Chandler refutes Boston Post railroad defeat claim
Senator William B Chandler of Concord New Hampshire rejected a Boston Post report as a Democratic medley of old pamphlets and statements. He says he has not admitted defeat and believes he will be elected unless the railroad defeats him. He names Kimball Batchelder and other railroad men as those to be repudiated by railroad owners. He will comment further after McKinley is elected.
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Boston Post
William &. Chandler
Benjamin A. Kimball
Alfred T. Batchelder
McKinley
Roosevelt Assaulted by Chicago Thugs After Church Visit
Gov Roosevelt of New York, accompanied by Curtis Guild Jr., faced a mob near Trinity Dutch Reformed church in Chicago. Boys shouted insults, hurled mud, and chased his carriage after services, while a pastor and bystanders sought police intervention. Roosevelt, angered, promised to return to worship and later offered no comment on the incident.
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Ill
Roosevelt
Curtis Guild, Jr
Theodore
West
Guild
Annex
Harrison Street
Moordyke
Mr. Moordyke
Brother Roosevelt
Gov. Roosevelt
Governor's Escort and Fifth Avenue Demonstrations
Report notes hostile demonstrations in front of cheap saloons on Fifth avenue were led by half grown men who wore and carried the same paper last night. The scene involved an escorted governor amid noisy protesters.
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Fifth Avenue
McKinley Sentiment Grows Across Nation in Campaign
Rapidly rising Republican confidence traces gains in all sections as McKinley leads in pivotal states. New York Staats Zeitung shifts from Bryan to McKinley while Roosevelt faces hostility in Chicago. Bryan tours Indiana and Illinois as Debs votes impact Indiana. Stone denies Gorman split with New York headquarters and the President and Mrs. McKinley depart Canton for Washington ahead of election day.
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Chicago
Hanna
Asbury Park
McKinley
New York Staats Zeitung
Bryan
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Joliet
Indiana
Louisville
Salem
Ilinois
Pryan
Wharton Barker
New York
Stone
Missouri
Gorman
Kansas
Nebraska
Canton
Washington
Gen Black Gold Democrat to Take the Stump
Gen John C Black former pension commissioner under Cleveland has declared for McKinley and Roosevelt. A Gold Democrat in 1896 he now tours as a Republican speaker, with first address in Chicago planned for Tuesday noon and events in Springfield Danville and Covington through October 20.
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Ill
John C. Black
Cleveland
McKinley
Roosevelt
Republican State Committee
Black
Springfield
Yates
Danville
Covington
Staats Zeitung Declares For McKinley In New York Choice
The New Yorker Staats Zeitung, a prominent German daily in New York, today makes its choice clear in the McKinley vs. opponent contest, signaling the paper’s stance amid the political moment.
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New York
Staats Zeitung
New Yorker Staats Zeitung
Miners Convention Called to Consider Wage Offer
President Mitchell issued a call for a miners convention to meet in Scranton to consider a ten percent wage increase offered by operators. Delegates are allotted one vote per 100 on strike. The move signals possible return to work as quietness grows across anthracite regions. Parades and mass meetings are planned in Shamokin and Scranton with Mitchell expected to speak.
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Philadelphia
Mitchell
Scranton
Shamokin
Barker Sees McKinley Victory Quickening Populist Rise
Omaha report quotes Wharton Barker, Mid dle-of-the-Road Populists nominee, saying McKinley’s election would hasten their principles into effective operation. He predicts a 500,000 to 1,000,000 vote total, with Texas and Georgia key and Woolley and Debs each around 250,000.
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Neb
Wharton Barker
Paxton Hotel
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McKinley
Bryan
Republican Party
Democratic Party
New York
Texas
Georgia
Woolley
Debs
Hanna to Launch Western Campaign Tour
Senator Hanna plans a rapid stumping tour across Wisconsin Minnesota the Dakotas Nebraska and Western territories this week following a Chicago conference with Republican leaders. He will conclude in Omaha and Lincoln after visiting Waukesha Madison Lacrosse St Paul Minneapolis Winona Bismarck and Fargo.
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Hanna
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Wisconsin
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Dakotas
Roosevelt
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Madison
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Lacrosse
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Minneapolis
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Manley predicts 300 electoral votes for McKinley
Joseph H Manley of Maine says McKinley will reach 300 electoral votes as past week events convince the Republican National Committee. Nebraska Colorado and other states look less favorable for Bryan while Kentucky shows strong registration signals. forecast suggests 200 votes in McKinley’s column.
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New York
Joseph H.manley
Maine
McKinley
Republican National Committee
Nebraska
Colorado
Bryan
South Dakota
Montana
Utah
Idaho
Kentucky
Dartmouth Republicans Form Permanent Organization
About two hundred Dartmouth students gathered in Hanover on October 8 to organize a Republican club. Officers elected were J. R. Colby president Irving J. French vice president H. W. Hall secretary E. F. Clark treasurer and executive committee members Colby Owen Irving Hill Howes and Luce. A uniformed campaign company will be formed and a rally set with national Republican speakers.
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C. F. Luce
Whitin Observatory Dedicated At Wellesley College
Wellesley Oct 8 The Whitin Observatory gift by Mrs Whitin was dedicated in a ceremony with 300 invited guests. President Hazard and Professor Whiting led speakers including Harvard’s Edward Pickering who spoke on The New Asteroid Planet Eros. Letters from famed women astronomers were read and Dr David C Todd spoke on laboratory astronomy. The marble building houses a 12 inch telescope with spectroscopic and photographic rooms and a large sundial stands nearby.
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Edward C. Pickering
Harvard University
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Moon
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Whiting
Lady Huggins
London
Dorothea Klumpke
Paris Observatory
Agnes Clarke
David C. Todd
Amherst College Observatory
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Glee Club
Harriet Cox
Edinburgh
Scotland
Shamokin Plans Decorated Welcome for President Mitchell
Shamokin Pennsylvania anticipates Mitchell visit with grand decorations and a parade of about 10 000 strikers. Delegates may hear hints on strategy for the forthcoming convention. President Fahey reports 40 000 idle men and boys across Northumberland Schuylkill Columbia and Dauphin counties as collieries stay closed.
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Shamokin
Mitchell
Indicaton
Fahey
Northumberland
Schuylkill
Columbia
Dauphin
Convention at Scranton Secures Music Hall for Meeting
Scranton reports securing Music Hall with 1000 seats for Friday's United Mine Workers convention. National headquarters will be at St Charles hotel. President Mitchell and staff arrive soon and the city is seen as the strike’s likely hub. Plans for a full program are expected to be laid out at Thursday’s conference.
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Scranton
Music Hall
United Mine Workers
St. Charles
Mitchell
United Mine Workers call Scranton convention to settle wage dispute
Hazleton Pa Oct 8 The call by President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers for a joint anthracite miners convention to meet in Scranton next Friday aims to decide acceptance or rejection of a two per cent net wage increase offered by operators The move signals a likely end to the long coal strike as most miners are expected to approve the raise Some proposals to abolish the sliding scale and to adopt a yearly wage contract could delay final settlement Delegates from local unions are being chosen and Mitchell will attend demonstrations and mass meetings in Shamokin and Scranton before the convention adjourns
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Hazleton
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Scranton
Annasacite
Mitcheil
Shamokin
Harvard Freshmen Reception At Sanders Theatre
Harvard Cambridge October 8 The annual freshmen reception at Harvard College was held tonight in Sanders Theatre The speakers included President Elliot Rev Edward Cummings James J Meyers B W Hallowell and F I Hollis Elliot spoke at length correcting false impressions about student life He described the reality of poverty among some students working through college and the exaggerations about luxury.
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Harvard College
Sander
Elliot
Edward Cummings
James J. Meyers
B. W. Hallowell
F. I. Hollis
Harvard
Elliott
Ambassador White Addresses Cornell Students in Ithaca
Ambassador Andrew D. White, first Cornell president, spoke to students at noon in Ithaca. President Schurman introduced him as he praised Ezra Cornell and recalled the university’s infancy. White departs tomorrow for New York before sailing to Berlin.
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N. Y
Andrew D. White
Cornell University
Schurman
White
University
Ezra Cornell
Ambassador White
New York
Berlin
Eliot Returns from Vacation and Denies McKinley Vote Claim
President Eliot of Harvard, back in Cambridge from a Maine vacation, denies voting intentions regarding McKinley in response to George F. Washburn's statement. He clarifies he refused Bryan club honorary membership and that a letter to the Outlook, written at Dr. Lyman Abbott’s request, states his academic views and is now in Abbott’s possession.
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Eliot
Harvard
Cambridge
Maine
George F. Washburn
Bryan Club
Massachusett
McKinley
Massachusetts
Washburn
Lyman Abbott
Abbott
Wagon Collision Injures Seventeen Near Pittsburg
Seventeen picnickers returning home in a wagon were seriously hurt when a suburban rapid transit trolley struck their vehicle. A child named John Schmidt was internally injured and is expected to die, while the others recover. The motorman failed to control the car on slippery rails.
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Pittsburg
John Schmidt
Liberty cotton mill organized in Liberty South Carolina
Liberty, S. C. Oct. 8 The Liberty cotton mills with a capital stock of 100000 has permanently organized with P. J. Smith as president and treasurer. Work has begun on a two story building 195 feet long and 75 feet wide to accommodate six thousand spindles and two hundred looms.
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Liberty, S. C
Liberty Cotton Mills
P. J. Smith
Portland Liquor Dealers Decide Not to Fight
Liquor sellers in Portland opt to close before Sheriff-elect Pearson takes office in January. County Attorney Libby blocked their plan to sell through year end, indicting every seller and securing about 34 000 in fines. The county remains financially positive by roughly 60 000 from liquor fines. In Bangor, Me, a brewing crusade looms as Judge Emery sentences four liquor dealers at the October term in Aronsook County.
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Houlton
New Brunswick
Gardiner
Portland
J. H. Manley
Portsmouth
United States
Calais
Tarbox
Machias
Imc
S. F. Pearson
Libby
Superior Court
Bangor
Aronstook
L. A. Emery
Supreme Court
Arab at Kobe Transport Arrives with Horses for Philippines
War department announced the transport Arab reached Kobe with horses and mules intended for the Philippines. The message dated October 8 notes delivery of the animals to support military operations in the Far East theater.
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Washington
War Department
Kobe
Philippines
Death in a Delmonico Dinner Mystery
James Robinson a 49 year old man died suddenly after finishing a 13 course dinner at Little Billy's Delmonico at 205 East 127th Street in New York. He was last seen alive at 6 pm and found dead two hours later. Robinson was a former amateur middleweight boxing champion and later a bookmaker with a varied career. Police seek relatives to claim the body as Harlem hospital notes the death occurred at least an hour before discovery.
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New York
James Robinson
Little Billy
Delmonico
East 127Th Street
Robinson
Little Bill
Harlem Hospital
Oneonta
N. Y
Bank of Chattanooga Applies for Charter in Tennessee
Chattanooga Tenn Oct The Bank of Chattanooga has applied for a charter of incorporation with capital stock of 160000 H S Probasco to be president and Edgar McKinney cashier of the new organization This note appears amid an advertisement call for Courier readers to mention the paper when placing ads.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Oct
Bank of Chattanooga
H. S. Probasco
Edgar McKinney
Hood's Pills Cure Liver Complaint and Indigestion
Hood's Pills claim to cure liver ills biliousness and indigestion with easy dosage. The small 25 cent patent medicine advert highlights simple use and reliable relief, reflecting early 20th century tonic marketing.
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