Death of Wealthy New York Woman on Philadelphia Rail Line
Coroner inquest opened into the death of Margaret Todd a 77 year old New York heiress found on railroad tracks near Philadelphia. Investigators note money and jewels in her purse but only small cash. unanswered questions swirl around how she reached the tracks after leaving Jersey City. Autopsy pending as coroner Scholer may take charge after request from Philadelphia officials.
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New York
Philadelphia
Phiadelphia
Dugatte Day Lesaw
Margaret Todd
Fairhunt
Odd
Arriyal
Lodgesaid to aid line painters against wood alcohol use
The Line Painters union reports Henry Cabot Lodge promised help to restrict wood alcohol in peat and varnish mixing after union investigations cited eye injuries. A state law remedy and a consul tor with Lodge were proposed to urge a nationwide prohibition and union outreach to locals and Canada with AFL support sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cabot Lodge
Line Painters Union
UL Bedell
Hyukla
Senator Lodge
National House of Repose
Phomng
Unten
Canada
Amerian Federation of Labor
Eben Plympton Held for Monday Decision in Murder Charge
Plymouth Mass Oct 31 After an all day hearing before Judge Osborne in District Court Ben Plympton charged with the attempted murder of his friend and companion Lort George Martin on September 13 waits until next Monday for the judge to announce his decision. Martin the victim testified he had little recollection of the night, noting a quarrel and blows occurred after Plympton struck him with a piece of wood as he rose to leave.
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Plymouth Mass
Osborne
Ben Plympton
George Martin
Ulle
Capt Martin
Egor Mes
Plympton
Hasy
Flympton
Martin
Martins
Mrs Stevens Re elected by Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Los Angeles October 41 The National Warans Carlstian Temperance Unit to annual convention reelected all officers. President Lillian M N Ste vera of Mainz received 487 of 475 ballots. Miss Anna Gordon named vice president without opposition.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Los Angeles
National Warans Carlstian Temperance Luton
Lillian M N. Stevera
Mainz
Anna Gordon
Wis
Grand Jury Indicts Tuttle In North Dakota Abduction Case
Chicago State's Attorney Healy, citing improper use of office, asks Gov. Deneen to deny requisition papers for W P Tuttle the wealthy club member and former board broker under arrest in Steele North Dakota. An indictment for wife abandonment mirrored earlier charges, with a disputed estate value. The case followed a bitter dispute over settlement and finances.
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Chicago
Healy
Bia
Tuttle
North Dakota
Tutile
Admiral Train Incident Closed After Amicable Settlement
The State Department says Admiral Train and his son were attacked by a mob near Nankin on October 24 during pheasant shooting. A woman was slightly wounded, two Chinese were hurt, and the mob's ringleaders were punished after the governor of Nankin apologized and guns were restored. The Americans planned to send a doctor and compensate the injured woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Train
Nankin
State Department
Admiral Cram Hts
Shanghai
Ivain
Charles R Train
Charles J Train
Train
Scotty in Auto Smash-Up Amid Pasadena Bet
Walter Scott, Death Valley miner famed for a railroad record run, suffered serious injuries in an auto crash near Elysian Park while a wagered 40 minute return trip to Pasadena was attempted. Davidson and Harry Milling were injured. the chauffeur unhurt.
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Death Valley
Os Angeles
Cal
Walter Scott
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Chicago
Davidson
Harry Milling
Pasadena
Elysian Park
Scott
Milling
Paxton Endows College for Agriculture in Bucks County
Doylestown Pa October 31 Judge awards Paxtom who died at Bycot Buck's County an October left part of his fortune for the establishment of a College of agriculture. The college to be open to boys aged twelve to eighteen with a regular course of study and practical training. Estate exceeds 1 000000. Institution to be run by a board of trustees including Dr L Webster Box Judge Harmon Yerkes Dr William Erdman and C Howard Atkinson.
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Doylestown
Paxtum
Bycot
Buck's County
IL Ds Sand
L Webster Box
Philadelphia
Tormer
Harmon Yerkes
Tviihan § Erdman
C. Howard Atkinson
Buck County
Thousand Delegates Attend Psalmody Convention in Pittsburg
One thousand delegates from every state attend the psalmody convention of the United Presbyterian Church in Pittsburg Pa starting at 7 30 pm. The gathering advocates using psalms as the sole church music and will run until Thursday evening before most attendees travel to Chicago for the November 14 psalmody convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Churches
Chicago
Lieut Wild Drowned at Moran Shipyard Bay Dock
Seattle report says Second Lieut John V Wild of the revenue cutter Perry drowned in the bay while repairs were underway at Moran Brothers shipyard. His body was recovered by Perry crew. aged 29, son of Capt J F Wild of the Mackinac, interment planned East. Appendix note on Dr King’s New Bar.
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Seattle
Wash
John V Wild
Perry
Moran Brothers
Wild
Revenue Cutter Service
J. F Wild
Mackinac
Sault Ste Marie, Mich
Voters Go Home and Party Struggles Loom in Ohio and Kentucky
The article outlines how many state department employees may go home to vote under special rail rates, with 400 expected this week in Ohio. It notes fights within the Republican party in Ohio and Pennsylvania, a Kentucky contest between Blackburn and Painter, and New York and Philadelphia efforts to mobilize department workers. Maryland voters connected to Poe amendment and Pennsylvania tickets affect turnout.
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Washington
Nlat
Maryland
Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Herrick
Kentucky
Democratic State Association
Joe Blackburn
Painter
Congress
Court of Appeals
Blackburn
Blue Grass
New York
New York City
Tammany Workers
Hearst
Philadelphia
Repubican
Colored voters targeted at Capitol conference
A meeting at 408 South Capitol Street appointed a local committee led by James W Poe and Mary Poe to locate colored government workers in Prince George County Md. The group will urge them to return home to vote against the suffrage amendment and to instruct them in ballot marking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Capitol Street
R H Key
Prince George County
James W Poe
Mary Poe
Poe
Hunting Express Thief Investigation Continues
John F Newton, agent for the Northern Pacific Express Company, said he cannot reveal all facts about the disappearance of money from an express package sent from Hamilton, Montana to New York. He believes the loss will be far less than 25 000 and suspects newspaper substitutions may have occurred east of St Paul. The investigation aims to locate the person responsible and may extend far east or west, conducted largely away from their lines.
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Bt Paul
Minn
John F Newton
Northern Pacific Express Company
Hamilton
Mont
N. W. Harris, & Co
New York
St. Paul
Aged man kills wife in quarrel at Kent home
Mynemy Bills aged seventy killed his wife during a quarrel at their Kent Ohio home last night. He had returned drunk and offered liquor which was rejected. He threw her against a door. her head hit hard and she died within two hours. Reverend Robb White Jr invited to Cambridge parish. Also a note on Buckten's Africa Salve claiming to prevent fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Ohio
Mynemy Bills
Billa
Bis
Bishop proposes canon change to expand church mission reach
Right Rev Charles Palmerston Anderson of Chicago advocates altering canon 62 to allow auxiliary boards in each district. He argues the shift would extend board power and boost missionary work across the Midwest, opposing centralization while uniting the West and East.
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Chicago
Charles Palmerston Anderson
Old Northwest Territory
Chase
Ohio
Hobart
Anderson
New Yorker
Wild West
Fifth District
General Board
Middle West
Meeting in Peace Cause Picks Notables to Speak
Followers of P H Scullin organize a gathering at 1412 Pennsylvanian avenue NW to seek permanent industrial peace. Canon Rudolph James L Pattons W T Galliher Joseph Richardson John H Galloway and others are listed as organizers and speakers with District Commissioner H B F Macfarland presiding and George Washington University President Nerdham among the speakers.
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P. H. Scullin
PL H Scullin
National Industrial Peace Association
Pennsylvanian Avenue
Northwest
Canon Rudolph
James L Pataons
W. T. Galliher
Joseph Richardson
John H. Galloway
William
Spier
H. B. F. Macfarland
Nerdham
George Washington University
Audubon Societies debate birds of paradise protection in New York
The National Association of Audubon Societies discussed international efforts to shield birds of paradise in New Guiana and noted prior Japanese seamen orders to spare Midway and Pacific island birds. President William Dutcher highlighted licensing cats to curb bird destruction, while officers and directors were reelected for five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Association of Audubon Societies
Theodore Farmer
Washington, DC
New Guiana
United States
Japan
Midway
Pacific Islands
Wiliam Dutcher
Association
Walter J Binkely
St Louis
Mra
Mabel Osgood Wright
Fairfield
H. FP. Attwater
Houston
Tex
Arthur H Norton
Portland
George B. Grinnell
W.L. Finley
Greg
William Dutcher
John E Thayer
Lancager
Mass
Firstice
Theodore Palmer
Washington
Bribe Taker Senator Sentenced Five Years
Former California state senator J. E. Emmons of Kern County was convicted of receiving a bribe related to building and loan associations. A legislative committee member, he was sentenced to five years in San Quentin penitentiary in Sacramento on October 31.
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California
Sacramento
Cal
J. E. Emmons
Kern County
Legislative Committee
San Quentin
Fever Fighters' Work Done as Officers Leave
The break up of federal yellow fever forces begins with orders from Surgeon General Wyman to Dr. White for eleven men to return to stations. Discharges cut the workforce to one hundred. Three new cases and two deaths reported. Four of a family die of milk sickness in Magon City and Armington Taxe well county.
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New Orleans
Wyman
White
Wyomington
Oscar Lindsa
Magon City
Armington
Taxewell County
Ritchey
Wil Goupty
Colleges urged to supply 25 officers for Philippine constabulary
Capt McIntyre, acting chief of the Insular Bureau, invited 108 state military institutes and agricultural colleges to name graduates for 25 officer posts in the Philippine constabulary at 1100 a year. Fewer than twenty applications were received as faculty blamed high demand for graduates in business.
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Pécazion
Philippine Constabulary
McIntyre
Insular Bureau
Thousand Mile March Planned For Two Light Artillery Batteries
An overland march of more than 1,000 miles is planned for the Twenty second Battery of Light Artillery at Fort Douglas Utah and the Nineteenth Light Battery at Fort Riley Kansas. They have been ordered to exchange stations and begin the march next week with a schedule to complete it in seventy days.
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Salt Lake City
Gct
Fort Douglas
Fort Riley
Kans
Darling Leaves the Navy After Long Service as Assistant Secretary
Charles H Darling retired from the office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy after serving since December 16, 19, to be succeeded by Truman H Newberry of Detroit who will take oath today. Darling, a lawyer, handled delicate questions and oversaw naval upbuilding, Marine Corps growth, civil personnel, ship repairs, and overseas duties including Guam Tutuila and other stations.
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Charles H Darling
Navy
Truman H Newberry
Detroit
Mich
Daring
Messrs
Long
Moody
Morton
Bonaparte
Darling
United States Marine Corps
Washington
Guam
Tutulla
Soling
Barling
Venezuela
Honduras
Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Hay
Boston
Panata
Roosevelt
Burlington
Vermont
Army Orders Summary of officer absences and transfers
Army orders list leaves and extensions for several lieutenants and majors including Denny Pearce and Dosby, with visits to the Philippines, and Dagwall and Vaillant extensions. Transfers include Geenough to Fort Moultrie and Grimes to Fort Hamilton, plus Carlaro and Hill to various posts. Promotions boards at Fort Sam Houston and related personnel details, with multiple staff assignments and schooling authorizations.
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van Wimilton Denny
Baveoth Tyrgutry
Eawart H. Pearce
Seventh Infantry
Wiliam Dosby
Surseon
Philippines
Edward Hardin
George W Dagwall
Rigby D Vaillant
Third Cavalry
Gift of 60000 Moths to National Museum From Mr Schaus
The National Museum in Washington received a vast moth collection from William Schaus of Twickenham England, formerly New York, after more than twenty years collecting in South and Central America. Valued at $100,000, the 60000 specimens include many new-to-science forms, stored in lightproof cases and not for public exhibition. Schaus, a wealthy entomology enthusiast, traveled to remote regions and bought many specimens, with plans for further Central American collecting before his long absence.
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William Scheuls
England
New York
South
Central America
The
National Museum
William Schaus
Twickenham
Schaus
London
British Museum
Museum
Noor
W.H. Ashmead
D W Coquillett
South America
Peru
Bolivia
Maron River
French Guiana
Amazon
Orinoco
Gran Chaco Forest
Mexico City
Central American States
Coloma
Ecuador
Wireless Reports Sought on West Virginia Cruiser Communications
The Navy Department's bureau of equipment requests full reports from naval wireless stations along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Portsmouth to New Orleans. Reports will detail each station's contact with the West Virginia during its voyage and which messages were read, to be cross checked with the West Virginia's own report to show the greatest message distance observed.
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Presdent
Naval
Atlantic
Gulf
West Virgina
New Orleans
Hampton Roads
Bureau of Equipment
Navy Department
Portsmouth
N. H
West Virginia
Postponed Rhode Island trial delays naval repairs
The Rhode Island battleship trial to standardize propellers is postponed to Thursday due to crew fatigue after a day of hard work. Arrivals include Arethusa Lebaron and Leonids at Lynnhaven Bay, with ships from Maine to Maryland listed as present or pending. A real estate investment note from Washington links George W Stanton to United States Realty Company in North Carolina. An auction ad promotes a colonial residence at 27 Mays Ave on November 2 at 4 30.
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Rhode Island
Rockland
Cordenger
Thureday
Thurguay
North Corona
United States Realty Company
Washington
George W Stanton
Landa of
North Carrolina
Cnnsylvania Antine
MacKetchan
Estern
North Caroina
Mays, Ave
Coal prices stay steady in face of 4 percent rise
Local coal dealers report the recent 4 percent ton rise by Pittsburg Coal Company will not change current local prices which are expected to remain stationary for some time. Warm weather keeps demand brisk while soft coal may stay high for months. Major buyers have already secured winter supplies.
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Pittsburg Coal Company
Pittsburg
MES Cooper’s Pupils Glad By Board Action
Pupils at M Street High School celebrated after the board of education on Monday exonerated Principal Mrs Cooper and retained her at the helm. A second joy came from the football game trophy won Monday at American League Park against Manual Training School, prompting many tributes and flowers for the principal’s office.
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M Street High School
Board of Education
Mr. Cooper
M Street
Manual Training
American League Park
Cooper
Praise for Gov Wright at farewell banquet in Manila
The October 31 Manila farewell banquet for Gov Luke E Wright drew many officers and civilians. He received hearty toasts from Americans, English, Spaniards, and Filipinos and was cheered for ten minutes as he spoke. He urged unity and development, praised colleagues, and hinted he would return soon amid public plans for a larger reception the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Luke E Wright
Wright
McKinley
Congress
Guv Wright
Bible study classes expanded at YMCA with Dr West lecture
MC A NEWS reports a meeting at the YMCA assembly room where Chairman D W Montgomery urged enlarging Bible study enrollments. About thirty men heard Dr West’s talk on the revelation of St John Wheelass in electricity resumes work tonight under Clarence M Hall. A chemistry and physics intro session is set for 7 pm in room 11. Advanced German Gymnasium classes may open if enough enroll.
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Young Men's Christian Association
D W Montgomery
Bible Committee
Dr West
S T John Wheelass
Clarence M Hall
Worcester Polytechnic
McKinley High School
Colliers
Franhopf
Rew
Former Gov Andrew R. McGill Dies in St Paul
DHATH OF AR. McGILL. St Paul Minn Oct Former Gov Andrew R McGill aged 6? years died today at his home here of heart disease from which he had been sufferer for years Mr McGill was insurance commissioner from 1873 to 1887 when he was elected governor He held the deal of five of postmaster and State senator at the time of his death Need Not Stop Vessels at Quarantine New York Oct 1 Health Officer Doty so day suspended the regulation requiring vessels from Southern domestic ports to stop at the quarantine station for examination except in the case of vessels from New Orleans These will be required to stop at the station until that city is officially declared free from yellow fever
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Doty
New Orleans
Jury Tests Coffee Quality by Silence in Agriculture Office
Four officials from the Department of Agriculture submitted by bidders for Army contracts tested coffee for strength flavor and aroma. The jury evaluated multiple samples in Dr Wiley’s office without comment and prepared separate reports. Dr Wiley will compare his own findings with the others to determine consistency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture Tiy Vanons Branche
Chemst
Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Sariculture
Quartermaster Generals Department
United States Army
Dr Wiley
Army
Department of Agriculture
Knights of Labor Fight In Court Over Receivership
Justice Anderson orders rule to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed for the Knights of Labor after Joseph Mansion and Patrick Farrell petition the District Supreme Court. They seek a supervised next convention and to halt factional officers from disposing of property, naming Burns and Hayes factions with convention calls in Milwaukee and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Baber
Justice Anderson
Joseph R. Mansion
Patrick H Farrell
New York
E. H .Thomas
District Supreme Court
Coures Aupervision
District Assembly
United States
Canada
York City
Hayes
Burne
Knights of Labor
Burns
Milwaukee
Wis
Bath
Will Not Delay Hanging in Hamilton Case
Justice Wright in Criminal Court No 1 yesterday overruled the motion to suspend the execution of William Walter Hamilton who was sentenced to be hanged on November 10. His counsel argued a District Court of Appeals appeal could stay the sentence but the court found no justification for delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Wright
Criminal Court No 1
William Walter Hamilton
District Court of Appeals
Levi H. David
Court of Appeals
Five Injured When L N Train Derails Near Mobile
A southbound Louisville and Nashville passenger train derailed near Mobile on its 3 AM run to New Orleans. Five people were injured including engineer Juin Trachey, mail clerk J L Culver of Atlanta, Ga, and two Nashville, Tennessee colored workers Imac Bell and Wallace Ruckell plus a badly hurt colored fireman. Traffic delays lasted several hours due to a signal error.
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Mobile
Ala
Louisville and Nashville
New Orleans
Juin Trachey
J L. Culver
Atlanta
Imac Bell
Nashville
Tenn
Wallace Ruckell
Saloon Heads Face Charges for Minor Liquor Sales
Warrants were sworn out charging eighteen local saloon proprietors and bartenders with selling liquor to minors after four young school boys appeared intoxicated at a school social and at four football games in Traverse City mid October. They will be arraigned tomorrow.
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Traverse City
Lokal Saloon
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Tore
Powell & 4
Phiudelphia and Reading Railway
Mre
Jersev City
Wlu
Iowa
Ale
Painters’ Union
Eben Plympton
Stevens
IEA Spade
Scotty
Paxton Endows College
Agricultural School
Lieut, Wild
Department
Hunting Express Thief
Robb White, Jr
Cambidge
Cambridge
James’ Episcopal Parish
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Hight
Stannardaville
Vsa Buckten
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Bishop Anderson
Auoubon Society
Protection For
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Philippine
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George G Geenough
Artillery Corps
Fort Moultrie
S.C
George S Grimes
Fort Hamilton
Louis V Carlaro
Fort Adama
Elbridge R Hilla
Fort Worden
Webster Vinson
Vancouver Barracks Wash
Thomaz Goodmen
Maf Goodman
Wiliam H. Tobin Arellery
Artillery Serioul
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Busines
Edward Rade
First Infantry
Sienigan
National Guard
Fors Wayne
Henry C Ward
Fifteenth Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Am Houston
George le R. Brown
Louis 3
Maus
Robert HR. Stevens
Walter L. Finley
Henry D Snyder
Fiort
James D .Tittard
First Cavalry
JF Reynolds Landis
Wik G Burdick
Third Infantry
Miinois National Guard
Garrison School
Fort Sheridan
Frank R Keefer
Frank R Keefer, Curgeom
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Manta
Robert C Foy
Fort Eben Allen
T J. Cowl
Naval Academy
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Leonidss
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Lawrence
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Hockland
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Nagesak
North Carolina
Coal Prices Stationary
Gov. Wright
Dhath
AR. Mcgill
Minnesota
K. OF
Lomenle
Bradield Regulator Co
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