Bryan era fears and Watterson’s views on Democrats
Col Henry Watterson editor of The Louisville Courier Journal returns aboard the Amerika after four months holiday with grim views on the Democratic party’s future. He cites Bryan as the likely nominee if reforms split the party, warns of factions North and South, and notes issues of franchise, capital, and labor. He also discusses Taft, Foraker, Hughes, and President Roosevelt-era political dynamics.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Amerika
Philippines
Cuba
William Jennings Bryan
Wattergon
Nebraska Statesman
Bryan
Watterson
Mr. Bryan
Congress
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Delne
Jim
William Randolph Hearst
Bryan avoids politics in Mass lecture on The Prince of Peace
Springfield audiences hear William J Bryan speak to about 2000 men at the Court Iowa theater on The Prince of Peace, with no reference to politics. He arrives in Pittsfield later, delivering a lecture under the Cotentan association.
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Mass
William J. Bryan
Iowa
Pittsfield
Bryan
Pittsield
SPS
Cotetan Asociacon
Blood Transfusion Offer From Gimbel For Brother’s Life
Charles Gimbel proposed to donate a vein for a transfusion to his brother Benedict at St Marys Hospital in Hoboken in a bid to save him. Benedict, arrested on assault and bribery charges, attempted suicide after bail was posted and was hospitalized as his condition worsened with sinking spells.
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Charles Gimbel
Gimbel
St. Mary's Hospital
Hoboken
Mr. Gimbel
Benedict Gimbel
Exposition Opens With Incomplete Preparations at Jamestown
Norfolk April 21 Despite officials and workmen efforts the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition opens this week incomplete Many buildings are brick cement and iron and only about 50 finished Yet exterior work should be complete by Friday The water show with foreign fleets and opening program with President Roosevelt proceed amid enhanced security as Pinkerton detectives bolster police efforts across the country
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Norfolk
Roosevelt
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Essex County physician ends life in Newark office
Andrew M Mills 36 a county physician of Essex County New Jersey died by cutting his throat with a scalpel in his Washington street office. He had suffered from a nervous disease and recently resumed duties after a period away for recuperation. He left a farewell remark to his mother at dinner Saturday night.
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Andrew M. Mills
Essex
N. J
Washington Street
Newark
James A. Long
Dr. Mills
County Board of Freeholders
William A. McKenzie
Tenafly
New York University Medical School
Georgia League Angrily Probes Hitchcock Visit
The Georgia Republican State League denounces F D Hitchcock First Assistant Postmaster General accusing federal office holders of being Democrats rewarded for favors. J E Sistrunk says Hitchcock’s Atlanta visit aimed to rally Taft supporters and the league will oppose Taft vigorously. Hitchcock travels to inspect Jacksonville post office during a regional tour.
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Atlanta
Georgia Republican State League
F. D. Hitchcock
J. T. Hood
League
Georgia
Hood
J. E. Sistrunk
Hitchcock
Taft
Sistrunk
Jacksonville
Fla
Canvass Favors President in Detroit Daily Replies
Detroit April 21 Free Press prints replies from twenty eight state committeemen on presidential nominees and campaign issues. Chicago preferred for conventions by both parties with railroad and trust regulation and tariff revision as top issues. Republicans lean Roosevelt. Taft as first or second choice. one says Roosevelt or Hughes. Democrats name Bryan as first choice, with Folk or Johnson of Cleveland as possible alternatives. mentions Hummer Opids and an Adrian doctor. HAAN'S RESTAURANT noted for downtown luncheon and dinner.
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Free Press
Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft
Hughes
William J. Bryan
D. L. Treat
Adrian
Folk
Bryan
Hummer
Mayor Johnson
Cleveland
Trains Crash Near Woodlawn. Two Die, Seven Hurt
A Southern Railway wreck near Woodlawn east of Birmingham killed two men and injured seven as a fast passenger train struck a freight engine. The crash dumped cars into the ditch, wrecked engines, and damaged baggage and mail cars. A wrecking train responding to Heflin, Alabama, later hit debris and cleared the scene.
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Ala
Southern Railway
Woodlawn
Heflin
Train Wrecking Story Denied Near Bedford
Cleveland reports a claimed train wrecking plot on the Pennsylvania line three miles north of Bedford. An Italian trackwalker supposedly flagged the Cleveland and Pittsburgh flyer with a red handkerchief, saving the train. Officials deny the wrecker tale, attributing damage to a broken rail repaired after a heavy freight. Superintendent Hamilton denies the allegation.
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Pennsylvania Road
Bedford
Hamilton
Cleveland and
Pittsburg
Wreck Near Woods Hill Delays Express to Buffalo
Train No. 61 on the Allegheny division of the Pennsylvania Railroad was wrecked approaching Woods Hill station, ninety six miles north of Pittsburg. The fast express to Buffalo was diverted via a storage track. Officials cite engine gear dropping in front of pony trucks as the cause. No injuries reported.
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Allegheny Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Woods Hill
Buffalo
Lost purse tied to Clark papers resurfaces in Trinidad
An advertisement in Trinidad papers offers a $1000 reward for a black leather purse missing from ex Senator William A. Clark during a visit to La Animas County. The cash held is only $100, but the papers inside—coal land deeds and water-right priorities worth hundreds of thousands—could trigger litigation over Trinidad’s waterworks. Bretherton, Clark’s agent, searched for weeks without success, amid rumors the purse was lost after Clark fell into a river.
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Telegraph
the Tribune
Trinidad
Col
William A. Clark
Montana
la Animas
W. A. Bretherton
Clark
Charles Francis Adams
Clark and
Adams
New Pittsburg Orchestra Plan Emerges From Departed Conductor
April 21 report from Pittsburg notes Luigi von Kunits, recently resigning concertmeister of the Pittsburg Orchestra, may form a rival ensemble to serve workers with affordable concerts. He has attracted support from prominent backers who promise a guaranteed fund akin to that backing the current orchestra. Many musicians have refused to sign for next season following his dismissal.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Luigi von Kunits
von Kunits
Pittsburg Orchestra
Hero arrested after saving lives at Third Avenue fire
Michael P. O'Brien of 1935 Third Avenue, who recently earned a Carnegie medal for saving three lives, rushed into a three story frame building at 1985 Third Avenue to warn occupants. He emerged from the smoke filled halls with no residents found and was charged as a suspicious person by East 126th Street police officer. He denied the charge while displaying his medal and was jailed to await Harlem court arraignment. The fire caused little damage.
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Third Avenue
East 126Th Street
Station House
Lake
Harlem
Arrests for Speeding in Suburbs
Several speeding arrests were made in the suburbs yesterday including Robert Goelet of Newport R. L. and George F. Baker of 258 Madison Avenue son of the president of the First National Bank. George Rodman 833 Madison Avenue August Reiss 122 West 63d Street and Morris Pratt 241 Clinton Avenue Brooklyn were also arrested and all gave bail.
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Queens
Robert Goelet
Newport
R. L
George F. Baker
Madison Avenue
First National Bank
George Rodman
August Reiss
West 63d Street
Morris Pratt
Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn
Diamonds stolen from John Daynes Bons jewellers
Burglars blew the safe at John Daynes Bons jewellers at 26 Main Street in Salt Lake City early today, escaping with diamonds valued between 12 000 and 15 000 dollars. Police Damon Bensonville and city authorities launched an investigation.
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Salt Lake City
John Daynes
Bons
Main Street
Bank Theft Held: Railroad Bonds Stolen by Clerk
W O Douglas aged 33, assistant loan clerk at the Trust Company of America at 135 Broadway, is held without bail in the West Side police court for allegedly abstracting railroad bonds worth 5014. He was traced after being seen with his wife at the Hotel Portland, with Thorne of the trust company leading to the arrest. Douglas, previously a loan clerk at American Trust, earned 7500 annually.
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Broadway
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Elkins Street
Brooklyn
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Douglas
Oakleigh Thorne
Trust Company
Times Square
Portland
West 47Th Street
W. R. Gray
Boston
Mass
Thorne
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Manhattan
42D Street
American Trust Company
Death of Lord Arthur Haliburton Former War Under Secretary
London reports the death of Lord Arthur Laurence Haliburton once Under Secretary of State for War and son of Sam Slick author Thomas Chandler Haliburton. Born Windsor Nova Scotia September 26 1882 he rose from army commissariat to Civil Service and held senior war posts becoming Baron Windsor of Nova Scotia. His family lineage includes English and Nova Scotian ties and the famed humorist Sam Slick.
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D. L
Windsor
Nova Scotia
Justice Hallburton
Sam Slick
Louisa Neville
Laurence Neville
2D Life Guards
19Th Light Dragoons
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King's College School
Commissariat
Canada
London
Civil Service
ISPS
Baron Windsor
Sir Arthur Haliburton
Walter Haliburton
Scotland
Albany
Lord Haliburton of
Dirlton
Sir Walter Scott
Haliburtons
Haliburton
Dryburgh Abbey
North
America
Lord Arthur Haliburton
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Elock Pedler
East Orange Boy Hangs Self Enacting John Brown
Richard Greiner sixteen of Sanford Street East Orange died by hanging in his cellar while his parents were upstairs. A reader of wild west novels and Civil War volumes he reportedly acted out the John Brown tragedy. The body was found suspended from a rafter, life extinct though he appeared well and without apparent troubles.
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Orange
N. J
John Brown
Richard Greiner
Sanford Street
East Orange
Wes
Naval stores men to organize in Mississippi
Representatives of major southern naval stores firms will meet in Hattiesburg Mississippi to form a selling corporation with a 25 million dollar capital. The group will supply operators with tanks cars and supplies and control southern output amid price jumps for turpentine and resin.
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South
Tribune
New Orleans
Hattiesburg, Miss
Commission
Thaw relative death by own action revealed
Pittsburg April 21 The Tribune reports for the first time that a Thaw relative in Lyndhurst died by suicide five years ago. The woman, wife of a Presbyterian minister and a Kentucky relative of Mrs Thaw, was buried quietly after an inquest. Ex Coroner Jesse McGeary recalled the case, noting the Thaw effort to keep it secret.
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Pittsburg
William Thaw
Lyndhurst
Thaw
Kentucky
William L. McEwan
Third Presbyterian Church
Jesse M. McGeary
Allegheny County
Wiliam Thaw
Rowand
May Receive Mrs Holman In Truce Between Thaws
A expected reconciliation between Mrs William Thaw and Mrs Charles J Holman may occur this week with the Countess of Yarmouth arranging a meeting. Mrs Thaw and the countess plan a visit to the Thaw summer home at Cresson where Mrs Holman may be invited to join. The Holman revelations are said to have softened Mrs Thaws stance and spurred efforts for friendship.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
William Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Charles J. Holman
Evelyn Thaw
Countess of
Yarmouth
Mrs. Holman
Mrs. Thaw
Not the Marvin Boy Sparks Gloversville Visit
Myles Standish nephew of Dr. H. M. Marvin of Dover Del arrived in Gloversville today to view the child held on suspicion of being Horace Marvin Jr. He examined the boy, played with him, and found clear differences despite a striking resemblance. Allen’s woman companion left the city with the boy later.
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Gloversville
Myles Standish
H. M. Marvin
Dover
Del
Horace Marvin, Jr
Marvin Boy
Horace Marvin
Allen
Fire Near Villages Destroys Half Million in Timber
Amagansett Long Island April 21 a disastrous fire consumed timber land estimated at five miles square worth about 500000. Amagansett East Hampton and Pantigo faced threat as Arthur Griffin suffered the largest loss with a thousand cords of standing oak and cedar and four hundred cords cut. The blaze, likely incendiary, began in Lyman Babcock woods near Easthampton at 7 am and drew volunteers from nearby communities as bells tolled for hours while back firing continued until 5 pm.
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the Tribune
Amagansett
Long Island
Easthampton
Pantigo
Arthur Griffin
Griffin
Bridgehampton
Fishers Island
Lyman Babcock
Palatine Hill Discovery Unearths Ancient Circular Pit
On Palatine Hill during Rome’s 2,060th anniversary celebrations a circular ditch or tomb pit was uncovered near the entrance to the Palatine Acropolis and Necropolis. Officials say it links to early habitation and may pertain to patrician burials. Minister of Instruction Rava ordered further excavations.
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Rome
B. C
Palatine Hill
Palatine Acropolis
Forum
Palatine
Rava
Condition of Queen Victoria In Madrid Report
Madrid reports physicians attending Queen Victoria are satisfied with her health. She took her usual morning and afternoon drives as an accouchement is expected next week. The Queen wishes to nurse the child herself, despite royal household opposition, saying it will ensure the infant’s good health.
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Madrid
Queen Victoria
Khedive's Uncle Drives Car, Mortally Injures Woman and Child
Prince Ibrahim Pacha, uncle of the Khedive of Egypt, in Naples drove a motor car and ran down a woman and a child, mortally injuring both. The incident occurred on April 21.
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Naples
Ibrahim Pacha
Egypt
After All Usher's the Scotch that Made the Highball Famous
A concise feature highlights the drink known as the highball and credits Usher’s Scotch with popularizing it. The piece notes its rise in cocktails, the era of its prominence, and lingering cultural associations. It preserves a period tone and names the brand in context.
Danger in West bill pulls GOP balance of power
A Telegraph dispatch warns the West bill changing Higbie Armstrong road funding to state pay alone could crown the State Engineer with vast patronage power. Republicans fear manipulation to politicize rural counties while Democrats press opposition as a curb on state discretion. The measure, tied to current road needs and costs, faces fierce factional dispute across upstate counties.
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Tribune
Albany
Stephen Ryan
Skene
Hearst Democratic
Democratic State Committee
Chenango County
Upstate
Dunn
Rochester
Senate Finance Committee
Canal Advisory Board
Wormwood
Conners
Assembly Railroads Committee Shapes Public Utilities Bill
Albany April 21 The Assembly Railroads Committee led by chairman Merritt will spend the coming week finalizing the Public Utilities bill. The measure will not go to the Committee on Rules on Tuesday and the committee will complete work within the week despite no major opposition evident to the munse undefined in the text.
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Albany
Assembly Railroads Committee
Public Utilities
Committee On Rules
Railroads Committee
Merritt
Assembly
Committee On
Munsune
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