Independence party nominates Thomas J. Hisgen for president
Thomas J. Hisgen of Springfield Mass is announced as the Independence party nominee for president at a Gramercy Park gathering attended by about a thousand.Hearst and Hisgen criticize the two old parties and call for reforms including direct primaries recall referenda and public control of utilities.
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Independence Party
Hearst
Mr. Hisgen
National Committee
Mr. Hearst
Iprene
Soeang Sfths
Melvin G. Palliser
National Independence Club
Henry A. Powell
Brooklyn
United States
Republic
Hisgen
Hi Sgen
George C. Hisgen
Simon J. Griffin
Springfield
National Federation of Labor
Bes
Grand Union Hotel
Dutch reply to Castro cited on naval salutes and diplomacy
London reports that the Netherlands will affirm that Gelderland did salute within a year, avoiding further friction. It says the Venezuelan consul in Willemstad was not officially recognized, and Curacao residents protested after a handbill incident. It also criticizes Castro for handling of M. de Reus’s status as improper and arcane.
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Netherlands
Castro
la Guayra
Willemstad
Curacao
Venezuela
Skmsomt
M de
M. de Reus
Caracas
Cassidy seeks mandamus to force borough president election
Joseph Cassidy former Queens borough chief declares intent to compel the Board of Elections to order a fall election for a successor to Borough President Gresser. He argues current incumbents may not legally hold beyond the year end, citing state constitutional provisions and city charter conflicts.
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Borough of
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Board of Elections
Gresser
Cassidy
Ahearn
Manhattan
Commissioners of Accounts
Board of Aldermen
Bermel
Sterling
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Mr. Sterling
Oda
Commissioner Page
Tammany Hall
Tammany Law Committee
Daniel Noble
Jamaica
Gresser and
Noble
Judge Noble
Charles F. Murphy
Murphy
Daniel F. Cohalan
Admirals Welcome Event Draws Massive Melbourne Crowd
Melbourne greets the visiting American fleet with a torchlight procession and electric displays. Rear Admiral Sperry and officers are received by Prime Minister Deakin and Victorian leaders amid cheers, addresses, and luncheon at Parliament House. Weather rain ends the night with some injuries due to crowd crush.
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New York
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Commonwealth
Deakin
United States
Sperry
Admiral Sperry
St. Kilda’s Pier
Royal Australian Artillery
Esplanade
Alfred Deakin
Thomas Bent
New Zealand
Sydney
Thomas Gibson- Carmichael
John Madden
Prince’s Bridge
Exhibition Building
Australia
Indian Prisoners Kill Informer in Alipur Jail
Gossans, an Indian native who testified against thirty companions in the bomb outrages, was killed today by two fellow prisoners in a cell at Alipur jail Calcutta. His testimony uncovered a broad conspiracy aimed at the Viceroy Lord Minto and other high officials revolvers used in the killing were smuggled in by relatives of the attackers.
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Calcutta
Cuban Editor Killed in Duel Over Quarrel
Manuel Elias editor of El Vigilante was shot and killed by Manuel Estrada editor of El Reporter and Liberal candidate for Congress in a street duel in Manzanillo last night. The confrontation stemmed from a political quarrel.
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Manuel Elias
el Vigilante
Manuel Estrada
el Reporter
Shortage in Cuban Post Office Ties to Missing Official
A shortage exceeding $10 000 is found in Havana's general post office bureau of supplies and vouchers led by head Sefior Rodriguez who vanished last Friday. Secret Service police search continues with uncertainty over full extent of the loss and Rodriguez's connection to prior fraud cases involving Charlies F Neply.
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Bureau of
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Sefior Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Secret Service
Charlies F. Neply
Japan May Get Cruiser in Italy
Leghorn August 31 report says an armored cruiser of 10.6 tons, sister to Pisa and Amalfi, built at Orlando yard, may be sold to Japan. Commander John B. Bernadou, naval attaché in Rome, sent a report to Washington. Prince Louis of Battendere inquired about the buyer. Signor Orlando declined to answer.
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Pisa
Amalfi
Orlando
John B. Bernadou
Rome
Washington
Prince Louis of Battendere
Signor
Swift Stock Yards Planned at Winnipeg
Swift & Co of Chicago has bought 200 acres across the Red River in St Boniface near Winnipeg to build an abattoir and a large stock yard. The project, tied to the Canadian Pacific Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern railways, will cost over 1 million dollars and sidelines the city’s proposed municipal stock yards.
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Swift & Co
Chicago
Canadian Pacific Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Northern Railway
St. Boniface
New White Star Steamers Set to Rival Lusitania
The Times reports two new White Star Line steamers laid down at Belfast will be larger than the Lusitania but not faster, signaling a bold expansion in the fleet without improved speed.
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The
Times
White Star Line
Belfast
Sven Hedin Nearing Simla Arrival
The parents of Sven Hedin announce a letter saying he and his party will reach Simla early in September after starting from Chinese Turkestan in 1906 on an expedition toward Tibet.
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Stockholm
Sven Hedin
Chinese Turkestan
Tibet
Simla
Move to Re Elect Diaz Proclaimed in San Luis Potosí
A public proclamation from San Luis Potosí urges Mexican states to send delegates to Mexico City to press President Diaz for another six year term. The 1910 election is planned though Diaz has repeatedly said he will not stand again after thirty years in office.
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Mexico City
Diaz
San Luis Potosi
Republic
United States Brewing Co shareholders vote to wind up
London reports unanimous shareholder resolutions to wind up the United States Brewing Company and sell to an American buyer. Also notes on glass workers congress in Paris, and arrests in London of directors of International Securities Corporation and a bank in a fraud case. Berlin reports Ambassador Hill returning to Berlin for a audience with the royals.
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United States Brewing Company
Paris
International Congress of Glass Workers
Harry Benson
Bebro
George Petty
International Securities Corporation, Limited
Faltham
Pens
Securities Corporation
Beagan
America
Berlin
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Wildungen
Dr. Hill
Joseph C. Grew
Mia
Rand
Revolutionary figure Mooney arrested in Salvador
Washington reports Francis Mooney an American arrested at La Union El Salvador with a Salvadoran. papers link him to anti Honduras activities. Dodge says Mooney to face a hearing in San Salvador on neutrality law violations while in Tegucigalpa for inquiries into canceled exequaturs of American consular officers.
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Francis Mooney
la Union
Salvador
State Department
H. Percival Dodge
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Celba
Davila
Mooney
Dodge
Mystery Death of Unknown Young Woman at Eagle Hotel
A well dressed unknown woman, about nineteen, found dead in a Norwich Eagle Hotel room with the gas on. No identification or belongings. A paper with arsenic label and a laudanum bottle found outside the window. Arsenic from Utica, laudanum from West Winfield, a Utica dealer label on a pair of Oxford legs. Gold front teeth noted.
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N. Y
Eagle
Utica
West Winfield
British Comment On Welcome For Americans In Australia
A Times Melbourne dispatch critiques Sydney and Melbourne welcoming festivities for Americans as duplicate and self indulgent, noting visitors were treated more as spectacle than guests. The Chronicle compares Melbourne’s national tone favorably and honors American journalists with the fleet visit.
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Times
Melbourne
Sydney
the Chronicle
Prince of Wales
Longworth to Speak as Campaign Goes National
Representative Nicholas Longworth, son-in-law of the President, will headline daily campaign speaking starting September 17. He will begin September 7 at Wilkes-Barre or Sandusky, then travel nationwide, arguing Taft on record vs Bryan dodging issues.
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Republican National Committee
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Ohio
Oyster Bay
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Pennsylvania State League of Republican Clubs
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Erie County Fair
White House
Fear of Germany in Morocco
A Tangier dispatch to The Times says Germany is quietly reactivating its presence in Fez by sending its consul back, aiming to be the first power recognized by Mulai Hafid and to gain insider access to the new sultan's court.
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Morocco
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Tangier
Times
Fez
Mulai Hafiq
Navy Nurse Corps Forms as Esther Hassan Heads New Division
Washington reports the Navy creates a nurse corps under an act of Congress with Esther V. Hassan as superintendent. About twenty nurses will enter a six month program at the Naval Medical Hospital School and be posted to eighteen general hospitals if they meet standards. Examinations begin next month with early October instruction planned.
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Washington
Navy Nurse Corps
Woman Nurse Corps of the Navy
Naval Hospital
Navy Department
Naval Shipping Fragments Mention Pacific Departure Points
Partial OCR mentions August 20 and routes from New York to Annapolis the Rocket from Norfolk to Indian Hes. 701 Washat the Buffalo from Esquimalt for Francisco. Likely a fragment listing ships and destinations with unclear names and typos.
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the Prairie
New York
Annapolis
the Rocket
Norfolk
Wash
the Buffalo
Esquimalt
Fran
Cisco
Approves Battle Ship Plans for Florida and Utah
President Roosevelt approved plans for the battleships Florida and Utah after consulting Cmdr. Sims and Lt. Cmdr. Key who held radical views on naval construction. Bids for Utah to be published soon. Utah to be built at a private yard, Florida at Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Florida
Utah
Congress
W. S. Sims
Adelbert L. Key
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Submarine flotilla arrives at New Bedford under secret orders
The second submarine torpedo boat flotilla including the Cuttlefish Octopus Viper and Tarantula with the gunboat Hist as tender arrived from Newport under Lieutenant Courtney. They are believed to cruise near Nashawona Island.
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New Bedford
Mass
Submarine Torpedo Boat Flotilla
Cuttlefish
Octopus
Viper
Hist
Newport
Courtney
Nashawona
Admiral Dewey Leaves Newport for New York
The United States ship Dolphin with Admiral George Dewey aboard left Newport for New York this morning. He attended a two day conference of naval officers and hosted a reception at the naval training station last night with many distinguished officers present.
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Admiral Dewey
Newport
R. L
United States
Dolphin
George Dewey
New York
Washington
Naval Training Station
Extra Session Called in Porto Rico by Governor
Governor Regis H. Post issues call for an extra session of the House of Delegates in San Juan for September 8. The agenda includes the irrigation bill an extra appropriation for the anemia commission and Church cases settlement.
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San Juan
P. R
Regis H. Post
House of Delegates
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