Hisgen Named Independence Party Presidential Candidate
Thomas J. Hisgen of Springfield Mass receives notification as the Independence party nominee in a Gramercy Park ceremony headlined by Hearst. The gathering of about one thousand denounces the two old parties, pledges reform, and endorses direct primaries recalls and campaign finance openness. Hearst urges a new party aligned with business leaders and labor to overturn boss and trust influence.
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Senate
Independence Party
Hearst
Mr. Hisgen
National Committee
Mr. Hearst
Melvin G. Palliser
National Independence Chuir
Henry A. Powell
Brooklyn
United States
Republic
Hisgen
South
Bryan
Taft
New York
California
Gemand
Relco
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Williame
Bailey
Texas
Hi Sgen
George C. Hisgen
Simon J. Griffin
Springfield
National Federation of Labor
Grand Union Hotel
Dutch Reply to Castro Shows Naval Etiquette and Consul Dispute
London reports that the Netherlands plans to reply to Castro’s note by asserting Gelderland did salute within a year thus not violating naval customs. It states the Venezuelan Consul was not officially recognized, Curacao residents protest arrests of handbill distributors, and Castro’s handling of Dutch Minister De Reus in Caracas breached diplomatic norms.
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London
Netherlands
Castro
la Guayra
Willemstad
Curacao
Venezuela
Worrmars
M. de Reus
Caracas
Indian Prisoners Kill Informer In Alipur Jail
Gossans a native who testified against thirty others in the bomb outrages was killed today by two fellow prisoners in a cell at Alipur jail Calcutta. His testimony exposed a wide conspiracy aiming to assassinate Viceroy Lord Minto and other officials. revolvers were smuggled into the prison by relatives of the attackers.
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Calcutta
Cuban editor killed in street duel in Manzanillo
Manuel Elias editor of the Conservative El Vigilante was shot and killed by Manuel Estrada editor of the Liberal El Reporter and Liberal candidate for congress in a street duel prompted by a political quarrel in Manzanillo August 31.
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Manzanillo
Manuel Elias
el Vigilante
Manuel Estrada
el Reporter
Shortage in Cuba Post Office Missing Rodriguez Head
A Havana post office bureau shows a shortage exceeding $10,000 under chief Rodriguez. He has not been seen since Friday and Secret Service police have not found him. The full extent of the loss may remain undetermined. Rodriguez previously held the post once occupied by fraud convict Charles F. Neely.
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Havana
Bureau of Supplies
General Post Office
Sefior Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Secret Service
Charles F. Neely
Japan May Get Cruiser in Italy Report
At Leghorn Aug 31 a 10000 ton armored cruiser, sister to Pisa and Amalfi, being built at Orlando yard, is said to be intended for Japan. Commander Bernadou reported the matter to Washington. Prince Louis of Battenberg inquired about the buyer. Signor Orlando declined to name it.
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Leghorn
Pisa
Amalfi
Orlando
John B. Bernadou
Rome
Washington
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Signor
Swift stock yards to rise in St Boni face area
Swift and Co of Chicago reportedly purchased two hundred acres across the river in St Boniface. They plan a large abattoir and stock yards with more than one million dollars in expenditure, reducing the city of Winnipeg’s planned municipal stock yards.
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Winnipeg
Swift & Co
Chicago
Canadian Pacific Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Northern Railway
St. Boniface
New White Star steamers will be larger but not faster
The Times reports two new White Star Line steamers laid down at Belfast will be bigger than the Lusitania but not speedier, as stated in London on September 1.
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London
The
Times
White Star Line
Belfast
Sven Hedin Nearing Simla Arrival
Stockholm Aug 31 Sven Hedin the Swedish explorer reports to his parents that after leaving Chinese Turkestan he and his party will reach Simla in early September.
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Stockholm
Sven Hedin
Chinese Turkestan
Tibet
Simla
Plan to reelect Diaz calls for delegates to press term
A San Luis Potosi proclamation urges states to send delegates to Mexico City to demand President Diaz accept another six year term. It notes Diaz will not run again, though the plan aims to secure his reelection for 1910 after thirty years in office.
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Mexico City
Diaz
San Luis Potosi
Republic
Foreign News Notes From Europe and America
Summaries report United States Brewing Company shareholders voting to wind up the firm for sale to an American buyer. International Glass Workers Congress resumes with delegates absent and seeks to form an international federation to limit overproduction by reducing hours and granting days off. Arrests occur in London as Harry Benson and George Petty face charges of fraud against poor victims tied to a securities firm and a bank. Berlin receives American Ambassador David Jayne Hill after rest, with Grew and family joining him in Berlin.
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London
United States Brewing Company
Paris
International Congress of Glass Workers
Harry Benson
Bebro
George Petty
International Securities Corporation, Limited
Faltham
Securities Corporation
Baoson
America
Berlin
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Wildungen
Dr. Hill
Joseph C. Grew
Mia. Grew
Cassidy after Gresser constitutional cited
Joseph Cassidy former President of the Borough of Queens seeks a mandamus to force a fall election for borough president to replace Gresser. He notes Ahearn’s status and argues new borough presidents must be elected this fall. lawyers see constitutional conflicts with city charter and state rules on vacancies.
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Joseph Cassidy
Borough of
Queens
Board of Elections
Gresser
Cassidy
Ahearn
Manhattan
Commissioners of Accounts
Board of Aldermen
Bermel
City of
New York
John F. Ahearn
Sterling
Oda
Commissioner Page
Mr. Cassidy
Tammany Hall
Tammany Law Committee
Daniel Noble
Jamaica
Gresser and
Noble
Judge Noble
Charles F. Murphy
Murphy
Daniel F. Cohalan
Admirals Welcomed as American Fleet Arrives in Melbourne
Melbourne hosts a vast crowd for the visiting American fleet led by Rear Admiral Sperry. Royal speeches praise Anglo American friendship as illuminations light the city and a torch parade marks the welcome. Some injuries occur amid dense crowds and bridge failures.
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Louisiana
Prince's Bridge
Yara River
Admiral Sperry
St. Kilda’s Pier
Royal Australian Artillery
New Zealand
Sydney
Melbourne
Thomas Gibson- Carmichael
John Madden
Prince’s Bridge
Exhibition Building
Lord Northcote
Australia
Parliament House
Bent
Treasury Buildings
Said to be Revolutionist Arrest in Salvador
Francis Mooney an American, arrested at La Union Salvador, with a Salvadorean companion. Papers found point to involvement in anti Honduras movement. Mooney to be heard in San Salvador on neutrality law violations.
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Washington
Francis Mooney
la Union
Salvador
State Department
H. Percival Dodge
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Ceiba
Davila
Mooney
Dodge
Mystery Death of Unknown Young Woman in Norwich
A well dressed nineteen year old woman was found dead in an Eagle Hotel room in Norwich with the gas on. She had no identifying items, a arsenic label and laudanum bottle outside the window, and a Utica druggist label on arsenic. The pair of Oxford shoes bore a Utica dealer tag. Authorities await identification and determine if self harm caused death.
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Norwich
N. Y
Eagle
Utica
West Winfield
Oxford
British Comment on Welcome to American Fleet
A Times dispatch from Melbourne laments that Sydney and Melbourne welcomes resemble the Sydney festivity and treat visitors as a spectacle. The Chronicle notes Melbourne offered a more national greeting, highlighting the presence of American journalists aboard the fleet and the praise for the visiting officers.
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London
Times
Melbourne
Sydney
the Chronicle
Prince of Wales
Longworth to Speak for Taft Campaign Tour
Representative Nicholas Longworth, son-in-law of the President, will headline speeches for the Taft ticket starting September 17. He plans daily appearances from Wilkes-Barre or Sandusky to across the country, arguing Taft’s record versus Bryan’s evasive approach.
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Nicholas Longworth
Republican National Committee
Taft
Bryan
Ohio
Oyster Bay
National Committee
Longworth
Wilkes-Barre
Penn
Pennsylvania State League of Republican Clubs
Sandusky
Erie County Fair
White House
Germany covert move toward Fez alarms Tangier dispatch
Tangier report to The Times claims Germany secretly reactivates its Fez consul to gain early influence with Mulai Hafid and secure a confidential adviser to the new Sultan. It warns Britain and others of Germany’s strategic edge in Morocco.
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London
Tangier
Times
Germany
Fez
Mulai Hafiq
Navy Nurse Corps Created By Congress And Appointed
Washington August 31 The Navy Nurse Corps setup begins with Esther V Hassan as superintendent and a new bureau division to handle corps matters Examinations next month select about twenty nurses for a six month preliminary course at the Naval Medical Hospital School after which successful nurses join eighteen general hospitals of the Navy Department The program aims to start instruction in October plus Army and Navy movement notes and vessel movements are listed for late August and August 28 arrivals and 28 sailing updates
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Washington
Navy Nurse Corps
Woman Nurse Corps of the Navy
Congress
Esther V. Hassan
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Naval Medical Hospital School
Naval Hospital
Navy Department
Shipping Routes Noted in Paducah List
A brief dispatch lists vessels and routes moving through Paducah and Tompkinsville toward Portsmouth and Chinwangtao. It notes ships such as Rainbow and Denver sailing from Shanghai, and the Prairie sailing from New York to Annapolis with other concurrences from Seattle and Norfolk.
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Paducah
Tompkinsville
Portsmouth
The
Rainbow
Chattanooga
Land
Denver
Galveston
Concord
Shanghai
Chinwangtao
Buffalo
Seattle
Esquimalt
Prairie
New York
Annapolla
Rocket
Norfolk
Roosevelt approves plans for new battleships Florida and Utah
President Roosevelt approved the proposed Florida and Utah battleship plans authorized last session. He consulted Commander Sims and Lt. Commander Key, whose radical naval construction views and critiques were noted. Advertisements for Utah bids are expected soon. Utah to be built at a private yard and 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 submarine torpedo boat flotilla including Cuttlefish Octopus Viper and Tarantula with gunboat Hist as tender arrived from Newport in charge of Lt Courtney. They may cruise off Nashawona island under secret orders.
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New Bedford
Mass
Cuttlefish
Octopus
Viper
Hist
Newport
Courtney
Nashawona
Admiral Dewey Leaves Newport for New York and Washington
The Dolphin carrying Admiral George Dewey departed Newport this morning for New York, with Washington as the next destination. Dewey attended a two day naval officers conference and held a reception at the naval training station attended by many prominent officers.
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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 for September
Governor Regis H. Post has summoned an extra session of the House of Delegates in San Juan Puerto Rico for September to consider the irrigation bill an extra appropriation for the con of the commission tasked with anemia investigations and the settlement of church cases.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
P. R
Regis H. Post
House of Delegates
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Wsmeh Hi Chngien
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Vosburgh
Madicos
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Army and Navy News
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ARMY
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Th Infantry
Buford
Morton E. Wood
6Th Field Artillery
James P. Marley
1St Field Artillery
Hugh LA F. Apples Whitf
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William E. Holliday
17Th Infantry
Leonard L. Dietrick
12Th Cavalry
J. S. Phillips
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