Parson’s Plan to Indorse Hughes for President
President Parsons of the Republican County Committee returns from a meeting with district leaders and plans a Wednesday night session to push a Mack resolution endorsing Governor Hughes as the presidential nominee. He aims to pledge loyal delegates and press an instructed delegation in Congress districts amid shifting Taft-Hughes dynamics.
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Republican County Committee
Washington
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Hughes
Tribune
Woodruff
Adirondacks
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Utica
Kings County
Friends
Hughes State League
Edgar T. Brackett
Taft
Saratoga
Friends of
Country Committee
Hughes Men Pleased Taft Letter Dominates Albany Talk
Telegraph reports from Albany on January 24 describe Governor Hughes declining to discuss the Taft letter to Congressman Parsons. He emphasizes staying out of political matters and keeping private congratulatory messages private, promising to focus on official duties. Hughes supporters call the letter clever but say it’s driven by political necessity to ease opposition within the party. Senator Martin Saxe predicts limited impact on Hughes affairs locally. Special tours to Florida advertised with rail details and pricing included.
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Albany
Taft
Parsons
Hughes
Republica Club
New York
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Woodruff
Martin Saxe
Cuba liberalizes election law via nonpartisan boards and quotas
Havana reports six thousand copies issued of a new electoral law to invite public suggestions within thirty days. Key points include permanent registration boards, proportional representation by province, and a quota system. Only natives may vote, except military and rural guards. municipal election date set for December 1 for the presidency.
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House of Representatives
GREAT LOCKOUT AVERTED Manchester Cotton Workers Accept Terms
Manchester reports a near lockout as cotton mill workers accept the employers terms after lengthy negotiations. The capitulation of the workers prevents a severe lockout scheduled to begin tomorrow.
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Manchester
Stolen Miniatures From London Studio
Burglars stole three valuable miniatures belonging to Queen Alexandra from an engraver studio in London where they were being prepared for reproduction. The subjects include the Duchess of Fife, the Queen of Norway, and Princess Victoria. The theft occurred in London, with police investigating the burglary.
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Queen of
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Princess Victoria
The Montrose Overdue At Saint John New Brunswick
Three hundred emigrants from Antwerp aboard the Mount Royal, after a month at sea, were rescued and landed at Queenstown Ireland. The Montrose left Queenstown January 11 bound for Saint John and was due there Tuesday or Wednesday last, but has not yet arrived.
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N. B
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Canadian Pacific
Mount Royal
Atlantic Ocean
Queenstown
Ireland
Montrose
Heir to Throne Struck by Flu Epidemic at Tsarskoe-Selo
An influenza outbreak reaches the imperial family in St. Petersburg. Grand Duke Alexis Nicolaievitch, the heir, is ill with ear inflammation complicating his condition, and four of his sisters are also affected. Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna, betrothed to Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, has grip as well. Professor Simanovsky is summoned to Tsarskoe-Selo to treat the heir.
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Alexis Nicolaievitch
Simanovsky
Tsarskoe-Selo
Marie Pavlovna
Paul Alexandrovitch
Wilhelm
Sweden
Sailors Ordered Paid Full Wages After Virginia Detention
Judge Arthur L Brown ruled five Negro sailors from schooner Dorothy Palmer are entitled to full wages from signing to payment with a $2 fine each for refusing to continue the voyage. The court allowed libel for wages and approved compensable arrest charges, while Virginia suits allege assault.
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Arthur L. Brown
United States District Court
Dorothy Palmer
Virginia
Joseph Harding
Boston
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Herding
Harding
Jury Finds Paul Kelly Guilty In Train Disaster
Paul Kelly the motorman of the Ninth avenue elevated train was found guilty of second degree manslaughter in the Court of General Sessions for the 1903 Bad Street accident that killed twelve and injured many. The jury urged mercy. sentencing set for Thursday. Cornelius Jackson, the towerman and witness, testified signals were correctly placed.
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Ninth Avenue
Bad Street
Court of General Sessions
Kelly
San Francisco
Cornelius Jackson
Cambridge waitress to receive fortune tied to royal ancestor
The Globe reports Miss Georgie A Smythe of a Cambridge street lunchroom has learned from home in New Brunswick that she is likely to inherit about $200,000. She is said to be the great great granddaughter of Maria Fitzherbert, who was married to King George IV though not officially recognized. The notice ends with an advertisement for Great Bear Spring Water.
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the Globe
Georgie A. Smythe
Cambridge Street
New Brunswick
Maria Fitzherbert
George IV of England
Provident Funds Scrutiny Reveals Thomas Promises
Minutes from November 22 conference at Provident Savings Life Assurance Society offices reveal E R Thomas and others arranged deposits with Hudson and Italian American Trusts to secure loans. Testimony shows a promised withdrawal halt until loans were repaid, later deemed possibly illegal. Grand jury probes financial dealings and expects indictments next week.
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Henry G. Lewis
Hudson Trust Company
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Jerome
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Manhattan
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Otto Kelsey
E. E. Rittenhouse
Colorado Insurance
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C. F. Thomas
Ralph K. Hubbard
Henry Moir
Gilbert
Wolfe
Hubbard
Lewis
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Thomas
Mr. Wolfe
Mr. Hubbard
Mr. Lewis
Rittenhouse
O. F Thomas
Mr. Baur
Sullivan
Isidor J. Kresel
Mob Fights For Work Shovel Snow In City Crush
Thousands of unemployed jammed streets seeking snow removal work. A posted call for 100 shovellers drew heavy crowds along the Bowery with police using clubs to restore order. Some Italians led the line while others faced magistrate Droege for six month sentences. Coal price hikes add to hardship as Salvation Army reports more families in need.
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East 3d Street
Ryan
East Sth Street
Bowery
Employment Bureau
Droege
Yorkville
Cherry Street
Deep grief of a Marion hen after owner's death
Telegraph report from Marion Ohio dated Jan 4 notes a black Minorca hen, the late Benjamin Bickles’ favorite pet, grieving deeply after his death last week. The bird’s feathers have largely turned white as a visible sign of sorrow.
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Marion
Ohio
Agosta
Benjamin Bickles
Carnegie Helps Berea With Conditional Gift
Andrew Carnegie offered to donate 200000 dollars to Berea College on the condition that the college raise another 200000 dollars to sustain work among white and colored students in Kentucky. The plan would allocate 200000 dollars from endowment to aid colored students, seeking a Hampton Institute style school. President Roosevelt commended Berea’s approach and urged prompt securing of the adjustment fund to avoid delay and damage.
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William Goodell Frost
Berea College
Frost
Berea
Kentucky
Hampton Institute
Roosevelt
Former convict sues Collins over prison overtime claim
White Plains jurors deadlocked in the case of John N. Rohr, a Sing Sing inmate, suing C. V. Collins, Superintendent of Prisons, for 10,000 alleging overtime work beyond eight hours violated union rules and state law. Ex-Warden Addison Johnson denies compelling Rohr to extra work, saying Rohr volunteered to be added to the list to avoid confinement.
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Lemoine Fraud Case Grows With New Diamond Testimony
Henri Lemoine's fraud case in Paris advances as M. de Haan, a diamond merchant, identifies stones Lemoine claimed as manufactured and shows they were sold to Mme Lemoine. A second merchant will testify about diamonds linked to Wernher, heightening scrutiny of Lemoine's claims amid a fraud complaint by the Jewellers' Association of France. The Paris court scene plus conflicting press takes paint a dramatic tableau of the great diamond mystery.
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Paris
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Jaegersfontein
Rockefeller Remarks On Roosevelt And Panic On Train
Senator Tillman chats with John D. Rockefeller on a Washington to Augusta train. Rockefeller says Roosevelt erred by widening panic, notes he and Morgan supported about seventy New York banks during the crisis, and hopes the public will see the agitation hurts them. He adds he can tide over the panic.
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Tillman
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Washington
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Morgan
New York
Cabinet Making Lists Shows Postmaster General's Appointments
Washington dispatch reports Postmaster General Meyer supplied the White House with a list of department appointments since the current Congress began. The President plans to receive similar returns from all Cabinet members and may reveal them publicly, or withhold them if charges about political favoritism resurface. The lists detail appointee names, positions, former occupations, political ties, and recommending patrons.
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Washington
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White House
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Senate
Pacific Railroad Case Advance Deliberations Reported
Washington January 24 The Department of Justice plans the Harri man case were discussed in a conference between Attorney General Bonaparte and Frank B Kellogg and Charles A Severance of counsel for the government The department will issue a statement in a few days outlining its views on the case
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Shaw Plans Fight for Republican Nomination
Des Moines reports Leslie M. Shaw expects to seek the Republican presidential nomination if he wins Iowa’s delegation support for Chicago. He says Iowa’s rallying point could boost his odds, unless Taft wins on the first ballot. Shaw pledges not to stand in anyone’s way after June 16 and hints at remaining near the telephone in a potential deadlocked convention.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Shaw
Chicago
Shaw
Belmont transfer tax dispute on Park Row Building
The Tax Reform Association urged the State Board of Tax Commissioners to rule whether transfers by August Belmont of Park Row Building and other property should be taxed as mortgages under the 1907 mortgage tax law. It notes stockholders consent tied to deeds functioning as mortgages or security and cites other Belmont transfers to the Rothschilds in similar fashion. The Park Row transfer could trigger at least 7500 dollars in tax. Also an ad offers a Washington trip for three days leaving January 30, via Pennsylvania Railroad, costing 12 to 14.50 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Provident Society
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Trust Company
Wolfe
Sullivan
Mr. Moir
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State Board of Tax Commissioners
Park Row
August Belmont
Park Row Realty Company
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15Th Street
Bronx
Belmont
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
First Big Storm of Belated Winter Smothers New York
A blizzard blanketed New York and surrounding areas with 10.02 inches of snow and 6 to 10 foot drifts as trains ships and ferries were halted. Police and city crews battled outages while 3,500 workers moved snow with 1,600 wagons and hundreds of trucks. three hundred thousand cubic yards were cleared at an estimated cost of 100000. Several deaths and many injuries were reported as street cleaning and rescue efforts continued through the day.
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