Roosevelt plans African hunting trip route from Mombasa
The Tribune reports President Roosevelt and son Kermit will depart from Guntur Bay late next March for Mombasa and travel via the Suez Canal to Lake Victoria Nyanz, Uganda, and Khartoum. He aims to hunt along the Nile headwaters, with British East Africa as the likely base, aided by guides and native hunters, planning a yearlong journey covering about 4000 miles.
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Roosevelt
White House
C. Hartzell
Methodist Episcopal Church
West
East Africa
Kermitent
Gunter Bay
Alexgairia
Suez
Red Sea
Africa
Mombasa
British East Africa
British East
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Great Plateau
Uganda
Nile
Khartoum
Great Britain
German East Africa
Mombassa
Lake Victoria Nyenza
lUganda Plateau
Hartzell
Metropolit an Street Railway fight over transfers at PSC
The Public Service Commission heard John G. Milburn and Robert C. Beatty argue against transfers between the Central Park North & East River lines and Metropolitan lines. Milburn warned a transfers order could be confiscatory and set a dangerous precedent, while Beatty cited declining fares and urged reducing unprofitable leases and transfers. A decision on transfers was expected early this week.
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Public Service Commission
John G. Milburn
Robert C. Beatty
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
58Th Street
Central Park, North & East River Railroad Company
Metropolitan
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116Th Streets
Milburn
59Th Street
6Th Street
72D Street
Beatty
Long Acre Power Co Seeks Supreme Court Review
The Long Acre Light and Power Company obtained a writ of certiorari from Justice Bischoff in the Supreme Court to review the Public Service Commission’s denial of a permit to issue 10 million dollars in 7 percent preferred stock and 10 million dollars in 6 percent fifty year bonds to fund an underground electric system in the city. Vice president John C. Sheehan argued the commission unlawfully refused and a rehearing upheld the denial. The writ requires the commission to file its record and testimony, with the court to rule within thirty days.
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Long Acre Light and Power Company
Justice Bischoff
Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
John C. Sheehan
Inquest Clears Crew After Metz Relief Train Fire
Bay City report on the Metz relief train disaster finds the inquest returning a verdict that no one is to blame. Testimony shows a post wreck fire aimed to save household goods on the cars caused deaths. Conductor Kinsville warned passengers to abandon goods and save themselves.
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Bay City
Mich
Rogers City
Tribune
Cicero
Metz
Detroit & Mackinac
Nowicki Siding
Kinsville
MacDowell Association to Entertain at Plaza Hotel
The MacDowell Association opens its season with tableaus Arrangements from Our Masters on Tuesday evening November 1 at the Plaza Hotel. John W. Alexander will group and arrange the tableaus.
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The
MacDowell Association
Plaza Hotel
John W. Alexander
Trade schools needed says Dr Goodwin at NY convocation
Dr Edward J Goodwin president of Packer Institute Brooklyn urges a second system of education focusing on trades and industrial courses. He argues public schools overburden memory and fail to prepare youth for skilled labor, calling for apprenticeship replacement and broader vocational training to boost national industry.
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Albany
Edward J. Goodwin
Packer Institute
Brooklyn
University of the State of New York
Frank Rollins
Goodwin
United States
Mne
New York State
Burglar Gags Woman in Brooklyn Closet During Heist
Mrs Ella B Plough was gagged and bound in a closet at 139 Bergen Street Brooklyn as a thief stole $50 in cash and a gold watch and rings presented to her late husband A B Plough. The incident ended after she freed herself and neighbor assistance. police seek a man who once roomed in the house.
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Ella B. Plough
Bergen Street
Brooklyn
A. B. Plough
St. Paul & Duluth Railroad
Mr. Plough
Patrick Murphy
Butler Street
May Be Vermont Murderer Arrested in Pittsfield
Elroy Kent, believed suspect in the East Wallingford murder of Miss Della Congdon, was arrested in Pittsfield Massachusetts on a bicycle theft charge. Vermont officials expect his return after confirming identity. Kent escaped from Waterbury Insane Asylum and had been in East Wallingford before the July killing.
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Pittsfield
Mass
William Allen
Elroy Kent
Rutland County
East Wallingford
Della Congdon
Kent
Miss Congdon
Vermont
Holyoke
Schermerhorn
South Schenectady
Springfield
Greenfield
D. D. Grout
Waterbury Asylum
Delia Congdon
E. K
Windsor
Insane Asylum
Three electric cars in fog collision kill rail worker
Everett Mass October 24 A fatal second collision involving Boston Elevated Railway cars occurred on Broadway. Motor man Oakley A Cogsaboom was killed when his empty car was rear ended and later the derailed pileup when a wrecking car collided head on. No others hurt.
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Everett
Mass
Boston Elevated Railway
Oakley A. Cogsaboom
Broadway
Cossaboom
Campaign finish details of Roosevelts speakers tour
The Tribune says President Roosevelt learned Bennet of New York laid out a closing week pitch for Republicans in New York Indiana and Ohio. Taft Hughes Lodge and Root are among speakers with dates at Madison Square Garden New Amsterdam Opera House Murray Hill Carnegie Hall and other venues. Bennet notes no Roosevelt speech before voting in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Representative Bennet
New York
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Bennet
Republican National Committee
Mr. Bennet
William H. Taft
James S. Sherman
Hughes
Depew
Leslie M. Shaw
Dolliver
Iowa
Senator Smith
Michigan
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Leake
New Jersey
Root
Cortelyou
Bonaparte
Straus
George A. Knight
California
Taft
Madison Square Garden
Mr. Taft
Governor Hughes
New Amsterdam Opera House
Murray Hill Lyceum
Ohio
Garfield
Cincinnati
Toledo
Meyer
Senator Knox
Columbus
Cleveland
O. O. Howard
Youngstown
Fairbanks
Hemenway
Beveridge
Gardner
Frank W. Judson
Edward H. Ozman
United States
Constantinople
John L. Griffiths
Liverpool
Edward Payson Brown
Virginia
Senator Depew
Henry Cabot Lodge
Congress
Lodge
Killed While Seeking Work In New York State
The body of Thomas S. Flint of South Braintree Mass was found on New York Central tracks in Amsterdam N Y with both legs severed He left letters from family addressed to Hilton N Y and a mother’s prayer for his safe return Flint a machinist from South Braintree was seeking work in New York State and was killed near Amsterdam N Y on Oct 24
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N. Y
Thomas S. Flint
South Braintree
Mass
New York Central
Hilton
Thomas 8. Flint
Robert
Flint
New York State
Bovine Tuberculosis Focus Set For Dairymen Meeting
Albany, Oct 24 Commissioner Pearson of the State Department of Agriculture announced the next meeting of the New York State Dairyman's Association will be in Utica in December and center on bovine tuberculosis. He said the department has made a good start on its tuberculosis work under the Aide Lansing bill, passed on Governor Hughes's recommendation with an extra $75,000 appropriation by special legislation.
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Albany
Pearson
State Department of Agriculture
New York State Dairyman’s Association
Utica
Hughes
Cholera Epidemic Eases in St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg reports the supplementary medical staff of physicians nurses disinfectors and sanitary inspectors are discharged as the cholera epidemic is under control. New cases daily are slight and outbreak stations are closed. Five hundred twenty five cholera patients remain in hospitals.
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St. Petersburg
Rhodes pupil wins Bar lett-Coutts scholarship
Oxford notes report E. R. Lloyd a Rhodes pupil from West Virginia received the Bar lett-Coutts annual scholarship. Rome notes Earl Dodge of New York named private secretary to Lioyd C. Grissom, the American Ambassador. London reports John T. Owen surrendering at Scotland Yard after embezzling 2090 from Gordon Lodge NY. He is remanded pending NY police information.
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Oxford
E. R. Lioyd
Rhodes
West Virginia
Barlett-Coutts
Rome
Earl Dodge
New York
Lioyd C. Grissom
London
Oet
John T. Owen
Gordon Lodge, Order of the Sons of St. George
Scotland Yard
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