Imperialists Battle Near Hankow and Canton Revolt
Reports from Hankow and Canton detail fierce clashes as imperialist forces push on rebels. Casualties run into hundreds with 500 killed and 1500 wounded cited by observers, while a new Cantonese republic is mentioned alongside an imperial edict promising a constitutional government.
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Peking
Naonal Assembly
Hankow
China
Wuhu
Wuchang
Hanyang
Sah Chen Ping
A. H. Kepler
Ers
Kilometer Ten
Admiral Sah
Copley testifies on Lorimer bid to unseat Hopkins
Chicago October 30 The senate investigating committee reconvened as Ira G. Copley Aurora millionaire aide to Governor Deneen testified he spoke with Lorimer in December 1908 about the senate race and that a nonpartisan vote was planned to defeat Hopkins. He said Browne expected Lorimer’s election would end the deadlock and Shurtleff agreed. He did not confirm money or jackpot schemes.
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Chicago
Lorimer
Ira G. Copley
Aurora
Deneen
Albert J. Hopkins
HD. Shurtleff
Lee O'Neil Browne
Copley
Hopkins
Shurtleff
Torlmer
Waterloos Guest Today Henry A Mudge Rail Leader
Henry A. Mudge of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, born June 9, 1856 in Minden Michigan, rose through railway ranks from water boy to general manager and later second vice president. Railroad Age Gazette lauds his steady ascent, deep knowledge, and popular leadership as he prepares to guide the Rock Island.
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Henry A. Mudge
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Chicago
Minden
Mich
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Rio Grande Division
Western Division
Pueblo
Colo
Western Grand Division
Eastern Grand Division
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Rock Island
Waterloo faces choice on new union depot impact
The article argues Waterloo must press Rock Island and Illinois Central for a new passenger station. It cites high local demand, economic benefits, and a bid by prominent bankers and manufacturers to back better facilities, appealing to President Mudge to act in the city’s favor.
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Waterloo
Rock Island
Great Western
Mudge
Illinois Central
Ilinois Central
Rock Island Road
Illnois Central
Courier
FL. W. Powers
Black Flank National Bank
Waterloo Loan and Trust Co
James Black
Tl UY. Kelly
Kelly Manufacturing Co
H. O. Bernbrook
Watearles Steam Laundry
WM. Galloway
Wm. Galloway Company
West
F. J. Northey
Northey Manufacturing Company
EL DR
Dunkielberg
First Ward
Co. Y. Fowler
Fowler Company
I. F. Lipchpfield
Litelfield Manufacturing Co
Thos
Cascadiex, Jr
Cascadien Stove Company
Rock Island Railroad
Mudée
Union
Boosters of
Fot
Great Rock Island
Great Reels Island
Ailread
Taft Declares Thanksgiving Amid Dairy Show Pageant
President Taft issues his annual Thanksgiving proclamation designating November 30 as a day of prayer and gratitude. He tours Chicago with a drizzle soaked visit, attends the national dairy show, notes Pauline Wayne as her majesty, and helps lay a cornerstone amid a crowd and police intervention.
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Chicago
Taft
United States
Jim
Universal Brotherhood of Nations
William Monard Taft
United States of America
Almidhty
P. C. Knox
Pauline Wayne
White House
Hamilton
Mr. Taft
Bricklayers’ Union
Tobacco Trust Plan 13 Filed Amid U S Circuit Court Hearing
In New York the Supreme Court ordered dissolution actions for the tobacco trust. Attorney General Wickersham filed the government’s answer to the American Tobacco Company plan as bond holders and outside interests prepare to testify. The AG warned plans must meet strict conditions to restore competition while preserving court oversight for five years.
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New York
United States Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
Tobacco Trust
Supreme Court of the United States
Wickersham
American Tobacco Company
Supreme Court
Arabs lair mercilessly in Tripoli and Zahre
Report from Tripoli via Malta Oct 20 states Italian bombardment and massacres killed hundreds of Arabs and women in a residential oasis outside the city. Turkish forces reportedly captured outer Italian entrenchments and gained suburbs of Zahre as tribesmen vowed to defend their country to the last.
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Tripoli
Malta
Venzhazlion
London
Constantinople
Zahre
Gentlemen Readouts From Mexico Greeting Conference
This afternoon the president held a brief conference with Louis De Barra brother of the Mexican president who delivered greetings and goodwill from the Mexican executive.
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Lous de Barra
Mexico
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Rock Island Lines
Washington
Republic
Kwang Tung
Canton
Kwang Tung Province
Bergholz
Abled Tothley
State Department
Shanghai
Thryr
San Francisco
Young China
Seading
D Emand
H. W. Mudge
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Mr. Mudge
Copley Bebo
Martin
Henry U. Mudge
Rocky Island Railroad
Tobacco Trust Plan
OF Court
San Felice
S¢elgar
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