Harriman Pushes for Fair Roads and Talks Hepburn Bill
E H W Harriman, in Chicago for talks with railroad leaders before a hunting trip west, defended regulation paired with railroad protection, deflected political questions, and commented on rate increases. He refused to discuss Wheeling & Lake Erie ties or Gould lines, noting the need for cooperation between government and carriers.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Deneen-Yates
Illinois
Harriman
Deneeen
Illinois Central
Stuyvesant Ish
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Blair & Co
Gould Lines
President Delano
Wabash
Chicago
George Gould
Kuhn, Loeb-Blair & Co
Wheeling & Jake Erie
Girl Dies in Nevada Flood at Verdi
A destructive cloudburst in Verdi Nevada claimed one life Miss Etta Tixley 28 daughter of John Tixley foreman at Verdi Mill and Lumber Company was swept from the lumber office porch as ten foot floodwaters rushed the canon Several others injured in nearby Spanish Canton Steamboat Springs area as livestock timber and a ranch were destroyed
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Verdi, Nev
Etta Tixley
John Tixley
Verdi Mill and Lumber Company
Canon
Miss Tixley
Spanish Canton
Steamboat Springs
James Burke
McM. Ross
Ratification Meeting of Independence League in 462 Third Ave
The Fourteenth Assembly District branch held a ratification meeting with applause, though Hearst was absent. John J. Daly defended the convention’s actions amid charges of a Chicago plot against Bryan and fusion. Speakers urged party integrity while pledging near perfect government in the platform and candidates. The real ratification was to be held later.
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Fourteenth Assembly District
Independence League
Third Avenue
League
Hearst
John J. Daly
Jeader
Twenty-fifth Assembly District
Chicago
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Henry George
Mr. Hearst
United States Supreme Court
Fusion
Peoples’ Party
Charley Murphy
Roger Sullivan
Taft
Charles E. Gehring
O. M.fisher
J. D. Bush
Uneasy in Kentucky Race Promises Hard Fall Fight
Lexington Ky Aug 3 Conservative Democrats fear a tough fall battle to keep Kentucky in line. McKinley carried Kentucky in 186 and Republicans now govern Louisville Covington and Newport. GOP confidence rides on winning a Lexington Congress seat as the only major Democratic city remains, signaling a hard contest ahead.
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New York Times
Lexington
McKinley
Kentucky
Louisville
Covington
Newport
Investigation of Election Practices in Clinton County
In Plattsburg New York August 3 the Grand Jury at an extraordinary term of the Supreme Court opened an inquiry into alleged corrupt practices at elections. Gov Hughes called the session with Charles S Whitman of New York as Acting Assistant Attorney General leading the investigation.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Grand
Supreme Court
Gov
Hughes
Clinton County
New York
Gene
Bryan Will Not Talk of Tariff in Speech
Lincoln dispatch notes William J. Bryan will delay tariff talk in his August 12 acceptance speech. He plans to focus on banking deposits and other issues in future set speeches. Chairmen discuss union label, distribution, and Bryan's stance with Typographical Union figures.
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Bryan
New York Times
Lincoln, Neb
William J. Bryan
Taft
Cincinnati
Topeka
Madison
Wis
Mr. Kryan
J. H. Atwood
Kansas
Lincoln
Junkin
Peoples Independent Party
Nebraska
Fairview
Minnesota
H. C. Peate
Printers’ Union
Mr. Bryan
Hearst Raps Gompers Again In Labor Pledge Row
The New York American charges Samuel Gompers with pressing Hearst to back Democratic nominees and urges the Independence Party not to field a rival ticket. Affidavits and telegrams are cited, with Dorrance and Tighe recounting a Denver meeting on July 10, and Hearst’s reply to Gompers being delayed by travel. Gompers later denies sending the message, while the paper insists on its truth and accuses him of untrustworthy conduct.
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Chicago
New York
Hearst
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Europe
Denver
Independence Party
Mr. Gompers
James F. Doerrance
Dorrance
Washington
The
American
M. F. Tighe
M . Denver
Col
New York American
Democrats
Labor
Taft
Mr. Dorrance
J. F. Dorrance
Tighe
Hotel Tremont
Taft Identified as Unitarian in Cincinnati Church Record
The Cincinnati pastor confirms William Howard Taft’s Unitarian faith and past church membership with the First Congregational Unitarian Church. The minister recalls Taft as a former 175 pound ward and a lively member of the Unity Club who once played a fairy on church stage.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Judge Taft
Taft
First Congregational Unitarian Church of
George A. Thayer
Thayer
Will Taft
Alphonso Taft
Will
Unity Club
Taft to Speak in Virginia On Talking Machines
Taft consents to several short talks recorded on phonograph machines during a Virginia campaign visit at Hot Springs. He tests recordings while Mrs Taft laughs, and a Bryan record is played as a sample. Taft fixes August 21 for a Virginia rally and will address the Bar Association meeting the next day.
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Hot Springs
Taft
W. J. Bryan
Virginia
Slemp
Sheriff Brown
The
Bar Association
Association
Missouri
W. F. Heavner
Lebanon
Howard Taft Heavner
Hadley Sherman Heavner
Hadley
Hitchcock Sees Ward Amid Delayed Republican Plans
Chairman Frank Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee met various leaders in Atlantic City and Philadelphia, including H Coleman Du Pont and Col. W. R. Andrews, to discuss party matters. The day featured a train delay caused by a freight wreck near Rahway, N J, disrupting plans to visit Seabright. Victor L. Mason of Passaic was announced as assistant secretary, taking a role Hitchcock previously held.
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Frank Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Cornelius N. Bliss
Rahway
N. J
Seabright
Mr. Bliss
Hitchcock
Atlantic City
H. Coleman du Pont
Victor L. Mason
Passaic
Mason
Chicago
PREDICTS CLOSE ELECTION WITH Taft Leading
Secretary of the Treasury John G Carlisle predicts a tight campaign as the campaign unfolds Taft holds an edge over Bryan but cautions the race remains unsettled Several factors could shift support before the election Carlisle, a former Democrat bolter in 1896, does not reveal his personal preference.
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New York Times
Washington
John G. Carlisle
Bryan
Carlisle
Eliot Wired Roosevelt about Harvard telegrams
Cambridge Aug 3 The Harvard Corporation says President Eliot treated the telegraphs as private. After learning they were published he telegraphed President Roosevelt to confirm the text had not been obtained from Eliot's office.
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Cambridge
Mass
Eliot
Harvard University
Roosevelt
Harvard Corporation
Picture show uses fire house as exit in Harlem
Commissioner Hayes denies issuing a permit for 122 East 125th Street moving picture show to cut an emergency exit through Fire Truck Company 14 fence. He says the license may have been issued while he was away and vows investigation and revocation until the firehouse exit meets the law.
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Puritan Amusement Company
Fast 125Th Street
Lawter
Ters
Hayes
Big Tim" Sullivan
Denver
Haviland Out For Bryan After Overseas Trip
Augustus Haviland of Brooklyn, a Municipal Ownership League figure, returned on the Rotterdam and voiced his view on the Independence League. He accused Hearst’s use by local politicians and said sincere voters would not back spoilsmen. He stated his intention to vote for Bryan.
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Augustus Haviland
Brooklyn
Rotterdam
Haviland
Independence League
Hearst
Movement For
Mr. Hearst
Roosevelt
League
Taft
Mr. Bryan
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G&xkéch
A. W. Brewster
Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospitals
Edw. Johnson
Marcum -Kenyon
M. D
Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital
M. Linderoth
Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital
C Ehrkich&Sone
Nassau St
Ann St
Sixth Ave
Broadway
Broadway Star House
15Th St
Princess
Call
the Mountains
Lackawanna Ticket
Cross London
Zephyr
Regent St
Mark Cross
Fifth Avenue
Boston
Summer Street
Dr. Lyon
Sary
Gould
E. H W. Harriman
Alice Longworth
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Oregon
Evanston
Union Pacific
Western Pacific
Mr. Harriman
J. C. Stubbs
Harriman Lines
Julius Kruttschmitt
Chicago Club
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Charles L. Hutchinson
Corn Exchange National Bank
Ernest Hamill
Chauncey M. Keep
Frederick T. Haskell
Byron Smith
Northern Trust Company
J. C Hutchins
Merchants’ Loan and Trust Building
Nevada
Paign Material
Typographical Union
Plains Bryan
Unitarian
Ward
Harvard
R. M. S. P. Trent
Jamaica
Sanderson & Son
Foster Debevoise
State St
Flatiron
N.Y
Tim” Sullivan
Nlarlem
WM. Vogel & Son
Houston St
James McCreary & Co
23Rd Street
34Th Street
Brussels
Wilton
Oriental Rugs
Kerman
Agrd
Park Place
Underwood Typewriter Co
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