Hughes Declines To Name Delegates At Large
Albany April 4 Governor Hughes refused to express any preference for delegates at large to the Republican National convention. He urged the state convention to select delegates and said the voters through their representatives should determine the outcome. He reaffirmed non intervention policy and stressed party harmony as essential. The piece notes lingering political gossip and the governor’s prior stance against dictating delegate choices.
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Tribune
Albany
Woodruff
Hughes
Derees
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Chicago
Indiana
Indianapolis
Alfred J. Beveridge
James A. Hemenway
J. Frank Hanly
James P. Goodrich
Fairbanks
Riot at England Scotland match injures forty
In Glasgow on April 4 a crowd of 120000 watched England play Scotland. A mob of about a thousand broke into the enclosure causing a crush that injured forty spectators. Stones and bottles were hurled by angry fans and three injured were hospitalized.
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Glasgow
England
Scotland
Delegates to Chicago Return Up To Date
The Tribune reports 298 delegates chosen for the Republican National Convention in Chicago by May, with 188 Taft, 36 Cannon, 32 Fairbanks, 12 Hughes, and 34 uninstructed. Indiana and Porto Rico selections noted, Illinois district results listed, contests planned for 32 seats, and 491 needed for nomination.
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Fairbanks
Cannon
Hughes
Chicago
Tribune
Republican National Committee
Indiana
Porto Rico
Illinois
Ilneis
Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Ohio
Missouri
Kentucky
Mississippi
Miss Ethel Roosevelt Runs Engine for West Point Train
Telegraph from Atlanta April 4 reports Miss Ethel Roosevelt, daughter of the President, served as engineer on the West Point train from Newnan, Ga. She rode in the cab and credited the throttle for the train arriving six minutes early. She called it the jolliest hour of her life and said she might be the only President's daughter to run an engine. The engineer called her an apt pupil.
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Atlanta
Ethel Roosevelt
West Point
Newnan
Bryce
Niagara
Secretary Root
Senate
Admiral Evans Loses Fifty Six Pounds in Months
Paso Robles California April 4 Admiral Evans enjoyed a restful night and a sulfur bath with massage today. His doctors found no organic illness though he suffers intermittent inflammatory rheumatism. He has dropped from 178 to 122 pounds due to stress of command. He says he is not seriously ill and will be walking about soon.
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Paso Robles
Hot Springs
Cal
Heé
Evans
Fire damages broker’s country house at Weverwitch
The country house of A A Whitman, a New York broker, at Weverwitch near Atlantic Highlands New Jersey, was damaged by fire this afternoon aided by high winds from Navesink and Seabright. Mr Whitman and his family had moved from New York yesterday. A spark from the chimney started the blaze.
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Atlantic Highlands
N. J
A A Whitman
New York
Weverwitch
Here
Navesink
Seabright
Evelyn Thaw Leaves Town Before Court Suit
Evelyn Thaw will be out of town today with friends to escape notoriety from hotels and restaurants. Her marriage annulment suit against Harry Thaw goes before the Supreme Court tomorrow. She plans to sail Saturday for a northern city and return to press a $50,000 damages claim against James B. Regan, Knickerbocker Hotel manager, upon her return.
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Harry
Supreme Court
Sis
Thaw
Seys
Ihe
James B. Regan
Knickerbocker
Maker of Noted Flag Dead
Miss Henrietta Robeson burned to death in a Raleigh fire. She helped make the Confederate flag that was seized by the 4th Rhode Island and later returned to North Carolina at a June celebration.
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N.C
Henrietta Robeson
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Ith
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Johnson broadside sparks fight over Bryan nomination
Chicago reports Governor Johnson at Grand Pacific Hotel opening a broadside against Bryan's Denver bid. A Minnesota committee letter urges Democrats to reject any nomination leading to defeat, signaling a revolt against a personal will in party leadership. In St Paul, Johnson allies push to win Illinois delegates, with Johnson planning a Shiloh or Louisville speech on state rights and railway regulation under federal administration.
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Chicago
Johnson
Grand Pacific
William Jennings Bryan
Middle West
Bryan
Denver
Minnesota
Democratic State Central Committee
Frederick B. Lynch
St. Paul
Friends
John A. Johnson
Roger Sullivan
Shiloh
Tenn
Louisville
Necklace and ribbon theft leads to three arrests
A pawnbroker lent $15 on a jeweled black silk neck ribbon valued at $1,259 belonging to Mrs. Ira Barrows. Central detectives detained three men after the items were recovered last night. John Pitts claimed the ribbon and gems were placed in his care, with Edward Felts admitting to taking them from Gustave Ramusen’s room. The chauffeur said the collar was given by footman John Conners. Mrs Barrows, a Maiden Lane diamond merchant, was unaware of the loss during a Park Avenue reception.
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Ira Barrows
Fast 34Th Street
Park Avenue
East 61St Street
Central Office
John Pitts
West 52d Street
Edward Felts
Gustave Ramusen
John Conners
Death Leap At Temple Hall Apartment House
Benjamin Bernstein, sixty five, a retired merchant, leapt from a third story window at Temple Hall near 121st Street and Lenox Avenue after attending a lecture at Temple Israel. Spectators witnessed the act as Bernstein, recovering from illness, stood on the window sill and jumped to his death. Coroner Harburger ordered burial. family cites illness as motive.
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Temple Hall
121St Street
Lenox Ave
Benjamin Bernstein
Temple Israel
120Th Street
Lenox Avenue
Bernstein
Julius Magnus
Broadway
Mitchell
Harlem
Harburger
Panama Opinion Shifts Over Jurado Occupation
Mayor of Chapigana Panama confirms Colombians occupy Jurado amid strong anti treaty sentiment. A local leader argues Panama gains nothing from a Colombia pact and urges U S pressure on Colombia to honor canal treaty terms, noting Panamanians bear canal costs.
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Chapigana
Jurado
Colombia
United States
Pair Arrested in Reading After Disguised Woman
Jennie Van Viick of Kingston New York and Edward Major were arrested in Reading Pennsylvania for harness dressing manufacture and sale. Major is pursued by Saugerties authorities on a horse stealing charge. The woman admitted traveling in male disguise for weeks to travel cheaply and conveniently.
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Penn
Jennie van Viick
Kingston
N. Y
Edward Major
Major
Saugerties
X. Y
Erie Railroad Plans 15 Million Secured Notes Issue
The Erie Railroad Company authorized a 15 million dollar issue of three year 6 percent secured notes. Five and a half million will refinance unsecured notes maturing April 8 1908, about 5.93 million underwritten for cash needs, and up to 4.5 million set aside as gold for future corporate purposes under a committee including Edward Harriman George Baker and Charles Steele. Exchange par for the maturing notes is expected. stock market rallied on the plan with Erie securities leading gains.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
Erie
Fdward H. Harriman
George F. Baker
Charles Steele
George W. Perkins
Perkins
Erie Common
Public Service Commission
24 District
Pennsylvania
Edward H W. Harriman
Newark jury foreman Nugent faces new indictments in voter fraud case
James R. Nugent Newark city counsel and Democratic leader declares conspiracy after Essex County Grand Jury returns four indictments charging him with conspiring to procure ineligible voters. Sheriff Sommer, Prosecutor Mott, and jury foreman Atha are arrested or surrender for similar charges. All three waived examinations and posted $5,000 bail as hearings set for Monday.
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Newark
Supreme Court
Essex County Grand Jury
Gummere
Nugent
Philip Loeser
Frank H. Sommer
Wilbur H. Mott
Benjamin Atha
Mr. Nugent
Howell
1St Criminal Court
Meehan
Donovan
Atha
No. Tae High Street
John R. Hardin
Sommer
New York
South Orange
Grand Jury
Mott
Diplomatic Deadlock Over Canada Standoff on Arbitration
The Tribune reports Ottawa insists on a four year joint commission with plenary powers to decide Niagara falls and boundary disputes sparking U S resistance. Secretary Root rejects giving a commission treatymaking powers, insisting the President and Senate must approve. Negotiations aim to submit Newfoundland fisheries to The Hague for settlement.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Niagara Falls
Root
Bryce
Joint High Commission
Senate
Newfoundland
Hague
Canada
Niagara
Biddle O'Brien Fight Delights Drexel Circles in Haverford
Over seven hundred locals from leading families watched three rounds of boxing between Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Anthony Drexel Biddie at Merion Cricket Club. Biddie, in prime form, impressed all with his clever mitt work and is said to have had the best of the sparring, though no decision was rendered. The exhibition drew enthusiastic support despite objections from some staid members.
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Haverford
Penn
Philadelphia
Jack” O’brien
Anthony Drexel Biddie
House of Drexel
Biddie
Merion Cricket Club
Painter Blown Into River at Hoboken Ferryhouse
Two painters working inside the Lackawanna ferryhouse at Hoboken were blown from their scaffold as a ferry entered the slip. Jonan Isreal of this city fell into the river and was rescued by the ferry crew. The other painter was injured. both received treatment and were sent home from the emergency hospital at the depot.
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Hoboken
Jonan Isreal
Face Bleach Sale Draws Crowds at Siegel-Cooper Co
New York reports large crowds in the toilet goods department as Madame Ruppert's World Renowned Face Bleach sells at seventeen cents a bottle. The ad claims the product removes freckles pimples blackheads sallowness and wrinkles and brightens rough skin while also promising Madame Ruppert's Gray-Hair Restorative restores gray hair to natural color during the continued sale this week.
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Siegel-Cooper Co
Madame Ruppert
Advt
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