Bryan Is Informed of His Nomination for President
Aug 12 Lincoln reporter details William J. Bryan being formally informed of his Democratic nomination by Henry D. Clayton of Alabama. The parade through Lincoln drew strong non partisan support with Gov. George L. Sheldon and state officers. Kern spoke praising the notification, Bryan accepted, and a reception followed at the Capitol.
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Lancotn
William J. Bryan
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
United States
Bryan
Lincoln
State House
George L. Sheldon
Fairview
Mr. Bryan
John W. Kern
Committee On Notification
Woodchopper wager tests Vermont claim in record feat
Maxwell Evarts of Vermont plans a September 26 woodchopping test to prove a Vermont man can chop split and pile five cords of wood in a day. Bets totaling about ten thousand dollars come from C H Treat and other backers including U S officials and senators. Evarts will host twenty guests in Amsden Vermont for the event with wagering arranged at a Washington hotel.
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The
Tribune
Amsden
Maxwell Evarts
Senator Evarts
Vermont
Southern Pacific Railway Company
New Willard Hotel
Washington
Evarts
Moore
Charles H. Treat
United States
Treat
Mr. Evarts
L. C. White
Amsden Lime Company
Fires Near Banff Spark Major Canadian Park Fire
August 12 Winnipeg reports forest fires from Fernie spread to Banff National Park in Spray Valley. Goat Mountain flames controlled in the valley by government staff. Castle Mountain fire flared west of Banff, rushing eight miles in half an hour. Relief totals reach 75000 with extensive losses estimated at 1.2 million for residences and 2.25 million overall. Michel remains threatened but rain puts out fires.
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Winnipeg
Fernie
Canada
National Park
Banff
Spray Valley
Goat Mountain
Castle Mountain
Canadian Pacific Railway
Michel
Doctor Alive: Pneumatic case or spiritualist scene shocks city
Policemen found Dr. L. Emerson Wheat dead in his Philadelphia home with two women, spiritualists, kneeling beside him. The women, Fannie Soult and Florence Beckman, resisted being taken away. Soult claimed long acquaintance and magnetic treatment and awaited instructions from her spiritual controller Dr. Miller. The case appears to be natural death with no foul play suspected.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Fannie Soult
Florence Beckman
Dr. Wheat
Noted Tunnel Builder Higbee Killed at Shoshone Camp
Charles E. Higbee of Denver, a renowned tunnel builder, was killed when a broken guy wire severed him at a Central Colorado Power Company camp near Shoshone twelve miles east of Greenwood Springs. He had bored forty nine tunnels including the Simpson tunnels in Italy and helped plan the Tennessee Pass tunnel on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. He was fifty two years old.
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Denver
Charles E. Higbee
Wiro
Shoshone
Central Colorado Power Company
Grenwood Springs
Higbee
Simpson
Italy
Tennessee Pass
Denver & Rio Grande
Liptons Nephew Missing Prompting Police Help
Philadelphia readers report Captain Gallagher received a letter from Mrs. James Bullard of New York seeking aid to locate her husband who vanished after leaving home last April. He reportedly worked as a Tiffany & Co. clerk and is described as a nephew of Sir Thomas Lipton.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Gallagher
James Bullard
West 42d Street
New York
Church Gifts Election Expenses Question Before Court
Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania August 12 The Columbia County Court weighs whether church donations by a campaign candidate count as regular election expenses Elisha Ringrose recent County Commissioner candidate admits giving $20 to Rev Harman at West Berwick Methodist Church He says he also gave to other churches and challenges proof of violation of election laws by doing so.
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the Tribune
Wilkes-Barre
Penn
Court of
Columbia County
Elisha Ringrose
Harman
West Berwick Methodist Church
Transfer rights in New York rail feud face setback
Metropolitan and Central Park North East River Railroad Company receivers await Judge Lacombes guidance on whether state courts can force transfer exchanges. The Public Service Commission pressed for joint routing and rates by August 24, while the receivers and railroads weigh legal avenues and possible half fare sharing to restore transfers amid financial strain.
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59Th Street
Central Park, North & East River Railroad Company
Metropolitan
Arthur H. Masten
Masten & Nichols
Metropolitan Receivers
Bennest
Athens
Greene County
Public Service Commission
Lacombe
Masten
Douglas Robinson
Roosevelt
Henry Thompson
Vanderpoel, Thompson & Freedman
Mr. Thompson
Thompson
Judge Lacombe
Taft Narrowly Hedges Campaign Role at Porch Speech
Hot Springs Virginia August 12 William H Taft will not accept public speaking invitations or take sides in state contests during the forthcoming campaign He will only deliver remarks from his brother's Cincinnati porch and will defer to the Republican National Committee on statewide disputes He met with Frank Hitchcock and Arthur L Vorys to review advisory committee selections and campaign strategy while delaying any comment on New York Ohio Maine and West Virginia dynamics.
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Tribune
Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Cincinnati
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Taft
Arthur L Vorys
Messrs
Hitchcock
Vorys
T*t
Republican Advisory Committee
Chicago
New York
Empire State
Hughes
West Virginia
National Committee
Senator du Pont
Scott and Elkins
Mr. Swisher
Mr. Taft
Addicks
Delaware
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Elkins
Scott
Messrs. Taft
Hitchcock and Vorys
Ohio
Maine
Vermont
New England
James T. Williams
Washington
Hayward
John Hays Hammond
Young Men’s League of Republican
League
Mr. Rockefeller
Hammond
Six sailors killed in gun explosion aboard Couronne
Toulon Aug 12 six persons were killed and eighteen injured when a gun exploded aboard the gunnery schoolship Couronne off Les Salins dHy éres during training with a 164 millimetre gun. Experts cite powder decomposition. sailors report overheating from rapid firing. The Couronne, laid down 1861 and rebuilt 1898, carries 622 men and thirty four guns.
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Toulon
Couronne
Les Salins d’Hyéres
Iéna
Les Salins d’Hyeres
Turkish labor strike signals uneasy free era
In Constantinople August 12 the new constitutional era sparks worker unrest as dock laborers tramway staff and tobacco workers strike for higher pay though lacking organization, while Fuad Pacha returns to cheers and an Armenian paper reports Ottoman troops allegedly intervening at Ereğli amid deadly ethnic clashes.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Fuad Pacha
Young Turk Party
Eregli
Asia Minor
Black Sea
Thousand Men Mutiny Near Kong Hau in China
One thousand soldiers mutinied near Wu-Chow after a comrade was arrested for gambling. They killed their commander and two aides, attacked Onyung camp, looted the village for about $100,000, then rejoined rebels in the Tsking Mountains. Loyal troops pursue the mutineers.
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Hong Kong
Kong Hau
Wu-Chow
Onyung
Tsking Mountains
Mrs W Collier Arrested In Hotel Fraud Case
A woman, identifying as Mrs Louise Allen Collier wife of actor William Collier, was arrested at Pennsylvania Station Jersey City after a telegram from Atlantic City Police Chief Woodruff. She faced a Grand Atlantic Hotel fraud charge, bail set at 500 dollars, and was held with maid, dogs, and five trunks under guard.
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Louise Allen Collier
William Collier
Pennsylvania Station
Jersey City
Woodruff
Atlantic City
William K. Collier
Grand Atlantic Hotel
Cumberland Hotel
Sherman Heads to Wolfe Island for Rest in St. Lawrence River
Congressman Sherman left Utica this afternoon with his physician for Wolfe Island on the St. Lawrence River to take a few days rest as guest of Walter Clark. He was informed by Senator Burrows, chair of the notification committee, that he will arrive in Utica Monday evening.
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Utica
N. Y
Sherman
Wolfe Island
St. Lawrence River
Walter Clark
Burrows
Taft Stevenson Clubs Form Illinois Branches
A Taft Stevenson Club organized and incorporated in Illinois will establish statewide branches to back William H Taft for President and Adlai E Stevenson for Governor. Ad featuring Budweiser beer ad promotes its popularity and dealer profit from brewery sales.
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Taft-Stevenson
Illinois
Tribune
Chicago
Taft-Stevenson Club
William H. Taft
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ilinois
Advt
Hughes or His Like Opponents Concede It at Saratoga
At the Republican State Committee meeting in Saratoga the anti Hughes faction acknowledged that if the Governor is not renominated the state ticket will require a candidate who reflects Hughes principles. Names floated include Secretary Root Joseph Choate Horace Porter and ex Mayor Seth Low with Choate likely to be permanent chairman though not yet confirmed.
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Saratoga
Elihu Root
Joseph H.choate
Great Britain
Republican State Committee
Hughes
Tribune
Secretary Root
Joseph H. Choate
Horace Porter
Seth Low
Committee On Permanent Organization
Choate
Woodruff
Bruce
Wadsworth
Horace White
Schurman
Cornell University
Harvey D. Hinman
Binghamton
George R. Malby
Ogdensburg
E. H. Butler
Buffalo
J. Sioat Fassett
Elmira
Cromwell
Richmond
Cornell
Dr. Schurman
Mr. Woodruff
Ming
Oyster Bay
Cornelius V. Collins
Rensselaer
Roosevelt
Taft
Sherman
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Capitol
2D Nebraska Regiment
Norman E. Mack
Cneirmen
Democratic National Committee
Kern
Mr. Kern
Mrs. Bryan
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
Grace Bryan
Spangier
T. F. Allen
Winger
Democracy
Brian
Sheldon
F. W. Brown
Committee On
MR. Clayton
United
Republic
Ion
Wiliam J. Bryan
C. H. Treat
Doctor
C. E. Higbee
Lipton
H T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
P. S.C
Belt Line
Fice
Gompers
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John R. King
Grand Army Club of
Maryland
West Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore
William T. Keble
Brick
Kasr-el-Kebir
Morocco
Fez
Mula
Hafiq
Sultan Abd-el-Aziz
Atlantic City Hotel
MR. Sherman
His
Schurman, Choate, Law
MR. Choate
Syracuse
John E. Smith
Michael J. Cady
Brooklyn
Sanford W. Smith
Lou F. Payn
Chatham
Fred Greiner
John Grimm, Jr
Clark H. Timmerman
William H. Daniels
Herbert Parsons
Ezra P. Prentice
City
Aldridge
George W. Aldridge
Rochester
Gleason
William Barnes, Jr
J. Sloat Fassett
Samuel Krulewitch
Mosesa M. McKee
William T. Ten Eyck
Willam L. W
Sanfora W. Smith
B. Odell
Cornelius V. Colling
J. Duncan Lawrence
John F
John K. Stewart
O' Brien
Daniel F_ Strobel
John Mott
Francis Hendricks
Je W. Dunn
Charles H. Bette
John A. Merritt
Frederick Greiner
Clark H
Frank R. Utter
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