Taft Ticket Talk Sees Dolliver, Cortelyou Prospects
Washington dispatch reports mining engineer John Hays Hammond favors a vice presidential bid with Taft. Hammond backs a Massachusetts candidate while endorsing a Western pick if needed, signaling Dolliver from Iowa as Roosevelt loyalists push for a suitable running mate. Cortelyou is cited as a potential Eastern balance.
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New York Times
Washington
John Hays
Taft
White House
Hammond
Massachusetts
Gloucester
California
Guggenheim Mining Company
Smelting Trust
K. Hammond
Gov. Guild
Cov. Guild
Gov
John B. Montgomery
Colorado
Chicago
Auditorium
Havingen Covmmon
Tafs
Chrits Grild
Dolliver
Younes
Amy
Cortelyou
New York
Falft
Northwest
Taft Platform Drafted for Convention Committee
Senator Long announced a draft platform prepared with Taft allies at the White House. The document aims to endorse Roosevelt era policy while outlining future steps the next Republican administration should take, reflecting Taft's intent and the committee’s forthcoming work.
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New York Times
Ngton
Eens
Taft
Jagen
Roosevelt
Mfs
Nextepublicar
Eighty Year Old Weds Much Younger Bride in Rahway New Jersey
Octogenarian L Murray Perkins of Baxter Springs marries Margaret Denike in Rahway New Jersey. The elderly groom, once a Rahway resident and major landowner, gifts $16100 in cash to the bride. They depart for Newark and then Washington in Perkins's special car.
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Newark
Mr. Perkins
Washington
Shipping notices from 1850s ports and voyages
Readable fragments show multiple ship names and voyage dates: May 23 Frometheus at Liverpool, May 1 Rotterdam, May 28 Palo Matanzas, Plymouth. Other fragments include SS Bovie and SS President Grant with destinations like Liverpool and Plymouth.
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Bovie
Liverpool
Frometheus
Rotterdam
Palo Matanzas
Ofs
Grant
Plymouth
Hitchcock for Chairman
Frank H Shield Hitchcock, Taft’s manager, leaves for Chicago to safeguard Taft’s interests with the Republican National Committee. His campaign work in the South and New England boosted Taft, and his trusted ties to Taft and allies suggest continued leadership if Taft wins the convention.
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New York Times
Ngton
Frank H Sheal Hitchcock
Taft
Chicago
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
Charles P. Taft
South
Bradley
Kentucky
Fairbanks
New England
Maine
Cortelyou
Lieut Evans Rescues Sailors On Barbary Coast
San Francisco June 2 Lt Frank T Evans son of Fighting Bob gained quick fame for defusing a fight at a US hall. He faced a crowd of toughs trying to attack two sailors and ordered them back with a navy revolver. The sailors were arrested but bailed, and the case was dismissed with Evans commended.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Frank T. Evans
Bob
Lusitania
Louisiana
United States
John Wallick
William Edmundson
Evans
Feet Evans
Elvans
Puzzle Didn't Puzzle Loeb In Washington Hoax
Special to The New York Times reports a Washington hoax where a patent political puzzle agent targeted the White House. Secret Service and District police blocked him after ads offering a $500 reward for a diplomatic portfolio. A leather box with a puzzle was promised as the motive while officials awaited its finder.
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New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
Loel
Secret Service
du Pont
Agena
White House
Loeb
Judge Fights Armed Women in Paterson
Recorder James S Carroll of Paterson disarmed two Italian women Mary Caminita and Giuseppina Carrosive after they brandished knives threatening him while he confronted them over greens gathering. The pair were fined 25 dollars each and jailed.
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Stedial
New York Times
Paterson
N. J
James S" Carroll
Recorder
City Hall
Mary Caminita
Giuseppina Carrosive
Shoe factories resume longer daily hours
Diamond M and Diamond F plants of S H Howe Shoe Co shift to ten and nine hour days respectively, affecting about 1200 workers. L B Hall Shoe Co restarts after weeks down, Rice Hutchins runs on ten hour shifts, all signaling improved business across plants.
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Diamond M
S. H. Howe Shoe Company
Diamond F
L. B. Hall Shoe Company
Rice & Hutchins
Ies
Em- It
Aeronaut Beachey Survives Broken Airship Crash at Jamaica
Lincoln Beachey barely escaped serious injury when his cigar shaped dirigible failed mid ascent during a Jamaica test flight. The balloon descended into a blackberry patch as the 1,000 foot altitude gave way to a swift, controlled crash witnessed by hundreds including Beachey’s wife. He planned another ascent the following day and blamed a feeding tube failure for the motor stoppage.
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Jamaica
Lincoln Beachey
Long Island
Beachey
Beacney
Dr Kinsman Named Bishop Elect of Delaware
Wilmington June 2 It is announced that the Rev Dr Kinsman of the General Theological Seminary New York will be elected Bishop of Delaware on the first ballot at the Episcopal Convention. He has taught ecclesiastical history at the General Theological Seminary since 1903 and previously held posts at St Pauls School New Bedford Mass and Berkeley Divinity School Middletown Conn.
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New York Times
Wilmington
Del
Kinsman
General Theological Seminary
New York
Delaware
Frederick Joseph Kinsman
Warren
Ohio
St. Paul's School
Concord
N. H
Keble College
Oxford
England
St. Martin’s Church
New Bedford
Mass
Berkeley Divinity School
Middletown
Conn
Department of Justice to sue Paper Trust for restraint
Washington June 2 The Department of Justice plans to file suits against the Paper Trust for restraint of trade. Investigations by agents in New York have produced evidence ready for action. Officials keep the move secret and say action will not wait for congressional investigations.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Paper Trust
Department
New York
Paper
Congressional Committee
A Rival for Wright in New Aeroplane Tests
Paris reports Henry Savage Landor, just arrived from Florence, says his new aeroplane experiments are completely successful. Landor’s machine, en route to Paris, is viewed as a potential dangerous competitor to Wright’s aircraft and he will meet Wilbur Wright for a possible friendly contest.
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New York Times
Paris
Henry Savage Landor
Florence
Wright
Landor
Wilbur Wright
Airship Sighting Near North Bergen Home
Frank Mead of Hackensack Meadows, near North Bergen New Jersey, saw a cigar shaped airship hover above his house around six Sunday evening. The envelope with guy ropes appeared detached from its moorings and settled near his doorway. The fifty foot airship was turned over to police who seek its owner.
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Frank Mead
Hackensack Meadows
North Bergen
N. J
Mead
Balloonists chase long distance record in heavy rain
The Chicago balloon owned by Charles A. Coe and crew led by Capt. C. L. Bumbaugh and Charles Leichliter landed eight miles south of Clear Lake South Dakota after 800 miles in eleven hours. They earned the world speed record with 75 mph but failed to beat the long distance mark due to persistent rain.
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Watertown
8. C
Chicago
Charles A. Coe
C. L. Bumbaugh
Charles Leichliter
Quincy
Clear Lake
S. D
Bumbaugh
Aeronauts
Kirksville
Bbellion
C. H. Leichliter
Ave
Retiring Mayor of St. Paul Receives $11,000 Gift
Mayor Robert A. Smith leaves office after fifty years in public service, including forty as mayor. Business leaders present a check for 11,000 dollars at City Hall, with no speeches or ceremony in a modest farewell. Smith, once wealthy, later pledged his funds to creditors after a bank failure and retirement leaves him with less than 200 dollars.
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The
New York Times
Paul, Minn
Robert A. Smith
St. Paul
Smith
Hts
O'Connor
Judge Lacombe Rules Necklace Dutiable at Nine Percent
United States Circuit Court judge rules that a 340000 dollar Paris bought necklace worn by Mrs Nonnie Stewart Leeds is a single jewelry piece weighing 37 pearls. The ruling lowers duty from ten to nine percent and cites Mrs Leeds testimony and delivery by Hugo Citroen. Likely appeal noted. Mecklenburg Calcium Chloride Water advertised.
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Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Paris
Nonnie Stewart Leeds
William Leeds
Rock Islands Railroad
United States Board of General Appraisers
Divorce Settlement: Platt Receives 25 000 and Ten Thousand Year
In 1906 Senator Thomas C. Platt agreed to a divorce settlement with Lilian Platt including 25 000 cash and 10 000 yearly for five years plus Tioga Lodge at Highland Mills in exchange for dropping the divorce suit. The law firm Marsh Winslow Wever later sued to recover 2 471 paid on her behalf, claiming it covered Mrs Platt unpaid bills. The case before Justice Ford involved testimony from Mrs Platt and Justice Hatch with Senator Platt unavailable due to age.
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Lilian Janeway Platt
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Edgar Joseph
Marsh, Winslow & Wever
Broadway
Senator Platt
Supreme Court
Ford
Tioga Lodge
Highland Mills
Justice Hatch
Platt
Frank Platt
Wever
Albert Boardman
Boardman
Smith Estate Transfers Over Nine Hundred Thousand Tax
Port Jervis N Y June 2 Transfer Tax Appraiser William P Gregg reported to Surrogate John B Sweezey on the James Henry Smith estate who died while living at Tuxedo Park Orange County Personal property valued at 2124044796 bonds 12016025 50 real estate 2416087 50 debts and expenses 1690577 98 leaving 21965957 48 for legatees 4088018 on which 1 transfer tax is charged 17652127 48 at 5 tax The State will receive 923495 55 and his wife Annie Armstrong Smith will receive 3000000
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New York Times
Port Jervis
N. Y
William P. Gregg
John B. Sweezey
James Henry Smith
Tuxedo Park
Orange County
Gregg
Annie Armstrong Smith
Kansas City vote defeats commission government proposal
In Kansas City Kansas a special election defeated the plan to replace the press form with a commission government by about a thousand votes. A new eyeglass called Tickit by BIsight or Torie Pebbles is noted.
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Kansas City
Kan
Spencer's
Maiden Lane
Ady
Cunarders' Subsidy Won For Lusitania And Mauretania
A Liverpool dispatch reports the British Government confirmed that Cunard Line steamers Lusitania and Mauretania met the required speed for the round trips. They will receive about $736,009 annually under the subsidy agreement.
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Lusitania
Mauretania
Cunard
Laverpool
Roentgen Expert Dr Saetjer Loses Eye After Xray Work
Baltimore June 2 Dr Frederick Saetjer a Roentgen ray authority underwent surgery to remove his right eye. Friends blame ongoing ray experiments though oculists say the cause was an old college accident. Earlier Dr Baetier suffered a partial shriveling of arm and hand attributed to Xrays. he is on Johns Hopkins Hospital staff.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Frederick Saetjer
Baetier
Baetfer
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Allison Probable Choice in Iowa Senate Fight
Early returns from Iowa's primary reveal William B. Allison likely to win renomination for the U.S. Senate over Gov. Cummins. Allison headquarters reports a 16,000 to 16,500 statewide majority with Cummins around 7,000 in 38 of 99 counties.
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Cummins
Des Moines
Towa
William B. Allison
United States
Allison
Cleveland Celebrates 22nd Wedding Anniversary
Princeton, June 2. Ex-President Grover Cleveland and Mrs Cleveland mark their twenty second wedding anniversary at their Princeton home. A large twenty inch cake bearing the inscription to F. C. and F. F. C. dated June 2 1908 was given by Princeton friends. He is reportedly doing well and has not yet resumed his usual afternoon drive.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
F. Co
Cleveland
Dream Girl Lida Bridges to Marry Raleigh Taylor
Ill, June 2 Miss Lida Bridges known as the dream girl who slept four days last fall will marry Raleigh Taylor a railroad man of this city He was by her side during the coma and she described experiences in Heaven including conversations with her deceased grandfather and four brothers.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Lida Bridges
Heaven
Raleigh Taylor
Women spy on Odd Fellows in Brown's Corners
In Wabash Indiana June 2 members of the local Odd Fellows Lodge asked prosecutor Everhard to act against women from Brown's Corners accused of spying on a lodge initiation. Men were away after midnight for ritual practice and wives grew suspicious.
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New York Times
Wabash
Ind
Jocal Odd Fellows Lodge
Everhard
Brown's Corners
Three Cars Dynamited in Chester Strike Night
Chester Pennsylvania June 2 The Chester Railway strike flared as three trolley cars were exploded by dynamite. Deputies arrested the crew of the car with no passengers aboard. no injuries to motor man or conductor. Two passengers on another car escaped harm. Deputies were attacked en route to the scene, using revolvers until thirty officers arrived.
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Chester
Penn
Chester Railway Company
Taxicab Struck by Trolley. Four Injured in Manhattan Crash
A taxicab carrying S. Lloyd Irving, Charles Este Jr, Leonard Snyder, and Dr. Seth Brumm was struck by a Madison and Fourth Avenue trolley at Twentieth Street. The men were knocked unconscious and the cab demolished. Chauffeur John McMahon flew from his seat and was most seriously hurt. others only bruised. The group had been en route from the Hotel Astor to the New York Athletic Club and declined hospital care despite two Bellevue ambulances arriving.
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S. Lloyd Irving
Chester
Penn
Charles Este, Jr
Twentieth Street
Glenwood Avenue
Philadelphia
Leonard Snyder
West Ninety-fifth Street
Seth Brumm
Hotel Manhattan
Madison and Fourth Avenue
Hotel Astor
New York Athletic Club
John McMahon
Bellevue Hospital
Governor General Receives $10,000 Anonymous Quebec Fund
An anonymous donor, stated as American, has sent ten thousand dollars to the Governor General for the Quebec battlefields fund. The contribution arrives with a letter from the Hotel St. Regis in New York.
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Quebec
Ad for Dewey's Wine Store Near Fulton Street Subway
Advertisement for H T Dewey & Sons Co at 138 Fulton Street New York promoting wine store 200 feet from Fulton Street subway station with three words of ad copy implied.
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Dewey's Wine
Fulton St
H.t.deway & Sons Co
New York
Adw
Prosecution Eyes $68 Million Penalty in Oil Rebating Case
Washington reports district attorney Sims and Attorney General Bonaparte plan a high stakes case against a major oil firm. Judge Landis eyed to preside as charges potentially impose a $68 million fine for rebating across 3,400 counts involving the Chicago area rail shipments. The probe focuses on shipments from Whiting Indiana and the Rock Island system.
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Fort Washington
Department of Justice
Cage
Sims
Bonaparte
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Chicago & Eastern
Rock Island
Landis
Milton Irsistant
Gee
Whiting
India
It Oil Company
Oies
Kansas
Oklahoma
Evansville
Grand Junction
St. Louis
Corporation
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Bae
Alton
Commission
Dolton
East Leafs
Mass of Sun Company Oil Suit Testimony Reaches Vast Volume
Government and Sun Company proceedings in Franklin Ferriss court in Missouri reveal over three million words of testimony plus exhibits. Daily contributions since September have averaged about eighty-three thousand words, creating the largest single-case record in the Eighth Circuit with thousands of pages to review.
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Sun Company
Franklin Ferriss
Eighth Circuit
U District Court
Missouri
Stiies
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