President Praises Scientists At Tuberculosis Congress
Washington reports conclude the sixth triennial International Congress on Tuberculosis amid Roosevelt’s praise for scientists. Delegates adopted resolutions urging bovine TB infection prevention, compulsory disease reporting, factory and workshop regulation, child labor abolition, sanitary housing, playgrounds, and hygiene education for teachers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rome
Italy
Congress
Taft Invades Kansas with All Republican Factions
Taft launched a statewide tour in Kansas on October 5 aboard a special train, delivering fourteen speeches before reaching Topeka. Crowds greeted him with sunflower decorations as Governor Hoch, David W. Mulvane, N. J. Dolley, Joseph L Bristow, and other state leaders joined the rail journey, supporting the campaign alongside senators Long and Curtis and other notable Republicans.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Hoch
David W. Mulvane
National Committee
N. J. Dolley
State Central Committee
Joseph L Bristow
Long
Curtis
Cyrus Leland
W. R. Stubbs
Dow
Fitzgerald
Cholera Deaths Fall as Discharges Rise in Petersburg
Petersburg on October 5 reports the cholera decline with 162 new cases and 84 deaths in the last day while 99 patients are discharged. The epidemic continues to affect the lower classes despite the slight improvement.
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Fit. Petersburg
Fire destroys ivory stable. man and many horses perished
In Wilmington on October 5 a fire consumed the ivory stable of William N. Lank, burning an estimated thirty-five to forty horses and killing one man, Augustus Watson, a farmer, who perished in the flames.
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Paorish
Wilmington
Del
William N. Lank
Augustus Watson
Cholera Cases Reported in Manila Include American
In Manila on October 5 two new cholera cases were announced. Mrs. C. G. A. Carter, previously stricken, is dead and N. F. Brennan, an American bookkeeper, is among the patients.
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Manila
CG. A. Carter
N. F. Brennan
For Sale Notices and Ads From Local Listings
For sale items include heaters, a seven room house on Colorado street, delivery of cattle and livestock, a stray dog reward notice, employment advertising for sample distributors, clean cotton rags for sale, and a private sale of household goods and livestock at Mile Booth residence. Also a furnished room for rent near the college.
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F. B. Gray
Colorado Street
H. J. Ward
California
Mile Booth
Oriel Boutd
Dakota Avenue
Eleventh St
Taft Opens Missouri Campaign in St Joseph Speech
Judge Taft campaign for Missouri began in St Joseph with a stockyard crowd listening from the exchange steps. President John Donovan of the exchange introduced him as a thorough American with a clean record and friendly to labor. Taft analyzed labor, contrasted with Democrats, drawing cheers and some Bryan echoes. He then gave an industrial address at the Tootle Opera House.
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St. Joseph
Taft
Missouri
Stock Exchange
John Donovan
Exchang
Judge Taft
Bryan
Tootle Opera House
Gigantic Smuggling Plot Surfaces in New York
New York officials uncov er a vast smuggling operation involving more than 20 million dollars in illicit imports from Italy. Custom house agents seized over 20 thousand dollars in cameos and coral jewelry as part of ongoing secrecy bound investigations led by Port Collector Edward Power. The probe aims to reveal a broad network moving high value goods beyond jewelry.
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New York
Oct
Custom House
Port Edward 3
Power
Jawolry
Italy
Roosevelt Not Planned to Stump for Taft, White House Says
Washington reports deny President Roosevelt will campaign for the Republican nominee. Earlier dispatches claimed he planned a six stop speaking tour ending in San Francisco, but White House officials maintain the president has no present intention to hit the stump.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Beralstett
White House
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
San Francisco
Captains Put in Bad Light Over Star of Bengal Wreck
During a federal inquiry in San Francisco into the Star of Bengal wreck, charges of cowardice and desertion were leveled at F. Farrar and P. Hamilton, captains of the tow vessels Hallie Gage and Kayak. Captain Wagner and crew testified that the towboat captains bore the blame for the vessel loss and 211 lives. Wagner ordered to testify in Washington. the accused faces manslaughter prosecutions.
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San Francisco
Star of Bengal
F. Farrar
P. Hamilton
Hallie Gage
Nicholas Wagner
Victor Johanson
Wagner
Washington
Riot Follows City Police Attempted Arrest At State University
A hand to hand clash between Urbana students and city authorities led Mayor Blaine to fire a revolver at a student who struck him. The shot did not injure the student but sparked the fiercest riot in years. Five students were arrested for disorderly conduct and many officers and students sustained injuries. College authorities may expel several students in coming days.
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Urbana
State University
Blaine
Champaign
Bors
Minister States Chicago Destroys Youth Figures
Rev H K Coker, field secretary of the board of home missions, told the Rock River conference at Woodlawn church that Chicago spends 20.9 million yearly on debauching young girls and 100 million on saloon bars with 235 million in dissipation, urging concern over the church’s flourishing image amid reports of white slave syndicates entrapping clerks.
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Chicago
Salooos
Rock River
Methodist Episcopal Church
Woodlawn Methodist Episcopal Church
H. K. Coker
Board of Hore Missions and Church Extension
Coker
Death toll in Indian floods may exceed estimates
Bombay reports indicate over 7900 bodies have been recovered by the health department in Hyderabad. Officials believe the deaths from the recent floods in Hyderabad and Deccan districts could surpass all prior estimates as the search continues.
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India
Bombay
Hyderabad
Deccan
Jealousy Suspected in Fatal Shooting of Housekeeper
In Grand Forks North Dakota on October 5 a man named John Henry age 2 Negro fired five bullets at his housekeeper Mrs Ellen Fulton colored as she danced with others. Fulton died instantly and Henry was arrested while attempting to walk away. Officials cited jealousy over attentions she received from another colored man as the motive.
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Grand Forks
N. D
John Henry
Ellen Fulton
Henry
Bryan backs pensions in Bryan interview
In Lincoln Nebraska on October 6 William J Bryan released a statement denying he opposed pensions for soldiers and asserting that his platforms have endorsed pensions and that he favors federal pension policy.
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Lincoln, Neb
William J. Bryan
Strikers Accept Company's Verma.
Winnipeg readers report that after a mass meeting J H McVety and Bell Hardy were no-shows, as Canadian Pacific railroad mechanics on strike accepted the railroad’s surrender terms, signaling an apparent end to the labor dispute.
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Winnipeg
Man
J. H. McVety
Bell Hardy
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Woman fires revolver in domestic feud
In St Paul on October 6, Rosalia Keinberger shot 65 year old William Koch during a neighborhood quarrel over a fence dispute between the Koch and Keinberger families. Ernest Koch was fired at but not hit. Keinberger was arrested as the elder Koch lay fatally wounded with a gunshot wound to the side.
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St. Paul
William Koch
Rosalia Keinberger
Ernest Koch
Kelnberger
Kochs
Nelnberzer
Town Ha Narrow Estape. Wells Flour Mill fire destroys mill
A major fire in Wells Minnesota damaged the Wells Flour Mill building and 1 009 barrels of flour along with an adjacent elevator. The loss is estimated at 89 900 dollars. Firefighters saved another flour mill several elevators railroad shops hinder yards and many residences due to lack of wind.
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Welh
Minn
Wells Flour Mille Ing Company
Camiely
Inga
Jocal Fre Company
Final report names all indicted in St Louis fraud case
The October 5 report from a September grand jury investigating alleged primary and registration frauds in St Louis lists ninety three felonies. For the first time all indicted individuals are named. earlier reports had withheld identities unless arrests had occurred.
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St Louis
Weete
Three Burned to Death in Yonkers Cottage Fire
Mrs. Mary Cummings seventy years old and her grandchildren Jeanette Howland nine and Harry Howland eleven were burned to death in a fire that destroyed the cottage of John Cummings superintendent of the estate of Willan J Cochran on the outskirts of Yonters.
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Yonkers, N
Mary Cummings
Jeanette Howland
Harry Howland
John Cummings
Willan J. Cochran
Yenters
Kodol Digestive Aid Promises Quick Stomach Rest
An advertisement claims Kodol supplies digestive juices like a healthy stomach and starts digestion immediately. It asserts Kodol digests food thoroughly, supports strength, and prevents indigestion by acting like a natural stomach. Prepared by E C De Witt Chicago.
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Evry
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