Yankees Parade Lights Tokio With 15000 Jointed Spectacle
Tokio witnesses a vast torchlit procession of about 15000 people celebrating American visitors. Lanterns bear both flags while bands play Yankee Doodle and Dixie. Admiral Sperry and fleet officers attend from a grand stand as crowds cheer and flood the embassies with light and praise.
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Komura
Ambassador O’brien
Tokio
Sperry
Yokohama
Connecticut
Bryan Draws Crowd with Debate on Bank Deposit Guaranty
William J. Bryan addressed miners and laborers in Montgomery West Virginia urging support for the state ticket and congress candidate. He challenged Republican claims on labor and warned of empty dinners, linking bank deposit guarantees to voters' fate. The event followed a local bank failure and worker losses.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
W. Va
William J. Bryan
Yerkes Mansion Faces Foreclosure Over Debt
Foreclosure action filed by the Mutual Life Insurance Company against Mrs. Mary A. Yerkes for 242,296 in debt tied to the Fifth Avenue mansion. The will plans for the property to pass to a corporation including NYC's mayor and four appointees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after the widow's death, with art treasures likely to go to the museum.
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Associated Press
New York
Yerkes
Fifth Avenue
Sixty-eighth Street
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mary A. Yerkes
Remarkable Greek Rises Without Rain in Indiana
In Bedford Indiana on October 22 a dry Pleasant Run in Lawrence County suddenly filled with two feet of racing water overnight though no rain fell. A nearby spring at Midway also surged from a pencil-width flow to a flood that reached Salt Creek, baffling locals.
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Associated Press
Bedford
Ind
Pleasant Run
Lawrencet County
Midway
Pike
Oolitic
Salt Creek
Foreign mine experts urge safety reforms in U S coal fields
Three international mining specialists Captain Arthur Desborough Victor Wattine and Carl Meissner submitted a report to President Roosevelt via Secretary Garfield urging reforms to reduce disasters. They call for better explosives handling shaft construction electrical safety and extensive training for fire bosses foremen and inspectors with new safety schools and standardized procedures nationwide.
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Arthur Desborough
England
Victor Watteyne
Belgium
Carl Meissner
Germany
United States
Geological Survey
New Plot Claimed To Frustrate Election In New York
William J. Conners denounces upstate registration fraud and announces a 500 attorney state law committee plus deputies to ensure fair voting. He says dead voters and out-of-state operatives will be blocked and pledges a square deal without buying the election. National Chairman Mack notes Taft's broader New York speaking plan signals GOP aim to carry the state.
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Union Square
Broadway
Taft
Union League Club
East Side
Thalia
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Camp Taft
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Hughes
Hitchcock
Mack
Ohio
Indiana
Wisconsin
Kansas
New York
King's Messenger Dead
London report states Lieutenant Arthur Jermy, a mounted messenger, has died. The brief item notes his service and role within the King's messengers corps, marking the loss during a period of wartime or official duties. Further details are not provided in the snippet.
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United States
Watson Addresses Indiana Governor Race in Rochester
James E. Watson, Republican candidate for governor of Indiana, spoke in Rochester after visits to Syracuse and Warsaw. He faced vocal issues and reportedly consulted a physician in Syracuse during the day.
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Associated Press
Rochester
Ind
James E. Watson
Indiana
Syracuse
Warsaw
Watson
Powder trust testimony details 90 percent US monopoly
New York October tests in a Federal Sherman anti trust suit show the powder trade dominated by a 90 percent monopoly. Witness R S Waddell, former sales agent and later independent maker, says the combine sold powder at cost to crush independents, aided by railroad rebates to maintain low prices in some states.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Powder Trust
R. S Waddell
Peoria
Ill
Pernicious Activity Costs Several Jobs
The civil service commission reports multiple officials facing sanctions for campaign activity. J. H. Fordham deputy collector in Orangeburg South Carolina is reprimanded and suspended fifteen days for participating in the Republican state convention in Columbia. Robert A. Stewart temporary deputy collector and Clarendon county executive committee chairman is reprimanded. R. O. Pierce Mare Island navy yard employee discharged after announcing candidacy for supervisor in the First district. Clyde Knock Independence Kansas letter carrier resigns from the postal service to avoid dismissal after seeking district court clerkship.
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Associated Press
Washington
Civil Service Commission Today
J. H. Fordham
Internal Revenue
Orangeburg
S. C
Columbia
Robert A. Stewart
Clarendon County
R. O. Pierce
Mare Island Navy Yard
Clyde Knock
Independence
Kansas
Postal Service
William Jr Deverne day campaigns in West Virginia
William Jr Deverne campaigns through Ohio Kanawha and New River Valleys meeting farmers and miners in Hinton and Charleston West Virginia He defends labor and warns workers against coercion and rails at Roosevelt and labor policy while praising Samuel Gompers He notes cheering crowds and a mountain side grandstand with a portrait and slogan Shall the people rule His remarks reflect Democratic rhetoric and campaign vigor in late October.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Kanawha
New River
Roosevelt
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Charleston
Taft In Indiana Stresses Injunctions And Business
William Howard Taft spoke in Evansville and other Indiana cities during a three day swing, addressing labor and business audiences. He defended injunctions as legitimate business tools, contrasted Republican and Democratic platforms, and hailed large outdoor crowds at Terre Haute while labeling Debs a socialist.
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William H. Taft
Bryan
Taft
Linton
Terre Haute
Bryant
Debs
Evansville
Republican Party
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