Bryan Homecoming in New York After Illini Arrival
William J Bryan arrived in New York on the Illini at 4 p m after a busy day greeting newspaper men and crowds. He refused to discuss politics or specific figures though he spoke on Russia's future noting constitutional change. He later went by yacht to Madison Square Garden for the reception and then to Staten Island to rest at Mr Nixon's home with strong police preparations in place.
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New York
Bryan
Lees Newspaper
Speaker Cannon
Bryaner
Cannon
Nixon
William J. Bryan
Illini
Lewis Nixon
Loudoun
Stapleton
S. IL
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
North River
Victoria Hotel
Madison Square Garden
Aftir
Gravesend Bay
Staten Island
Folk
Missouri
McGowan
Iusecu
New Yok
New York Bay
Mr. Bryan
Irene
Nebraska Jor
Hbis
Nebraska
Irene Lewis Nixon
W. Brown
Lincoln
Goltra
Dahlman
Omaha
Mrs. Bryan
Fire destroys City of Hudson near La Crosse
Brownsville Minn Aug 30 A mysterious fire swept the passenger steamer City of Hudson as she tied up for the night at the wharf. Captain Woolsey woke to flames and led the crew to safety with some serious burns reported. The boat burned to the water’s edge and sank in 15 feet of water. Loss about 6000 with 2000 insurance.
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Brownsville
Minn
City of Hudson
la Crosse
W. J. Woolsey
C. H. Berry
Scattered Bands Fight Near Havana and Pinar del Rio
Scattered bands clash with rural guards around Calabazar Havana province and near Artaisima in Pinar del Rio. One guard wounded as insurgents retreat. Reports of exchanges west of Guanajay near the Havana border with reinforcements dispatched.
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Havana
Calabazar
Artamisa
Pinar del Rio
Guanajay
New Chwang Sees Danger At Dalny
The New Chwang chamber of commerce petitions the consular to suspend duties at New Chwang pending Manchurian customs regulation after Japan said it will keep Dalny as a free port until China builds a frontier house. The chamber warns the current condition threatens New Chwang's existence.
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New Cehwang
Japan
Dalny
China
Chamber of Commerce
New Chwang
Hetty Green's Son Barred Nomination Voided
Austin notices that E H R Green son of Hetty Green is disqualified as gubernatorial candidate for the Republicans after an attorney general opinion found the nomination invalid due to a party split between reorganized and regular factions. Separate conventions nominated Green. In Minnesota, General H C Childs, former attorney general, is dying of appendicitis at Cobb hospital after a week of illness.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
E. H. R. Green
Hetty Green
New York
Republican Party
Green
H. C. Childs
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Cobb Hospital
Standard Oil complains of press as harmful to business
New York Aug 30 The Standard Oil trust brands current press criticism as hostile and damaging to foreign trade and its revenue. A paid advertisement says the industry seeks an end to hostile coverage and cites a foreign government denying a storage plant as evidence of press impact influenced by President Roosevelt.
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New York
Standard | Oil Trust
Trust
Roosevelt
Congress
Standard Oil Company
Philadelphia Coroner Reveals Hipple Suicide Suppressed
Coroner King confirmed Real Katar Trust president Frank K. Hipple killed himself by a self-inflicted gunshot in Bryn Mawr. He said he delayed public disclosure to prevent a bank run and allow directors to investigate potential issues, noting the muzzle was placed in his mouth and the bullet lodged in the brain.
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Philadelphia
King
Frank K. Hipple
Real Katar Trust Company
Bryn Mawr
Ibert H. Read
Hipple
Trust Company
Nevada Democrats Call for Federal Law Enforcement Duty
In Reno on August 30 the joint Democratic and Silver Party state convention adopted a platform urging a Democratic Congress to enforce existing laws. The document endorses Governor Sparks, lauds Senator Newlands and urges his reelection.
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Nevada
Reno
Nev
Silver Party
Sparks
Newlands
Names on Those Prosecuting Case Likely to Reach Court of Appeals
Albany August 41. Appellate division affirms lower court ruling denying mandamus to force state superintendent of insurance to remove names from the administration ticket of trustees at Mutual Life. Appeal likely to be carried to the Court of Appeals by Colonel A M Shook and fellow trustees. New York August 3. Equitable Life Assurance and directors ordered to defend suit by attorney general seeking accounting of lands and property management.
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Albany
N. Y
State Superintendent of Insurance
Administration
Mutual Life Insurance Company
International Policyholders’ Committee
Supreme Court
A. M Shook
Nashville
Tenn
George Gray
Delaware
B. Tracey
New York
Harlow N. Higinbotham
Chicago
Court of Appeals
Haritable
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Justice Bischoffins
Tragedy in Kansas Ends in Shootings and Suicide
In La Crosse Kansas last night Omar Young shot and killed Alexander Walker Jr and Grant Pettyjohn during an estate settlement dispute at McCracken then killed himself. The deaths follow a quarrel over the estate. Local authorities investigate the double homicide and suicide.
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Kansas
la Crosse
Kan
McCracken
Here
Omar Young
Alexander Walker, Jr
Grant Pettyjohn
Arm strong law under fire at bar association session
At the American Bar Association session in St Paul Judge Alton B Parker delivered the annual address as Roscoe Pound from Lincoln spoke on justice administration. The insurance committee report condemns the Armstrong law of New York and urges biennial dividend apportionment, repeal of retaliatory taxes, fire policy reforms, state fire marshals, and federal regulation of interstate insurance with a minority defense of the bankruptcy law.
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St. Paul
American Bar Association
Alton B. Parker
Vapers Bend
Roscoe Pound
Lincoln
Neb
J. J. Jenkins
Judiciary Committee
National House of Representatives
Congress
Armstrong
The
Bar Association
Armstrong Law
New York
United States
Minority Report
Majority Report
Committee On Commerce
People of Warsaw Barred From Viewing Larski Funeral
Extraordinary Warsaw precautions mark the funeral of General Von Larski the acting military governor who was assassinated on August 27. Shops closed streetcars removed and streets lined with troops while mounted police and Cossacks warned residents not to look out. Pedestrians were driven indoors as guards watched windows. In St Petersburg an imperial note authorized $26.6 million in 4 percent bonds to aid drought relief districts and extended martial law for another year.
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Warsaw
von Larski
St. Petersburg
Ministers of Finance
Armour Firms Seek Affidavits to Deny Trust Membership
In Jefferson City on August 30 counsel for Armour & Co and Armour Packing Co of Chicago asked the Missouri secretary of state for permission to file affidavits stating they were not members of a trust or combine, pending antitrust court decisions. The secretary refused. Missouri law requires all corporations doing business in the state to file annual affidavits declaring non membership in trusts or combines.
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Combine
Jefferson City
Armour & Co
Armour Packing Company of
Chicago
Secretary of State
Missouri
Wyoming Republicans Endorse Roosevelt Stand Pat Policy
Casper Wyoming August 30 the Republican state convention endorsed President Roosevelts administration and the recent Congress and declared for the stand pat policy. Lady Campbell Bannerman died at Marienbad Bohemia August 30 after years of invalidism.
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Wyoming
Casper
Wyo
Roosevelt
Lady Campbell Bannerman
Marienbad
Bohemia
Lady Campbell-Bannerman
Plan to lift receivership from Real Estate Trust fails
Philadelphia Aug 30 Adolph Segal attempted to rescue the Real Estate Trust by offering 3.5 million from directors and 2 million in assets plus 2 million in building value to secure 7 million in bank loans to cover deposits The plan failed as banks deemed Segal properties doubtful and would lend nothing The episode followed a prior bank turn down at the clearing house Also note a separate Manitoba accident where the Princess struck a rock near Swampy Island drowning six crew members
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Philadelphia
Adolph Segal
Frank K. Hipple
George H. Earle, Jr
Segal
Selkirk
Manitoba
Semi-Centennial of First Battle at Osawatomie
Osawatomie Kan marked the 50th anniversary of the battle of Osawatomie with Vice President Cude W Fairbanks delivering an address. Governor Hoch and U S Senators Long and Benson joined the ceremony honoring John Brown as the central figure.
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Osawatomie
Kan
Battlefeld
Cude W. Fairbanks
Gut Pereons
John Brown
Fairbanks
Hoch
United States
Long
Benson
Kansas City Loses Cheap Gas Fight
Kansas City failed to obtain cheaper gas as talks with the Kansas City Missouri Gas Company, the current franchised supplier at 1.10 per thousand, collapsed when the company refused another price reduction after negotiations ended last night.
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Kansas City
Kansas City-Missouri Gas Company
Yellow fever on ship in Delaware
Philadelphia reports the British steamship Elswick Lodge from Tampico Mexico was placed in quarantine at Delaware Breakwater after its second mate appeared to have yellow fever.
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Delaware
Philadelphia
Elswick Lodge
Tampico
Mex
Delaware Breakwater
Del
National Hickory Association Formed in Chicago
The National Hickory association organized to protect foster and preserve present hickory timber supply completed formation yesterday. Officers include President J W Herron Jr Cincinnati Vice President E W McCullough Wilmette Ill Treasurer W A Snyder Piqua Ohio and Secretary F A Sar Chicago Also note Vassar professor William Buck Dwight geology and mineralogy at Vassar College died in Cottage City Massachusetts.
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National Association
Chicago
National Hickory Association
J. W. Herron, Jr
Cincinnati
E. W. McCullough
Wilmette, TM
W. A. Snyder
Piqua
Ohio
F. A
Vassar
Cottage City
Mass
Wiliam Buck Dwight
Vassar College
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