Senators Accused of Bribery in West Virginia Race
A Charleston report cites 1911 floor statements alleging Senators Clarence Watson and William Chilton bribed legislators to vote for their U S senate bids. The petition names figures Glasscock Edwards Ogden Smith and MacDonald, cites a $2500 offer to Delegate Shock, and claims $150000 was discussed to corrupt delegates with Wall Street experts involved.
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Charleston
W. Va
Clarence Watson
William E. Chilton
United States Senate
West Virginia
Washington
William E. Glasscock
Elihu Root
Senate
William Seymour Edwards
William FE. Glasscock
Herschel C. Ogden
Ravis BR. Smith
Frederick A. MacDonald
Chilton and Watson
Wall Street
Robber fatally shot after Union Pacific mail holdup
An unidentified robber boarded train No. 101 at Kansas City, gagged three mail clerks, and rifled first class mail. He was fatally wounded by a bullet from his own revolver during a confrontation with Conductor M F Smith in Topeka. No identification found. a letter addressed to Mrs Will Lonsberry was recovered.
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Topeka
Kan
Union Pacific
Kansas City
St. Louis-Colorado Limited
M. FE. Smith
Pullman
Sanders
Smith
Will Lonsberry
Medford
Ore
R. D. No
Wireless King Wilson Dies in Prison in Atlanta
Christopher Columbus Wilson known as Wireless Wilson died in federal prison Atlanta from arsenic poisoning after a brief illness. Convicted in New York for using the mails to defraud tied to his wireless company, he arrived at the prison on August 23, 1911, to serve a three year term. He is survived by his ex wife and his stenographer wife. Funeral plans will be set by his daughter in Pennsylvania.
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Atlanta
Christopher Columbus Wilson
New York
Wireless
Wilson
Big Wireless Syndicate
Pennsylvania
Trotting Derby to Cheeny in Readville Race
Cheeny the Texas mare wins the American Trotting Derby final at Readville in a 3 10 3 4 mile event. Castle Dome places second with Kenyon W third, in a 5 490 purse final following six preliminaries. The program also features the Puritan pacing with The Eel first and Hal B Jr second.
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Boston
Cheeny
Readville Trask
Dudie Archdale
Grace
Gay Audubon
Postmaster General Explains Sunday Mail Regulations
Washington reports Postmaster General Hitchcock explains the new Sunday mail rules aimed at reducing Sunday labor. Mail for lock boxes received by midnight Saturday will be available Sunday. no street delivery on Sundays. only certain mail types will be sorted Sunday to speed distribution. Postmasters may authorize emergency sorting of important letters. offices will remain open to handle transit mail and city dispatches to avoid system clogging.
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Washington
U General
Hitchcock
Congress Ends Second Session With Bribery Charges Aired
The second session of the Sixth Congress adjourned as Senate struck Oregon Texas Virginia and Maryland claims from the deficit bill totaling $600,000. Penrose resolution for investigation passed. Bribery accusations against West Virginia Senators Chilton and Watson referred to committee. Taft begins vacation in Beverly.
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Penrose
Senate
Virginia
Washington
House
Oregon
Texas
Maryland
Capitol
la Follette
Chilton and Watson
West Virginia
Committee On
Clark
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Panama Canal
Car Strike Danger Ends in Chicago
All danger of a street railway strike is ended as offers of a wage increase for every employee of the Chicago Railways and Chicago City Railway companies are presented for rank and file approval. Increases range from one to three cents per hour and, if rejected, will be withdrawn and sent to arbitration.
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Chicago
Chicago Railways Company
Chicago City Railway Company
Aged Slayer Rose Executed in Tennessee Penitentiary
George W. Rose, 76, was hanged in Nashville for the murder of James M. Miller, a McMann county farmer. He cursed Governor Hooper all day over clemency, urged his son to shoot Sheriff Hart, and became penitent a few hours before execution.
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Nashville
Tenn
George W. Rose
State Penitentiary
James M. Miller
McMann County
Hooper
Rose
Hart
Youthful Lover Dies by Own Hand in Kentucky
Mount Sterling Kentucky August 27. Tugegle a fifteen year old girl from Winchester wrote a note claiming she had been jilted by her lover. She walked to her aunt's yard and prayed under a tree before firing a bullet into her brain with a revolver.
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Mount Sterling
S. Tugegle
Winchester
Woman Leads In Climb Of Mount Blackburn
Miss Dora Keen of Philadelphia led an expedition to Mount Blackburn Alaska, reaching the summit May 19 and returning via Skolar pass and the White River to the Yukon. She became the first woman to make the trip and questioned the mountain height, estimating about 17 500 feet. An ash-covered summit and distant Mount Wrangel volcano were noted.
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Seattle
Dora Keen
Philadelphia
Mount Blackburn
Alaska
Miss Keen
Skolar Pass
White River
Yukon
Miss Keene
Mount Wrangel
Flynn Secret Service Chief's Uptown Home Robbed
The uptown home of William J. Flynn head of the United States secret service was robbed while he was away in Maine. Police found the three story house in disorder with rooms bureaus and cupboards ransacked and the pantry looted. Flynn is returning to New York to assist the aldermanic graft investigation committee and is expected to arrive tomorrow.
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New York
William J. Flynn
United States Secret Service
Maine
Flynn
Aldermanic
Theory for triple killing in East Bourne England
A London–Theory suggests Robert Hicks Murray killed the two Fal er sisters and then died by suicide to clear the way for his American second wife. Murray had already married Edith Paer after two children were born to him and Frances Paler Edith’s sister. Both women knew of the household's situation and had no objections.
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East Bourne
England
Robert Hicks Murray
America
Faler
United States
Edith Paaer
Frances Paler
Edith
SLAIN MAN IS MISSISSIPPIAN
Harvey Dodd a 27 year old Kosciusko Miss resident and Vanderbilt alumnus described as a soldier of fortune was reported murdered in Nicaragua. He served in the Mississippi legislature as a clerk and had a history in the Mexican and Nicaraguan revolutions. He had many relatives in Louisville.
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Louisville
Harvey Dodd
Nicaragua
Kosciusko, Miss
S. L. Dodd
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
Mississippi
Mexico
Zelaya
Roosevelt Plans Broad Defense Against Oil Accusations
Ex president Roosevelt prepares a detailed defense before the Senate committee on Standard Oil links to 1904 campaign funds. He seeks permission to testify but awaits possible October hearing, citing letters and correspondence with statesmen to show firm stance against corporate influence. Cortelyou backs Roosevelt’s account and supports the need to disclose any Standard Oil contributions.
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Oyster Bay
Senatorial Committee
Col
Roosevelt
Senate Committee
Standard Oil Company
Adhervice
Oil Trust
Standard Oil
Clapp
New York
O. K. Davis
Davis
Sagamore ‘Hill
George’b. Cortelyou
Republican National Committee
Cortelyou
Qudeth
Standard’ Oil
Rebels Are Routed At Ascension In Mexican Fight
General Rabago's federal column defeated the rebels near Ascension southwest of Juarez. About 76 rebels were killed and prisoners taken, while federal losses were reported at a dozen killed and 30 wounded. Orozco and Salazar total roughly 900 troops pursuing rebels toward Sonora. fighting also reported around Torreon with ongoing pillage.
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Juarez
Mex
Rabago
Orozco
Ascension
Palomas Land and Cattle Company
Pearson
Salazar
Palomas Ranch
Sonora
Torreon
Bar Association Frays Over Lewis Admission
At the Milwaukee convention of the American Bar Association the debate centered on admitting Assistant Attorney General William H. Lewis, a Black Harvard graduate and famed football player. Attor ney General Wickersham urged Lewis’s inclusion, while Col. Alexander Troy warned of losing southern members. The executive committee first admitted Lewis without color knowledge, then rescinded and left the decision to the full body. The president’s address opened the meeting.
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Milwaukee
Wis
American Bar Association
Pfister
William H. Lewis
Lewis
Harvard
Wickersham
Alexander Troy
Montgomery
Ala
South
S .S. Gregory
Ilinois
Michigan Primaries Stream Across State in Political Test
Detroit voters participate in statewide primaries for governor lieutenant governor US senator and congressional seats in districts one two six and seven. Counties nominate local officials and Detroit officials. The vote tests party strength amid Republican splits with Progressives fielding candidates for key offices.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
United States
Four Die From Black Damp in Wisconsin Mine
Four men perished after being overcome by black damp at the Frontier Lead and Zinc mine near Linden Wisconsin. A rescue party narrowly escaped death while attempting to recover the bodies. The dead are John Swift Joseph Shea Thomas McGuire and Edward Hirds. Hirds was a heavy stockholder in the mine.
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Linden
Wis
John Swift
Joseph Shea
Thomas McGuire
Edward Hirds
Hirds
Traveling Engineers in Session In Chicago Meet Focuses on Fuel and Locomotive Efficiency
Traveling Engineers in Chicago begin a four day session of the twentieth annual meeting with reports from special committees. Key topics include chemically treated water to boost locomotive efficiency fuel economy locomotive inspection and promoting economical use of fuel and lubricants along with the pros and cons of lead on modern high speed locomotives.
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Chicago
Traveling Engineers’ Association
North Dakota rail extension links Great Northern with Grand Trunk Pacific
Work has begun on a 22 mile North Dakota extension to connect the Great Northern with the Grand Trunk Pacific on the Canadian side of the border. The line starts at Niobe in Ward county and will join the southern Grand Trunk extension 12 miles west of North Portal Saskatchewan.
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St. Paul
Minn
North Dakota
Great Northern
Grand Trunk Pacific
Niobe
Ward County
N. D
Grand Trunk
North Portal
Sask
Loeb Defends Roosevelt Over Harriman and Oil Gifts
William Loeb Jr. asserts he relayed Roosevelt’s directive to Cortelyou to fund the New York state committee after Harriman urged financial help. He recalls two letters and a telegram from Roosevelt demanding return of any Standard Oil contribution to the 1904 campaign.
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New York
William Loeb, Jr
Taft
Roosevelt
Standard Oil Company
E. H. Harriman
George B. Cortelyou
Republican National Committee
Harriman
Loeb
White House
Cortelyou
Sagamore Hill
Higgins
National
New York State Committee
Treasury
Chairman Cortelyou
State Committee
Standard Oil
Standard OU Company
Standard of Company
Tragic Barn Fire Claims Two Children in Illinois
A four year old son of Professor Trimble of Clifton and his six year old cousin Lu pile Werku died in a barn fire that destroyed the Trimble farm in Bloomington Illinois on August 27. The blaze burned rapidly destroying the barn and claimed the two young lives.
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Bloomington
Trimble
Clifton, II
Lupile
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Burnett
Immigration Committee
Focht
Congressional
Beverly
Sleuth
Gotham
U. 8
Secret Service
R. H. Murray
Americana
Archbold
American Association
State
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