Roosevelts Rally Draws Large Crowd in St Louis
President candidate Roosevelt spoke for about an hour to a packed St Louis Coliseum crowd. He rode in a parade earlier, attended a luncheon by the St. Louis Club, and left by special train to Chicago for an Indiana tour. He attacked opponents on issues, defended gold standard, and urged support amid Philippine tensions and Spanish war memory.
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St. Louis
Exposition Coliseum
Roosevelt
St. Louis Club
Planters
Zeigenheim
Kerns
Missouri Mounted Regiment
Coliseum
Union Station
Chicago
Indiana
Missouri
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Atlantic Seaboard
Rocky Mountains
Philippines
Foreman
Manila
Philippine Commission
Taft
Ohio
Lucas Wright
Tennessee
Aguinaldo
George Washington
Spain
Benedict Arnold
Arnold
Indiana for McKinley Seemingly Safe, Republicans Claim
New York political notes say Indiana is no longer doubtful for McKinley, but actual evidence suggests otherwise. Democrats gain ground while Illinois emerges as the Western political linchpin as Cook County disputes and labor tensions cloud the campaign.
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New York
Indiana
McKinley
Croker
Bryan
New York City
Illinois
Cook County
Croker Plans Flash and Noise Campaign in New York
Richard Croker organized a night campaign with ten flashlights eight station blasts and bomb effects to display Bryan and Stanchfield slogans on sidewalks roofs and a Madison Square Garden high netting projection. He ordered no nighttime building use and cited past incidents to avoid danger while predicting Bryan’s momentum in New York.
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New York
Richard Croker
Broadway
Bryan
Stanchfield
Madison Square Garden
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Bartholdi
Messrs. Platt
Odell
Mr. Croker
Clark to spend millions in vindication campaign
Butte Montana October 9 copper king W A Clark plans a major bid for vindication with reports he will spend a year’s income if needed. His income is estimated at about 8.09 million dollars. Montana voters number around 55,000. Clark hires vaudeville performers for speeches and James R Sovereign for labor speeches while Thomas S Hogan on the anti Clark ticket refuses to withdraw.
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Butte
Mont
W. A. Clark
Montana
Clark
James R. Sovereign
Thomas S. Hogan
Pettigrew Challenges Hanna to Joint Debate in SD
On October 9 in Sioux Falls Senator Pettigrew issued a public challenge to Senator Hanna for a joint debate in South Dakota or elsewhere. The topics include trusts armor plate contracts and government policy in Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Pettigrew
Hanna
South Dakota
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
Hanna ignores Pettigrew joint debate challenge
Chicago October 9 Senator Hanna stated he would pay no attention to Senator Pettigrew's call for a joint debate. The remark signals Hanna's firm stance and pries into ongoing senate campaign rhetoric with Pettigrew seeking exposure.
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Chicago
Hanna
Pettigrew
Failed to Nominate as Fitzgerald Seeks Ninth District Seat
Boston October 9 Five ballots at the ninth Democratic congressional convention in Faneuil Hall yielded no nominee. John F. Fitzgerald led as incumbent congressman potential consensus, while four other candidates Gallivan Corbett Kelliher and Conroy split support from various wards, final tally Gallivan 41 Conroy 36 Kelliher ? Corbett 20.
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Boston
Faneuil Hall
John F. Fitzgerald
Washington
Fitzgerald
Conroy
Gallivan
Kelliher
Corbett
Straw Factory Burned in Moonsville Blaze
Reading Pennsylvania October 9 Isaac S Spatz straw factory at Moonsville burned today with reported loss of 25000 dollars and insurance 13000 dollars.
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Reading
Isaac S. Spatz
Moonsville
Cheers for Hanna at Pullman rally in Chicago
Senator Mark A. Hanna drew crowds of workers at the Pullman car shops in Chicago. He defended his political shift from business leadership to public life, praised McKinley, and recounted an incident with William Jennings Bryan when the latter visited a Lake Superior mine. The crowd cheered after many statements.
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Chicago
Pullman
Mark A. Hanna
Hanna
Pullman Company
McKinley
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Lake Superior
Windom Glacier Breaks With Half Mile Mass Slipping
Engineer G W Garside reports from Juneau that half a mile of the Windom glacier shed into the sea after a long dead section and crescent bar vanished. He says a river under the glacier backed up a vast lake, then the pressure fractured the ice and created a new channel for the river to flow directly to the sea.
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Tacoma
Wash
G. W. Garside
Juneau
Tagu Inlet
Windom
Garside
Endless prayer chains cross oceans over temperance drive
Mrs. Mary J. Trade in Indianapolis began an endless prayer chain opposing President McKinley. She received a letter from English temperance worker Mrs. Player reporting English women will start an endless prayer chain in that county to pressure Lord Salisbury to retire. Lord Salisbury opposes temperance. Mrs. Player seeks official WCTU endorsement through Lady Henry Somerset.
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Indianapolis
Mary J. Trade
McKinley
Player
England
Lord Salisbury
Christian Women of
Henry Somerset
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the World
Texas Needs Repairs After Postponed Survey
The survey for the battleship Texas at Norfolk navy yard is postponed due to officers’ prior engagements. Texas will be repaired there and not abandoned. If repair completes within 30 days she rejoins the North Atlantic squadron. otherwise she will be decommissioned and crew transferred to the new battleship Alabama.
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Norfolk
Texas
Norfolk Navy Yard
Board of Survey
Alabama
Salisbury Victory Report Holds Middlesex and Monmouth
London reports at midnight show the government gaining two seats in the parliamentary general election with wins in Middleton division of southeast Lancashire where E D Fielding defeated Liberal J Duckworth and Monmouth where Dr Rutherford Harris won 4412 votes to 3720 for Liberal Albert Spicer.
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London
Middleton
Lancashire
E. D. Fieldin
J. Duckworth
Monmouth
Rutherford Harris
Albert Spicer
William St. John Broderick
Guilford
Surrey
Chapman
Joan Howard Dilis
Rush Cliffe
Nottinghamshire
Ellis
J. Chamberlain
Yorkshire
Mr. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Foreign Office
American Jockeys Win
London Oct 9 The Champion stakes at Newmarket was won by Sir H Casset's Solitaire with Lester Reiff aboard. Exodo won the Clearwell stakes six furlongs with Danny Maher riding. In the welter handicap six furlongs Sir KE Casset's Sonatura ran first with C Jenkins, Stealaway ridden by Tod Sloan took second, and Lord William Beresford's Myakka with Johnnie Reiff third.
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London
Newmarket
Sir H. Casset
Solitaire
Lester Reiff
P. Lorillard
Exodo
Danny” Maher
Sir KE. Casset
Sonatura
C. Jenkins
J. B. Leigh
Stealaway
Tod” Sloan
Lord William Beresford
Myakka
Johnnie Reiff
Dramatic London Meeting Over Grand Trunk Reorganization
London Oct 9 shareholders of the Grand Trunk railroad of Canada witnessed a dramatic scene as Sir Charles Rivers Wilson defended reorganizing the Chicago Grand Trunk. Ex-president Sir Henry Tyler accused the bond repudiation, sparking a clash before the two leaders faced a hostile crowd and the motion to reorganize with bond guarantees was approved.
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London
Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada
Grand Trunk Railroad
Charles Rivers Wilson
National Debt Office
Chicago and Grand Trunk
Sir Charles
Henry W. Tyler
Sir Henry
Tyler
Charles
Sir Henry Tyler
Chicago Grand Trunk
Canadian Grand Trunk
Wilson
Chicago
Central Vermont
Buffalo
United States
Chamberlain Sums Up Foreign Policy Stance
London reports Mr Chamberlain secretary of state for the colonies spoke at Stour Bridge outlining Britain's foreign policy to stay friendly with all major European powers and especially close to the United States. He dismissed opposition claims of a foreign policy bogey and said policy is in Lord Salisbury's hands.
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London
Many Vessels Missing off Newfoundland After Gale
Reports from St. Pierre say 17 fishing vessels on the Grand Banks during the September 12 gale are still missing, with crews over 300 men. Other ships arriving report 1 to 7 fatalities each, and the total death toll may exceed three hundred. Newfoundland harbors suffer heavy losses, Burin on Placentia Bay alone losing 35 men.
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St. Johns
N. F
St. Pierre
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Burin
Placentia Bay
Beckham to Wed Miss Fuqua in Owensboro Church
Governor J C W Beckham and Miss Jean Fuqua announce their engagement and plan to marry at First Presbyterian Church Owensboro on November 21 at 8 30 p m. Miss Fuqua is the daughter of J A Fuqua a leaf tobacco dealer and is described as tall willowy and beautiful. The wedding is billed as the season’s chief event.
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Owensboro
J. C. W. Beckham
Jean Fuqua
First Presbyterian Church
Miss Fuqua
J. A. Fuqua
Gov. Beckham
Valet Foils Burglar at Cutting’s London Rooms
A valet awoke and stopped a burglar trying to enter the room of William Bayard Cutting, the provincial secretary for the U S Ambassador Joseph H. Choate. The thief fled with jewelry valued at 300 pounds and was captured by police. He was remanded at a London police court.
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London
William Bayard Cutting
United States
Joseph H. Choate
Roosevelt Delays Extradition Request for Rockefeller Figures
In St Louis on October 9, Governor Roosevelt received Texas requisition papers for extraditing John D Rockefeller Henry M Flagler and other Standard Oil men over alleged Texas anti trust violations He refused immediate action while out of New York noting he is technically not governor and will review cases upon returning to New York
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Bryan
Democratic National Committee
House of Representatives
Bourke Cochran
Arthur P. Gorman
David B. Hill
John P. Altgeld
Illinois
New York State
Pennsylvania
McKinley
New York
Greater
Kings County
Woodruff
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Sayers
Texas
Roosevelt
John D. Rockefeller
Henry M. Flagler
Standard Oil
Roosevelt Campaign Record Highlights Travel and Speeches
Albany Oct 9 information released shows Gov Roosevelt traveled 12 800 miles between Sept 6 and Oct 6. He delivered 290 speeches and slept in a hotel bed only three times. It is estimated he spoke to 580 000 to 600 000 people and voiced over 580 009 words.
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Roosevelt
Albany
N. Y
Gov. Roosevelt
Famine Relief Drops as Indian Crop Conditions Improve
Lord Curzon reports in a dispatch that crop conditions in India are excellent and famine conditions are disappearing except in Bombay. The relief list total has fallen to 2,746,000, per Lord George Hamilton in London.
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London
George Hamilton
India
Lord Curzon
Bombay
Bubonic Plague Expands in Bombay Presidency
A Daily Express despatch from Bombay reports bubonic plague spreading across multiple districts of the Bombay presidency. It notes withering cotton crops in Ahmednagar and Bijapur due to the drought, signaling rising health and agricultural distress in the region.
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London
Bombay
Bombay Presidency
Ahmednager Ard
Bijapur
Porto Rican Pickings: Governor Leaves on Island Tour
Reports of Guayama shooting exaggerated. One man, Joseph Rodriguez, killed. two others injured in a local political fight. In isular police report five arrests and order restored. Governor Allen departs for another tour of Puerto Rico.
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San Juan
de Porto Rico
Guayama
Joseph Rodriguez
Allen
Boer Prisoners Landed at St Helena for Kruger's Birthday
About 200 Boer prisoners arrived yesterday aboard the British transport Idaho at St Helena. Gen Cronje and the others are preparing a large celebration of Kruger's birthday set for tomorrow.
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Island of
St. Helena
Idaho
Cronje
Kruger
Krugers Hat Box Sells At Auction In London
President Kruger's stick hat box, bought in London a decade ago, sold at auction today amid keen competition for $125. A pipe once used by Kruger also sold, bringing $42.50.
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London
Oct
Kruger
Accidents Find Relief on the Farm with Electric Oil
On farms accidents occur with distressing frequency causing cuts bruises and sprains. Dr Thomas s Electric Oil relieves the pain instantly and promises safety when kept nearby for use.
Phoenix park murderer Skin the Goat freed on arrest failure
James Fitzharris, known as Skin the Goat, the Phoenix park murderer, was re-arrested in Liverpool last evening for failing to report himself as required by his prison release license and was liberated today.
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Liverpool
James Fitzharris
Phoenix Park
Skin the Goat
Canada votes in general election set for November seventh
Ottawa dissolves the House of Commons and orders a general election across Canada for November 7. In New Brunswick the race centers on Andrew G. Blair amid battles over grain export traffic and alleged railroad favoritism. Liberals defend government terms and deny a move to Boston.
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St. John
N. B
Ottawa
House of Commons
Canada
United States
Wilfrid Laurier
New Brunswick
Andrew G. Blair
Laurier
Cubans In Need Report From Gov Gen Wood Visit
Havana reports Gov Gen Wood and Agriculture Secretary Lacoste along with Supt Frye returned from Santa Clara province noting no destitution but visible poverty. Frye praises school condition yet cites age-based class grouping and book shortages. Enthusiasm among teachers and boards noted. Maximo Gomez declines banquet invitation. Wood to request U.S. assistance soon.
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Havana
Wood
Lacoste
Frye
Santa Clara
Boards of Education
Maximo Gomez
Cuban Veterans’ Association
Gen. Wood
United States
Transports Reach Manila With Troops Aboard Rosecrans Argyle
Gen MacArthur reports transports Rosecrans and Argyle have reached Manila on Oct 7. Rosecrans carried light batteries C and M of the 7th Artillery under Maj G G Greenough, departed San Francisco Sept 3.
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Washington
Gen. MacArthur
War Department
Rosecrans
Argyle
Manila
7Th Artillery
G. G. Greenough
San Francisco
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