Harriman Directors Seize Lead in Illinois Central Battle
Secret Harriman backed directors call a special meeting for November 7 to elect officers, aiming to seize control from President Stuyvesant Fish. The move sides with Harriman allies in a high stakes struggle involving Gov. Dineen and key Illinois figures, with expectations of a narrow but decisive victory for Harriman.
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Harriman
Illinois Central Railway
Stuyvesant Fish
E. H.harriman
Harahan
Chicago
Fish
New York
Gary. Dineen
Illinois
Dineen
Union Pacific
Duncan
Gov. Dineen
Presi- Song Fish
Deneen
Mutual Life
Fish Party
Mr. Fish
Mr. Harriman
H. W. Deforrest
W. Morton Grinnell
Charles A. Peabody
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Illinois Central stockholders fear Harriman take over
Chicago leaders warn that if E. H. Harriman gains control of the Illinois Central Railroad the line could be merged into his system. Lawyer Henry W. Leman argues Illinois must protect the state’s 7 percent gross receipts guarantee and avoid traffic diversion to competing lines to his interests and the state's.
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Hicago
Illinois Central Railroad
E. H. Harriman
Henry W. Leman
Chicago
Central
Illinois
Illinois Central
Leman
Harriman
Alton
Santa Fé
Presidential squadron to sail from New York for Porto Rico
The battleship Louisiana and two armored cruisers will form the presidential squadron to carry President Roosevelt to San Juan Porto Rico and Colon on a voyage from New York to Hampton Roads. The commander is Capt. Couden. Lieut. Frank Taylor Evans leads wireless operations.
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Louisiana
Chesapeake Bay
Oyster Bay
Washington
Wolf Trap Light
Couden
San Juan
Porto Rico
Colon
New York
Hampton Roads
Frank Taylor Evans
Gas Pipe Assault Sparks Lynch Threat in San Francisco
Special to The New York Times reports a gas pipe assault at 1 333 Steiner Street left a jewelry shop proprietor badly injured and a crowd urging hanging before police intervened. Victim transported to Lane Hospital with a fractured skull. police suspect Henry Kain in a linked case. In a separate robbery at O'Farrell and Octavia Streets, four men robbed a well dressed man of a diamond scarf pin a finger ring and 900 dollars.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Steiner Street
Henry Kain
Scanlan
William Friede
Kain
Lane Hospital
O'Farrell
Octavia
No Turkeys for Roosevelt at Pine Knot Hunt
President Roosevelt hunted wild turkeys at Pine Knot near Richmond but failed to shoot any as dogs flushed birds beyond shooting distance. He later rode with Dr. Rixey through partridge fields while Mrs. Roosevelt and a Plain Dealing trainer observed. The party planned church service before returning to Washington on the evening fast mail.
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Richmond
Roosevelt
Pine Knot
Rixey
Reading Road Raises Wages for Thousands of Workers
The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company announced a 10 percent pay increase for about 25 000 employees earning under 200 dollars monthly. The raise, effective November 1, covers the entire Reading system. A Pennsylvania Railroad official denied any authorized 10 percent raise as of now.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Philadelphia & Reading System
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Textile unions seek 10 percent wage raise in Fall River
The Textile Council representing five local unions submitted a 10 percent wage increase request to the Manufacturers' Association about a week ago. Mills’ strong last quarter results and upcoming construction plans are believed to have prompted the move.
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New York Times
Fall River
Mass
Textile Council
Manufacturers’ Association
Shipping News Update Arrives at St. Paul Southampton
The latest shipping notice reports the vessel SS arrived at St. Paul and Southampton on October 21. The record notes port movements and destination details for maritime tracking.
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SS. St. Paul
Southampton
Brooklyn Factory for Sale Near Bridge
45,000 square feet heavy construction power and other facilities listed for sale. Turner 68 William contact by telephone for details.
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Brooklyn
Bridge
Turner
William
Telephone
Gloom in Tammany Over Hearst's Chances
Murphy refused to reveal district canvass figures after a closed executive meeting. Reports from Manhattan and the Bronx predicted Hearst would win only if upstate reports were favorable, with some leaders placing Hearst behind by about 40 000 votes in New York City.
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W. R. Hearst
Tammany
Wigwam
Executive Committee
Tammany Hall
Manhattan
Bronx
Mr. Murphy
Murphy
Hearst
Up State
Lammany Hall
Times
Smith
Upper West Side
Congress
Congress Territory
McManus
Coroner Berry
McClellan
Haffen
Hughes
Poreneh
Buffalo
Tammany District
Upper East Side
Harlem
Tammany Judiciary
Max F. Shmson
Independence League
Florida Cuba and the South Best via Southern Railway
Advertisement suggesting travel route through Southern Railway using offices at New York addresses 271 and 1,200 with directions in clean brief prose.
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Florida
Cuba
South
Southern Railway
Deserinetter
N. Y
Adyv
French Treason Scandal Sparks Espionage Talk in Paris
A Paris briefing reports an alleged extensive espionage system tied to a major European embassy. The informant claims a high ranking foreign official and a document purveyor were caught transmitting top political data, signaling grave international discussions ahead.
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THE
NEW York Times
Paris
Labor Shortage Hits Railway Construction in West
Rail construction nationwide stalls as roads struggle to hire laborers. Western systems seek 50 000 workers with wages up to 2 50 while expanding tracks, cutoffs, and extensions. Western Pacific 8 000, Milwaukee 6 000–7 000, Southern Pacific similar, Northwestern 4 000–5 000, North Coast Line from Walla Walla to Seattle also recruiting. Orders for 10 000 new freight cars and locomotives planned by Gould lines.
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New York Times
Chicago
West
Western Pacific
Milwaukee
Southern Pacific
Northwestern
North Coast Line
Walla Walla
Seattle
Big Western
Married in a cellar wedding in Jersey City
Joseph Nelson of 1603 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn and Annie E Wood of East Rutherford N J were married in a building cellar on Pavonia Avenue by Justice Ludlow a mason at work. The ceremony lasted five minutes and the couple then went to Rutherford to tell the bride family.
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Joseph Nelson
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Annie E. Wood
East Rutherford
N. J
Jersey City
Pavonia Avenue
Cornell
Justice Ludlow
Provost Street
Rutherford
Man Dies Saving Children From Runaway Horse
An unidentified man, about 60, died after he grabbed a frightened horse pulling a West ecott Express wagon to shield a group of children at Hudson and Clarkson Streets. The incident occurred around 4:30 PM yesterday as bystanders restrained the horse. driver Martin McDonald was arrested on homicide charges. He said a loose shoe frightened the animal.
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Hudson and
Clarkson Streets
Westecott Express Company
Clarkson Street
Hudson Street
Watson
Wilkinson
Martin McDonald
Fire at Nurses' Club causes $5,000 damage
Fire discovered late yesterday afternoon on the sixth floor of the Nurses' Club at New York Hospital 8 and 10 West Ninety-second Street gutted the rooms of Miss Gertrude Miller and Miss Minnie Miller. Secretary Miss Dwight alerted Police Headquarters and firefighters quickly responded. The blaze started between walls adjoining an unoccupied room and extended to the Miller sisters’ chambers.
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Nurses’ Club
New York Hospital
West Ninety-second Street
Dwight
Gertrude
Minnie Miller
Auto test crash kills Farmington man in Berlin
In Berlin on a highway a car being tested left the road crashing through a guard rail. Henry Maxwell 36 of Farmington was killed. William Keogh injured as were Michael Coleman Joseph Hackney and A L Hauver. Hauver jailed for reckless driving. The car had been at a Hartford factory for repairs.
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New Britain
Conn
Berlin
Henry Maxwell
Farmington
William Keogh
Michael Coleman
Joseph Hackney
A. L. Hauver
Hartford
Hauver
Haover
Maxwell
Battleship Virginia Collides With Monroe Passenger Liner
Off Norfolk the Old Dominion Line steamer Monroe rammed the battleship Virginia after suction drew the ships together. Passengers helped quell immigrants panic while both vessels received repairs and headed to dry dock. The Navy notes the Virginia will still be deployed to the Norfolk Navy Yard after minor damage.
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New York Times
Norfolk
Old Dominion Line
Monroe
Hulphers
New York
Virginia
Lamberts Point
Hampton Roads
Norfolk Navy Yard
Woman Strangled in Pittsburg Couple’s Home
Mrs Maggie Gordon twenty two of 15 Second Street was found dead in her room just before midnight. Coroner and police say she was strangled. Husband Alex Gordon held at Fifth Street Station on suspicion. he admits being with his wife half an hour before the body was found. Neighbors describe her as good natured. two men from 13 Second Street discovered the scene. The coroner calls it murder pure and simple with visible finger marks on the neck. The Gordons have been married two years, both natives of Pittsburg.
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Maggie Gordon
Second Street
Alex Gordon
Fifth Street
Gordon
Harry Norford
Alex Sagov
No Signals At Aqueduct Poolroom Tower Halted By Police
Officials halted the poolroom portable tower project at Aqueduct after police arrested mechanics for lacking a building permit. The workers, moved from Jamaica track, were paroled today. Signal visibility suffered as a mirror wagon shone sunlight into watchers’ eyes, until a canvas screen blocks the view.
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Jamaica
Aqueduct Race Course
Long Island City
Poolroom
Missing Treasurer Eyed in Danish Brotherhood Shortage
Chicago officials report J Christian Eskilson, treasurer of the Danish Brotherhood of America, missing since Oct 20 while $40 000 to $50 000 in reserve funds are unaccounted. Supreme officers H H Voght and Martin Larsen say the shortage spans most of the fund. $7 000 tied to a bank failure. Mrs Eskilson offers to repay any shortage, already turning over Chicago property valued at $17 000.
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Chicago
J. Christian Eskilson
Danish Brotherhood of America
Eskilson
H. H. Voght
Davenport
Iowa
Martin Larsen
Racine
Bishop Potter Silent On Vote Intent
The Associated Press reports telegram from Bishop Henry C Potter denying any statements about his voting choice. He says no comment can reflect his intention to vote for any candidate. The telegram was received from Cooperstown New York on November 3.
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Bishop
Associated Press
Bishop Potter
Cooperstown
N. Y
Henry C. Potter
All Police to Move for Election Day Transfers
Police Commissioner Bingham announced an order to shift all patrolmen from their current precincts to other precincts for Election Day. The move, identical to the primaries plan, starts Monday 6 PM and lasts until Wednesday morning, with officers returning to their original posts. About 7,112 patrolmen face potential voting hardships due to long travel to polls.
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Bingham
Wakefield
Coney Island
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria Arrive in Malaga
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria reached Malaga on November 3 and were greeted warmly. Local police were alerted to suspected anarchists who had vanished from Barcelona, prompting strict security as the royal party toured the city. Houses along their route were searched thoroughly.
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Malaga
Alfonso
Victoria
Barcelona
Tiber Threatens Rome After Flood Roils Italy
The Tiber continues to overflow its banks in surrounding districts destroying cattle and threatening Rome as Venice remains flooded with gondolas seen in Piazza San Marco.
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Venice
Rome
Tiber
Piazza San Marco
Auto Race Victim Ralph Baldwin Near Death
Ralph Baldwin of Norwalk Connecticut lies near death after being struck by Joe Tracey’s car in the Vanderbilt Cup race on October 6. Doctors report lockjaw and a severed ankle. surgeons advised amputation, but Baldwin refused, saying he would rather die than be a cripple.
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Ralph Baldwin
Norwalk
Conn
Joe Tracey
Tracey
Ralph
Ziegler Estate Appraised After Recent Valuation
The appraisement of William Ziegler's estate shows a gross personal estate of 11,677,148 with net 10,986,701. Real estate totals 2,288,650, giving net real and personal of 13,275,356. The widow's share in personality is 3,621,807. William Ziegler Jr adopted son receives two thirds 7,243,614 plus his share of realty after widow's dower 2,004,143.
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William Ziegler
William Ziegler, Jr
Miller to stage political drama for campaign fund
Philadelphia on November 3 reports candidate E Spencer Miller of the Lincoln Party will present The Man of the Hour by George Broadhurst at the Academy of Music next Monday afternoon. Admission is free and all expenses are paid by Miller as part of his congressional bid against Gen. Bingham.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
E. Spencer Miller
Lincoln Party
Congress
Gen. Bingham
Academy of Music
George Broadhurst
Playhouse
Miller
French Forces Encounter Near Dakar Leaves Heavy Casualties
Paris reports from the Minister of the Colonies that on October 26 at Tidjkdja near Dakar a detachment of Tirailleurs clashed with a band of Arabs. The engagement left many Tirailleurs dead and 150 Arabs killed.
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Paris
French West Africa
Tidjkdja
Dakar
Oil men accuse railroads in Ohio petition
The National Petroleum Association representing leading independents sent a petition to the Railway Commission alleging that about forty Ohio railways discriminate in rates in favor of Standard Oil. The filing argues that excessive carrier rates handicap independent producers in marketing their oil.
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Cleveland
National Petroleum Association
The
Railway Commission
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Elevator Disaster at San Toy Kills Five Miners
In Perry County, Ohio, five miners died and one was fatally injured when a cable broke in the New England Coal Company mine at San Toy. Eight men were lifted from the shaft. the cage tipped, six fell 150 feet, while two clung to the cage and survived to reach the surface.
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New York Times
Zanesville
Ohio
New England Coal Company
San Toy
Perry County
Elmira Compact in Orange County
A proposed Elmira compact limits per district election day spending to 40 dollars in Orange County. George F. Ketchum, Orange County Democratic Committee chair, suggested the pact, while the Republican chair agreed to sign with a 50 dollar per district limit instead.
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New York Times
Middletown
N. Y
George F. Ketchum
Orange County Democratic Committee
Auto Striker Shot in West Side Riot
A southbound Eighth Avenue car carrying strike breakers and special policemen hired by the New York Transportation Company was attacked by a crowd near Forty-ninth Street. August Lamb was shot in the throat by a company policeman and may not speak again. Police reserves and ten others intervened as the car fled toward Thirty-third Street amid brick and stone barrages. Lamb was taken to Roosevelt Hospital.
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Eighth Avenue
New York Transportation Company
August Lamb
Park
Roosevelt Hospital
Lamb
Forty-ninth Street
Transportation Company
Forty-second Street
Charles Patton
West Thirty-seventh Street
Thirty-eighth Street
Grant
McCormick and
Noble
Pennsylvania Railroad
Specials
Thirty-third Street
Thirtieth Street
Independence League
West Thirtieth
West Thirty-seventh
West Twentieth Street
John J. Devlin
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Thurlow Waters
Kernan ‘Place
Third Avenue
Warren Leverman
West 128Th Street
Lazarus Loria
East 111St Street
Theodore Shaler
Second Avenue
Williams
Delsnider
East 143d Street
Max Guttenplan
Ninth Avenue
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Omega
Ziegler
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Striker
Albert Partington
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