Taxicab Driver Lured and Brutally Stabbed on Waterfront
A New York Taxicab Company chauffeur was lured from Fifth Avenue to a deserted East Side location and beaten and stabbed repeatedly. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition. The hack was later found burned near Pier 36 as police investigate a possible gang assault by three men who asked to take him to Willard Parker Hospital.
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New York
Iat
Fifth Avenue
Bellevue Hospital
Pier 36
North River
Wiliam Kaufman
Keufman
Th Street
Willard Parker Hospital
Kaufman
24Th Steet
Third Avenue
11Th Street
Kaufmen
Earthing
Avenue C
Kauffmann
T Avenue C
16Th Street
Kauftun
Heffman
East 22d Street
Avenue B
6Th Street
Bellevue
Lackaye
Ivory
224 Street
Humpty” Jackson
Musicians Seek Payment From Cook County Democracy
Chicago Oct 23 The Democratic party led by William Jennings Bryan faces possible action after the Chicago Musicians Union claims $1 004 for music supplied by the Cook County Democracy Band under Charles Horn at a home and at the Democratic National Convention. The union board has ruled against Horn. The Cook County Democracy must pay by 1 pm next Tuesday or face further union action and potential denunciations at a union meeting.
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the Tribune
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Charles” Bryan
Musicians’ Union of Chicago
Cook County Democracy
Charles Horn
Chicago Federation of Musicians
Horn
Sof
Democratic Party
Postmaster Denounces Arrests As Democratic Plot
Postmaster Edward M. Morgan claims the detention of youths near the 65th Street Broadway entrance on a city ordinance charge was a Democratic conspiracy. He says he will use influence to ensure justice, accusing special officer Feld and others of bias amid a crowd outside the police station.
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Edward M. Morgan
125Th Street
Morgan
65Th Street
Broadway
Tierney
Sto Feld
McAvoy
Mor
Senator Crane Burglary Scare In Dalton Home
Burglars entered Senator W. Murray Crane’s Dalton residence last night and took about 1000 dollars of loot mostly silver including wedding presents. A watch pins and rings were stolen and thieves failed to open a safe with several thousand dollars inside. The senator remarked he might have confronted them if not deterred by the danger.
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the Tribune
Pittsfield
Mass
W. Murray Crane
Dalton
Senator Crane
Boston Saloon News: Wild Animals Arrive From River Plate
A steamship delivered a cargo of exotic creatures to Boston including two Andes blood drinking eagles that consume half a bucket of blood daily. Also aboard were seven vicufias, a herd of sheep, a flock of Andes turkeys, and a camel-sized animal. The animals are gifts from Argentina to the National Zoological Garden in Washington and will be taken there promptly.
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Boston
Herminius
River Plate
Argentine Republic
National Zoological Garden
Washington
Toll of Cagayan Valley Storm Rises Across Regions
Manila reports the Cagayan Valley storm of October 13 caused at least 500 drownings in Tubegaro with all houses destroyed or damaged. Abra province records 260 deaths and widespread losses. Hundreds of livestock perished. cremation of the dead proceeds. Government sends rice to Vigan for refugees as cholera appears in three Abra towns.
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Manila
Cagayan
Tubegaro
Abra
Costabulary
Cagayan Valley
Vigan
Helpess Women Robbed in Morristown Neglects Safe
Three masked men looted the Perkins home on South street early today ransacking trunks and stealing jewelry watches rings and cash estimated at 2000. Miss Grace Perkins and two sisters were threatened with death while Servant Maria Tighe was struck. Police Chief Holloway leads several crews to identify the culprits as thieves fled in an automobile after attempting another entry on Madison Avenue.
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Tribune
Morristown
N. J
J. Frank Holloway
Police Department
Misses Perkins
South Street
Grace W
Mary E
Maud M. Perkins
Maria Tighe
Edgar H. Towar
Madison Avenue
Egg yolk import ban ends as sea disposal chosen
Collector Fowler ordered a large consignment of egg yolk dumped at sea ending a long controversy over imports from China. Dr. W H Wiley had led a campaign under the pure food law arguing borax preservation violated regulations, delaying shipments for three years.
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Fowler
China
W. H. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Wiley
Battle of the oversized hats prompts city rule
Alexandria officials prepare an ordinance forcing women to remove very large hats in public places. In Sioux Falls a church trustees pledge £125 for a latrack and mirror if women abandon their large fashionable headgear during services.
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Virginia
S. D
Alexandria
Tribune
Sioux Falls
Chester Traction Company arbitration cases opened in Meville
At Meville Pennsylvania on October 23 the court heard about twenty five cases against the Chester Traction Company tied to the recent strike. Claims range from five thousand to twenty five thousand dollars. To avoid biased juries the cases were submitted to arbitration.
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The
Tribune
Public Service law faces capital reshaping push in New York
Senate debate centers on Metropolitan interests backing Chanler and proposed amendments to Section 49 and 55 of the Public Service law. Alleged aims include breaking transfer rules and recapitalizing franchises, with warnings about higher fares and altered street railway control if enacted.
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Page
Democratic Party
Chanler
Public Service Commissions
New York City
Conners
Murphy
Public Service Law
Caravan of Cars at Big Auto Race Vanderbilt Cup Start
Motors filled Long Island dawn as eighteen racing cars prepared for the Vanderbilt Cup over 250 miles on the Long Island Motor Parkway. From New York City to Mineola crowds and caravans formed a noisy, dust-filled vigil with boats, ferries, and streets teeming with spectators, drivers, and vendors awaiting the start.
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Caravan OF Cars
Optimists’ Club
Mineola
Garden City
Long Island
Williamsburg Bridge
Long Island City
Government by Commission and the Hughes policy
A political review argues that Chanler vows to abolish government by commission but now seeks to change Public Service commissions law. It cites railway repair rates in 1908 as proof that PSC orders improve comfort and safety, urging voters to support Hughes to keep reforms and prevent dismantling.
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Chanler
Public Service Commissions
Messrs. Ryan
Conners
McCarren
New York City Railway Company
Third Avenue
Public Service Commission
Copey Island & Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
Nine Lost in Snow in Colorado Mountains
Nine people in three hunting parties are missing in Western Colorado after a blizzard. Denver women are among the reported missing, with two feet to eight feet of snow and heavy drifts. Search parties cover Flat Top Mountains and Sleepy Cat region as conditions worsen.
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Denver
Colorado
Harry Huffman
Minnie Gebhard
Capitol Hill
Charles Schroeder
Flat Top Mountains
Yampa
Grand Junction
J. P. Ferrier
Palisade
Sleepy Cat Mountains
J. D. Bradshaw
L. P. Post
Meeker
Oklahoma tax revenue blocked by board action on Indian lands
Guthrie Oklahoma October 23 no revenue from nine million acres of Indian lands will reach the state. Only taxes from small portions sold to white buyers are collected. The Democratic State Board of Equalization under Governor Haskell ignores Congress May act and blocks funds.
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The
Tribune
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Congress
Democratic State Board of Equalization
Haskell
Eagle KillS Shark In Chesapeake Bay Display
A large eagle battled a shark in Chesapeake Bay as the steamer Tangier crew watched from Occohannock Creek. The eagle killed the shark after a fierce struggle and was captured, with its mate nearby. The bird was sent to the park zoo.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
Henderson
Tangier
Chesapeake Bay
Occohannock Creek
Park Zoo
Preferred Auto To Wife Breaks Up In Boston Divorce
Mrs Nellie Neal wife of Frank R Neal a wealthy wholesale fish dealer won a divorce on grounds he loved his automobiles more than her He boasted of preferring his machines to her He did not contest the action Neal a noted amateur automobilist was the respondent in the case
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the Tribune
Boston
Nellie Neal
Frank R. Neal
Motorman Uses Suspenders to Lift Live Wire
J L Hale a motorman on the Winona Interurban Railway drove his car from Leesburg to Warsaw after the trolley wire broke. He detached his suspenders and tied them to the live wire and a track pole, lifting the wire so the car could reach Warsaw.
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Tribune
Indianapolis
J. L. Hale
Winona
Leesburg
Warsaw
Hale
Unwritten law frees Kentucky woman in court drama
In Jackson Circuit Court, Mrs. Nancy Murrill was acquitted of murdering her rival Miss Mary Terry. The trial drew crowds of men, women and children who applauded testimony favoring the defense as the unwritten law plea was set forth.
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Lexington
Nancy Murrill
Mary Terry
Jackson
Rochester Man Sentenced for Burglary in Auburn Case
Thomas McGovern of Utica was sentenced to two to five years in Auburn by Judge Stephens after pleading guilty to burglary McGovern said he protected another man to avoid separation from his wife and child.
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Rochester
Thomas McGovern
Utica
Auburn
Stephens
McGovern
Taft Campaign Tour Dominates Indiana Political News
President Taft heads a campaign drive in Indiana with Cabinet members stumping for him next week. Governor Slughes reports strong meetings in Rochester Orleans and Niagara counties while voice troubles persist. Sherman tours eight upstate sites, Ward projects Taft leads by about 100 000, and Hughes 75 000 to 100 000. Bryan wires Gompers for reply as Mack meets him to map remaining plan. Independence League figures bolt Palmieri nomination for Nurrogete.
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Slughes
Rochester
Orleans
Niagara
Taft Delighted by Indiana Receptions
Taft’s Indiana tour drew unprecedented crowds from Brazil to Indianapolis with Marion hosting about thirty thousand showing strong Republican enthusiasm. In a rain drenched but vibrant closing parade in Indianapolis Vice President Fairbanks escorted Taft as workers and Germans in business circles rallied behind Taft and Marshall amid cross party fears of Bryan.
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Brazil
Indianapolis
Theodore Roosevelt
Marion
Mr. Taft
Indiana
Lafayette
Taft
Fairbanks
Workingen
Bryan
James E. Watson
Watson
Mr. Bryan
Marshall
Thomas R. Marshall
Cincinnati
Ohio
Taft Club
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Metropolitan Railway
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Board of Estimate
Manhattan
Gathering OF the
Herald Square
34Th Street
Tonneaus
Hughes
Mughes
Eagle
James S. Sherman
William L. Ward
Gogo
Chanter
Buffalo
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Middleport
Medina
William J. Bryan
Samuel Gompers
Mack
Independence League
John Palmieri
Nurrogete
Indiapapolis
William H. Taft
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