Bryan Campaign Tour Deluged by Rain Across Maryland
On October 23 in Maryland Bryan spoke in Rockville Frederick Bruceville Union Bridge New Windsor Westminster Glyndon and Baltimore. Despite heavy rain crowds of up to 10 000 gathered. he denounced private monopolies a large standing army and England colonial policy while urging support for the Democratic ticket.
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Baltimore
William J. Bryan
Maryland
Rockville
Frederick
Bruceville
Union Bridge
New Windsor
Westminster
Glyndon
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Music Hall
Hotel Rennett
United States
Arthur P. Gorman
John Walter Smith
Hayes
Governor Roosevelt in New York campaign stop reaches large crowds
Governor Roosevelt closed a second day on the New York state campaign traveling 159 miles to Stamford Oneonta and Norwich for speeches. The crowds were large and orderly with Roosevelt answering questions politely and delivering clear replies to Bryan cries. The trip was described as an ovation with audiences surpassing local population in size.
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Norwich
N. Y
Giov. Roosevelt
New York State
Assembly
Jothan P. Allds
Roosevelt
Bryan
Stamford
Oneonta
Woolley Addresses Prohibition Rally In Providence Crowd
Providence October 23 John G Woolley Prohibition candidate for president spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of over 1000 at Music Hall James A Williams state committee chairman opened the meeting Henry B Metcalf was absent due to his ill son Other speakers included Volney B Cushing Oliver W Stewart and Samuel Dickie The event followed by a train tour through Massachusetts with stops at Attleboro Taunton New Bedford Fall River Lowell and Lawrence. Night meetings were planned in Lynn and Boston and the party departed Boston on the Prohibition special train.
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Providence
R. I
John G. Woolley
Music Hall
Henry B. Metcalf
Prohibition Club
Pawtucket
James A. Williams
State Committee
Woolley
Volney B. Cushing
Maine
Oliver W. Stewart
Chicago
Samuel Dickie
Michigan
New York New Haven
Roosevelt End of Speaking Tour Set for Nov 3
Norwich N Y Oct 28 Gov Roosevelt will finish his speaking itinerary on Saturday night November 3 in New York. The change cuts out the Long Island trip planned for Monday the day before election. He will speak only at his Oyster Bay home to friends and neighbors the day before election.
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Norwich
N. Y
Roosevelt
New York
Long Island
Oyster Bay
Youtsey Sent to Jail From Georgetown to Frankfort
Henry B Youtsey was placed in jail in Frankfort after arrival by cot from Georgetown. Sheriff Shuff notes he spoke rationally during the trip and walked unassisted. Youtsey is the last suspect remaining in Georgetown jail as Caleb Powers moves to Louisville. others were released on bail. Jim Howard faces a death sentence in the same jail, with strict water restrictions to prevent interference with Youtsey.
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Ankfort
Henry HB. Youtsey
Shuff
Youtsey
Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Louisville
Davis
Coombs
Kittaker
Jim Howard
Pha
Pallbearers Named for John Sherman Funeral
Washington October 23 honorary pallbearers for former Secretary of State John Sherman are Secretary Hay Gage Justice Harlan Admiral Dewey General Miles ex Senator J D Cameron Hon J A Kasson Judge Bancroft Davis Senator Hawley and Myron M Parker. The family invites diplomatic corps members with cards and in Washington to attend. The funeral train departs Washington for Mansfield Ohio at 3 30 tomorrow afternoon.
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Washington
John Sherman
Hay
Gage
Justice Harlan
Supreme Court
Dewey
Miles
J. D. Cameron
J. A. Kasson
State Department
Bancroft Davis
Hawley
Myron M. Parker
Sherman
Diplomatic Corps
Department
Mansfield
Sermans Honor Sherman at embassy in Berlin
Berlin October 28 The flag at the U S embassy was lowered to half mast on the death of Mr John Sherman Lieut Commander William H Boile naval attache to the embassy who is ill with pneumonia in a serious condition
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Berlin
John Sherman
William H. Boile
Washington Pioneer Pension Office Sees 34000 Spanish War Claims
In Washington on October 23 the pension bureau reported 34 000 claims filed for Spanish American War pensions up to October 22. Commissioner Evans said inquiries rose but records from the War Department delay determinations. Medical examinations ordered totaled 28 324 with 4 287 claims already adjudicated. The widow and gunshot disability claims received priority, clerks and divisions focus on current processing under standard law.
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Washington
Pension Office
Evans
War Department
United States to reopen talks on Danish West Indies sale
From Washington on October 23 officials note the United States quietly awaits any curb to transfer of the Danish West Indies. The last major obstacle was a popular veto against cession. When Denmark is ready to sell, the U S government will be prepared to negotiate again.
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Washington
United States
Danish West Indies
Bolivian minister plenipotentiary arrives in Washington
Washington reports Senor Fernando E. Guschalia, former Bolivian foreign minister, has arrived and is presented to the President in Washington as minister plenipotentiary. In a separate note, the Treasury finds a new Indian head five dollar counterfeit from 1899 series with check letter B and plate numbers.
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Washington
Bolivia
Hay
Fernando E. Guschalia
Secret Service Bureau
Treasury Department
J. W. Lyons
Register
Ellis H. Roberts
Postmaster Appointed at Wonalancet New Hampshire
Washington reports Ira B Tilton was appointed postmaster today at Wonalancet New Hampshire a fourth class post office in the federal appointment bulletin Oct 23.
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Washington
Ira
Tilton
Wonalancet
N. H
Will of Frances B Hiller Admitted to Probate in Massachusetts
In Boston Judge Charles J. McIntire admitted the late Frances Brazziere Hiller of Wilmington to probate on her April 21 1900 will. The document names Henry Hiller and Mary A Jeens as executors and details legacies to family and friends including real estate in Wilmington cranberry fields and specific personal property such as a music box clock piano and jewelry, with remainder to the sister and husband and eventual gifts to Chicago and Bristol, England contacts.
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Boston
Charles J. McIntire
Middlesex Probate Court
Frances B. Hiller
Wilmington
McIntire
Frances Brazziere Hiller
County of
Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Henry Hiller
Wilmingston
Mary A. Jeens
Bishopton
Bristol
Eng
Stephen Buck
H. H
Gustave Hiller
Louis Hiller
Chicago
Illinois
Mary Jens
Jessie Mathison
Lacey Mulloch Hill
Demerara
British Guiana
Albert Ayers
Willisden
London
Margaret Weston
Cheshire
Birkenhead
Henry Hiller Hale
Frances Brazziere Hiller Jeens
Jessie Surette Edis
Kate Agnes Trix
Emily Florence Hale
Bishopton, Bristol
Worcester Street Railway Snow Removal Law Test Case
Mayor Dodge orders Worcester city solicitor to sue Worcester Consolidated Street Railway for 12000 dollars to test the 1898 street railway snow removal provision. The case will attract statewide interest as municipalities weigh the law’s implications.
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Worcester
Mass
Dodge
Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company
Railway dispute over snow removal funds and tax
A legal dispute centers on $12,000 allegedly due Worcester for snow removal on a street. The railway company argues it should not pay this, on top of the excise tax mandated by the 1898 law, leaving the matter unsettled.
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Worcester
S P Colt Elected To American Woolen Board
Boston Oct 23 At a directors meeting of the American Woolen company Samuel P Colt of Providence Rhode Island was elected to fill the Rhode Island vacancy on the board succeeding Charles Fletcher Colt a progressive financier and industrial leader also became a director of National Providence Worsted mills He has held multiple high posts including president of the Industrial company of Providence and head of several Rhode Island firms The appointment accompanies the broader consolidation of major New England mills into the American Woolen system and marks the retirement trajectory of Charles Fletcher from active mill management
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Boston
American Woolen Company
Samuel P. Colt
Providence
Rhode Island
Charles Fletcher
Colt
National & Providence Worsted Mills
R. L
Industrial Company of
Woonsocket
National Rubber Companies
United States Rubber Company of
New Jersey
Boston Rubber Shoe Company
National Providence
Riverside
Weybosset
Manton
Valley Mills
Olneyville
Washington Mills
Lawrence
Fitchburg and Beck
Fitchburg
Saranac Mills
Blackstone
Inman
Sheffield Mills
Burrillville
Fulton Mills
Fulton
N. Y
New England
Fletcher
Trust
William M. Wood
Ayer
James Phillips, Jr
Phillips and Beck
National
Providence Mills
Morehhan
Boston Woman Edith Barrett Found Dead in Newark
Edith Barrett once a Boston governess in Augustus P. Loring’s family, died of morphine poisoning at the Park hotel in Newark. Loring once prosecuted her for divorce from a cruel husband. Barrett later became an actress in the West before a knee injury sidelined her. She had no relatives.
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Boston
Edith Barrett
Park Hotel
Newark
Augustus P. Loring
Pride’s Crossing
Governor Crane Faces No Apparent Acting Seretary Choice
Boston October 28 Governor Crane has made no intimation about appointing an acting sergeant at arms to fill the vacancy caused by Captain John G B Adams death. Maj Charles G Davis is suggested from long service as first clerk and a candidate for the succession before the General Court. Peter D Smith of Andover and Col Benjamin F Cook of Gloucester are also mentioned as aspirants.
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Boston
Crane
John G. B. Adams
Charles G. Davis
Peter D. Smith
Andover
Benjamin F. Cook
Gloucester
Will of Annie Keddy Filed for Probate in Boston
The will filed in the Boston probate office leaves the residue to Grace Pickering of Portsmouth in trust with her brother to succeed after her death. Upon estate distribution, institutions in Portsmouth including Cottage Hospital Faith Home for Indigent Women Chase Home for Children will receive property. Pictures are bequeathed to the Portsmouth Public Library Philipps Exeter Academy Museum of Fine Arts and the Channing Home.
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Boston
Annie Keddy
Portsmouth
N. H
Philipps- Exeter Academy
Museum of Fine Arts
Channing Home
Grace Pickering
Cottage Hospital
Faith Home For
Chase Home For
Had He Two Wives Two Claim Bodies of Charles Place
Cambridge reports two women claim the body of Charles Place, noted box manufacturer, who died Sunday night. The second wife resides in Cambridge. the first wife in Somerville with two married children. A lawyer begins proceedings to obtain possession of the remains.
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Cambridge
Charles Place
Place
Barron Sues Lawson for Libel in Boston News Case
Clarence W Barron owner of the Boston News Bureau sues Thomas W Lawson for libel seeking 100000 in damages and attaches Lawson real estate in Suffolk county attorney Sherman L Whipple represents Barron. Ad displays unrelated health ad about Burdock Blood Bitters claiming indigestion remedies.
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Boston
The
Boston Financial News
Thomas W. Lawson
Clarence W Barron
Boston News Bureau
Barron
Lawson
Suffolk County
Sherman L. Whipple
Tortoise Shell Goods and Leather Accessories Sale
Tortoise shell goods including hair pins side combs back combs and barrettes offered with prices. Chatellaine bags in leather types alligator seal morocco mocha buffalo from 25c to 5 dollars. Special value 1.25 for real alligator leather lined. Hair brushes 100 importer samples at cheap sale prices with ebony or rosewood backs and bleached bristles.
Harvard Plans Pennsylvania Game Training For Guards
Lewis coaches Harvard second team in guard back formation ahead of the Penn game. Pennsylvania defense has faltered against Hare and McCracken. Second eleven guards Crew and Carroll show limited gains in rush drills while the first eleven scores seven touchdowns. Hallowell active. kicking postponed. secret practice to start tomorrow.
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Cambridge
Pennsylvania
W. H. Lewis
Harvard
Lewis
Hare
McCracken
Crew
Carroll
Hallowell
Vardon's 146 Tops 36-Hole Match at New Bedford
Harry Vardon defeated Abe H Findlay in a 36 hole Ha Garthorn links match at New Bedford 7 up. Vardon's 146 to Findlay's 155, led 5 up after morning play and added two more in the afternoon. Both struggled on slow heavy greens with erratic putting and uncooperative approach shots. Vardon also posted a 32 in the second morning round, five under bogey, two strokes better than the best professional record.
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New Bedford
Harry Vardon
Abe H. Findlay
Vardon
Findlay
Eastman to plead soon in Cambridge murder case
Boston oct 23 The arraignment date for Charles R Eastman under indictment in Cambridge for the alleged murder of Richard H Grogan Jr has not yet been set but is expected that he will plead in a few days.
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Boston
Charles R. Eastman
Cambridge
Richard H. Grogan, Jr
Durfee Mills Elect Officers at Annual Meeting
Fall River October 28 Durfee mills trustees elected officers at the annual gathering John S Brayton was named president David A Brayton Jr clerk and treasurer Directors include John S Brayton Hezekiah A Brayton David A Brayton Jr John J Brayton and Bradford W Hitchcock of New York.
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Fall River
Durfee Mills
John S. Brayton
David A. Brayton, Jr
Hezekiah A. Brayton
John J. Brayton
Bradford W. Hitchcock
New York
Stabbed Wife Then Killed Himself in Boston
In Boston on October 23 Thomas Doyle stabbed his wife Bessie five times after she refused to reunite, then killed himself. The incident ended with Doyle’s death almost instantly. The report notes a separate testimonial about Dean's Ointment curing a leg sore.
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Boston
Bessie
Thomas Doyle
Dean
W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
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