President Roosevelt Presses Taft Unity Amid Foraker Rift
Oyster Bay Sept 22 Roosevelt issues a formal statement to the press in response to Hearst and Foraker exchanges. He urges Taft support, argues a Taft defeat benefits only opposing factions, and explains previous pressure that sought to align Foraker with Taft. Foraker is labeled as opposing Taft and the administration reforms.
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Oyster Bay
N.Y
William Hearst
Foraker
Woosevelt
Taft
Hearst
Governor Haskell
Mr. Teft
Taft Letter Sparks Refusal To Back Foraker
The published July 30 1907 Taft letter insists he would oppose any presidential bid formed by compromising with Senator Foraker. It states the president would not accept a race tainted by compromise and rejects personal motives, stressing political principle over personal ambition amid Ohio legislative sentiment on the rate bill.
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Taft
Teft
Ohio
Ohio State Central Committee
Forsaker
Senate
Foraker
Senator Foraker
Ohio Republican rejects compromise on fundamental policy
A Ohio Republican explains he cannot compromise on core principles to appease party harmony. He states he cannot represent administration policies if they contradict the voters and believes Republicans nationwide support these principles. He will oppose any committee action that smacks of acquiescing to the proposed settlement.
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Ohio
Foraker defers reply to Roosevelt statement on Taft indorsement
Cincinnati reports United States Senator Foraker will not answer President Roosevelt’s statement regarding Judge Taft’s position on his re election endorsement due to lateness of the hour. He may issue a reply later if deemed necessary after consideration.
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Cincinnati
United States
Foraker
Roosevelt
Taft
Hearst Replies to Haskell Challenge in Oklahoma Case
New York Sept 22 Hearst returns from a campaign tour and issues a statement rebutting Governor C N Haskell who accused Hearst of pressuring Ohio Attorney General Monnett in 1899 to drop Standard Oil suits Haskell now treasurer of the Democratic national committee Hearst declines arbitration saying he will not correspond with a man of Haskells character He cites court records and Monnett affidavits to support his stance and mocks the idea of arbitration.
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New York
W. R. Hearst
C. N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Hearst
Haskell
Democratic National Committee
Frank &. Monnett
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Associated Press
Monnett
Oho
Burnett
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Mr. Monnett
C. N
Little Ships On A Long Trip From Tompkinsville
Six lit tle ships sail from Tompkinsville S L for a 14 000 mile voyage through the Straits of Magellan to the Pacific coast a mission to make dangerous ocean routes safer for mariners The Manzanita leads until San Francisco then Portland district Kukui serves the Sandwich Islands Sequoia aids the engineering department Nos 88 92 and 98 lightships cover Juan de Fuca Columbia river bar and relief duties They travel under their own steam.
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New York
Tompkinsville
S. L
Straits of Magellan
Pacific Coast
Uncle Sam
Pacific Ocean
Manzanita
San Francisco
Odd Fellows in Council Open Eighty Fourth Session in Denver
About 5 000 delegates and visitors gather in Denver for the eighty fourth annual session of the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The convention starts in the Auditorium and will run through Saturday morning with concurrent Rebekah meetings at El Jebel temple.
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Denver
Order
Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
el Jebel Temple
Examiners Blasted for Sloppy Work and Resignations
Washington Sept 22 Examiners warned they must improve or quit as Comptroller Murray blasted failures to detect embezzlement and dishonesty among banks. He urged stricter on the spot action, proper note and collateral valuation, and immediate director meetings to correct deficiencies. He defended the fee system but said incompetence requires resignation if true conditions cannot be determined.
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Washington
Murray
Ohio
Chicago
Oelow
Comptroller
Board of Directors
Congress
Resign or Do Better Work Says Controller to Bank Examiners
The controller condemns lax methods among bank examiners and demands thorough reporting. He warns that poor performance may lead to reassignment and insists on fully explained bank affairs in reports.
Paris Fire Wrecks Central Telephone Building
Paris reports commercial paralysis after a blaze destroyed the Central Telephone building. The postoffice remained standing, saved by firefighters. Long distance lines to England Belgium Austria and northern France were burned leaving province to international telegraph business inoperative.
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Paris
Postoffice
Department of Posts
England
Belgium
Austria
France
Singer Wins Custody Battle In Philadelphia Court
Singer David Bispham has won the first custody dispute with his wife over their two children, a girl of fourteen and a boy of ten. Judge Audenried holds Mrs Bispham in contempt for violating a three year old custody agreement. Mrs Bispham reportedly took the children from Bispham's Tonika Connecticut home without permission. A dramatic court scene followed as the children were dragged from the courtroom after the mother kissed them goodbye. they are to return to court next Monday.
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Philadelphia
David Bispham
Audenried
Insane Doctor Faces Police After Hotel Rampage
In St Paul on September 22 Dr L W Rigs from Aurora South Dakota terrified hotel staff and guests at the Ryan hotel by sprinting through corridors with a razor in one hand and a pitcher of water in the other. Officers wrestled him as he brandished the razor at his throat and lunged. He was overpowered, jailed, and placed in a straightjacket.
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St. Paul
L. W. Rigs
Aurora
S. D
Ryan Hotel
Carnegie Steel resumes double turn at Homestead and Axle works
Pittsburg September 22 The open hearth furnaces at Carnegie Steel Homestead and two Howard Axle works departments have restarted double turn production for the first time since last October. Carnegie plate mills are expected to follow next, with several thousand workers affected by the resumption.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Works
Homestead
Howard Axle Works
Carnegie Plate Mills
Remarkable Vitality Shown
Philadelphia Sept 21 A sixteen year old boy Philip Radina walked fifteen miles from Williamstown New Jersey to a local hospital with a bullet in his left lung. He collapsed on arrival and doctors say he cannot recover. The boy says burglars at his employer’s house shot him during a burglary.
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Philadelphia
Philip Radina
Williamstown
N. J
Strike Ends on Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Washington reports the general machinists strike on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, begun over alleged discrimination for nonunion workers, has been called off to take effect October 1 after about sixteen months of disruption involving about five hundred workers.
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Washington
Louisville and Nashville
Beeen
Demented Woman Kills Herself in Peoria
Mrs Anna Roth sister of Charles Bartson president of the Peoria Three I Baseball club jumped from a doctor's office on the third floor of the Mason temple in Peoria to end her life while temporarily insane. Death was instant with serious injuries noted.
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Peoria
Anna Roth
Charles Bartson
Three-I
Masonic Temple
Archbishop Orders Prayers for Ruins
Milwaukee archbishop Sebastian G. Messmer has sent a letter to the clergy of the diocese ordering prayers for the ruins.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Sebastian G. Messmer
Triple Murderer Hanged in Kingston Missouri
Albert Filley was hanged here after killing his wife, his brother, and his baby at their farm home a year ago in Kingston Missouri. The execution followed a court trial and local proceedings confirming the capital sentence.
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Kingston
Albert Filley
Filley
The Great Thing Envious Neighbor
Envious neighbor questions how Mrs Wise keeps a cook so long in Baltimore as she asserts they know their place.
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Baltimore
Chicago Markets Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices Sept 22 1908
Chicago markets show steady to strong hogs with receipts around 12 000 today and 19 348 official yesterday. Cattle and sheep demand varies with categories from light to heavy ship grades and western stockers, while estimates anticipate larger arrivals tomorrow and mixed packers, with prices broadly steady to slow in the day’s trading.
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Texas
John A. Babcock Message Promises Fair Deal
A brief note from John A. Babcock states you will receive a square or fair deal if you engage with him. The message emphasizes integrity and a straightforward approach in offers or negotiations.
Forest fires threaten Wisconsin Michigan towns claim six lives
Reports from Marinette Menominee Calumet Lac la Belle and Ashland describe forest fires advancing on four fronts. Six lives lost and large timber losses cited as towns evacuate amid dense smoke and nearby lake fires. Firefighters struggle as weather and wind heighten danger along Lake Superior and inland forests.
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Marinette
Wis
Poster City
Michigan Line
Marinette County
Morgan Interests
Oshkoeff
Menominee
Mich
Niagara
Menominee River
Fairhorn Junction
Ingalls
Soo Line
Fairhorn
Calumet
Michigan
Lac la Belle
Bete de Criforth
United States Ship Canal
Point Abbaye
Hebard & Son
Iron County
WARTS A BIG INCOME IN DIVORCE SUIT
Mrs. Howard Gould seeks alimony of 120000 dollars a year and 15000 for counsel fees from her husband Gould in a New York divorce case. After a hearing Justice Giegerich adjourned to October 1 at Gould’s counsel’s request. Gould began supporting her in 1907 at 25000 annually. No children. She pledged him for articles up to 100000 to 150000 and bought jewelry worth 60000 within six weeks of alleged abandonment.
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New York
Howard Gould
Giegerieh
Gould
Lancashire Mills Idle Over Wage Dispute
Manchester reports that over 440 cotton mills in Lancashire are idle due to wage disputes between workers and employers. About 400,000 spindles are halted and more than 140,000 workers lose earnings, with owners suffering limited returns on capital and weekly wage losses estimated around 700,000 dollars.
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Manchester
England
Lanncashire
Two Killed by Gas Fumes in Well Explosion Near Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on September 22 Henry Rhymindsvider a 50 year old farmer near Montgomery and his son Henry were killed by gas fumes after nitro glycerine exploded in a well they were digging. Another son Charles was overcome but removed from the well before death.
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Cincinnati
Henry Rhymindsvider
Montgomery
Henry
Charles
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