Republicans Publish Their Statement of What Will Happen Next
National Chairman Hitchcock predicts 325 Republican electors, with Taft and Sherman carried in California to Washington. He lists states he claims for the ticket, notes doubtful Kentucky Missouri and possible Maryland Montana Nevada, and cites labor leaders in Taft’s camp while praising party turnout in New York Pittsburgh Utica Batavia events.
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Happer
New York
United States
Hitchcock
Ucket Uiteheock
Ohio
Indiana
Nebraska
Montana
Maryland
Nevada
I Miteheack
Kentucky
Missouri
Taft
Sherman
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Tampshire
New Jersey
North Dakota
Olie
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Washington
West Virginia
Gompers
Broadway Arsenal
Batavia
Utica
Taft Blames Gompers Allies in AFL Split Debate
Buffalo New York October 91 Judge Taft spoke to large crowds here naming several labor leaders in AFL councils he said were leaving Samuel Gompers. He asserted Gompers aims to control the labor vote and warned of divisions within the federation.
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Buffalo
MN. Y
Blower
Gompere- Bryan Jaber
Taft
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Bryan Campaign Tour Ends in Ohio with Tariff Focus
William J. Bryan concluded a strenuous Ohio day with denunciations of Rockefeller and Carnegie for trust ties while Taft received their support. He spoke at Central armory and Gray's armory and from the Hollomien hotel balcony as crowds rallied in Napoleon Toledo Bowling Green and other stops. He accused Rockefeller of backing Taft via Taft’s support and charged Carnegie with absorbing a steel-trust rival after Roosevelt’s approval.
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Cleveland, O
John C. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Roosevelt
Taft
William J. Bryan
Big Central Armory
Gray's Armory
Hollomien Hotel
Armory
Napoleon
Bryan
John PD. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Steel Trust
Ohio
Toledo
Bowling Green
Lindsay
Fremont
Sandusky
Bellevue
Lorain
Indiana
Chicago
Union City
Winchester
Richmond
New Castle
Muncie
Anderson
Kokomo
Peru
South Bend
Bryan Defends Tariff Beliefs in Heated Public Meeting
In a tense exchange at a Bryan campaign stop, a questioner pressed for the man’s name, which led Bryan to push for accountability. He argued unemployment stems from wealth distribution, called for ejecting unresponsive senators, lower government costs, tariff reductions, and protections for bank savings to leave more money in voters’ pockets.
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Repubnear
Bryan
United States
District Officers Suspended by United Mine Workers
In Terre Haute Indiana on October 23 the international executive board of the United Mine Workers of America suspended Indiana district officials. A restraining order was served Saturday afternoon delaying the suspension. District offices closed Saturday morning to block the order and court hearing set for November 9 may reveal details.
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Terre Haute
Ind
International Executive Board
United Mine Workers of America
Indiana
Ex-Premier Greenway Dead in Ottawa at Seventy
Thomas Greenway former Manitoba premier and railway commissioner for Canada died in Ottawa at age seventy. He led government that broke the Canadian Pacific monopoly in western Canada and helped bring the Northern Pacific into Manitoba as a rival twenty years ago.
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Greenway
Winnipeg
Man
Thomas Greenway
Manitoba
Railway Commission of Canada
Ottawa
Canadian Pacific
Western Canada
Northern Pacific
Hungarian Youth Dies From Air Pump Prank in Bridgeport
Bridgeport investigators report John Schink, 21, a Hungarian, died after being inflated with a hand air pump in what authorities say was a prank. Police seized Peter Wilson, Adam Wicker, and Louis Poltz and hold them without bail as the incident is investigated.
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Bridgeport
Conn
John Schink
Peter Wilson
Adam Wicker
Louis Poltz
Lightning Kills a Brute in Virginia Penitentiary
Richmond Va Oct 81 Winston Green a Negro youth was executed by electricity for attempting to rape a white girl after conviction he confessed. John Finney another Negro accused of a similar crime was deemed feeble minded and had his sentence commuted to imprisonment in an asylum.
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Richmond
Winston Green
State Penitentiary
John Finney
Fire on Steamship Vo Lueckenbach En Route to San Juan
The S S Vo Lueckenbach from New York to San Juan reached port with a fire in her hold still burning. All passengers and crew are safe. Fire discovered Oct 26 about 180 miles south of Sandy Hook. Red Line Philadelphia escorted and convoyed the vessel into port. Cause of the fire unknown.
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S&s
Vo Lueckenbach
New York
San Juan
Sandy Hook
Philadelphia
Luckenbach
Mill accident claims Irwin Barret in Ewen
Irwin Barret twenty five fell against a rapidly revolving saw in a mill at Ewen and was decapitated. His head fell to one side and his trunk to the other. He was the mill owner’s son and lived in Grand Rapids.
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Marquette, Mich
Irwin Barret
Ewen
Grand Rapids
Stormington Barnes defends show despite public reception
Mr. Storming ton Barnes notes mixed response while claiming ongoing efforts to win public approval. The Washington Star quotes him saying the public disliked the show but belief that it is okay persists.
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Stormington Barnes
Washington Star
Chicago Markets Open With Mixed Hogs and Steady Cattle
Chicago reports October 31 1908 hog market steady to weaker with light and mixed packers bids while cattle and sheep linger near unchanged. Official receipts show large volumes with heavy ships grades and rough categories listed alongside grain market notes from Beach Wickham Grain Co.
John A Babcock Chicago Ad Prompt
A short classified style note from a Chicago entry inviting contact with a promise of a square deal. The fragment mentions John A. Babcock in Illinois and a call to get in touch for reliable service.
Governor names assailants in Rankin case marked down
Governor Patterson said in Camp Nemo Tennessee that the shooters and the ropehandler in Captain Rankin's murder and Colonel Taylor's attempted murder are known. He indicated proof shows some are guilty and implicates many others with Ferriner’s confession detailing participants and the rope and first shot.
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Ferriver
Camp Nemo
Tenn
Rankin
Patterson
Union City
Rnder
Taylor
Frank Ferriner
Bank of the Slough
Decided Improvement Noted In Trade Reports
New York reports from R G Dun weekly review show broad improvement across trade sectors. Orders to manufacturers rise with calls for early delivery. mills reopen after idle periods. steel and pig iron prices firm. steel reals and minor metals demand grow. textiles gain strength with outlook for further gains.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Not a Threat at Venezuela
The foreign office says the dispatch of a squadron to South America is not connected to the Venezuela issue. Sir Vincent Corbett, British minister to Venezuela, has been instructed on action regarding Venezuela's seizure of the British schooner Lady Kensington and the crew's imprisonment.
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Tandon
Foreign Office
Venezuela
Vincent Corbett
Madison Square Garden Horse Show Boxes Sell Weakly
New York October 31 Only 3000 has been received from the sale of boxes for the annual horse show at Madison Square Garden beginning November 9. Twenty one average boxes and three tier boxes have been disposed of. The best price paid was 240 against 355 last year. The total sale last year netted 6305.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Michigan Woman Dies in Turkey
Rochester Michigan reports the death of Mrs. Bessie Hawley Warden a former Rochester resident who died in Adin Turkey while serving as a missionary her passing confirmed on October 31.
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Michigan
Turkey
Rochester
Mich
Bessie Hawley Warden
Adin
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