Roosevelt and Pinchot Meet as Garfied Talk Fashions New Party Hope
Oyster Bay reports Roosevelt hosts Pinchot and Garfield with secrecy as talk of a new national party swirls. The visit includes Rough Riders allies Borein McGinty Emerson and Heney, plus talk of Governor Hughes joining soon. Roosevelt reassembles “tennis cabinet” on Sagamore Hill with doubles and regimental flags as symbols of unity.
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Oyster Bay
Garfield
Pinchot
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay Pilot
New York
Mr. Roosevelt
Jack” Greenway
Coleraine
Minn
Edward Borein
California
William McGinty
Ripley
Kla
Hoverad E. Emerson
Boston
Ail Hif
Rough Rider
Leslie Taunton
Claude Tritton
Francis J. Heney
San Francisco
Heney
Oregon
Hughes
Cambridge
Sagamore Hill
Colonel
Borein
McGinty
Emerson
East River
San Juan Hill
Jury of Women Delivers Verdict in Sanity Case
In Hahn's Peak Judge Morning empaneled a six woman jury to decide Elizabeth Hutchinson's sanity. The town suffered near destruction from a recent fire and could not supply six eligible men, so the all female panel heard evidence and ruled Hutchinson insane.
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Hahn's Peak
Elizabeth Hutchinson
Miss Hutchinson
Harvard Class Day Ends With Bright Scenes And Plans
Harvard senior class day drew a large crowd as W. R. Ohler gave the oration and I. Eliot delivered the ode while Kermit Roosevelt drew attention amid class day festivities. Graduates plan careers in law ministry medicine journalism business banking and engineering.
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Boston
Maces Feito
Harvard Today
Harvard
Ee Gad Roosevelt
Appleton Chapel
Sanders Theatre
Robert Clots Brown
Medford
Mass
Charles L. Lanigan
Lawrence
Baseball Nine
Jesse E. Ward
St. Louis
Harvard Square
A. C. Tilton
E. L. Souder
J. J. Mahoney
W. A. Corley
United States Navy
Bob” Brown
C. L. Lanigan
Trafford Picks
G. P. Gardner
Jesse Waid
C. C. Little
E. E. Hunt
W. R. Ohler
T. S. Eliot
F. W. Sullivan
W. B. Day
B. A. Fisher
Roosevelt Fixes Dates for National Conservation Congress
Ex President Roosevelt set September 6 as the opening date for the National Conservation Congress in St Paul. The weeklong session runs through September 3. Roosevelt, Pinchot, and Garfield agreed at Oyster Bay. Roosevelt also promised a Kansas Ossawatomie speech on August. The Kansas talk is described as likely historical in nature.
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Bay. N
Theodore
James R. Garfield
Gifford Pinchot
Taft
Roosevel
White House
Roosevelt
Messrs
Pinchot
Garfield
Washington
National Conservation Congress
St. Paul
National Conservation Association
Thomas R. Shipp
Rooseveltt
Oorster Bay
Scott
Kansas
Ossawatomie
Woman Calls Self Halley’s Comet and Jumps Into River
A neatly dressed young woman jumped from the west bank rail into the Schuylkill River near Girard avenue during morning hours. Fisherman Bradford Hannum helped pull her from the water with a rope and boathook, aided by park guard J. J. Dougherty. She said she jumped “in Halley’s comet” to die and that everyone calls her Halley’s comet. she is held at Philadelphia Hospital pending identification.
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The
Tribune
Philadelphia
Schuylkill River
Girard Avenue
Bradford Hannum
Hannum
J. J. Dougherty
Dougherty
Halley
Philadelphia Hospital
Swope Marriage Claim Details Emerge in Deposition
John Co. Henry, a former New Jersey soldier, testified that Colonel Thomas H. Swope was known as Peter Moss Swope and married in New Jersey or Pennsylvania around the Civil War start. He said the colonel spoke of a marriage to a Miss C and a son born soon after, amid disputed family records and service ties.
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Kansas City
Elmer Swope
Martineville
W. Va
Thomas H. Swope
John Co. Henry
New Jersey
Colonel Swope
Peter Moss Swope
Pennsylvania
Swope
Henry
Knapp Brother Convicted in Bank Failure Case
Charles P. Knapp of Knapp Brothers private bankers, convicted in Otsego County of receiving a deposit while knowing the bank was insolvent. Sentenced to Auburn prison for fifteen months to two years. The Knapp firm failed after heavy unsecured loans to Outing publishers, triggering the Binghamton Trust Company collapse. Charles J. Knapp, president of Binghamton Trust, faces a related trial.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Charles P. Knapp
Knapp Brothers
Deposit
Binghamton Trust Company
Broome County
Otsego County
Henry B. Coman
Knapp
Auburn
Charles J. Knapp
Meeting for Boy Scouts In New York
The first public Boy Scouts of America meeting was held at the West Side YMCA on West 57th Street. Speakers included Jacob Riis Ernest Thompson Seton and Daniel Beard with remarks by Eger ton L Winthrop and Col Peter S Bomus. Seton outlined aims and Baden Powell origin.
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New York
Boy Scouts of America
West Side
Young Men’s Christian Association
West 57Th Street
Egerton L. Winthrop
Board of Education
Peter S. Bomus
Boy Scouts
Jacob Riis
Ernest Thompson Seton
Daniel Beard
Sons
Daniel Boone
Riis
Mr. Seton
England
Sir Robert Baden-Powell
Boys of
America
East 2Th Street
Batonyi Sues for 1500 in Newport Settlement Reached
Aurel Batonyi sued Frances Burke Roche Frank Work and attorney Frank K. Sturgis for 1500 over alleged misappropriated property from Two Mile Farm Middletown. The case was settled out of court after private talks. terms not disclosed.
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Newport
R. I
Aurel Batonyi
Frances Burke Roche
Frank Work
New York
Frank K. Sturgis
Batonyi
Middletown
Lée
Baronyl
Nine Guilty at Schenectady
The extraordinary term of the Supreme Court has adjourned to July 15 to hear sentences and motions. Since May 16 the court, directed by Governor Hughes, has led to 41 indictments against 17 men. Convicted felons number four, guilty pleas two, misdemeanor pleas two, two indictments dismissed, two acquittals, one referred to the county court, and one still undisposed of or not arrested.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Supreme Court
van Kirk
Hughes
Foster
Mrs Taft Wins Right to Possession of La Salle Theatre
Chicago June 4 Mrs Anna Linton Taft sister in law of President Taft wife of Charles P Taft Cincinnati won appellate support to take possession of the La Salle Theatre. The court refused lessees bid to renew the five year lease from May 1998 at 8500 yearly and awarded back rent of 7.21 with fair rental value set at 1850 per year.
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Chicago
Anna Linton Taft
President Taft
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Taft
la Salle Theatre
International Waterways Commission Meets in Toronto
The International Waterways Commission convened in Toronto with six members present. Three represent the United States and three Canada. They consider the Great Lakes boundary line and a definite dividing line through the St. Lawrence system.
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Toronto
International Waterways Commission
United States
Canada
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Hughes Signs Broad New Bills in Albany
Gov. Hughes approved numerous measures including Whitney's white slave traffic bills, harsh penalties for importing women for immoral purposes and for maintaining disorderly houses. A grand larceny provision targets chauffeurs who seize vehicles from garages. Insurance, Lloyds regulation, Donnelly anti-trust fines, auctioneer recordkeeping, Torrens title registration, and stronger forest fire controls were also signed.
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Albany
Assemblyman
Whitney
Gov. Hughes
A. F. Allen
State Insurance Department
Lloyds Associations
Foley
Senator Hill
O Malley seeks extraordinary session on road contract graft
Albany reports Attorney General O Malley filed to convene a July 18 extraordinary Supreme Court term to investigate alleged irregularities in road contracts during Frederick Skene’s tenure as State Engineer. He says grand jury inquiry will cover statewide aspects and that Skene welcomes a thorough legal probe.
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Albany
O'Malley
Hughes
Supreme Court
Frederick Skene
State Gineer and Surveyor’s Department
Stevens Street
Astoria
Long Island City
Quiet Day in Legislature in Albany
Three Senators and as many Assemblymen observed a formal legislative day. Senator Harte proposed an official primary ballot with grouped candidate names. Independent designations require a certificate signed by at least fifty voters in each district and filed ten days before primary day. Assemblyman Ebbetts filed a bill amending NYC voter custody provisions. Senate adjourned to tomorrow. Assembly resumes Monday night.
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Albany
Harte
Ebbetts
Ward
New York City
Senate
Assembly
City Record appoints David Ferguson new supervisor
The City Record named David Ferguson as Supervisor of the city newspaper, replacing Patrick J. Tracey who resigned. Ferguson, a Brooklyn based journalist with The World experience, will earn 5000 dollars annually and must pass civil service examinations before formal appointment.
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City Record
David Ferguson
Tracey
City Daily
Patrick J. Tracey
Board of
St. James
City Record Commission
Henry McMillen
McMillen
Lombard Pleads Guilty in Framingham Forgery Case
John B. Lombard pled guilty before Judge William B. Stevens to seven counts of forging Framingham notes totaling 220000 while treasurer. He spoke faintly and sentence was deferred until next Monday.
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Cambridge
Mass
John B. Lombard
William B. Stevens
Superior Court
Framingham
Black Loses Challenge in Allegheny County District Nomination
Judge Josiah Cohen halts further ballot recounts in the 6th Congress District after petitions from Dr. Robert J. Black and John Dalzell. County commissioners are restrained from opening boxes and recounting 66 contested precincts while Dalzell secures the Republican nomination. Black may run as an independent with Prohibitionist backing.
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Pittsburg
Josiah Cohen
Common Pleas
Alleghany County
Congress
Robert J. Black
John Dalzell
Clarence V. Tiers
Dalzell
Black
Cohen
Dr. Black
Mr. Dalzell
Arizona convention call to follow Governor Sloan arrival
Arizona republication says a call for a constitutional convention will be published after Governor Sloan arrives. The election is set for sixty days later and the convention convenes ninety days after canvass. Globe reports HOval A. Smith resigns as Republican chairman to pursue Senate seat.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Sloan
Arizona
Globe
Hoval A. Smith
Republican Territorial Central Committee
Smith
Hammerstein Bankrupt Filed in Philadelphia Court
Harry Hammerstein son of the former impresario filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court. Liabilities amount to 19 45268 with assets 247. Civil suits in Delaware County for taxicab hire and household accounts total 1 900. The Quaker City Cab Company seeks 1 117 10 plus interest for use of cabs and carriages. Several judgments have been found against him.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Harry Hammerstein
United States District Court
Hammerstein
Delaware County
Media
Quaker City Cab Company
Accused of Stock Swindle Involving Blue Ridge Mining Co
Edimond R. Cook held for examination on grand larceny charges after alleged stock swindle tied to the death of assistant Paul Hamburger. Plaintiff Charles H. Poppe paid $1,500 for four certificates from Cook and Samir Ellis at 45th Street, claiming stock was valuable though the company may be a myth. Cook awaits arraignment in July. numerous complaints allege similar investments.
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Edimond R. Cook
Samir Ellis
Paul Hamburger
Centre Street
Cook
Charles H. Poppe
Clark Street
Jersey City
Poppe
Ellis
West 45Th Street
Blue Ridge Mining Company
Charles F. Balwanz
Coroners’ Office
Hamburger
Assail Church at Dinner Sparks Controversy at Ascension
At the Hotel St Denis a dinner for Rev Percy Stickney Grant and socialist Alexander Irvine sparked a heated set of speeches. The Church of the Ascension vestry has refused to renew Irvine’s lay reader arrangement, drawing sharp criticism from Lincoln Steffens and others who urged the church to reconsider.
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Church of the Ascension
Percy Stickney Grant
Alexander Irvine
St. Denis
Irvine
Grant
Mr. Grant
New York
Lincoln Steffens
United States
Florence Kelly
Eliot White
W. S. Brady
Bolton Hall
Oliver Hart Bronson
Hope Chapel
Robert Bruéère
Hughes Nominated for Sixth Term in Huntington
Congressman James A. Hughes of Huntington West Virginia was renominated for a sixth term today in Welch West Virginia. The nomination marks another bid by the veteran representative to return to Congress.
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Welch
W. Va
James A. Hughes
Huntington
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