New York Republicans Split over Taft Delegation Tactics
Albany reports that State Republican leaders led by Barnes resist instructing New York's delegation for Taft. Senator Brackett will warn Washington of the party's stance while urging unity and a conservative platform to reassure business interests and secure support for the fall campaign.
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New York Times
Albany
N. Y
Washington
Taft
Edgar T. Brackett
Senator Root
Barnes
New York
Srackett
Root
Brackett
Col. Roosevelt
the Times
Col
Roosevelt
Canada
Kenyon Switches Support to Cummins for Republican Noms
In Washington on January 24, Senator Kenyon renounced his previous backing of President Taft and endorsed Senator Cummins for the Republican presidential nomination. Kenyon, formerly Assistant Attorney General under Taft, resigned to complete the late Senator Dolliver’s term and was expected to remain moderately pro Taft.
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Washington, D. C
Cummins
Kenyon
Taft
Dolliver
South Carolina faction endorses Taft over Capers
The State Republican Executive Committee of South Carolina representing the Adams Cochran Harris faction adopted resolutions endorsing President Taft and denouncing John G Capers. They called a state convention for February 29 in Columbia. The anti Capers group cites Tafts tariff board peace Sherman law stance and administration. Leaders of the Capers opposition include United States Marshal Duncan Adams District Attorney Cochran and Postmaster W I Harris of Charleston.
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New York Times
Columbia
S. C
Republican Party
Adams- Cochran-Harris
John G. Capers
Taft
Capers
United States
Duncan Adams
Cochran
Charleston
Omaha Boomer drafts Roosevelt convention plan
Cok John O Yeiser of Omaha a West Boomer proposes a National Roosevelt convention to organize support for ex president Roosevelt. The gathering would meet in Chicago Indianapolis or Cincinnati with delegates from all states and petitions bearing 100 signatures would grant representation.
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Omaha
Boomer
New York Times
Neb
Roosevelt
Cok John O. Yeiser
West
Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Col. Yeiser
Band Slays Mine Operator Near Kennedy in Nevada
News arrives of the ambush and killing of Peter Laux a mining operator at the Gold Note claim near Kennedy Nevada. A boy saw the shooters from cover in pinon brush and a posse including sheriffs heads toward Kennedy to pursue a murderous band amid a long running feud over mining claims.
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Peter Laux
New York Times
Reno
Kennedy
Winnemucca
Laux
Mounted Constabulary
Hole-in-the-Wall
Wyoming
Ninth Regiment Barred From Cardinal O Connell Welcome Parade
Boston officials state the Ninth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia cannot join the city welcome parade for Cardinal O Connell as a state regiment. Gov Foss will not allow State arms to be carried, while clergy and public figures urge withdrawal to avoid church state tensions.
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Boston
State House
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Cardinal O’connell
Rome
Fitzgerald
McDonald
Democratic State Committee
Anderson
William Cardinal O’connell
Record $85,000 Corot Painting Sells at Plaza Auction
A Corot titled Lake Nemi sold for 85 000 at the American Art Galleries in the Plaza sale. Knoedler & Co opened at 25 000 with bids reaching 85 000, while other notable works included Cazin Home of the Artist at Ecouen 25 200 and Daubigny Sree on the Seine 8 000. The sale featured pieces from the estates of Mrs. Emily Moir and Frederic Bonner and drew a crowded Grand Ballroom audience.
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Corot
Plaza
Lake Nemi
W. W. Seaman
Chicago
Kirby
Knoedler & Company
Paris
New York
William Schaus
Mary J. Morgan
Brest
K. G. Billings
Ie Charette
John T. Martin Pons
Apeh
Mr. Billings
Cazin
Ecouen
Otto Bernet
Billings
Boiaz
R. D. Williams
van Marcke
George B. Horse
Daubigny
S “ Sree
Seine
William A. Cromwel
Schreyer
Alice Newcomb
George Crocker
Emily Moir
Frederic Bonner
Ludwig Knaus
W. W. Soaman
Blommers
George D. FS
John Henry Twachtmany
Wgeainy Pach Beeen Oy
Haynes
Willimantic Thread Factory
Julian Alden Weil
N. A
R. L. Glendening
Adolph Schreyer
William Peegan
Vibert W. Rouss
Jean Baptiste Hobie
R. H. Lopong
William Keith
Henry Reinhardt
Ballard ‘Williams
Harrison William E
Erskine Nicol
Feertortee
Esceseccesesaces Eecacee Vose
Boston
Diaz
Harrison Will F. Thompson
George "Petit
Jacque
Boussod
Vala- Gon
Ville D’avray
Coromedy & Co
Albert Flake
Rence
Lattimer
A.M. Hudson
Breck-sur-mer
Boudin
R. C. Vose
Durand Pen
Kane
H. Humphrey Moore
Henry Rhemlic
Susanne
Gustave Jacquet
Frederik Holland Meadows
Weissenbruck
R. C
Francois de Troy
Gainsborough
Thomas Cou
Mr. Williams
St. Vaast
Henry Ludlow
U'infante
Claude Monet
A. Piot
Glendenning
Giovanni Boldini
Peignt William Tryon
Kneed- Miranda
Louis Loeb
W.T. ‘Evans
Noank Hills
Charles H
Davis
R. C. O. Bernet Bermet
Alexandre Cabanel
O. Berguereau
la Him
Vestal
Hector
Leroux
B. C. Hendrik Kaemmerer
P. H. Dugro
Seow Zamacois
Antoine “Volion
H. Ne Spar
Fred G
R. L. Glendining
Durand
West Wind
Havre
W. W
Ea- Durand
Ruel
Weessoecases
Cupid
Bouguereau
William A. Crom
No Man's
Alexander Wyant
Penzance
George Innes
Kowalski
A. Jaretski
Europe by air in four days plan by Crane and partners
L L Crane and brother Charles with J L Callahan form the L L Crane Airship Transportation Co in Brooklyn promising Europe flights. They lack aircraft or passengers but plan a 160 foot dirigible with a 45 foot box kite and two 100 hp engines carrying seven, with a crew including captain and engineer.
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L. L. Crane
Charles
Ninth Street
Brooklyn
J. L. Callahan
Seventh Street
L. L. Crane Airship Transportation Company
Europe
Crane
Blease Defends Spelling in South Carolina Message
Gov. Blease accuses misquotation over the word explanatory and questions journal spelling as he denounces newspapers Northerners and Negroes in a veto message. He urges a committee to explain who burned Columbia during the Civil War claiming Sherman’s army was responsible. He also sent a letter to The New York Times last year.
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New York Times
Columbia
8. C
Blease
House Journal
Sherman
Skye terrier Patsy saves three, dies in Philadelphia fire
Patsy, a Skye terrier owned by John Morrow of 2491 South Ninth Street, barked to awaken a sleeping family guard, helping three members escape a blaze. The heroic dog perished in the flames, staying by Rachel's door until smoke or heat prevented her escape.
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Philadelphia
Patsy
John Morrow
South Ninth Street
Robert
Rachel
New ‘Fe Times
Macy’s promises quality and value for 55 years in New York
The ad proclaims Macy’s as the one store in New York that never sacrifices quality for price. It touts reliable goods at forest-in-the-city prices and urges shoppers to choose Macy’s if they are particular about both quality and price.
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New York
Forest-In-The-City
Macy's
The Hardship of Fashions
An upcoming Times feature examines how current fashion trends have displaced workers and reshaped industry jobs. The piece analyzes economic impact, consumer demand shifts, and regional effects on apparel and textile communities.
Italy Still Opposes French Demand and Seizure Incident
Rome reports a cordial conference among Premier Giolitti Foreign Minister di San Giuliano and the French ambassador over the detention of twenty nine Turks on the French steamer Manouba and Italy’s right to search neutral ships. Italy offers arbitration and indemnity if an error occurred, while preserving its countermeasures to protect its army. The talks aim for a satisfactory solution without altering the right of search.
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Paris
Foreign Office
M. Barrére
Rome
Marquis di San Giuliano
Barten
Red Crescent Society
Giolitti
di San Giuliano
Camille Barrére
Ah Rks
Cagliardinia
Italy
Egypt
Lord Kitchener
France
Rockefeller Gift Delayed by High Bridge Bids
William Rockefeller pledged a new Headless Horseman bridge for North Tarrytown to replace the unsafe old span over the Pocantico River. After plans and approvals, bids reached 26 000 dollars, exceeding his limit of 15 000 dollars, prompting revised plans.
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New York Times
Tarrytown
N. Y
William Rockefeller
North Tarrytown
Pocantico River
Brock Broadway
Rockefeller
Shipping Arrivals Reported From Various Ports
Latest shipping news notes arrivals: SS Caracas Curacao on Jan 18, SS Concho Key West on Jan 21, SS Braunfels Boston on Jan 23, SS Philadelphia Southampton on Jan 17, SS Ancon Cristobal on Jan 16.
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Caracas
Curacao
Concho
Key West
Braunfels
Boston
Philadelphia
Southampton
Ancon
Cristobal
The Weather and Public Notices in The Times
A note outlines routine record items to appear in the second to last page of The Times under headings such as The Weather Yesterday's Wills Yesterday's Fires Police and Fire Transfers Board of Education The Civil Service and The United Service.
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Board of Education
The
Civil Service
United Service
Women and men clash as Perth Amboy mill explodes
Panic erupts at United States Cartridge Company plant in Perth Amboy New Jersey after a packing room explosion. Marjorie Kellnar 19 is killed as workers scramble past machinists to flee. Over 15 000 shells destroyed and glass shattered across the building. A committee of 30 girls petitions not to return to work.
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New York Times
Perth Amboy
N. J
United States Cartridge Company
Marjorie Kellnar
Joe Yorke
Edward Toun
Miss Kellnar
Lillian Schuyler
Hall Avenue
Mollie
Apt
Thomas B. Doe
John J. Harper
William Doe
William E. Ramsay
Charles I. Silk
George Fithian
Frank C. Henry
Henry Kellnar
South Streets
Butcher
Schuyler
Hannah Howard
Kellnar
Surgeon seeks graft of murderer's arm in Paris
A French surgeon plans limb grafts for patients missing arms. He obtained the left arm of a guillotined butcher named Renard, but one patient refused to receive a murderer's limb, fearing adverse effects on his disposition.
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Paris
Renard
Three Fingers Valued At Four Thousand Dollars
In York Pennsylvania on January 24 the local court awarded William H. Powell four thousand dollars in damages after a traveling crane at the Morgan Smith Company plant severed his fingers. Powell sued for damages.
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New York Times
York, Penn
William H. Powell
Powell
8. Morgan Smith Company
Senator Grady Whisked to Private Sanatorium
State Senator Thomas F. Grady, 58, was taken from his home at 151 West Thirtieth Street to a private sanitarium yesterday. He has suffered from diabetes for four months but had planned to return to Albany and resume duties. Grady first won election in 1882, retired in 1884, and was later returned to the Senate in 1896 after serving as Police Magistrate.
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Thomas F. Grady
West Thirtieth Street
Albany
Grady
Senate
Nce
Smith Weed III Ill at Waldorf in New York
Smith M. Weed known as the Nestor of Democracy in New York State is seriously ill with a severe cold at the Waldorf. His son George S. Weed joined him, and friend George Boldt arranged better accommodations to aid his recovery.
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Smith M. Weed
New York State
Waldorf
the Waldorf
Mr. Weed
George Boldt
Beggar Stabs Probationary Officer in Bowery Assault
A beggar accosted Roger Dudley a probationary officer in the Magistrates Courts at Bowery and Third Street last night and stabbed him above the left eye and under the chin with a penknife after Dudley refused five cents. Dudley was treated at Lincoln Hospital for deep but not serious wounds.
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Roger Dudley
Bowery
Third Street
East 138Th Street
The
Bronx
Wurst
Lincoln Hospital
CAT WINS FIGHT WITH FOX IN New Rochelle Yard
Toots the big tomcat owned by Robert Doran defended his St Joseph Street home from a fox that wandered from the Iselin preserve. The battle lasted ten minutes with both animals bleeding before Mr Doran killed the fox with an axe handle and planned to skin it for a muff.
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Toots
Robert Doran
St. Joseph Street
New Rochelle
Mr. Doran
Iselin Preserve
Doran Yard
Chicken Trot Mystery Aired By Rubinstein Club Ushers
A call to THE TIMES claimed the Rubinstein Club ushers objected to the Waldorf dance coverage of their third annual ball. The caller argued the event featured a new dance name the “Chicket Trot” amid recounted fads like the Turkey Trot and Bunny Hug.
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Times Office
Rubinstein Club
TIMES
the Waldorf
Night Out to Florida Train Schedule Update
Daily service via Penna and Atlantic Coast Line but limited to one night. Train times listed include 10:18 AM 1:28 PM 3:28 PM and 9:30 PM. Cars described as All Steel El Broadway Ady. Service appears promotional and terse.
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Florida
Penna
Atlantic Coast Line
4 Ltd
Dally
All Steel
el B'way
Ady
Reign of Terror in China Rivalry for Presidency
A Jan 24 dispatch from Shanghai reports a crisis as Sun Yat Sen and Yuan Shi Kai battle for the presidency. Threats and possible assassinations surround Tang Shao-yi and Wu Ting-fang, with confessed perpetrators naming republican officials. Vengeance fears and political terrorism threaten to derail negotiations. Thomas F. Millard.
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Sun Yat-Sen
Yuan Shi-Kai
Tang Shao-¥i
Wu Ting-Fang
Yuan Shi- Kai
Thomas F. Millard
War minister demands 10 million taels from Shanghai line
Shanghai January 24 Sing the Republican Minister of War demands 10 000 000 taels about seven million dollars from China Merchants Steam Navigation Company. He warns that if unpaid the fleet will be commandeered and sold. Directors seek time to consult stockholders.
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Shanghai
Sing
China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company
Revolution Rumors Roil Peking and Yuan Plans Departure
Reports state two thousand imperial troops in Silang-Yang Province Hu Pei revolted in favor of the republic while Peking relaxes Premier Yuan Shi Kai security. Other dispatches note Americans told to leave outer city areas and Yuan considering residence in the British concession.
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Peking
Silang-Yang
Hu-Peh To
Hankow
Yuan Shi-Kai
London
Tien-Tsin
Tien- Tsin
Yuan
Daily Telegraph
Mukden
Willard Straight Leaves Peking as China Crisis Grows
A Chicago telegram reports Willard Straight bound for Nanking amid speculation he will finance the Provisional Republican government. Japan’s potential aid heightens tensions as Yuan Shi Kai’s court fears renewed dynasty support and panic over Manchu bankruptcy deepens. Pu Yi, the boy emperor, frolics in the court yard under eunuch guardians.
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New York Times
Chicago
Peking
Chicago Daily News
Willard D. Straight
J. Pierpont Morgan
Nanking
Japan
Yuan Shi-Kai
Yuan
Pu-Yi
China
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