Bryan's New York Campaign Ends in Buffalo Stop
William Jennings Bryan wrapped up a four day New York tour in Buffalo on Oct 22 with two large meetings after delivering about sixty five speeches across the state. He traveled by private car Rambler and drew crowds at each stop from Elmira to Buffalo despite not speaking at some locations.
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Roosevelt Resting at Oyster Bay After West Campaign
Governor Roosevelt spent a quiet day at his Oyster Bay home with no visitors as he recuperates from throat strain and conserves energy for his final campaign tour. He then headed to New York to resume speaking engagements.
Debs and Woolley Address Large Audiences in Iowa Tour
An 8000 strong crowd heard a presidential candidate Woolley at the Academy of Music and Eugene V. Debs, Social Democrat, speak in Grimes hall Burlington Iowa on Oct 22. Debs urged public control of large industries and ownership by the people of trusts.
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Woodford Opens Nebraska Campaign Tour in Omaha or Neb City
Stewart L. Woodford of New York began a Nebraska campaign tour for the Republican ticket speaking to a full opera house crowd in Nebraska City on Saturday night.
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Four Firefighters Die in Minneapolis Packing House Fire
A fire at A. V. Hinman & Co. packing house in the Minnesota Transfer area killed four firefighters from engine company No. 13 and injured two others. The blaze, likely incendiary, spread to nearby warehouses including Northwestern Lime and McCormick Harvesters, where a gasoline tank explosion buried rescuers amid debris.
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Baroness Ketteler Returns to Detroit Home
Baroness von Ketteler widow of the murdered German ambassador to China arrived in Detroit from Vancouver and was taken to her father Henry B. Ledyard’s home. She travels with her brother H. B. Ledyard and his wife as Colonel F. W. Bergmeier conveys Governor Lind’s telegram of sympathy. The baroness is en route from Chicago to Detroit in ill health.
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China
Henry B. Ledyard
Michigan Central Railroad
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Peking
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Chicago
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Expert Witness In Want Receives Aid To Resume Career
Kalamazoo Mich Oct 22 Professor George V Bailey once of the Smithsonian whose testimony helped convict Adolph Luetgert of murder in Chicago in 1897 has lived in Kalamazoo for two months with a large family in want Mayor Mills and other citizens aided him to secure a vertebrate paleontologist post at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh
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Smithsonian Institution
Adolph Luetgert
Chicago
Mills
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Detroit citizens form livestock firm to ship to Cuba
Lansing report notes Detroit residents Sidney B. Dixon W C Johnson and Frank Prussell organize a corporation to buy livestock for shipment to Cuba. Capital stock is listed at 11250 and business will be conducted in Detroit and Clefuxzos.
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Cuba
Engineer Demonstrates Flying Machine In Berlin
An engineer named Mark successfully tested a flying machine in Berlin. It rose sixteen feet, traced sem Circles in the air, and descended after four and a half minutes. The wings span seven square yards. Ishpeming Michigan reports a fatal sewer trench digger death. Fred Shaver, son of a contractor, buried ten feet deep at his home. New engagement announcedMiss Mary E Wilkins to Dr Charles Freeman Metuchen New Jersey. Dr C A Beck Columbus Indiana shot W R Barton. Poorhouse savings fund sent 84.50 to Galveston flood relief. An unknown Chicago woman drowned at the Twenty second street breakwater lake.
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Columbus
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Beck
Dunning Poorhouse and Insane Asylum
Chicago
Galveston
Twenty-second Street
London canal scheme links Southampton to London with American backing
London reports a proposed canal from Southampton to London, likely funded by American capital and engineered by the same firm handling Charles T. Yerkes projects. Feasibility is claimed, but legal and political hurdles loom, and Southampton faces regional jealousy as ships move toward a direct Atlantic route to the capital.
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Plague Fears Fade as London Faces Hooligan Scourge
The article notes that reports of London plague are false while hooliganism rises in poorer districts. Robberies assaults and murders by youths are common as debate grows over harsh punishments. It also covers Sir Robert Giffen's speech on world population and power.
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Prince of Wales Travels to Aid Lipton Cup Challenge
The Prince of Wales visited W. G. Jameson to discuss supporting Sir Thomas Lipton in the America's Cup bid. He also chided Mrs. George Cornwallis West and Lt. George Cornwallis West for arriving late to the platform. The Daily Chronicle notes recent etiquette breaches at dinners, mostly by Americans.
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Lieutenant George Cornwallis West
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Death of Charles Dudley Warner in Hartford
Charles Dudley Warner a noted writer and Hartford Courant owner died suddenly in Hartford on October 22 after lunch with friends before a walk near his home. Earlier illnesses include pneumonia in New Orleans and a bout of bronchitis that weakened his heart. He appeared cheerful at the luncheon and collapsed near a neighbor’s house while sitting to rest. The shock saddened his circle of friends.
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Aged Woman Kills Self After Mystery in Indianapolis
Louise Ratze a 76 year old former Indianapolis resident killed herself by carbolic acid after arriving from Chicago. She sought help at Henry Fisher and later at Louis Koehler's home before dying on the porch. Her unconnected death follows a similar fate of her daughter years earlier in Chicago.
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Louise Ratze
Chicago
Henry Fisher
Somerby Chorus Leader Dies After Heart Trouble
George K Somerby a famed Christian Endeavor chorus leader who directed the large chorus at a Boston Christian Endeavor convention three or four years ago died suddenly Saturday evening from heart trouble. The ameer of Afghanistan and his court reportedly fled Kabul amid a cholera outbreak. Sir Arthur Sullivan is reportedly in poor health with stomach troubles.
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Join Sherman Dies at Home in Washington
Ex Secretary of the Treasury John Sherman died at 6:45 this morning at his Washington DC home with relatives present. Born in 1823 in Ohio, he served in Congress’s 4th 35th and 36th terms, Senate 1861, and led Treasury resumption under Hayes before later presidential nominating bids.
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Hayes
Tragic suicide shocks Chicago cigarmaker wife at home
John Pfeiffer, a unemployed cigarmaker, hanged himself in his door casing as his wife sang at a sewing machine awaiting their children. She discovered the death minutes after the act and attempted revival before neighbors arrived. Pfeiffer resided at 584 Larrabee Street and left his wife to cope with the tragedy.
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John Pfeiffer
Bank robbers linked to tramps by Des Moines firm
Des Moines based Bankers Mutual Casualty Co asserts recent western bank robberies are the work of tramps using nitroglycerine. Investigations show many criminals once worked on the Chicago drainage canal and are now scattered across large midwestern cities.
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Chicago Drainage Canal
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