National Democratic Club backs Bryan for 1908 atop Hearst clash
The Democratic Club plans to nationalize and rename as the National Democratic Club in a bid to boost William J. Bryan as the 1908 presidential standard bearer. A public address to rally Democrats against socialism is planned, signaling Bryan’s prominent role amid Hearst opposition, with a Jefferson dinner to follow featuring Wilson, McClellan, Cochran, Harmon, and Gearin at the Waldorf.
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Democratic Club
Democratic Party
National Democratic
William J. Bryan
the Tribune
DeLancey Nicoll
William R. Hearst
Board of Governors
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Asia
Hearst
National Democratic Club
Regular Democracy
Jefferson
Waldorf
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
McClellan
W. Rourke Cochran
W. Judson Harmon
Ohio
John M. Gearin
Oregon
Morgan J. O’brien
Wilson
Gearin
Judge Harmon
Emulating Putnam's Ride Goes Wrong in Stamford Hill
In Keenwich Connecticut a New Haven driver, W. P. Cronan, lost steering on Pat's Hill near Stamford while heading to New York. His car reached nearly thirty miles per hour, formed an S shape, struck an iron rail, toppled rocks, and nearly fatal collision. Cronan was extricated by passersby and went to New York. the car left at roadside.
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The
Tribune
Keenwich
Conn
W. P. Cronan
New Haven
Israel Putnam
Cronan
Stamford
New York
Pat's Hill
Gould
Professor Prevents Lynching at Meridian College
Meridian Mississippi reports Professor J F Beeson of Meridian College shielded a negro shooter from a mob of about one hundred. Beeson hid him and persuaded the crowd to disperse promising to turn him over to police Monday. The case stemmed from a street car conductor Branscomb being shot after refusing fare for a boy passenger. The conductor’s condition is reported as recoverable.
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Meridian
Miss
J. F. Beeson
Meridian College
Branscomb
Cenductor
Naples In Panic As Mount Vesuvius Erupts
April 8 report from Naples says Vesuvius eruption grows more violent with strong earthquakes, widespread panic, evacuations in Torre Annunziata and Portici, massive disruption to transport, destruction of observatory and gas works, and the Duchess of Aosta aiding children. Pope Pius expresses distress but cannot go to the scene.
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Vesuvius
Aosta
Royal Palace
Rome
Pius
Mount Vesuvius
Prisco
Naples
Carnegie makes record run on special train to Gordonsville
Andrew Carnegie set a record for a charted train from Richmond to Gordonsville in a futile attempt to overtake Chesapeake & Ohio’s regular passenger train bound for Hot Springs. The regular train led by Champlain departed Richmond earlier and was near Gordonsville when Carnegie’s special slowed in. Carnegie praised his crew after the effort.
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Richmond
Andrew Carnegie
Gordonsville
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Hot Springs
Carnegie
Liberals Sweep European Russia in Parliament Victory
In twenty eight provinces of European Russia 178 National Assembly members are elected with Liberal and Progressive margins eclipse Octobrists and Conservatives. Peasant candidates, educated and forward looking, win across regions from Volga to Archangel. Government faces pressure to yield a constitution or dissolve Parliament as Liberals gain decisive control.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Constitutional Democrats
Volga
Poland
Archangel
Black Sea
Simbirsk
Alladin
England
Presbytery Meeting in New York May Bring Voting Reform
The Presbytery of New York convenes at First Presbyterian Church to consider a reform proposal limiting voting to clergy with charges. Unattached members and several boards would lose voting rights, sparking fierce opposition while elections for moderator and general assembly delegates proceed. Several anticipated surprises are rumored as the spring session unfolds.
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Presbytery of
New York
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
11Th
12Th Streets
Reform Party
Howard Duffield
Presbyterian Church
Hst
Joan Fox
The
Bible House
Frederic E. Shearer
Presbytery
George Lewis Shearer
American Tract Society
Charles L. Thompson
Home Mission Board
John Newton Lyle
Sunday School Board
Arthur Judson Brown
Foreign Mission Board
William Wallace Atterbury
Abram Woodruff Halsey
Foreign Board
MacCracken
New York University
Erskine N. White
Board of Church Erection
Reformers
General Assembly
George Nixon
Tremont Presbyterian Church
Bronx
The Mississippi Rising
Three thousand men patrol the tops of two long mounds guarding a muddy Mississippi divide. Levee breaches threaten counties as floodwater erodes homes and property. Refugees endure near the levee line, watching the river swallow all they own except clothing, a few belongings, and perhaps a cow.
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The
Tribune
Memphis
Mississippi
Riots in San Francisco strike at open air meeting
Telegraph report from San Francisco April 8 describes a street riot as labor union agitators and socialists attempted an open air meeting in News paper Square. Police clobbered socialists, bricks were thrown at the Chronicle Building, one officer was injured, about a dozen socialists were arrested, and a mass protest march followed with clashes near Lotta's Fountain.
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the Tribune
San Francisco
Newspaper Square
New Chronicle
Moyer
Steunenberg
Jack London
Market Street
Lotta’s
The Tuamotu Cyclone Smashes South Sea Vessels
San Francisco reports the storm that swept the Society and other South Sea islands in February left about 150 dead and $1,500,000 in damage. The Mariposa carried three crew members from County of Roxburgh ashore at Tokaroa. Other losses include Tahitienne, Touture, Hituimi, Morurera and thirty seven small cutters stranded or wrecked. many crews perished or were saved.
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San Francisco
Mariposa
Tahiti
Society
South Sea Islands
County of
Dexter
Touture
Hituimi
Monihi
Morurera
Tikehou
New Rochelle Speed Traps Crack Slower Violators
New Rochelle police set speed traps on North Street Pelham Road and Main Street after a fatal crash involving Mrs Betty Kuchler and Miss Alvina Stein. Thirteen drivers were fined 100 to 35 dollars. others received 50 or 35 dollar penalties. Judge Van Auken ordered adjournment for further inquiry as Commissioner Kuchler seeks a bill to make speeding a felony.
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Betty Kuchler
Alvina Stein
New Rochelle
Timmons
North Street
Pelham Road
Main Street
van Auken
Leland H. Dustin
West
1St Street
Dustin
Larchmont
Newberry Lawton
Lawton
John Rutherford
Alfred H. Bromwell
No. 317
West 56Th Street
Fannelli
Avery Denison
West Sth Street
William Meister
East 77Th Street
August Paul
154Th Street
William F. Holzman
West 48Th Street
Robert N. Bavier
George S. Heft
West 131St Street
Frank McHugh
Uniontown
N. J
William L. Searles
H. C. Kuchler
Kuchler
Zulu Rebel Escapes Into Zululand
Durban dispatch says Chief Bambaata fled into Zululand with a bodyguard of seventy warriors. Colonel Leuchar of the colonial punitive force pursues the escapees.
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Durban
Natal
Bambaata
Zululand
Leuchar
Wedding Gifts Stolen From Brooklyn Apartment
Thomas J. Wilkes and wife discovered their silver wedding gifts missing upon returning to No. 18 Pierrepont Place Brooklyn from Dover New Jersey. Thieves took portable valuables while dining and left two collapsible luncheon boxes behind. Bride voiced distress as detectives recovered the empty lunch boxes and police protection concerns rise in Brooklyn Heights.
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Thomas J. Wilkes
Pierrepont Place
Brooklyn
Dover
N. J
Brooklyn Heights
Proctor Surrenders on Embezzlement Charge in Boston
Robert G. Proctor private secretary to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge surrendered at Boston police headquarters on a $500 bail after a warrant issued following grand jury findings alleges he embezzled 225 dollars from John F. Bestgen of Quincy in October 1904. Bestgen claims Proctor pledged aid for a consulship and the money was not recorded by the Republican State Committee. Proctor arrived from Washington and will be arraigned tomorrow.
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Boston
Robert G. Proctor
Henry Cabot -Lodge
Proctor
John FE. Bestgen
Quincy
Bestgen
Republican State Committee
Washington
Daniel A. Lane
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
Robbins III Constrained by Strain in Pittsburg Labor War
Francis L. Robbins, III, chairman of the Pittsburg Coal Company, is confined to his home after three weeks of labor unrest with miners. He released a statement denying the operators' Association claims, labeling them inconsistent with the facts.
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Pittsburg
Francis L. Robbins
Pittsburg Coal Company
Oerars’ Association
Missing L G Tewsbury sought on grand larceny charge
Philadelphia police could not locate Lewis G Tewsbury who is wanted in New York for grand larceny and to be returned to custody. A deputy sheriff and two detectives searched without success and officials suspect he fled to Baltimore. His photo and description will be distributed for arrest on sight after he was released on $1000 bail.
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Philadelphia
Lewis G. Tewsbury
New York
Baltimore
Typhoid Fever Surges in Pittsburg Amid Epidemic Report
Pittsburg records show three deaths and over a hundred new typhoid cases in the last twenty four hours amid rising hospital admissions. Physicians report expanding outbreaks across the Avenues of Pittsburg and Allegheny, with 421 cases admitted last Monday from ten hours.
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Pittsburg
Bureau of Health
Pittburg
Allegheny
Untermyer attacks Peabody standard ties and probes fraud
Samuel Untermyer reveals a letter stating Charles A. Peabody of Mutual Life is aligned with Baker Rogers Standard Oil interests. He links Peabody to Baker and First National Bank, unions with Union Pacific and Illinois Central, and notes Peabody as a spokesman for these groups. The piece discusses alleged corruption, potential liability, and calls for a clean administration. It also mentions remarks on Andrew Fields and Thomas D. Jordan as figures tied to insurance matters and awaiting statements.
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Charles A. Peasbody
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Standard of
Harriman
Morgan
Samuel Untermyer
International Policyholders’ Committee
Great Britain
Thomas H. B. Derridge
Untermyer
London
Fale Lowing
Charles A. Peabody
Peabody
Baker & Peabody
Fisher ,A
Hoe
Geo É. Baker
First National Bank
Morgan-Standard Oil Bank
J. P. Moan & Co
Standard Oil Group
George FP. Baker
Union Pacific
Illinois Central
Baker
Rogers
Baker-Rogers
McCurdy
MacCurdys
Tam
Armstrong ¢ Ce
Ward
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Tribune Bureau
Israel Putnam Auto
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Torre Annunziata
Gulf of
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San
Sebastiano
Signor
Portici
Springs
Chicago
New York Central Lines
Advt
Tennessee
Steugenberg
Tuamotu Cyclone
R. G. Proctor
Senator Lodge
F. L. Robbins III
L. G. Tewksbury
Jordan
Thomas D. Jordan
Equitable
Seth Street
Mrs. Jordan
Atlantic City
Genehurst
Dobbs Ferry
Andrew Fields
Fields
Mr. Fields
Charles F. Judson
Andrew C. Fields
Judson
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