Taft Back in Hot Springs Plans Few Speeches
William Howard Taft arrives in Hot Springs after a Cincinnati journey to rest and recuperate. He golfs with Senator Bourne, dictates letters, and greets visitors while signaling only a limited speaking plan for August. A revolver salute at Huntington woke travelers, and Taft skirts rumors about labor comments, disputing them through his secretary. The Republican National Committee chair Frank Hitchcock and Ohio manager Arthur Vorys expect Taft to speak at a Virginia rally and meet lawyers during conventions in Hot Springs.
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Hot Springs
Senator Bourne
Oregon
William H. Taft
Cincinnati
Taft
Huntington
W. Va
Judge Taft
New York State
General Corbin
Ohio City
Corbin
Denis
Greenbrier
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 Defends Taft Against Gompers Attacks
The Tribune from Pittsboro notes that The Labor World will editorially back Secretary Taft as a true friend of labor. It argues attacks by Gompers and others cannot stop Taft from aiding wage workers and warns against labor factionalism on political issues.
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Labor
Mr. Taft
Taft
Gompers
Francis Eyes 1912 Campaign Return After Europe
Telegraph report notes Francis, former Interior Secretary under Cleveland, sails for Europe and plans to return in September to intensify Democratic campaigning for 1912. He aims for the presidential nomination and, upon return, will begin a broad speaking tour for Bryan, signaling a more active political role.
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Tribune
T Louie
David 2. Francis
Cleveland
Interior
Europe
Francis
Bryan
Martial law threatened after dynamited houses near Wylam
Three houses were dynamited near Wylam seven miles from Birmingham around midnight with no injuries. Three miners were arrested at Mérylee as threats were made to block jail transport. Soldiers moved in and the Sheriff pledged martial law could be ordered in parts of the mining district after Governor's conference.
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Birmingham
Ala
Wylam
Mérylee
Sherif Higdon
Pittsburg Baseball Fever Triggers Public Busts
Pittsburg crowds flocked to bulletin boards as East games stayed close. Police arrested several bettors after catching them betting on every inning result and charging them with city ordinance violations.
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Pittsburg
Mack to Begin Wall It to Use Hearst as Bogie
Norman E. Mack, Buffalo chairman of the Democratic National Committee, arrives to set Eastern headquarters at the Hoffman House and map campaign plans with local Democrats. He seeks Wall Street financial backing, arguing Hearst’s third ticket unity. State Chairman Conners and Tammany leader Charles F. Murphy discuss cooperation. Murphy will outline state machine support. The Democratic State Committee will run from Victoria Hotel.
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Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Hoffman House
Mack
Wall Street
Hearst
Conners
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
Murphy
Tammany and
State
Democratic State Committee
Victoria Hotel
Lloyds in London offers Taft life policies at 5 percent
Lloyds of London began issuing life insurance on William H. Taft through a local broker, taking a $100,000 risk for one year at 5 percent. Brokers say the rate is unusually high for this class, noting Roosevelt policies four years earlier carried under 2 percent. Lloyds also issued about $1,000,000 in Bryan presidency insurance, but a market rush pushed rates up from 10 to 20 percent, dampening demand.
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Lloyds
London
William H. Taft
Roosevelt
Lfords
William J. Bryan
Tropical storm grips Virginia coast near Cape Henry
Norfolk reports a tropical storm sweeping the coast through the night. Wind reached forty miles an hour at Cape Henry with a high sea running. An unknown three masted schooner is ashore at New Inlet thirty miles down the coast. Lifesavers stand by though not on duty.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Cape Henry
New Inlet
Bomb Aimed at Newark Bank by Black Hand Gang
Last night two men hurled a bomb into a saloon under Salvatore d Aurias private Newark bank at 139 Seventh Avenue. The explosion wrecked the storefront but the banker and his family in New York were uninjured. Domenick Dilione, saloon proprietor, was slightly hurt. Police pursued two suspects but they escaped. a partial description was obtained. Five bank employees were present, including two women, none hurt. Reports claimed Black Hand letters had been sent to bank associates recently, but verification was not possible.
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Newark
Salvatore d’Auria
Seventh Avenue
Domenick Dilione
New York
2D Precinct
Wife Sues Stevenson's Stepson in Maintenance Suit
Katherine Osbourne, wife of Lloyd Osbourne and stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson, sues for maintenance in San Francisco alleging desertion in 1901. She cites her mother-in-law as cause, says Lloyd has property over $5,000 and income of $00 monthly, seeks $00 monthly for herself and two children Alan, 11, and Louis, 7.
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San Francisco
Katherine Osbourne
Lloyd Osbourne
Robert Louis Stevenson
Osbournes
Alan
Louis Stevenson
Osbourne
Lieut Governor Prouty Fined After Speeding Incident
Lt Governor George H. Prouty of Vermont was stopped by police on Revere Boulevard with seven companions. He pleaded guilty to speeding, paid a $1 fine, and was taken to Chelsea police court.
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Boston
George H. Prouty
Vermont
Revere Boulevard
Chelsea
Parachutist Dies After Fall at Hague Park Near Jackson
William Oliver of Mason Michigan was killed during a parachute drop at Hague Park on Van dercook Lake near Jackson. The parachute strings snapped, sending him about two thousand feet. He landed near a crowded merry go round and died five minutes after reaching a nearby house.
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Jackson, Mich
William Oliver
Mason, Mich
Hague Park
Vandercook Lake
Increased fare notice from Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad
The Public Service Commission received formal notice that starting August 21 a 10 cent fare increase will apply to rides from Manhattan and areas north of Kings Highway to Coney Island. The change affects travel over the tiues and is the first fare hike in some time.
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Public Service Commission
Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company
Manhattan
Kings Highway
Coney Island
Four Railroad Workers Killed at Buda Trad
Four CPR construction workers were killed near Buda when an eastbound express struck as they moved to the main track to avoid a moving construction train. The incident occurred on a siding during daylight, the men were part of a construction crew.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Railway
Buda
Prophesy Cotton's Dethronement in 1908 Bryan Message
Murray M. Stewart bought for the Bryan Democratic Club the season's first bale of factors' cotton in Savannah. The bale was sent to Tammany Hall leader Charles F. Murphy in New York with the inscription Greetings from Bryan Democratic Club Savannah Ga. 19 Tammany Hall first factors' base 1908. An sure ak cotton is king so surely will Bryan be President.
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Savannah
Murray M. Stewart
Bryan Democratic Club
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
New York
Brvyan Democraticulef
Tammany Hall
Bryan
Runaway hits train near Seabright. one dead two hurt
A horse and carriage in a New Jersey Central train collision near Seabright killed Julia Drucker, 22, of New York, and seriously injured Mrs Louis Manheim and Miss Ruth Rouse. Miss Marie Drucker escaped. The party, staying at Atlantic Highlands, was en route home when the horse bolted at Beach Road and crossed as the 5:05 local struck. An ambulance took the injured to Monmouth Memorial Hospital. coroner sworn in. Hal Reid on the jury. The crossing has long been deemed dangerous amid calls to relocate the road.
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Tribune
Seabright
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
John T. Tetley
Red Bank
Hal Reid
Marie Drucker
Atlantic Highlands
Henry Drucker
Garfield Avenue
No. 31
Spruce Street
New Jersey Central
Long Branch
New York
Marine saves two lives at Virginia Beach
A marine from the USS North Carolina, Henry Cloud, risked his life at Virginia Beach to rescue Miss Mary Wilkes and her younger brother after a boy fell overboard while collecting seaweed. Miss Wilkes also went into the surf. Cloud swam to their aid. The father offered a $600 reward, which Cloud refused.
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the Tribune
Norfolk
Henry Cloud
United States
North Carolina
Mary Wilkes
Virginia Beach
Miss Wilkes
Cloud
Iron Foreman Attacked by Union Workmen in City Yards
John Hogan a 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 union ironworkers. He had been threatened earlier after crossing from New Jersey where the Erie project is under construction. Hogan said the assailants pursued him from a Hackensack River bridge and attacked near old rails, showing severity in the assault.
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John Hogan
American Bridge Company
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
West 36Th Street
Hogan
Hackensack River
New Jersey
Erie
Permanent captain shifts after arrest linked to Reig case
Captain John Wormell moves from Hamburg Avenue station to permanent captaincy at Brooklyn Borough Headquarters while Lieutenant Edward J. Burke becomes acting captain. The Hamburg precinct trend includes mass transfers to Manhattan Brooklyn and The Bronx amid a probe into Patrolman David Shellard and the Irving Square Park shelter house death of Barbara Reig. The coroner’s jury exoneration leaves grand jury review possible.
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David Shellard
Hamburg Avenue
Williamsburg
Barbara Reig
Irving Square Park
John Wormell
Brooklyn
Borough
Edward J. Burke
East 27Th Street
Wormell
Bingham
Manhattan
Bronx
Shellard
Jamaica
Elder
Reig
Bridge Car Fire Kills Woman in Heavy Brooklyn Traffic
A Graham avenue car on the Brooklyn Bridge burst into flames after a fuse blew in the motor box. A woman, Marie Costanza of Newark, was killed as passengers fled the moving car. seven others were badly injured and many more shaken. Several families from Newark and Paterson, including infants, suffered burns, fractures, and contusions as the vehicle sped down the grade toward New York. Police detained the motorman and conductor briefly on homicide charges before release, while BRt officials defended the incident as not dangerous if passengers had stayed in place.
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Graham Avenue
New York
Brooklyn
Marie Costanza
No- 201
Newton Street
Newark
N. J
Charles
Patrick Carroll
West Street
Hillenbrand
Hudson Street Hospital
New York Tower
Michael Dunn
Edward Hankel
Costanza
Mitchell
Dunn
Hankel
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Fear Night Riders Refugees Seek Indiana Escape
Louisville reports refugees from Lyon County Kentucky named Stevens Hall and Mrs Dean fleeing to Indiana to escape death and property destruction linked to the night riding terror. Stevens and Hall are state witnesses now guarded by soldiers. In Georgetown Ohio fires at Fred Schatzman’s large tobacco barn renew tobacco market tensions and possible arrests. bloodhounds traced to a house after he sold pooled crop to an independent buyer despite warnings.
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Tribune
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 In Pittsburg Aimed
Automobile owners in Pittsburg form a group to jail any chauffeur who uses a employer’s car without permission. Harry Curtis, a chauffeur, was arrested on trespass after breaking an employer’s auto during a night ride. Rich owners unite to set a precedent.
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Pittsburg
Harry Curtis
Harriman Gould Plans for Pittsburg Rail Hub
Pittsburg reports reveal a major Harriman Gould railroad deal. The Baltimore & Ohio will share a $3 million Pittsburg terminal with the Wabash and Goulds, while the Erie line joins under one roof. The plan cuts B&O costs by about $4 million, funding three Wabash properties to handle steel freight. Double tracking across the Wabash Pittsburg Terminal Wheeling & Lake Erie and West Side Belt is planned, with estimated costs between 58 million and 100 million.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Harriman-Gould
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Harriman
Wabash
Goulds
Erie
Baltimore & Ohio
Andrew Carnegie
Ramsay
Wheeling & Lake Erie
West Side Belt Railroad
Bryan Accepts a Mule At Fairview in Lincoln
In Fairview Nebraska William J. Bryan announced acceptance of an educated mule mascot from Minnesota as part of his campaign. He contrasted Democratic reform potential with the Independence party. Bryan plans his speech acceptance with visitors touring his Fairview home.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Independence Party
Chicago
Bryan
Democratic Party
Victor Rosewater
Omaha
Allen
Nebraska
Mr. Bryan
John W. Kern
Lackawanna Switchmen Vote to Strike
Scranton July 30 Grand Master Hawley of the Switchmen's Union says SM percent of Lackawanna men voted for a strike and the grievance committee awaits President Truesdale's reply to a conference letter aimed at settlement before deciding on a walkout. John J. Morey of the United Railway Men's Organization could not be located. Hawley notes Lackawanna switchmen are not affiliated with any federation except the AFL. Morey’s alleged six-road sympathy strike is viewed skeptically.
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Scranton
Penn
Hawley
Switchmen’s Union
Lackawanna
Truesdale
John J. Morey
United Railway Men’s Organization
New York
American Federation of Labor
Morey
Six Roads
Tragedy Strikes Jersey City Family in Newark Train Incident
A Jersey City couple Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Corcoran died en route to a Jersey City specialist with their dying child aboard a special train to Newark. The child Niles Peter Wedin, father of Mrs. Corcoran, died at the door of their home after return. Mr Wedin later died of paralysis at eighty seven.
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Belmar
Robert G. Corcoran
Howard Place
Jersey City
Newark
Crape
Niles Peter Wedin
Core Eoran
Seashore
Mr. Wedin
Two Men Plan Two Year Auto World Tour
Harry E. Carter of Pittsburg and his stepbrother Harry Westcott of Chicago prepare a two year pleasure trip around the world by automobile starting next Monday from Dayton Ohio. They will cross the Rocky Mountains on railroad tracks using steel wheels and have Denver & Rio Grande Railroad permissions for this stretch.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Harry E. Carter
Harry Westcott
Chicago
Dayton
Ohio
Rocky Mountains
Three Deaths in Family in One Day in Kansas
Coffeyville Kansas July 30 a strange series of fatalities in one family occurred yesterday Miss Hattie Ross aged about twenty died in the forenoon Two sisters from distant farms started for the home One sister carried her baby which died in its mother's arms on the way The other sister left her infant at home and returned to find the child dead Both infants under one year old
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The
Tribune
Coffeyville
Kan
Hattie Ross
Brooks plant orders 30 locomotives from Argentina Railroad
The Brooks plant of the American Locomotive Company at Dunkirk N Y received an order for thirty locomotives from the Argentina Railroad. The company will increase its workforce to meet this South American order and other business in sight. Great Bear Spring Water ad copy follows.
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Dunkirk
Brooks
American Locomotive Company
Argentina
South America
Railroad rate war likely in Pittsburgh area
A Pittsburg dispatch reports the Pennsylvania Railroad plans to break from the passenger differential agreement if relief is not obtained. The move could trigger a state and speed war across lines from the Mississippi to the Atlantic, affecting the region’s rail traffic. HAAN'S Restaurant Park Row Ridg Coolest place downtown for luncheon, dinner, Music.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Mississippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
Haan
Park Row
Provident Sale Being Pursued Despite Concerns
Insurance officials in Colorado and Kentucky clash over the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society stock sale as Inter Southern Life Insurance vies to take control. An actuary criticizes capital impairment and ruinous expenses, while banks and trustees shape the deal under state scrutiny and pending negotiations.
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E. E Rittenhouse
Colorado
New York
Inter-Southern Life Insurance Company
Louisville
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
S. H. Wolfe
Kentucky
Henry R. Prewett
Wolfe
the Provident
Inter-Southern
Colorado Insurance Commissioner
The
Tribune
Rittenhouse
Royal Victor
Sullivan & Cromwell
Inter= Southern
Provident
Arthur G. Langham
Horace White
Syracuse
Colorado Insurance Department
Insurance Department of
State of New York
Kelsey
Metropolitan Trust Company
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
Consolidated National Bank
E. R. Thomas
Orlando F. Thomas
Insurance
Victor
Inter- Southern
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