Taft Campaign in St Louis Draws Crowd and Chaos
Taft’s Western campaign climaxed in St Louis with a Coliseum speech, a large open air address in Clayton, and a crowded Planters’ Hotel reception disrupted by eager crowds. Taft praised labor rights while denying anti union stances, and a whirlwind day moved through Macon Moberly and Chicago as 5000 guests queued for deep waterways talks with Bryan slated to speak.
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St. Louis
William H. Taft
Coliseum
Clayton
St. Louis County
East St. Louis
Briareus
St Louis
Mr. Taft
Taft
Bill
Missouri
Macon
Moberly
Chicago
Galesburg
Bryan
Bryan's Iowa tour denounces privilege and calls for reform
In Cedar Rapids and towns such as Tama, Toledo, Maxwell, and Woodward, William J. Bryan rallied large crowds delivering a fierce critique of Republican policies. He branded them favoring the few, vowed to restore prosperity through Democratic means, and cited nine month business failures totaling 11,943 and liabilities of 179 million. The remarks followed a clash over campaign contributions and political privilege. A separate note reports a deadly grain elevator blast in Richford Vermont killing 13.
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Cedar Rapids
William J. Bryan
Chautauqua
Tama
Toledo
Taft
Woodward
Maxwell
Felton Testifies in Government Case on Freight Rates
In Chicago on October 7 Henry B. Felton general traffic manager of Standard Oil contradicted government evidence on freight rates from Toledo Ohio to Bellows Falls Vermont during the railroad phase of the case to dissolve Standard Oil.
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Felton
Chicago
Toledo
Bellows Falls
Henry BE. Felton
Standard Oil Company
Franklin Ferriss
Standard O11 Company
Philadelphia Captain Killed by Brother-in-Law in Delaware County
Clayton Erb of the Third Regiment National Guard and former actuary for Israel W Durham state Insurance Commissioner shot and killed at his Red Gables home in Village Greer Delaware County. The killer was his alster-in-law Catherine Bessel amid recent domestic troubles involving his wife.
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Philadelphia
Clayton Erb
Third Regiment
National
Aid of
Pennsylvania
Israel W’. Durham
Red Gables
Greer
Delaware County
Halster
Catherine Bessel
Wif
Tragic Fall Kills Woman in Jersey City Outskirts
Mrs Stephen Diekman wife of a real estate operator was thrown from an open carriage and killed while driving on the Jersey City outskirts. Her son Jobs and her maid Marie Tueers were seriously injured.
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New York
Jersey City
Stephen Diekman
Jobs
Marie Tueers
Austria declares sovereignty over Bosnia and Herzegovina
Oct 7 dispatches report Emperor Francis Joseph's proclamation extending Austro Hungarian sovereignty over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Provinces to receive a constitution and diet while international powers consider a conference to address the move amid Turkish restraint and British criticism.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Bosnia and Herzegovina
London
Berlin
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Turkey
Austria
Bulgaria
Servia
Bosnia
Standard
Poland
Edward Grey
Robbers Kill Twelve in Slobodze Village Raid
In Slobodze, a Jewish family named Cohen was attacked by robbers who killed twelve members of the household while attempting to steal a small sum. The culprits were captured shortly after the crime.
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Mate
Tiraspo
Russia
Slobodze
Cohen
TERSE TELEGRAMS SUMMARY OF events
An international conference discussed Bulgaria now. President Roosevelt may skip campaigning this fall. The National Association of Railway Commissioners hosts its twentieth annual meeting in Washington. Yale defeated Harvard 14 to 9 to retain the Intercollegiate Golf title. Holland weighing a Venezuela blockade would target LaGuira Porto Cabello and Maracaibo. A record wheat stock drawdown spurred Chicago price slumps. The Kentucky Horse Breeders Association meets in Lexington with noted owners and horses. Mrs. Richard Yates, widow of former governor, dies at Jacksonville Ill., aged eighty six. Norman E. Mack collapses in Chicago from fatigue and illness under medical care.
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TERSE
Roosevelt
National Association of Railway Commissioners
Washington
Yale
Harvard
Holland
Venezuela
LaGuira
Porto Cabello
Maracaibo
Chicago
Kentucky Horse Breeders’ Association
Lexington
Richard Yates
Yates
Niinels
Jacksonville
Ill
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Buffalo
N. Y
William H. Taft
The
Aero Club of France
Wilbur Wright
Europe
Joseph M. Brown
Georgia
Yancey Carter
Independence Party
John W. Richardson
Norfolk
Turkey
Congress of the Powers
French Lick Casino Cases Headed For Trial On Merits
Indiana court rulings upend pre raid actions against French Lick and West Baden hotel firms. Appellate and supreme courts find charters may be forfeited if laws were violated and revisit affidavits charging visits to gambling houses. The cases move toward trial as casinos were largely closed.
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Indianapolis
Supreme
French Lick Valley
Hanly
French Lick
West Baden
Supreme Court
Orange County
Buskirk
Jordan
Duel in Indiana Leaves Both Sidelined in Oct Shootout
Deputy state game warden R D Fleming of Fort Wayne and Charles Jones engaged in a gunfight near Connersville while attempting an arrest for game law violations. Both were wounded but not seriously. An ensuing chase led to arrests and conflicting accounts of who fired first.
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Connersville
Ind
R. D. Fleming
Fort Wayne
Charles Jones
Fleming
Jones
Conneraville
M. C. Dunlavy
Indianapolis
Owen Morris
Dunlavy
Morris
Fire destroys hall and store in Arlington ruin
A fire on October 7 in Arlington Indiana started in the old hall on Carthage road causing about 10000 dollars in loss with roughly 5000 dollars insured. The blaze, suspected incendiary, wiped out the two story frame hall and Frank K. Maes’s store with a postroom owned by Knowls Beckner.
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Arlington
Ind
Carthage Road
Frank K. Maees
Knowls Beckner
Taft Bryan Face to Face at Chicago Commerce Banquet
Taft and Bryan, rival presidential candidates, met at the Chicago Association of Commerce banquet, the first such public encounter since the Lincoln Douglass showdown. The event drew packed halls, partisan cheers, and busy signing of menus as both leaders spoke in a nonpartisan tone amid orchestral chaos.
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Chicago
W. J. Bryan
W. H. Taft
United States
Chicago Association of Commerce
Lincoln
Douglas
Auditorium Hotel
Judge Taft
Taft
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Hsead
President Hall
Mr. Taft
Bill
A. C. Bartlett
David R. Forgan
Mr. Bartlett
Mr. Forgan
Ambitious Waterway Plan Draws Leaders at Chicago Meet
William J. Bryan opened the water ways convention with a keynote speech as Quifford Pinchot, head of the forestry division, delivered the principal address. Bryan and his political rival Taft drew similar attention at yesterday's session, in a discussion about linking lakes to the Gulf.
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Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Deep Waterways
Taft
Iminole
Deneen
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
Tennessee
Cumberland
Missouri
Mississippi
Great Gulf
Chicago Drainage Canal
Chicago
Lake Michigan
William J. Bryan
Quifford Pinchot
National Conservation Commission
Forestry
Washington
Bryao
Mayflower Yacht Castaway Rescue After Hurricane
A dozen men rescued from the wrecked Mayflower, once the America's Cup defender, after passing through the hurricane on the Atlantic. Harvard leaders and Mayflower crew members comprise the group landed in Baltimore by the Norwegian steamer Hippolyte Dumons. The search party sought a Spanish galleon with treasure, but the vessel had already been found and plundered by others.
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Baltimore
Hippolyte Dumons
Caribbean Sea
Harvard
Ties Eye Pennant as New York and Chicago Lead
New York and Chicago share the lead in the National League pennant race with .641 percentages after New York defeated Boston for the third straight time. The pennant will hinge on today’s New York versus Chicago game in the city. Pittsburgh trails at .636.
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New York
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburg
Harvard Wins Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Championship
Harvard takes the intercollegiate lawn tennis title as a major college team victory. Strong competition highlighted by top players and a decisive finish pointing to Harvard's dominance in the sport this season.
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Deep Waterways Association
Wil Bryan
Chi
Jowa
Senate
House of Representatives
Republican Party
Repubican Party
Richford
Canadian Pacific
Boston & Maine
Francia Joseph
Game Warden
Huntsman
Douglass
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