Bryan Attacks Taft Labor Record in Madison Sq Garden
William Jennings Bryan spoke to ten to twelve thousand in Madison Square Garden and several borough meetings last night criticizing Taft on labor issues and urging a Democratic Congress. He praised remedial legislation and framed Roosevelt as overstepping judiciary and legislative bounds while urging support for the Democratic state ticket and national platform.
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Madison Square Garden
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Quethine
Enrly
Bryan
Washington
Democratic Congress
Roosevelt
Chanler
Public Service Commissions
Bughes
Mr. Bryan
D. Cady Herrick
Galier
Taft
Bronx Residents Win Order to Resume Rail Service
Judge Lacombe ruled that Frederick W. Whitridge must restart Union Railway cars to the northern city limit after Bronx residents complained that halting cars at 233d Street and White Plains Road forced riders to pay extra fares. The ruling requires a joint operating plan with Westchester Electric Railroad, with Whitridge free to appeal to South Mount Vernon trustees if terms are deemed excessive.
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Bronx
Frederick W. Whitridge
Union Railway Company
Westchester Electric Railroad Company
Whitridge
Westchester Company
Judge Lacombe
South Mount Vernon
Sicard Hurt After Keys Loss at Claremont Avenue
Ernest G. Sicard a real estate operator who runs bachelor apartments at 192 Claremont Avenue forgot his keys and climbed to a second floor window to avoid tenants. He fell to the stone pavement injuring his skull and was rushed to J Hood Wright Hospital where doctors said a fracture was likely.
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Ernest G. Sicard
Claremont Avenue
Sicard
Dying, Slays Wife in Phoenix Yard
E B Knox shot his young wife four times and slashed his wrists after claiming a plot against him by electricity. The crime occurred in a friend's yard where the couple had spent the night. Knox, a former Phenix National Bank cashier, had been treated as a patient and had married nurse Ida Foxhall in San Francisco last March. He is from Knoxville Illinois and related to a local gelatin maker who died last year. He arrived from New York in 1996.
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Ariz
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Sisters’ Hospital
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Boston
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Knoxville
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KILLED FOR HIS PARISH
The Rev Ernest Lyons was arrested near Suffolk Virginia on October 26 charged with the August murder of the Rev John L Smith. Smith disappeared and was found in the Nansemond River with a blow to the temple. Lyons a member of the Sanctified sect had motive and was seen with Smith before his disappearance. Detectives and Smiths congregation pursued the case amid jealousy and a possible motive of Lyons to assume Smiths clerical robes.
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Free Love
Bryan Visits Sick Kerr During Westchester Stop
While on an auto tour of Westchester County, Mr. Bryan halted at Premium Point New Rochelle to call on James Kerr Democratic National Committeeman from Pennsylvania. Kerr, in a summer home, is critically ill with a liver disease and confined to bed since October 5. Kerr recognized the candidate and was pleased by the visit.
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New Rochelle
James Kerr
Democratic Nations
Pennsylvania
Mr. Kerr
Charles E. Littlefield
Ge Hough
O’brien
Edward B. Wire
Curtis
Wire
Otto Heinze & Co
F. Augustus Heinze
Morse
Heinze
President's Son Promoted After Vanderbilt Cup Return
Theodore Roosevelt Jr returns from the Vanderbilt Cup and is moved from the dirty wool department to the worsted room at Hartford Carpet Company in Thompsonsville with a salary raise. He will change boarding houses from the little white house at 23 Pleasant Street to Robert King’s home on Enfield Street.
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Hartford
Conn
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Alvin H. Higgins
Hartford Carpet Company
Thompstonville
White House
No. 23
Pleasant Street
Robert King
Enfield Street
Wright Going Home to Vote
Washington, Oct. 26 Orville Wright the aero pioneer will leave Fort Myer Hospital for home in Dayton Ohio on Saturday if his condition improves His sister Miss Catherine Wright who has nursed him will accompany him Mr Wright wishes to vote in the Presidential election though he may need to be carried to the polls It will be several months before he can use his injured leg.
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Washington
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Dasten
Ohio
Catherine Wright
Army In Hospital
Wright
State Court of Appeals voids city locker club bans
The State Court of Appeals ruled that municipal ordinances conflicting with state licensure of locker clubs are illegal. The decision holds that cities cannot set rules contrary to what the state has legalized, citing the city of Macon case.
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State Court of Appeals
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Macon
Ulcaul
Morse Curtis Bank Case Reveals Overdraft Collateral Loan
Testimony in the Morse Curtis trial shows National Bank of North America president Alfred H. Curtis telling W W Lee that Morse busted the bank after an overdraft exceeding 200000 dollars. Witnesses described unauthorized loans and missing assurances as directors debated Morse's loans and Curtis's role.
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W. W. Lee
Charles W. Morse
Mr. Lee
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Hough
United States District Court
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Lee
William F. Havemeyer
Mr. Curtis
William A. Nash
Corn Exchange Bank
Clearing House Committee
Plain Salling for the Governor Now
Albany dispatch recounts Governor Hughes touring Montgomery Fulton Schenectady and Albany counties amid heavy rain. He reports friendly receptions and party realignments, noting new Hughes clubs in Amsterdam, Schenectady mass support, and contrasts with Taft campaign rhetoric while defending his record and reforms.
Stirring Taft tour electrifies Brooklyn crowds
Judge Taft’s whirlwind Brooklyn swing drew about forty thousand cheering supporters across five halls after a Montauk Club dinner. He hailed stronger foreign relations and likened American citizenship to Roman fame, attacked labor injunctions, and pressed for immigration reform as crowds filled streets and city halls.
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Judge Taft
Taft Tours Brooklyn New Haven and New York in Campaign Gridiron
President Taft spoke at five meetings in Brooklyn and attended a Montauk Club dinner then received a warm welcome in New Haven and spoke at multiple stops on the return to New York. Governor Hughes enjoyed a day of welcomes in Montgomery Fulton Schenectady and Albany counties. Sherman denies involvement in a New Mexico land deal and says the project was abandoned after investigation. Hitchcock returns from Chicago enthusiastic on Republican prospects in the West. Fort of New Jersey urges reelection of Hughes as a moral victory. Bryan tours Paterson and Westchester County towns then headlines Madison Square Garden and City Hall Park.
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Mr. Taft
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City Hall Park
Chauffeur Assaulted Near Dr Ayer Home
William Fullman a New York Taxicab Company chauffeur was assaulted by three men beside his cab in front of Dr J C Ayer’s home at 34 West 74th Street. He suffered three scalp wounds and was taken home for treatment. A red taxicab sped through 42a Street with sparks from both windows before stopping after peremptory signals from Patrolman Hobart. Another driver Michael Cunningham testified he was halted at Broadway and 36th Street while a man directed him to Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street, then disappeared. Firefighters later extinguished flames.
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East 70Th Street
New York
J. C. Ayer
West 74Th Street
Fullman
West 68Th Street
42A Street
No. S
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Hobart
Michael Cunningham
Marlborough
Broadway
36Th Street
Lexington Avenue
42D Street
GetS Bride at Cost of Two Lives in Millwood Elopement
Telegraph report from Waycross dated Oct 26 details a deadly elopement attempt as L. Edenfield marries Leffie Carter despite parental protest. In Kirkland friends joined the groom, a fight ensued, Emory Wilson was killed and A J Little fatally wounded. John Carter, bride’s brother, is under arrest for Wilson’s death.
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Waycross
Emory Wilso
A. J. Little
John Carter
Wilson
Wanted Pie Got Cracked Head
Michael Charley of Pinm Creek Pennsylvania lies in Braddock Hospital with a fractured skull after a dispute over daily pie for dinner. His boarding mistress Mary Bolek is in custody after allegedly striking him and later knocking him down and hitting him with an axe. Charley’s prognosis is poor and authorities hold Bolek.
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Pittsburg
Michael Charley
Pinm Creek
Penn
Braddock Hospital
Mary Bolek
Charley
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