Fairbanks Opposes Municipal Ownership at County Hall
Chisago September 21. Five million dollar courthouse cornerstone laid with Vice President Fairbanks Governor Liuseis and Mayor Dunne present. A parade drew a crowd before Fairbanks denounced government or state ownership of railroads or utilities as socialism, warning it would centralize power and undermine republican government. He urged government to retain regulation while citizens sustain enterprise.
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Chisago
Fairbanks
Liiseis
Dunne
Harriman Plans to Unite Major Railroads Across the Nation
New York Sept 2 Negotiations underway to transfer the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad to Union and Southern Pacific. Outcome will determine Harriman's control of the Bisston and Ohin railroad and his goal of a coast to coast system.
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Scripps News Association
New York
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Union and Southern Pacific
Harriman
Bisston and
Ohin
Atlantic
Pacific
Seattle Attempts toFloat Ship at Trial Island
The City of Seattle remains ashore on Trial Island as cargo is lightened for another attempt to float at high water. The ship has taken no water and the weather is calm.
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Scripps News Association
Seattle
Trial Island
Thompson Murder Trial Set For November Fifteenth
Seattle report says Chester Thompson will stand trial for the murder of Judge G Meade Emory on November 15. Judge Emory had opposed Thompson's attentions to his niece Miss Charolotte Whittlessy. Oyster Bay dispatch notes President Roosevelt's private secretary Leah with Senators Carter Fred Smith and Fred Miller left for a month in Wyoming and Jacksonville country.
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Scripps News Association
Seattle
Chester Thompson
G. Meade Emory
Emory
Thompson
Nerce
Charolotte Whittlessy
Oyster Bay
Pracident
Roosevelt
Leah
Carter
Fred Smith
Fred Miller
Jacksonville
Wyoming
Rail chief admits political campaign funds used by line
A W Trenholm, GM of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railway, testified before the state railroad warehouse commission in a rate hearing. He admitted the company charged operating expenses with money used in a political campaign against Senator La Follette. In Janesville, Wis, John E Enrigut was named private secretary to Governor Smith of the Philippine Islands.
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Scripps News Association
St. Paul
A. W. Trenholm
Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company
State Railroad Warehouse Commission
Shippers Association
la Follatte
Janesville, Wis
John E Enrigut
Smith
Philippine Islands
Giant Swindling Ring Exposed in Mexican Company
Postoffice Inspector M W Ketcham led a preliminary US court probe into the Talisco Chipas Trading and Transportation Company of Mexico. A $40 stockholder handed over company literature with envelopes and postmarks. Arrests include Henry D Bushnell and J B Miller, cited as principal figures amid withheld earnings data.
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Scripps News Associati
Chicago
Ill
Talisco-Chipas Trading and Transportation Company of Mexico
United States
Postoffice
M. W. Ketcham
John Bodenstab
Ketcham
Sharps
Post Office
Henry D. Bushnell
J. B. Miller
American intervention urged in Cuban crisis
Reports from Havana on September 21 indicate Taft faces pressure to land troops to quell the insurgents. Guerra, with 5000 men, demands action while Taft assesses intervention and communicates with Roosevelt. A government warning cites imminent march on Havana if mobilization continues.
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Scripps News Association
Havana
Taft
Roosevelt
Guerra
Ladd
United States Army
Laine
Oyster Bay
Sam
Tafte
Bacon
United States
Dinamite Explosion Kills Many in Jallice Tennessee
Two car loads of dynamite exploded near the Louisville and Nashville track depot killing dozens and injuring hundreds. Five bodies recovered with many more feared dead. property losses exceed a million dollars as debris is cleared. A separate Dallas report notes Cumberland Presbyterian Synod of Texas meeting opposing church union.
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Scripps News Association
Jallice
Standard Oil Company
Louisville and Nashville
Walter Rogers
John Cook
Geo. Atkina
Bea
Wil R
Walter Raynolds
Cincinati Brewery
Reynold
Scripps News
Dallas
Tex
Cumberland Presbyterian Synod of Texas
Presbyterian Church of the
United States of America
Cumberland Presbyterians
Reign of terror rumor grips Windistock
Sept 21 dispatch reports officials accused of using their positions to enrich themselves amid alleged immorality in navy and army officers. The note describes a sweeping reign of error and wrongdoing.
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Scripps News Association
Windistock
Navy
Higgins to Withdraw as Governor Candidate Rumored
New York dispatch reports rumors that Governor Higgins will withdraw his bid for re election and leave the field to Lieutenant Governor Bruce in the race for the state’s top office.
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Scripps News Association
New York
Higgins
Bruce
Rancher Killed by Street Car on Trestle
Francis Graves a 78 year old rancher was crawling on hands and knees over a high trestle when struck by a street car and killed instantly in Seattle on September 21.
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Scripps News Association
Seattle
Francis Graves
Typhoon leaves Hong Kong mourning with thousands dead
Hong Kong reports massive loss with five to ten thousand dead or missing as buildings collapse and many foreigners among the unidentifiable dead. Sailors from the gunboat Callao assist in funerals and relief while residents search for loved ones washed ashore along the bay.
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Scripps News Association
Hong Kong
China
Callao
Bay Shore
Tacoma Fire Destroys Depot and Buildings. Woman Dead
In Tacoma on September 21 Mrs J Peterson perished in a blaze that gutted the Tacoma Eastern depot two livery barns a boarding house a restaurant a saloon and left about 150 head of horses burned. Two teamsters are missing and feared dead while losses exceed two hundred thousand dollars. In Portland on September 31 a warrant was issued for Rainier bank cashier C S Van Auker for embezzling 1697. he fled detectives after a sensational robbery excuse.
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Scripps News Association
Tacoma
J. Peterson
Portland
C. S. van Auker
Rainier Bank
van Auker
Lipton Plans America's Cup Challenge Talk in U S Visit
Sir Thomas Lipton sailed for the United States amid talks that his trip will focus on business and the potential challenge for the America's Cup next year. He is eager to secure a boat design on this side of the ocean equal to American contenders and will study designs with designers and wait for a firm plan this fall.
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Scripps News Association
London
Sir Thomas Lipton
United States
Bose
Thomas Lipton
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Erippe News Association
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Big Blale
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Newlin Drug CO
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