New York Manhunt Tracks Missing Comedian
Police seek Raymond Hitchcock on charges involving three girls. A man resembling him sailed to London, with English police alerted. Della Mackenzie's disappearance linked to the case. Reports place Hitchcock in Boston and North Adams, with Canada possible.
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New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Della Mackenzie
Hitchcock
Grand Jury
Children’s Society
Grand Central Station
Boston
North Adams
Mass
Canada
New England
Rutland
Montreal
Commercial State Bank Closes In Grand Island Neb
Grand Island bank shuts doors with 50000 in reserves loaned to First National Bank Chariton Town. Directors fear receiver action. other local banks will aid, unlikely to seek receivership. Also reports federal plan to regulate trust companies via federal charters and inspections.
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Grand Island, Neb
Commercial State Bank
First National Bank
Chariton
Town
Commercial
Washington
Knickerbocker Trust
York
Velt
Cortelyou
Congress
Treasury
Orchard to go on stand in Adams murder trial
Boise November 1 Harry Orchard will likely be taken to Rathdrum to testify as a state witness in the Steve Adams murder case over Fred Tyler. The state seeks new evidence from Orchard to secure a conviction and possibly obtain Pettibone and Moyer or Haywood’s arrest in related Colorado charges.
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Boise
Ida
Harry Orchard
Rathdrum
Steve Adams
Fred Tyler
Haywood
Orchard
Adams
Tyler
Whitney
State Penitentiary
Wallace
Idaho
Pe Ees
Moyer
Sly
Pettibone
Colorado
Ovehard
Land Fraud Verdict in 589000 Suit Over Ohio Coal Lands
New York the supreme court awarded Joseph Ramsey Jr a 589000 verdict in a suit by John Jones a financier and coal land operator. Jones sought 400000 from Ramsey Gould and W E Guy for services to secure 50000 acres of coal lands in Southern Ohio.
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New York
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Wabash Railroad
John 8. Jones
Supreme Court
Jones
George J. Gould
W. E. Guy
Mr. Ramsey
Ohio
Taft Honors Quill Club Banquet in Manila Speech
Secretary Taft returned to Manila and spoke at a Quill club banquet urging cooperation between Americans and Filipinos to secure prosperity. He will not leave until November 9, and Major General Leonard Wood will stay in the Philippines until February 1908.
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Taft
Manila
Quill Club
Leonard Wood
Philippines
Pennsylvania Railroad to Trench Capital in 1908 Policy
The Pennsylvania Railroad directors announce a capital trench for 1908 after a November 1 meeting. They declare a semi annual dividend of 3 4 percent and state economy will guide the great corporation next year.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Great Corporation
Miner’s Suspicious Death Near Rock Springs Mine
Rock Springs Wyoming police report coal miner Charles Koviumen found dead near a mine site. He was lying face down with visible injuries and broken whiskey bottles nearby. Matt Maki, last seen with Koviumen, has been arrested in connection with the death.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Charles Koviumen
Koviumen
Matt Maki
Circulation Delays Pending Bond Arrangements
Bank notes awaiting treasury approval are unsigned and ready for issue once bond arrangements are settled. If printing methods must be chosen, a delay of twenty five days will occur before the new circulation is issued.
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Treasury Department
Mutiny Sparks Fire On Vladivostok City Harbor
Mutineers aboard the Russian destroyer Skerry hoisted the red flag, fired on Vladivostok, and clashed with forts and allied ships. Loyal troops captured the mutineers who were dragged to cells as martial law gripped the city.
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Vladivostok
Roosevelt Open to Senate If Taft Wins Presidency
The article reports Theodore Roosevelt willing to join the Senate from New York only if William H Taft is elected president and supports Taft administration policies. He would oppose joining if a reactionary or conservative nominee wins. Roosevelt emphasizes continuing his reform drive and aiding the administration, else he would not serve.
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Washington
Navy
William H. Taft
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
New York State
Taft
Roosevelt
Thomas C. Platt
Chauncey Depew
Platt
Depew
New York
White House
Russian Insurgents face decisive battle with harbor defenses
Survivors bayonetted before the commander intervened. Captain Kuroseh of the torpedo boat Ravy was killed, his body torn by a shell. Lieutenant Van Silier of the Serditz wounded. All destroyers bore fire marks. One American wounded in the city. The sapper battalion uprising failed as machine guns stopped their attack on the barracks. about a score of insurgents killed or wounded and routed.
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Vladivostok
Skerry
Steer
Eee
Grosovoz
Smely
Serditz
Mandsehur
Rary
Skorry
Sérit
Sur
Mediaeval Cruelties and New York Flower Cure at Asylums
In New York a twenty century case echoes Shylock as a bishop and three archdeacons seek goods or three fingers. A flower cure trial at a large asylum shows blossoms aiding mental treatment. A Hudson Highlands national park proposal gains support from Roosevelts era sponsors to protect West Point Iona Island and river scenery. Babies are checked by male attendants while mothers shop, a startling department store practice.
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New York
J. Piersont Morgan
James Stillman
Stuyvesant Fish
Roosevelt
Metropolis
Rehearsal Tonight for Elks Minstrel Show Nov 11
Arthur Cohn named as star due to classic beauty of face and form. Elks club rooms host big rehearsal this evening for the Idaho minstrel show with a vast talent lineup promised and an anticipated record entertainment level.
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Elks’ Club
Idaho
Arthur Cohn
Prisoners Smokeed Out of Idaho Falls Jail
Last night three prisoners in Idaho Falls jail attempted escape by lighting a fire with a candy bucket and blankets. Thick smoke filled the cell, attracting bystanders who alerted Officer Chase, who freed the inmates and left the city with three blankets missing.
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Idaho Falls Post
Chase
Bridge Collapse in Manila Injures Dozens at Fort McKinley
A new Pasig river railroad bridge at Fort McKinley collapsed after a superstructure break. Sixty workers fell into the river, including three Americans and twenty Filipinos who were injured. Damages estimated at $100,000.
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Manila
Pasig River
Fort McKinley
Road Servants Union Calls General Strike
London authorities report the executive committee of the Amalgamated Society of Road Servants adopted a resolution to call a general strike today.
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London
Amalgamated Society of Road Servants
Life for Liberty Convict Kills Guard in Escape Attempt
Rawlins Wyo Nov 1 Convict A Beckard serving a life sentence shoots and kills cell keeper Samuel Keo during an escape attempt. He then blows out his own head with a pistol, ending the attempted breakout. The report notes graft concerns linked to new baby depository practices and shoplifting schemes involving babies and belongings.
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Rawlins
Wyo
A.beckard
Samuel Keo
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