Taft Arrives to Rousing Greenbrier Welcome in West Virginia
Telegraph dispatch from White Sulphur Springs details William H. Kratt’s arrival and Judge Taft’s party’s reception. Taft, Mrs. Taft, and aides travel by four horse brakes over mountain roads, amid cheering locals and a rain shower. Guests include Gaines, Scott, and Lewis, with Taft affirming show attendance and planned events at Greenbrier including a grand march and a public reception.
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Wiliam H. Kratt
Taft
Mrs.Taft
Thomas J. O’brien
Japan
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippines
Quarence R. Edwards
Post Wheeler
Tokio
Wheeler
Charles Taft
Ohio
Green Brier
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Hot Springs
Gaines
White Springs
Scott
West Virginia
Lewisboro
Old Sweet Springs
Sweet Chalybeate Springs
Deadwood
Judge Taft
Robert FE. Lée
Virginia
Representative Gaines
South
Hughes Renomination Backed by State Republicans
Public Service Commission chair William R Willcox says Governor Hughes should seek another term and that voters statewide favor his renomination. Assembly District Republicans urge Harry W Mack to push Hughes renomination with a Saratoga convention delegation stance. Former Congressman William H Douglas endorses Hughes as strongest ticket choice, while a New Rochelle citizens meeting planned to demand renomination.
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William R Willcox
Public Service Commission
White Mountains
Hughes
Willcox
Republican Organization
15Th Assembly District
Harry W. Mack
Saratoga
William H. Douglas
Douglas
Citizens
New Rochelle
Frank Tucker
C. H. Augur
R. L. Herbes
George F. Lewis
Democratic National Committee Opens in Chicago
John W. Kern visited the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Auditorium Annex as Norman Mack opened the party offices. Kern predicted a strong path to victory and planned a speaking tour to Charles City Iowa for Chau tauqua. Lloyd of Missouri announced continued congressional campaign efforts and a brighter outlook for a Democratic Congress. Mack named John W. Tomlinson head of the national bureau of Democratic clubs with offices in Chicago.
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Chicago
John W. Kern
Democratic National Committee
Auditorium
Norman E. Mack
Mack
Kern
Charles City
Iowa
Indianapolis
Bryan
Lincoln
James L. Lloyd
Missouri
Democratic Congressional Committee
Washington
Lioyd
National Committee
John W. Tomlinson
National Bureau of Democratic Clubs
Ohio Senators Not Asked to Speak at Youngstown Rally
In preparations for the Republican state and national campaign opening in Youngstown on September 5 the state sub committee invited but did not ask Senators Foraker and Dick to be speakers. Governor Hughes of New York and Senator Beveridge of Indiana were chosen to speak with A. I. Vorys presiding.
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Tribune
Cedar Point
Ohio
Youngstown
Foraker
Hughes
New York
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
A. I. Vorys
Hughes Club Forms in Cayuga County for Hughes Nomination
Telegraph reports Cayuga County independent Republicans form the Hughes Club to back Governor Charles E. Hughes and oppose Senator Benjamin M. Wilcox. The group will elect delegates and campaign through August caucuses, with backing from Cayuga County Church Federation of Men's Clubs.
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Tribune
Auburn
N. Y
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes Club
Cayuga County
Hughes
Benjamin M. Wilcox
Church Federation of Men’s Clubs
Hughes Ends Adirondack Side Trip With Hopeful Notes
Governor Hughes and his son Charles E. Hughes Jr and friend N. G. Chase returned to Lake Placid after a trip through Indian Pass and Mount Marcy. They traveled in heavy rain but reported an enjoyable outing. The party met Governor Hughes’ secretary Robert H. Fuller at Stevens House and then proceeded to Saranac Inn after dinner.
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Tribune
Lake Placid
N. Y
Hughes
Charles E. Hughes, Jr
College Chum
N. G. Chase
Indian Pass
Mount Marcy
Stevens House
Robert H. Fuller
Saranac Inn
Hughes and Sherman to Lead Maine Campaign
Brunswick Me Aug 7 At a Republican State Committee meeting Chairman Byron Boyd announced it was practically assured that Governor Hughes of New York James S Sherman the Vice Presidential candidate and Senator Borah of Idaho would be leading speakers during the campaign in Maine The tariff topic was set as the most interesting for Maine voters and deserving most attention
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Tribune
Brunswick
Republican State Committee
Byron Boyd
Hughes
New York
James S. Sherman
Borah
Idaho
Maine
Dover Not To Resign As National Committee Secretary
Elmer B. Dover denied resigning as secretary of the national committee after a Chicago report claimed he had quit. He arrived in New York with Mrs Dover who is preparing to sail for Europe.
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Chicago
Elmer B. Dover
National Committee
Dover
New York
Bonaparte Denies Resignation Rumor as Cabinet Stays
Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte telegrams The News from Lenox Mississippi that he has no intention of resigning before the end of the present administration and that reports of Wade H. Ellis of Ohio succeeding him after the November election are false.
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Baltimore
Bonaparte
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Lenox
Mess
Charles J. Bonaparte
Money question drives Lincoln campaign funding discussion
At Fairview Lincoln August 7, Democratic leaders Bry an Pettigrew and Haskell discussed securing at least 500000 for campaign operations. Plans call for Chicago finance meetings and a sequence of speeches by Bryan through August in Topeka Mitchell Sioux Falls St Paul and Lincoln. Prohibitionist Eugene W Chafin intends a hundred speeches before official notification. Bishop Oldham proposed a Singapore college for religious instruction, with Bryan endorsing the plan in a letter. Republican judge G M West said Bryan will win, noting the candidate is closer to the people.
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Fairview
Denver
Bryan
R. F. Pettigrew
South Dakota
Finance Committee
C. N. Haskell
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Pettigrew
Topeka
Mitchell
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Sioux Falls
St. Paul
Eugene W. Chafin
Epworth Park
Mr. Chafin
W. F. Oldham
Methodist Episcopal Church
Philippines
Malay Islands
Mr. Bryan
Singapore
Oldham
Judge G. &. West
Wellston
Okla
Democratic fund contributions rise to about nineteen thousand
Lincoln Neb Aug 7 Governor Haskell said after a long talk with Mr Bryan that roughly 19 090 dollars had been contributed voluntarily to the Democratic campaign fund from six or seven states. The Commercial Appeal of Memphis sent 1500 dollars.
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Lincoln, Neb
Haskell
Bryan
Democratic Campaign
Commercial Appeal
Memphis
No Bryan Excursions Denied for Lincoln Event
Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, was told no reduced railroad fares will be offered for the Bryan notification at Lincoln on August 12. Eden F. MacLeod of the Western Passenger Association attributed this to the Nebraska 2-cent fare law, noting the Cincinnati Taft event had a reduced rate under the Central Passenger Association. Mack called the railroads’ action discriminatory against the Democratic party.
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Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Lincoln
Eden FE
MacLeod
Western Passenger Association
Mack
Cincinnat
Messrs. Mack
MatLeod
Nebraska
Cincinnati
Th Central Passenger Association
Taft
Western Association
Democratic Party
Ohio
Central Passenger Association
Bryan's New England Plans Announced for Sept Meeting
William J. Bryan will speak in Boston on September 26 and will deliver six speeches across New England. The talks will be his only appearances in the region during the campaign, with plans already underway for a large meeting at the state headquarters.
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The
Tribune
Boston
William J. Bryan
Bryan
New England
Carnegie Duplicates Chelsea Gift With Library Offer
Andrew Carnegie offers Chelsea Massachusetts a fifty thousand dollar library building to replace the fire_loss. The gift is conditioned on the city providing five thousand dollars yearly for maintenance and using the twenty thousand dollars insurance payout to buy books. The city already owns the site.
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Tribune
Boston
Andrew Carnegie
Chelsea
Mass
Trout picked from bushes after Platte canyon flood
Denver reports a cloudburst sent Elk Creek floodwaters over the Platte river bank at Buffalo Park. Visitors at summer resorts along Elk Creek and the Platte caught trout in the flooded bushes as the waters receded, numbering many fish picked from the waterlogged vegetation.
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The
Tribune
Denver
Platte Canyon
Elk Creek
Platte
Buffalo Park
Train wreck kills three in Imboden Arkansas
Three people died and four were badly injured when a Frisco passenger train derailed twelve miles east of Imboden Arkansas early today. The engine left the track and plunged down a 12 foot embankment, with the mail car bursting into flames after the gas tank exploded. Sailors aided in extinguishing a fire in the baggage car and saved the baggage.
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Imboden
Ark
Here
Train rolls down bank killing three near Roanoke
A work train on a narrow gauge line to the Rover Iron mines two miles from Roanoke tipped over an embankment today. Several men were trapped under the engine and cars. Three were killed and several injured seriously in the Roanoke incident reported from Roanoke, Virginia, August 7.
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Roanoke
Rover Iron Mines
British barkentine damaged near Puerto Rico
The American steamer S. W. Luckenbach reached San Juan from New York and reported passing the British barkentine Ethel Clarke off Cienfuegos. Partly dismasted with foremast and maintopmast lost, repairs were underway.
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P. R
S. W. Luckenbach
New York
Nevius Kay
Ethel Clarke
Cienfuegos
Lively Hearst Meeting Over Bryan Endorsement Fight
The Independence League County Committee session in the United Charities Building devolved into a dispute over the Chicago fight for Bryan endorsement. John T. Cronin accused Charles E Gehring and L. J. O'Reilly of rough treatment, while Gehring and O'Reilly gave their recollections. the meeting ended with a vote of confidence in them and a motion denouncing Metropolitan Street Railway transfer-privilege withdrawals. Cronin promised to report to his organization and hinted at possible party withdrawal.
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United Charities
224 Street
Fourth Avenue
Chicago
Bryan
John T. Cronin
16Th Assembly
Charles E Gehring
L. J. O'Reilly
Mr. Cronin
Mr. Gehring
Sheppard
Fort Scott
O'Reilly
Dr. Bush
Hearst
Cronin
Mr. O'Reilly
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
No Place For Independence Party In Erie Ballots
Election Commissioner Emerson told Sherman B. Jerome that the Independence party basis is unknown and that no official filing shows its presence or votes. Jerome says courts will be appealed. Independence League advocates say the party is established and entitled to a ballot place under state recognition and election laws.
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Buffalo
Emerson
Sherman B. Jerome
Independence Party
Erie County
Jerome
Independence League
Mr. Jerome
The
Cassidy Loses Queens Primary List to Elections Board
Joseph Cassidy former Queens borough leader suffered another setback as his candidate list for upcoming Democratic primaries was rejected by the Board of Elections in Manhattan. Sheriff Herbert Harvey heads the anti Cassidy County Committee. Cassidy hoped to control Queens conventions and nominate a district attorney congressman senator and three assemblymen.
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Borough of
Queens
Board of Elections In
Manhattan
Carl Vogel
Herbert 8. Harvey
Democratic County Committee
Cassidy
Board of Flections
Democratic Party
McCarren
Brooklyn
Morse Indicted Alongside A. H. Curtis in Bank Case
Minority stockholders of the National Bank of North America greeted a federal grand jury indictment against Charles W. Morse and Alfred H. Curtis on multiple counts of making false bank entries with intent to deceive. The case centers on fictitious loans to American Ice Company stock totaling about $1,069,000 and involves plans to liquidate via the Assets Realization Company, with ongoing disputes over dividends and control under Receiver Charles A. Hanna.
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National Bank of North America
Charles A. Hanna
Federal Grand Jury
Charles W. Morse
Alfred H. Curtis
Hanna
Mr. Morse
Morse
Tribune
M’ay
D. Barney & Co
Barney & Co
Assets Realization Company
John W. McKinnon
William H. Field
Messrs
Curtis
American Ice Company
Davison Brown
Leslie M. Whiting
Primrose & Braun
John F. Carroll
Tammany
Whiting
Hough
Criminal Branch
United States Circuit Court
Direct Primary Test Opens in Chicago Tomorrow
Chicago girds for Illinois Direct Primary test with four ballots for Democratic Republican Prohibitionist and Socialist parties. Voters must choose candidates only from their declared party. Key races include Governor between Deneen and Yates, and the Senate contest among Hopkins Mason Foss Webster for Republicans and Stringer Blakely for Democrats.
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Chicago
Illinois
United States
Albert J. Hopkins
William E. Mason
Hopkins
George Edmund Foss
William G. Webster
Lawrence B. Stringer
Lincoln
Addison Blakely
Rat Attacks Policeman At Williamsburg Station
William Fitzgerald a mounted patrolman at the Clymer street station Williamsburg was badly bitten by a rat while rescuing his horse in the stable. The rat seized the horse by the leg and turned on Fitzgerald injuring his face and arms before Captain Reardon killed the animal with the revolver. Fitzgerald treated at the Pasteur Institute. The district is infested with rats coming off South American Sugar steamers.
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William Fitzgerald
Clymer Street
Williamsburg
Fitzgerald
Captai T Reardon
Ili
Pasteur Institute
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