Fair Count In The South Ballots Must Be Counted
Special to the Secration Tribune reports Republicans plan guardrails at polling places to ensure fair counts. Outside boxes with two Republicans and two witnesses will monitor ballots, with affidavits from Republican and Populist voters for contests. Democratic candidates fear reduced totals as South support leans Republican, while southern Populists align with protectionist Republicans.
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Secration Tribune
Washington
Ort
Enlue
Tennessee
Indications Point to Sibley Defeat in Congressional Race
United Press reports growing clarity that Joseph C. Sibley may lose his bid for Congress in this district. Democratic defectors are rallying against him as Griswold gains likelihood of winning, while a Republican committee chair notes waning Republican influence to back Sibley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Erle
Joseph C. Sibley
Congress
Sibley
Sedt
Ucket
Heaven and Earth
Bibley
Griswold
Isader Sobel
Republican County Committee
Faulkner Seeks Unity for Democratic Campaign
Democratic National Committee Chairman Faulkner met with John Boyd Thacher at state headquarters. A after tariff bill passage, Democrats expect a better chance for a fair working majority in the Fifty-fourth Congress. The statement warns harmony in New York to avoid losses that could affect the next House and presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prove
New York
Faulkner
Virginia
Democratic National Campaign Committee
John Boyd Thacher
Falkner
Hebrews in Revolt Drives Independent Jewish Ticket
An Independent county organization mainly of Hebrews forms to bolt Tammany’s control of Nathan Straus. The group plans to run candidates for county and municipal offices and may contest assemblymen and aldermen. Julius Harburger is named as sheriff candidate. Hyarburger heads the Free Sons of Israel. Mayor candidate not yet disclosed, described as American and a veteran. It could siphon votes from Straus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Independent
Tammany
Nathan Straus
Julius Harburger
Hyarburger
Independent Order Free Sons of Israel
United States
Miljitht
Straus
Tin plate shipped to America from Swansea
It is estimated that 6,000 tons of tin plate were loaded today on steamers bound for America, at Swansea. The ore prices for tin plate are lower than in the past, affecting producers in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Swansea
Wales
America
Ex Speaker Reed slated to campaign in Morgantown
Pittsburg Oct 16 Ex Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed will accompany the Americas Club on a tour to address voters in Congressman Wilson's district He will speak at Morgantown on Saturday Nov 4 delivering remarks described as strong and persuasive as part of the campaign effort ahead of the election
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Americas Club
United Press
Pittsburg
Thomas Brackett Reed
Wilson
Morgantown
American club plans visit near campaign end in enemy country
A historical note indicates the American club will land in the enemy’s country toward the campaign’s end. The final speaker list isn’t set, but Congressman William A. Stone is expected among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butt
William A. Stone
There Are Republicans Who Believe He Will Be Re-Nominated
United Press report from Washington notes General Harrison’s Indiana stump receipts comfort supporters who claim he will dominate the next Republican national convention. Back home, Harrison’s status as a presidential quantity is discussed, though he avoids direct talk of his own fortunes.
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Belleve Ile
United Press
Washington
General Harreon
Indiana
Harrison
Hill Moves Campaign Power To Foes In Bold Test
New York on October 16 Senator Hill shifts campaign control to an executive committee largely composed of his toughest adversaries. He aims to raise funds and uses the group for financial backing and influence, hoping to secure money and clout from those who once opposed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hill
Women Push Pledges to Boost Votes for Tammany Hall
The Woman's Municipal League plans a Wednesday pledge drive urging signers to secure ten men to vote for Tammany Hall. Pledges will reach many women as downtown mass meeting at Hebrew Institute on Broad Street is organized. The Society for Political Study and Berkeley Ladies’ Athletic Club will discuss the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Pree
New York
Woman's Municipal League
Willer
Tammany Hall
Pwiealle
Mass
Hebrew Institute
Hast Broadway
Society For Political Study
Tammany
Berkeley Ladies’ Athletic Club
Bogus Economy Delivers Mixed GOP Expenditure Picture
Washington reports the annual volume on appropriations shows total specific appropriations of 101,106,005 for the Fifty-third Congress first and second sessions with permanent appropriations at 101,074,680 and a net reduction in offices and costs. The data cites 474 new offices at 404,712 yearly and 25 abolished offices at 1,255,002.40 yearly, a 44 percent drop and 581,479 decrease in amounts, plus a small net salary increase amid broader changes.
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Washington
Politicians and Parties Roil Across States in Early Campaign
The report surveys scuffles between Populists and Republicans with talk of Morton and Alabama districts. It mentions Adlai Stevenson addressing Champalen varsity boys, Saxton remaining as state senator, and predictions for William L. Strong as New York mayor. It notes Tammany salaries, McKinley’s Louisiana stop, and various Democratic and Republican maneuvers across New York, Ohio, Michigan, and Connecticut amid campaign activity and calls for unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahanoy
J. Sloat
Charlie T. Saxton
Mortons
William l. Strong
New York
Senator Hill
Little Folds
N. Y
Wart
Tammany
McKinley
New Orleans
Thomas H. Reed
Maine
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
William L. Wilson
Clney
Cleveland
Jon Waller
Connecticut
Wilson's West Virginia tour faces tough reception in coal and lumber regions
In Wheeling West Virginia Oct 16 1900 Idle miners and unemployed lumber workers oppose free trade as Wilson tours the Second congressional district. Meetings in Charleston Romney and Piedmont disappoint organizers as seven spruce mines idle and a thousand workers out of work on the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg railroad districts. Ex Secretary Elkins departs for Moundsville predicting Wilson defeat if the election were held now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Charleston
Wilson
Romney
Piedmont
West Virginia Central and
Pittsburg
Davia- Hiking Company
Seaboard
Elkins
Moundsville
Two Armies Face For Battle On Yalu River
Chinese and Japanese forces prepare for a decisive engagement on the Yalu river banks. The Chinese fortify defenses at night while Count Yamagata, Japan's commander in chief, awaits heavier artillery before launching the attack. The clash is anticipated soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiju
Yalu
Yamagata
Empty Honor for Conant Nominat ion in Eighth Massachusetts
Washington dispatch reports Democrats of Massachusetts Eighth district nominate Charles A. Conant, a newspaper correspondent, for Congress. The district, centering Boston, prides itself on notable figures and culture. The article notes Conant is bright and talented but doubts his electoral prospects.
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Conant
United Press
Washington
Massachusetts
Charles A. Conant
Contress
Eighth Distriet
Awell
Boston
Dlather
Hutssell
Brackett
Anne
Matthews
Igor
James Russell Sewell
Henry W. Longfellow
Charlies Killer Norton
Francis Parkman
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Francis A. Walker
Iso
Tragic shaving accident in East Kingston leaves woman dead
In East Kingston on Oct 16 Brown teased Miss Princis Gilaged 1 as she entered the room. A razor slipped during her swoon causing a fatal cut to her right hand. She recovered briefly but died four days later. she had prior heart trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Kingston
Mase
Brown
Princis Gilaged
Charles Garrett Captured in Columbus Ohio Murder Case
Chief of Police Riley Ringle reached Columbus to arrest Charles Garrett, the Lebanon wife killer. Garrett cooperated with officers and showed little resistance. The Lebanon case has been a long standing joke among New York lawyers.
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Edwards
New York
Lebanon
Columbus
United Press
Riley Ringle
Charles Garrett
Garrett
Lover's Suicide After Bus Quarrel at Dooner's Hotel
W L Stauffer aged 32 killed himself in a Philadelphia hotel after a quarrel with his fiancée on the Jersey City bus ride home. He wrote three letters and died soon after arriving at the hospital. He had just resigned as secretary to the superintendent of the Pullman Palace Car Co Jersey City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Stauffer
United Press
Philadelphia
Jersey City
W. Stauffer
Ashland
Dooner
Lois Starr
Stauffer
Pullman Palace Car Company
Jodas
Mr. Dooner
Occean Avenue
Jorgey City
Suspected train robbers detained in Washington
Two men thought linked to the Acquia Creek train robbery were jailed in Washington. One man named John Smith was held for acting suspiciously, while the other identified as Wilmsely George F Livingstone claimed twenty four years in the city but appeared unsettled and had spent money freely recently. He said he last earned wages years ago and had worked as a telegraph operator and train despatcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Acgquia Creek
John Smith
Wilmsely
George F. Livingstone
Livingstone
Ben
Nimble Thief Narrowly Escapes After Split From Neighbor
John J. alias Sparrow Golden, a boxer, is jailed in Tombs court on a robbery charge. He rented a room in the Rapid Transit hotel Bowery and climbed over a partition into a neighboring room occupied by Kaenr Hughnenan, a cloakmaker on strike, snatching Hughnenan’s hat and coat before being awakened.
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New York
John J
Sparrrow
Golden
Tombs Court
Bowery
Kaenr Hughnénan
Hughnenan
Ume
Curious Method Employed by a Murderer to Cheat
The prison at Chilea is closely watching James Tell, a colored man convicted of murdering his white mistress Ellen Miller at Steelton. Authorities suspect Tell has begun a method that simulates disease, causing rapid health decline and a wasting appearance to mislead guards and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurrishtire
Chile
James Tell
Ellen Miller
Steelton
Youthful Ruffians Arrested After Butcher Shop Burglary
Five members of the Rising Generation from Dodgetown, aged 18 to 20, were captured by police after attempting to burglarize Patrick McNally’s butcher shop on Fourth Street. They were tied to the Dead Line gang’s violent history and suspected in a recent Kritige’s store burglary.
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The
Rising Generation
Dodgetown
Patrick McNally
Fourth Street
John Dunleavy
William Dunn
Michael Coggins
John Brown
Matt Lavelle
Palmer An Haag
Alr
McNally
Mia
Palge
Ite
Kritige
Mail Clerk Stricken By Pneumonia After Return To Duty
A long time mail clerk of twenty five years, recently ill with lung trouble, returned to work after a Christian Science friend urged him to believe he was well. He endured cold air and suffered congestion, leading to fatal pneumonia despite doctor orders to stay home and rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science
Movement to Separate Children from Older Criminals in Georgia
United Press report from Atlanta dated October 14 notes a major push to parole or segregate youths from confirmed criminals. Governor Northen cites 175 convicts under 16 in the state penitentiary and a similar number in the chain gang, highlighting lack of a reformatory in Georgia.
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Georgia
United Pres
Atlanta
Northen
Sisters Die In Fire At St Josephs Infirmary
Fire at the San Jacinto boarding house in Houston started early in the morning and spread to St Josephs Catholic infirmary destroying the building. Sisters Jane and Dariel perished, a third sister Clothilde was badly burned but expected to recover. Two patients remain missing, feared dead while nearby stores and more than a dozen buildings Burned. The blaze is thought to have been caused by an exploding lamp.
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St. Joseph's Infirmary
United Press
Houston
Texas
San Jacinto
Franklin and Jacinto
St. Joseph's Catholic Infirmary
Franklin Avenue
Institute
Jane
Dariel
Clothilde
Fielden Loses Hope After Haymarket Pardons
Samuel Fielden, the anarchist pardoned after a life sentence for the Haymarket riot, has given up on reform. He now runs a beer wagon and seeks a farm to buy, saying the millennium is a long way off and he plans to enjoy life while he can.
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Samuel Fielden
Haymarket
Farmer
Flelden
Plaiden
Wealthy Wilkes-Barre man in town cared for by police
John Reader, once declared de mented, was found by officers in Carliste near weekend. Deputy Sheriff Po A Canalit arrived to take him back to his guardians, after Reader had been discharged by police. Chief Comfort Maccov er recovered his pitiable state west of town showing hunger and exposure. Reader reportedly has an estate worth about $100000 and was in good health before leaving home.
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Carliste
John Reader
Win
Wilkes- Barre
Po A Canalit
Dty
Cleveland Plans Early Departure for Washington
The president and family will remain at Gray Gables until next week then proceed to Washington. Mrs. Cleveland will visit the Benedicts in Greenwich Connecticut.
Pud din Head Wilson adapted by Frank Miyn
Frank Miyn has adapted Mark Twain's Pud din Head Wilson and offered it to A. M. Palmer who speaks well of it. The play deals with a clash in the South and centers on an interchange of two babies one white and the other nearly so. The contrasts are sharp and strong but the overall tone is tediously repulsive.
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New York
Frank Miyn
Mark Twain
Wilson
A. M. Palmer
South
New South
Puddin
Crew Reported Lost on Schooner S S Scranton
Word from Greenpoint New York reports the schooner S S Scranton owned by De Witt Stige and commanded by Captain Joseph D Branker was lost in the gate of Wednesday last. The entire four man crew is believed lost. The 110 ton vessel was loaded with brick for Providence.
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New York
Greenpoint
L. L
Scranton
de Witt Stige
Joseph D. Branker
Bost
Providence
Mixed News Snapshots From Across The Nation
A string of disparate reports includes a goal oyster season in Chesapeake Bay, a rally by road advocates at the Atlanta exposition, a hospital patient recovering from an attack in Chicago, plans for a 2000 plant by The Standard Oil company on land bought in Norwalk Connecticut, a train collision in New Orleans caused by a faulty locomotive, a Rockport Indiana fatal shooting by Arthur Williamson for alleged intimacy with a wife, Sanford of Fall River purchasing and reopening an Aspinook knitting mill in Danielson Connecticut, Mark Koschoski arrested in Baltimore for western-city swindles with bogus checks, Rev I C Pettit missing from Cohoes New York, Frank Hunt implicated in the murder of Henry Crosby in Lawrence Massachusetts, a bonfire explosion at Preetorias Lumber Co mill in New Madrid Missouri killing Volney Horton and James Holmes, George Burton jailed for forgery in New York letters of credit, and Coundouris the tobacco merchant arrested from the steamship Paris.
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Chesapeake Bay
OO Nye
Chitagwo Hospital
Norwalk
Conn
New Orleans
Arthur Williamson
Robert Barr
Rockport
Ind
Sanford
Fall River
Aspinaok
Danielson
Mark Koshoski
Bern
Baltimore
I. C. Pettt
St. James’ Methodist Episcopal Church
Cohoox
N. Y
C. Bh. Richard & Co
New York
N. C
Duel to the Death in Texas Farm Fight
Hosean L Stone and Virgil Boone, two young farmers from near Waco, battled after a county dance. Boone accused Stone of misrepresenting him to a nearby woman. They fought in a lane with knives. Boone was stabbed and died, Stone fled and remains at large.
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Waco
Tex
Get
Hosean L
Stone
Virgil Boone
Thle City
Boone
Megaphone to Introduce Players at Lehigh Penn Game
Philadelphia date Oct 16 announces that tomorrow's Pennsylvania Lehigh game at the Philadelphia Ball Park will feature a megaphone for player introductions. The device, devised by announcer Burns of Varuna, enables every syllable to be heard across the ground from the sidelines.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Burns
Wattstown Treasuries Emptied and Borough Brass Turmoil
Disorganized finances in Wattstown leave the borough treasury empty while workers face wage issues. Reports mention a diphtheria outbreak closing schools in Prankstown township Blair county and other regional disturbances, including church transfers and criminal investigations.
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Wattstown
Berowich
Prankstown Township
Blair County
Dobsite Branwellenia
Shamokin Church
Bowman
St. Clair
Wiliam Gorman
Lockinw
Chambersburg
Charles Wiliams
Potteville
Kingtistore
Flobert
South Pethlehem
J. P. Wetherill
Lehigh Zine Works
Reading
Prussia
Michael Lessl
Marching Coxeyites Probe Wall Street Power in Newark
Captain Carl Browne leads twenty five Commonwealers through Newark en route to Jersey City followed by two commissary wagons. They carry bedding and panorama to illustrate their claim that Wall Street rules the country, Browne says their march demonstrates progress toward that goal.
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Wall Street
United Pres
New York
Carl Browne
Newark
N. J
Jersey City
Coxey
Browne
Yale College Scandal: German Girl Caught at Dormitory
Barbara Walters a 16 year old German girl was arrested on Yale campus early in the morning. She confessed to frequenting students rooms for about a year and named other girls involved. Two students reportedly left the university fearing investigation.
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New Haven
Connn
Barbara Walters
Yale
Cable
Cleveland stars secured for national team in Chicago
Anson sits fifth in batting standings. Pfeffer announces several Cleveland players locked to the National team in Chicago. New York may miss Polo Grounds lease next season. Bicyclists face a half cent per mile toll on the local turnpike. Al Johnson teased John Ward with a clothes bet on next season. A three race shoot series aims to a 60 entrance fee and top scorer payout. Monte Scott sets a 25 mile world record at Farnwood-Stotvh course in hours minutes 214-5 seconds, hailed as remarkable. About 90 U S race meets this year with large prize costs and top wheelmen competing nationwide.
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Anson
Pfeffer
Cleveland
Chicago
New Yorks
Polo Grounds
Bicycle Ridera
Nown
Coopersburg
al Johnson
John Ward
Buiow
Watts
Bach Min
Benonde
Monte Scott
Farnwood-Stotvh Pains
United States
Prises Oe
Cap of Mars Gone Observations Reported From Flagstaff
A private dispatch from Percival Lowell at Flagstaff Arizona reports Mars observations showing the cap has reappeared. Observers note a curious feature in the lake of the sun with markings on the surface appearing divided lengthwise across its extent.
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Boston
Mass
Percival Lowell
Flagstaff
Arizona
Mars
Douglass
Wingstaff
Lake of the Sun
Mark
Chilean nitrite beds auctioned for 1197000
The report notes a public sale of nitrite beds at one million two hundred thousand seven hundred with details unclear. It mentions international figures and a chaotic mix of names suggesting a period piece.
Edwards heirs plan stock company for New York slice
The Edwards family claiming a share of the lower Manhattan area met to organize a stock company. About 400 heirs are said to be involved with an estimated total value ranging from 500 million to 800 million dollars.
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Robert
James
New York City
United Prose
New York
Edwards
Deaths Linked to Christian Science Belief in Indianapolis
John Koppen died in Indianapolis on October 16 after a sudden illness attributed to congestion of the lungs and claimed to have followed Christian Science treatment. He had been employed as a worker, and the report notes his Langs were hardy while his death arose from alleged cure methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Koppen
Hardy Butt
United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Secretary Lamont's Mother In Critical Condition
Secretary Lamont's mother lies critically ill at McGrawville News. Comptroller Rekels will speak next Saturday at the Chicago bankers annual dinner. In the sugar trust contempt case the line of argument concerns rights to compel testimony before the committee chaired by G B Morton. Fourth Assistant Tormaxter General Maxwell of Batavia New York is confined to his hotel with a severe cold.
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Lamont
McGrawville
News
Rekels
Chicago
Surgar Trust
Wen
G. B. Morton
Treasury
Navy Department
Bureau
Tngl
Tormaxter General
Maxwell
Batavia
N. Y
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