Croker Files Suit Over Tammany Graft Allegations
Dublin October report states Richard Croker has filed a libel suit against Harmsworth run London Magazine over claims that his leadership of Tammany Hall involved personal profit. He denies any wrongdoing and seeks damages and an injunction to block defamatory articles. The case, to be heard before an Irish jury, targets Amalgamated Press as publisher.
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Tammany Hall
Hap
Dublin
Richard Croker
London
Tammanyiem
England
New York
Tweed
Croker
Tammany
James W M Campbell KC
Dublin University
House of Commons
Ireland
Balfour
Campbell
Amalgamated Press
Harmsworth
Justice Gibbon
Permigsion
Amalgamated Preas Enal
Opera and plays spotlight at theaters next week
Euculitis presents Madam Butterfly at Columbia Theater with seating on sale now. cast includes Sitbe Suzuki Betnes Kate Pinkerton and Butterfly’s mother Margaret Cowan, conducted by Walter Rothwell, with matinees Thursday and Saturday. Other venues feature The Mountain Climber at New National with Wilson and Robson, Julie Bonbon with Lipman Mann, The Square Deal at Majestic, and vaudeville at the Academy and New Lyceum.
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Columbia
Starmony
Suzuki
Betnes
Kate Pinkerton
Vivienne
Lieut Pinkerton
Joseph
Sheshan Consul Sharpless
Thomas D Richards Gore
Stephen Jungman
Prince Yamador
Wallace Brownlow
Boum
Robert Kent Parker
Richards Jones
Francie J Tyler
P M Vehgroff
Margaret Cowan
Higa van der Voort
Winifred Baldwin Walter Rothwell
Ryncis Wilson
May Robson
Thomas Dixon, JR
New York
Henry W Savage
America
Madamutterfly
Giacomo Fuccini
la Rakeme
Cholera at Shanghat and Hazing at Military Academy
cholera deaths last week reported in Shanghat with thirty seven fatalities. us officials deny cholera in hawaii and note no more danger. hazing at the united states military academy has disappeared as the superintendent gen a l mills reports. cadet relations improved with first classmen serving as instructors and better discipline overall.
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Miliary Academy
A L Mills
Pardevler
Offer Herself for Sale by Mary MacLane in Chicago Papers
A Chicago publication reports Mary MacLane offers herself to the highest bidder describing herself as an American slave. The document lists her traits, talents, and background including Gothically poetic, educated, and bohemian qualities, with claims of psychic powers and religious devotion.
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Mary MacLane
Chicago
Washington Post
Ellenbeth
Emmoant
Washington, DC
New York
Chicago Avenue
Magis
Canton
Washington
Migs Masib
Perry Acts As Prosecutor In Two Larceny Trials
Assistant District Attorney Frank Sprig Perry secured two larceny convictions in Criminal Court No 2. Albert Mynit alias Mynatt, who came from Knoxville with Annie Boullar, promised to marry her. $50 in gold dowry vanished. Mynit found guilty after defense claimed fiancee gave funds. John Turley convicted of breaking into Darlington apartments and stealing brass fixtures. sentenced to sixty days in the workhouse.
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Frank Sprig Perry
Albert Mynit
Alias Mynatt
Knoxville
Tenn
Annie Boullar
Washington
Mynit
John Turley
Darlington
Justice Barnard
Ashenbach Considered To Manage Baltimore Club
Ashenbach, known as king of the unions, led Scranton to Newark State League glory and is expected to manage Baltimore next season. He has been discussed for Buffalo and Jersey City roles, with Ned Hanlon possibly engaging him to run Baltimore. He rose from the ranks and is praised as intelligent and hustling.
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Scranton
Jennings
Washington Post
Chicago
Ba Ashenbach
Baltimore
Buffalo
Jersey City
Ned Hanlon
Deaths in the District During the Week Ended
The district reports ninety seven deaths in the week, the same as the prior week, with seventeen from typhoid fever and white fatalities noted. The data cover the district’s mortality for the period and a brief mention of the principal causes and demographics.
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Dea
Secretary Shaw and the treasury reform debate
Secretary Shaw favors improving the independent Treasury, not replacing it with a large central bank. He argues for greater Treasury discretion over reserves, notes national banks cooperation, and easing rigid reserve requirements to shield the economy during peak and slack seasons, while improving policy rather than radical change.
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Satsvine
Tre
Eddres
Kenter
R Kas
Gulf House
Committee of
Bankes
Treasury
Bank of England
Bank of France
Bank of Germany
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Panama
Steamship Line Sold to New Haven Road Control
Hartford announces the sale of the Hartford and New York Transportation Company to the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. The line operated steamers between Hartford and New York and controlled coal barge transport. It has a $500,000 capital and $9 bonded debt, owning two twin-screw steamers Hartford and Middletown and twenty four barges.
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New Haven
Hartford- New York
Hartford
Conn
Hartford and
New York Transportation Company
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
New York
Middletown
Interest in Dreadnought Trial Captures Naval Attention
Interest mounts among naval officers over the British battleship Dreadnought trial. Capt Boxters reports to department bureaus that results are favorable and may shape plans for a US battleship of equal size. Dreadnought achieved eight hour full steam run with speeds around 23.34 knots and horsepower spiking toward 28,000.
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Department
Boxters
United States
Grape Nuts Claimed to Support Teeth and Nerves
An Ontario reader reports two years of using Grape-Nuts to improve overall health and nerve strength, suggesting the cereal can replace medicine in some cases. The text promotes slow eating, thorough chewing, and nutrition as key to dental and bodily health.
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Ontario
ISLE OF PINES CASE PASSED BY SUPREME COURT
Petitioners led by Thomas Oliver and W P Johnson of Mississippi ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate interstate rail service and issue an order prohibiting racial discrimination against negro passengers. The Supreme Court postponed argument and delayed action on the request.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Thomas Oliver
W. P. Jobhnson
Mississippi
Ladz
Russian
Poland
Miners Case Argued Over Kidnapping Jurisdiction
Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Western Federation of Miners murder case concerning Charles H Meyer W D Haywood and George A Fettibone detained in Idaho for the Staunen berg killing. Colorado and Idaho officials were accused of conspiring to kidnap and extradite, with Boise and Denver attorneys arguing jurisdiction and irregularities in the removal.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Charles H Meyer
W D Haywood
George A. Fettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Canon County
Idaho
Staunenberg
Supreme Court
DH F Richardson
Denver
C. 8
Darrow
Chicago
W OH Hawley
Boise
Colorado
Moyer
Hawley
Federation
Critchlow Appointed Special Attorney to Aid Government
Attorney General Moody announced that E 8 Critchlow of Salt Lake City was named special attorney to assist the government in civil suits to cancel patents to public lands containing mineral alleged to have been secured by fraud by certain Tallronds.
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Moody
Critchlow
Salt Lake City
New Home for Frank Lyon in Virginia Detail
A fragmentary notice describes Frank Lyon of Roslyn Virginia planning a brick two story home in Alexandria County style with Spanish tile roof. The Navy Department authorizes a new intrusion tool concept for a Marine Corps dwelling featuring a shield blade handle and brick exterior. Multiple military transfers and medical treatments are listed for army and navy personnel with a scheduling of inspections and duties across Virginia New York and Washington.
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Frank Lyon
Roslyn
Alexandria
Navy Department
F. Eliott
Sneiden Marine Corps
Sneiden
Washington
Ellatt
TL Chamberson
Elizabeth City County
Arthur N Pickel
New York City
Wiliam Reynolds
USA
Charlotte
Raleigh
Hiram E. Mitchell
Artilery Cerpa
General Hospital
Washington Barracks
District of Columbia
Newport News
Janeport
Army Retiring Board
Ga Government Hospital
Philp A Sheridan
Fifth Cavalry
Card System For Records In Pension Office Division
The Record Division of the Pension Office begins a card catalogue system by order of Commissioner Warner. The system, inspired by Gen Ainsworth in the War Department, would consolidate a soldier’s war service and pension records onto a single card to save time and expense. With over 2,000,000 pension applications, completion is not expected for at least six months.
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Warner
Ainsworth
War Department
Plan Boycott for G. O. P. Circulars Threaten Makers
New Orleans firms received printed circulars claimed drafted in Caracas on September 12 warning American manufacturers voting for Roosevelt would be excluded from South American trade. The pamphlet cites Latin countries as fading due to being Latin and small, alleges Democratic ties with rivals, and mentions 17 boycott stations. It describes a military, independent group called the Sublime Brotherhood of Indues and notes mailings from San Jose, Costa Rica.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
Caracas
Venezuela
Democratic Party
Sublime Brotherhood of Indues
San Jose
Costa
Rica
Mint Buys 60000 Ounces Silver for Subsidiary Money
The Director of the Mint purchased 60,000 ounces of silver bullion to be delivered in three equal lots at Denver New Orleans and Philadelphia. The price was 6911 cents per fine ounce, slightly under last week's price. The purchase is three times as large as any prior, planned to meet immediate demand while future weekly purchases will be smaller.
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Denver
New Orleans
Philadelphia
George WM Roberts
Mint
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le Brun Opera
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W.B. Moses & Sons
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Steunenberg
Salt Lake
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Royal Opera
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Washington College of Music
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Sanders & Starmane
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Oahcan Casto
Ap Gialty Oy
Davigon
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Tes Wong
Fulton's
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India
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Irelan
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Chase
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Menetekel
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Tomboys
Nert Weel
Carton White
Marle Stuart Ga
Leila McIntyre
Bopaler
Panpte
Lyceum Mesa
Fay Foster Co
Feirest Ladies
Columbia Phonograph Co
Fst.nw
Christian Xander
Ai Gallon
Pyar
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