Night Riders Kill Captain Rankin and Escape Judge Taylor
Liptonville Tennessee October 21 Judge R Zachary Taylor escaped Night Riders near Reel Foot Lake after a mob hanged Captain Quentin Rankin in a tense night ordeal. Taylor crossed mud and water, dodged bullets, and reached safety as Governor Patterson mobilized troops and offered rewards totaling twelve thousand dollars to capture the killers.
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Tribune
Liptonville
Tenn
R. Zachary Taylor
Reel Foot
Jake
Quentin Rankin
Judge Taylor
Colonel Taylor
Reel Foot Lake
Juice Taylor
Taylor
Judge Hers
Herris
West Tennessee Land Company
Captain Rankin
Lake County
Destructive October Typhoon Roils Cagayan Valley
Manila reports indicate the October 12 storm in the Cagayan Valley was the most destructive in memory with about three hundred killed. Torrential rain and a thirty foot flood swept rivers and towns, while in Aparri American residents aided by Lt Treachey and Clark rescued dozens. Cholera reportedly spreads among refugees as relief efforts begin.
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Manila
Cagayan Valley
Abruzzi to sail Oct 24 incognito on La Lorraine
Report from Rome and Turin states the Duke of the Abruzzi will travel incognito on the French Line steamer La Lorraine sailing from Havre on October 24. He visited Princess Clotilde at Moncalieri to gain support and has left Turin for the south with plans kept secret and without his usual aide.
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Rome
Duke of the
Havre
Turin
Abruzzi
Clotilde
Victor Emmanuel
Moncalieri
Vision Sees Husband Drown in Power Boat Wreck
Boston, Oct. 21. Mrs Lottie Johnson of Beachmont reported a vision last night of her husband George Johnson clinging to an overturned power boat in mid ocean then sinking after a final cry for help. The boat with a friend had left for Gloucester earlier, wrecked on the north shore about twenty five miles below Beachmont. Johnson's body was found on the shore at noon.
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Br Telegraph
the Tribune
Boston
Lottie Johnson
Beachmont
George Johnson
Colby Plays Football At Brown Practice For Lafayette Game
Senator Everett Colber of New Jersey joined Brown football practice in Providence on October 21 and coached the team for the Lafayette game. Colber, captain and fullback in 1896, demonstrated fast end runs and impressive line bucking during the session after addressing the Churchman's Club and attending a college corporation meeting.
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Tribune
Providence
Everett Colber
New Jersey
Brown
Lafayette
Churchman’s
College Corporation
Colby
Blizzard Grips Central Montana Trains Snowbound
A blinding blizzard in Central Montana ties up traffic with trains on the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul line snowbound and stages stalled in fifteen foot snowdrifts. No end to the storm in sight. Business is at a standstill.
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Lewiston
Mont
Montana
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Mob in Hartselle Lynches N Stover after capture
In Chattanooga on October 21 a mob seized N Stover from two deputies at Hartselle Alabama and lynched him after taking him outside town. Stover, accused of attempted assault on Miss White, was shot multiple times as the crowd, fifty strong and wearing blackened faces, overran the deputies.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
N. Stover
Hartselle
Ala
Stover
Miss White
Stove
Night Rider talk amid cotton woes prompts meeting
tn Oct. 21 delegates of growers merchants and ginners will discuss night riding and the Routh burning along with the cotton situation. The convention of cotton ginners will meet in Memphis in November drawing about a thousand ginners. President Harvie Jordan said the situation is grave and unprecedented in the cotton belt with low cotton prices and rising commodity costs fueling discontent among growers.
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Routh
Atlan
Harvie Jordan
Association
Eaid
Kentucky
South
Jersey
Three Hackett Children Die From Poisoning Incident
Oct 21 report: three children of Mr dern nk Hackett of this city die from main poisoning, father critically ill, one son and two daughters seriously affected. Laid alongside is an unrelated ad for Dewey's Old Madeira or Sherry from T Dewey & Sons Co., 138 Fulton St, New York.
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Dernnk Hackett
Schenectady
DEWEY
Sher
T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Chanler Proposes Public Service Oversight by Elective Officers
Jamestown dispatch notes Lieutenant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler rejects repeal of the Agnew Hart laws and opposes appointive commissions. He pushes for regulated utilities under public servants chosen by the people, citing railroads, gas and electric firms, and calls for accountability, fair rates, and living wages. The tour included large crowds in Wellsville, Olean, Salamanca, and a packed Salamanca City Hall.
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Jamestown
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
Hughes
Agnew-Hart
Chanler
Salamanca
Public Service
Hornell
Wellsville
Olean
City of
New York
Public Service Commissions
Governor Hughes On McCarren's Stand In Auburn Meeting
Governor Hughes campaigned across Wayne and Cayuga counties amid protests from local gamblers who offered bets on his defeat. He pressed his stance on the Chanler issue, reaffirmed opposition to blanket railway labor rules, and defended vetoes and the 2 cent fare bill. Senator Wilcox, opposed on racing policy, attended near the talk, as Payne presided.
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Hughes
Wayne
Cayuga Counties
Mr. Chanier
Chanter
Chanler
Brooklyn
McCarrem
Payne
Cayuga County
Wilcox
Government by commission in railroading debate
Essay contrasts old Railroad Commission with the new Public Service Commission. It argues the latter enforces rules and improves service, citing Buffalo yards transformed from freight deadlocks to active operations. Testimony from G Wilson Jones supports preserving the commission. a return to the old system is dismissed as folly.
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Public Service Commission
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Dresden
Lyons
OLD Railroad Commission
NEW Public Service Commission
Chanler
Public Service Commissions
2D District
Buffalo
Pel
Wmiphet Sr
G. Wilson Jones
Utica
Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
State of New York
Democratic Platform
Mr. Chanler
Odds Favor Taft In National Betting Market
Chicago reports show thousands wagered on the presidential race with Taft favored around 4 to 1 or higher in major cities. Bets appear active in New Orleans Philadelphia San Francisco Detroit Minneapolis and Cleveland with Taft odds commonly 3 to 5 to 1 and individual large wagers noted.
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The
Tribune
Chicago
Taft
James O'Leary
Bryan
New Orleans
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Corbett
Hughes
New York
Detroit
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Rug dealer offers $50 000 bet on Hughes election
H Haligosum Topakyan a rug dealer of 141 Fifth Avenue entered the Washington Brothers offices on 34th Street yesterday. He offered to bet $50 000 on the election of Governor Hughes at 9 to 10 to 1. The offer was not accepted by the seventy five men present.
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H. Haligosum Topakyan
Fifth Avenue
Washington Brothers
34Th Street
Hughes
Columbia mock election at Columbia University names Hughes winner
The Columbia Spectator organized a mock NY governor election at Columbia University with 1 365 votes. Hughes led with 873 votes, Chanler 195, Stockwell 219, Wanhope 33, Shearn 18, and 27 void ballots. Chaplain Knox oversaw, with two poll clerks. Balloting ran to 5 pm. A university poll on the Presidency follows next week.
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Hughes
New York State
Columbia University
Chanler
Stockwell
Wanhope
Shearn
Columbia Spectator
Raymond C. Knox
Unanimous Hughes Support in Downtown Office Poll
A department of fifteen men in a downtown business office shows a unanimous choice for Hughes. Twelve are Democrats, four decided after reviewing the Governor's answers to Chanler's questions. All are union members. many attend races but are not sport followers.
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Hughes
Chanler
Bryan Buttons Violated Statute in Massachusetts
Boston Oct 21 The Democratic State Central Committee recalled several thousand campaign buttons after threat of prosecution by Augustus Bedford secretary of the American Flag Protectors The buttons bore the American flag with a Bryan portrait This was a misdemeanor under Massachusetts law A man wearing such a button was arrested and released at the police station
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Tribune
Boston
Democratic State Central Committee
Augustus Bedford
Bryan
Massachusetts
Motorman Targeted by Lynching Mob After Child's Death
About 300 persons mobbed Peter Conway, a motorman of East 79th Street, after his car killed Marion Meade, nine, of Third Avenue. He was dragged to a hallway and beaten before officers from East 35th Street arrived and took him to the station on a homicide charge as the crowd confronted police.
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Peter Conway
East 79Th Street
Marion Meade
Third Avenue
Conway
East 35Th Street
American Extradited in Paris Held for Trial
Mandeville de Marigny Hall an American living in Paris was extradited from London on a charge of obtaining an automobile with a worthless check. He was examined today by a magistrate and held for trial despite his protests of innocence.
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Paris
Mandeville de Marigny Hall
London
Political Gossip From The Nation This Day
President Roosevelt writes Senator Knot exposing the Bryan Gompers pact to sway labor votes. Chanler opposes repeal of the Agnew Hart laws while resisting governance by appointive commissions. Hughes campaigns in Wayne and Cayuga counties as McCarren pledges to introduce repeal bills. Taft rests in Cincinnati and previews Indiana campaigning amid expected GOP strength. Hitchcock says no doubt about key states. Senator Diron sees Southern states for Bryan. Frank H Jones backs Taft calling Bryan unsafe. Sherman predicts Hughes re‑election. Bryan makes sixteen Ohio speeches to gain ground.
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Roosevelt
Knot
Chanler
Jamestown
N. Y
Hughes
Wayne
Cayuga
McCarren
Taft
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Hitchcock
Diron
Montana
Washington
Bryan
Frank H. Jones
Cleveland
James S. Sherman
White Plains
William J. Bryan
President Reveals Bryan Gompers Pact and Labor Remedies
The President releases a letter to Senator Knox analyzing Samuel Gompers and the labor vote toward Mr. Bryan. He explains Gompers claims the party pledges remedies for injunctions in labor disputes and identifies the specific bill, sought by labor, as the remedy. The piece surveys judicial reform plans tied to the Bryan platform and the labor movement’s stance.
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Bryan
Gompers
Senator Knox
Organized Labor
Mr. Bryan
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Daily
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Equity
Chicago
Democratic Party
Congress
Mr. Go
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Aparri
Treachey
Clark
Foss
Ter
Duke
Lorraine
Newburg
Coney Island
Naey
Auburn
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Mandeville Hall
Tribune Bureau
Philander C. Knox
Union League Club
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