Lake County Vigilance Arm Seeks Calm After Rebellion
Reports from Reel Foot Lake Tennessee describe mass panic as Night Riders threaten Governor Patt er son and attack lines. troops, detachments, and deputies deploy from Tiptonville to Samburg and Webb’s store to arrest several men and prevent further violence amid rising tensions. Local officials pledge vigilance while authorities collect confirmation of arrests and plan wider patrols.
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Tatom
Movape
Tiptonville
Zoptl
National Guard
Anee
Mejor Norton
Rogan
Welnut
Pattergna
Lawlor
Comemi
Sherif Easterwood
Obien
Posse
Samburg
Wari
Taror
Union City
Obion
Nashville
Memphis Smberk
Gbion
Governors to Confer on Tobacco and Cotton Region Eradication
A planned conference among governors of Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois aims to curb riding and related outrages. Initiated after the Lake Rees incident, the meeting seeks swift action in November to abate the problem spreading across states.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Patterson
Reeitt Lake
Giels Assailant Not Caught in Woods Burning Attempt
In Midfietown on October 23 a search to smoke out Pitney failed as woods near Monroe were set ablaze by locals led by Sheriff Decker. The suspect remained at large with volunteers watching the flames through the night. A tip later placed Pitney near Washingtonville prompting renewed pursuit by car.
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Snn
Pitney
Woods
Ashe Woods
Monroe
Sea Iie Pomse
Piney
Endeers
Decker
Smithel
Sara
Hillcrest Hall
Washingtonville
Private Arrests at Lewiston After Attack Incident
Edward Murphy, private in Company M 12th United States Infantry, was arrested in Lewiston after allegedly attacking Miss Belle Carpenter on You Own Road. The assault prompted screams and a farmer pursuit, leading to Murphy's capture and identification by Carpenter and her mother. A crowd assembled near Carr's Lewiston office as Murphy was removed for safekeeping.
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Magers
Bdward Murphy
Ir Compenr M
United States
Ts Et
Belle Carpenter
Murphy
Lewiston
Carpenter
Jostine Carr
Invention Aims to Measure Blood Pressure
A new instrument by Dr D B Hooker at Johns Hopkins Laboratory and J Eyster at the University of Virginia proposes venous pressure measurement. The device uses a glass box with a tuber bag placed over a vein and connected to a water manometer, with a rubber bulb to collapse the vein and gauge pressure.
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the Tribune
de. D. BR. Hooker
Nelones
Johns Hopkins
Nd Hospital
Eng
J. A. Eyster
Univer
Virginia
Boy Struck and Killed by Culver Line Train
A boy crossing the southbound Culver Line near River Lane was struck and killed by a Brooklyn Rapid Transit train. Motorman Frank Dwyer of No. 239 Takes Avenue Brooklyn attempted emergency stopping but could not avert the fatal impact. The case was filed as homicide pending investigation at the Were Avenue police station.
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Elon
Ling
Brooklyn
Frank Dwyer
Tikes Avenue
Were Avenue
Snow and Floods Hit Kansas and Oklahoma Regions
Snow falls nearly continuously in southwest Kansas with temperatures at 35 degrees. trains delayed and flooding worsens. In Bartlesville Oklahoma Caney River rises two feet and North Bartlesville is under four feet of water while a gas main washout in Muskogee causes cold hardship for twenty thousand. Northwest Texas reports heavy frost and rain crippling railroad traffic. Tulsa reports a Santa Fe passenger train wreck west of Ocheseta. Arkansas River flood fears rise as Great Glen Pool floods.
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Kansas City
Topeka
Kansas
Missouri
Bartlesville
Okla
Caney River
Muskogee
Arkansas River
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Santa Fe
Ocheseta
Great Glen
Railroads Challenge Sherman Law’s Constitutionality
The New York New Haven and Hartford and Boston and Maine railroads contest the Sherman anti trust act in a U S Circuit Court hearing. Colonel J H Benton Jr argues Congress erred by creating a special three judge tribunal not an inferior court. government suit to proceed and may reach the Supreme Court for final determination.
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The
Tribune
Boston
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Boston & Maine
United States
J. H. Benton, Jr
Congress
French
New Heaven
Northern Securities
United States Supreme Court
Railroads face pay law questions in Albany
Albany reports Commissioner John Williams of the State Department of Labor received many anonymous letters from railroad workers. He explains the semi monthly pay law allows fifteen days to prepare payrolls and pay for the preceding fifteen days. If pay for the first half of October occurs by November 1, the law is satisfied. Penalties for evasion cannot be enforced until the time limit ends.
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Albany
John Williams
State Department of Labor
Williams
Jerome Silent On McCurdy Indictment Allegations
District Attorney Jerome gave no comment on alleged defence of Richard A. McCurdy of Mutual Life Insurance. A World transcript claims Jerome testified McCurdy guilty of forgery in the third degree but omitted a key link. The case involved a delay and statute of limitations, with McCurdy absent until 1908. Eight indictments were returned against McCurdy associates, while Jerome offered no immediate reply to the charges. Franklin Pierce of the King committee indicated possible further complaints.
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Jerome
Richard A. McCurdy
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
McCurdy
State Insurance Department
Grand Jury
Walter R. Gillette
Robert A. Grannis
Independent Voters Press Governor to Act Before Election
At a noonday Commercial Travellers League meeting at No. def Broadway William Harmon Black former Commissioner of Accounts attacked Governor Hughes for delaying action on Hand's report about District Attorney Jerome and urged a telegram demanding action before election. The idea was adopted and the telegram sent.
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Commercial Travellers' League
No. Def Broadway
William Harmon Black
Hughes
Hand
Jerome
Commercial Travellers’ League
Hawley brothers sue sister over $34000 claim in high profile suit
Alan R. Hawley and his brother William testify in the Supreme Court against their sister Mrs. Charles Levee to recover 34000 they say they lent before her marriage. Hawley details loans for mortgages home purchase and travel expenses with promissory notes, found missing when the safe was opened.
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Alan R. Hawley
Aero Club of America
William Hawley
Justice Erlanger
Supreme Court
Charles Levee
Hawley
Jennie M. Hawley
West 10Th Street
New Canaan House
Hawiey
East 76Th Street
Paris
Levee
Five Year Old Photo Portraits Law Upheld
The New York Court of Appeals upholds the 1903 act restricting use of a person’s photograph for advertising without consent. It affirms $1,000 damages to Aida T. Rhodes against Sperry & Hutchinson Co for displaying her image in its New York office. The ruling states the law does not apply to photographs taken before the act.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
Aida T. Phodes
New York
Sperry & Hutchinson Company
Willard Bartlett
Dr Cook did not fear trial says widow
Mrs Elizabeth Cook widow of Dr Irving J Cook says he did not kill himself to avoid manslaughter trial over an altered operation. She cites ongoing troubles and ill health as factors and notes a $447 cash drawer and a farewell letter.
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DR. Cook
Elizabeth Cook
Irving J. Cook
Waldorf
West 29Th Street
Roosevelt and Cannon Honored by Firemen’s Union
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen praised President Roosevelt for signing the ash pan bill and Speaker Cannon for steering it to the House before the last session ended. They display the bill in their Peoria headquarters. The Illinois State Federation of Labor approved a clause condemning Cannon and amended the constitution to exclude the political delegate from future conventions.
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Peoria
Ill
Roosevelt
Cannon
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Columbus
House of Representatives
Brotherhood
Illnois
Debs Backed At Contested Cooper Union Meeting
An audience at Cooper Union jammed an advertised People's party event titled Radicals of 1896 1900 1908. J P King blasted soiled New York politics as Forrest denounced Bryan and urged voting for Debs amid socialist and revolutionary rhetoric. Clergy and Christian Socialist Fellowship speakers joined the discussion.
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Cooper Union
People’s Party
J. P. King
New Jersey
New York
Forrest
Great People’s Party
William Jennings Bryan
Debs
Bryan
John D. Long
Christian Socialist Fellowship
Stokes Predicts Hill Will Win at Forsyth Meeting
J G Phelps Stokes and Rose Pastor Stokes spoke at 98 Forsyth Street with vest makers union members in attendance. Morris Hillquit, Jacob Panker, and Max Pine also spoke endorsing socialist candidates. Stokes urged worker organization and claimed socialism offers the path to political power and social reform. Rose Stokes urged women to join the Socialist party to gain suffrage.
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J. G. Phelps Stokes
Rose Pastor Stokes
Forsyth Street
Vestmakers’ Union
Morris Hillquit
Congress
Vestmakers
Jacob Panker
Max Pine
Assembly
Mr. Stokes
Socialist Party
Morrie Hillquit
Mrs. Stokes
Professor's Coat in Pawnshop Case at Columbia University
Detective work by the Harlem Bureau links George Wilson to a three year spree of robberies at Columbia University. Clothes belonging to Professors Scott Shotwell Williams Hallock and Metzger were taken from the main building. A pawnshop coat identified by Professor Scott as the stolen garment aided his arrest. Wilson awaits further examination under $1,900 bail.
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Columbia University
George Wilson
Harlem Bureau
Scott
Shotwell
Williams
Hallock
Metzger
Wilson
Eighth Avenue
Magistrate House
Harlem
Mayor Fisk Answers Critics at Plainfield Club Meeting
Mayor Charles J. Fisk explains his vote to open the Plainfield Country Club on Sundays. He says the change simply amends the constitution to let trustees decide member privileges. Leighton Calkins notes trustees can restrict junior use, with Sundays likely off limits for boys and caddies.
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Plainfield
Plainfield Country Club
Charles*j. Fisk
Leighton Calkins
District Attorney Bosler Seeks Bond Violators in Private Bankers
Assistant District Attorney Bosler, leading a campaign against private bankers on the East Side, arraigned Ermino De Angelis of 77 Market street and Salvatore Malorano of 116 Cherry street for failing to file required bonds. Each man operates a private banking business at Carabine street. They waived examination and were held in 5000 dollars bail for trial.
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Bosler
East Side
Tombs
Ermino de Angelis
Market Street
Salvatore Malorano
Cherry Street
Carabine Stree
Sale of stock of Morse Lines in Maine at public auction
Shares mortgaged by Consolidated Steamship Lines of Maine to American Trust Company to be sold as one parcel in Portland on a Wednesday at 2 p m under foreclosure decree. Bidders must deposit 10000 dollars. Listed stocks include Eastern, Metropolitan, Mallory, Clyde, New York and Cuba Mal and New York and Porto Rico Steamship Companies.
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Portland
Consolidated Steamship Lines of
Maine
American Trust Company
Boston
United States
Eastern Steamship Company
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Mallory Steamship Company
Clyde Steamship Company
New York and Cuba Mal Steamship Company
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company
Died Beside His Wife After Train Shooting Tragedy
On a New Orleans bound bridal tour train near Plaquemine Louisiana F A Van Ingen 23 died in his wife Mamie Rorhes arms after a former suitor F S Beauvre 24 fired a revolver. Beauvre was arrested charged with murder and attempted homicide and stopped the second shot when an uncle blocked the hammer.
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Plaquemine
F. A. van Ingen
Here
F. S. Beauvre
Beauvre
van Ingen
Alexandria
Blanchard
Mamie Rorhes
New Orleans
van Inger
Metz Opposes Coler on Fund Transfers in City Offices
Metropolitan Street Railway seeks a franchise to operate over the new Manhattan Bridge with tracks from Canal Street to the Bowery. Borough President Coler pressed for a transfer of about 25 000 from supplies to salaries, while Controller Metz opposed routine fund transfers and urged board responsibility.
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Metz
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Coler
Columbia Commons in Trouble
The Columbia Spectator reports student manager C. R. Jones claims students cause most problems at the Commons He cites numerous students who eat meals without paying and soil napkins during rush hours Jones says sentiment may curb the issue but no action has been taken yet.
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Columbia
The
Commons
C. R. Jones
Jones
Columbia Spectator
Jonesy
Chanler seeks appeal over insanity finding and guardianship
John Armstrong Chanler or Chaloner asked Justice Truax in the Supreme Court for permission to appeal the order confirming the inquiry by commissioners in lunacy. The sheriff jury declared him insane and unable to manage his affairs. Chanler had fled Bloomingdale Asylum to Virginia and was later deemed sane there. The appeal argues improper oath timing and lack of proper notice, with guardian expenses contested. The court reserved decision.
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John Armstrong Chanier
Chaloner
Thomas T. Sherman
Trusx
Supreme Court
Lgnacy
Chanler
Bloomingdale Asylum
Virginia
Uanier
Chenier
Bloomingale
Truax
Bomb explosion charge ties two East 11th Street residents
Andrea Licari and Rosolino Macalusa, both of 430 East 11th Street, were held in bail of 91 000 for examination by Magistrate Droege in the Tombs court after a bomb was exploded at 434 East 11th Street on Wednesday. The Appellate Division upheld Commissioner Bingham’s discharge of Patrolman John Shea on extortion charges. Special services for Mrs. J M Lamadrid founder of St Andrews coffee stands for the poor will be held at Belasco Theatre and 47th Street on Sunday.
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East 11Th Street
Andrea Licari
Rosolino Macalusa
Droege
Tombs Court
Supreme Court
Bingham
John Shea
Police
J. M. Lamadrid
St. Andrews
Belasco Theatre
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A. R. Hawley
Sister
Locomotive Brotherhood
Remington
Vurwreesys
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New York and Everywhere
Charles Evans Hughes
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Columbia Commons
John A. Chanler
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