Taft Campaign Tour Cuts Voice for Night Meetings
Taft plans Indiana Ohio New York campaign stops with limited daytime speeches. He will end in Youngstown on Nov 2 as crowds gather in pivotal states. The Ohio vote is critical amid disaffection reports, while Virginia and Louisville rallies draw large crowds and police crowd control challenges.
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Bryan in Louisville After Indiana Tour
Louisville, Ky Oct 21 The Bryan campaign praised by crowds in Indiana, with Mrs Bryan drawing strong affection at each stop. He delivered sixteen speeches in one day, stressing labor planks bank depositor guarantees and campaign finance reform. He framed Taft as laborers’ foe and noted Roosevelt’s campaign role.
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Candias
Hammond
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Taft
Roosevelt
Japan Admires Alliance as Fleet Receives Warm Welcome
Tokio hosts a day of royal-style hospitality for the American occupation troops with garden parties grand balls and luncheon hosts including Premier Kataura Baron Terauchi and Baron Iwasaki. The fleet’s welcome includes cheering crowds and a 15 inning baseball win by the Japanese team amid orderly shore liberty and widespread revelry in Yokohama and Tokyo.
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Baron Miteuf
Baron Iwasaki
America
Yokohama
Destruction in Helping China Reported by Cablegrams
Local Chinese residents in Victoria report heavy loss of life and wide destruction in Helping, China after dike breaks and West River flooding. The Piatrict area is described as inundated for hundreds of miles, with extensive damage and displacement.
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West River
Revenge at Reelfoot Lake Tragedy Sparks Night Riders
In Union City Tennessee on October 21 a mob of about eighty masked men abducted Col R Z Taylor and Capt Quinton Rankin of Trenton from their hotel at Reelfoot Lake. Rankin was murdered after a rapid procession to the bayou and Taylor reportedly escaped into the water amid gunfire. Authorities, including Gov Patterson, offered a $10000 reward and mobilized militia as grand jury action looms and court sessions resume. The feud stems from the West Tennessee Land Companys land and fishing privileges on Reelfoot Lake dividing Obion and Lake counties.
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Reelfoot Lake
R. Z. Taylor
Quinton Rankin
Trenton
Taylor
Powell
Hickman
Dash
Searchere
Patterson
Humboldt
Joseph W. Jones
Ohion County
W. C. Tatum
State Capitol
Nashville
Grand Jury
Colonel Taylor
Rankin
West Tennessee Land Company
Obion
Lake Counties
Tennensee
Captain Rankin
Walnut Log
Firefighters Hope Rain Dims Forest Fires in Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie October 21 Hundreds of residents in the district battling forest fires await predicted showers for relief. A forty mile gale drives fires in all directions. Sugar Inland with about 1000 residents is nearly wiped out. Near Detour sixteen square miles burned. Gladys, Bheldrake, Whitellah area encircled.
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Bheldrake
Whitellah
Taft reception in Indianapolis plans shift indoors
Indianapolis Republicans push a Friday honor for William H Taft with hopes he will speak amid Indiana campaign activity despite a NY dispatch claiming outdoor speaking may be precluded. Republicans rally around Civic League guidance praising most GOP candidates as diphtheria and election logistics loom.
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New York
William H. Taft
Indiana
Senate
T.T. Moore
Greencastle
Civic League
Market quotations from Indianapolis and other centers
Grain and livestock prices across Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago and New York with wheat corn oats and hay values, cattle hogs sheep and lambs quoted. Receipts include 11 000 hogs 1 500 cattle and 900 sheep, supply of horses for closing auction light. Local and regional price ranges noted.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
C. Datar
Food protection rule targets ready to eat goods
The State Board of Health in Indianapolis on October 21 adopted a rule requiring bread pastries confectionery shelled nuts toploga and similar foods ready for consumption to be protected from insects vermin dust and pollution. Dr J N Hurty notes inspectors found food contamination from pests including a coffee bin cat and maggots in tapioca. the rule is now in force and will be enforced.
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Ice stock schemes tie Morse secretary to bank loans
In New York on October 22 testimony in the Moree Curtis trial described large loans to Kate A. Wilson, secretary to Morse, by the National Bank of North America. Witness Edwin Moxey traced a chain: Wilson note funds ice stock, securing further loans, then bank stock used to back pools tied to ice stock schemes. Calvin Austin testified Morse induced him to buy 1,250 ice shares and secured a $100,000 note, later discounted at the bank.
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Charles W. Moree
Alfred H. Curtis
Hough
United States Court
Mias
Kate A. Wilson
Morse
National Bank of North America
Wilson
Edwin Mox
American Ice Company
Moree
Mr. Austin
Mr. Morse
Kata Wilson
Austin
Mr. Curtis
Waa
Mr Austin
Moxey
Calvin Austin
James R. Keene
Poison in Candy Sends Widow to Risky Fate
In Columbus Indiana Mrs Anna Parker about seventy five living at Forest Hill Decatur county received a box of bon bons through the mail. She ate some and was found in convulsions. A physician says she cannot recover. The box tested positive for strychnine. No clue who sent the poisoned candy or why. The postmark read Indianapolis with no handwriting inside.
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Ind
Anna Parker
Forest Hill
Decatur County
Indianapolis
Insurance verdict on Mrs Meyer Frankel death
Coroner G A Petersdorf returns a verdict that Mrs Meyer Frankel died of morphine poisoning. The finding does not conclude suicide, murder, or accident. The case is sent to insurance companies as Frankel, her husband, held about 15000 dollars in policies.
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Indianapolis
G. A. Petersdorf
Meyer Frankel
Red Men Elect Officers In Indianapolis
Indianapolis officials report the election of officers for the Indiana Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men with C Norris of Rushville as Great Junior Sagamore, Otto Wolf of Frankfort as Great Chief of Records, and W B King of Lafayette along with Lewis A Stoy New Albany Wilson Roose Goshen John S Coffman Muncie as Great Representatives and Charles Cary Alexandria as Great Trustee. A separate item notes Mrs Cal Morgan, wife of a parlor proprietor, killed herself after a quarrel over jealousy by poisoning a beer in Clinton.
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C. ©. Norris
Rushville
Otto Wolf
Frankfort
W. B. King
Lafayette
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New Albany
Wilson Roose
Goshen
John 8. Coffman
Muncie
Charles Cary
Alexandria
Clinton
Ind
Cal, Morgan
Parron
Judge Taylor Made His Escape
Union City Tenn Oct 22 with the safe arrival at Tiptonville of Judge R Z Taylor the campaign off Captain Quinton Rankin was killed at Reel Foot Lake. State and county officials concentrate efforts toward charging those who composed the mob.
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Quinton Rankin
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Moby State
Chaggshannon
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