Rebuff to Bigotry by President in Taft Letter
President Roosevelt denounces religious prejudice in a November 6 letter responding to Catholic and Protestant critics. He argues political choice must not hinge on creed, cites Taft as example of private faith, and warns against discrimination against Unitarian or Catholic supporters. He stresses religious liberty as a constitutional right and urges voters to judge candidates by character and fitness rather than church affiliation.
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United States
New Conference On Nations Resources And Conservation Events
Washington hosts a gathering of governors and the National Conservation Commission to review the completed national resource inventory. A conservation week follows December 6 with sessions by the Country Life, Southern Commercial, and Rivers and Harbors congresses, plus the governors’ meeting.
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United States
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Cuban Elections Set for Saturday Across Island
Cuba moves toward a presidential race as voters select leaders for president and vice president, and for senate and representatives. With U S troops to depart three days before Jose Marti's birth anniversary, conservatives Gen Mario Menocal and Dr Rafael Montoro lead, while Gen Jose M Gomez with Alfredo Zayas head the Liberal allied factions in a united front.
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United States
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Burglars Take $20,000 in Brooklyn Jewelry Theft
Five men invade the Taynton home in Brooklyn during Sunday morning, binding Charles Taynton and ransacking the house for over an hour. They escape with about $20,000 in jewelry and silverware after wounding Mr Taynton.
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Louisville Millionaire Tappan Ends Life at Hotel Savoy
Walworth H. Tappan of Louisville Kentucky, long connected with Crane and Co in steel trading, killed himself by shooting in the Hotel Savoy washroom on Fifth Avenue after a worsening nervous disorder. His wife testified despondency over illness prompted the act. he had recently taken leave for treatment and had no financial troubles. The body will be moved to Louisville for burial.
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Declared an Illegal Trust in Tobacco Case
New York November 9 the government won four federal judges ruled the American Tobacco Company violated the Sherman act and restrained trade. The court found appointing a receiver impractical and unnecessary while suspending injunctions against subsidiary firms until a later decision or appeal.
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Great Britain
Protection Policy Remains in Tariff Revision Work
Washington nov 9 the first hearing on the proposed tariff revision opens tuesday as the house ways and means committee resumes activity in washington after a recess at auburn new york rep ne chairman of the committee will lead hearings which aim to complete work before the sixtieth congress and present to the sixty first in march the party lines favor a policy of protection with taft pledging to convene a special session to reiterate the stance manufacturers exporters and farmers will present data as schedules chemicals oils and paints are reviewed and dingley era contributors payne and drizell are noted as former dingley drafters
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Assassination Attempt On Bengal Lieutenant Governor
A daring Saturday evening attack in Calcutta failed to kill Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser, the Bengal lieutenant governor. A young assailant, aided by the Maharajah of Burdwan and Secretary Barber, rushed the dais during Prof. E. D. Burton’s lecture, firing twice but missing. Barber, an American, was seriously wounded while Fraser escaped unharmed as the assailant was overpowered.
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SISTER SHOOTING MISTAKE LEADS TO FATAL WOUNDING AT ALLIANCE
In Alliance Nebraska Lizzie Braner was fatally wounded by her brother Charles Braner who mistook her for Frank Augustine while they rode Saturday night. Augustine was shot but only slightly hurt. Braner and Augustine are jailed along with the sister’s companion. Two Illinois men, William Black and John Pierson, drowned when a rowboat capsized near Liverpool while netting.
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Liverpool
Sardou Dies at 77 France's greatest dramatist passes away
Victorien Sardou, France's prolific playwright, died aged 77 in Paris after weeks of illness from pulmonary congestion. Born 1831 in Paris, he rose from poverty to European fame, writing for Bernhardt and reining as a leading theater figure of his era. He married Mile. de Brecourt and later Mile. Soulier, built a Marly-le-Roi chateau, and was honored with the Legion of Honor and Academy membership.
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Thig Theater
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Toses
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Glamonda
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Rejane
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Henry Irving
Miss Terry
Lyceum
Robespierre
Raymer on Trial Again for Property Destruction
Springfield report says Abe Raymer, acquitted of murder, is back on trial for destruction of property as rate case proceedings resume after Judge Creighton purged the jury list. A new jury list was created after a special board of supervisors decision and prominent businessmen were called for service.
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Abe Raymer
Creighton
Board of Supervisors
Noted Electrician Ayrton Dies in London
London November 9 William Edward Ayrton a noted electrical engineer and inventor died here Sunday. He was born in 1847.
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Escaped Convict Captured in Kalamazoo
Charles Kelly, who escaped two years ago from Columbus Ohio penitentiary, was arrested in Kalamazoo on Sunday night. He had served 14 of a 25 year manslaughter sentence before fleeing, and vanished days after his escape.
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Fatal Fight in Alabama Ends in Student’s Killings
In Edwardsville Alabama a college student James Vaughan shot and instantly killed Jackson Barker and wounded Elbert Jones and Bart McCormick during a fight. Authorities report the incident occurred in Edwardsville Alabama in November.
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Patrons of Husbandry Meet in Washington Nevada
Three thousand farmers from thirty states travel to Washington Nevada for the forty second annual National Grange convention. The gathering highlights financial social and educational advancement of the farmer and unites leading figures in U S agriculture.
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Colorado Banker Sentenced to Eight to Ten Years
John B. Godding, president of the defunct State Bank of Roxford, California, was sentenced in Denver to eight to ten years in the state prison for unlawfully using bank funds and receiving deposits after knowledge of insolvency.
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Anti-Saloon League Meets in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa November 9 delegates arrived for the central district conference of the American Anti-Saloon League to open Tuesday. About 1000 delegates expected. Key topics include a new campaign to enact the interstate commerce act, debates on prohibition laws and local option versus state-wide measures. Governor Hanley of Indiana may attend. National Superintendent Baker of Chicago to speak. conference lasts three days.
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Lewis Warner Released From State Prison
Lewis Warner, once a Northampton banker and manufacturer and a noted figure in Massachusetts politics, was released Monday after serving a nine year term for misapplying funds from the Hampshire Savings Bank of Northampton and the Hampshire County National Bank. He fled in April 1898 with a $640,000 shortage. the savings bank closed, while the national bank was later reorganized.
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Lewis Warner
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Goodwin Marries Again Aboard New York Bound Train
Boston reports comedian Nate Goodwin wed Edna Goodrich in a ceremony at his mother's home conducted by a justice of the peace. The couple, who faced a cold night ride to New York, mark Goodwin's fourth and Goodrich's second marriage.
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Indiana Murderer Seeks Death as Jury Imposes Life
In Laporte Albert Roubick confessed to murdering Emil Krasnicka, a Chicago jeweler, over infatuation with his victim’s wife. The jury sentenced him to life imprisonment, a verdict he lamented as a failure to obtain the gallows. John W Kern seeks Indiana polls. he would run for U.S. Senate. The Indiana legislature remains Democratic on Jalot ballot by 12.
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Laporte
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Albert Roubick
Emil Krasnicka
Chicago
Roubick
John W. Kern
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United States
James 4. Hemenway
Indiana
Great Dynamite Explosion Roars Through Montreal Harbor
A half ton of dynamite stored on a scow belonging to the Montreal harbor commission exploded Sunday afternoon. The blast shattered windows and caused property damage across the city as the roar was heard far and wide.
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Former Bank Cashier Arrested in Seabright Case
Charles Jones, former cashier at Firet National Bank of Seabright New Jersey, is under arrest on a charge of embezzling $16 000. The bank says the loss is fully covered and the funds have been replenished. Also reported are a major fire in Virginia town and a French train wreck with ten dead and many injured.
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