Bryan Attacks Taft Over Campaign Contributions Publicity
Lincoln Neb Oct 2 William J Bryan condemns Tafts stance on making campaign contributions public. He argues pre election disclosure shows sources of funds helps voters and criticizes Tafts alignment with Roosevelt on the issue. Bryan cites concerns about mortgages on officials and influence from contrib utors.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Fairview
William H. Taft
Roosevelt
Tift
Mr. Bryan
Jnten
Brygin
Fatt
Publc
Michigan Ticket Named National Candidates Indorsed
Saginaw and Boston reports show Democratic conventions adopting state tickets. Michigan delegates endorsed Bryan and Kern, with Lawton Hemanus nominated for governor and John C. Mersham among presidential electors at large. Massachusetts nominees include James H. Vahey for governor and James F. Aylward for secretary of state.
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Saginaw
Mich
Lawton T. Hemanus
Mason
S. K. Williams
Detroit
Frank T. McDonald
Sault Ste. Marie
Robert J. Whaley
Flint
William F. Montague
Kalamazoo
James Tucker
Coleman
W. Sherman Lister
Jonia
J. W. Tierney
Roscurson
State Board of Education
Justin R. Whiting
Jackson
G Supreme Court
Mark Norris
Grand Rapids
John C. Mersham
John Tk
Bibke Tona
John T. Winehip
William J. Bryan
John W Kern
Boston
Democratic State Convention
James H. Vahey
Watertown
Charles J Barron
Melrose
Fatal Detroit Auto Accident Claims Two Lives
Detroit residents Mrs. Hattie Demer of Kalamazoo and Louis J. Feys of Detroit were badly injured when their car was struck by a street car on Jefferson avenue near Hurlbut avenue. Mrs. Demer died instantly from a broken neck while Mr. Feys sustained a fractured skull and a broken arm.
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Detroit
Mich
Hattie Demer
Kalamazoo
Louis J. Feys
Jefferson Avenue
Hurlbut Avenue
Feys
Dewer
Former Notre Dame Student Elopes to South Bend
A former Notre Dame student and Viola Martin eloped from New York to South Bend and were married in the Oliver hotel.
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M. Further
Notre Dame
Viola Martin
South Bend
New York
Oliver Hotel
Fatal Blaze Buries Firemen at S. H. Knox Store
In Youngstown Ohio a fire gutted the S. H. Knox & Co. building on Thursday night trapping fire crews. Chief Thomas Reilley, Capt. Charles Vaughn, Edward Sweeney, and likely Fire Chief William Lawler were among the missing or injured as walls collapsed from basement to third floor. several others were hurt.
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Youngstown
Kight
S. H. Knox & Co
Thomas Reilley
Charles Vaughn
Edward Sweeney
William Lawler
Lively Day in Pittsburg Leads Pageant Parade
Pittsburg on October 2 saw a historic sesquicentennial parade draw over 300000 spectators. More than a score of people including women and children were injured as crowds surged and some were trampled before medical help arrived at hospitals.
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Pittsburg
Pitiseure
Man shot by former sweetheart on Griswold near Michigan
Ed Powers a Detroit Times pressman was shot in the right leg on Griswold near Michigan Ave by Bessie Kay a former sweetheart. She told police Powers had been following and annoying her and that she fired to frighten him. Powers likely to die.
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Detroit
Mich
Ed Powers
Detroit Times
Griswold Street
Michigan Avenue
Bessie Kay
Powers
Equal Suffragists Meet In Illinois Convention
In Springfield on October 2 the thirty second annual convention of the Illinois Equal Suffrage association convened at the State fair grounds. Mrs. Ella B. Stewart of Chicago was elected president.
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Springfield
Ilinois Equal Suffrage Association
State Fair Grounds
Ella B. Stewart
Chicago
Hotel Destroyed by Flames in Clarksburg
Fire in Clarksburg West Virginia destroyed the Home hotel and three adjoining buildings late Thursday night. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Home
Farmer A K Baker Captures Honey Thieves Near Anderson
A. K. Baker, a farmer near Anderson, caught three men stealing his honey. The trio was turned over to the authorities for handling.
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A. K. Baker
Anderson
Bankers Association Opposes Postal Savings Banks
At the Denver convention the American Bankers Association condemned the postal savings bank proposal and any plan to guarantee bank deposits. The vote adopted an amendment condemning postal savings banks, with Breckenridge leading the push and broad support from delegates. The meeting also elected George M. Reynolds president and Lewis E. Pierson first vice president.
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Denver
Col
American Bankers’ Association
George M. Reynolds
Chicago
Lewis E. Pierson
New York
Association
Prairie Company Turned Down by Rogers County Board
Guthrie Oklahoma October 2 The Rogers county board of commissioners were informed by the state attorney general that they have no authority to permit the Prairie Oil Company to lay pipelines in public highways The note follows Gov Haskell urging the board to grant the permission that sparked the dispute with Attorney General West.
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Prairie Company
Guthrie
Ohio
Board of Commissioners
Rogers County
Prairie O1 Company
Goyv. Haskell
Haskell
West
Roosevelt Jr Begins Work At Hartford Carpet Plant
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. started as an office clerk at Hartford Carpet Corporation in Thompsonville Connecticut. He will later transfer to the wool sorting department.
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Roosevelt
Thompsonville
Conn
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Hartford Carpet Corporation
Folz Declines Run for Congress in Third Michigan
Kalamazoo Democrat Samuel Folz, nominee for Congress in Michigan's Third District, has declined to run. The move affects party plans for the upcoming electoral contest in the district.
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Congress
Kalamazoo
Mich
Samuel Folz
Michigan
South Bend Council Trip To Oklahoma For Meeting
South Bend city council members traveled to Oklahoma for a municipal meeting and allotted 79 dollars from their own funds for the trip.
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South Bend
Oklahoma
Teagh Children Hygiene Declared Key To Tuberculosis Fight
Dr Robert Koch urged education as central to eradicating tuberculosis at the International Congress on Tuberculosis Washington October 2 He called for nationwide hygiene teaching in schools and noted the push for a national department of health with federal agencies joining the effort led by Surgeon General Wyman.
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Dr. Koch
Congress —Movement For National Department of Health
Washington
Robert Koch
G A. Heron
Royal Society of Medicine of London
Britain
Ireland
Kae
Congress
Department of Health
Wyman
United States Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service
Atlantic fleet anchors at Manila harbor arrival
The Atlantic fleet passed Corregidor Island and entered Manila Bay where launches met it to escort the ships to anchor. Harbor craft and steamers saluted as the fleet rested, and the ships will be illuminated at night. Gov Gen Smith will visit Admiral Sperry after the Water parade.
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Manila
Corregidor Island
Gen. Smith
Admiral Sperry
Fire destroys Columbia livery and nearby buildings in Chicago
A Friday morning blaze at the Columbia livery on Rush street drove over 50 residents from their homes with minimal clothing. Seven people were rescued as property valued at 75000 dollars burned, and the fire spread to adjacent structures. One hundred horses in the stable were saved.
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Chicago
Columbia
Rush Street
Plymouth clergyman elected bishop on seventh ballot
Dr. Alexander Mann of Plymouth Episcopal church Boston was elected bishop of the Protestant diocese of Washington on the seventh ballot. Bishop Brent of the Philippines declined twice after election. The vacancy followed the death of Bishop Henry Y. Satterlee.
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Washington
Alexander Mann
Plymouth Episcopal Church
Boston
Brent
Philippines
Henry Y. Satterlee
Delaware County approves dry law in tight county vote
Delaware on October 2 votes to ban saloons by a margin of 2,148 with dry supporters carrying the city of Delaware by 529.
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Ohio County
Delaware
Dela Ware
Fruit Jar Shatters Striking Woman in Foumain City
Mrs. James Townsend of Foumain City lost sight in one eye when a sealing fruit jar broke and flew into her face, causing injury.
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James Townsend
Foumain City
Taft Sees Election Momentum From Nebraska Swing
William H Taft reports strong reception to his speech tour in Nebraska and Iowa predicting the Republican ticket will hold and win electoral votes in Wisconsin Minnesota the Dakotas Iowa and Nebraska. Sherman Endures a busy midwest day with rallies from Decatur to Bloomington. Hitchcock facing criticism over campaign management and cooperation with the congressional push.
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Omaha
Neb
Wiliam H. Taft
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
Nebraska
South
Sherman
Illinois
Peoria
Middle West
James S. Sherman
Coliseum
Decatur
Milliken University
Maron
Decatuur
Clinton
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
W. L. Rodenberg
Bloomington
Longworth
William KB. McKinley
Ilinois
John J. Esch
Hitchcock
Washington
National Republican Ecomittee
Taft
White House
New York
Chicago
Loeb
Executive
National Committee
Roosevelt
Congressional Committee
Congress
Woman seeks divorce after discovery of first husband alive
Lucy Hazelrigg, long married to Ashton Hazelrigg of Mechanicsburg, sues for divorce after learning her first husband Andrew Carpenter, whom she believed dead, is alive in Decatur Illinois. Carpenter wed her in 1859 and left shortly after. she then remarried Hazelrigg in 1859 and now seeks remarriage after divorce.
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Lucy Hazelrigg
Andrew Carpenter
Decatur, Il
Carpenter
Hazel 1Igg
Governor's Day at Illinois State Fair Draws 55000
Fifty five thousand people visited the Illinois state fair on Governor's Day in Springfield on October 2, setting a weekly record. Gov and Mrs Deneen led the grounds in carriages, escorted by a band and notable figures, including Martin Conrad and several state officials. Captain George L. Pumbaugh flew a cigar shaped gas balloon airship during the event.
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Springfield
Ill
Deneen
Martin Conrad
Chicago
State Board of Agriculture
Cartwright
Hand
Wilndis Supreme Court
Lawrence ¥. Sherman
James S. McCullough
Frank G. Blair
Adjt
Thomas W. Scott
George L. Pumbaugh
Wyoming mine dispute ends in warehouse case acce ptance
A conference at Sheyenne Wyoming between miners and operators resulted in both sides accepting a ware case ending a May dispute that led Wyoming miners to quit work for three weeks after a Denver incident earlier this month.
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Sheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Denver
Farmer Richard Shee Perishes Cleaning a Well Near Leavenworth
Richard Shee a farmer near Leavenworth died while cleaning a well. His body was recovered three days after he entered the well.
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Richard Shee
Leavenworth
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