President to camp in Louisiana during Mississippi journey
President will hunt and camp in Louisiana from October 4 to 21 as part of a down the Mississippi trip. He plans to travel to Canton for the McKinley memorial and then proceed to Vicksburg and Nashville for addresses. Aides, physicians, and press correspondents accompany him. Secretary Loeb joins to Keokuk before a western hunting trip.
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Oyster Bay
Louisiana
Latta
Mississippi
Memphis
Canton
Smedes
Miss
Washington
Vicksburg
Nashville
P. M. Rixey
Navy
M. C. Latta
White House
Secret Service
Loeb
Keokuk
Iowa
Jackson's Hole
Yellowstone Park
President's likely hunt sights in Louisiana swamps
New Orleans reports the President may hunt in the Bayou Macon and Tensas Swamps of Madison Parish near the Mississippi. The area spans about seventy five by ten to thirty miles with abundant deer and other game. Governor Blanchard’s party recently bagged forty deer here. nets shielding faces from mosquitos are common until October.
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New Orleans
Bayou Macon
Tensa
Madison Parish
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Blanchard
Bishop Berry Denies Criticism of President Roosevelt
Milwaukee September 19 Bishop Joseph F Berry of Buffalo presiding over the German Methodists conference denies ever citing President Roosevelt as responsible for alleged liquor at Vice President Fairbanks Indianapolis home He repudiates a published interview and regrets Roosevelt felt compelled to deny a charge Berry says he never made the remark.
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Milwaukee
Joseph F. Berry
Buffalo
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Detroit
Berry
Captain Bullock on Roosevelt Presidency
Captain Seth Bullock of Deadwood declares Theodore Roosevelt cannot be forced to accept a nomination. He notes the President’s word not to seek renomination and criticizes Minnesota Senator Clapp’s claim that a third term could be compelled. Bullock urges senators to heed the public stance and the President’s pledge.
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The
Tribune
Omaha
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Enid
Seth Bullock
Deadwood
Bullock
Clapp
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Captain Bullock
Japanese steamer Tafu Maru destroyed near Nan King
Osaka Steamship Company agents report the Japanese steamer Tafu Maru on fire in the Yangtse-Kiang forty five miles from Nan King has been totally destroyed. About one hundred lives lost, mostly Chinese.
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London
Osaka Steamship Company
Shanghai
Yangtse-Kiang
Nanking
Earthquake Shakes Redlands California in September
A sharp quake struck Redlands at 5 45 pm with north to south motion. The tremor lasted two seconds for the rumble and one second for the shake, the strongest in several years with no damage reported.
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Redlands
Cal
Sebi
Clemens Nuptials Off as Relative Claim Heats Check
Mrs Adeline Mason postponed her wedding to William Clemens of North Woodstock claiming he may be Mark Twain's cousin. An investigation is underway as invitations are recalled and local plans for the August wedding are halted.
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Tripure
Willimantic
Conn
Adeline Mason
Wiliam Clemens
North Woodstock
Mark Twain
Mr. Clemens
Ashley Day Leavitt
Mason
Clemens
Woodstock
Gale Kills Fishermen In Newfoundland Storm
A forty year heaviest equinoctial gale hits Newfoundland coast. By Sept 19 five lives were lost and eleven schooners and sloops were driven ashore or foundered. Many vessels are en route from Labrador and more disasters are feared. Widespread damage to gear and facilities reported.
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St. John’s
N. F
Newfoundland
Labrador
Girl Dies in Gas Inhalation Suicide at West 17th Street
Theresa Canning a 20 year old telephone operator living at 117 West 17th Street fell from an upper window after inhaling gas from a rubber tube. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon. Her mother sister and brother in law James Hawkes manager of the Hotel Metropole resided in the same house. The young woman had been a relief operator for the New York Telephone Company and had not worked recently. No motive was given and the mother offered no explanation.
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West 17Th Street
Theresa Canning
Miss Canning
James C. Hawkes
Hotel Metropole
New York Telephone Company
Influx Increases as Immigration Rises in August
Washington reports a record surge in immigration with 98,825 aliens admitted in August, up 21 percent from 1906 and 56 percent from 1895. Over six months total arrivals reach 819,951, rising 14 percent year over year, with Russia now providing the largest share of newcomers.
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Washington
America
Russia
Gems for wife go to Uncle Sam
Antonio Bencuati an Italian banker from Oakland California was detained at the North German Lloyd pier after the Prinzess Irene docking. Special Treasury inspector Donohue found diamond earrings worth 850 dollars in his pocket and the gems were sent to the Appraiser's Stores. He did not face arrest but must forfeit the jewels.
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Antonio Bencuati
Oakland
Cal
Lloyd Line
Tim Donohue
Treasury Department
Benouati
Donohue
Bencuati
Bruce the Explorer Reported Safe After Arctic Search
Captain Isachen, commander of the Norwegian Arctic expedition, reports a letter from August 23 by William Bruce indicating he planned to head northward rather than return. Bruce and his party left supplies over a month ago to explore Prince Charles Foreland east of Spitzbergen and had not been heard from. searchers had feared disaster.
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Christiania
Isachen
Spitzbergen
William Bruce
Mr. Bruce
Prince Charles Foreland
Lost in Canyon Endangers Grand Canyon Party Member
Mrs. Frank Joy of St Louis wife of a former congressman and part of the Longworth Grand Canyon exploring party was found after a fifteen hour search ten miles from the starting point. Mrs Joy nearly froze and was ill from exposure. Mrs Longworth aided in the search and then returned to the hotel. The Joys then headed to Cincinnati. Two Russians occupying the only drawing room in the sleeping car were asked to vacate without the congressman or his wife knowing.
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The
Tribune
Flagstaff
Ariz
Frank Joy
St. Louis
Longworth
Grand Canyon
Joy
Fort for Governor. Justice Fort Wins New Jersey GOP Nomination
On September 19 in Trenton Justice John Franklin Fort of Essex secured the Republican nomination for Governor on the first ballot with 755 votes on an informal tally of 1,157 delegates. He renounced his Supreme Court seat, and the convention later moved to formal acclamation amid party praise and a broad platform endorsing Roosevelt and Governor Stokes.
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Tribune
Trenton
John Franklin Fort
Essex
Stokes
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Justice Fort
John W. Griggs
McKinley
Republican Party of
New Jersey
Committee On
North Jersey
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Senate
Democratic House
United States
House of Assembly
Fort
Vivian M. Lewis
Passaic
Frank H. Sommer
Mahlon Pitney
Morris
Middlesex
Wreck Kills 3 Near En carnacion Mexico
A collision between the El Paso express and a freight train near En carnacion, close to Aguas Calientes, results in at least thirty two dead and thirty three injured. Relief trains work at the scene as engineers’ orders are cited as the cause.
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City of Mexico
Mexican Central Railroad
el Paso
Encarnacion
Aguas Calientes
Ambassador Creel Foresees Root Visit Strengthening Monroe Doctrine
Enrique Creel Mexican Ambassador to the United States, visiting Mexico City, says Mr Root's upcoming trip will complete US Latin America policy and perfect the Monroe Doctrine. Creel will leave September 28 for Chihuahua to be inaugurated Governor October 4, then return to Washington without resigning as ambassador.
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Tty
Mexico
Enrique CC. Creel
United States
Secretary Root
Root
Latin America
Creel
Chihuahua
Washington
Autopsy Reveals Multiple Fatal Ailments In Drug Addict
An autopsy at New York Hospital on a morphine and cocaine user showed an enlarged pericardium nearly three times the heart size. The woman suffered chronic Bright's disease, cirrhosis, tubercular intestinal ulcers, pachymeningitis pigmentosa, brain edema, and generalized dropsy.
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New York Hospital
Bright
Mysterious Allegheny Poisoner Terrorizes Neighborhood
In Gerst Alley Allegheny a suspected arsenic poisoner strikes fear by poisoning a family and killed animals earlier. Mrs Maggie Hoffman Fred Hoffman Charles Hoffman Esther Hoffman Eveline Tuscher were poisoned after eating soup kept overnight. all five survived, doctors say arsenical poisoning.
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Pittsburg
Gerst Alley
Allegheny
Maggie Hoffman
Fred Hoffman
Charles Hoffman
Esther Hoffman
Eveline Tuscher
Bomb sent to Governor Frantz in Guthrie mail
Lt. W. F. Herringshaw of the U S S A declares the alleged infernal machine mailed to Governor Frank Frantz in care of Joseph H. Norris as genuine and highly skilled, enough to demolish a three story brick building. received yesterday with no return address.
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Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
W. F. Herringshaw
Frank Frantz
Joseph H. Norris
Republican Committee
1St Congressional District
Tom L. Johnson Wins at Primaries in Cleveland
Returns from ward primaries show Mayor Tom L. Johnson likely renominated by acclamation by the Democratic city convention. Indications also favor all mayor-endorsed council candidates, including Republican E. B. Haserodt, recently defeated in his party primary, amid spirited ward fights led by Charles P. Salen.
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Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Council
E. B. Haserodt
Johnson
Charles P. Salen
Clers
Amherst Student Edward H Wright Death by Suicide in Dorm Room
Amherst Mass September Edward H Wright son of W E Wright a Adams merchant and Amherst College student killed himself with a razor in his Nash tower room He died minutes later He was troubled by insomnia and fear of insanity a letter to his father indicates melancholia He had just earned a Colgate University junior certificate
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Amherst
Mass
Edward H. Wright
W. E. Wright
Adams
Amherst College
Nash's Block
Wright
Colgate University
Mauretania Completes Sea Trials Off port
The Cunard Line steamer Mauretania, sister ship of the Lusitania, finished three days of preliminary sea trials and anchored off the port. She was tested at full speed, with exact performance details to be released tomorrow. It is understood she showed capabilities beyond expectations.
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Shields
Cunard Line
Mauretania
Lusitania
Stolen Bag With 200000 Bonus Funds Found Abandoned
In Houston Maine police reveal a bag containing 200000 in bonus bonds was stolen from Bangor & Aroostook Railway waiting room on Monday night. The bag later surfaced in a vacant lot with 100 in cash and 3000 in jewelry missing. bonds intact. The owner, a Boston bond salesman, with name withheld, left the bag briefly for a ticket. It was found slit open. no arrests yet.
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Houston
Bangor & Aroostook
Boston
Tragic Trolley Accident Kills Man. Two Die Likely
Charles Boch of Brooklyn died after standing on an inside trolley car running board on a DeKalb avenue line to Coney Island. Louis Gunlach and conductor George Sievel survived initial injuries but were in critical condition at German Hospital after being dragged between cars. No arrests.
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Charles Boch
Onderdonk Avenue
Palmetto Street
Brooklyn
Louis Guniach
Bleecker Street
George Sievel
Melrose Street
German Hospital
DeKalb Avenue
Coney Island
Roch
Gunlach
Sievel
de Costa
Bushwick Hospital
South for Taft analysis in The Tribune poll
The Tribune reports a Washington view showing Taft leading as presidential choice in the South with 35 percent first-choice and 70 second-choice. Hughes, Fairbanks, Cannon, and Knox trail. The piece notes conservatives in the South favor stability to counter Roosevelt and highlights the mixed white and black sentiment shaping the split.
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Tribune
Chicago
Taft
Washington
United States
Fairbanks
Hughes
Foraker
Cannon
Knox
Son
New England
Train wreck at 36th Street halts Coney Island line
A five car Coney Island bound train jumped the track at 36th Street and Fifth Avenue Brooklyn as service switched from overhead wires to the third rail. A signal pole collapse ignited a small blaze and a two and a half hour delay followed. Traffic resumed at 12 30. 150 000 Mardi Gras attendees faced travel disruption.
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Coney Island
Manhattan
36Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Miss Flora Wilson Studying for Grand Opera in Paris
Friends in Traer Iowa report Flora Wilson daughter of Secretary Wilson is said to study grand opera in Paris under De Reszke and aims to become a singer. She is now in Switzerland visiting the American Consul family at Lucerne and plans to return to Paris to resume studies while Secretary Wilson reportedly opposes the stage career.
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the Tribune
Traer
Iowa
Wilson
Flora Wilson
Paris
Six Women Sentenced to Jail in Hartford Crusade
Judge Curtis sentences six women to three months in jail and a heavy fine for July crusade by clergymen. The City Court initially imposed the same sentence but the Superior Court affirmed it on appeal. The women were taken to jail to begin their terms.
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Hartford
Curtis
Garvan
Rockefeller riches and oil trust inquiry unfold in hearing
Frank B Kellogg questions Wesley H Tilford on the formation of the Standard Oil trusts and the pre 1890 history of oil combinations. Evidence shows Rockefeller's wealth from stock holdings and the Corsicana Waters-Pierce and Security Oil links as the government probes potential monopoly.
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Frank B. Kellogg
St. Paul
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Kellogg
Wesley H. Tilford
Mr. Tilford
John D. Rockefeller
Ohio
Rockefeller
Corsicana Refining Company
Corsicana
Tex
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
John G. Milburn
Oil Corporation
State of
Texas
Kelloge
Broadway
H. C. Folger
C. N. Payne
Copartners
Lone Star
Standard Oil
Security Oil Company
S. G. Bayne
Seaboard National Bank
the Standard
Tilford
Bayne
Security Oil Company of
Moritz Rosenthal
Chicago
Milburn
Standard Oil Company
Rosenth
Standard
H. H. Rogers
William Rockefeller
Henry M. Flagler
John D. Archibold
Charles M. Pratt
Charles Pratt
Stephen V. Harkness
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MR. Root
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Oklahoma
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Chess, Carley Company
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