Senate Ends Currency Debate To Move To Other Measures
The Senate, following Mr. Aldrich's suggestion, adjourned the currency question for the day and turned to other measures after noting no reason for a final adjournment tomorrow.
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
17
Cannon Quotes Scripture in House Delay
The Tribune reports on May 2% in Washington where Rep Howell of Utah forgot his assay bill for Salt Lake City. Speaker Cannon allows retrieval while Rep Williams urges regular order, quipping about sheep and flock return as Howell returns with the measure.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Howell
Utah
House
Salt Lake City
Canmon
Williams
Mr. Williams
The
Aviour
House of Representatives
Williems
Territories for Bryan and Arizona Denver delegates
Telegraph report from Tucson dated May 2 states Arizona's Territorial Convention instructed delegates for Bryan at the Denver convention. It commends Senator Foraker for statehood efforts and lists Tucson W A Forbes and W T Webb among others. A separate note from Santa Fe reports Roswell's Territorial Convention slated for June 1 will nominate A Larrasola for Congress and instruct six delegates for Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
Denver
Bryan
Senator Foraker
A. W. Forbes
W. T. Webb
Graham
George J. Stoneman
Globe
J. P. Dillon
Prescott
T. A. Reardon
Flagstaff
B. A. Packard
Risebee
Selim M Myerson
Phenix
Santa Fe
Xii
Roswell
Larrasola
Congress
Arvan
West Virginia Democrats Rally Behind Bryan for President
At the Democratic State Convention in Wheeling on May 28 delegates passed resolutions endorsing William Jennings Bryan for President with unanimous support. Delegates to the national convention were L. A. Reymann Clyde Johnson George I. Neal and C. W. Osenton, with alternates Carl Vance C. McGregor Edward Wilkinson and James Wilkinson. Each delegate pledged to back Bryan as elected. John T. McGraw praised for his long leadership of the party.
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Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
L. A. Reymann
Clyde Johnson
George I. Neal
C. W. Osenton
Carl Vance
Edward Wilkinson
James Wilkinson
Mr. Bryan
John T. McGraw
West Virginia
Bryan and bank deposits debate in Chicago
William Jennings Bryan faces criticism from David R. Forgan president of National City Bank Chicago who says Bryan does not understand what a bank deposit is despite his recent banking remarks and calls for a depositor guarantee system. Forgan challenged Bryans grasp during a Bankers Club talk and a University of Chicago audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
David R. Forgan
National City Bank
Bryan
Bankers’ Club of Chicago
Forgan
University of Chicago
Mr. Bryan
Two Ohio Delegates Chosen For Bryan at Democratic Convention
At the 6th District Democratic Convention in Xenia Ohio on May 3 Matt Denver of Wilmington was nominated for a second term in Congress. James M Fietcher of Xenia and Judge J A Runyan of Lebanon were elected delegates to the national convention and instructed for Bryan.
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Xenia
Ohio
Matt Denver
Wilmington
James M. Fietcher
J. A. Runyan
Lebanon
Bryan
Call for convention arrangement meeting issued
Chairman New of the Republican National Committee issued a call for a sub-committee on convention arrangements to meet on June. Up to date seventy eight contests filed with the national committee involve eight states, Alaska, seventy districts and 17 delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New
Republian National Committee
National Committee
Alaska
Hearst Gains 68 Votes in City Mayor Recount
Hearst extends lead to 68 votes after recount of six ballot boxes in the McClellan mayoral contest before Justice Lambert. The tally shows Hearst net gains from 41 ballots, with mixed results across election districts and confirmation of some voided ballots being counted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Randolph Hearst
George B. McClellan
Justice Lambert
Supreme Court
McClellan
Hearst
Clarence J. Shearn
Mr. Hearst
The
Tribune
Lusitania
Eugene Lamb Richards, Jr
MrClellan and Hearst
Ahearn
Tammany
Richards
Dolson
Hearst Leaves Amid Subpoena in Mayoralty Case
The Lusitania carries William R. Hearst as his lieutenants issue a letter justifying a sudden vacation departure on Tuesday. A subpoena to testify in the Attorney General and Hearst lawyers action in the mayoralty recount was issued and given to a process server who sought Hearst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lusitania
William R. Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Hearst
Hearst trip to Lusitania grounds timing of letter
The Tribune notes a supposed conference at Hearst's Lexington Avenue home for a process server that never occurred. Hearst sailed on the Lusitania at 4 am and remained in his stateroom until the ship sailed at 2 pm. A letter addressed to Clarence J. Shearn questions why McClellan's lawyers demand his presence.
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Tribune
Mr. Hearst
Lusitania
Independence Party
Clarence J. Shearn
American” Office
Honor First Governor Clinton Funeral Procession Heads to Kingston
A large relative delegation and officials marked Governor Clinton’s funeral through Battery Place Whitehall Street and Pearl Street to Broad Street. The coffin rested in the Governor’s Room and then moved by hearse to the gunboat Wasp, which, with the fleet including Scorpion and De Long, will reach Kingston for a Memorial Day reburial and a three day 250th anniversary celebration.
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Clinton
Roswell Randall Hoes
Battery Place
Whitehall Street
Pearl
Broad Street
George Washington
Wall Street
Broadway
Trinity
Financial District
City Hall
Manhattan
96Th Street
North River
Wasp
Kingston
United States
Scorpion
de Long
Porter
Tingey
Thornton
Viper
Hist
Cuttlefish
Fahs
Chanler
Henry
Taft Campaign Managers Meet Roosevelt on Nominee Talks
Washington May 24 Arthur Vorvs and Frank H Hitchcock Taft campaign managers spent about an hour with President Roosevelt reviewing Taft convention plans. No decision on a nominating candidate was reached with several names under consideration Dolliver Burton among the possibilities Vorvs to Columbus and Chicago next week Taft noted he was occupied with other matters.
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Washington
Arthur
Vorvs
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Roosevelt
Chicago
Dolliver
Town
Burton
Ohio
Columbus
White House
Racing lobby targets Hughes anti-gambling bills in Albany
Albany dispatch reports intense lobbying by racetrack interests as they push to sway senators including ONeill Foelker White Smith Cordis and Page Agnew and indict public letters and forged signatures. District Attorney Jerome criticizes the tactic while adjournment plans loom for June 11 amid fear of Republican opposition.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
O'Neil
Franklin County
Foelker
O'Neill
White
Onondaga
Smith
Columbia
Cordis
Ulster
Raines
Senate
Roosevelt
Page
Agnew
Ton
Jerome
Metz Plans Meal For Bingham After Dining Critique
Controller Metz lashed at Police Commissioner over criticism of Chief Engineer Withington during a dinner at Maquin's. He accused Withington of political engineering and pledged to back him if he stands by plans for a new station house. Metz threatened defamation actions against papers publishing last night’s story.
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General Bingham
Controller Metz
Bureau
Finance Department
Maquin’s
Futon Street
Metz
Withington
Bingham
Mr. Withington
St John Found Guilty of Election Fraud Conviction
John F St John a 24 year old stationary engineer of 277 West 130th Street was convicted in the criminal branch of the Supreme Court of aiding and abetting false registration and sentenced by Justice Goff to not less than one year or more than eighteen months in state prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. St. John
West 130Th Street
Supreme Court
Goff
Transit talks with Hughes on New York subway plan
Ex Senator George W Brush of the Brooklyn League Allan Robinson for Allied Real Estate Interests of New York and F W Rowe of the Citizens' Central Committee of Brooklyn met Governor Hughes in Albany. They discussed his memorandum disapproving the Travis Robinson bill to aid private capital in building subway work. The governor declined to discuss the matter but hinted at a future public statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
George W. Brush
Brooklyn League
Allan Robinson
New York
F. W. Rowe
Citizens’ Central Committee of
Brooklyn
Hughes
Travis-Robinson
Patrolman Shuttleworth Reinstated to Aid Family
Patrolman Alfred Shuttleworth of the Ralph Avenue station Brooklyn, who killed a man named Jaffe at Saratoga Park Brooklyn on October 5 1907 and has been suspended since, was restored to duty by Commissioner Bingham to spare his family possible suffering. He has not been tried for the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred XN. Shuttleworth
Ralph Avenue
Brooklyn
Jaffe
Saratoga Park
Bingham
Shuttleworth
Waldorf death case will upheld after self destruction
In New York City Miss Bertha Dolbeer killed herself at the Waldorf Astoria and left her entire fortune to friend and traveling companion Miss Etta M Warren. The California State Supreme Court sustained the will, declaring it valid despite the death by self action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bertha Dolbeer
New York City
State Supreme Court
Miss Dolbeer
Etta M. Warren
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Newton sportsman Frederick M. Emerson commits suicide at Moody cottage
Frederick M. Emerson of Newton Massachusetts killed himself with a rifle at his Moody cottage on Big Moose Lake Adirondack Mountains. He died last night and his body was sent to Newton today. He reportedly spent four thousand dollars on renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Frederick M. Emerson
Newton
Mass
Moody
Big Moose Lake
Adirondack Mountains
Tax Department Appointments Increases Staffing
James A. Hasson of New Brighton Staten Island and William A Bergen of Brooklyn have been named assistants to a commissioners in the Tax Department at 2.50 a year. They succeed Silas H Moore who resigned and William E Turner removed. William J L. Nagle of Hollis Long Island has been named deputy tax commissioner at 1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Hasson
New Brighton
Staten Island
William A. Bergen
South Sun Street
Brooklyn
Silas H. Moore
William E. Turner
William JL. Nagle
Hollis
Long Island
Revolt in Samos Sparks Islandwide Violence and Seizure
From Samos, fighting rages at Vathy as Kopassiz Effendi and the Senate clash. The Prince is besieged in the palace, troops from Smyrna repelled, and rebels seize the telegraph. Civilians flee to Smyrna amid feared massacres and Ottoman fears of foreign naval intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Samos
Asia Minor
Vathy
Kopassiz Effendi
Samo=z
Smyrna
Mohmands Subdued After Rapid British Campaign
Simla May 28 The British punitive expedition against the Mohmand tribesmen ends as Major General Willcocks plans to return to Indian territory and demobilize. The swift collapse is credited to Viceroy Lord Minto's political management. British losses total six officers and 72 men killed with 144 wounded, many deaths from cholera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simla
Willcocks
Minto
Delagrange Flies Low in Rome Demonstrations
Teon Delagrange, the French aeronaut, completed fifteen flights over Rome with his aeroplane. The craft rose only six to seven feet off the ground, covering about 3.44 feet in 44 seconds due to a slight wind hindering turns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Teon Delagrange
M. Delagrange
Mrs Margaret Hamilton Sentenced for Perjury in Portman Case
London May May Mrs Margaret Hamilton seventy years old a principal witness in the alleged identity of the Duke of Portland with T Druce was sentenced to eighteen months penal servitude for perjury her appeal having been disallowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Margaret Hamilton
Duke of Portland
T. ©. Druce
Bank of Bombay Cuts Discount Rate to Seven Percent
The Bank of Bombay reduced its discount rate today from six and a half to seven percent. This move lowers lending costs for traders and may influence money supply across the city as authorities monitor reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank OF Bombay
Bombay
Mauretanian Steamer Maintains Speed Despite Propeller Loss
London reports the Cunard Line steamer Mauretania left Liverpool with only three propellers working yet was 140 miles west of Fastnet at noon, achieving an average speed over 24 knots. The message notes ongoing high performance amid mechanical limitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Fastnet
Ex Senator Dryden Endorses Murphy for Vice Presidency
Ex United States Senator John F Dryden issued a Newark statement endorsing ex Governor Franklin Murphy of New Jersey for the Vice Presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John F. Dryden
Newark
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Battleship Peter the Great Hurtles on Rocks
The Russian battleship Peter the Great ran aground in the Gulf of Finland but was refloated at night without aid and reached Reval safely. Built in 1877 and rebuilt recently, the vessel is mainly used for training and is not a front line unit. The accident alarms officers amid upcoming royal visits and British naval patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Peter the Great
Gulf of Finland
England
Boston man dies of heart disease at Hoffman House
Charles M Holmes of Boston registered at the Hoffman House on Wednesday and collapsed in the lobby after arriving by taxi. Coroner’s physician Dr A T Weston cited heart disease as the cause, and four people were later arrested as suspects in the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman House
Charles M Holmes
Boston
Fifth Avenue
Bodio
Hoh Fitasimmons
A. T Weston
Clara Moore
Westth Street
Holmes
Josephine Wells
Moore
Frederick Moore
47Th Street
Hugh Fitzsimmons
Hat
Harmless Newfoundland Pup Triggers Panic at School Yard
A Newfoundland puppy belonging to Jean Corse from Andros Avenue Mariners Harbor ran into Mariners Harbor Public School yard yesterday morning. About 200 children fled in panic as the dog attacked two girls and one boy. Officer Madden shot the animal, believing it mad. Dr Hart treated minor scratches. Dr Nichols found the dog not mad and noted it would not have harmed anyone if left alone.
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Jean Corse
Andros Avenue
Mariners’ Harbor
Margaret Brien
Annie Muccit
Edward Rigent
Ette
Mftcer Madden
Hart
Nichols
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