Taft Defends Roosevelt Policies in Sandusky Cincinnati Campaign
News from Sandusky and Cincinnati reports William Howard Taft touring between the Ohio towns with crowds cheering and Mrs Taft beside him. He denounces Bryan as author of Roosevelt policies while urging antitrust and tariff stances and federal oversight of interstate rail securities. Also included is Mrs Sage and Miss Warner gifting Constitution Island to West Point with Roosevelt accepting for the nation.
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William Howard Taft
Ohio Soldiers
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Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
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Oyster Bay
Constitution Island
West Point
United States
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Anna Bartlett Warner
Military Academy
Luke E. Wright
New York
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Sage
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House
United States Military Academy
Peter E. Traub
Hudson River
Continental Congress
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Gees Point
Hudson
Washington
Academy
Elihu Root
William H. Taft
Board of Visitors
Senate
Miss Warner
N. Y
Margaret Olivia Sage
Mrs. Sage
Mr. de Forest
Secretary of War
Danish ex minister Alberti surrenders to police
Copenhagen reports former Minister of Justice M Alberti surrendered to police and confessed to frauds against Bondestandens Sparkasse where he served as president. An intimate King confidant, he dined at the palace recently. Losses reportedly exceed 2.56 million dollars after US stock speculation. Bank halted payments and he remains in custody after a brief examination.
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Copenhagen
M. Alberti
Bondestandens Sparkasse
United States
Bondestandens Bank
Twenty Men Fall With Scaffold At Opera House
An overloaded platform collapsed at the new Hammerstein Opera House in Philadelphia injuring twenty laborers. They fell about thirty feet with a ton of brick. Most escaped death with only slight injuries. three severe cases were taken to St. Joseph's Hospital and are expected to recover.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
New Hammerstein Opera House
St. Joseph's Hospital
TWO AIRSHIP FLIGHTS NEW AMERICAN RECORD
Washington reports Orville Wright making two record flights at Fort Myer. He stayed aloft over eleven minutes on the first flight and nearly eight on the second, circling the field thirteen times in total amid growing darkness. He praised the machine's control and goggles, planning more flights to extend duration and distance.
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Washington
Sept. S
Fort Myer
Orville Wright
Wright
Mr. Wright
Cassidy Turned Down Upset At Convention
Elmira Sept 5 The 41st Senate District Republican convention at Ithaca voted against Senator Owen Cassidy and backed former Assemblyman Benjamin Conger of Groton after a predicted deadlock. Cassidy carried only Tompkins five votes with Chemung Tioga opposition. Fassett warned against bolt actions while Chemung delegates later joined Conger. Cassidy vowed an independent bid to test district opinion, citing a rift with Fassett and Dwight. Cassidy and O Bri an had helped pass the bucket shop felony law effective Sept 1.
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Tribune
Elmira
N. Y
Ithaca
Owen Cassidy
Benjamin Conger
Groton
Cassidy
Tompkins County
Dwight
Tioga County
Chemung
Tioga
Tompkins
Fassett
Hughes
Republican State Platform Committee
McCarren Wins Brooklyn Primary as Anti Tammany Fades
Senator Patrick H. McCarren claims a strong victory in Kings County Democratic primaries, gaining eighteen of twenty three districts while defeating three insurgent leaders Melody Doyle and McGuire. Police report forty arrests for illegal voting with orderly conduct overall, and Hughes supporters in New York County show mixed results across districts amid low turnout.
TWO SHOT ON PARK ROW IN CHATHAM SQUARE BRAWL
After hours of drinking and fighting near Chatham Square a group of artillerymen clashed in front of Diamond Dan O Rourke s saloon 180 Park Row. One man was taken to Hudson Street Hospital with a scalp wound and another with a bullet wound in the right side Both survive Private John D King of Fort Totten is named among the wounded. Police arrested six Fort Totten soldiers and four local boys and notified Fort Totten authorities.
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John D. King
Fort Totten
Willets Point
Long Island
William P. Hayes
Elizabeth Street
Edward L. McCready
Park Row
Fort Tetten
Harriman Says Nation Returns to Calm and Common Sense
San Francisco September reception at the Fairmont Hotel honors E H Harriman with about four hundred leading merchants bankers and businessmen in attendance. Harriman departs for the East after denying rumors of acquiring Oceanic Line steamers or negotiating to buy the city street railway system.
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Sept
E. H. Harriman
Fairmont Hotel
Bay Cities
Harriman
Oceanic Line
San Francisco Street Railway System
Lured by River's Rush at Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls reports a 25-year-old woman lured by the rushing water and leaping from Prospect Point into the falls. Spectators watched as Harry Schafer of Hoboken, NJ attempted a rescue but could not reach her in the tumult. The description notes her dark hair, brown dress, hat, gloves, shoes, and an approximate weight of 110 pounds.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara
American Falls
Prospect Point
Harry Schafer
Hoboken
N. J
Lancaster youth takes own life over school pressure
In Lancaster Pennsylvania on September 8 William fourteen year old son of Leander Sheetz hotel keeper ended his life at home with a gun. He reportedly killed himself after being compelled by his parents to attend school.
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Penn
William
Leander Sheetz
Hughes Wins In Manhattan And Brooklyn Districts Drama
Five Manhattan districts backed Hughes while six of nine Assembly districts chose him under the Hughes test. Brooklyn's five tested districts swung against the Governor with a 1 406 to 2 698 vote. McCarren held control in Kings County, winning three of seven defector districts and losing only one of his own. Disorder and arrests occurred at polling sites including No 1641 Madison Ave as police reserves were summoned. Republican leaders in Kings County secured victory with William Schnitzpan taking the 20th Assembly District.
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McCarren
W. E. Melody
Thomas Drennan
William R. McGuire
F. H. Thompson
William A. Doyle
P. J. Carley
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
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Doyle
E. F. Moran
James Kane
Kane
Baker
Flood
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Paul Kacke
No. 169
Meserole Street
Hughes
New York County
Parsons
Saratoga
Imall
Lower East Side
Independence League
New York
East Side
Upstate
Assembly
Joseph Levenson
Levenson
Coney Island
6Th Assembly
Samuel S. Koenig
Stanton Street
East 1Th Street
Avenue B
East River
Koenig
Michael Blake
Joseph Nedjedly
Asnue
Bennet
Upper West Side
Ezra P. Prentice
Washington Square
Madison Square
Samuel Krulewitch
Frank Bewers
Harlem
Bronx
35Th
Queens
Madison Avenue
William Schnitzpan
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