Hearst Party Chief Quits Over Alliance With Republicans
J L Woods Merrill, Missouri national committee man for the Independence Party, resigns and writes Hearst detailing disgust at alignments with Taftites and a strategy aimed at Bryan. He accuses Hearst of grandstand politics, says Independence funds come from Republicans, and faults the party for failing Jeffersonian principles. He claims Bryan and Standard Oil dominate the campaign issues.
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Hearst
Republican
Bryan
Kansas City
J. L. Woods Merrill
Missouri
Independence Party
William Randolph Hearst
Taft
Foraker
Haskell
Jefferson
Lincoln
Merrill
Standard Oil
Train Derailment Near Augusta Amazingly Few Injuries
The Chicago Duluth limited on the Chicago & Northwestern derailed near Augusta Wisconsin after a rail removal suspected of malicious intent. The train traveling 40 mph turned its engine and cars on their sides but only a few passengers and trainmen were injured, none seriously. Officials cite unknown persons tampering with a rail as the cause and name several injured including J J Powers Madison A Morris Superior M S Hines Rice Lake Hugo Porter Viroqua John Mahaney Eau Claire A D Lafort Edgerton N Easchens Easton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Chicago-Duluth Limited
Chicago & Northwestern
Augusta
St. Paul
Northwestern Railroad
J. J. Powers
Madison
A. Morris
Superior
M. S. Hines
Rice Lake
Hugo Porter
Viroqua
John Mahaney
Eau Claire
A. D. Lafort
Edgerton
N. Easchens
Easton
Wife Says Letters Forged in Hains Case
Mrs Claudia Hains claims letters said to be written to her husband Captain Peter C Hains are partly forged. Her counsel released a statement noting the Dear Billy letter appears to be a fabrication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Claudia Hains
Peter C. Hains
New York
Billy
Forgery Claim Over Letters In Divorce Case
The court notes that the letters show no participation by her in excess drinking or smoking and prove she disclosed everything to her husband, including her acquaintance with Annis. A facsimile of the Dear Billy letter is declared a rank forgery.
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Annis
Billy
Christy Mathewson Speaks at Democratic Mass Meeting
New York on October 29 reports that Christy Mathewson, star pitcher for the New York National League team, was among the speakers at a Democratic mass meeting in the Twenty third assembly district. John J. Hayes, winner of the London Marathon, and several American Olympic team members attended on the platform.
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New York
Christy”Mathewson
Twenty-third Assembly District
John J. Hayes
London
Memorial to Late German Ambassador Speck von Sternburg
Washington held memorial services for Freiherr Speck von Sternburg German ambassador to the United States who died August 23 at Heidelberg. President Roosevelt, cabinet members, diplomats, supreme court members, and military officers attended at Concordia Evangelical Lutheran church in Washington.
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Washington
Freiheer Speck von Sternburg
United States
Heidelburg
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church
Sternburg
Straus Reiterates Wall Street Corruption Charge
Nathan Straus, president of the Business Men's Democratic League, reiterated his accusation that Wall Street men face a 500 annual assessment by the Republican committee. In a speech before the Commercial Travelers' league in New York he declared the Republicans have the largest corruption fund this year and vowed to prove his claim.
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New York
Nathan Straus
Business Men's Democratic League
Sheldon
Republican National Committee
Wall Street
Republican Committee
Straus
Commercial Travelers’ League
Panic in Neave Building Fire Scorches Women on Ledges
In Cincinnati on October 29 a blaze on the sixth floor of the Neave building on Fourth and Race drove many women to crouch on high ledges. Firemen fought the flames as hoses burst, several women leaped or were injured, and one firefighter was hurt in a fall. The Pittsburg Calcium Li offices were affected as smoke and flames spread across the fourth to sixth floors.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Neave
Fourth and
Race Streets
Pittsburg Calcium Li
Branding incident suspends high school students in Los Angeles
Two Holy Technical high school students are suspended with three others at risk after branding the foreheads of two Los Angeles high school pupils with nitrate of silver during a Kappa Delta initiation ceremony described as a forbidden high school secret society event in Los Angeles on October 29.
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Los Angeles
Cal
The
Holy Technical High School
Kappa Delta
Rider admits all evidence against band at camp Nemo
Camp Nemo Tenn Oct 29 Soldiers under Governor Patterson uncover stronger proof against Captain Quentin Rankin’s murderers. Frank Ferriner confesses and implicates 10 of 12 prisoners, giving names and full details. Ferriner to be moved for safety to Nashville Memphis or Jackson, likely Nashville.
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Camp Nemo
Tenn
Soldiers of
Tennessee
M. R. Patterson
Night Rider
Quentin Rankin
Frank Ferriner
Nashville
Memphis
Jackson
Ferriner
Money pours in to defeat Bryan in campaign split
Walter Wellman reports in the Record-Herald from New York that wealth backing the Taft campaign surges forward while labor and the unemployed bolster the Democratic side. He notes massive, unsolicited contributions from business circles and the fear of Bryan’s victory altering national politics.
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Bryan
LABOR
Chicago
Walter Wellman
New York
Record- Herald
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Ohio
Indiana
Taft
Taft and Chanler movement as election focus in Syracuse
National Chairman Mack claims the Taft Chanler Business Men's league is funded by the Republican National Committee. He says the group circulates split ticket ballots and advertises Taft Chanler across the press. Governor Patterson questions witnesses in tents as probe widens. Five night riders guarded in separate tents including Tom Johnson and Garrett Johnson. About 23 more prisoners brought in for witness purposes.
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New York
Mack
Taft and
Colonel Tatum
Governor Patterson
Ferriner
Tom Johnson
Hornbeak
Garrett Johnson
Spout Springs
Will Watson
Lake County
Wyne
Fred Pinion
Thorn
Count Boni de Castellane seeks divorce modification
Paris October 29 The petition of Count Boni de Castellane for a modification of the decree of divorce obtained by his wife Miss Anna Gould of New York on account of her marriage to Prince Helie de Sagan came up in the tribunal of the Seine but was adjourned to November 4 at the defense request The count seeks the change to gain custody of his children for his mother’s care
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Paris
Boni de Castellane
Anna G Ould
New York
Helie de Sagan
Fleet Sent to Overawe Japs Says Dixon
Kalispel Mont Oct that the Atlantic fleet went to Japan at the request of the emperor to overawe the matsuhito's subjects was the statement by United States Senator Joseph M. Dixon in an address here last night. Dixon said the sentiment in Japan could bring on war and the object lesson was successful before the fleet reached the empire.
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Kalispel
Mont
Atlantic
Japan
Matsuhito
United States
Joseph M. Dixon
Dixon
Washington
Taft and Bryan Tour New York State Campaign
In New York State on October 29 Taft and Bryan campaigned across cities from Lyons to Syracuse and Albany. Bryan urged votes for the Democratic nominees and predicted his own presidency while denouncing tariff promises as fraud. Taft addressed crowds in Lyons and Syracuse as Sherman and Kern legged out other campaign events in Indiana and New York.
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New York
Taft
Bryan
Syracuse
Lyons
Canandaigua
Geneva
Seneca Falls
Auburn
New York State
Cohoes
Albany
Utica
Rome
Alton B. Parker
Sherman
Kern
Indiana
Choes
N. Y
Rockville
Ind
Ex Senator D B Hill Introduces Bryan in Albany
Former U S Senator David B Hill appeared as chairman to introduce William J Bryan at an Albany rally. It was Hill's first such appearance in years and he praised Bryan as a needed leader for democracy. The crowd overflowed the hall as the event drew statewide attention.
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D. B. Hill
Bryan
Albany
William J. Bryan
United States
David B. Hill
Hill
Federal grand jury indicts bucket shop figures in Cincinnati
A special grand jury in Cincinnati returned indictments against Louis Foster Arthur C Baldwin John M Scott Ed F Heil Walter J Campbell John M Goorman of Foster Co George H Stapely and John A Payne. No charge involves mail fraud. It is alleged they misrepresented real buying land selling goods they traded in while performing all transactions on paper.
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Cincinnati
Louis Foster
Arthur C. Baldwin
John M. Scott
Ed F. Heil
Walter J. Campbell
John M. Goorman
Foster & Co
George H. Stapely
John A. Payne
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Oexk
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Ranking
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Thitherto
National Committee
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de Sagan
Chafin
Pittsburg
Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
North Sea
Yarmouth
Hook of Holland
Harwich
Empire State
Parker
Bucket Shop
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