Roosevelt Slapped as Sherman Chosen Temporary Chairman
The New York State Republican Committee selected Vice President Sherman as temporary chairman of the state convention to be held at Saratoga on September 27, defeating Col. Theodore Roosevelt who was proposed by Lloyd Grissom. The Barnes-Woodruff faction backed Sherman, continuing their dominance after earlier primary defeats of Governor Hughes and Roosevelt.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
New York State Republican Committee
Sherman
Saratoga
Roosevelt
Barnes-Woodruff
Hughes
Albany
Republican State Committee
Lloyd ©. Griscom
Jr. Sherman
Grissom
Widow of Civil War General Von Schack Dies in Poverty
The widow of Brigadier General George W. Von Schack, a Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg veteran, lives in a bare furnished room near a luxury New York residence. With an 82 year old husband dead, her small life policy is gone and Washington denied a pension for lack of evidence of his divorce from his first wife. The widow laments poverty and longs for relief.
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New York
George W. von. Schack
Chancellorsville
Fredericksburg
von Schack
Washington
Mass Meeting at Industrial Club Tuonkhit Tonight
A large number of Chevenine citizens will meet at the Industrial Club tonight to perfect plans for the invasion of Denver next Saturday and Sunday by the Frontier boosters. Everyone is invited to attend the meeting and take part in the arrangements as it is planned to bring the largest crowd to Colorado capital.
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Tonkhit
Chévenine
Denver
Frontier
Colorado
Man wins aerial race over birds in Amiens event
In Amiens on August 16 the great aerial cross country contest saw Le Blanc in a Farman biplane fly fifty miles and triumph over a flock of forty seven carrier pigeons. The first pigeon arrived six minutes twenty seconds after the winner, with Le Gagneaux finishing twelve minutes later than the last bird.
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Amiens
France
Doual
le Blanc
Farman
Amieng
le Gagneaux
All Veniremen Are Dismissed in Browne Trial
Chicago August 16 Judge Kersteau dismissed the panel of seventy one veniremen for the Browne trial after most reported being approached. Clerks took them to the State’s Attorney’s office for questioning, with many invited to return for further investigation. One juror said he was asked to stick out for Browne till hell froze over.
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Chicago
Kersteau
Lee O'Neil Browne
Iinole
Wriberg
United States
William Lorimer
Wayman
Venlreman
Browne
Fifteen Japanese Plead Guilty in West Seventeenth Gambling Hall
Fifteen of eighteen Japanese arrested last week in a West Seventeenth street gambling hall appeared in court and pled guilty. Each was fined 18 dollars, totaling 595 dollars. the remaining three were discharged.
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Bruner
West Seventeenth Street
James Hurley of Santa Fe Dies Suddenly
James B. Hurley general manager of the Santa Fe railroad died in Carlsbad from heart disease. His son Harlow Hurley learned of the death at the Transmissippi golf tournament in Denver and prepared to leave for Las Vegas to join his mother and sister. Hurley had been in poor health but family did not know his condition was serious. He was a prominent railroad executive who had recently traveled abroad for a cure.
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Denver
Noel
James
Hurley
The
Santa Fe
Carlsbad
Edeath
Harlow Hurley
Country Club
Las Vegas
Talbot Home Ransacked In Search Of Estate Papers
Mrs Talbot reported her Talbot residence at the corner of Twenty seventh and Snyder streets ransacked yesterday afternoon. Intruders tore desks drawers and beds and scattered papers across rooms while searching for documents related to the Talbot estate and the administratrix suit filed by Major Talbot's children. Mrs Talbot had just left for a conference with her attorney General John Charles Thompson when she discovered the damage. The incident is linked to ongoing litigation over the former army officer's estate.
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John Talbot
Twenty-seventh
Snyder
Robbers Steal Thousands From Pullman Passengers
Denver reports two men entered westbound Rock Island train No 7 at Belleville Kansas Sunday night and robbed passengers in their sleep of several thousand dollars in cash negotiable papers jewelry and clothing. Porters and crew slept through the intrusion while only one passenger woke and could not summon help. Private detectives and police search towns in Kansas and Nebraska for the suspects with no arrests yet.
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Denver
Leaver
Kansas
Nebraska
Rock Island and
Pullman Company
Pullman
Rock Island
Belleville
Kanes
Freight Trains Collide Near Grand Junction
In Grand Junction Colorado two Rio Grande freight trains collided head on near Woodside about 2 am injuring three crewmen. Engineer Frank Mush and Harry Lopas both from Grand Junction and fireman Lloyd Smith were hurt with Lopas the most severely, two ribs broken and a crushed arm. Crews removed to Grand Junction for treatment. wreck blamed on orders being disregarded as westbound train failed to wait at Green River.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Rio Grande
Woodside
Frank P. Mush
Harry Lopas
Lloyd Smith
Lopas
Green River
Cannon Determined Not to Be Ousted as Speaker
Chicago report quotes Speaker Joseph G. Cannon denying any plan to relinquish leadership. He vows to oppose insurgents and seeks continued influence in the Republican Party, claiming strong support and intent to run for speaker of the next House. He condemns anti Payne Bill critics as acting against protected industry and their own states.
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Cannon
Chicago
Joseph G. Cannon
Beverly
Aunon
Taft
Capartel Binjorey
Aldrich
Hale
Arrest at Penitentiary Door Reveals Murder Confession
Columbus Ohio August 16 Charles Clayton alias Riley Price was arrested at the penitentiary door while awaiting discharge after four years for horse stealing. He admits murdering his sweetheart Anna Wilmore in Heaton Illinois in 1901 by beating her with a club and concealing her body in a well. He says he turned to crime after the killing.
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Columbus, O
Charles Clayton
Riley Price
Clayton
Anna Wilmore
Heaton
Ith
Wilmore
Plan to Exhibit Farm Products in Union Pacific Campaign
E R Kelly of the Union Pachee passenger department visited Onisha Nebraska to arrange farm product exhibits for advertising Wyoming and other Western states. He arranged with the Federal Land and Securities Co to provide displays from the state and to gather samples for shipment to Omaha. The Union Pacific will exhibit at Des Moines Iowa and St Paul Minnesota, with further display planned at Chicago during the national stock show.
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E.R. Kelly
Union Pachee Passenger Department
Onisha
Omaha
Union Pacific Company
Chicago
Cheyenne approves temporary dams and city improvements
The Cheyenne city council authorized building temporary dams on North and South Crow creeks to redirect water into planned storage and approved measures to remove sidewalk obstructing signs. They also planned repairs to Carnegie Library, sidewalk work, and a water concession with Cheyenne Securities Co. for a hotel project, with track on filtration plant and pipe bids. Alderman Henderson opposed the concession.
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Cheyenne
Poliee
Carnegiebrary
Cheyenne Securities Company
Central Avenue
Sixteenth Streets
Henderson
CC. C. Carlisle
Martin
Counel
Round Top
Crow Creeks
Murders Rise and Personal Crisis Reports Grow in U S
Washington reports show murders increasing and personal crisis reports rising, attributed to insanity. Dr. J H Kellogg notes 10,000 murders last year, 17,000 personal crisis cases with a 60 percent seven year rise, citing 150,000 insane in U S asylums. He links insanity to violent attacks including mayoral assassinations.
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Washington
United States
J. H. Kellogg
Battle Creek
Mich
India
Gaynor
Prowdott E Kinley
Kellogg
Midlonagies
Tula
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James Hurley
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Pam
Yumote
Theoe
William Ef. Taft
House of Representatives
Wyoming
Conservation Congress
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