Parker's Letter Attacks Republican Attitudes on National Issues
Esopus New York special prints Alton B Parker's letter of acceptance for the Democratic nomination. He argues for tariff reform and gold standard defense, condemns centralized executive power, calls for investigations of government spending, and supports self government for the Philippines with careful policy on an isthmian canal. He urges restraint in foreign entanglements and promises to pursue fiscal reform if elected.
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Esopus
N. Y
Judge Parkers
United States
Roosevelt
Champ Clark
Severn Iert
Wisige Aoboauniv
Imam Othmane
Philippines
Congress
National Democratic
Geover Cleveland
Bos Fon
Panama Canal
Panama
Veland
War Department
Alton B. Parker
Frightful collision at Hodges wreck claims many lives
A head on crash between two Southern Railway passenger trains near Hodges Tennessee results in dozens killed and many injured. Engineers were killed or trapped, wreckage blocked the lines, and relief trains arrived as physicians assisted the wounded. The day’s toll was expected to rise above seventy.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Hodges
General Hospital
Chief Joseph Dies at Colville Reservation
Famous Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph has died at the Colville reservation after a period of illness. He rose to prominence in 1877 leading about 300 followers in a war against white encroachment in Willow Valley Idaho, with his final stand in the Bear Paw campaign where General Miles trapped him.
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Chief Joseph
Willow Valley
Idaho
Bear Paw Mountains
Nelson A. Miles
General Miles
Rockefeller gift to Brown marks opening year
Providence special reports that at Brown University upon the new academic year opening President Faunce announced a gift of 5000 dollars from John D. Rockefeller Jr. class of 1897.
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Rockefeller, Jr
Providence
R. I
Brown University
Faunce
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Russia reorganizes army for vast Far East mobilization
An imperial rescript assigns Major General Grippenberg to command the newly formed second army as part of a major reorganization intended to deploy over 300000 additional troops to Manchuria and press Japan toward a decisive early outcome.
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St. Petersburg
Liao Yang
Grippenberg
Third
Vilna
Far East
Kuropatkin
First
Russia
Jaran
Alexieff
Nicholas Nichaelovitch
Japan
Turkey
Sevastopol
Precipitated into Vault at Pleasant Ridge School
A vault accident at a public school seven miles north of Cincinnati during forenoon recess killed nine nine grade girls after the floor collapsed into a twelve foot deep stone walled vault filled with four feet of water. About thirty others escaped.
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Cincinnati
Pleasant Ridge
Vesuvius Eruptions At Naples Attract Public Attention
Naples reports Vesuvius growing more active with the crater crust breaking away and issuing red hot ash and flames. Columns of fire reach substantial heights as detonations shake the area and minor earthquakes are felt, resembling a bombardment.
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Naples
Vesuvius
George Cutcheon Engagement Reported in Chicago
George Cutcheon the novelist, and Mrs Fay a wealthy widow, are to wed within a few days in Chicago. Mr Cutcheon recently returned from New York where he arranged production of a new novel.
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George i
Chicago
Annou
George Cutcheon
Oldest Editor Celebrates Ninety-Eighth Birthday
Washington D H O Special Wan Millikan Sr editor of the Daily and Weekly Herald in this city celebrates his ninety eighth birthday anniversary. He is noted as the oldest living newspaper editor in the country.
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Washington D. H
Wan. Millikan, Sr
Daily
Weekly Herald
Nations Abroad Affect Navy Reports Edits
The article notes a Washington decision to alter annual navy reports to curb foreign access to sensitive details. It states changes will omit much of the former material and remove unrevised estimates from bureau chiefs.
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Washington
Tribesmen Capture a Briton Reported at Rabat
The Times correspondent in Tangiers says British merchant Mr. Lee of Rabat has been captured by tribesmen. A companion, Broome, escaped and there is an unconfirmed rumor that Mr. Lee has been liberated.
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London
the Times
Tangiers
Lee
Rabat
Broome
Japanese Strength Inadequate To Surround Kuropatkin
Russian reports say Oyama’s force sits thirty miles south of Mukden while Kuropatkin’s strength is up by two army corps since Liao Yang. Japanese planning focuses on eastern and southern flanks to push Russians northward with larger enveloping moves not expected.
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St. Petersburg
Mukden
Marquis Oyama
Fusan
Kuropatkin
Liao Yang
Ayama
Dzianthan
Oyama
Kuroki
Miles to Tour for Parker in New York Special
At Democratic headquarters the speakers bureau plans a continent spanning tour with General Miles as the featured speaker. He will focus on U S policy toward the Philippines and on establishing a general army staff during the campaign. Canadian authorities seized the American steamer Alert and two scows near Oyster Creek Vancouver Island claiming poaching.
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New York
Speakers’ Bureau
Miles
Continent
United States
Philippines
Canada
Vancouver B.C
Alert
Bellingham
Oyster Creek
Vancouver Island
Ruth
Dominion Government Fisheries Protection
Bank Rules Clerks Must Earn 1400 a Year to Marry
The Bank of British North America, with branches nationwide, announces a rule that clerks may not marry unless their annual earnings reach at least 1400 dollars.
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Bank
San Francisco
Bank of British North America
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Tisor
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