Roosevelt backs Taft in letter to Montana cattleman
President Roosevelt releases a public letter to Conrad Kohrs of Helena Mont urging support for William H Taft. He touts Taft as a reform ally, defender of wage workers and business. defends Tafts rail and labor injunction record and cites Tafts moral courage and wisdom as reasons for trusts and rates policy.
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Conrad Kohre
Helena, Mont
Dyeler Bay
N. Y
Conrad Kohrs
Helena
Mont
William H. Taft
Bryan
Kohrs
Rocky Mountain
Montana Stock Growers’ Association
Mr. Taft
Taft
Taft Campaign Schedule Expands Through Midwest Tour
Cincinnati reports William H. Taft plans campaign trips starting September 23 if current desires hold. He aims to meet National Chairman Hitchcock in Chicago after talks with Dixon and Western managers. A Cincinnati rally via the National League of Republican Clubs is set for September 22 with possible Lexington address on September 23.
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William H. Taft
Taft
Hitchcock
Chicago
Senator Dixon
National League of Republican
Vorys
Lancaster
Columbus
Kentucky Bankers’ Association
Lexington
Tennessee
Kentucky
Nashville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Kansas City
Middle Western
Christchurch
Dr. Knowlton
Charles P. Taft
Train wreck injures fifteen in Geneva Pennsylvania
Fifteen passengers were slightly injured when an Erie railway Chicago New York limited derailed at Geneva. An open switch caused the wreck at forty miles an hour. The locomotive overturned and the baggage car and day coach left the track. Railway officials suspect train wreckers.
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Youngstown, O
Erie Railway
Geneva
Young Boy Saved From Fire by Quick Action of Mrs Sommerhauser
In St Paul on September 14 Joseph Creve nick seven years old was badly burned after his clothing caught fire from a bonfire. Mrs A Sommerhauser acted swiftly removing her skirt and wrapping the boy to extinguish the flames.
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St. Paul
Joseph Crevenick
Armstrong Street
A. Sommerhauser
Hitchcock to visit Chicago and Cincinnati on Taft talks
Chairman Frank Hitchcock of the Republican national committee left New York for Chicago to spend two days at Western headquarters. On the return trip he may conference with Mr. Taft in Cincinnati while arranging Taft’s speaking itinerary this week.
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New York
Frank Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Cincinnati
Taft
Hitchcock
Mob Hangs Dave Newton in Brookshire Tex Outrage
In Brookshire Texas Dave Newton a Black man accused in the murder of white man John Buchtrin was taken from jail by a mob and hanged. The mob incited intense excitement and ordered all idle Black residents to leave the community.
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Brookshire
Tex
Dave Newton
John Buchtrin
Rain Brings Hope as Minnesota Forest Fires Subside
Clouds and light winds pause Mesaba range fires in northern Minnesota while Grand Marais remains protected by backfires. Officials deploy forty firefighters to aid Grand Marais and Grand Rapids Cohasset areas report no new blazes. Weather forecasters predict rain by week end, lifting spirits after two weeks of harsh fires.
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Mesaga
Minnesota
Grand Marais
Lake Superior
C. G. Andrews
John T. Black
Booth Line
America
Wilson
Grand Rapids
Cohasset
Mesaba Range
United States Weather Bureau
Washington
United States
North Country
Weather forecast mentions Pacific disturbance and West Indian storm
The bureau issues a forecast noting a disturbance near the North Pacific coast and a West Indian storm moving toward the Southeastern coast. It predicts abundant rains in the North Central drouth districts before the week’s end.
Man Dies After Self-inflicted Wound In St Paul Rampage
Joseph Klein, a school janitor, plunged through Exchange Street area in a self inflicted throat wound. He staggered to St Joseph's Hospital, died within an hour after surgery. Despondency over job loss believed to trigger suicide.
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St. Paul
Joseph Klein
St. Peter
Exchange
Klein
St. Joseph’s Ospital
Murder at organ ends hymn hour in North Carolina
Miss Willie Bullinger nineteen was stabbed to death by Lon Rader twenty one while seated at the organ during Sunday school in Newton. Rader sprang over benches and struck her with a pocket knife twice in the breast and once in the back dying instantly. He had prior hospital confinement and said he killed the girl because she was a witch.
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Charlotte
N. C
Newton
Willie Bullinger
Lon Rader
Rader
Lo Jrail
Opposition to Hughes Renomination Sparks Bitter Saratoga Battle
In Saratoga on September 14 anti Hughes leaders fought hard to block Governor Hughes renomination at the Republican state convention. They professed confidence but showed a distinct diminishment in assurance as veteran politicians warned of stiff opposition and mounting tension.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Hughes
Gossiped options surface for anti Hughes nomination
Amid party strife during the convention struggle the anti Hughes camp weighs potential candidates. Secretary of State Root declines ground support while whispers focus on Joseph H. Cheate and then increasingly on former ambassador Horace Porter as the likely nominee.
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Root
Joseph H. Cheate
Horace Porter
Bryan Disapproves of Mountain Park Sunday Meeting
Neer Park Maryland September 14 William Jennings Bryan denounces Sunday political speeches as residents near Mountain Park gather over 1200 people to hear him. He declines to speak until pressed and only shakes hands while a pledge of no applause is broken at departure for Baltimore.
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Neer Park
William Jennings Bryan
Mountain Park
Bryan
Deer Park
Baltimore
New York Democrats May Nominate Chanler for Governor
Rochester N Y Sept 14 with up state delegates arriving for the Democratic state convention the candidacy of Lieutenant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler for the gubernatorial nomination is discussed as the party lines up for the fight.
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New York State
Rochester
N. Y
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
Conners Reports Strong Chanler Support at Convention
Chairman William J. Conners said he spoke with 125 delegates and 99 percent favored Chanler. Senator Patrick H. McCarren of Brooklyn arrived and met Conners for over an hour. McCarren still backed Mayor N. A. Adams of Buffalo, while Conners emphasized Chanler's strength.
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Tion
William J. Conners
State Committee
Heen
Mr. Chanler
Patrick H. McCarren
Brooklyn
Conners
McCarren
N. A. Adams
Buffalo
Chanler
Fire devastates Gribben Lumber plant in St Paul
A blaze at the Gribben Lumber company wood turning plant on Seventh and Earl streets caused about 95000 in losses. The entire plant and lumber stock plus several large tenement houses and Herzog from company office were destroyed. Lieutenant Maloney of Engine Mouse 7 was overcome but recovered.
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St. Paul
Gribben Lumber Company
Seventh
Earl Streets
Herzog
Maloney
Engine Mouse No
Milwaukee Trader Robbed and Fatally Beaten in Ontonagon
W H Rogers a traveling representative for the Sholto D Rogers company was robbed and beaten with a blackjack at Ontonagon Michigan on his way to a boat to Ashland. He died from injuries after failing to regain consciousness, leaving only a slim clue to the attacker.
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Milwaukee
W. H. Rogers
Sholto D. Rogers Company
Ontonagon
Mich
Ashland
Tragic Oil Can Blast Burns WV Family. One Child Dies
A can of oil near the stove exploded in the Roush home in Mason County West Virginia. One child was burned to death and Mr and Mrs Roush along with three other children were fatally injured. The house was destroyed in the fire.
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Pomeroy
John G. Roush
Mason County
West Virginia
Fatal Quarrel Over Unionism in Marshalltown
In Marshalltown Iowa on September 14 Edward Henry a 37 year old carpenter felled plumber Matthew Skee during a dispute over unionism. Skee died from a fractured skull hours later leaving the incident described as a fatal quarrel tied to labor matters.
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Marshalltown
Edward Henry
Ea Uniom Carpenter
Matthew Skee
Skele
Man Dies of Carbolic Acid Poisoning Believed Hydrophobia
In Springfield Illinois on September 14 Bred Peterson fifty five year old man after a mad squirrel bite last week died from carbolic acid poisoning. Officials believe he swallowed the acid during a personal crisis fearing hydrophobia.
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Springfield
Peterson
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