Poll Expects Taft Victory From 11000 Subscribers
A forecast compiled by Ed Wird based on over eleven thousand Life Subscribers of The Success Magazine predicts a decisive Republican win with Taft carrying 298 electoral votes. The poll analyzes state trends, party drift, and subscriber voting behavior to project results, noting near parity in Missouri and Kentucky and strong upstate New York Republican leanings.
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Success Magazine
Life
Taft
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Kentucky
Board of Life
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Roosevelt
Parker
New York
Independence League
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Brooklyn
Long Island
New York State
Indiana
Kern
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Ellwanger Will Contest Settled In Rochester
Rochester October 16 after a long litigation in which thousands were spent the Ellwanger will contest was settled before Surrogate Brown. The dispute concerned William D Ellwanger as executor of Ellwanger estate valued around two million dollars. Objections were withdrawn and the contested share for the daughters is estimated at about 39.00.
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Ell Wanger
Brown
Wiliam D. Ellwanger
Ellwanger
William D. Ellwanger
Erenddaughters
A Tip to Miss Strachan Budget Speech Cancelled
Miss Grace C. Strachan, a district school superintendent and equal pay advocate, cancelled speaking at a budget exposition after Dr. Maxwell advised against it. A stormy telephone exchange occurred between Allan Robinson and Dr. Maxwell over inviting her. Robinson defended presenting both sides of the budget issue as taxpayers seek truth.
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Greater New York Taxpayers’ Conference
William H. Maxwell
Allan Robinson
Maxwell
Grace Strachan
Robinson
Miss Strachan
Board of Education
Nathan S. Jonas
Chanler Tells Story In Sanity Suit At Charlottesville
John Armstrong Chanler formerly Chaloner testifies in a proceeding to prove his sanity and recover his fortune. He recounts travels, family rifts over Amelie Rives, a wedding exclusion, Bloomingdale asylum incarceration, and visits by Stanford White and Dr Eugene Fuller. Ad journment to tomorrow.
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John Armstrong Chanler
Chaloner
Amelie Rives
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
New York
Commissioner Booth
Chanier
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
South
Central America
Europe
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Margaret Livingston Chanler
Richard Aldrich
Chanler
Bloomingdale Asylum
John Armstrong Chanier
Stanford White
Eugene Fuller
Fuller
Paris
Aero Club President Cortlandt Field Bishop Arrives in Paris
Paris reports Cortlandt Field Bishop, president of the Aero Club of America, arrived from Aix-les-Bains. He says illness reports were exaggerated, noting he was ill a month ago but is now convalescing and spends time outdoors daily.
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Paris
Metz Taken To Hospital After Saddle Fall
Controller Metz has been taken to Mount Sinai Hospital for treatment after a saddle horse fell on him three weeks ago. He will be off work temporarily to follow doctors advice. No bones were broken but several tendons were strained. He offers his saddle horse to the highest bidder, hoping it goes to Borough President Coier.
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Metz
Mount Sinai Hospital
Coier
Prominent Arrivals at Major Hotels
Prominent guests checked in at the Holland G D Sims Spokane Lindsley Loring Boston B F Brooks Berkeley IM perial Eli Mix New Haven Richard Ellis Washington Waldo E Buck Jamestown J Erb Chicago Decatur Axtell Richmond Allen Hughes London Dr Ladislaus Detre Budapest J A Roebling Bernardsville NJ R N Frick San Francisco Charles E Brown Chicago Waldorf Astoria Vice President Fairbanks Governor E S Stuart Lieutenant Governor R S Murphy of Pennsylvania Senator N B Scott listed among attendees.
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Lindsley Loring
Boston
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Berkeley
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Imperial
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New Haven
Richard Ellis
Washington
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Jamestown
J. Erb
Chicago
Plaza
Decatur
Waldorf-Astoria
Fairbanks
E. 8. Stuart
R. S. Murphy
Pennsylvania
N. B. Scott
Today’s City Events and Exhibitions Across Museums and Schools
Free admission day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History plus the Zoo. Graduating exercises at New York City Training School for Nurses on Blackwell’s Island at 4 p.m. Evening programs at Lexington Opera House and National Business Show at Madison Square Garden. Free lectures by the Board of Education. Public School programs at multiple sites with readings and performances including Nathan Hale and Venice and Cyprus Othello. Tours and talks feature Nitrogen and its Compounds, Heat sources, and Dickens sources by noted professors and authors.
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American Museum of Natural Histo
Zoological Gardens
New York City
Blackwell's Island
New York Postoffice Clerks’ Association
Lexington Opera House
Madison Square Garden
Board of Education
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Catherine Streets
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Detha S. Finneo
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Amsterdam Avenue
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Cyprus
Otheilos
Frank Stephens
115Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Clinton G. Abbott
Museum of Natural History
77Th Street
Columbus Avenue
Charles Baskerville
Public Library
S&th Street
Walter Ecisrk
West
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Charlies Dickens
William B. Hale
St. Bartholomew's Hall
Wiliam Ennis
Public School
Willis Avenue
England
Thomas E. Potterton
Bronx Church House
171St Street
Fulton Avenue
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Weather Record and Forecast From Washington
Weather report notes a strong Colorado disturbance bringing the first general rain across the Pacific slope. Rain also in upper Missouri Valley. fair elsewhere. Temperatures above average from Mississippi Valley to Atlantic. cooler from upper Missouri to Pacific. Weekend forecast shows rain and cooling in Mississippi and Ohio valleys and lower lakes. light to fair winds for ships sailing Saturday. Official record compares last twenty four hours temperatures with prior year and thirty three year average. Local forecast calls for light to fresh winds and continued fair to Sunday in New England and New York.
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Votes for Taft at the 1906 campaign from a lifelong Democrat
Edward J. Maxwell of New York argues that party platforms show little difference on tariff and labor between Republicans and Democrats. He praises Taft for consistency and duty, and questions Bryan's shifting positions, concluding he will vote for Taft to ensure prosperity and happiness for the people.
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Little Mac
Democratic Party
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Equity
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Saffer
Chicago
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Edward J. Maxwell
New York
Standard Oil denies stake in Union Sulphur mine
Walter Jennings of Standard Oil writes to The Tribune rebutting a Lake Charles dispatch that labeled Union Sulphur Company as a subsidiary of Standard Oil. He states the Standard Oil Company has never had any interest or ownership in Union Sulphur or its mine. New York, Oct. 16, 1908.
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Lake Charles
Tribune
Union Sulphur Company
Standard Oil Company
Walter Jennings
New York
Keenan Must Pay 1904 Loan and Rents Verdict
Frank Keenan, star of The War rens of Virginia, was ordered to pay 1904 court verdict totaling 1 904 to Walter C Jordan lessee of the Berkeley Lyceum. Jordan claimed Keenan represented himself as owner of At the Threshold and pledged a five year lease. Keenan admits borrowing 2 215 but says he only held a five year lease.
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Warrens
Virginia
Walter C. Jordan
Berkeley Lyceum
Supreme Court
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Keenan
Lyceum
Cost of Commissions Shows Small Annual Increase
Travis H. Whitney releases a statement comparing costs of the new Public Service Commissions with those they replaced. Total annual expenses across rapid transit, railroad, gas and electric, and gas meter inspectors amount to 1,106,649.77, while the 1907 totals for the two commissions under the new framework reach 1,201,148.41, yet the increase is below prior abolitions and the new bodies undertake all duties under the Public Service acts. Omitting rapid transit, regulation costs total 401,148.41.
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New York
Public Service Commissions
Travis H. Whitney
Commission
1St District
Rapid Transit Commission
Nveewett Ses
Railroad Commission
Gas and Electric Commission
Public Service
Emrand
Onc
Wcaali Mae
Public Service Commission
Public Service Com
Obituary of Father Ignatius founder of Lianthony Abbey England
Joseph Leycester Lyne known as Father Ignatius, superior at Llanthony Abbey in Abergavenny England, died after a long illness. Born 1837 he helped restore monasticism in the Church of England, founded monasteries and nunneries, led missions across North America, joined the Old Catholic Church in 1898, and authored several religious works.
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Joseph Leycester Lyne
Ignatius
Llanthony Abbey
Abergavenny
England
Father Ignatius
Trinity Square
Tower of London
St. Paul's School
Trinity College
Glenalmond
Perth
Church of England
Plymouth
Mr. Lowder
St. George's
Pusey
Oxford
Claydon
Suffolk
Norwich
Isle of Wight
Laleham
Chertsey
Black Mountains
Lianthony Abbey
Lianthony Priory
Old Catholic Church
Mar Timotheos
Patriarchate of Antioch
Green Bay
Wis
Protestant Episcopal Church
Montreal
Fiorida
Boston
Potter
New York
Chicago
Moody Tabernacle
Lianthony
Brother Placidus
Leonard Morris
John Ortgies Dies at Ardsley After Illness
John Ortgies died at his Ardsley home after a brief illness on Thursday evening. A New York native born in 183?, he studied fine arts in the United States and partnered with Thomas E. B. Kirby from 1878 to 1883. He later co opened the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries with Robert Sommerville, his brother in law, in 1888, and remained with the American Art Association from 1899 until his death. Funeral services will be held at his summer home in Ardsley tomorrow afternoon.
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Ardsley
N. Y
Ortgies
New York
Thomas EB. Kirby
Kirby
American Art Association
Robert Sommerville
Fifth Avenue Art Galleries
Dr Bull Improves Slightly but Recovery Hinted
Physicians attending Dr William T Bull report mild improvement over the past two days at his home 5 West 35th Street. No material change in his condition yesterday, though doctors say recovery remains possible after his illness.
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William T. Bull
West 35Th Street
Bay State Strikes Costly
Boston reports from the State Bureau of Labor Statistics show 1,008 strikes over the five years to 1907 involving 116,665 workers. The period logged 6,758,145 lost working days and a large wage loss.
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Boston
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Oliver Hazard Perry Dies After Stroke at Jersey City Home
Oliver Hazard Perry head of O H Perry & Son coal dealers and grandson of Commodore Perry died suddenly from a stroke at his Jersey City residence 582 Bergen Avenue. Born April 6 1840 in Clarkson New York he was a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church Jersey City a manager with Provident Institution for Savings director of Third National Bank and Fifth Ward Savings Bank a member of the Carteret Club Union League Jersey City Club and Hollywood Club. He leaves a wife one son in business with him and four daughters.
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O. H. Perry & Son
Commodore Perry
Bergen Avenue
Jersey City
Mr. Perry
Clarkson
N. Y
First Presbyterian Church
Provident Institution For Bsavings
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Fifth Ward
Wilson criticizes American colleges on Haverford day
Philadelphia reports President Woodrow Wilson at Haverford College’s seventy fifth anniversary denouncing current college life. He laments fragmented curricula and lack of unity, urging a synthesized, disciplined approach and a community of shared purpose. Six graduates received Doctors of Laws honors, with speeches by Pepper and Richards.
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Friends’ College
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Colleges of America
Sharples
James Trson
Medical
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Aaron M. Eliiett
Johns Hopkins University
Louis Starr
Medical Department
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Haverford
Lewis L. Hobbs
Guilford College
Theodore W. Richards
Harvard University
George Wharton Pepper
Professor Richards
Harvard
Desertion Extraditable Offence in Pennsylvania Court Ruling
Harrisburg Oct 14 The State Supreme Court ruled that desertion is an extraditable offence in Pennsylvania a first on the subject The case involved Buell Burlingame of Altoona accused of deserting his wife in Chicago His arrest prompted Governor Stuart to honor the requisition papers but Judge Martin Bell Blair County overruled the action The Supreme Court reversed Bell holding desertion extraditable
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Altoona
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Burlingame
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Supreme Court
Spreckels Guest of President at White House
Rudolph Spreckels of San Francisco visited the White House, meeting President Roosevelt and sharing luncheon. He stated the discussions covered only personal affairs.
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White House
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Miss O Neil Joined by Shuberts in Star Roster
Announcement by the Shuberts states dancer and actress Miss Nance O Neil has been added to their list of stars. She has found success in Agnes at the Majestic Theatre and will tour in that play before returning later this season for a Macbeth revival produced by the Shuberts.
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Agnes
Majestic Theatre
Shuberts
Gumpertz to Reopen Dreamland at Coney Island
Samuel W. Gumpertz, longtime manager of Colonel Hopkins enterprises and current head of the Estates of Long Beach, will resume management of Dreamland at Coney Island. He will sail to Europe on October 24 seeking novelties, and on his return workmen will begin transforming the old Dreamland into the new version.
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Long Beach
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Miss Milington Leaves Stage for Health Reasons
Boston October 16 Miss Margaret Milington actress is seriously ill from nervous prostration. Her husband Daniel Frohman was summoned from New York and said she would not resume her role in The Thief. She will be replaced by Miss Helen Wilson of California. Milington collapsed in the second act at the Wednesday matinee and her condition worsened.
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Daniel Frohman
New York
Helen Wilson
California
Alington
Barrie play What Every Woman Knows staged in Atlantic City
Charles Frohman presented J. M. Barrie's What Every Woman Knows at the Apollo Theatre in Atlantic City Miss Maude Adams starred in the principal role The cast and producer received applause and the play is slated to move to the Empire Theatre in New York City later this season
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Charles Frohman
Apollo Theatre
J. M. Barrie
Topsy Actress Mrs Howard Dies in Cambridge Home
Boston obituary reports the death of Mrs. George C. Howard formerly Caroline E. Fox at her Cambridge residence. Born March 10 in Boston, she began on the Tremont stage with Edwin Forrest and helped found the Boston Museum Company, originating the role of Topsy in Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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Caroline E. Fox
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Funeral of Dr. Gilman in Norwich
The body of Dr. Daniel Coit Gilman former Johns Hopkins president died last Tuesday in Norwich was buried this afternoon in Yan tic Cemetery after services at Christ Church. The Rev Dr Arthur Kinsolving of St Pauls Baltimore conducted the services assisted by Rev Neilson Poe Carey.
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Baltimore
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Transatlantic travellers depart on multiple ships to Europe
List of passengers sailing today on ships including Caledonia to Glasgow St Louis to Southam Minnemaha to London President Graf Antwerp Zeeland Caronia with numerous couples and individuals. Also arrivals from abroad on Mauretania Deutschlande and from Liverpool and Hamburg noting several named travelers.
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Thomas Anderson
James Robert
John 8. Jenkins
Charles Pjur
Robert Hoge
Parker
George W. Park
ST. Louis
Southam
Robert W. Gunn
EL Power
John P. Jackson
Wager Bradford
J. L. Morgan
Minnemaha
London
W. J. Porter
Arthur D. Wheeler
Mrs Mary Westbrook Van Deusen Dies at Kingston Age 79
Mrs Mary Westbrook Van Deusen widow of James Lansing Van Deusen and writer dies in Kingston at age seventy nine after a life of philanthropy. A daughter, Mrs Frederick B Hibbard of Kingston, survives. In youth she was an intimate friend of Thackeray.
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Mary Westbrook van Deusen
James Lansing van Deusen
Thackeray
Frederick B. Hibbard
Obituary notes for William K. Piper and J. E. Judd
William K. Piper, who built a fortune over six decades as a news dealer, died in Carlisle Penn yesterday. J. E. Judd, reputed wealthy New Yorker, died in Richmond Va yesterday from poisoning linked to a beverage containing acetanilid.
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Penn
J. E. Judd
New Yorker
Richmond
Doctor saves man with ether during ambulance ride
Dr James Schneivelly of St Marys Hospital Jamaica administered ether to John Lauer after Lauer severed his windpipe in a suicide attempt. In a cellar scene Mrs Lauer found him, the doctor stopped bleeding and bandaged the wound while rushing to the hospital. Lauer's condition was improving.
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Cornwall Mix and Ellsworth Cornwall wedding notice
Marriage notices announce Louise Willard Mix daughter of J. Rowland Mix to Ellsworth Bedinger Cornwall at the bride’s home with Rev N Ellsworth Cornwall officiating. Also Helen Lamar Foos, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Foos, to Edwin Booth Grossmann at Christ Church with Rev Deroo Alexander Strong officiating. Notices require full name and address.
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Death notices from The Tribune republication notice and obituaries
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Special Notices To the Employer About Aspirants at The Tribune
A public notice details an array of employment application files kept at the Uptown Office of The New York Tribune, with subscription rates, mailing options, and office hours. It outlines daily, weekly, semi weekly, and foreign mailing rates, and lists various subscription plans including domestic and international destinations.
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