Independent party flirtation ends as Merrill resigns
J L Merrill of Kansas City resigns as national committee man from Missouri of the Independent party. He accuses Hearst circle of using stolen correspondence and ties the party to Republican money and unfounded accusations against Bryan and Haskell. He says the party aligns with Standard Oil and favors Taft for Foraker’s removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
J. L. Merrill
National Committee
Minnen
Missouri
Indepenent Party
William R. Hearst
Independent Party
Bryan
Taft
Foraker
Haskell
Standard Oil
Banker B R Thomas Hurt in Auto Accident in New York
The banker B R Thomas suffered injuries in an August 14 automobile crash. He was moved from Monmouth Memorial hospital to Roosevelt Hospital for a second operation on his knee after initial recovery and is facing a guarded prognosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
B. R.thomas
Roosevelt Hospital
Thomas
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Long Branch
N.J
Sealers Left To Freeze In North Pacific Seizures
Russian patrols seized raiding Japanese sealing schooners off the Russian seal islands and Great Santa Island in the north Pacific. The Bosa was intercepted near the rookery with six armed men, who fled after the fog enabled the schooner to escape. Another schooner was burned after crew fled into the woods following pursuit. It was feared the Japanese would face freezing and starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Iig
North Pacific
Monteagle
Bosa
Great Santal Island
Five hurt in horse show runaways at Duquesne
At Duquesne horse show Pittsburg two runaways caused injuries to spectators and participants. Red Bird owned by Clarence N Heinz and driven by Patrick Dunn toppled from a victoria injuring Dunn and Judge Hugh Drury. Sebastian Mueller's Jack Hepburn spilled Mueller and two others, injuring two young men. In Tennessee a separate shooting at Rosaville injured Constable Carlock and left Oscar Henderson dead with G S Henderson seriously wounded during an attempted arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Duquesne
Red Bird
Clarence N. Heinz
Victoria
Patrick Dunn
Hugh Drury
Sebastian Mueller
Jack Hepburn
Mueller
Chattanooga
Tenn
Rosaville
John Carlock
Oscar Henderson
Henderson
Carlock
Henderson Brothers
Connecticut Weather Forecast With Rain and Clearing
Forecasters predict rain tonight and Friday across Connecticut, followed by clearing and cooler temperatures. Northerly to easterly winds accompany the system passing off near Nantucket, with another disturbance near Hatteras. Clouds and rain stretch from Florida to Maine, while high pressure over North Dakota brings cooler, unsettled midsection weather.
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Connecticut
Nantucket
Hatteras
Florida
Maine
North Dakota
Cannon Cleared on Littlefield Liquor Bill Fallout
Chicago Tribune reports Republican judiciary committee in the 59th Congress exonerated Speaker Cannon from blame in the defeat of the Littlefield liquor bill. The measure aimed to bar liquor shipment into prohibition districts and was deemed unconstitutional by the committee. Replies from six Republican members supported Littlefield’s claim that Cannon was not involved.
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Chicago
the Tribune
House Committee On Judiciary
Cannon
Judiciary Committee
Central Christian Advocate
Kansas City
Littlefield
Tribune
Pickpocket The Owl Escapes After Paying Back Victims
Portchester New York Oct 29 Eddie Fritz known as The Owl escaped liability after returning 400 to victims and paying 50 to his lawyer. He faced one charge of disorderly conduct and was fined 50. Fritz, linked to The McManus district, departed for New York with 54 as his day’s profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portchester
Eddie Fritz
the Owl
McManus
New York City
Backatt
Taft-Bryan Demonstraion
Loathia
Fritz
Wilcox
Taft
Brian
Wilcor
New York
Poisoned servants in clergyman's household in Oklahoma City
Two household servants in the Rev. Carter Helm Jones Baptist pastorate in Oklahoma City drank blackberry brandy given to the clergyman and died. The brandy bottle was believed to contain poison intended for the preacher, who recently moved from Lynchburg Virginia after a controversial marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okim
Carter Helm Jones
Baptist Church
Porson
Shanghai Chamber Welcomes American Fleet to China
The Chinese chamber of commerce in Shanghai sent a message to Admiral Sperry welcoming the American fleet to China. The gesture is described as a cordial sign amid the opening phase of naval contact and Sino American relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mage
Sperry
Shanghai
Chinese Chamber of Commerce of
Admiral Sperry
China
Bones Coe T
Girls Leap From Windows As Fire Hose Explodes
Panic erupts in Cincinnati as a bursting fire hose causes eight office girls to jump from eleven story windows. One fireman is badly injured while others are rescued. Firemen perform heroic rescues of the remaining workers.
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Cincinnati
Taft And Bryan Busy On Final New York Tour
Taft and Bryan end a day of upstate campaigning with Syracuse speeches after stops at Lyons Canandaigua Geneva Seneca Falls and Auburn for Taft and Cohoes Albany Utica and Rome for Bryan Ex Judge Parker to speak with Bryan at Syracuse. Running mates and cabinet members also campaigned in several states while third party candidates toured elsewhere Bryan spoke at Cohoes in a crowded opera house to begin the final day of the New York campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William H. Taft
William J. Bryan
Syracuse
Taft
Lyons
Canandaigua
Geneva
Seneca Falls
Auburn
Bryan
New York State
Cohoes
Albany
Utica
Rome
Alton B. Parker
Sherman
Kern
Indiana
Cortelyou
Root
Toledo
Meyer
Belair
Hughes
Chanler
Eugene W. Chafin
A. 8. Watkins
Prohibition
Ohio
Peter Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence Party
New Jersey
Eugene V. Debs
Illinois
Wireless fails to reach American battleships at Amoy arrival due
The Culgoa returned to harbor at Amoy after failing to connect by wireless telegraphy with the American battle fleet. The second squadron is about 200 miles away and expected tomorrow. Prince Tu Lang, delegated by the Peking government, will host the fleet reception. Viceroy Song stays aboard Hai-Yung amid revolution threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amoy
Patton
Prince Tu Lang
Peking
Song
Hai-Yung
Centennial Mass Observed at Boston Cathedral
In Boston on October 29 the centennial observance of the Boston archdiocese continued with a solemn high mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. The service benefited the diocese’s children with Rev George J Patterson presiding and Rev George A Lyons delivering the sermon to a large audience, highlighting the parochial schools’ 76,000 membership. Earlier, October 7, Baptist Sunday School association meetings ended after three days at North Avenue Baptist church with reports, officer elections, and speeches by Stephen Moore, W W Weeks, and W C King.
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Boston
Archdiocese of
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
George J. Patterson
George A. Lyons
Baptist Sunday School Association
North Avenue
Stephen Moore
Rey W. W. Weeks
W. C. King
Springfield
Train wreck near Augusta injures several in Wisconsin
A north bound Chicago & North Western train jumped the tracks near Augusta Wisconsin. The engine rolled four somersaults and the derailment injured passengers and trainmen, though none seriously. In a separate item a dynamite blast at Hammrad mines in Gadeen Alabama killed one, fatally injured another, and wounded two more. A Chicago court charged F B Humphrey of Elmira New York with passing checks totaling five thousand dollars to Cornell associates.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Augusta
Chama
Chicago
F. B. Humphrey
Elmira
N. Y
Cornell University
Gadeen
Ala
Hammrad
Morse and Curtis Testimony in Banking Trial
New York October 29. Charles W Morse and Alfred Curtis face cross examination as Curtis testifies about the National Bank of North America loans. Morse may take the stand to defend himself against charges of violating the national banking law. Curtis aims to place responsibility on Morse for the bank's instability and loans while denying personal gains beyond his role as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles W. Morse
Snander
Alfred Curtis
National Bank of North America
Curtle
Morse
Curtis
Hill Introduces Bryan to Large Albany Crowd
Former United States Senator David B. Hill spoke in Albany urging support for the Democratic national and state tickets. He praised William J. Bryan as the presidential candidate and stressed campaign finance publicity, saying the nation needs change and that Bryan would lead, not be led by others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
United States
David B. Hill
William J. Bryan
Schenectady
Woman Throws Self Under Brooklyn Train
A crowd on the Brooklyn elevated platform watched a woman leap into the path of an approaching train and die. She is believed to be Mrs. Adam Lindauer, wife of a Brooklyn hairdresser, with no obvious reason for the act given by her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L” Road
Brooklyn
Adam Lindauer
Brook+ Tyn
Lindauer
Redhot wire decapitates worker at steel mill
Erick Els, a wire drawer at American Steel and Wire mills in Cleveland, suffered a fatal accident when a redhot wire snapped under tension. The wire struck his neck and burned through in seconds as it coiled around him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Erick Els
American Steel and Wire Company
Death and funeral notices in Mondays Democrat
Full obsequies coverage for Monsignor Slocum and the funerals of Father Treanor Dr Anderson Father Crowley Dr Davenport plus memorials from societies. Includes portraits of the late monsignor Bishop Beaven Father O'Brien and other priests. Readers urged to order copies as souvenirs.
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Monsignor Slocum
Father Treanor
Anderson
Father Crowley
Davenport
Monsignor
Bishop Beaven
Father O’brien
Balloon race pilots plan first flight in Los Angeles
Captain A E Mueler and Captain Horace B Wild prepare Sunday for the launch of two balloons United States and America in a continental race from Los Angeles. They optimistic on flight paths with theories of upper coastal currents and routes toward San Diego, the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi Valley, Salt Lake Basin and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
A. E. Mueler
Horace B. Wild
United States
America
Mueller
San Diego
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi Valley and Then Northeastward. Captain Wild
Salt Lake Basin
Canada
Whipping of Woman in Night Rider Case at Samburg Tenn
Oct 29 report from Samburg Tenn details Night Rider activities with Garrett Johnson said to be imprisoned at Camp Nemo. Tid Burton’s confession shocks Union City and Tiptonville, naming up to 300 Obion county men, describing Night Rider oaths. Cochran captured after lake chase admits Night Rider outrages include women whipping. About seventy prisoners in camp under tight guard. Garrett Johnson, his brother Tom, and William Watson kept in solitary confinement.
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Samburg
Tenn
Camp Nemo
Garrett Johnson
Tid Burton
Union
Rankin
Tiptonville
Burton
Obion County
Jobn J. Cochran
Tom
Wiliam Watson
Deserter’s Wife Pleads for Navy Leniency in Seizure
Philadelphia report describes Mrs Ada Magness daughter of Senator Gorman clinging to her imprisoned husband on the League Island receiving ship. Marines and a time limit end their brief reunion as a sergeant forbids more time. The husband faces an eighteen month sentence for desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benator
Philadelphia
C. J. Magness
Ada Gorman
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Lancaster
League Island Navy Yard
Navy
Riot After Disaster Shields Officers of Stranded Ship
In Smyrna on October 29 a mob attacked and burned three Mamidieh Steamship company piers after the loss of the steamer Stamboul which collided with the Kasandra and sank. Officers feared for their lives as ships sought refuge in the harbor under battleship protection. One hundred forty bodies were recovered from the sea with divers reporting many corpses in the cabin and stairway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smyrna
Acta
Stamboul
Cordelia
Turkey
Mamidieh Steamship Company
Tower Harbor
Brandenburg Arrives in New York for Larceny Trial
Broughton Brandenburg, arrested in Dayton Ohio over the Grover Cleveland letter dispute, waived extradition and returned to New York voluntarily. He faced arraignment on charges of second degree larceny, pleaded not guilty, and was released on a $1,500 bail.
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New York
Broughton Brandenburg
Dayton
Grover Cleveland
Brandenburg
Ohio
General Sensions
Song Writer Dead in Lynn at 87 The Bard of High Rock
John W. Hutchinson, last of the Hutchinson family famed for temperance abolition songs, died at High Rock in Lynn at 87 after a heart weakness. The Milford, New Hampshire lineage totaled 16 children, 12 sons, famed for voices. The group toured prewar, then sang at Union camps during the Civil War. Hutchinson, known locally as The bard of High Rock, left a widow.
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Lynn
Mass
John W. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
High Rock
Milford
N. H
War Department
Hutchingon
Big bet on Robertson in New Haven election
In New Haven last night a $1000 wager was placed that Judge A Heaton Robertson would win the governor's race over George L Lilley. Other bets favored Lilley but none matched the size of the Robertson stake with a second $1000 rumored in central town cafe. Mary Garden sails into New York with Carnegie party aboard Adriatic after European voyage. Train jumped track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
A. Heaton Robertson
George L. Lilley
Judge Robertson
Congressman Lilley
Waterbury
Brass City
Lilley
Mary Garden
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Europe
Adriatic
Couple Found Dy ing At Boarding House Tragedy
In Greenfield Maxs Oct 29 Benjamin B Gaines thirty nine and Miss Harriet Mabel Wing ten years younger were found dying from bullet wounds at Miss Wing s boarding house Both died without statements Police think Gaines shot Wing then killed himself No motive known Milford Oct 29 body of a man only identified as Pete who worked on a farm for Caleb Smith via Bridgeport agency found in a pond near here Cause of death unknown
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Greenfield, Maxs
Benjamin B. Gaines
Harriet Mabel Wing
Milford
Pete
Caleb Smith
Bridgeport
Governor Guild Attacked In Gastritis Illness
Boston reports Governor Guild suffered a severe gastritis attack on October 29. It marks the third serious illness in a year, prompting considerable anxiety about the governor’s condition and ability to govern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor Guild
Boston
Dillon Not Guilty In Downtrodden Trolley Case
The state case against John Dillon for neglect causing Walter Hayes to die at West Main Street crossing ended with a not guilty verdict after jurors deliberated over a morning of arguments and testimony. Dillon testified he signalled the train to stop and witnesses near the crossing saw little of him. The ruling also ends the related case of John Flavin, a car crew member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dillon
Walter Hayes
Judge Bennett
Dillon
West Main Street
Watertown
John Flavin
No-license conference outlines gains in Massachusetts movement
Boston reports the second annual no-license conference under the Massachusetts No-License League. Frederick Fosdick presided while Robert H. Magwood spoke on statewide gains, noting 17 cities and 260 towns won over with a state majority of 18,702 votes for prohibition. George W. Alden discussed druggists licenses and Delcevare King spoke on the express problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Kingsley
Bowdoin
Ford
Massachusetts
Frederick Fosdick
Fitchburg
Massachusetts and Saloon League
Robert H. Magwood
Magwood
George W. Alden
Brockton
Delcevare King
Quincy
Old Resident Fitch Dies in Willimantic at 81
Willimantic October 29 H. H. Fitch, one of the oldest and best known citizens, died here today at age 81. He held many town offices and was a long time resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willimantic
H. H. Fitch
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Wall
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