Taft Back and Restful Stop at Hot Springs
William H Taft resumes rest at Hot Springs after a Cincinnati to Hot Springs journey marked by a revolver salute and a few questions on the New York governorship. He golfed with Senator Bourne, dictated letters, and planned only one political remark for August rallies while avoiding speeches during willful rest. He denied labor insult rumors and prepared for two lawyer conventions and a potential Greenbrier Horse Show appearance with limited speaking.
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Hot Springs
Senator Bourne
Oregon
William H. Taft
Cincinnati
Taft
Huntington
W. Va
Judge Taft
New York State
Corbin
Ohio City
R&r
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White Sulphur Springs
Virginia
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Mr. Taft
New York
Arthur I. Vorys
Ohio
United States
Scott
West Virginia
Labor World Says Taft Is a Friend of Labor
The Labor World editorializes that Secretary Taft is a true friend of labor and condemns attacks by President Gompers. It argues organized labor must avoid factional splits over politics and urges wage workers to see Gompers as mistaken in pushing the fight.
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Labor
Taft
Gompers
Francis Leaves Campaign to Tour Europe in 1912 Drive
St Louis reports David P. Francis former Interior secretary sails for Europe on a "quiet getaway" from the Cleveland campaign. Advisers say he seeks the Democratic nomination for President in 1912 and will begin a speaking tour for Bryan in mid September, pledging wide campaign reach.
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St Louis
David PB. Francis
Cleveland
Interior
Europe
Francis
Bryan
Martial law threatened after dynamite attack near Birmingham
Three houses were dynamited near Wylam seven miles from Birmingham. Three miners were arrested at Meryiee as threats were made prisoners would not be taken to the county jail. Soldiers rushed to the scene and brought the men in. Governor held conference and Sheriff Higdon said martial law could be ordered for mining district sections if bushwhacking continued.
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Ala
Wylam
Meryiee
Higdon
Pittsburg Fans Arrested for Reading Bulletin First
East baseball excitements drew crowds in Pittsburg on July 3 with local fans circling bulletin boards. Police arrested about a dozen for violating city ordinances while listening to scores of early games.
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Pittsburn
Pittsburg
Mack to Begin Wall It On Hearst Campaign Drive
Norman E. Mack of Buffalo arrives to set Eastern DNC headquarters at the Hoffman House and to map plans with New York Democrats. He expects Wall Street allies to back a Hearst third ticket while State Chairman Conners and Tammany leader Murphy map support for the national committee. The Democratic State Committee will base at the Victoria Hotel.
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Democratic National Committee
National Committee
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Wall Street
Hearst
Conners
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
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State
Democratic State Committee
Victoria Hotel
Lloyds of London issue Taft life policies at 5 percent
Lloyds of London began issuing life policies on William H. Taft through a local broker, taking on a $100,000 risk for one year at 5 percent. The rate is unusually high for this class, compared with Roosevelt policies years ago at under 2 percent. Brokers say Lloyds would write more, while past Bryan election insurance spiked to 10 20 percent, cooling demand.
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London
William H. Taft
Roosevelt
Lfords
William J. Bryan
Tropical storm grips Virginia coast with rising winds
Norfolk Va July 30 tropical storm advances along the coast with Cape Henry winds near forty miles an hour and a high sea. A three masted schooner is ashore at New Inlet thirty miles down the coast while lifesavers stand by.
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Virginia
Cape Henry
New Inlet
Bomb in Newark bank by Black Hand
A bomb was thrown into the saloon beneath Salvatore d Auria’s private Newark bank at 139 Seventh Avenue. Two men fled after damaging the building. proprietor Domenick Dilione was slightly hurt. Five bank staff, including two women, were unharmed as police chased possible suspects.
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Salvatore d’Auria
Seventh Avenue
Domenick Dilione
New York
Wife Sues Stevenson Stepson Over Maintenance
Katherine Osbourne, wife of Lloyd Osbourne and stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson, files suit in San Francisco for maintenance alleging desertion in 1901. She says the couple married in 1896 and has two children, Alan and Louis. She claims Lloyd has personal property over $5,000 and income of $500 monthly, seeking $100 monthly for family support.
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San Francisco
Katherine Osbourne
Lloyd Osbourne
Robert Louis Stevenson
Osbournes
Alan
Louis Stevenson
Lieut. Gov Prouty Fined for Speeding in Boston
Lieutenant Governor George H. Prouty of Vermont was stopped by a police officer on a motorcycle while speeding on Revere Boulevard with seven Vermont companions. He pled guilty at Chelsea police court and paid a $16 fine for breaking the speed laws.
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Boston
George H. Prouty
Vermont
Revere Boulevard
Chelsea
Parachutist Killed During Park Drop Near Jackson
William Oliver of Mason Michigan was killed at Hague Park near Jackson when a parachute malfunction caused a fall of about two thousand feet. He survived for five minutes after landing near a crowded merry go round before dying at a nearby house.
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Wiliam Oliver
Mason, Mich
Hague Park
Vandercook Lake
Here
Coney Island Railroad Plans Fare Increase to Coney Island
The Public Service Commission received formal notice from the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company that starting August 1 a 10 cent fare will be charged on lines from Manhattan and areas north of Kings Highway to Coney Island.
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Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company
Manhattan
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Coney Island
Four Railroad Workers Killed in Train Collision
Four Canadian Pacific Railway construction workers were killed at Buda when an eastbound express struck them on the main line as they stepped from a siding to avoid a construction train. The incident occurred early today on the transcontinental route near Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Railway
Buda
Prophesy Cotton's Dethronement Declared in Savannah
Murray M. Stewart bought the season's first bale of factors' cotton for the Bryan Democratic Club and shipped it to Charles F. Murphy in New York. The bale bore an inscription linking Bryan's candidacy to Tammany Hall with a facetious motto about cotton being king.
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Savannah
Murray M. Stewart
Bryan Democratic Club
Charles F. Murphy
New York
Bryan Democratic Rub
Tammany Hall
Bryan
Runaway Horse Kills Woman on Seabright Crossing
Seabright New Jersey July 30 A runaway horse and carriage crashed into a New Jersey Central train at the Beach Road crossing. One dead Julia Drucker of New York and two others severely injured Mrs Louis Manheim and Miss Ruth Rouse. Marie Drucker escaped unhurt. The party stayed at Atlantic Highlands. Coroner and jury called with Hal Reid on the panel. The crossing is noted as highly dangerous amid calls to move the road away from the tracks.
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N. J
North Crossing
Here
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Monmouth Memorial Hospital
John T. Tetley
Red Bank
Hal Reid
Marie Drucker
Atlantic Highlands
Henry Drucker
Garfield Avenue
Druckers
No. 51
Spruce Street
Long Branch
New York
Marine saves two lives at Virginia Beach
A marine from the United States ship North Carolina rescued Miss Mary Wilkes and her brother after a boy fell overboard near Virginia Beach. Miss Wilkes also fell in while trying to save him. The rescuer refused a $600 reward offered by her father.
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Norfolk
Henry Cloud
United States
North Carolina
Mary Wilkes
Virginia Beach
Miss Wilkes
Cloud
Iron Foreman Attacked by Union Workers
John Hogan foreman for the American Bridge Company was found in the New York Central yards at West 36th street with a broken leg and bruises after being attacked by ironworkers who had followed him from a Hackensack River bridge. He had been threatened multiple times, and police said he arrived at the 23d Street ferry and was pursued along Central tracks before the assault.
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American Bridge Company
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
West 36Th Street
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Hackensack River
New Jersey
Erie
Captain Wormell Named Permanent Captain at Brooklyn HQ
The arrest of Patrolman David Shellard over the Irving Square Park shelter house death led to Captain John Wormell being shifted to permanent captain at Brooklyn Borough Headquarters. Lt. Edward J. Burke becomes acting captain. 66 of 102 Hamburg precinct patrolmen are reassigned. Police Commissioner Bingham warned of a possible shake-up if a Hamburg fund for Shellard is confirmed. Grand jury probe to follow coroner verdict exonerating Shellard.
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Hamburg Avenue
Williamsburg
Barbara Reig
Irving Square Park
John Wormell
Brooklyn
Borough
Edward J. Burke
East 27Th Street
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Bingham
Manhattan
Bronx
Shellard
Jamaica
Elder
Sheilard
Reig
Fatal Bridge Car Fire Kills Woman as Passengers Jump
A Graham Avenue trolley car heading to New York on the north bridge roadway burst into flames after a fuse blew. A woman, Marie Costanza of Newark, died in a pool of blood while her infant son was injured. Seventeen others were hurt or shaken as passengers leaped or were jolted from the moving car during the heavy Brooklyn-bound rush.
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New York
Brooklyn
Marie Costanza
Newton Street
Newark
N. J
Charles
Patrick Carroll
West Street
Hillenbrand
Hudson Street Hospital
New York Tower
Michael Dunn
Edward Hankel
Costanza
Mitchell
Bridge Station
St. Gregory's
Hudson Street
Stillman
Heacock
Brock
Wogan
Manhattan Terminal
Murtha
Dunn
Hankel
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Night Riders force Louisville refugees toward Indiana
Louisville report details A Stevens S L Hall and Mrs Minnie Dean fleeing Lyon County Kentucky to escape death and lost property as night riding violence renews fears. Stevens and Hall recently became state witnesses against the night riders and are guarded by soldiers. In Georgetown Ohio a large tobacco barn burned near Fred Schatzman fuels Equity circle tensions and possible arrests. bloodhounds lead to a house after he sold pooled tobacco to an independent buyer.
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Louisville
A. Stevens
S. L. Hall
Minnie Dean
Lyon County
Kentucky
Indiana
Stevens
Hall
Georgetown
Ohio
Fred Schatzman
Equity
non-Equity
No More Chauffeurs Parties Stir Pittsburg Cars
Pittsburg automobile owners unite to jail any chauffeur who drives an employer’s car without consent. Harry Curtis, a chauffeur, was arrested on trespass after breaking his employer’s automobile during a night ride, as owners press to set a precedent.
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Pittsburg
Harry Curtis
Three Deaths In Family In One Day
A strange series of fatalities occurred in Coffeyville Kansas when Miss Hattie Ross died in the forenoon. Her two sisters hastened to the family home and tragedy followed as one sister’s baby died in the arms of its mother during the trip and the second sister returned to find her child dead. Both deceased children were under one year old and the sister who died was twenty- eight.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Hattie Ross
Locomotive order boosts Brooks plant in Dunkirk
The Brooks plant of the American Locomotive Company in Dunkirk received an order for thirty locomotives from the Argentina Railroad. The order will require a larger workforce to handle the South American contract and other anticipated business.
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Harriman Gould Plans To Tie Rail Lines In Pittsburgh
Pittsburg reports reveal a major Harriman Gould railroad move with the Baltimore and Ohio sharing a $3 million Pittsburg terminal built for the Wabash by the Goulds. The plan also shelters the Erie line under the same roof, potentially three systems, with Harrriman funding Wabash properties to carry steel freight. The project envisions double tracking and costs between $8 and $10 million.
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Ramsay
Wheeling & Lake Erie
West Side Belt Railroad
Bryan Accepts A Mule In Political Tour News
William J. Bryan announced acceptance of an educated mule mascot offered by the Minnesota Agricultural Society while preparing his Chicago platform speech at Fairview Nebraska. He contrasted Democratic reforms with Republican aims and explained voters should maximize reform by supporting the Democratic ticket. Bryan greeted visitors at Fairview and previewed his forthcoming address with John W. Kern among expected attendees.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Independence Party
Chicago
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Democratic Party
Victor Rosewater
Omaha
Allen
Nebraska
Mr. Bryan
John W. Kern
Lackawanna Switchmen Vote to Strike in Scranton
Grand Master Hawley says SM percent of Lackawanna men voted for a strike and the grievance committee awaits a reply from President Truesdale on a conference to settle before ordering a strike. John J. Morey was not locatable. Hawley notes no federation affiliation beyond the AFL. Morey’s sympathy strike claim is not taken seriously locally.
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Hawley
Switchmen’s Union
Lackawanna
Truesdale
John J. Morey
United Railway Men's Organization
New York
Tragic Train Trip Ends In Newark Deaths
A Jersey City couple, Mr and Mrs Robert G Corcoran, died en route with their dying child on a special train from Belmar to Newark. The child's illness cholera morbus prompted urgent transfer to a Jersey City specialist. Upon entering Newark the child died and Mrs Corcoran's father Niles Peter Wedin also died, age eighty seven, from paralysis.
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Robert G. Corcoran
Howard Place
Jersey City
Newark
Crape
Niles Peter Wedin
Corecoran
Seashore
Mr. Wedin
Two-Year Auto Around-the-World Trip Planned
Harry E. Carter of Pittsburg and his stepbrother Harry Westcott of Chicago plan a two year pleasure trip around the world by automobile starting next Monday from Dayton Ohio. They will cross the Rockies on railroad tracks using steel wheeled cars with Denver & Rio Grande Railroad permission.
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Pittsburg
Harry E. Carter
Harry Westcott
Chicago
Dayton
Ohio
Rocky Mountains
Westcott
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Rockies
Railroad rate war likely to erupt after Pittsburgh losses
Pittsburg dispatch reports the Pennsylvania Railroad plans to break from a rate agreement if relief is not found. A break could trigger a broad rate and speed war across lines from the Mississippi to the Atlantic, altering tensions among major carriers. HAAN'S Restaurant advertisement notes Park Row Ridg. as a cool downtown luncheon spot with music.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Mississippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
Haan
Park Row
Provident sale urged despite adverse report and protests
Despite E. E. Rittenhouse protest of a Provident Savings stock sale to Inter Southern Life, negotiations suggest a transfer may proceed. An actuary condemned the firm’s methods, noting capital impairment of about 66,900 and excessive expenses, while banks and insurers seek a purchaser acceptable to creditors and regulators.
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S. H. Wolfe
Kentucky
Henry R. Prewett
Wolfe
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Colorado Insurance
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Royal Victor
Sullivan & Cromwell
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