Tributes and Talks as Taft Considers Peckham Successor
Tributes flowed from Washington to Albany and New York as Justice Peckham died. President Taft sent condolences to Mrs Peckham and the Supreme Court adjourned briefly. Speculation swirled on his successor with names like Lurton and Wickersham discussed, party and age factors debated, and Albany plans for a service quoted.
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Packham
Supreme Court
Wires
St Louis
Taft Toiay
Mra
Peckham
W Dow
Ferkham
Rufus Peckham
Albany
Taft
Hueband
Hig Te Loweltisens
William H Taft
Obituary notices list graves and funerals across Ohio and Kentucky
A string of obituaries and funeral notices record deaths and services in towns including New York, London, and various U S locations. Names such as Frederick, Archibald, and Sara are noted along with cemeteries like Mount Olivet and Congressional Cemetery. Dates range October through November with services at churches and private residences. many notices request attendance or convey condolences.
Floral Design Funeral Sprays Offer Moderately Priced Arrangements
Floral Design and Marshé & Co present funeral sprays starting at 3100 and 250 and up, with Mt 596% offerings and Hata Phone services. Moderately priced arrangements described for burial tributes.
Baptist minister divorced in Newburgh case
Special to The Washington Post Newburgh New York October The Rev Charles E Bonham a respected Baptist minister formerly of the Hudson River Baptist Association has been divorced by his wife who lives in this city There is another woman in the case the decree being granted on statutory grounds by Justice Tompkins of the supreme court Mr Bonham when last heard of was in Kansas and the parties in the case had to be served by publication
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Juetlee
Rufus W Pecknist
D States Supreme Court
Washington
New York
Ihe Supreme Cent
Ie Court
Istoe Woody
Ah Magtch
Alteal
Justice Peck- Tam
Albany
Boon Watteimwon
Justler
Justice Toller
Stevens
Peckham
Progressi¢ School of Constitutional Law
Taft
Supreme Court
Harrison
Jackson
Tennessee
Senate
Tatt
Democratic Party
Tift
Peekham
Judicial Circuit
New York State
Judea
Connecticut
Vermanot
Gene W Wickersham
Allornes
United States
Gov Hughes
Washington Poat
Newburgh
Charles E Bonham
Hudson River Baptist Association
Tompkins
Supreme Cout
Benham
Kansas
Wedding Bells Ringing With October Nuptials
Readable text centers on weddings in October with festive wedding bells. Contains mismatched ad fragments for beverages and multiple funeral directors. Includes several names and addresses of undertakers and embalmers, indicating a dense classified page with notices and ads.
Czar Heads Home Promising Return to Empress
Reports from Racconigi describe Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra leaving for Italy with doubled security. They aim to visit old friends, seek broader Balkan autonomy, and reinforce Russian Italian ties while safeguarding the route toward the Telan frontier.
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Racconigi
Kng
Victor Emmanuel Empeyrom Wehulaa Wilbee
Fomer
Telan
Promiem
Italy
Montenegro
Iing
Fight to Death in School House at Sleeper
In Muskogee Oklahoma on October 2 a deranged man barricaded a country school near Sleeper and fought officers until shot. Constable Ketcher and others were wounded as the suspect fired through the doors. Children escaped through windows while the attacker, Willo or Wills, was killed during the exchange.
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Muskogee
Okla
Sleeper
Glad
Tuck Axetehe
Wallis
Ketcher
Wills
Constante Ketcher
Willa
THREAT BY MRS PANKHURST AT CARNEGIE HALL
Mrs Pankhurst declares English men must grant votes for women and vows to continue militant action if refused. She warns government candidates will be blocked and that many women are ready to endure prison hunger and hardship to force suffrage. Attendees include Blatch Shaw Belmont Lenan and others.
French suffragettes present to deputies for voting rights
Delegates from the Women’s Vote League appeared in the chamber of deputies to petition for suffrage, presenting about 9000 signatures. They urged that national representation be inclusive and that women gain the vote. Deputy Marin greeted them as they advocated equal political rights.
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Washington Post
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Marin
Court to visit Brownsville for riot scene view
The Brownsville court of inquiry will visit Brownsville Texas in late November to study the riot site of August 13 1904. Discharged Twenty fifth infantry NCOs and men may appear with or without counsel as the court observes streets alleys and buildings involved to assess their testimony before the Senate Military Affairs Committee.
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Brownsville
Tex
Twenty-fifth Regiment of Infantry
Washington
Senate
Tammany Defends as White Slave Story Puts Pressure on May Ballot
The piece notes Republicans held power in state and city, while white slave traffic rose. Tammany leaders deny the charges, with Murphy moved to speak. Former Police Commissioner Bingham corroborates much of the print. Galvin offers a 20000 reward for proof of the story’s accuracy.
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Bingham
Galvin
Boant of Aldermen
Mack in Harmon Boom and Bryan Dropped for Harmon 1912
The National Stonthiy edited by Norman and Mack, chief of the Democratic National Committee, features Gov Judson Harmon of Ohio criticizing the Republican administration and tariff policy. In Texas Democratic Day remarks and Harmon’s article, there is word that Bryan may be dropped as a presidential candidate while Harmon is groomed for the 1912 nomination.
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Ohwan Buffalo
Norman & Mack
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Washington
Gov Harmon
Texas
Mack
Bag
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Nebraska
Hermon
Wiley as substitute gives warning to hearers
Pure Food expert Dr Harvey W Wiley addressed a dinner hosted by the American Association of Government Accountants and the American Public Health Association at the Willard. He warned of dire consequences of postprandial tampering, spoke on statistics and health, and urged better vital records to fight disease.
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Amencan Statistical Association
Harvey W Wiley
Cuba
Btc
White House
Gabe
Hichmond
le Grand Powers
Knibbs
Gardner T Swartz
Rhode Island
United States
Fifty Leprosy Cases Reexamined On Molokai
Honolulu reports that fifty of the first 100 lepers tested at Molokai have been declared nonleprous and likely to be freed. The reexamination, under a recent legislature resolution, gives hope to the 18 outcasts there as many found never to have the disease or to be not presently contagious. Further tests are expected from those without clear symptoms.
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Molokai
Honolulu
Wland
Auto Driver Testifies in Dr Fritch Manslaughter Case
Chauffeur Joseph W Leach testified in Detroit police court about August 25 events linking Dr George A. Fritch to the death of Maybelle Millman of Ann Arbor. He described delivering sacks from the doctor’s office to Beerscreek and later throwing them into the river under the doctor’s direction, with further details on the disposal of evidence and the doctor’s requests.
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Mich
Joseph W Leach
George A. Fritch
Tatters
Beerscreek
Fritch
Recorders Court
Maybetle Mill
Ann Arbor
Milman
Boorse Creek
Detroit River
Lodge
Jeffries
Leach
Fritc
Weaver
Conspirators Blamed for City Explosions Injuring Contractor
Indianapolis police report four dynamite blasts damaged buildings linked to Albert von Spreckelsen, a contractor who hired nonunion labors. Superintendent Metzger says a carefully organized conspiracy by enemies of Spreckelsen caused the attacks. Spreckelsen moved his children from town fearing further violence. his wife stays. Explosions hit a stable, a planing mill, two contracted buildings, a city library branch, and a central telephone company exchange. all occurred within one minute with pre set fuses. the Mystic Shrine Temple was not damaged despite fears of a strike on its premier site.
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Indanapolis
Tad
Metzger
Albert von Spreckelsen
Spreckelsen
Shonunton H
Mystic Shrine Temple
Central Union Telephone Company
Nelson Wolgast Bout Off for January Skip
Los Angeles reports that the Thanksgiving fight between Battling Nelson and Ad Wolgast has been canceled and postponed until after January as Nelson refused to enter the ring before that date.
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Los Angeles
Val
Battling Nelson
Ad Wolgest
Nelson
Wolgast
Astoria Husband Mueller Held After Murder And Flight
A man known as Mueller and also Gebhardt is arrested after the murder of Annie Luther in Astoria. He attempted to hide by writing to friends in Newark and Germany and changing his name with his wife. He owned two German police dogs traced to his home and was found hiding in an out house as a flashlight revealed his pale face. He admitted hiding from police and showed concern for two Airedale terriers. His wife wore the victim’s clothes and initials AL on garments and watch. He worked at Steinway piano factory and had spread rumors of his wife’s insanity to shield himself.
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Bott
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Annie Merger
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Fred
Airdale
Jersey Express
Steinway Plano Company
Jung Island
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Bank cashier ends life in Queens vault
Henry P Carpenter aged 52, cashier at Queens County Savings Bank in Flushing New York, shot himself in the mouth in the bank vault. Bank officials found no financial discrepancy after reviewing books. Carpenter left a wife and five children. President J M Frankin and Treasurer Welham T James were present. Carpenter’s death was instantaneous.
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New York
Henry PD Carpenter
Queens County Savings Bank
Flushing
Suuida
Carpenter
J. M Prankin
Treaswer Welham T James
Franken
Mr James
Papen Diapepsin Claim Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Papen Diapepsin as a cure for indigestion gas and dyspepsia claiming it digests meals completely in one dose. It promises relief from belching fullness and nausea and asserts rapid benefits without laxatives or austerities.
Passion on Its Way to Meet the President at New Orleans
A Guatemalan government committee heads to the United States to meet President Taft in New Orleans. The State Department has no details on the personnel or the mission of the delegation. The note mentions no further specifics.
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United States
Taft
State Department
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