Taft Campaign in Brooklyn Amid Heavy Rain
William H. Taft pressed his New York campaign with five speeches and a parade despite a heavy downpour that threatened to disrupt the Brooklyn arrivals. Yale and New Haven events drew strong student and party support, while Bryan’s Garden appearance featured a large labor-focused speech and enduring crowd enthusiasm.
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Sherman denies timber land graft charges by Burke group
James Sherman Republican vice presidential candidate says allegations of a government timber land deal in New Mexico are unfounded and that he favored full investigation. He states he had no real connection with the enterprise and would welcome any inquiry.
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Utica
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New Mexico
Eadimound Burke
Gompers Replies to Roosevelt Letter on Labor Issue
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor issues a 5000 word reply to President Roosevelt's letter to Senator Knox. He denounces the president's communication as a diatribe of abuse misrepresentation and an exhibition of impotent rage and disappointment detracting from the dignity of the presidency.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Wick dies after 5000 mile journey to see brother
William W. Wick of Portland Oregon died of apoplexy at a Greenville hotel shortly after arriving to visit his brother A L Wick a retired banker near death in Greenville hospital following a 5000 mile trip ending October 27 from his home in Oregon
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William W. Wick
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Bank collapse case heats up with Morse referenced
Testimony shows former National Bank of North America directors deny authorizing overdrafts by Charles W Morse. W W Lee claims Curtis said I have just told Morse that he has busted the bank on the collapse day. Proceedings continue in the federal trial against Morse, Curtis, and associates as prosecutors press banking law violations.
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Morgan J. O'Brien
Charles M. Schwab
John H. Plagler
William F. Havemeyer
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Charles W. Morse
Snown
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Archbold statement on letters read at Carnegie Hall meeting
John D Archbold of the Standard Oil company says Hearst read letters before Mears read them and asserts neither Judge Morrison nor Judge Henderson knew of his letters. He notes Henderson was later appointed to the superior court by Governor Pennypacker, and claims no influence on their positions. He defends his letters to General Elkin about drafts for Republican state committee contributions tied to McKinley’s campaign and notes Hearst’s sensitivity to the McKinley affair.
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Elkin
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Hopkins Arrested in Mail Fraud Scheme in Seattle
Wallace H. Hopkins was arrested by post office inspectors in Seattle on charges of using the mails to defraud. He operated as the Hopkins Company from 181 LaSalle Street Chicago claiming to be a fiscal agent for Consolidated Insurance Company and promoting a merger of mines in Wisconsin and Missouri.
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Wallace H. Hopkins
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LaSalle Street
Chittago
Consolidated Insurance Company
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Missouri
Double Tragedy Near Gulfport Claims Two Lives
News from Gulfport Mississippi reports a wild west show cowboy Lon Seely and Gulfport policeman Lee Varnadoe were killed in a pursuit incident as the group prepared to depart for New Orleans. Seely allegedly struck at a crowd of Black spectators with a revolver butt and both men disappeared in dust before bodies were found. Seely hailed from near El Paso Texas.
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Gulfport
Miss
Lon Seely
Alkee
Lee Varnadoe
Seely
Boy's Strange Kidnapping Story From Brooklyn to Richmond
Robert H. Burchell, nineteen, of 786 Jefferson Ave Brooklyn, walked into police in Washington claiming he was kidnapped in daylight in Brooklyn by two men taken to Richmond Virginia where they forced him to steal. He says he traveled from Richmond to Washington, was mud covered and exhausted, then sent to the municipal lodging house.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Richmond
Robert H. Burchell
Jefferson Avenue
Municipal Lodging House
Russell Read and Deputy Internal Scout Test Case
Fragmentary text references Benjamin F. Russell Read and a deputy internal role. The lines hint at a test or procedure involving natives and authorities, but details are unclear.
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Russell Read
Russell
Soveieee Ed
Tester
Aia
Akma
Taft Campaign Tour Through Hudson Valley Presses Tariff Case
W H Taft campaigned across Hudson Valley industrial centers from Yonkers to Poughkeepsie addressing labor and protection. He argued against Bryan's reforms, praised Republican anti trust actions, and contrasted refinery policy with German competition while Bryan toured Brooklyn and Manhattan urging labor support and public campaign finance reform.
Balkans War Shifts Toward Compensation and Reductions
Sofia reports the Bulgarian government accepts compensation to Turkey following weeks of diplomatic pressure from major powers. In a related move, 60 000 reservists are drafted today leaving the army at 60 000 men as peace prospects develop.
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Turkey
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