Taft Opens Presidential Campaign with Speech to Buckeye Club
Secretary of War Taft outlines administration policies replying to railroad and trust issues in a Buckeye Republican Club speech. He presents the rate bill as the crowning achievement of the Republican era and argues the public will enjoy new and continuing advantages as enforcement continues.
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Buckeye Republican Club
Republican Party
Congress
Elkins
Raibeoitde
Tll
Guialiem
Beith
Supreme Court of the United States
Taft in Columbus Rails at Policy Address on Rate Reform
Secretary Taft spoke in Columbus praising the Hepburn act and criticizing Bryan while urging rail rate reform. He described railroad abuses, the need for a strong Interstate Commerce Commission, and potential amendments including classification and anti consolidation rules to curb unfair practices.
Governors urge Taylor Jaffa to testify in Goebel case
Governor Beckham and Caleb Powers press former Kentucky governor W. S. Taylor to return and testify in the Powers assassination trial. Beckham offers immunity and safe transport if Taylor travels from Indiana to Kentucky, but Taylor remains doubtful and in Indiana. Powers, jailed in Georgetown, says Beckham cannot block arrest but could pardon, and notes trial timing shifts after the November election.
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Lexington
J. C. Beckham
Caleb Powers
Taylor
Powers
William Goebel
Beckham
Gobel
Kentucky
Indiana
Georgetown
Goebel
Indianapolis
Dorbin
Hawley
Telegraph Strike Drags On As Operators Stay Out
Chicago and New York report no change in the telegraph strike as many operators remain out. Union officials assert gains and promise eventual concessions while outside talks falter and brokerage houses resist signing the revised scale.
New Territorial Secretary Nathan Jaffa Arrives in Santa Fe
Nathan Jaffa appointed secretary of New Mexico by President Roosevelt arrived in Santa Fe from Roswell. A conference with Governor Curry and ex-Governor Otero followed, and Jaffa may delay taking the oath until after a brief trip to Denver.
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Morning Journal
Santa Fe
Nathan Jaffa
New Mexico
Roosevelt
George Curry
Roswell
Jaffa
Curry
Otero
Denver
Denver. Mr. Jaffa
Photographer assault at Puget Sound incident sparks tensions
John Olson a logger in Seattle attacked three Japanese photographers taking pictures near Lumm Orwell Whitney and other islands in lower Puget Sound. Olson smashed cameras and plates, beat one man and drove the others toward Seattle after boasting of his Minnesota birth. Authorities regard the act as lacking broader significance.
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Seattle
John Olson
Sound
Lumm
Ories
Whitney
Puget Sound
Olean
Trie
Olson
Minnesota
Justice Who Fined Diplomat Arrested
Leo Massachusetts August 19 Associate Justice Emory Clay Phelps who caused an international stir by forcing Hugh Gurney secretary to Sir Mortimer Durand ambassador to the United States to pay a speeding fine was arrested today charged with the same offense. He rode with former Representative John W Casey brother of Justice Patricius Casey. they were observed by Policeman Edward Blanwood of Stocktridee Casey driving.
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Leo
Mass
Emory Clay Phelps
Hugh Gurney
Mortimer Durand
United States
John W. Casey
Patricius Casey
Edward Blanwood
Stocktridee
Acey
Socorro Defeats Grays 4-1 in Close Sunday Game
Socorro, New Mexico, Aug 19 Socorro defeated the Grays four to one in a fast Sunday game noted as the closest and most exciting of the season Hagerman and Cook formed the Grays batteries and a large crowd attended the match.
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The
Morning Journal
Socorro
N. M
Grays
Hagerman and Cook
Haywood Trial Highlighted at World Socialist Congress
Stuttgart Aug 19 Herr Hebel the German socialist leader opened the international congress referring to the Haywood trial in Phila delphia as a brilliant acquittal for a comrade He said the trial proved to the world that liberty law and justice exist only on paper in the United States He urged American workers to send representatives to Washington like the British workers.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Herr Hebel
International Socialist Congress
Haywood
Phise
United States
Jlerr Hebel
Washington
Vengeance Seeker Victim After Five Years Near Naples
An Italian tragedy ties two feuding families in a vendetta saga spanning five years. Antonio Villani pursues Agostino Buonanne from New York to Nocera, and in a road confrontationBuonanne is killed, with Vincenzo later decapitated, as a volatile feud erupts alongside unrelated coin design notes and Russian empire police casualties.
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Nocera
Naples
Agostino Buonanne
Teresina
Antonio Villani
Buenanne
New York
Antonio
Buonanne
America
Agostine
Muenanno
Villani
Agostino
Vicenno
Ross
Mucnanne
Villanns Place
Ane Ionio
Vincenne
Alost
Repeater Men Strike At Ash Fork Postal Office
Ash Fork Arizona August 19 The repeater operators at the Postal Telegraph relay office there walked out today. The striking men are expert electricians described as crucial to the system outside large cities. The company says replacements were stationed in anticipation of the action.
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New York
Daniel L. Russell
Comeretal Telegraphers’ Union
Associated Press
Tyrone Hope
Littl
Mr. Stone
Ubtoen
Ash Fork
Ariz
Postal Telegraph Company
Western Union Strife Ties Los Angeles and Prescott Wires
In Southern California and southwestern New Mexico the telegraph strike limits service. Los Angeles operates 45 workers while Prescott Arizona faces threatened destruction of Western Union property with no violence yet. An unknown operator on the Denver and Rio Grande grounded six wires, but business delays are minimal overall.
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Prescott
Arizona
Los Angeles
Cal
California
New Mexico
Western Union
Ariz
Western Union Company
Denver and
Rio Grande Ro
Y ‘ Company
Yesterday's baseball scores across leagues and cities
Listings show Cleveland beat Philadelphia 108 to 8 in an American League game. Detroit defeated Boston 4 to 3. Chicago routed Washington 16 to 2. St Louis edged New York 1 to 0. Brooklyn defeated Cincinnati 8 to 0 in a rain affected note. Philadelphia beat St Louis 2 to 0. Boston topped Cincinnati 16 to 0. New York beat Philadelphia 2 to 0. A separate note reports the revenue cutter Manning ran aground near Valdes Alaska with repairs planned in Sitka.
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Philadelphia
Detroit
Boston
Chicago
Washington
St Louis
St. Louie
New York
National
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Koston
Pipe
Cage
Revenue
Hocks
Treasury Department Today
Valdes
Alaska
Cantwell
Sitka
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