Bryan Halts Coercion Charge in New York Campaign
William Jennings Bryan declared Republicans abandon argument and seek victory through undisclosed campaign funds and coercion. He spoke to railroad workers in Hastings and impressed large crowds in Upstate New York, condemning party finance and panic threats while touting hopes to carry New York, the middle west, and parts of the east.
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Bryan
Poughkeepsie
Republican Party
Taft
W. C. T. U. Condemns Cannon at National Convention
Denver October 28 The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union adopted a resolution praising churches for opposing Joseph G. Cannon's reelection. The measure cites his persistent opposition to reform proposals and was introduced by Mrs. Mary B E Kuhl, president of the Illinois WCTU.
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National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Joseph G. Cannon
Congress
Mary BE. Kuhl
Illinois
Indian War Ends Yaqui Battle North of Altar Sonora
News from El Paso reports a Papago Yaqui clash north of Altar Sonora resulting in about 40 Yaqui deaths. Mexican forces allegedly supported Papagos who lured Yaquis into ambush and killed them.
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EL Paso
Texas
Altar Sonora
View Outrage in School Frat
Los Angeles Oct 28 Despite high school fraternities being banned students Edgar Lusk and Frank Ritchey were subjected to initia tion by a secret society. They were tied with wire hair shaved and branded on the forehead with Kappa Delta. Parents reported the injury to school authorities.
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Cal
Edgar Lusk
Frank Ritchey
Los Angeles High
Cleveland Traction Funds Tied Up by Central Trust Suit
The Central Trust Company of New York, trustee for Cleveland Railway bondholders, filed in federal court for a receiver for Municipal Traction, which runs the former line in Cleveland. Judge Taylor granted a temporary order freezing all Municipal funds except those needed for wages.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Central Trust Company of New York
Cleveland Railway Company
Municipal Traction Company
Taylor
Russian Duma Opens Session for Reform Agenda
St. Petersburg and London dispatches report the Russian Duma resuming its sittings for a long session. Key items include agrarian reforms, land transfer to private ownership, commune dissolution, local peasant courts reform, and budget discussions. The Wright brothers receive Britain's Aero Club gold medal for their aviation feats.
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London
Maus
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
Wife Jeers Rival Pleads Behind Bars in Kansas City
Kansas City Oct 28 Mrs Randa Johnson a Chicago woman tailed her husband Henry T Johnson and his mistress Jandie Bubba for two years tracking from Chicago to Omaha Detroit Buffalo and Michigan before learning they were in Kansas City She confronted them at the county jail corridors expressing triumph over the elopers and insisting on prosecution as the case moved to the prosecuting attorney’s office
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Randa Johnson
Chicago
Blanche Bobba
Henry T. Johnson
Omaha
Detroit
Buffalo
Michigan
Money Still Coming to Democratic Fund in Chicago
Campaign contributions totaling 5935 were received on October 27 in amounts of 100 and more. The donations were announced at Democratic headquarters in Chicago.
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Democratic Fund
Chicago
Reasons Plenty Ranks Are Rent in Ohio Upset
Plumbus Ohio October excerpt shows diverse voter reasons for supporting Bryan while Taft faces opposition in Cincinnati Columbus Dayton and Xenia. Foraker’s role and Browns ville affair fuel African American votes against Taft with Ohio’s sizable black population shaping the race.
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Kern
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Brownsville
Labor Leaders Align With Taft Deserting AFL
Chicago Oct 28 Republican papers report W D Ryan secretary of United Mine Workers will back Taft for president. Several prominent labor leaders have deserted AFL figures like Gompers and Mitchell, boosting Bryan among workers. Ryan’s ties to Cannon and post office payrolls are cited. John E Lamb calls for James S Sherman’s retirement over the land deal scandal. Continued on Page Seven.
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John Mitchell
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Ryan
Congress
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House of Representatives
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Western
James S. Sherman
Lamb
New York World
New York Sun
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Taft Men In Grand Effort In Wind Up In New York
Russian patriot Nicholas Tschaikovsky released on English bail after protests from Britain and the United States. He had been imprisoned since November 23, 1967, and his release followed a fund deposit in the Imperial bank to cover bail. The report links broader Ohio political tensions to Taft era debates and temperance movements.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas Tschaikovsky
England
Imperial Bank
Russia
SS. Peter and Paul
Tschainovsky
United States
Great Britain
London
Taft Campaign in New York Builds to Big Republican Show
Taft spends a day in Greater New York with meetings across the metropolis. A mass Republican parade on Fifth Avenue and a Madison Square Garden rally with Governor Hughes are planned as the climax of the campaign. Taft cites prosperity and attacks free coinage as incorrect. He notes intraparty tensions in the Republican ranks as Burton’s election could end Dick’s term, while Democrats remain confident.
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Taft
Greater
Hudson River
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Fifty-ninth Street
Fifteenth Street
Madison Square Garden
Hughes
Horace Pe
Tatts
Bethune Street
Mississippi River
Haseen
Burton
Cleveland
Senator Foraker
Butts in Again Roosevelt Sends Out a Letter
New York editors report President Roosevelt has sent a letter praising Taft and Governor Hughes and predicting their election success. The letter was released today. Sugar Changes New York cuts all grades of regena sugar by 3 cents per hundred.
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C. B. Wolffram
New York Herald
W.H. Taft
Hughes
Taft
New York
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