Roosevelt Welcome Sparks Spectacle at Grand Central to Madison Square
New York tonight overflowed with Republican fervor as Governor Roosevelt arrived by 5:30 pm at Grand Central and rode to Fifth Avenue hotel. Fireworks lit the night while bands and a searchlight chorus electrified the rally at Madison Square Garden. Roosevelt appeared, bowed, and his greeting crowds roared in approval.
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Governor Appears at Madison Square Garden Amid Cheers
The governor arrived at 7 58 and was met with loud applause from a packed Madison Square Garden. Senator Platt General F W Greene and others followed as Secretary Manchester led the procession to the stand. The speech opened with My Fellow Americans and defended the administration policy in the Philippines amid a nine minute ovation.
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Black
Frye
Maine
John K. Richards
Funeral crowd reacts to tragic suicide case in Windfall
In Windfall Indiana on October 27 a large crowd packed the Baptist church for the funeral of Mrs Mary Long who killed herself after her husband John W Long sought a divorce and left her to a ruined home. Reports say Mrs Long’s rival Mrs Mitchell and her husband faced similar tragedy driving anger through mourners.
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Brave fight against odds in Luzon battle report
Washington reports a difficult clash near Norvican in Ileos province where 40 men of company H, 33rd infantry and 60 men of troop L, 3rd cavalry faced 1,400 Insurgents. Our side suffered five killed, nine wounded, and four missing. enemy losses were estimated at 150 with two civilians captured but released.
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Embezzlement case narrows to smaller sum in Memphis
Memphis Tenn October 27 C P D Snapp arrested in Chicago on embezzlement charges tied to Caldwell and Smith. Senior partner A S Caldwell says the total alleged loss is greatly overstated, with Snapp’s shortage not exceeding 3000 dollars. Stoughton considers loss of Mandt Vehicle works to relocate to Dixon Canton or Waukesha.
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Stoughton
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Clergyman arraigned over corn theft in Wabash area
Elder J B Grant a Christian church minister in Wabash county is arraigned before Justice Tyer for taking four shocks of corn from neighbor Gill. Grant admits taking the corn under claimed agreement while Gill previously jailed for profanity.
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Cleveland Registered in Princeton Registry List
Princeton residents read the reg istry list at the post office where Grover Cleveland appears on the C column. It confirms his registration though not his voting intentions. In other cities, a conductor assault case and a bank dividen d news are also reported along with a robbery in Bridgeport.
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Bryan wraps New Jersey tour with Dover stop and Newark serenade
Hon. William J. Bryan concluded his New Jersey campaign with Dover as the farthest point on the Delaware and Lackawanna line. He spoke in Hoboken Harrison Orange Summit Morristown Boonton Paterson Belleville and Newark with three talks at the last city. In Newark he praised the Jersey effort and later faced a 500-strong German serenade crowd at his Hoboken hotel before heading to Connecticut for New Haven and Bridgeport. He planned to return for a New York Democratic clubs meeting that night.
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Saginaw board considers halving marriage license fee
The Saginaw Michigan board of supervisors introduces a resolution to cut the marriage license fee from 1 to 50 cents. Notable notes include Queen Wilhelmina and Duke Henry wedding, expected January 17, and Field Marshal Roberts possibly leaving South Africa November 15. Shamois leather misdefined. three Chicago priests urge employers to cover streetcar fares for workers. Jewelry firm manager B F Davis of H Didisheim & Bros vanishes, with alleged 10000 dollar deficit.
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South Africa
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China Discusses Peace Talks and Officials' Deaths
Reports from Peking and Yokohama indicate the first meeting of foreign representatives on peace negotiations was expected. Chinese minister Wu notes Kang Yi's death and Yusien’s suicide by gold leaf, with Prince Tuan and Prince Chwang barred from the court.
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Sheng
Prince Ching
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Prince Chwang
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Privy Council
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Transvaal Annexation Declared as British Rule Extends
Oct 27 dispatches describe the Transvaal proclaimed part of the British empire with ceremonies in Pretoria. Milner reads the proclamation as 6,200 troops march past. British rule celebrated amid cheers and banners. Other reports claim Boer actions near Jacobsdal and railway sabotage by Hans Botha, with conflicting updates on capture and resistance.
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Alfred Milner
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Money Stolen In the Military Board Cent Is All Returned
Detroit on October 27 lawyers for General W L White, the absconding quartermaster general, paid 33000 in drafts and currency to John Donnelly for the Baltimore Fidelity and Surety Co. The payment ends possible suit, with White planning to return to Michigan and no further details given. Donnelly notes ongoing inquiries and uncertainty about contributors.
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Brennan, Donnelly & Vandemark
John ©. Donnelly
Baltimore Fidelity and Surety Company
General White
Donnelly
Fatal Fall Claims Montana Scout Sam Jackson
Deputy U S Marshal Sam Jackson died three hours after a fall from the capitol building in Helena on October 27. A famed Montana lawman and western scout, he hunted rustlers across the Hole in the Wall region and pursued robbers of the Northern Pacific mail and express in 1904, leaving brothers in Denver and Keokuk.
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Keokuk
Novel point decides which spouse died first in Illinois case
Lebanon Illinois October 27 a St Clair county case settled a question of which spouse died first after a storm four years earlier David S Sage and wife were found dead side by side Their daughter Mabel Sage became sole heir as the court ruled Mrs Sage died first giving the daughter the entire $10 000 estate. Des Moines Iowa October 27 Iowa Order of the Eastern Star elected officers and set Sioux City as next convention site in October 1901 The constitution was revised in minor ways San Juan Puerto Rico October 27 Porto Rico secretary William Hi Hunt says the Federalists ruse to keep party members from polls is misleading Republicans
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David S. Sage
Mabel Sage
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Iowa Order of the Eastern Star
Freda Oppenheimer
Webster City
A. J. Small
Marie Jackson
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
San Juan
P. R
William Hi. Hunt
Porto Rico
Accidental Erasures Reveal Alvord Bank Fraud
New York October 27. Vice President Hine outlined how Alvord's crime came to light after an accidental erasure by a clerk. A casual remark led Assistant Cashier Backus to inspect balances, uncoverting extensive falsifications. The note teller returned Thursday evening, realizing discovery, with bank officials noting the timing follows a routine national bank examination.
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Jine
First National Bank
Alvord
Hine
Hin
Cornelivg
Backus
Danish West Indies Crisis Sparks Protests Over Annexation
A cable from St Thomas reports Danish West Indies residents protest the rumored sale to the United States. A. J. Blackwood, American consul and colonial council chairman, contends annexation is desired, citing sugar duties. In Wisconsin, Lester Clarke and H. W. Bernhard are charged with arson after a bicycle shop fire.
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St. Croix
A. J. Blackwood
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Merrill, Wis
Lester Clarke
HW. O. Bernhard
Tomahawk
Saluting dispute swirls as Psyche anchored in Bermuda
British cruiser Psyche stationed at Bermuda denies failing to salute on entering New York harbor. Duke of Marlborough may replace Earl of Cadogan as lord lieutenant of Ireland. English tenor Sims Reeves dies at 78 in Worthing after 64 years before the public. Divided skirts spark disapproval at Chicago horse show. Gold bar weighing 753 pounds valued at $154,000 arrives at New York assay office from Cariboo mine. Naulahka owner Rudyard Whipling lists Brattleboro home for sale and will not return to living in America. Chicago gas explosion burns Henry Matthelsen. Joseph Fredwick badly hurt. Frank Marshall dies from quarrel injuries. brother confesses. Vandals destroy $700 worth of material for Chicago home project. John Addison Porter gravely ill near Putnam, Connecticut. Divorcee sues Senator W. V. Sullivan for breach of promise after living as his wife.
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Mississippi
Stockton Editor Urges Registration Despite Ridicule
An Stockton editor exhorts readers to register, calling them idiots. Collector Griscom is told to present the bill to the sultan on the first and fifteenth of every month.
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