Roosevelts Keokuk Visit Opens River Mississippi Journey
Keokuk Ia Oct 2 crowds in Sunday dress greet President Roosevelt as he arrives to push a deep waterway to the gulf. He sails aboard the Mississippi toward St Louis with Gov Frantz and Seth Bullock aboard. He alters his prepared text with extemporaneous remarks and ensures a man and woman with babies are seated.
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Keokuk
United States
Congress
Inland Waterway Commission
Mississippi River
Gulf
Memphis
Canton
Addresses on equality and self mastery echo Canton speech
The speaker urged equal treatment for rich and poor and warned that without self mastery others will govern. He praised individual merit while criticizing those who incite crime and praised lawfulness, duty, and preparation for national strength despite weather and adversity.
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Canton
Hhe Bigain
Jan
Keokuk crowd hears president pledge fair treatment of all
The president thanked a Keokuk audience member for presenting a speech on racial equity and stated his pledge to treat people as individuals. He defended regulation, promised equal law enforcement, and urged home standards, education, river improvement, and land policy favoring settlers over speculators. He supported agricultural colleges and irrigation initiatives while opposing land grabs by cattle interests.
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Keokuk
Aerial Experimenting Association Formed in Halifax
Halifax announces the organization of the Aerial Experimenting Association with members including Professor Alexander Graham Bell Captain F W Baldwin G H Curtis J A D McCurdy and Lieutenant Selfridge. The group will be incorporated in the United States and will continue Bell’s aerial experiments following Baldwin’s successful Beinn Breagh airship flight.
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Halifax
N. S
Aerial Experimenting Association
Alexander Graham Bell
F. W. Baldwin
Toronto
Aeronaut
G. H. Curtis
Hammondsport
N. Y
J. A. D. McCurdy
Selfridge
United States Field Artillery
Bell
Bell To Captain Baldwin
Professor Bell
United States
Beinn Breagh
N. 8
Bishop Wins Tennis Match With Roosevelt At White House
Washington reports that during the visit of Episcopal bishops to the capital a match at the White House ended with the bishop claiming victory over President Roosevelt. Reporters had telegraphed that Roosevelt won, but the bishop asserted he won the match. The exchange sparked questions of veracity among correspondents.
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Washington
Episcopal
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
Richmond
Episcopal Church
London
White House
Roosevelt
Lipton Abandons Cup Challenge Over Yacht Cap Issue
Sir Thomas Lipton telegraphs regret that his cup challenge must be abandoned. He says it is useless to try for the America's Cup with the handicap cap attached by the New York Yacht Club to the challenger, which makes a heavier boat than the defender.
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Lipton
London
Thomas Lipton
Royal Irish Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Judge Upholds Ruling On 2-Cent Mile Rate Law
Philadelphia Oct 2 The common pleas court dismissed exceptions to its decision on the 2 cents a mile rate law and confirmed prior findings. County and state lawyers will appeal to the supreme court.
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Philadelphia
Common Pleas Court
Supreme Court
Torrential Rains Flood Canaro Valley Ruin Crops
In Turin on October 2 heavy rains flood the Canaro valley. Crops are ruined stock drowned bridges swept away and rail communication interrupted. The population is in great distress.
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Turin
Canaro
Trust Busters Act To Free Federal Courts From State Intervention
A national attorney generals convention approved a memorial urging Congress to enact a federal law barring U S circuit courts from restraining state officers or enforcing state laws. The resolution aims to let states resolve issues without federal review and to prohibit suits by corporate interests against state compliance.
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St. Louis
Convention of Attorney Generals
Congress
E. Tl. Young
Minnesota
Dana Malone
Massachusetts
A. M. Garber
Alabama
W. T. Thompson
Nebraska
W. H. Dickson
Colorado
H. 8. Hadley
Missouri
Congress of
United States
Circuit Court
Supreme Court of the United States
HINT TO SAN FRANCISCO How to Stifle Aliens In Schools
Hattiesburg Mississippi October 2 at Sum rall Mississippi sentence fragment notes guidance on handling aliens opposing discrimination in schools nineteen miles from Sum rall.
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San Francisco
Hattiesburg, Miss
Sumrall, Miss
Township kinship delays in Flat Rock drainage case
In Columbus Indiana the Flat Rock township drainage petitions trigger kinship scrutiny as circuit court officials seek an impartial third member for the drainage commission. Albert Reed Edward Lortz and others filed public drain petitions. initial appointee Lewis Aiken was removed for related ties, Joseph Andrews declined for the same reason, and John Dodd now faces a relation review to determine if a replacement is needed.
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Columbus
Ind
Flatrock Township
Clifford
Albert Reed
Flat Rock
Edward Lortz
William Moffett
Hacker
Lewis Aiken
Joseph Andrews
John Dodd
Dodd
Chicago Pennant Hopes End as New York Tops
Scores show Chicago defeats by New York 2 to 1 in eleven innings. American League results list Philadelphia 4 over Cleveland and Detroit 5 over Washington. Citizens' Industrial Association to meet in Battle Creek October 7 and 8 with discussions on labor law injunctions and union status.
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Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Citizens’ Industrial Association
Battle Creek
Mich
Citizens’ Industrial Association of America
T. J. Mahoney
J. J. Feely
New England
George Manly
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Haywood
Illinois highway campaign promotes cheaper bridge construction
Bloomington Alabama October 2 The Illinois highway commission began a campaign for improved bridges at lower prices. Representatives will address farmers institutes across counties this fall and winter. Chief engineer Johnson explains the campaign aims and taxpayers will be asked for cooperation in road and bridge construction and maintenance.
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Bloomington
Illiois Highway Commission
Colision
Farmers’ Institute
Witter
AL ON. Johnson
Milne's
State Commission
Students Pay for Their Fun in Ann Arbor
In Ann Arbor Michigan on October 2 a group of students listed as CC 8 Brigham 1 4 Hendricks OA Davis and TH Turner were fined 50 dollars each plus costs for violating city ordinances against posting placards. A midnight clash occurred when sophomores tried to post proclamations and were pursued by town fellows who tore down the posters. the attackers were reinforced by freshmen and the sophomores were routed.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Brigham
Hendricks
O. A. Davis
Th. O. Turner
Wagon Collides With Engine Killing One Near Here
Oct 2. A wagon struck by a Wisconsin railroad engine killed farmer Carl Metz who drove the team and seriously injured laborer Frank Staklader of Bensonville. Staklader suffered a broken arm.
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Kolze
Lil
Carl Metz
Frank Staklader
Bensonville
Miner Fatally Injured After Unexploded Shot Explodes
Danville Oct 2 Christopher Carrot a veteran coal miner returned to a mine shot it exploded injuring him with a fractured skull. He is in a hospital here and thought fatally hurt.
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Danville
Christopher Carrot
Shower Bath for the Secretary at New Custom House
New York October 2 The 7 200 000 custom house at Bowling Green taken from contractors. The top floor houses a suite of four rooms including a shower bath for the secretary of the treasury and at last an office in New York.
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New York
OOO Custom House
Bowling Green
Public debt statement shows treasury cash at Sept 30
The monthly debt statement reports debtless cash in the Treasury at the close of business Sept 30 totaling 877,998,808 dollars, a decrease of 3,698, Bis for the month.
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Washington
Hog Market Report for Chicago October 2 1907
Estimated receipts in Chicago hog markets total 23 000 with 9 133 carried over from yesterday. Prices show light hogs 605 to 675 and heavy grades 565 to 665. Cattle and sheep receipts 20 000 and 28 000 respectively, with markets 10 lower today. Tomorrow’s receipts expected at 22 000. Furnished by J W Culver & Co Washington Iowa.
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J. W. Culver & Co
Washington
Iowa
Chicago
State AG seeks dissolution of New York traction firms
State Attorney General Jackson petitions for receivers for the New York City Railway and Metropolitan Street Railway and calls for dissolution of the NYC Railway. He cites a $10 million deficit, alleges extravagant and neglectful management, and accuses directors of failing to push Interborough Metropolitan to meet obligations.
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New York
Jackson
New York City Railway Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Justice Ford
Supreme Court
Allegations of Fraud in New York City Railway Case
Attorney General accuses directors and the Metropolitan Street Railway of unlawful asset disposition and excessive charges. Key figures claim $509,000 per mile for surface line rebuilding and $1,284.80 for engineering on under forty three miles. Claims include $4,395,687 for rails at inflated costs and demands restitution for losses and wasted assets.
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Jackson
New York City Railway Company
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Daniel LB. Hasbrouck
Deeclifford Moorehead
Herbert H. Vreeland
Richard W. Meade
Robert A. C. Smith
Charles B. Warren
William Fahnestock
Solomon Guggenheim
Ralph L. Anderson, Jr
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Government receipts show September 1907 surplus near 3 million
Comparative statements of government receipts and expenditures indicate a September 1907 surplus close to 3 million dollars, contrasting with a September 1906 surplus exceeding 11 million dollars.
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Washington
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Land Park
Park
Frantz
Oklahoma
Seth Bullock
Black Hills
Italy
William Wirt Kimball
New Jersey
Pacific
Navy
Maine
Naval
National Tribunal
State Supreme Court
U. S
Mississippi Central Railroad
Newman Lumber Company
Sumrall
Ormon
Eggedson
Fort
Crusade For
Grain Market
John A. Babcock
The
North American Commission Company
Chicago, Ill
Lyon
Manhattan Island
Adrian Ef. Joline
Douglass Robinson
Metropolitan
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Interborough Metropolitan
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