Presidents Two Messages Focus on Canal and Tariff Reform
Washington October 8 President Roosevelt works on two key messages for an extra session the first to address the Cuban treaty and canal policy the second on tariff reciprocity and anti trust law administration He also weighs postoffice Indian Territory scandals labor relations and foreign policy with China as a likely treaty to be signed around October 8 outcome.
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Washington
Roosevell
Congress
Hay
Cuba
Isthmian Canal
Iowa
Oarth
Metiniey
Lhe Post Office Department
Indian Territory
Canal
Panama Canal
Senate
Bogota
Ous
Postoffice
Interior Department
China
Bureau of Labor
Navy Department
Judge blocks picketing and boycotts in Hamilton unions case
Ohio judge issues broad injunction against Hamilton Typographical union No 298, the Co operative clubs, and related groups and individuals. The order bars boycotts and picketing against the Republican Publishing company and protects its patrons, aiming to halt union pressure on the firm over non union workers and open shop practices. The court requires all involved to appear in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Hamilton
Republican Publishing Company
Judge Belden
Hamilton Typographical Union
Hamilton Co-operativearades and Labor Council
Nonpareil Printing Company
Belden
Rockefeller Finds Comfort in Religion in Ohio
John D. Rockefeller, speaking with Rev. Dr. Haton after services at Euclid Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland, recalled his Richford New York origins and said religion brought him personal comfort he might even share on a lecture platform.
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Rockefeller
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Haton
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Richford
N. Y
Indian Belles Elope From Government School
Two Indian girls aged 17 and 19 escaped from Vermillion lake near Tower Minnesota by rope from a washroom window and fled with lovers Thomas Gheen and John Gagnon pilots on lake steamers. They sheltered in a rowboat during a storm and evaded officers as pursuit continued to Crane Lake and a landlocked shanty. They planned to marry in Fort Francis Canada after reuniting with their companions.
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Duluth
Minn
Vermillion Lake
Tower
Thomas Gheen
John Gagnon
Bob Firewood
Crane Lake Portage
Gheen
Gagnon
Fort Francis
Canada
Hypnotic re enactment stages Bompard murder drama
Paris reports Gabrielle Bompard through hypnotic guise reenacted the Eyraud Gauffe murder for a photographer studio audience including France's justice minister. The staged crime used a pulley rope setup and a nurse-like hypnotic control to capture every motion on film for future exhibition.
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Gabrielle Bompard
Paris
France
Eyraud
Gauffe
Boyers
Boulevardes
Armnest Valle
le Page
Henri Letellier
Te Journal
Jacques Duhr
de Jouvenele
Gouffe
Bompard
Byrand
Gouiffe
Bogers
Schwab Accused in Shipbuilding Company Fraud Case
James Smith receiver for the United States Shipbuilding Company files an answer in U S circuit court charging promoters including Charles M Schwab and others with fraud in forming the company. He alleges Bethlehem Steel works valued at 7.2 to 10 million dollars was overvalued to 30 million and directors were not bona fide stockholders.
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United States Shipbuilding Company
New York
James Smith
United States Circuit Court
Mercantile Trust Company
New York Security and Trust Company
Mr. Smith
Charles M. Schwab
D. Leroy Dresser
Lewis Nixon
John S. Hyde
Charles R. Hanscom
I. M. Scott
Charles J. Canda
Horace W. Ganz
John W. Young
Shipbuilding Company
Bethelhem Steel Company
Ward is Fined 12000 for Embezzlement in Iowa Bank Case
T Ward former acting president of LeMars National Bank was sentenced in Sioux City federal court to pay 12000 and serve jail time until paid. He pled guilty to one count of misappropriation amid a 1901 bank collapse background involving 103000 in worthless assets and 90000 of valueless paper. The judge noted no penitentiary term and highlighted potential use of a federal statute to avoid full payment.
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Sioux City
Federal Court
Smith McPherson
T. Ward
LeMars National Bank
Ward
McPherson
J. M. Parsons
United States
McMillan
Iowa
Eleventh
H. G. McMillan
Grand
Mr. Ward
Falls Fifty Feet Ray Fenwick Falls From Window
Des Moines Iowa Oct 8 W Raymond Fenwick 21 a janitor for Milton D Goldman owner of the Eagle block fell fifty feet from a third story window while washing panes on a narrow ledge. He survived briefly before dying from injuries as bystanders watched and medical help arrived at Mercy Hospital.
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Ray Fenwick
Des Moines
Raymond Fenwick
Eagle Block
Fenwick
Milton D. Goldman
Goldman Clothing Store
Kirkwood
Goldman
Bishop
Mercy Hospital
Left handed defender pins attacker in Clarion incident
In Clarion Iowa on October 8 Miss Jennie Keith county recorder and a companion encountered two young men who tried to crowd them. Miss Keith used a left shoulder blow to strike one man in the eye, sending him away and allowing the women to proceed unmolested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarion
Jennie Keith
County Recorder
Keith
Minnesota Governor Van Sant to Campaign for Iowa Republicans
Des Moines report says Governor Van Sant of Minnesota will spend one week delivering speeches for Iowa Republicans starting October 19. He plans to focus on eastern Iowa to align with the Davenport river and harbor convention.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Des Moines
van Sant
Davenport
Lightning Strikes Coalville School. Boy Escapes Serious Injury
A storm flash struck a Coalville schoolhouse near Fort Dodge Iowa injuring the farmer Hayes’s young son who was knocked senseless as nearly all his clothing burned away. The building was badly damaged by fire but the boy suffered no serious injuries.
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Fort Dodge
Coalville
Here
Hayes
Trio as Entertainers Open Iowa Lyceum Bureau Tour
The Optimo trio from Hardin county Iowa makes its debut under the Iowa Lyceum bureau in Hubbard and will perform this week. The group features Miss Lulu E Osgood Aura Parker Kennedy and Olive Marion English with Kennedy and English as musicians and Osgood as elocutionist. The trio hails from Iowa Falls and Radcliffe and comes with strong notices and high ambitions from the western circuit.
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Eldora
Iowa Lyceum Bureau
Hubbard
Optimo
Hardin County
Lulu E. Osgood
Iowa Falls
Aura Parker Kennedy
Olive Marion English
Radcliffe
Miss Osgood
West
Crops Largely Matured in Des Moines State Report
Des Moines Indiana reports a warmer week with extra cloudiness and rainfall. Most corn is fully matured and with dry weather a large portion may be cribbed by mid October. Output expected to vary greatly from below average to potential record yields.
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Des Moines
Insurance Firm Denies Burglarized Safe Claim
Bankers Mutual Casualty of Des Moines fights a burglary claim from Peoples Bank of North Enid Oklahoma arguing the safe was robbed by the insurer’s own employee. The case may show the safe as an exhibit in district court Des Moines Iowa.
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Des Moines
Bankers’ Mutual Casualty Company of
Peoples’ Bank of
North Enid
Okla
Peary's New Pole Quest Faces $250000 Cost
Washington reports A B E Peary plans a three year leave to return to polar exploration aiming to reach the pole. Financing likely from Morris K Jesup and new backers, with a goal of $200,000 to $250,000 for a better ship kept in Arctic waters. The Peary Arctic Club may be revived by diverse supporters and Chamber of Commerce members.
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New York Sun
Washington
A. BE. Peary
Avy Department
Pole
New York
Morris K. Jesup
Mr. Peary
Peary
Jesup
BE. C. Benedict
CG. BF
Peary Arctic Club
Mr. Jesup
Chamber of Commerce
Arctic Club
Are There Too Many Doctors in Ontario
The Toronto Mail and Empire notes France faces professional poverty among doctors and compares it with Ontario. It cites France with 3 per 10,000 rural doctors and 10.65 in Paris, while Ontario averages 11.4 per 10,000 and Toronto 20 per 10,000, arguing overcrowding is a rising concern though not strictly worse than France due to wealth and dispersion.
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Toronto Mail and Empire
France
Paris
le Temps
Canadian Journal of Medicine and Surgery
Ontario
Toronto
French Republic
Tornado devastates St Charles Minnesota town
The St Charles in Winona county was struck by a tornado at 2:30 pm Saturday, killing seven and injuring twenty eight. The main street and forty two homes were wiped out with property damage about 100000. Several buildings including the Central school, depot, church, and wagon works were demolished.
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St. Charles
St. Paul
Mino
Winona County
John Ebens
WM. Bebbens
Will Adams
Oscar Crittenden
George Jesson
ED Murphy
Peticas
Dover
Minn
Carrie Ebens
Chase Coppetts
Blankenberg
Pike
P. H. Rockaway
Jacob Helm
Paul Johnson
Jacob Murphy
J. Chandler
Ezra Stevens
Agent Waite
Chicago Great Western
Timvers
Edward Gould
C. W. Babcock
Chicago
Stesinger
Farmer
Wm. Stevens
Dr. Rollins
Rollins
Central School
Catholic Church
Parrott
John Ebenxa
Ed Peters
Severe storm lashes Canton area with tornado near Inwood
A wide rain and wind storm crossed Canton South Dakota and sharpened into a cyclone near Inwood Iowa ten miles east. Buildings were wrecked including Jensen's lumber yard and store fronts, with Pearl Brown and Miss Hartshorn among injured. Destruction hit Fairview Harrisburg and farm properties, with damage running into thousands.
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Canton
S. D
Inwood
Jensen
Pearl Brown
Lartshorn
Fairview
Hiarrisburg
Had Too Many Wives Suicide Letter Reveals Tragic Web
In New Orleans Jack Stewart O Neill a New Yorker and former Orange Daily Tribune manager shot himself after writing a letter revealing a secret marriage to a young Orange woman. He said a New York wife existed and the planned ceremony was forced by the girl s father. He stated the new marriage was not consummated and that he would reveal all to the original wife. Also noted Evangelist Fred A Marson received a five year penitentiary sentence for fraud in Muscatine.
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New Orleans
Jack Stewart O'Neill
New Yorker
Orange
Tex
Daily Tribune
St. Charles
O'Neill
New York City
New York
Marshalltown
Fred A Marson
Sweet Singing
Muscatine
Caswell
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Presient
Schwab
LeMars National
Gov. van Sant
Hardin County Girls
Welsh Congregational Assembly
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Association of the Welsh Congregational Churches of Iowa
Lloyd Williams
Lewis Jones
Williamsburg
D. D. Davis
Long Creek
William Edwards
Given
Old Man’s Creek
Ieat
Quest
The
Florris K. Jesup
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