Roosevelt Wound Worsens Rest Urged, Campaigns Halt
Oyster Bay reports ex president Roosevelt resting at Sagamore Hill after a Chicago train ride. Doctors warn wound infection risk remains and rest is essential. a Madison Square Garden speech next week is uncertain and visitors are barred as physicians monitor his recovery.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Chicago
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Jos. A. Blake
Geo. EF. Brewer
Alexander S. Lambert
Scurry L. Terrell
Blake
Brewer
New York
Lambert
Madison Square Garden
Indictment Returns Against Burton W Gibson in Murder Case
Middletown New York October 23 Burton W Gibson a New York lawyer was indicted by the Orange county grand jury on a first degree murder charge He is accused of killing his client Rosa Men wchik Szabo and will likely face trial in December.
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Middletown
N. Y
Burton W. Gibson
New York
Orange County Grand Jury
Rosa Menwchik Szabo
Gunboat Nashville Runs Aground Off Lambert's Point
U S gunboat Nashville was beached near Bush Bluff light while avoiding anchored vessels off Lambert's point. It carried supplies and ammunition for Des Moines and Tacoma now in Mexican waters and was refloated with help from two tugs.
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Norfolk
Lambert's Point
Nashville
Des Moines
Tacoma
Bush Bluff
University dismisses two students after campus disturbance
Champaign Illinois October 28 The university council disciplined first offenders from Saturday night’s disturbance. J K Wallon Anna sophomore is permanently expelled. W H Halperin Chicago freshman will be suspended one year then may return. Dean Thomas A Clark returned to investigate. Music hall manager F J Kelley has filed suits on his own behalf and for his company. In Philadelphia a patient survives major heart surgery after a graft procedure.
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Champaign
Council of Administration
University of Illinois
J. K. Wallon
Anna
W. H. Halperin
Chicago
R. T. Crane Manual Training School
Thomas Arkle Clark
F. J. Kelley
Musical Comedy
Divine Sarah Is 63
London observers mark Sarah Bernhardt birthday in London as she disputes age. The actress asserts she is sixty eight, not sixty nine, and asks well wishers to credit two years of life. Admirers present a vellum bound address signed across the British Isles.
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London
Sarah Bernhardt
British Isles
Bert
Detroit Elevator Collapse Kills Three Men
Three men died when a temporary elevator under construction at State and Griswold streets dropped from the ninth floor to the basement in Detroit. Henry Colsen and James Burns of Chicago, workers for Chicago Contracting, were among the victims. A broken cable is blamed for the accident. John D. Archbold did not appear in New York as a witness in Waters-Pierce Oil Company control proceedings, prompting an adjournment.
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Detroit
Mich
State and Griswold Streets
Henry Colsen
James Burns
Chicago
Chicago Contracting Company
John D. Archbold
New York
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Fleeing Prisoner Shot in Columbus Escape Attempt
William Barnegraff, who escaped from the penitentiary by crawling through a sewer, was shot and killed in a subsequent attempt to escape over the wall in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
William Barnegraff
Wees
Liberals Threaten Cuba Elections Over Army Command
Havana Oct 23 The political situation in Cuba grows tense as Liberals threaten to withdraw from elections unless Gones takes command of the army and the Furial guard.
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Havana
Cuba
Gones
Fural Guard
Insurgent Woodmen Win in Des Moines Case
Insurgent faction of the Modern Woodmen of America wins a court ruling in Des Moines Iowa blocking the new higher rate schedule adopted by the Chicago head camp effective January 1. Judge Charles S Bradshaw in the equity division of the district court issues the decision.
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Des Moines
Woodmen of America
Chicago
Charles 8. Bradshaw
Equity Division
District Court
Mabel Hite Dies Suddenly in New York
New York aboard Oct 23 Mabel Hite year old wife of baseball player Mike Donlin died suddenly from blood poisoning in New York City. The report notes the court ruling that amendments to the articles of the association are illegal due to not achieving a two thirds vote.
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Mabel Hite
New York
Mike Donlin
Becker Trial at End The Chauffeur Denies Alleged Gunmen Presence
New York October 28 Justice John W Goff hears closing evidence in the Becker murder case as chauffeur William Shapiro testifies none of the four men Rose Webber Vailon or Schepps were at the Metro pole hotel when Herman Rosenthal was shot. Jurors to hear final arguments with four hours for the defense and four hours for the prosecution before a verdict is returned.
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
John W. Goff
William Shapiro
Rose
Webber, Vailon
Schepps
Rosenthal
Metropole
Justice Goff
John F. McIntyre
Moss
Harvester Trial Opens With Lane on the Stand
The government suit to dissolve the harvester trust begins in the federal building with William C Lane president of Standard Trust Co and John A Cotton Jr among the first witnesses. Special examiner Robert B Taylor presides and officials Edwin F Grosvenor and Joseph R Darling lead the case. The Standard Trust Co bank helped organize the company. The Prairie naval transport, missing since Oct 3, arrives safely at San Domingo City after fears for its safety.
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New York
Harvester Trust
Federal
Robert 8. Taylor
Edwin F Grosvenor
Joseph R. Darling
Department of Justice
William (. Lane
Standard Trust Company
John A. Cotton, Jr
The
U. 8
Prairie
Washington
San Domingo
Diaz Revolt Spreads Across Mexico and Vera Cruz
Reports from Vera Cruz say the Diaz rebels control the harbor as the Des Moines and U S forces brace for action. General Jeronimo Trevino near Monterey considers surrender to Pascual Orozco boosting rebel strength and mobilization fronts widen nationwide.
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Washington
United States
Vera Crus
Beltran
Felix Diaz
Des Moines
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Mansanito
Diag
Guadalajara
Jeronimo Trevino
Monterey
Pascual Orozco
Orozco
Dian Trevino
Heraldo
Ward Line
Seguranes
Diaz
Progressive Party
Congress
Mexico
Russian prince ill at hunting lodge in Russian Poland
The eight year old Grand Duke Alexis, heir to the Russian throne, is seriously ill at the imperial hunting lodge in Russian Poland after an October 15 accident. His groin injury worsened with fever peaking at 103.46 and fluctuating to 102.9 as court physicians attend.
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St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Alexis
Spain
Russian
Poland
Kimmel Claimant Refuses Papers in Suit Hearing
In St. Louis on October 23 the Kimmel claimant appeared in court for the $20,000 George A. Kimmel life insurance suit. As attorneys were about to call him he refused the legal paper addressed to A. J. White claiming his name is Kimmel. He pocketed the document and a recess was taken to locate the claimant.
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St. Louis
Kimmel
George A. Kimmel
Ufe Insurance
Insurance Company
A. J. White
First Lake Mohonk Conference Opens With Notables
The Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples opened with eminent Americans in attendance. Dr. Elmer B. Brown presided as the first session began, with Governor Commissioner of Indian Affairs two Valentin, George Vaux Jr., and W. K. Moorhead of the board of Indian commissioners present. Sessions run three days.
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Lake Mohonk, N
Lake Mohonk
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Eng
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Andlwood
Hudson
Taft
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Sir Rudolf Slatin
Slatin Pasha
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Rudolf
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Becker
William C. Lane
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