Seven Candidates Vying For Nomination At New York Dem Conference
A long day of secret talks among Democratic State leaders in Saratoga featured seven men named as possible nominees. Rumors tied Edouard M. Grout and Howard M. Shepard to the front, with McClellan, Hill, McCarren, and others also discussed. No final agreement was reached as plans to unite the anti-Hill and Tammany factions continued amid conference room activity.
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Saratoga
McCarren
Grout
Grand Union Hotel
William F Sheehan
Tammany
Mr Sheehan
Senator Hill
Tammanys
Tammary
Shepard
MacClellan
New York
Erla
Oneida Onondaga
Bileseli Cary
Buffalo
Hill
Sheehan
Ava
McClellan
Committee of Eight
Cary
McMahon
Cattaraugus
Committee On
Tammany Hall
St Louis
Edouard M Grount
Greater New York
Howard M. Shepard
Brooklyn
George M. Palmer
Schoharie
Supreme Court
D. Cady Herrick
Albany
Wiliam B. Hornblower
George E. MedClell
Daniel &. Lamont
Reenie
Palmar
Mr. Palmer
Eiter
Justice Herrick
Francis Burton Harrison
Major McClellan
Murphy
Fammany Hall
Hornblower
Representative Cochran
Senator Dowling
Imnis
Cochran
Senate Hill
H Ill
Greater
Daniel Lamont
Hil
Parker
Democratic Party
Democratic Party of
United States
Republican Party
Cleveland
Congress
Harrison
Treasury
Wieveland
Democratic Convention at Saratoga Fires Up Grout Shepard Hornblower
Delegates discuss candidacies for governor with Grout and Shepard favored by leaders while Hornblower’s name gains traction as a possible compromise. McCarren backs Grout and Hill pushes unity, with Murphy opposing both Grout and Shepard.
Assaults Advance on Mukden and Port Arthur Fronts
Reports from Mukden and Shanghai describe imminent fighting as Japanese forces push eight to nine divisions toward forts north of the city. Details note attacks on Kikwan and Rihlung mountains and on Port Arthur’s northeast forts with significant naval cooperation and heavy shelling. Russian defenses under Stoessel and Kuropatkin remain determined despite mounting pressure.
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Port Arthur
Kikwau
Riblung
Mukden
Hun
Shanghai
Suelszeying
Port Arthur Chefoo
Kikwan Mountain
Rihlung
Novi Krai
Reports on Port Arthur siege and Kuroki advance
Telegram summaries from Chefoo and Tokyo describe ongoing bombardments at Port Arthur and signs of Japanese reinforcements at Dalny. Analysts question Kuropatkin’s stance near Tie Pass as Kuroki moves east of Mukden with large cargo of grain, coal, and fuel seized by Japanese forces in Manchuria.
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Shanghai
Chefoo
Prince Radsi
War Office
Dalny
Vifrente
Radziwill
Kuroki
Oyama
Manchuria
Liao Station
Concessions Criticised In Russian Jewish Rights Debate
A London Times cablegram reports the Pravo Jewish rights article criticizing a new Russian law granting Jewish soldiers in the far east equal rights with privates who enlisted. Privilege depends on battlefield distinction or impeccable conduct, with doubt due to personal caprice. Pravo views this as a war measure to maintain internal peace, despite signaling some moderation in attitudes toward the government.
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London Times
Washington Post
London
Pravo
Far East
Empire
Russia to rule on contraband at admiralty court hearing
St Petersburg Sept 21 Russia will officially publish its contraband stance in admiralty court decisions on appeal in the Calchas Arabia and Allanton cases. Prof de Maartens will argue for the government and carry American and British notes, shaping the court's view. Russia says it does not seek to block lawful US commerce with Japan but must shield itself from enemy aid shipments.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Admiralty Court
Calchas
Arabia
Allanton
de Maartens
Associated Press
Rusella
United States
Japan
Warships for Russia reach Libau via Argentina sales
Four warships bought from Argentina have reportedly arrived at Libau in the Baltic. Throughout the past two months rumors linked Russia to acquiring Argentine ships with France as intermediary. A Buenos Ayres dispatch noted a French firm proposed selling Pueyrredon and General Belgrano to France, to be kept in a French port until the war’s end, but no confirmation or sightings have emerged.
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Russia
Argentina
France
Buenos Ayres
Pueyredon
General Belgrano
Supplies for Siberia rush oil and coal to Vladivostok
The Times insurance correspondent reports active steamers carrying coal oil and general stores for Russia. Urgent measures are under way to secure supplies for Siberia and Manchuria before winter. Underwriters doubt weather will permit ships from Europe to reach Vladivostok. stores likely include contraband for civilians.
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Russia
Dimes
London
Times Insurance
Siberia
Manchuria
Europe
Vladivostok
Bsherian
Soldiers hid under bed during jail siege in Huntsville
The military court of inquiry reviewed witnesses on the conduct of Company F amid the lynching of Horace Maples. Jailer Giled said several men hid under beds and in closets. Sheriff Rodgers claimed he ordered assembly inside the jail. George Frame of Dallas and Tom Winkle of a cotton mill were arrested for complicity. Winkle on arson and Frame on murder.
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Huntsville
Ala
Military Court of Inquiry
Company F
Horace Maples
Giled
Rodgers
Aria
George Frame
Dallas
Tom Winkle
Winkle
Frame
Staked his life on a card game tragedy in Sedalia
Charles HB Bliss formerly known as Charles E Barlow aged twenty six son of a Seventh day Adventist minister and a former Peru and Oxford Indiana resident died after drinking carbolic acid in a Sedalia drug store following a losing pitch game with Ted Moors keeper of a Main street resort. Edward L Stahl witnessed the act. Bliss came from Springfield Missouri six months ago where he had a sister Mrs Ada Melton and worked as a painter.
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Washington Post
Sedalia
Charles HB. Bliss
Charies E. Barlow
Peru
Ind
Oxford
Ted” Moors
Mainstreat
Bliss
Edward L. Stahl
Stahl
Springfield
Ada Melton
Candidates for Congress contested in multiple states
Primary elections across Minnesota and other states yielded nominations in several districts. Notable races included McCleary in the Second and Buckman in the Sixth facing Republican opposition. several districts saw Democratic nominations without opposing Republicans. results list Republican and Democratic nominees by district, with a mix of confirmed and undecided races.
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McCleary
Buckman
St. Paul
Minn
John Limd
Herbert B. Miller
Luverne
4. F. Foster
Loren Fletcher
Lind
A. A. Ames
C. R. Davis
St. Peter
J. W Cravens
Norwood
F. C. Stevens
Cleve van Dyke
Alexandria
A. J. Volatead
Repubcin
Granite Falls
J. Driscoll
Inom
J Adem Bede
Pine City
Martin Hughes
Hiblyng
Halyor Breenerson
Crookston
South Bend
Ind
Brank BE. Herring
Congress
Fistcher
Gettysburg
New Orleans
Robert C. Davey
Williamsport
George B. McClellan Metzger
Kingston
N. Y
Frank J. Lefevre
New Paltz
Newton
N. J
William Hughes
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Charge With Bomb Throwing In Italian Fete Fatality
Cleveland authorities press second degree murder charges against Anthony Arcangelo over an explosion at an Italian fete last Sunday. Police say he entered the event, but details of motive remain disputed and investigations continue as two people died.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Anthony Arcangelo
Arcangelo
Millionaire Whaley Faces Bankruptcy of Southern Mills
Boston reports William B. Smith Whaley filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court with assets of 1100 and liabilities over 1 1 million This includes secured claims totaling about 1 088 million and unsecured of 26 474 Ninety one creditors are listed with claims ranging to 175 000 Major secured creditors include Baltimore Trust and Deposit Company 346 000 Merchants National Bank Camden 310 000 and Carolina National Bank Columbia 963 050 47 The petitioner 39 s counsel says the effort aimed to finance Southern mills and that many obligations extend from New York to South Carolina indicating broad but limited success
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New York
South Carolina
Baltimore Trust and Deposit Company
J. C. Shehan
Baltimore
Boston
William B. Smith Whaley
South
United States District Court
Whaley
William B. Smith Whaley Company
Newton
Merchante’ National Bank
Draper Company
Hopedale
Mass
Faleze & Jenks
Pawtucket
R. I
J. C. Sheehan
Carolina
Orangeburg Manufacturing Company
Orangeburg
Olympic Cotton Mills
Columbia
F. L. Norton
Whaiey
Fear Negro Outbreak Threatens Pitts Area in Quiet Georgia
In Hawkinsville Georgia messages urged hardware stores to ship ammunition and arms by express to Pitts Wilcox County amid fears of a developing outbreak among local African Americans. After a white man Cecil Johnson killed a black man Saturday night, secret meetings with hundreds of attendees spread anxiety as white residents prepared for possible action. Nearby communities Hawkinsville Pineview and Cordele offered aid and pledged readiness to respond.
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Hawkinsville
Pitts
Wilcox County
Cecil Johnson
Pineview
Cordele
Operators Buy Cotton in Fall River Strike
In Fall River Massachusetts on September 20 the first signs of a cotton mill strike settlement emerged as a manufacturer purchased a large batch of raw cotton to be delivered late October. Other mills sought similar orders, and experts expect any agreement within two or three weeks to favor the workers.
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Fall River
Mass
Spanish War Veterans elect officers at St Louis convention
Colonels and sergeants named Adjutant General and other top posts at the Spanish War Veterans reunion in St Louis. Russell B. Harrison of Tadisaapolis becomes Adjutant General and George T. Powell is named Quartermaster General. other posts include chief engineers, signal, ordnance and artillery. Women's Auxiliary elected Isabel Alexander as president. Blackout of the Botkin murder trial continues until October 4. World’s Fair notes, travel ads.
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Russell B. Harrison
St. Louis
Tadisaapolis
George T. Powell
Indianapolis
Pafp Fichumacher
St Louis
Robert L. Patterson
Elizabeth
James H. Nolan
San Francisco
W. H. Davis
Pittsburg
Herbert W Meyers
District of Columbia
James L Whitley
Rochester
N. Y
Hesterian
J. A. Welch
Tauotan
Mose
Woman's Auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans
Isabel Alexander
Cleveland
Cornelia Clay
Washington, D. C
Index to Today’s Issue Fares t far From a Choice
Headlines announce a broad issue index covering topics from finance and politics to crime and society. Notable items include a dramatic death, a Boston financier’s failure, election notes in multiple states, and cultural and personal columns.
Odd Fellows Elect New Grand Officers at San Francisco
San Francisco September 20 The Sovereign Grand Lodge elected officers led by Grand Sire Robert E Wright of Allentown promoted from deputy grand sire EH Conway after a tight second ballot 102 to 7 John L Nolan Nashville Tennessee reelected Grand Seris Grant Baltimore and Grand Treasurer Richard Muckle Philadelphia. Wright may be installed at his Allentown home due to ill health. next meeting place postponed until tomorrow morning.
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San Francisco
Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Grand Sire
Robert E Wright
Allentown
EH & Conway
Chicago
John T Nolan
Nashville
Tean
Grand Seris
J Freak Grant
Daltimore
Richard Muckle
Philadelphia
Wright
Sovereigen Grand Lodge
HS Conway
John L. Nolan
Tennesses
Pilgrimage reception for Governor General in prairie tour
Relocation notes describe the Earl of Minto marching with 28 mounted police and Royal Northwest Mounted Police escort from Edmonton to Battleford Saskatoon and Regina. En route crowds include religious enthusiasts in Rosthern who mistook him for the Messiah, leading to several arrests and detention in a vacant building. The trip continues to Winnipeg with a special train.
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Rosthern
Dukhofors
Lord Minto
Battleford
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Earl of Minto
Maj
Maude
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Gilpin-Browne
Lloydminster
Edmonton
Regina
Wady Minto
Qu’Appelle
Sergt. Adams
Before Day Club Hoax Debunked in Talbotton
In Talbotton Georgia on September 20 Judge Raines presided as alleged members of a so called Before Day Club faced examination. Witnesses failed to prove the club’s existence and a jealous woman’s report proved unreliable. Threats may have been bravado with no grounds for major concern.
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Talbotton
Raines
Killer Confession Clears Porter's Murder in Louisville
In Louisville on September 20, authorities linked the Porters murder to William Van Dalsen who confessed after being found at a New Albany relative's home. He admitted loving Mrs Porter and claimed a quarrel led to her being stabbed with a razor he then kept as evidence.
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Louisville
Fannie Porter
Jackson
Market Streets
Wiliam van Dalsen
van Dalsen
New Albany
Ind
Porter
Archbishop of Canterbury Heads to Washington D C
The Arch bishop of Canterbury plans a Thursday departure from Bar Harbor Me for Washington D C to deliver sermons in the United States. He and Mrs Davidson were hosted at dinner by Mr and Mrs John Livingston of New York with guests including Bishop William Lawrence Mrs Lawrence Godkin Bishop Godman the Vicar of Windsor Dr and Mrs Weir Mitchell and Mrs Elliott Shepard.
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Bar Harbor
Canterbury
Washington, D.C
Hisgrace
Davidson
John ©. Livingston
New York
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Godman
Maine
Windsor
Lawrence Godkin
Weir Mitchell
Biliott
Shepard
Two Bucyrus Sisters Die by Train After Suicide Pact
In Bucyrus Ohio Mary Kehrer aged fifty eight and Liszie Kehrer fifty six were found near the Ohio Central Railroad after an evening of illness and despair. They wrapped themselves in bed spreads and waited on the track for about three hours before a passenger train killed them, their bodies mangled along the line. Neighbors had discussed self harm with the sisters who had long contemplated ending their lives. The elder sister stayed firm in her resolve, with Lizzie later agreeing. The couple had previously cared for their farm and lived quiet lives. The tragedy ends a history of illness and melancholy shared by the two sisters.
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Mary and
Lizzie Kehrer
Bucyrus
Ohio
Mary
Liszia Kehrer
Ohio Central Railroad
Howwever
Lizzie
Auto Wrecked with Six Hurt in Chicago Crash
Miss Neva E Scott of Chicago was seriously injured along with six others slightly hurt when an auto hit a curb at Twentieth and Michigan. The party planned to depart for St. Louis. Injured include Helen Davies, J an Murphy, Dr Reginald Smith, Grace Bowen, Zala Terry, Helen Reidy. A hose across the street caused the crash. occupants aided by passersby and medical staff.
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Chicago
Neva E Scott
Twentieth and
Michigan Avenue
St. Louis
Scott
Oise Helen Davies
New York
H. G Davies
Jan Murphy
Boston
Reginald Smith
Sugoon
Bellevue Hospital
Grace Bowen
Zala Terry
Peoria
Helen Reidy
St Loule
Philippine tariff act reform report completed for public input
The Insular Bureau reports six months study of the Philippine tariff act modification is finished and a copy will reach the treasury in October. Publicization plans aim to solicit criticism from American merchants before Taft submits amendments to Congress. Expositions in St Louis showcase forestry and agricultural resources inviting railway and farm investments. A Toledo firm plans transferring its plant to the Philippines to source copra locally.
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Ineaiar Bureau
Philppines
Custom
Philippines
Col Hdawards
Insular
Taft
Congress
St .Louis
Toledo
Ohio
Islands
Captain Keithley Missing in Exhibit Fund Shortage
War Department seeks help from the Justice Department to locate Captain Keithley of the Philippine Constabulary after he vanished from the Philippine exhibit in St Louis. He supposedly left a shortage of 4000 dollars entrusted for purchasing supplies. Keithley, a former private who joined in 1898 at Topeka, saw noted service in the Philippines highlighting action in the Riagal Province. Niagara Falls excursion announced by Pennsylvania Railroad departs Washington September 28 at 8:30 am with Pullman cars and round trip fare of 10 dollars, valid ten days, last trip October 14.
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Philippine Constabulary
St. Lows
War Department
Department of Justice
Keithiey
St. Louis
Wich
Keithley
Topeka
Elans
Philippines
Rigal
Insurreci
Pennsylvania Railroad
Niagara Falls
Washington
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Charles N Bulger
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Cord Meyer
New York State
William P Hornblower
Port Danny
Ath Lung Mountain
Stoessel
St Petersburg
Twe
Phillippoff
Kuropatkin
Bentslaputze
Liadyang
Taltse
Bentsiaputze
Gomfort
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Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
7Th St
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Pek
Aa. Gerad
Warships For
Libau
Kuntsville
Sedalia, Mo
Minnesota
Laurence Eugene Barringer
Schenectady, N
Agnes Pitkin
Albert J. Pitkin
American Locomotive Company
General Electric Company
Elzabeth B. Pitkin
Robert Barringer
W.B. Smith Whaley
Botkin
Cal
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J. F. Dunning
Dunn
Ida H. Deane
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Negress
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Tibet
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Order of Rebekah
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J.corbin
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William van Dalsen
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