Tennessee Republicans Declare For Taft At Nashville Convention
Nashville March 24 delegates and visitors arrive for the Republican state convention to nominate presidential electors and delegates at large. The meeting is expected to endorse Taft with a split between factions led by W P Brownlow and H Clay Evans. Cannon support may sway Tennessee’s delegation if Taft is not chosen.
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Tenn
Repubican
State Supreme Court
State Committee
Roosevelt
Taft
Tennessee
New York
W. P. Brownlow
H. Clay Evans
Pension
London
Evans
Brownlow
Speaker Cannon
Chicago
Cannon
Hughes
McDonald Hanged After Lengthy Appeals In Pittsburgh
William Smith McDonald was executed at Allegheny county jail for the murder of his common law wife in a Beech Avenue lodging house. Despite appeals to higher courts and the pardons board, mercy was denied. McDonald, refined in appearance with a Seated birth, had fled to America with the woman he later killed and had earned a brief message of forgiveness from his English wife.
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Pittsburg
William Smith McDonald
England
United States
Allegheny County
McDonald
Beviching House
Beech Avenue
Board of Pardons
Eversze
America
iMaugh Dead Body Warm in Moyock Case
News from Moyock North Carolina reports a ten year old girl of farmer Perry appeared dead after a fall last Friday. Doctors pronounced death yet the child’s face remained colored and the body warm prompting parents to delay burial until certainty of death is established.
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Norfolk
Moyock
N. C
Perry
Filibuster Threat Shapes Senate Action On Currency Bill
Washington reports a Mississippi Representative Williams vows to filibuster on all occasions to pressure Republicans on the employers liability bill and other measures. In the Senate the currency bill garners priority with Aldrich hinting at a joint commission for permanent currency reform before adjournment. Lafollette continues his currency speech as the Senate adjourns at 4 10 p m.
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Washington
Representative Williams
Mississippi
House of Representives
House
Sulzer
Dalzer
Pennsylvania
Lafollette
Aldrich
Senate
Congress
Tariff Debate Over Manganese Ore Duty
Representative Cook of Colorado denounced the Dingley tariff changes removing manganese ore from the duty free list. He argued the move harms manganese production across Colorado Arkansas California Georgia Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia and urged restoring a forty cent per ton duty to protect American labor and miners.
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Washington
Cook
Colorado
House of Representatives
Congress
Bacon
Georgia
Arkansas
California
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
National Retail Hardware Dealers Convention Opens in St Louis
St Louis hosts the annual gathering of the National Retail Hardware Dealers Association with a large turnout from across the country. The three day convention will cover key questions and issues facing the tool trade.
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St. Louis
National
Retei} Hardware Dealers’ Association
Anti-Saloon League Holds Idaho Convention
A sizable group of delegates gathers in Idaho for the Anti-Saloon League state convention to plan an active campaign through summer and fall. Sessions began tonight and will run through Wednesday and Thursday.
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Newpaidee
The
Anti-Saloon League
Trial of Lukacevičius for Murder and Robbery in Newark
In Newark on March 24, the quarter session court heard eighteen year old John Lukacevicius on murder charges for killing Michael Miszkunas. He allegedly killed Miszkunas after he befriended him, then took $581 from the body and wounded a second man while attempting to escape.
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Newark
N. J
John Lukaceviezius
Michael Miszkunas
Lukaceviezus
Miszkunas
Democratic primary produces citywide landslide in Indianapolis
National Chairman Taggart and his allies won a decisive victory in today's primaries carrying every ward in Indianapolis by a large majority. The turnout set a record as the largest Democratic primary vote in the county.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Taggart
Lafollette Ends Speech on the Currency Bill
In Washington Senator Lafollette wrapped up his opposition to the Aldrich currency bill and outlined a power bloc led by Morgan and Rockefeller. He warned the measure would strengthen Wall Street dominance and urged progressive senators to unite against it.
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Aldrich Thrt
Washington
Lafollette
Aldrich
Lafallette
Vectorius
Sues
Standard Oil-Morgan Combine
Greay
Morgan
Rockefeller
Broadway
Latollett
Rockefellers
Standard Oil
W. K. Vanderbit
August Belmont
Frederick Wyerhauser
Henry (. Frick
J. Ogden Armour
George G. Gould
Jacob Schiff
E. H. Harriman
Jos. F. Ryan
Louis 8S. Swift
John Jacob Astor
Wall Street
Committee On Financial Affairs
Bryan
Bryah
Bryan Andi
North Dakota Democrats eye Johnson Johnsons in denver convention battle
The Democratic state committee in Grand Forks reviews credentials and plans for the state convention to pick North Dakota delegates for the Denver national meeting. Johnson of Minnesota draws interest while Bryan remains popular. North Dakota may back Bryan on the first ballot with some considering Johnson.
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Grand Forks
N. C
Democratic State Committee
North Dakota
Denver
Johnson
Minnesota
Bryan
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Promote Local Sales
John Niha of Viningla endorses DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills after a year of selling them and using them personally with fine results. The pills are available at all druggists and promoted in the Daily Telegraph.
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John Niha
Viningla
DeWitt
Bramwell Holds Meeting Announces Candidacy for Governor
Jairus Collins, coal operator and longtime Daily Telegraph reader, announced at a Bramwell gathering of state coal operators his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for West Virginia governor. Collins previously served as a state delegate to the national convention and was a former Senate candidate.
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Bramwell
Thal Town
Associated Press
W. Va
Jairus Collins
West Virginia
Collins
Judge Parker
Senate
Collns
Daily Telegraph
Massive Black Hand Plot Triggers Bank Run In New York
In New York on March 24 a Black Hand plot led to a panic at the Patti bank on Elizabeth Street and a suspension at Pasquale Pat Ud’s Italian bank amid fear of death after an associate killed Francesco Pelletro. Depositors surged as police restored order and another nearby bank, Fr Aoritelli & Son, faced a run and temporary closure.
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Black Hand
Bank of Pasquale
New York
Bank of
Pasquale Pat- Ud
Elizabeth Street
Francesco Pelletro
Patti Bank
Fr. Aoritell) & Son
Sie Black Hand
Patti
Pelletro
Pattis Bank
White Burley Crop Sold Amid Tobacco Board Rumor
Cincinnati reports a claimed agreement between the American Tobacco Company and the Society of Equity executive committee. Clarence Leous and A Brooks deny the pact but say others insist it is authentic. The deal allegedly covers 1906 and 1907 crops at ten and eighteen cents a pound with a no crop pledge for 1908, limited to white burley districts and not affecting dark burley areas where nighttime outrages have occurred.
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Cincinnati
American Tobacco Company
Society of Equity
Clarence Leous
A. Brooks
Whie Wutley Tobacco Board of Control
American Society of Hiquity
New York
Seciery
America Tobacco Company
Trolley Car Jumps Track in Detroit Incident
An interurban limited car from Jackson on the Ann Arbor line of the Detroit railway system jumped the track in Detroit Michigan on March 24. No further details are provided.
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Detroit, Mich
Jackson
Ann Arbor
Detroit Railway System
Car plunges into building injuring forty-one on Michigan
A derailment or accident occurred about three this afternoon on Michigan Avenue near Bist Street as a car crashed across the pavement into a nearby building. Forty-one passengers were hurt though only a few were believed to sustain serious injuries.
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Michigan Avenue
Bist Street
Alleged Railway Discrimination Hurts Elk Coal Co
The Elk Coal Company sues the Coal and Coke Railway Co and the Davis Colliery Co alleging a conspiracy to deprive Elk Coal of cars and favorable distribution. The complaint seeks an injunction to stop discrimination and to restore car service, claiming losses since August 1905 that cost Elk Coal potential profits per ton.
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Elk Coal Company
Coal and Coke Railway
Charleston
W. Va
Marel
Coal and Coke Railway Co
Davis Colliery Co
Henry GG. Davis
United States
Elk Coal Co
Ik Coal Co
Spaniards Remanded to Jail in W Va
Fifteen Spaniards arrested by U S marshals for alien contract labor law violations were arraigned in Clarksburg on March 24 and remanded to jail in default of 1000 bond. They will be sent to Baltimore to await the secretary of commerce and labor review of evidence.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
United States
Baltimore
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Chicago billiards star wins first match in series
Calvyn Demar est of Chicago defeated C. Fr. Kanklin 400 to 231 in 14.2 balk line billiards, the opening match of a triplete series to decide the national amateur tournament that concluded last night in Chicago.
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Chicago
Calvyn Demarest
C. Fr. Kanklin
King Leopold Illness Report Stirs Brussels
News from Brussels says King Leopold’s illness has worsened as he remains in his rooms with his physician visiting twice daily, indicating a serious turn in his health.
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Brussels
Leopold
Hus
Senator Penrose in extremely serious condition illness
Philadelphia report states United States Senator Penrose is ill and in an extremely serious condition with no improvement despite a lower temperature. In Boston Governor Curtis Guild continued to rest easily and held the ground he gained earlier in the day.
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Philadelphia
United States
Penrose
Boston
Curtis Guild
Bluefield Feed Co Sells Hay Straw and Nine Chop Varieties
The Bluefield Feed Co offers hay straw and nine kinds of chop alongside corn cots and meal. Local supplier lists a range of feed staples for farmers and households.
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Bluefield Feed CO
Wise buyer saves on groceries at The Step toe Cash Supply Co
An advertisement touts savings of 10 to 2 percent on purchases at The Step toe Cash Supply Co 5 percent Bluefield avenue. It also promotes Cascea sweet for babies and Kodol digestives as a universal stomach remedy sold by all druggists.
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Steptoe Cash Supply Co
Bluefield Avenue
Investigation Over Steam Locomotives At Coal Mines Provokes Cries Of Safety
State mining officials in Charleston report a dispute with Norfolk and Western operators over steam locomotives in mines. Twenty one mines in Mingo Mercer and McDowell counties employ locomotives, affecting about ten thousand workers and their families. A joint conference with eight operators and state officials is ongoing as a personal field investigation proceeds before any ruling.
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State
Charleston
Norfolk and Western Field
Turkey
Welch
Mining Department
Mingo
Mercer
McDowell
Norfolk and Western
Blind Hymn Writer Anny Crosby Dies Not Today
Anny Crosby, a blind songwriter from Bridgeport Connecticut, is celebrated on turning eighty eight today. She authored nearly four thousand hymns and has lived in the city for years at a relative’s home. She has been blind since infancy.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Anny Crosby
Miss Crosby
Flavoring tip touts Blue Ribbon Vanilla option
An old grocery note urges readers to try Blue Ribbon Vanilla as a superior flavoring extract, promising better results than current brands. The short recommendation emphasizes its improved flavor and potential to outshine competitors.
Pure Water Health Promise From Bluefield Bottling Co
Distilled water advertised as pure and healthful offered for sale at drug stores and new stands. Bluefield Bottling Co located at 215 Codtf. Phone 282.
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Newrstands
Bluefield Bottling CO
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