Banks Scandal Probes Rock Roosevelt Era Officials
Investigations into the Farmers and Drovers National Bank failure and the Dunkle Rinehart case move quickly with federal officials led by E W Lawrence and S W Finch. Depositors meet in Pittsburgh as indictments are announced against William Montgomery and Addison Altaffer for embezzlement and misapplication of funds.
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Washington
Dunkle
J. B. F. Rinehart
Farmers and Drovers National Banks
Waynesburg
E. W. Lawrence
8. W. Finch
Department of Justice
Rinehart
Bonaparte
Dept. Justice
Pittsburg
Stanley W.W. Finch
United States
John W. Nunkle
J. B. F. Rinehardt
Farmers’ National Bank
Finch
Roosevelt
Federal
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Addison S. Altaffer
Montgomery
No Game Between Giants and Tigers Scheduled
New York Giants decide not to face the Detroit Tigers citing financial rewards. They will play Middletown, N Y today and field a minor league lineup from Poughkeepsie tomorrow. Giants players receive 14000 in total, with 10000 donated by John T Brush. Donlin and Bresnahan absence explains the Tigers matchup void.
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United Press
New York
New York Giants
Detroit Tigers
Middleton
N. Y
Poughkeepsie
Giants
John T. Brush
Donlin
Bresnahan
Tigers
Policeman Tidball on the Carpet Over Arrest Allegations
Two colored men Thomas Dalton and John Kesser say Policeman Charles Tidball was drunk when he arrested them near the opera house. They will repeat their story at a special hearing in Mayor Juusk's office this afternoon after being released on disorderly conduct charges. Chief Gilmore has ordered Tidball to appear.
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Charles Tidball
Opera House
Thomas Dalton
John Kesser
Harry J. Juusk
Tidball
Citizens
Reformed Presbyterians Denounce Constitution as Supreme Law
Dr. W. J. Coleman of Pittsburg spoke to a full church about why Reformed Presbyterians reject the U S Constitution as supreme law. He argued Jesus Christ is the foundation for civil life and condemned the oath of office that places majority will above divine authority, urging believers not to vote or identify with ordinary citizens.
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W. J. Coleman
Pittsburg
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Jesus Christ
God
Christ Jesus
United States
Word of God
Mrs. Nancy Taggart widow of John S. Taggart dies at 77
Nancy Jane Taggart longtime New Castle resident and church worker died after a long illness. Born May 31 1831 in Darlington Beaver County she lived in New Castle since 1854. Survived by four children six grandchildren and one sister. funeral Wednesday at 3 pm at her Grant Street home with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Nancy Jane Taggart
John S. Taggart
Mrs. Taggart
New Castle
Darlington
Beaver County
Samuel and
Arabella Scroggs Hamilton
Taggart
Mane
A. C. Jones
T. F. Morehead
Charles P. Taggart
New York
John C. Taggart
Lou Hamilton
Samuel
Why They Demand the Right to Vote
Buffalo N Y Oct 20 Mrs Philippine Snowden of London addressing the National Women s Suffrage convention argues the ballot is a moral issue and that equality requires action. She notes parliament supports suffrage but cabinet approval is needed. Speakers today include Mrs Mary L Gannett and Mrs Harriette Johnston Wood with tonight s program Kate Trimble Wolsey and Charles E Russell.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Philippine Snowden
London
Eng
Mary L. Gannett
Rochester
Harriette M. Johnston-Wood
Kate Trimble Wolsey
Kentucky
Charles E. Russell
Williams brothers feud ends with shooting at Custards home
Bert Williams, 20, is jailed in Meadville after allegedly shooting his brother Jesse Williams, 18, and striking his father Samuel Williams with a fence rail during a Sunday afternoon incident at the family home near Custards.
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Greenville
Bert Williams
Meadville
Jesse Williams
Samuel Williams
Rev Maitland Praises Power of Prayer in Revival
Rev T F Maitland, evangelist, delivering sermons at Maitland Memorial Primitive Methodist Church on The Power of Prayer. He used vivid illustrations to show how God answers prayer. He will preach again tonight and each night this week.
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T. F. Maitland
Maitland Memorial Primitive Methodist Church
Wild geese migrate south over the city
A flock of about fifty wild geese passed over New Castle Monday evening on their southward winter migration. They flew in the usual wedge formation as late migration was attributed to mild weather.
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New Castle
Arlington Doing Well in Michigan
Harvey Arlington, former head of the Cascade Vaudeville house, now runs a 600 seat vaudeville theatre in Benton Harbor Michigan. He presents two shows daily featuring five big acts and pictures to full capacity. His wife Clarence Templeton tours the big towns and is also successful.
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Harvey Arlington
Cascade
Benton Harbor
Mich
Clarence Templeton
Oyster Supper Benefit for Harry Hile at Mahoning
An oyster supper to aid Harry Hile the Pennsylvania conductor badly injured in the Wilmington wreck will be held this afternoon at the Mahoning Town Presbyterian church. Supper served from 4 30 under the auspices of the Ladies Auxiliary of the O R Co.
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Harry Hile
Pennsylvania
Wilmington
Mahoningtown Presbyterian Church
Ladies’ Auxilliary
The
O. R. Co
Aldrich's Denial Tempered As Letters Rumor Swiftly Shifts
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island arrived from Europe aboard the Kronprinzessin Cecilie scoffing at claims of letters linking him to the Standard Oil company. He initially denied the letters but then allowed publication if any exist, while praising the success of the monetary committee abroad and signaling a November full commission report.
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United Press
New York
W. R. Hearst
Standard Oil Company
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Europe
Kronprinzzen Cecelie
Aldrich
John D. Archbold
Real History of Standard Oil Epistles Exposed
Col lier's Weekly purports to reveal how Willie Winfield a Black file clerk and a messenger stole photographed letters from John D. Archbold private office and sold them to Hearst for 12000. The tale teases more sensational Penrose and Aldrich letters to come as Hearst reads them.
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United Press
New York
Mr. Hearst
Collier’s Weekly
Archbold Standard Oil
William Randolph Hearst
Willie Winfield
John D. Archbold
Broadway
Hearst
Stump
Senator Penrose
Senator Aldrich
William Winfield
James N. Wilkins
Wilkins
Willie
Charles Stump
Archbold
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Dr Coleman to Conclude Series at Reformed Presbyterian
The final of eleven meetings at the Reformed Presbyterian church will be held tonight at 7 46 with Dr J M Coleman preaching on Protest and Power The preacher Monday evening drew a good sized audience and showed unusual interest and power Tonights sermon will address the distinctive principles of the Reformed Presbyterian church
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Reformed Presbyterian Church
J. M. Coleman
Murder at Warren Hospital Leaves Two Dead
Warren Pa Oct 20. James Lynch of Lakewood and Pearl Collins of Oil City are dead after Lynch shot Collins on hospital grounds following a marriage refusal and then killed himself. This tragedy occurred yesterday evening at North Warren state hospital.
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Warren, Pa
Rev McCormick Reads Longfellow at Central Presbyterian
Tonight at 7 30 o clock the pastor Rev A B McCormick will read from Longfellow. It is the third of four Evenings With the Poets. A feature is Longfellow songs sung by church youths. The series ends next Tuesday with Tennyson.
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Central Presbyterian Church
A. B. McCormick
Longfellow
Tennyson
Death Notices for Nancy Taggart Harriet Pearson and Others
Death record listings note Mrs. Nancy J. Taggart aged 77 of 70 East Grant street and Mrs. Harriet Pearson aged 70 of 160 Neshannock avenue. Also listed are William Love 70 of Olean New York Benjamin J. Samuels 5 of 79 Shadyside and Henry Thompson 74 of Mahoning.
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Nancy J. Taggart
East Grant Street
Harriet Pearson
Neshannock Avenue
William Love
Olean
N. Y
Benjamin J. Samuels
Shadyside
Henry Thompson
Mahoning
Billie Case to Go Before T Roosevelt Lows
A Billie case moves forward before President Theodore Roosevelt in a legal matter described as a low profile proceeding. The report notes a formal filing and anticipated court action as details remain sparse.
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Billie Case
T. Roosevelt
Priest seeks presidential appeal to save Billik from execution
Chicago dispatch reports Rev. P J O Callaghan, supporter of Herman Billik the so called necromancer condemned for the Vizal murders, plans to press clemency through the state pardons board the governor and possibly the president after the supreme court denied his appeal State's Attorney Healy says he will seek an early execution date once the mandate arrives from Washington
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United Press
Chicago
Herman Billik
Martin Vizal
United States
P. J. O'Callaghan
Bftllik
United States Supreme Court
Billik
State Board of Pardons
Healy
Supreme Court
Washington
Monte Carlo Girls Show Sparks City Debate
City officials and police reviewed a burlesque performance titled Monte Carlo Girls after rumors that the act Little Egypt reappeared under a disguise. Detectives and officers viewed the show at the opera house and found no objectionable features, though some patrons found it tame.
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Egypt
Genkinger
Opera House
Monte Carlo
Logan
Little Egypt
Norris
Lusk
Gilmore
Detective Logan
Cleveland Woman Fatally Burns in Oil Fire Incident
In Cleveland Ohio on October 20 Mrs Mary Staalek 33 lighted a kitchen fire with coal oil and died from the blaze. Her husband Lorenzo Staalek and two boarders George Wacomo 17 and John Dewar 30 were seriously burned while attempting rescue.
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United Press
Cleveland
Mary Staalek
Lorenzo Staalek
George Wacoma
John Dewar
Staalek
Wizard Hoffman Strikes Duster Near Old Well
Harry Hoffman, who startled the region months ago with a big oil gusher in Penn township Butler county, struck a duster yesterday on the Clinger farm nearby. The new well is close to the original producing well, making the Clinger site look like a sure thing. This marks Hoffman's sixth drill, four of which are producers.
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Harry Hoffman
Penn Township
Butler County
Clinger
Clinger Farm
Hoffman
Wreck Kills Six and Injures Thirty in Union Pacific Gale
A fierce Wyoming gale lifted a freight caboose on the Union Pacific near Lone Tree, tipping it 30 feet into a wreck that killed six laborers and badly hurt thirty others. Injured include Traveling Auditor Sumption, Conductor James Lowery, and Roadmaster Corliss. The storm delayed trains across the state, with a blizzard and blocking conditions between Rawlins and Lone Tree.
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United Press
Lone Tree
Wyo
Union Pacific
Wyoming
James Lowery
Corliss
Rawlins
Airship Line 5 Being Projected for Boston to New York
Captain Thomas Baldwin chief engineer for the proposed Boston to New York airship line says the service will soon be a reality. A test line Boston to Worcester with one Baldwin dirigible is planned to open by next May, then a chain of stations 20 to 30 miles apart linking Boston and New York.
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United Press
Boston
Mass
Worcester
New York
Worchester
Captain Baldwin
Straw Vote Predicts Taft Victory in Minnesota
Chicago dispatch reports a Record-Herald straw vote showing Taft will carry Minnesota by about 120000 over Bryan. Governor Johnson’s influence won’t win Minnesota for Bryan, and Republican turnout is projected to fall 12.88 percent while Democratic rise is 12.24 percent from 1904 Roosevelt margins.
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United Press
Chicago
Johnson
Minnesota
Bryan
Record- Herald
Taft
Roosevelt
Counsel for Murderer Disappointed Over Testimony Site
Attorneys for the defendant lament a failed plan to obtain testimony at a certain location hoping to leverage a legal technicality to free their client. The strategy was abandoned after the expected cooperation did not materialize.
Judge Quashes Writ. Thaw Not Brought to Pittsburg for Testimony
Judge James S. Young in federal court quashed the writ of habeas corpus against Matteawan superintendent Robert B. Lamb and dismissed Harry K. Thaw's petition to be brought to Pittsburg for testimony. Thaw can testify by deposition from New York, ending the proceedings abruptly after Col. Asa Bird Gardiner opposed the plan. Former Governor W. A. Stone argued the state line should not bar bringing a prisoner to testify, citing English court practice.
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United Press
Pittsburg
James S. Young
U. S
New York
Thaw
Asa Bird Gardiner
W. A. Stone
Gardiner
State Line
Miss Cogan Ends Work in Lawrence County
Miss Gertrude Cogan a prominent W C T U and L T L temperance worker concludes two weeks of work in Lawrence County. She organized a new W C T U and senior L T L, revived the senior L T L, and led nine new members with three honorary ones joining the W O F. She leaves today for Greenville.
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Gertrude Cogan
L. T. L. Temsperance
Lawrence County
Cogan
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Miss Cogan
Wesley M. E
Greenville
Typhoon Amoy Death Toll Nears Three Thousand
Nearly 3,000 Chinese are reported killed in Typhoon Amoy. Rehabilitation work in the city for the American fleet proceeds quickly and will showcase a gala reception when ships arrive, with sympathy messages sent from Admirals Emery and Sperry to Commissioner Mark.
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United Press
Amoy
Mark
Emery and
Sperry
Chautauqua Fire Destroys Building and Magazine
A blaze gutted the Colorado building on the assembly grounds in Chautauqua New York early yesterday, causing losses estimated at at least 100000 dollars. The November issue of the Chautauqua Magazine was burned in the bindery.
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Chautauqua, N. Y
Colonado
Chautauqua Magazine
Taft Seeks Confidence as Key to Recovery in West Virginia
At Martinsburg on October 20, W H Taft urged restoring confidence to end the panic and boost farm prosperity. He contrasted 1907 with 1895, criticized Bryan for free silver proposals and outlined a West Virginia tour through Keyser Piedmont Terra Alta Rowlesburg Grafton Clarksburg Salem West Union Parkersburg.
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United Press
Martinsburg
W. Va
Taft
Mississippi River
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Keyser
Piedmont
Terra Alta
Rowlesburg
Grafton
Clarksburg
Salem
West Union
Pennsboro
Cairo
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Scott
Senator Smith
Michigan
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Philipine Snowden
Women's Suffrage
Rev. Maitland
Power OF
Arlington
Hearst Secur
Penrose
DR. Coleman
Warren
M’cormick
Wizard Hoffman
Duster
Old Well
U. P
W.H. Taft
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