Taft to inspect Panama canal work and worker quarters
Secretary Taft plans to sail from New Orleans for Panama around November 1 to review canal construction and management with Governor Magoon and Engineer Stevens. He aims to ensure proper housing and comforts for workers and to assess spending, while asserting control over major canal affairs.
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Washington
Taft
New Orleans
Panama
Magoon
Stevens
War Department
Isthmian Commission
Invitation to Roosevelt Birthday Banquet by Home Club
The Roosevelt Home club in New York will host a banquet on October 1 in the room where Roosevelt was born at 28 East Twenty street to honor his 47th birthday. The club aims to preserve the birth house and has 8300 members with many applications daily. organized October 12, 1904, by 25 admirers, LL. PP. Glaser serves as president.
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New York
Roosevelt Home Club
East Twentieth Street
Roosevelt
LL. PP. Glaser
What Is Castro Up To
Caracas reports the Venezuelan government has ordered from Creusot works in France thirty batteries of field artillery and twelve batteries of mountain guns of seventy millimeters caliber.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Creusot Works
France
Fatal double shooting shocks St. Joseph woman
In St. Joseph Michigan on October 9 a man named Fred Feer shot and mortally wounded Viola J Lonsdale a telephone operator after she refused to marry him. He then shot himself in a suicide attempt. Police and medical staff investigated the tragedy as a domestic violence case with the couple personal history and motive under scrutiny. An autopsy and coroner inquiry were expected to determine full details of the confrontation and sequence of events.
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St. Joseph, Mich
Fred Feerer
Viola J. Lonsdale
Indictments increase against Newton Dougherty in Peoria
The grand jury added eighty four indictments to the thirteen existing against Newton C. Dougherty, forty five forgery charges with six counts each, totals ranging from 14.40 to 800, bonds set at 1000 per forgery indictment and 500 per embezzlement, total 84 500. Attorney Joseph Weill said he would appear in court of his own accord.
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Peoria
Newton C. Dougherty
Joseph Weill
Dougherty
Norway Accepts Karlstad Agreement After Referendum Vote
In Norway on October 10 the government won a pivotal victory as the Karlstad dissolution treaty was accepted by 191 to 16 after a two day debate and a prior 100 to 8 rejection of the referendum proposal. Also reported is the discovery of two bodies near Haskell Oklahoma with suicide suspected of Miss Margaret Lindsey and a man from Bixby.
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Tropics
Christians
Norway
Karlstad
Haskell
J. T
Margaret Lindsey
Bixby
I. T
Miss Lindsey
Coward and Miscreant Shoots Woman in the Back
Newcastle Massachusetts October 10 Mrs Dallis Douglass wife of William J Douglass was shot in the back and mortally wounded by Oscar Howard age 27 at Langavenue and Mill Street while waiting for a street car. Pugilist William Costello knocked Howard down and the crowd restrained further violence. Howard jailed and said I shot her because she turned me down and broke up my home.
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Newcastle
Dallis Douglass
William J. Douglass
Oscar Howard
Howard
Big Missionary Meeting Planned for Chicago
A large missionary convention is proposed in Chicago for late October 1906 to boost global evangelization. Dr. A B Leonard urged a world wide focus with Rock River conference applauding. Dr. Fred H Sheets moved a resolution to center the effort in Chicago. In Mansfield Illinois a false report claims VP Fairbanks plans a Mansfield home. the house is for William D Fairbanks brother of the local bank president.
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Freeport
Chicago
America
A. B. Leonard
Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rock River
Leonard
Cleveland
Fred H. Sheets
Mansfield
Fairbanks
William D. Fairbanks
First National Bank
Big Answer to a Mission Plea at Gospel Tabernacle
People across the United States and Canada joined Rev. Albert B. Simpson in the annual missions plea at the Gospel Tabernacle. Two services raised a total of 50265 in subscriptions. Jewelry gifts included a man's gold watch and a woman’s wedding ring.
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New York
United States
Canada
Albert B. Simpson
The
Gospel Tabernacle
Skull Found in Des Moines Pawn Shop Identified
The skull discovered in a Des Moines pawn shop last week was left by City Physician Miller and forgotten. It is the upper portion of the skull of an unknown tramp murdered here months ago and has been fully identified.
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Des Moines
Miller
Augustana College Bans Football And Basketball
Rock Island Oct 10 After Lutheran synod rulings Augustana college students are told no football games will be played and now basketball is also prohibited in the wake of the edict.
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Rock Island
Lutheran Synod
Augustana College
Cole Younger Turns to Street Railway Promotion
Once a member of Quantrell's band and a feared figure Cole Younger has become a street railway promoter in Missouri. He boasts a financial snicker linked to Senator Elkins whom he once saved. Younger served twenty five years in prison for a crime and was released years ago.
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Cole Younger
Missouri
Senator Elkins
Younger
Quantrell
Bad Mean
Gould and Ramsey brace for Wabash showdown in Toledo
In Toledo on October 10 Gould arrives for the Wa bash annual meeting as Ramsey and aides prepare to contest control. Directors mostly favor Gould while Ramsey claims he can still win via proxies. A separate plan to oust the longtime Wabash election judges is abandoned after Judge Taylor's St Louis decision.
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Toledo
George J. Gould
Wabash Railroad
Joseph Ramsey
The
Road
Gould
Ramsey
Taylor
St. Louis
Withdraw Request in Wabash Inspectors Case Delayed
Lawyers for Ramsey and the Wabash railroad clash over court power to remove three inspectors. Ramsey seeks stock book proof via court order while Gould counsel questions ownership validity. Judge Kinkade presides as the afternoon session unfolds amid courtroom tension.
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Ramsey
Wabash Railroad
Gould
Kinkade
Wabash Road
St. Louis
Judge Doyle
Court denies Ramsey injunction postponing Missouri Pacific vote
Federal court in St Louis rules Ramsey estopped from restraining vote on Wabash stock held by Missouri Pacific and Tron Mountain railways. Judge Kinkade allows withdrawal of the removal of three election inspectors as the case shifts to today’s meeting decisions.
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Federal
St. Louis
Ramsey
Missouri Taeifle
Tron Mountain
Rameney
Kinkade
Brown
Wabash
Doyle
Taylor
Rameey
Gould
Missouri Pacific
Tron Mountain Railways
Senate office building commissions granite and marble front
The senate office building in Washington will use a granite base and marble front walls on the superstructure. Russell A. Alger Jr sold his eastern built auxiliary yacht Sitarah to Commodore Jarvis of Toronto. Amanda Carlson and Esta Lawson near Austin Texas died in a coal oil fire incident. Brantford Lacrosse team from Ontario expelled from the Canadian Lacrosse Association after a Sunday game against a Chicago team.
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Senate
Washington
Russell A. Alger, Jr
Commodore Jarvis
Toronto
Amanda Carlson
Esta Lawson
Austin
Tex
Chicago
Brantford
Canadian Lacrosse Association
Markets in Chicago Show Mixed Beef and Hog Supplies
Chicago market notes from October 10 1908 and 1905 show receipts ranging from 20000 to 31500 with Western cattle and hogs. Prices stay steady to weak with light hogs 85.00 to 85.55 and heavy grades 84.75 to 85.65 while sheep and cattle trade is steady to slow.
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Chicago
Crowe Arrives in Omaha After Montana Arrest amid 2000-strong Crowd
Pat Crowe rode in from Butte escorted by Omaha detectives and police to the station amid cheers and scorn. He denied ties to Eddie Cudahy kidnapping and said God will protect him as trial approaches while recalling a past Omaha role and dodging reporters.
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Omaha
Neb
Oet
Pat Crowe
Heltfeldt
Dunn
Butte
Mont
Union Station
Crowe
Associated Press
Eddie Cudahy
Young Cudahy
God
Extradition Plotters John F Gaynor and Greene Reach Savannah
John F. Gaynor and KB. DD. Greene, long sought for extradition from Canada, arrived in Savannah with their wives meeting them at the depot. They were taken to jail by United States Marshal White who had traveled from Montreal. The prisoners appeared in good spirits.
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Savannah
John F. Gaynor
KB. DD. Greene
United States
Canada
White
Montreal
Towanda Tragedy: Farmer Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life
Perry Wheeler, 50, a prosperous Wyalusing township farmer, shot his wife and then died by suicide. Neighbors say the couple appeared happy and no motive is known. The incident occurred in Towanda, Pennsylvania, on October 10.
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Towanda
Perry Wheeler
Wyalusing
Lumber Worth 100000 Burns in Marinette Yard
Fire destroyed over 100000 dollars worth of lumber in the yard of the N Ludington Co at Marinette Wisconsin on October 10. In Wichita Kansas ex representative Jerry Simpson's condition worsened able to retain nourishment and is weaker on October 10.
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Marinette
Wis
N. Ludington Co
Jerry Simpson
Wichita
Ilas
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William H. Taft
Fort Hamilton
Sandy Hook
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Castro
N.C. Dougherty
Startling
Methodists
Royal Baking Powder CO
Grain Market
Vpollce Donalne
Union Pacific
Jamin Keegan
Oma
Edward A. Cudahy
Mr. Cudahy
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