Bribery Charges Hit Buffalo Aldermen Indicted
Seven aldermen and ex aldermen in Buffalo face trial on bribery indictments tied to sewer contracts. The group includes Orrin J. Pierce Henry Moest J. Thomas Harp Henry G. Schneider Louis G. Roedel Howard C. Beiser and John G. Busch all Republicans. Two cases center on a $2,500 payoff to win the Ontario street sewer bid with others tied to directing a private sewer into a piano company plant. District Attorney Coatsworth signals more indictments involving assessors and other offices as inquiries expand.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Supreme Court
Orrin J. Pierce
Henry Moest
J. Thomas Harp
Henry G. Schneider
Louis G. Roedel
Howard C. Beiser
John G. Busch
Common Council
Pierce
Moest
Harp
Schneider
Roedel
Busch
Beiser
Board of Supervisors
Ontario Street
John Harrer
Harrer
John Moissenac
Ward
Coatsworth
Peoria Plans Big Exposition in 1905
Peoria will host a combined agricultural and manufacturing exposition in 1905 to draw middle West patronage. A Merchants' and Manufacturers' association meeting organized a stock company with $250,000 capital and an early subscription plan.
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Peoria
Middle West
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ ‘Association
Circus Wild Man Sites In Topeka Court Case
Robert Marshall, a Black performer billed as a wild man, won judgment for $6 back wages in Topeka Kansas on September 29 for work with a well known circus.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Marshall
Antonio son of famous Cuban patriot enters Syracuse University
Ice, N Y Sept 29 Antonio son of the famous Cuban lead patriot has entered Syracuse University in New York state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ice
N.Y
Antonio
Syracuse
Pardon Board Hears Hinshaw Freedom Prediction
Indianapolis reports special interest at the quarterly state pardon board meeting over potential pardon for W. Hinshaw the preacher convict. Rumors said to move before Gov Durbin leaves office, but board members say no petition has been received though officials expect a file from Hinshaw or relatives. Hinshaw had a sixty day parole last Christmas to visit his ill mother and returned to prison.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Pardon Board
W. ©. Hinshaw
Durbin
Hinshaw
C. V. Elmer
Crawfordsville
Yale receives 17000 dollars for foreign mission
Yale University in New Haven has been credited with 17000 dollars in gold from the British government for the Yale Foreign Mission in Changsha China. The payment, tied to the murder of two English missionaries in Hunan two years ago, was declined by the Chinese government and by several English missionary societies, with funds eventually going to Yale.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Yale Foreign Mission
Changsha
China
Hunan
Missionary Society
Yale Missionary Society
Harroun Denies Fraud Charge In Warehouse Receipt Case
W H Harroun grain dealer pleaded not guilty in criminal court to issuing fraudulent warehouse receipts. He was released on $2500 bond. The Belt Elevator company president allegedly signed a receipt for 10000 bushels of wheat that were not actually in the elevator.
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Kansas City
W. H. Harroun
Harroun
Belt Elevator Company
Lawson Suffering Pneumonia In Private Hospital
Tom W. Lawson, author of Frenzied Finance and critic of H H Rogers and Standard Oil, is ill with pneumonia in a private hospital in Boston. Doctors say his collapse followed his decision to continue work after orders to rest, commuting daily from his Dreamwold estate.
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Boston
Mass
Thos
W. Lawson
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil
Large Inheritance Tax From $10 Million Estate
Des Moines Iowa September 29 The State treasurer finished preliminaries to collect collateral inheritance tax from the estate of the late James Callanan valued around ten million dollars The state expects to recover about five hundred thousand dollars in taxes and penalties
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Des Moines
Iowa
James Callanan
Bigamist Kills Himself in Sterling Hotel
Frank Hetherington, accused of having multiple wives, killed himself in a Sterling hotel. His first wife resides in Colorado and his second is reported in a hospital. He had been living with his third wife at the time of death.
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Bigamist
Sterling
Frank Hetherington
Colorado
Embalmers Oppose Sea Burial Law Proposal
Syracuse N Y Sept 29 The New York State Embalmers association met here In his annual address President N L Timeson of Schenectady urged passage of a law forbidding burial at sea.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York State Embalmers’ Association
N. L. Timeson
Schenectady
Former Chancellor to lead Indiana Methodist hospital
To Superintend Hospital, Indianapolis, Sept. 29. Former Chancellor C. N. Sims of Syracuse University will take charge of the million dollar Methodist hospital being erected in Indianapolis by Indiana Methodists.
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Indianapolis
C. N. Sims
Syracuse University
Methodists of Indiana
Bellamy Storer Returns to U.S. on Leave
Bellamy Storer United States ambassador to Austria arrives in Cincinnati on vacation leave. He is beginning a leave of absence from his post and will stay in Cincinnati for an undetermined period.
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Bellamy Storer
Cincinnati
United States
Austria
Engineers claim Panama canal solution by diverting Chagres
Chicago based report crediting George Ehle and four graduates with four months of field work that enables diverting the Chagres river from the Caribbean to the Pacific. Chief Engineer John F. Wallace notes potential to free 20 million dollars and cut costs by 16 million, while criticizing French efforts and praising American pluck and data-driven approach.
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Chicago
George Ebble
Panama Canal
Chagres River
Pacific
United States
Panama Canal Commission
Chicago Press Club
John F. Wallace
Isthmus
George Ehle
Chagres
Ehle
Wallace
Caribbean
Panama
St. Louis
de Lesseps
United States Navy
Torpedo Lost From Submarine Pike in San Pablo Bay
San Francisco report says two torpedoes fell from the United States submarine Pike during experiments in San Pablo bay under Lt. MacArthur. One was recovered by Italian fishermen. the other remains at large with 200 pounds of gun cotton and could explode if struck by a vessel. A $250 reward is offered for recovery. The found torpedo had lost its compressed air and was harmless.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States
Pike
San Pablo Bay
MacArthur
Potter Attacks the Divorce in New York Diocese
In a New York convention report Bishop Henry C. Potter denounced divorce as a Godless license and urged the clergy to oppose its spread, warning the church would relapse into barbarism if not halted. The address stressed vows and sacred commitments amid marital strain.
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New York
Henry C. Potter
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Baseball results on September 28 in major leagues
American League games shown Chicago 4 over Washington 3, Cleveland 6 over Boston 0, Detroit 6 over New York 0, St. Louis 5 over Philadelphia 1. National League results New York 2 over Chicago Boston 4 in a 4-5-? split, Pittsboro 4 g. second game seven innings. Philadelphia 3 over Cincinnati 4, Brooklyn 8 over St. Louis 7.
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Chica
Washington
Cleveland
Boston
Detroit
New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Train Hands Die in Wreck in Eastwood Ont
An east bound Grand Trunk freight train wrecked into another near Eastwood Ontario on Wednesday. Several cars demolished. Engineers Kirkland and Heron, Conductor Falls, and Brakeman Benedict were killed.
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Eastwood
Ont
Grand Trunk Railway
Kirkland and Heron
Conductor Falls
Benedict
Tramp Dies in Santa Fe Train Wreck Near Albuquerque
A westbound Santa Fe passenger train No. 7 derailed near Albuquerque as rails spread. A negro tramp riding between baggage cars on the platform was crushed to death.
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Tramp
Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe
Grand jury to probe mysterious Steuben murder case
Terre Haute Ind Sept 29 The Steuben county grand jury will investigate the supposed murder of Jasper Matthews who was found buried with bullet wounds in his head after five years missing.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Steuben County
Indiana
Jasper Matthews
Woman fatally stabbed in Louisville affray near Hindman
Sept 29 in Louisville report of a general fight near Hindman when Mrs Clarinda Thacker fatally stabbed Mrs Emma Stone wife of Judge Day Stone. Monroe Stone and Marshal Jacobs are charged with complicity in the stabbing case.
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Louisville
Iay
Hindman
Clarinda Thacker
Emma Stone
Judge Day Stone
Monroe Stone
Marshal Jacobs
Morton at Navy Yard, Philadelphia, . rata 29,-Secretary
Morton at Navy Yard Philadelphia according to a terse entry listing a date and a secretary designation. The fragmentary OCR reflects an official notice style with incomplete context and lacks full names or actions.
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Morton
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Rata
Plan to Merge Built Railroads in Amicable Conference
New York City Chicago and sept 29 news reports a plan to settle the Northern Securities dispute and form a broad community of interest among rail magnates. Key figures James J Hill Harriman Morgan Cassatt Berwind and other officials discuss unions of lines including Union Pacific Chicago Burlington and Quincy Great Northern Northern Pacific Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Erie as a coast to coast through route under Harriman Rockefeller influence. Confidence grows but no formal confirmation. stock moves reflect rumored deal while Roswell Miller cites no extension plans for the Milwaukee Road and notes Northwest conditions remain favorable with grain movement potential.
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Chicago
Allroad
New York
James J. Hill
BE. H. Harriman
J. Pierpont Morgan
A. J. Cass
Northern Securities
Hill-Harriman-Morgan
Union Pacific
Burlington & Quincy
Great Northern Road
Northern Pacifice
Pacific Coast
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Erie
Harriman-Rockefeller
Atchison
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Morgan and Hill
Atchison and Erie
Atchison, Erie
St. Paul
Roswell Miller
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Milwaukee
Miller
Northwest
Bequests Exceed a Million in Mrs Potter Will
Public bequests totaling more than 1 million dollars appear in the will of Mrs Sara Potter of Boston who died September 23 at her Beverly summer home. The city of New Bedford receives 250000, the Boston Medical Library 150000, the Jamaica Plain School for the Blind 100000 and six other institutions share 50000 each.
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Boston
New Bedford
Sarah Potter
Hay Brothers Ill in Boston Hospital
Charles G. Hay, brother of Secretary of State John Hay, is seriously ill at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. No further details on his condition are available.
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Hay’s Brothers
Boston
Mass
Charles G. Hay
John Hay
Massachusetts General Hospital
Watson Bars Callers In Birmingham Hotel Room
Birmingham Sept 29 Thos ER Watson populist candidate for president is confined to his room in the Hillman hotel. He did not register and left orders that no callers were to be admitted.
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Watson
Birmingham
Ala
Thos. ER. Watson
Hillman Hotel
Mexican War Veteran Nelson Faught Dies by Self-Inflicted Shot
Pittsboro Ind Sept 29 Nelson Faught 84 a Mexican War veteran committed death by own action by shooting himself in the temple. He lay in the front yard all night before being found.
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Pittsboro
Ind
Nelson Faught
Typhoid In Indiana
Indianapolis September 29 secretary J N Hurry of the Indiana board reports typhoid cases and measures underway to curb outbreak across the state with health officials coordinating vaccination and sanitation campaigns.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
George Frisbie Hoar Dies at Home in Worcester
Long serving Massachusetts senator George Frisbie Hoar died at his Worcester home at 1 45 AM after weeks of frail health. Attendance included his son Rockwell Hoar daughter Mary Hoar and Dr Gilman. News of his passing prompted church bell tolls and public notice as officials had anticipated final decline through a period of illness and malaria complications.
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Worchester
Mass
Geo
Frisbie Hoar
United States
Massachusetts
Rockwébdd Hoar
Mary Hoar
Warren R&r. Gilman
Senator Hoar
Gilman
By Cay
Senate
Washington
Anti Parker League Organized in Chicago
The anti Parker Democratic National league was formed in Chicago to unite all democrats opposed to the incumbent president and nominee. Plans include branches across northern counties and many southern counties. Officers: President A W Maxwell Vice President Thomas N Haskins Secretary Geo P Locke Treasurer Michael D Callahan. The league aims to connect with disaffected democrats to reorganize the party and prepare for a future Democratic nomination. About 10 000 names reportedly enrolled.
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Chicago
Democratic National League
South
A. W. Maxwell
Iowa
Democratic State Committee
Thomas N. Haskins
Ninfos State Committee
Geo. P. Locke
Kansas State Executive Committee
Treaauver
Michael D. Callahan
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
Mr. Locke
Parker
Democratic Party
Russia orders eleven torpedo boat destroyers
Paris dispatch reports Russia has ordered eleven destroyers from Compagnie des Forges et Chantiers de la Mediterranee. Work will start soon on four ships at Normandy yards, four at Havre, and three at La Seyne. Total collection about fifteen months. Also negotiating for four cruisers of the Bayan type.
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Paris
Temps
Amazons Use Axes In Reform Raid In Rolling Prairie
Four young society women from Rolling Prairie La Porte Indiana armed with axes broke into a poker room to reform the village men. They paid the damages and declared the incident would be named to curb the evil.
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la Porte
Ind
Hester
Elsie Worden
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