Bryan and Cochran Clash Over Trusts In Chicago Session
The Civic Federation conference on trusts at Central Music Hall in Chicago closed after a day of fiery debate led by Colonel William Jennings Bryan and William Bourke Cockran. Bryan argued against private monopolies and urged federal and state controls with a licensing plan for out-of-state business. Cockran expressed strong agreement with Bryan while delaying resolution of where power to regulate lies.
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W. J. Bryan
W. Rourke Cockran
Cockran
Bryan
Central Music Hall
Civic Federation Conference On Trusts
W. Bourke Cockran
Mr. Bryan
Stanley
Kansas
Lincoln
Congress
Delaware
United States
Mr. Cochran
W. D. Foulke
Indiana
Colonel Bryan
Foulke
Bourke Cockran
Cookran
Blair
New
August hurricane toll hits North Carolina coast
The North Carolina Weather Bureau confirms twenty five deaths from the August storm along the coast. Most victims were fishermen at Swan Island and the heaviest loss fell on residents of the mainland arans.
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North
Britons Sail for Natal to Reinforce Natal Forces
A London dispatch reports the First battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers nine hundred strong, plus detachments from the army service corps and ordnance corps, sailed from Southampton on the Gaul Saturday en route to Natal amid great enthusiasm. The troops are in splendid condition and eager to fight.
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Ament
Kroger
London
Northumberland Fusiliers
Army Service Corps and Ordnance Corps
Gaul
Southampton
Natal
Riot at Cartersville Leaves Seven Negroes Dead
A noon Sunday riot in Cartersville Tl was sparked by white miners order to keep colored workers away. Seven black men were killed and two injured as armed factions clashed near the Illinois Central depot and railroad. Governor Tanner sent two militia companies to the scene.
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Herrin
Carterville
Pana
Tapner
Tlinois Central
Greenville
Brush
St. Louis
Big Muddy
Springfield
Tanner
Boer Reply Secret in London War Tensions Rise
A London special reports that the Transvaal reply to Chamberlain’s last note is under discussion and not released. Britons await President Kruger’s response as diplomatic stages continue, with mixed signals from Pietermaritzburg and Cape Town about Britain’s suzerainty and potential war.
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Transvaal
Chamberlain
Colonial Office
Lord Wolsely
George Stewart White
V. C
Natal
Cape
Kruger
England
Nless
South African Republic
Montague White
Associated Press
Morning Post
Pietermaritzburg
Manchester Guardian
Cape Town
Britain
Blue Book on Transvaal Aliens Rights Sparks Debate
A new blue book reprints Chamberlain notes on Transvaal aliens rights amid rising tensions. Milner warns of imperial measures, Kruger denies promises, and a Times dispatch hints at impending conflict as 8,000 troops may be sent to the border.
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Inez
Transvaal
Mr. Chamberlain
Associated Press
Sir Alfred Milner
British South Africa
Kruger
Pretoria
Chamberlain
Anya
Trenevans
London Times
New Castle
Natal
Uitlanders’ Council
Times
Squadron at New York Prepares to Welcome Admiral Dewey
A New York dispatch reports the North Atlantic naval squadron under Rear Admiral Sampson anchored off Tompkinsville on Saturday. The forces including the New York flagship Indiana Massachusetts Brooklyn and Texas will join the national welcome for Admiral Dewey after leaving Eblegeis to reach New York City by dawn Friday.
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Dewey
New York
Sampson
Tompkinaville
Indiana
Massachusetts
Brooklyn
Texas
Eblegis
New York City
Commissioners recalled to Washington from Manila mission
Col. Charles Denby and Prof. Dean Worcester of the Philippine commission have been ordered home by President McKinley. They will sail on the Empresas of India from Hong Kong on September 26. It is unclear if Manila clerical staff will accompany them. The pair had recently moved into new Manila offices and planned months of work on municipal government.
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Prof
Worcester
Mantle
Manila
Col
Charles Denby
Dean Worcester
Philippine Commission
McKinley
Empresas of
India
Hong Kong
Dreyfus to Withdraw Appeal for Rennes Trial Revision
Paria correspondent for The London Times reports Captain Dreyfus will soon withdraw his appeal for a revision of the Rennes trial. The government may grant a pardon, though civil and military consequences remain. He will leave the army and may seek exile to appeal again if new facts arise.
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Rennes
Paria
London Times
Court of Exilation
France
Robbers Kill Family in Itastoke County Store
A mother Mia Barber and her two sons Wiley and Levi were murdered in a crossroads store six miles from Pleasanton Texas. Robbers smashed their heads with a hatchet and looted a sack containing $100 in silver. Footprints suggest three men fled toward San Antonio.
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Mia
Jon Barber
Wiley
Levi
Itastoke County
Texas
Pleasanton
San Antonio
President Extends Chicago Trip to Minneapolis and St Paul
President extends his Chicago itinerary to Minneapolis and St Paul with plans for a cabinet cornerstone ceremony. Only four cabinet members attended Findlay's meeting as officials discussed arrangements and when mothers of the cabinet would join the presidential party.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Washington Dispatch
Gage
Root
Smith
Griggs
Findlay
Premier admits bubonic plague deaths in Magudo region
Cape Town reports the premier W P Schreiner told the Cape house assembly that forty two people died from bubonic plague at Magudo near Lourenzo Marquis Del agon bay. He stated every affected person had died.
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Cape Town
Cape House Assembly
W. P. Schreiner
Magudo
Lourenzo Marquis
Delagon Bay
Moore Seeks New Trial For Blackmail Case In New York
William A. E. Moors seeks a new trial after his nineteen year sentence for blackmail and assaulting Martin a New York hotel keeper. The application to Recorder Golf Tuesday cites new evidence believed to have been uncovered.
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New York
William A. E. Moors
Martin
Pew
Van Wyck Testifies in City Inquiry Colloquy
New York Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck testified Thursday before assembly committees probing city departments. The examination led to acrimonious exchanges as Van Wyck accused Counsel Moss of pursuing a partisan probe and eyeing a seat on the supreme bench.
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New York City
Moses
New York
Robert A. van Wyck
Moss
van Wyck
Supreme Bench
Tragic Hange for Young Rapist in Mobile Alabama
Henry Gardner an eighteen year old black man was hanged in Mobile Alabama for raping a white girl under ten. The rope broke during the first attempt and he collapsed then twenty minutes later he was re hoisted and executed for the June crime.
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Alabama
Henry Gardner
Mobile
Ala
Gardner
Monopolies Condemned in Chicago Debate Drift
A Chicago dispatch reports W J Bryan and Bourke Cockran failed to debate at Central Music Hall as planned. Bryan refused to share the same session to avoid implying a public debate, while Cockran defended the principle of discussion. The conference drew a large crowd with speakers opposing industrial monopolies and addressing workers and students on trusts.
Vanderbilt Will Read to Family but Not Public yet
Chauncey M. Depew announces that Cornelius Vanderbilt's will was read Friday night by lawyer Henry B. Anderson. Only immediate family attended the reading, with the senator absent. No details will be released until probate admission.
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Ament
Chauncey M. Depew
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Henry B. Anderson
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Badger
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Franklin Hand
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Cochran
OrHve
Chan
Gookran
Vanderbilt
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