Roosevelt River Trip Opens Keokuk Visit With Crowds
President Roosevelt began a river trip from Keokuk Iowa arriving at 9 10 am to a crowd of governors militia and thousands. He boarded the Mississippi steamer for the south reviewing launches and flotilla as crowds filled the city prior to the govern ors leaving for St Louis. He pledged relentless action against corrupt politicians and unscrupulous businessmen.
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Roosevelt
Iowa
Florida
Louisiana
Minnesota
Nebraska
Dakotas
Oregon
Wyoming
Illinois
Rand Park
Government Canal
Mississippi
St. Louis
Roosevelts Stand Against Wealthy Wrongdoers
In Keokuk the president defends enforcing law against wealthy offenders. He warns panic and political pressure to spare transgressors while pledging to punish wrongdoers and uphold righteousness over business interests. He recalls labor and business pleas and insists guilt or innocence determines action.
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Keokuk
Randpark
Roosevelt
Labor
Attorneys General Conclude Conference With Memorial Plan
The national conference of attorneys general closed its session with papers by Wade H. Ellis Ohio Dana Malone Massachusetts W S Jackson New York and Edward T. Young Minnesota on state versus federal court conflicts. A memorial to Congress on jurisdiction harmony was approved and a committee was named to draft it.
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St. Louis
National Conference of Attorneys General
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Dana Malone
Ellis
Standard Oil Trust
Young
Minnesota
Congress
Hadley
Missouri
Malone
Massachusetts
Gardner
Alabama
Thompson
Nebraska
Metropolitan Street Railway Put In Receiverships
New York judges placed the Metropolitan Street Railway company in receivership at the request of its lawyers. Adrian H. Joline and Douglas Robinson were named receivers for both the Metropolitan and its lessee the New York City Railway company. The NYCR company had guaranteed 7 percent dividends on Metropolitan stock but failed to earn them, triggering huge losses and its own receivership days earlier. The same pair will manage both companies going forward.
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New York
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
New York City Railway Company
Lacomb
Adrian H. Joline
Douglas Robinson
Metropolitan
Practical Jokers At Work In Lake Providence
Secret service scouts arriving to guard presidential hunt grounds discover Teddy bears planted in canebrakes. Bears are gathered and harvested as locals abandon their planned nature faking joke.
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Lake Providence
Army of Secret Service
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Weighing All Mails Begins Nationwide Trial
New York reports at one minute past midnight railway mail clerks nationwide start weighing all mail under a postmaster general order. The thirty day trial, prescribed by the March 1 postal appropriation bill, aims to yield reliable cost statistics on handling and transport of different mail classes.
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New York
Congress
Postal Service
Post Office Department
Contress
Indictments listing Congressman Cassel and Penn construction firm
True bills returned include Congressman H Burd Cassel head of the Pennsylvania Construction company. Other named defendants include Frank Irvine Norris town and Stanford B Lewis Philadelphia with roles in metal furniture measurements. A Baccarat glass transaction involves Sanderson Huston and Shumaker tied to the bill.
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Castel
Pennsylvania Construction Company
Biocns
John H. Lan
Stanford B. Lewis
Philadphia
Huston
Beaver County Glass
Sanderson
Shumaker
Petition seeks drastic law barring Orientals from Canada
A Vancouver report says a petition asking Parliament to pass drastic legislation excluding Orientals from Canada is circulating in Ottawa. It may exceed 50 000 signatures and be sent to Premier Laurier with a plan to appeal to the king if the government delays. A Vancouver dispatch warns that effective measures to prevent disembarkation of Orientals will be taken if no action results.
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Ottawa
Ont
Vancouver
Dominion
Canada
Laurier
Judge Frank A. Waters Dies in Lincoln After Primary Loss
Lincoln Nebraska October 2 Judge Frank A. Waters a prominent Republican politician is dead from stomach trouble His death follows his defeat in the recent primary for the district judge nomination and friends believe the loss hastened his decline.
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Lincoln, Neb
Frank A. Waters
Tolapagin Executed in Moscow After Court Martial
Tolapagin, labeled a revolutionist, was executed in Moscow after a court martial sentenced him to death for a series of robberies and crimes. He claimed the actions were as an agent of the secret police.
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Moscow
Tolapagin
Secret Police
Bookbinders win eight hour day in many cities
New York reports employers generally agree to an eight hour day for members of the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders. The strike order targets four shops that refused the demand while strikes were called in Chicago Philadelphia Boston and other cities to press acceptance. President Glockling notes thirty two cities have the demand and active actions continue.
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New York
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders
Glockling
International Brotherhood
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Historic Ervien mill at Ogontz destroyed by fire
Fire destroyed the Ervien mill near Philadelphia. Built in 1767, it served as a base for flour supplied to Washington’s forces at Valley Forge. The Chicago dispatch notes Indiana Governor Hanly urging a militant church to curb liquor power and supporting liquor law extinction of saloons.
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Ervien
Ogontz
Here
Washington
Valley Forge
Chicago
Hanly
Indiana
Chicago Ministerial Association
Borah Case Prosecution Ends with Timber Deeds Evidence
Boise reports the Borah trial moving toward acquittal by highlighting Borah as Barber Lumber attorney with deeds to timber lands recorded in Twin Falls county clerk. Defense says no conspiracy link and offers to concede, while government counters. Borah's counsel plans to move for a direct jury verdict after the government rests.
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Boise, Ida
Borah
Barber Lumber Company
Lynching Threat Suspects Arrested in Osseo Incident
Osseo residents outraged by a wave of thefts tried to lynch William B. Hays who was arrested after a rapid auto pursuit by Detectives Wittensohn and Martinson. He allegedly operated extensive break ins at five sites including the depot and two stores.
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Minneapolis
Osseo
William B. Hays
Wittensohn
Martinson
Central Station
Hayse
Train collision near Hilbert Junction leaves one dead
In Green Bay Wisconsin on October 1 a rear end crash of a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul passenger train and a freight train injured two men and killed a fireman E Rossa of Florenceville New Brunswick. Engineer Jay Parkinson suffered severe injuries while John Zeerotsky of Green Bay sustained a crushed leg.
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Green Bay
Wis
E. Rossa
Florenceville
N. B
Jay A. Parkinson
John Zeerotsky
Hilbert Junction
Murder Trial in Raleigh Involving Dr Rowland and Widow
Dr Thomas L Rowland and his second wife the widow of Charles R Strange face murder charges in Raleigh North Carolina for poisoning Strange to enable remarriage. Prosecutors allege aconitine was used and a prior child poisoning case was investigated but not proven. Judge Benjamin F Long presides as a special venire of 150 men is drawn for jurors.
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Raleigh, N. C
Thomas L. Rowland
Charles R. Strange
Mr. Strange
Rowland
Benjamin F. Long
American rider injured in Berlin bicycle track crash
A 100 kilometer race at Spandau track ends in tragedy as an American rider Bobby Walthour and his pacemaker Hoffman suffer serious injuries after a tire burst. An ambulance attendant is killed in the same crash and Walthour remains unconscious in hospital with a severe brain concussion.
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Berlin
Bobby” Walthour
Spandau
Avalthour
Hoffman
Walthour
Wasi
Explosion at Gate Kills Noted Governor Target
A dynamite blast at the Caldwell Idaho gate of ex Governor Frank H Steunenberg injured Mr Brown and shattered the gate posts and fence. Police and county authorities offer no motive or clue to the perpetrators who left only a short wire extending along the fence before ending in the road.
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Frank H. Steunenberg
Caldwell
Ida
Mr. Brown
Mud cleanup on Malaga streets after coast mud flood
Malaga Spain October 2 The city works to remove mud five to six feet deep in many streets. exact time estimates unavailable as more debris and wires surface from the slime. Some debris traveled from the Mediterranean and washed up near Melilla on the north coast.
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Spain
Mediterranean
Ophergl Melilla
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