President Discusses Cabinet in 1908 Letter to Mrs Storer
The letter from October 4 1908 in Washington shows President Roosevelt planning cabinet stability. He praises Secretary of War Root as a strong leader and notes it would be a public calamity if he left the cabinet. The missive promises frankness on requests and keeps cabinet members as they are.
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Canton
Mrs. Storer
Mrs. Roosevelt
Nineteenth Street
Washington
Archie Roosevelt
Bellamy
Navy Department
New England
Pacific Slope
Henry Siegel Co
Essex St
Essex Street
MRS STORER DEFENDS FRIENDSHIP WITH ROOSEVELT
Cincinnati dispatch reports Mrs. Bellamy Storer replies to President Roosevelt over the Storer and Roosevelt clash. She says the friendship between their families is long standing and that she helped secure Roosevelt’s appointment as assistant secretary of the navy during a Canton visit to honor McKinleys.
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Cincinnati
Bellamy Storer
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
the Navy
Roosevelt and Lodge influence on 1900s appointments discussed
The excerpt recalls President McKinley weighing an appointment influenced by Senator Lodge and supporting remarks about Theodore Roosevelt. It notes Roosevelt's Civil Service background, Lodge’s quick rise to support, and Mrs. Storer’s intimate ties to the Roosevelts, including a July 18, 1896 letter from Sagamore Hill.
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McKinley
Senator Lodge
Canton
Mr. Roosevelt
St. Louis
Thomas B. Reed
Lodge
Roosevelt and Bellamy Cabinet choices debated in 1904 letters
The document discusses Theodore Roosevelt considering Bellamy for Navy or other cabinet roles, balancing religion and regional representation. It notes debate over foreign postings to Germany Italy and France, plus Roosevelt’s and Roosevelts aides’ communications about Vatican matters and resignations.
Philbin Denies Storer Letter Claim About Rome Mission
Former New York district attorney Eugene A. Philbin rejects Mrs Bellamy Storer’s letter alleging he was an emissary to Rome for a papal cardinalate request. He says the claim is false and that he was not entrusted with such an errand nor in Rome at the referenced time.
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New York
Eugene A. Philbin
Bellamy Storer
Roosevelt
Rome
Farley
Philbin
Delicate subject noted by Archbishop Ireland in New York
Archbishop Ireland arrives at Murray Hill Hotel for the National Civic Federation meeting and declines to discuss the delicate subject tied to his Roosevelt and Bellamy Storer correspondence. The archbishop stresses the impropriety of talking on the matter.
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New York
Ireland
Roosevelt
Bellamy Storer
Murray Hill Hotel
National Civic Federation
Moody Nomination Stalled Over Bonaparte Speech
In Washington on December 10, opposition to Charles J. Bonaparte blocked the confirmation of William H. Moody as associate justice of the U S Supreme Court. Moody’s nomination was called in the Senate executive session, with objections tied to Bonaparte’s September 1899 Chicago speech defending limited regulation of combinations.
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Washington
Charles J. Bonaparte
William H. Moody
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Bonaparte
Chicago
Warren Church Dies After Gas Poisoning Incident
Warren Church, found unconscious from illuminating gas in a South End room, died at City Hospital at 9 50 last night. He had been beside the body of a pretty French Canadian, thought to have died of poisoning. The man’s relatives live in South Framingham.
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Warren Church
South End
City Hospital
McDonald
Oldtown
South Framingham
Jury Guard Motion in Lowell Police Board Case
District Attorney moved to lock up the Middlesex jury fearing tampering in the Lowell Police Board conspiracy trials at East Cambridge. Judge Gaskill denied the request as Lowell Police Board and Harvard Brewing officers’ counsel objected. case to be continued.
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Sanderson
Gaskill
Middlesex Superior Court
East Cambridge
Lowell Police Board
Hurlburt
Hurlburt, Jones & Cabot
Harvard Brewing Company
B A A Tops Highland Club in Boston Pin League
The B A A won all three games and four points in a Boston pin league match against the Highland Club last evening. Playing on the B A A alleys the home team kept the visitors at bay, winning by 62 pins. Hutchinson led with 316 total and a 113 single.
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Boston
Highland Club
Hutchinson
Praise for Macmillen the Young American Violin Virtuoso
New York critics hail Francis Macmillen as a groundbreaking American violinist. His Carnegie Hall debut with the New York Symphony Orchestra drew cordial reception and strong praise from Zeigler of the New York World.
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Francis Macmillen
America
Macmillen
Carnegie Hall
Zeigler
New York World
London
New York Symphony Orchestra
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