Taft-Taft Plan Backed for Roosevelt Platform Endorsement
Washington reports say Secretary Taft guides the Republican platform toward an emphatic Roosevelt endorsement. Wade Ellis and other aides press for tariff revision and trust control measures, aiming to mirror Ohio’s platform and possibly include an indorsement of the Hepburn bill. Conference talks continue with White House and Taft residence engagements.
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Roosevelt
McKinley
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Resolutions Committee
Taft
White House
Garfield
Wade H. Ellis
Hopkins
Illinois
Sixty-First Congress
United States
Revolutions
Ellis
House Judiciary Committee
Hearst Gains 89 Votes In Mayoralty Ballot Count
In New Rora on June 7 the recount of 26 ballot boxes shows Hearst gaining 89 votes over McClellan in the recent mayoralty election. Ten boxes counted today add four votes to Hearst, with more than 1,900 boxes still to tally.
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New Rora
W. R. Hearst
George B. McClellan
Mr. Hearst
Vaudeville Lead Dies of Heart Attack in Theater Fire
Eugene Jepson fifty of New York a leading man in a Keith's theater vaudeville show collapsed and died of heart disease as a fire alarm sounded no one in the audience was injured. The fire originated near the moving picture machine and caused five thousand dollars in damage. Jepson had long suffered heart trouble and weighed about 260 pounds.
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Cleveland
Eugene Jepson
New York
Keith's
Wagner
Miller
Daniels
Jepson
Statement on Vice President Fairbanks’s Chicago nomination
Indianapolis June 2. Senator Hemenway authorized a statement denying false reports about Vice President Fairbanks’s candidacy. The statement affirms Fairbanks’s name will be presented to the Chicago Convention and that any report of changes before the convention is untrue.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Keirbanks
Hemenway
Fairbanks
Chicago
Pierce Loses In Supreme Court Extradition Case
The U S Supreme Court affirmed an eastern Missouri circuit court ruling ordering extradition of H Clay Pierce of Waters-Pierce Oil Co St Louis to Texas where he is indicted for perjury over a conspiracy in restraint of trade tied to Waters-Pierce applying to do business in Texas It is argued Waters-Pierce is part of Standard Oil.
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Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court
District of
Missouri
H. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce OW Company
St. Louis
Texas
Waters- Pierce Company
Standard Oil Company
General Buller Dead
London June 2 Sir Redvers Henry Buller dies after relief operations at Ladysmith during the Boer War. He faced more repulses than any general in history.
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London
Redvers Henry Buller
Ladysmith
8000 Men Return to Work in Birmingham
Birmingham reporters note 8000 workers will resume duties as mines furnaces and other industries restart this week following closures, signaling a significant local revival of employment.
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Birmingham
Ala
Methodist Conference Renames Presiding Elder to District Superintendent
The Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church declined to discuss dancing or amusements and left a six month probation in place. A minority report changed the title presiding elder to district superintendent by 222 to 210. A move to establish a yearly mother’s day was tabled due to too many observances leaving little time for regular church work.
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Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Revision Committee
Gore Seeks Treatment for Possible Sight Return
Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, blind since childhood, has begun experimental treatment at the Episcopal Eye Ear and Throat hospital in Washington under Dr. William Wilmer. He says a week of therapy will guide possible surgery on the crystalline lens as the detached retina seeks nourishment.
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Washington
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
William Holland Wilmer
Wilmer
Senate
Gore
Engineers Choose Corrigan
Engineers in Columbus pick E. Corrigan of Hillsboro Texas as assistant grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers with a salary of 3500 dollars annually.
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Corrigan
Columbus
E. Corrigan
Hillsboro
Tex
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Family troubles lead 10 death by own action
New York June 2 Robert C Roark supposed to be a lawyer from Junction City Kans cut his throat and leaped from a second story hotel window today He ran to a residence a block away and fell dead in the kitchen Letters indicate family troubles.
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New York
Robert C. Roark
Junction City
Kans
Former Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas Dies
Washington June 7 Former United States Senator James K Jones of Arkansas died at his residence after a brief illness. He was 69 and served as a leading Democrat in the Senate from 1885 to 1903. Jones supported William Jennings Bryan and as chairman of the Democratic National Committee led campaigns in 1896 and 1900. After leaving the Senate he practiced law in Washington and remained out of active politics.
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Washington
United States
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Senate
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Both Factions Endorse Bryan In Ninth Ohio Disorder
In the Ninth Ohio district two conventions renominated Congressman Sherwood. Regulars picked D. A. Powers and Dr. Watts for Denver delegates. bolt faction chose Frank Niles and Charles Gerding. Both groups instructed delegates for Bryan. In New York a boarding house fire killed Marie Bell Traine who leapt from a roof. twenty others escaped with injuries.
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Toleno
Ohio
Sherwood
Congress
D. A. Powers
Dr. Watts
Denver
Frank Niles
Charles Gerding
Bryan
New York
Keene Colt Wins The Handicap at Gravesend
Keene Colt, a three year old owned by James R. Keene, won the Brooklyn Handicap at Gravesend in record time for the distance. The one mile and a quarter race finished in 2:04 1 5, with Fair Play second and Master Robert third before a crowd of over 25,000.
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James R. Keene
Brooklyn
Gravesend Racetrack
Gravesend
Fair Play
Belmont
Colin
Master Robert
Fight over hot metal ends in injury at steel plant
In Youngstown Ohio on June 2 two workers Richard Reese and Alexander Bower clashed on a narrow bridge above a pot of white hot metal at the Republic Iron and Steel plant. A misstep could have caused a fatal plunge. The hammer flew from their hands striking John Koloki on the head, possibly fatally. Both fighters were arrested.
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Youngstown, O
Richard Reese
Alexander Bower
Bessemer
Republic Iron and Steel Company
John Koloki
Colum bus Man Claims Kidnap While Under Bribery Case
Nelson Cannon, linked to the Cleveland Trinidad Paving bribery scandal in the East Broad Street project, says from a county jail that he has been kidnapped from Canadian courts and remains under their jurisdiction. He refuses to plead or testify and will not name co-defendants. Cannon was captured in Canada and returned Sunday.
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Columbus, O
Nelson Cannon
East Broad Street
Canada
Cannon
Family’s long court journey saves man charged with theft
Max Weber, out of work three months, faced theft charges after robbing a bakery. His wife and three hungry children walked seventeen miles to the Norristown court to hear Burgess Roberts. The family’s plight moved the judge, and Weber was discharged.
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Philadelphia
Max Weber
Burgess Roberts
Norristown
Weber
Harry Custer
West Marshall Street
Italians Storm Bank Doors in Cleveland Incident
Five hundred Italians gathered outside the Liotta private bank in Cleveland when it failed to open. They attempted to force entry but were deterred by a timely police squad arrival.
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Cleveland
Gaetano Liotta
Bryan gains steam as delegates pivot toward Denver nomination
New York Herald reports Bryan sweeping delegates toward the Democratic national convention in Denver with 642 instructed toward him and 187 still uncommitted. It notes standstill of Johnson and Gray factions and predicts Bryan’s likely nomination without New York or New Jersey support.
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New York
New York Herald
Bryan
Denver
William J. Bryan
Johnson and Gray
Herald
Mr. Bryan
Texas
West Virginia
Arizona
New Hampshire
Gray
Johnson
South
The
Tyro
New Jersey
Kingston marks 250th anniversary with Esopus stockade attack
Kingston closed its 250th founding celebration with a fireworks display after a day of outdoor events. Governor Hughes and party attended, then watched a staged Indian attack on Esopus stockade near the senate house with Dutch figures and Red Men participants, ending in deaths and captives.
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Kingston
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
Hughes
Kingston Point Park
Esopus Stockade
Senate House
Order of Red Men
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Senator Jones
Nebraska
Keene
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