Cook Returns to New York amid Mount McKinley Summit Controversy
Dr Frederick Cook arrives in New York after claiming the Mount McKinley summit. The aldermen grant him freedom of the city while charges from guide Edward Barrill allege he did not reach the peak. Cook plans lectures westward and may press legal action and publish a detailed reply.
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New York
Frederick Cook
Edward N. Barll
Cook
Mount McKinley
Brighton Beach
Gel
Barrill
MountcKinley
Edward N. Barrill
Roosevelt to Peary One of the Ages Greatest Feats
Nairobi reports President Roosevelt praises Peary for a great expedition feat. He notes Americans owe a debt to Commander Mary for guiding the voyage and that Roosevelt’s party reached a northern region beyond Guaso Nigro. The Roosevelt group claims multiple elephant kills and a large rhinoceros.
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Nairobi
Roosee
Mary
Portland
Roosevelt
Guaso Nigro
Smithsonian
Washington
Kermit Rosevelt
Increase in Army Court-Martial Trials Draws Comment
The annual report of the Judge Advocate General George E. Vis, made public, notes a rise in court-martial trials across all army classes. Military officers call the increase disgraceful and urge remedial measures to address the issue.
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Washington
Maral
George Evis
Uch
Aken
Emperor William witnesses Wright flight at Potsdam
Potsdam October 16 Emperor William witnessed a half hour flight by Orville Wright, the American aeroplane inventor. Wright reached an altitude of about 600 feet during the demonstration before the emperor and left important state duties unfinished to attend the event.
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Kaiser
Wright
Potsdam
Emperor William
Orilie Wright
Instedt
Mr. Iht
Wright Makes Five Flights At College Park
Wright made a public experimental flight along with four instructional flights at College Park Maryland on October 16. He is accompanied by one of the officers being trained to handle the government aeroplane amid favorable weather.
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Wright
College Park
Wilburright
Mix Awarded Gordon Bennett Trophy in Balloon Race
In Buneh Switzerland on October 16 the awarding committee declared Edgar Mix the Gordon Bennett trophy winner after his balloon landed in Russian Poland.
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Mix
Buneh
Switzerland
Edgar Mix
Russian
Poland
Registration totals for Cheyenne and Standing Rock reservations
Registration at Aberdeen South Dakota on October 16 shows land opening totals for the Cheyenne Rock and Standing Rock reservations reaching 5,894 with 3,468 registered so far.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Cheyike Rock
Standing Rock
Lewisiana Murderer Hanged in Amite
Amite Louisiana on October 16 Avery Blunt was executed by hanging for the murder of Breeland his wife and stepsister Mrs Joe Everett the crime led to the gallows in the town courthouse square
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Amite
Breeland
Stepaughter
Joe Everett
Avery Blunt
Birt's Assailant Sentenced for Life in Prison
Elmer Clark found guilty by a Clayton jury in St. Louis county for attacking a girl and received a life sentence in the penitentiary.
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Birt
St. Louis
Elmer Clark
Clayton
St.wis County
Theeitentiary
Aviator Injured at Juvisy Exhibition
At Juvisy France October 16 Aeronaut Richter fell from fifty feet in the Monitor craft suffering a broken hip and the loss of an eye.
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Juvisy
France
Aeronaut Richter
Taft Diaz Meet At El Paso Marks Historic Courtesy
The article notes Taft invites Mexico’s President Diaz to El Paso, a landmark in US Mexico relations. Diaz accepts, fulfilling long held wishes of El Paso residents to host a meeting between the two presidents, following prior visits by Harrison and McKinley.
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Mexico
United States
Taft
Porfirio Diaz
EL Paso
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
General Diaz
Mr. Taft
EL Paso Bridge
Trade Review for the Week
Bradstreet's reports improvement across trade collections and industry with colder weather aiding retail and western movement. Jobbing benefits from restocking, while dry goods face curtailment chatter. Cotton goods trend upward, industrials show full books and longer hours, with steel, coke, machinery, autos active and skilled labor scarce. Coal and lumber trades more active but car shortages persist.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
Promoter Coffroth Takes Pot As Johnson Ketchel Clash Looms
In San Francisco on Oct 16 Promoter Coffroth declares possession of the $10 000 stakes deposited by Jack Johnson and Stanley Ketchel, easing rumor that the championship bout might be canceled over a $5090 dispute halting pugilistic talk.
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Teetenz
San Francisco
Jaca Johnson
Stanley Ketchel
Coffroth
Cotton Gin Explosion Kills Fireman in Ardmore
Ardmore Oklahoma October 16 Will Ross a fireman was killed and three others seriously injured when the boiler in a cotton gin exploded destroying the plant and starting a fire.
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Ardmore
Okla
Will Ross
McCarren Takes Turn for Worse in Brooklyn Hospital
State Senator Patrick H. McCarren Democratic leader of Brooklyn hovered between life and death at St. Catherine's hospital. Doctors hoped for the best but prepared for the worst as he made his will and received the last rites from a Catholic priest.
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McCarren
New York
Patrick H. McCarren
Brooklyn
St. Catherine's Hospital
Haskell Must Stand Trial Over Town Lot Indictments
Federal Judge Marshall overruled the motion to quash the indictments charging Governor Haskell and other Oklahomans with fraudulently scheduling town lots in Muskogee. The case moves toward trial in Ardmore Oklahoma on the October date.
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Haskell
Ardmere
Okla
Marshall
Muskogee
Taft and Diaz Exchange Visits in El Paso and Juarez
Presidents Taft and Diaz met privately in El Paso with simple ceremonies and planned a State banquet in Juarez. Secret Service Chief Wilkie dismissed plots as groundless and noted many Mexicans were arrested as suspicious characters.
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el Paso
Tex
Taft
Diaz
Juarez
Mexico
John E. Wilkie
United States Secret Service
Wilkie
Unknown man tries to kill Taft. arrested in Albuquerque
An unidentified man, flourishing a knife and declaring he wanted to kill President Taft, was arrested after a violent struggle with Albuquerque police. The incident occurred on October 16 as officers contained the suspect.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Taft
General Strike Toughens Tension in Naples
Naples Oct 16 All Naples workmen except street railway staff join a general strike protested Ferrer execution. Three thousand strikers meet and march through the city, attacking street cars before police disperse them. A few workers are wounded.
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Naples
Ferrer
Doane Shuts Out Peru in Football Clash
Doane college defeated Peru state normal 17 to 9 in a football game played in Crete Nebraska on October 16. Poane College scored the winning points while Peru State Normal struggled to score.
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Doane
Peru
Crete
Neb
Poane College
State Normal
Storm claims fifty victims across Tennessee and beyond
Memphis reports fifty deaths as the damaging storm sweeps across Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas and South Carolina. Damage tops a million dollars with numerous towns, plants, and the Shiloh battlefield area severely affected.
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Memphis
Tenn
Middle
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Arkansas
South Carolina
Sears
Denmark
Mulberry
Pittsburg Landing
Stanlerville
Cartersville
Scottsboro
Ala
Wyeth Cove
Stanton
Nixon
Marmaduke
Ark
Stantonville
McNairy County
Shiloh
Historic National Cemetery
National Park
Russellville
Atlanta
Government probe continues in Sugar Refining case
Former Special Treasury Agent Brazinoysky testified before the federal grand jury as prosecutors pursue charges of fraudulent weighing against the American Sugar Refining Company. Investigators aim to implicate high officers of the firm.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Special Treasury
Brazinoysky
Federal
Nurses strike at St Peter's hospital in Charlotte
Eleven nurses, the full staff except the head nurse and superintendent, walked out in a strike over ill treatment. A nurse accused the superintendent and head nurse of being northerners who scoff at southerners and call them fools as thirteen patients were left to fend for themselves.
Leona Mason Acquitted in South Bend Assault Case
Mrs Leona Mason was found not guilty of assault with intent to kill supreme president of the Order of O s, Abibaha W Talbot. The trial centered on Mason firing a revolver in the corridor to Talbot s law office but she claimed the shots were for fright.
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Maann
South Bend
iInd
Leona Mason
Abibaha W Talbot
The
Order of O's
Kansas Demands Lower Pullman Rates
Kansas state railroad commissioners demand Pullman Car company grant Kansas the same rates as Oklahoma. The company has thirty days to comply. Kansas maximum is 3 dollars while Oklahoma’s is 1.50.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Pullman Car Company
Oklahoma
Ohio labor split tied to socialist move, bolters declare
The bolters faction of the Ohio Federation of Labor adopts a resolution asserting the split is part of a socialist campaign to injure the American Federation of Labor.
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Toledo
Ohio Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Bolters
Crowds Pack Detroit For Decisive World Series Game
The seventh and final game of the world baseball championship between Pittsburgh and Detroit will be played in Detroit this afternoon. Officials expect the largest crowd ever to witness a game in the city.
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Detroit
Pittsburg
Nonaped Children Found in Chigar Ge Optimist's Corner
The piece promotes gymnastics for lung health to prevent consumption. It outlines breathing exercises, posture, and movements to boost capacity, noting women with corsets faint more easily in poor air and active people better resist illness.
Two Italian Children Kidnapped From St Louis Found in Chicago
Tomasso and Grace Viviano, identified by photographs, were recovered wandering with tears on a Chicago street after being abducted from St Louis on August 21. Police seek the abductors, scanning Italian districts, while parents travel from St Louis to claim the children.
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Chicago
Tomasso
Grace Viviano
St. Lows
Stephen Pas Rodi
Chicago Avenue
Haksted
Rees Streets
O'Brien
St. Louis
J. M. Schoppe
Adraveno
Viviano
Markets Open in Chicago Hogs and Cattle Quotes
Opened Oct 16 1900 with estimated receipts 7000 hogs and 5074 carryover. Market steady with light hogs 7.65 to 7.65, mixed packers 7.25 to 7.70, heavy shipping 7.20 to 7.90, rough 7.20 to 7.40. Cattle sixes steady, sheep around 2000 head and steady.
Chicago Market Receipts and Shipments Reported Today
Chicago officials record estimated receipts today at 7 000 with yesterday totaling 12 50 and shipments at 969. Leftovers from yesterday total 3 74. Tomorrow’s estimated receipts run to 26 000 as market conditions show slow activity. Bulk and light categories appear varied with mixed packers and porkers noted in price ranges around 7 30 to 7 50 for rough and other grades.
Market Notes From Chicago Ch 18 1909
Chicago market report shows mixed packer bids across classes with ship and bulk grades posting gains. Light and mixed shipments range 705 to 789 with heavy ships at 730 to 795 while cattle and sheep hold steady as bulk buyers show cautious demand.
Grain Company Furnished Postal Telegraph Bid Reading
Beach-Wickham Grain Company of Chicago provides postal telegraph bidding data for lots 544 and 545 in the city.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
John A. Babcock at North American Live Stock
John A. Babcock listed via care of North American Live Stock Commission Company at U S Stock Yards Chicago Illinois with brokerage connections noted.
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North .American
LIVE
Stock Commission Company
U.S. Stock Yards
Chicago, Ill
Biltmore Forest Proves Scientific Forestry Profitable
Nashville report highlights the Biltmore estate in North Carolina as a model of scientific forestry. The 139 acre forest yields four million feet of lumber, tannic acid wood, 1000 cords of tan bark, and several hundred cords of pulp wood annually while steadily increasing in value through prudent management.
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Biltmore Estate
Nashville
Biltmore
North Carolina
Freshman Tarred and Feathered at Mount Union College
A Cambridge Ohio freshman at Mount Union College named Whittin was tarred and feathered by upperclassmen. He staggered into Miller Hall seeking help, describing the hazing as severe and exhausting.
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Alliance
Forrest Whittin
Cambridge
Mount Union College
Miller Hall
Cubs Win City Championship Narrowly Over Chicago Team
The Chicago Nationals defeated the Chicago Americans 1 to 0 to clinch the city championship, finishing the series four games to one in favor of the Nationals.
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Cubs
Chicago
Nationals
Workman Killed in Machine Shop
Burlington Iowa October 16 John Taylor an employee of Murray Iron Works was instantly killed when a heavy casting fell on him crushing his head in the machine shop
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Burlington
John Taylor
Murray Iron Works
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PEARY
Eni
Trade Review For
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Shiloh Falls
Tional
Sugar Trust
Chigar
Ge Optimist
George F. Butler
A.M. M.D
Matimete
John A. Babcock
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