Names of county officials listed by party affiliations
A ledger-style listing of individuals by county includes George Aldridge Oneida George W Aldridge is noted for Monroe, Oswego Luther Mott Rensselaer V Collins and others across Schenectady Steuben Washington Wayne Westchester with Charles Betts Charles Young McAlpin Yates L D West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Perry
E. M. Travis
George E. Waldo
Alfred T. White
Richard Young
Gston County
William Carter
Monroe
George W. Aldridge
New York County
Frank Brookfield
Frederick M. Delano
W. H. Douglas
Henry Gleason
John Giffin
Abraham Gruber
A. B. Humphrey
Ralph Marsh
Homer M!oore
Frank Moss
Alfred R. Page
Martin Saxe
Thomas L. Spence
J. Bentley Squier
Leopold Stern
Gilchrist Stewart
Samuel Strasbourger
James Talcott
Ezekiel Vance
Howard Wilson
Oneida
Thomas Wheeler
Orleans
Irving L’hommediecu
Oswego
Luther W. Mott
Rensselaer
V. Collins
M. H. Heeran
A. L. Payton
James Thompson
Schenectady
Charles D. Beckwith
Steuben
William J. Tully
Washington County
George Nedde
Wayne County
Charles H. Betts
Westchester County
Chas. R. Young
A. McAlpin
Yates County
L. D. West
Governor Hughes Pushes Abolition of Racetrack Gambling
Albany reports widespread support for Governor Hughes’s proposal to end racetrack gambling. Senator Agnew and Assemblyman Hart plan to harmonize penalties, with hearings likely the following week. The State Association of County and Town Fairs backs the stance, while reform groups pledge renewed opposition.
Banking Reform Talks Move Toward Coordinated Action
Albany reports Senator Gates and Assemblyman Francis met with Clark Williams State Superintendent of Banks to discuss Governor Hughes proposed banking reform. Joint hearings planned on bills likely to be committee measures with strict regulation of trust company banking expected as a feature.
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Albany
Hughes
Senator Gates
Assemblyman
Francis
Clark Williams
New Attack on Pullman Company Seeks Rate Reductions
George F. Loftus of St Paul with Senator La Follette filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a petition seeking a 25 percent cut in lower berth rates and setting upper berth rates at half the lower berth rate. The Minnesota Shippers' Association backs the move alleging excessive, abusively high charges and government denial of earnings inquiry.
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Washington
George F. Loftus
St. Paul
Senator la Follette
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman Company
Loftus
Minnesota Shippers’ Association
United States
Aldrich bill faces stiff Senate reception over Philippine bonds
Discussion in the Finance Committee reveals President approval of key Aldrich bill features. Secretary Taft seeks to add Philippine government bonds and railways guarantees to Section 2. Senator Hensborough plans to oppose, favoring a central bank instead. The measure may pass soon and reach the full Senate for a comprehensive statement by Senator Aldrich.
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Senate
Taft
Committee On Finance
Aldrich
Philippine Railways
Philippine Commission
Finance Committee
Hensbrough
Alabama Republicans Endorse Taft For President
Columbus Ohio January 13 Henry B Gray Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Alabama says Alabama Republicans have a single presidential candidate William H Taft He notes the South backs Bryan for the Democratic nominee and Taft is the only man who can beat him He believes Taft will be nominated and elected.
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Bryan
Columbus
Ohio
Alabama
William H. Taft
Henry B. Gray
South
Mr. Gray
Taft
Woodruff Denies Vice-Presidency Run Amid Taft Talks
Timothy L. Woodruff dismissed rumors of a Taft headed ticket with him as vice president. He stressed the issue is premature and refused to discuss it. Brooklyn political circles note his possible ambitions for the Senate, though Brenner also denies any candidacy.
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Timothy L. Woodruff
Taft
Brooklyn
Hughes
Roosevelt
United States
Platt
Depew
Jacob Brenner
Woodruff
Laning Backs Taft for Presidential Nomination
Norwalk Ohio January 13 Congressman Jay Lan ing of the 7th District declares his support for Secretary Taft and predicts strong endorsement by Ohio Republicans in the primaries. He says the 7th District will back Taft by a big vote.
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The
Tribune
Norwalk
Ohio
Jay Laning
Foraker
Taft
Washington
Mth
Newberry Withdraws From Delegate Race For Party Harmony
Detroit Jan. 13 Congressman Denby announced Truman H. Newberry Assistant Secretary of the Navy has withdrawn as delegate-at-large candidate from Michigan to the Republican National Convention in favor of E D Stair. Stair is a Taft backer and a major Detroit Journal and Free Press stockholder. The move aims to maintain party unity.
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Newberry
Detroit
Congressman Denby
Truman H. Newberry
Navy
Michigan
E.D. Stair
Detroit “Journal
Free Press
Stair
Taft
Indiana Democrat William H. O'Brien Named National Treasurer
Lawrenceburg Ind Jan 13 William H O'Brien former chairman of the Indiana Democratic Committee has accepted appointment as treasurer of the Democratic National Committee.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
William H. O'Brien
Indiana Democratic Committee
Democratic National Committee
Death of Frank W. Reynolds Ex-Business Partner of Sully
News from Providence reports the death of Frank W. Reynolds of F. W. Reynolds & Co. in Ponce Florida. Reynolds, an aged veteran cotton broker of note, had long been in declining health. Daniel J. Sully trained in Reynolds’s office and later became his partner.
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Providence
Frank W. Reynolds
F. W. Reynolds & Co
Ponce
Fla
Daniel J. Sully
Measure to allow Sunday shows by Educational Alliance
Albany: Senator Saxe introduced a bill amending the Penal Code to permit the Educational Alliance of New York City to present performances on Sundays. A separate bill proposes extending Riverside Park by acquiring land near 79th Street and near 50th Street between the NY Central line and the pier line.
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Albany
Saxe
Educational Alliance of
New York City
Riverside Park
79Th Street
Sth Street
New York Central Railroad Company
Buffalo man named traffic inspector for Public Service Commission
Albany January thirteenth George W Horgan of Buffalo travelling freight agent for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western was appointed traffic inspector for the Public Service Commission in the twenty four district with headquarters in Buffalo The annual salary is eighteen hundred dollars He headed the Civil Service eligible list.
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Albany
George W. Horgan
Buffalo
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Public Service Commission
Horgan
Civil Service
Harmon Boom Confirmed For President Nomination
Cincinnati report says former Attorney General Judson Harmon will run as a Democratic candidate. John W. Hill announces a seventeen member committee to organize, win Hamilton county delegates, then seek party endorsement across Ohio and unite Harmon supporters in Pennsylvania and New York.
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Cincinnati
Judson Harmon
United States
John W. Hill
Judge Harmon
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio Decision Today In County Convention Fight
A telegram from Secretary Thompson halted the Ohio county election contest as boards prepared to select state convention delegates. Thompson, a Taft supporter, asked delay for three days while arguments are heard in Columbus. The ruling could determine which faction controls county committees and the fate of many local races.
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Tribune
Cleveland
County Board of Elections
Taft
Foraker
Thompson
State Department
Columbus
Ohio
Asegal
Roosevelt
Belittled by Taft Men in Ohio Primaries Debate
Washington dispatch reports Taft supporters claim no setback from Secretary Dover's ruling on the Bronson law. Ohio primaries set for February 11 will select delegates to the state convention, with Taft allies predicting a walkover in many districts. Foraker and Taft factions dispute district primaries and the ruling's impact on delegate elections.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
Dover
Republican National Committee
Ohio
Ates
Yerkes
Streeter
18Th Congress
Foraker
Republican State Committee
National Committee
Burton
Cleveland
Brownsville
Senate
House
Representative Bannon
Fora
Nicholas Longworth
Dower
Minority Forced Out At New York Butchers Meeting
At the New York Butchers Dressed Meat Company meeting at 495 Eleventh Avenue Arthur Bloch was elected president while minority holders led by Julius Henry Cohen said they were forcibly ejected after not being allowed to vote. Cohen’s group, representing about 350,000 shares, seeks access to the books as they accuse majority figures of control by a lawyer and aim to keep the company independent of the beef trust.
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New York Butchers’ Dressed Meat Company
Eleventh Avenue
Arthur Bloch
Frederick Joseph
Julius Henry Cohen
The
Concern
Cohen
Isaac Fromme
Supreme Court
Bloch
Beef Trust
New York Butchers Company
Fromme
Charles Grismer
D. Wynant
Front Street
Grismer
Peter Schmidt
August Grimm
Death linked to hazing at college in Indiana
Edward Keiper, son of a Louisville merchant, died in San Antonio Texas. The death is attributed to hazing at Rose Polytechnic Institute Terre Haute Indiana in autumn 1906. Keiper, a freshman, was tied to a tombstone overnight after his room was entered by upperclassmen. Typhoid followed and progressed to tuberculosis. He did not tell his parents of the hazing until after returning home. Physicians linked exposure and shock to his illness.
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Louisville
Edward Keiper
San Antonio
Tex
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Terre Hauté
Ind
Keiper
Institute
Wall Collapse Kills One Injures Several in Madison Ave Barn
A wall fifteen by ten feet in the middle of a Madison Avenue barn collapsed yesterday afternoon burying laborers. Salvatore Palmiere, 28, was killed. Angelo Chirello, 26 Antonio Dangello, 26 and Thomas Mathewson, 50, were seriously injured. Five tons of loose sand and debris complicated the rescue as police detained foreman Martin Kennedy on homicide charges.
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Madison Avenue
85Th
86Th Streets
New York City Railway
Presbyterian Hospital
Palmiero
Salvatore
East 116Th Street
Chirello
Angelo
Prince Street
Dangello
Antonio
Elizabeth Street
Mathewson
Thomas
West 49Th Street
East 88Th Street Station
Cruise
East 88Th Street
Dr. Wells
Martin
Martin Kennedy
No. 411
West 36Th Street
Clergy Aid Brewers Urge Opposition to Prohibition
The New York State Brewers Association adopted resolutions at its annual convention in Rochester condemning anti liquor agitation by the Anti-Saloon League and the Prohibition party. It urged fair minded citizens and brewing interests to unite against local option, general prohibition and maintenance of dives. Chaplain Smith cited General Grant supporting removal of the canteen as harming army morals.
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Tribune
Rochester
New York State Brewers’ Association
Anti-Saloon League
Prohibition Party
William Shhoenfeldt
Immanuel Lutheran Church
New York City
William A. Wasson
Grace Episcopal Church
Riverhead
Long Island
Edward Baker Smith
United States Army
Smith
Grant
Walsh Case Arguments Open in Bank Fund Allegation
Chicago January 13 Assistant District Attorney Childs opened the government case against John R Walsh for alleged misuse of Chicago National Bank funds. He argued Walsh obtained money on fictitious memoranda notes without directors consent and challenged former director Blount's testimony as contradicted by bank examiner Oakley and other directors. Defense countered no fraud intent.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Childs
Walsh
F. M. Blount
Oakley
S. E. Hamill
Edward P. Moxey
National Bank
Hamill
Wesleyan Alumni Debate Co education Opposition
In Reston on January 13 the Wesleyan Alumni Association heard Professor Caleb T. Winchester oppose co education. He argued it hindered Wesleyan from benefiting from the Carnegie endowment. Acting Wesleyan president William N. Rice '65 countered that the Methodist Episcopal Church is a better patron than Andrew Carnegie.
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Reston
Wesleyan University
Caleb T. Winchester
Wesleyan Alumni Association
Winchester
Carnegie Endowment Fund
William N. Rice
Wesleyan
Methodist Episcopal Church
Andrew Carnegie
Ventilation Upgrade Use Of $2000 From $35000 Appropriation
Albany reports Cahill of the State Department of Public Buildings used 2000 of a 35000 appropriation to renovate the Assembly chamber ventilation. He states the old system is renovated and improvements should function satisfactorily.
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Albany
Assembly Chamber
Cahill
State Department of Public Buildings
Trustees of Public Buildings
Governor Sparks Denies Armed Troops Letter Claims
Carson City Nev Jan 13 Governor Starks says he has not seen a copy of a letter cited about sending troops to Nevada. He will not comment until he receives word from President Roosevelt. He plans to explain in his upcoming legislative message why he called for troops.
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Carson City
Nev
Starks
Nevada
Roosevelt
Butte Miners Appeal to President Roosevelt
Butte Montana January meeting of the miners union passed resolutions urging President Roosevelt to pardon Joseph Shannon of the Montana State Union of the Western Federation of Miners. Shannon is jailed in Helena for contempt of court for violating an injunction restraining interference with the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company employer and was sentenced to ninety days.
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Butte
Mont
Butte Miners’ Union
Roosevelt
Joseph Shannon
Montana State Union
the Western Federation of Miners
Helena
Hunt
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Vernon King summoned as coast guard duties amid drowning
A telephone message from the head keeper at Seddleback Light orders Vernon King to return from shore leave and reports that second assistant keeper Marual Newman has drowned. The head keeper is on duty with no way to reach shore.
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Manset
Vernon King
Seddleback Light
Marual Newman
Taft and Dodge Oppose Botanic Gardens Grant Memorial Site
Secretary Taft and General Dodge head the Grant Memorial Commission and oppose moving the site at Botanic Gardens for the $49,000 memorial. The planned location sits where two large trees planted for Senator Crittenden and Representative Beck once stood, drawing opposition to their removal.
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Washington
Taft
General Dodge
Grand Army
House Committee On Libraries Today
Botanic Gardens
Grant
Grant Memorial Commission
Crittenden
Beck
Kentucky
Coasting Schooner Devlin Stranded Off Virginia Coast
Heavy storm off Virginia reports the stranding of the coasting schooner John E. Devlin on the eastern shore near Chincoteague. Crew believed safe. vessel may be salvaged. Fortuna and two lifeboats damaged, two seamen lost overboard, gale described as among the worst. Hotel El-Hott burning near exposition grounds destroyed by fire.
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Norfolk
Chincoteague
Virginia
John E. Devlin
Salem
Mass
Baltimore
Fortuna
Lambert's Point
Havana
Hampton Roads
Virginia Capes
Jamesstown Exposition
Exposition Grounds
Defunct Central National Bank Pays 5 Percent Dividend
Boston April 13 1992 Central National Bank of Boston paid a 5 percent dividend totaling 25000 to stockholders. The bank failed in November 1992 and depositors were paid in full two years earlier without an assessment. Liquidating agent C P Roberson reports additional assets may support further payout of 15 percent. Suits against directors are included in assets.
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Boston
Mass
Central National Bank
C. P. Roberson
Four Vessels Race To Honolulu From San Francisco
Four sailing ships start an ocean race from San Francisco to Honolulu with wagers among captains. A barkentine and a bark left the port yesterday as crews push hard to claim first to reach the Hawaiian islands and a tidy prize for the winner.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Bounty Proposal On House Cats Suggested In State Report
Harrisburg Penn January 13 The State Game Commission chief Joseph Kalbfus urges Governor Stuart to seek legislation allowing a bounty on house cats in a bid to curb bird destruction. He argues cats are the greatest destroyers of bird life.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Joseph Kalbfus
The
State Game Commission
Stuart
Kalbfus
Franklinville Bank Seized by Bank Examiner
The People's National Bank of Franklinville was closed after a local examination and placed in the hands of the bank examiner. President E. M. Adams signed the notice. Examiner Mr. Chapman will conduct further examination with hopes deposits are paid in full. No assets or liabilities were released.
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Franklinville
People’s National Bank of
E. M. Adams
Chapman
Surgeon Stokes Named Command of Relief in San Francisco
Surgeon Charles Francis Stokes U S N arrives in San Francisco to take command of the hospital ship Relief now being overhauled at Mare Island Navy Yard. His appointment by President Roosevelt has stirred friction between the line and the staff officers of the navy. He comes from San Juan Porto Rico to assume command.
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San Francisco
Charles Francis Stokes
Roosevelt
Relief
Navy
San Juan
Porto Rico
Mare Island Navy Yard
Crawford Will Case Opens in Scranton Inheritance Suit
Testimony began in Scranton on a Philadelphia man George Schooley’s suit to obtain control of James L. Crawford’s estate. The widow offers a will leaving her executrix power. Schooley’s will bequeaths cash stock and presidency in the coal company. Fraud and perjury charges loom as witnesses testified and jurors were seated.
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Scranton
Penn
George B. Schoolers
Philadelphia
James L. Crawford
Edwards
Crawford
Florida
Schooley
Chicago
People’s Coal Aun Ae
Albert N. Bahman
A. N. Riedel
Crawfords
Bahman
Riedel
Giulia Walter
Easton
Shheeley
Bachman
Jury Tampering Case Dismissed In Wisconsin Stock Probe
Judge Page Morris in St. Paul dismissed the case against the Wood brothers officers of the Wisconsin Stock and Grain Co after the U S attorney filed affidavits alleging jury tampering. Jurors Sherman Smith E C Benedict and Lyman Batchellor were cited to show why they should not be punished for contempt of court.
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St. Paul
Page Morris
United States District Court
Wood Brothers
Wisconsin Stock and Grain Company
United States District Attorney
Sherman Smith
Minneapolis
E. C. Benedict
Lyman Batchellor
Count Emanuel de Cacerta Declares No Assets In Suit
Emanuel de Cacerta calling himself a Spanish noble claimed to owe 5000 dollars but have no assets as supplementary proceedings and judgment were pursued by an automobile firm for unpaid goods. He is described as a traveling wine salesman who obtained credit through a company head and questioned about his noble title.
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Emanuel de Cacerta
Count Emanuel de Cacerta
Frank M. Patterson
Patterson
Count de Cacerta
Automobile Company
France
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Indorse
Agnew
Jerome
Essex County Fair Association
Case M. Howard
Westport
Fair Association
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Hart
Joint Codes Committees
Assembly
International Reform Bureau
Wilbur F. Crafts
Bureau
George W. Peck
O. R. Miller
Hans R. Freece
Columbia
Harry W. Mack
15Th Assembly
New York County Republican Committee
Mack
Gates, Francis and
Williams
Jile Guarantee and Trust Co
Cepits
Balya
Fulton St
Jamaica
Cortelyou
Laning
Democratic National
Sully
Bill
Upstate Public Service
Harmon
John Jameson
Bec
W. A. Taylor &O
Bway
Meat Company
Indiana
Alexander
Sixth Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Clergy Aid Brewers
Methodist Church
Carnegie
Sparks
Butte Miners
Uphold Grant
Zz. W.rove
Surgeon Stokes
E Raptey
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Kent
Lewis
West 42d Street
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Crawford Will Case
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Orient
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