Tracy Election Looms as Republicans Rally Support
New York City Republicans forecast a Tracy victory with a 60 000 plurality, aided by Sickles backing the ticket. President Quigg reports canvasses show Tracy gaining strength while Low fades, especially outside the 27th and 29th districts. Citizens' Union fund treasurer says further contributions are unnecessary as the campaign nears Election Day.
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Tracy
Sickles
New York
Treput Mean City Committee
Quigg
Daniel B. Sickles
Republian
Quige
Republican Committee
New City
Low
New York City
Trans-Harlem
van Wyck
Black
Porter
Brooklyn
George
Brooklsnow
Tibernl
New York Tribune
New York Mall
Kennedy Tod
Citizens’ Union
Eplogy cCampaten
Citizens' Union
McGlynn Denies Clash With Church Over Henry George Theories
New York Oct 27 Rev Edward McGlynn says there is no conflict between Catholic doctrine and Henry George ideas and that he has not recanted his position. He asserts Satolli’s mission is to reconcile him with Archbishop Corrigan and notes he did not perform submission rites, only stood during a brief ceremony and knelt for a blessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward McGlynn
Henry George
Corrigan
George
McGlynn
Mer. Satolli
Hils
Theodore B. Willis
City of
Brooklyn
Borough of
Willis
WRECK THEORIES
Chief Detective Humphrey of the New York Central was asked if any arrest is planned over the State Express wreck. He said the roadbed may have been blown by dynamite but would not disclose details. Divers continue searching for Engineer Foyle and Stenographer McKay as bodies remain unfound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cold Springs
N. Y
Humphrey
New York Central Railroad
Expres
Depew
Foyle
McKay
No. 12
Toucey
New York Central
Towcey
Political Pointer Endorses Free Trade Platform
A party line urges voters to support Bebadt Horn and allies for free trade and limited protection, while opposing McKinley era pro tariff policies and Bryan era protectionism. The terse bulletin frames the choice as full endorsement versus resistance to tariff measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna Democracy
Bebadt
Horn
McKinley
Bryan
Waldorf of the Slums Opens On Bleecker Street
The Mille hotel on Bleecker Street opened with Bishop Potter ex mayor Hewitt and Mr Mille at ceremonies. Nine story brick building offers baths elevators and steam heat with a marble floor lobby. Rates set at 20 cents per night including bath. Built on De pau row site once owned by A T Stewart. Dickens was entertained there by Do. Oo Milly. Mille plans another hotel on the crowded East Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Mille
Bleecker Street
Henry C. Potter
Hewitt
Mr. Mille
Bath
Depau Row
A. T. Stewart
Charles Dickens
Do. Oo
Milly
Desertion Plague Hits Baltimore Crew in San Francisco
Since the cruiser Baltimore anchored for Honolulu duty, the commander reports almost daily desertions of three to four crew members. Twenty men have already escaped, and a stricter watch may force sending another draft from the East to fill the complement. Last night seven men swam or used small boats to reach shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Baltimore
Honolulu
Union Pacific Reorganization Considers Foreclosure Sale
New York Oct. 27 Union Pacific under foreclosure by the government plans a reorganization. A one million dollar check was deposited for the reorganization committee with Boecla Master Cornish, representing 1 percent of the sale price as bond to meet the sale conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
New York
Union Pacific Railroad
Boecla Master Cornish
Yellow Fever Developments Across Cities
Yellow fever updates report eight deaths and forty eight new cases with warm weather aiding spread. Notable names include Dr. Butterworth’s daughter Catherine L. Butterworth and Edward Hang, son of ex councilman Hang. A detention camp at Oakland Park closes as fumigation efforts continue in Jackson and surrounding areas.
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New Orleans
Oakland Park
George B. Lawrazzon
Edward Hang
Hang
Catherine L. Butterworth
Montgomery
R. A. Hammack
Oyster Tonguers Prepare Demonstration in New Jersey
Oyster tongers plan a Thursday protest in Cedarville linked to a dispute over oyster beds. At Dividing Creek a letter from counsel Eugene C. Cole, Cape May County, urged the Towers association to assert legal rights and move bodies upon Cranoker and Fishing Creeks with several hundred rangers, threatening serious results if arrests occur.
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Cedarville
N.J
Dividing Creek
Eugene C. Cole
Cape May County
Towers’ Association
Cranoker
Fishing Creeks
Cranoker Company
Harrison's Pilgrimage Stumping Tour To Greater New York
Chicago leaders led by Rager Harrison depart with cabinet, a brass band and nearly 100 Democrats for a three day stumping tour of Greater New York. The party aims to oppose Henry George the single tax advocate.
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Chicago
Rager Harrison
Cook County
New York
Bob Burke
Hummel
Ripley
Devine
Thornton
McGann
Billy Lorimer
George
Denver Mayor Faces Temporary Injunction Over Water Dispute
The Continental Trust of New York seeks a federal judge’s injunction to strip Denver of power over the Denver Union Water Co. accusing Mayor McMurray and city officials of opposing the water company in public via newspapers. The petition notes assaults on water company workers and ties the mayor’s municipal ownership stance to pressuring a sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
McMurray
Continental Trust Company
New York
Amos G. Thayer
United States
St. Louis
Denver Union Water Company
Water Company
Silent quarrel over roof halves Mount Vernon home
Mrs. Margaret Henning has filed a health board complaint against husband Matthew Henning over unrepaired roof damage at their home 319 Locust avenue. The couple have not spoken in 10 years, flooding occurs whenever it rains, and their son recently married and left home.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Margaret Henning
Matthew Henning
Health Board
Locust Avenue
Henning
Edison’s Latest Electric Iron Ore Breakthrough
New York Oct 27 The Electrical Engineer reports Thomas A Rolleton has developed an electrical process at Ogden Iron mines near Dover New Jersey to extract iron from low grade ore. The plant spans acres and yields 1000 to 1600 tons daily of nearly pure iron from ore averaging 25 percent iron. The method uses steam shovels crushers and magnets to separate iron from non metals flowing automatically from blasting to briquetting for shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas A. Rolleon
Inventiv'sa
Olf Ogden Iren
Dover
N. J
Edleon
Fight on Leech Lake ends in three Indians and warden dead
Special from St Paul reports a clash on an island camp between Kak Kah Quash Mahelhoannequah and a deputy game warden. The warden killed the two Cass Lake residents after seizing gear. the older Indian afterward killed the warden. Dr Hart, in charge of the sul y agency, sent investigators to the scene. An 12 year old witness provided the only details so far. The incident stirs considerable Indian unrest as authorities weigh the event and its impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Leech Lake
Minnesota
Olson
Bemidji
Cass Lake Reservation
Kak Kah Quash
Cass Lake
Belize
Hart
Sul
Martin Branchaud
Flour Famine Amid Plenty in Skaguay Alaska
From Dawson City to Skaguay a party led by CHM T Moore reports no flour shortage locally despite warehouse glut there. He cites Dawson speculators cornering supplies and rationing limits: six cans of milk, three cans of meat per person, with prices around milk 50 cents and sugar four cents a pound. Six steamers expected to bring relief from St Michaels, ending the corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skaguay
Alaska
Dawson City
Chm
T. Moore
Dawson
Moore
Michaels
Bryan Tours Ohio to Bolster Silver Bid in Northwest
William J. Bryan arrived in Montpelier and Defiance on a private car to push the free silver issue and oppose Senator Hanna. He plans stops at Paulding and Van Wert to counter Hanna’s northern Ohio swing, a tour kept as public as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
William J. Bryan
Ohio
Littl
Montpelier
Hanna
Montyweller
Bryan
Defiance
Paulding
van Wert
Mr. Bryan
Demo Enihtlanders
Citien
Meyer’s Bad Record Links Cop Killers to Gang
Fritzy Meyer the burglar who fatally shot Policeman Smith in the Church of the Redeemer is alleged to have a black record. Police suspect Meyer is a member of the Greenwood gang of German crooks and connected to past Brooklyn killings including Ly man Weeks. Evidence also ties him to a recent slaying near Summit New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fritzy Meyer
Smith
Church of the Redeemer
Foxton State
Church of the Holy Trinity
Btooklyn
McClunky
Meyer
Greenwood
Lyman Weeks
Brooklyn
Old Man Tear Summit
N, J
Wabash Company Office Burns in St. Louis Fire
A fire at the Wabash railroad offices in St. Louis gutted the white stone building at Seventh and Chestnut. Seven women escaped down a fire escape from the fourth floor as flames and smoke rose. injuries included clerk HR Fields who was severely wounded. Losses near 700000 to 800000 combined, with the roof collapsing and records including deeds and surveys destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Seventh and
Chestnut Streets
Wabash Railroad
Clerts
Lbrary
Polytechnic Institute
Troe
Swingley
Notony
Fie
Fields
Wabhaeh Company
Widespread family honor duel threat in Roxston letters
In Roxston Massachusetts Eugenio Gautiero lodges a formal complaint to Providence police alleging Sisto Gautiero the noted lightweight boxer sent a menacing challenge to a duel. The letter accuses disloyalty to the family and calls for vendetta with any weapon to the death, citing insult to the family and mother in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxston
Mass
Providence
Ff. J
Eugenio Gautiero
Sisto Gautiero
Eugenio
Avrape
Tam
Gaudero
Two Freight Trains Collide in Glasgow Montana
Two Great Northern freight trains collided near Velon in Glasgow Montana causing a fatal wreck. The dead include engineer Harry Neale and fireman John Garton with injuries to engineer John Hayfield and brakeman John Owens. A fire consumed twenty cars.
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Glasgow
Mont
Great Northern
Wl. Velon
Harry Neale
John Garton
Iremin
John Hayfield
John Owens
Alphonixe Landonette
Beholder Arrested Over Land Rights Claim In Otter Creek
Edward A Be holder of Otter Creek Jr was arrested after threatening to imitate Charles Guiteau and assassinate the president if his demanded rights were not secured. He claims he was swindled out of a large tract of land in eastern Kansas.
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Chicago
Edoward A. Beholder
Otter Creek, Jr
Charles
Ulteau
Sera Delnéte
Kansas
Pullman Will Filed for Probate in Chicago
The will of George M. Pullman named his widow a Prairie avenue homestead and provided a ten thousand dollar yearly income. Daughters receive one million each, sons get one thousand annually, and sizable sums are earmarked for charity, a castle reef estate, and a manual training school endowment. Executors Norman H. Ream and Robert T. Lincoln oversee a total estate of seven point six million dollars with six point five million in personal property and eight hundred thousand in real estate.
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Chicago
George M. Pullman
Prairie Avenue
Frank ©. Lowden
Carolan
San Francisco
George M
Sanger W
Lowden
Ceatle Reef
Teland
St. Lawrence River
Pullman
Mra. Lowden
Mra Carolan
Norman
Ream
Robert T. Lincoln
Runnells
Harmony to drive Pennsylvania Republican push in year
Philadelphia notes Harmony as the watchword of the Republican drive in Pennsylvania. Senator Quay visited city committee headquarters and greeted foes of the combine. He said only state politics were discussed and anticipated a strong turnout to counter the independent ticket. He planned to return by Thursday to support Chairman Elkin and the campaign.
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Philadelphia
Harmony
Pennsylvania
Iny Mule
Dave Martin
Combine
Quay
Senate
Connseequence
Beacom
Benator Penrose
Beaver
Elkin
On to Victory for Republican Ticket in Lackawanna
The piece predicts a sweeping GOP win next Tuesday across the ticket in Lackawanna. It urges no complacency and frames the race as a decisive moment to solidify Republican supremacy in the Democratic stronghold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna
Hurricane lingering effects hit Jersey coast shipping losses grow
Cape May New Jersey reports the hurricane's force remains felt along the coast and in Delaware Bay. The steamer Rubenstein found adrift ten miles off the capes and towed to harbor. The Lumen grounded near Lincoln Park but floated after oil discharge and is anchored at League Island. The Emma B Shaw and Francesco R suffered grounding and wreckage strewn in the bay. The Maverick reports heavy damage near Atlantic City and Delaware Bay. Winds moderate with drizzle and dense fog.
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Cape May
N. J
Jersey
Delaware Bay
Rubenstein
Sunderland
Baltimore
Capes
Lumen
Philadelphia
Gothenburg
Lincoln Park
League Island
Emma B. Shaw
Hoater
Reedy Island
Americans Pardoned in Cuba Prisoners Reported
Vice Consul General Springer telegraphs that Spanish authorities have pardoned Frank Agramonte and Tamers Julio Buenz, two American citizens jailed at Santiago de Cuba since June. There are now probably fewer than six Americans held prisoners in Cuba, excluding the Competitor crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Springer
Eévar
State Department
Frank Agramonte
Julio Buenz
Americain
Chiisens
Santiago de Cubs
Cuba
Fragmented Morning News Snapshot
A garbled morning summary lists General Tracy's plurality in Greater New York, Spain’s note to Uncle Sam, a St. Louis fire, Yellow Fever updates, Pennsylvania women federation, Philadelphia cotton manufacturers, local Republican allies, Providence cave-in, editorial notes, Christmas on the Limited, local court cases, thefts, weddings, and Lackawanna County and neighboring county items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracy
Geater
New York
Spain
Uncle Sam
St. Louis
Federation of Pennsylvania
Phiadelphia
Providence
Lackawanna County News
Spain Denies Report on Cuba Note Delivery
Madrid reports a formal Spanish denial of a claim that Senor Dupuy de Lome presented a note to the United States. The U S government received Woodford’s cable from Madrid with the Spanish reply arranged in installments. The message’s language and subject are not expected to offend the U S government, with cabinet review pending before public release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Washington
Senor Dupuy de Lome
United States
Cuba
Fibustens
State Department
Woodford
Michaels
White House
Porter
Eclipse Expedition Heads to Hong Kong for Indian Solar Eclipse
An Oakland launch sails on Saturday aboard the Belgic under Professor Charles Burckhalter of Chabot Observatory to photograph the January 22 solar eclipse in India. Burckhalter plans to reveal his own invention, hoped to yield the best eclipse photographs yet. weather in Japan previously hindered testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
Cpt
India
Hong Kong
Belgic
Charles Burckhalter
Chabot Observatory
Thie City
Burckhalter
Japan
Steamship Arrivals and Sailed Vessels List
Steamship notices from New York dated October 27 show arrivals including 81 Paul from Southampton and Westernland from Antwerp, with Bremen bound Lahn arriving in New York. Sailed: Trave and Mromon heading to New York.
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New York
Paul
Southampton
Westernland
Antwerp
Lahn
Bremen
Trave
Mromon
Weather Outlook Across The Middle Atlantic Region
Forecaster notes fair, slightly warmer conditions in the middle states and New England today. Hazy to partly cloudy skies and scattered rain in Virginia with fresh northeasterly and easterly winds. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer air with light to variable winds.
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New York
Ht. S
Middle States
New Engwed
Virginia
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Gen. Tracy
DR. Wglynn
Meury Crarge
Waldorf
New Mills
Meeker Street
Craneker Creek
Harrison
Cook County Democracy
Denver’s Water Company
Edison
Billy Bryan
Policeman Smith
Wabash Company
Snafetye-Il
Chicet
Scholder
Ilis
Enoch
Jersey Coast
Agramonte
Congress
Sembles
California
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