Jamaica a Model Colony under British Rule in Island
Kingston Jamaica July British rule nears its centenary on the island presenting a orderly government with roads and railways aiding tourism. White power dominates, voters few, and crime rare. Crown lands drive dispossession and sale of forfeited acres to small farmers under favorable terms, with many squatters displaced and land profitable for coffee.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Great Britain
Virginia
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Britain
England
Crown Lands Department
Crown
Wees
Government to seek reargument in Standard Oil Indiana case
After a full conference of government prosecutors and Frank B. Kellogg Attorney General Bonaparte announced plans to seek a reargument or modification of the Seventh Circuit decision in the Standard Oil Co of Indiana case. He said the action aims to ensure impartial law administration and may go to the Supreme Court if needed. He denounced rumors of a dinner with Rockefeller family as unfounded.
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Lenox
Mass
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Bonaparte
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
H. M. Hoyt
Washington
Edwin M. Sims
Chicago
United States
Illinois
James H. Wilkenson
Mr. Sims
Circuit Court of Appeals
Seventh Circuit
Standard of Company of Indiana
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
W. Parmelee Prentice
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Grosscup
Alabama Miner Killed in Riot Near Pratt City
A clash near Pratt City between union and nonunion miners left Lige Nelm a nonunion Black miner dead and E Mills a union man with a jaw wound. Six arrests were reported, disorders noted in several district areas, and a large deputy squad was dispatched to Wylam amid threatening rumors.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pratt City
Lige Nelm
Americans Killed in Mexican Fight Report
A Del Rio dispatch says Mexican troops and revolutionists clashed opposite Comstock Texas with two American residents in Mexico killed. American troops have been sent from Del Rio to the area to investigate and assist.
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EL Paso
Tex
del Rio
Mexico
Comstock
Hearst Elected Chairman of Independence Party
The National Committee of the Independence party named William R. Hearst as Chairman with C. F. S. Neal of Indiana and M. W. Howard of Alabama as Vice Chairmen and Charles A. Walsh of Iowa as Secretary.
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Chicago
National Committee
The
Independence Party Today
William R. Hearst
C. F. S. Neal
Indiana
M. W. Howard
Alabama
Charles A. Walsh
Iowa
Bank funds used for private mine
Colonel Edward E. Britton former Eagle Savings and Loan president and Frederick H. Schroeder were arrested in New York on four indictments for stealing 347 986.3 from the Eagle Savings and Loan. They admitted taking funds to keep their Homestead South Extension Mining Company operation afloat. They planned to realize up to 20 million from the mine.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Edward E. Britton
Eagle Savings and Loan Company
Brooklyn
Frederick
H. Schroeder
Queens County
Dike
Britton and
Shhroeder
Homestead South
Extension Mining Company
South Dakota
Joseph Wood
H. J. Young
State Bank
Britton
Schroeder
Homestead South Extension Mining Company
Colorado
Murders of Woman in Brooklyn Burning Scene Disturbs City
Half charred body of a 30 year old woman found in an oil soaked mattress in a Williamsburg vacant lot. Death by throat cut followed by arson to destroy evidence. two arrests, James and Joseph Ruddick, yet no solid leads.
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Brooklyn
New York
Williamsburg
James Ruddick
Joseph
Iseph
Ruddick
Roosevelt Satisfied With Taft Outlook At Oyster Bay Meeting
At Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay July 29 President Roosevelt praised the national mood and urged party members to work for Taft. Attended by Timothy Woodruff Francis Loomis and Secretary Loeb the conference covered national and state politics with little detail disclosed Loomis planned a September trip to Japan via San Francisco stopping in Hawaii to promote the exposition and noted Venezuela's tense mood without US action.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Taft
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York State Republican Committee
Francis B. Loomis
Ohio
William Loeb, Jr
Woodruff
Hughes
Pré
New York State
Loomis
Japan
Tokyo
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Venezuela
Castro
United States
Taft Leaves Cincinnati for Hot Springs After Flushed Welcome
Judge William H Taft rode the Chesapeake and Ohio train out of Cincinnati at 9 10 pm ending four days at home as the Republican presidential nomination was tendered and accepted He prepared for a front porch campaign and received a warm city ovation from locals including General H C Corbin and Mr Charles P Taft.
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William H. Taft
Chesapeake & Ohio
Central Station
Hot Springs
Cincinnati
Mrs. Taft
Charles P. Taft
H. C. Corbin
Judge Taft
General Corbin
Goshen
Governor Harris Reported Ill At Home In Eaton
A prominent state official says Governor Harris is seriously ill at his Eaton home but rumors are dismissed by the governor. He is on his farm and admits not feeling well and may be unable to participate in the upcoming campaign. No exact illness is given though some friends fear a general breakdown.
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Columbus
Harris
Eaton
Train collision injures dozens on Ninth Avenue elevated
In New York on July 29 an express train crashed into a rear car of a south ferry train at Eighty Sixth Street and Columbus Avenue. Three people were injured, one seriously, and fifty or more were shaken. Motorman Axel L. Porter was locked up on a charge of assault.
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New York
Ninth Avenue
Eighty- Sixth Street
Columbus Avenue
Harlem
South Ferry
Axel L. Porter
Ohio Wild Man Fires At Farm Girl Near Four Mile Creek
In Hamilton Ohio on July 29 a “wild man” prowling Four Mile Creek in St. Clair Township fired at Miss Laura Warwick while she gathered blackberries. She escaped to her buggy. the description matches John Hazlett of Hamilton who vanished July 20 with a note about self harm. Farmers and women fear for safety as searchers scour the area.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Four Mile Creek
St. Clair
Township
Laura Warwick
John Hazlett
Dutch boycott Venezuelan ship at Willemstad harbor
The Venezuelan schooner Maria Abigail from Caracas, sent by a Venezuelan firm, was boycotted at Willemstad. Police and troops stood guard at the wharf to protect her, she sailed out, and the ship saluted with a flag dip.
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Willemstad
Maria Abagail
Mariacabo
Bloody fugitive Henry Tharp eludes capture in Breathitt County
In Lexington on July 29 Henry Tharp, armed and violent, fled into Breathitt County hills after being declared insane by County Judge Taulbee in Jackson. He reportedly seized a rifle, is twenty miles from Jackson, and poses a feared threat amid locals fleeing. He is related to Fickey Tom Tharp of the Hargis feud clan, killed by his wife two years ago.
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Lexington
Henry Tharp
Breathitt County
Tharp
Taulbee
Jackson
Tom” Tharp
Foreign Miners Attack Ohioans at Providence Mines
In a Belmont County Ohio riot at the Providence coal mines Montenegrin miners attacked 400 native and foreign workers. After a brief battle Sheriff deputies arrived and peace was restored, as tensions followed prior discharge for loading inferior coal.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Providence
Belmont County
Republican leaders discuss campaign conduct with Roosevelt
Chairman Timothy Loodruff of the Republican State Committee says President Roosevelt will not interfere in the State campaign and Judge Taft will not interfere. He adds the committee will be selected by the Republican State Convention, likely to convene at Saratoga Springs on Monday, September 14.
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New York
Timothy Loodruff
Republican State Committee
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Taft
Saratoga Springs
Hughes Praises Taft Speech At Nomination Acceptance
Governor Hughes expressed pleasure with Judge Taft's address accepting the nomination for president. He called it an able straightforward statement likely to appeal to the common sense of the country.
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Hughes
Taft
N. Y
Republican National Congressional Committee Opens in New York
Headquarters for the Republican National Congressional Committee were formally opened in the St James Building in New York City. Congressman H C Loudenslager of New Jersey serves as secretary, with Congressman W B McKinley of Illinois named chairman expected to assume full charge on Monday.
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New York
Republican National Congressional Committee
St. James Building
H. C. Loudenslager
New Jersey
W. B. McKinley
Illinois
Hitchcock and Williams arrive. Vice Chairman decision soon
Frank Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and secretary James T. Williams arrive from Cincinnati. Hitchcock says a Vice Chairman of the Advisory Committee will not be announced for about a week and will head to New York to organize the committee headquarters for active work. He expects full progress in New York within days, with the campaign effort two weeks earlier than four years ago.
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Washington
Frank Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
James T. Williams
Cincinnati
New York
Cincinnati Leader Sparks National Hay Association Talk
E F Denis Chief Hay Inspector of Cincinnati led the discussion on Harry S Elliott of Minneapolis speech arguing state inspection of hay is more satisfactory than private or trade inspections at Cedar Point. Tomorrow, officers are to be elected with Joseph F Costello of Cincinnati favored for re election as Chairman.
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Iripune
Sandusky
E. F. Denis
Cincinnati
Harry S. Elliott
Minneapolis
Board of Trade
National Hay Association
Cedar Point
Joseph F. Costello
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Lenoy
Court of Appeals of the
Supreme Tribunal
Hearst
National Committee of Independence Party
New Yorker
New York Institution
Inter Ocean
Aoosevelt
Loomis and Woodruff
Ghioan
National Af
Henry B. Needham
Loeb
Nees
Cinginnat
DOVER
VORYS
Steam Shovelmen’s Union Makes
Queen City
McKinley
Island Queen
Harry R. Smith
Queen City Club
Robert R. Reynolds
Fred Achert
Bureau of Design
Taft Gardens
Jake” Vorys
Arthur I
Henry A. Williams
Williams
International Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredge Workers
Panama Canal
Elmer Dover
East
Mr. Taft
Richard P. Ernst
Covington
Mayor Craig
Morris Galvin
Kentucky
Grandin Road
Herron
Tai
Gray Kentugrian
Hitchcock
Cincinnatian
Hay Association
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