Bryan Advocates Bank Deposit Guarantee Platform
Rensselaer Indiana October 20 William J Bryan presses the banks deposit guarantee plank citing Jasper County bank failures and officials jailed He urges law limits on stock market speculation and cites a banker suicide in Iowa as evidence He plans to be in Washington after March Hammond Indiana October 20 Bryan vows support for a Democratic Congress to enact reform labor focus dominates speech in Brookston Indiana October 2 He refutes panic claims and attacks Taft warns against private monopolies endorses elimination of monopolies and labor rights He criticizes Republicans for no remedy in trusts Spelling misfires aside Chicago October 20 Bryan arrives amid pyrotechnics and a motorcade to Pilsen Garden
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Board of Trade
Iowa
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Bryan
Brookston
Taft
Chicago
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Albany Avenue
Supreme Court avoids politics in bank case stance
Washington Oct. 20 The supreme court signaled disapproval of injecting politics into its work by denying a motion to advance the Noble State Bank of Oklahoma vs Governor Haskell case. The move followed a plea to speed up the hearing due to deposits guarantee law issues central to the campaign.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Noble State Bank of Oklahoma
Haskell
Oklahoma
Snowstorm Rages Across Wyoming Plains
One of the worst storms in years is tearing across the Laramie plains between Cheyenne and Rawlins. Snow and fierce winds accompany the weather, paralyzing travel and disrupting daily life in the region.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Laramie Plains
Rawlins
Negro may escape hanging in Ballard murder case
Springfield Ill Oct 20 Application was made to the state board of pardons to commute the sentence of Joe James awaiting execution Friday for the murder of Clergy A Ballard. The board will go to Chicago with Governor Deneen to hear the petition today. The crime sparked recent riots.
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Springfield
State Board of Pardons
A. Ballard
Chicago
Deneen
James
Night riders strike at Reel Foot Lake murder
Word from Reel Foot Lake reports R Z Taylor and Captain Quinten Rankin, Prominent Trenton lawyers, were assassinated by night riders. Taylor's body was found hanging riddled with bullets while Rankin was near death. Governor Patterson posts a ten thousand dollar reward for arrest of those responsible.
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Union City
Tenn
Reel Foot Lake
R. Z. Taylor
Quinten Rankin
Trenton
Taylor
Rankin
Memphis
Patterson
Judge Taylor
Standard Oil Co Doing Business In 1907 Oil Output High
Washington Oct 20 The petroleum production in the United States in 1907, per the geological survey report issued today, shows total output well above any prior year and an unprecedented accumulation of stocks. Prices for all oil grades remained high despite the surplus, as reported.
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Washington
United States
Geological Survey
Four Killed On Lake Steamship Near Kenosha
Kenosha Wisconsin October 20 a steam barge traveling from Manistee Michigan three miles north of the city burst a steam pipe in the engine room killing two engineers a fireman and one deck hand the boat name could not be learned due to fog
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Kenosha
Wis
Manistee
Mich
King to Announce Abruzzi Engagement in December
Rome reports the king will announce the engagement of the Duke of the Abruzzi to Miss Catherine Elkins via a letter to Prime Minister Giolitti. News will come after the duke arrives in America likely next month. A squadron of three Italian battleships sails to the U S about November 15, with December wedding anticipated. Court jeweler in Turin has orders for royal wedding presents to be taken to America by the duke.
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Rome
Mary of
Turin
America
Bank Robbers Strike Small Illinois Wisconsin Banks
Bank l at Hurst in Williamson county Illinois was robbed of 1500 by safe blowers last night. In Wisconsin yeggmen blew the safe at Lake Nebagamon bank thirty miles east of Superior and secured 1700 this morning. Federal Judge Grosscup denied the minority stockholders of American Strawboard company the right to remove Receiver Sidney Mitchell. Judge Young dismissed the habeas corpus writ in Harry K Thaw's case. Sugar refiners raised all grades by 10 cents per hundred.
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Murphysboro
Ill
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Williamson County
Superior
Wis
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Here
Chicago
Grosscup
American Strawboard Company
Sidney Mitchell
Pittsburg
Young
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Roosevelt to Join Outlook as Associate Editor After March Fourth
New York Oct 20 President Roosevelt signs with The Outlook to become associate editor after retiring from the presidency. Reports conflict with Scribner contract for hunting and travel writing. Outlook may pursue Congo Free State coverage and possible Roosevelt field investigations for Congo conditions.
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Roosevelt
Outlook
New York
Leevelt
Outlook Company
Oyster Bay
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Scribner
Scribners
Theribners
Congo Free State
Congo
Mulford Retired Brigadier General Dies At 79
Brigadier General John Elmer Mulford retired longtime agent for prisoner exchanges in the Civil War died yesterday at Montour Falls New York aged 79 His efforts helped restore more than 13000 Union soldiers to their homes during the conflict
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John Elmer Mulford
Montour Falls
N. Y
Widow A Witness Identifies Manuscript After Ex President’s Death
Mrs Frances Folsom Cleveland widow of Grover Cleveland testified before a general sessions grand jury on the anti Bryan letter attributed to the late president and published after his death. She appeared with City College president Finley and Frank Hastings an executor of Cleveland’s will. She wore mourning and met Dr Joseph D Bryant at Mr Jerome’s office to identify handwriting.
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Frances Folsom Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
General Sessions Grand Jury
anti-Bryan
Cleveland
Finley
The
City College
Frank S. Hastings
Jerome
Grand Jury
Peter Berry
Berry
Flood
Fitzsommans
Broughton Brandenburg
Publicity winning support for Democratic ticket
Chicago reveals a Democratic push as Representative R L Henry of Texas praises the party for publishing campaign expenditures. He contrasts this with Republican leaders who refuse to disclose fund contributions, signaling a shift in voter sentiment in favor of Bryan and away from Roosevelt and Taft. A bankers poll shows 1,345 favor bank deposit guarantees versus 551 for postal savings banks, with 333 non-committal.
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Chicago
Democratic National Committee
R.L. Henry
Texas
Democratic
Indiana
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Roosevelt
Taft
Republican Party
Li Ttle
Commissioner of Insurance
District of Columbia
Pat Morton
Drake
Bankers Committee
Middle West
Tional Bankers Directory
Martin J. Wade
Kansas
South Dakota
West
Wealth Flows Into the Coffers of Republicans
A Chicago report details grand jury inquiries into a forged Cleveland signature letter sold to the New York Times and notes a major influx of funds into the Republican campaign. James J. Hill is credited with boosting the national committee’s finances, aiding Hitchcock and Taft, while Hill’s white house connections and wary stance on Northern Securities influence ongoing fundraising and strategy ahead of key states.
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Walter Wellman
Record-Herald
Republican National Campaign
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Harriman
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Hill
Mark Hanna
Mexico
Guatemala
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Hitch‘cock
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White House
Hunn
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Taft
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Hin
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Mark Hanne
Jim Hill
Emperor Receives Sperry Staff During Tokyo Visit
In Tokyo the Japanese emperor hosted Rear Admiral Sperry and his staff at the imperial palace, receiving a Roosevelt message of friendly relations. American and Japanese fleets share cordial ties as sailors mingle with guides, and shore leave for three thousand sailors proceeds without incident.
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Sperry
Imperial Palace
Roosevelt
Japan
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Yokohama
America
United States
State Federation Endorses Gompers in West Virginia
Clarksburg West Virginia October 20 resolutions adopted unanimously endorsing Samuel Gompers political policy at the West Virginia State Federation of Labor session Peoria Illinois October 20 three hundred delegates at the 26th annual convention in Peoria debated politics while noting the federation is not a political organization led by President Lawin R Wright tensions rose over differing views during the opening gathering of about 250 000 union laborers
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W. Va
West Virginia State Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Peoria
Ill
State Federation of Labor
Lawin R. Wright
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