Foraker Voices on Tariff Trusts and Party Work
Senator Foraker delivers a vigorous Akron campaign speech praising the Republican record on tariff and prosperity while denouncing the Democrats. He argues Republicans have kept faith since 1896, defended gold standard, and expanded Porto Rico and the Philippines.
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Oho
Akron
J. 3. Foraker
Republican Party
W. C. Whitney
Democrats of
Ohio
Bryan
Towa
Cleveland
Wall Street
Unrecorded History and Nero Fiddles in Brooklyn Life
A quip from Brooklyn Life references Nero fiddling while Rome burned and Jerome's tomorrow visit to investigate the accident. The passage mocks public figures by recasting a historical motif with modern, humorous dialogue about performing amid disaster.
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Nero
Rome
Jerome
Brooklyn
Policy Speech Defends Philippines Role and GOP Majority
Secretary of War Elihu Root opened the Illinois Republican campaign in Peoria on September 24. He praised U S soldiers in the Philippines, urged continued Republican control of Congress, and argued a divided House would hinder progress and deny the cause of liberty and stability in the islands.
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Elihu Root
Peoria
Philippines
McKinley
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
United States
Democratic Party
Record of US Army conduct in the Philippine war admits some wrongs
A historical account notes instances of cruel treatment by American troops against natives during guerrilla warfare in the Philippines. It states few incidents occurred amid thousands of engagements and troops, and emphasizes that most actions were humane. It cites testimonies from McKinley Schurman Dewey and the first Philippine Commission defending conduct.
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Acc
Republcan Party
Republican Party
Western Hemisphere
Hawaii
Harrison
Cleveland
McKinley
United States
Pacific
Panama Canal
Porto Rico
Democratic Party
Philippines
Spain
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
House of Representatives
Ohio
Aguinaldo
America
Trme
Rcts
Congress
Funston
Tennessee
Gen
Wheaton
Idaho
West Point
William McKinley
Schurman
George Dewey
First Philippine Commission
Pacific Ocean
Manila
Johnsons Evolution and the making of a political boss
A critical look at Tom L. Johnson’s rise from reformer to potential state boss highlighting his public stance versus private conduct. The piece notes his Ohio actions, Sandusky convention leadership, and warns that power could push him to command autocratic patronage. It also references Cannon on tariff revision and a revived universal postage stamp plan with Shallenberger’s approach.
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Tom L. Johnson
Detroit Free Press
Johnson
Ohio
Sandusky
Mr. Johnson
United States
Shallenberger
Universal Postal Union
Zola Dies in Paris asphyxiation from stove fumes fatal
Paris reports Emile Zola found dead in his Paris home from stove gas asphyxiation. Mme. Zola survived briefly after being rescued and hospitalised. The famed author, central to the Dreyfus affair, had long faced controversy over his writings and public charges against French officials.
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Paris
Emile Zola
Dreyfus
M. Zola
Mme. Zola
Europe
France
Col
Ferdinand Esterhazy
Hachette & Co
Cholera Threatens Samar Islands Population Decline
Cholera in Samar provinces shows 70,222 cases and 48,402 deaths as towns suffer heavy losses and panic spreads. Mural Free Delivery notes rural free delivery estimates for next fiscal year total 12,655,800 dollars, up 5,126,400 from the current year.
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Samar
Manila
Washington
Spanish Royal Scandal Rumors Shake Court
Court gossip claims King Alfonso's mother secretly wed her master of horse Esco sura during a visit to Austria. In Egypt cholera figures show 4 421 new cases and 3 902 deaths as the epidemic declines.
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Weddin
Madrid
Alfonso
Austria
Escosura
Cholera Statistica
New York
Egypt
London
The
Times
President Washington takes uneventful day in wheel chair
The president spent September 30 in a wheelchair moving about the room with little disturbance. Doctors reported satisfactory progress after Monday night. Alice and Ethel Roosevelt visited at the White House, with Ethel set to attend school in Washington.
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Washington
Lang
White House
Newton M. Shaffer
New York
Alice
Ethel Roosevelt
Tuxedo Park
Oyster Bay
Ethel
Druggist's Revenge Destroys Two Stores in Blaze
A 85 year old druggist in Lacenter Washington, seeking revenge, set fire to Mrs. White's drug store and then his own. The flames consumed both stores and Davis perished in the blaze, possibly taking poison or dying in the fire. He believed Mrs. White harmed his business and acted on that belief.
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Portland
Ore
Lacenter
Wash
Davis
White
Killed His Father in Wisconsin Farmhouse Shooting
Peshtigo Wisconsin September 30 1900 A son shot his father Gust Z Seifeld with buckshot a shotgun after allegedly finding him beating his wife He carried his mother to bed then surrendered to officers notifying Dr Rubin who went to the farm The father died before the doctor arrived Community members volunteer for the boy s bail and express sympathy
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Peshtigo
Wis
Z. Seifeld
Seifeld
Alger Named Senator to Succeed McMillan
Detroit September 80 Gen R A Alger former secretary of war has accepted Gov Bliss ad interim appointment as United States senator from Michigan to succeed the late James McMillan. Bliss signs the commission making Alger senator at Saginaw September 30.
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Detroit
Mich
R. A. Alger
Gov. Bliss
United States
Saginaw
R.A. Alger
James McMillan
Morgan Opens His Purse to Aid Markets
New York September 30 J P Morgan and Company offered relief to the money markets and the New York stock market by advancing interest on 140 million dollars in securities and paying over 5 million dollars in October dividends on United States Steel common shares.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan & Co
United States Steel Corporation
Secretary Root May Resign From Cabinet Next Spring
The Post reports a circulating rumor that Secretary Root plans to retire from the cabinet next spring or summer. No formal statement was available as Root was in New York after four o'clock Monday and colleagues said they had no intimation of a resignation.
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Washington
the Post
Root
New York
Shortage in Log Cut Plagues Minneapolis Sawmills
Shortage in log output hits Minneapolis as summer runs near end. Officials estimate nearly 100,000,000 feet fewer logs than last season due to low water hindering drive deliveries to the city. Drives have resumed gradually with some shipments reaching mills.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Clerks' Union Forms Girls League In St. Paul
The young women of the Clerks' union in St. Paul have organized a girls league. Members pledge to marry only union men and to accept attentions only from men who carry the union "cards."
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St. Paul, Minn
Clerks’ Union
Typhoon tidal wave devastates Odawara area
In Yokohama on September 30 a typhoon spawned a tidal wave that struck the Odawara district submerging many houses. Five hundred persons are reported drowned in the disaster.
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Yokohama
Odawara
Stockton fireman Tom Walsh dies from pavilion blaze
Tom Walsh, the Stockton fireman badly burned when the pavilion and five blocks burned, died on Monday. Other injured are improving and expected to recover. The fire caused an estimated $500,000 in losses. Guerrilla leaders Watts and Amador killed in near Cartagena engagement at Santa Catalina, Colombia.
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Stockton
Cal
Tom Walsh
Stockton Pavilion
Colon
Colombia
Santa Catalina
Carthagena
Watts
Amador
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Foraker
Henderson
England
Dryan
China
Mexico
W. J. Bryan
Philippine Policy
Cleveland Circus
Cannon
Troy Times
Washington Star
Zola
Mat
M. and
Medan
Nana
Pot Bouille
Legion of Honor
French Society of Men of Letters
Emilezola
Wisconsin
ALGER
Morgan Opens
His Purse
Royal
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