Bryan Opens Campaign with Tariff Attack in Des Moines
William Jennings Bryan fired the first campaign gun in Des Moines as he attacked Republican tariff promises and urged a revenue based plan with income tax. He argued the GOP is tied to protected interests and urged electing senators by the people. He spoke before a large audience and an overflow crowd, ending with a call for voters to shape the Senate.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bryan
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Interurban electric line from Muscatine to Council Bluffs projected
Des Moines moves to build an electric railway linking Muscatine and Council Bluffs via Des Moines. Iowa Interstate Railway Co organized with R B Bannister as secretary treasurer and European capital ready for a $10.9 million budget. Construction slated to start soon with an eastern section to Muscatine and a western section from Springhill through Winterset and other towns to Council Bluffs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Muscatine
Council Bluffs
Iowal Interstate Railway Company
R. B. Bannister
Manhattan Builing
Chicago
Bannister
Europe
Springhill
Army Post
Winterset
Greenfield
Fontanelle
Cumberland
Lewis
Oakland
Indianola
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Sigourney
Washington
Bryan in Chicago discusses campaign plans and dates
William J. Bryan arrives in Chicago to meet with National Chairman Mack and party leaders. He reviews campaign strategy and fundraising needs, plans limited speeches, and prepares for a Sept. 8 national committee meeting to finalize campaign plans in the Midwest hub.
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Imereno
Ill
Wm. J. Bryan
Chicago
Mack
Bryan
Executive Committee
Advisory Council
Indianapolis
Middle West
New York
National Committee
Democratic Party
Bryan to Speak in Georgia and Tennessee Dates Set
National Committeeman Howell says Bryan will speak in Macon Georgia on September 14. National Committeeman Mount Castle says Bryan will speak in Nashville Tennessee on September 11. Megin information confirms speaking dates for the 1900s era.
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Atlanta
Howell
Bryan
Macon
Knoxville
Tenn
Mount Castle
Nashville
Fraternalists Reach Compromise at Closing Session
At Put In Bay Ohio August 22 fraternalists stormed the final National Fraternal congress session over the minimum rate plank and the uniform bill modeled on Ohio law passed to be urged on state legislatures this fall. The debate centered on forcing lower rate groups to raise to higher rates and on proving solvency to the public.
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Bay
Ohio
National Fraternal Congress
Cement Contract Awarded For Panama Canal Project
The Atlas Portland Cement company of Northampton Pennsylvania has been awarded a contract to supply four and a half million barrels of cement for the Panama canal. The deal totals 5.5 million dollars and will take three years to complete.
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Washington, D. C
Atlas Portland Cement Company
Northampton
Panama Canal
Negro Miner Fatally Wounded in Pratt City Ambush
Anthony Davis, a black non union miner, was ambushed near his Pratt City home after his house was destroyed by dynamite. Multiple shots were fired, killing him, in what authorities describe as an organized attack by unseen assailants.
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Birmingham
Ala
Anthony Davis
Pratt City
Yankee Sailors Entertained in Rainy Sydney Harbor
Despite heavy rain, the American battleship fleet entertainments included a regatta football and baseball games and a race meeting. A grand fireworks display and Venetian carnival followed with shore crowds around the harbor estimated at 200000 to 300000 spectators.
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Sydney
Riot as striking cap makers clash with strike breakers
In Cleveland on August 22 a violent riot erupted between striking cap makers and strike breakers. One man was severely beaten and several others were injured by missiles. Police fired on the mob to disperse and restore order.
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Cleveland
Meyer Sees Taft in Hot Springs Conference
Postmaster General Meyer arrives in Hot Springs Virginia to meet with Judge Taft for a formal conference on federal postal matters during a scheduled visit on August 22.
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Meyer
Taft
Hot Springs
State fair opens amid unique rat virus scare in Des Moines
A. W. Clark of Park Davis Pharmacists Co. was bitten at the Iowa state fair by a rat infected with a Park Davis virus that spreads to others on contact, potentially fatal. The fair opens with Herford exhibits driving interest, while Rosengift stock farm and Otto V. Battles field Angus contenders for top honors.
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Des Moines
A. W. Clark
Park Davis Pharmacists Co
Detroit
Mich
State Fair
Park Davis Company
Clark
Hos
Pital
Herford
Kansas City
Iowa
Kelley
Otto V. Battles
Maquoketa
Six More Indicted in Springfield Riot Net
Springfield Illinois August twenty second. Six more riot leaders were indicted by the grand jury on twenty separate counts tied to the Loper’s restaurant disturbance. Indicted: Ernest Humphrey Rudolph Bredemeyer John Schienle William Sutton Herbert Carey and one unnamed fugitive. Bail set at two thousand dollars per indictment.
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Springfield
Ill
Grand Jury
Loper
Kate Howard
Ernest Humphrey
Huckster
Rudolph Bredemeyer
John Schienle
William Sutton
Herbert Carey
Creighton
Humphrey
Schienle
Bredemeyer
Johnson
Mechanicsburg
Klein
Kankakee
Earl Nelson
Beveridge Announces Birth of Son
Senator Beveridge and Mrs Albert J Beveridge welcomed a son born yesterday in Manchester Massachusetts. The announcement notes Albert J Beveridge as the father and names the couple. The event adds a family detail to the senator's public record.
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Beveridge
Manchester
Mass
Ane
Albert J. Beveridge
Turn Gives New Lead In Stein Porter Tragedy
The case linked to a 20 year old Humphrey death prompts Judge Brennan to allow a post mortem on Morris Stein as Mrs Stein requests. Prosecutor Frey hopes Humphrey’s inquest testimony may reveal clues to last week’s Parisian like double shooting at Loudonville involving Miss Hester Porter and Morris B P Stein. Authorities discover Miss Porter loaned thousands to relatives, while Mrs Morris Stein and her mother weep under murder charges.
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Cleveland
Andrew Humphrey
J. L. Porter
Loudonville
Hester Porter
Morris B. P. Stein
George Frey
Humphrey
Ashland County
Mary Bayard
Mary Porter
Hester
Porter
Des Moines
Morris Stein
Sarah Bayard
Iowa Professor Resigns to Move to Cedar Rapids
Dr. Frederick W. Bailey of the ophthalmology chair at the University of Iowa College of Medicine resigns and will relocate to Cedar Rapids. The announcement comes from Iowa City on August 22.
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State University
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Frederick W. Bailey
College of Medicine
Wright Announces Dismissal of Two West Point Cadets
Secretary of War Wright announced President Roosevelt approved his recommendation to dismiss two first class cadets suspended from West Point. The order will also suspend six third-class cadets for one year and suspend William T. Russell Jr. and Harry G. Weaver.
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Washington, D. C
Wright
West Point Ciets
Roosevelt
William T. Russell, Jr
William T. Russell
Engineer Corps
Army
Harry G. Weaver
Illinois
Morocco Sultan Captured or Fled After Battle
Tangier Aug. 22. Reports say Abu El Aziz sultan of Morocco was routed by his brother Mulai Hafid nearFez and taken prisoner. A conflicting report claims the sultan escaped and sought refuge in the French zone.
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Tangir
Abu ‘el ‘Aziz
Morocco
Mulai Hafid
Meteor Falls Near Ellsworth Shakes Town Nightly Bright Blast
A large meteor fell three miles north of Ellsworth last night near Salina Kansas, lighting the countryside for miles. It burned brightly for about twenty minutes after striking the ground and then exploded, shaking Ellsworth and rattling windows and wall pictures.
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Salina
Kan
Ellsworth
Leominster Woman Dies After Joyful Reunion With Brother
In Leominster Massachusetts on August 22 Mrs. M. J. Merriam aged 77 died after being overcome with joy upon meeting her brother General Miles whom she had not seen for years. The reunion occurred during a family gathering and the death was reported as sudden. Her passing ends a long awaited family moment and leaves behind surviving relatives.
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Leominster
Mass
Gen
Miles
M. J. Merriam
Advisory Committee Named For Taft Campaign Role
The Republican National Committee appointed a broad advisory panel led by Chairman Hitchcock to guide financial and campaign strategy. Members include Ballinger Bliss Cromwell Clayton Crane Hammonds Murphy Taft and Vorys with Cromwell as legal adviser. Sherman will speak nationwide including Illinois and western states to counter Bryan. Hepburn said Iowa issues won't affect Taft's national ticket and a strong Republican majority is anticipated.
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New York
N. Y
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Richard A. Ballinger
Washington
Cornelius N. Bliss
William Nelson Cromwell
Powell Clayton
Arkansas
W. Murray Crane
Massachusetts
John Hays Hammond
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Charles P. Taft
Arthur Vorys
Ohio
Elmer Dover
Cromwell
Sherman
Congress
James S. Sherman
Bryan
Democraticandidate
McKinley
Inlinois
W. P. Hepburn
Iowa
Taft
Hains Siblings Involved In Brooklyn Family Scandal
Marie Louise Salmande the French maid at 140 Eighty-Sixth Street Bay Ridge claims the eight month old Louise is her child. She states T Jenkins Hains’s wife died in 1906 and the infant was born in a Brooklyn hospital in December 1907. The case ties to the shooting of William E Annis by Captain Peter C Hains Jr. as the feud over the family splits public attention.
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New York
William E. Annis
Peter C. Hains, Jr
T. Jenkins Hains
Peter C
Marie Louise Salmande
Eighty-Sixth Street
Bay Ridge
Weather forecast for Iown and Illinois
Generally fair tonight and Sunday with cooler nights and light frost in exposed northern areas. Warmer Sunday in the west part. Illinois shows partly cloudy and cooler tonight with generally fair and cooler conditions Sunday in the extreme south. Sunrise 5 54, sunset 6 42, moonrise 12 53 a m.
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Illinois
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