Senate Adjourns Currency Debate for Day's End
The floor moved past the currency question after Mr. Aldrich suggested, with plans for a final adjournment the next day. The Senate then turned to other measures while delaying the financial issue.
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
5
How to Proceed Delays Spark Scripture Quip in House
In the House Representative Howell of Utah seeks to add an assay office bill for Salt Lake City. Speaker Cannon grants a copying delay. Williams presses on a point quoting a Savior reference amid the interruption as Howell returns with the measure.
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The
Tribune
Washington
May
Howell
Utah
House
Salt Lake City
Cannon
Williams
Arizona Delegates Back Bryan at Territorial Convention
Arizona's territorial convention in Tucson instructs all delegates to back Bryan at Denver. Senator Foraker praised for support of single statehood for Arizona. Delegates named include Forbes Tucson Webb Graham Stoneman Globe Dillon Prescott Reardon Flagstaff Packard Myerson Phoenix endorsed for national committeeman. A Roswell territorial convention will nominate Larrasola for Congress and instruct six Denver 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
R. A. Packard
Bissh
Santa Fe
N. M
Roswell
Larrasola
Congress
West Virginia Delegates Fully Back Bryan for President
At the Democratic State Convention in Wheeling on May 28 delegates pledged support to W. J. Bryan for president with no dissent. Elected to the national convention were L. A. Reymann Clyde Johnson George I. Neal and C. W. Osenton. Alternates named were Carl Vance C. McGregor Edward Wilkinson and James Wilkinson. John T. McGraw’s leadership is noted as guiding the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Provokes Economic Debate
William Jennings Bryan faces criticism from David R. Forgan at the Bankers Club of Chicago. Forgan claims Bryan does not understand what a bank deposit is despite Bryan's recent banking remarks and calls for government deposit guarantees. The exchange centers on banking knowledge and panic prevention.
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
Bryan gets two Ohio delegates at 6th District Convention
May 26 in Kenia Ohio Matt Denver of Wilmington was renominated for a second term in Congress at the 6th District Democratic Convention. James M. Fletcher of Xenia and Judge J A Runyan of Lebanon were elected delegates to the national convention and instructed for Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenia
Ohio
Matt Denver
Wilmington
James M. Fletcher
Xenia
J. A. Runyan
Lebanon
Bryan
Seventy Eight Contests Filed For National Convention
Chairman New of the Republican National Committee announced a June 4 sub committee meeting on convention arrangements. Up to date seventy eight contests have been filed, covering eight states and Alaska, seventy districts and 174 delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Alaska
Hearst Gains 68 Votes in Recount of Six Boxes
Hearst increases tally by 68 votes across eight boxes in the gun warrant recount to test George B. McClellan’s mayoral eligibility before Justice Lambert in Supreme Court. McClellan gains vanish as officials recount void ballots and tally sheets show inconsistencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Randolph Hearst
Cain
George B. McClellan
Justice Lambert
Supreme Court
McClellan
Hearst
Clarence J. Shearn
Mr. Hearst
Tribune
Tasmtania
Eugene Lamb Richards, Jr
Hearst Leaves Country Amid Subpoena Battle
Hearst sails toward an apparent vacation as lawyers for the Attorney General and Hearst press a mayoralty recount case. A subpoena to testify was issued and handed to a process server in a bid to locate Hearst.
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Lusitania
William R. Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Hearst
Hearst Trip Delays Conference Claim In Independence Row
The Tribune notes a planned conference at Mr Hearst home to assist a process server, but Hearst sails on the Lusitania at 4 am and stays in his stateroom until 2 pm. A letter to Clarence J Shearn questions why his presence is needed in the recount case and says he will return if asked, otherwise he will vacation. He asks to be cabied to Queenstown and promises to be back in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Mr. Hearst
Lusitania
Independence Party
Clarence J. Shearn
McClellan
Honor First Governor Clinton Parade Through Financial District
A large delegation honors Governor Clinton with a battery of relatives and officials. The procession moves from Battery Place to Whitehall and Pearl to Broad Street with half mast flags. Coffin viewed at City Hall and later transferred to the Wasp for naval transport to Kingston for Memorial Day ceremonies marking Kingston’s 250th anniversary.
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Clinton
Roswell Randall Hoes
Battery Place
Whitehall Street
Pearl
Broad Street
Fraunces's Tavern
George Washington
Wall Street
Broadway
Trinity
Wasp
Kingston
United States
Scorpion
de Long
Porter
Tingey
Thornton
Viper
Fahs
Chanler
Henry
Taft Campaign Managers Meet Roosevelt At White House
Arthur Vorvs and Frank Hitchcock conferred with President Roosevelt about Taft’s Chicago convention campaign. They said no decision on nominating a presenter was reached, with Dolliver of Iowa and Burton of Ohio among leading names. Vorvs to Columbus and then Chicago. Taft focused on other questions.
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Washington
Arthur T. Vorvs
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Roosevelt
Chicago
Dolliver
Iowa
Burton
Ohio
Vorvs
Columbus
White House
Race interests pressure key New York lawmakers over anti-gambling bills
Albany May 28 Atelegraphic report says racing advocates claim Senator ONeill may switch or be absent to sink Governor Hughes anti-racetrack bills. Pressure centers on Foelker with others named. Senators face mass mail campaigns, while investigators probe fake constituent letters and District Attorney Jerome condemns the tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Albany
Hughes
O'Neil
Franklin County
Foelker
O'Neill
White
Onondaga
Smith
Columbia
Cordis
Ulster
Raines
Senate
Roosevelt
Page
Agnew
Ton
Jerome
Metz Aims Meal for Bingham After City Row
Controller Metz blasted Police Commissioner in a Fulton street dinner speech last night. He vowed to back Chief Engineer Withington if he acts, calling him a political engineer and criticizing city department management. Metz warned he would sue papers that printed the earlier story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Bingham
Controller Metz
Bureau
Finance Department
Maquin’s
Fulton Street
Metz
Engineer Withington
Bingham
John F St John Found Guilty of Election Fraud
John F St John a 24 year old stationary engineer of 277 West 130th Street was convicted yesterday 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 a year and a half in state prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. St. John
West 130Th Street
Supreme Court
Goff
Transit talks with Hughes on private capital subway plan
Ex Senator George W. Brush representing the Brooklyn League Allan Robinson for Allied Real Estate Interests of New York and F W Rowe of the Citizens Central Committee of Brooklyn conferred with Governor Hughes on transit conditions. They reviewed the governor’s memorandum disapproving the Travis Robinson bill intended to speed subway work with private funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
George W. Brush
Brooklyn League
Allan Robinson
New York
F. W. Rowe
Citizens’ Central Committee
Brooklyn
Hughes
Travis-Robinson
Patrolman Restored to Duty in Brooklyn Shooting Case
Patrolman Alfred N. Shuttleworth of Ralph Avenue station Brooklyn was restored to duty by Commissioner Bingham. He shot and killed a man named Jaffe at Saratoga Park Brooklyn on Sunday night October 5 1997 and has been suspended since. He is married and feared his family would suffer unjustly by his suspension. He has not stood trial for the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred N. Shuttleworth
Ralph Avenue
Brooklyn
Jaffe
Saratoga Park
Bingham
Shuttleworth
Waldorf death by own action will sustained
Bertha Dolbeer’s will, created before her death by suicide at the Waldorf Astoria New York, leaving her entire fortune to her friend and travelling companion Etta M. Warren, was upheld today by the State Supreme Court in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bertha Dolbeer
New York City
State Supreme Court
Miss Dolbeer
Etta M. Warren
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Miss Doltbeer
Newton sportsman Frederick M. Emerson suicide at Moody cottage
Frederick M. Emerson of Newton Massachusetts shot himself in the abdomen at his Moody on Big Moose Lake Adirondack summer home Tuesday. He died last night and his body was sent to Newton today. He reportedly spent about 54000 to beautify the cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Frederick M. Emerson
Newton
Mass
Moody
Big Moose Lake
Adirondack Mountains
Tax Department Appointments in New York
James J A Hasson of New Brighton Staten Island and William A Bergen of 46 South Sun Street Brooklyn named assistants to Tax Department commissioners at 2590 a year. They replace Silas H Moore who resigned and William E Turner removed. William L. Nagle of Hollis Long Island named deputy tax commissioner at 100 percent?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J . A. Hasson
New Brighton
Staten Island
William A. Bergen
South Sun Street
Brooklyn
Silas H. Moore
William E. Turner
William Ll. Nagle
Hollis
Long Island
Revolt on Samos Island Engulfs Vathy
In May the Greek island of Samos erupts in revolt against Governor Kopassiz Effendi and the Senate. Fights rage in Vathy for three days with many killed as the Prince is beaten, escapes to the palace, and rebels seize the telegraph. Smyrna reports ongoing palace attacks and rising casualties as Turkish reinforcements approach. Women and children flee to Smyrna amid fears of a massacre, with powers urged to send warships. Samos remains under French British Russian guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Samos
Asia Minor
Vathy
Kopassiz Effendi
Smyrna
Athens
Principality of
France
Great Britain
Russia
Mohmands Subdued After British Campaign Ends
Simla reports the punitive expedition against Mohmand tribesmen ends as Major General Willcocks plans demobilization. The rapid collapse is credited to Viceroy Lord Minto's political leadership. British losses include six officers and 72 men killed with many cholera fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simla
Willcocks
Minto
Delagrange Completes Air Trials Over Rome
French aeronaut Teon Delagrange made fifteen flights in Rome with his aeroplane. He skimmed about 3,600 feet near the ground reaching heights of six to seven feet. The longest run covered 3.44 feet in 64 seconds, hindered by a light wind that limited turning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Teon Delagrange
M. Delagrange
Margret Hamilton Perjury Sentence In Identity Case
Mrs Margaret Hamilton aged seventy, key witness in the alleged identification of the Duke of Port land with T. C. Drance, was sentenced today to eighteen months penal servitude after her appeal was disallowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Margaret Hamilton
Duke of Porrtland
T. C. Drance
Bank of Bombay Reduces Discount Rate
The Bank of Bombay lowered its rate of discount today from 3 to 7 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank OF Bombay
Bombay
Mauretania Speeds On With Three Propellers Lively Ocean Run
London reports the Cunard steamer Mauretania left Liverpool with only three propellers working. It was 140 miles west of Fastnet at noon, showing an average speed over twenty four knots. Other items note transatlantic cable damage from Irish trawlers and a Russian naval guards battalion memorial unveiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Fastnet
Ex Senator Dryden Endorses Murphy for Vice Presidency
In Newark yesterday former Senator John F. Dryden issued a 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
Russian battleship Peter the Great runs aground but refloated
The Peter the Great, oldest Russian battleship in commission, ran onto rocks in the Gulf of Finland last night. It was refloated to safety at Reval with damage still undetermined and observers note the accident could worry officers amid visits by the King of England and British cruisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Peter the Great
Gulf of Finland
England
Man Dies in Hoffman House Lobby After Arrival
Charles M. Holmes of Boston, a Hoffman House guest, collapsed in the lobby minutes after arriving by taxi. The 65 year old reportedly suffered heart disease. Four people were later detained as suspects, including Clara Moore, maid Josephine Wells, Frederick Moore, and driver Hugh Fitzsimmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman House
Charles M. Holmes
Boston
Fifth Avenue
Fitzsimmons
A. T Weston
Clara Moore
West 47Th Street
Doomed Newfoundland Rampage Chaos at Mariners Harbor School Yard
A harmless Newfoundland belonging to Br John Corser of Andros Avenue ran into Mariners Harbor Public School's yard causing panic among several hundred pupils. The dog nipped three children, sparking a chase and screams until Officer Madden fatally shot it. Doctors concluded the animal was not mad and posed no threat if left alone.
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Newfoundland
John Corser
Andros Avenue
Mariners’ Harbor
Straten Tsand
Marcins
Margaret Brier
Annie Mucci
Edward Rigent
Derg
Offcer Madden
Hart
Nichols
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