Election turmoil delays national campaign treasurer pick
The National subcommittee wrestles with finding a treasurer as several candidates decline due to time constraints. Advisory and executive committees are being considered, with selections unlikely before Monday's subcommittee meeting. Officials aim to appoint thoroughly competent individuals to manage the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Rey
Pational Subtec
Naotional Committee
Toggether
Mond
Democrats Spent 1908 Campaign Funds Revealed
Washington July 20 A Senate subcommittee heard Herman Ridder clarify Democratic National Committee finances for 1908. Records show a national war chest of about 620,014.77 spent by campaign end, with large sums from major contributors and a list of 25,000 names. Ridder described large contributions from his sons and others, including Tammany Hall, amid detailed expense categories and labor, finance, publicity bureaus.
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Washington, D. C
Herman Rhider
Democratic National Committees
Kidder
Senate
New York State
United States
Richher
Ite
Labor Bureau
Clapp
Sons
Tammany Hall
Ewing
Louisiana
William E. Sheehan
Edward M. Shepard
New York
John T. McGraw
West Virginia
Herbert H. Lehman
Conway
Samuel Untermeyer
Cram
New York Public Service Commission
Tammany Mall
Witlness
EL PF. Goltra
St. Lanain
Delanew Ateoll
Sia
Nathan Straus
Nathoniel Democratic Club
Archibald McNeill
M. I. Carey
John W. Cox
Francis
St. Louis
Senator Chilton
Norman J. Mack
Iona
Ridder
Mr. Ridder
August Belmont
Thomas Fr. Ryatt
Peither
Tom
Montague Men Vn
Lamb Men
Lamblites
Captain Lamb
Charles L. Page
Montague
Lamb
South Ricimmond
Congress
Chester
Richman
Fires Destroy $100,000 in Property in Paducah
Paducah special report states two fires, believed incendiary, ruined about $100,000 of property. Authorities probe origin as flames swept multiple structures, causing extensive damage and emergency responses across the city.
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Paducah
Fire destruction hits tobacco district and factory
Shortly after midnight a blaze gutted the Gardner and Walker tobacco factory while a second fire destroyed five tobacco barns in the tobacco district. Fire crews fought both blazes, with extensive damage reported and investigations underway. Local authorities urged residents to stay clear of the area as smoke filled the sky.
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Gardner and Walker Tabacco
Tobacco District
SUE PAYLOR FOR DELINQUENT FUNDS
In Richmond Virginia Special session Tuesday Attorney General Samuel W Williams filed suit in City Circuit Court against William S Paylor and the Illinois Insurance Company for 16232.77 claiming apparent balances due the State. Paylor city treasurer of Danville has been missing since last Wednesday. Judge Williams noted an additional 6589.29 linked to adhesive stamps and delinquent tax tickets. investigation will determine true totals. A pendens was filed against Paylor property to protect the State with a trust lien on any assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Samuel W. Williams
William S. Paylor
Illnoiis Assurance Company
Paylor
Danville
Williams
Pavlov
Pettsylvania
Virginia
Paylor vacancy sparks Danville council action and rumors
In Danville Virginia the Common Council and Board of Aldermen plan meetings to address the vacant treasurer post. Judge Peatross will appoint once informed, while candidates including former Treasurer G P Geoghegan press claims. Paylor’s departure sparks gossip on a rumored affair and notes his deposits of about 1,500 dollars and 1,300 dollars in local banks plus uncollected license taxes.
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Danville
Common Council
William
Paylor
Judes R. W. Peatross
Wiliam
Richmond
Commonwealth
Chy
Brydon
G. P. Geoghegan
Governor Wilson in Seclusion at Sea Girt
Governor Wilson has left Sea Girt and enters seclusion to prepare his acceptance speech for the Democratic presidential nomination. He plans a three day to week absence while considering whether to attack party bosses or focus on tariff and high cost of living. Advisers split between conciliation and a stronger stance on bosses.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Wilson
William J. Kryan
Long wait ends as Chinese groom weds American bride in Baltimore
After seventeen years of heartaches, George FP Wingson a full blooded Chinese immigrant, marries Mrs. Lottie Winsor an American woman in Baltimore. Wingson born in China came to America as a boy and converted to Catholicism. The couple met when she was sixteen and he pursued for years before winning her hand before witnesses at Fourteen Holy Martyrs Church.
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Baltimore
George FP. Wingson
Lottie Winsor
Holy Artyrs
Wingaon
China
America
Wingson
Lottie Kubska
Distribution critique and custody dispute in Richmond case
The article discusses rail freight distribution benefiting manufacturers over consumers and postal systems aiding farmers. It details a custody struggle involving Stillson and his daughter, with Miss Sisco arrested for alleged kidnapping or advection. Stillson, employed by Virginia Railway and Power, and co-respondents are noted as key figures, with legal actions and bail arrangements described.
Nation's strong box is saved by treasury ruling
Washington special report notes Treasury Comptroller Travewell denied War Department reimbursement for telegraph fees totaling eighty seven cents used to inform of Army deserters' arrest. No law funds such expenses, so the voucher was rejected.
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Washington, D.C
Dlyachbure
Richimomwl Va
War Department
Travewell
The
Treasury
Canal Bill May Be Deferred
Washington D C orvial Passage of the canal bill, opposed by Great Britain, may be deferred until the next session of Congress. Senator Brandagee of Connecticut, in charge in the Senate, predicted action seemed far in the future and that they hoped to take it up next week with committee amendments likely to prolong debate. Divergent views among senators will require time for arguments, and conferences will force a renewed fight on the measure.
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Washington, D. C
Great Britain
Brandagee
Connecticut
Parcel Post Debates Highlight Senate Post Office Bill
Washington July 23 Senate considers a parcels post provision in the postoffice appropriation bill. The measure establishes a percemt on the value, affects third and fourth class matter, and omits the Roe order of the Postmaster General. Senator Bourne plans to file the report with footnotes, while Senator Garinder argues parcels post could curb high costs by improving transportation for small shipments. A joint committee on road questions is proposed to study rural routes and report soon.
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Washington
D. C
Mourne
Senate Committee On
Tost
Bourne
Senate
House
Congress
Shackleford
Garinder
Obadiah Garinder
Maine
Doubt Story Of Captain Pryal Meets Titanic Captain
Special from London reports Captain Peter Pryal of Baltimore says he met Captain Smith, Titanic commander, alive in Baltimore on Friday and spoke with him, contradicting White Star Line officials who doubt the tale. Pryal claims to have sailed with Smith on the Majestic and watched him depart for Washington.
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London
Peter Pryal
Baltimore
Smith
White Star Line
Pryor
Majestic
Washington
Rebels Evacuate Town of Madera in Chihuahua
Rebels flee Madera Western Chihuahua as looting and movement toward Sonora escalate. Skirmishes reported between Salazar and Campo bands near Casas Grandes, while federals under Sunjines hold Colonia.
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Paso
Chihhuahua
Sonora
Madera
Chihuahua
Coralas
Salazar
Campo
Casas Grandes
Sunjines
Colonia
Richmond Court Holds Sisco On Kidnapping Charge
In Richmond, Miss Marion Sisco, 22, denied to appear, was bailed on a kidnapping charge amid hopes for amicable relations between H H Stillson and his ex wife. The 13 year old Anita May Stillson was abducted with transportation funded by Mrs Stillson, who had returned to Michigan. The case centers on the Stillsons and the Michigan trip.
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Stillson
Richmond
Virginia Railway and Power Company
Miss Sisco
Mixx Sisco
Frank Is
WH. A. Clarke
Niso A Michilander
Wiiss
Sisce
Justice Crutchfiel
Younes
Wein
Gilbert Hh. Pollack
H. H. Stillson
Crutchfight
Marion Sisco
Sisco
Drewry’s Bluff
Chesterfield County
Thomas J. McMahon
Traylor Fon
Il. H. Stillson
Stillsons
Michigan
Powhatan Street
Threatened to Kill Policeman at New Bedford Mills
Heavy guard and drawn clubs kept back crowds of strikers near seven mills in New Bedford mass as a deadline held 100 yards from the plants. Joseph A. Damamis, facing police orders, resisted and his wife allegedly passed a keen-edged hatchet to him before officers seized it. Both were taken to the police station as police brace for potential violence inspired by the Lawrence strike tactics.
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New Bedford
Mass
Joseph A. Damamis
Butler Mill
Lawrence
Wife Resertsed Aged Husband In Hoboken Elopement
Mrs Edith Schuden wife of Max Schuden a Baltimore businessman eloped with Frank Jahn two weeks after marriage. They planned to sail for Germany to marry. Police found 1450 dollars cash a heavy watch a diamond ring and other jewelry with them. Both admitted identity and were jailed separately. A Massachusetts man who stayed in bed forty years over a broken engagement is noted in the dispatch.
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Hoboken
N. J
Edith Schuden
Max Schuden
North Washington Street
Baltimore
Frank John
Jahn
Noordam
Hayes
Chaloner demands impeachment of New York judge Holt
John Armstrong Chaloner of Virginia and New York seeks impeachment of U.S. District Judge George C Holt for malfeasance in office. He claims Holt blocked a federal case against Sherman by transferring it to New York Supreme Court, delaying justice for years and injuring Chaloner’s multimillion dollar estate. Chaloner pledges public campaigns and demands a new trial, citing a 1908 circuit decision affirming his federal right to sue in federal court.
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John Armstrong Chaloner
Virginia
New York
United States
George C. Holt
House of Representatives
Holt
United States Cirrouit Court of Appeals
Southern District of
Ialo
North Carolina
South Carolina
Dreyfus
Devil's Island
Bloomingdale
Washington
Louis Stuyvesant Chanler
Winthrop Astor Chanler
Arthur Astor Carey
Carey
Amelia Troubetzkoy
Trolt
wit/wen
Judiciary Committee
Chaloner
University of Virginia
University of North Carolina
Congress of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Southern District of New York
United States District Court
Sherman
Uholt
Supreme Court of
State of New York
Circuit Court of Appeals
Baloner
Supreme Court of New York
New York Supreme Court
Aueusst
Lacombe
Coxe Aml Noyes
Noyes
Talae Hentsarvae
Bn Jemeth
Judiciary Committee of
House of Representatives of the
George CL. Holt
Toit
Thomas T. Sherman
Trial Court
Joan Armstilong Chaloner
Tdwellthoner
Notars Pattie
Boy in Critical Condition After Colt Kick Incident
Utica New York special reports fourteen year old Carpenter is in critical condition at Chehangolake home after being kicked in the face by an enraged horse while riding a colt. The mother animal charged, the boy dodged a first kick, a second kick struck him, knocking him from the colt unconscious. Nose broken upper lip cut, double jaw fracture, teeth knocked out, possible skull fracture, coma suspected.
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Utica
N. Y
Carpenter
Chehango
Lake
Counterfeiting Moulds Found in Louisville
Mrs Sophia Hoffman a 32 year old former Chicago resident was arrested in Louisville on counterfeit moulds charges. Held on bond to answer the charge. Arrest followed information from Chicago that she and two confederates placed counterfeit moulds.
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Louisville
Sophia Hoffman
Chicago
Counterfeit Moulds Found at Friedmans Home in Chicago
Secret service agents received a tip that moulds for forging counterfeit half dollars were at the residence of William Friedman at 1725 Thirteenth Street Chicago. Arrest followed along with charges against Mrs Joffman who allegedly sought revenge after a quarrel with the Friedmans.
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William Friedman
Thirteenth Street
Chicago
Secret Service
Friedman
Nations Try to Check War in Vienna Notice
Special reports note European chancellors exchange notes to unite against the Italy Turkey war. Powers aim to force the Turkish government to accept Italy s terms. Russia allegedly suggests partition of the Ottoman Empire discussed by Czar and Kaiser. Germany objects, seeking to keep concessions from the Porte. Russia supports in Britain.
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Vienna
Europe
Italy
Turkey
Russia
Ottoman Empire
Czar
Kaiser
Germany
Great Britain
Elimination Race for Balloon Contest
Kansas City July 22 with ten big gas bags entered, at least a dozen balloons to sail Saturday in the elimination for the international balloon race. The three declared winners will represent America in the Gordon Bennett cup contest from Stuttgart Germany in October. The piece notes a question of the plural form for Moose mooses or Moose, calling it not important and insufficient for plurality.
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Kansas City
America
Stuggart
Germany
Hamilton Enterprise
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