Taft gains momentum in Virginia as electoral math favors GOP
The article outlines Taft's electoral prospects, noting he could win with 70 votes from Utah and other contested states totaling 119 but not needing New York or the debatable states. It highlights Virginia Day at Hot Springs, massive turnout projections, the Stonewall Brigade Band, and Taft’s planned visit to Middle Bass Club in Ohio, with organizers optimistic about Republican gains in Virginia and Maryland.
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Utah
Taft
New York
New Jersey
West Virginia
Colorado
Indiana
Kentucky
Delaware
Oklahoma
Missouri
Bryan
Maryland
Baltimore Sun
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hot Springs
Homestead Hotel
John A. Noon
Staunton
Virginia Hot Springs
Charlottesville
Shenandoah Valley
Augusta
Highland
Bath
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Page
Rock
S. Brown Allen
Allen
Slemp
Virginia
Noon
Voorhees
Mr. Noon
10Th Congress District
Blue Ridge
Middle Bass Club
Toledo
Middle Bass Island
Lake Erie
Put-in-Bay
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hayes
McKinley
Garfield
Cleveland
Charles T. Lewis
Lewis
Keifer
National fight active in city as parties vie for control
National campaign activity shifts to local scene with Norman E Mack arriving to open the Democratic headquarters at the Hoffman House and Frank Hitchcock heading from Chicago to establish the Republican Western headquarters. Hitchcock to announce advisory committee and attend James Sherman’s notification in Utica. William J Conners to set up state HQ with Charlies Murphy aiding party leadership.
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Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Hoffman House
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Hitchcock
George R. Sheldon
Utica
James S. Sherman
Mack
William J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
Buffalo
Charlies F. Murphy
Campaign law defense urged against political assessments
Elliot H. Goodwin, secretary of the Civil Service Reform Association, mails a circular to heads of state county and city departments urging posting of Civil Service provisions during the campaign. He seeks cooperation to end political assessments by officials and offers to prosecute cases with sufficient evidence. The law prohibits officials from using authority to compel contributions and it notes admitting it is legal to enter public offices to obtain campaign funds.
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Elliot H. Goodwin
Civil Service Reform Association
Goodwin
The
State of
New York
Hughes At Work Today To Visit Executive Chamber
Albany Aug 18 Governor Hughes will be at the executive chamber tomorrow after returning from Saranac Inn to answer neglect of duty charges filed by Saratoga County Sheriff Bradley over alleged gambling at Saratoga Springs. An anti racetrack gambling committee asks his removal. Governor to tour county fairs Greene Cairo Cortland Oswego during coming days with more dates to come.
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Albany
Hughes
Saranac Inn
Bradley
Saratoga County
Saratoga Springs
Walter Laidlaw
Greene County Fair
Cairo
Cortland County
Cortland
Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Oswego
Hughes endorsement fuels Southampton GOP primary
In Southampton on August 15 1908 a large Republican primary endorsed Governor Charles E Hughes. Delegates Samuel L Parrish E A Hildreth and W D Van Brunt were chosen for the 1st Assembly District convention amid unanimous support for Hughes administration and renomination.
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Southampton
Long Island
Hughes
Samuel L. Parrish
E. A. Hildreth
W. D. van Brunt
Charles E. Hughes
Sherman Day in Utica Celebrates Sherman Nomination
Utica marks Sherman Day with elaborate decorations and a full schedule. A 7 am salute, a noon notification at Sherman’s Genesee street home, and a state league baseball game at Utica Park lead a day of concerts, races, balloon ascensions, and a gala dinner for the notification committee and guests.
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N. Y
Sherman
Conkling Unconditionals
Washington
Roosevelt
Genesee Street
Julius C. Burrows
Michigan
Burrows
Elihu Root
Thomas Wheeler
Charles S. Symonds
Citizens
Stryker
Hamilton College
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
P. J. Daly
Anti- Tammany Independent Club
M. J. Kelly
Utica Park
Scranton
Haydn
Philharmonics
Utica Maennerchor
54Th Regiment
Rochester
Doring
Troy
Gartland’s
Albany
Mr. Sherman
Feld Sports
Yahnundass Golf Club
Conkling
Hitchcock Goes to Utica for Sherman Nomination
In Chicago on August 16 Chairman Frank H Hitchcock and Republican National Committee officers spent a quiet Sunday. D W Mulvane arrived for a Kansas conference while Du Pont and Sheldon left for New York. Hitchcock will travel to Utica NY tomorrow for the notification of Vice Presidential nominee Sherman.
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Chicago
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
D. W. Mulvane
Kansas
Hitchcock
T. Coleman du Pont
George R. Sheldon
National Committee
New York
Utica
N. Y
Sherman
Customer: Killed in Free Fight On North Bergen Car
Hackensack Aug 16 Peter Mullen of Weehawken was killed in a free fight on a North Bergen street car. Frank Lazinska a Ridgefield Park motorman is under arrest. The incident arose after Columbia Hose Company boarded the car to dispute fares and Lazinska used a switching iron. Mullen died after hospital care. Inquest slated for August 27.
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Hackensack
N. J
Peter Mullen
Maple Avenue
Weehawken
North Bergen
Frank Lazinska
Orchard Street
Ridgefield Park
Mullen
West Shore Railroad
New Durham
Lazinska
Public Service Corporation
Columbia Hose Company
Frank Manning
Manning
Joseph Daniels
No. 104
Linden Street
Mackay
Drowning at Bowers Beach Claims Two Victims
A Delaware Bay drowning near Dover claims the lives of Miss Nellie Nickerson twenty and Clarence Dutton twenty five both from Chester Pennsylvania during a Sunday excursion with three friends. They entered the Murderkill River mouth and were swept by swift currents. A Philadelphia guest at the resort tried to reach them in a skiff but only rescued three others. Nickerson and Dutton were recovered dead.
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the Tribune
Dover
Del
Bowers Beach
Deelaware Bay
Nellie Nickerson
Clarence Dutton
Chester
Penn
Murderkill
Philadelphia
Nickerson
Van Cleave Answers Bryan In Labor Plank Clash 1908
James W. Van Cleave president of the National Association of Manufacturers replies to William J. Bryan in American Industries about Bryanism. He questions labor plank claims, cites jury trial rights, boycott legality, tariff reform versus annihilation, and banking guarantees while noting the Commerce and Labor Department already mediates labor disputes.
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James W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
American Industries
William J. Bryan
The
van Cleave
Denver
Bryan
United States Supreme Court
American Federation of Labor
Mr. van Cleave
Department of Commerce and Labor
Flood damages Pennsylvani a Railroad yard work
A 16 inch water main along Thompson avenue Hunter's Point burst yesterday morning flooding the Pennsyl vania Railroad project approaches to Sunnyside yards. Damage occurred as the line and elevated roadway abutments were being constructed with concrete supports and torn sand fill. one abutment reportedly weighed down the pipe, contributing to the break.
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Thompson Avenue
Hunter’s Point
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sunnyside
Contempt for C F U Graft Committee Report
The Central Federated Union graft committee finished its six week inquiry into the Murray Hill Lyceum meeting of 186 and declared the charged delegates guilty of perjury. The panel adopted the report and postponed discipline for two weeks as James Hatch of the Upholsterers' Union denounced politicians and warned that the labor body holds little political influence.
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Central Federated Union
Murray Hill Lyceum
James Hatch
Socialist Party
Campaign to open New York drive for Democrats
Chicago reports outline a plan by the Democratic National Committee to swing Northwestern States into the party. Mack eyes a West Coast rally trip in late September with Atwood ready to deploy speakers into debatable districts. Wade departs for Buffalo to launch the national campaign in New York State tomorrow night.
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Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Mack
Pacific Coast
Democratic
Montana
Rocky Mountain
John H. Atwood
Martin J. Wade
Iowa
Buffalo
New York State
National Committee
Hains acquittal follows fatal yacht shooting saga
Thornton Hains and his brother Captain Peter C. Hains face murder charges after a June 12 1891 yacht trip ended with Edward A. Hannegan dying from two gunshots. The case ties to long running family feuds and high society circles in Washington and Hampton Roads.
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Annis
Hampton Roads
Edward A. Hannegan
Washington
Haines
Hains
Hannegan
Tony
Ned” Hannegan
Thomas Nelson
Sellman K. Hannegan
Government
Evans
Elizabeth City
Hampton
Andrew A. Lipscomb
Lipscomb
Fortress Monroe
Senator Voorhees
Peter Hains
Thornton
Navy
Army
McKinley
Thornton Hains
T. Jenkins Hains
War Minister Redjeb Pacha Dies at War Ministry
Constantinople Aug 16 The War Minister Redjeb Pacha died suddenly from apoplexy while at his desk in the War Ministry. A post mortem is ordered amid suspicions of the death. The new cabinet outlines reforms including army and navy reorganization and abolition of capitulations with all laws aligned to the new regime. The Porte seeks US approval to appoint Hussein Kiazim Bey as ambassador to Washington. Frontier tensions with Persia rise as imperial troops advance amid chaotic Persian conditions.
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Constantinople
Redjeb Pacha
War Ministry
Porte
John G. A. Leishman
United States
Hussein Kiazim Bey
Bucharest
Washington
Victory for Abd-el-Aziz in Morocco engagement
Wireless dispatch from Tangier reports Abd-el-Aziz defeating Mulai Hafiq’s forces as they moved toward Morocco City. About 300 Mulai Hafiq followers were killed and 500 wounded, with vast booty seized and sold cheap. Abd-el-Aziz also defeated the Rehamna tribe, killing 50 and taking 200 prisoners.
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Tangier
Abd-el-Aziz
Mulai Hafiq
Morocco
Rehamna
Wireless telephone success by French Navy officers
Paris August 16 Lieutenant Colin Jeance and Mercier, inventors of new wireless telephone apparatus, reported remarkable tests with Raz de Seine station at about 310 miles. They expect further improvements and claim potential for dispatches Paris to New York. The instrument, built within four months, yielded faint but clear conversations. Lieutenant Colin, who installed the Eiffel Tower wireless station, plans a more powerful plant.
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Colin
Jeance
Mercier
Navy
Raz de Seine
Department of Finisters
Eiffel Tower
New York
Croker Denies Criticism of Roosevelt Remarks
Dublin reports Rich ard Croker denies misrepresentations about his views of President Roosevelt. He rejects claims he compared the President with a monarch or called him a home with his books. David Bennett Hill is visiting Glencairn for a quiet holiday as Croker’s guest.
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Dublin
Richard Croker
Roosevelt
King
Croker
Inor
David Bennett Hill
Gove de York
Glencairn
Croke
British plan to raise large loan to maintain navy
London reports The Daily Telegraph notes the British government may raise a large loan to bolster the fleet for the coming years. Financiers of high standing are said to have placed to meet shipbuilding needs without burdening current budgets. The move would signal the nation’s drive to maintain naval power at all costs.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Captain of Coepenick Set Free by Emperor Order
Berlin August 16 William Voigt known as the Captain of Coepenick was freed from prison by order of the Emperor. In 1906 he was sentenced to four years for extraneous deeds after impersonating a captain and seizing twelve men in Berlin to march into Coepenick where he attempted to arrest the town’s master and treasurer and seize the town cash before the joke was uncovered.
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William Voigt
Coepenick
Voigt
Grenadiers
Coepenks
Here
Germany
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