Roosevelt Club Endorses Taft for President in Open Primary
The Roosevelt Republican Club of Hamilton County Ohio backs William H. Taft for President and supports an open primary election with a committee to ensure a fair process. They also favor Governor Andrew L. Harris’s reelection and discuss municipal reform and code changes, urging collaboration with other Republican groups.
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William H. Taft
Harris
Roosevelt Republican Club
Hamiltton County
Roosevelt
United States
National Republican Party
Taft
Andrew L. Harris
Ohio
Culkins
Europe
Galveston
Supreme Court
San Francisco
Methodist Bishop Dies in Hong Kong
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports the death of Bishop James N. Fitzgerald of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Hong Kong from pleurisy. He was 69, born in Newark, and served as a church superintendent on a quadrennial mission visit, with family accompanying him from Montreal. He had attended missions in Southern Asia and participated in notable anniversaries in India and Shanghai, while offering insights on English French and German government systems. The article notes his earlier roles in Newark, Newton, and Jersey City districts and reviews municipal governance debates.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Hongkong
James N. Fitzgerald
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Book Concern
St. Louis
Fitzgerald
Methodist Church
Montreal
Ray
Asia
India
Bareilly
Board of Foreign Missions
China
Shanghai
Newark
N. J
The
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Newton
Jersey City
Family returns home after world voyage with one death
Bishop James N. Fitzgerald and family left St Louis last December for a world tour. Their daughter Miss Cornelia Fitzgerald died suddenly in Penang India on March 1. The family decided to return with the body for interment here crossing the Pacific instead of retracing their journey.
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Commercial
Tribune
St, Louis
James N. Fitzgerald
Cornelia
Bessie
Ray Fitzgerald
Cornelia Fitzgerald
Penang
India
Pacific
Relative details on Detwiler escape report
A Detwiler family member in Toledo says A K Detwiler was not in Battle Creek as reports claimed. He plans to surrender after the San Francisco grand jury adjourns and indictments are announced, claiming no fear of bond and that dealings were with attorney Ruef. Abe is said to be about a thousand miles away.
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Specia
Commercial Tribune
Toledo
A. K. Detwiler
San Francisco
Battle Creek
Mich
Detwiler
Abe
Ruef
Penrose Testifies on Brownsville Night Shooting
Major Charles W. Penrose testified before the Senate Military Affairs Committee about the Brownsville affair. Officers at Fort MacIntosh tested whether troops in moonlit conditions could be distinguished by race. they concluded distinguishing white, negro, and Mexican soldiers under those lights is impossible.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Charles W. Penrose
Brownsville
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Fort MacIntosh
Unveiling of Lawton Monument Set for Decoration Day
The Lawton Monument Commission fixed the ceremony for the morning of May 3 at Crown Hill Cemetery. President Roosevelt will deliver an address if G A R veterans wish to hear him in the afternoon.
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Commercial Tribuna
Indianapolis
Lawton Monument Commission
Henry W. Lawton
Roosevelt
Crown Hill Cemetery
Thaw Declared Sane by Lunacy Commission Ruling
New York April 4 Harry K Thaw was ruled sane by a unanimous lunacy commission. District Attorney Jerome protested lack of access to minutes and said he may appeal to the Appellate Division. Thaw’s relatives and the defendant expressed mixed emotions as the decision was read.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Fitzgerald
Jerome
Mr. Jerome
Supreme Court
Justice Fitzgerald
Thaw
Trainmen Accept Terms Offered By The Railways
Special Dispatch reports railroads and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen reached an agreement after the men dropped the nine hour day demand. Wages for baggagemen flagmen and brakemen rise 1 50 monthly while the union sought 12 percent. A 10 percent raise was offered and a nine hour day rejected. Knapp and Neill mediated the settlement praising fairness.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Order of ‘Conductors
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Neill
United States Labor Commission
Netfll
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Brewers’ Association
Salvador envoy seeks end to Central American war
Federico Mejia the Salvadoran special envoy met with Assistant Secretary Bacon to push for an armistice in Central America. Costa Rican Minister Calvo accompanied him as Salvador claims no formal war with Nicaragua, blaming revolutionists for drawing Salvador into the conflict. A cruiser Chicago and gunboat Princeton reported hostilities halted for now as talks continue in Amalia port.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Federico ‘Mejia
Salvador
Mexico
United States
Central America
Bacon
Calvo
Nicaragua
Republic
Senor Mejia
Root
White House
Senor Pacas
Doyle
Chicago
Princeton
Amalapa
Honduras
la Union
Brown
Legation
Kentuckian Kills Himself on Public Street
Meyer L. Wilson aged 23 son of H I Wilson a prominent business man shot himself in the head on the corner of Eleventh and Walnut streets in the business center this morning in view of spectators He left a card reading Ive lived long enough
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Commercial Tribune
Kansas City
Meyer L. Wilson
H. I. Wilson
Eleventh
Walnut Streets
Wilson
Roosevelt Controversy Ties Officials to Campaign Fund
A dispute centers on Harriman’s charge that at Roosevelt's request a 250000 dollar campaign fund was raised with involvement from Secretary Cortelyou Secretary Root Cornelius N Bliss and Thomas F Ryan The railroad man accuses the Ryan Root Roosevelt group of promoting his role in insurance scandals Bliss supposedly joined the fund raising by telephoning a Depew associate while Cortelyou allegedly knew the fund’s source.
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Cortelyou
Root
Cornelius N. Bliss
Thomas F.’ Ryan
Ryan-Root
Ange
Mr. Bliss
Depew
Cor
Harriman Letter Theft Leads to Arrest in New York
Frank W. Hill, a 37 year old Brooklyn stenographer, was arrested on misdemeanor charges for selling a personal Harriman letter to newspapers. The letter to Sydney Webster drew a Roosevelt response and was copied from Hill’s notes. Hill, long employed by Harriman and now in a Dec Doremus broker shop, has a wife and two children.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Frank W. Hill
E. H. Harriman
Alexander Millar
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Harriman
District Attorney’s Office
Hill
Mr. Harriman
Sydney Webster
Roosevelt
Brooklyn
Long
Dec T & Doremus
Haugh Granted Another Respite From Executions
Governor Harris issued a respite to Dr. Haugh of Dayton delaying his electrocution from next Saturday to April 1910. The stay allows lawyers to appeal to the Pardon Board on grounds of insanity, despite the Supreme Court ruling that Haugh is sane.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Harris
Haugh
Dayton
Pardon Board
Supreme Court
Roosevelt Faces Broad Plan To Defeat His Policies
White House says evidence exists of a national movement to oppose Roosevelt in Congress and at the next convention. It alleges a 5 million dollar funds network led by Harriman Morgan Rockefeller and Standard Oil groups. The plan aims to win delegates for Roosevelt’s opponents if he declines renomination and to switch them later.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
White House
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Continent
Roosevelt
B. H. Harriman
J. Pierpont Morgan
Rockefellers
Standard Oil
Tobacco Trust
Harriman
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Idaho
Colorado
California
Indianan 3 Off for North Pole Expedition
Major Henry Blanchard Hersey and Dr. Walter M. Fowler sail from New York to Paris with Walter Wellman to arm for the North Pole bid by balloon and airship. The party will reach Spitzbergen to begin the July 1 launch and expresses confidence in the venture.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Henry Blanchard Hersey
United States Weather Bureau
Walter M. Fowler
Bluffton
Ind
Paris
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Mr. Wellman
France
Spitzbergen
Norway
Pole
Major Hersey
Dr. Fowler
Prisoner Seizes Knife in Chicago Court Room
Howard Nicholas, a defendant in the Margaret Leslie murder trial, grabbed a large knife from a valise brought into the courtroom and tried to hide it under his coat. Spectators, especially women nearby, leaped to the door as Deputy Sheriff Bradley wrestled the blade away after a brief struggle. The valise had been brought from a hotel where Nicholas formerly resided for evidence.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Howard Nicholas
Margaret Leslie
Nicho
Bradley
Nicholas
Boy Kills Police Inspector in Russia Shooting
A police inspector named Floloff was killed today in Russia by a sixteen year old student named Kuznetsoff who used a revolver. The boy was captured.
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Russia
Floloff
Kuznetsoff
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