Orenaria in Jail Sanity Claim and Miners Case Links
Telegraphic briefs report Harry Orenaria confined in Boise jail hospital as 2 minutes denied by penitentiary officials. Orchard insists he is healthy and is central witness in the Western Federation of Miners case tied to Gov. Steunenberg murder. Also notes Roosevelts voyage to observe Atlantic fleet practice and other varied items from New York to London.
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Boise
Idaho
Enver
Harry Orenaria
Orchard
Frank Steunenberg
Jeunenberg
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roose West
Provincetown
Mass
Sagamore Hill
Missouri
New York
Central Park
Lion House
Snyder
Lron
Thayer Accepts Governor Nomination Letter
Wew Haven Connecticut Major Charles F Thayer of Warwick Democratic nominee for governor released his formal acceptance letter He endorses government owned public utilities as a means to provide the greatest good for the greatest number and urges public ownership.
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Wew Haven
Conn
Charles F. Thayer
Warwich
EBME
President of Mormon Church Arrested in Idaho Case
Salt Lake City report states Joseph F. Smith, head of the church, was arrested on a charge of living unlawfully with five wives and bound over to district court. He was arraigned, waived preliminary hearing, and released on his own recognizance after arriving from Europe. The note cites a separate anti Mormon complaint tied to his forty third child, later dismissed for lack of evidence about the mother’s status.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mormon Church
Joseph F. Smith
Smith
Here
Europe
H Couse
Senate Committee
Smoot
Women fight Mormon influence in Idaho campaign
Mrs. J Diefenderfer of Erie Pennsylvania campaigns in Boise urging votes for Senator Frederick T Dubois to defeat Smoot and keep polygamy out of Congress. She cites the Presbyterian Women Board and Interdenominational Council of Women urging women to support the Democratic ticket for home sanctity and Mormon exclusion.
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Boise City
Idaho
J. Diefenderfer
Erie
Frederick T. Dubois
Women’s Board of Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
Mormon Church
Diefenderfer
Dubois
Congress
W. E. Borah
Smoot
Roberts
Committee On Privileges and
Senate
Borah
Illinois Central Also Paid Rebates
William H. Sufferns of Decatur testifies at the interstate commerce commission inquiry into alleged rebating by railroads. He says Illinois Central gave elevator allowances to Chicago firms Harris Beetten & Co and Rosenbaum & Co for New Orleans shipments, lowering European export costs by about 11 1/2 cents per hundred. Sufferns left the export business last winter. R J Barr of New Orleans corroborates a similar account.
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Chicago
Wiliam H. Sufferns
Decatur
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sufferns
Harris, Beetten & Co
Grain Men of
Rosenbaum & Co
New Orleans
Illinois Central Railroad
Europe
R. J. Barr
Divorce Granted in Chewing Gum Trust Case
Trudge Phillips granted a divorce to Mrs. W. J. White wife of the American Chicle Company president known as the chewing gum trust. Mrs. White charged desertion by her husband in Cleveland Ohio on October 4.
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Cleveland, C
Trudge Phillips
W. J. White
American Chicle Company
The
Chewing Gum Trust
Pope seeks Cuba briefing amid Rome tensions
In Rome on October 4 the pope asked Mgr Vivesytuto for direct Cuba updates. Vivesytuto said the Americans deserve their troubles for how they treated Spain, and predicted a deadlock after Taft’s Rome visit.
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Rome
Mgr. Vivesytuto
W Vivesytuto
Spain
Cuba
Taft
American Wins Balloon Race For James Gordon Bennett Cup
Paris dispatch confirms American Lt. Frank P. Lahm wins the Bennett Cup balloon race. Lahm and Lt. Otis in Britannia landed at Sandringham Upland at 6 30 last night to secure the victory. Italy’s Signor Von Willer takes second, Count De La Viaulx third, Hon. C. Rolls fourth. Lahm earns $2900 prize. Rolls receives endurance medal.
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Paris
The
Aero Club
C. S. Otis
Brittannia
Sandringham Upland
Frank P. Lahm
Sixth Cavalry
Signor von Willer
Italy
Count de la Viaulx
France
Hon. C. S. Rolls
Great Britain
Lahm
James Gorlon
Bennett
Fiero Club
America
Rolls
Dowie to Stay Indefinitely After Sudden Health Improvement
Chicago reports John Alexander Dowie will remain in Zion City indefinitely instead of departing for Mexico. Close ally John A. Lewis said Dowie’s health has improved, yet the sick preacher pleaded for funds to finance a private car to Ocotlan, Mexico, prompting mixed reactions among followers and skeptics about his mission.
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Chicago
Mexico
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Dowie
John A. Lewis
Ocottan
Mex
Shiloh
Horrors Reported in Kherson Slaver Trial
Ninety seven peasants were tried on charges tied to the devastation of M Krivoshein’s estate. Sixty three convicted and thirty four acquitted as courts heard of atrocities by authorities including Cossacks who beat and killed many peasants during a four hour slaughter.
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Kherson
M Krivoshein
Post Office Law Reforms Proposed by Hubbiard
John M Hubbiard assistant postmaster of Chicago tells the New York postal commission that a self sustaining rate on second class matter could erase the department deficit. He says it would allow higher pay for workers cut admin costs and grant press independence. He cites savings from routing mail outside the mails and notes un routed mail costs about 41 cents per hundred versus routed mail higher costs.
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New York
John M. Viubhard
Chicago
Postal Commission
Hubbiard
Post Office Department
Congress
Cummins Wild West show destroyed by fire in Geneva
Fire swept the Cummins Wild West show in Geneva Ohio owned by Walter L. Main. One employee died in the blaze as animals burned. only four elephants and two horses survived while the property loss topped forty thousand dollars.
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Geneve, O
Walter L. Main
Not a Yellow Peril. White Sugar To Grow Scarce Under Ruling
New York dispatch reports the pure food commission may limit bleaching of sugar by banning mineral blueing. Chemists say four pounds of blueing are used per million pounds of sugar, implying a yellowish tint will appear as supplies tighten.
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New York
Pure Food Commission
United States
Meat Inspection Law Opens as 1000 New Inspectors Appointed
Washington, Oct. 4. Secretary Wilson reports 1000 new meat inspectors appointed since July 1 under the new meat inspection law with more likely. About forty establishments previously inspected under the old law were denied under the new. The department says there is no meat famine and prices should not automatically rise, noting strong competition among local slaughterers and packers.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Citie
Gosto
New York
Boston
Department of Justice
Magoon to Cuba? Cabinet eyes Cuba mission
Washington reports the first cabinet meeting in three months discussed Cuba as a priority. A proposal to send former canal zone Governor Magoon to Havana as civil war department representative surfaced. Taft aides indicate Tred Carpenter may stay in Havana for about two more weeks.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Shaw
Hitchcock
Cuba
Magoon
Canal Zone
Havana
War Department
Tred C. Carpenter
Execution clears mystery in Peterhof assassination
In St. Petersburg on October 4 the assassin who killed General Kozlov in Peterhof July 14, misidentified as General Trepoff, was executed despite the widow’s mercy appeal. The condemned man maintained anonymity to the end.
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St. Petersburg
Kozlov
Peterhot
Trepoff
Potatoes to Break Standard Oil Trust
Washington D C Oct 4 Secretary Wilson moves to form a laboratory to test denatured alcohol burning apparatus. He aims to spur American inventors to produce burners that maximize heat from alcohol, creating a rival market to Standard Oil. Potatoes will fuel farm machinery and homes with cheaper energy, while nonedible varieties will supply denatured alcohol materials. The denatured alcohol law takes effect January 1 with Treasury regulations forthcoming.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Standard Oil Company
Europe
Iraq
Willlso
Treasury Department
Platt Family Scandal Stirring as Divorce Rumors Grow
New York reports Mrs. Thomas Collier Platt, wife of the aging senator, at Tioga Lodge preparing for possible divorce proceedings. Rumors center on an actress linked to the senator and a plan to settle amid a looming family skeleton disclosure.
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New York
Thomas Collier Platt
Tioga Lodge
Highland Mills
N. Y
Living Pictures
Platt Aleges
Highland
United States Express Company
Platt
Scapegoat Son of Kansas City Millionaire Found Dead
The body of Carey M. Snyder, linked to the Hillsboro Bank robbery, was found near Hillsboro Oregon. He was son of Robert M. Snyder, a Kansas City banker under indictment in St. Louis for alleged franchise bribery. Snyder had a notoriety tied to a past highway robbery in Kansas City and later moved to Oregon.
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Kansas City
Portland
Ore
Carey M. Snyder
Bank of
Hillsboro
Snyder
Robert M. Snyder
St. Louis
Criminal Court
R. M. Snyder
Young Snyder
Oregon
Swedish vice consul murdered near Batum outskirts
In Batum Transcaucasia on October 4 M Hager Swedish vice consul was killed while driving a carriage on the city outskirts. The murderers escaped. Hager was manager of the Nobed trapthau works.
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Batum
Transcaucasia
M. Hager
Wager
Nobed Trapthau
Racing Law Holds In Ohio Court Appeal
Cincinnati Oct. The Kentucky racing commissionary was declared unconstitutional by the federal court of appeals here today. The agency aimed to avoid conflicting dates and limit the length of race meetings.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky Racing
Market Rates Report From New York
The data shows a money firm at 26 percent and mercantile paper around 14 to 7 percent. Prices for short term drafts and related securities are listed with figures near 4.85 and 4.72 in the context of the New York market report.
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Vongy Market
New York
Rime Mercatile Paper
Bloodnounds on Trail After Parker Farmhouse Slaying
Mrs. Harry M. Collins is dead and her husband is gravely ill after robbers chloroformed them at their Parker Turner county farm. Their two children are unconscious. bloodhounds and Sheriff Mundy pursue suspects as a cash haul and jewelry vanish. The attack occurred after the couple’s wealth prompted a recent bank withdrawal.
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Parker, S. 10
Harry M. Collins
Reebbers
Munday
Collins
Parker
Turmer
Earle
Surle
Warle
Mr. Collins
Mundy
Mr. Calling
Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Sioux City
Chicago
Harry Collins
Turner County
Marvest Hands
Caltins
Conu
LTT
Evita May
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Kan
Fred S. Jackson
Kansas Supreme Court
International Harvester Company of America
Northern Kansas Millers’ Club
Southern Kansas Millers’ Club
Christiana Thompson
Washington Female Seminary
Washington and Jefferson College
Vincennes
Ind
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Indiana
J. Ogden Armour
Tylor
Winnipeg
Man
Woodruff
Republican Estate Committee
George A. Kimmel
Farmers’ State Bank
Arkansas City
Matteawan Asylum
Constantinople
Leischman
Qysain
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Charles H. Chapman
Autrain Bay
Larquette
Madrid
Romanones
Tuy
London
Hong Kong
Ayorla
Hamburg
Liverpool
Rotterdam
Adolphus Busch
Tony Faust, Jr
Wiesbaden
Germany
Waust
Joseph Smith
Senator Dubois
Illinois Central
Interstate Commerce
Gum Trust
Pope
Cusa
Lieut. Lahm
Zion
Mail
Cirtus Burns
E.cy
Standard Oil Trust
Sweden
H. M. Collins
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