Bryan Holds Key Meetings With Democratic Leaders
William J. Bryan met with Judge Alton B. Parker at Esopus and with David B. Hill near Albany as part of high level talks on the New York campaign. A morning meeting in New York with National Chairman Mack preceded the engagements. Bryan planned a quick Buffalo move after late night arrivals and hinted a forthcoming statement on today’s developments.
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Esopus
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Wolfert’s Roost
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Jennings
Florida
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Mr. Bryan
Barry Murphy
Chanler
New York State
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Kingston
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Bryan Parker's Guest Visits Poughkeepsie
William Jennings Bryan arrived in Poughkeepsie from Rhode Island via New York City, met Judge Alton B. Parker at the station, and spent the day at Parker's Esopus home. They discussed conditions with friends before Bryan returned to the city and then headed to Albany.
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N. Y
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Whode Island
New York City
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Judge Parker
Esopus
Albany
New York
Bryan
David B. Hill
Hill
Wolfert
Buffalo
Bryan and Mack In Conference In New York
Mr Bryan met Norman E Mack chairman of the Democratic National Committee at Grand Central station after arriving from Providence at 6 45 yesterday They conferred over breakfast and in private before the Chicago Express left at 25 o clock They were reticent on publication noting a warm Connecticut and Rhode Island reception and socialized with railroad staff in the station The private car could not be ferried to the West Shore in time and proceeded to Esopus via the Central.
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Kern Auto Trip To Gettysburg With Democratic Guests
John W. Kern the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee travels from Westminster Maryland to Gettysburg Pennsylvania with General Murray Vandiver and others touring the battlefield before returning home. A second car breaks down delaying the group. Kern has no plans for tomorrow beyond Maryland business. James P Sinnott labels Philip F Farley a harmony candidate amid Brooklyn Assembly District politics.
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John J. Mahon
Murray Vandiver
Democratic State Central Committee
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William J. O'Connor
B. Hottel
Salem
Ind
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Imwest Baden
Gettysburg
Penn
Eagles
Baltimore
Farley
James P. Sinnott
Brooklyn
Philip F. Farley
Sinnnott
Kings County
Farley Called McCarrenite by Clubhouse Remark
In a Saturday night club discussion Farley was labeled a McCarrenite. Sinnott argues Farley never engaged in district squabbles and has always supported the McCarren ticket, seen as a harmony candidate due to his nonfaction stance. Farley is related to Luke D Stapleton by marriage and to Archbishop Farley.
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Governor Haskell Offers Panel to Hear Hearst Charges
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma declares in a telegram to William Randolph Hearst that Hearst’s claims of influence over Ohio Attorney General Monnett in Standard Oil suits are false. He proposes a five editor panel from major papers to hear evidence under oath and publish a written decision, promising to withdraw if charges prevail and warning of public contempt if not.
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St. Louis
Debs Attacks Bryan Across Minnesota Crowd Seven Thousand
Socialist presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs arrived from a western tour and spoke at the Auditorium in St. Paul before seven thousand people. Beecher Moore accompanied him in the red special as Debs hit Bryan for riding two horses at once and aligning with capitalists while rebuking Southern Democrats over years of governance. He criticized Bryan for now courting Wall Street allies and failing to attack Tammany. Debs spoke at New Ulm and Mankato condemning the Democrats’ record on working-class conditions.
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Eugene V. Debs
Beecher Moore
Minnesota
Debs
New Ulm
Mankato
Bryan
Wall Street
Tammany
South
Bourke Cockran Likely to Lose renomination Bid
From early reports Congressman W Bourke Cockran appears set to be the sole Democratic incumbent from New York County not to win renomination as Tammany Hall retools its ticket. Jefferson M Levy others may seek nominating support while Riordan Goldfogle Sulzer Fornes Harrison Goulden are expected renominated with conventions planned October 1 for Congress, October 2 for Senate, and October 5 for Assembly.
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Cochran
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Henry M. Goldfogie
William Sulzer
Chanler Quarters at Barrytown
Democratic state committeeman Robert Chanler says Lieutenant Governor Chanler will set his gubernatorial campaign headquarters at Rokeby in Barrytown the sister of Mrs Richard Aldrich offering the summer home. Barrytown lies about twenty miles north and will have telephones installed to run the campaign from a quiet country base.
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Tribune
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
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Chanler
Rokeby
Barrytown
Parker
Labor men repudiate Gompers at Terre Haute event
Philip Davis and 8. T. Ingram of the Central Labor Union denied inviting Samuel Gompers to speak in Terre Haute. They said the union does not plan a Democratic candidate speech and oppose him appearing as a guest to influence union members' votes. President Clemmons favors his visit, but a majority of the 60 members disagree.
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Tribune
Terre Haute
Ind
Philip Davis
T. Ingram
Central Labor Union
Samuel Gompers
Clemmons
Gompers
Central Union
Gompers Case Transferred To District Court
Washington, Sept. 20 The contempt proceeding against President Gompers and officials of the Federation of Labor will move from Examiner Harper to Justice Gould of the District Supreme Court. Transfer aims to obtain guidance on admissibility of questions to Mr Gompers raised by Davenport of Bridgeport representing Bucks Store and Range Company alleging labor boycott.
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Federationist
Hearst Aims to Recruit Shearn for Governor Nomination
William Randolph Hearst returns to the city to preside at the Independence party state convention in Cooper Union. He hopes Clarence J. Shearn will accept the gubernatorial nomination, though Shearn opposes it, as Hearst seeks a strong campaigner to bolster the effort.
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Cooper Union
Hearst
Clarence J. Shearn
Shearn
Georgia Deal Alleged In Watson Brown Election Pact
Charges publicized by H. B. Suttles claim ex Governor Terrell Clark Howell and Joe Brown promised Georgia's electoral vote to Thomas E. Watson if Watson backed Brown. The affidavit recounts Bodenhamer present at the deal with Watson representatives and Brown supporters amid campaign shifts toward Bryan.
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Tribune
Atlanta
H. B. Suttles
Thomas E. Watson
Terrell
Clark Howell
Georgia
National Democrat
Joe” Brown
Watson
Brown
Hoke Smith
Yancey Carter
Suttles
J. E. Bodenhamer
Joe’ Brown
Bodenhamer
Hewlett Hall
Democratic State Executive Committee
Four Die In Ozark Feud Near Prestonia Arkansas
West Plains reporter says a four hour battle between a Sheriff’s posse and John Roberts and his wife ends with the couple dying or dying from eight and fourteen wounds respectively. Sheriff Mooney is killed and three deputies wounded as the cabin fortress is stormed after a deadly feud begun when Roberts killed Obe Kissinger.
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Tribune
West Plains
Ozarks
Missouri State Line
Prestonia
Ark
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Roberts
Obe” Kissinger
Mooney
Think Racing Is Dying in Kentucky
Lexington racing faces financial ruin as state adopts a pari mutuel betting system. Turfmen hoped for reform, but Latonia track closed previously and Lexington meeting opens to a $1,100 loss. Association already in debt, betting unpopularity blamed.
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Tribune
Lexington
Latonia
Cincinnati
Man Killed While Holding Child's Hand in Morning Shooting
In New York at No 129 Second Avenue Joseph Perlsweig was shot and killed while holding three year old Sophie Morgenstein's hand. Louis Morgenstein, found with the dead man, is held on homicide charges claiming accidental discharge after showing a revolver. Sophie identified the moment and police arrested Louis Morgenstein after the incident.
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Morgensteins
Second blackjack victim May Die in city assault
Thomas Malick a machinist of 441 West 26th Street lies in Bellevue Hospital in critical condition with possible skull fracture after being robbed and struck on the head near First Avenue. He, age 45, says two men demanded money then assaulted him, found unconscious on the sidewalk near the Olive Tree Inn.
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West 26Th Street
First Avenue
Bellevue Hospital
Mulick
Olive Tree Inn
Electric Lighted St Paul and Minneapolis Express
New service from Chicago on The North Western Line leaves daily at 10 15 P M with electric lighted North Western Limited at 6 35 P M Other trains run at 9 00 A M and 3 00 A M The Best of Everything RE M Johnson 461 Broadway New York City
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Fresh Fires Ravage New York Adirondacks and Catskills
Fresh fires sweep Adirondack and Catskill regions as drought dries streams and thick smoke hampers detection. Fire wardens, 743 strong across 132 towns, mobilize crews and trains with water, hose, and trenching tactics. Catskills fire largely under control while Adirondack lực struggles to recruit enough workers before logging season. Colonel Fox and Chief Warden Emmons direct operations with North River area reporting a new blaze three miles away.
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Catskill
New York Central Railroad Company
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Warren County
Wind shift saves Rhinelander as fires devastate Dagan and Woodborough
Rhinelander Wisconsin escaped a forest fire threat when wind changed this afternoon though Dagan and Woodborough each with about 2000 residents were destroyed. A Milwaukee aid call prompted a special train with a fire steamer ladder truck and hose to Rhinelander by nightfall. The town, once a leading sawmill center on the Wisconsin River, now shows blackened pine stumps and encroaching scrub.
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Tribune
Rhinelander
Wis
Dagan
Woodborough
Milwaukee
Wisconsin River
Maine fires checked as rain needed to subdue flames
Forest fires burn in many Maine districts but winds were light and crews held flames in check. United States Senator Hale and Maine Chief Justice L A Emery faced threats in Ellsworth where no buildings burned. Greenfield in Penobscot County, after a day-long siege, escaped unharmed as homes were spared by resident efforts, fire companies and a steamer from Old Town.
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Maine
Ellsworth
United States
Hale
L. A. Emery
Maine Supreme Court
Greenfield
Penobscot County
Old Town
Drouth Strikes New England States Across August
Severe dry period grips New England as wells run dry and forests burn. Farmers report water shortages for two miles, reduced grass and pasture, and smaller potatoes. Cattle suffer from limited green fodder while milk supplies shrink amid below normal rainfall except a heavy August downpour. Local weather data show May 3.75 inches, June 1.08, July 3.17, August 4.35 with August weather partial recovery.
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New England
Drouth
Fires in Adirondack foothills threaten region
Glens Falls New York September 20 fires sweep the Adirondack foothills and spread rapidly despite a large force of firefighters. The largest blaze rages between Stony and surrounding areas as crews battle for control under mounting pressure.
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Forest Fire Ravages Warren and Saratoga County Lands
A large blaze in Creek in Warren County and Hadley in Saratoga County spread over an area three miles long and one mile wide. It began days ago but did not become dangerous until yesterday, consuming hundreds of acres of timber owned by paper companies on mountain slopes. Losses are expected to be heavy.
Praying for Downpour Across Pennsylvania
Telegraph dispatch from Philadelphia reports churches across Pennsylvania urging prayers for rain amid a severe drought. The anthracite region faces strict water limits, rivers run low, and dry beds show decaying vegetation. Infants and contagious diseases rise in coal towns, while forest fires burn in Moosic Pocono and Northern Central districts, spreading haze statewide.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Moosic
Pocono
Fires Rise Near Johnstown as Wind Fuels Flames
Forest fires near Ashtola in Somerset County threaten Johnstown as hundreds fight flames driven by embers blowing toward the village. Babcock Lumber Company timber tracts burn with losses estimated at 230000 dollars. Fires rage across Somerset and Cambria counties under a smoke shrouded sky.
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Ashtola
Somerset County
Babcock Lumber Company
Somerset
Cambria
Weather Bureau on Smoke Pall Over Harbor
The harbor area has been enveloped in dense smoke for three days mainly from forest fires in Michigan and Southern Canada. Reports over the past two weeks noted smoke from New England fires, with no rain here for fourteen days limiting moisture. A northeast wind shifted yesterday, clearing the air and dispersing the pall.
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Michigan
Canada
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New York
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New England
Forest Fires Ravage West Virginia Regions
Reports indicate disastrous wildfires near Thomas Davis and William in West Virginia along the Western Maryland line. Water scarcity worsens conditions as no flow passes Dry Fork Dam for some time and smoke blankets nearby towns making distant objects indistinguishable.
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Guatemala Denies Plot to Kill Cabrera Leader
Cable from Guatemala City via Dr. Juan Barrios denies a San Francisco tale of an assassination attempt on President Estrada Cabrera. Barrios cites no truth in reports, notes Independence Day celebrations, and critiques the pamphlet The Historic Truth by J A Marekuart as political sensationalism.
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Guatemala
New York
Juan Barrios
Guatemala City
Estrada Cabrera
San Francisco
Central America
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Cabrera
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Honduras
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Chanler to Speak at Middletown on Grangers’ Day
Lieutenant Governor Chanler will address Middletown on Tuesday, opening day of Old Home Week, designated as Grangers Day. The speech will be non political and free of party advocacy.
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Middletown
N. Y
Chanler
Sassice
Calls Will Of Yonkers Woman Fraudulent Says Kin
Relatives led by Emma Seaman of Yonkers charge that Jane Blauvelt lacked capacity and was unduly influenced to make a will leaving $30 000 to the First Reformed Church of Yonkers. Miss Lavinia Lally contends the will was not properly executed and alleges fraud by Rev Frederick W Cutler and others. Surrogate Millard heard objections as the case proceeds with Cutler denying the accusations.
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Emma Seaman
Yonkers
First Reformed Church
Blauvelt
Millard
Lavinia Lally
New York City
Miss Lally
Frederick W. Cutler
Bricklayers Strike Over Blackwell Island Bridge Paving
Bricklayers at the Manhattan approach to the Blackwell Island Bridge strike to block brick paving by the Pavers Rammers Union. Contractors rush work while unions remain split across AF of L affiliations. Ex Assemblyman Thomas Rock notes this as the first protest of bricklayers against the pavers.
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Blackwell's Island Bridge
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Pavers and Rammers
American Federation of Labor
Thomas Rock
Pavers
Manoeuvres at Cuttyhunk with Yankee flotilla
The Newport based Yankes cruiser sails to Cuttyhunk with second submarine and torpedo flotillas for five day manoeuvres. Submarines Plunger and Nina join, then the squadron heads to Philadelphia for Founders Day events and winter stay, with a full speed submarine flotilla run to Philadelphia.
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