Taft Tells of Trip to Philippines and Japan Tour
Secretary Taft led a party of about eighty officials and relatives on a voyage from San Francisco to Yokohama and Manila aboard the Manchuria. The journey included visits to Tokyo Kyoto Kobe Nagasaki and Manila with lavish receptions, tours of government and industrial sites, and remarks on Philippine self governance prospects.
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Agtation For Independence
Japan
Manila
Tokyo
Yokohama
Kyoto
Kobe
Nagasaki
Manchuria
Luneta
Municipal Organiza Sontinled
Fire in Colon Destroys Government Buildings and Hotels
A major blaze in Colon last night destroyed Bowes Building housing the post office city offices Gov Melen dez port inspectors judiciary and treasury along with three hotels several liquor saloons and tenements two blocks burned and nearly all government records lost. The American residential quarter was spared and tragedy struck as Chief of Police Ortiz’s daughter, fifteen, was recovered dead from her home after dying hours earlier.
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Colon
Bowes
Melendez
Judiciary
Treasury
Panama
Ortiz
Minnie Lee Indicted for Blackmail Threats
Cleveland grand jury returns two indictments against Minnie Lee of Chicago for verbal and written attempts to blackmail Gov Myron T. Herrick. Arrest ordered. Chicago police seek Mrs Marie Ivers Lawrence alias Minnie Lee. relatives deny knowledge of her whereabouts. requisition papers expected.
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Cleveland
Oho
Cuyahoga County
Minnie Tee
Chicago
Myron
T Herrick
Marie Ivers Lawrence
Allo
Minnie Lee
Warren Avenue
Gen Hains Injured. Panama Canal Trip in Doubt
Gen Peter C Hains of the Panama Canal Commission was badly hurt in a bath accident at Stoneleigh Court. He struck his head, received a temple cut, was treated, and ordered to rest several days. Doctors say such a trip would exhaust him, so he likely cannot sail with the commission from New York for Panama.
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Peter C Hains
Panama Canal Commission
Stoneleigh Court
Gen Hains
Hains
Canal Commission
Havns
Commission
New York
Panama
Board of Consulting Engineers
Woman Saved Bank in Springfield Robbery Attempt
Mrs Mary Hunter operator at the local telephone exchange thwarted a bank robbery on Wednesday morning at Osborn Bank by signaling with ringing phones after blowing open the vault door. She cut the switchboard light and alerted residents as the explosion rattled the building. Cashier Jackson reported $15,000 in the vault, but the safe remained unopened and the robbers fled after the blast.
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Jackson
Ward Sues For Fifty Thousand In Manhattan
Geneseo New York Sept 27 Ferdinand Ward once of Grant Ward fame sues the estate of his first wife in Manhattan to recover 50000 dollars placed with her for safe keeping before the 1873 suspension of their firm. Ward died during imprisonment in Sing Sing after his trial and the failing firm caused a financial panic in Wall Street and ruin for many investors.
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Grant
Pnson
Washington Post
Geneseo NY
Ferdinand Ward
Grant & Ward
New York
Metropolis
Wal Street
Au L . Grant
Manhattan
Ward
Sting Sing
Patriotic Sons Name Officers For National Encampment
The Patriotic Sons of America elected officers including National President Edward A Dean New York and Vice President William A Valilant Maryland at the National Encampment in Atlantic City New Jersey. The assembly will meet next year in Richmond Virginia and the Masonic Relief Association reported twenty two Grand Lodges sixty eight boards of relief and two hundred sixty six lodges in its sixth biennial session in Syracuse New York.
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Richmond
Atlantic City
The
Patriotic Sons of America
Edward A Dean
New York
William A Valilant
Maryland
M B Downer ‘Linois
Charles H Stees
Pennsylvania
Treacher Frank P Spies
Blas Morgan
New Jersey
Rey 8 E Rupley
B L Lyden
Georgia
Masonic Relief Association
Syracuse
Onic Relief Association of the
Unitedate
Canada
T. John Newton
Washington, DC
Boards of Relief
Riots in Hungary clash outside Royal Hotel
In Budapest on September 27 a 1,500-strong Socialist coalition confrontation at the Independence Club triggered two hours of riotous scenes near the Royal Hotel. Dozens wounded, streets flooded, police and citizens halted mobs as calls for bloodshed faded.
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Budapest
Hungary
Royal Hotel
Independence Club
Coalition
Marseillaise
KKA
Earthquake in Sweden Wrecks Homes on Lundby Island
A severe quake struck Lundby Hisingen Island Gothenburg Sweden at 1 30 pm yesterday cracking walls and opening ground fissures while surface rumblings followed by violent rocking drove residents outdoors. Ground sank in places and the tremor lasted about a minute. Wrecker Melvin sentenced in Kansas to prison for burglary and theft of dynamite with minimum six and maximum fifteen years. Your Money In Always Burning shows 2 percent interest on all deposits at Union Trust Co 4M East.
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Lundby
Hisingen Island
Gothenburg
Sweden
Lundby Hisingen Island
Asek
Jont” Wrecker Senfedged
Tola
Kans
C. Melvin
Melvin
Banking Department of Union Trust Co
Secoupia
Sunday rest vs blue laws debate at Protestant Episcopal event
New York reporters describe Bishop Henry Codman Potter addressing the Annual Diocesan convention in which he condemned Sunday diversions as harmful and degrading. He urged devotion to Sunday observance yet argued liberty to use part of Sunday for recreation should be a personal choice, criticizing unsafe games and gambling.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
Disceda
Henry Codman Fotter
Ignor
Extradition bid in Canada ends as suspects abandon appeal
Syracuse dispatch cites John F Gaynor and Benjin D Greene saying they will not fight extradition and will face U S courts. Ottawa reports writ for extradition ready for minister Fitzpatrick's signature, with delivery to U S officers expected soon after.
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Syracuse
Post-Standard
Montreal
Dight
John F Gaynor
Benjin D Greene
United States
Gaynor
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Greene
Fitzpatrick
Quebec
Attack Carter's Defense in Govt Fraud Case
Federal prosecutors stormed the defense of former Captain Oberlin M Carter, accused of defrauding the government of 2.5 million dollars. Circumstantial proof showed payments by contractors into a New York bank account allegedly credited to Carter. Carter and counsel objected to documentary evidence of checks and deposits, arguing no record shows he received funds.
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Chicago
Oberlin M Carter
Gaynor
Greene
Eenor Carter
New York
Carter
Murdered at Supper Table in Ware County
Waycross Sept 27. Daniel Murray, a well known Ware County citizen, was shot in the back of the head while seated at his supper table at his Millwood home. The double barreled shot killed him. the assassin fled through a door hole. Murray, about 38, leaves a widow and one child and had been under bond in a prior murder case involving Horace Roberts. An indictment charged him as an accessory to Roberts' killing two years earlier.
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Way Cross
Andy Murray
Ware County
Millwood
Murray
Horace Roberts
Young Roberts
Five Children Cremated in Iowa Home Fire
In Fort Dodge Iowa a gasoline explosion touched off a blaze that destroyed Edward Adamson’s home while his five children aged three to ten slept inside. Neighbors found the fire and restrained the mother from rushing into the flames. The father was at work and the mother was visiting a neighbor.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Edward Adamson
Fever cases improve as yellow fever report updates
New Orleans reports 19 new cases bringing total to 3 918 with 5 deaths, 72 under treatment and 2 265 discharged. Noted is the smallest daily new case total since August. Mississippi towns log several cases and deaths while Pensacola reports six new cases and two deaths. Chicago Tribune notes railroad workers seek shorter hours. Baltimore and Ohio schedule weekend specials.
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New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
Hamburg
Vicksburg
Natchez
Gulfport
Mississippi City
Porth Gibson
Pensacola
Fla
Dr Cyrus Adler Weds Rachel Friedenwald in Philadelphia
Miss Rachel Friedenwald of Philadelphia married Dr Cyrus Adler at noon in the Friedenwald home. Rev Leon H Elmaleh officiated. Only close family attended. The couple, soon to reside in Washington, where Adler serves as assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Mrs Adler is noted in Hebrew social circles and literary circles.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Rachel Friedenwald
Cyrus Adler
Jane Friedenwald
North
Sixteenth Street
Leon H. Elmaleh
Congregation
Mickoe Isreal
Adler
Washington, Where Dr Adler
Smithsonian Institution
Baltimore
Robbed While Asleep On New York to Buffalo Train
Louis J Kagle of Manchester NH says he was robbed of 3200 while asleep in his berth aboard a Delaware Lackawanna and Western train arriving in Buffalo. He caused the arrest of several fellow passengers including William W Part ridge and his wife, Frank Spauldt, William S Keenen, and George Blake. Police released one detainee. The group had departed New York for Buffalo the previous evening.
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Buffalo
Louis J Kagle
Manchester
Asiz
New Yor
New York
William W Partridge
Ry Goods
Frank Spauldt
William's Keenen
George Blake
Outlaw Befies Officers in Georgia County
Special to The Washington Post reports Bryan County Georgia where outlaw E L Simms has killed three men in three weeks. He disrupted a coroners inquest in Bellabell by tearing up the verdict, vows to kill any helper, and guards himself as calls grow for troops. The sheriff is powerless and the governor is asked to send troops to end the terror.
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Washington
Savannah
Blabell
Bryan County
Simms
Eilabell
Countty
Mrs Rosa Schapiro Identified in Dress Case
Baltimore reports Mrs Rosa Schapiro wife of Dr Maurice Schapiro and daughter of Mrs W Lewin Nathan, of this city, cleared to-night after Boston police found her daughter and son-in-law in Roxbury. Investigation continues into the unknown woman whose dismembered body parts were found in a dress suitcase in Winthrop Bay.
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Baltimore
Rosa Schapiro
Maurice Schapiro
W Lewin Nathan
Boston
Nathan
Roxbury
Winthrop Pry
Michigan Railroad President Appeals Contempt Case
Richard R Metheany, a leading Michigan railroad executive and president of the Traverse City Leelanau and Manistique Railway, has appealed to the Michigan Supreme Court to reverse a sixty day contempt commitment. The citation stems from his failure to appear after a court ordered him to produce the company books in a $435000 Cambria Steel Co case.
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Michigan Railroad
Grand Rapids
Mich
Richard R Metheany
Michigan
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Traverse City, Leelanau and Manistique Railway
Supreme Court of Michigan
Perkins
Cambria Steel Company
Traverse City
Leelanau
Manistique
Metheany
Eighteen year old Louise Henry seeks divorce from Egbert Van Alstyne
Louise Henry aged eighteen file a separation decree against composer Egbert Van Alstyne in New York. She alleges a quarrel on September 1 at the Onyx Court apartments where he beat her, abused her, threatened her life and deserted her. Iselin estate appraised at 16 million dollars with 14.9 million in personal property and 1.4 million in real estate. A railroad round trip to Baltimore is offered by Pennsylvania Railroad for 1.35 dollars with tickets valid on all trains except Congressional Limited and returnable until Sunday night.
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Louie Henry
Miss Henry
van Alstyne
Onyx Court
Iselin
New York
Adrian Iselin
New Rochelle
White Plains
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Equitable Profit Scandals Tied to Depew Syndicate Ties
A Washington Post report details Armstrong insurance committee hearings revealing missing profits from Equitable Life Assurance Society syndicate deals. Senators like Chauncey Depew were linked to $100,000 participations, with funds suspected in the George H Squire trustee account. Witnesses include Robert Winthrop and Henry Graves as managers in the complex ownership and collateral trails.
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Awashington Post
New York
Armstrong Insurance Committee
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
George H Squire
American Deposit and Loan Company
Equitable Trust Company
M Depew
Iso
Equix Tayié Society
Depew
Squire
Williamson & Squire
Jordan
McIntyre
American Loan and Deposit Company
Marcellus Hartley
Robert Winthrop
Henry Graves
Winthrop
Eqquitable
St Louis
San Francisco
Mercantile Trust Company
Hughes
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Equitable Society
James W Alieéxender
Louis Fitzgerald
James H. Hyde
Chauncey M Depew
Willam A Wheelock
George HK Squire
Fidelity and Trust Company
J. P Morgan’ & Co
Rioting in Hungary and a Gunfire Incident
An item references riots in Hungary and a report of a bandeman shot by a woman on the street. The page lists varied sections including politics, finance, war lessons, court records, and social notices with multiple brief items and editorials.
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Tatt
Hungary
Equitable
Bandeman
Russia
Platt
New York City
Army
Baltimore Republican
Duke
Washington
Stand-Pat Victory in Republican Primary Returns
Boston reported that Eben S. Draper of Hopedale led in the Republican primaries for lieutenant governor, with opponent opposition to tariff revision and Canadian reciprocity. Early returns from small towns suggested Draper ahead of Col A H Goetting of Springfield and Judge Fred S. Hall of Taunton, though many unpledged delegations were chosen.
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Boston
Eben S. Draper
Hopedale
Draper
A H Goetting
Springfield
Fred 8. Hall
Taunton
Duel in an Express Car Sparks Two Injuries in Illinois
John E Ryan of Chicago and Edward Gradne, also of Chicago, an ex messenger, fired pistols on a Wabash passenger train near Decatur. Both men were seriously wounded, Greene escaping after leaping from the car door as the train neared Decatur. Police found Greene wounded, with Ryan also injured, as other trainmen discovered a pool of blood on the car floor.
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Decatur
John E Ryan
Chicago
Pacific Express
Edward Gradne
Ryan
Wabash Hospital
Greene
St Maur' S Hospital
Forty-seventh Street
Chiago
Pittsfield
Cerro Gordo
Dentur
Dourtoyen
Rear End Collision Near Glenwood Injures Five
Five people were injured in a rear end collision near Glenwood late this afternoon when Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton train No 4 crashed into a freight. Three are seriously hurt including engineer Wilson, fireman Steicher, and passenger James Barrows. One victim, J B Grosseup, suffered leg and arm injuries with internal damage. condition critical. Other details unclear due to fragmented report.
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Glenwood
Cornersville
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Harmony in Delaware Move Toward Republican Unity
In Dover on September, Addicks Republicans plan a meeting next Monday of the Union Republican State Central Committee to consider overtures from Regular Republicans for harmony. The Star committee of Regulars appoints a five member subcommittee to confer with a group named by the Union Republicans.
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Addicks
Dover
Del
Union Republican State Central Republican Committee
Harmony the Star Committee
Union Republicans
Warrants Out for Judges in Kansas City Corruption Case
Informations filed by County prosecutor Kimbrell name GGL Chrisman and Joseph Mercer judges of the County Court and Edward C Orear former judge charging corruption and misconduct in office. The case hinges on alleged favoritism to certain contractors in county contracts. A separate note mentions an English Song Book project for German Evangelical Synod youth societies and a publishing venture in Chicago.
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Kansas City
Kimbrell
Ggl Chrisman
Joseph Mercer
Edward C Orear
Rochester
N .Y
German Evangelical Synod of North America
Chicago
Evangelical Church of Germany
Woman shoots Marine Band violinist in 7th and H corner
Mrs Jennie L May shoots Lucien H Cowen a Marine Band musician, in the back, at Seventh and E Streets SE, after quarrels with her husband Ole J May. Cowen is seriously wounded but has an even chance for recovery. May appeals to Lieut Santelmann for help. Conen is said to have become close to Mrs May, provoking the rift and threats of divorce.
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Conen
May
Santelmann
Lucien H Cowen
Marine Band
Jennie L. May
Seventh
Mrs May
Ole J. May
E Street
Géne
Tdeut
William H. Santel- Mdnn
Lieut Santelmann
H'streets
Mather
Seventh Street
Capitol
Conens
Morgan
Fifth Precinct
Cone
Conan
Seiver
Providence Hospital
Cowen
Wihers
House of Detention
Truries Conen
Kentuchuan
Washington
Louisvile
Gonen
Real Estate Man Shot by Sister’s Brother in Nashville
Nashville real estate man Charles Denton was shot and killed by Ee Horn, a wood finisher, in Nashville Tennessee on September 27. Horn said Denton drew a pistol during a confrontation over his treatment of Horn’s sister, but no weapon was found on Denton at the scene.
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Nashville
Nashville, Tenn
Charles Denton
Ee. Horn
Alleged slayer commits suicide in jail
John Fowler, charged with murdering Dr E. W. Ridings a few weeks ago, hanged himself today in the Charlotte, Tennessee jail. The incident follows his arrest in Dickson, Fenn. for the crime and precedes the September furniture sale advertising in the same issue.
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Charlotte, Tenn
Dickson
Fenn
John Fowler
E. W Ridings
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Royal Tech
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Rachel Friedenweld
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