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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1908
Page
2
The Times reports a plan to rally anti Bryan sentiment by leveraging southern opposition and eastern doubts. It notes Chanler and Hearst influence shifting to deny Bryan the nomination while considering Edge Gray of Delaware as a strong alternative.
Former U S Senator James Smith of New Jersey denies invitingWilliam Jennings Bryan to his Newark visit on February 6 The Newark scene and local reaction are noted while Bryan Volunteers in Nebraska plan a nationwide campaign fund drive led by Mayor James C Dahlman with active precinct organization.
At the Queens County Republican Committee meeting in Richmond Hill officials defeated a resolution favoring Gov. Hughes for the Presidency. The session noted Secretary William Loeb Jr may be named as a National delegate, amid long-standing patronage grievances with William J. Youngs and the appointment of Selon G. Bishop as Queens Internal Revenue Collector.
Washington reports show Taft will not discuss or bargain with Foraker. The rift centers on policy toward Roosevelt and the Brownsville incident, with no chance of a political settlement while Roosevelt and Foraker remain at odds.
Special to The New York Times from Cleveland Ohio January 14 Taft appears set to win two thirds of Ohio's delegates at the March 8 4 convention with 724 delegates planned as primary calls spread across counties. Foraker gains only in Jackson County where Taft backers reversed a previous endorsement and set March 10 primaries. Court actions loom as Foraker backers seek injunctions in key counties including Cuyahoga and Pike where pro Foraker delegates were unseated and primaries ordered.
The Republican State Central Committee announced a Sacramento convention on May 14 to select delegates for the National Convention. County committees will hold an unofficial primary on May 2 allowing voters to express preference for a president candidate. Delegates will be instructed to back the candidate with the most votes in the primary.
At 246 New Main Street Yonkers on Friday night Augustino Demorlo waved a loaded revolver in play. He warned others, but the weapon discharged striking Septilia Nucia in the temple. Nucia died at St Joseph's Hospital and Demorio also died.
Brooklyn businessman Coler pens a lengthy critique to Controller Metz condemning lump sum city bond sales and urging that money be allotted to specific accounts. He warns of potential contractor favoritism and nonspecific funds, even joking about an omnipotent controller. Coler proposes submitting the issue to Judge Dillon with a full accounting of Metz’s outlays.
The Rosenman family of 240 Clinton Street prepares to name their newborn triplets at noon in their new residence at 322 West 122nd Street Rabbi Rifkin officiating. Max Roseman has secured a good job with Rosenthal after a prior eviction scare and landlord Jacob Bloch grants six months free rent. A large party is planned with invitees including President Roosevelt.
Boston January 18 Professor Paul Clemen delivered the final talk in his course on The History of German Art in the Nineteenth Century at Fogg Art Museum. He argued modern architecture often uses ephemeral materials while Harvard Medical School embodies genuine expression of new motives and inner life.
B c Stedman dies after heart disease. He hosted weekly receptions in a West Fifty fourth Street house forming a salon frequented by writers worldwide. He retired from business in 1900, left his Exchange seat, and inspired younger writers while keeping poetry alive alongside stock trading.
Samuel L. Clemens known as Mark Twain, confined by illness, says he does not wish to speak about the death of Mr. Stedman. Richard Watson Gilder calls Stedman a lifelong elder brother in literature and notes his unique, generous role and the loss felt by the literary world.
Lieut. Gov. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler lauded Gov. Hughes as an honest, nonpartisan leader at the Dutchess County Society dinner in New York. Dr. S Parkes Cadman critiqued excessive dishonesty talk and urged honest efficient public service. The event featured remarks by Abram J. Rose and others, plus a Ketcham painting gift and a silver loving cup presentation.
Police justice heard evidence against Antonio Lanasa head of Lanasa Goffe Steamship Co and partner Antonio Goffe and four alleged accomplices in a conspiracy that led to the dynamiting of Joseph Di Gorgio’s residence. Salvatore Lupo’s confession says Lanasa hired him to kill Di Gorgio and sought funds to defend conspirators. Accused held in $2000 bail each.
In Ellamore West Virginia four supposed Black Hand men attacked Italian lumbermen killing one and injuring three others. The attackers fled after a companion died and another was wounded prompting a lookout and possible lynching. Hospitalized victims include several lumber workers.
A late afternoon runaway auto from Stamford bound for Boston veered off road and struck a wagon. Howard Bushnell of Staten Island jumped to safety with severe injuries while driver and two Boston men Jason Moore and Evans Goodhale suffered minor to no injuries.
Swentzel a veteran of metallurgy mining and prospecting describes driving career. Born in Pennsylvania, he grew up in Brooklyn and studied at Johns Hopkins briefly. He prospected in Nevada during Goldfield Tonopah boom and traveled to Alaska China and Japan before turning to automobiles.
Homer A. France of Rawlins Wyoming reports to The New York Times that snow is scarce enough to allow possible automobile travel across the state by March though deep drifts may appear. He notes bridge washouts on the Platte and varying conditions west of the Rockies, with elevations from 6 744 to over 7 149 feet and Cheyenne nearby.
Chicago Automobile Club officials announced the American Committee selection for the New York to Paris endurance race led by Ira M. Cobe. Members include John Farson and Milton J. Foreman as the city strengthens involvement ahead of the Feb start.
Brooklyn officials and political figures hosted a dinner for Justice Gaynor at the Kings County Democratic Club with about 800 diners. Senator Patrick H. McCarren, Controller Herman Metz, and party leaders lauded Gaynor and discussed his presidential prospects amid national issues and party unity.
Chief Monahan, after talks with Mayor Wittpenn, orders captains to detain on duty patrols for extra duty. Officers to check all saloon entrances for open doors and arrest anyone inside, drinkers or not, aiming for a dry day in Jersey City. Saloonkeepers express worry about enforcing the Bishop’s strict directive.
Prosecutor Vickers finds a letter dated Harrison July 15 among Whitmore's Brooklyn belongings. the note to Mary signed Dear Tipney appears misfiled from a separate wife desertion case, not tied to the Lena murder in Harrison New Jersey. Whitmore denies any connection and investigation ends with the mistaken filing.
Three burglars surprised at Callender's Point summer home of Mrs W Henning in Stamford fled after noon. They had packed silverware and trinkets in bundles and turned on electric lights to aid their search. Mrs Henning is spending winter in New York.
Fire at Julius Marquessee Warehouse in Janesville caused an estimated tobacco loss of 180000 to 200000. Insurance coverage partially offsets the damage. At Scranton Pennsylvania a four story building on Lackawanna Avenue occupied by Greene Howell milliners and Maurice Heinze retail milliner was destroyed. losses around 50000.
A sleepy looking man forgot his nightshirt on a subway car early Friday. The guard turned it in to Interborough Lost Property at 2 Greenwich Street after an incident near Astor Place where the sleeper’s shoes were noted. The item joined the Times Lost and Found column. A door mat later appeared on a Sixth Avenue elevated train and an opera hat with a bottle of eatsup was found that evening.
W. D. Haywood secretary of the Western Federation of Miners will address a Brooklyn Labor Lyceum gathering at Willoughby Avenue near Myrtle Avenue this afternoon at six o'clock. Delegates Finnagan and Abrahams will escort him from Manhattan.
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