Bigelow on Bryan Tariff Debate At New York Meeting
Carnegie Hall hosted a Bryan and Kern business group event billed as a Tilden Cleveland affair. Mayor McClellan chaired a session with Cabinet members Francis Herbert Harmon and ex Secretary Francis. Bigelow argued for tariff reform while opponents criticized Taft and praised Bryan's prospects.
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Carnegie Hall
Pela
Bryan and Kern
Tne
Nathan Straus
Brior
Mayor McClellan
Qinyor
Hearst
Hearst.”Mayer McClellan Read A Letter Sent By John Big
Etter
Martin van Buren
Abraham Lincoln
France
Cleveland
David R. Francis
Missouri
Filery A. Herbert
Alabama
Judson Marmon
Ohio
Richard Olney
Mr. Straus
Bryan
Bigelow
McClellan
Charles F. Murphy
Mr. Bigelow
Bryan campaign tour features Mrs Bryan in Indiana
Assorted Bryan talks cover Oct 99 with Mrs Bryan applauded in Druisville and Hammond. W 2 Bryan delivers sixteen speeches on political finance bank deposit guarantees and labor while criticizing Taft and Roosevelt. He condemns the Republican Congressional Committee for fundraising and presses for disclosure of major contributors.
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Druisville
W. 2
Bryan
Indiana
Hammond
Ind
Jebor
Mr. Taft
Taft
Roosevelt
Chicago
Louisville
Republican National Committee
Congressional Fund
Aldrich Not Afraid of Hearst Says Money Commission S
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich chairman of the National Monetary Commission returned from Europe reporting satisfactory progress. He said interest in the inquiry is widespread and that members will submit a report to the full commission in Washington early in the year. He dismissed concerns about letters claimed to be in Hearst's possession and stated he is not afraid of anything they publish.
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Nelson W. Aldrich
Natonal Monetary Commission
Europe
Kronprinzessin
Cecilie
Commisso
Washington
R Hearst
Peter Aldrich
Standard Ofl Company
Dillingham Re-Elected by Vermont Legislature
Montpelier October 3 The Vermont Legislature reelected United States Senator William P Dillingham of Montpelier for six years and chose ex Governor Carroll S Page of Hyde Park to fill the remainder of the late Senator Redfield Proctor term Both are Republicans Dillingham led with 28 percent in the House Page 22 percent over Democrats Bullard and May In the Senate each won 27 votes while Democrats had 2 The two houses meet in joint session tomorrow for formal ratification of today s ballots
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Montpelier
Vermont
United States
William P. Dillingham
Carroll S. Page
Hyde Park
Redfield Proctor
Dillingham
Mr. Page
Vernon A. Bullard
Burlington
Elisha May
St. Johnsbury
Senate
Clews Critics Tariff And Bank Deposit Guarantees
Henry Clews of New York spoke to Detroit's American Institute of Banking chapter advocating no government bank Deposit guarantee, urging banks to act voluntarily. He argued current tariff favors wholesale monopoly and political corruption, warns against taxing away equality, and says trusts deserve protection if fairly managed despite Democratic shifts toward free lists.
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Detroit
American Institute of Banking
Henry Clews
New York
Congress
Refuse to Advance Haskell Case in Court Docket
The Supreme Court signaled disapproval of using the court for politics by not advancing the Noble State Bank of Oklahoma versus Governor Haskell case on Oklahoma bank deposit guarantees. A separate motion to advance Oscar W. Reid's case related to his Brownsville riot dismissal may be argued in December.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Noble State Bank of Oklahoma
Haskell
Oklahoma
Oscar W. Reid
Reid
25Th Infantry
Brownsville
Bar Association endorses Bruce Lehman Beckett for judiciary
The Bar Association formally endorsed Justice M Linn Bruce for the Supreme Court Republican ticket Irving Lehman the Tammany nominee Surrogate Charles H Beckett worthy of endorsement while John P Cohalan was deemed to lack sufficient professional experience John Palmieri Independence League nominee deemed impossible A committee led by George W Wickersham evaluated candidates Edward B La Ferra Isidor Wasservogel Douglas Mathewson James A Allen endorsed for City Court while Richard T Lynch was not endorsed due to insufficient experience
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Bar Association
M. Linn Bruce
Supreme Court
Irving Lehman
Tammany
Charles H. Beckett
John P. Cohalan
John Palmieri
Independence League
William McFarlane
Henry DeForest Baldwin
Wiliam C. Cammann
William N. Cohen
John Henry Hammond
John H. Iselin
Payson Merrill
Thomas Thatcher
David B. Ogden
Samuel H. Ordway
Judiciary
George W. Wickersham
Baldwin
Narrow Escape for 250 Girls in New Hampshire Fire
In Manchester New Hampshire October 20 a fire in the Odd Fellows Block on Hanover Street damaged the building with about 60000 dollars in losses. Two hundred fifty young girls at a reception escaped through smoke and stairs without panic. Firemen F A Marston and George H Hammond were injured leaping from the roof to a lower building. both are expected to recover.
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Manchester
N. H
Odd Fellows
Hanover Street
F. A. Marston
George H. Hammond
Collusion in Divorce Faces Supreme Court Referee Report
Justice Tompkins in White Plains denounces a collusion plan in a divorce suit between Mrs. Mattie Warner and Walter H. Warner. He refuses to confirm the referee’s report which sought an absolute divorce, noting improper form and a new prerogative by the referee. He cites hotel rendezvous in Hoboken and prearranged arrangements as grounds to deny the decree.
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Justice Tompkins
Supreme Court
White Plains
Mattie 1 Warner
Walter H. Warner
Robert F. Manning
Tompkins
Hoboken
Canal funding request eyed for 1919 work at Gatun
Congress to consider an appropriation of 36.1 million dollars for Isthmian Canal work in the 1919 fiscal year pending War Department approval. Current year totals 27 million with 1.6 million for three vessels. 1910 estimates cover roughly seven months on Gatun locks.
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Washington
Volunteers Patrol To Fight Forest Fires At Saranac Lake
Saranac Lake N Y Oct 2 prominent citizens volunteered at a meeting to form a private fire patrol to prevent fires. Fire Warden Latour says state funding covers only fire fighting not prevention and warns fires likely set by paid fighters. Twenty five men placed on patrol duties as six to eight thousand acres burn near Ragged Lake and Ragged Lake Club plant destroyed.
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Tribune
Sarenac Lake
N. Y
Latour
Saranac Lake
Cold Brook
Half Way Brook
Roger Mountain
Malone
Ragged Lake
Ragged Lake Club
Ashbel P. Fitch
New York
Brooklyn
Adirondack forest fires show signs of control amid danger
Albany dispatch reports about forty five hundred firefighters and favorable weather as Adirondack blazes come under control temporarily. Officials seek a further twenty five thousand dollars to speed up reinforcements, with railroads pledging cooperation. In North Creek fires spread north and west, with Barber Hill blaze from Indian Lake district stretching four miles toward Chain Lakes. Thirteenth Lake hosts peaking flames from Slide and Peaked Mountains near North River Garnet Company mills employing about a hundred workers.
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Albany
Adirondacks
State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Whipple
Inspector King
Lake Kushaqua
Stony Wold Sanitarium
New York
North Creek
N. Y
Indian Lake District
Barber Hill
Chain Lakes
Dunbrook
Slide
Thirteenth Lake
Big Garnet Mills
North River Garnet Company
End of forest fires in the East sighted by weather bureau
Washington reports the end of the eastern forest fires is in sight as a Rocky Mountain storm approaches tomorrow. Heavy rains are forecast for central valleys Thursday and Atlantic states Friday or Saturday, likely extinguishing fires in the Adirondack and Alleghany regions. Temperature will rise ahead of the storm.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain States
Central States
Atlantic States
Alleghany
Adirondack Mountains
Fires Devastate New England Forests Near Berlin N J
Two major fires have burned four days near Berlin New Jersey with losses estimated at 50000 to 75000 dollars. Hayes Mountain fire scorched ten by five miles affecting Success Shelburne and reaching the Maine line while another Mount Forest Black Mountain blaze covered about two thousand acres and neared Berlin. W K Aston and several companies are among principal losers as crews battle the blazes and Maine border towns face spread threats.
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Berlin
N. J
Hayes Mountain
Success
Shelburne
Maine State Line
W. K. Aston
New York
Berlin Mills Company
George W. Blanchard & Sons Company
Portland
Mount Forest
Black Mountain
Gorham
Maine Line
Grafton Notch
Bethel
House Blown Up in Waterbury Fireworks Blast
Fire near Waterbury Connecticut caused the explosion of one thousand pounds of giant powder and dynamite at Hotchkiss Templeton storage, breaking glass in 200 homes and lifting a house from its foundation. Fireworks scattered up to five hundred feet. stones500 pounds flew two thousand feet. Losses total about 2000 on the building and contents and 10000 citywide.
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Waterbury
Conn
Hotchkiss & Templeton
Patrick Cassidy
City Authority Regulates Auto Speed In State Decision
Oct 20. Supreme Judicial Court rules city and town authorities may regulate automobile speed and exclude vehicles from certain streets. Decision stems from Arthur Kingsbury’s appeal after being jailed for overspeeding in Ashneld. Government power affirmed to enforce traffic limits and curb hazardous driving.
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Jiistes
Supreme Judicial Court
Arthur Kingsbury
Ashneld
Plight of Once Wealthy Woman in Washington Alley
Rebecca Fr Mitchell daughter of Hobart College president Dr Richard Mason once enjoyed fortune and social status. Found starving behind ashes in Brightwood Washington she faced vag rancy charges in police court. Court dismissed after she pleaded for employment noting pride barred charity. Mason was Hobart College president in 1825.
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Washington
Richard Sharp Mason
Hobart
Geneva) College
Geneva
Army and Navy News from The Tribune Bureau
Washington notes strong Republican lean in military circles as Taft favored for better service funding and leadership. Orders and ship movements listed include transfers. retirements. duty changes for Army and Navy officers. ships arriving at Norfolk Bradford Newport and movements to Tangier Sound Annapolis and Portsmouth with vessels like Choctaw Maine Davis and Chester documented.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
War
Navy
Army
Congress
War Department
Mr. Taft
Philippines
Cuba
Panama
Army and Navy
W. A. Glassford
Department of the Missouri
Omaha
Alaska
Bryan
West
Norfolk
Chester
Bradford
Thornton
Tangier Sound
Maine
Portsmouth
Davis
Goldsborough
Rowan
San Mego
Newport
Ericsson
Charleston
Annapolis
Tineez
de Long
Tangier
Orville Wright to Go Home Soon From Fort Myer Hospital
Orville Wright, the aero naut, is rapidly recovering after his September accident at Fort Myer. He is expected to move about with crutches in a few days and his sister Catharine plans to take him to Dayton late next week. He likely will not fly again soon as Wilbur Wright tests the plane in France.
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Washington
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Thomas E. Selfridge
Catherine Wright
Dayton
Wilbur
France
Wilbur Wright
Army Board
Miss Fritz Pricks Finger in Indian Room Accident
Miss Rose Fritz of Brooklyn, holder of the world 108 words per four minute writing record, may quit the contest after pricking her finger with a hatpin while adjusting her hat after dining in the Indian room at the Hotel Astor. A typewriter firm offered $3,500 to defend the title and $1,590 to beat her record.
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Rose Fritz
Brooklyn
Hotel Astor
Miss Fritz
Arkansas Rates Enjoined In Federal Court Action
Judge Trieber granted nine auxiliary lines of the Iron Mountain system a temporary injunction against the 2-cent passenger rate and freight tariff set by the Railroad Commission last winter, in a federal court ruling today in Little Rock Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Ark
Trieber
Iron Mountain
Railroad Commission
Broadway style tailoring aboard the Alabama in Brooklyn
The battleship Alabama, after a 35000 mile voyage and return from Asiatic service, was swarmed by Broadway clothing agents at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Officers and sailors sought new wardrobes while joking about green hats and Orient tailors. Seventy three sailors discharged with pay marked the homeward sendoff as repairs for a high pressure cylinder were underway.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Alabama
United States
Tribune
Tompkinsville
Asiatic
Hong Kong
Far East
Orient
Bowery
Manila Bay
Yangtse-Kiang
Treasure ship Royal Savage wreck raised hope in Vermont
Plattsburg residents note low water reveals more of the Royal Savage hulk, Benedict Arnold’s 1776 flagship. Divers recover bar shot and musket balls but no gold or silver yet. A Burlington team under J E Cushman will raise the hull, seen as potentially intact forty five feet long, aiding next year’s celebration.
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Plattsburg
Royal Savage
Benedict Arnold
Burlington
Frank Stimi
J. E. Cushman
J. B. Riley
J. H. Booth
W. Wetherbee
New York State
Gates
Pingle
Valcour Island
Suffragists Elect Buffalo Leaders and Debate Amendments
At the National American Woman Suffrage Association session, three constitutional amendments were proposed. An amendment for membership admission passed. the other two, reducing state representation and changing voting methods, failed. Officers were largely re-elected. Seattle will host the next convention. A paper on women’s disfranchisement urged juror registration and legal challenges. A plan to build a $75,000 Susan B. Anthony Memorial Building at the University of Rochester was announced.
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Buffalo
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Kate Gordon
New Orleans
National Association
Harriet Taylor Upton
Mary S. Sperry
California
Eleanor Stewart
Ilinois
Seattle
International Council of Women
Canada
Montreal
Harriette M. Johnston- Wood
New York
Mary T. L. Gannett
Rochester
Susan B. Anthony Memorial Building Association
University of Rochester
Guy Rasor Held for Ohio Murder
Medina Ohio October 2 Guy Rasor held for the murder of Orte Lee on a road near Wadsworth on October 5 was bound over to the grand jury on first degree murder. Preliminary hearing started Monday. defense claimed devotion to Miss Lee while the state relied on dust tracks matching Rasor s horse and buggy.
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Medina
Ohio
Guy Rasor
Orte Lee
Wadsworth
Justice van Deusen
Rasor
Miss Lee
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Army and Navy News
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Francis J. Koester
Army War College
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G. R. Slocum
Navy Yard
Puget Sound
W. H. Allen
Dolphin
Atlantic Fleet
R. F. Zogbaum, Jr
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P. E. Campman
I. F. Dortch
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Scropion
G. S. Bryan
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