Henderson Firm on Not Running for Congress
Iowa Congressman Henderson refuses to reconsider his decision to retire from the Third district race. Telegrams from Roosevelt and party leaders urge reversal, but Henderson stands firm, citing public duty and district safety. The Third district committee will meet to decide whether to fill the vacancy or call another convention.
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Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
Babcock
Republican War Committee
New York
Congress
Hepburn
Hull
Republican Party
Lre
Boles
Third District
Third District Congressional Committee
Secretary Shaw Clarifies Henderson Views On Tariff And Trusts
Secretary Shaw said General Henderson’s position is misunderstood and urged correct interpretation of his tariff stance as set in the Iowa platform. He cited Henderson’s line against general revision yet openness to needed changes and opposition to trusts sheltered by tariff.
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Washington
Shaw
Henderson
Iowa
Congress
Roberts Surprised by Action of Speaker
Washington Sept 17 George E Roberts director of the mint and publisher of the Des Moines Register and Leader calls the speaker action unaccountable and unsupported by any sufficient reason He notes tariff disputes with many Republicans but says the state platform is not unacceptable He attended a Republican leaders meeting at Des Moines two weeks ago with Governor Cummins and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George E. Roberts
Mint
Des Moines Register
Desonae
Cummins
Platform pledges protection and reciprocity amid tariff debate
The speech endorses historic protection plus reciprocity as the natural partner, with a tariff clause to limit monopolies and safeguard home industries. It notes General Henderson exaggerated differences with Iowa Republicans who backed the platform, unfairly amplifying their influence.
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Henderson
Iowa
Aan
Babcock denies favoring free list for trust goods
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Washington September 17 chairman Babcock of the Republican congressional committee refutes a Oyster Bay conference claim that his plan to place trust made goods on the free list was mentioned. He states he never advocated such a move and notes opposition as Democratic in origin. He cites an Iowa platform interview published in the New York Tribune August 1 to affirm his stance.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Babcock
Republican Congressional Committee
Oyster Bay
Iowa
New York Tribune
Iowa Reorganization Scheme Labeled Not a Merger
Iowa Attorney General states the Chicago Rock Island Pacific reorganization is not a merger but a device to inflate securities. Governor Cummins agrees on legal grounds, saying the next General Assembly must decide legality, while noting no track or value is added. The opinion weighs stock transfers between Iowa and New Jersey firms and whether state policy or quo warranto can curb bond and stock issuance beyond asset value. The ruling cites Scoville v Thayer, stressing public policy and statutory limits govern actions.
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Des Moines
C. W. Mullan
Cummins
New Iowa Corporation
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Rock Island
General Assembly
Mullan
New Iowa Company
New Jersey Company
New Jersey
Iowa
Iowa Company
Iown Company
Scoville
Thayer
Will reveals large fortune and partial heirs of surgeon
The surgeon's will filed today leaves Florida, Ohio and New York real estate to his wife via dower rights though she is not named in the will. Mrs. T. K. McGregor, the testator's mother, inherits the bulk of the estate, including Standard Oil shares noted at his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Florida
Ohio
New York
T. K. McGregor
Two Girls Assaulted In Hamilton Amid Search For Suspect
A brutal attack on two five and six year old girls in Hamilton leads to a citywide search. Bloodhounds traced a path to Joseph Roth, a gardener, who denies guilt as one child remains in critical condition. Authorities pursue lead and investigate Roth's involvement.
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Hamilton, O
Charles H. Motzer
Joseph Roth
Roth
Kelley Not Found Detectives Searched for Alleged boodler
In St Louis on September 17 authorities issued duplicate warrants for Charles F Kelley charged with bribery and perjury in municipal boodle cases. Detectives searched a relative's Lincoln Avenue home but found Kelley absent. The grand jury heard more House of Delegates testimony and adjourned early to aid the probe into the concealment rumor.
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ST. Louis
Charles F. Kelley
Circuit
Folk
Kelley
Lincoln Avenue
House of Delegates
Grand Jury
Desperate Bank Robber Kills Self in Skagway Shootout
In Skagway Alaska an unknown man entered the Canadian Bank of Commerce with a pistol and dynamite bomb demanding $20,000. He dropped the bomb after Wallace fled, blew up the bank, killing himself and injuring J G Price and others, with about $1,000 lost mainly in gold dust.
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Skagway
Alaska
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Pooley
Wallace
J. G. Price
Landing of marines guard Panama railway amid unrest
American marines ride passenger trains on the Panama line after the cruiser Cincinnati landed fifty marines and a small rapid fire gun. Commander Potter of Ranger to place guards on trains. government troops near Mindi Station provoke few shots. British steamer La Plata brings 1,000 troops. reinforcements expected as Columbia and Panama tensions rise.
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Colon
Colombia
Panama
United States
Cincinnati
Mindi Station
Mindi
Monkey Hill
la Plata
Savanilla
Isthmus
Potter
Ranger
Salasar
Ehrmann
Washington
Senor Concha
Salazar
Legation
Anama
McLean
Atlantic
Navy Department
Casey
San Francisco
Receivers Appointed for American Cycle Manufacturing Co
The American Cycle Manufacturing Company of Chicago, owner of the largest bicycle factory in the city, was placed in receivership by Judge Jenkins of Milwaukee. Receivers are R L Coleman A A Pope and John A Miller, who also oversee the American Bicycle Company. The firm organized in New Jersey on December 19 1901 with a paid up capital of 3 000 000, nearly all held by the receivers.
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Chicago
American Cycle Manufacturing Company
Jenkins
Milwaukee
R. L. Coleman
A. A. Pope
John A. Miller
American Bicycle Company
American Cycle Company
New Jersey
Coleman, Pope
Massachusetts Democrat Convention Overturns Williams in Gaston Unity
At Tremont Temple Boston on September 17 the Massachusetts Democratic convention nominated Col W A Gaston for governor with a platform repudiating the Kansas City agreement. Williams faced defeat after a bitter floor fight over trusts monopolies and tariffs, Gaston’s leadership prevailing and the ticket later endorsed.
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Boston
Tremont Temple
William A. Gaston
John C. Crosby
Pittsfield
Willmore B. Stone
Springfield
Thomas C. Thacher
Yarmouth
J. I. Chalifoux
Lowell
John J. Flaherty
Gloucester
Gaston
George Fred Williams
Silver Democrats
Williams
Kansas City
Josiah Quincy
Colonel Gaston
Quincy
Charles
Hamlin
Treasury
Milwaukee Rumor Ties Packing Houses to Wage Pact
Milwaukee workers report from Chicago that a new packing-house combination or the previously alleged one may be real. Word says sausage makers received a 25 percent wage increase in a recently agreed deal between Chicago committees and Armour Packing officials, covering Armour and other Chicago plants and leading firms nationally.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Armour Packing Company
Armour
French Army Praised by Wheeler in Oyster Bay
General Joseph Wheeler arrived and dined with the President. He just returned from France where he saw French army maneuvers and praised their cavalry. He rated French artillery as the best, surpassing even the U S. luncheon guests tomorrow include Rev. Lyman Abbott and Prof. J W Jenks who will serve as President's hosts. Jenks studied European trusts and Philippine economic conditions.
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Oyster Bay
L. L
Joseph Wheeler
Wheeler
France
Lyman Abbott
New York
J. W. Jenks
Cornell University
Jenks
Industrial Committee
Europe
Trust
Centen
Philippines
Possibly Chinese Dragons Off Japanese Coast
Victoria B C September 17 Japanese papers report two sea serpents captured by fishermen off the coast of Japan. A male forty eight feet and a female thirty nine feet long were described with horns two feet long and ears about two feet. Scientists think seismic disturbances pushed them from deep water to shallow water.
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Victoria
B. C
Empress of India
Japan
Reform of Criminals Report Presented to Prison Congress
A. W. Butler presented a report on discharged prisoners at the National Prison Congress in Philadelphia. He urged rehabilitation, readaptation, and state reform, noting indeterminate sentences with supervision contrast unfavorably with old systems and urging support for employment and easier readjustment after release.
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Philadelphia
National Prison Congress
Eastern Penitentiary
Fairmount Park
National Bureau of Criminal Identification
Richard Sylvester
Washington
John T. Bird
Michigan State Reformatory
Theodore Cook, Jr
Maryland State Penitentiary
A. W. Butler
Pioneer store owner slain near Pawnee in September attack
Fort Scott Kansas dispatch reports R. J. Morrison, a pioneer, was murdered at his Pawnee area store when an assailant awoke him, slugged him, severed an ear to ear wound, and escaped with Morrison’s wallet containing $600 as the crime remained unsolved.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Pawnee
Here
R. J. Morrison
Morrison
Millionaire McGregor's Will In New York Court
The will of Bradford B. McGregor of Standard Oil, who died at Mamaronneck on September 7 after a long illness, names his wife Miss Clara Schlemmer of New York. The document was prepared shortly before his death and filed for probate in New York.
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New York
Bradford B. McGregor
Standard Oil Company
Mamaroneck
Clara Schlemmer
Fire Engineers Convention Test Day in New York
International Association of Fire Engineers held test day with new firefighting apparatus. Chief Bronson led a committee testing equipment. spectator Chief Purcell from Dublin observed. Carman Omas Burke suffered head wounds defending spectators when a 120 pound hose burst free. others escaped unharmed. Burke’s wife fainted in the crowd as the pressure was released.
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New York
International Association of Fire Engineers
Bronson
Larchmont
Lemyne
Frand Rapids
Mich
Canterbury
Cincinnati
Lane
Manchester
N. H
Joyner
Atlanta
Thomas P. Purcell
Dublin
Ireland
White Star Line
Omas Burke
Riverdale
Carmnen
Burke
Advice to Negroes at National Negro Baptist Convention
Fifteen hundred delegates gathered at Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham to begin the National Negro Baptist Convention with Rev. E. C. Morris of Helena Ark. presiding. Morris urged delegates to advance the race with Christ as guide while T. W. Walters and Birmingham mayor W. M. Drennen welcomed attendees. Walters urged unity, thrift, and building ownership of street cars and railroads to gain mobility and progress.
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Birmingham
Ala
United States
Shiloh Baptist Church
E. C. Morris
Helena
Ark
National Negro Baptist Convention
Rev
T. W. Walters
W. M. Drennen
Navajos Face Starvation as 20000 Seek Aid
Frederick L Monser reports from San Francisco that about twenty thousand Navajo men women and children in Arizona are nearing starvation amid drought and barren land. He warns that without swift federal or private relief there may be widespread suffering and loss of life.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Arizona
Frederick L Monser
San Francisco
Insane Man Shoots Judge and Selectman in Conn
In Essex Connecticut on September 7 David Heyden, described as insane, shot Judge of probate Thomas D. Coulter and first selectman Henry O. Pratt, seriously wounding both, before fatally blowing off his own head with a shotgun.
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Essex, Conn
Thomas D. Coulter
First
Indiana State Fair Jubilee Draws Twenty Five Thousand Plus Crowd
A large Indiana State Fair crowd filled the grounds with music races and displays. Officials estimated attendance near 25 000 to 35 000 with many praising the weather exhibits and John Philip Sousa’s band as key attractions. Patrons enjoyed livestock sweeps flowers and band concerts while grand stand seats overflowed for the afternoon races.
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Charles Downing
Lagrange
Downing
Indiana
John Philip Sousa
Hall of Fine Arts
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Allison
Ledge
Spooner
Roberts
Dubuque
National Committee
National Congressional Committee
Lodge
Safe Young
W. Rathbun
Gen. Henderson
MR. Roberts
General Henderson
Unac
MR. Babcock
Iowan
Tally Treatea
Panama Railway
Chilingue Bay
Mexico
The
American Cycle Manufacturing
Bryan
Massachusetts
W. A. Gaston
Didate
Gen
Prison Congress
Millionaire McGregor
Nozsle
Judge and Selectman
Mecca
Sousa’s
Kentucky Stock Farm
Sousa
Sousa's
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