Cabinet Changes Face McKinley Era State Dept Shift
Associate Justice Field plans retirement at 81 in November after thirty four years on the bench. Attorney General McKenna to succeed Field. Tudge Day may be appointed Secretary of State or Attorney General. Possible edits include Secretary Sherman leaving and Long becoming Secretary of State with Roosevelt to Navy.
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Spain to reply on Cuban outlook via Woodford note
MapRID Oct 1 The Spanish foreign minister Senor Gulion drafted a reply to the United States minister General Stewart L Woodford. The cabinet will consider it tomorrow. The reply says Spain cannot fix a date for the war’s end but expects it to be soon as rebels are in a critical situation and Spanish troops are gaining. Autonomy measures will take effect before January, and hostilities should finish shortly.
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DIES FOR LOVE Infatuation for a Detroit Dame Cause
Ex Sen James W. Jones of Florida dies after retirement in Michigan. Locally, mental instability developed during a Detroit visit tied to an unreciprocated infatuation with a Detroit woman. Jones was confined at Dearborn retreat near Detroit earlier in his career.
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Republican Defeat in Chattanooga Municipal Election
Publicans defeated in Chattanooga Tennessee as Col Ed Watkins Democrat won by 995 votes. Watkins secured a decisive win amid a high turnout and a shift against the Republican ticket in the October election.
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Equal Rights Resolutions Adopted at Rock River Conference
In Chicago on October 13 the Rock River conference of the Methodist church adopted resolutions favoring equal representation of laymen and preachers in conferences during its annual session.
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Senator Tiiman Ill as October Events Reported
A brief item notes Senator Tiiman is sick amid October developments. The report provides limited readable context and does not specify location or additional actions.
Kansas Chronicle highlights from dry spell to local oddities
A Kansas miscellany notes an historic long drought across the state with especially dry stretches in Cherokee Crawford and Montgomery counties. It records marriages of three Mitchell brothers near Ottawa, political jests, and local feats from Fort Scott to Winfield, including a bean tree in Geuda Springs and a 21 threshing machines count atop Sumner county’s courthouse dome.
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Winfield
Ed Greer
State Bank
John Breidenthal
Eastern Securities
Paul Kerns
Corbin
Wellington
Sumner County Court House
Coburn
Missouri Coal Mining Shows Slight Increase in Output
Missouri coal mining inspector Charles Evans reports for the year ending June 30, 1907 a 0.2% rise in coal output to 8,420,000 tons but a decline in value. He notes no profit for operators or miners, with 418 mines employing 7,746 in winter and 5,268 in summer, eight fatal and twenty one nonfatal accidents, and powder purchases totaling 81,674.36 dollars.
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Cook Scores Tammany in New York Mayor Fight
Mexico MO, Oct 12. Chairman S Ek Cook of the state Democratic committee comments on Tammany and George tickets in the Greater New York mayoralty contest. He denounces the scramble for spoils, urges national Democrats to oppose New York influence, and warns against aligning with Tammany’s tactics. He argues principles over patronage and calls for rejecting New York leadership in the party.
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Missouri Girl Betrayed by Congressional Lure in Washington
A Missouri girl, once claimed as a former Kentucky governor's daughter, dies in her room from morphine. The tale includes a Massachusetts congressman who led her to Washington, a devoted maid, and a sequence of relocations from Richardson to St. Louis. Other items note a New York traveler who shot himself, a French shepherd allegedly killing five, an ex minister's prison sentence, and Kellogg’s possible Kansas City post.
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Rock Island Adopts Speed and Comfort for Patrons
The Rock Island promotes fast service with ventibated trains, superior dining, sleeping and chair cars. It touts best dining car service and good connections and urges consulting time cards for rates and through car service. Kansas City Journal notes new Union Pacific and South Missouri views, with tickets via J.P. Ross and J.T. Suasklis U.P. depot, plus Burlington Route sleeper and dining cars from Kansas City to Chicago.
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