Bowens Venezuela dispute deepens as Loomis and Hay clash
Washington dispatch details Roosevelt and Loomis correspondence over Bowen in Venezuela. Hay strongly condemned Bowens conduct and disputed Loomis position, insisting most charges were aimed at Hay not Loomis. Loomis recounts Hay’s cordiality toward him and Hay’s regret at Bowens episode before his death.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Loomis
Hay
Taft
Bowen
Venezuela
Reply of the President on Hay Bowen and Taft controversy
The president defends a New York newspaper statement as false and explains Hay's view of the Bowen charges. He notes Hay supported your appointment, regretted your departure, and criticized Bowen as disloyal to the government. Hay disagreed with Taft’s report and the mild censure of you, urging vindication.
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Loomis
Press of
New York
Hay
Venezuela
Washington
Taft
Bowen
Mr. Bowen
Bank theft suspect identified as clerk Harry A Leonard
The man arrested for stealing 359 009 dollars in securities from the National City bank is identified as Harry A Leonard, a clerk at Halle and Staegietz brokers. The report notes the case is being handled as a major securities theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halle & Staegietz
Brokers
Tragic family massacre at Andover farm ends in suicide
Widespread tragedy reports nine members of Clarence F. Markham’s family killed or killed themselves. Mrs Markham allegedly killed seven children with an ax then set fire to the home before slitting her own throat and dying. The husband later shot himself after attempting suicide by hanging. Bodies found on a bed as flames spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence EF. Markham
Andover
Markham
Davis dismisses talk of nationwide coal lockout
Bay City Michigan October 2 Thomas W Davis coal operators commission er for Michigan and editor of the Michigan Miner denounces rumors of a April coal lockout. He notes a Chicago meeting of bituminous district commissioners November 21 and operators November 22 to discuss the coal situation and a possible general association of bituminous operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
Thomas W. Davis
Michigan
Michigan Miner
Chicago
United Mine Workers’ Union
Wickard Freed on $15,000 Bond After Indictment
Indianapolis Oct. 2 W S Wickard returned from St Louis and was arrested on an indictment from the Marion county grand jury charging embezzlement grand larceny and conspiracy to commit a felony. His wife accompanied him and by noon a $15,000 bond secured his release.
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Wickard
Indianapolis
W. S. Wickard
Sherrick
St. Louis
Marion County
Liberty
Young Murderers in Marion Kill Stepfather
William Hackley, 50, was killed by his 16 year old stepson Fred Price in Johnson City. The boy, known for sports, fought back with a baseball bat after Hackley swore at him for playing with a dog in the yard following work.
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Marion
Ill
William Hackley
Fred Price
Johnson City
Hackley
Four Michigan students Plead Guilty to Larceny
In Ypsilanti on October 2 four University of Michigan students who swiped items from a saloon faced the police. They pleaded guilty to larceny and paid $4.40 each to Justice Putnam, leaving a watch as pledge to settle the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypsilanti, Mich
University of Michigan
Ypsilanti
Putnam
Strenuous Life Critics Rush Through Modern Living
Dr. William J. Brady of Iowa City denounces urban overwork and rushed living, arguing the simple life is lost amid twelve hour workdays, hurried meals, and frantic recreation. He cites omnipresent stress, poor digestion, and omnipresent efficiency as signs of societal strain during a Chicago orthodontists convention.
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Chicago
William J. Brady
Iowa City
Charles Wagner
Figaro
The
Iowan
American Society of Orthodontists
Fragmentary reflection on migration and health effects
The quoted passage discusses moving between flats and the search for peace, linking migration to physical development deficiencies. It argues that constant displacement leads to poor digestion, insufficient nourishment, and dental crowding, claiming light muscles and small jaws contribute to wider health problems.
Aurora teacher elopes to Chicago for marriage via telephone
Mabel E Stolp an Aurora school teacher marries Donald B Frazer of Elgin in Chicago ten minutes after arriving. She is a niece of Senator Albert J Hopkins. The Stolp family learns of the wedding by telephone, prompting a tense reaction from her parents who wanted a homebound husband.
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Chicago
Mabel E. Stolp
Aurora
Donald B. Frazer
Elgin
Parker Sheehan Hatch law partnership formed
New York on October 2 reports that Democratic presidential candidate Alton B. Parker ex justice Edward W. Hateh ex Lt. Governor William F. Sheehan and Charles H. Werner have formed the firm Parker Sheehan Hatch.
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New York
Alton B. Parker
Edward W. Hateh
State Supreme Court
William F. Sheehan
Charles H. Werner
Parker, Sheehan & Hatch
Chicago safe cracker identified in Berkeley shooting
Oct 2 report from Berkley California states ex-Chicago detective J. 8. Thatcher identified the slain safe cracker by Police man Strange as John Conway a desperate Chicago criminal killed in a fight with four assailants last Thursday morning at West Berkeley.
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Chicago
Berkley
Cali
Menador President seeks 20 million loan approval congress
The Menador president asks Congress to authorize negotiations for a 20 000 000 foreign loan. Admiral Evans known as Fighting Bob may take sick leave at his own request due to poor health. Czar creates Sergius Witte as a count for peace services. Reverend J L Williford of Taylorville Illinois dies in an accidental shooting during a hunting trip. The French Parliament plans to reconvene in October.
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Menador
Admiral Mvans
Fighting Bob
Sergiua Witte
Otsego Banker Killed In Train Collision Near Shelbyville
Shelbyville Michigan December 2 Stephen Coleman 55 in Otsego business man was killed when his two horse carriage was struck by a Grand Rapids and Tadiana train. His wife and two children who were driving with him are missing.
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Shelbyville
Mich
Stephen Coleman
Otsego
Here
Grand Rapids
Tadiana
Coleman
New Battleship Mississippi Launched at Cramp Yard
In Philadelphia on October 2 a distinguished party witnessed the launch of the battleship Mississippi at the William Cramp Ship and Engine Building company. The sponsor was Misa Mabel Clare Money, daughter of United States Senator Money.
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Philadelphia
Mississipppi
William Cramp Ship and Engine Building Company
Misa Mabel Clare Money
Uited
Money
Waterloo man jailed for 30 years in rape case
William Bade, 24, a farm laborer from Mitchie, was sentenced by a jury to thirty years imprisonment for raping Christine Jansen, 16, as she walked home alone from a public place.
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Waterloo
William Bade
Mitchie
Christine Jansen
Bishop Halleck Floyd Injured in Newcastle Fall
In Newcastle Indiana on October 2 Bishop Halleck Floyd of Dublin Indiana was seriously injured after slipping and falling down a cellarway during a United Brethren church quarterly meeting.
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Newcastle
Ind
Halleck Floyd
Dublin
United Brethren Church
Market Recap Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts
Chicago markets show mixed cattle and hog futures with steady to higher notes. Cattle receipts total about 26 000 with eastern and western divisions. hogs run 26 000 with bulk prices 5.30 to 5.65, westerns around 5.00 to 5.60. sheep and lambs hold steady with natives and westerns quoted around 3.10 to 5.00 for cows and heifers and 5.50 to 7.75 for lambs.
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Chicago
West
Graves Announces Candidacy for U S Senate in Georgia
Atlanta editor John Temple Graves, editor of the Atlanta Daily News, proclaims his candidacy to succeed Senator Bacon in the U S Senate with the term ending March 1907. A Chicago report claims Typographical union pickets abducted a man who refused to strike. The British revenue rose in the quarter to Sept 30 despite price drops. Right Rev Herman Jong, bishop of Fort Wayne, waits at St Louis after an act involving his patrol wagon.
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Atlanta
John Temple Graves
The
Atlanta Daily News
Georgia
United States Senate
Bacon
Chicago
Typographical Union
Herman Jong
Fort Wayne
St. Louis
Thomas G. Connor
BUTTED OVER A WALL Kills One in Stock Train Wreck
A Soo Line stock train failed to brake in Minneapolis yards and struck a Soo passenger train, hurling two Pullman sleepers into a 20 foot gully. One woman died at St. Joseph's hospital and nine others were seriously injured. twenty or more sustained injuries, many serious, with victims from Minneapolis and New York among the injured.
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St. Paek
Great Western
St Paul
Union Station
St. Joseph's Hospital
Clara N. Cross
Minneapolis
Wilkinson
Martin
Henry Deutsch
Franklin Lyon
Mra. Thompson Hall
William A. Hall
Hall Wilkinson
Nall
James Birdeaux
St. Paul
Ti. S. Morris
Montreal
Canada
Frank Martin
Cyrus Berglund
C. J. Keenan
Miss Croghiin
New York
Soo Line
Chicago and Kent Western
Corcoran Charged in Milwaukee Graft Indictments
Milwaukee article notes Cornelius L. a Corcoran president of the common council indicted for selling city hay and oats in a contract ban. Ex alderman William Murphy and ex alderman noted as bribery suspects. Frank C. Schultz a reporter also charged. Grand jury total 157 indictments against 35 people. Corcoran faces 24 indictments in last report.
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Milwaukee
Cornelius L. A Corcoran
Corcoran
Klode
William Murphy
Fred C. Schultz
Grand
Armenian Woman Shot by Father in Stratford Tragedy
A young Armenian woman from Hamilton was shot on a Stratford street by her father who then killed himself. He opposed her marriage to her husband and wounded the son-in-law in the cheek before dying.
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Trantford
Ont
Hamilton
Ptomaine Poison in Oysters Causes Illness in St Louis
Nearly 100 persons at the city hospital fell violently ill after eating oysters. Doctors nurses attendants and clerks were among the victims but none were seriously affected. The incident occurred in St Louis Missouri on October 2.
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St. Louis
City Hospital
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Polks
Parker
J. L. Williford
Tayloraville
Bree
EL Fireen
Oet
Brute
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain O Co
Chicago Board of Trade
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Ala
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
T. P. Bibb
Belle Mina
Joseph Aaron
Bessemer
JL. M. Glass
Columbia
Grand Jury
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