packers' association.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
United States Signal Corps
Star of Bengal
Coronation Island
Prince of Wales Archipelago
Alaska Packers’ Association
Fort Wrangel
San Francisco
Star of Lees Was
Bryan Demands Proof From Roosevelt On Haskell Link
Detroit Sept 23 The Bryan campaign reports a telegram sent to President Roosevelt demanding proof that Governor Charles N Haskell Oklahoma treasurer of the Democratic national committee ever was connected with the Standard Oil company. Bryan says the party will not tolerate misrepresentation and vows an honorable and honest fight for its principles and policies.
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Detroit
Mich
William J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Charles N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Democratic National Committee
Standard Ofl Company
Bryan
Democratic Party
Burglars Loot Armour Store of $35,600 in Cash
Thieves burglarized J. C. Canton's Armour store taking from the safe about $35,600, including $33,000 in paper, $2,600 in gold and $300 in silver. A $1,000 reward is offered for arrests. no clues to the burglars.
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J. C. Canton
Armour
Woman Dies As Lightning Strikes Wagon Near Campbrook
Mrs Will Sharp was killed when a bolt struck near the wagon she rode in on the way to her home at Campbrook near Spearfish. She was thrown from the wagon and died instantly on impact.
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Campbrook
Spearfish
Will Sharp
Ratstalls new superintendent at Pierre Indian school
C W Ratsall becomes superintendent of the government Indian school at Pierre succeeding C J Lovegood who led the school for five years. Ratsall arrived from the Cheyenne River Indian agency.
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C. W. Ratsall
Government Indian School
Pierre
C. J. Lovegood
Mr. Ratsall
Cheyenne River Indian Agency
Taft to Speak From Gar on September 20
The next president will address from a car on a special train traveling Aberdeen to Mitchell. Taft will deliver the address from Wolsey to reach Huron residents not visiting the corn palace. Details on starting date and plans for the Wolsey stop are yet to be announced. An injury occurred when a person on the train was kicked from the train.
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Wo. H. Taft
Wiel
Wolsey
Aberdeen
Mitchell
Taft
Corn Palace
Taft to Speak at Corn Palace in Mitchell
The Journal World Spirit reports Taft will visit Mitchell on Tuesday September 29 to address a crowd from an outdoor stand. Special trains are arranged on all roads to Mitchell to accommodate attendees and return travelers to Rossville.
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Journal-World-Spirit
Corn Palace
Republican
Taft
Mitchell
Ag Cnge
Ross Ville
Soeath
Independence Ticket Heads South Dakota Ballot
The Independence party plans to file petitions to place a full state and congressional ticket on South Dakota ballots, excluding presidential electors. Presidential nominees Hearst and Hisgen will tour Oct 14 visiting Yankton and Sioux Falls. Local candidates include Schneider and Bray for Congress, Warner for Governor, Bonne for LTG, Donaldson for Secretary of State, Latten for Attorney General, Ellison for Treasurer, Gleason for School Lands, and Deen for Railroad Commissioner.
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Independence Party
South Dakota
William R. Hearst
Thomas JL. Hisgen
Independence
Yankton
Sioux Falls
Congress
Louis V. Schneider
Salem
Bray
Lead
Rodell C. Warner
Mitchell
J. C. Bonne
Sanford G. Donaldson
George W. Lattin
de Smet
Henry W. Smith
Daniel Ellison
Crooks
A. A. Gleason
Chamberlain
Walter B. Deen
Hoboes Battle Trainmen Aboard Freight Car
Two trainmen escorting an ex freight car thwarted a saddle of hitchhiking hoboes as they tried to steal a ride aboard the moving train between Bristol and Dover. The hoboes resisted when challenged and a brief confrontation ensued on the car.
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Bristol
Andover
Sieur
Knights of the Road
Girl dies after mistaken medicine given
Ayon King, a small town child near Sioux Falls, died after a sister gave her a bottle believed to be for the child but containing morphine and other drugs. The King family. a railroad agent and local residents grieve a preventable loss.
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Andrey Beatrice King
Alvin King
Ben Clare
Sioux Falls
King
Tumois Central Railroad
Ren Clare
Building Big Canal Near Sioux Falls
A large drainage canal along the Big Sioux River north of Sioux Falls is advancing rapidly. The contractor expects to finish before winter and county commissioners will plan bridges where highways cross the canal.
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Big Sioux River
Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls Sets September 29 Special Election on Galveston Plan
City council calls a special election for Tuesday September 29 to vote on the Galveston or commission plan for Sioux Falls government. The measure was previously rejected last fall, but supporters now claim sentiment has shifted in its favor.
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Sioux Falls
Galveston
Crofoot Named Special Master for Rail Fare Case
L. W. Crofoot of Aberdeen is appointed by Judge Carland in Sioux Falls as special master to take testimony in the federal case on reducing passenger rail fares on all standard gauge railroads in South Dakota from 3 to 2 1/2 cents per mile.
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L. W. Crofoot
Aberdeen
Carland
United States Court In
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Canadian Pacific Engineers Warn of Weeklong Strike
Winnipeg dispatch reports Canadian Pacific railroad engineers threaten to stop running engines within a week if the dispute remains unsettled. They will present the facts to the railway commission at Ottawa. The company plans another ultimatum offering reinstatement under certain conditions.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Railway Commission
Ottawa
Judge Rules Voter Eligibility Affects Republican Nomination
Chicago September 22 Judge Cutting ruled that a voter who voted Democratic two years earlier cannot legally vote in the Republican primary for the state's attorney nomination. The decision could alter the outcome of the recent primary election by limiting cross ticket voting.
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Chicago
Cutting
Crane Says Taft Satisfied With Hitchcock Management
Senator Crane of Massachusetts stated that Taft is satisfied with Hitchcock's management, in Chicago on September 22. The remark aimed to quell growing criticism of the administration and to project cohesion within the party.
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Taft
Hitchcock
Chicago
Crane
Massachusetts
Cholera Rapidly Spreads Across St. Petersburg
In St. Petersburg on September 22, the cholera epidemic shows little relief from prevention efforts. Municipal hospitals report 380 cases and 155 deaths in the last day, with military and suburban hospitals adding more. Police and provincial dispatches indicate hundreds of new cases and deaths, including 182 cases and 80 deaths in Rostov-on-the-Don.
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St. Petersburg
Seminoffsky
Rostov-on-the Don
Roosevelt Arrives in Washington After Oyster Bay Trip
President Roosevelt returns to Washington aboard a special train from Oyster Bay. He is greeted at the station by cabinet members, army and navy officers, and other officials, appearing in good health and high spirits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Army
Navy
Record of September teaching certificate exa minations
The September examinations for teachers certificates across state counties yielded 923 certificates from 1563 applicants about 60 percent. The high success rate likely ends the teacher shortage for this year and signals strong demand for teaching personnel.
Twin Daughters Die of Pneumonia in Lead
Within three hours of each other Hilma and Signe Iceland twin daughters of Mr and Mrs Harold Iceland of Lead succumbed to pneumonia. A week earlier they were healthy but Rose was taken ill and the next day the other followed. They were buried in one casket.
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Hilma
Signe Iceland
Harold Iceland
Rose
Tragic Railway Death Found Near Milwaukee Tracks
A man was found beside the Milwaukee tracks about a mile south of Ashton. It appears he was struck by a train while intoxicated and thrown into a barbed wire fence, suffering severe injuries to neck arms and legs with torn clothing and flesh by the fence.
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Milwaukee Tracks
Ashton
Baltimore oyster dealer's wife arrives for divorce in Yankton
Mrs Lord Mott wife of a renowned Baltimore oyster dealer has reached Yankton to start a residence for divorce. She occupies elaborately furnished private rooms at the Portland hotel and travels with her party seeking legal action without delay.
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Lord Mott
Baltimore
Yankton
Portland Fidtel
Fires Rage Across Northern Michigan Towns
Reports from Milwaukee say fires sweep northern Michigan and northern Wisconsin as towns flee. Officials warn of possible deaths and widespread destruction near Calumet and Faithorn while crews battle the advancing blaze.
Fires threaten villages north of Escanaba Michigan
Inferno sweeps toward Niagara, Foster City, and Hermansville with communications cut off. Salt trains evacuate residents as wind-driven flames surround Foster City and the Morgan Ceder and Lauer mill area. Over 400 people flee the outskirts as the fire advances toward Escanaba region.
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Escanaba
Mich
Sept
Fee
Escamsia
Niagara Qaim
Foster City
Hermansville
Fosterity
Morgan Ceder
Lauer Quompany
Market prices for wheat and flax reported in Duluth
Wheat bids show No. 1 hard at 1.02 1/2 dollars with other grades near 1.01 1/2 to 2 North. Dec and May futures listed around 1.00 to 1.01 1/2 dollars. Flax bids steady around 1.23 dollars for nearby and December contracts with November and December quotes near 1.23 and 1.22 dollars respectively.
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Duluth
Aek
Northern
May
Saas
Market Quotes From St Paul Livestock Auction
In St Paul on September 22 the market quoted cattle at six to six dollars and seventy five cents for choice steers among other grades. Hogs sold around six fifty five to six eighty five, sheep and lamb prices ranged with wether and ewe quotations and calves noted.
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St. Paul
Chicago Grain and Prochoice Prices Report
Chicago market notes show Sept and Dec grain futures with slight shifts. Corn and oats prices quoted with May and Sept figures, plus butter and dairy trading details and spring goods pricing.
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Chicago
Lee Ga
Dairiss
C. Springs
Chicago Stock Yardmarket for Sept 22 activity review
Chicago Union Stock Yard report lists prices for Cet e Beannie Texans Wieke ers and stockers cows calves and bulls. Prices show variability across categories with figures noted for different weights and quality levels.
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Chicago Union
Chicago
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