Poll Forecast Shows Taft Victory With 288 Electors
An Election forecast by Ed ward Higgins based on 11 000 Life subscribers of The Success Magazine suggests a decisive Republican win. Taft leads Bryant in most states, with New York and Indiana showing limited movement, and the overall result implying 288 electoral votes for Taft and Bryan's defeat.
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Parker
New York
Contary
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New
Tam
Indiana
Ellwanger will contest settled after long lawsuit
Rochester Oct 16 after extensive litigation the Ell Wanger will contest was settled before Surrogate Brown today The dispute ended with William D Ellwanger named executor of Ellwanger estate valued around 2 000 000 The objectors against Ellwanger were withdrawn and granddaughters shares are estimated at about 50 000
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Rochester
Ell Wanger
Surrefne Brown
Wiliam D. Ellwanger
Ellwanger
William D. Ellwanger
Smoy
Miss Strachan Declines Budget Exposition Speaking Role
Grace C. Strachan, district school superintendent and equal pay advocate, will not speak at the budget exposition after Dr. Maxwell reportedly advised against it. A stormy phone exchange between Allan Robinson and Maxwell followed. Robinson vowed to seek all sides of the teachers salary issue and the right to hear Strachan’s reasons. A board meeting discussion led to a resolution for investigation into Strachan’s activities.
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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 In Virginia
John Armstrong Chanler former husband of Amelie Rives and brother of Lewis Chanler testified in Charlottesville in a suit to establish his sanity and recover his fortune. He described his life, travels, book writing, and disputes with his family including Bloomingdale Asylum confinement and a visit by Stanford White. Ad journment set for 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
Winthrop Astor Chanler
Margaret Livingston Chanier
Richard Aldrich
Bloomingdale Asylum
Chanler
John Armstrong
Hanler
Stanford White
Eugene Fuller
Fuller
Paris
Aero Club of America head Cortlandt Field Bishop improves
Paris reports Cortlandt Field Bishop president of the Aero Club of America arrived from Aix-les-Bains and said illness reports were exaggerated. He was ill a month ago but is now convalescing and able to be outdoors daily.
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Paris
Metz Goes to Hospital After Saddle Fall
Controller Metz has been treated at Mount Sinai Hospital for injuries from a saddle accident three weeks ago. He used crutches for three weeks and will temporarily give up work. No bones were broken but tendons were strained. He offers his saddle horse for sale to the highest bidder and joked about giving him to Borough President Coier.
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Metz
Mount Sinai Hospital
Coier
Prominent Arrivals At The Hotels
Prominent arrivals at hotels include Hollands G D Sims Spokane Lindsley Loring Boston B F Brooks Berkeley Eli Mix New Haven Richard Elkins Washington Waldo Buck Jamestown J Erb Chicago Decatur Axtell Richmond Allen Hughes London Dr Ladislaus Detre Budapest Hungary J A Roebling Bernardsville N J R N Frick San Francisco Charlies E Brown Chicago Waldorf Astoria Vice President Fairbanks Governor E S Stuart Lieutenant Governor R S Murphy Pennsylvania Senator N B Scott.
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Holland G. D. Sims
Spokane
Lindsley Loring
Boston
B. F. Brooks
Berkeley
Cal
Imperial
Eli Mix
New Haven
Richard Elkins
Washington
Waldo E. Buck
Jamestown
J. Erb
Chicago
Plaza
Decatur
Waldorf-Astoria
Fairbanks
E. 8. Stuart
R. 8. Murphy
Pennsylvania
N. B. Scott
Metropolitan Art Show Free Day and nurse training graduation
Free admission events unfold across the Metropolitan Museum of Art American Museum of Natural History and the Bronx Zoo today. Graduating exercises at New York Cliffs Training School for Nurses Blackwell's Island at 4 pm. Various evening programs at Lexington Opera House and Madison Square Garden.
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American Museum of Naturalist
Zoological Gardens
New York Clifs Training School
Blackwell's Island
New York Postoffice Clerks’ Association
Lexington Opera House
Madison Square Garden
Boar of Education
P. m
Henry and
Catherine Streets
Nathan Hale
Detha S. Franco
108Th Street
Amsterium Avenue
Ventre
Cyprus
Otherley
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 E Clark
145Th Street
Charles Dickens
William B. Hale
St. Bartholomew's Hall
Wiliam Ennie
Willis Avenue
England
Thomas E. Potterton
Bronx Church House
Fulton Avenue
Siegfried
Rubin Goldmark
Th Street
Washington Avenue
James Walter Crook
Weather report and forecast from Washington
Official weather record notes a strong barometric disturbance over Colorado bringing the first general rain on the Pacific slope and rain in the upper Missouri Valley. Temperatures remain above average from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic. west of the Missouri have fallen below normal. Forecast calls for rain and cooler weather spreading from the Mississippi and Ohio valleys to the Rocky Mountains with light southwest winds for New England and Eastern New York. Local record shows yesterday’s temperature around 60s with highs in the 70s.
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Pacific Coast
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United States
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Missouri
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Ohie
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Rocky Mountains
Grand
Weather Bureau
Averaac
Voter favors Taft over Bryan in 1908 editorial letter
Edward J. Maxwell of New York writes that the 1908 campaign shows two parties aligned on labor and tariff issues, but he prefers Taft for consistency and honor. He contrasts Taft’s record with Bryan’s changing positions and questions why Democrats have drifted from core doctrines, urging support for Taft to safeguard national prosperity.
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Mr. Taft
Little Mac
Democratic Party
Congress
Equity
Cleveland
Chicago
Mr. Bryan
Will
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Edward J. Maxwell
New York
Standard Oil disclaims interest in Union Sulphur Co.
Walter Jennings secretary of Standard Oil explains in a Lake Charles Tribune dispatch that Standard Oil has never owned or had any interest in the Union Sulphur Company or its mine. The note, dated October 16, 1908, asserts the truth of the corporate separation.
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Tribune
Lake Charles
Union Sulphur Company
Standard Oil Company
Walter Jennings
New York
Keenan to Pay 1904 to Lyceum Lessee in Court
Frank Keenan must pay 1904 to Walter C. Jordan, lessee of the Berkeley Lyceum, after a Supreme Court verdict. Jordan said Keenan claimed sole right to produce At the Threshold and owned two other plays, then leased the Lyceum. Keenan admitted receiving money but denied ownership claims, saying he only had a five year lease.
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Frank Keenan
Warrens
Virginia
Walter C. Jordan
Berkeley Lyceum
Supreme Court
Amend Jordan
Keenan
Jordan
Lyceum
Cost of Commissions Spars Compared with Predecessors
Travis H. Whitney released a statement detailing that the added annual cost of the two Public Service Commissions is 94 493 64 despite expanded duties. The report compares expenses of the new commissions to the former Rapid Transit and Railroad Commissions and notes overall efficiency and broader regulatory work.
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New York
Public Service Commissions
Travis H. Whitney
1St District
Public Service Commission
Ogiake Eins
Public Service Com
Rapid Transit Commission
Obituary of Father Ignatius founder of Llanthony Abbey
London report notes the death of Joseph Leycester Lyne known as Father Ignatius superior at Llanthony Abbey Aberavenny England. Born November 23 1837 he pursued monastic revival in the Church of England then Old Catholic orders. He organized abbeys and nunneries and claimed healing powers amid controversial ecclesiastical status. He authored Mission Sermons and Orations Hymns with Music Tales of Lianthony and Tales of the Monastery.
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London
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 Priery
Old Catholic Church
Mar Timotheos
Patriarchate of Antioch
Green Bay
Wis
Protestant Episcopal Church
Montreal
Florida
Boston
Potter
New York
Chicago
Moody Tabernacle
Lianthony
Placidus
Leonard Morris
John Ortgies Dies After Brief Illness in Ardsley N Y
John Ortgies died after a brief illness at Ardsley New York on Thursday evening. He studied fine arts, was born in New York in 18 percent. In 1878 to 1883 he partnered with Thomas E. Kirby, who left to join the American Art Association. In 1888 Ortgies opened the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries with Robert Sommerville and later joined the American Art Association in 1899, remaining until his death. Funeral will be held at his Ardsley summer home tomorrow afternoon.
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John Ortgies
Ardsley
N. Y
Ortgies
New York
Thomas EK. Kirby
Kirby
American Art Association
Robert Sommerville
Fifth Avenue
Dr Bull's Condition Shows Slight Improvement at Home
Physicians tending Dr. William T. Bull at his residence No 25th Street reported brief improvement over the last two days and said his recovery remains possible though no material change occurred yesterday.
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Wiliam T. Bull
West 25Th Street
Bay State Strikes Costly Losses Reported
According to the State Bureau of Labor Statistics there were 1,008 strikes in the five years ending 1907 affecting 116,665 workers. The period saw 6,758,145 working days lost and a corresponding wage loss.
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the Tribune
Boston
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Oliver Hazard Perry Dies of Stroke at Jersey City Home
Oliver Hazard Perry head of O H Perry and Son coal dealers and grandson of Commodore Perry died suddenly at his Jersey City home from a stroke. Born in Clarkson New York on April 6 180 he was a trustee of First Presbyterian Church Jersey City and served on multiple banks and clubs including Provident Institution for Savings Third National Bank Fifth Ward Savings Bank Carteret Union League Jersey City Club and Hollywood Club. He leaves a wife a son 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 Savings
Third National Bank
Fifth Ward Savings Bank
Carteret Club
Union League Club
Jersey City Club
Hollywood Club
Adirondacks
Wilson Criticizes US Colleges at Havordan Anniversary
Philadelphia reports President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton University delivering a forceful critique of American colleges during Haverford College’s seventy fifth anniversary. He condemns drift in curricula, lack of unity, and overemphasis on athletics while urging a synthesized, disciplined, community oriented college life supported by trained minds and rigorous standards. Six graduates receive honorary Doctors of Laws. Pepper and Professor Richards also speak.
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Philadelphia
Haverford College
Friends’ College
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Colleges of America
Sharpies
James Tyson
Medical
University of Pennsylvania
Aaron M. Elliott
Johns Hopkins University
Louis Starr
Medical Department
Francis B. Gummere
Haverford
Lewis L. Hobbs
Guilford College
Theodore W. Richards
Harvard University
George Wharton Pepper
University of Penmsylvania
Professor Richards
Harvard
Desertion Declared Extraditable Offence by Court
Harrisburg Oct 11 The State Supreme Court ruled that desertion is an extraditable offence in Pennsylvania. Buell Burlingame of Altoona was accused of deserting his wife in Chicago and arrested. Governor Stuart honored the requisition. Judge Martin Bell had ruled desertion not extraditable but was overruled by the Supreme Court.
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Penn
State Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Buell Burlingame
Altoona
Chicago
Stuart
Burlingame
Martin Bell
Blair County
Supreme Court
Spreckels Guests President Roosevelt at White House
Rudolph Spreckels of San Francisco visited the White House in Washington and dined with President Roosevelt. He said the discussions covered personal affairs only, and he was the president’s luncheon guest earlier in the day.
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Washington
Rudolph Spreckels
San Francisco
Roosevelt
White House
Spreckels
Miss O Neil Joins Shubert Stars
Messrs. Shubert announce Miss Nance O Neil added to their roster. She rose to fame in Agnes at the Majestic Theatre and will tour in that play before returning for a Shubert revival of Macbeth later in the season.
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Messrs. Shubert
Nance O'Neil
Miss O'Neil
Agnes
Majestic Theatre
Shuberts
Gumpertz to Manage Dreamland Again at Coney Island
Samuel W. Gumpertz, longtime general manager of Colonel Hopkins’s West concerns and current manager of the Estates of Long Beach, will resume management of Dreamland at Coney Island. He plans to sail for Europe on October 24 to seek novelties, after which workers will transform the old Dreamland into the new.
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Samuel W. Gumpertz
Colonel Hopkins
Long Beach
Reynolds
Coney Island
Mr. Gumpertz
Europe
Miss Illington Stops Work After Illness
Boston October 16 Miss Margaret Slington an 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 and would be replaced by Miss Helen Wilson of California Illington was taken ill in the second act of the Wednesday matinee and her condition has grown worse
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the Tribune
Boston
Margaret Slington
Daniel Frohman
New York
Helen Wilson
California
Illington
Barrie’s New Play Presented At Apollo Theatre
Atlantic City reported tonight Charles Frohman presented J M Barrie’s play What Every Woman Knows at the Apollo Theatre with Miss Maude Adams in the lead role Mr Barrie Miss Adams and Mr Frohman were warmly applauded The production will move to the Empire Theatre New York City later in the season
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Atlantic City
Charles Frohman
Apollo Theatre
J. M. Barrie
Topsy Actress Mrs George C Howard Dead
Boston to The Tribune. Mrs George C Howard formerly Caroline E Fox died in Cambridge at dawn. Born March 10 18 she first acted at Tremont Theatre with Edwin Forrest and helped form the Boston Museum Company. She originated the role of Topsy in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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the Tribune
Boston
George C. Howard
Caroline E. Fox
Cambridge
Howard
Old Tremont Theatre
Edwin Forrest
Old Boston Museum Company
Topsy
Funeral of Dr Gilman in Norwich Connecticut
The body of Dr Daniel Cott Gilman former Johns Hopkins president who died last Tuesday was buried in the Yan Tie family plot after a service at Christ Church Prayers for the family were held at the Gilman home The Rev Dr Arthur Kinsolving of St Pauls Baltimore conducted the services assisted by the church rector Rev Neilson Poe Carey
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Conn
Daniel Cott Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
Yantie
Christ Church
Gilman
Arthur Kinsolving
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Gil
Neilson Poe Carey
Transatlantic Travellers Arrivals and Departures Listed
Passengers sailing today for Europe include the Caledonia St Louis Minnesah President Gr Caronia Zeeland and more with names such as Thomas Anderson Mrs John Jenkins Charles Hoge George Park Robert Gunn and John Jackson among others. Travelers arriving include Mauretania William Brown Walter Courtenay Laflan Rudston Read Deutschlani James Robertson Robert Parker and more. Further departures listed for Glasgow Southampton London Liverpool Antwerp and Hamburg with numerous families and individuals named.
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Thomas Anderson
John 8. Jenkins
Charles P. Hoge
George W. Park
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Robert W. Gunn
John P. Jackson
J. L. Morgan
Minnesah
William L. Brown
Walter Courtenay
Amd
W. M. Laflan
H. V. Rudston Read
Deutschlani
Philin P Barton
Eugene Davis
Herbert E. Lace
George Ehret
Widow Mary Van Deusen Dies at Kingston Aged 79
Mrs Mary Westbrook Van Deusen a Kingston writer and widow of James Lansing Van Deusen died here aged 79 She was prominent in philanthropic enterprises In youth she was an intimate friend of Trackeray One daughter Mrs Frederick B Hibbard of Kingston survives her.
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Kingston
N. Y
Mary Westbrook van Deusen
James Lansing van Deusen
Trackeray
Frederick B. Hibbard
News dealer William K. Piper dies in Carlisle
William K. Piper, who built a comfortable fortune over sixty years as a news dealer, died in Carlisle Pennsylvania yesterday. J. E. Judd, reputed wealthy New Yorker, died in Richmond Virginia yesterday from poisoning linked to a beverage containing acetanilid.
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William K. Piper
Carlisle
Penn
J. E. Judd
New Yorker
Richmond
Doctor Saves Patient by Ether in Ambulance Rescue
James Schnetvelly of St Marys Hospital Jamaica probably saved Jose Lauers life after he severed his windpipe with a knife and attempted suicide. In the ambulance the physician used ether to calm and control the patient while he treated the wound and halted bleeding. Mrs Lauers discovery of the would‑be victim led to the dramatic emergency.
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James Schnetvelly
St. Mary's Hospital
Jamaica
Jose Lauer
Lauer
Grossemann Fool-Edwin Booth Marriage in October Ceremony
Marriage notices note Ellsworth Bedlr Cornwall wed by Rev. Anenees Helen Lamar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Foos, and another on October 13 at a church. The Tribune republishs marriage notices in Tri-Weekly Tribune with full names and addresses required for indorsement.
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Gaweatt Lowe Wimee Mix
J. Rowland Mix
Ellsworth Bedlr
Cornwall
Grossmann—Fool
Sf Cone Church
de Ou Anenees Helen Lamar
and Foos
Edwin Booth Grossmann
Death notices from the Tribune republication list
Obituary items and funeral notices dated October 14 to 19 1908 from Jersey City Brooklyn Ocean Grove and nearby areas. Entries include Hill Holbert Kane Kursteiner Loomis Lynch Donald Norman O Brien Perry Strobridge Warder Willner Yale and others with family names and funeral details.
Special Notices about The Tribune Subscriptions and Job Postings
A public notice from The New York Tribune lists the Uptown office at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets for reviewing applications for various positions. It also outlines subscription rates by mail for domestic, Canada, Europe, and other destinations, with different plans including daily and weekly editions and the Tribune Farmer line.
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