Taft Wins Warm Welcome at Havana University
Governor Taft opens the University of Havana exercises praising Cuba's progress and United States aid. He stresses his mission is to uplift Cuba and help restore prosperity, receiving loud applause from Havana's elite. Taft thanks Senor Palma and pledges to assist, with cheers for Roosevelt, Taft, the United States, and Cuba.
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Havana
Taft
University of Havana
United States
Cuba
Roosevelt
Senor Palma
Vivas
Taft and Bacon Send For Their Wives and Greet Cuban Officials
Governor Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon have cabled for their wives to join them, a gesture praised by Cubans as strengthening ties with the United States provisional administration. Taft safeguards Camp Columbia families by delaying evictions for fifteen days, earning broad acclaim. He also met with supreme court officials to draft a general proclamation of honesty as marines land to establish a garrison.
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Taft
Bacon
United States Provisional Administration
Camp Columbia
Paft
Supreme Court
General Aonesty
Cienfuegos Faces Jailed Figures on Political Charges
Many individuals in Cienfuegos remain detained as authorities determine the fate of various political charges. The arrests indicate a broader crackdown with unclear timelines for trial or release.
Gathering of Irishmen at national convention in Philadelphia
Prominent Irish-Americans and descendants gather in Philadelphia for the United Irish League of America national convention. The national committee met to set preliminaries and a large audience heard addresses from Governor Pennypacker T P Oton meut John Redmond and Edward Blake. About 700 delegates attend the convention in Philadelphia to Thursday then depart for Atlantic City for the final meeting.
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Philadelphia
Ireland
United Irish League of America
Maxes
Academy of Music
Pennypacker
T. P. O'tonmeut
John Redmond
Iris Parliamentary Party
Edward Blake
University of Ottawa
Can
County Longford
Athintic City
Athiss
Magoon Arrives in New York from Colon
Charles Magoon the retiring U S minister to Panama and governor of the canal zone arrives in New York. He travels with Joseph Tee and Thomas Cook and J Gabriel Duque. Magoon says conditions on the isthmus are favorable and the canal work is progressing in the preliminary stage. He declines to discuss his successor or a possible move to the Philippines.
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New York
Get
Charles FE. Magoon
United States
Panama
Canal Zone
Colon
Joseph W. J. Tee
Venador
Thomas W. Cook
J. Gabriel Duque
Nan
Magoon
Philippines
Danish Parliament Opens With King Frederick in Person
King Frederick opened the Danish parliament in person on Oct 2 and in his throne speech focused on internal affairs. He praised Denmark's foreign relations and urged parliament to help preserve national independence. He proposed visits to foreign sovereigns to strengthen ties and announced considerations on Iceland’s constitutional reform.
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Copenhagen
Frederick
Denmark
Iceland
Baseball Scores From October Games Patchwork
Chicago October 2 report lists league games with Cincinnati 2 Boston 4 in Boston, Brooklyn 5 over Pittsburgh 1, New York 3 over St Louis 0, St Louis 0 over New York 1 in five innings due to darkness, Philadelphia 6 over Chicago 4, second game Chicago 4 over Philadelphia 3 in six innings. American: Cleveland 3 over Detroit 2, St Louis 0 over Chicago 1 in thirteen innings. Western: Sioux City 5 over Omaha 4.
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Chicago
Boston
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
Sioux City
Omaha
Elusive forger warding banks from Minnesota to New York
An elusive forger identified as R R R Jackson has targeted banks from St Paul Minnesota to New York City. He cashed forged drafts at Minneapolis for 65 and at Ivuluth for 100, while four more drafts remain protested at the New York bank.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
New York Bank
St. Paul
R. R R. Jackson
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minkertons
Jackson
Chippewa Pally
Wis
Beatrice
Neb
Nebraska
Missort
Premonition Prevents Wreck in Negaunee
In Negaunee Michigan on October 2 a freight on a sidetrack blocked a passenger train. The engineer sent two flagmen to signal the oncoming train. The second flagman signaled and the train halted. The first flagman was found killed, likely after falling asleep on the track.
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Negaunee
Mich
Lowden Nominated for Congress
Freeport Illinois October 2 The Republicans of the Thirteenth congressional district nominated Frank O Lowden to fill the unexpired term of Robert R Hilt who has died.
Sixth district Democrats nominate Snyder for Congress
Detroit with October convention nominates William Snyder for congress and adopts a resolution favoring the annexation of Cuba.
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Detroit
William Snyder
Congress
Cuba
Sioux City-Omaha Colony Safe at Palmetto Beach
Advices report the Sioux City-Omaha colony at Palmetto Beach Alabama is safe. Their dock remains the only one standing on the south shore of Mobile bay.
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Sioux City
Sioux City-Omaha
Palmetto Beach
Ala
Mobile Bay
Weather forecast for Illinois Indiana and Great Lakes region
The forecast shows rain in the southern portions of Illinois and Indiana with warmer temperatures overall, except in the extreme south. Lower Michigan will be fair with variable winds. Wisconsin and Iowa expect fair conditions.
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Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Llowa
Pfair
Market Quotation Snapshot Chicago and Buffalo Livestock
Chicago and Buffalo markets show mixed futures and cash prices for wheat corn oats and meats. Wheat and corn futures move with delivery dates while cash grades and livestock quotes cover hogs cattle calves and sheep with varied receipts and steady to lower tones in Buffalo.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
East Buffalo
Freshmen coerced into stunts on State Street incident
A campus dispute flared on State Street as several freshmen were made to sing and climb trees and telephone poles by a small group of sophomores. The incident marks a rare public break in the campus spirit this fall in Ann Arbor.
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Ann Arbor
Miel
Oet
State Street
Bride‑to‑be railroad carpenter killed in wreck
Michael Adams a 28 year old railroad carpenter was killed on the Bie Pour wreck near St. Praneisville on the eve of his wedding to Miss Josie Spath of Vincennes. He was to be married at St. John's German Roman Catholic Church in Vincennes.
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Vincennes
Ind
Oet
Michael Adams
St. Praneisville
Josie Spath
St. John’s
Roosevelt back at White House after summer respite
President Roosevelt and family have left their summer home and are established again at the White House. Other items note a suspected counterfeiting ring in a Missouri penitentiary, a hotel fire in Mount Clemens, and various political and social developments overseas and nationwide.
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Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Missouri Penitentiary
Mount Clemens
Mich
Chicago market notes hogs and cattle on October 2 1906
Market rounds show receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle and sheep in Chicago on October 2 1906 with mixed packers and heavy shipping grades listed. Evidence highlights strong hogs and beef cattle while sheep and lambs run slow and weak amid high and low ranges.
The Death of Al Adams the Police King
Al Adams once dubbed the policy king died by a bullet in New York after years of pursuit by newspapers and the public eye. Medical notes and friends say relentless hounding and past life pressures drove him to take his own life at the Ansonia. His fall followed a lifetime built on the policy trade and notoriety across the city.
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New York
al Adams
Fred
Adams
Ansonia
Polley
W. E.D. Stokes
Sing Sing
Sam Warks
Parka
Ile
PL Norton Goddard
United States Supreme Court
Newspaper records reveal threats and financial scandals
A distressed man named Adams, linked to policy and bucket shop schemes, expresses to Stokes that media pressure has driven him to consider suicide. Adams rose from brakeman to wealth, held director roles, and backed firms raided for bucket shop activity. Separate items report a death threat letter to Mrs Robinson, Bryan entertaining Nebraskans, a public debt decline, and Otto Mueller winning a Sharpshooters match in Davenport.
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Schoenrich
Porto Rico
Berriel
Lincoln de Zayas
Panama Canal Strip
Denver
Navy
Des Moines
Chattanooga
Galveston
Tacoma
Forger
Royal
Royal Baking Powder CO
Chicago Grain
Chicago Board of Trade
Choice Prairie
William A. Hunter
Anamosa
Turkeys
Paris
France
England
Lake Huron
Sanilac
Hlavana
Thermopolis
Wyo
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Company
Chillicothe
Samuel M Mills
Methodist Book Concern
Texas
Grain Market
Goddard
Nemesia
Kegan
Stokes
Eighth Avenue
Pok Jey
Motlee
Guanajuato
Albert J. Adams, Jr
Albert J. Adams
Sage Company
Racine
Robinson
Eleventh Street
Richard ‘S T. Robinson
J. T. Case Threshing Company
Milwaukee
Bryan
Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Central Sharpshooters’ Association
Davenport
Otto Mueller
Wausau
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