Wims Ivins, Hearst Named Mayor Candidates in NYC Race
William Mills Ivins accepted the Republican nomination for New York City mayor at the Republican Club, pledging a fight against Tammany Hall and independent administration. William Randolph Hearst was formally named the People’s candidate by a large mass convention at Carnegie Hall, signaling a sharp, high‑stakes campaign.
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Washington Post
New York
William Mills Ivins
Charles E. Hughes
Legislative
Corvention
William R. Hearst
Carnegie Hall
Wall Street
Major McClellan
Fassett Committee
Willam M Ivins
Massett Legislate Committee of Investigation
Grace
Hewitt
City Chamber
Ivins
Republican Club
Fnally
Frank Moss
Ivins Tins
Halpin
Tammany Hall
Hearst Nomination Ratified At Popular League Convention
In Carnegie Hall a Popular League convention drew thousands, with Judge Samuel Seabury nominating Mr Hearst for mayor amid sharp attacks on the city administration and Democratic ticket. John Ford named city comptroller and J G Phel Stokes for president of the board of aldermen amid cheers and flags. Governor Cummins defended his Chicago speech quoting Secretary Shaw and urged tariff revision and reciprocity, asserting Republican harmony remains unsettled until both sides accept error or defeat. The campaign, Cummins warned, will continue toward the platform of 1908.
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Iving
Hewitt, Grace
Cleve Jland
Iins
Ivins, Mason, Wolff & Hoguet
Freehold
N J
Brooklyn
Hugh McLaughlin
State Bar Association
National Guard
Grace and Tiewitt
Chamberlain
Tariff Reform Club
Fassett Committee
Emma L Yard
Free- J Huis
Samuel Seabury
Mr Hearst
John Ford
J G. Phel Stokes
Board of Aldermen
Des Moines
Guv Cummins
Polk County Republican Club
Treasury
Shaw
Cummins
Chicago
Des Moines Commercial Club
Secretary of the Treasury
Ititler
Warrant for English conspiracy to defraud city
Philadelphia Oct 12 warrants were sworn for Abraham L English former director of public safety and four others including John W Henderson Henry E Eaton Philp Johnson Israel W Durham and James D Finlay charging conspiracy to cheat and defraud the city on the 142 700 contract for a small police hospital linked to the new municipal hospital Henderson firm received the contract Johnson 6 percent commission The mayor ordered arrests and investigation spanned weeks District prosecutors stayed aloof and bail was set at 6000 for the hearing tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Samuel A. Ashbridge
Abraham L English
Ashbridge
Municipal Hospital
John W. Henderson
Henry E
Hag- Hah
Weaver
W Bledlyn Powell
Henderson
English
Johnson
James Jay Gordon
Gwen J. Roberts
Chester N. Farr
Bell
Gordon
John Weil
Frank Carew
Thirtyfourth
Messrs. Roberts
Daniel J. McNichol
Secretary Taft Defends Army as Efficient Yet Skeleton Force
Secretary of War William H Taft defends the American army as excellent in efficiency yet small in manpower for coast defenses. He argues the force would rapidly swell in war, praises West Point and officers, and notes desertion rises in peacetime due to higher civilian wages.
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United States Army
William H. Taft
West Point
Eparata
Taft
Root
War Department
Congress
Trunk Clue to Murder in Kansas City Tale
A mystery surrounds Ella Christina Henson's murder with her husband Charles Henson missing after the Friday night killing. Her trunk, robbed and moved Thursday to a downtown boarding house by two men, was found today. One suspect rented a room for a week. both men vanished without trace.
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Kansas City
Ella Christina Henson
American Army and Navy Criticized by Berlin Paper
The Neue Preussische Kreuz-Zeitung claims the United States has wealth for 100 new battleships but lacks manpower and capable officers. It charges the American army with rot, a 10 percent desertion rate in 1904, and contrasts U.S. forces unfavorably with English, German, and Russian armies, while accusing Americans of pretened patriotism.
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Neue Preussiche Kreuz-Zeitung
Berlin
United States
Currency question and ship subsidy debated by bankers
The American Bankers Association at its thirty first annual convention in Columbia Theater favored a national ship subsidy to boost the merchant marine and foreign trade, a surprise move presented by Col Robert J Lowry of Atlanta. A currency reform report urged retirement of legal tenders and a supplementary currency, but drew little immediate action. Delegates from across the nation discussed exporting needs and elasticity of money, with emphasis on Panama Canal completion and broader trade prospects.
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American Bankers’ Association
Columbia Theater
New National
Chase
Robert J Lowry
Lowry National Bank
Atlanta
Shaw
Lowry
United States
John C Fletcher
Little Rock
Mikely
Union
South
Panama Canal
Congress
Middle West
Pugeley
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Pugsley
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
Stranger funds Hoch stay of execution in Hoch case
A Cleveland reader uncovered that James H McNicholas a Portland Oregon miner wired funds to support Hoch the alleged murderer and bigamist securing a possible new trial. The amount 500 dollars arrived via Representative Comerford delaying Hochs execution pending Supreme Court review and a hearing next Monday.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Johann Hoch
Supreme Court
James H McNicholas
Portland
Oreg
Execu
Hoch
McNicholas
Comerford
Springfield
Clew in Middletown Case Unearths Two Men in Wagon
William Conkling and his son John were brought to Middletown from Sullivan County by Chief Brinkerhoff after anonymous letters identified them. They admit stopping at the Olney farm last Friday noon to buy onions and say they saw no one there. Discrepancies in their stories will be investigated. Mrs. Ingerick is in favorable condition.
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Middletown
N. Y
Olney
Olney Brothers
Ingerick
William Conkling
John
Brownville
Sullivan County
Brinkerhoff
Otisville
Conkling
Germany in ferment over British invasion claims
Special Cable Dispatch reports London and Paris papers amplify a German storm over Britain allegedly offering to invade the fatherland. Berlin and Paris correspondents describe government denials as crucial to quelling public anger while the press warns of possible widespread damage to interests.
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Washington Post
London
Matin
Lonedon
Paris
Berlin
Great Britain
Saya
Chronicle
Standard
France
Telegraph
M. Dalcasse
Women in Carter case loom over testimony
Chicago October 12. Defense counsel objects to naming women tied to Carter during alleged government contract fraud. Stone warns if it becomes a “woman case” court ruling needed. Reference to checks totaling 2400 dollars paid on order of Westcott, Carter’s father in law, with Carter denying related details.
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Chicago
Oberlin
M. Carter
Carter
Stone
Attorney Stone
Erwin
R. ¥. Westcott
West 2011
Anarchist Arrested in Marseilles Over Humbert Assassination
Italian request leads to the arrest of Vittorio Jafei in Marseilles. The 27 year old is alleged to be involved in King Humbert II's assassination plot. JasteI traveled from Paterson New Jersey with Gaetano Bresci, the known assassin, in a related historical context.
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Marseilles
Vittorio Jafei
Humbert
Jastel
Italy
Paterson, & J
Gaetano Bresci
Umbert
No Bath for Twenty Years Divorce Claim Filed
Marshalltown Iowa October 12 Phoebe Naumann wife of a farmer petitions for divorce alleging her husband has not bathed for twenty two years and brags of it She seeks custody of seven minor children and eight thousand dollars alimony or one third of his property in the divorce action
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Phoebe Naumann
Admiral Dewey endorses retirement age for Navy officers
Admiral George Dewey argues that most American naval officers above lieutenant are too old for current ranks. He says the General Board is studying age-based retirements to ensure younger officers command ships, citing lessons from past wars and urging Congress to amend laws. He stresses disaster risks if older leaders stay in control during war.
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George Dewey
Neue Preussiche Kreuz Zeitung
Berlin
General Board
Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Hongkong
Manila
Grimes
Iowa
Benatae Committee On
Naval Affairs
Navy Department
Fox
General Board i9
Japan
Russia
Far East
Wfe Onie
Sea of Japan
Deval Aid
New York Republican Ticket Defends the Army
The item reports on the New York Republican ticket defending the army amid debates over subsidies and naval age limits as Dewey comments on officers too old. Accusations surface in a death by own action case, with broader notes on church union clashes and a brutal murder in New York.
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New York
Tast
Dewey
Church Union
Knights Templars
Virginia
Maryland
England
Earl
Army
D AR Hall
Fishermen face treaty breach as Newfoundland blocks American fishers
Gloucester, Oct. 12 Private dispatches warn that the Newfoundland cruiser Fion and Minister of Marines have forbidden all American registered vessels to fish for herring at the Bay of Islands. The move, seen as retaliation against ongoing Gloucester cod fishing gains and Newfoundland’s 1818 treaty stance, prompts fears of further trouble. Vessels bound for Newfoundland may be delayed while officials seek Roosevelt’s intervention to address alleged treaty violations.
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Gloucester
Mass
Bay of Islands
Newfoundland
Fion
Sir Robert Bond
Sise
Fortune Bay
Roosevelt
Williamsport Husbands Protest Women’s Social Duties
In Williamsport Indiana three hundred men protested what they called excessive wife social obligations. Husbands marched between entertainments, staged a pink tea in their own protest, and followed wives to clubs in a display aimed at pushing home duties over social functions.
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Williamsport
Ind
Washington Post
Indianapolis
Warren County
Cleveland
Henderson Critically Ill in Dubuque Hotel Quarters
Ex-Speaker David B. Henderson remains critically ill at the Hotel Julien in Dubuque Iowa as October 12 reports little change in his condition. Dr J Hancock, newly in charge, warns death could come at any time though a six month outlook is possible. Family stays at his bedside while trained nurses attend to him in his weakened state.
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Dubuque
Iowa
David B. Henderson
Julien
J . Hancock
Twelve Incendiary Fires Plague Brooklyn Tenements
Twelve fires of incendiary origin broke out within hours in two Brooklyn sections causing panic among tenants. Fires started in rubbish heaps in basements near air shafts along Park and Flushing avenues. Most were stopped before serious damage. police have no news.
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New York
Brooklyn
Park
Flushing Avenues
Death Halts Trial Of NY Republican Official
Armitage Mathews, secretary of the New York Republican county committee and close ally of Abe Gruber, died by apparent self attack just hours before a conspiracy trial. Coroner rules accidental death, while police and observers consider a self leap. Looming exposure links to looting of the Welsell estate. case would implicate prominent figures, but Mathews's death ends the prosecution for now. Friends and officials mourn as court grants discharge of the special jury. district attorney notes the tragedy as the trial would have exposed influential interests.
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Weisel
Washington Post
New York
Armitage Mathewa
Republican County Committee
Abe Gruber
Brown
Mathews
Mir Jerome
District Attorney’s Office
Welnell
Mathews Matthews
Sblack
Abraham Gruber
Yenus
Miths Deepartment
Devor
Mathes
Jervins
Rutgers
Supreme Court
Innvera
Davy
Jerome
Rann
Penney
Armitage Mathews
Mr Rand
Terence J McManus
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