Admiral Dewey Won't Shake Hands With Chicago Committee
New York Oct 2 Admiral Dewey, fatigued by a week of receptions off Sandy Hook and at the Waldorf Astoria, declines further handshakes with Chicago committee members. Mayor Harrison and committee members press a cordial invitation to visit Chicago on a future date as Dewey prepares for a Washington journey.
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Dewey Charleston visit ends with crowd salute and tense handshake scene
Admiral Dewey, with Mayor Harrison and Mayor Van Wyck present, fends off a persistent Westerner seeking a handshake. Dewey shows embarrassment as Harrison blocks the request. Van Wyck escorts Dewey from the room amid applause. Philadelphia delegation led by Mayor Ashbridge later presents an album of resolutions.
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Harrison
Admiral Dewey
Mayor Harrison
van Wyck
Philadelphia
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Thirty-third Street
Ashbridge
Death in the Buzz Saw at Haynes Mill Port Huron
Benjamin Ford, 40, was killed instantly at the Haynes planing mill when a board slipped from the assistant and struck him on the side of the neck over the pneumogastric nerve. Ford resided on Tenth Avenue and leaves a widow and three children.
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Port Huron
Mich
Haynes
Benjamin Ford
Ford
Tenth Avenue
Married by the roadside in Illinois
James Newton and Mary Roberts of Spring Valley wed four miles west of LaSalle at night after arriving from home and seeking a license from Bureau County. Minister A Lincoln Shute agreed to unite them but urged postponement. They proceeded across the county line to a roadside ceremony.
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James Newton
Mary Roberts
Spring Valley
Here
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
A. Lincoln Shute
Bureau County
Baseball Scores From Saturday and Sunday Fixtures
Saturday results include Boston 5 at Washington 4 and Philadelphia 8 at New York 4. Pittsburgh 8 at Cincinnati 3 in ten innings. Baltimore 6 at Brooklyn 4 and St Louis 10 at Cleveland 3. Chicago 12 at Louisville 6. Sunday games show Chicago 3 at Cincinnati 7 and St Louis 8 at Cleveland 4. Louisville game was postponed at Chicago due to darkness.
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Washington
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Baltimore
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Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cleveland
Louisville
College Football Scores From Saturday
Results include Lehigh 0 at Penn State 20 in Philadelphia, Amherst 0 at Yale 23 in New Haven, Cornell 12 at Cornell 0, Williams 0 at Harvard 29 in Cambridge, Lake Forest 0 at Wisconsin 45 in Madison.
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Harvard
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Wis
Lake Forest
Wisconsin
Filipinos Seek Peace But Refuse Recognition of Aguinaldo
Manila reports a Filipino commission and American envoy Otis held talks on peace while Aguinaldo rejects recognition of a civil government. Filipino envoys pressed for independence in exchange for peace as fourteen former prisoners were released and described by both sides.
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Alejandrius
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Orino
Ortes
General Otis
Alejandrino
Associated Press
Tle
Europe
Tarlac
Philippine War Costs Questioned by General
The general questioned the cost of maintaining American troops in the Philippines, noting the climate demands and questionable returns while Filipino peasants have little. He argued U S salaries could be kept high to sustain fighting.
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Alejandrino
Otto Schell
Albert Rubeck
Otto Wagner
Peter Rollings
Third Infantry
Joseph Macidrath
Jas. Boyle
William Miller
John Crinshaw
Thomas Dalin
Eli Drew
Sixteenth Infantry
Paul Spillane
Louis Ford
Fourth
Charles Wilander
Malabon
George Graham
Malolos
Court Martial Captain Carter Approved for Five Years
President approves findings of the court martial and orders Captain Carter imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth for five years. Dismissal from the army and a $5,000 fine accompany the verdict. Carter, arrested in New York, was held at Governors Island before transfer to Fort Leavenworth. The charges allege defrauding the United States of up to two million dollars after investigation by a river and harbor board.
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Co. Marter
Secretary of War
Carter
Fort Leavenworth
Oberlin M. Carter
New York
Simpson
Governor’s Island
BR. J. Roberts
John M. Wison
Board of Engineers
Savannah
United States
Otis
Philippines
Thomas BF. Barr
Edmunds
Asphaltum beds advance in Logansport field discovery
Logansport Indiana reports larger beds of asphaltum than first thought as drilling proceeds. The surface shows a bed four feet deep at sixty four feet, with wells serving to expose paving material later. The bed reportedly stretches from east Logansport to four miles east near Wabash River.
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Rev Schreckengast Will Visit Washington Thorn to Knoxville
The report notes pastor Rev. Schreckengast planned travel from Washington to Knoxville, with a roundabout route described as a thorn to Knoxville. Details remain fragmentary but indicate a clerical visit or assignment path through nearby locales.
West Liberty Killing Shocks Iowa Town
Mt. Pleasant October 2 reports Walter Boot fatally shot by police during a drunken row at West Liberty at midnight. Police say Boot was shot by PD. Boot’s parents live at Dexter. Local notes include Washington county appointments and a jail break by James Carley believed to be headed toward Clinton or Lyons.
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Walter Boot
PD. W. John
West Liberty
Boot
Dexter
Lawa
Burlngton
James Carley
Clinton
Lyons
Farmer drown in well during windmill repair
Davenport special report: Drew Brownlee a 55 year old farmer of Long Grove Iowa fell into a well while repairing a windmill and drowned. Democratic sheriff nominee Henry Horst and Democratic representative nominee C G Hipwell declined. Job notice for general house work. Co D members to report at armory at 8 30 Wednesday with dinner for rifle range duty. 8 W Brooknarr captain.
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Davenport
Andrew Brownlee
Long Grove
Iowa
Henry Horst
C. CG. Hipwell
Co. D
W. Brooknanrr
Beloit College Plans First Authorized Cane Rush
Beloit Wisconsin October 2 The first authorized cane rush between Beloit College freshmen and sophomores will occur Saturday October 14 after the senior junior football game. Rules by the board of control designate the athletic board to supervise with the president as referee and the vice president as umpire. The freshmen start in the middle with ten yard head start and aim to push the cane across the rival goal within twenty minutes. the team holding the cane in its territory at the end loses.
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Beloit
Wis
Beloit College
Board of Control
Athletic Board
Convict Labor Issue Shakes Iowa Election Stakes
Sioux City reports the Iowa Federation of Labor will campaign across districts to back candidates who support convict labor competition with free labor. Federation president P. Beebe says the non partisan group will oppose the board of control while highlighting the issue in every legislative district. In Wyoming Wyoming Wyomings no, wait.
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Iowa Federation of Labor
P. Beebe
Board of Control
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