Bryan Attacks Cannon on Ohio Campaign Tour
William J. Bryan scorched Speaker Cannon during a seven stop Illinois and Indiana tour. He accused Cannon of serving predatory interests and inflated his own wealth, saying Bryan's fortune totals about 150000, earned through savings and lectures. He urged Democrats to reject Taft’s platform and push for direct election of senators.
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William J. Bryan
Wheeling
W. Va
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Coshocton
Ilinoisland
Indiana
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Mat‘toon
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Olney
Hi Jana Browns
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Evanville
Ind
Evansville
Speaker Cannon
Terre Haute
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Davis linked to murder as man seen near Rustin home
Dr. J P Lord identified Charles B Davis as the man seen near the Austin home minutes after the murder in Omaha. Davis pleaded not guilty at arraignment and was released on seven thousand dollar bail posted by his brothers. hearing set for September 24.
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Rustin
J. P. Lord
Charles B. Davis
Frederick Austin
Lord
Davis
Farnam Street
Austin
Western Ontario Forest Fires Rage Across Region
Fort William and Port Arthur in Ontario report widespread bush fires along the Duluth extension area. The fires threaten timber value with thousands of dollars in damage and crews fight advancing flames as smoke shrouds the cities.
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Fort William
Ont
Duluth
Canadian Northern Railway
United States
Arrow River
Hymers
Port Arthur
Fort Willams
St. Petersburg Declared Cholera Ridden City
St Petersburg's cholera outbreak worsens with 16 new cases and three deaths reported today. The city now records 68 cases over three days, signaling a rapid spread across quarters of the Russian metropolis.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Road plans bond issue by Denver and Rio Grande
Stockholders of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and its subsidiaries authorized a 150 million bond issue and notes for three years to buy the Gould interests subsi diary railroads in Colorado and Utah. The notes may extend to five years and will be secured by the new bond issue replacing all outstanding bonds. Deneen rally at Waukegan draws 2000 supporters as the governor speaks to a monster crowd.
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Denver, Colo
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company
Gould
Colorado
Utah
Cannon Focuses On Tariff And Court Integrity In Reelection Bid
Danville Illinois September 11 Speaker Joseph Cannon opened his campaign for reelection in the Eighteenth district addressing tariff and judiciary issues. He accused William J Bryan and Samuel Gompers while arguing the Democratic platforms differ little from 1896 on courts.
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Ill
Joseph G. Cannon
National House of Representatives
Congress
Ilinois
William J. Bryan
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Cannon
United States
Democratic Platform This Year Declared That the “Courts of Justice
Jana
Mr. Bryan
Federal Judiciary
Bryan Caid
Negro voters urged to appeal to Democrats in campaign
Walter Wellman reports from Washington that colored Republicans are more pro Negro than anti Taft and that Negro leaders look to Democrats for support. Rev J Milton Waldron of Shiloh Baptist Church explains the shift in political posture among the black community during the campaign.
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Chicago
Walter Wellman
Washington
The
Record-Herald
J. Milton Waldron
Shiloh Baptist Church
Ill health spurs resignation of Bishop Spalding
Right Rev. John Lancaster Spalding, bishop of Peoria, resigns due to ill health after thirty years of service. He plans to remain in Peoria in retirement, devote himself to literature, and build a home on Glen Avenue near St. Francis hospital. He was born in 1840 in Lebanon Kentucky and consecrated bishop in 1876.
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John Lancaster Spalding
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Pius V
P. J. O'Reilly
Lebanon
Glen Avenue
St. Francis Hospital
Illinois River
United States
Feehan
Rome
Bishop Spalding
Roosevelt
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Emmitsburg
Belgium
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Louisville
New York City
Emperor William to Cross Frontier for Mountain View
Paris reports Emperor William will cross into France this afternoon as a tourist to view the Schlucht mountains. French officials allow the auto to pass frontier unexamined and guard the route to prevent incidents. The incident inflames a press already irritated by expulsions and protests over Alsace Lorraine.
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William
Paris
French Frontier
Schlucht Mountains
Pierre Adimard
Chamber of Deputies
Alsace-Loraine
la Patrie
Orleans
Taft to address Ohio AME conference in Cincinnati
Judge Taft accepted an invitation to speak before the Ohio conference of the African Methodist church in Cincinnati next Tuesday. The conference, including ministers from Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania and Kentucky, was told that the negro vote for the Republican ticket would be solid.
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Cincinnati
Taft
Ohio
African Methodist Church
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Bryan and Taft to Speak at Chicago Banquet
William H Taft and William J Bryan rivals for the presidency will share a platform in Chicago on October 7 at a Chicago Association of Commerce banquet. The event, announced by W D Moods, will feature non political speeches.
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Chicago Association of Commerce
Chicago
William H. Taft
William J. Bryan
W. D. Moods
Speaking Dates Announced For Gore and Williams
Chicago dispatch notes John W. Kern will tour the south in October while Senator Gore of Oklahoma and George Fred Williams of Massachusetts will stump the northwest. Colonel Moses Wetmore says 1,500 democratic newspapers joined a fund drive to finance the campaign.
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George Fred Williams
Chicago
John W. Kern
South
National Committee
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Massachusetts
Moses €. Wetmore
Finance Bureau
Woman slain found gagged in East Forty-fifth Street room
Police investigate the murder of 22 year old Mrs. Anna Mauro whose bound arms and gagged mouth were found in a room at 317 East Forty-fifth Street New York. Her husband, an employee of a traction company, has been absent for two days.
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New York
East Forty-fifth Street
Anna Mauro
Wright extends world flying time record at Washington
Orville Wright broke his prior time and distance record in a heavier than air flight at Fort Myer. He completed 58 circles around the drill grounds in 1 hour 5 minutes 52 seconds amid a 15 mile wind, witnessed by about 1 000 people. A hurricane devastates Grand Turk and the Haitian sloop Telegraph foundered with all hands.
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Orville Wright
Washington
Fort Myr
River steamer Peter Lee afire near Memphis
The river steamer Peter Lee between Memphis and upper Mississippi ports caught fire a short distance above the city and was beached on Island No 8. A small panic among passengers occurred but no injuries were reported.
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Memphis
Tenn
Peter Lee
Mississippi
Truce Reached Between Tammany Hall Leaders and McCarren
Information from the Democratic National Committee reports a temporary truce between Tamany Hall leaders and State Senator McCarren of Brooklyn. Both sides will suspend fighting until after the November 3 election and join in an active campaign for national and state tickets in New York.
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Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Tammany Hall
McCarjren
Brooklyn
New York State
Progress not up to mark in resumed business slow save
Dispatches to Dun's Review note irregular trade developments but overall improvement in jobbing and distribution of fall and winter goods. Also reports on Lumbermen elect Snark and a Paris court acquitting Louis A. Gregori of attempting to kill Major Alfred Dreyfus.
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Dun
Dreyfus
Paris
Louis
A. Gregori
Alfred Dreyfus
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