Defeat of Roosevelt Triggers Massive New York Political Upheaval
New Work Aug 17 Roosevelt failed to win the temporary chairmanship of the Republican state convention as the Barnes Woodruff faction backed James S Sherman. The loss signals a protracted power struggle with Roosevelt declaring an open fight against the old guard while delegates decide the keynote speaker and chair at Saratoga on Sept 27.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Old Guard
State Committee
New York State
Roosevelt
Barnes-Woodruff
James 8. Sherman
Saratoga
Empire State
G. C. FP
New York
Africa
Convvéation
Sherman
Mayor Dahiman Leads Omaha Primary Race
Meager returns from yesterday's Nebraska primaries show Mayor Dahiman of Omaha in the lead for the gubernatorial nomination against Governor Schallen berger. Cady leads Aldrich in the Republican contest, while United States Senator Burkett is labeled a moderate progressive.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Schallenberger
Dahiman
Dahlman
Cady
Aldrich
United States
Burkett
Tariff Causes High Prices as Butchers Cite Causes
Chicago delegates at the United Master Butchers of America convention list tariff on livestock and several farming factors as price drivers. Remedies urged include removing the livestock tariff, ending state inspections, and limiting slaughter to part of the year. John H Scofield flags farmers as too hasty to slaughter.
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Chicago
United Master Butchers of America
John H. Scofield
National Organization
Two Brothers In Denver Death Attempt Ends In One Death
Melvin M. Cross, 29, fatally poisoned himself with carbolic acid in Denver after a struggle to resist antidotes as his brother Paul J. Cross and sister in law tried to intervene. The brother, a druggist, then attempted suicide by alcohol overdose, while Mrs. Cross suffered a violent hysterical episode.
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Colo
Melvin M. Cross
Paul J. Cross
Nsa
Mra
Melvin M Crome
Tulbeday
Atlanta
Mel Vin Crom
Oklahoma City
Mel
Melvin
Lim
Mre. Cross
Wit’nessa
Mary B. Avery
St. Luke's Bos
Plan to Admit Western Miners Faces AFL Meeting
Samuel Gompers rules out factional aims as he appears at UMW convention in Indianapolis to hear Western Federation of Miners application for admission. He says the AFL intends to admit the Western Federation and create a mines department within the AFL.
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American Federation
Western Federation of Miners
Indianapolis
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
Gompers
Western Federation
Department of Mines
Indians to Meet Trinidad in Three Keen Games
Local fans anticipate a trio of clashes between the Indians and Trinidad at Pioneer Park next Saturday Sunday and Monday. The games are expected to be the most hotly contested of the season and draw strong turnout.
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Trinidad
Pioneer Park
William Ritterling Dies of Typhoid in Cheyenne
William Ritterling, about thirty, formerly with Fye and LaPash, died of typhoid fever shortly after midnight at St. John’s hospital. He was well known in Cheyenne. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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William “Ritterling
Fye & LaPash
St. John's Hospital
Cheyenne
Insurgents Win In California Primary Returns
San Francisco August 17 Complete returns of yesterday's primaries show insurgent gains across the state. The latest figures place Hiram W Johnson the insurgent Republican candidate for governor in a strong lead, with the margin reported at about 90,000 votes.
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San Francisco
Hiram W. Johnson
Ballinger Refuses Resignation Signals Trust in Taft
San Francisco August 17 Secretary of the Interior Ballinger declared he would not resign until asked by President Taft. He refused to discuss California primary results and declined to comment on William Kent's insurgent nomination over Duncan McKinley for Congress, answering with a smile.
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San Francisco
Interior
Ballinger
Taft
California
Wiliam Kent
Duncan McKinley
Congress
Mob After Negro Holds Up Train Near Hinton West Virginia
Sheriff Wise man and deputies pursue Thomas Jlaymond a Negro accused of attacking and robbing brakeman John Alliss and murdering his bride of ten weeks. A mob of about 1000 men pressed the train to free the prisoner. a militia detachment saved Raymond's life and spirit.
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Hinton
Payetteville
Wiseman
Thomas Jlaymond
John Alliss
Tee Weeks
Alliss
Degre
Raymond
Capitan Samual L. Walker
Unity
Willdo
Baymets
Census figures show Indianapolis population rise in 1910
The Census Bureau released figures listing Indianapolis at 1 6 253 650, an increase of 38.1 percent from 1900. Other population counts and regional totals are noted in the release dated August 17 from Washington.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Indianapolia
King Released After Vindication By Authorities
Charles A. King civil services clerk at Fort D. A. Russell was released by army authorities on instructions from Brigadier General Ralph D Hoyt. His arrest stemmed from speculation about the Pole mountain robbery after the $6500 paymaster’s safe disappeared. King, popular in Cheyenne, returned from the maneuver camp to cheers from friends.
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Charles A. King
Civil Services
Fort D. A. Russell
Tompkins
Army
Ralph Dy Hoyt
Fort Russell
King
Pole Mountain
Cheyenne
Operation On Gaynor Requires Operation On Gaynor
Hoboken New Jersey August 17 Members of Mayor Gaynors cabinet were summoned to St Marys hospital from New York this afternoon. Doctors reported awakening glands interfere with circulation in the main artery in Gaynors neck raising danger of gangrene and making an operation necessary soon. Physicians called today the best day yet for his injury and said he was stronger than at any prior time.
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Hoboken
N. J
Gaynor
St. Mary’s Hospital
New York
Gay
Aviator Moissant Sets Record Crossing Channel with Passenger
London and Paris reports detail John Moissant and his mechanician crossing the English Channel in 36 minutes amid strong winds and cold. Their return to London followed a crash at Amiens, with Moissant's machine wrecked and the other traveler unhurt. In Paris Le Blanc wins a 489 mile cross country air race with 17 hours 58 minutes 49 seconds, Aubron close behind. prize pool totals 52,400.
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LE Blanc
London
English Channel
John Moissant
Chicago
Paris
Deal
Amiens
Calais
Lathan
M. LeBlanc
Jesu
Aubron
France
Hupert Ieather
Mos
Opium Raid Triggers Panic in Denver Chinatown
Denver police and federal agents raided a dozen opium dens in Chinatown early today, arresting Kom Chung 60, and seizing about $2,000 worth of opium. The operation caused a wild rush as residents warned countrymen and authorities. Chung’s room concealed in a dark corner. officers forced entry and found boiling opium.
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Denver
Chinatown
Federal
Internal Revenue
Kom Chung
Chung
An Chung
President Pedro Montt of Chile Dies in Bremen
London Aug 17 President Pedro Montt of Chile died in Bremen at 11 50 pm after a stroke of heart disease following angina. He had been Chile’s president since Sept 18 1906 and served until 1911. He witnessed the Mayor Gaynor shooting in New York which reportedly shocked him.
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London
Pedro Montt
Chile
Bremen
Gaynor
New York
Frontier Boosters Plan Large Cheyenne Trip
About 2 400 people from Cheyenne will travel to Denver for Frontier Celebration events. Railroad workers receive holiday Round Trip. six hundred other Cheyenne citizens join boosters excursions Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. A Shoshone troupe and Sioux contest guests arrive. crowds will tour Denver with advertising given at Citizens' National Bank.
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Denver
Lake In Tailroad
Frontier
Industrial Club
City
Union Pacific Hia
Colorado
Frontier Bovstera
Railroal Onpoges
Citizens' National Bank
Wind River
Lander
Honaiers
Aésiah Ih
Charter Street
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