Minnesota Illinois clash draws record crowds at Champaign
Minnesota and Chicago universities clash at Mar 1 Field amid heavy winds and speed versus weight. Marshall of Minnesota kicks a drop from the 40 yard line as fans expect a clash with Wisconsin Illinois notes a Wisconsin Illinois game promising to be among the best ever played on Illinois field with large railcar crowds and strong lines this autumn day.
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Familiar Faces in Rock Island's Daily Life
A fragment notes a committee reshuffle after a Buffalo convention. Belemont retires to allow Senator Ed ward A. Bailey to join the committee as terms change on county delegates who previously unseated a tie.
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Buffalo
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May Wreck Plans By Harriman Railroad Inquiry
The Interstate Commerce Commission weighs an informal probe into Harriman system railways under federal authority. Limited by workload and time, the panel has not fixed a start date or methods, though officials suggest the inquiry is under serious consideration and may proceed. The discussion mirrors past scrutiny of major railroad combines.
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Commission
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Burlington
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Oregon Short Line
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harriman
Washington
Harriman Systems
Interstate Commecree Commission
Northern Securities
Half Million Fire Loss At Scranton
Scranton Pa Nov 1 Fire destroyed the Carter and Kennedy six story building housing Foot Shear Hardware J Scotton Carpet and Furniture and the two story Williams Brett confectionery store causing about 450 000 in damage Seven firemen were injured one seriously Bricks were bought by the flames and a portion of the eight story structure collapsed Insurance losses reported at about 5 per cent of insured value Meanwhile Chicago docks fire Nov 14 destroyed docks at Led Wall Coal Company at 100th Street and Commercial Avenue with damage estimated at drawn out over days Fifty thousand tons of coal burning BOSTON Nov 1 A large brick building on Beverly Street almost incinerated causing about 106 000 loss attributed to several manufacturing concerns
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Carter and Kennedy
Foot Shear Hardware Company
J. Scotton Carpet and Furniture Company
J. D. Williams Brett Company
Connell
Chicago
Led Wall
Tindredth Street
Commercial Avenue
Joston
Beverly Street
Wellman Returns to Paris to Complete Airship Work
Walter Wellman and Major Hersey sailed for New York on the French line steamer La Savoiatre to continue airship changes. Wellman plans to return in six weeks to resume supervision while Hersey remains to join the Chicago Record-Herald expedition aiming to reach the pole next summer.
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Walter Wellman
Major Hersey
New York
la Savoie
Herse
Chicago Record-Herald
Pole
Shaun Kelly Free After No Bill in Assault Case
Boston November 10. A grand jury returned no bills in the case of Shaun Kelly of Harvard University charged with assaulting Patrolman Fraher on the common last September. Kelly is a roommate of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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Boston
Shaun Kelly
Harvard University
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Kelly
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Barnum and Bailey to tour country by autos to save money
New York November 10 Barnum and Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth will tour the country in mammoth automobiles beginning next year. The move ends the circus trust and marks a shift from rail and horse drawn spectacle to road travel using chauffeurs and batteries, following earlier experimental autos.
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Madison Square Garden
Offenses Wanted and Sugar Plantation Insecurity
A Havana report notes liberals press Governor Magoon to distribute offices and hold June elections while sugar planters seek American troops for mill protection. authorities refuse. Milwaukee lowers gas price to 80 cents per 1000 cubic feet. National Rivers and Harbors congress plans Dec convention seeking $50 million annual river harbor funding. New York reports Kings County political reform drive against Senator McCarren. Belmont resigns from Nassau district post.
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Congress
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United States
Welling, Railway Man, Dead
Chicago November 10 John Calvin Welling longtime Illinois Central vice president died at his home in Chicago aged 66 after three weeks of acute bronchitis He began as an Illinois Central employee in 1874 advancing through roles until his 1890 election to vice president a post he held until his death.
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Negroes assault priest on a train in South Carolina
Report from Wolsey Now detailing twelve Black assailants who stabbed and shot at a Catholic priest aboard a passenger train near Sibley. The clergyman is in critical condition. A posse arrested a suspect and threats of further violence followed while the train crew struggled to intervene.
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Wreck on the B and O Injures Many in Blanchester
A fatal and mass injury wreck occurred on the B and O near Blanchester Ohio. Reported injuries include nearly a score of persons with several in critical condition. A passenger train collision left children among the injured as doctors fear possible deaths.
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Fraud Scandals Shake Pennsylvania Election Board
In Witheshbarre and surrounding townships investigators uncover fraudulent votes in seven districts. Candidates who appeared out of contention now face doubtful standings as the election board orders arrest warrants for several officers on forgery and misdemeanor charges.
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Cleetan
Colorado Peak Breaks Out Erupting Over Sangre de Christo
Report from Tram Postmusor Storz states smoke, vapor and huge tongues of flame erupting Thursday from Cuebra Peak west of Stonewall in the Sangre de Christo range. The peak, 15 test in the United States, rises above timber line. Fire danger unlikely due to altitude. Also: Silk theft from Rock Island cars at Cornell Bluffs, Iowa. Value about 1200. Police lacking clues.
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Cornell Bluffs
Iowa
High Finance by Members of Moore-Everett Syndicate
Cleveland area reports Colonel F. Mickeon filed guilt for a 100000 fraud tied to the Eyveret Moore syndicate. The case outlines a scheme to misrepresent finances involving executives and wives, with concealment through altered books. Syndicate assets included interurban transport and telephone firms across multiple regions.
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Ohio
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Pier Choe
Nyn- Meaie
Tubes Were Poor In Present South Trip Inquiry
A 1901 report details alleged fraud related to boiler tubes supplied for naval vessels including the Maine and Pennsylvania. Investigators accuse five men of arranging faulty tubes to defraud a shipyard as President Theodore Roosevelt prepared for a southward trip. Names of vessels and states appear, with warrants issued for three men to be arrested.
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Yemisylvani
Georgia
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Washingom
Minnesoa
Nebraska
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Kenel
Arreste d Sicilian Anarchist Faces Deportation
Bruno, a Sicilian anarchist deemed highly dangerous, was arrested at Koon station on the Burlington line, 47 miles east of Denver, while working as a section hand. A five month search by U S immigration agents led to his capture and planned return to Sicily.
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Denver
Wanno Bruno
Koon
Burlington
United States Immigration Commission
Stelly
Burglar Proof Auto Provided For Use of Night Bank Patrons
New York, Nov. 1. The Night and Day bank rolls out a burglar proof automobile for night cash collections. The bullet proof vehicle carries a bolted safe on the running gear and cannot be started without a secret mechanism. Two attendants operate it, customers place money in a steel box with separate keys, and robbers cannot seize the car or remove the safe even if the chauffeur is killed.
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