Police at the Door Two Conventions Held
Stormy rallies split into Regulars led by W. E. Hughes and Antis headed by David M Parry as rival conventions met near Indianapolis to back President Roosevelt’s rate plans. Ex Gov Van Sant supported the president while Parry supporters accused railroads of meddling. Clashes, arrests and sealing of access marked tense sessions at Steamway Hall and Convention Hall with endorsements and denouncements shaping the political stand.
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Parry
van Sant
Minnesota
Parry Mae
Wandmeton
Chicago
Gact
Ros
E P Viton
WH. Sanghes
Colorado
Anus
David M Parry
Indianapolis
Clucaso
Iess
Parryites
Peopis Tac
Interstate Commerce Law
Suditutium
Touiis
National Manuturers Association
Qd Weites
Auditorium
D M Farry
Robete Kike
Michigan
Thoga
Interstate Court Commission
Roosevelt
Black assailant target in Atlanta flowers incident
Special to The Washington Post from Atlanta Ga reports a brutal daylight assault in a fashionable district. A Black assailant knocked Mrs Alice Moore wife of a local merchant unconscious in her garden and choked her. Police hunt a Black suspect as tensions rise after President's visit and anti crime rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlanta
Alice Moore
Moore
Mary
Rumor of Gomez Buying Rifles Sparks Cuban Revolution Talk
Havana reports an uncredited rumor that Gen Jose Miguel Gomez, former Santa Clara governor and U.S. visitor, is purchasing 6,000 rifles to lead a Cuban revolution. Officials dismiss the claim as rumor to sway U S policy, noting Washington would block arms dispatch and annexation plots link to the Anglo Cuban treaty.
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Havana
Jose Miguel Gomez
Santa Clara
Cuba
United States
Freyre Andrade
Interior
Gomez
Explorers Probably Dead From Tiburon Island Expedition
J E Hoffman, sole survivor report from Tiburon Island expedition with Prof Grindell. He left Douglas in June and reached Guaymas on foot along Mexico's western coast after becoming separated. Hoffman believes the rest perished for lack of water and food.
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J. E. Hoffman
Tiburon Island
Bisbee
Arig
Bisbee Review
J. A. Naughle
Southern Pacific
Sonora
Guaymas
J E Hoffman
Grindell
Douglas
Aziz
Hoffman
Romance of Millionaire Marries Chicago Belle in St Joseph
Andrew H Crawford a Chicago millionaire wed Evelyn Wright a Chicago society belle at 3 a m in the Hotel Whitcomb St Joseph Michigan after which the couple departed for Chicago and presumably a honeymoon aboard his yacht Nannie Wright, a sailor herself, met Crawford on Mackinac Island. A later note promotes a furniture and lumber auction by Wilson and Mayers and Libbey and Co in the region.
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Andrew Crawford
Chicago
St. Joseph
St Joseph
Mich
Andrew H. Crawford
Evelyn Wright
Whitcomb
Crawford
Miss Wright
Mackinawa Island
Nannie Miss Wright
Riot Strikes Reach St Petersburg as Cossacks Clash
Thousands of workers clash with 7000 strikers at Nevsky works. Dozens wounded as Cossacks retaliate with stones. Rail bridges destroyed and markets panic as empires ministers convene to grant a German-style constitution. Witte meets Nicholas. press freedom pledged amid growing labor revolt.
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Czar
Germany
Witte
London
St. Petersburg
St Petersburg
Count Witte
National Assembly
Prince Hilkoff
Railroada
Nicholas
Six Die In Hot Springs Hotel Fire
Six bodies pulled from the Elm and Qhire streets railroad hotel ruins in Hot Springs Arkansas after an early morning blaze. Identified victims include Harry Bradley Edward Snyder and a Hot Springs resident named Fred Qwerson among the deceased with two more unknowns. The two story frame building housed thirty rooms and patrons, many invalids, were forced to jump from windows as a single narrow stair exit failed. The blaze likely started from an exploding lamp with no confirmed cause yet and the search for additional victims continues.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Elm
Qhire
Harry Bradley
Edward Snyder
Mra Mack
Lo Mann
Denver
Fred Qwerson
Fetelly Majdiea
Mutual Life probes to topple McCurdy regime in reform drive
News from New York and Philadelphia report a trustee committee at Mutual Life Insurance Company to investigate recent disclosures. The panel aims to reform management amid scandals around Andy Fields, McCurdy, and son-in-law Thebaud, with Truesdale Morris and Auchincloss named as members. Morris declines, citing lack of time.
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Washington Post
New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Lkely
McCurdy
Mutual
Equitable
Andy” Fields
The
Thebaud
Ee ‘Ae
William H. Truesdale
Delaware and Lackawanna and Western
Effingham B Morris
President on 6th tribute by New Orleans crowd
After nine strenuous hours in New Orleans President Roosevelt refused to address the vast crowd at Lafayette Square citing crowd size. A grand luncheon followed with boisterous cheers for Blanchard Behrman and President Saunders as the city honored his yellow fever service before he departed aboard the Magnolia for Washington.
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St. Charles Hotel
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Magnolia
Washington
West Virginia
Mississippi River
Lafayette Square
City Hall
St Charles Street
Poydras Street
Ninth Street
Guv Blanchard
Behrman
Saunders
Progressive Union
Grayier
St Charles
Mississippi
Boundary Line
Louisiana
Tangipahoa Parish
Hammond
Foster
Davey
Kenner
Harahan
Illinois Central
Stuyvesant Docks
Southern Pacific
Comus
Sanders
Harrison
John P. Sullivan
Sons of Veto
Louisiana National Guard
Canal
Claiborne
Camp
Calliope
Lee Monument
St Charles Hotel
Canal Street
Elberty and
Sea Monu
Rival Conventions at Chicago and Grasp of Strikers
Consolidated front page note outlines rival conventions in Chicago and the broader political climate, including labor unrest and strikes. The report highlights the president setting Sall care during a crash at the New York Bridge and ongoing canvassing for Republican ticket support.
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Chicago
Russia
New York Bridge
Grandson of Vanderbilt gets three months jail in Paris auto death
Eliot Fitch Shepard, grandson of W H Vanderbilt, was sentenced by the Ninth Correctional Tribunal of the Seine to three months in prison a 120 fine and 4000 damages to Madeline Marduel's parents for the April 24 auto death in St Quen. He plans an appeal while imprisonment is postponed. The prosecution argued for an example against American wealth, while Shepard's counsel contended the case reflects broader auto accidents. The judge said speeding endangered the public and noted the victim was 12, a family helper, warranting damages.
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Paris
Ninth Correctional Tribunal of the Seine
Eliot Fitch Shepard
Col
Elot F Shepard
New York
W H Vanderbilt
Madeline Marduel
Shepard
St Quen
Maitre Poincare
France
Verdict against Leiter for 80241 in stock suit
In New York on October 26 a jury in the Supreme Court returned a verdict for 80241 against Joseph Leiter Joseph H Hoadley and Gyrus F Judson in a suit by William H Franklin and George S Scott attorneys for Franklin Scott Co claiming a loss of 66800 from carrying stock for two partners in International Power Company in April 1902 The defendants defended alleging no pool between them and Judson contended only he bore responsibility for the stock handling during the crash of spring 1902
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New York
Joseph Leiter
Joseph H Hoadley
Gyrus F Judson
Supreme Court
William H Franklin
George S Scott
Franklin, Scott & Co
International Power
Hoadley
Leiter
Judson
International Power Company
Bill Club selects officers and plans December banquet
Excelsior Springs Missouri reports the Bill Club annual meeting electing Bi Sisk as president Bal Wear as vice president Bil Hyden as secretary Bil Mack as treasurer and an executive committee including Bill Thompson BHI Cravan Bill Templeton and Bill Warner. The banquet is set for December 14 with expected large attendance and initial fee of one dollar.
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Bil Stone
Bil” Wallace
Excelsior Springsig
N Aa SenAn Srn
Eon Dation
Runaway New York street car crashes into Fourteenth Street car
A runaway Christopher Street car on the Williamsboro suspension bridge, brakes failed, struck a standing Fourteenth Street car with seventy five aboard. Twenty five injured, two may be fatally hurt. Motorman John Holden crushed. George Bryld also injured. Debris, trapped passengers, women pulled from windows, Delaney Street police station used as temporary hospital for fourteen injured.
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New York
Williamsboro
East River
Manhattan
John Holden
Christopher Street
George Bryld
Western Filectric Company
Fourteenth Street
Attorney Street
Delaney Street
No Kanawha Injunction Quashed in U S Suit
In Cincinnati on October 26 Judge Richards granted the defendants motion to quash service in the Little Kanawha syndicate receivership case and dissolved the temporary injunction against sale of syndicate property valued at over 8 million dollars. The matter was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction with John S. Jones of Chicago set to appeal or sue anew. Defendants include George J Gould and Joseph Ramey Jr. The Coalana railroad property figures in the suit.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Little Kanawha Syndicate
United States Circuit
Richards
John 8
Jones
Chicago
United States Court of Appeal
Coalana Railroad
George J Gould
Joseph Rameey, Jr
Record Found Of De Soto Expedition At Lake Itasca
Chester Gray, a farmer from near Lake Itasca, reports discovering a centuries old De Soto expedition record on a large boulder along the lake shore. Dated August 9, 1547, it bears signatures of Fernando Villena and Samcho Cueva and mentions naming the lake Lake De Soto. The note, though barely legible, will be sent to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
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Bt Paul
Minn
de Soto
Lake Itasce
Chester Gray
Lake Itasca
Miassasippi
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Perdinand Villena
Samcho Cueva
Great River
Lake
Mutineers Claim Wages On Berwind Mutiny Case
In Willington North Carolina on October 26 two mutineers Arthur Adams and Robert Sawyer aboard the schooner Harry A Berwind sue for 188 dollars in federal court claiming wages due for service before the mutiny two weeks earlier. Their lawyer George L Peschau will defend them next week as they face mutiny and murder charges in the same court. Owners maintain wages are forfeited by mutiny until acquittal.
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Willington
Harry A. Berwind
Arthur Adams
Robert Sawyer
George L. Peschau
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W. E. Hughes
and David, M. Parry
Antis
Texas
Iir
Cummins
Larrabee
Iowa
H Cowan
Steinway Hall
Ted Pledgs
Effence
Chandler d
Slaten
Bewater
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T Dnsturber
Ogden
Urah
Delagtte Kiesel
Nebel
Continter P Polrth
Pennsylvania
Congressional
Jewsra
Gen. Andrade
Squers
Zeyas
Liberal Party
Niinister
Quiers
Herbert G Squiers
Discusion
Squiers
Squiera
Great Britain
Wilson & Mayers
Libbey & Co
Count Milite Win
Ike
Darmstadt
Republi
Europe
Moscow
Ekaterinoslav
Gen Trepoff
Treasury
Trepoff
Imperial
J. H. Small & Sons
Khend G
Waldorf-Astoria
Bawy
N.Y
M’curdy
Sloan's
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Mexu Scan
Sigall
Iith and Gats
Harpers Ferry
Charlestown
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio
R. R. Station
Washington, D. C
Lowmann
Loray
Baltimore and Ohio Station
Small Cout
the Post
Part
Elliot F. Shepard
Vanderbilt
Halled
Dreas
Power Stock Pool
E Globe Printing
Baltimore and Return
Baltimore & Obie B. R
Svers Ie Boucaean
Royal Bimfon
Athhon
Berwind
Puscinera
Pelyes
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