Rumor of Metcalf Resigning Navy Post Circulates
Washington rumor spreads on eve of Victor H. Metcalf return from California that he will resign the navy portfolio in President Roosevelt's cabinet. Reports tie the potential departure to anger over fleet deployment plans and questions about his White House status. Unclear absence of officials leaves question open.
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California
Wymonth
Victor H. Metcalf
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Roosevelt
Bockelary Metealf
Oakland
Loeb
Oyster Bay
Metcalf
Mr. Met
Mr. Metealf
Roosevelt praised as a friend by Grand Army leader
At Saratoga N Y the forty first national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic opened its final events. Commander-in-Chief Brown lauded President Roosevelt for his treatment of veterans and urged a permanent investment fund and dues relief. Joseph O Neal reported thousands of veterans died this year, a decline from last year. A new commander in chief is expected to be elected, with Toledo announced as next meeting place. A muster and speeches of national importance cap the evening.
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N. Y
Grand Army of the Republic
Brown
Roosevelt
Grand Army
Joseph O'Neal
Warren W. Gots
W. Hy, Johnson
United States
Charles G. Burton
Nevada
Missouri
Toledo
Ohio
Pamine Threatened in Penny Pennsylvan ia Coal Areas
Philadelphia September 12 news notes threats by thracitd and bituminous operators across Pennsylvania. It predicts a ramine of immense size before midwinter as water supply becomes a serious problem in the anthracite region.
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Philadelpha Pa
Sall
Aptracite
Rockefeller to be reborn an angel says Besant
Chicago Sept 12 That John D Rockefeller will be reborn an angel with no memory of trusts or dividends, predicts Annie Besant world president of the Theosophical Society. She says reincarnation will reveal two sides of a rich man and Rockefeller may return perfect but stripped of his brutal unjust traits.
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John D. Rockefeller
Mia
Ang ‘Nle Besant
Theosophical Society
Earth
Mr Rockefeller
Sda bin
Taft's Mother Receives Callers in Worcester
Worcester Mass Sept 12 Louisa Taft eighty years old yesterday and for the first time since July 25 she sat up and received callers. Her physician says he expects she will soon recover completely.
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Worcester
Mass
Louisa Taft
Taft
Aimee
Longworth Republican mayoral bid in Cincinnati
Cincinnati reports Congress man Nick Longworth as the Republican mayoral candidate with Julie Fleischmann and Norman Kenan backing a new program against Gee B. Cox and Bud Hynicka. The plan has Howe and followers approval. Longworth will visit Cincinnati next Tuesday.
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Cincinnati
Nick Longworth
Julie Fleischmann
Norman Kenan
Gee
B. Cox
Bud Hynicka
Howe
Longworthe
Notable Speech by Liston I McMillen in Ohio Delegation Field
Liston I McMillen of Oskaloosa delivered a lengthy address at the Low County Tip yesterday arguing for President and Senator Joseph Foraker. He claimed that if Beutey for Moraker won the votes of the Ohio delegation, the senator would become the second strong leader from all parts of the Union.
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Ogmas Mareugh
Lown County
Liston I McMillen
Oskaloosa
Joseph Betton Foraker
McMillan
Beutey
Marriage for life is the greatest crime, says Larkin
San Francisco speaker Mol Bidar Larkin argues in a San Francisco Sociological Society lecture that marriage for life is the world’s greatest crime and must be abolished to save the Anglo-Saxon race. He cites twenty years of anthropology study and claims 95 percent of crimes stem from life-long marriages, recounting letters from 18,000 women supporting his view.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Sociological Society
Bidar Larkin
Larkitt
United
Land College
Victims of Poisoned Whiskey in Cortland
Cortland Ohio September 12 George Hayes and his wife were poisoned by tainted whisky from a bottle. Poison left by a visitor is suspected but no culprit has been identified. Both victims are expected to recover.
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Cortland
George Hayes
Reece
Taft Backs Burton for Cleveland Mayor in Interview
Secretary Taft endorses mink Burton for Cleveland mayoral race. Taft says Burton’s victory would hinder entrenched city power in Ohio and denies any link to plans for MW successor to Senator Foraker.
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Wasl
Taft
Mink Burton
le Fuee
Cleveland
Burton
Ohio
Bureton
Foraker
Foraker Will Talk At Banquet After Debate
Fragments indicate Foraker and Senator Moraker faced a convention dispute over speaking time. An invitation was extended to the senator to speak at a banquet hosted by the association at the Grand hotel Thursday night.
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Resolutions Jewelers
Sena
Waa
Ohio Metallition
Foraker
Moraker
Tor
Grand Hotel
Railway Will Install Telephone System
Alli 0 Sept. 12 The Take Ei Alliance and Wheeling Railroad announce plans to install a new telephone system across their network. The move aims to improve communications and efficiency for trains and maintenance crews. The project encompasses key lines and will involve phased implementation starting this autumn.
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Railway
Wheeling Railroad
Lake Shore Road Considers Telephone System Installment
Lake Shore officials inspect the line to inaugurate a proposed telephone system alongside the existing telegraph, exploring continuation of the project along the route.
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Lake Shire
Lake Shore Road
Farmer Murdered in Ohio Disclosed by Coroner
The body of Matthew Weeks fifty a Finnish farmer missing since August first was found in a fence corner near woods. Coroner Austin said skull fracture shows murder. Weeks had seventy five dollars on disappearance, twelve cents when found, and left clues of suspicious financial activity with his wife, including extra money for produce trips and a later borrowed twenty five dollars.
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Ashtabala
Matthew Weeks
Finniah Jfaemer
Austin
Weeks
Dick Wants The Whole Guard There
Akron Ohio September 12 Senator Charles Dick hopes the entire Ohio National Guard will attend the dedication of the McKinley monument in Canton He is home bound by rheumatism but plans details for the parade and military portion The Eighth Regiment Ohio National Guard known in 1868 as McKinley's Own will attend mobilized in Akron for the trip In 1868 this unit included three Cantons companies and two of McKinley’s relatives' gravesites
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Akron
Charles Dick
Ohio National Guard
McKinley Monument
Canton
Lome
O. No
United States
McKinley
Cantlot
Vanderbilt Held Incompetent by Jury Over Estate
New York Sept 12 The jury finds Edward Ward Vander Dr incompetent to manage his property after his daughter Minerva challenged his control influenced by the spirit of the departed Indian maiden Bright Eyes The case drew sensational attention as Vanderbilt allegedly transferred much of his fortune to his new wife Mrs May Scannell Pepper a medium The jury concluded Bright Eyes has no price among the living and Vanderbilt is declared incompetent for conservatorship to be appointed.
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New York
Sheriffs
Edward Ward Vander
Hein
Vanderbilt
Jhin
Minerva
Tun
May Scannell Pepper
Spooks
Pepper Vander Wilt
Bright Hyen
Mine Vanier
Hving
Harriman and Hill Allowed to Escape
Washington reports that the Interstate Commerce Commission plans no general inquiry into the railroads controlled by James J. Hill or Harriman. Officials say publicity and reforms have addressed abuses, rendering a broad probe unnecessary. The panel will likely abandon the investigation after its autumn meetings.
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Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Washington
Interstate Commerce
James J. Hil
Commis
HM. Harrieman
Charge of Heresy Targets Noted Methodist Preacher
Cleveland report outlines a formal charge of heresy against Rev. W. W. Tinsley of Youngstown by Presiding Elder O. W. Holmes during the Aust Middle West Methodist Episcopal conference session. Tinsley is accused of disbelief in Genesis and doubt about Mosaic authorship, with nine presiding elders named to try him. Meanwhile in New Philadelphia a separate robbery indictment alleges William Sites and two others swindled harness maker William Newsdorfer of $900 in a green goods scheme, with a staged exchange and a gunpoint theft during the attempted transaction. The incident involved a federal officer and confusion over the bogus money, leaving Newsdorfer unsure if the bills were counterfeit.
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Youngstown
Indianapolis
Verve Haute
Indiana
Middle West
New Philadelphia
William Sites
William Newsdorfer
Newsdorfer
Sites
Neaiys
Stranger
Wating
Ted
Newsdorfar
National Baptist convention affirms race separation stance
Washington reports the national Baptist negro convention opening with Rev. B C Morris of Arkansas asserting strong opposition to social intermingling. He argues for absolute separation of the races while preserving civil and political rights, warning intermingling would erase African identity on this continent.
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Washington
National Baptist
Dre B.C. Morris
Holl Ends Ark
Amahamate
Hunter fatally wounds man in Oregon incident
In Waverly Oregon on December 12 a hunter mistook rustling bushes for a covey and discharged a shotgun. The blast struck Frank Aiken, fatally wounding him, as the shot misfired in the direction of the noise.
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Waverly, Or
Frank
Aiken
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