City skulduggery cited in police signal bid
Witness W. H. Boyd testified in Cleveland that Gamewell and Chicago Municipal Signal Corp bribery schemes influenced bids for the police signal system. He named council allies, alleged $400 per vote bribes, and payoffs to Burgess and others as clues to crooked dealings.
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Cleveland
Council
W. H. Boyd
Chicago Municipal Signal Company
Gamewell Company
Boyd
Steur
O'Donnell
Howard
Barrett
Hyman
Chicago Municipal Singal
British election results show gains and losses with limited bragging
London reports list of boroughs polled yesterday with all sitting members re-elected. Unionists push majorities in Durham and Westham, while Stalybridge sees a narrow Unionist win by Matthew White Ridley. Hartlepool and Plymouth feature Liberal and Conservative wins. Churchill elected in Oldham. Overall totals: Conservatives 98 Unionists 18 Liberals 18 Nationalists 8.
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London
Devonport
Durham
Exeter
Kings Lynn
Peterborough
Preston
Reading
Rochdale
Wigen
Westham
Matthew White- Ridley
Stalybridge
T. H. Sidebottom
Hartlepool
Christopher Furness
Thomas Richardson
Plymouth
Oldham
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
Chippewa Indian Indicted for Murder in Chief Charley Shooting
LaCrosse Wisconsin October 2 The Chippewa Indian Chosa who shot Chief Charley of the Lac du Flambeau reservation last week has been indicted for murder by the federal grand jury.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Chosa
Charley
Lac du Flambeau Reservation
Explosion at Komatipoort Kills Twenty Gordon Highlanders
An explosion at Komatipoort during Boer ammunition destruction killed twenty Gordon Highlanders. In Berlin Wisconsin Nightingale the famed 2 10 mare was found dead in her Riverside stock farm stall at 17, a half sister to Crescens who won 20000 in Readville this week.
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Lourenzo Marques
Komatipoort
Gordon Highlanders
Berlin
Wis
Riverside Stock Farm
Crescens
Readville
Mass
Insane Over Religion A Northwestern Student
H H Windsor a Northwestern student of 1762 Oak Avenue Evanston has become obsessed with religion after returning home from an absence of several weeks and attempting to convert the family an alarming behavior noted in Chicago records.
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Chicago
H. H. Windsor
Northwestern
Oak Avenue
Evanston
Markets Report Mixed. Chicago Board of Trade Quotes
Chicago markets show wheat and corn fluctuating with October through December contracts listed. Lard pork and oats move within narrow ranges as livestock receipts appear brisk. East Buffalo and St. Louis reports add detail on cattle hogs and sheep prices.
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Chicago
Oct
Chicago Board of Trade
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Wheat and grain prices report from Milwaukee market
Milwaukee October 1 price listing shows higher bids for wheat with No 1 northern at 80 Sle and No 2 at 79 to 79 1 2 c. Rye gains with No 1 at 55 to 55 1 2 c. Barley up for No 2 at 48 1 8 c. Oats steady with No 1 white at 26 1 2 c.
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Milwaukee
Scheme is a failure as operators post notices
Hazleton and Wilkesbarre reports show miners rejecting a 10 percent wage offer and opposing union recognition. Scranton independents protest 10 percent increases unless tolls are cut. Lehigh Valley plan posts notices promising a net 10 percent rise with powder at 1.50 a keg. Mine workers insist on a greater raise and union recognition before resuming work.
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Hazleton
Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Schukill Valley
Wilkesbarre
Wyoming
Lackawanna
Lehigh Valley
W. A. Lathrop
Lehigh Valley Company
Lehigh
Mitchell
Wilkes Barre
Scranton
Tidewater
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Strilas
Reading Company
E.M. Palmer
United Mine Workers
Mother denounces son as killer over island murder
Mrs. Dora Lundroot in Portland accuses her son Louis Keutemeyer of planning and carrying out the killing of her husband on Sauvies Island. She says the motive was jealousy over land given to Lundroot and threats were made against stepfather and others. She threatens that if he is not hanged, others will see he is removed.
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Council Bluffs, Ta
Jessie Kerr
Manilla
Woodmen of America
James R. Kerr
United States
Kerr
Portland
Ore
Dora Lundroot
Louis Keutemeyer
Sauvies Island
Keutemeyer
STERNBERG ON THE CANTEEN
Washington dispatch reports Surgeon General George M. Sternberg confirming a past view on army canteens. He notes officers’ and physicians’ observations show the canteen reduces drunkenness and soldiers leaving posts for spirits, despite initial skepticism.
General Harrison Home Bound for Indianapolis
President Benjamin Harrison, his wife and party spent a half hour in Utica New York en route from the Adirondacks to New York City. He plans a ten day stay in New York before returning to Indianapolis and offered no comment on active campaign involvement.
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Utica
N. Y
Benjamin Harrison
Elizabeth
Adirondacks
New York
Harrison
Indianapolis
Beverly
United Mine Workers Demand Fair Wages and Labor Rights
At Hazleton Pennsylvania the United Mine Workers advocate stricter enforcement of mine laws and a labor claim package. They demand fair market value for implements, a wage readjustment aligned with anthracite trade norms, and union recognition before returning to work.
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United Mine Workers
Hazleton
Mitchell
Lehigh Valley
Deaths Linked by Coincidence Across Cities
Detroit reports engineer Thomas Hamlin killed in Durand wreck and, minutes earlier, his deserting wife dies in an elevator in Cleveland. The strange timing prompts remarks from Hamlin's brother about life and death parts. Separate notices reflect political speeches by Ex-Senator Quay in Pennsylvania and dividends at Quincy Knitting Co, plus Cambodian prince Kanthor found in Brussels and Galveston workers arriving as exodus slows.
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Detroit
Thomas Hamlin
Grand Haven
Democrats to Rally Notables at Indianapolis Convention
About fifty delegates speakers and visitors arrive for the Democratic clubs national convention in Indianapolis. P S Dow New York and V L Slayden Texas among arrivals. Bryan to speak Thursday. parade of clubs planned with up to 20 000 in line.
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Brazil
Ind
New Fair Grounds
Goodman Band
Decatur
Ill
Illinois
Indiana
Indianapolis
Democratic Clubs
Tomlinson Ball
P.S. Dow
New York
V. L. Slayden
Texas
Nicholas M. Bell
St Louis
Jefferson Club
W. H. English
Isso
Shmsen
Thmsen
National
Grand Hotel
Union Station
Bryan
Tomlinson Hall
Stevenson
Cochran
Hearst
Roosevelt Begins Nebraska Tour With Many Speeches
Governor Roosevelt's first day in Nebraska is described as successful despite wet chilly morning. Thirteen speeches were delivered along the route with crowds in villages, towns, and on streets. The special train moved to North Platte after McCook with an itinerary of 600 miles and eleven more speeches planned, including a Broken Bow stop. Senator Beveridge spoke in Kansas City tent, drawing a large attentive crowd.
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Westchester
United States
Quay
Pennsylvania
McKinley
Roosevelt
McCook
Nebraska
Clites
North Platte
Broken Bow
Kansas City
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Shelly Park
Bryan
Beveridge
Indictments Quashed in Coeur d Alene Strike Case
United States circuit court of appeals rules ten men jailed in the Coeur d Alene mining strike era did not know the train carried U S mail, quashing indictments. Ten prisoners at San Quentin to be released after papers arrive from Idaho. Also reports debt figures in Washington and local crime news from Barron Wisconsin and Denver developments.
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San Francisco
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Coeur d'Alene
United States
San Quentin
Idaho
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Monon Road
John W. Rough
West Baden
French Lick Springs
Monon
Wabash, Ind
Edith McMasters
Goshen
Jerome Wilson
Delavan
McMasters
Edith
Judge Jenkin
James G. Jenkins
United States Circuit Court
Jenkins
Bane Ball Records
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Sioux City
Northwest Iowa
Spencer
T. M. Huse
Ida Grove
Beloit
Fe'oithoe
Orleans
Chicago Grain and Produce
hAlee
Milwaukee Grain
Sternberg
Washington
War Department
Army
Georger M. Stparnberg
U.S. A
Gen. Harrison
Roceed
Senator Quay
Quincy, Mich
Quincy Knitting Company
Paris
Kanthor
Cambodia
France
Brussels
Galveston
Tex
Barron, Wis
Thomas Rosso
George Bromley
Waupun
Allen
Tabor Opera House
Denver
Rosa T. Buell
Oshkosh
J. H. Deming
Fort Dodge
Fabor College
Tabor
THE
Citizens Savings Bank
Optioerrs
Joseen Kuex
Cras
H. Kreck
Cari
Frank Stewart
I. M. Sprout, Asst
M. Ker
KR. Powers
Kuga
Opera House
Harwood
South Side
Pease
Baird & Bailey
O. F. Wright
Johnson's Bakery
Bailey
A. S. Hays
Ely
Na HK
Ashby
Nicola
Temple Building
Miksch
Thave
Johnson
H. Knecht
Pratt
Optician
T. M. Reynolds
M. L. Logan
J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Washington, Iowa
W. H. Butterfield
Orall'natore
Washington Town
W. Ee. Anderson
Klein's Clothing
Iowa
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
First National Bank
Joseph Pollard, Jr
Marsh W. Bailey
City
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Sorriva
A. H. Wallace
A. White
Wo. Blair
C. M. Keck
Cash
W. Biaty H. Waltage
Deewart
T. J. Dempsey
Hotel Allen
C. E. Dayton
Ag Hotel Allen
R. F. Riley
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